THE RURAL, NKW-YORKER 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Sept. 18, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Selling Alfalfa Hay Co-operatively... .1129, 1130 
The Problem of Curing- Alfalfa.1130 
Wheat Growing on the Small Farm in New 
York State. Part II.1131 
Sunflower Crop ...1132 
Special Crop Farmer "..1132 
Crops and Farm News ..1136 
Canadian Crop Report .1136 
Report on Maine Potato Crop.1136 
Grass for Sandy Soil...1137 
Badly Worn Land .'..1137 
Second-Crop Hay . 1137 
Hope Farm Notes .‘..1133 
Making Wire Fence ..1138 
Sweet Clover Notes .1146 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Champion Ayrshire Cow .1144 
Weak Eyes ._.1145 
Worms in Swine; Measles ."..1145 
Sweeny . 1145 
Catarrh .1145 
Death of Mare . 1145 
Value of Sprouted Wheat . 1148 
Feeding Hogs . 1148 
Ration for Growing Pig ..*..1148 
Proportion of Stock to Pasture.1148 
Worms in Horses .1148 
THE HENYARD. 
Egg Conditions in U. S..1141 
Trouble With Ducks . .1146 
Care of Young Pheasants .1146 
The Australian Egg-laying Contest_.....1146 
Sweet Clover and Poultry . 1146 
Egg-laying Contest .'..H 49 
A Bulletin on the Egg-laying Contest.1149 
Woodchucks and Chickens . 1149 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Back-yard Garden . H 33 
Soil Analysis and Fertilizers .1.I" 1133 
Trouble With Asters 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
Government Canning Recipes .., 
Sweet Mixed Pickles Wanted . 
Sweet Green Tomato Pickles . 
Embroidery Designs 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Adulterated Honey 
Ventilating a Refrigerator 
Land Measurement . 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings .. 
Rights of Telephone Companies 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week ending Sept. 10, 1915. 
(Continued from page 1147) 
Sweet Potatoes. Jersey, bu. 
Southern, bbl. 
Beets. 1UU bunches . 
Carrots. 109 bunches. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Pickles, bbl. 
Cabbage. 100. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket .. 
Jersey, white, bu. 
Long Island, bbl. 
Peppers, bbl. 
Peas, bu. 
String Beans, bu. 
Celery, doz. 
Okra, % bu. 
Cauliflowers, bbl.. 
Squash, bbl. 
Sweet Corn, 100. 
lCgg Plants, bu. 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate 
Jersey, bu. box_ 
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Chicago. Potatoes, bbl., 1 20®1 76. 
Cincinnati, 1 25@1 50. 
Pittsburg, 1 30<& 1 60. 
Denver, 1 00@1 15, 
Indianapolis, 1 40@1 76. 
HAT AND STRAW. 
Supplies of medium hay are excessive. 
Fancy clover mixed and Timothy in fair 
demand. Alfalfa not selling up to mixed 
hay. Its value is apparently not under¬ 
stood here. Straight straw scarce. 
llay. new, Timothy, No. 1. ton ... 
No. 2.'. 
.. 24 50 
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Clover mixed. 
Straw, Rye. 
M1LLFKED. 
Bran, car lots. 
Middlings. 
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GRAIN 
Wheat is on a generally lower basis. 
Some cash Spring wheat has gone at $1, 
and December delivery around 90 cents. 
Corn and oats unchanged. The oat yield 
is evidently in advance of last year. The 
corn crop is not yet safe from frost, but 
promises large. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring, new.. 1 04 @ 
No. 2. Red, new . 1 11 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 85 @ 86 
Flour, carlots, at N. Y. bbl. 5 50 @ 6 75 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 48 52 
Bye, free from onion. 96 @ 99 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
prices noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying opportun¬ 
ities of at least half of New York’s popu¬ 
lation. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz.... 
Mixed colors, new laid _____ . 
Ordinary grades.25 
Butter, fancy prints, lb.. 
Tub. choice .. 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 
Squab Broilers, pair.! 
Fricassee, lb. 
Fowls ... 
Leg of lamb.”.’ 
Lamb chops. 
Roasting beef.’’ 
Pork chops.fs 
Loin of pork . 17 
Lettuce, head.2 
Radishes, bunch .”. 2 
Cucumbers, each. 1 
Sweet corn. doz... 
Cabbage, head _ 
Muskraelons. each . 
Potatoes, peck .30 
Peaches .4 qts.15 
Tomatoes, qt.3 
I (in Farmv for Sai.f,— near Phila. and Trenton;markets 
li/U I a I IIIO L r on< 1 railroad and trolley facilities. New cata¬ 
logue. Established 2f. years. Horace (!. Keeder,Newtown, I*enna. 
ONONDAGA ALFALFA GROWERS’ 
ASSOCIATION, Inc. 
A purely co-operative farmers’ Association, the aim 
of which is to eliminate the broker, dealer and middle¬ 
man, and deliver all kinds of hay direct from the produ¬ 
cer to the consumer. 
Every member of our Association is a reputable far- 
mer. We offer our brother farmers the best we have, 
whether alfalfa, timothy, clover or mixed hay; we 
guarantee quality; we stand solidly behind our Associa¬ 
tion, and we propose to give every purchaser a square 
deal. 
Every pound of hay is officially inspected and care¬ 
fully graded; we can fill all orders promptly, and we 
have ten thousand tons for sale. 
ONONDAGA ALFALFA GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION, Inc. 
No- 3 Coal Exchange Buildino Syracuse, N. Y. 
Subscribers Exchange 
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WANTED—Manager to take entire charge of 
large poultry plant. Must have had business 
experience as well as thorough training in the 
management of poultry plants. Address with 
full particulars and references, BOX 201, Rural 
New-Yorker. 
I’ARM MANAGER with experience, energy and 
executive ability to handle any proposition, is 
open for engagement. Thoroughly experienced 
orehardist and in all stock, crops, dairying and 
the management of a first-class farm or es¬ 
tate In every detail; am systematic, economical, 
married, strictly sober. BOX 207, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—125-acre farm, good 12-room house 
and barn, spring water; 80 fruit trees, berries, 
etc.: price, 82,500. WM. VERFRES, R. D. 4, 
Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
10-ACRE VILLAGE FARM, $2,200. WILLIAM 
STARK, Spencer, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—30-acre farm, near city markets, 
modern house, silo, necessary buildings. Barn 
full of* hay. I’oor health; will eucourge quick 
sale. II. C. ISHAM, Columbia, Conn. 
FOR SALE—Farm 28 acres, Susquehanna Val- 
ley. Level, well watered, fruit, good 8-room 
house; near town; macadam road. S. U. GREG¬ 
ORY, Apalaebin, N. Y. 
FOR SALE or exchange for farm, hardware and 
house furnishing store, best location New York 
City. BOX 188, care R. N.-Y. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enable 
RURAL NEW-YORKER readers to supply each 
other’s wants. If you want to huy or sell or 
exchange, make it known here. This Rate will 
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name and address must be counted as part of 
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week. No display type used, a»-'l on’y Farm 
Products, Help and Positions Waiued admitted. 
For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen¬ 
eral manufacturers’ announcements not admitted 
here. Poultry, Eggs and other live stock adver¬ 
tisements will go under proper headings on other 
pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements will 
not be accepted for this column. 
1151 
FOR SALE —100 acres, near state road, near 
Buffalo. Address OWNER, Box 209, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
I*OR SALE—My 7-room house with water and 
gas on lot 50x125 in the village of East Islip 
L. I. IRA TOMPKINS, East Islip, L. 1. 
I'OR SALE—30 acre poultry-fruit: apples, ped¬ 
dling route: no agents. FARMER, care Da¬ 
kin’s News Stand, Southbridge, Mass 
WANTED to Rent, farm 5 to 30 acres within 
commuting distance of N. Y.: give full par¬ 
ticulars. BOX 22.3, care R. N.-Y. 
►OR SALE—400 acres, 4 miles from Syracuse; 
farm will rent for $3,000 cash per year. A. C. 
HIRZEL, E. Syracuse, N. Y. 
FRUIT FARM FOR SALE—One of the best ap- 
ple propositions in New Jersey, 7(1 acres, all 
tillable, except 15 acres meadow and wood, 
about 20 acres set to apples (700 trees) over 300 
trees 18 years old. balance two and three years 
old. best marketable varieties. Paying invest¬ 
ment first year, see the orchard now. Address 
BOX 278, Dover, N. J. 
WANTED—January first, position as foreman- 
manager by an energetic married American; 
thoroughly experienced in feeding and manage¬ 
ment of stock growing and marketing crops, 
lumbering, cleaning land, etc.; graduate M. A. 
C. short course in general agriculture, ’ll; 
dairying and' animal husbandry, ’14. LOCK 
BOX 551, Amherst, Mass. 
FINE WISCONSIN FARM FOR SALE—820 
acres, two miles from town: 245 acres under 
cultivation; farm house, 3 barns, granary, ma¬ 
chine shop, cribs, etc.: 5 miles woven wire 
fence; 30 cows have yielded 1 $300 to $400 a 
month; would support 75 cows; creamery and 
milk condensing factory near. Price, $32,000: 
reasonable terms. E. E. ROGERS, 513 Steinway 
Bldg., Chicago. 
WANTED—Small farm within 75 miles of New 
York City. BOX 227, care R. N.-Y. 
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5 FOR SALE—6 H. P. Novo Gasoline Engine, used 
7 but one day a week for two years. New 
9 .Tune. 1913. Sold for want of use. GEO. F. 
9 COFFIN. Easton, Pa. 
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* HAY FOR SALE—Two carloads mixed 1 , good 
1 __quality (no clover), F. O. B. Dalton, Mass. B. 
KRAUTER, Windsor, Mass. 
, MILLER BEAN HARVESTER for sale, nearly 
| new, $15; also Owens No. 4 bean thresher. 
DE MAR, Snow Hill, Md. 
| WANTED—Live tenant with full equipment to 
i work on shares a 175-aere farm in Washing- 
l ton County (Pa.). Good land and buildings, 
veil watered. M. IT. STEVENSON (Owner), 
! 417 Bakewell Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
WANTED—Position as working foreman on 
1 farm or private estate, married, no children, 
age 30: life experience, first-class references. 
BOX 224, care It. N.-Y. 
WANTED—Position by first-class butter maker 
and berd’sman, take charge dairy, Guernseys 
preferred; good references. Address J. K., Box 
123, Hackettstown, N. J. 

WANTED—Superintendent, married 1 , for Mary¬ 
land farm, orchard and general farming/ Sal¬ 
ary $50 per month, house, garden, chickens, 
milk. Answer, giving age and references. BOX 
225, Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Young married man to take charge 
of Maryland farm, for one-half the profits. 
House, garden, chickens, milk supplied, but no 
salary. Farm expenses paid. BOX 22G, Rural 
New-Yorker. 
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY for two active 
young men who have had pomology instruction , 
at Cornell to assist in my apple work and get 1 
practical experience. W. S. TEATOR, Upper T 
Rod Hook. N. Y. 1 
PARTNER WANTED on fruit farm in Southern 
New Jersey, to specialize in poultry. HENRY 
PFEIFFER, Cologne, N. J. : 
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WANTED—Working foreman or mana; er for * 
130-acre farm. Must have thorough experience 
in all branches of farm work. Good position to I 
the right man who is not afraid of work. Man 
under forty preferred. Give full details in let- s 
ter. BOX 221, Rural New-Yorker. ’ 
WANTED—Steady position on general farm; 
can milk; age 2G years, wages $25. Address 
SCHIONBECK, Oak Ave., Tuekahoe, New York. 
ORCHARDIST and Fruit Grower, disposing of 
his orchard's, is open to fi-s i - ,v '“s proposition; 
has had years of experience; thoroughly familiar 
with market conditions. BOX 222, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position assistant poultryman; 
would assist with anything on farm; strictly 
temperate: non-smoker. JAMES M. UPTON. 
120G Chestnut Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
WANTED—A neat, capable woman, Protestant, 
for general housework. Witli or without boy 
old enough to attend school and work for board. 
Ad'dress BOX 54G, Union Springs, Cayuga Co., 
WANTED—Position as farm superintendent ty 
married Englishman, 32, one child, life experi¬ 
ence in farming and all its branches in Eng¬ 
land and ttiis country; references. BOX 213, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
30-ACRE Fruit and Poultry F'arm. IV 2 acre as¬ 
paragus, % acre raspberries, 1-3 acre straw¬ 
berries, 125 apple, pear, plums and peaches, 
heuses for 400 layers, brooder houses, incubator 
cellar, cottage 10 rooms, barn with cellar, less 
than mile to station, eleetrle, and Bristol Coun¬ 
ty Agricultural school, free tuition to students 
of county: 5 miles over good roads to city of 
40.000, and 12 miles from city of over 100,000 
people. Good markets. J. M. ALEXANDER, 
It. F. D. 1, Taunton, Mass. 
VINELAND—-Equipped poultry farm, gas, water 
and trolley systems, crops, stock, tools. 
OWNER. Millville, Rural 2, Box 40, N. J. 
POSITION WANTED—Farmer and Gardener, 
Scotch, married, life experience in all 
branches, expert at making lawns, transplanting 
trees, etc.: open Sept. 1st. Excellent references. 
J. R. MILNE, Katonah, N. Y. 
WANTED—A man experienced in dairy farm 
work, who lias mechanical ability. JOHN T. 
McDonald, Delhi, n. y. 
WANTED—CONGENIAL PARTNER to go into 
poultry raising on small scale at start. Equal 
experience, labor and cash. Full particulars 
first letter. SALMON, care Schlesinger, 2334 
Second Ave. 
EXPERIENCED MAN to take charge of and de¬ 
velop dairy farm. College man preferred. 
Recommendations required. P. J. LITTLE, 
Ebensburg, Pa. 
FARMER WANTED—To run grain farm on im¬ 
provement lease; sixty acres under plow; 
woods, barn and house; no stock nor implements 
on hand. References for character, ability and 
imTnstry required; two miles from station. 
BOX 187, Foxbnrg, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania. 
WANTED—Farm to purchase or lease; about 50 
acres; within 50 miles of New York city; 
cash payment, $500; balance on terms. BOX 
FOR SALE-—On eastern shore of Maryland, 145 
acres, 100 cultivated, balance pine timber, 10 
om house, barns, chicken and hog house, good 
mdition: stock, tools included; $8,700: nart 
ish. 75 acres, 50 cultivated, balance pine 
__mber, 0-room house, barns, chicken and hog 
house, good condition, on new Stnte road'. 1 y 2 
miles to R. R.; stock and tools Included; $7,000 
part cash. Ad'dress LLOYD BALARD, Kingston 
Md. 
of about 80 acres, overlooking Souhegan Yal- 
\v and village of Milford; unexcelled as to 
bility to produce fine apples, peaches, grapes, 
te.; Southern exposure, fine for early vege- 
erry, 250 apple trees coining into 
irgain. A. 1>. WILLIAMS, owner. 
bearing; 
Milford, 
AFFABLE FARM FOR SALE on Poeomoke 
Sound, Eastern Shore of Maryland; fertile 
nil. modern home and buildings.' Address 
—. . 1 .urn iui Nut*, i faLiai .\ew 
York: well located; good buildings, $8,000. 
xt i uiit-s ut-ar uouna lirook. 
New Jersey, 30 acres in bearing peach, apples 
nd small fruits. Good buildings. Poultry 
laut. T. W. AYRES (owner), Fort Payne, 
KUIT, Poultry Farm at sacrifice; ill health 
cause; GOO fruit trees, two houses, telephone, 
lo, garage, macadam road, near city. AR¬ 
MAN WANTED—To build up rough grazing 
farm formerly tilled; house and barn, one 
mile from town; small salary will be paid. 
BOX 187, Foxburg, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania. 
WANTED—Position in hardware store, many 
years’ experience in city, desire country posi¬ 
tion. CHEEVER, 323 West 24th St. 
POSITION by experienced poultryman, Cornell 
training, married, breeding and diseases ti 
specialty. BOX 218, care it. N.-Y. 
DAIRYMAN WANTED—Single, 30 years or 
older, to milk and care tor fifteen to twenty- 
five head; must be familiar witli Sharpless 
milker and capable butter maker; wages. $35 to 
start, with increase January 1st eacli year. 
BOX 219. c. Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—About December first, working fore¬ 
man for large farm and young orchard near 
Philadelphia. Must understand general farm¬ 
ing, care of horses and modern farm machinery. 
Small family desired, and wife must lie good 
eook and housekeeper, ana willing to board one 
or two intelligent, self-respeeting orchard men. 
Comfortable house, firewood, milk, garden, etc., 
furnished. Applicant must Is- sober, energetic 
and have a capacity for advancement. In re¬ 
plying state age, nationality; experience and 
wages required. An excellent opportunity for 
the right man. STAYMAN. Box 215 e. Rural 
New-Yorker, 333 W. 30th St., New York City. 
WANTED—A couple for farm in Connecticut. 
Man must be experienced' in general farming 
and the care of live stock. Wife to do house¬ 
work. Send full particulars and reference in 
fil '"t letter. BOX 210, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN, 21, in charge of small eom- 
mercial plant, disengaged Oct. 1, desires posi-. 
tion on gentleman’s estate, or commercial plant 
six years’ experience; understands Mammoth 
in a ch inch, etc.; intelligent and industrious, A 1 
references. LOUIS LA FIN, Onoatok Farm, 
Oliverea, N. Y. 
FARMER WANTED—Young, experienced, en¬ 
terprising, married, small family, with stock 
and some tools, to work 100-acre farm in North 
Central New Jersey. Owner (single) to board 
and operate 12 acres of orchards on the place. 
Buildings good, house pleasant, rent reasonable 
to right parties. Address with lmst references 
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