1914. 
1511 
THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. Dec. 26, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Seirible Back-to-the-Lander.1494 
Easy Farm Blacksmitliing.1495 
Bringing Back Now Hampshire Land.1495 
A Short Course in Agriculture.1495 
The Farm Manager Problem.1496 
Slat and Wire Fence.1496 
The Ohio “Corn Boys” .1497 
Rental for Farm .1497 
Corncob; as Fertiliser .1499 
Lime and Cover Crop .1499 
Commercial Value of Hen Manure.1499 
Chicken Manure for Alfalfa.1499 
Hen Manure for Potatoes.1499 
Value of Wood Ashes .1499 
Hope Farm Notes ...1500 
A Problem in Swamp Drainage.1500 
Government Crop Report.1504 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
State Dairymen at Rochester .1504 
The Frencli-Canadian Horse .1506 
Good Ayrshire Record .1506 
Watch Your Dairy Cow.1506 
Cottage Cheese; Buttermilk .1506 
Holstein as Beef Cattle .1507 
A Statement of Inbreeding.1507 
Ayrshire Breeders’ Annual Meeting.1507 
Butter Fails to Como .1508 
Worms .1508 
Indigestion .1508 
Azoturia . 1508 
Tail Rubbing .1508 
Urticaria ...1508 
Live Stock Notes .1508 
The Egg-Laying Contest .1509 
Keeping Old Hens .1509 
Pasteurized Milk .1510 
HORTICULTURE. 
Bees as Pollenizers .1496 
Strawberries in Novombor .1497 
Greenhouse Propagation of Blackberries.... 1497 
A “Misllt Tree” Case .1499 
Rosette in Pecan Trees .1501 
Treatment for Aphis .1501 
Notes From a Maryland Garden.1501 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .1504 
The Rural Patterns .1504 
Seen in New York Shops .1504 
Cornmeal Recipes and Baked Beans.1505 
An Ironing Machine .1505 
Husk Tomatoes .1505 
Canned Tomato Soup .1505 
Jelly-malting .1505 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
That Electric Light Plant.1493, 1494 
A Curso of Rabbits.1494 
Figuring Lumber in Standing Trees.1494 
Events of the Week.1498 
Editorials .1503 
Long Distance Pancakes .1504 
Conditions in the Cotton States.1504 
Boston Retail Farmers’ and Consumers’.... 
Market .1504 
New York State News .1504 
Buffalo Markets .1508 
Publisher's Desk .1510 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Dec. 18. 1914. 
MILK. 
Tlic Borden milk schedule to producers 
for the six months beginning with Oc¬ 
tober is as follows. This is per 100 
pounds in the 26-cent zone. This is 
what is known ns the “maximum” for 
milk testing 3.8 to 4.2 per cent, fat, and 
is 20 cents per 100 pounds above the 
“flat” rate. 
1914. 
October .$2.00 
November . 2.10 
December . 2.10 
January . 2.05 
February . 1.95 
March . 1.90 
Wholesale prices paid by New York 
dealers are running $2.01 and $1.91 for 
B and C. 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. 
Prices are without change from last 
week, but business is dull, and there is 
some surplus of medium grade creamery. 
Ladles and packing stock soiling well. 
Creamery, extra.above 92 score, lb... 33t«:@ 34 
Extra, 93 score . 32,4® 33 
Good to Choice . 28 @ 32 
Lower Grades. 23 @ 25 
Storage . 26 @ 32 
State Dairy, best. 31 @ 33 
Common to Good. 23 @ 28 
Ladles . 20 @ 23 
Packing Stock. 19 @ 22 
Process . 22 @ 26 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 32 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 31 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 33. 
Chicago creamery, 24@32. 
CHEESE. 
The market on most grades of whole 
milk is one-fourth cent lower. Trade is 
very quiet and exporters not doing much. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 
. 155*@ 
16 
1554 
1 micr grades . 
u 
Daisies. Wisconsin 
. ... u&@ 
15>4 
Skims, specials. 
w* 
Good to choice . 
12 
Poor to fair. 
10 
EGGS 
Prices on fancy 
white 
dropped 
five 
cents per dozen. 
This 
grade is 
still 
comparatively scarce, but the extreme 
figures asked recently lessened the de¬ 
mand to such an extent that the drop 
seemed necessary. Storage stock is three 
cents lower. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 52 & 53 
Medium to good. 42 @ 60 
Mixed colors, best. 43 & 46 
Common to good. 25 @ 35 
Storage, best . 25 @ 27 
Lower grades. 18 @ 23 
FRESH FRUITS. 
The sudden cold snap did some dam¬ 
age to apples in exposed situations, re¬ 
sulting in temporary declines of 25 to 50 
cents per barrel. Grapes are about gone. 
Prices for the season have been low. 
Fair supplies of strawberries are being 
received steadily now from Florida and 
California, wholesaling at upwards of 
50 cents per quart. 
Apples—BenDavis, bbl. 150 @2 00 
York Imperial . 1 50 @2 50 
McIntosh. 2 50 @ 4 7U 
Jonathan. 2 50 @ 3 73 
Twenty-ounce . l 50 @ 2 50 
Spitz. 1 75 @ 3 00 
Baldwin. 1 75 @ 2 60 
King . 2 00* @ 3 00 
Greening . 2 00 & 3 25 
Box. as to variety, . 1 50 @ 2 25 
Pears. Anjou, bbl. 3 0U @ 4 50 
Seokel . 5 53 @ 5 00 
Bose . 3 00 @ 5 50 
Sheldon. 3 00 @ 5 60 
Kieffer. 1 60 @ 2 50 
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 
Jersey, bbl. 3 50 @ 4 00 
Strawberries, Fla. qt. 50 & 65 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 26 @ 28 
Common to good. 22 @ 25 
Pacific Coast . 10 @ 15 
Old stock. 7 @ 8 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 12 @ 16 
Extracted, gallon. 50 @ SO 
BEANS. 
Marrow are five cents lower and Pea 
and Red Kidney 10 cents per hundred 
pounds higher. 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 6 30 @ 6 35 
Medium . 4 50 @ 4 65 
Pea . 4 55 @ 4 60 
Red Kidney. .... 5 30 @5 35 
Whito Kidney . 7 15 @7 26 
Yellow Eye . 5 15 @5 25 
Lima, California. 5 90 @6 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes mainly 10 to 1"> cents per 
barrel lower. The condition in the large 
markets cause a depressing outlook in 
many primary points, particularly Maine, 
where large quantities are in storage. 
The railroad movement from the Arro- 
stook section is unusually light for this 
time of year. Best grades of Danish 
seed cabbage are $2 per ton higher. A 
Bermuda steamer in this week was so 
much delayed that the vegetable cargo 
was damaged. Added to the frosted 
southern vegetables this made low prices 
and considerable waste. 
Potatoes-Jersey, bbl. 
Long Island, bbl,. 
State.180 lbs. 
Maine, ISO lbs. 
Bermuda, bbl. 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 
Beets, bbl. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Chicory, southern, bbl. 
Celery, doz. 
Cauliflower, bbl. 
Cabbage. Danish seed, ton 
Domestic seed. 
Horseradish, bbl . 
Kale, bbl. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket . 
Onions—Red. bag . 
Yellow., 
White . 
Peppers, bu. 
Radishes. 100 bunches .... 
Spinach, bbl. 
String Beans, bu. 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl.. 
Marrow. 
New. bu. 
Egg Plants, bu, . 
, 125 
, 175 
. 1 25 
1 50 
, 4 00 
, 2 00 
6 
100 
75 
1 50 
10 
100 
10 00 
7 U0 
, 4 00 
75 
25 
1 25 
1 25 
1 00 
2 50 
1 00 
1 25 
, 1 50 
75 
. 50 
1 00 
1 50 
& l 50 
@ 2 00 
@ 1 60 
@ 1 75 
@ 5 50 
@3 00 
@ 12 
@ 1 25 
@ 1 00 
@ 2 00 
@ 60 
@ 9 00 
@14 00 
@ 9 00 
@5 00 
@ 85 
@ 1 50 
@ l 65 
@ 1 65 
@ 1 75 
@ 3 50 
@ 2 00 
@ 1 75 
@ 4 50 
@ 100 
@ 75 
@ 2 00 
@ 3 00 
Chickens, lb 
Fowls . 
Roosters .... 
Ducks. 
Geese. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
12 
@ 
14 
14 
@ 
15 
9 
@ 
11 
14 
@ 
15 
12 
@ 
14 
DRESSED POULTRY.' 
The weather is unusually favorable for 
dry-packed stock, which is always pre¬ 
ferred to iced when in condition. At this 
writing the Christmas trade is only be¬ 
ginning. The outlook is that the sup¬ 
plies of turkeys and choice chickens will 
be larger than for Thanksgiving. 
Turkevs, choice, lb. 
.... 25 
@ 
26 
Common to good . 
. .. 17 
@ 
23 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 
.... 23 
@ 
25 
Squab broilers, pair. 
@ 
60 
Broilers, common to good _ 
.... 19 
@ 
20 
Roasters . 
.... 23 
@ 
24 
Fowls . 
.... 14 
@ 
17 
Ducks. Spring. 
@ 
18 
Sqnabs. doz... 
<10 
4 00 
IIAY AND STRAW. 
The demand for both Timothy and 
mixed hay is improved. Straw plentiful, 
especially of low grades. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 20 00 @2100 
No. 2.17 50 @19 00 
No. 3 .16 50 @17 00 
Clover mixed.18 00 @19 00 
Straw, Rye,.18 00 @15 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 00 ® 9 50 
Bulls. 4 50 @ 6 75 
Cows. 4 50 @ 6 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 10 00 @12 00 
Culls. 6 00 @ 8 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 8 50 @ 5 50 
Lambs . 9 00 @ 9 25 
Hogs. 7 50 @ 7 60 
Gli A IN. 
Grain has sold on a generally higher 
basis than last week, but declined to¬ 
ward the close, mainly because of the 
war news, indicating a possible slowing 
up of exports. In the event of a naval 
battle of much magnitude, part of the 
present Atlantic patrol might be diverted 
for use in Europe, leaving the Atlantic 
without protection for slow merchant 
vessels. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 1 SI @ 
No. 2. Red . 129 @ .. 
No. 2. liard Winter. 129 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 73 @ 74 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 53 @ 56 
Rye.1 15 @ 116 
RETAIL PRICKS AT NEW YORK. 
Those 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. GO @ 65 
Mixed colors, new laid. 55 @ 5s 
Ordinary grades. 30 @ 45 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 40 @ 43 
Tub, choice. 34 @ 38 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 26 @ 28 
Squab broilers, pair . 1 00 @ 1 26 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 25 @ 26 
Fricassee, lb. 19 @ 20 
Fowls . IS @ 23 
Turkovs. 
25 
@ 
30 
Leg of lamb. 
18 
@ 
20 
Lamb chops. 
20 
@ 
22 
Roasting beef . 
18 
22 
Stewing beef . 
12 
@ 
16 
Pork chops. . 
18 
@ 
20 
Loin of Pork . 
17 
@ 
20 
Round Steak . 
18 
@ 
22 
CHRISTMAS GREENS. 
Holly, case . 1 
75 
@ 
2 25 
Wreaths, doz. 
50 
(<0 
1 25 
Roping, 100 yds. 1 
00 
@ 
1 75 
A shipment of 330.000 dozen 
cold 
stor- 
age eggs was sent from Boston to Lon¬ 
don this week. 
* 
Missouri’s crops this year are valued at 
$201,500,000, which is $9,000,000 above 
the five year average. 
* 
Our total circulation of 
her 1 was as follows: 
Gold coin . 
Silver dollars . 
Small silver . 
Gold certificates . 
Silver certificates . 
Treasury notes . 
United States notes. 
Nat’l Bank notes. 
money Octo- 
$657,944,193 
70,724,311 
161.565.114 
931.390.259 
482,892.121 
2,388,789 
336,974.246 
1,050,869.196 
For the year ending June 30, 1914, the 
Government paid the railroads $50,853,- 
360 for carrying mails. The appropria¬ 
tion for the next fiscal year is $56,1SS,- 
000 . 
Reports received by the Department 
of Agriculture in 16 leading onion-pro¬ 
ducing States show that this year the es¬ 
timated commercial onion crop is 21,623 
carloads as compared with 18.934 car¬ 
loads last year. Last year 6.695 carloads 
were held in storage at these points for 
later sale. The estimated number this 
year is 7.S70 carloads. These 16 States 
produce three-fourths of the onion crop. 
The cabbage reports from 10 of the lead¬ 
ing States show 18.604 carloads were 
shipped in 1913, and this year 20.390 car¬ 
loads will be produced. Of the number 
last year 4,229 were held in storage for 
later sale, and this year about 4,645 are 
being placed in storage. The 10 States 
from which x-eports were received produce 
two-thirds of the annual crop. 
Ayrshire Breeders’ Annual Meeting. 
The 40th annual meeting of the Ayr¬ 
shire Breeders’ Association will be held 
Thursday, January 14, 1915, at Hotel 
Manhattan, New York, at 2 o’clock I*. M. 
All interested in Ayrshire cattle are in¬ 
vited to attend this meeting. A meet¬ 
ing of the Executive Committee is re¬ 
quested at 10 A. M. in the Hotel Com¬ 
mittee Room. The association cordially 
invites all its members to a banquet to 
be given by the association in the even¬ 
ing, after the meeting. 
c. M. WINSLOW, Secretary. 
Brandon, Vt. 
Dec. 13. Apples per bbl.. $2.50; pota¬ 
toes per bushel. 50; butter. 35; hogs, 
dressed, per lb., 11 ; native beef, dressed, 
8 and 0; eggs, 50; beans, Maine yellow 
eyes. $4. d. m. h. 
Ellsworth, Me. 
Dec. 7. Good dairy butter only brings 
2.8 to 30c.; potatoes, 50 cents per bushel 
in a small way (40 f. o. b. car). Fat 
steers five cents per pound; new milch 
cows, $40 to $60. Eggs, 42. This is a 
good farming community but very poor 
market. l. h. b. 
Chester, Vt. 
Dec. 15. Cows are from $35 to $75; 
eggs, 40, at the store. Butter 33 at the 
grocery, and they get 40. Apples about 
50; potatoes, 50: pork, best, 11; honey, 
20, wholesale, 25 at retail. I get six 
cents per quart at the door for milk. 
Chickens, 16; pigs. $3 four weeks old; 
hens, 75 to $1. s. K. v. 
Cumberland Center, Me. 
Dec. 8. Beef by the quarter. 9c.; pork, 
11; chickens, IS; calves, live, 6 to S. 
Butter. 35; milk, 8%-quart cans on the 
car, 35 cents for month of November; 
average for six ininths, 32 cents. Eggs, 
42; potatoes, 50; squash, 2)4c. a lb.; 
cabbage. l%c.; beets, 2c. per lb. Tur¬ 
nips. 60 cents a bushel; apples. $2 per 
barrel. w. D. s. 
West 'Rumney, N. H. 
Dec. 14. Fall was quite dry until past 
two weeks, some rain now. quite snow 
squall. Early sown wheat I think badly 
affected with insects, crop generally quite 
good here past season ; farmers felt quite 
encouraged until the foot and mouth dis¬ 
ease broke out. As we had no foot and 
month disease in our city I could see no 
reason why our stock was not inspected 
and shipped in disinfected cars to any 
market out of the State. I think the far¬ 
mers should insist on a law to regulate 
the shipping and sale of stock out of the 
State when there is no foot and mouth 
disease. w. d. 
Noble Co., Ill. 
Young Wife: Your mother a fine 
cook? I don’t believe it. I’ve heard that 
your father was a chronic dyspeptic. 
Husband: Well, that’s all right; mother 
learned by practicing on father.—Boston 
Transcript. 
N KW .1 HUSKY GARDEN, FRUIT, STOCK* 
POULTRY FARMS. We handle the best. 
A. WARREN DRESSER, Burlington, New Jersey 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complyi.ig 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 hero. 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. 
EXPERIENCED young man (20) wishes posi¬ 
tion on farm. Box 5, eare of Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—married man to work on dairy farm 
(board himself), house and garden furnished. 
D. F. ROBINSON, Pawlet, Vt. 
UNMARRIED MAN wants position on commer¬ 
cial poultry farm; experienced. COMMER¬ 
CIAL, Care Rural New-Yorker, 333 W. 30th St.. 
N. Y. City. 
YOUNG MAN, 21, four years’ experience and 
good, dry hand milker, seeks position; best 
references. CHAS. 8AKOVITZ, 98-1 Myrtle ave., 
Brooklyn. N. Y. 
WANTED—Position as working foreman or 
manager of farm by single man of experience; 
several years in institution work. A. Y., care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as farm manager; sold 
farm; understands stock, breeding and raising 
of all farm crops; married, no children; tem¬ 
perate. Box 4, care R. N.-Y. 
UNMARRIED MAN of character; farm reared 
and some experience in poultry, wants work 
on poultry farm in Eastern States. Address 
CLARENCE PARR. Lakeliurst, X. J. 
MARRIED MAN, no bad habits, at present em¬ 
ployed, wishes position to grow vegetables, 
fruit, flowers, and poultry, and to produce honey 
for private estate: any part of the country. Ad¬ 
dress “COMPETENT,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
SUPERINTENDENT WANTED—Married, about 
35 to 40 years of age, strong and at present 
employed; collewe trained, expert in purebred 
Holstein cattle, A. R. O. feeding and dairying. 
Accountant, business capacity; an all-round'' far¬ 
mer. MOHHGAN FARM, i' ' kill. N. Y. 
WANTED—A man to care for and milk 20 
cows, milk Grade A; must be a good milker, 
separate 30-40 quarts per day; feeding skimmed 
milk to calves and h.,gs. he must also take care 
of 2-4 brood sows and young pigs; $30 a month 
and board for right man. Write E. V. WAT 
SON, Beacon, N. Y 
ALFALFA HAY—F. P. ERKENBECK. Fayette¬ 
ville. N. Y. 
WANTED—Power Mann Bone Cutter No. 12. 
W. D. LARKIN. West Berlin. Mass. 
WANTED—Prairie State Incubators. 1912 or 
1913 model, 390 eggs. ORO FARM, Congers. 
N. Y. 
NEW HONEY—Basswood or clover in sixty- 
pound cans. Write for prices. C. A. HATCH, 
Rieliland Center. Wis. 
APPLES, APPLES, APPLES—For choice spray¬ 
ed Winter Apples. Please order to-day. C. J. 
YODER. Grantsville, Md. 
CHRISTMAS ORANGES, Orange Marmalade di¬ 
rect to consumer: sample 25 ceuts. II. C. 
TILLSON, Leesburg, Fla. 
28 INCUBATORS FOR SALE—All models, 2G0 
and 300 eggs. In first-class condition; reasons 
for selling, am installing a Mammoth machine; 
write for prices. CHAS. R. STONE, Staatsburg. 
FOR SALE—150 bushels choice Japanese buck¬ 
wheat in lots to suit purchaser. 85c. per 
bushel, sacks included: nothing better when 
ground for cattle or poultry. THE CASKEY 
FARMS. Rlehmondville, N. Y. 
FRESII COUNTRY SAUSAGE—Home-made, of 
superior quality, from specially fattened little 
milk-and-grain fed pigs; not too highly sea¬ 
soned; 4 lbs.. $1; 8 lbs.. $2; postpaid within 
Third Zone; also hams and bacon readv January 
at 2Sc. lb. SANDANONAH FARM, Windham. 
N. Y. 
ANY ONE desiring a fruit and poultry farm 
address R. T. MILLER, Vineland. N. j. 
WANTED—Small, equipped poultry fruit farm; 
near station; price, full particulars, FARM¬ 
ER, care R. N.-Y. 
FOR SALE—Farm 65 acres, good buildings, 
cheap; to R. U. 10 miles. F. G. SEARS, 
West Cumniingtou. Mass. 
FOR SALE—A good dairy or general purpose 
farm, 180 acres; good buildings and location; 
$0,000. PETER GIBBS, Tioga Center, N.-Y. 
400-ACRE Rensselaer County Dairy Farm; mod¬ 
ern equipped home, 20 farm bindings, 3 ten¬ 
ant houses. Owner, L. R. RICKERSON, Me- 
clianicsville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—S acres, with or without buildings. 
within 15 minutes* walk of ocean, river ar 1 
two depots; easy terms. JULIUS ABRAMS, 
owner, Itelmar, N. J. 
FOR SALE—At a Great bargain, two 80-ucre 
farms on good terms: extra well located ana' 
on good roads and near school and railroads. 
F. M. KERN. Springvllle. Indiana. 
FARM BUYER write me about the best 170- 
acre farm in county; five thousand five hun¬ 
dred: investigation means buy. EMERY C. 
Mrx. Justice of the Peace, Willseyville, Tioga 
Co.. N. Y. 
FARM FOR SALE, or to let—Large house and 
barns. 175 acres; easy terms: 100 miles from 
New York, one mile from railroad, churches, 
schools, etc. For particulars address C. P. BY 
INGTON. Ossining. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—A small farm of about seven acres. 
consisting of a variety of fine fruit, enormous 
asparagus bed, poultry, eight-room cottage, all 
necessary outbuildings, an abundance of water; 
situated in the famous and fertile Shenandoah 
Valley in Virginia. Address J. T. KANE, R. F. 
D. 2, Berryville, Va. 
TO LET—I.arge brick factory buildings, tenant 
houses, barns and water power, with wheel 
and shafting ready for immediate use at Mai 
den Bridge. Columbia County, N. Y.; three 
miles on State road to Chatham Center, a sta 
tion on Boston & Albany railroad; nominal rent 
for first year; also thirty acres of land, if de¬ 
sired. Write for particulars. E. W. RIDER, 50 
Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
