THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, August 7, 1915, 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Talk About Alfalfa Breeding. Part 1,981, 982 
Sorting Potatoes by Machinery.983 
Early Sweet Corn Ground .983 
Unfavorable Conditions for Silo .988 
Fertilizer Problem in Virginia . 985 
Sweet Clover High in Nitrogen .985 
Alfalfa in Wisconsin .985 
Poultry Manure on Mangels . 985 
Cover Crops for Orchard .985 
Hope Farm Notes ..990 
Scientific or Business Farming .990 
A Michigan Potato Meeting.993 
The 35-Cent Dollar Once More .993 
The Lancaster, Pa., City Market.993 
Wooden-hooped Silo .998 
New York Fairs .998 
Sweet Clover and Poultry .1002 
Sweet Clover for Bee Pasture.1002 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Breeding and Developing Holsteins.996 
Troubles of the Milk Business.996 
Mechanical Milker .996 
Dairymen’s Association at Kingston, N. Y...997 
Awkward Horse ....997 
Eye Trouble .997 
Raising Calves in Warm Weather.999 
Indigestion .999 
Stale Bread and Table Refuse.999 
Putting Up Winter Butter ..1000 
Value of “Solids Not Fat”.1000 
THE HENYARD. 
More Egg Records .996 
Chickens With Roup .996 
White Wyandottes With Black Legs.1000 
Green Poultry Food .1000 
Linseed Meal for Molting Fowls.1000 
Rhubarb for Molting .1000 
Defective Eggs .1000 
The Egg-laying Contest.1001 
Cleaning Feathers .1001 
Dark Yolks .1001 
Eversion of Oviduct .1001 
Bedbuds in Henhouse .1001 
Blue Ointment .1001 
HORTICULTURE. 
Summer Pruning, Theory and Practice, Part 
II.982 
Notes and Comments .984 
Renewing Strawberry Bed .984 
Fruit Trees for the Roadside .984 
Pears for the Hudson Valley .986 
Naming a Cherry .991 
Gum on Peach Trees .991 
Propagating Roses and Shrubs .991 
Value of a Backyard Tree .991 
Propagating Tomatoes and Cabbage.991 
To Apple Shippers to the New York City 
Markets ...993 
Wants a Trial of the Auction .993 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .994 
The Rural Patterns .994 
Seen in New York Shops .994 
A Colorado Comment .994 
Meringue; Dried Corn . 994 
A Simple Edging and Insertion .995 
English Gingerette .995 
Meringue; Cream Cakes .995 
A Woman Pioneer .995 
Pickled Walnuts .995 
Canned String Beans .995 
Catsup, Chow-Chow and Chili Sauce.995 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The New York School District System. 
The Regeneration of Sarah (Continued) 
Application of Mortgage Payment. 
Line Fences . 
Road Taxes . 
Events of the Week . 
A Veteran Binder . 
Experience With Concrete Chimney.... 
Brick or Concrete for Cellar Wall. 
Editorials . 
New York State News . 
Crops and Farm News . 
Legal Questions . 
Bees Dying . 
Publisher’s Desk . 
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Products, Prices and Trade. 
(Live Stock and Dairy Markets on page 999-) 
Wholesale Prices at New York." 
Week ending July 20, 1915. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Medium . 
Red Kid n’ey '.’ .*.'.’.’. 
White Kidney . 
Yellow Eye. 
Lima, California. 
FRESH FRUITS. 
A large proportion of the apples ar¬ 
riving are small and inferior. Some 
Williams and Transparent have brought 
exceptional prices—above $2 per bushel, 
but 50 to 75 cents has been the price for 
large quantities. The peach outlook is 
not encouraging to growers, as choice 
peaches are wholesaling here at .$1.50 per 
bushel, and undergrades at half this 
price. This is a year when the local 
markets should be worked to their limit 
for absorbing peaches instead of pouring 
them into a few large cities. When crops 
are light New York will pay higher 
prices for produce tli .n most small mar¬ 
kets, but in time of surplus the oppo¬ 
site is true, and New York has been over¬ 
loaded with something all this year—po¬ 
tatoes, onions, strawberries, cabbage, and 
now peaches. Currants are selling ridicu¬ 
lously low, $1 per 32-quart crate of sound 
fruit. Blackberries are slightly higher; 
huckleberries lower. 
Apples—New, bbl. 
Raspberries, red. pint. 
Black caps, pint. 
Cherries, 71b bkt. 
Currants, qr.. 
Blackberries, qr. 
Huckleberries, qr. 
Plums, carrier. 
Goosberries. qt. 
Peaches, Del. and Md. bkt. 
Del. and Md., carrier. 
Jersey, bkt. 
Georgia. 6-bkt., carrier. 
Muskmelons, bu .. 
Watermelons, carload . 
VEGETABLES. 
Potato conditions are slightly im¬ 
proved receipts being lighter. Cabbage 
continues in heavy surplus. Tomatoes 
from nearby increasing, choice bringing 
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7 00 @ 7 CO 
5 GO @ 5 70 
5 00 @ 5 10 
5 GO @ G 10 ) 
7 40 @ 7 50 
4 75 @4 90 
4 85 @ 5 10 
high prices, medium grades and culls 
lower. Green peas heated or otherwise 
out of condition. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 55 
Del. and Md. 90 @ 1 00 
Beets. 100 bunches. 75 @ 1 25 
Carrots. 100 bunches. 60 @ 1 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 50 @ 1 00 
Cabbage. 100 . 50 @ 1 50 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 10 @ 50 
Onions, nearby, bu. 40 @ 7S 
Peppers, bbl.1 00 © 1 60 
Peas, bu. 30 @ 90 
String Beans, bu. 30 @ 75 
Squash, bbl. 50 @ 1 00 
Sweet Corn, 100 . 1 00 @ 1 75 
Egg Plants, bu. 75 @ 1 00 
Tomatoes. G-bkt. crate. 50 @ 1 00 
Jersey, box. 20 @ 1 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay market much firmer, with occa¬ 
sional sales above the top prices noted, 
Straw unchanged. 
Uay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 27 28 @28 00 
No. 2.25 60 @25 50 
No. 3 .23 50 @24 5U 
Clover mixed.24 00 @26 00 
8traw, Rye,.13 00 @14 00 
GRAIN 
Wheat is three cents higher. Rains in 
the southern sections have hindered 
thrashing and disappointing yields are re¬ 
ported. Spring wheat is late but the 
outlook generally good. Corn and oats 
about as last reported. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring, new.. 1 18 
No. 2. Red, new . 1 19 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 89 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 60 
Rye, free from onion. 1 00 
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@ 90 
@ 63 
@ 1 06 
MILLFEED. 
Bran, car lots.24 00 
Middlings.27 50 
Red Dog .36 0U 
Cornmeal.32 00 
@25 50 
@35 00 
@37 00 
@33 00 
RETAIL PRICKS AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
prices 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. 34 @ 36 
Mixed colors, new laid. 28 @ 32 
Ordinary grades. 20 @ 24 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 33 @ 35 
Tub, choice. 30 @ 32 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 28 @ 30 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 36 © 38 
Squab Broilers, pair. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Fricassee, lb. 18 @ 20 
Fowls . 20 @ 22 
Leg of lamb. 20 ® 22 
Lamb chops. 20 @ 22 
Roasting beef . 20 @ 24 
Pork chops.?.... 18 @ 20 
Loin of Pork . 17 @ 20 
Lettuce, head. 2 @ 3 
Radishes, bunch . 2 @ 3 
Cucumbers, each. 1 @ 5 
Sweet Corn, doz. 25 @ 30 
Cabbage, head . 5 @ 7 
Muskmelons. each. 4 @ 10 
Potatoes, peck. 20 @ 25 
Huckleberries, qt. 15 @ 15 
Lice. 
Can you tell me something to spray or 
rub on cows and horses to kill lice with¬ 
out causing the hair to come out? We 
have some yearling colts, and heifers with 
first calf that are lousy, and am afraid 
to use kerosene and lard for fear of blis¬ 
tering. H. M. H. 
Use a solution of coal tar dip so com¬ 
monly advertised in farm and stock pa¬ 
pers. Directions for use are printed on 
the label of the dip container. The solu¬ 
tion has to be persistently used and it 
also will be necessary to clean up, disin¬ 
fect and whitewash the stables. A. s. A. 
Rupture. 
I have an eight-weeks-old mare colt 
that I suspect has a navel rupture. The 
skin over the navel is pouched out to 
about the size of a small hen’s egg and 
there seems to be a hole or opening 
through the abdomen, which can be felt. 
The hole seems to be about an inch in 
length and about two-thirds of an inch 
wide. I never had any experience with 
such a case, and would like your veter¬ 
inarian’s judgment as to w’. ether this is 
likely to come right without any treat¬ 
ment, or, if not, what treatment is likely 
necessary. So far as I can determine the 
entrails have at no time dropped through 
into this pouch or lump mentioned. 
Delaware. R. L. N. 
The tendency is for colts to outgrow 
such small ruptures of the navel; but this 
may be hastened by lightly blistering the 
part once a month with diluted sulphuric 
acid, applied after smearing lard around 
the navel; or by swabbing two or three 
times a week with tincture of iodine. 
Some prefer to treat by applying a truss; 
but it is difficult to keep in place. If the 
rupture increases in size have a trained 
veterinarian operate by applying clamps. 
a. s. A. 
Thrush. 
Can you tell me of a sure cure for 
thrush in horses’ feet? I have a horse 
which had thrush slightly in the hind 
feet, when I purchased him, about two 
years ago. He was then brought here 
from the West. I have tried many reme¬ 
dies since then, but cannot seemingly kill 
it. The disease is deeply seated in the 
cleft of the frog and between the layers 
of horn of the frog. The hoof is contract¬ 
ing. causing the cleft of the frog to be¬ 
come very deep and hard to keep cleaned 
out. Though the horse shows no lame¬ 
ness he does not act lively, nor want to 
drive off a walk. The stall is cleaned 
twice to three times daily, but, of course, 
the hoofs do get filled with the wet ma¬ 
nure over night. I have used muriatic 
acid; also pulverized blue vitriol and 
some simpler remedies, but to no lasting 
effect. The frog has become so diseased 
as to leave very little. f. a. t. 
New York. 
Cut away all loose, rotten or underun 
horn of sole and frog; then pack calomel 
into the cleft of the frog and on each side 
of it, after cleansing, and keep it in place 
with pledgets of oakum or tow. Renew 
the dressing once daily. Keep the stall 
floor clean, sprinkling well with gypsum 
(land plaster), and then bedding with 
sawdust or planing mill shavngs. A. s. A. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying- with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enable 
RURAL NEW-YORKER readers to supply each 
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Products, Help and Positions Wanted admitted. 
For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen¬ 
eral manufacturers’ announcements not admitted 
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pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements will 
not be accepted for this column. 
COLT ACETYLENE GENERATOR, up to 50 
light capacity, 24 C. P. burners, 50 lb. car¬ 
bide capacity; used, but in good condition. Will 
accept any reasonable offer; cost .$150. Address 
UNIQUE CLUB, Pearl River, N. Y. 
HYDRAULIC CIDER PRESS, 28x28, used 3 sea¬ 
sons, 30 to 40 barrel capacity; outfit is in 
good condition, and will be sold at a bargain to 
close estate. H. KARR, 678 Mt. Prospect Ave., 
Newark, N. J. 
LIME REQUIREMENTS determined. Write for 
information. HARRIS T. KILLE, Swedes- 
boro, N. J. 
FOR SALE—Gilbert & Barker gas machine, 50 
lights, nearly new, also Springfield Mixer rea¬ 
sonable. R. P. HIX, Rye, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Do Laval Separator No. 15, churn 
and butter-worker, used less than one year, 
guaranteed to work perfect. C. LANGFORD, 
Clinton, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Several cars baled Timothy: write 
for delivered prices. HILLCREST FRUIT 
FARM, Washington, Ind. 
FOR SALE—One Boomer & Bosehert Cider Tress 
in good order, cost about $180 when new, will 
sell for $75 for want of use; will exchange; also 
a lot of 3-gal. carboys at half cost price. SAAL- 
MAN BROS., R 1, Egg Harbor City, N. J. 
WANTED—First-class farm superintendency, 
covering both field and dairy branches, by man 
of years of successful experience along modern 
lines; no small proposition will be entertained; 
or would consider leasing for term of years large 
dairy farm, cash rental if all stocked, tooled, 
etc., ready for hustling work; eminent creden¬ 
tials. Add'ress “BUSINESS,” care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
A CLEAN, UP-TO-DATE DAIRY is needed iiere. 
I have the farm; would sell or lease. If you 
understand the business here is your oppor¬ 
tunity. WM. FOTH, Sayville, L. I. 
FOR SALE—10-acre poultry farm, equipped; 
about 1.000 hens; good' buildings; no repairs 
needed, abundance fruit, strawberries, currants, 
cherries, raspberries, plums, pears, grapes, 
apples, cow, pigs; separator gasoline engine, 
bone cutter, ice; $0,000. JOHN COLGROVE, 
Otego. N. Y. 
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 bear¬ 
ing. For further information write BRINTON 
F. IIALL, Behring, Mich. 
122-ACRE Alfalfa Farm for sale. Central New 
York: well located’; good buildings, $8,000. 
F. II. KIVENBURGII, Munnsville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE CHEAP—200-acre orchard-farm, 
Shenandoah Valley. Va., near Washington, in 
heart of apple belt; 10,000 two-year-old peach 
and apple trees of standard varieties. Neces¬ 
sary buildings. Owner away on other business. 
JOHN E. TAYLOR, Knoxville, Tenn. 
FOR SALE—40 acres, all tillable; Northern Jer¬ 
sey, Lackawanna railroad; lake front, stream, 
several acres black earth, fine buildings; pro¬ 
gressive section; intensive farming or summer 
home. BRIGHTON LAKE FARM, Andover, 
N. J. 
FOR SALE—Farm on Eastern Shore of Mary¬ 
land, 145 acres, 100 cultivated, balance pine 
timber, 1 '/•> miles to railroad, on State road, 10- 
room and outbuildings in good condition; stock, 
tools and crops included, for $8,700; part cash. 
Address LOYD BALLARD, Kingston, Md. 
WANTED—Dairy Farm, in Ulster or Dela¬ 
ware County, of about 250 acres. In answer¬ 
ing give full particulars. Address H. I?. 
RATHBONE, 169 Madison Ave., New York 
City. 
104-ACRE F'ARM FOR SALE—With stock and 
tools, if preferred. For price and terms write 
TERENCE BRADY, Sauquoit, N. Y. 
1003 
Subscribers Exchange 
WANTED—To rent small farm in Central New 
York, by practical farmer experienced in fruit, 
poultry and dairying; near good market. BOX 
156, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To lease small poultry farm, stock¬ 
ed preferred. MONTE, Railway, N. J. 
FOR SALE—A 14-acre farm along State road, 
between Allentown and Philadelphia, one miile 
from Quakertown, also near trolley. JOHN 
BECHTEL, Quakertown, R. F. D. 2, Bucks Co., 
Pa. 
FOR SALE—35-acre farm, near city markets, 
modern house, silo, necessary buildings. Barn 
full of liny. Poor health; will encourage quick 
sale. H. C. ISIIAM. Columbia, Conn. 
92-AC RE FARM FOR SALE—53 miles from 
New York; one mile Lackawanna station; 
good' land and buildings, steam-heated house, 
equipment for 500 chickens. Alfalfa, small 
fruits, apple and peach orchards. Principals 
only. Address Owner, WILLIAM II. WOOD¬ 
RUFF, Chester, N. J. 
FOR SALE—70-acre truck, all grass farm, good 
buildings, plenty of fruit 2% miles to town. 
For prices address H. S. GREENE, Mardela 
Springs, Md. 
FOR SALE—-75-acre Poultry F'arm, equipped, 
$2,500. BALDWIN, East Chatham, N. Y. 
WANTED—To rent or work on shares, small, 
good farm; must have good house, not over 
one hundred miles from New York: Connecticut 
preferred. BOX 164, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM FOREMAN—Married, wants position, life 
experienced in farming and stock raising and 
thoroughly competent in all branches of agricul¬ 
ture and landscape gardening, with best of ref¬ 
erences. WILLIAM PENNINGTON, Wyckoff 
N. J. 
WANTED—Responsible position as manager of 
General or Dairy farm; per cent, of profits 
part salary; superior college training and' expe¬ 
rience; married, 35; 2 children. BOX 157, care 
R. New-Yorker. 
WANTED—At once, experienced married man 
on large fruit and general farm; position per¬ 
manent. S. F. BURTON, Ransomville, N. Y. 
POSITION WANTED—By young man on dairy 
farm; life experience; no tobacco or booze. 
Address BOX 155, care of R. N.-Y. 
WANTED—Competent girl for general boarding 
house work. MRS. W. R. ELMORE, South 
Failsburg, N. Y. 
ASSISTANT GARDENER—Experienced in grow¬ 
ing fruits, plants and flowers under glass and 
outside, wanted' on a first-class private place. 
Give references and wages expected. Address 
BOX 160. Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED—As working foreman or 
manager of trucking, dairying, gardening or 
general farming. Practical experience; short 
course graduate at Rutgers; age 28. single; 
strictly sober. BOX 159, care R. N -Y 
WANTED—Experienced man desires position ns 
manager of poultry and fruit farm, Long 
Island preferred; best of references. BOX 161 
care R. N.-Y. 
POULTRYMAN—Single, practical and college 
experience, businessman, seeks position with 
private or commercial plant. TEMPERATE 
Box 162, Rural New-Yorker. 
HERDSMAN WANTED—Working foreman for 
herd of registered Jerseys and Holsteins, pro¬ 
ducing certified milk. Send full particulars 
in first letter. Address BOX 158, care The Ru¬ 
ral New-Yorker. 
POSITION—Farmer or dairyman, gentleman’s 
place; experienced', Babcock test; American, 
46, married, no children. References BOX 163 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION—-By experienced general farmer; 
married: interested in fruit growing. Address 
“M.,” Williamsburg, Virginia. 
WANTED—-Man as manager of a co-operative 
association handling about fifteen thousand 
barrels of apples. Must have had practical ex¬ 
perience in grading and packing apples. Ad¬ 
d'ress with references. T. W. WOOLLEN, Secy- 
Treas., Crozet. Virginia. 
YOUNG MAN (23), experienced, wishes steady 
position on poultry farm, can milk, handy 
with tools, temperate. W. DROUT, Corona, 
N. Y. 
UNMARRIED MAN wants work in dairy labor¬ 
atory; has had some experience; small wages 
to begin. LABORATORY, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
SINGLE MAN wants to learn dairying in first- 
class place, experience more than wages de¬ 
sired. SINGLE, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—A position as poultryman on a pri¬ 
vate plant; understands running small or 
large incubators, well up to raising wild water 
fowl or pheasants. BOX 165, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as superintendent or fore¬ 
man on gentleman’s farm by middle-aged 
American, one child, best of reference. BOX 
275, Morristown, New Jersey. 
IF THE GROWERS OF APPLES AND 
PEARS wish to receive the highest market 
price in the City of New York for their 
fruit during the season of 1915-1916, 
and be sure of a SQUARE DEAL and 
prompt and full returns, they must do their part by pledging 
a reasonable amount of their fruit to be sold by the State 
Department of Foods and Markets, at auction, daily. We 
must have assurances of 800 carloads at least. 
Will you fill in, sign and mail the attached coupon at once? 
DEPARTMENT OF FOODS AND MARKETS 
71 West 23d Street, New York City 
I will ship . barrels of apples or pears 
to be sold at public auction, in New York City, under the Direction of the 
New York State Department of Foods and Markets. 
Name. 
Address 
