THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, June 19. 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
“When to Cut Hay”.822 
The Hay Hoist . . . g23 
Hope Fann Notes .823 
Kerosene on Seed Corn .!!!!!!828 
Cow-horn Turnips in Corn. . ", .828 
Government Crop Reports ..........831 
Grain Notes and Movements ...' ^831 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Fat Test for Condensery Milk.821, 822 
Waiting Her Milk Turn .834 
Livo Stock Quarantine Changes . 834 
A Good Old Cow .,'!834 
Ration for Work Horses . !.!834 
Keeping a Few Sheep . !!]835 
A'Hng D y in S . .....'.'.835 
Underfed Horses . s-ik 
Stiffness .....!!!!!!! 835 
Meeting of Holstein Friesian Breeders! Part 
II...... ,, t Q3(5 
Selling Milk by the Fat Test . '.'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.836 
Truth About Cement Silos .836 
THE HENYARD. 
Finishing Poultry for the Market. Part IV..831 
Sour Milk for Diarrhoea .837 
Cleaning Mica in Incubator .838 
Weak Chicks ..838 
Cannibal Chicks . .838 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Verdict for Misfit Trees .822 
Maple Growing for Syrup .!.822 
The Chautauqua and Erie Grape Belts Part 
HI..'.825 
Local Conditions for Apple Varieties.825 
Maryland Notes .827 
Destroying Borers . 827 
Trees Do Not Bear . 828 
Poison Ivy: Hardy Vines .829 
Hybridization and Fruits .829 
Culture of Witloof . 829 
The White Mulberry Tree .829 
Cabbage Worms .i.,829 
The Country’s Fruit Crop .. . .. .831 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .832 
Seen in New York Shops . 832 
The Joys of Spring Cleaning .832, 833 
The Rural Patterns .832 
Canning Questions .833 
Embroidery Design . ,S33 
Sweet Cucumber Pickles .. .833 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Crops and Farm News .824 
Events of the Week .826 
Purifying Water .828 
Editorials .830 
The Power of Pen and Ink .831 
Publisher’s Desk .838 
Strawberries, nearby. 
Maryland. 
Cherries, qt. 
Blackberries, qr. 
Huckleberries, qr. 
Goosberries. qt. 
Peaches, carrier . 
Muskmeions, bu . 
Watermelons, 100. 
qt. 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney . 
Yellow Eye . .. 
Lima. Cnlifornia_ 
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VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes again in surplus and lower, 
both on new and old. Onion market still 
badly upset, some southern new bringing 
only 2;> cents per bushel. Asparagus re¬ 
ceipts large and lower, except for best. 
String beans very low. Peas selling fair¬ 
ly well at the low prices quoted, 
bage and lettuce very low. 
Cab. 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week Ending June 11, 1915. 
The commercial values of farm pro¬ 
ducts are what they sell for—not neces¬ 
sarily their food value, or what some one 
thinks or wishes they were worth. Hence 
representative sales, rather than opin¬ 
ions, even though unbiased, are the cor¬ 
rect 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 be¬ 
ing a difference of 60 cents per 100 
pounds between three and five per cent, 
fat. The price increases uniformly thi’ee 
cents per 100 pounds for every tenth of 
one per cent, fat increase. 
Potatoes-Southern, new, bbl. 
Old. 180 lbs. 
Asparagus, fancy., doz. 
Common to good. 
Culls. 
. 1 25 
1 75 
. 125 
@ 3 50 
@ 1 50 
@ 2 00 
® 1 50 
Beets, bbl. 
f>(3 
1 on 
Carrots, hid. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Cabbage, bbl. crate .!.!.!. 
Horseradish, bbl . 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Onions—Texas, crate. 
Peppers, bn.’ 
Peas, bu. 
. 50 
. 10 
. 3 00 
. 26 
. 15 
. 1 25 
@ 2 00 
@ 50 
@ 3 50 
@ 50 
@ 1 OO 
© 2 00 
Radishes, barrel .. . 
, 100 
. 75 
40 
10 
75 
tS ? 
75 
@ 1 50 
@ 1 00 
@ 50 
@ 50 
@ 1 25 
@ 2 25 
@ 1 25 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches .. 
Spinach, bbl. 
String Beans, bu. 
Squash, new, bu.. 
Egg Plants, bu. /..” 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 
Fowls . 
20 
15 
@ 25 
Roosters. 
10 
13 
10 
Ducks... 
Geese. 
(& 16 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, choice, lb. 
20 
14 
32 
28 
65 
23 
14 
15 
1 50 
@ 21 
@ 18 
@ 35 
@ 30 
@ 75 
@ 'M 
Common to good.. . 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 
Broilers, common to good 
Squab broilers, pair. 
Roasters . 
Fowls . 
*3 17 
Spring Ducks. 
Squabs, doz..".!"” 
@ 17 
@3 75 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 
8 50 
5 25 
($ 9 15 
(A 7 35 
Bulls. 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 
Culls. 
8 01) 
5 00 
4 50 
9 00 
(311 (JO 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
Lambs . 
@ 5 75 
@12 00 
7 50 @ 8 oo 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Prices unchanged and business good 
enough to keep the stock cleared up. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 23 50 @24 00 
No. 2.21 50 
No. 3.is 50 
Clover mixed.20 00 
8traw, Rye,.13 00 
@22 50 
@20 00 
@22 00 
@15 00 
GRAIN 
Wheat has again fallen heavily on fav¬ 
orable crop reports, most grades being 12 
cents lower. Corn and oats slightly low¬ 
er, the oat outlook promising a large 
yield. 
3% 
3.5% 
4% 
4.5% 
5% 
April .... 
$1.31 
$1.46 
$1.61 
$1.76 
$1.91 
May . 
1.0(5 
1.21 
1.36 
1.51 
1.66 
Jane .... 
1.00 
1.15 
1.30 
1.45 
1.60 
July .... 
1.16 
1.31 
1.46 
1.61 
1.76 
A tig. 
1.32 
1.47 
1.62 
1.77 
1.92 
Hept. 
1.41 
1.56 
1.71 
1.86 
2.01 
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@ 55 
@ 127 
82 
@25 50 
@32 00 
@34 50 
@34 00 
BUTTER. 
Receipts have been large but business 
good enough to prevent any serious de- 
dim'. Most grades of creamery lost one- 
half cent early in the week but gained 
it later. Speculative trade is quite heavy. 
Creamery, best, above 93 score, lb. 29 @ 29}$ 
Extra, 93 score . 28 @ 28}$ 
Good to Choice . 24 @ 27 
Lower Grades. 21 @ 23 
State Dairy, best. 28 @ 28}$ 
Common to Good. 22 @ 25 
Ladles . 20 @ 21 
Packing Stock. 18 @ 21 
Process . 20 @ 24 
Elgin, 111., butter market 27 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 28}$ cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 28}$. 
Chicago creamery. 22@27. 
Kansas City, 23@27. 
CHEESE. 
There lias been a decline of one to 1% 
cent, and trade, both local and export, is 
dull. 
Wbole Milk, State specials. 15}$@ 16 
Average fancy . 15 @ !5}$ 
Under grades. 14 @ 15 
Skims, special. 13 @ 13}$ 
Pair to good .. 7 @ 11 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 1 36 
No. 2. Red . 129 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 81 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 54 
Rye, free from onion. 1 26 
M1LLFKKD. 
Bran, car lots......24 00 
Middlings.!...27 50 
Red Dog .33 0(1 
Cornmeat.32 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 opportuni¬ 
ties of at least half of New York’s popu¬ 
lation. Meats change in price but little. 
All kinds of vegetables are at present 
very plentiful and selling low. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 28 
Mixed colors, new laid. 25 
Ordinary grades. 20 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 33 
Tub. choice. 30 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 26 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 30 
Squab Broilers, pair. 1 25 
Fricassee, lb. is 
Fowls . is 
Leg of lamb. 20 
Lamb chops. 22 
Roasting beef . 16 
Stewing beef . 12 
Pork chops.?.... is 
Loin of Pork . 17 
Strawberries, qt. 10 
Asparagus, bunch . 20 
30 
@ 26 
@ 24 
@ 35 
@ 32 
@ 28 
© 36 
@ 1 50 
@ 20 
@ 20 
@ 22 
@ 24 
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EGGS 
Receipts are large and prices, 
<>n fancy white, are one-half cent 
There are plenty of gathered eggs, of fair 
to good quality, going at 19 to 20 cents. 
except 
lower. 
New York State Crops 
The Weather Bureau makes the follow¬ 
ing comparative estimate of N. Y. State 
crops. 
1915 1914 
Wheat, bu. ... 8.150,000 8,100,000 
Oats, liu. 44,000.000 40,102,000 
Barley, bu. ... 2,040.000 2,100,000 
Boston Market Review. 
Cantaloupes from California and blue¬ 
berries from the South are now in the 
market as new fruits for this season, the 
former at $8 per crate, the latter at. 18c. 
per box. Cherries are cheaper, Califor¬ 
nia stock selling at about 25c. per pound. 
Strawberries have been a. little short and 
prices ranged from 10 to 20e. per box; 
near-by supplies of these will be here 
shortly and increase the supply. Apples 
about done with, best Baldwins up to $S 
per barrel; others $5 per barrel. A few 
Ben Davis and Russets at $3 to $5 • 
Western box stock. .83 and better. Ba¬ 
nanas about the same in price and supply, 
$3.55 for large bunches of fancy fruit, 
and $3.25 down to $1.50 for others, ac¬ 
cording to size of bunch and size and 
quality of the fruit. Reds. $4.50 down 
to $2. Oranges in fair supply from va¬ 
rious sources. California. $2.75 to $4 
per box; Floridas, late Valencias, $3.75- 
others, $2.50 to $3 and $4. Lemons plenty 
and demand a little slow, slumps prices 
So 1 ™’ r < ll i^rnias, $3 and $3.50; others, 
$2.50 and $3. 
Asparagus not coming on fast, due to 
bad weather of past few weeks, and also 
cool nights; this has kept prices up pretty 
well so far; native buying, $5 and better 
per box. and Jersey at $2 and $2.50 per 
dozen bunches. String beans much lower 
at $1 to $2 per basket. New Southern 
cabbage.. $1. per crate and $1.25 per bbl. 
California celery, $1.25 per dozen. 
J ucumbers plenty and cheap, best, $3 per 
box;_ others, $1.50 to $2.50 for native 
Floridas, $1.50 and $1.75 per basket 
Spinach. 15c. to 30e. per box. Beet greens, 
”0 and 7.); lettuce, 50c. to 75c. per box. 
A few Hubbard squash at $35 to $40 per 
or that rate. Southern Summer, 
$1.50 per crate. Native tomatoes, 12%c. 
per pound; Southern. $2.50 per crate. 
Turnips, $2 per bag for rutabaga, $2.75 
per box for white eggs. New bunch 
shorts. $1 per dozen. Beets, $1 per hox, 
new. 75c. per dozen bunches. Rhubarb, 
a l 101 ’ Pound. Southern peas, $2 
and $2.50 per basket. Old stock of near¬ 
by onions, $1.50 and $2 per box. Texas 
stock, $1.25 for yellows and $1.50 for 
white per crate. Old potatoes working 
upward, as stock grows poorer and sup- 
l' 1 /. jets lower, especially of good stock, 
$1.15 per bag is about the price. New 
I’ loridas, $5 and $0 per barrel 
$5 per crate and $3 per basket. 
Rutter is coming in quite heavy and 
being placed in storage to keep prices 
from breaking lower, 30 to 32 per pound 
is average price for best with other 
grades, 27 to 29o. Export demand holds 
cheese up to a bettor than usual level at 
this season, 17c. to 19c. is range in price. 
Eggs plenty, and close of hatching season 
also keeps prices down by light demands 
and steady supply; prices range from 27 
and 28c. for near-by; fancy fresh down to 
22c. for poorest Western stock. 
Local demand for horses light, and 
sales few ; supply light and not burden¬ 
some. Prices continue about the same, 
except on green stock which range a lit¬ 
tle higher, $350 and $400 for heavy team- 
ers, $200 up to $350 for good second¬ 
hand stock and medium weights of both 
green and acclimated stock. 
Poultry, both live and dressed, are in 
demand at good prices, 18c. and 20c. for 
good weight dressed birds and up to 36c. 
for broilers, with turkeys, ISc. and 22c. 
per pound. Live fowls. 17c. and 18c. per 
pound and broilers, 26e. and 28e. Live 
hogs, 7%e. per pound; dressed hogs, 
about 10c. per pound. Beef on hoof, 
$8.50 per 100 pounds for best; others, 7c. 
down to 5c., according to quality. Good 
live veal, 9%e. per pound. A. E. p. 
839 
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Complying 
recently, we 
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For 
eral 
ted 
FOIt SALE—International Sprayer, has Myers 
double cylinder pump, 2’/, H p 
THOMAS HEWAT, Canaan, N Y 
engine. 
Xl nnu’ S «. F -n 0US MeliIotus c }over Honey, 10 11, 
pan. $1.50, express prepaid. W D NUT.T, 
Demopolis, Ala. ’ 
™*AULI0 CIDER PRESS, thirty to forty- 
1 I?/* 1 capacity, used three seasons: in good 
condition; must he sold at once to close 
Address H. KARR, Adtar., 78 Main 
ettstown, N. J. 
St. 
estate. 
Hack- 
KED SOUR CHERRIES. 5c. lb., in 6-11, h«s- 
bets. In No. 2 Sanitary Enamelled Cans io 
degree syrup wfth pits, $1.25 per dozen, without 
V • •>V R - Waterloo, N. Y ('mis- 
h,nf ra Ai«h >m So H, tllern Points shipped from Mo- 
FARa'i ivr ,a ’« f S ° 0r,ler< “ <1 - WEAVER FRTJIT 
Waterloo nV -#; ,CTeSSOr to Se «eca *’™it 
Farm, 
o85 ACRES—Dutchess County; choice dairy 
farm; two sets buildings; lake. Inquire I*’, if 
Attorney at Law, 22 Exchange Place 
KEATOR, 
New York. 
SALE OR 
nu 
BOX 105, c. R. N 
LEASE—Poultry farm, Long Island 
< .22 l, . , 22 flng distance, 4 acres, 6 room and' bath! 
FOR 
sweets, 
SALE—Large, modern poultry plant, sell- 
ing baby chicks and pullets, fancy eggs and 
tl P wn ? l : ei.' ,I r al f 'T ltion ® n Lon * Island! near 
canacitv ’lO(w, K T- 8 ? 8 fM ’. 1.500 head; brooder. 
10,000 chicks; incubator capacity. 
1 nV?w„ H 8 ’ 8t0 .®? e<1 with White Leghorns; well 
‘/ !llm J vltl1 Bood established trade. For 
New-Yorker* tl<>n ad(Iress C0X 10 °- care Rural 
FOR SALE—Good farm of 68 acres in Geauga 
Co., <).; average farm buildings with new silo- 
good sugar bash and fixtures; four miles from 
wat and 114 from paved road'; price, 
*».500. Address BOX 75, R. D. 2, Zanesfield O 
1'OR SALE—My summer homo in Maine, con¬ 
sisting of well-built old-fashioned house in ex¬ 
cellent repair, three fire-places, out-buiblinga 
anil sawmill on State road’ and trolley; thirtv- 
S , Ia,1, i. twenty-five acres, tillable; 
*8.000 for quick sale; reason for selling, too far 
a "’ a Jf from my business; photographs. Address 
Conn” 334 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford, 
W ±?T, E P~ T<> < r ! nt with option of purchase. 
small farm of from 25 to 50 acres, suitable for 
chicken farm, situate either in New Jersey or 
Maryland; larm must be well situated on good 
,lot t?° f!l1 ’ from good graded schools. 
BOX 112, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Farm on tid’ewater in Virginia: 
aWJiffiSi 351 is&jfss 
FOR SALE— 
Rochester, 
Address JOHN 
Muck farm, 35 
on State road 
V. SHILLING, 
acres, 13 miles from 
price, $5,500 cash. 
N. Y. 
Walworth, 
White, choice to fancy, large . 24 @ 25 
Medium to good. 18 @ 22 
Mixed colors, best. 23 @ 23}$ 
Common to good. 14 @ 19 
Duck Eggs . 16 @ 19 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Strawberries in very large supply, most 
of them selling low, from five to eight 
cents. Some good sized clean berries 
brought 12 cents, and exceptionally fine 
15 to 18. Huckleberries and blackberries 
in only moderate supply, but large quan¬ 
tities are said to be on the way. There 
are a few peaches from Florida, Georgia 
and the Carolinas, running about $2.50 
per carrier for good. 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl.3 09 @4 00 
Russet . 2 00 @ 4 60 
Condition 
10 Year 
June 1 
Average 
Rye . 
02 
89 
Hay . 
84 
90 
Pasture . 
89 
91 
Cabbage . 
89 
90 
Onions . 
90 
89 
Apples . 
65 
83 
Peaches . 
75 
62 
Pears . 
69 
79 
Prices to producers 
June 1 were. 
1915 
1914 
Wheat, bu. 
.98 
Corn, bu. 
.88 
.81 
(>ats, bu. 
.(51 
.49 
Potatoes, bu. 
.38 
.81 
Hay, ton . 
15.20 
Eggs, doz. 
.21 
Stale Bread for Poultry. 
I can purchase stale bread from the 
bakery for one cent per pound; I under¬ 
stand that it is an economical chicken 
feed at that price. How much can I 
feed economically to laying hens? What 
must I feed with the bread to have a 
balanced ration for laying liens? I feed 
skim-milk. A. c. M. 
Michigan. 
At tho present prices of grain, stale 
bread is an economical feed for laying 
hens when it can be purchased while it 
is sweet and wholesome at one cent per 
pound. It should not, however, consti¬ 
tute more than 15 to 20% of the dry 
mash fed, as it is very fattening, and 
may cause trouble when fed in excessive 
quantities. While wheat is so very high 
priced we use a little more wheat feed 
in our dry mash and a little more 
cracked corn in our scratch feed than 
usual. . The best v ay to prepare stale 
bread for feeding is to dry and then grind 
it fine. I 11 this condition it will keep a 
long time in a dry place. If you got the 
bread in loaf form and are not prepared 
to dry and grind it the next best way 
is to soak it so that all the crusts will he 
eaten, and mix each day with the dry 
mash which may be composed of the fol¬ 
lowing: Two parts wheat bran, one part 
coarse middlings, one part ground oats, 
one part beef scrap, one part bread, one- 
half part gluten feed. The bread in this 
mixture takes the place of eornmeal, and 
the scratch grain for Summer is mixed 
two parts cracked corn, one part wheat, 
one part barley and one part oats. It is 
very important to see that you get good 
grains, as dealers will sometimes substi¬ 
tute an inferior quality if they can. 
Stale bread is also an excellent feed for 
fattening broilers. c. s. G. 
FOR SALE—7-acre poultry farm; equipped; 
about. -,-00 hens, and chicks; modern build- 
R S N Y ar S00d Ilmrkets; $4,500- BOX 111, care 
FOR SALE—70-acre farm In fruit belt. 4<A 
Rood buildings. EDWARD FEY- 
ERAREND, Bndgeville, Delaware. 
WANTED—Single woman wants 
ner on 45-acre farm. BOX 54, 
Woodstock, Vermont. 
woman part- 
R. D. No. 2, 
AMERICAN, 40, single, wishes position assist¬ 
ant to practical head gardener; estate; four 
years experience with vegetables; salary nonii- 
E. C., 2003 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
nal. 
CARPENTER, two—thirder man, wants work in 
country; quick on crates and boxes; strictly 
St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
sober. TWA ITS, 431 11th 
COMPE1ENI WOMAN—To cook for family in 
country, near city; gas, running water; good 
wagesno washing; references. Write C S 
V,BARK, Angola, N. Y.. or telephone Federai 
IOSlIION WANTED—As working foreman on 
gentlemans farm; sober, honest and hard 
worker; good references. 60 LOCUST sit 
G reenwich, Conn. ’ 
WANTED—Permanent position experienced poul- 
try and truck; reliable, willing worker, clean 
habits; excellent references. ‘ ’ ’ 
N. 6th St., Harrisburg, Pa. 
Address H., 1306% 
INDUSTRIOUS YOUNG MAN, experienced in 
general farmiug, has high reference, wants 
position; prefer institution. BOX 113, care 1{. 
WANTED—Position on farm; 
PAUL BRACKEN. 267 West 
York City. 
state wages. 
38th St., New 
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