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the RURA-L NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER, 
FARM TOPICS. 
July 24, 1915. 
N. Y. Farm Lands . 933 
A Ninety-Ton Silo . 934 
Cultivating- Seaweed .1935 
Harvesting Sweet Clover . 93 V 
Handling Horse Manure . 939 
Acid, Phosphate and Lime .939 
Growing Vetch . 939 
Cover Crops . 939 
Possibilities of Bad Manure .939 
Hope Farm Notes .940 
Strong Arm Hay Hoist .950 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Breeding Pigs Akin .946 
Skim-milk for Colts .946 
Se.'f-Feeding Hogs .946 
About Milch Goats .946 
Stringy Milk . 946 
Champion Dairy Cow .946 
Wild Cherry Kills Live Stock.949 
THE HENYARD. 
The Hen Contest .948 
Rations for Laying Hens .948 
Black Oil for Roup .950 
HORTICULTURE. 
Apples in Farm Storage . 934 
Everbearin" Strawberries .936 
Notes From Maryland Garden . 936 
Gardening in Indiana .936 
Notes From Ohio Garden .937 
Barren Grapevine .937 
Asparagus Culture .937 
Fertilizer for Tomatoes .939 
Trees Killed by Wire .940 
Violet Culture ..941 
Summer Lettuce .941 
Outdoor Market Flowers ..941 
Priming Cherry Tree .941 
Raspberry Plants Dying .941 
New Plant Immigrants .941 
Selling Fruit at Auction .943 
Nova Scotia Fruit Selling .943 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
full 30. This may occasionally work and 
flip shipper get; his pay before the short¬ 
age* is learned, but the chances are that 
he will get pay for only what he sends. 
The dealer may or may not tell him of 
the shortage. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 
Medium to good. 
Mixed colors, rest. 
Duck Eggs 
27 
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FRESH FRUITS. 
The supply of new apples is increas¬ 
ing. though running largely poor. Peach¬ 
es are still low, though decidedly im¬ 
proved in quality. The Government 
gives the crop for the entire country as 
about 4.000.000 bushels more than last 
year, and New York State three times 
as many as in 1914. All small fruit, ex¬ 
cept currants, are arriving soft, owing 
to recent rains. 
Apples—New. bn. 40 
Raspberries, red. pint. 3 
Black caps, pint. 3 
Cherries. 71b bkt. 25 
Currants, qr. 3 
Blackberries, qr.... 3 
Huckleberries, qr. 7 
Blums, carrier. ] 00 
Goosberries. qt. 4 
Peaches, Del. and Md. bkt .. 7 . 7 ..".".'.'.". 6 t) 
Georgia. (>-bkt.. carrier. 1 uu 
Muskmelons, bu . 50 
Watermelons, 101). c 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 00 
Medium . 5 7 (j 
Pea . ..6 16 
Red Kidney. 15 
White Kidney . ' 77 . 7 Oil 
Yeilow Eye.’ 4 75 
Lima. California.'. 77 5 00 
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From Dav To Day . 
The Rural Patterns . 
Seen in New York Shops . 
Social Side of Country Church 
..944 
.944 
Meringue Suggestions . 
Pantry' and Cabinet .. 
Ground Cherries in Colorado .. 
Dustless Duster .... 
Notes From My Kitchen . 
..945 
.945 
.945 
.945 
.945 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
How Farmers Use. Their Cars . 
.935 
Killing Skuhk Cabbage . 
Editorial . 
Training Health Officers . 
.. 
.936 
.942 
When Farmers Name the Price 
Sparrow and Rat Club . 
.943 
New York State News ....... 
Farmer Writes Local Paper 
. 
.943 
Precipitant for Cesspool . 
.950 
Questions About Minerals .... 
Old or New Moon . 
. 
.950 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending July 16. 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 opinions, 
even though unbiased, are tbe correct ba¬ 
sis for quotations. 
MILK. 
The Borden contract prices for the six 
months beginning with April are based on 
tin* fat content of the milk, there being a 
difterence of 60 cents per 100 pounds be¬ 
tween three and five per cent. fat. The 
pi'ice increases uniformly three cents per 
100 pounds for every tenth of one per 
cent, fat increase. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes are still in very heavy supply 
fTom the Eastern Shore, and low, though 
prices are slightly better than last week. 
Nearby are not being marketed rapidly, 
as growers on the Island and in Jersey 
are hoping for better prices when the 
rush of Southern, which will be sold 
soon, is over. The Government esti¬ 
mates the entire crop as 12,000,000 bush- 
i‘ls less than last year, and New York 
17,000,000 bushels less, or one-third un¬ 
der last year. Cabbage in heavy sur¬ 
plus, going mainly under $1 per 100. 
String beans, peas and onions very low. 
Some nearby tomatoes are bringing bigli 
prices, but this applies only to fancy 
qualities. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 
Del. and M (1 . 
Asparagus, fancy., doz. 
Culls. . 
Beets. 100 bunches. 
Carrots. 100 bunches. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Cabbage. 100.. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Onions, nearby, bu. 
Peppers, bu. 
Peas, bu.. 
Spinach, bbl. 
String Deans, bu. 
Squash, new. bu. 
Sweet Corn, 100. 
Egg Plants, bu.......7 
Tomatoes, 6 -bkt. crate. 
Jersey, bo,x. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb.. 
Fowls. 777777 ". 
Roosters....7.7.777 
Ducks...7.7.7 7'7 " ".7 
Geese. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice, lb. 
Common to good__ ' .'77. 
Chickens choice broilers, lb...""...... 
Broilers, common to good ....77 24 
Squab broilers, pair.... 
Roasters . 
Fowls. 
Spring Ducks. 7 . 7.7 
Squabs, doz.” 
Native Steers... 
Bulis. 
Cows. 
LIVE STOCK. 
3% 
3.5% 
4% 
4.5% 
5% 
April .. 
.. $1.31 
$1.46 1 
$1.61 
$1.76 ; 
$1.91 
May ,, 
... 1.06 
1.21 
1.86 
1.51 
1.66 
■Line .. 
.. 1.00 
1.15 
1.30 
1.45 
1.60 
July .. 
.. 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 
1.86 
2.01 
BUTTER 
Price 
on practically 
evei 
•y thing 
but 
Culls. 
Sheep. 1 00 lbs .... 
packing stock are one cent lower. This 
decline has interested some speculators 
and put the market in a generally strong¬ 
er position. 
Creamery, best, above 92 score, lb.. 
Extra. 92 score .. 
Good to Choice . 
Lower Grades. 
State Dairy, best. 
Common to Good. 
Ladles . 
Packing Stock. 777777 * 
Process . 
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.25 OU 
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Elgin. Ill., bntter market 27 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 27* cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 27*. 
Chicago creamery. 22@25*. 
Kansas City. 23@25. 
HAY AND STRAW, 
liay is temporarily scarce and 
ton higher. Straw dull and low. 
Hay, Timothy, No. 1. ton . 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
Clover mixed..777 
Straw, Rye,. 
GRAIN 
Wheat has advanced 
bushel on reports of rust 
and poor thrashing returns, 
and oats slightly higher, but 
weather reported for them. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 
No. 2. Red .. 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 
Oats, as to weight, bush.. 
Rye, free from onion. 
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Bran, car lots. 
Middlings. 77 ! 
Red Dog .' 
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CJI E ICS E. 
is weak and 
The market is weak and prices frac 
tionally lower, except on the finest qual¬ 
ities of whole milk colored. I 11 the 
Ttica market cheese sold at 14% to 14%. 
Pasturage conditions in that section are 
reported good. 
Whole Milk, State specials. 15Vi><@ 
Average fancy . 14 ® 
. 12 *@ 
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has slackened, 
tip at the 
as spin- 
reeently 
The demand 
nors are not stocking 
advanced prices. The'following prices 
.lie reported from Boston: Delaine un¬ 
washed. 26 and 27% ;_fiue unwashed, 23; 
half blood combing, ,45. 
Under grades .. 
Skims, special. 
Fair to good .... 
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EGGS 
The better grades of nearby white and 
Town are quite scarce, and some deal- 
ms unable to fill their orders. Gathered 
<«gs are showing heat defects and re- 
quit-e close candling. When a case is 
1,OT f ul1 .the shipper should note this on 
invoice; otherwise the receiver does 
know whether they were short or 
stolen m transit. Now and then cases 
are found which seem evidence of bad 
aith on the part of the shipper—an ef- 
lort t0 *<'11 29, 28 hr less dozen, for the 
the 
not 
Buffalo Markets. 
1 he appearance of new cantaloupes, 
selling at live cents each, new peaches at 
a cent each and new potatoes as low as 
60 cents a peck, retail, is sufficient to 
show that the early Summer is here and 
that the crop of vegetable foods is ade¬ 
quate. There are also gooseberries and 
cherries at eight cents a quart, though 
not of very good quality. A few small 
new apples retail at a cent apiece by the 
quart. They are quoted at $1.50 to $1 75 
lor Southern, per 39-lb. box. The old 
potato crop is quoted as uns.ihiblo, new 
Virginias wholesaling at $2 per barrel. 
The strawberry crop came near being a 
complete failure, on account of dry wea¬ 
ther, but it is doing fairly well, at six to 
12 cents a quart, wholesale, blackberries 
the same and huckleberries two cents 
higher. Watermelons are not plenty, re¬ 
tailing at 40 cents for a large half. Cu¬ 
cumbers retail^ at five cents each down or 
wholesale at 50 cents per dozen. Toma¬ 
toes are 75 cents per flat, or about two 
cents each. It is bard to see bow aspara¬ 
gus can be raised and sold so that a 
dozen fair-sized bunches will wholesale at 
$1.2.> or less. It has been very plenty all 
the season. Now cauliflower is $1.25 to 
$1.50 per dozen. Lettuce is very plenty 
at three for five cents, retail. Green corn 
beets. 15 to 20 cents per dozen ; radishes, 
five to eight cents per dozen bunches; 
onions, eight to 10 cents per dozen 
bunches; cabbage. 75 cents to $1 per 
crate, the cabbage being about the only 
dear item in tin* list, though the old crop 
sold so cheap. Green beans and peas sell 
on a par at seven to eight cents per two- 
quart measure to the consumer. Tbe old 
bean market holds up well on the basis of 
$4 for marrows, wholesale. 
Tbe hay crop is not a full one, as the 
market price for Timothy, $24 to $25 per 
ton for No. 1 will show. It was $17 
through the Winter. Farmers are at a 
loss to understand bow tin* cold May 
could so reduce the bay yield and not af¬ 
fect the wheat. Butter remains at 60 
cents down, wholesale, where it lias been 
for months, and cheese is still 17 cents. 
Eggs are not quoted above 26 cents whole¬ 
sale. Tbe poultry market is pretty strong 
with live turkey leading at 16 to 18 cents 
and fowl at 15 to 17 cents wholesale. Re¬ 
ceipts of dressed poultry are light, turkey 
wholesaling at 18 to 26 cents and fowl 
at 17 to 19 cents. j. w. c. 
about 50c per 
bilge sells at 
Boston Market Review. 
Low prices rule on most native fruit 
and vegetables and supply more than 
meets demand in most cases. New po¬ 
tatoes are low in price and poor in qual¬ 
ity, in most cases eating no better than 
old stock of natives on hand which sell 
at 50 cents to $1 per bag and find few 
buyers. Virginia stock brings only $1.50 
per barrel while sweets sell at $6 per 
crate. 
Texas, onions bring only $1 per crate; 
native set stock just arriving, brings up 
to $1.25 per box. Virginia sets 75 to $1 
per basket. Ruta baga turnips bring 
about $2 per barrel, with new Whites 
doz bunches. Native cab- 
750 per long box; beets 
25c per dozen bunches; new carrots 85c. 
Green peas, which were high and short 
July 4, now plenty and lighter demand 
for these cuts the price to $1 and $1.50 
per box. String beans bring very good 
prices, wax $1.50 to $1.75 per box and 
Green $1.25. Summer squash 75c per 
dozen. Hothouse tomatoes 5 and 10c per 
pound; southern stock $1.50 per crate. 
Lettuce 35 to 50c per box of IS heads. 
Southern apples are coming in and 
this stock is good quality, selling at $1.50 
and $1.75 per basket. Peaches plenty 
and reasonable for season. California $1 
per box, southern $2 and better per 6- 
basket crate. California cherries nice, 
and demand good at about 25c per pound. 
Native rules small and rather poor with 
prices at 5 to 10c per pound. Can- 
teioupes, $1.25 to $2.50 per crate from 
Georgia and California. Strawberries, 
July 4, went up to 35c per box for best 
with common and poor stock at 18c—a 
record price for this season. The few 
native now left are pretty poor and only 
bring 5 to 15c per box in most cases. 
Native blueberries 18c per box. Others 
about 12c per box; blackberries 10 and 
12c; gooseberries 10c; raspberries, 7 and 
10c per box; currants 8c per box. 
Butter market is dull, storage stock is 
large enough at date for ordinary future 
supply. A slight decline lias taken place 
and prices are likely to be unsettled for 
a while. _ 60 to 32e for best and other 
grades 27 to 29c. Export demand for 
cheese has helped out the market for 
this product as home demand is not equal 
to supply. Prices rule from 15% to 18 c 
The market for beef cattle is dull and 
prices a little weak. Quarantine restric¬ 
tions are mostly lifted except where cases 
of foot-and-mouth disease occurred. 7 
t<> 8c per pound on hoof for best steers, 
about 6e for heifers, and 4 to 5c for poor¬ 
er grades were about the sale price.. Veal 
calves about 8c on lioof. Hogs 7 and 8c 
on foot, and 9 and 10c dressed, are aver¬ 
age Live poultry supply about normal 
with medium demand; hens about 16c 
per pound, broilers 22c. Slow and quiet 
business on horses is tin* rule owing 
largely to general poor business condi¬ 
tions, with prices about as in the past 
when a sale is made. a. e. i>. 
Government Crop Report. 
The area in staple crops, and percent¬ 
age of last year’s acreage is: 
Per eent. 
of 1914. 
Ill 
105.6 
104.6 
100.6 
Acres. 
Wheat . 59.417.000 
Corn . 109.276,000 
Cats . 40,198.000 
Potatoes . 3,732,000 
Do you need Farm Help? 
We have many ablc-boilleii young men, both with andlwlchont 
farm In* experience, who wiali to work on larnm. If you ic-cil a 
Itooil, Intelligent, no her man, write for an order blank. Own Is 
a phHuuihropit; organization ami we make no charge to em¬ 
ployer or employee. 
Owr object 1 m tt> encouruge farming among Jcwh 
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Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enablo 
RURAL NEW-YORKER readers to supply each 
other's wants. If you want to buy or sell or 
exchange, make it known hero. This Rate will 
bo 5 Cents a word, payablo in advanco. The 
name and address must be counted as part of 
the advertisement. Copy must reach us not 
later than Friday to appear in the following 
week. No display type used, and only Farm 
Products, Help and Positions Wanted admitted, 
ror subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen¬ 
eral manufacturers’ announcements not admit¬ 
ted here. Poultry, Eggs and other live stock 
advertisements will go under proper headings on 
other pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements 
will not bo accepted for this column. 
FOR SALE—A 
new silo, A 12x30 economy silo 
comp, with opening roof; will sell cheap on 
B-rma. Write JERSEY GLEN FARM ivrk- 
FOR SALE— No. 0 C. .Mount Gilead, Ohio, Hy¬ 
draulic ( idor Press and -4 II. F. Woodpecker 
rir m-V: t»« nno e 8 v l,nl< ' in P‘'f'*<‘t condition. 
OLT\ LR EDM ARDS. North Ware, N. II. 
WANTED—Deep setting creamery in good con¬ 
dition; Crystal or Stoddard 4-can preferred 
EARLE R. POTTER. L eeds, N. Y. 
LTMK REQUIREMENTS determined. Write for 
information. HARRIS T. KILLS Swedes- 
ooro, N. J. 
SAVE 
mill 
YOT R \ ETCH SEED by using a fanning 
screen of special size mesh that will re¬ 
move nearly all of the rye from it: can be used 
in any mill; price, $2 up. according to siz<>; 
also Hairy Vetch Seed and Inoculated soil for 
vetch. E. R. FOLLETT, Hale, Mich. 
S I RIC. i LY FRESH EGGS in thirty-dozen ea^es 
for 80c. per dozen. JAY T. SMITH, Rupert, 
Vt. 
FOR SALE—Motor cycle, twin cylinder, 10 ir. 
P. with side car attached, A 1 condition; 
would exchange for F'ord light delivery. W. :!. 
FRENCH. Hanunonton, N. J. 
For LEASE—A large farm in Western Massa¬ 
chusetts to lease on shares for a term of 
years. Has over one thousand young apple 
trees, mostly Baldwins, just coming into hear¬ 
ing. For 
F. HALL, 
further information write BR1NTON 
Beld'ing. Mich. 
I* ARM WANTED—About 60 acres, 30 must la* 
cultivated, rest pasture; brook or spring fed; 
must have good buildings and be within a mile 
of station and village, and must he within 80 
miles of New York City. Answers must give 
full description. BOX 149. care Rural New- 
\ orker. 
EXCHANGE AT ONCE 
ings for small farm. 
Berkshire, N. Y. 
318 acres; good build-. 
LOUIS RABENSTEIN 
FOR SALE—My 19 acre vineyard, one-half mile 
from City, crop included. Price, .$8,000, one- 
fonrth cash. JOSEPH ROGER, Lynchburg Ya 
250-ACRE 
with 
church, 
DAIRY FARM- 
never 
M. L. 
Heavily timbered 
", % 
store, school, creamery, near railroad 
failing water; farm house, three barns! 
WIGHTMAN, C’neinnatus, N. Y. 
122-ACRE Alfalfa Farm for sale. Central New 
York: well located 1 ; good buildings. $8,000. 
F. II. RIVENBI RGII, Munnsville, N. Y. 
I OK SALE 10-acre poultry and fruit farm. 400 
berry bushes, 301) bearing fruit trees, 6 -room 
bouse, furniture, tools, crops, horse, several 
hundred chickens, liens, incubators, brooders and 
poultry houses complete, mile front station; also 
1 -acre water front; fruit and shade trees: 
terms cash. Owner. JOHN HUBER, Center 
Moriches, Long Island, New York. 
330 ACRES dairy stock farm; excellent build¬ 
ings; watered by springs; smooth level fields; 
200 acres could be plowed with tractor; good for 
hay, grain, corn, potatoes; will sell cheap. Tel¬ 
ephone and Rural Delivery. CIIAS. T. FERRY 
Hornell, N. Y. 
WELL IMPROVED stock and grain farm for 
sale, 200 acres. Address DOVER, DEL., R. 1). 
No. 6 , Box No. 48. 
WANTED—Permanent position, experienced 
poultryman, reliable, good worker, clean 
habits, best references; commercial only. Ad¬ 
dress R. G. MORRIS, Remsen, N. Y. 
SUPERINTENDENT OR MANAGER WANTED 
Man and his wife to take charge and rim 
small farm of registered cattle making records. 
Farm located In New York State. In answer¬ 
ing give full particulars In first letter. Ad¬ 
dress BOX 135, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—By an experienced gnrd'ener. a posl- 
tiou ns gardener or caretaker of a farm V 
E. W., Hadley I*. 0., Mass. 
MAN. practical, experienced, has position, three 
years with extensive corporation, thorough 
with trees, wants position of trust with large 
progressive oretiardist. For information reply 
148. care Rural New-Yorker. 
BOX 
W A N T ED—Foreman, 
town, N. J.; other 
single. 100 acres, Rorden- 
nian kept; state age, expe¬ 
rience and wages (must be very reasonable) 
wanted. BOX 147, Rural New-Yorker. 
I OS1TION WANTED—By Hollander with life 
experience in feeding and care or cattle; un¬ 
derstands milk testing, balance ration, butter- 
making; best of reference; small family. Ad¬ 
dress HOLLANDER, R. F. I). No. 3, Box 33d, 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
POSITION WANTED—-As Foreman and chauf¬ 
feur oil gentleman’s place, by a strictly hon¬ 
est. temperate man, no tobacco or profanity; ex¬ 
perience with men and nil kinds of stock: care- 
lul driver; excellent farmer; good references 
Address BOX 14(1, care Rural New Yorker. 
WANTED—A position as superintendent or man¬ 
ager of a stock farm by October first: life 
work on a farm, married, no children, American; 
or would rent a well-located stock farm with 
stock and tools on it with option of buying; 
eminent credentials. Address BOX 145, care of 
Rural New-Yorker. 
DAIRYMAN—Married, one child, wishes posi¬ 
tion Aug. 1, on gentleman’s place; good butter 
maker, highest reference, Americans. CARR 
Orangeburg, N. Y. ' 
WANTED—Dry band milker and general farm 
hand, salary $25 per month. DEHRYDALE 
FARM, Goshen N. Y. 
SITUATION WANTED—Young man, 19, healthy, 
high school training, desires steady position 
en well-managed farm, where lie can have op¬ 
portunity study agriculture. Address I. HART¬ 
MAN, 17(>3 Sterling Pi., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
