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l'HE KURAlv NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, May 8, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS, 
A New Test for Acid Soils ..'..673, 674 
Is Bean Growing Profitable?.674 
One Southern Plantation's Rotation and Yield 
of Crops ..674 
A Machine for Treating Seeds .675 
Harrowing After Plowing .675 
A Benefit from Mulching .675 
Crop and Farm Notes .677 
Dipping Potatoes for Scab .679 
Germination of Soy Beans .679 
The Flat Pea .679 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Working the Hog .688 
The Ox Warble or Grub .688 
Guernsey Advance .688 
Repairing Old Silo .688 
Experience With Milking Machine.689 
Separator for Small Herd .689 
The Bull in Harness .689 
Curdling Milk in Cheese Making.690 
New England Milk Matters .690 
Statement of Milk Situation .690 
THE HENYARD. 
N. Y. Live Poultry Market ..635 
Grain for Poultry .692 
Wheat for Poultry . 692 
Small Poultry House .692 
Tailless Pullet .692 
Poor Hatch .. 
Dying Chicks .693 
The Egg Contest .693 
Hens With Diarrhoea .693 
HORTICULTURE. 
Top-working ..675 
Kieffer Pears .674 
Cucumber Wilt .679 
Lime-Suphur for Tent Caterpillar .679 
Bees and Pear Blight .679 
Lime-sulphur Formula .679 
Fertilizing the Grape .681 
The Manna-bearing Ash . 683 
Good Shade Trees .683 
Flowers Around Stone Pile .683 
Cracking Butternuts .683 
Grafting Bartlett on Kieffer .683 
Keeping Russet Apples .683 
English Walnuts in Pennsylvania .683 
Top-working Pears .683 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .686 
The Wheel Tray .!.'.!!!!!!!! 686 
Seen in New York Shops .686 
How Grandmother Helped .686, 687 
All Within an Orange Peel .687 
Two Notes from Idaho ..! i ”687 
Good For Luncheon ......687 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Connecticut Bee Keepers' Association.677 
Boston Market Review .677, 678 
Small Farm or Bonds . 680 
Foods and Markets Department .!! . . 685 
Publisher’s Desk . ! .694 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week Ending April 30, 1915. 
MILK. 
The Borden contract prices for the six 
months beginning with April are hosed 
on the fit t content of the milk, there be¬ 
ing a difference of 00 cents per 100 
pounds between three and five 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 
$1.91 
May .. 
... 1.06 
1.21 
1.36 
1.51 
3.00 
June . 
. .. 1.00 
1.35 
1.30 
1.45 
3.00 
July . 
. .. 1.16 
1.31 
3.40 
1.61 
1.70 
Aug. . 
... 1.32 
1.47 
3.02 
1.77 
1.92 
Sept. . , 
... 1.41 
1.56 
1.73 
1.86 
2.01 
II UTTER. 
The price decline noted last week has 
been checked by moderate supplies, and 
in some cases a one cent advance has 
been made. The market is firmer at pres¬ 
ent on medium and lower grades than 
top qualities. 
with three rows of baskets instead of 
four. r I hese veneer packages are better 
for car lot than small shipment business, 
as they do not stand handling so well as 
the heavier crates. 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 150 @2 50 
K«sset . 2 00 @ 2 75 
Spitz.... 250 @4 00 
Baldwin. 2 60 @4 00 
Wlnesap . 2 60 @ 3 50 
spy .. 2 60 @ 4 00 
Greening . 2 25 @ 4 00 
Box, as to variety, . l 00 @ 2 00 
Strawberries, Fla. qt. 15 @ 25 
Louisiana ... 20 @ 27 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney . 
Yellow Eye. 
Lima, California 
7 111 @7 20 
5 00 @5 95 
5 40 @ 5 50 
<•> 40 @ 6 45 
7 00 @7 10 
5 50 @ 5 90 
5 50 @ 5 60 
VEGETABLES. 
Old potatoes continue in large supply, 
the bulk of sales being lower. New from 
the South in good demand when of fair 
size. Asparagus lower except on prime 
nearby. Old cabbage about gone and 
running poor; new selling well, in some 
cases up to $2.75 per barrel crate. Onions 
lower, considerable of the old stock being 
grown and poor; new selling well. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. .. 
State,180 lbs. 
Maine, 180 lbs. 
Bermuda, bbl. 
Southern, new, bbls . 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.. 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.. 
Asparagus, Cal., doz. 
Southern. 
Nearby . 
Beets. 100 bunches. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Chicory, southern, bbl.... 
Cabbage, old, ton . 
New, bbl. crate. 
Horseradish, bbl . 
Kale, bbl. 
Leeks, 100 bunches. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket 
Onions—Red. bag . 
Yellow. .. 
White . 
Texas, crate. 
Peppers, bu. 
Radishes. 100 bunches ... 
Spinach, bbl. 
String Beans, bu. 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl.... 
Marrow. 
New, bu. 
Egg Plants, bu, . 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate ... 
• 1 25 @1 35 
. 1 25 @ 1 40 
1 25 @ 1 35 
4 00 @ 6 00 
2 00 @ 5 00 
. 1 50 @ 2 00 
5 @ 20 
2 00 @4 00 
1 00 @ 3 50 
, 2 00 @ 3 50 
2 00 @ 4 00 
1 00 @ 1 75 
1 00 @ 1 75 
20 00 @25 00 
1 011 @2 25 
o 0(1 @5 00 
50 @ 75 
1 50 @ 2 00 
75 @ 2 00 
50 @ 1 00 
50 @ 1 25 
1 40 & 1 65 
75 @ 1 25 
2 00 ® 3 00 
1 00 @ 1 25 
10 @ 75 
2 00 @ 4 00 
1 50 @ 2 50 
1 60 & 2 25 
1 50 @ 2 00 
1 50 @ 3 50 
1 00 @ 3 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 35 @ 45 
Fowls . ic @ 17 
Roosters. 10 @ 11 
Pucks. ]3 @ 14 
Geese. 8 @ 9 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, choice, lb ... 20 @ 21 
Common to good. 14 @ 18 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 25 @ 27 
Broilers, common to good . 21 @ 22 
Sqnab broilers, pair. 75 @ 1 15 
Boasters .;.. 23 @ 24 
Fowls... 14 @ 17 
Spring Ducks. 23 @ 24 
Squabs, doz.."" 1 50 @4 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 8 00 @8 50 
Bulls. 5 60 @ 7 00 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 40 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 6 50 @ 9 25 
„ Culls. 5(jo @7 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 5 00 @ 6 uO 
Lambs . 8 76 @9 50 
Gogs. 7 50 @ 8 00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, prime. ]2*@ 13 
Common to good. 9 @ 11 
Lambs, hothouse, head . 5 00 @ 8 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Market very dull, receipts being larger 
and demand so slow that stocks cannot be 
cleared. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 21 50 @22 00 
No. 2.20 00 @21 00 
No. 3 .18 00 @19 00 
Clover mixed.17 00 @20 00 
8traw, Rye,.12 00 @14 00 
GRAIN 
Creamery, extra.above 92 score, lb... 31?£@ 
Extra, 92 score . 30*@ 
Good to Choice . 25 @ 
Lower Grades. 22 @ 
Storage. 22 @ 
State Dairy, ben. 28 @ 
Comm on to Good. 22 @ 
Ladles . 18 @ 
Packing Stock. lg @ 
Process . ly @ 
•; 
31 
39 
24 
27 
SO 
25 
21 
19 
23 
Elgin. 111., butter market 28 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 31 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 33. 
Chicago creamery. 22@28. 
CHEESE. 
The market is fairly steady at the ad¬ 
vances last noted. There is a little ex¬ 
port demand for fresh made at 1514 or 
a trifle under. 
Whole Milk, new specials 
New, average fancy .. 
New, under grades ... 
Old, specials. 
Old, average fancy.... 
Wisconsin, old. Twins 
Skims, special. 
Fair to good . 
16 @ 
15 @ 
12 *@ 
17 @ 
16*@ 
16*@ 
12 @ 
7 @ 
16J4 
15* 
14 
17 * 
16* 
17 
14 
10 
EGGS 
Receipts are extremely heavy, running 
about 1,500,000 dozen per day, and stor¬ 
age space being filled so rapidly that spe¬ 
culation for this purpose is checked and 
lower prices probable. Interior markets 
in the large producing sections are de¬ 
cidedly easier. 
" hite. choice to fancy, large 
Medium to good. 
Mixed colors, best. ..." 
Common to good. 
23*@ 24 
19 @ 21 
21 @ 22 
17 @ 19 
FRESH FRUITS. 
1 he apple market is firm on desirable 
varieties. Strawberries very irregular in 
quality. The 24-quart crate is being used 
to a larger extent than formerly. It is 
a very light package made of veneer, 
Wheat is higher owing to export de¬ 
mand, and unfavorable outlook in some 
producing sections—excessive rain in 
Texas and drought in the middle west. 
Oats and corn without change. 
W heat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 1 74 @ 
No. 2, Red . 1 69 @ .. 
Corn, as to quality, bush. . 87 @ 88 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 62 @ 63 
Rye, free from onion. 1 25 @1 26 
MILLFEED. 
New York— 
Bran, car lots.25 50 @26 40 
Middlings.25 75 @3100 
Red Dog .32 00 @33 00 
Cornmeal.32 00 @34 00 
Buffalo— 
Bran, ear lots.25 00 @26 00 
Middlings, as to quality .25 00 @28 00 
Gluten feed.28 60 @29 00 
Homiuey feed.30 00 @3100 
Oil Meal, ton lots. 31 00 @32 00 
St. Louis— 
Bran, car lots.22 00 @24 00 
Hominy feed .26 00 @27 00 
Middlings.28 00 @29 00 
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. 28 @ 30 
Mixed colors, new laid. 25 @ 27 
Ordinary grades. 20 @ 23 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 34 @ 36 
Tub, choice .. 32 ® 33 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 26 @ 27 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 25 @ 28 
Squab Broilers, pair. 1 25 @ 1 50 
Fricassee, lb. 18 @ 20 
Fowls . 18 @ 20 
Leg of lamb. 20 @ 22 
Lamb chops. 22 @ 24 
Roasting beef . 16 @ 20 
Stewing beef . 12 @ 15 
Pork chops.?.... 18 @ 20 
Loin of Pork . 17 @ 20 
Salting Butter. 
Will you advise me what amount of 
salt to put in butter? I wish to have it 
the same each time and do not know 
what amount to use or what the rule is. 
F. E. M. 
The amount of salt used varies from 
less than an ounce to nearly three ounces. 
Probably one ounce to the pound will 
suit more customers than a larger quan¬ 
tity. This gives a good flavor, without, 
excessive saltiness. 
Buffalo Robes for Sale. 
I am interested in the sale of four gen¬ 
uine buffalo robes, two large lap robes 
and two smaller seat robes. What are 
they probably worth and can you put me 
in touch with some firm who would buy 
them? The robes are in a good state of 
preservation. g. g. c . 
We are unable to find any sale for 
these robes. One dealer tells us lie has 
50 on hand for which he can get no rea¬ 
sonable offers. If anyone knows of 
buyers for such robes we shall be glad to 
hear from them. 
BUFFALO MARKETS. 
There is plenty of everything, unless it 
may be strawberries, which are slow in 
coming in, as though the crop was late. 
They are retailing at 35 cents a quart. 
They are generally fairly plenty and 
cheap here before the end of April. There 
is no hope for the late jiotnto market. 
The retail price is not above 50 cents and 
the farmer does well if he gets 30 cents. 
Apples are plentiest in the lower grades, 
which retail at 75 cents a bushel for Spy. 
Butter is not quoted above 33 cents a 
pound, wholesale, the retail price being 34 
cents for most of the better brands, 
('lieese remains at 17 cents for best at 
wholesale, and 20 cents retail. It is 
showing more firmness. Kggs are very 
low, wholesale not being above 23 cents, 
with 2(5 cents the top price at retail. 
With the price of grain so high there is 
not much in them for the farmer. In 
spite of the report of a poor maple syrup 
season the prices are low, not above $1.10 
per gallon for syrup and 14 cents a pound 
for sugar. The general vegetable market 
is quite well supplied. Of such as retail 
at 10 cents per two-quart measure carrots 
are 55 cents a bushel, parsnips 90 cents 
with new beets 40 to 50 cents per dozen 
bunches. Spinach retails at 35 cents a 
peck. Old cabbage is not advanced by 
the appearance of new at higher prices, 
wholesaling at $1 to $1.50 per hundred. 
New Florida cabbage is $3.25 to $3.50 
per crate. Celery is scarcer and higher 
than most green stuff, being not less than 
10 cents a small bunch, retail and $1.25 
to $1.75 per crate, wholesale. There is 
plenty of lettuce, retailing at 10 cents for 
four small heads and wholesaling at 50 
cents to $1.25 per hamper. j. w. c. 
LOS ANGELES MARKETS, 
The more I see of Southern California 
the more I observe that the market sit¬ 
uation is a matter of early Spring and 
different style of quotation rather than 
of different products. The food set forth 
on the dining table differs very little 
from what we eat at home in New York 
State, for if we do not raise it or keep 
it in stock by our Winter storage de¬ 
vices, either California or Florida will 
send it to us at prices that are surpris¬ 
ingly close to the prices where it is 
raised. Los Angeles has no retail pro¬ 
duce markets, but has wholesale markets, 
some of the more pretentious greengrocers 
setting forth their stuff in market dis¬ 
play style. Now, at the last of March, 
home-grown green peas are coming in at 
6 to 67/4 cents a pound to retailers for 
Telephone and the first crop of cabbage 
is nearly all cut, selling at 00 to 75 cents 
per sack. There is head lettuce in the 
gardens, bigger than one’s fist, selling 
at 25 cents per dozen. Asparagus is 
cheap at 12 to 12*4 cents per pound, but 
green beans come from Florida at 30 to 
35 cents per pound. Tomatoes are Cuban 
at $3.50 per crate. I imagine that this 
hot climate vegetable would object to the 
chilly nights. Irish potatoes are high, 
$1.75 to $3.50 per hundred for fancy 
Burbanks, while local sweet potatoes are 
only $2.50. 
Apples are 75 to 90 cents a box of 
about a bushel for Bellflowers, others run¬ 
ning as high as $1.90. I had an experi¬ 
ence with Pacific Coast apples worth 
stating. I had bought fine-looking ones, 
but found them flavorless and dry till I 
came to some Winesaps that were worse 
than the average. Then I vowed to buy 
no more. In the wonderfully ornate San 
Joaquin building at the San Diego Ex¬ 
position I spoke of this to the manager 
and he gave me some Belleflowers, which 
I found good and I have since eaten them 
with satisfaction. Strawberries are com¬ 
ing in faster now and losing their usual 
Winter scorched appearance, selling at 
25 cents for two pint boxes. J. w. c. 
I want to get the name and address of 
a certain Andrews whose father, builder 
of Andrews’ sawing machine, used to 
set up his machines for buyers along the 
Assonent River near what is now As- 
sonet. Mass., then called Freetown. This 
was 50 or more years ago. R. P. I. 
Make your own Fertilizer at (small cost with 
Wilson’s Phosphate Mills 
From 1 to 40 IT. P. Send for catalogue. 
WILSON BROS. Sole Mfrs., Eastcr^Pa. 
Do you need Farm Help? 
We Iiavu many able-bodied young men, both with ami without 
farming experience, who wish to work on larinft. If you need n 
good, intelligent, Robcr man, write for an order blank. Ours is 
a philanthropic organization and wc make no charge to em¬ 
ployer or employee. 
Our object is to encourage farming among Jews. 
THE JEWI8I1 AGKICL'l/TlJRAL SOCIETY 
170 Second Avenue New y or k (' itj 
■ M IT IVl n b L r MAKE GOOD 
Satisfaction or nocharge. SIDNEY Y. SULLIVAN, aoency 
with a record. Plione. 6486 Cortland. 99 Nassau St., N Y. 
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NULL’S Famous Melilotus Clover Honey, 10 lb 
pail. $1.50; express prepaid. W. D. NULL. 
Demopolis, Ala. 
FOR SALE—100 acre fruit farm. 3,500 trees— 
peach, apple, pear, plum, cherry. 5 acres 
strawberries, 10 minutes to railroad station; 
brick house ami good buildings, $7,500. E. D. 
HUFFMAN, owner, Marshall’s Creek, Pa. 
41 ACRE FARM FOR SALE—Cheap, $1,950: 111 
health is reason for selling. Apply to JOS. 
M. KRAMER, R. 7, Quakertown, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Fourteen acre farm, one mile from 
Waterbury, New Haven trolley, good six-room 
house, barn, city water, good well, horse cow 
fruit; $2,500; $1,400 cash. E. A. BARKER, 
Cheshire, Conn. 
FOR SALE—Farm, 00 acres, 2 greenhouses 4 
mushroom houses, near Philadelphia. Box $3, 
care R. N.-Y. 
BARGAIN—150-acre Eastern New York farm; 
good improvements, running water: price now. 
$3,000. Address LIMESTONE, care R. N.-Y. 
FINE FARM—338 acres, 300 cleared, rich land, 
suitable for grain, stock raising, fruits or 
truck; balance well set in timber; no rocks, soil 
light; five acres apples and Kieffer pears in 
bearing; large frame house and outbuildings; 
situated near Maryland ami Delaware line in 
Kent Co., three miles from town, schoolhouse 
at entrance to farm; will divide to suit buyers; 
terms easy, long time payments; must tie seen 
to be appreciated: one hundred acres being 
planted to corn and tomatoes now. Write to 
owner, G. F. GOOTEE, Smyrna, Delaware. 
585 ACRES—Dutchess County; choice dairy 
farm; two sets buildings; lake. Impure F. It. 
KEATOR, Attorney at Law, 22 Exchange Place 
New York. 
COMPLETELY EQUIPPED Poultry Farm, mile 
railroad, fourteen miles Philadelphia; 3,000 
Y! perfect condition, sacrifice, $7,000. 
WHII E I EATIIER FARM, Beverly, N. J. 
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. D. 8, Schenectady, 
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. LaVALLEY. Fish’s Eddy, N. Y. 
FARM WANTED for cabin cruiser. Box 83 
Youngstown, N. Y. 
FARM FOREMAN wants position, 15 years’ ex¬ 
perience, American, 37, married: want to get 
on .,, a farm wl,erc capability and sobriety 
will be appreciated; wages $65; house, find 
Address Box 88, care Rural New York. 
WANTED—Married 1 man, general farm work, 
landlord not active In work, and must have 
some managing ability; must be' 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 monev 
H. K. CRANDALL, Wllawana, Pa. 
YOTJNO MAN, some experience, Cornell Agri¬ 
cultural student, wants position on farm- 
wages no object. PAUL SOHLEIN, 382 Union 
St., Brooklyn. 
RESPONSIBLE POSITION WANTED—Expert 
poiiltryinan, single, two years’ practical 
school, executive experience, largest plants; ac¬ 
countant; references. R. SALKIN, 312 Henry 
St., New York City. 
A FIRST-CLASS DAIRYMAN, fourteen years’ 
r wanta « good position. WILLIAM 
LENAIIAN, Barryvllle, New York. 
WANTED POSITION—As a working foreman on 
a gentleman’s place by a young married man 
nationality Scotch; up to all kinds farm machin¬ 
ery, 3 years’ experience; no milking. Address 
WM. BEATTIE, Norfolk, Conn. S * 
WANTED—Head farmer for 100 acre farm 
Litchfield, Conn.; experienced, married; good 
wages house, wood; wife to hoard extra man. 
G. H. McKKNZIE, Torringtou, Conn. 
GENERAL HOUSEWORKER WANTED in fam¬ 
ily of three aiPults and three small children- 
must bit sfroiig, efficient, honest and willing to 
wash and iron; good wages. Apply MRS. H. I,. 
WATERMAN, Valatie, Columbia County, New 
York. 
COLLEGE STUDENT wishes position on farm 
for summer; accustomed to horses; experience 
not^uoney desired. 141 Herkimer St,, Brooklyn, 
HELP WANTED—Good home offered to couple; 
man for farm work, woman to do cooking; 
must be a generally good all round woman: all 
modern improvements; private family. Address, 
stating wages expected, references, etc.. Box 
422. Monticello, N. Y. 
POULTRY.MAN—Single, graduate, understand¬ 
ing all branches; five years’ experience; ref¬ 
erences. Box 91, care R. N.-Y. 
