THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
795 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, June 5. 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Co-operation in Western Canada.773, 774 
Notes on Hay-making: .774 
Producing Superior Sugar Beet Seed.775 
The Beautiful Western New York.775 
A Maggot Fly-trap .775 
Corn Growing .777 
Grain With Crimson Clover .777 
Lime With Rye . 777 
Rye and Winter Vetch .777 
Hope Farm Notes .782 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Cream Separator Problems . 788 
Telling Age of a Cow .788 
Thriftless Pigs .788 
Quittor .788 
Rejection of a Holstein Heifer.789 
The Champion Ayrshire Two-year-old.789 
Tonics for Hogs .790 
Dairy Ration; Strengthening Milker’s Arm...790 
Ration for Family Cow .790 
Cows Bloating . 790 
Raising Feed at Home ..'.’!!790 
Feeding an Orphan Foal .790 
Violet Rays to Clean Milk . 791 
Onion Taste in Milk .. .’791 
Hog Cholera and Sour Milk .791 
N. Y, Milk Situation . 791 
Drying Milk Flow ...' ’791 
Horse Cannot Get Up ." . 791 
Horse With Abscess. 7 Q 1 
Deaf Horse . !!!.!!! " 791 
THE HENYARD. 
Finishing Poultry for Market .785 
Thick Eggshells . 792 
The Best Winter Layers . 792 
Blue Ointment for Lice .792 
Domesticating Partridges .792 
Emphysema .792 
Poultry on 30-Acre Farm .792 
Vibration Affecting Hatch .792 
Average Hatching Percentage .792 
Egg-laying Contest . 793 
Leg Weakness . 793 
Blood Spots in Eggs . !..!!!!. ] 793 
Sore-head or Chicken Pox .] ’ ’ .793 
HORTICULTURE. 
Chautauqua Grape Belt .776 
The Buffalo Tree-hopper . 777 
Notes from a Maryland Garden .781 
Pithy Celery .781 
Amoor-River Privet .781 
Rhododendron as Medicine .783 
Medicinal Value of Seaweed .783 
Kohl-rabi Goes to Seed .783 
Save the Native Sparrows .783 
More About Shade Trees .783 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .786 
Seen in New York Shops . 786 
Strawberry Desserts ...786, 787 
Controlling Clothes Moth . 787 
Notes from Colorado .787 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Town Sewage in a Stream .... 
Installing a Siphon . 
Experience With Motor Trucks 
Concrete Spring-house . 
Keeping Rain-water Sweet ... 
A Leaking Well . 
Avoiding Water Pollution 
Cesspool Near Well . 
Septic Tanks . 
Painting Linoleum . 
A Satisfactory Concrete Block 
Fishing Rights . 
Sargol . 
Events of the Week . 
Buying Coal By Test . 
Editorial . 
Fighters in the Grange . 
Agricultural Conference . 
Fraud Advertising Bill . 
Publisher’s Desk . 
Humorous . 
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Products, Prices and Trade 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending May 28, 1915. 
The commercial values of farm pro¬ 
ducts are what they sell for—not neces- 
sanlv their food value, or what some one 
thinks or wishes they were worth. Hence 
representative sales, rather than opinions, 
even though unbiased, are the correct 
basis for quotations. 
MILK. 
The Borden contract prices for the six 
months beginning with April are based 
on the fat content of the milk, there being 
a difference of GO cents per 100 pounds 
between three and five per cent fat. The 
price increases uniformly three cents per 
UK) pounds for every tenth of one per 
cent fat increase. 
3% 
3.5% 
4% 
4.5% 
April . 
... $1.31 
$1.46 
$1.61 
$1.76 
May . 
... 1.0G 
1.21 
1.36 
1.51 
.Time . 
. .. 1.00 
1.15 
1.30 
1.45 
July . 
... 1.16 
1.31 
1.46 
1.61 
Aug. . 
... 1.32 
1.47 
1.62 
1.77 
Sept. . 
... 1.41 
1.56 
1.71 
1.86 
5% 
$ 1.01 
1.60 
1.G0 
1.76 
1.92 
2.01 
BUTT Kit. 
The week has brought an advance of 
one c-ent and a one-half cent decline on 
the better grades of creamery, with rather 
slow business at the close. The top 
price given on State dairy represents but 
little business, as this quality is scarce 
here, a large percentage being sold at 
home. 
Creamery, best, above 92 score, lb. 28 29 
Extra, 92 score . 27Js@ 28 
Good to Choice . 24 @ 26 
Lower Grades. 21 @ 23 
State Dairy, best. 27bS@ 28 
Common to Good. 22 @ 25 
Ladles . 20 @ 21 
racking Stock. 18 @ 19 
Process . 20 @ 21 
Elgin, 111., butter market 28 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 28hj cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 28A*- 
Chicago creamery. 22@28. 
Kansas City, 22@26. 
CHEESE. 
Sales for export have been large, main¬ 
ly at 1G cents or a trifle above for a good 
quality of whole milk. There are occa¬ 
sional sales of old up to 18 cents. 
Whole Milk, new specials . 17 @ 1754 
New, average fancy . 1617 
New, under grades . 14 @ 16 
Old, as to grade. 15 @ 18 
Skims, special. 13 © 14 
Fair to good. 7 @ 10 
EGGS 
Receipts have been smaller and less 
difficulty in clearing out current offerings. 
Choice white and brown with some mix¬ 
ture of small sizes have brought 23 and 
24 cents respectively, with a possible one 
cent premium on straight large sizes. 
Large quantities of gathered eggs have 
sold at 20 to 21 cents. Duck eggs are 
low, selling about on a par with hen 
eggs of the same quality, though running 
much larger. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 24 @ 25 
Medium togood. 18 @ 21 
Mixed colors, best. 23 ® 24 
Common to good. 14 @ 19 
FRESH FRUITS. 
A few good apples and many poor ones, 
showing rot and storage scald, are among 
the present offerings. Baldwin, Wine- 
sap and the Ben Davis type are the va¬ 
rieties in majority. Arkansas Black is 
now at its best, a showy apple and of 
fair quality, though coarse in flesh—a 
wonderful keeper. Strawberries in large 
supply, some days nearly 500,000 quarts 
arriving. Many are soft and badly 
sanded. But few of the Middle South 
berries are shipped here on commission, 
being mainly bought in the producing sec¬ 
tions. This may or may not he profitable 
for the farmers. One lot bought at the 
station in Maryland at six cents sold in 
New York at 12, and in other cases eight 
cent berries have brought only six here. 
Of course, buyers with large capital and 
good standing expect to hear losses, hut 
in many such cases the buyer goes bank¬ 
rupt. insists on the farmer helping him 
out on the next deal, or steals enough to 
make himself whole. Shipping on com¬ 
mission to an honorable house is safer 
than selling at home to some plunging 
speculator. Oranges are plentiful and 
cheap, bringing $1.50 to $5.50 at the auc¬ 
tions; repacked in single box lots bring 
from $2.50 to $4. A few green goose¬ 
berries have arrived, selling mainly un¬ 
der 10 cents per quart. 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 2 50 @8 00 
Russet . 2 00 © 3 00 
Baldwin. 2 50 @ 4 25 
Winesap .‘.. 2 50 @4 00 
Spy . 3 00 @ 4 50 
Box, as to variety, . 1 00 @ 2 50 
Strawberries, Carolina, qt. 3 @ 7 
Virginia . 3 @ 8 
Maryland. 6 @ 10 
Jersey. 8 @ 11 
Goosberries. qt... 7 @ 10 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 7 00 @ 7 25 
Medium .. 5 75 @ 5 80 
Pea . 335 @ 5 40 
Red Kidney. 6 30 @ 6 35 
White Kidney . 7 00 @ 7 25 
Yellow Eye. 5 20 © 5 25 
Lima, California. 5 40 @5 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Old potato offerings are still large, 
many having sold under 40 cents per 
bushel. Old onions are about gone, new 
from Texas in heavy surplus. Asparagus 
market in poor condition, except on 
fancy green. Peas of fine quality, from 
Virginia and Maryland, bring $1.50 to $2 
per bushel. 
Potatoes— Southern, new. bbl. 2 00 @5 00 
Old, 180 lbs. 1 lu @ 1 25 
Bermuda, bbl. .... 2 00 @5 60 
Asparagus, fancy., do/..-_ 2 00 @2 25 
Common to good. 1 25 @ 1 75 
Culls. 75 @ 1 00 
Beets. 100 bunches. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 75 
Cucumbers, bu. 2 00 @3 25 
Cabbage, bbl. crate . 00 @175 
Horseradish, bbl . 3 00 @ 5 00 
Leeks, 100 bunches. 75 @ 1 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 15 @ 85 
Onions—Texas, crate. 50 @ 1 00 
Peppers, bu. 2 00 @ 2 60 
Peas, bu. 75 @2 00 
Radishes, barrel . 1 00 @ 1 50 
Rhubarb, 100 bushes. 75 @ 1 00 
Spinach, bbl. 40 @ 50 
String Beans, bu.1 00 @ 2 25 
Squash, new, bu. 66 @ 1 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate. 75 @ 1 75 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 30 @ 32 
Fowls . 17 @ 18 
Roosters. 10 @ 11 
Ducks. 14 @ 17 
Geese. 10 @ 11 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, choice, lb . 20 @ 21 
Common to good. 14 @ IS 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 35 @ 40 
Broilers, common to good . 24 @ 28 
Squab broilers, pair. 75 @ 1 00 
Roasters . 23 @ 24 
Fowls. 15 @ 18 
Spring Ducks. 18 @ 19 
Squabs, doz. 150 @3 75 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. .8 30 @8 50 
Hulls... 5 25 @ 7 25 
Cows. 350 @ 6 75 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 7 50 @ 9 60 
Culls. 500 @7 00 
Sheep. 100 1 bs. 4 50 @ 6 00 
Lambs . 9 00 @1100 
Gogs. 7 50 @ 8 00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, prime. 11 @ 12 
Common to good. 9 @ jo 
Lambs, hothouse, head . 4 00 @ 7 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
The demand is better than last week, 
hut supplies are large and prices prac¬ 
tically unchanged. The recent cool 
weather and heavy rains are favorable to 
the growing crop. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 23 00 @23 50 
No. 2.21 50 @22 50 
No. 3.i8 60 @19 50 
Clover mixed.20 00 @22 00 
Straw, Rye,.14 00 @16 00 
GRAIN 
Wheat has sold on a generally lower 
basis export demand being slack and the 
general crop outlook favorable, in spite of 
fly damage in spots. Corn and oats lower. 
Wheat. No. 1, Northern Spring. 1 65 @ 
No. 2, Red . 1 57 @ .. 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 82 @ 84 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 57 @ 59 
Rye, free from onion. 1 27 @ 1 29 
MILLFEEl). 
Bran, car lots.24 00 @25 50 
Middlings.27 50 @32 00 
Red Dog .33 00 @34 50 
Cornmeal.32 00 @34 00 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest fig¬ 
ures noted here, but represent produce of 
good quality and the buying opportuni¬ 
ties of at least one-half of New York's 
population. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 2S @ 30 
Mixed colors, new laid. 25 @ 26 
Ordinary grades. 20 @ 23 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 33 @ 36 
Tub, choice. 30 @ 32 
Chickens, roasting, ib. 26 @ 28 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 28 @ 32 
Squab Broilers, pair. 1 25 @ 1 50 
Fricassee, lb. 18 @ 20 
Fowls . 20 @ 22 
Leg of lamb. 20 @ 22 
Lamb chops. 22 @ 24 
Roasting beef . 16 @ 20 
Stewing beef. 12 @ 16 
Pork chops.?.... 18 @ 20 
Loin of Pork . 17 @ 20 
Strawberries, qt. 10 @ 16 
Asparagus, bunch . 15 @ 20 
Ailing Animals. 
Worms. 
What can I do to get my dog in bet¬ 
ter condition? The dog is six years old, 
a coach and bull dog and has worms so 
badly that he is in great misery. We 
keep him in the house or tied, as he is 
inclined to run off, being gone mostly 
all day and when he comes home is so 
stiff can scarcely get around for several 
days. n. o. g. 
Pennsylvania. 
Starve the dog for 24 hours and then 
give one dram of freshly powdered Kam- 
ola in a little cream or soup. Repeat 
the dose in two weeks if thought neces¬ 
sary. If the dog does not show marked 
improvement from the first dose increase 
the second dose a half. He should have 
daily exercise. Put in a long overhead 
wire and fasten the dog's chain to a 
loose ring on the wire so he can run 
back and forth at will. a. s. a. 
Distemper. 
Would you give me a little advice as 
regards green horses from the West, that 
have distemper? I shall have some 
shortly and would like to be prepared. 
Massachusetts. c. F. p. 
We cannot give general advice of the 
sort suggested. In each case we must 
have a description of the symptoms pres¬ 
ent before we can give confident advice. 
“Distemper” is a term used to describe 
many different ailments, but properly 
means “strangles” characterized by form¬ 
ation of abscesses under the jaw. Is that 
the disease you have in mind? Western 
horses often are found affected with 
glanders. So it is well to be careful and 
have a graduate veterinarian make an ex¬ 
amination and prescribe treatment ac¬ 
cording to the disease and symptoms he 
finds present. a. s. a. 
Summer Sores. 
I have a fine mare that I have had for 
several years, and eight or 10 years ago 
a sore came on her front leg just above 
the hoof. It was bloody and looked as 
though she had hurt it on a nail. I 
washed it and cared for it but it refused 
to heal, and got larger. Looked like 
proud flesh. I took her to a veterinarian 
and he said it was a new disease, a sort 
of itch from Texas; he said it would 
not heal up until frosty weather in the 
Fall and he was right, I could uot heal 
it, but the first frosty nights it went as 
quickly as it came. The next year when 
the weather became hot in July it broke 
out midway between knee anil foot on 
inside of leg; she would bite it and rub 
it, and infection in her eye; her eyes 
swelled shut, the discharge down her face 
made a long sore, ill smelling, looked 
very bad. She was nearly useless for a 
long time, but it went away all at once 
on approach of frosty nights. She was 
bred that Summer and raised two colts 
and those two years her legs did not 
break out, but little hard hunches came 
all over her body. They itched terribly. 
They are on her yet. Her colts, four 
and five years, last Spring, both had 
sores similar. The four-year-old healed 
up, but the one on the five-year-old would 
not heal until frost came and then it 
went all at once. Can I do anything 
or give them anything to prevent the 
sores coming on again and if they break 
out what can I do to heal them? The 
colts always feel well, are fat and quite 
a valuable pair. The sores came on their 
legs last Summer for the first time. 
New York. m. p. 
These “Summer sores” or “bursette,” 
as the disease sometimes is called, are 
very difficult to heal. The best remedy 
we have found in powdered yellow sul- 
pliuret of arsenic. The sore is cleaned, 
lard smeared around it and the horse 
tied up short so that he will be unable 
to bite the sore. A very little of the pow¬ 
der is then rubbed upon the sore. The 
thick scab or slough caused by the caus¬ 
tic should be removed as soon as found 
possible; then iodoform should be dusted 
ou daily, coverered with absorbent cotton 
and then with a bandage. In obstinate 
cases we also give increasing doses of 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic, starting 
with half an ounce twice daily. Should 
any alarming symptoms appear, as the 
dose is gradually increased, go back to 
the first dose and repeat. a. s. a. 
rAHM HtLrTHAT MAKE 
complaint. I refer to Commissioner of Licenses. 
City of New York. Help on Hand-all Branches. 
0486 Cortlandt, 115 Nassau St., New York 
Do you need Farm Help? 
We have many able-bodied young men, both with and without 
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. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
li« Second Avenue York Cily 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enable 
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Products, Help and Positions Wanted admitted. 
For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen- 
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advertisements will go nnder proper headings on 
other pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements 
will not he accepted for this column. 
ity. new crop, $1.10 per gal.;' sample 
RANSOM FARM. Chagrin Falls, Ohio 
qual- 
free. 
NULL’S Famous Melilotus Clover Honey, 10 lb. 
pail. $1.50; express prepaid. W. D. NULL 
Demopolls, Ala. 
GOULD S PYRAMID 4x5 double acting belt 
power pump; used very little, $25 FAITOUTF 
BROS., Summit. N. J. 
NEW 7-ROOM HOUSE, hardwood floors, elec¬ 
trics, running water, 2% acres rich level land, 
more if wanted, markets, schools, $3,500: terms. 
MARCUS M. BROWNE, Marlboro, Mass., Owner. 
585 ACRES—Dutchess County; choice dairy 
farm; two sets buildings; lake. Inquire F. R 
KHATOR, Attorney at Law, 22 Exchange Place. 
New York. 
3 ACRES near South Bay, Long Island, new 8- 
room house, witli heat; residential or poultry; 
terms on request. BOX 470, Center Moriches. 
N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Large, modern poultry plant, sell¬ 
ing baby chicks and pullets, fancy eggs ami 
broilers; ideal location on Long Island near 
the water; laying houses for 1,000 head; brooder, 
capacity 1,000 chicks; incubator capacity, 11,000 
eggs, stocked witli White Leghorns; well known 
farm with good established trade. For full In 
formation address BOX 100, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
NO OPPOSITION, country department store and 
14-room residence, outbuildings, situated grow 
ing summer resort town; growing legitimate pay¬ 
ing business, with post office; $750 side profit 
pays all expenses; $12,000 cash or security 
needed; curiosity seekers ignored. MERCHANT 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Farm in fruit belt; 70 acres: good 
'‘"•Wings, 41,4 miles from town; price. $3,000 
EDWARD FEYEUABEND, Bridgeville, Del. 
FOR SALE—Farm in Fauquier County, Virginia, 
311 acres; convenient to R. R. Depot. Beale- 
ton, Virginia: price, $10,000. if interested’ ap¬ 
ply for particulars to HARRY L. BURN, 16!) 
Madison Avenue, New York City. 
FOR SALE—Nine-acre bearing young peach or¬ 
chard, Elbcrtas, famous Palisade district 
Colorado, convenient to market, irrigated, imme¬ 
diate profits, unfailing crops, splendid climate 
Write at once to Box 27. Miller School. Virginia.' 
FOR SAT E—In Northeastern Minnesota my bus¬ 
iness consisting of dry good's, shoes and fnr- 
lnR ,?: inventorying with fixtures about $10,- 
oOO, will take in exchange farm property to tho 
value of $8,000 or less, balance cash; railroad 
town with payroll varying from $50,000 to $125.- 
000 monthly. For particulars address MINNE¬ 
SOTA, care Rural New-Yorker. 
I 1 OR SALE—Farm, GO acres, 2 greenhouses, 4 
mushroom houses, near Philadelphia. BOX 
83, care U. N.-Y. 
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WANTED—Middle-aged, sober, industrious man 
to wash and fill milk bottles, care for horse 
vale U N J tC '’ Sma11 wages - BOX 230, Mont- 
YOUNG MAN wishes position on a farm in- 
experienced. B. MERGENTHEIM. 40 Oak' St 
Far Rockaway, N. Y. 
YOUNG MAN, single, 28, wants position on up- 
to-date farm, strong and willing; some expe¬ 
rience. BOX 102, care R. N.-Y. 
f ? r gene™* farm work. PHILIP 
LOWLAND, Oxford, Conn. 
POSITION DESIRED, near New York or New¬ 
ark, by capable young man; first-class team¬ 
ster and farmer; best of references. Address 
J. A., care of R. N.-Y. 
WAN iLD Single, wide-awake and active man 
who understands swine raising; applicant must 
have had practical experience, witli references 
of character and ability. Write, with refer¬ 
ences to SUPT. SWINE DEPARTMENT, Bran 
ford Farms, Nlantic, Conn. 
WANTED—A position as farm manager on 
either dairy or fruit farm, understand all 
kinds of farm work, stock and machinery; also 
had two years of college training; familiar with 
mw Wor & «*ttfled milk spl . ayln g ete 
BOX 103, care It. N.-Y. 
WANTED—Man and' wife, man to take care of 
garden, lawn and automobile; woman to do 
cooking and some housework; must give refei- 
enee. Address BOX 115, Kennett Square, 1’a. 
WANTED—Farmer for general work, steady em¬ 
ployment; no experience necessary; hard 
worker; good chance. BROOKLAKE POULTRY 
FARM, Madison, N. J. 
YOUNG MAN, hard worker and elderly aunt. 
want steady, good home on farm; small wages 
for young man; some experience; handy. JAMES 
SAYItB, 31 West 124th St., New York City. 
MAN, 40, single, desires situation with prac¬ 
tical head' gardener, private estate; good 
home, salary nominal. E. C.. 2093 Nostrand 
Ave., Brooklyn. 
POSITION WANTED as farm manager: best ag¬ 
ricultural college training, 12 years’ experi¬ 
ence; highest references. BOX 104, care R. 
N.-Y. 
EXPERIENCED Herdsman, Dairyman, Butter 
Maker desires responsible position, short 
course student, age 26, references. HORACE 
ARMSTRONG, 113 Tremont Ave., Orange, N. J. 
