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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 2, 1917, 
Onion Smut Disease 
The Wisconsin Station has been giving 
some time to the study of the “onion 
smut” disease. This trouble is quite 
serious in many parts of the country, es¬ 
pecially in districts where it has gained 
a strong footing. ►Sulphur has been rec¬ 
ommended but is now not generally used 
we believe. 
The work of Prof. Walker in Wisconsin 
.seems to show that formalin may be used 
on the seed, and proved about as effective 
as in the control of smut of .seed oats. 
J.iquid distributors ai*e connected with the 
seed drill when the onions are planted 
and this permits a trickle of the formalin 
.solution to pass down upon the seed as 
it goes into the .soil. About one ounce 
of the formalin to one gallon of the water 
would be used. The expenses of .$2 for 
the formalin and .$2 for extra labor in 
these experiments gave an increased yield 
of about 00% which meant something 
like an increased crop in value of .$100 
jier acre. The picture at Fig. .‘100, page 
747, shows at the right an onion bulb 
from treated seed. The other bulbs show 
how the smut fungus produces shrunken 
bulbs and consequent los.s. 
Boston Produce Markets 
APPLES AND GARDEN TRUCK IN MODERATE 
SUPPLY. 
Although demand is not very brisk, 
most of our native stuff holds its price 
<iuite well because the supply is light. 
It is either the end of the season or the 
beginning, in many lines, and the sea.son 
here has been cold and backward. Near¬ 
by outdoor truck did not come in any 
<iuantity until the very last of May, 
which was all the better for the growers 
of hothouse crops. Old beet.s, carrots, 
etc., held high levels to the last, but are 
done except a few belated lots from cold 
storage. Native rhubarb is__down to 50c 
per box; asparagus, $3.50; spinach, 
$1.50; lettuce, $1.25; radishes, $2; dan¬ 
delions, 60c; parsley, 60c per box. Hot- j 
house tomatoes are 20c lb. Southern i 
onions have been in liberal receipt. | 
Florida beans look surprisingly well, ow- j 
ing to cool weather and airy crate pack¬ 
age., Much truck is coming from the i 
Carolinas now and some from Virginia. 
Apples are mostly small lots from cold 
storage and the market is not interesting. 
Demand is slow and prices about the 
same as lately. It has been a fairly 
satisfactory year for dealers, and the 
stock is thought to have sold as well as 
could be expected, considering its low 
average of color and appearance. .South¬ 
ern strawberries are not very good yet 
and most of them sell below 15e per 
quart. The field bean trade is quiet, but 
holders insist on full prices and are not 
urging sales. 
^rucu POOR BUTTER, YET FAIR DEMAND. 
\ ‘.le backward season greatly delayed 
the coming of full grass butter, and_ re¬ 
ceipts of any kind have been rather light 
all the 'Spring. .Supplies are kept sold up 
closely so far. The price holds persist¬ 
ently around 40 cents and has not var¬ 
ied greatly .since the Spring drop to near 
that level for tub creamery extras. Said 
Green & Co.: “The poor quality of the 
early butter seems owing to the scarcity 
of good feed in the backward pastures, 
forcing the cows to eat weed.s and strong 
flavored Avild plants. The market is im¬ 
proving, with extras quoted at 40i/4c, but 
there is not much grading above first, 
but quality is growing better every day.” 
EGGS WELL SOLD. 
Supplies of nearby and Ea.stern eggs 
are about equal to demand. There is no 
accumulation of stock and the price 
shows a tendency upward, although 
changes in quotations have been slight. 
Nearbys .bring 40c or better, and be.st 
Western, 37c, packed for cold storage. 
The storage demand has been pex’sistent, 
the cool weather the last of May allow¬ 
ing many belated buyers to get stock 
suitable for the purpose, and a good 
many who had waited in vain for low 
prices, seixed the chance to buy as best 
they could. A spell of continued hot 
weather might bring prices down, but 
at the exjxense of quality, and .Tune stored 
eggs as a rule are not much of a success. 
POULTRY IN STEADY POSITION, 
The general poultry market is in a 
well-balanced condition of supply and de¬ 
mand, S, L. Burr sums it up as follows: 
“Keceipts of live poultry are light. Live 
fowls are 24c to 25c; live broilers. 30c 
to 32c; old roo.sters, 10c. I see little 
prospect of change for weeks to come, ex¬ 
cept that the broiler supply should 
steadily increase. Dressed fowls choice 
are 27c to 28c, and inferior 23c to 24c; 
broiler chickens are 35c to 40c; and roast¬ 
ing chickens, .32c to 35c, if large and 
fancy.” 
LIGHT SUPPLY OF MEATS. 
Choice veals bring 18c to 20c and not 
so many are coming now. Spring lambs 
are scarce and high at 25c to 26c lb., 
while heax-y hothouse lambs sell at $10 
each. Country dressed hogs hold around 
19c. Choice, heavy Western beef is 17c 
and light cow beef 15 cents. 
LIVE STOCK MOSTLY HIGHER. 
Beef animals have been in brisk de¬ 
mand at Brighton the past week at strong 
piices. Fancy oxen and steers reached 
11c to 12c; and fair to good, 9c to 10c. 
Bulls ranged from 6^/^ to 9c, and these 
are in demand by makers of sausage and 
hamburg. Discarded dairy cows sold 
around 7c. and those of common size are 
being bought up in the country at $40 to 
$.5.5 each. Heavy young cows sell in 
Brighton at 8 to 9e. Old, battered cows, 
very thin, are classed as “bolognas” and 
worth about 6c now. Calves are high, 
fancv ones selling at 14c, and lot ship¬ 
ments of various grades at about 1.3c. 
Fancy lambs are very scarce and quoted 
at about 14c. Sheep range close to 10c. 
The recent top of the hog market is 
16%c, but poorer ones sold at 10c. Al¬ 
though the price of hogs and hog products 
has been high, the kill at the Boston dis¬ 
trict has been larger so far than for the 
corresponding period of last year, but 
exports by Boston ])ork packers during 
the five months amounted to over $3,000,- 
0(.M). Milch cows at Brighton hold at firm 
values, ranging from about $.50 for com¬ 
mon ones to .$100 or moi'e for large, young 
cows looking able to yield two cans (17 
quarts) per day. G. B. F. 
Bran Is selling at .SS.'iO; nikWlings, .S2.tX>; 
eoni, ?1.70; oats, 70c; eggs, 30c; butter, 38c to 
40c.; potatoes, S2.40. Winter wheat suffered 
from ice, and averages but GO per cent, of a 
eroi) in tills section. Spring work is well 
along, as there was ver.v little stormy weather 
to hinder. Tlie excessive cold and winds have 
cheeked all early growths. J. A. B. 
Union Co., Pa. 
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