CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Deo. 19, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Headquarters for Eastern Alfalfa.1463 
Fertilizer Facts About Feeds.1464 
Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work....1465 
Work of a Gasoline Engine.1465 
The Use of Raw Phosphate Rock.1465 
Massachusetts Farmers’ Meet .1466 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings .1468 
Ohio Crop Report .1468 
Mope Farm Notes . 1470 
The Ohio ‘‘Corn Boys”.1486 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Shall I Sell Milk, Butter or Cream?.1484 
America for Percherons.1485 
Dishorning Twice; Inbreeding Turkeys.1485 
Ration for Horses ..1485 
Catching a Hog .1485 
Lameness . 1486 
Weak Cow . 1486 
Harness Sore .1486 
The New England Milk Situation.1487 
The Favorite Hens .1488 
HORTICULTURE. 
Moving Large Forest Trees.1464 
New Jersey Horticulturists .1466 
Horse Chestnuts .1468 
Soil for Growing Chestnuts. 1466 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
Christmas Ideas from Europe .1467 
Grandpa’s Christmas Story”.1473,1477 
A Prayer .1474 
A Farmer’s Wife on Dogs .1474 
A Bread-sponge Sermon .1474 
Don’t Forget the Poor.1474 
Early Cucumbers Bring Pin-Money.1475 
Home Canning . 1475 
A Co-operative Kitchen .1475 
Now It Is the Middle-Woman.1475 
A Market for Shirt Waists.1475 
A City Ice-box .1475 
Trade by Parcel Post .1475 
Cat Breeders .1475 
Home Markets .1475 
Taking Drudge Out of Drudgery.1476 
Kitchen Electricity .1476 
Household Conveniences .1476 
How Christmas Came to Valley Farm.1477 
Mary’s ‘‘Rich Milk” Cow .1478 
Choking .1478 
Good Words ...’. 1478 
The Land of Fulfillment (Continued).1479 
The Christmas Tree.1480 
Old Magazines .1480 
Crocheted Fascinator .1480 
A Box of Possibilities .1480 
Gifts by Mail .1480 
Gifts for the Blind .1480 
Domestic Science Bulletins .1480 
Dressing for Warmth .1480 
A Newport Scarf .1480 
Sewer System for the Country Home..’.1481 
Use for Sugar Sacks . 1481 
"Obesity Cures” .1841 
Good Things for the Holidays.1482 
Intestinal Fat; Scrapple; Blood Pudding.... 1482 
New and Delicious Confections.1482 
An Energetic Little Girl .1483 
A Young Corn Grower ..1483 
Three Farm Pets . 1483 
Knitting for the Soldiers. 1483 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Food and Markets Department, Part 11 1464 
Return of Deed . 1467 
Rights in Wife’s Property.!!!!!!l467 
Events of the Week.1468 
Editorials . 1472 
Publisher’s Desk .1490 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Dec. 11,1914. 
MILK. 
The Borden milk schedule to producers 
for the six months beginning with Octo¬ 
ber is as follows. This is per 100 pounds 
in the 26-cent zone. This is what is 
known as the “maximum” for milk test¬ 
ing 3.8 to 4.2 per cent, fat, and is 20 
cents per 100 pounds above the “flat” 
rate. 
~ 1014. 
October ..$2.00 
November .12.10 
December . 2.10 
January . 2.05 
February . L95 
March . 1.00 
Wholesale prices paid by New York 
dealers are running $2.01 and $1.01 for 
B and O. Hotel and restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying five 
to six cents per quart, single quart prices 
from bakeries and grocery stores, six to 
seven cents; delivered milk, nine to 10 
cents. 
BUTTER. 
The quality of fresh receipts is quite 
irregular, and the proportion of fancy 
rather small. Business in medium grade 
creamery is slow; ladles and good pack¬ 
ing stock selling well. 
fireamery, extra.above 92 score, lb... 33)£@ 
Ext ra, 92 score . 32)|@ 
Good to Choice . 2S @ 
Lower Grades. 23 @ 
Storage . 26 ® 
State Dairy, best. 31 @ 
Common to Good. 23 @ 
Ladles . 20 @ 
Packing Stock. 19 @ 
Process . 22 @ 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 32 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 34 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 33. 
Chicago creamery, 24@32. 
34 
33 
32 
25 
32 
32 
28 
23 
22 
26 
CHEESE, 
The volume of trade is very light, as 
speculators, especially in Wisconsin 
make, are asking more than exporters 
will pay. Some sales of western twins 
at 15 cents have been made. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 16 @ 16*4 
Average fancy. 15)4® 1594 
Under grades . 12 ® 14 
Daisies, Wisconsin . 14J4® 15)4 
Skiuis, specials. 13 ® 13)4 
Good to choice . 11 ® 12 
Poor to fair. 7 @ 19 
EGGS 
Prices remain on practically the same 
basis as for the past month. An occa¬ 
sional lot of nearby white, large sizes, 
sells up to 05 cents, but 55 to 60 covers 
most of this stock. In medium and low¬ 
er grades the range is very wide, with 
a surplus of qualities priced around 30 
cents. Storage eggs of average grades 
are being worked off as rapidly as pos¬ 
sible. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 5S @ 62 
Medium to good. 42 @ 62 
Mixed colors, best. 43 @ 46 
Common to good. 25 @ 20 
Storage, best . 28 ® 30 
Lower grades. 18 ® 29 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apple receipts early in the week were 
heavy but sales good, so that there is no 
decline in prices, except on culls. Pear's, 
except Kieffer, are getting scarce, and 
moved as rapidly as possible. Grapes 
very low; cranberries plentiful and 
cheap. 
Apples—BenDavis, bbl.150 @2 00 
York Imperial . 1 75 @ 2 50 
McIntosh. 2 50 ® 4 70 
Jonathan.2 50 @ 3 75 
Twenty-ounce . 1 50 @ 2 50 
Spitz. 1 75 ® 3 57 
Baldwin. 1 75 @ 2 50 
King . 2 00 @3 52 
Greening . 2 00 @ 4 00 
Box, as to variety,. 1 50 @ 2 25 
Pears. Anjou, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Seckel . G 00 @ 5 00 
Bose . 3 00 @ 5 50 
Sheldon. 3 00 @ 5 50 
Kieffer. 1 50 @3 00 
Grapes, Catawba, 41b bkt . 5 @ 7 
Black.41b. bkt . 8 @ 10 
Black, 201b. bkt. 30 @ 45 
Bulk, ton.30 00 @40 00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 2 00 @ 5 50 
Jersoy, bbl. 3 50 @4 00 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 26 @ 28 
Common to good. 22 @ 25 
Pacific Coast . 10 @ 14 
Old stock. 7 @ 8 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 13 @ 16 
Extracted, gallon. 50 @ 90 
BEANS. 
Marrow and medium are down 15 to 
20 cents per 100 pounds. A little export 
business in Red Kidney noted. White 
Kidney scarce. 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 6 30 @ 6 40 
Medium . 4 50 @ 4 75 
Pea . 4 40 @ 4 50 
Red Kidney. 4 50 @ 5 25 
White Kidney . 7 15 @7 25 
Yellow Eye.5 15 @ 5 25 
Lima, California. 5 90 @6 00 
VEGETABLES. 
The potato market is weak, though 
there is no special change in prices. 
Qualities of State and Jersey are run¬ 
ning poor. Cabbage lower. Onion mar¬ 
ket dull. Lettuce in large supply aud 
lower; other salads scarce. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. 1 25 @ 1 50 
Long Island, bbl,. 1 75 @ 2 00 
State, ISO lbs.1 25 @ 1 60 
Maine. 180 lbs. 1 50 @ 1 90 
Bermuda, bbl. 4 00 @ 6 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 3 00 @ 3 00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. . 5 @ 10 
Beets, bbl. 100 @125 
CarTOts, bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
Chicory, southern, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Celery, doz. 10 @ 50 
Cauliflower, bbl. 100 ©6 00 
Cabbage, bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
Ton . 7 00 @12 00 
Horseradish, bpl . 4 00 @5 00 
Kale, bbl. 30 @ 50 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 25 @ 1 50 
Onions—Red, bag . 75 @ 1 25 
Yellow, . 75 @ 1 25 
White . 1 00 ra 1 75 
Peppers, bu. 2 50 ® 3 50 
Radishes. 100 bunches .1 00 @ 1 50 
Spinach, bbl. 50 @ 75 
8tring Beans, bn. 2 00 @ 4 50 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl. 75 @100 
Marrow. 50 @ 75 
New, bu. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Egg Plants, bu, . 1 50 @ 3 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. 11 @ 14 
Fowls . 12 @ 14 
Roosters. 9 @ 10 
Ducks. 13 @ 15 
Geese. 12 @ 14 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Another week of sticky weather has 
doue considerable damage to dry packed 
shipments. There is an increased de¬ 
mand for fancy turkeys, and speculators 
are quite active in choice chickens. 
Turkeys, choice, ib. 
.... 24 
@ 
25 
Common to good . 
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22 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 
.... 23 
@ 
25 
Squab broilers, pair. 
.... 50 
@ 
60 
Broilers, common to good _ 
.... 19 
@ 
20 
Roasters .. 
@ 
24 
Fowls . 
@ 
17 
Ducks, Spring. 
.... 10 
@ 
17 
Squabs, doz.... .. 
.... 1 25 
@ 4 
00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay market without special change; a 
fair demand for medium grades of feed¬ 
ing. Straw plentiful. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 20 00 @2100 
No. 2.17 50 @19 00 
No. 3 .16 50 @17 00 
Clovermixed...is 00 @1900 
Straw, Rye,.13 00 @14 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 75 @9 90 
Bulls. 5 25 @6 00 
Cows. 3 00 @ 6 30 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 10 00 @13 00 
Culls. 6 00 @ S 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 4 00 @ 5 25 
Lambs . S 00 @ 9 05 
Hogs. 7 75 @ 8 00 
Pork Chops . 18 @ 20 
Loin of Pork . 17 @ 20 
Round Steak . 18 @ 22 
CHRISTMAS GREENS. 
Holly, case. 2 00 @ 2 75 
W reaths, doz. 50 @ 1 50 
Roping, 100 yds. . 1 00 @ 1 50 
The New York Health Department 
recently condemned 600,000 pounds of 
coffee, which had been damaged by water 
on the trip from South America. 
* 
Fire losses in this country and Canada 
for 11 months ending with November 
amounted to $215,000,000. There were 
55 with damage above $100,000, and two 
of $1,000,000. 
* 
The wool embargo on shipments from 
Great Britain has been modified to per¬ 
mit sending merinos to the United States 
on guarantee that they will not be for¬ 
warded to hostile countries. 
* 
Our trade with Sweden since the war 
began has doubled as to our imports, and 
in exports increased from $104,600 in 
August to nearly $3,000,000 in Octo¬ 
ber. Some of our products in greatest 
demand there are: Grain, oils, paints and 
drugs, raw cotton and wool, naval stores, 
leather, ash and hickory, and tobacco. 
* 
Because of the tie-up of nearly 5,000,- 
000 tons of shipping, and the recent 
heavy export demand, freight rates to 
Europe are more than three times last 
year’s prices on some staples aud dou¬ 
ble on others. Current berth rates to 
Liverpool are: Gr.-ir bu., “ '• cents; 
flour, 100 lbs., 26; cotton. 100 lbs., com- 
rcssed, 75: butter, ton, $15; meats, ton, 
7.50; leather, ton, $5. 
* 
The Government report shows ginning 
of 13.066.105 bales of cotton up to De¬ 
cember 1, or about 1,000,000 bales more 
than at the same date last year. Gin- 
nings in the principal cotton States fol¬ 
low : Texas, 3,764,694 bales: Georgia, 2,- 
285,607; Alabama, 1.438,389; South 
Carolina. 1.225,476; Oklahoma, 1,018,- 
287; Mississippi, 086.998: Arkansas, 
840,562; North Carolina, 674.135; Louis¬ 
iana, 381.913 ; Tennessee, 291,329 ; Flori¬ 
da, 72.S59. I 11 addition to above. Geor¬ 
gia ginned 33.101 bales of Sea Island: 
Florida, 27,468; and South Carolina 2.- 
422. 
FARM WANTED—From 100 to 300 acres, not 
over three miles from a town of not less than 
2.000 people; prefer one equipped for dairy; 
must be good buildings and soil. Box 308, Gro¬ 
ton, N. Y. 
WILL exchange income property In Hackensack 
and East Rutherford for farm, having tillable, 
pasture, woodland, within seventy-five miles New 
York City, near railroad: want water power or 
place to build one. 105 Poplar Ave., Hacken¬ 
sack, N. J. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enable 
RURAL NEW-YORKER readers to supply each 
other’s wants. If you want to buy or sell or 
exchange, make it known here. This Rate will 
be 5 Cents a word, payable in advance. The 
name and address must be counted as part of 
the advertisement. Copy must reach us not 
later than Friday to appear in the following 
week. No display type used, and only Farm 
Products, Help and Positions Wanted admitted. 
For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen¬ 
eral manufacturers’ announcements not admit¬ 
ted here. Poultry, Eggs and other live stock 
advertisements will go under proper headings on 
other pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements 
will not be accepted for this column. 
YOUNG MAN wants to learn commercial, egg 
and poultry business. LESTER WAMSLEY, 
Anthony, R. I. 
PRACTICAL, intelligent, experienced, married 
man desires responsible position on farm. C. 
L. B., R. N.-Y. 
WANTED—At onee. strong, reliable young man, 
single, some experience for general farm work. 
No liquor. MEADOW FARM, Ilartsdale, N. Y. 
WANTED—Good German or Danish farmer to 
work large farm on equal shares: twenty cows, 
hogs, hay aud orchard. H. M. DAVIS, Attica, 
New York. 
POULTRYMAN, married. 26, desires position 
Jan. 1: best references furnished, capable 
handling plant any size. GEO. TILTON, Pough- 
quag, N. Y. 
YOUNG MAN 123), desires position January 1 
on dairy or stock farm; experienced thorough¬ 
bred Ilolsteins. NORMAN DXECKS, Chatham, 
New Jersey. 
WANTED—Position for my farm hand; season's 
work done: good, all-around worker, strictly 
sober, honest, reliable. EDW. MORGAN, Plain- 
field, N. J. It. D. 1. 
EXPERIENCED ORCHARDIST—Married. de¬ 
sires position as working manager of modern 
fruit farm; thoroughly familiar" and capable: 
American, references. SANFORD, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED as manager or superin¬ 
tendent of farm or estate by practical farmer 
with 16 years’ experience; sober, reliable, in¬ 
dustrious. earefid and well educated; small fam¬ 
ily: southeastern Pennsylvania preferred. J. 
HOWARD BItOOMELL, Kennett Square. Pa. 
FARMER ON SHARES—20 acres, near Camden. 
N. J., 6 room house, 1,000 peach trees, all 
kinds of berries, suitable for early garden truck, 
completely stocked except horses and wagons, 
which farmer must furnish; prefer man accus¬ 
tomed to marketing his own goods; would con¬ 
sider furnishing breeding hogs as a side line: 
willing to make weekly advances to reliable 
man; give full particulars, experience, refer¬ 
ences. size and age of family in first letter: to 
man handy with tools I can give considerable 
work during winter months; excellent opportun¬ 
ity for reliable experienced man. GW1LLIAM, 
623 S. 6th St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 
WANTED—Good fertile farm with good build¬ 
ing, etc.; give full description and price. R., 
care U. N.-Y. 
FOR SALE—\ inelan<r. fully equipped plant, trol¬ 
ley. gas. water systems. Box 40, Rural 2, 
Millville. N. J. 
100 ACRE FARM FOR SAI.K. with or without 
null; route, stock and tools, 3 miles from 
city of 38.000 inhabitants. Particulars inquire 
P. F., R. N.-Y. 
Tiie Kicking Cow.—T ell the man who 
has the kicking cow to secure the cow’s 
head and then take a stout piece of half¬ 
inch rope about four feet long, place the 
middle of it at the middle of the cow's 
left hind leg, just above the hock joint, 
bring the ends of the rope between her 
legs, crossing the ends of the rope, wrap 
the rope around her right hind leg and tie 
in a knot easily untied, drawing her right 
hind leg back far enough so she can be 
milked. I had to tie a “professional” 
kicker in that way from April till the 
next March, when I sold her for beef. 
F. s. WEBB. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
200 FERTILE ACRES—Bordering beautiful lit¬ 
tle lake in famous lake region of Central New 
York, can be bought for cost of improvements. 
E. W. ALLEN, Auburn. N. Y. 
235 ACRES fine Steuben County fruit and' dairy 
farm; will sacrifice ttiis month for only 831 an 
acre, worth nearly double. Address Owner. 41 
E. Washington St.. Hornell, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Fully equipped' poultry and fruit 
farm, beautiful location, handy to New York 
and Philadelphia markets; rare bargain. In¬ 
quire L. W. A., Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To rent with privilege of buying for 
next Spring, a truck farm of 100 acres in 
Long Island, within 50 miles of New York, near 
station. Care of W. A. D., care It. N.-Y. 
ALFALFA HAY—F. P. ERKENBECK, Fayette¬ 
ville, N. Y. 
NEW HONEY—Basswood or clover in sixty- 
pound cans. Write for prices. C. A. HATCH, 
Richland Center. Wis. 
APPLES. APPLES, APPLES—For choice spray¬ 
ed Winter Apples. Please order to-day. C. J. 
YODER, Grantsville. Md. 
FOR SALE—Number twelve, power Mann Bone- 
cutter: cost new 830: freight prepaid 100 miles 
for §17.50. CARRYL, White House Sta., N. J. 
7-INCH PAPER KNIVES, hand-made; oak. hick¬ 
ory, barberry, huckleberry, apple, red cedar, 
on hamf-painted cards, 25c. KNAPP, Carvville, 
Mass. 
FOR SALE—Avery three-bottom, self-lift engine 
gang plow; does not fit my tractor 'and 
used but a few hours. C. T. WILLSON, Miller- 
ton, N. Y. 
EXCHANGE—Omni;.ion bred Airedales, female 
pups entitled to registry, for incubator. Brah¬ 
mas, bronze turkeys, or offer. THE HILL FARM. 
Cuuuningtou. Mass. 
2S IXCURATORS FOR SALE—All models. 260 
and 360 eggs, in first-class condition; reasons 
for selling, am installing a Mammoth machine; 
write for prices. CHAS. R. STONE, Staatsburg. 
N. Y. 
GRAPEFRUIT AND ORANGES—Bv express in 
half or whole boxes, F. O. B. Miami. Fla. 
fancy brights at 81.75. Golden Russets at $1.50 
per box, with order; delivered prices quoted on 
request. GEO. B. CELLON, Tropical Grove, 
Miami, Fla. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat has declined slightly in spite 
of heavy export sales, mainly because of 
favorable crop reports from Russia aud 
the probability that our crop will exceed 
early estimates. Corn prices unchanged, 
with rather slack demand. 
Wheat. No.|l. Northern Spring. 128 @ 
No. 2, Red . 1 26 @ .. 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 126 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 71 @ 72 
Oas, as to weight, bush. 53 @ 55 
RETAIL PRICKS AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
prices noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying opportuni¬ 
ties of at least half of New York’s popu¬ 
lation. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 
Mixed colors, new laid. 
Ordinary grades. 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 
Tub, choice. 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 
Squab broilers, pair . 
Broilers, common to good, lb. ...” 
Fricassee, lb. 
Fowls . 
Turkeys. 
Leg of lamb. 
Lamb chops. 
Roasting beef ... 
Stewing beef . 
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