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HE RURAL NEW-YORKER, April 24, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Tow Fields May Vary in Phosphorus.616 
; V1|V Chemicals for Potatoes.616, 617 
what Value is Soil Analysis?.617 
Planting a Potato Patch .618 
a Talk on Bacteria .619 
fr , ‘ Before Tomatoes .619 
., About Manure and Spreaders.619 
L?nT and Potatoes .619 
p ■, to Situation . 620 
Vetch and Rye as Hay .639 
LIVE STOCK AKD DAIRIES. 
V' Fodder for Cattle and Horses?.616 
c,oii Times for Pcrcherons .638 
f : Serum lor Hogs ..638 
Mill; nd Boards of Health .639 
Tuberc osis from Cows .639 
Curing Meat in Summer .639 
p llt tinp Hogs in the Timber .640 
Hoc Fasture in Orchard . 640 
Feeds lor Dairy Cows .640 
Thin Calf .640 
Natural” or Pasteurized Milk .640 
Drying Beet Pulp .640 
Cow Fox .646 
THE HENYARD. 
Broody Hens at Egg Contest .642 
Weak Chicks .642 
Those Knglish Wyandottes .642 
Non-sitting” Hens .642 
Oats for Hens .643 
Markin; Hatching Eggs .643 
A Few Chicken Notes .643 
Misshapen Eggs .644 
Cornell Hen Ration .644 
The Favorite Hens .645 
HORTICULTURE. 
Keep* a Tree Record.615, 616 
Wintei Injury of the Grape.617 
Notes r ; Garden Matters .618 
A-ipie Storage Report .620 
A Chim e Fruit Merchant .623 
Dorse' aid Other Pears .623 
Cedar Rust .'...623 
Potato; After Strawberries .623 
ower. Trade in New York.623 
Ornamental Plants in the Shade .625 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
Woman's Lot on the Lonely Road.627 
Cranberry Recipes .629 
More Potato Recipes .629 
A Mammoth Yam .629 
A Small Churning .629 
Soy-bean Flour .629 
Bread-dough Doughnuts .629 
Potato Soup . 629 
Yankee Doughnuts .629 
Dorothy and the Sheep .630 
Mv "Neighbors” .630 
A Pot of Gold” . 630 
Happy nd Unhappy Cats.630 
Making Wallpaper Stick .631 
Indignities to a Woman Passenger.631 
Taking Up a Hoir.ostead .631 
Singeing the Hair .631 
Good Words . 631 
Seasoned!; Dress for Women ..'.632 
Fashion. Notes .632 
A Country Woman’s Reason .633 
Women and Country Work .633 
The Vaiinwof Latin .633 
The Deal Child 634 
A Private High School .634 
Borax for Washing Hair .634 
Starch Advice from a LaunCry Man.634 
Lemon for Dishwashing .634 
The Pleasures of a Heated House .635 
Running a Gasoline Light .635 
Care of Sewing Machines .635 
The Scotch Collie on the Farm.636 
The 100-Cent Dollar .633 
Printers' Ink for Farmers .!.636 
Summer Boarders and Education .... . . .636 
Busin. by Parcel Post .636 
Testing the Baek-to-the-Lander .636 
A Farmhouse Refrigerator .637 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Some Fa ts About Skunk Breeding.616 
Sale on Execution . 621 
Compensation Law; Sale of Milk . . . . .6Z\ 
Public Highway . G.?l 
Executor Fees; Accounting .621 
Trespassers from Highway .621 
Timber on Homstead* .621 
Events o' - the Week .!!622 
News fit N. Y. Agr. College. ...622 
Ed 'om is .. 
Pub.isher's Desk .646 
liolessile Prices at New York, 
Week Ending April. 16, 1915. 
MILK. 
I Harden contract prices for the s 
n, " ntl hoginuing with April are has 
V“ lot. content of the milk, there 1 
mg a difference of (SO cents per l 1 
I, between three and five per cei 
■ he price increases, uniformly tin 
' ills per 100 pounds for every tenth 
mu per cent, fat increase. 
3% 
3.5% 
4 °/c 
4.5%, 
5% 
;i 
$1.46 
$1.61 $1.76 
$1.91 
16 
10 
1.21 
1.36 
1.51 
1.66 
1.15 
1.30 
1.45 
1.60 
6 
1.31 
1.46 
1.61 
1.76 
12 
1.47 
1.62 
1.77 
1.92 
1 1.56 
BUTTE 1 
1.71 
1.86 
2.01 
April 
May 
•I une 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
'"lall ciuantitic* of creamery extra hi 
i"' 1 "P to 33, but most ,,f the 02 sc< 
I ' gone between 31 and 32. The dema 
'\\ a whole has been slack, so that c< 
Md-iable effort is needed to clear up ci 
'‘‘id arrivals. 
Creamery, extra.above 92 score, ib... 32V6@ : 
'■oo.l to Choice . 2^ - ! 
l ower Grades.". 
Storage . . 
State Dairy. be»t. 
Common to Good.'.’.’.'. 
Lao lee . .„ 
taking Stock £ ^ 
Process . if. ® 
i i' 1 - butter market 31^ cents. 
niUdelpbia. western creamery. 32 cents, 
rsoston. western creamery. 31 U. 
Chicago creamery. 25@30. 
CHK ICS 1C. 
1 ” Market is firmer than last w< 
slight price imiirovcmcnt on fc 
1 c M.d new whole milk special. But 
e out of the city have been on hi 
‘nag for good qualities at about 1 
I i". well cured. 
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30 @ 
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“THE FAVORITE HEN CONTEST.” 
(Concluded from page 645.) 
Some of the owners have been quite 
disappointed because their hens have not 
started earlier, or made better records. 
There is a curious tiling about all the 
pens in these contests. 1'sually there are 
frem one to four hens out of each 10 that 
prove quite inferior, and the high scores 
arc made by the rest of them. We have fig¬ 
ured this carefully with breeders who had 
ji. es in the contest last year. As a rule 
these men rejected about half of the in¬ 
dividuals out of each pen for their next 
year s breeding, for in spite of all their 
skill at selecting, they were unable to get 
TO hens that were uniform in their per¬ 
formance. When we come to consider 
that these experienced breeders and life¬ 
long students of the hen fail on one-third 
or more of (heir efforts at selection, we 
may see from our figures that these 30 
women working separately, and each 
with a different system, have done re¬ 
markably well in sending a uniform lot 
of layers. 
We give Ibis month a picture of Mrs. 
Andrew .T. Wilson, of Connecticut. Mrs. 
Wilson entered the Ii. I. Red. Betty, who 
had a record up to April 11th of 74 eggs. 
Betty did not Jay an egg during the first 
live weeks, and laid only six in the first 
nine weeks. Since she really began, 
therefore, this hen has ranked with the 
best, and is now making an excellent 
record. 
Whole Mill;, new specials . 15 14® 15-*^ 
New. average fancy . U!4® 15 
New. under grades . I2)*@ H 
Old. specials. it @ 1714 
Old. average fancy. 10j$@ ji;iy 
Wisconsin, new. Twins. 15!^@ l.>j| 
Skims, special. 12 @ 14 
Fair to good . 7 @ 10 
ICGGS 
Receipts are only moderate and prices 
on practically the same basis as last 
week. Any surplus of choice white or 
brown eggs is going into storage. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 23 ® 23(6 
Medium to good. 20 @ 22 
Mixed colors, best. 22)4® 23 
Common to good... n ® 2 n 
KUK3H FRUITS. 
Business in apples is dull. Offerings of 
low qualify varieties arc heavy, whole¬ 
saling at about $2 per barrel. Occasional 
lots of Spy and Winesap have brought 
$4 to $4.50. Strawberries, arriving in 
large quantities, soiling mainly at 20 
cents. 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 
Russet .:. 
.1 50. 
@ 2 25 ■ 
@ 2 50 
Bn Id win. . 
@ 3 oil- 
@ 3 76 
@ 3 50 
@ 4 00 
0 4 50 
@ 4 OO 
0 1 75 
M 5 00 
@ 4 51) 
King . . 
Winesap . 
Albemarle Pippins..__ 
«py .. . 
Greening . 
Box. as 10 variety. 
Cranberries. Cape Coil. bbl. ... 
Jersey, bbl. 
. 2 25 
.250 
.3 50 
. 2 59- 
.2 '->5. 
. 1 Go 
@ 25 
BEANS, 
Marrow. 1UU lbs. 
Medium . 
6*1 d 75 
0 5 io 
(g* 5 25 
<& 6 25 
7 UJ 
(a. ♦; 00 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney . 
. 5 2ll 
.... 615 
. 7 01) 
Lima, California. 
(§7 5 05 
V 1£G ETA ISLK8. 
The market is again loaded with old 
potatoes, so that New York has not fully 
felt the recent country advance. New 
from the South, if of good quality, bring 
$5 to $6. (>ld unions are lower. New 
from Texas on hand, selling mainly at 
$2 per crate. Cabbage market lower on 
both old and new. 
Potatoes -Jersey, bbl. 1 25 
State. 180 lbs. 1 53 
Maine. 180 ibs. 1 50 
Bermuda, bbl. 4 DO 
Southern, new. bbls . 2 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 2 00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. .. 5 
Asparagus. Cal., doz. . .. 200 
Carolina... 1 00 
Beets. 100 bunches. 2 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1 00 
Chicory, southern, bbl. 1 50 
Cabbage, old. ton .20 00 
New. bb). crate. 2 00 
Horseradish, bbl . 3 00 
Kale, bbl. 50 
Leeks. 100 bunches. 2 00 
Lettuce, balf-bbl. basket. 75 
Onions-Red. bag . 50 
Yellow. 75 
White .. 1 40 
Texas, crate. 1 25 
Peppers, bu.2 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 1 00 
Spinach, bbl. 75 
String Beans, bu.2 50 
Squash Hubbard, bbl. 150 
Marrow. 1 50 
New. bu. 1 50 
Egg Plants, bu. 1 50 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate. 1 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 4o @ 
Fowls . Iti(6@ 
0 . 1 50 
0 J 05 
® 1 75 
(a 7 50 
® 5 75 
@ 3 50 
® 20 
@ 3 50 
0 2 25 
® 4 00 
0 1 75 
@2 00 
@25 00 
@ 3 25 
@ 5 01 ) 
@ 75 
@ 3 00 
@ 2 00 
@ 1 50 
@ 2 00 
@ 165 
@ 2 25 
® 3 05 
@ 1 20 
@ 2 00 
@5 00 
@ 2 25 
@ 2 00 
@ 2 00 
@ 3 50 
@ 3 00 
Roosters .... 
Ducks. 
Geese. 
10 
13 
8 
48 
17 
11 
14 
9 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, choice. Ib . 20 @ 21 
Common to good.. . 14 @ IS 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 25 @ 27 
Broil-rs common to good . 21 @ 22 
Roasters . 23 @ 24 
Fowls. 14 @ 18 
Spring Ducks. 26 @ 28 
Squabs, doz. 1 27 @ 4 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 25 @8 00 
Bulls. 4 25 @6 30 
Cows. 350 ® 6 35 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lb . 6 50 ffl 9 25 
Culls. 5 00 @ 7 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 5 00 @ »> DO 
Lambs . 7 00 @10 25 
Hogs. 7 50 @ 7 75 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, prime. 12 @ 12J4 
Common to good... 9 @ 11 
Lambs, hothouse, head . 5 00 @8 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Arrivals and stocks reported on the way 
arc increasing, but trade quite good and 
prices holding up to last reported figures, 
or slightly higher on the medium grades 
of ha v. 
Hay. Timothy. No 1. ton . 21 50 @22 00 
No. 2.20 01) @2100 
No. 3 .18 00 @19 00 
Clover mixed.17 00 @1900 
8traw. Rye.:.12 00 @13 00 
GRAIN 
Wheat has again advanced several 
cents, and corn and oats are up slightly 
in sympathy. Export buying has not 
been large, and the crop reports do not 
warrant a flighty market which appears 
to be solely speculative, caused by pinch¬ 
ing some dealers who are short in de¬ 
liveries. 
Wheat. No. 1 Northern Spring.... 
No. 2. Red . 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 
Ityc. free from onion. 
.... 1 69 
... 83 
(0 
<0 85 
(<u do 
<§> 1 22 
MILLFEED 
New Youk— 
Bran, car lots. 
....25 10 
@26 75 
@31 00 
Corn meal... 
034 80 
Buffalo— 
Gluten feed. 
@29 00 
it N 10 
@35 00 
@24 00 
@76 50 
@29 00 
Homlney feed. 
Oil Meal, ton lots. . 
....81 00 
8T. JxirIS- 
Bran. car lots. 
Horn in v feed .. 
Middlings. 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
prices noted here but repres-nt produce 
of good quality and the buying oppor¬ 
tunities of at least half of New York's 
population. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 28 @ 32 
Mixed colors, new laid. 25 @ 28 
Ordinary grades. 20 @ 23 
Butter, fancy prints. Ib. ... 34 @ 36 
1’ub. choice. 32 @ 33 
Chickens, roasting. Ib. 26 @ 27 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 25 *) 28 
Fricassee, lb. 18 @ 21) 
Fowls . 18 @ 22 
Leg of lamb.. 20 @ 22 
Lamb chops. 22 @ 24 
Roasting beef . 16 @ 20 
Stewing beef . 12 0 15 
Pork chops.?.... 18 @ 20 
I/Oin of Pork . 17 @ 20 
Grain Notes and Movements. 
Exports from Atlantic and Gulf ports 
for week ending April 10. and total from 
July 1 last, were: 
Wk end’g From 
Apr. 10, ’15. July 1, ’14. 
Wheat, hush.... 
. 4.222,000 
254 
.762.000 
Flour, hhls. 
. 347.000 
11 
.756.000 
Total as wheat 
hush. 5.983,000 
307 
,663.000 
Corn. bush. . . . 
. 2.040,000 
20.176.000 
Oats, bush. 
. 2,285.000 
50 
.277,000 
live, bush. 
40.000 
10 
,058.000 
Barley, bush... 
. 286,000 
10.448.000 
Stocks in store, 
in thousands 
> of 
bushels, 
were : 
Wheat. (’ 
orn. 
Oats. 
New York .... 
. 4.214 
921 
008 
Boston . 
410 
126 
7 
Philadelphia ... 
. 1,1,34 
406 
523 
Baltimore . 
036 1.465 
874 
New Orleans .. 
. 2,606 
171 
3.37 
Galveston . 
. 1.675 
15 
Buffalo . 
1.560 1,402 
1.065 
Duluth . 
. 11,948 1.077 
3.544 
Minneapolis ... 
.. 8,760 
880 
2,061 
Chicago . 
. 1,130 10 
.704 
11.261 
The Department of Agriculture has is¬ 
sued Bulletin No. 653, entitled “Honey 
and its Uses in the Home.” It seems 
that in Europe honey is largely used in 
cookery. It substitutes in many cases 
for common sugar, or for molasses, and 
when properly combined and handled it 
gives a flavor which is both novel and 
agreeable. It is said that cakes made 
with honey will keep longer than those 
made with sugar. It is especially useful 
in recipes which call for nut butter. The 
bulletin goes into details regarding the 
use of honey in cooked food, and also 
gives a number of excellent recipes which 
will certainly interest our country house¬ 
wives. Here apparently is a chance to let 
the busy bee handle the sugar trust. 
“Now Johnny,” said 'the small boy’s 
father. “I don’t want you to get into any 
quarrels with the boys at school.” “I 
never do. I start right in by telling them 
I’m neutral.” “And then I suppose they 
let you alone?” “No, they don't. They 
all pick on me for not taking sides.”— 
Washington Star. 
ORE MONEY TO THE FARMER- 
Cheapeb Food to the Consumer. Scientific 
marketing. Send for plans. N Y STATE DEPT. 
OF FOODS AND MARKETS, 71 West 23d St., New York City 
FARM HELP.K.. 
Satisfaction or no charge. SIDNEY Y SULLIVAN, ayency 
with a record. Phone. 6486 Cortland. 99 Nassau St.. N. Y. 
Do you need Farm Help? 
We have many able-bodied young men, both with and without 
fanning experience, who wish to work on farms. If you need a 
good, intelligent, sober man, write for an order blank. Ours is 
a philanthropic organization ami we make no charge to em¬ 
ployer or employee. 
Our objeet is to encourage farming anion” Jews. 
Till: JKWISII ACIRKi ETI HAI. SOITKTY 
170 Second Avenue York City 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department hero 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 Rato 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 tho 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. 
SEPA RATORS—Sharpies (new), 500 pounds, 
cost *75. price .$60; one 400 pound factory re¬ 
paired. $40. or trade for pigs. LAURENCE, 
Brimfleld, Mass. 
PURE MAPLE SYRUP—New crop, fine quality, 
$ 1,011 per gal. RANSOM FARM, Chagrin 
Falls. Ohio. 
FOR SALE—Well paying grocery store, vicinity 
Hartford". Conn. Address Box 79, care Rural 
New Yorker. 
NULL'S Famous Molilotus Honey, 10 pound pall, 
$1.”>0. express prepaid. W. D. NULL, Demo- 
polls. Ala. 
EXCELLENT opportunity for single man expe¬ 
rienced in farming, who has limited means to 
join in partnership; high grade farm. Rox 74 c. 
Rural New-Yorker. 
EXCELLENT opportunity for partner with small 
capital to help raise largo jaitato crop on pro¬ 
ductive farm. Rox 82, care Rural New-Yorker. 
YOUNG MAN wishes position as gardener or 
caretaker; understands care of horses and 
cattle, and is hnnd'y with tools; is married, lias 
two young children: wife Is willing to help in 
the household: good references. R. JOHNSTON, 
526 Vanderbilt Avenue. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
WORKING HOUSEKEEPER, middle aged Scotch 
woman wants position in tile country; good 
home considered more than wages; references. 
Box .84, care R. N.-Y. 
YOUNG MAN—French. 20. strong, desires place 
in farm with good poopl>\ two years’ experi¬ 
ence. horses, cows and' general farming, refer¬ 
ences. CHARLES ARNAT'D, 113 West mill 
St.. New York. 
YOUNG MAN (22) experienced, wants steady 
position on poultry farm, can milk, handy 
with tools, temperate. W. I) ROUT, Corona, 
N. Y. 
YOUNG MAN. 22. ambitious and active, wishes 
position on farm, good place, with opportunity 
to learn more important than salary, strictly 
sober. (’HAS. BONDI. New I’altz. Now York. 
WANTED—A capable young man for general 
work of poultry and fruit farm, wages $25, 
hoard and laundry, $5 advance June 1: if a hus¬ 
tler. answer, age. previous experience and na¬ 
tionality. WM. M. KLING, Sharon Springs, 
N. Y. 
POSITION WANTED—As working foreman oil 
gentleman's place by young married farmer. 
Scotch., life experience in all kinds of farming, 
dairying and the operating of all up to-d'ate ma¬ 
chinery; four years present position; best of ref¬ 
erence: state wages. Apply ROBERT MII.LAR, 
care ('. ('. Strnwhacker. Grand View Farm, King 
of Prussia, pennn. 
POSITION WANTED at carpenter work and 
painting by single man. strictly temperate. 
WALTER SHERWOOD, Violet Ave., Pough¬ 
keepsie, N. Y. 
WANTED—A middle-aged woman as house¬ 
keeper. three in family: must he competent 
and reliable. A. II. PENNY. Mattitnck, L. I. 
WANTED—Position as dairyman, first class 
milker, best references. JAMES UULL1NANK, 
1LO Nott Avenue, I.ong Island City, N. Y. 
BOY. 16. strong, wishes position on farm: inex¬ 
perienced. It. KISSANK, 109 West llltli St., 
New York. 
MODERN 11-room suburban dwelling, grand 
trees, large plot. Staten Island. New York 
City; sell. rent, exchange for village farm, 
TOEPP, Owner, Middletown, N. Y. 
200-ACRE FARM—Half cultivated, half pasture 
and pine timber, no rocks, fields nearly all 1111 - 
derdrained. heal markets til the country. 1 V4 
miles to village, steam and electric It. It. MICW- 
SAM RIVER FARM, Kemielmiik, York Co., Me. 
CTITY POULTRY PLANT may be purchased 
for $2,900 cash and balance oil easy terms; 
new house with electric lights, furnace, run¬ 
ning water, hath, hardwood Boors, gas for cook¬ 
ing and other moifern improvements; city mail 
delivery and express service to door; line mar¬ 
kets; warm, early sand.v soil: nve minutes’ walk 
from business section of city with population of 
15.000: exceptional educational advantages; Cor¬ 
nell University and State Agricultural College 
nearby. Write “POULTRY,” Post Office Box 
307. Ithaca, N. Y. 
FARM FOR SALE — $4,000; sweet corn sells for 
2% cents per pound, green. Lumber. H. W. 
HOAR. Livermore Falls, Maine. 
WANTED—Farm, $1,000 down. Send particu¬ 
lar!* to E. NAINCY. Ridgefield Park, N. J. 
COMPLETELY EQUIPPED Poultry Farm, mile 
railroad', fourteen miles Philadelphia; 3.000 
capacity; perfect condition, sacrifice. $7,000. 
WHITE FEATHER FARM, Beverly, N. J. 
AUCTION SALE—Seven farms near Thaxton, 
Va.. May 11, 1915. Write for particulars mid 
descriptions, “THE BARONY,” Bedford Citv, 
Va. 
WANTED—To rent, fruit and poultry farm. 
with some arable land, within one hour New 
York; must return fair profit to experienced 
man. Box 81, care it. N.-Y. 
FOR SALE—Fine grazing ranch in Nebraska. 
two miles North Platte River front, bridge 
connection with it. R. town; Kentucky Jacks on 
ranch for sale. MISS ELLA JACKSON, Far- 
iston, Laurel Co., Ky. 
FOR SA1.E—Two farms, 40 acres and 160. 
cheap; 10 miles to R. It. F. G. SEARS. West 
Cunimington, Mass. 
FOR SALE—Farm. 60 acres, 2 greenhouses, 4 
mushroom houses, near Philadelphia. Box 83, 
care It. N.-Y. 
EXCHANGE AT ONCE 31S acres; good buildings 
for small farm. LOUIS RABENSTEIN, Berk¬ 
shire. N. Y. 
FARM WANTED for cabin cruiser. Box 83 , 
Youngstown, N. Y. 
