CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, January 9, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Wonder of Alfalfa.....£7 
A West Virginia Corn Crop.27 
A Wisconsin Alfalfa Farm .27, £3 
Studving Agriculture in Prison .23 
Forms of Air Nitrogen-Cyanamid .23 
Tiro Acres for Fodder. 28 
College Men as Farm Managers .29 
Soy Beans or Cow Peas for Seed .£0 
Building a Smokehouse ... ....30 
Early Sweet Corn for New Hampshire.31 
Crop's and Prices .33 
Hog Manure for Tomato Plants .34 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings .36 
Hope Farm Notes .38 
Climatic Range Should be Stated by Writers..41 
Root Crops in Farming .41 
Hay and Potato Outlook .41 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Su-shire in Winder Poultry House.£9 
Fcedirg Frozen Mangels .36 
The Problem of Buying Olco .41 
Starting a Chccre Factory .41 
BsVcr Wool for Better Markets.44 
Apple Pomace for Cows ...45 
Southern Live Stock Coming .45 
Making H-g C u o'era Scrum .45 
A Cttocc-ful Co-operative Creamery .46 
Winter Churning .46 
He? Prices ar.d Quarantine .48 
Goat’s Milk .48 
Si’o of Pig 3 .48 
Fcedi-g Young Pigs ..49 
Fro-on Apples for Stock .49 
Rations for Brood Sow .49 
Crop Rotation for Hens .49 
Encoders and Dairymen Meet. Part II.50 
Varnishing Eggs With Water Glass.51 
A Cr-e of Roup .51 
Standard Poultry Rations .51 
Sire of Nests .52 
Cha _ girg Established Strain .52 
Bacillary Diarrhea .52 
Starting a Goo-e Farm .52 
Hons With Catarrh .52 
The Egg-Layir.g Contest ..53 
HORTICULTURE. 
Notes From a Maryland Garden .31 
Preparing Ground for Celery ard Onior.s.31 
Veneer Tree Guards; Spraying; Spraying 
Peach Trees .36 
Mice Girdling Trees .36 
Fall Plowing of Orchards .38 
Strawberry Growing in Florida . v ,33 
Cutting Asparagus Tops .33 
Transplanting Cedars . 35 
Spraying to Prevent Frost Damage .35 
Chinese Chestnut . 39 
Oil of Wintergreen . 39 
Food Value of Fenugreek . 39 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day .42 
Seen in New York Shops .42 
A Pumpkin Loaf .42 
Three Good Candies .42 
The Rural Patterns . 43 
A Morning With Aunt Martha .43 
Tapioca Sponge .. 
Cold Veal and Ham Pie . 43 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Care of a Rope .28 
Effective Advertising .28 
Making Vinegar; Salt for Quinces .30 
Utilizing Sour Honey .30 
Dynamiting Woodchucks . 31 
Building a Square Cistern .32 
Poor Cement Floor .32 
Contaminated Well .32 
Damp Cellar .. 
The Slat and Wire Fence .[32 
Bee Poison . 34 
Events of the Week .36 
Why Do Colored Races Endure Heatl.36 
Editorials .. 
New York State News . ]|41 
Buffalo Markets . 49 
Publisher’s Desk . .54 
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wore driven to brown, and somo propor¬ 
tion will stick to this color. Good stor¬ 
age eggs are selling well, some up to 
27 cents. In medium grades of both 
fresh and storage the market is dull. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 47 
Medium to good. 43 
Mixed colors. i>est. 43 
Common to good... 
Storage, best . 05 
Lower grades. 13 
TRL3H FRUITS. 
Offerings of sennd apples have been 
light this week, considerable frost dam- 
age_ being scon. For standard varieties, 
$3.50 per barrel is about the top, though 
special marks of known 
brought more. Medium 
and Yc k Imperial run 
Cranberries are slightly 
mand good. Strawberries 
excellence have 
grade Baldwin 
down to SI.75. 
higher and de- 
scarce. Years 
ago the strawberries grown in Florida 
for orthern Winter trade were mainly 
small and hard—good shippers. Now the 
choicest varieties, like Nick Ohmer, are 
grown. \\ hen well packed and kept 
properly iced they reach New York in 
reasonably good condition. 
Apples—BenDavis, bb!. 175 @ c oo 
Vork Imperial . j 75 @2 50 
McIntosh. 2 50 @ 4 00 
Jonathan. 2 50 @ 3 75' 
Twenty-ounce . 2 00 @3 5 o' 
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@ 2 50. 
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5^ @ 3 25 • 
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@2 00 
@ 5 00 
@ 4 00 
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Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New Vork, 
Week Ending Jan. 2, 1915. 
MILK 
The 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 as the “maximum” for 
milk testing 3.S to 4.2 per cent, fat, and 
is 20 cents per 100 pounds above the 
"fiat” rate. 
1914. 
October . ..$2.00 
November . 2.10 
December . 2.10 
January . 2.05 
February . 1.05 
March . 1.90 
Wholesale prices paid by New York 
dealers are running $ 2.01 and $1.91 for 
B and C. Hotels 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. 
BCTTKR. 
The week has brought an advance of 
one cent on top grades of creamery, 
though there has been but a small vol¬ 
ume of business at this figure. Stored 
creamery has sold up to 33 cents, and 
some State dairy at 34 . 
Creamery, extra.above 92 score, lb... 36U® 
Extra, 92 score . 35 @ 
Good to Choice . 28 @ 
Lower Grades. 23 <a 
Storage . 26 
State Dairy, best.”” 34 
Common to Good. 25 
Ladles . 20 
Packing Stock. . i 9 
Process . 22 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 33 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 35 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 34 . 
Chicago creamery, 24@34. 
CHEESE. 
Market is a trifle more active, with 
more export inquiry than for some time. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials.. 15V@ 
Average fancy. 15»4® 
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Under grades .. ' 13 
Daisies, Wisconsin 
Skims, specials. 
Good to choice . 
Poor to fair.. 7 
EGGS 
kittle change is noted in this week’s 
prices. Choice eggs are still scarce, but 
there is no disposition to duplicate the 
searehead prices prevailing a few weeks 
ago, which temporarily damaged the 
white egg market. Buyers unable to 
pay the price charged for white eggs 
Baldwin. 
King . . 
. 1 75 
Greening . 
Box, as to variety, . 
Pears. Kieffer. bbl. . 
Cranberries. Cape Cod. bbl. ... 
. 1 50 
. 1 00 
Jersev, bbl. 
Strawberries, Fla. qt. 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 
Common to good. 
Pacific Coast . 
Old stock. 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 
Extracted, gallon. 
BEANS. 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 
Medium . 
Pea ... 2 « 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney . 
Yellow Eye. 
.... 580 
Lima, California. 
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VEGETABLES. 
Potato receipts show considerable frost 
damage, some cars unloading very wasty 
from this cause and rot. Strictly sound 
State and Maine stock has sold a trifle 
better. Sweet potatoes very low except 
for best S^uth Jersey. Onions in sur¬ 
plus, large quantities going under $1.25 
per hundred. Cabbage, $2 per ton high¬ 
er for best Danish seed. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. 1 25 
Long Island, bbl,. 1 75 
State, 180 lbs. ] 25 
Maine, ISO lbs. 1 50 
Bermuda, bbl.. 4 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 2 90 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. g 
Beets, bbl.] 1 pg 
Carrots, bbl. 75 
Chicory, southern, bbl. 1 75 
Celery, doz. jo 
Cauliflower, bbl." 3 00 
Cabbage. Danish seed, ton.’..’.'.12 00 
Domestic seed. 7 00 
Horseradish, bbl . 4 no 
Kale, bbl. 75 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 2 50 
Onions—Red, bag . ] 00 
Yellow. 1 00 
White . 1 25 
Peppers, bn. 3 on 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 2 00 
Spinach, bbl. 1 25 
8tring Beans. ba. 1 50 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl. 1 00 
Marrow. 75 
New, bu. 1 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 1 75 
Tomatoes, 6 -bkt. crate. 1 60 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. 13 
Fowls .. 
Roosters 
@ 1 50 
@ 2 00 
@ 1 50 
@ 1 85 
@ 5 50 
@3 00 
@ 12 
@ 1 25 
@ 1 (10 
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@ 40 
@ 9 00 
@15 00 
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@5 00 
@ 85 
@ 4 50 
@ 1 50 
@ 1 50 
@ 1 75 
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@ 3 00 
@ 1 50 
@ 5 00 
@ 1 25 
@ 1 00 
@ .3 50 
@ 2 50 
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Ducks. ]g 
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Geese 
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DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, choice, lb. 22 
Common to good . 15 
Chickens choice broilers, lb... 23 
Squab broilers, pair ... 50 
Broilers, common to good . 19 
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Roasters 
Fowls. k.14 
Ducks, Spring. ;2 
Squabs, doz.1 25 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Supplies are comparatively light and 
tone of market firm. Shipments on the 
way are reported larger. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton .21 00 
No- 2 .19 60 
No. 3.is 50 
Clover mixed. 18 00 
Straw, Rye,. 13 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 50 
Bulls..; 625 
Cows. 350 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 11 00 
Culls. g 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3 50 
Lambs . 8 00 
Hogs. 6 50 
GRAIN. 
Wheat prices are two cents 
owing to lessened export business. _ 
sales are larger and prices one cent above 
last week. The new Argentine crop is 
estimated at ISO,000,000 bushels. Oat 
sales only medium and prices tending 
lower. 
Wheat. No. 1, Northern Spring. 138 <a 
No. 2. Red . ] 37 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 1 37 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 75 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 53 
Rye, free from ouion. 1 14 
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@20 00 
@19 0U 
@19 00 
@15 00 
@ 8 75 
@ 7 25 
@ 7 00 
@12 00 
@ 8 OO 
@ 5 00 
@ 9 00 
@ 7 60 
lower, 
Corn 
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BOSTON MARKETS. 
ENERAL trade in Boston 
G eneral trade in (Boston was very 
good considering conditions; Christ¬ 
mas trees were well cleaned up two 
or three days before. The trade in 
wreaths and general trimmings was also 
very good, and cleaned up fairly well. 
Turkeys, which are considered the most 
important thing at this time, were in good 
supply and prices reasonable. Owing to 
the quarantine at Thanksgiving time, 
which caused a scarcity of these birds and 
consequently high prices, what should 
have been shipped in at that time of 
course had to be held back, and thus 
caused a large supply for the Christmas 
sale. While one would naturally suppose 
prices would rule very low, this was not 
altogether the case. One reason why the 
large supply at the city markets was not 
cleaned up as well as might be expected 
was that many bought from the retail 
dealers in the outlying sections on credit, 
instead of as usual coming to Boston to 
buy. General prices were from 20 to 25 
cents per pound, yet some of the best 
’arsre birds for fancy trade brought up¬ 
wards of 30 cents a pound, also on the 
other extreme some of the poorer birds 
were sold below the 20-cent mark. Geese, 
clucks and other poultry, were much in 
evidence, and sold from 1(5 to 18 cents per 
pound. Good roasting chickens average 
about 20 cents per pound. 
Cucumbers and celery were the highest 
priced articles in the vegetable market; 
•MO per box was the top price on cucum¬ 
bers. celery brought $6 to $8 per box. 
Boston Market celery went at $2 to 
$ 2 -25; Pascal, $1.75 and $2; California 
stock, $1 to $1.25 per dozen Lettuce 
also sold well at 85 to 90 cents per box 
l ancy apples had a very good sale, but 
the poorer grades went slower and were 
in less demand. Nice red McIntosh 
brought up to $5 per barrel. Snow and 
King, $3 and $4; Baldwins, best, about 
$.», more at $2 to $2.50. Greenings at 
about $2 and $2.50. good Spvs, $2 and 
?•>• Common box fruit. 50 to $1.50; 
fancy Western box fruit ranged from 
$1.:>0 to 82. Cranberries in large supply 
and prices reasonable, $3 to $5 per bar¬ 
rel, and about $l.o0 per crate. Oranges 
quite plentiful, espeeiallv California 
stock, which brought $2.75 and $3 per 
large box for best second about $2.50 • 
1 loridas, first, $2.50 to $3; second, $2.25 : 
tangerines, $4. Best bananas, large and 
fancy, $3 per bunch; good second, $2 to 
*2.4 5 ; small bunches. $1 to $1.50 for vel- 
I0W8- Reds, $2 to $4.50 per bunch. Hot¬ 
house tomatoes, 30 cents per pound; 
1 iorida stock, $3 and $4 per crate, 
Butter receipts not quite so heavy 
caused a fraction of a cent advance in 
prices on best grades. 35% to 37% being 
the average prices on these; fancy storage 
creamery, 34% to 35; good creamerv, 30. 
Cheese about equal in supply and de¬ 
mand, with sales at small marginal 
profit; prices, 16% to 17% cents on most 
grades. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
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For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen- 
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YOUNG MAX wants work on farm; can’t milk. 
N J . Y r -(n D DAVIS, care A. R. Doty, Westfield, 
I>r i^ CTIC 'V‘ FARMER wants dairy farm, stock- 
Men"han't villel^N. TVl?.' J ° SEPH BOOTU ’ 
T ---poorqual 
lt.v at $3.o0. Western fat swine about 7 
cents live weight; dressed hogs, 2 cents 
higher; live sheep, 3% to 6; lambs, 8% ; 
veal calves, 8% to 9%. Steer and cow¬ 
hides, 16 to 18 cents per pound • calf¬ 
skins, 22 to 24. The quarantine regula¬ 
tions have not been changed here, but in 
a number of towns where no cases of foot 
and mouth have appeared permits to 
move cattle have been issued. Only one 
ease is now known to exist in Massa¬ 
chusetts, and no new eases are known of 
in N ew Hampshire. I think most danger 
is now over, and in a short time things 
will assume their normal shape. A. E. p. 
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\ Kalamazoo Stove Co., Mfrs. 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 
"---•.7 Direct to You" 
FARMER S SON wishes position, good educa¬ 
tion. life experience in all lines of fnrm work- 
wages. Box 8 , care R. N.-Y. 
moderate 
MARRIED MAN (25), no bad habits, wishes 
posirion as poultrymnn on private plant by 
R N y’ references - Address POCLTRYMAN 
WA VFLD a * Working manager of 
„J. 00 J business farm, fruit or general, by Cor¬ 
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found’’ Prv i Tlake pa ; v r } 8 bt if right farm is 
lound. Box 1 , care Rural New-Yorker. 
PO.SlriON WANTED—As Manager or Assistant; 
four years practical farm experience; three 
short courses at Cornell; specalized in fruit and 
pouitry farming; have a business training; ex 
Mr’vi.-n reference; age 30. RICHARD L. 
MEYER, ol Morton St., Brooklyn. N. Y. 
HICKORY 
town, N. 
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Y. 
C. HAWKINS, Mlddle- 
P CLARF A C, 1 (f,-nn5 U ?rT B ,^ t ; 8lx S a ”ons, $7- 
ILAKE GREGORY, Mt. Vision, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Three horse power gasoline engine- 
.pnee, $50. ALBERT F. KORBEL? Watcr- 
ville, N. Y. 
FANCY ORANGES. Orange 
to consumer; sample, 15c. 
Leesburg, Fla. 
Marmalade, direct 
H. C. TILLSON, 
WANTED—Bed 
samples and 
Port Jefferson, N 
clover and cow pea seed; send 
quote prices. LOPER BROS., 
APPLES, 
, w . APPLES. APPLES—For choice spray- 
e< * Apples. Please order to-dav C “ 
Grantsvtlle, Md. * 
YODER, 
J. 
F< F I lw AI i' E 5^ h ? rl ’ les .. Se i >arato r. $50; cost $125; 
v l r a {' C i) vr CS iT r ’ ’ fine condition. 
’ ALL FARM, Danielson. Conn. 
ELM 
; 4 ^?~ Co i rn co Jt? Tor vi negar generators 
*J?,^? r _lots or less. $8 per ton, F. O. B. WHIT- 
CASE, Three Bridges, N. J. 
FIELD B. 
SALR-T2 Cyphers Adaptable Hoovers, $25; 
j 1 Trusty Incubator, $ 6 ; 1 No. 1 Stan¬ 
dard 1 Bonecntter, $5. Address THOS. J. KEI LY 
Ilammonton, N. J. ’ 
FOR SALE CHEAP—60 light dynamo, nearly 
fan ell ^r 3 ^ii P ' Fairbanks gas engine, 1 electric 
fan, or will exchange for Red clover and cow 
W rite LOPER BROS,, Port Jefferson, 
ea seed. 
N. Y. 
G ™irw R L I J~- aney . brlght ’ $1-75 per box; 
rxrw < * U » ar * er k° x ’ <0 . cen ^ s I Golden Russets, $1.50 
per box; quarter box, 50 cents. F. o. B. Miami 
n 4 LL„ 8etS the same ln all respects ns 
ln outside appearance. Price 
deihered by Express quoted on request. GEO. 
CELLON, Tropical Grove, Miami, Fla. 
B 
FOR SALE—Fine quality Jprsey dairy butter 
in o-pound boxes, 4, 6 or 8 boxes in a crate' 
nLn^ reSS 'i 0r B ? nd si ’ 80 and postage (for 7 
and receive a sample box. Also a few 
half gallon cans of extra fine maple 
60 cents per can. and postage for “ 
12 cans in crate by freight. D. A. 
Mountain Home Farm 
at 
Waitsfield, 
a 
syrup 
( pound's, or 
KNEELAND. 
Vt. 
SIXTEEN ACRES 
Bush, N. Y. 
on State road. L. B. 7, Pine 
WILL sacrifice 
quick buyer, 
boro, Md. 
improved 
WALTER 
52 1 4-aere farm to 
MILES, Upper Marl- 
WANT to rent 5 to 10-acre poultry farm, with 
poultry houses, in Southern New Jersev Del¬ 
aware or Maryland. H. J. S., care R N'-Y 
FOR SALE—42 acres, all tillable. Northern 
Jersey; lake front; splendidly watered; un¬ 
surpassed location. BRIGHTON LAKE FARM 
Andover, N. J. 
FOR RENT on Long Island—25-aere garden, 
poultry and fruit farm; highest state cultiva¬ 
tion; references required and given. R. F ED¬ 
WARDS, Port Jefferson, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—At a Great bargain, two 80 aera 
farms on good terms; extra well located and 
on good roads and near school and railroads. 
F. M. KERN, Springville, Indiana. 
Bossy is a good milker—^be¬ 
cause she is fed on well preserved 
green silage. Every farm needs 
a silo; those who want the best 
demand a 
Green Mountain Silo 
Staves are thick, closely fit¬ 
ted and dipped ln creosote 
preservative. Simple doors— 
they “fit like a safe.” Extra 
heavy hoops. 
Write now for low price, early* 
order-pay.later proposition. a 
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CO..S3S Went Street, 
Holland, Vermont, 
104-ACRE—Two thousand dollar farm- extra 
good soil, well watered, fruit, sugar orchard, 
lumber, wood; buildings worth asking price- 
easy terms. CLARE GREGORY, Mt. Vision^ 
FARM WANTED—To lease, with privilege buy¬ 
ing, within two hours New York, general pur¬ 
poses, with gooff water supply, buildings, fences 
also some cattle, have team. D. BURROW’ 
Towners, 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 affdress C. P. BY- 
INGTON, Ossining. N. Y. 
100-ACRE—Pleasant, productive farm, good 8 - 
room. slated house; large barn, sheds, etc.; 
all spring watered; good orchard, also pasture, 
wood and timber lands; one mile to town; 4 to 
R. R. Station. W. A. HOWARD, Charlemont, 
R. D. No. 1, Franklin Co., Mass. 
FOR SALE—14-acre poultry and fruit farm; 
brooder house, capacity 1.500; hen house is 
for 800 layers; 6 -room house, barn and other 
buildings. One and one-half acres grapes, 7 
acres pears in bearing, 170 peach trees in bear¬ 
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