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CONTENTS 
the rural NEW-YORKER, May 12, 1917. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Sllaae and Farm Fertility. .667. 668 
Sampling Tubes for Manure. Alfalfa or Other 
Organic Materials .668, 669 
Experience With Transplanted Alfalfa.669 
The Farm Problem .670 
Fertilizing Value of Corncobs .670 
The Potato Digger as Bean Harvester .670 
Velvet Beans In the North .670 
A Florida Potato Harvest .67 
Farmers and the War. No. 2 .671 
New England Notes .672 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings .6/1 
Killing the Young Weed .675 
Experience With Pumpkins .673 
Hope Farm Notes .676 
The Patriotic Farmers’ Fund .679 
The Hired-Man Question .679 
Organizing the Food Problem .679 
Farm Postscripts .685 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Political Methods of Some Big Milk Interests-679 
The Holstein Again .682 
Value of Sheep Killed by Dogs .682 
Capacity of a Silo .682 
Jerusalem Artichoke for Swine .683 
Garget . 683 
Lice .683 
Calves Dying .683 
Paralysis .683 
Foul In Foot .683 
Brittle Hoofs .683 
Vermont Milk Farmers Advertise .684 
The Standardizing of Herd Milk, Part 1.684 
Heifer Refuses Grain; Growing Oats and Peas..686 
Grain With Timothy and Alfalfa .686 
Crops to Improve Ration .686 
Hard Churning: Dairy Ration .686 
Wet Brewers’ Grains .686 
Balancing Wheat and Rye .686 
A Georgia Dairy Ration .686 
Age to Breed Heifers .686 
THE HENYARD. 
Crate Feeding for Poultry ..>^.....685 
Egg-laying Contests .688, 689 
Washing Hatching Eggs .689 
Favus .689 
Egg-eating Hens .689 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Storage of Apples on the Farm .669 
Birds and Cherries .670 
The Pine and the Currant .675 
Flowers for Shady Place: Trouble With Ger¬ 
aniums .677 
Hardiness of English Holly .677 
Early Droppings of Gravenstein .677 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day fo Day .680 
Seen in New York Shops .680 
The Rural Patterns .680 
Preserving Experience Wanted .680 
Economical Use of Meat .680 
Jottings from Experience ...680, 681 
Embroidery Designs .681 
Utilizing Cotton or Canvas Bags .681 
A Watermelon Cake .681 
Drop Graham or Bran Cookies .681 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Notes from Department of Foods and Markets..672 
Events of the Week .674 
Editorials . 678 
Bees Adjoining Pasture .683 
Care of Bees .683 
Publisher’s Desk .690 
Boston Produce Markets 
(Contiiniecl from page G72) 
STRONG JfARKET FOR FIELD BEAN.S. 
(iovornineut buying for army use is 
credited with the sustained strength of 
the bean situation, and dealers expect 
still more buying to occur of this kind. 
The i-egular trade has been afraid of the 
high prices for some time now, but each 
time they have held off they have been 
forced to jiay even more. Leading varie¬ 
ties sell at .$10 per bushel, with yellow 
eye and red kidney around $9. 
VEGICT’ARLES TEND LOWER. 
While a few lines are steady in price 
most native and hothouse truck is grad¬ 
ually coming to sell for less money as 
the season advances and supplies in¬ 
crease. Native dandelions are 60 to 75c 
box; parsnips, $2 to $2.50; hothouse 
rhubarb, 5 to 7c lb.; radishes, 50c doz. 
bunches; hothouse beets, $2 doz. bunches ; 
lettuce, 75c to $1 box; cucumbers, No. 1 
are $5 box. Southern onions, asparagus, 
peas, tomatoes have declined sharply. 
On the local trucking crop outlook, Gus- 
tin & Saunders said : “From the talk of 
those who come to market, we judge the 
i-egular gardeners will plant same as last 
year or less, because they can’t get the 
help to take care of it.” Another dealer 
observed: “Outsiders are planting near 
lloston a great deal more truck than most 
peojde are aware of. It will be poor 
grade, but most of it will be used. But 
much of this emergency work is started 
by men who do not know the inside of 
farming. Some of them look at it as a 
kind of Summer sport. Instead of plow¬ 
ing so many golf links and old commons 
they would raise more good stuff if they 
would help some good farmer, or they 
could get some good land that the farm¬ 
ers can’t use this year, and get an expert 
farmer or gardener to take charge. Other- 
wi.se consider.able good seed will be woi'se 
than wasted.” 
/U’PLES I.OWER. 
It is generally admitted by dealers that 
api)les are off at least 25 cents. The 
salesmen hang on to a customer jiersist- 
ently, and often end b.v cutting the jirice. 
No. 1 Baldwins may be (juoted $.3.50 to 
$5, few higher. No. 2s are $,3 to $3..50. 
'I'he remaining .stock is not large, but 
light demand is blamed for the state of 
the market. Granberries are closing the 
season at $^ to ,$9 per bbl. as top price, 
but shrinkage and costs considered, hold¬ 
ing them w’as hardly a great .success. 
HAY AND MILL FEED. 
While quotations of hay have not 
changed much, dealers find a better mar¬ 
ket in some ways. “Conditions are 
hrigbtening a little.” remark C. F. & G. 
5. Eddy. “But the improvement is in 
the best grades which bring .$20..50 to 
.$22. Receipts are lighter; so much at¬ 
tention is being given to planting that 
there is less time for shipments. The 
train situation is still abnormal. Less 
land will be in hay this year on account 
of so much being plowed for tillage 
crops. Freight rates are higher. The 
hay trade has had a long, hard pull, and 
it seems time to. call the turn, tempor¬ 
arily, at least.” 
In the feed market it is the old story 
of extreme prices, followed by others still 
higher from week to week. Corn meal is 
now $.3.25 to $.3..30 per bag by the car¬ 
load. and wheat feeds are very high, but 
some of the by-products have not ad¬ 
vanced so fast. Catlin Bros, ^ay : “We 
do not venture to urge dealei's nor feed¬ 
ers to buy far ahead of needs, at these 
jirices. Cottonseed meal is $45.50 to 
$49, the per cent, of protein ranging 
from .30 to 41. Its price is about that of 
wheat middlings. T.inseed and gluten are 
$47, but hominy feed is $01.” 
ACTIVE TRADE IN LIVE STOCK. 
.Tudging by the rush to ship calves from 
New York State and Northern New Eng¬ 
land. not much young stock is kept to be 
raised on the farms. Single shipments 
of l.tXK) to l.,500 have occurred. Prices 
are good' considering the liberal supply, 
top gi'iules selling at 1,3. but most do not 
reach that figure, buyers having the sit¬ 
uation in their favor. Best beef cattle 
bring 10 to 11; fair, 8 to 10. Cows and 
bulls of usual stock and condition range 
from 5 to 8c mostly. Top for hogs is 
now' lOc; lambs, 12 to 1.3c; sheep. 9 to 
10c. G. B. F. 
Crops and Farm News 
T-iist year was a very poor year for us. 
Corn was about one-half crop, wheat, 
one-third, and oats, one-fourth. _ Hay 
very poor. Rye uot much raised in this 
section; wheat looking very bad; bran, 
$2.25, middlings. .$2.50 per 100 lbs.; corn, 
$1..35; wheat, .$2.00; oats, 7.5 cents; 
milk, .32c per gallon. Hogs, $15 per 100; 
cattle from 6 to 12c; calves, 8 to 12e; 
hay, $15 per ton; sheep, 11 to 12c; pota¬ 
toes, ,$4 per bushel; bntter. 42c; poultry, 
hens, live, 20c; dressed, .35c; spnngers, 
dressed, .oOc. We are putting forth every 
f'ffort this year to raise more than we did 
last year. J, w. T. 
Vigo Co., Ind. 
Bran is very scarce, retailing_at $.50 
jK’r ton ; middlings are around $.55; corn, 
$1.80 per bushel; oats, OOc. We raise 
Winter wheat enough for home use; 
some farmers have some to sell. Wheat 
is looking very well at present, but it is 
too thin to make a good crop; there is 
very little rye raised in this neighbor¬ 
hood ; our money crop is tobacco as (jur 
lands are more adapted to fine, dark to¬ 
bacco; but under iireseiit conditions they 
are trying to raise more grain. We sow 
Crimson clover in the Fall, to plow un¬ 
der in the Spring for com. A great 
many peas are planted for land imiuove- 
ment. Winter oats will be a very liglit 
crop as they are very nearly all killed 
out. There are very few Spring oats 
sown as we cannot raise them. We do 
not rai.se a large (juantity of hay, but 
that is the cheapest thing we have in the 
Avay of feed. Hams, 25 to 50; eggs, 25 ; 
butter, 25. People are preparing for a 
large crop of corn and beans, and all 
kinds of eatables, .1. D. C. 
Appomatox Co., Va. 
I notice a reader from 5Iichigan wants 
to know how to get rid of Mice on a heifer, 
and A. S. A. recommends using sulphur 
for this purpose. I would not think it 
wise to use sulphur on any animal_ to 
the extent neces.sary to rid it of lice. 
First, if sulphur gets 'into the eyes it is 
very painful, and if the day happens to 
be sunny there is danger of the fumes 
injuring the hide. About as simple a 
remedy as any is to mix sufficient good 
grade tobacco dust and coal ashes in 
equal parts, and throw the calf, and rub 
this mixtui'e thoroughly into the hair. 
I.et the calf go for a week or so then re¬ 
peat and I am sure the Michigan reader 
will have no further trouble if his stable 
is clean. But the stable, too, must be 
thoroughly cleaned with some oil prepar¬ 
ation, good disinfectants are adverti.sed 
in 3Tie R. N.-Y. W. II. M. 
Long Island, 
Poultry Troubles 
1. We have had chickens partly grown 
that had fits. They would start running 
and s(juawking, run a short distance then 
stop, sit down and act stupid. Then 
they stagger and go backw'ard.s*. What 
is the cau.se and can it be prevented. 2. 
We have White AVyandotte and Rhode 
Island Reds. Have kept them together 
this AViniter; will .separate them before 
saving eggs for hatching. How soon after 
separating can eggs be used for setting 
and have them pure 'breeds. .3. Several 
of the hens have one, some two, sores 
at one side of the vent.' They look as 
if they had been torn or cut. AA’'ould 
rats or wea.sels bite hens to cause it or 
would they pick each other? Rats have 
dug through the floor (which is dirt). 
AVeasels have been seen, but uot in the 
henhouse, E. l. s. 
1. Evidently a symptom of disturbance 
of the nerve centers and (juite possibly 
due to intestinal irritation, such as might 
be caused by an excessive number of jjar- 
asites inhabiting that tract. I would 
suggest giving the affected bird a half 
toaspoonful of spirits of turpentine 
mixed with an equal amount of castor, 
or other bland, oil and repeating the 
dose if it does not physic the fowl. If 
the trouble is due to chronic disease of 
the brain or other nerve center, nothing 
can be done, but a simple physic would 
undoubtedly relieve many of these cases. 
2. No definite time can be fixed but 
two weeks would be the probable mini¬ 
mum and three would be better. 
.3. Fowls that are closely confined are 
very apt to get the vice of picking at 
each other and tearing the vent, frequent¬ 
ly pursuing the victim until it is killed. 
I should remove promptly any bird hav¬ 
ing been so attacke<l and endeavor to 
distract the attention of the offending 
fowls by giving them as much liberty as 
possible. The vice, once iiccjuired, is 
quit)? apt to prove almost in.'radicable. 
M. R. I). 
187 ACRE FARM, 
lent neighborhood ; timber worth $1000. I’rice 
only $5000. Come and inspect this bargain at once. 
Dichmond-Washinglon Farm Agency, Inc., Fredericksburg.Va. 
nA VAII AVe have many able-bodied young 
IIV lUU men, mostly witliout farming 
experienee, who wish to work 
H IT C n on farms. If you need a good, 
H b k If steady sober man, write for an 
_ H a a orderblank.Onrsisapbilanthrop- 
r A H M organization and we make no 
■ charge to employer or employee. 
II C1 p 7 THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
^ ■ 176 Second Avenue New York City 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with several suggestions received recent¬ 
ly, 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, pay¬ 
able in advance. The name and address mu.st be 
counted as part of tlie advertisement. No display 
type used, and only Farm Products. Help and Po.si- 
tions Wanted admitted. For subscribers only. Deal¬ 
ers, jobbers and general manufacturers’ announce¬ 
ments not admitted here. Poultry. Eggs and otlier 
live stock advertisements will go under proper head¬ 
ings on other pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements 
will not be accepted for this column. 
Copy must reach us not later than Friday morning 
fo appear In the following week’s Issue. 
Farm Help Wanted 
WANTED—Men who can milk 15 cows im other 
experience necessary; certified milk dairy, 27 
miles from New York; no boozers. Address NO, 
2035, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED — .V married man, sober and steady, 
reliable, to work on a dairy farm, 20 cows, .$40 
a month by the year; good tenant house; good 
garden, hen house and the privilege of keeiiing 
fowls, fuel, milk, apples, and potatoes, from 
matured crop; references retpiired; wife must 
be of good cliaraeter. SCOTT GILLET'!'. Homer, 
N. A’., R. F. D. 3, Box 29; telephone 2F.3, 
Ilomer, 
REI.I.VBLE WOM.VN for hon.sework on a farm; 
tiiree adults; good lioiiic and wages. MRS. 
M. B. ’TERRILL, Hawleyville. Conn. 
WAN'TED—-American lad '14 to 15) light vine¬ 
yard work; permanent lioiiie and Inisiness. 
Address NO. 2189, care Rural .New-A'orker, 
WAN'TED—Tlioroiighly competent farmer for 
(iO-acre farm near New York. Must under¬ 
stand cows, chickens, orchards and general 
crops. Wife imist be good bntter maker, and 
references must certif.v to the alisoliile cteaii- 
liness and neatness of both. Afnst board tliree 
men regnlarlv employed under farmer. AA'agos 
$90 and bouse. NO. 2190, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
W.VNTED—^Single men to work in an institin- 
tion. either as attendants or teamsters. Sal¬ 
ary $35 a montli and maintenance. Si-iid ref¬ 
erences with application. Apply to SUPERIN- 
TENDEN'T, Letchwortli Village. Thiells, N. Y. 
W.VNTED—Married' man to work on farm; 
wages fifty dollars a month with house, wood 
and garden. Address A., Box 200, Madison 
Square Post Office, New York. 
WANTED—Efficient lionsekeeper on stock farm. 
General lionsework for six pt-rsons, power 
washing. Give full iiarticnlars, references, 
compensation required, in first letter. L. M. 
TAYLOR, T^banon, N. J. 
WANTED — Married man, reliable and trust¬ 
worthy, to take charge of creamery located 
near Doylesrtown, Penna.; state experience and 
salary expected in first letter. W. F. H.VAS, 
Jenkintown P. 0., Mont. Co., Pa, 
AA'ANTED — Married man for general fanning 
(whose wife is a good cook), to boiinl a few 
men. Furnished house. State wag)'s and refer¬ 
ences in first letter. NO. 2194, cai ; Rural New- 
Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
FOUR FARMS for sale, chicken, fruit and truck. 
HARRY A'AIL, owner, New Milford, Orange 
Co., N. Y. 
DAIRY FARM FOR SALE—211 acres, carry 40 
cows, team, ’good buildings, nicely situab-d, 
concrete floors, 12-roomed house; modern con¬ 
veniences, never failing springs, 45°F. Grainl 
situation for lake; six miles to railroad; on R. 
P. D. ; with or witliout stock. A. L. THORING- 
TON, Roscoe, N. Y., R. F. D. No. 1. 
FOR SALE — Ideal country home and' produi-ing 
dairy farm in heantifiil Southern Michigan to 
be sacrificed; steam railroad with siding for 
direct shipments; large, roomy house, partially 
furnished: go)Kl barns, 14 acres vineyard, grapes 
liandled throngli association, 8 acres woods, bal¬ 
ance all tillable; $11,000 for 17(i acres, includ'- 
Ing cows', 2 teams, tools ami full working outfit. 
Ready for immediate occupancy and living from 
start. Full details. JOHN N. EMERY, care 
117 Roosevelt Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. 
FOR S.ALE—Three siuall farms, 4 to 12 acres, 
with buildings: no agents. Write BOX 87, 
Kings Park, L. I., N. Y. 
FOR SALE — Fully e)iuippcd poultry farm, 12 
acres, witiiin village limits; ideally located; 
laying houses accommodnte 2,500 hens. Peach 
and cherry orchards in bearing. House with 
plumbing, steam heat, electricity. STONY- 
WOLD POUI.I'RY F.VRM, Geneseo, N. Y. 
FOlf S.VLE — 5-acre corner lot, New Jersey; 
suitable truck and poultry; price reasonable. 
NO. 2188, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WH.VT HAVE YOU to exchange for a brick 
block ill Cuiiideii, N. Y.; good income. LOCK 
BOX 305, Norfolk, N. Y. 
MODERN New York City suburban Iioiiic: will 
exchange for farm Coliiiiibia, Albany, Rens¬ 
selaer counties preferred. J. II.CEl'FN !'R, 
Crestwood. N. Y. 
F’OR SAI.E—30 acres poultry and fruit farm, 
well located, all tillable, good buibrings; 
equipment, $2,000, FRED STAHL, Hannibal, 
N. Y. 
FOR SALE—.V milk distributing business, es¬ 
tablished 50 years; would excliange for farm; 
great opportunity. Address MILK, No. 2187, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
Situations Wanted 
WANTED—Position as superintendent or gen¬ 
tle foreman in saddle or boarding stable; can 
handle - horses and mules; city or country; 
sotwr, married, 41 years, with children, speak 
good English; want steady job; good refer¬ 
ences. LOUIS EIGNER, 2235 Ramsey St., Bal¬ 
timore, Md. 
A'OUNO M.\N desires position on a commercial 
potiltry farm; liave charge of poultry farm 
now: state salary paid. NO. 2180, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
YOUNG MAN desires position to assist super¬ 
intendent on dairy farm or take care of dairy 
farm for an appreciative elderly couple; three 
summers’ experience on farms and a R. S. grad¬ 
uate Connecticut Agricultural College; estate 
preferred'; state salary paid. NO. 2181, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—May fifteenth, another job as farm 
manager, reason, owner of present projiosition 
selling out. Am lifetime farmer, Cornell (agri¬ 
cultural) preparation; five years’ experienee farm 
manager, former farm bureau assistant, operate 
gas and steam machinery; handle all kinds help 
by working directly with m.v men in held and 
barns; absolutely temperate; references of 
character and ability. Address NO. 2170, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WORKING FARM AIANAGBR, with 20 years’ 
practical experience, wishes to engage; fitted 
to handle large proposition. NO. 2174, care 
Rural New-Yorker, 
EXPERIENCED orchard han<l wishes work in 
peach or apple orchards on fruit and truck 
farm in south Jei'sey or elsewhere. NO. 2185, 
care Rural New-A’orker. 
AVANTED—Position as housekeeper, widow (37) 
refined, conscientious, witli two children, 4 
and C; capable of taking entire charge; small 
salary; r)-fercnce exchanged. NO. 218(1, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
PRACTICAL Experienced Poultryman wants 
position on gentleman’s estate. Address 
POULTRYMAN, 28 Allen St., Hudson, N. Y. 
WANTED—Foreman’s or responsil)le job—fruil 
farm. Practical and college training; good ref¬ 
erences; single} age 22; now employed; job I can 
take interest in; good wages and living (|uar- 
ters; dairy and market milk experience. F‘. C. 
BARBOUR, Aspers, Pa. 
POT'LTRY JIAN desires imsltion on commercial 
piant or gentleman’s estate. Can give excel¬ 
lent references, NO. 2102, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
W.VNTED—Light work by an elderly Christian 
gentleman, good home. NO. 2193, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
AVANTED—Position as working farm manager; 
single, nearly 21; graduate of agricultural higli 
school; brought up on fruit, poultry and grain 
farm; desires position along same line of work: 
no dairy; experience in farm machinery; .$50 per 
month, board and room; neither smoke, drink 
nor up late nights; excellent references upon 
request. NO. 2101, care Rural New-Yorker. 
I’OSriTON as assistant manager of fruit and 
truck farm; farm experience; agricultural 
training; position with advancement desired; 
state all particulars in first letter. NO. 2197, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRA'M.AN—.American, single, age 25; ex- 
perleiu'ed; prolitat)le s<iuab breeding; haiufy 
with tools; best references. POULTRYMAN, 
47 Garrison Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 
TAA'O YOUNG MEN, 20 years of age, wish posi¬ 
tion on general farm, having some practical 
experience; state full particulars. NO. 219(i, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
YOUNG M.\N, married, two ‘•Iiildren, desires 
taking care of small place for next winter, 
from October 15, 1017. FRED M. RICE, Hunt¬ 
ington, N. Y., R. F'. D. 2. 
SINGLE cattle foreman or herdsman now open. 
Have had entire charge A. R. O. work on 3 
occasions and charge of help, also agricultural 
college training; present position 2 years; highly 
recommended; prefer Guernseys; state wages, 
etc. NO. 2195, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Miscellaneous 
FOR SALE—4-unit Sharpies Mechanical Milker, 
in good condition, gives satisfaction, selling it 
because have sold most of my dairy; German 
silver buckets. Price $275. NO. 2152, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Locust lumber in logs or sawed in 
planks. H. G. PAYNE, Sufferu, N. Y. 
FOR S-ALE—Billy goat cart harness, $25. 
WM. E. STAFF, Beverly, N. J. 
FOUR MACK.VY Colony Brooders; 300 chick 
size; slightly used; complete, $12 each; foui', 
$45. JUST.V POULTRY FARM, Southampton, 
N. Y. 
AI.F.ALF.V H.VY direct from grower; nine or 
ten tons No. 1 second cutting pea green Ai- 
falfa, $18 ton, F. O. B. Trumansburg. N. Y. 
THOS. J. C.VR.AIAN, Truman.sburg, N. Y. 
FOR PURE .AIAPLE SYRUP and Sugar write 
to C. J. Yoder, Grantsville, Md. 
BLUE HEN BROODERS No. 4, .500 chick size, 
1917 Model, brand new, never used. Delay 
by railroad forced us to pureliase otlier brooders, 
so we are offering these at a sacrifice. R)‘- 
ceived from the manufacturer le.ss than a week 
ago, never uncrated, $12.90 each. BROOKSIDE 
POULTRY F’AR.AIS, New Berlin, N. Y. 
FOR S.VLE—Tlireshitig Outfit; steam traction 
engine (15 horse), thresliing machine and 
Ohio hay bailer; all in good condition. Imiuin' 
FRANK A. ACER, Lake View Earm, Hunting- 
ton, L. I. 
F'OIt SALFl—Mogul 8-lC Tractor, been used but 
little; pilot acetylene outdoor plant, lOO light 
generator; liglits and fixtures all complete; 
never been installed; a bargain. E. R. BUELL, 
Oriskany Falls, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Handsome rulilicr-tir)'il ^'iri' y: fuB 
leather e.xtension top, poll and sliafts. Nearly 
new. Have no use for it. Bargain for quick 
buyer. F. J. JONES, Sauquoit, N. Y. 
