■Uhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
433 
Notes from Department of 
Foods and Markets 
204 Franklin Street, New York City 
March 8, 1917 
I'^GGS.—Market unsettled. Fancy near- 
liy hennery eggs, at this writing, sold at 
;!7c’. Buyers are extremely particular 
about the quality and only the very best 
will bring the top price. Liberal ship- 
ineiits of fresh eggs are arriving from 
the South and West, and there is a prob¬ 
ability of the market breaking within a 
few days. Fancy State and nearby hen¬ 
nery whites 37c; State and nearby gath¬ 
ered whites 34c to 3.5c; fancy State and 
nearby hennery browns .S5c to 36c;'State 
and nearby hennery brown and mixed 
gathered 33c to .35c. ■ 
Butter. —Market steady. Fancy West¬ 
ern creamery butter 42i/^c; prime to 
fancy 38c to 42c; best Eastern dairy, in 
tubs, 35c to 40c; prints 38c to 42c; 
mixed packages 32c to 36c. 
Cheese. —Market Ic higher than last 
week. New York State whole milk flats, 
held specials, 27c to 27 14 c; flats, prime 
to fancy, 26c to 26^c; fresh white and 
colored flats, 26c to 26i/^c; held twins 
2614 c to 2,7^c; fancy single daisies 
26%c to 27^e; State skims, choice and 
specials, 21c; lower grades 13c to 18c. 
Jewish Houidats. — Purim, March 8, 
1917. Best market days, March 5 to 7. 
Kinds most in demand—fowls and prime 
turkeys. 
Passover, April 7-8, 1917. Best mar¬ 
ket days, April 2 to 5. Kinds most in 
demand—turkeys, heavy fowls, fat ducks 
and geese. 
Tjast Passover, April 13-14, 1^17. 
Best market days, April 9-12. Kinds 
most in demand—prime quality of all 
kinds. 
Feast of Weeks, May 27, 1917. Best 
market days. May 21-24, Kinds most 
in demand—good fowls especially 
wanted. 
Live Poultry. —Conditions here are still 
unsettled with reports of rioting in the 
Harlem and Bronx sections. Express 
receipts light. Chickens 20c to 21c; 
fowls 22e to 23c; roosters 15^c; ducks 
22c to 23c; geese 14c to 16c; live pig¬ 
eons 35c per pair; turkeys 20c to 25c. 
Dressed Poultry. —Market weak and 
irregular. Supplies moderate. Fowls 
22c to 23c; roasting chickens 25c to 26c; 
broilers 28c to 30c; ducks 24c to 25c; 
geese 18c to 20c; turkeys 31c to 34c. 
Live Calves. —Market higher on all 
grades. Fancy calves 16c; good to prime 
1314 to 14c; common 1214^ to 14c; but¬ 
termilks 7c to 8c; live yearlings 7c to 
me. 
Dressed Calves and Lambs. —Re¬ 
ceipts light. Market firm and higher, 
Ihincy white meated calves 20c to 2lc; 
good to prime 18c to 20c; common 10c 
to 18c; buttermilks 11c to 12c; hothouse 
lambs .$7 to .>10 each. 
Live Lambs, Sheep and Pork. —Live 
lambs steady at .$14.50 to .$14.60 per 
cwt.; old ewes 714c to 9c; country- 
dre.ssed pork in light supply and prices 
high, 15c to 18c. 
Apples. —Apple market continues act¬ 
ive. There is a noticeable advance in 
price on the lower grades. Fancy Bald¬ 
wins $.5.50 to $6.50 per barrel; fancy 
(Ireenings bringing .$0.50. Baldwin.^ 
“A” gradp, $4 to $5.50. “B” and un¬ 
graded $3..50 to $4; “A” grade Green¬ 
ings $4 to .$6; “B” and ungraded ,$3 to 
$4; Northern Spy .$4 to ,$6; McIntosh 
$.5 to $7; Spitzenburg .$4 to $6; Ben 
Davis .$2.75 to .$3.75; Twenty Ounce .$3 
- to .$5; Wolf River $3.50 to $5; King 
.$3.50 to $5; Snow >1 to .$5. 
Potatoes and Vegetables. —Market 
unsettled. Local dealers are still refu.s- 
ing to sell the best grades under $8 per 
bag. Many sales reported at $7.50 per 
bag. Bermuda potatoes .$11 to $12 per 
barrel. State potatoes $7.50 per 165-lb. 
bag. Long Island, per barrel, .$8.25 to 
.$9. Onions—Red and yellow, $6 to $8 
per l(X)-lb. bag. Cabbage—New York 
State, ton., $125 to $150; Long Island, 
barrel, .$6 to $7.75; Florida, basket, $2 
to $3. Carrots—State, per 100 lbs., $2 
to .$3. 
Beans. —M.arket firm. Marrow, 100 
lbs., $12.25 to $13; pea, $12.50 to $13.25; 
red kidney $12.50 to $13; red marrow 
$10 to $11; yellow eye $9.50 to $10.50. 
Honey and Maple Syrup. —No. 1 clo¬ 
ver comb honey, lb., 15c to 16c; lower 
grades 14c to 15c; extracted buckwheat 
in good demand and scarcej will bring 7c 
to 8c per pound. Maple syrup in good 
demand at $1.10 to $1.15 per gallon. 
_ Hides. —No demand for heavy salted 
hides. Ship your hides fresh without 
salt. It is necessary to trim head and 
feet skins off to put hides in a salable 
condition. Calf skins. No. 1, 55c; calf 
skins. No. 2, 53c; cowhides 16c to 21c 
as to quality; heavy kips $5.50 to $5.76 
each; bob skins $2 to $2.50 each; horse 
hides $4 to $8 each. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Impaction 
One of my sheep, three years old, 
acted dull and li.stle.ss for a few days, re¬ 
fused to eat, would stand grinding her 
teeth or lie down. She seemed to si(;bber 
at first a brown substance. I had hard 
work to get her mouth open to drench 
her with .salts; would keep her head 
close in the corner or under the feeding 
trough: did not seem to be in pain. 
As _ she had been sick a week, without 
eating, and thinking it was “‘grub in the 
head,” I had her killed, but could find no 
trace of grubs in her brain. Could you 
give me any idea what was the trouble? 
Virginia. j. v. 11 . 
In such case, which are very common 
at this season of the year, we generally 
find that the ewes have been fed too 
much coarse, dry, bulky hay and other 
roughage, withoTit laxative or succulent 
food and without enough exercise. The 
consequence is that the panuch becomes 
overdistended and the liver overtaxed. 
Paralysis of the stomach follows, with 
impaction liver diseases. The liver 
usually appears rather light in color and 
is easily broken down (Mable). Some¬ 
times nodular disease of the intestines 
(knotty guts) is present and grubs in 
the sinuses of the head may also be an 
aggravating complication. The combin¬ 
ation is deadly. Medicines rarely save 
the sheep, but physics and ' stimulants 
should be tried. Prevention is all im¬ 
portant. Feed clover or Alfalfa hay, 
roots or silage, bran and oats and make 
the ewes take active exercise every day. 
A. s. A. 
Ringbone 
Not long ago I saw a request in your 
paper for a cure for ringbone, and your 
answer that you did not know of a cure. 
The following has been found satisfac¬ 
tory : Take one quart of soft soap and 
mix in as much table salt as the soap will 
take up. Rub this mixture on the ring¬ 
bone night and morning for three days, 
then skip three days and apply again 
for three days, skip three and so on un¬ 
til the foot begins to crack and become 
sore, then cease the treatment until the 
foot has healed, but wash it with arm 
water until it heals. Use no grease while 
healing. Wash the hoof each time be¬ 
fore applying cure. As soon as the 
cracks have healed renew the treatment 
again and follow directions until the 
sticky fluid which oozes from the ring¬ 
bone ceases, and then stop the treat¬ 
ment for the ringbone is killed. TTie 
hoof must be wrapped with a cloth so 
that no dirt can get in the sores made by 
the soap and salt. My parents used this 
treatment on a mare, which had a very 
bad ringbone when we bought her. They 
kept the mare for at least 10 years after 
the ringbone was treated and it never 
came back. The mare was worked every 
day while being treated. One quart of 
soft soap and salt will not kill the ring¬ 
bone. But it is better to make a small 
amount to start with and mix more as 
long as needed. mrs. c. s. D. 
New Jersey, 
Lameness from ringbone or hind past¬ 
ern tends to disappear when ankylosis 
(union) has been caused among the bones 
by completion of the bony growth. Ap¬ 
plications of blister or firing and blister¬ 
ing help to complete the growth and so 
remove lameness but commonly have lit¬ 
tle effect upon low ringbone of a fore¬ 
foot. Lard and salt might form a mild 
blister but would not have nearly so 
much effect as the real blistering oint¬ 
ments we have often prescribe(l here. 
Such a mild treatment could have no 
beneficial effect upon low ringbone of a 
forefoot, accompanied by severe lame¬ 
ness. Unnerving is the proper treatment 
in such cases. a. s. a.• 
Flaxseed or Oil Meal 
Which is the better to mix with feed 
for horses to keep coat smooth. lin.seed 
oil meal or what the feed dealers call 
flaxseed meal? w. M. 
New York. 
Use the pure flaxseed meal from which 
the oil has not been extracted. The 
ground oilcake has comparatively little 
beneficial action upon a horse’s coat. 
I’ure flaxseed may be substituted for 
either meal, or may be fed after soaking 
in boiling water. a. s. A. 
The Rural School in New New York 
(Continued from page 416) 
now before the Legislature contains the 
following: 
“Sec. .3,30. School districts continued. 
Each school district in the State is here¬ 
by continued as such district exists at 
the time this act goes into effect or un¬ 
til modified as provided in this chapter. 
No order consolidating two or more 
school districts .shall be effective until 
such order is approved by a majority 
vote of the town board of education of 
the town or towns in which such dis¬ 
tricts are located and thereafter approved 
by a majority vote of the qualified elec¬ 
tors of each district present and voting 
at a meeting of the districts consolidated 
by said order.” 
It seems as if this would give the rural 
■district the right to have final say in the 
matter 
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