THE RURA.L NEW-VORKEK 
671 
CONTENTS 
the RURAL NEW-YORKER, May 1, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Is Bean Growing Profitable .649 
Training Farm Boys for Actual City Work...650 
The Three-horse Team .650 
A Study of Potato Varieties .651 
Selecting a Farm .651 
Garbage Ash for Fertilizer.653 
More About "Commercial Humus”.653 
Deposits of Commercial Potash .■.653 
Keeping Hen Manure . 653 
The Help Problem .653 
Fertilizers in Ireland . 653 
Essay on Alfalfa . 665 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Pasture or Summer Silo .656 
Comparing Milk Prices . 656 
New England Milk . 656 
Ill-Smelling Stable .665 
Statement of Milk Prices . 664 
Guernsey Cattle Meeting .664 
The Farmer’s Improved Cow .....664 
Belgian Hares in Brooder House .664 
Fistula of Mik Duct .664 
Brewers' Grains for Horses .666 
Dwarf Essex Rape in Pennsylvania.666 
Hogs in the Timber .•.666 
Dairy Ration: Grease Heel .666 
Hens Eat Droppings .667 
Care of Geese . 667 
The Egg Contest .667 
Sour Milk for Chicks .669 
Choice of Breeds .669 
Oil Stove in Brooder House .669 
THE HENYARD. 
Murder by Chicken Thief .668 
Setting Small Eggs ....688 
Inducing Broodiness .-.668 
Colors of Indian Runner Ducks.668 
Fattening Chicks .•.668 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Garden .•.655 
Short Garden Notes .. 655 
Making Over Lawn . 657 
Bagging Grapes .657 
Criticism of Garden Plan .657 
Pruning Crimson Rambler . 659 
Heating Grafting Wax .669 
Spray for Tent-Caterpillars and Aphis.659 
More About Hedge Plants .669 
Propagating Clematis of .Tackmannii Type...659 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .•.662 
Seen in New York Shops .662 
The Rural Patterns .662 
Letters From a Cousin .662, 663 
Seaweeds as Foods; Zwieback .663 
Hot Milk Sponge Cake .663 
Caramel Pie . 663 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Derrick for Removing Earth .650 
Editorial .660 
Handling Potato Shipments . 661 
Long Island Potato Exchange .661 
The 35-Cent Dollar . 661 
N. Y. State News .661 
New Uses for Potatoes .661 
What the Market Terminals Mean.661 
Publisher's Desk .670 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending April. 23, 1915. 
MILK. 
The Borden contract prices for the six 
months beginning with April are based 
in the fat content of the milk, there being 
a dill'cronee of 00 cents per 100 pounds be¬ 
tween three and live per cent fat. The 
price increases uniformly three cents per 
100 pounds for every tenth of one per 
cent fat increase. 
3% 
.3.5 % 
4% 
4.5% 
5% 
April . . . 
. $1.31 
$1.46 $1.61 
$1.76 
$1.01 
.May ... 
. 1.06 
1.21 
1.36 
1.51 
1.66 
.1 line . .. 
. 1.00 
1.15 
1.30 
1.45 
1.(50 
July ... 
. 1.10 
1.31 
1.40 
1.61 
1.76 
Aug. ... 
. 1.32 
1.47 
1.62 
1.77 
1.02 
Sept. .. . 
. 1.41 
1.56 
1.71 
1.86 
2.01 
BUTTER. 
Prices 
have declined 
three cents on 
creamery 
and State daii 
•y. and the 
mar- 
ket lias been decidedly weak on all grades. 
The general feeling is that the lower fig¬ 
ures are here to stay and the next two 
or three weeks will bring further drops, 
creamery, extra.above 92 score. lb... 29I£@ 30 
Extra, 92 score . 28tS@ 29 
Good to Choice . 25 @ 37 
Lower Grades. 22 @ 2i 
Storage . 22 @ 27 
State Dairy, be-“t. 27 @ 28 
Comtuon to Good. 22 @ 24 
Ladles . 18 @ 21 
Packing Stock. 18 @ 19 
Process . 19 @ 23 
Elgin. 111., butter market 29 cents. 
Phlladelpliin. western creamery. 30 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 29. 
Chicago creamery, 22@27. 
Cl 1 EICS 1C. 
The market continues firm, with one- 
fourth cent advance on best grades of 
fresh white. Old stock of the top grades 
is getting scarce and occasionally selling 
above 17 '/£. 
Whole Milk, new specials . 15%@ 16 
New, average fancy . 15 @ 1694 
New. under grades . 12J^@ 14 
Did, specials. 17 @ 1714 
Did, average fancy. 16>4@ 1694 
Wisconsin, old. Twins. I61s@ 17 
Skims, special. .. 12 @ 14 
Fair to good . 7 @ 10 
EGGS 
Arrivals are large, but all surplus over 
current demands is moving rapidly into 
storage, so that prices are holding well 
ap to last week’s figures. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 24 @ 24bj 
Medium to good. 20 @ 22 
Mixed colors, best. 23 @ 2314 
Common to good. 17 @ 20 
Fit Kill FItUlTS. 
Apple business is dull, except on well 
assorted fancy varieties. There is consid¬ 
erable surplus of the Gano and Ben Davis 
type, which sell low. Spy, Winesap and 
Newtown bring up to $4 if choice. Straw¬ 
berries rather scarce, top grades whole¬ 
saling between 30 and 35 cents. 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 
Russet . 
Spitz. 
Baldwin. 
King . . 
Winesap . 
Spy . 
Greening . 
Box. as to variety, . 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Strawberries. Fla. qt. 
1 50 @ 2 25 
2 00 @2 50 
2 5U @ 4 00 
2 2b @ 3 50 
2 25 @ 3 75 
2 50 @ 3 50 
2 50 @4 50 
2 25, @ 4 00 
1 00 @2 00 
2 00 @5 00 
2 00 Mi 50 
25 @ 35 
BEANS. 
Marrow. Medium, Pea. and Red Kid¬ 
ney are 30 to 30 cents per hundred higher, 
and some holders refusing to sell at the 
present advance. Yellow Eye lower, and 
other varieties unchanged. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney . 
Yellow Eye. 
Lima, California 
6 90 @ 6 95 
5 85 @5 95 
5 41) @ 5 50 
6 40 @ 6 45 
7 00 @ 7 10 
5 50 <3 5 90 
5 50 & 5 60 
VEGETABLES. 
Old potatoes have been in heavy sur¬ 
plus here all the week and selling on a 
generally lower basis, mainly 40 to 45 
cents for good merchantable stock. Cab¬ 
bage is again low, old selling tinder $25 
per ton. There is an excessive supply of 
new. chiefly low quality, some going at $1 
per barrel a crate. New onions arriving 
freely and 25 cents per bushel lower. 
Potatoes-Jersey, bbl. 1 25 
State, ISO lbs.1 50 
.Maine, ISO lbs. 1 50 
Bermuda, bbl. 4 00 
Southern, new. bbls.2 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 150 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. .... 5 
Asparagus, Cal., do/.. 2 00 
Carolina. 1 00 
Beets. 10H bunches. 2 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1 00 
Chicory, southern, bbl. 1 50 
Cabbage, old, ton .20 00 
New. bbl. crate. 1 00 
Horseradish, bbl . 3 ou 
Kale, bbl. 50 
Leeks, 100 bunches. 2 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 75 
Onions—Red. bag . 50 
Yellow. 50 
White . 1 10 
Texas, crate. 100 
Peppers, bu.2 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 1 00 
Spinach, bbl. 25 
String Beans, bu. 2 U0 
Squash, llubbard, bbl. 1 50 
Marrow. 1 50 
New. bn. 1 50 
Egg Plants, bu. 1 50 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate. 1 00 
@ 1 50 
@ i 65 
(3 1 75 
@ 6 011 
« 5 00 
M 2 00 
@ 20 
@ 4 00 
@ 2 60 
@ 4 00 
@ 1 75 
@ 2 00 
@25 00 
@ 2 25 
@5 00 
@ 75 
@ 3 00 
@ 2 00 
@ 1 00 
@ 1 25 
@ 1 65 
@ 1 85 
® 3 05 
@ 1 25 
@ 1 00 
@ 4 00 
@ 2 50 
@ 2 25 
@ 2 00 
@ 3 60 
@ 3 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
15rollers, lb. 45 @ 50 
Fowls . 15 @ 16 
Roosters. 10 @ II 
Ducks. 13 @ 14 
Geeso.«.. 8 @ 9 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, choice, lb . 20 @ 21 
Common to good.. . 14 @ IS 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 25 @ 27 
Broilers, common to good . 21 @ 22 
Squab broilers, pair. 50 @ 1 00 
Roasters . 23 @ 24 
Fowls. 14 @ 17 
Spring Ducks. 23 @ 24 
Squabs, doz. I 50 @4 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 8 00 @8 50 
Bui is. 5 50 @7 00 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 40 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 6 50 @ 9 25 
Culls ... . 5 00 @ 7 0U 
Sheep. 1 (JO lbs. 5 00 @ 6 00 
Lambs . 8 75 @ 9 60 
Hogs. 7 50 @ S 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Business is very light, and the top 
prices quoted on hay apply to a smaller 
proportion of sales than usual. 
flay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 2150 @22 00 
No. 2.20 00 @21 00 
No. 3 .18 00 @19 00 
Clover mixed.17 00 @20 00 
Straw, Rye.12 00 @13 00 
GRAIN 
Heavy speculation has again forced an 
advance in wheat and corn. The trend of 
news from South America is that the 
grain surplus for export from Argentina 
is likely to fall 25,000,000 bushels at least 
under previous estimates. 
W beat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 170 @ 
No. 2. Red . 1 65 @ .. 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 87 @ 88 
Oats, as to weight, bush.. 62 @ 63 
Rye, free from onion. 1 23 @ 1 25 
RETAIL PRICKS AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
figures noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying opportuni¬ 
ties of sit least half of New York's popu¬ 
lation : 
@ 
32 
Mixed colors, nevr laid. 
... 25 
@ 
28 
Ordinary grades. 
... 2U 
@ 
23 
Bauer, fancy prints, lb. 
@ 
36 
Tub. choice. 
... 32 
@ 
33 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 
... 26 
@ 
27 
Broilers, common to good. lb. . 
®) 
28 
Fricassee, lb . 
18 
@ 
20 
... 18 
(<n 
20 
Leg of lamb. 
@ 
22 
Boasting beef . 
... 16 
<S> 
20 
Stewing beef . 
@ 
15 
1-ork chops. '!. 
<«> 
20 
Loin of Pork . 
20 
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APPLES FOR SALE—Or will exchange for any¬ 
thing I can use. GILES S. CHAMPLIN. 
Stamford, It. 1). No. 1, New York. 
MAPLE COVE FARM—Products direct to Con¬ 
sumers. ROUTE 24, Athens, Pa. 
FOUR INTERNATIONAL HOVERS, used one 
season, $5 each. J. II. GASSER, Bethel. Conn. 
CHOICEST new Vermont Maple Syrup at $1.00 
per gallon, new sugar in 5 and 10 lb. pails, 15c. 
per pound. JAY T. SMITH, Rupert, Vt. 
GOOD GENERAL STORE, In live country town. 
WM. GILES, Ulster, Pa. 
585 ACRES—Dutchess County: choice dairy 
farm; two sets buildings; lake. Inquire F. R. 
KKATOR, Attorney at Law, 22 Exchange Place. 
New York. 
FARM FOR SALE—A bargain, sixty-seven acre 
fruit and stock farm, house, barn and out¬ 
buildings; located at Curry, Sullivan County, 
New York; mail delivered to door; located on 
main road; telephone line passes house, 1.700 
feet altitude; line fishing and hunting; $950 
cash. HENRY C. COPSE, 2765 Boulevard, Jer¬ 
sey City, N. J. 
FARM WANTED for cabin cruiser. Box 83, 
Youngstown, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Farm, 100 acres, well stocked; all 
new machinery, buildings in first class condi¬ 
tion; 20 acres wood land; picturesque location; 
price. $5,800. E. H. L.. R. I>. 8, Schenectady, 
N. Y. 
COMPLETELY EQUIPPED Poultry Farm, mile 
railroad, fourteen miles Philadelphia; 3.000 
capacity; perfect condition, sacrifice, $7,000. 
WHITE FEATHER FARM, Beverly, N. J. 
110-ACRE GRAIN. Dairy and Chicken Farm In 
Greene County. N. Y.. to lease, $150; good 
buildings. MUEHLBAUER, 1525 Third' Ave., 
N. Y. City. 
FOR SALE—Ideal site for home on salt water, 
UtS acres good land (40 clear, balance woods), 
fronting % mile on St. Mary’s River, St. Mary’s 
County, Maryland. Beautiful beaches and scen¬ 
ery. Mild climate. Abundance oysters, fish and 
crabs. Fine state road completed to Washing¬ 
ton. WM. HAMltLETON, 2700 Relsterstown 
Rond, Baltimore, Md. 
400 ACRES—Choice farm land. 40 acres culti¬ 
vated, abundance spring water, near school, 
state road, quick sale: $15 per acre; particulars. 
Write A. B. La VALLEY. Fish’s Eddy. N. Y. 
BOY. lti, strong, wishes position on farm: inex¬ 
perienced. R. K1SSANK, 109 West 111th St., 
New York. 
WANTED—Position on dairy fa tin or milk route 
by young man; first-class milker, life experi¬ 
ence; Holsteins preferred. Address “MILKER," 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Woman or man for general farm 
work; reliable, experienced, references. Ad¬ 
dress WOMAN FARMER, Pennsylvania, care R. 
N.-Y. 
I POSITION WANTED—As manager of large 
grain and stock farm, thorough agriculturist 
] and practical farmer, well versed In agronomy 
and soil analysis, chemically and physically, 
growing of rye, wheat, corn, oats and hay, A1 
falfa and clovers; good stockman, experienced in 
sheep, cattle, hogs and horses, desires position 
preferably on commercial basis; at present cm 
ployed ns superintendent of gentleman’s estate, 
desires a change: “too much private service” at¬ 
tached to the work, want to he treated' as an 
equal not as servant or butler; good hard con 
soientious work and deep study given for due 
consideration in return, Agr. College graduat" 
Address Box 90, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Married' man, general farm work, 
landlord not active in work, and must have 
some managing ability; must bo honest, active 
and careful; house, etc., furnished; running 
water and gas in all buildings; pleasant loca¬ 
tion, near town and R. R. station: better than 
average wages and according to ability; excep¬ 
tionally good position for right kind of man; 
prefer young man who wants to save money. 
II. K. CRANDALL, Wilawann, Pa. 
COOPERATIVE, social or charitable work, 
young man, single, with experience as book¬ 
keeper and on farm, desires position, outside 
work preferred; state salary. Address CO OP¬ 
ERATOR, care R. N.-Y. 
WANTED—Aged couple to live on farm, help 
with stock and work garden: good house, near 
| town. F. C. BISSETT. South River, N. J. 
j LISTEN, PLEASE—Place your son in business; 
country department store with dwelling and 
i post office; growing manufacturing town; no op¬ 
position; legitimate business for life; only $12.- 
bOO needed for property, stock, fixtures. Box 
85, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as foreman or to take 
charge of small place; best of references. 
Box 86, care It. N.-Y. 
YOUNG MAN, 20, wants work on an up-to-date 
farm, wants to learn. ALFRED DICKS. Mt. 
! Carmel, Conn. 
POSITIION WANTED—By practical experienced 
young man, agriculture course graduate, iusti 
tutlon preferred; can teach; reference. JOS. 
ROSENTHAL. Forked" River, N. J. 
WANTED—A Protestant lady as housekepeer 
and milkmaid In family of two on small farm. 
\ OTTO BALL, Smoke Run, Pa. 
i FARM FOREMAN wants position, 15 years’ ex¬ 
perience, American, 37, married; want to get 
on a good farm where capability and sobriety 
will be appreciated; wages $65: bouse, fuel. 
Address Box 88, care Rural New York. 
WORKING FARM MANAGER; 17 years’ expe¬ 
rience in general farming, expert dairyman 
can handle men and produce results. Box 87, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
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WANTED—Position as dairy farmer or man¬ 
ager by Eastern college man, married, expc- 
rienced with the liest of dairy stock and feeding 
for A. R. O., life experience in raising calves 
and hogs, acquainted with all modern farm ma¬ 
chinery and milking machine; would accept a 
position as herdsman where results are appre¬ 
ciated, good references. Box 89, care K. N.-Y. 
