THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Nov. 6, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Western Gold Mine in Poultry Manure, 
1317 1318 
The Baled Hay Crop .•..’.1318 
Some Deserted Farms in New York....1318 
The True Agricultural Education .1318 
Stacked Pea Vines at a Canning Factory... 1318 
Building Up an Ohio Farm, Part II... 1319, 1320 
New England Crop Notes .1320 
New Men at Cornell .1320 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings . 1320 
Rye and Rock Phosphate .1321 
Gathering Loose Stones .1321 
Benefits of Rotation .1321 
Burning Sawdust .1321 
Cover Crop of Volunteer Oats .1321 
Spring Wheat in Massachusetts .1321 
The Maine Potato Crop .1321 
Crops and Farm News .1321 
Hope Farm Notes .1326 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Killing the Horns on a Calf.1332 
Auction Sale of Cows .1333 
Rapid Bacterial Analysis of Milk.1332, 1333 
The Week’s Ideal Ration .1334 
Profit in Pork Making .1334 
Cottonseed Meal .1334 
When to Feed Cabbage .1334 
Fat Test for Selling Milk .1336 
New England Milk Notes .1336 
Jefferson Co., N. Y., Notes ..1336 
Ophthalmia .1337 
THE HENYARD. 
The Egg-laying Contest .1337 
How to Use Hen Manure ..1337 
Laying Record ..1337 
Ration for Hens on Range; Measuring Com. 1337 
Apple and Beet Pulp ..1337 
Electrified Air for Poultry .1337 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Freak Willow .1327 
The Durian .1327 
Report of Fruit Auctions .1329 
Baked Apples and Brains .1329 
Working Up Apple Trade .1329 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .1330 
Seen in New York Shops .1330 
The Rural Patterns .1330 
Mountain Ash Jelly .1330 
“Cry-babies” .1330 
Our Thanksgiving Dinner .1330 
Corned Beef .1330 
Sausage .1330 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Plight of the Borrower .1318 
A Busy Market Street .1322 
A Rural School Exhibition .1322 
Events of the Week .1324 
The Regeneration of Sarah (Continued)... .1325 
Limitation on Actions .1325 
“More or Less” in Deed .1325 
Publisher’s Desk .1338 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
have brought, more than the entire lots 
sell for. as they look worse than they are. 
Chestnuts, large, cultivated, bu. 2 50 @ 3 00 
Wild. 1 50 @ 4 00 
Hickory Nuts, bu. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Black Walnuts, bu. 50 @ 75 
HAY AND STRAW. 
There is a little business in No. 1 Tim¬ 
othy at above $25. Receipts still aver¬ 
aging low quality and the market un¬ 
settled for such. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 25 00 ©26 00 
No. 2.2150 @22 50 
No. 3 .17 00 @19 00 
Clover mixed.16 00 @22 00 
No grade .10 00 @14 00 
8traw, Rye,.13 00 @14 00 
MILLFEED. 
Bran, car lots.23 00 @24 00 
Middlings.24 00 @28 00 
Red Dog .32 00 @33 00 
Cornmeal.30 00 @31 00 
GRAIN 
Wheat lower, partly on report that 
Canada is to remove the duty so that 
shipment on an even basis can be made 
to this country. The Canadian crop is 
large. Corn and oats unchanged. Corn 
crop report favorable. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. Ill @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 75 @ 76 
Flour, carlots, at N. Y. bbl. 5 30 @ 5 60 
Oats, as to weight, bush.. 40 @ 41 
Rye, free from onion. 1 07 @ 1 08 
These are not the highest or lowest 
figures noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying oppor¬ 
tunities of at least half of New York’s 
population. 
RETAIL PRICKS AT NEW YORK. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 60 @ 65 
Mixed colors, new laid. 45 @ 50 
Ordinary grades. 30 @ 35 
Butter, fancy prints, lb.. 34 @ 35 
Tub. choice. 30 @ 33 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 28 @ 30 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 28 @ 32 
Squab Broilers, pair.1 00 @ 1 25 
Fricassee, lb. 18 @ 20 
Fowls . 20 @ 22 
Leg of Iamb. lb @ 20 
Lamb chops. 18 @ 20 
Roasting beef. 20 @ 24 
Pork chops . 18 @ 20 
Loin of pork . 17 @ 20 
Lettuce, bead. 2 @ 4 
Radishes, bunch . 2 @ 3 
Cucumbers, each. 5 @ 7 
Apples, doz. 20 @ 40 
Cabbage, head . 5 @ 6 
Potatoes, peck . 40 @ 50 
Receipts at New York 
ending October 27, 1915 : 
during week 
Butter, lbs. 
Eggs. doz. 
Cotton, bales. 
. 3,033,000 
Apples, bbls. 
Potatoes, bbls. 
Onions, lbs. 
Oats, bush. 
Rye. bush. 
Wheat, bush. 
Hay. tons. 
Straw, tons. 
Week ending Oct. 29, 1915. 
(Continued from page 1335.) 
Wolf River. 2 50 @ 4 00 
Wealthy. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Fall Pippin. 2 00 @3 50 
Twenty-ounce . 2 00 © 3 75 
McIntosh. 2 60 @ 4 50 
Jonathan . 300 @4 75 
Greening . 2 00 @ 4 00 
Baldwin. 2 00 @ 3 00 
King. 2 00 @4 00 
Culls, bbl. 75 @ 1 25 
Crab Apples, bbl. 3 00 @6 00 
Grapes, 181b case. 40 @ 75 
41b. bkt. 10 @ 11 
Bulk, ton .35 00 @40 00 
Plums, 81b. bkt. 15 @ 25 
Pears—Bartlett, bbl. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Seckel, bbl. 6 00 @ 9 00 
Bose. 2 60 @ 6 50 
Anjou . 3 00 @3 50 
Sheldon. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Quinces, bbl. 2 50 @4 60 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 5 50 @ 7 50 
Chicago. Apples, bbl,, 2 00@3 50. 
St. Louis, 1 50@3 00 
Pittsburg, 2 O0@ 4 60. 
Cincinnati, 2 00@3 50. 
Buffalo. 2 00@3 50. 
Boston, 2 00@5 00. 
VEGETABLES. 
Receipts of potatoes large and prices 
dropped a little the latter part of the 
week, but holders generally have been 
firm in their ideas, believing that rot 
damage in many sections is serious 
enough to make holding sound stock a 
fair risk at $3. Sweet potatoes scarce. 
Onions showing a wide range of price, 
some not worth freight. Cabbage in ex¬ 
cessive supply, best Danish bringing only 
$7 to $8 and domestic $2 to $4. Cauli¬ 
flower running very poor. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 2 25 @ 2 75 
Jersey . 1 75 @ 2 25 
Maine. 2 40 @2 65 
8weet Potatoes. Jersey, bu. *0 @ 80 
Southern, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Beets, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 5 @ 9 
Carrots, bbl... 75 @100 
Cucumbers, bu. 50 @125 
Cabbage, ton. 2 50 @8 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 35 @ 65 
3-doz. crate. 25 @ 1 00 
Onions. State.. 100 lb. bag . 25 @ 1 75 
Conn. Valley, bag . 1 50 @ 1 75 
Peppers, bbl. 50 © 1 50 
Peas, bu. 100 @3 50 
String Beans, bu. 25 @100 
Lima Beans, bu. 40 @ 1 25 
Celery, doz. 25 @ 35 
Turnips, white, bbl.1 00 @ 1 25 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 50 @ 2 00 
Squash, bbl. 75 @ 1 25 
Egg Plants, bbl. 1 00 @ 2 0 
Tomatoes, Jersey, bu. box. 25 @ 75 
Chicago, Potatoes, bbl., 1 £0@1 60. 
. Cincinnati, 1 50@2 00. 
Pittsburg, 2 00@2 40. 
Denver, 1 00@1 25. 
Indianapolis, 2 00@2 25. 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts in large supply from the 
South, but badly wormy and heated, some 
being condemned by the food authorities. 
Hickory nuts in surplus and too small 
for best trade. Several mixed lots have 
been seen in which about half would 
grade as choice, but the sale injured by 
the mixture of half-inch nuts. Had these 
been sifted out the others would probably 
Stiff Cow. 
I have a young cow four years old ; she 
was in good health and fat. She has her 
second calf. She began to get lame in 
her front legs when her calf was about 
three weeks old; then it left her front 
legs and went into her hind legs, then left 
there and went into her back and head. 
She stands all drawn up and keeps her 
tongue going all the time; does not no¬ 
tice anything. These spells last from 
three to six hours, and when they leave 
she will graze a little. What can I do 
for her? a. o. l. 
This cow may be tuberculous, and 
should be tested with tuberculin, as soon 
as the weather becomes cool. Meanwhile 
let the cow run on good pasture where 
there is shade and water. Twice daily 
give her half dram of quinine, dissolve 
in two drams of tincture of iron and 
administer in a pint of coffee containing 
one ounce of alcohol or two of whisky 
or brandy. a. s. a. 
UIANTEO—One man in each locality to sell Excelsior 
*• gasoline engines and farm machinery. Money¬ 
making opportunity for live wire. No risk and no 
experience necessary. Get particulars at once. 
Consolidated Gasoline Engine Co., 202 Fulton St.,NewYorkCity 
HAY FOR SALE 
CABBAGE STRAW 
All Produce Guaranteed. Everything Inspect¬ 
ed. Pricei and Grades Sent on Application. 
Patrons’ Co-Operative Association of Cayuga County, Inc. 
22 North St., Auburn, N. T. 
HAY FOR SALE 
W E are not dealers, but every member of our Association 
is a farmer and producer of hay and we wish to sell direct 
to the consumer. Every halo is carefully inspected, graded 
and 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. 
Subscribers Exchange 
AMERICAN—28, married, one child, desires po¬ 
sition on commercial poultry farm or at light 
outdoor work; Central New York. Could keep 
records', handle correspondence or run car. 
Nine years with one New York firm. Best ref¬ 
erences. Address C. A. S., Box 289, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
EXPERIENCED POULTRYMAN, good chick 
raiser, capable of managing poultry plant, 
wants position on commercial or private estate. 
Excellent references. BOX 295, care R. N.-Y. 
YOUNG MAN with four years’ practical expe¬ 
rience in general farming, wishes position on 
an up-to-date stock farm, specializing in breed¬ 
ing. Bdst references. Wages secondary con¬ 
sideration. Address BOX 294, The Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—An experienced general farm hand, 
steady position to suitable party; no dairying. 
BOX 296, 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 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. 
NEW HONEY Clover or Basswood in sixtv- 
pound cans; best quality. C. A. HATCH, 
Richland Center, Wis. 
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—A second-hand 1 tractor and outfit. 
BOX 75, Grand Rapids, Ohio. 
DON’T BUY—Lease witta privilege; big money 
in early potatoes. Write W. S. HAVENS, 
Daytona, Florida. 
KIEFER PEARS from orchard to consumer, 
$1.25 per bushel. D. B. nATCH, Woodstock, 
Vt., Route 2. 
FOR SALE—Shellbark hickory nuts, four cents 
pound, large hickory nuts, walnuts, 2c. lb. 
HOUGLAND MILLER, Boonville, Ind. 
PURE HONEY—Direct to Consumer; circular 
free. HARRIS T. KILLE & BliO., Swedes- 
boro, N. J. 
GRAPEFRUIT—Fancy brights, $1.75 per box. 
quarter box, 75 cents; Golden Russets, $1.50 
per box; quarter boxes. 50 cents, F. O. B. 
Miami, Fla. Quarter boxes delivered within 
the fifth parcel post zone, Brights $1.45, Golden 
Russets, $1.25. Russets are the same in all 
respects, except in outside appearance. GEO. 
B. CELLON, Tropical Grove, Miami, Fla. 
BARGAIN FARM Apparatus For Sale—25 II. P. 
I. H. C. Tractor, 4 bottom plough. Sharpies 
Milking machine, 4 units, Davis 6 bottle filler 
(new), Star litter and feed carriers, 400 feet 
track, 8 H. P. Stover gasoline engine on trucks. 
C. H. BAKER, 149 Broadway, New York. 
WANTED—Farm Drainage Level with tele¬ 
scope. WELLS C. LOGAN, Bowling Green, 
Ky. 
SALE OR TRADE 50 acres, near Bound Brook, 
New Jersey, 30 acres in bearing peach, apples 
and small fruits. Good buildings. Poultry 
plant. T. W. AYRES (owner), Fort Payne, 
Ala. 
122-ACRE Alfalfa Farm for sale. Central New 
York: well located 1 ; good buildings, $8,000. 
F. H. RIVENBURGH. Munnsville, N. Y. 
WANTED—To rent farm of 100 acres, good soil. 
New York State preferred. R. J. HOPE, 
Great Neck Station, L. I. 
FOR SALE—Butternut Valley farm, 96 acres. 
Write EZRA BOLTON, Burlington Flats, New 
York. 
WANTED—Farm with orchard, near Lake On¬ 
tario, Wayne, Cayuga or Oswego counties, or 
near Auburn or Cayuga Lake. Address WM. 
GRAAMANS, General Delivery, Syracuse, N. Y. 
ingfon County, Maryland, near (main line B. 
A O. Railway) station, nearby city markets, 
two dwellings, large apple orchard, other fruits. 
Fenced, all necessary buildings. Valuable oak 
nmr walnut timber on place. Farm selling fully 
equipped. Correspondence and inspection in¬ 
vited. Address MRS. S. J. CADY, 312 Park St.. 
Morgantown, W. Va. 
WINTER BOARD for middle-aged and aged 
persons. Home comforts. Semi-invalids ac¬ 
commodated. Terms reasonable. BOX 192 
Madison, Conn. 
■ -.— >vui tv 1 nun law acres on 
shares, Seneca County, N. Y. Must be sober, 
honest, ind’utetrious; references necessary. Land 
and buildings in excellent condition; April first. 
Address OWNER, Box 274, care R. N.-Y. 
WANTED—Position of Farm Superintendent by 
middle-aged American, experienced in nil 
branches of farming; live stock or mixed farm¬ 
ing preferred; referenees given and asked. Ad¬ 
dress BOX 284, care Rural New-Yorker. 
ginia, raising hogs and cattle, but have not 
the capital. I will put my knowledge and expe- 
rience and work against the farm and equipment 
and divide profits. Best references as to hon¬ 
esty and ability. Reply BOX 293, care Rural 
New-Yorker, New York. 
POSITION as orchard superintendent wanted by 
man experienced in scientific orcharding. 
Commercial training and referenees. HORTI¬ 
CULTURIST, Box 1628, Washington, D. C. 
MAN AND WIFE WANTED—Man to help with 
all farm and stable work. Wife cook ami 
general housework for owner’s family. Wages 
$50 per month. BOX 291, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
PERMANENT POSITION by young married 
couple, experienced in farming, 2 years’ expe¬ 
rience in feeble-minded institution; good refer¬ 
ence. BOX 290, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN wants charge of plant, private 
or commercial, practical experience in modern 
methods and equipment, mammoth incubators, 
brooding systems, stove hovers, winter eggs, 
high fertility, early broilers, capons, successful 
with water fowl. Capable of laying out "ne<v 
plant. 12 years’ experience. American, age 30, 
married, abstainer, well recommended. BOX 
287, c. Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as farm superintend'ent h/ 
married Englishman, one child, with life ex¬ 
perience in farming in England and this country; 
good references. HY APPLEBY, Chester. N. J. 
FOR SALE—Valuable fruit farm 40 acres, good 
buildings, etc., 60 milee from New York City, 
on Hudson, convenient to boat and R. R. BOX 
292, care of Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position on a commercial poultry 
plant by young man. Some experience, good 
references. VINCENT KING, Orchard St., 
Bridgeport, Conn. 
To Sell Farm Food Products 
Auction sales of apples and fruits of all kinds, potatoes, eggs 
and other farm products are held daily in New York City, where 
the produce is sold on the open market to the highest bidder, 
under the supervision of the Department of Foods and Markets. 
The Department can not and will not be responsible for the 
prices. They are regulated by supply and demand for the grade 
and quality of goods offered. Sometimes the prices will be low; 
sometimes high; often just medium. The sale is made every day 
when the goods are fresh from the farm. There are no hold 
overs to spoil the next day’s sale of fresh goods. 
The sales are open and public. Every one knows the price 
and the quality and quantity of goods. A printed report of the 
sale, with prices for each item, is published daily and sent the 
shipper. The account is guaranteed by a million-dollar company. 
The check goes forward the day following sale. 
The commission is 5 per cent., and necessary disburse¬ 
ments. This includes a small item for printing catalogue, and 
handling samples. When goods can be sold on the docks there 
is no cartage charge. In carload lots that can not be sold on 
dock there are cartage charges only on samples. When we get 
the terminal markets that we are working for, there will be no 
cartage on anything, and goods can then be held in storage, if 
necessary, for favorable market. 
So far the auction sales have brought prices equal to the 
private sales or better day for day and grade for grade. For 
fancy goods they have topped the market. This on less than 10 
per cent, of the daily receipts. When this volume is doubled, the 
auction will set the price for the whole city. It does now in 
some cases. 
Those who are satisfied with the commission dealers’ system 
will not care to use this system. If the auction gets shipments 
from all who are dissatisfied with the old methods, it will have 
goods enough for its demonstration. This work is carried on to 
develop a better system for the sale of farm products. It has 
a powerful opposition. So long as the auction sales are main¬ 
tained growers will know actual prices, and no commission dealer 
will dare return less. The auction is a moral influence. It en¬ 
forces honesty. If a man is honest it cannot hurt him. If dis¬ 
honest, he will surely fight it. And the fight is on. 
We will publish actual prices of complete daily sales. You 
will judge by the prices whether you want to use the auction or 
not. We can not guarantee any fixed price. We do guarantee 
a square deal. 
Apples, potatoes and eggs are the leaders now. 
The Department of Foods & Markets, 204 Franklin Street, New York City 
