1044 
THE RURAL N EW-YORRER 
August 21, 1913. 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week ending Aug. 13, 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. lienee 
representative sales, rather than opinions, 
even though unbiased, are the correct ba¬ 
sis for quotations. 
Live Stock and Dairy Markets. 
MILK. 
The I’orden 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 be¬ 
tween three and five per cent fat. The 
price increases uniformly three cents per 
300 pounds for every tenth of one per 
cent, fat increase. 
3% 
3.5% 
4% 
4.5% 
5% 
April . . . . 
$1.31 
$3,4G 
$1.61 
$1.76 
$1.91 
May . 
LOG 
3.23 
1.36 
1.51 
1.66 
.1 line .... 
LOO 
1.35 
1.30 
1.45 
1.60 
.1 til v .... 
1.16 
1.31 
3.46 
1.61 
1.76 
Aug. 
3..°,2 
1.47 
1.62 
1.77 
1.92 
•••• 
3.41 
1.56 
1.71 
1.86 
2.01 
I 
SUTTER. 
Early in the week prices advanced one 
cent on the better grades of creamery 
and dairy, but this increase was at once 
lost, and with larger receipts the mar¬ 
ket is decidedly weaker. 
BUTT Kit. 
Creamery, best, above 92 score, lb. 27 ® 27bf 
Extra. 92 score . 2fi @ 2t i'4 
Good to Choice . 2:1 @ 25 
Lower Grades. 20 @ 22 
State Dairy, be s t. 23 @ 20 
Common to Good. 21 @ 21 
Ladles . 20 @ 21 
Packing Stock. 18 ® 20 
Process . 20 ® 23 
Klgin, Ill., butler market 25 cents. 
Pblladeinhia. western creamery. 27 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 20. 
Chicago creamery. 23@24. 
Kansas City. 24@25. 
C11KK8K. 
Market weak and fractionally lower on 
all grades of whole milk. Sales on the 
T'tiea market have run 12% to 12%, 
which is 1% cent under last year. 
Whole Milk. State specials. 13l£® 14 
Average fancy . 13 @ 13!4 
Under grades. 11 ® 12 
Daisies, best. 1494® 15 
Young Americas. 154® 16 
Ski ms. special. II ® H4 
Pair to good . 7 @ 10 
1CGG8 
New-laid eggs have made another two- 
ccnt advance. This refers only to fresh 
—not held stock. The writer this week 
examined a lot of exceptionally line look¬ 
ing eggs, pure white, good size and clean. 
They were invoiced as new-laid but were 
stored stock. The shipper’s idea evident¬ 
ly was that they would pass on their good 
looks. An occasional shipment does, if 
not badly shrunken or musty, but most 
of them have to be sold for what they are. 
It is the custom of many receivers to say 
nothing to the shipper about this unless 
lie makes serious complaint about the 
price. In a large White Leghorn section 
where there are several local commercial 
storages, this custom of storing a few 
cases to be worked out later as fresh, is 
so common that shipments from that sec¬ 
tion are at once candled and sold as a 
high grade of storage if good enough. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 33 @ 34 
Medium to good. 23 ® 20 
Mixed colors, best. 20 ® 28 
Common to good. 18 @ 22 
Duel; Eggs . 24 @ 20 
LIVK POULTRY. 
Arrivals are only moderate, but con¬ 
siderable of the stock poor, especially the 
small lots. Fowls are selling one-half 
cent under last week, broilers about the 
same. Some of the Leghorn broilers seen 
are too small, under one-half pound, 
scarcely larger than canaries. The 
shrinkage on the wild breeds usually runs 
proportionately heavier than on others, as j 
they are afraid of everything and wear j 
themselves out 
trying to escape 
from 
the coops. 
Broilers, lb. 
. 17 
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18 
Geese. 
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12 
DRESSKI) POULTRY. 
Receipts of fresh-killed are larger, and 
market weak on both chickens and fowls. 
The quality is averaging so low that 
much of the best trade has to be sup¬ 
plied from frozen stock. 
Turkeys, choice, lb . 20 ® 21 
Common to good. 14 ® IS 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 24 @ 20 
Broilers, common to good . 21 ® 23 
Squab broilers, pair . 40 ® 50 
Roasters . 22 @ 24 
Fowls. 14 ® 10 
Spring Ducks .. 10 @ 17 
Squabs, doz. 125 & 3 50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Choice steers are scarce, most going 
under $9.50. Fat cows and oxen in fair 
demand ; others selling very slowly. 
CaVes lower than last week and business 
dull. Sheep higher. Lambs slow, ex¬ 
cept fancy. 
Native Steers. 7 50 ® 9 50 
Bulls. 5 00 6*7 00 
Cows. 3 00 @ 7 00 
Caives. prime veal. 100 lb. 9 00 ®I2 50 
Culls. 0 00 ® 7 00 
Sheep. 1O0 lbs. 4 00 ® (i 25 
Lambs . 8 50 ®10 00 
Uogs. 7 50 @ y 00 
(General Markets on page 1047.) 
Mixing Crops in the Silo. 
The following advice comes from the 
Kansas Agricultural College: 
Mixing crops in a silo does not pay, 
according to .J. I>. Fitch. Assistant Pro¬ 
fessor of Dairy Husbandry in the Kan¬ 
sas State Agricultural College. He says 
that many farmers mix corn and sorghum 
crops, but that this does not increase 
the value of either feed, and generally 
means more work, in that material must 
he hauled from two fields. The sorg¬ 
hums. Mr. Fitch points out, are generally 
not mature enough to go into the silo 
until some time after the corn crop has 
been cut. This is one of the points taken 
up in a circular about to be issued by the 
department of the college for Kansas 
farmers. The time to cut the silage 
crop, the size of cutter, the manner of 
cutting, the packing of silage, the gas 
in silos, and the time to feed silage, are 
among the other matters in the circular. 
We think this advice is sound. In 
most cases corn is the great and best 
silo crop. Cases are reported to us 
where Soy beans, peas, clover or other 
crops are packed into the silo with the 
corn. As general advice, however, it is 
better to fill the silo with corn and dry 
the peas, beans or clover as hay. The 
stock prefer some dry fodder, and these 
leguminous crops make better hay. 
Every year at this time we have ques¬ 
tions about weeds in the silo. In a season 
like the present there are many weedy 
cornfields, especially where the corn 
is in drills. It will be very expen¬ 
sive to clean these weeds out, and if iho 
corn is cut with a binder the weeds will 
be cut into the silo. They will do no 
harm. We should out them right in. 
They will, if anything, give the silage 
a pleasant taste and the seeds will he 
destroyed. 
Some years ago we heard quite a little 
about putting some substance into the 
silo to regulate fermentation or add to 
the quality of the silage. Colcord of 
Massachusetts invented a silo inside of 
which he put a coil of perforated iron 
pipes. There was an outside connection 
at the bottom through which he could 
pump out the liquids or force in any 
water or gas as desired. He claimed to 
make superior silage—much like canned 
corn—but the system went out of use. 
Others have used salt in the silo, or 
lime, but results were not satisfactory. 
At one time there were some favorable 
reports from the use of powdered char¬ 
coal. This gave a sweeter silage, but the 
color was black and offensive. We have 
now come to the solid, airtight silo, 
with well matured corn properly moist¬ 
ened and solidly packed down as the best 
cattle corn cannery. 
Cedar or Iron Posts. — I am planning 
to build a fence around my farm this 
Fall, and would like to have opinions 
from your readers regarding the relative 
merits of cedar posts and the so-called 
iron posts which, I am informed, are 
really steel. Is it true that the latter 
are short-lived owing to action of elec¬ 
tric currents? w. l. d. 
11 CIS hey, Pa. 
Tiie Brown Mouse, by Herbert Quick. 
The story is ‘of an Iowa school 
teacher who brings vocational training 
into a district school- A study of whole¬ 
some rural life iu Iowa, with a pleasant 
love story and a real message. Published 
by Bobbs, Merrill Co., Indianapolis; il¬ 
lustrated; price $1.25. 
Still time 
to buy a 
To late buyers: 
Even i f your 
dealer is sold out 
he can got 
you a Bliz¬ 
zard from 
the 
f ac- 
tory 
Only 
small 
power 
needed- 
enormous 
capacity. 
Self-feed table 
saves one 
man’s labor — 
elevates any height —simple, durable, safe- 
repair expense little or nothing. 
Write today for catalog —ask nearest dealer’s 
name if you don’t know. 
The Joseph Dick Mfg. Co., Box 20, Canton, 0. 
Blizzard 
Silo Filler 
Never falls to cure and keep silage prime. Renders 
entire corn plant—grain, cobs, sltucks, leaves and 
stalks—juicy, tender and digestible as June grass. 
Increases dairy production and profits. Decreases 
feed bills half. Thousands of satisfied 
owners can attest these truths. The 
UNADILLA is a guaranteed Silo 
of highest quality. Price is mod¬ 
erate. Terms liberal. Factory is 
in year-round operation. Ship¬ 
ments made promptly. Write 
today for catalog an4 sales agree¬ 
ments. Late orders may be tele¬ 
graphed in at our expense. 
Acldr-ss. UNADILLA SILO CO. 
apec- 
The 
Power Saver 
—The Papec throws the 
ensilage 15 to 20 feet—then 
a powerful air blast strikes 
it and carries it to the top 
of any silo. Six fans, in¬ 
stead of the usual four, 
cause a steady? fast stream 
of ensilage. The Papec 
saves a great deal of power 
and is especially adapted 
for use with the ordinary 
farm engine. Capacities 3 
to 30 tons per hour for 
engines 4 H. P. and 
PNEUMATIC 
ENSILAGE CUTTER 
—best by test—and long, hard use. The 
illustration below shows the Papec Ex¬ 
hibit at the recent Ohio State Fair, 
Columbus. Notice the height of the 
pipe—80 feet. The Papec carries the 
ensilage to this height with ease—with 
abundant force left over. The machine 
shown was taken from our regular 
stock — not specially built. Better in¬ 
vestigate the Papec at once and study 
its construction. Semi-steel,one- 
piece frame — gear transmission 
only. Bearings always in per¬ 
fect alignment. Knives always 
shear—with perfect clearance. 
Easy to set up and take down— 
only the pipe need be put up or 
removed. Convenient to operate 
and adjust. Built to last. Eco¬ 
nomical of power, fuel, time, 
and labor. 
WRITE FOR FREE “PAPEC” BOOK 
There's n whole lot in it about ensilage 
cutters that'll interest you—especially 
the dollars and rents part of it. Better 
send for your free Copy today. 
. Papec 
' Machine Co. 
Box 10 
Shortsville 
DISTRIBUTING 
POINTS 
Portland. Ore 
Kansas City. Mo. 
Fond du Lac, Wis. 
Indianapolis, lnd. 
Toledo. Ohio. 
Baltimore, Md. 
Utica. N. Y. 
Minneapolis. Minn. 
Springfield. 111. 
Louisville, Ky. 
Columbus. Ohio. 
Boston. Mass. 
Des Moines. Iowa. 
Unadilla. N. Y. 
Washington. Pa. 
Richmond, Va. 
Atlanta, Ga 
Ft. Worth. Texas. 
Hartford. Conn. 
Denver. Colo. 
Grand Rapids.Micb. 
“It Throws And Blows 99 
Cuts Faster With 
Less Power 
These feed rolls arc staggered 
as in no other machine. They 
draw the fodder in and hold it 
so that the shear-like knives 
cut to the best advantage. 
Furthermore, that Inward Shear makes 
fast work and saves power. 
The knives cut from the outer end toward the main 
shaft, where cutting power is greatest. Other 
wheel type machines cut tile other way, pushing 
the material to the very end of the knives. Our 
catalog better explains these features of the 
CLIMAX 
ENSILAGE CUTTER 
It also tells you about the heavy steel banded wheel 
in a tight case with a fan behind each knitc, so that 
the fodder is lifted and blown away from the knives 
fast. The closed elbow also is a great convenience. 
Send for FREE Catalog Today 
Be sure to investigate the CLIMAX before you buy 
any machine, if you cannot use one alone, buy 
with your neighbor. 
Warsaw-Wilkinson Co., 104 Highland, Warsaw, N. Y. 
DIRIG0 SILOS-i 
are quality silos highesl grade lumber— 
air tight, continuous doors —the only 
p-rfecl, permanent steel ladder inde¬ 
pendent of the doors—best construction 
and workmanship—genuine wood pre¬ 
servative—last longei—perfect ensilage 
easy to erect—no agents, but sold 
DIRECT TO YOU at a low price. 
Send for catalog and delivered prices 
of D1RIG0 and STANDARD SILOS. 
Special discount for orders now. 
STEVENS TANK & TOWER CO. 
AUBURN. MAINE 
Green Mountain Silos 
are built on the "safety first” principle 
made to insure the buyer against regrets. 
That's what Green Mountain users tel) 
1 their friends. 
Before you decide the silo question, 
let us send you our free illus¬ 
trated booklet, "1 he Why and 
Wherefore’’ — full of 6ilo 
pointers. Write now. 
Creamery Package Mfg. Co., 
338 West Street, ^ 
Rutland, Vermont 
The simple, scientific, carefully worked out construction of the 
nine Silberzahn” makes it absolutely impossible to clog throat or blower, i 
fast the corn is thrown in. The Silberzahn is rightly called 
“The King of Ensilage Cutlers” _ 
because of its simplicity, strength, r ~T JjjMWBHMM BBfa 
durability, safety—its abso- —-JT gfc'VB". 
power,_ .. . _ 
lute supremacy among ensilage cutters. Has best 
knife adjustment. Speed of blower can be regulated to suit 
height of silo. It is guaranteed to do more and better work , 
with less power than any other cutter oa * 
the market. Write for catalog and proof. . .TffliTiriiinj 
GEHL BROS. MFG. CO. P. 0. Box 474, Batavia. N. Y.V 
Slock and Repairs 
carried at Batavia, N. Y 
lyiffh r ffunn'® 
S/lAeri^n Simply Cant Be Clogged 
jjf" ^1 
If MEl 
Rfei! 
SILOS to eara cost first—then pay. HOW? Ask, giving size. 
Kalamazoo T sao & Co., Kalamazoo, Michigan 
NO. FORT WORTH, MINNEAPOLIS, KANSAS CITY, 
TEXAS. MINN. MO. 
Capacity 
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Safety 
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