CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, October 16, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Problems for the Agricultural College. 1237, 1238 
Storage of Winter Squash.1238, 1239 
A Pleasure to Lend Tools .1239 
Handling Alfalfa Hay .•.1240 
Winter Storage of Vegetables .1240 
Hope Farm Notes .1246 
Fire Danger From Grain Smut .1249 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Blood in Manure .1253 
Thumps in Pigs .•.1253 
Mule With Indigestion. 1253 
Practical Dairy Rations .•.1254 
Dry Meal or Slop .1254 
Sows Eat Pigs .1254 
The Babcock Test .1254 
Coming Live Stock Sales .1254 
Herds Free From Tuberculosis .1256 
Hogs in the Peach Orchard .1256 
Training Airedale to Drive Cows .1256 
THE HENYARD. 
Laying Out a Poultry Farm .1238 
The Poultry Business . 1238 
Egg-laying Contest .1257 
Winter Rations .1257 
Preserving Meat for Poultry .1258 
Chick Ration Including Beans .1258 
HORTICULTURE. 
Southern Grapes in Northern States.1239 
Suggestions for Cold-frame Crops.1230 
Shavings for Mulch .1230 
Notes From a Maryland Garden .1241 
Superb Strawberry for Pollination.1241 
Planting Asparagus in the Fall.1247 
Cold Frame; Treatment of Asparagus .1247 
How Auction Apples are Handled .1247 
Facts and Figures About Apples .1247 
Fruit Auction at the "Movies”.1247 
Food Sent to the Dump....1247 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .1250 
The Rural Patterns .1250 
Seen in New York Shops .1250 
My Summer’s Work in Tennessee .1250 
Working Wonders With the Living Room. 
Part n.1251 
Mustard and Mixed Pickles .1251 
Embroidery Designs .1251 
Mountain Ash Preserves .1251 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Events of the Week .1242 
Asphalt Paint for Tin Roof and Tank.1244 
Value of Lightning Rods .1244 
Putting: Up Lightning Rods .1244 
Measuring Contents of Silo .1244 
The Regeneration of Sarah (Continued).1245 
Editorials .. •.1248 
The Business of “Licking a Postage Stamp”. 1248 
New York State News .1249 
Publisher’s Desk .•.1258 
“Taxation Without Representation” .1258 
Buffalo Markets. 
The slaughter of the peach crop has 
been the ill feature of the produce mar¬ 
kets lately. It costs too much to market 
them when they bring only about 30 cents 
a third-bushel basket, so whole orchards 
in the State peach belt have been left to 
rot. The peach is very large this year, 
one being shown here that weighed 14 
ounces, but it is not well flavored, besides 
having a green appearance that hurts its 
sale. The trade wants a yellow peach, as 
it wants a red apple. Produce prices are 
mostly low, though potatoes are doing a 
little better, wholesaling at 50 to 75 cents 
a bushel, the local crop being small. For 
the same reason grapes are high, the ton 
price being $32, when it is often $20 or 
less. In many districts the grapes had to 
set a second time, after the big freeze of 
May 27th, but the blazing September 
saved most of them. California Tokays 
are retailing at eight cents a pound, but 
they are not well ripened. Apples are 
higher than peaches, not wholesaling at 
less than 00 cents to $1 a bushel for fancy 
red and bring as high as $4 per barrel. 
Green apples are only about three-fourths 
the price of red. Watermelons are about 
gone, but cantaloupes are plenty at $1 
to $1.35 per bushel, home grown. The 
Summer was hardly hot enough to ripen 
them well. There is a small supply of 
pears at $1.50 to $2 per bushel for fancy. 
The trees here have suffered much lately 
from blight. A good supply of plums is 
offering at 20 to 30 cents for 7-lb. baskets 
and prunes are about the same price. Un¬ 
sprayed plums have rotted badly on the 
trees. 
All vegetables are cheap. String beaus 
are $1 to $1.50; Lima beans, 12 to 20 
cents per quart. Cabbage is $1.25 co 
$1.50 per 100 heads; cauliflower, 50 to 75 
cents per bushel. Celery is rather scarce 
at 25 to 50 cents per large bundle. Cu¬ 
cumbers are plenty at 30 to (55 cents per 
bushel or 30 to 40 cents per hundred, 
pickling size. Eggplant is 60 to 75 cents 
per bushel and peppers are $1.50 to $2 
per barrel. Tomatoes , are 25 to 45 cents 
per half bushel, retailing at five cents per 
quart. 
The butter market is firm at 30 cents 
for best prints and 24 to 25 cents for best 
crocks. Process prints are oddly held 
above regular crocks, at 26 cents. Cheese 
remains steady at previous prices, 16 
cents for best and nothing quoted below 
12 cents. Eggs are higher, running down 
from 35 cents for white hennery to 26 to 
28 cents for storage candled. There is a 
better demand for poultry, but prices are 
low, at 20 to 21 cents for dressed turkey 
and 17 to 18 cents for fowl. Broilers are 
20 to 21 cents per pound, and ducks 13 to 
14 cents. Some frozen poultry is offer¬ 
ing at about dressed prices. Live poultry 
is from two to three cents lower than 
dressed. 
Hay is a little stronger, being $21 to 
$22 for baled choice Timothy on track 
and $19 for fancy light mixed. j. w. c. 
THE) RUHAL 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 
American Royal Live Stock Show, 
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 4-9. 
International Wheat Show and Expo¬ 
sition, Wichita, Kan., Oct. 4-14. 
New England Fruit Show, Mechanics’ 
Building, Boston, Mass., Oct. 23-30. 
Fifth annual apple show, Indiana Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, Indianapolis, Nov. 
6-13. 
Chrysanthemum Society of America, 
annual show, Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 10- 
14. Special show, San Francisco, Cal. 
Paterson Poultry Association, annual 
show, Paterson, N. ,T., Nov. 16-20. 
Wisconsin State Potato Growers’ As¬ 
sociation, annual convention, Marinette, 
Wis., Nov. 17-18. 
International Live Stock Exposition, 
Chicago, Nov. 27-Dec. 4. 
Berks Corn Contest, Reading, Pa., Dec. 
Reading Pigeon and Poultry Associa¬ 
tion, annual show, Reading, Pa., Dec 
6 - 11 . 
Pacific International Live Stock Ex¬ 
position, No. Portland, Ore., Dec. 6-11. 
Annual Corn and Grain Show, Tracy, 
Minn., Jan. 3-8, 1916. 
Vermont State Poultry Association an 
nual show, St. Albans, Vt, .Tan. 18-21, 
National Western Stock Show, Den¬ 
ver Colo., Jan. 17-22, 1916. 
National Feeders’ and Breeders’ Show, 
Fort Worth, Tex., March 11-17, 1916. 
Potatoes have taken a jump in price. 
In the northern section of Maine, the 
quality is better than expected, and the 
yield is better in some places. The 
weather conditions have been very fav¬ 
orable to digging, which will lessen the 
chances of rot considerably, and give the 
shippers a chance to market the potatoes, 
as was shown by the large number of cars 
which left the sidings during the week, 
averaging from 75 to 80 cars each day 
from the northern section. In the valley 
section, the prices are all the way from 
$1.25 to $1.40 per barrel. Quite a few 
are coming into market, and the pros¬ 
pects look good for higher prices before 
the season gets older. In the far north¬ 
ern section, the rot is not so bad as it 
was anticipated, but the southern part 
of the State has not fared so well. It 
will be noticeable this season that con¬ 
siderably less potatoes will go to the 
starch factories, to be ground into starch, 
as compared to last season, when the 
factories were offered more than they 
could use. _ From an optimistic point of 
view this is more encouraging, consider¬ 
ing the grower only gets from 15 to 25 
cents per barrel at starch factories. 
Maine. w. n. b. 
Oct. 1. These are curb market prices. 
The following vegetables are bv the half- 
bushel : Peaches, 60c.; ripe tomatoes, 50; 
green tomatoes, 35; mixed peppers, 25- 
Lima beans, $1; beets, 25; stewing ap¬ 
ples, 30; onions, 65; white potatoes, 35 ; 
sweet potatoes, 50; yams, 50; Fall apples, 
first quality, $2.50 barrel; Fall apples, 
first drops, $1.75; Fall apples, second 
drops, $1; beets, three bunches, 10c.; 
carrots, one bunch, 10; lettuce, 3 for 5; 
celery, one for 5; corn, 20c. dozen; $1 
hundred; cabbage, 75c. barrel; chicken, 
22c. pound ; year old, lS-20e.; eggs, 42c. 
dozen. White potatoes, Green Mountains, 
$1.75 per barrel. r. l. p. 
Perth Amboy, N. J. 
The harvesting of the early varieties of 
grapes in the Chautauqua and Erie belts 
commenced the middle of September. The 
cool weather and general cloudiness 
which prevailed during the larger part of 
the Summer delayed the ripening of Con¬ 
cords, but the hot sunshiny weather the 
latter part of September worked marvels 
in coloring and sweetening the grapes. 
Growers and shipper contend that the 
crop in the Chautauqua and Erie belt 
will not exceed 6,500 cars, a falling off 
of close to 2,000 cars, compared with last 
year’s yield. Two new grape-juice con¬ 
cerns, the DuBelle Company of Silver 
Creek, and the Paul DeLaney Company 
of Brocton, will operate their large 
plants for the first time this year. All 
signs point to good prices and a fairly 
successful season for the growers. The 
Central New York and Michigan belts 
report crop shortages, compared with 
their last season’s yields. w. j. 
HAY FOR SALE 
W E are not dealers, but every member of our Association 
is a farmer ami producer of hay and we wish to sell direct 
to the consumer. Every bale is carefully inspected, graded 
aud guaranteed,"and carries the brand of our Association. 
Alfalfa, Timothy, Clover, Mixed hay and Straw 
Only sound, sweet, well cured goods offered for sale. We 
keep the other kind at home. 
Onondaga Alfalfa Growers' Ass’n, Inc. 
No. 3 Coal Exchange Building SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
From Producer to Consumer Direct 
Thousands of Tons of 
TIMOTHY, CLOVER, MIXED 
AND ALFALFA 
Heady to be Marketed 
CaDDago Straw 
Carefully Graded and Inspected 
PATRONS’ CO OPERATIVE ASS’N OF 
CAYUGA COUNTY, INC. 
22 North Street, Auburn, N. Y. 
NEW-VORKER 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying- with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department hero to enable 
RURAL NEW-YORKER readers to supply each 
other s wants. If you want to buy or sell or 
exchange, make it known here. This Rate will 
be 5 Cents a word, payable in advance. The 
name and address must be counted as part cf 
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. 
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. 
“POP CORN,” extra nice, sorted, onlv .$1 per 
bushel. G. L. COOPER, Lyndonvllle, N. Y. 
EAST NEW MARKET, MD.—Producer to con¬ 
sumer, any quantity gold skin sweet pota¬ 
toes. F’. E. LENNIS. 
NEW HONEY Clover or Basswood in sixty- 
pound cans; best quality. C. A. HATCH, 
Richland Center, Wis. 
SWEET POTATOES direct to consumer; circu¬ 
lar free. WILLARD B. KILLE, Swedesboro, 
N. J. 
“HUBBARD SQUASn,” packed In new apple 
barrels, $1.25 per barrel. GEO L. COOPER, 
Lyndonvllle, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—A 10 H. P. Fairbanks Gasoline En¬ 
gine, all in good shape, with magneto. Price 
$150. If interested write for particulars. J. B. 
BROWN, Watermill, Long Island, N. Y. 
WANTED—From owner only farm 40 to GO 
acres, good land, buildings, etc., commuting 
distance New York, on Sound 1 or Hudson River; 
must be bargain; give full particulars. BOX 
205, care R. N.-Y. 
A BARGAIN for either Sportsman or Live Stock 
or Fruit Grower; a two hundred eighty-oight- 
acre farm, located on Neversink River, at Hall’s 
mill, Sullivan County, New York; can be divided 
into two plots of 221 and 67 acres of orchards, 
cleared land and timber, a 9-room house and 
barn on each plot, one house Is furnished, gar¬ 
den and small fruits; spring water is piped 
along side both houses; fine trout fishing and 
hunting on property. Pheasant, squirrel and 
rabbits; deer in vicinity. Fine location for club 
or hotel; located on main road between Clay- 
ville. Liberty and Ellenville. Telephone wire 
passes house. Mail delivered to door. Price 
$35 an acre. Communicate with JENKINS & 
MARSHALL, Lorraine Ave., Upper Montclair, 
N. J. 
1259 
MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN WANTED as house¬ 
keeper for young man, scientific farmer, West¬ 
chester Co., N. Y. Home with every comfort; 
give references and wages desired'. Address 
BOX 2G9, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—By single, experienced man, position 
as teamster on estate or commercial farm; 
open until November 1. ALGAT KARLSON, 
New Preston, Conn. 
WANTED—Young or middle-aged woman for 
general housework on small farm near town. 
D. E. MINARD, Boonton, N. J. 
WANTED—Position by practical mn’-ket poul- 
tryman on established plant or build plant on 
salary; former employers my references Ad¬ 
dress POULTRYMAN, Box 249, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
OPEN F*OR ENGAGEMENT—Practical up-to- 
date orchardlst, accustomed to diversified work 
on large propositions: A1 record East and Wesl; 
permanent. BOX 248, R. N.-Y., New York Oily. 
WANTED—Position as teamster on estate or 
commercial place by single man, 9 years’ ex¬ 
perience. CITAS. SIEMER, New Preston, Conn. 
rOT'T.TRY MANAGER—Married, desires situ¬ 
ation; thoroughly reliable, every branch; fine 
references. BOX 2G4, care Rural New-Yorker. 
COT PT,E WANTED—Man to care for horses, 
chickens, milk cow, also know about farming; 
woman to cook; references required. CROSS 
ROADS FARM, Smithtown Branch, Edward 
Brinley, Long Island. 
WANTED—Ry young married farmer, with col¬ 
lege training, position on farm, with wages 
and house. BOX 313, Suffleld, Conn. 
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. 
YOUNG MAN, 30, wishes position for the first 
of November on farm; good milker, willing 
and good worker, strong, honest and’ sober. 
HUGH DAHMS, Shaker Farm, Canaan, N. Y., 
Columbia Co. 
FOR RENT on shares my 90-acre dairy farm to 
an honest, sober man. witli help, who under¬ 
stands producing sanitary milk; farm within one 
mile of a Virginia city; milk retails 9 cents per 
quart. BOX 208, care Rural New-Yorker. 
122-ACRE Alfalfa Farm for sale. Central New 
York: well located; good buildings. $8,000. 
F. H. RIVEN BURGH, Munnsville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—220 acres in Greene Co., near Cats¬ 
kills, good conveniences, home market for all 
products, very attractive for city party who 
wants fine summer homo; also fine proposition 
for business purposes; full particulars on re¬ 
quest. BOX 71. R. D., Medusa. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—90-acre farm, Canterbury, Conn; 
good soil; good location. BOX 251, IT. N.-Y. 
FOR SALE—Good 64-acre wheat, berry and 
chicken farm, cheap if taken at once; not 
much money needed. PAUL SCHULZ, Harring¬ 
ton, Delaware. 
FOR SALE—90-aero farm, good land and build¬ 
ings: well watered; 8 acres orchard, sugar 
bush of 350 trees; possession this Fall, with or 
without stock. HENRY F. SIMMONS, Sauquoit, 
N. Y. 
WASHINGTON CRANBERRY LAND—For sale 
at $200 per acre, 14 acres choice unimproved 
cranberry land in Pacific County, Washington. 
W. C. ICANTNER, 830 Colonial Avenue, Port¬ 
land, Oregon. 
WANTED—To rent, poultry plant for about 
1,000 birds, near Rochester, N. Y.; state 
terms. BOX 257, care The R. N.-Y. 
F'OIt SALE or exchange on Eastern Shore Mnry- 
land, 145-acre farm, 100 cultivated, 45 pine 
timber, 10-room house, barns, granary, hog and 
chicken pens, first class condition, stock and ma¬ 
chinery included. Price, $8,000. Part cash. 
Will take as part payment village or near town, 
place with good house nnd few acres; price not 
to exceed $3,000. Address BOX 36, Kingston, 
Somerset Co., Mil. 
FOR SALE—Highly Improved farm, 77% acres, 
V\ mile from village on Southern R. R., % 
mile to school. Price $3,500. II. L. MADISON 
(Owner), Chula, Va. 
FARM FOR SALE—97% acres, 3 miles of Har¬ 
rington, 1 mile from school and church, for 
$2,300. H. WILLIAMS, Harrington, Del. 
DAIRY-TRUCK FARM FOR SALE—40-acre 
modern improvements, house and barns, car¬ 
ries 20 head; milk, 10 to 15 cents quart; good 
market. SHIMMO VALLEY FARM, Nantucket, 
Mass. 
COMPLETELY EQUIPPED 46-acre poultry and 
fruit farm near station; write for terms and 
description. BOX 61, Frankford, Del. 
FOR SALE—For $750, 1% ncres with chicken 
houses and fruit trees at highest point in 
Lakewood. Address Owner, A. & B. ORNA¬ 
MENT CO., 119 West 23rd St. 
WANTED—Position as farm superintendent by 
married American. 40, one child, life experi¬ 
ence in farming and all its branches, covering 
both dairy and poultry husbandry. BOX 266, 
care R. N.-Y. 
WANTED—-Position as manager of poultry plant 
for production of eggs, profit-sharing basis, 
Eastern New York or New England States, mar¬ 
ried. no children. Address BOX 267, care R. 
N.-Y. 
WANTED—An ambitious young man in each lo¬ 
cality can make money selling gasoline en¬ 
gines and farm machineryno experience neces¬ 
sary; no risk; no money required. Write to-day 
for full information. CONSOLIDATED GASO¬ 
LINE ENGINE CO.. 202 Fulton Street, New 
York City. 
A THOROUGHLY competent Farm Manager 
disengaged after Nov. 1st, desires to connect 
with party in need of a first-class manager with 
years of experience, thorough knowledge of 
drainage, an expert, thoroughbred stock raiser. 
A. R. O. work certified milk production; have 
the executive ability to handle any size propo¬ 
sition. Address BOX 255, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—A married man as herdsman and 
dairyman on an up-to-date Columbia County 
farm; wife to help with the housework in fam¬ 
ily of superintendent. Apply BOX 25ti, care of 
Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN—Single, desires responsible 
poultry position. Three years’ practical expe¬ 
rience and agricultural school training. Willing 
to work and make good. Highly recommended. 
Address BOX 259, care R. N.-Y. 
GOOD noMB offered for two elderly, Christian 
people in the country, near Rhinecliff, N. Y., 
with some compensation for services (light 
housekeeping). Comfortable house, good loca¬ 
tion; family very small. Address WILLIAMS, 
Box 258 care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Now. dairyman, married man. no 
objection small family, no shirker, whiskey 
or cigarettes; duties, bottling, washing, deliv¬ 
ering, separating, general care and work of 
dairy room; English-speaking only; wages. $50 
month; good, dry, new house. R. F. SHANNON, 
Sewiekley, Pa., on P., F. W. & C. R. R. 
WANTED—Man and wife; man to take care of 
lawn, garden and automobile; woman to do 
cooking anil some housework. Must give good 
references. Address BOX 115, Kennett Square. 
Pa. 
WANTED—Dec. 1st, reliable, married, energetic 
man, preferably with one or more sons of 
working age; must have fruit farm, pruning and 
spraying experience. House, wood, etc., and $30 
per month. Excellent opportunity to grow up 
with the largest apple orchard in the Appa¬ 
lachian Mountains. Give references ami full par¬ 
ticulars. G. R. ATTRIDE, Appalachian Apple 
Orchards, Tallulah Park, Georgia. 
WANTED—December first, on fruit farm, man 
and wife; experience with apples and grapes 
a requisite; house, fuel, garden, etc. Premium 
on brains; will consider profit sharing. A 
chance for a hustler. CONCORD, Box 260, 
c. Rural New-Yorker. 
WORKING FOREMAN or manager, conversant 
with farming in all its branches desires posi¬ 
tion. Hollander, married', small family. Not 
afraid of work; good references. Address BOX 
2G3, c. Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as farm superintendent hy 
a successful farm manager and dairyman, 
twenty years’ experience in the care, breeding 
and raising of purebred Holstein cattle, A. U. 
O. records and show ring stock. Understand up- 
to-date method's of feeding and farm manage¬ 
ment, also sanitary and certified milk produc¬ 
tion and buttermaking. References from past 
employer and breeders. Strictly temperate, 
married, no children. BOX 261, care R. N.-Y. 
POULTRYMAN. experienced, single, desires po¬ 
sition Nov. 15, temperate and industrious. 
BOX 262, care Rural New-Yorker. 
AMERICAN, single, wants position on farm as 
teamster, experienced, reliable, and of good 
habits. H. W. DAVIES, New Preston, Conn. 
WANTED—January first, position as farm stiper- 
iuteud'ent or manager, competent American, 
37, married, two children. Strictly sober, hon¬ 
est, life experience in all branches farming. 
Expert in care of stock. Experienced in Use of 
all farm machinery, including gasoline engines. 
Best references. Address X Y Z, Plainfield, 
New Jersey. 
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| Celery Culture, Beattie.50 || 
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