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'l'HK KUKAt NEW-YORKER 
March l.li 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. March 13. 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
County Agents Needed . 
Successful Fight With Quack Grass 
Muck as Fertilizer . 
Cover Crops North and South . 
Bacteria Inoculation . 
How to Spread Lime . 
Hope Farm Notes . 
A Small Beet Pulp Drier . 
New Jersey Farm Activities. 
Grain Notes and Movements . 
392 
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406 
409 
409 
409 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sheep in the Eastern States .391 
A Pit Silo in Sand . 392 
Hogging Off Corn and Soy Beans. 
Storage Requirements for Eggs .409 
Breeding Ewes for Winter Lambs .412 
The Brown Swiss as a Dairy Breed.412, 413 
Live Stock Notes and Prices .413 
Those Tuberculous Cows .414 
A Farm Owner Talks .414 
Milking Machines Once More .415 
Silage and Cattle Disease .415 
Guard Against Hog Cholera .415 
Creosote Treatment for Barn Floor.416 
Effect of Temperature on Cream.416 
How I Make Dairy Butter .416 
Light or Heavy Cream .416 
Curdy Butter.416 
Swelling .417 
Tendinitis .417 
Calf Dysentery .417 
Loss of Ewes .417 
Feeding a Calf .419 
Feeding Problems . 419 
Potatoes for Cows .419 
Milk for Pigs .419 
Beef Feeding ......419 
Feeding Potatoes to Farm Animals.421 
How They Feed Potatoes .421 
The Man Behind the Chickens .422 
Silver-laced Wyandottes .422 
Origin of White Wyandottes; Trap-nests-422 
Bleached Oats for Hens .422 
Ailing Pullet .423 
Laying Records .423 
Nests for Ducks .423 
Damaged Wheat for Hens .423 
Destroying Egg Fertility .424 
Hens Eat Droppings .424 
Hens and Cesspool Overflow .424 
Leg Weakness and Bowel Trouble.424 
Shrink in Laying .424 
Leg Weakness . 424 
Rye and Egg Yield .424 
Feeding for Egg Fertility .424 
The Egg-Laving Contest .425 
Ailing Fowls .425 
Management of Fireless Brooder .425 
Egg Questions . 425 
Damp Henhouse . 425 
HORTICULTURE. 
Crop Adjacent to Trees .392 
Cleft-Grafting .394 
Destruction of Fruit Tree Pests .394 
A Torch for Insect Killing .394 
Growth of Rye Roots and Apple Trees.394 
Record of Young Peach Orchard.396 
Transplanting Fruit Trees .396 
Apricot-Plums in the West .395 
Dusting the Apple Orchard. Part II....396, 399 
Starting the Flower Garden ..398 
Cedar Rust Experience .399 
Various Spray Materials .399 
Water and Frost . 399 
Sterilizing Garden Seeds .400 
Grafting Wax .400 
Garden Notes .402 
Nursery Stock By Mail .402 
Quince Trees as Fillers .402 
Grafting Grapevines .403 
Vegetable Crops Between Grapevines .403 
A Dentist Extracts Peach Borers .404 
Grafting Waxes .404 
Gardening in Its Infancy .405 
Fruit Growers at Poughkeepsie .407 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
Homemade Folding Bed .401 
Freezing Beans .401 
Milk for Infant Feeding .401 
From Day to Day .410 
The Rural Patterns .410 
Seen in New York Shops .410 
Old-fashioned Fried Pie .410 
Housecleaning Time. Part I...411 
The Kitchen Screen .411 
Potato Recipes .411 
Making a Country Home (Concluded).418 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Starting a New Bank .392 
Progress of Prohibition .392 
Rural Mail Carriers and Wayside Boxes.393 
Drink and “Potato Bread’’ in the War... ..393 
Events of the Week .398 
Editorial .408 
Proposed Agricultural Department Changes..409 
Agricultural Commissioner Huson Resigns... .409 
Who Goes to the Legislature .409 
Markets .420, 427 
Publisher’s Desk .426 
Process .. 20 @ 23 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 30>* cents 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 32 cents 
Boston, western creamery, 31. 
Chicago creamery, 24030. 
CHEESE. 
Export buying has been quite active, 
taking all available steamer space for 
this class of freight. Local trade is only 
moderate, but the market is in somewhat 
stronger condition. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 17 O 17 M 
Average fancy. 16H@ '>% 
Under grades . 13 @ 16 
Daisies, Wisconsin . 1C O 16MJ 
8kims, specials. 14 O 14^ 
Good to choice . 11 O 12 
Poor to fair. 7 O 10 
EGGS 
Prices are four to five cents lower on 
most grades, receipts from the West and 
South being heavy, as well as good sup¬ 
plies of nearby. There is some business 
in choice duck eggs at 35 cents. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 23 @ 24 
Medium to good. 20 @ 22 
Mixed colors, best. 21 @ 22 
Common to good. 18 @ 20 
FRLdH FRUITS. 
Receipts of apples are heavy and prices 
unimproved, $1.50 to $2 covering most 
business in medium grades, and $3 the 
top for fancy, except for a few Spy and 
Winesap. Strawberries running green 
iind poor. 
Apples—BcnDavis, bbl.175 @2 50 
York Imperial . 2 25 @ 3 00 
Russet . 1 75 @ 2 20 
Spitz.. 2 00 @ 2 75 
Baldwin. 2 00 @2 60 
King . 2 00 @3 00 
Winesap . 2 60 @300 
Spy . 2 00 @ 3 50 
Greening . 2 00 @3 25 
Box. as to variety, . 90 @ 1 50 
Pears. Kieffer. bbl. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Jersey, bbl. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Strawberries, Fla. qt. .. 20 @ 60 
MEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney . 
Yellow Eye. 
Lima, California. 
VEGETABLES. 
6 90 @ 7 00 
5 90 @ 6 00 
5 60 @ 5 60 
6 50 @ 6 60 
7 40 @ 7 50 
6 20 @ 6 25 
6 00 @ 6 10 
Potato outlook very discouraging, in¬ 
creasing quantities having sold at $1.25 
per barrel. Onions and cabbage, both 
old and new, also lower. Asparagus ar¬ 
riving in small quantities from California, 
bringing high prices, in some cases $2 per 
bunch. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. 1 20 
State. 180 lbs. 1 25 
Maine. 180 lbs. 1 25 
Bermuda, bbl.5 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl... 2 00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. . 5 
Beets. 100 bunches. 1 50 
Carrots, bbl. 1 00 
Chicory, southern, bbl. 2 50 
Cabbage, old, ton . 8 00 
New. bbl. crate. 1 75 
Horseradish, bbl . 3 00 
Kale, bbl. 100 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket . 1 00 
Onions—Red. bag . 60 
Yellow. 60 
White . 1 00 
Peppers, bu.2 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 1 00 
Spinach, bbl. 1 75 
String Beans, bu. 2 (10 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl. 1 50 
Marrow. 1 50 
New, bu. 3 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 1 50 
Tomatoes, 6-blit, crate. 1 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. 16 
Fowls ....... 17 
Roosters. 10 
Ducks... 18 
Geese. 13 
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DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, choice.’.b. 
Common to good . 
Chickens choice broilers.lb. 
Broilers, common to good . 
Roasters . 
Fowls. 
Capons, best. 
Small and slips... 
Ducks, Spring. 
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Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week Ending Mar. 5. 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 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 
J >ecember . 2.10 
January . 2.05 
February . 1.95 
March . 1.90 
Wholesale prices paid by New York 
dealers are running $1.61 and $1.71 for 
B and C. Hotels and restaurants using 
two or 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 market on top grades of creamery 
has been a cent higher, but closed on the 
same basis as last reported. In cream¬ 
ery grades scoring below 90 there is 
considerable surplus, and strong pressure 
to sell, at prices ranging one to two 
cents lower. 
Creamery, extra.above 92 score, lb... 31ts@ 32 
Extra. 92 score . 30j£@ 31 
Good to Choice . 27 @ 29 
Lower Grades. 22 @ 25 
Storage .. 21 @ 26 
State Dairy, be-v. 28 @ 28h> 
Common to Good. 22 @ 26 
Ladles . 18 @ 21 
Packing Stock. HH® 17?£ 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 00 @ 8 10 
Bulis. 5 (10 @ 7 00 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 25 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 9 00 @12 50 
Culls .. 5 00 @700 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3 50 @ 4 00 
Lam bs . 8 00 @ 9 00 
Hogs... 6 40 @7 00 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 14 @ 16 
Common to good. 12 @ 13 
Pacific Coast . 15 @ 16 
Old stock. 7 @ 8 
HAY ANI) STRAW. 
Receipts of hay are running rather 
light, and prices 50 cents higher on bet¬ 
ter grades of Timothy. Straw in larger 
supply. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 20 60 @21 00 
No. 2.19 00 @19 60 
No. 3 .16 00 @17 00 
Clover mixed...17 00 @18 00 
Straw, Rye...15 00 @1660 
GRAIN 
Wheat has dropped another six cents, 
mainly on reports of progress in open¬ 
ing the Turkish straits. Corn is slight¬ 
ly higher and oats on about the same 
basis as last reported, the latter grains 
not having been in the violent part of 
the speculative whirl. 
W heat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 1 53 @ 
No. 2. Red . 1 51 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. . 80 @ 82 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 62 @ 63 
Rye, free from onion. 1 20 @ 1 23 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
figures noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying oppor¬ 
tunities of at least half of New York’s 
population. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 30 @ 35 
Mixed colors, new laid. 26 @ 28 
Ordinary grades. 22 @ 25 
Butter, fancy prints, lb... 38 @ 40 
Tub. choice. 34 @ 37 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 26 @ 27 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 25 » 26 
Fricassee, lb. 18 @ 20 
Fowls . 18 @ 23 
Turkeys. 22 @ 25 
Leg of lamb.... 18 @ 20 
Lamb chops. 16 @ 20 
Roasting beef . 18 @ 22 
Stewing beef . 12 @ 16 
Pork chops.?... IS @ 20 
Loin of Pork . 17 @ 20 
Round Steak . 18 <8 22 
* 
In normal years we export about $1,- 
400,000 worth of candy. Last year our 
shipments were $175,000 short. 
The efforts of the express companies 
to enlarge their business in selling farm 
products is stirring up the associations 
of jobbers. One of them complains that 
“an express agent at a small station in 
Kansas, was making a practice of dis¬ 
tributing produce, and upon investigation 
we found that he was handling carloads 
of potatoes, vegetables and fruit. By be¬ 
ing acquainted with tlit* dealers person¬ 
ally in the small towns, he could find 
out the price they were paying wholesale 
dealers for these necessities, and as he 
did not have any rent to pay and could 
use the station as a storeroom he would 
cut the price a few cents per package 
and secure the business.” 
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