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THE KURAI. NEW-VORKEB 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, February 27, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Nitrogen Problem ..287, 288 
Subduing Muck .. 288 
A Back-to-the-Grass Plan .288 
Silage Crops for the North ..289 
Treating the Hired Man "White”.289 
Farm Products for State Institutions.290 
Treatment for Muck Lands .290 
The German Potato Crop ..290 
Failure of Canada Peas .291 
Fall Cover Crops for Maine .291 
Value of Manure .291 
Comparison of Straw With Manure.291 
Top-dressing Wheat and Meadow .294 
Clover on Sod .294 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings .294 
Cost of Handling Manure ....296 
Potash From the Ocean. Part II.297 
Lime in Compost Heap .297 
Hope Farm Notes .298 
Experience with College Students .313 
Farmers’ Week at Cornell .314 
Pennsylvania Agricultural Meeting .314 
l'ood Determines Manure Value .313 
The Potato Crop Situation .320 
Removal of Brush from Roadside.320 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Three Types of Henhouses .295 
Hens Good Separators .295 
Feather Pulling: Chicks in Sprayed Orchards.295 
Beef-making in the East. Part III.310 
A Square Wooden Silo .311 
Draft Horses in Massachusetts .311 
Care of the Bull . 311 
Live Stock Progress .311 
Mixing a Grain Feed ..312 
Balanced Dairy Ration .312 
Ration for Holsteins .312 
Grain With Peavine Silage .312 
Thriftless Pigs .312 
Increasing Milk Flow .312 
The County Agent a Busy Man.312 
Barley as Hen Food . 316 
Hens and Ducks Together .316 
Ventilating Henhouse .316 
Wheezing Hen .316 
Hens With Sore Eyes .316 
Poultry Rations; Heating Laying Houses.... 317 
Fat Hens; Exterminating Weasels .317 
The Favorite Hens .318 
The Egg-laying Contest .319 
Light Brahmas for Soft Roasters.319 
Favus .319 
Lung Worms .321 
Stocked Legs .321 
Bloody Urine .321 
Obstructed Teat . 321 
Fits .321 
.HORTICULTURE. 
Growing Cut Flowers in Manitoba .288 
Price and Cost of Apples .289 
Trouble With Greenhouse Heating.292 
Double-glazed Sash .292 
Beekeeping vs. Spraying in Bloom.292 
Experience With Blackberry Varieties.293 
Lime Wash on Trees .294 
Grafting Nut Trees .296 
Cracking Butternuts .299 
Seedling Nuts .299 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
Making a Country Home.301, 305 
If—From a Woman’s Point of View.302 
Buying Bread Justified .302 
The Position of Farmer’s Wife.302 
A Hopeful View of Farming .302 
"Nothing to Cook” . 303 
Some Pioneer Cooking .303 
Learning to Knit .304 
My New Spring Dress .304. 307 
Farm Women and Frauds .305 
Women and Drinking Hired Men...305 
Pin Money for the Wife.306 
The Parcel-post Business .306 
Poultry Products Light the House.306 
A School Teacher as Lamb Raiser.306 
Women as Would-be Homesteaders.306 
Kitchen Equipment and Home Life.307 
Good Words .307 
The Child and Its Work. Part II.308 
The Stammering Child .308 
Physical Culture for the Baby.308 
Removing Stains .. 308 
Laying Linoleum . 309 
Sage Tea for the Hair .309 
One Woman’s Way .309 
What Is the Best Light?. 309 
A Bachelor’s Housekeeping .309 
Green Oats for Pigs .313 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Tapping Maples .290 
Recent Bulletins .290 
Profits in Bee-keeping .291 
Events of the Week .294 
Starting Gasoline Engines in Cold Weather. .296 
Splitting Rocks .296 
Frosted Potatoes for Alcohol .296 
At the Canners’ Convention ..296 
Editorials .300 
Publisher’s Desk .322 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Feb. 19. 1915. 
MILK. 
The Borden milk schedule to producers 
for the six months beginning with Oc¬ 
tober is as follows: This is per 100 
pounds as the “maximum” for milk test¬ 
ing 8.8 to 4.2 per cent, fat, and is 20 
cents per 100 pounds above the “flat” 
rate. 
1914. 
October .$2.00 
. 2.10 
. 2.10 
. 2.05 
. 1.95 
. 1.90 
York 
91 for 
CIIKKS1C. 
A slight advance—one-fourth to one- 
fiftli cent—is noted on whole milk stock. 
Exporters are quite active in the Middle 
West but not doing much here. 
Whole Milk, tresh, specials. 17?4@ 17jjj 
Average fancy. 16^@ 17 
Under grades .i. 13 @ 16 
Daisies. Wisconsin . 1694® 17 
Skims, specials. 14^@ 15 3 
Good to choice . 11 @ 12 
Poor to fair. 7 @ 10 
EGGS 
The market is lower on brown and 
mixed and higher on nearby white, be¬ 
cause of temporary scarcity of the lat¬ 
ter. A few lots of white eggs have ar¬ 
rived from the Far West by fast freight, 
showing quality well toward our nearby 
white. Duck eggs from Maryland are in 
fair supply, bringing upwards of 35 cents. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 36 @ 37 
Medium to good. . 30 @ 33 
Mixed colors, best. 29 @ 30 
Common to good. 25 @ 28 
Storage, best . 19 @ 21 
Lower grades. 14 @ 16 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Barrelled apples are arriving in large 
quantities, some extra line wholesaling at 
$4. The majority, however, go between 
$2 and $3 for barrels and $1.25 to $2 
for Western boxes that have been prop¬ 
erly stored. Defects of scald and rot 
have to be looked for closely in stored 
fruit at this season. The heavy receipts 
and good quality in many of the offerings 
show that a considerable proportion of 
holders feel doubtful whether there will 
he much advance over present prices. At 
any rate they are going to keep the fruit 
moving as rapidly as possible without 
flooding the market. 
Apples—BeuDavis, bbl. 
York Imperial . 
Russet .. 
Spitz. 
Baldwin. 
King . . 
Winesap . 
Spy . 
Greening . 
Box. as to variety. 
Pears. KietTer. bbl. 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Strawberries, Fla. qt. 25 @ 
BEANS. 
Prices are five to 15 cents per hundred 
higher on Marrow, Medium and Red Kid¬ 
ney. White Kidney getting scarce. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 7 00 @ 7 10 
Medium . 6 00 @ 0 05 
Pea . 5 GO @ 5 TO 
Red Kidney. 6 65 @ 6 75 
White Kidney . 7 40 @ 7 50 
Yellow Eye. 6 40 @ 6 50 
Lima, California. 6 30 ® 6 40 
VEGETABLES. 
Receipts have been lighter hut potatoes 
are dull and the market very weak, with 
more sales running under 45 cents per 
bushel. Onions in extremely large sup¬ 
ply and lower, many bringing under $1 
per hundred. The 100-pound bag and 
bushel crate and basket have largely 
taken the place of the old-fashioned bar¬ 
ren! sacks for onions. These were too 
heavy for convenient handling, resulting 
in much more damage to the onions. Old 
cabbage, except red, is lower. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. 1 25 @ 1 40 
Long Island, bbl,. 1 75 @ 2 00 
State, 180 lbs.1 25 @ 1 50 
Maine, 180 lbs. 1 25 @ 1 85 
Bermuda, bbl.. 5 00 @7 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 5 @ 15 
Beets. 100 bunches. 2 00 @3 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Chicory, southern, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Cabbage, old, ton . SOU @14 00 
New. bbl. crate. 1 75 @ 2 00 
Horseradish, bbl . 3 00 @ 5 00 
Kale, bbl. 40 @ 90 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 1 00 @5 (iO 
Onions—Red, bag . 0 75 @ 1 15 
Yellow, . 76 @ 1 15 
White . 100 @ 125 
Peppers, bu. 3 00 © 4 25 
Radishes. 100 bunches .1 50 @ 2 50 
Spinach, bbl. 150 @2 25 
String Beans, bn. 1 00 @ 4 00 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl. 1 50 @ 1 75 
Marrow.,. 1 50 @ 1 75 
New, bu.1 00 @ 3 50 
Egg Plants, bu. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate. 1 00 @ 2 50 
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January 
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March .... 
Wholesale prices paid by New 
dealers are running $1.81 and $1 
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. 
BUTTER. 
Prices are two to three cents lower 
on practically all grades, because of 
steadily increasing receipts. Holders of 
storage are making active efforts to get 
rid of their stocks. Packing stock 
ladles selling slowly. 
Creamery, extra.above 92 score, lb... 31 @ 
Extra, 92 score . 30 
Good to Choice . 27 
Lower Grades. 23 
Storage . 24 
State Dairy, best. 29 
Common to Good. 22 
Ladles . 18 
Packing Stock. 17 
Process . 21 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 30?a cents. 
Philadelphia. western creamery. 34 cents. 
_Boston, wegtqrn creamery, p3.,_ 
Chicago creamery, 24@327 
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