t i-ito rural new-vorker 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, May 22, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Neetl of Phosphoric Acid.721, 722 
Quality in Potatoes .722 
Orange Hawkweed, or Devil’s Paint Brush...722 
Opening of the Tompkins Co., N. Y., Farm 
Bureau .723 
Do Squash and Cucumber “Mix”?.723 
The Grange and Farm Fighters .723 
Does Tobacco Ruin Land?.•.725 
Thick-necked Onions .725 
Improving Tobacco Flavor .725 
Stony Soil .725 
Soy Beans for Hay .725 
Sun-dried Alfalfa ....725 
Killing Brush in Fence Row .725 
Hope Farm Notes .730 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
New York. Live Poultry Market.733 
Devon Cattle for the Lower South.736 
Construction of Milk House ..736 
Curing Meat in Summer .736 
Milking Machines .736 
Silage in Summer .737 
Silo Construction ..737 
Horses and Concrete Floors ......737 
Milk Law in Massachusetts .739 
Shrink in Milk Flow . 738 
Warts .738 
Tumor . 738 
Hard-milking Cow .738 
Fistula of Milk Duct .738 
Indigestion .738 
Sore Following Foot-rot .738 
Thriftless Bull .738 
eggs from nearby are plentiful, selling 
only fractionally above brown. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 23 ® 2 ol 4 
Medium togood. 18 @ 21 
Mixed colors, best. 22 ® 23 
Common to good. H @ 19 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples are getting scarce, the receipts 
this week running poor in quality. 
Strawberries in greatly increased supply. 
Those from the Eastern Shore and jj$ 
Maryland are running small, wholesaling Fowis 
mainly at nine to 13 cents. Heavy ship- Leg 01 
ments are on the way by Old Dominion 
Line from Norfolk. 
figures noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying opportuni¬ 
ties of at least half of New York’s popu¬ 
lation. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 2S @ 
Mixed colors, new.laid. 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 
Tub. choice. 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 2 50 @3 50 
Russet . 2 00 @ 4 25 
Baldwin. 2 50 @4 25 
Winesap . 2 50 @ 3 50 
Spy . 2 60 @ 4 50 
Box, as to variety,. 100 @200 
Strawberries, Carolina, qt. 4 @ 10 
Virginia . 3 @ 8 
Maryland. 6 @ 14 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 7 35 @ 7 40 
Medium . 5 85 @ 5 90 
Pea ir'.'J. 5 40 @ 5 45 
Red Kidney...6 40 @ 6 45 
White Kidney . 690 @ 7 00 
Yellow Eye. 550 @5 60 
Lima, California. 5 40 @6 55 
VEGETABLES. 
The old potato market improved early 
in the week but failed later and closed 
weak. New onions in heavy supply and 
lower, old selling well when sound. New 
Pork chops. 
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Pawing Horse ...738 cabbage is higher, the best wholesaling at 
S k r c!l...3*3 to $ 3 - 2 5 per barrel crate. Asparagus 
Collar Sores . 738 
Coughing Pigs .738 
THE HENYARD. 
Potatoes as Chick Food..740 
Infertile Eggs.740 
White Wyandottes and White P. Rocks.740 
Hens With Skin Disease .740 
Loss of Plumage .740 
Rickety Chicks . .....,”'740 
Chicks on Board Floor.' '740 
Egg-laying Contest .!.'..741 
Egg-bound Hens . 744 
Hen Questions .'. i741 
Poor Hatches .'.! !!!!!.'.!.*!!.' !?41 
HORTICULTURE. 
Remarkable Sports of 20-Ounce Apple.722 
Failure of Early Melons .724 
Forcing Asparagus . 724 
Cover Crop for Orchard .725 
Heading Off the Mole .729 
Raspberries Winter-killing .729 
Tomatoes Drop Flowers .[ 73 I 
Rye in Young Orchard .!.!!!!.!!!!731 
Observations on Peach Varieties.731 
Growing Clematis and Barberry from Seed...731 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .734 
The Rural Patterns . 734 
Seen in New York Shops .734 
Colors in Dress ... 734 , 735 
Combination Buying . 735 
Learned from Our Friends .....735 
Asparagus a la Vinaigrette .735 
Brazilian Stew . 735 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Pump Away from Well . 727 
Concrete Cistern .727 
Bulletins .729 
Bird House for Martins .729 
Purifying Beeswax .....730 
Attacks on Parcel Post . 733 
N. Y. State News . 733 
Fur Farming .,...737 
Small Farm or Bonds . !739 
Publisher's Desk .742 
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so low that same has been stored to take 
advantage of any slacking in receipts. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. 1 25 
State, ISO lbs. 1 25 
Maine, 180 lbs. 1 25 
Bermuda, bbl. 4 00 
Southern, new, bbls. 2 00 
Asparagus, fancy., doz. 1 75 
Common to good. ] 25 
Culls. 75 
Beets. 100 bunches. 1 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1 00 
Chicory, southern, bbl. 50 
Cabbage. New. bbl. crate. 2 00 
Horseradish, bbl .3 00 
Leeks, 100 bunches. 75 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Onions—Red. bag . 
Yellow.1 00 
Texas, crate. 00 
Peppers, bu.2 00 
Radishes, 100 bunches 
Spinach, bbl. 
String Beans, bu. 
Squash, new, bn. 1 00 
Egg Plants, bu.2 00 
Tomatoes, 0-bkt. crate. 1 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Supplies, especially of fowls, 
large, selling mainly at 17 to 17% for 
choice. Broilers in heavy supply and 
lower, a range of 30 to 35 cents 
pound covering most business. 
Broilers, lb. 28 @ 
Fowls . 17 @ 
Roosters. 10 @ 
Ducks. 13 @ 
Geese. 9 @ 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Market generally very quiet, with but 
little price variation. Some people won¬ 
der why quotations on dressed poultry 
remain so nearly stationary during Sum¬ 
mer. The reason is that there are large 
stocks in storage which are drawn on as 
needed. As the supply is thus mainly 
under control, the dealers make prices at 
about the limit for a fair business move¬ 
ment, and keep them there until slacken¬ 
ing trade makes a change necessary. 
With the exception of fresh broilers and 
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wls, are not 
Injured Mare. 
A few days ago I was hauling wood 
with my mare and she pulled herself down 
on her left side. She seemed all right. 
The next morning there was a hunch on 
her left side about four inches wide and 
quite a lot longer. It seems to be sore 
to touch, and is just below where the 
shaft comes. She seems to hate to go 
down hill as though it hurt her. I think 
perhaps it is a rupture. If so, would it 
do any hurt for me to raise colts from 
her? If this is a rupture could you tell 
me anything to do for it and does it 
hurt to work her? j. a. g. 
New Hampshire. 
It will be necessary to have an exam¬ 
ination made by the local graduate veter¬ 
inarian as we can not decide the exact 
nature of the injury. There may be a 
fracture of a rib, in which case an ab¬ 
scess may result and have to be opened 
for liberation of pus. If she is ruptured 
a surgical operation might possible suc¬ 
ceed, in which event she might be bred; 
otherwise not. a. s. a. 
Indigestion. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending May 14, 1915. 
MILK. 
The Borden contract prices for the six 
months beginning with April are based 
on the fat content of the milk, there be¬ 
ing a difference of 60 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. 
I noted an article on page 458 about 
indigestion in a colt. Now I have a mare 
with some of those symptoms. She eats 
and drinks well, but has internal rumb¬ 
ling. She has been bothered with worms 
and I treated her as you have recom¬ 
mended for them. She has shown no ill 
effects from this medicine as yet. Do 
you think the danger is past if she is in 
foal? She is due to foal May 27. I gave 
the medicine for worms exactly as you 
recommended and I thought at first it 
had helped her but now she shows signs 
of worms the same as before. I am fig- 
per tiring on. feeding quite a lot of potatoes 
this Spring, about four quarts with a 
quart of cornmeal on top. This feed to 
be given at least twice a day while in 
Spring work. What do you think of 
this? M. c. K. 
New York. 
No harm has been done by the medi¬ 
cine, but indigestion is present and should 
be treated by mixing in the feed twice 
daily a tablespoonful of a mixture of 
equal parts of powdered wood charcoal 
and granular hyposulphite of soda. Do 
not treat for worms, as she is nearing 
foaling time. It would be a serious mis¬ 
take to feed your horses potatoes and 
cornmeal; but such feeding would be suit¬ 
able for pigs. Feed the work horses 
sound, whole oats and one-ninth part of 
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t l he “-k et “ay run along until wheat bran, dampened at feeding time, 
I all with but little change. and a ] so a n ow them mixed clover and 
Tur ^LVn h n 0i ^ e ^. f H Timothy hay, or prairie hay. The feed- 
April .. 
3% 
3.5% 
4% 
4.5% 
5% 
.. $1.31 
$1.46 
$1.61 
$1.76 
$1.91 
May ... 
.. 1.06 
1.21 
1.36 
1.51 
1.66 
.Tune .. 
.. 1.00 
1.15 
1.30 
1.45 
1.60 
J uly .. 
.. 1.16 
1.31 
1.46 
1.61 
1.76 
Aug. .. 
.. 1.32 
1.47 
1.62 
1.77 
1.92 
Sept. .. 
.. 1.41 
1.56 
1.71 
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BUTTER. 
common to good. 14 @ 18 
Chickens ckdice broilers, lb. 25 @ 27 
Broilers, common to good . 21 @ 22 
Squab broilers, pair. 80 @100 
Roasters . 23 @ 24 
Fowls. 15 <g i 8 
Spring Ducks. 18 @ 20 
Squabs, doz. 1 60 @ 4 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 00 
Rulis. 525 
Cows. 3 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 7 51) 
Culls. 6 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 5 (JU 
Lambs . 75 
Hogs. 7 50 @ 8 20 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, prime. n 
Common to good. 9 
Lambs, hothouse, head . 4 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
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ing you propose would be sure to cause 
indigestion and render the horses less 
fit for Spring work. a. s. a. 
Bloat. 
1. Is there danger of bloating to sheep 
and lambs if rape is sown in a corner 
of pasture and they are allowed free ac¬ 
cess to it after it has attained a sufficient 
growth? 2. IIow soon after farrowing is 
it advisable to breed for Fall pigs? Sow 
will farrow about May 5. 3. Is there a 
good substitute for milk for young pigs 
weaned at about eight weeks? Also 
should such young pigs be allowed 
pasture freely on rape and clover? 
R. a. f. 
1. There is danger of bloating if the 
to 
The week brought a decline of two , n , 
to three cents on practically all grades. advance reported last week lias --- - 
Supplies on the way are reported large. ” oen held on most grades, but. supplies sheep or lambs are suddenly turned into 
Considerable of the butter now arriving is °J 1 “ ie " a ^ , ar ? reported larger, so that rank rape pasture and left there. They 
a mixture of hav and grass and does not mar het _is less firm, with possibility should be fully fed hay or grass and then 
- of lower prices within two weeks ‘ * - 
keep well, so more effort is made to clear 
out the stores than would be thought 
necessary when quality runs better. 
Creamery, extra.above 92 score, lb... 28 @ 28t£ 
Extra, 92 score . 27 @ 2714 
Good to Choice . 24 @ 26 
Lower Grades. 21 @ 23 
Storage . 22 @ 26 
State Dairy, best. 27 ® 27^ 
Common to Good. 22 ® 25 
Ladles . 19 ® 21 
Hacking Stock. 18 @ 20 
Process . 19 @ 23^ 
Elgin, 111., butter market 27^ cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 28 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 28. 
Chicago creamery, 20@26. 
CHEESE. 
Market is firm on both new and old 
of the higher grades, with one-half cent 
advance on the best. Export buying is 
active. Supplies of Wisconsin new make __ 
are arriving freely, selling on about the. Bran, car lots 
same basis as State at New York. 
Whole Milk, new specials . 16<y@ 
New, average fancy . 16 ~ 
New, under grades . 13 
Old, as to grade. 15 
Skims, special. 12 
Fair to good. 7 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 23 00 @24 00 
No. 2.21 50 @22 50 
No. 3 .20 00 @2100 
Clover mixed.20 00 @24 00 
Straw, Rye. 14 00 @16 00 
GRAIN 
Wheat is running two to five cents be¬ 
low last week’s figures. There are num¬ 
erous reports of damage from fly, chinch 
bug and Winter killing, but they have to 
be discounted considerably, as price boom¬ 
ers exaggerated them to the limit. Corn 
continues lower, with planting outlook 
generally favorable. 
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range of 18 to 20 cents covers the great 
proportion of wholesale business. White 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 
No. 2. Red . 
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Corn, as to quality, bush.. 
... 85 
... 60 
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Oats, as to weight, bush. 
Rye. free from onion. 
MILLFEED. 
New York— 
Bran, car lots. 
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Middlings. 
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Red Dog . 
Cornmeal. 
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Buffalo— 
Bran, car lots. 
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@28 00 
@29 00 
@31 00 
@32 00 
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Middlings, as to quality . 
Gluten feed. 
Hominy feed . 
Oil Meal, ton lots. 
St. Louis— 
Bran, car lots. 
Hominy feed . 
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Middlings. 
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turned on rape for an hour or so at first, 
and the time of such pasturing then is 
increased daily until the feed has no bad 
effect. If a sheep bloats give it a pint 
of milk warm from the cow and repeat in 
half an hour if found necessary. 2. A 
sow comes in heat from three to nine 
days after farrowing and then at intervals 
of three weeks. .She carries pigs an av¬ 
erage of 112 days. From these figures 
you can calculate the time your sows 
should be bred to suit your conditions. 3. 
Use a commercial pig meal, or a mixture 
of finely ground (screened) oats, corn¬ 
meal, middlings and flaxseed meal in milk 
or made into slop with hot water. If 
gradually accustomed to the rape past¬ 
ure they may in time feed there right 
along. Get a bulletin on pig feeding from 
Guelph Experiment Station, Guelph, On¬ 
tario. A. 8. A. 
RETAIL PRICKS AT NEW YORK. 
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with a record. Phone. 6486 Cortland. 99 Nassau St., N. Y. 
Do you need Farm Help? 
W» have many able-bodied young men, both with and witbont 
farming 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 and we make no charge to em¬ 
ployer or employee. 
Our object is to encourage farming among Jews. 
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P0 £n?^ P V*W. voffptatll ° greenhouses, well 
Unit and equipped, neat cottage, plot of land* 
Ind C iana r r aS ° nable - LBWIS COWING, Munoi'; 
n , ,^ r ,1PW Verm °nt Mnplf! Syrup at 31.00 
pet gallon, new' sugar in ' * 10 11 ,. nails 
15c. per pound, JAY T. SMITH, Rupert, Vt 
W Bmie B CuTt?r EE S T 8- a”*, 1 ° r vprshot ’ Mann’s 
lv i,? ne \ u “ei, $8, Angle Lamps, pipe fitting 
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1-st. ELMER rpnsMAN; Hellertown, Pa 
XT C. 1 / S , Fa J? lous Mel 1 lotus Clover Honey, 10 lb. 
Demopolfs,'Aia. eXPreSS Pr6Pa,d ’ W ' D ' NL 1 LL, 
FOR SALE—42 Hover Hall Brooder, used one 
season. H. ABBENSETH, Hackensack. N. j. 
400 ACRES—Choice farm land, 40 acres cultl- 
alHiiiflaiiee spring water, near school 
r ® ad ' O-i-ek sale: $15 per acre; particulars’ 
Wnte A. B. LaVALLEY, Fish’s Eddy, N Y 
W rtnu E B7x S ^ aII e^ m ^ Ut ^’ 3 Y farm = P * ,rchase 
COR SALE—260-acre farm. 23 miles from Public 
ceBent'bi nJ? Veland > ° ll,o: two good houses, ex 
eellent buildings, sugar bush, timber, good soil ■ 
ideal stock or dairy farm; price very reasonable" 
owner. J. W. RANSOM, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 
i,8- ? ni A CRES— Dutchess County; choice dairy 
KpWjff" buildings; lake. Inquire E. R. 
New York Attorney at Law - 22 Exchange Place, 
E< l?ts S of E ^?: aCl 'S far '!' ,nile of lake front, 
lots of fruit, price, $<0 per acre, crops in- 
eluded. JESSE WILSON, Hayts Corners, N. Y. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—Good house. 9 
looms and bath, gas, hot and cold water 
modorn Improvements, lot 50x140. fruit and 
shade, small barn, within five minutes’ walk of 
° o „ Sta , ti0nS: l \ nce ’ $2,500; would exchange for 
montomT J. E ’ ERBN ° H ’ I5ox (!47 ’ Ha “- 
TOR SALE—Farm of 115 acres, well watered. 
good buildings, good location, only 2% miles 
to railroad town or rural delivery and telephone 
Edmestonf N Y. $2 ’ 8 °°’ WALTER HICK LING. 
FOR SALE—150-acre farm, $2,000; new hou^e 
D. SHEPHERDSON, Ed’en, Md. 
FARM WANTED—Less than $1,000; give de- 
roRWTv"ioof? a* . 1 . ocatio, 1 1 ' cas, i Price. JAMES 
COun IN, 19-0 Anthony Ave., New York City. 
FARM FOR SALE—300 acres best land in the 
mountains, fine dairy trade and truck garden 
plumbing, fine buildings, machinery and stock! 
I. S. !• RASHER, Lake Clear Junction, N. Y. 
1 j^LE—Farm, 00 acres, 2 greenhouses. 4 
care R N in Y h0,ISeS ’ Dear Pwladel Pbia. BOX 83, 
FOR SALE CHEAP-Good 125-acre farm, keeps 
WM vr^rl'^xr n ! < l-xT lna 3 0 KOO,i ’ summer home, 
u M. NUTTELMANN, Northampton, Mass. 
WANTED—Position as dairyman, first class 
,,milker, best references. JAMES CULLINANE 
HO Nott Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y. 
EXPERIENCED young man desires all year work 
in large progressive commercial peach or an- 
pie orchard in New Jersey or elsewhere in the 
aty N J° Uth ' H ' S " 192 Central Ave -- Jersey 
WANTED—Young man desires position on a 
farm—poultry branch. Address A. H. IVES 
White Plains, N. Y. 
GFXER.tL HOUSE WORKER WANTED—Mid¬ 
dle-aged woman for country home; must be 
strong, good cook, honest and obliging- refer¬ 
ences required; wages. $14 per month: good 
home to right party. H. A. BENNETT, Para¬ 
mos Road, Ridgewood, N. J. 
TWO strong, active young men w-ant work on 
farm; preferably together; experienced; ref¬ 
erences. BOX 97, care R. N.-Y. 
POSITION WANTED by practical farmer and 
dairy man, married, Hollander, life experience 
with dairy cattle, understand milk testing, bnl 
ance ration, scientific feeding, raising crops, 
etc., state wages, good references. Address 
BOX 131. Gaithersburg, Maryland. 
GIRL M ANTED—Mother’s help; 14-15 years* 
good home. Apply “COUNTRY HOME” 
Rural New-Yorker, 333 West 30th St., N. Y. 
WANTED—At once, all-round man on farm. E 
A. SCRIBNER, Centre Strafford, N. II. 
EXPERIENCED HERDSMAN, Dairyman, But- 
termaker, desires responsible position, short 
course student, age 26, references. HORACE 
ARMSTRONG, Brewster Estate, Oyster Bay. 
L. 1. 
HOUSEKEEPER, middle-aged, widow, Irish 
Protestant, desires position of trust, knowl¬ 
edge of nursing, highest references. BOX 96 
care R. N.-Y. 
POTJLTRYMAN of highest ability wants posi¬ 
tion; 10 years’ experience; able to handle 
large plant; have mad'e good and can prove it; 
married. R. C. HEMPEL, Laurelton, N. J. 
POSITION WANTED on private farm or estate 
by carpenter, married, 3% years in last posi¬ 
tion; A 1 references. Address P. O. BOX 654 
Suffern, N. Y. 
YOUNG MAN wants steady position; can raise 
best vegetables and flowers; knows the scien¬ 
tific and practical side of dairy, poultry pomol¬ 
ogy. etc.; best references. A. BERVY, Bloom¬ 
field, Conn. 
