CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, July 14, 1917. 
How We Grow Peanuts In Old Virginia... .869. 870 
Manure Shod or Covered Barnyard.870 
The Legumes for Protein Food.870 
Heavy Liming In Tennessee.87 
Problems of Irrigation Farming......871 
How Fine Should Lime bo Ground.871, 872 
Sweep Rakes In the Hayfleld.873 
The Second-crop Seed Potato.873 
New York Limestone .873 
The "Wormulator” . ■•••oZ, 
Farm News .. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings ..8/4 
Hope Farm Notes .87b 
The Farmers’ Troubles .879 
The Farm Labor Situation .879 
The Farm Loan Bonds .. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Milk Situation ..879 
Those Donkeys from Arizona.»8;£ 
Florida Live Stock . 
Renovating Butter ..8 bz 
Churning Trouble: Files .88z 
Care of the Brood Sow .883 
Ration for Cow and Hens .883 
Ration tor Ayrshlres .883 
Indigestion; Lice . 
Dropped Sole ... 
Heavy Grain Ration .|84 
A Dairy Ration .. 
Silage from Sweet Potatoes .. 
Rutherford System of Stable Ventilation.884 
Suspicious Case .. 
Weak Horse . 
Tumor .“S’ 
Swollen Udder . 
Mange . 
THE HENYARD. 
Does Bookkeeping Show a Poultry Profit........870 
Shall I Start the Chicken Business.870, 871 
The Egg-laying Contest ...885 
HORTICULTURE. 
Live Stock In the Orchard .872 
A Book on Fruit Diseases ..“4® 
Culture of Big Boston Head Lettuce.87/ 
Rest Cure for Lawns ..877 
Fighting the Strawberry Weevil ...877 
Staking Tomato Plants .877 
Tomatoes on the Ground .87/ 
Plant Mulberry Trees ...877 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day .880 
Seen In New York Shops.880 
The Rural Patterns . 
Tested Cakes .880, 88 
A Canning Convenience .. 
Pickled Walnuts .88 
A Canning Time Table .881 
Graham Crackers .881 
Embroidery Designs .. 
Pickled Peaches ..881 
Drying Tomatoes ...881 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Ship of Concrete .872 
Events of the Week . 
Notes from Department of Foods and Markets.. .874 
Boston Produce Markets .874, 885 
Deep Well Pumping .875 
Underdralning Clay Land .875 
Improving a Spring .875 
Drying Peaches .876 
Destroying Ants .876 
Oil and Gas In Central New York .876 
Editorials .878 
“Fake Reformers’’ and Business .879 
“Dehydrating” Fruits .879 
Buffalo Markets .885 
Inheritance Tax .886 
Right of Way .886 
Publisher’s Desk .886 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Current i)riceB and news at New Tork and 
other places notedf. 
NEW YORK, JULY 5, 1917. 
BUTTER. 
Arrivals have been rather light and most 
grades of creamery are slightly higher. The 
market on city made and packing stock is 
easier. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 39 @ 40 
Qood to Choice . 36'2@ 
Lower Grades. 34 ® 36 
Ualry, best.. 38 ® 39 
Common to Qood., 33 ® 3*i 
City made ... S31 ® 33 
Packing Stock. 30 @ 32 
Process . 33 ® 36 
Elgin, Ill., hutter market, 36’/i cents. 
CHEESE. 
A fractional advance has been made on the 
best grades of whole milk. Low grades and 
skims dull and easy. 
Whole Milk, new, fancy. 24 ® 24*4 
Good to choice. .. 22^® 23^ 
Lower grades. 19 ® 21 
Skims, best. 17 ® 18 
Fair to good. 8 ® 16 
Watertown, N. T. 22%® 22J^ 
Salamanca, N. T . 23 ® 23^ 
Utica, N.y. 32*0® 22?^ 
EGGS. 
Fancy whites continue scarce, and in some 
rases have sold a little higher. Hot weather 
defects are very evident in most of the receipts 
of gathered stock, so that the price range on 
this class of goods is wide. 
White, choice to fancy .. 
. 41 
@ 
42 
Medium to good .... 
. 35 
@ 
40 
Mixed colors, best . 
. 39 
® 
40 
Common to good .. 
. 33 
@ 
36 
Gathered, best .. 
. 37 
@ 
38 
Medium to good . 
33 
® 
35 
Lower grades . 
25 
30 
LIVE POULTBY. 
Broilers, lb . 
, .30 
® 
35 
Spring Ducks, lb.. 
. ’,22 
@ 
23 
. 20 
@ 
22 
. 15 
® 
16 
DRESSED POULTBY, 
» 
'Turkeys, best lb . 
33 
& 
36 
Common to good .. 
. 20 
@ 
30 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 
, :i5 
@ 
40 
Roasters .. 
, ‘26 
@ 
27 
20 
@ 
25 
. 17 
@ 
18*4 
Spring Ducks .. 
20 
e 
22 
Squabs, doz . 
. 1 50 
® 4 
00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers .. 
.10.50 
@13 40 
Rnllfl .. 
. 660 
@10 00 
. 5 00 
@9 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs . 
13 00 
@16 50 
Cnlls . 
. 6 00 
@10 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs;.. 
, 6 00 
@10 50 
15 00 
@16 50 
Hogs .. 
.14 00 
@16 00 
WOOL. 
Prices remain very firm, although business is 
finite moderate in volume. Recent sales at Bos¬ 
ton have been; New York and Michigan un¬ 
washed Delaine, 70 to 71; three-eighths blooil, 72 
to 73; Ohio and Pennsylvania half bloofl (omb- 
ing, 70 to 71; three-eighths blood, 72 to 73. 
Very high figures are reported on Western and 
South Western scoured woor, Texas fine having 
sold at ?1.75 and Oregon No. 1 staple at fho 
same figure. 
FRESH FRUITS. 
A few new apples from the South have ar¬ 
rived, but mainly very poor quality. .Sound 
desirable varieties of old apples are selling 
well. Peaches are in large supply and some¬ 
what improved quality. Prices for mediuiii to 
good grades are running quite close to $2.25 per 
crate. Strawberries are in large receipt from 
the most desirable up-river and nearby sections. 
The recent heavy rains have damaged many of 
the berries making them sandy or soft. Occa¬ 
sional lots sell above 15 cents, but most ship¬ 
ments of even sound berries are wholesaling at 
this figure or below. Rasi)berrles and black¬ 
berries are more plentiful and lower. Huckle¬ 
berry receipts are increasing, but demand is 
good enough to keep prices high. Cherries are 
in much larger supply and lower. 
Apples, Spy, bbl. 5 00 @ 7 00 
Russet. 4 00 @ 5 00 
Baldwin . 4 00 @ 6 00 
Ben Davis. 3 25 @ 4 50 
Western, box. 1 75 @ 3 50 
Strawberries, qt. 6 @ 18 
Blackberries, qt. 10 @ 13 
Huckleberries, qt. 10 @ 20 
Muskmelons, Fla., bu. 160 @2 76 
Watermelons, 100.25 00 @60 00 
Peaches, Southern, crate. 2 00 @3 00 
Cherries lb. 6 @ 9 
Currants, qt. 9 @ 12 
VEGETABLES. 
The potato market is decidedly dull, and 
prices so much lower that many shipments in¬ 
tended for New York have been diverted to 
other points. At times the railroad yards on 
the New Jersey side of the river have been 
clogged with several hundred carloads, and 
temporary embargoes put on shipments. New 
stock from Long Island and Jersey will soon be 
on hand. The onion market is very weak and 
prices lower, except on extremely fancy 
grades. Cabbages are arriving plentifully from 
nearby, so that most Southern stock is much 
lower. 
Potatoes—Carolina, bbl. 1 60 @3 76 
Virginia .1 50 ® 4 UO 
Eastern Shore . 150 @400 
Sweet Potatoes, Jersey, bu. 2 00 ® 3 25 
Asparagus, fancy, doz. bunches. 2 75 ® 3 00 
Common to good. 75 fa) 2 00 
Beets. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Carrots, bbl. 2 60 ® 6 00 
Cabbage, bbl. 75 ® 1 50 
Lettuce, half-bbl, basket. 25 ® 50 
Onions, Bermuda, bu. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Southern, bu. 75 ® 1 25 
Nearby, bu. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Peppers, bu.1 50 @ 2 50 
String Beans bu. 50 @ 2 25 
Turnips, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 25 
Squash, bu. 50 1 50 
Egg Plants, bu.1 50 ® 2 UO 
Peas, bu. 35 ® 1 50 
Spinach, bbl. 36 @ 75 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt crate. 1 50 ® 2 50 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. 4 00 @ 8 50 
Lima Beans, bu. 1 50 ® 2 Otl 
Cucumbers, bu. 50 @ 2 50 
Okra, bu. 1 00 ® 3 OO 
Radishes, bbl. 60 @ 1 00 
HAT AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timotby, No. 1, ton . 20 00 @21 00 
No. 2.18 00 @19 00 
No. 3 . 14 00 @17 00 
Clover mixed.16 00 @19 00 
Straw, Rye,.13 00 @15 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring.. 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 
Flour, oarlots, at N.Y. bbl. 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 
Bye, free from, onion. 
BEANS. 
. 78 
.... 240 
....14 76 
.14 35 
.1450 
Bed Kidney.'.. 
....12 00 
Lima, California. 
® .. 
@ 1 91 
@13 50 
@ 79 
@ 2 41 
@16 50 
@15 50 
@15 25 
@15 50 
@13 60 
®U 50 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest prices 
here, but represent produce of good quality and 
the buying opportunities of at least half of 
New York’s population: 
Butter Prints . 4^@47 
Tub . 40(S}4.T 
Cheese . 28(^30 
Eggs, Fancy AVhlte . 4.’)(®47 
Good to Choice All Colors . 40(fi!43 
Strawberries—Best . 20@22 
Medium Grades . 10® 1(5 
I’otatoes, 11). 3@ 9 
Lettuce, head . 8@ 6 
Cabbage, head . 10@20 
Fowls, dressed' . 2()@28 
Broilers, dressed . 40@45 
Receipts at New York for six days ending 
July 3; 
Butter, lbs. 3,078,360 
Eggs, dozen . 2,703,030 
llressefr Poultry, packages . 0,59.') 
Live Poultry, packages . 0,831 
Cotton, bales . 18,035 
Apples, barrels . 4,103 
Lemons, boxes . 2,733 
Onions, sacks . 19,033 
Oranges, boxes . 08,322 
Potatoes, barrels . 125,084 
Corn, bushels . 355,000 
Hay, tons . 3,219 
Oats, bushels . 1,044,000 
Rye, bushels . 10,000 
Wheat, bushels . 923,8(X) 
rosin, barrels . 14,504 
Spirits 'Turpentine, barrel.s . 3,007 
UOVERNMEN'r CROP REPORT. 
'The Agricultural Department estimates that 
the cotton crop of this country will be 11,033,000 
bales, which is about 183,000 more than last 
year, and 441,000 more than in 1915, but 
4,500,(X)0 bales below three years ago. The 
condition of the growing crop is 70 3-10 per 
cent, of normal, which is about 10 per cent, 
under the average condition at this date for the 
last ten years. 
The following table gives the acreage planted 
this year in various States compared with the 
area picked last year: 
States 1917 1916 
Planted Planted 
Virginia . 47,000 42,000 
North Carolina . 1,475,000 1,451,000 
South Carolina . 2,950,000 2,780,000 
Georgia . 0,178,000 5,277,000 
Florida . 191,000 191,000 
Alabama . 2,498,000 3.225,000 
Mississippi . 2,814,000 3,710,000 
Louisiana . 1,323,000 1,250,000 
Texas .11,040,000 11,400,000 
Arkansas . 2,577,000 2,000,000 
'Tennessee . 886,000 887.000 
Missouri . 150,000 133,000 
Oklahoma . 2,745,000 2,502,000 
California . 66,000 52,(X)0 
All other States . 60,000 25,0<)O 
United States .34,600,000 34,985,000 
The labor situation in the cotton growing dis¬ 
tricts is quite serious, as large numt)ers of 
workers have gone to industrial centers where 
they get larger wages. 
Current prices in the cotton markets are run¬ 
ning between 26 and 27 cents for standard 
grades which is more than twice the prevailing 
prices of last year. There is considerable un- 
eertainty regarding future prices, as it is ex¬ 
pected that the Government will include cotton 
and cotton products in the list of articles to be 
under Government control. The first bale of 
new cotton sold in New York brought $1,500, 
the money being given to the Red Cross. The 
same bale had sold previously in Texas for 
$975 which was likewise presented to the Red 
Cross. 
na VAII have many able-bodied young 
IIV 1 vU men, mostly without farming 
experience, who wish to work 
y P la n on farms. If you need a good, 
H fci M steady sober man, write for an 
_ H aa order blank. Ours is a philanthrop- 
p n If M ic organization and we make no 
■ charge to employer or employee. 
II C 1 P 7 THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
^ ■ 176 Secofld Avenue New York Gly 
THE GILBERT FARM SCHOOL 'IS’p'Sffi 
For information concerning admis.sion and course 
of study, address THE GILBERT FARM SCHOOL, Georgslewn. Cinn, 
Essex County Sheep Breeders’Association 
holds annual wool zale in the Farm Bureau Office, 
Essex.N. Y.,at 2 P. M. July 17,1917. 27,000 pounds will 
be sold. A clioice lot of wool. Write for particulars. 
Subscribers’Exchange 
If you want to buy or soli or exchanire, make It known here. 
This Rate will be 6 Cents a word, payable in advance. The 
name and address must bo counted as part of the advertise* 
ment. No display type used, and only Farm Products, Help 
and Positions Wanted admitted. For subscribers only. 
£>oalera, jobbers and ireneral manufacturers' announcements 
not admitted here. Poultry, Efrirs and other live stock adver¬ 
tisements win ffo under proper headings on other pagres. 
Seed and Nursery advertisements will not be accepted for 
this column. 
Copy must roach us not later than Friday morning 
to appear in the following week's issue. 
Farm Help Wanted 
WANTED—Tenant or manager for 185-ac-e 
farm. Good buildings and equipment. Well 
locate 1. Write JOHN KEYS. Clarksville, 
Greene Co., Pa. 
WANTED—First-class commercial poultryman; 
must thoroughly understand incubator; state 
fully experience and wages expected. NO. 2314, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Man for general farm work good 
place for right party; write particulars, also 
wages expected in first letter. JENNIE 
GALUSHA, Williamstown, Mass. 
NURSES—A general hospital of 125 beds, fifteen 
miles from New York City, offers a two-year 
and six months course to young women who can 
present a grammar school diploma and a certifi¬ 
cate of at least one year of high school work. 
High school graduates preferred; new modern 
nurses’ home. For information address SUPER¬ 
INTENDENT, Hackensack Hospital, Hacken¬ 
sack, N. J. 
WANTED — Working foreman with dairy farm¬ 
ing experience; married man, thirty to forty 
years preferred. JOHN SIBLEY, Main St., 
Spencer, Mass. 
SUMMER BO.VRDERS wanted on farm, modern 
conveniences. MAPLE SHADE B'ARM, Gen¬ 
esee, No. 1, Potter Co., Pa. 
WANTED — Married man for farm who under¬ 
stands farming and stock lu’olit sharing or 
percentage for one who can make good. R. O. 
YOUNG, Bruin, Pa., Butler Co. 
WANTED — Two teamsters, single or married; 
general farm work; good wages. Apply at 
once. NO. 2315, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WAN'TED — A man and wife to work on a farm. 
The man must be a good milker and the 
woman is wanted to do general housework; 
good accommodations and permanent employ¬ 
ment are offered. NO. 2316, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED — Dairyman and wife to take charge 
of farm house and dairy in an Institetion in 
Pennsylvania. Plenty of help. Woman has 
none of the dairy work to do; laundry and bak¬ 
ing done outside. For particulars write NO. 
2.319, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Situations Wanted 
TWO YOUNG MEN, experienced, desire work 
on general farm; preferably near New York. 
2053 DOUGLASS ST., Brooklyn, New York. 
POULTRYMAN desires position as assistant on 
chicken farm. ALBERT ANDERSON, 624 
Bergen St., Brooklyn. 
YOUNG MAN (27), with sclentiflo agrieultural 
training, desires situation on dairy or gen¬ 
eral farm; salary $25 per month and keep. 
Address NO. 2310, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYJIAN—Young man, unmarried, wants 
position as working manager of poultry plant. 
Cornell training antT five years’ experience cov¬ 
ering every branch of the business; am at pres¬ 
ent managing a plant of 4,000 hens, but wish a 
change; references submitted on request. Give 
general description of your plant in first letter. 
NO. 2312, care Rural New-Yorker. 
GENERAL MANAGER—Thoroughly experienced 
in all branches of farming, agricultural train¬ 
ing; American, married, 30 years old; sober, 
economical and systematic; has energy and ex¬ 
ecutive ability to handle any farming proposi¬ 
tion; present position 6 years, desires to change. 
Address NO. 2317, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position by experienced sheep man, 
single, 40 years old, life experience on sheep 
farms; state wages in first letter. NO. 2318, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
PRACTICAL POULTRYMAN desires position on 
private estate, four years practical-cxperiencev 
Cornell training; best of references; not par¬ 
ticular to location. NO. 2320, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN desires to change; married; one 
child, age 32, and of good health and habits. 
Have had 16 years’ experience; am now man¬ 
ager of a poultry plant on a 450-acre millionaire 
estate. NO. 2321, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc- 
68 ACRES, Rockland County, 25 miles frona 
New York; house, crops, fruit, woodland, 
small pond; brook; $215 acre. OWNER, No. 
2309, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SAIjE— 43-acre farm near Cornell Univer¬ 
sity, general or truck. Owner. S. S. BEN¬ 
NETT, Ithaca, N, Y.; R. 4. 
FINE fruit and dairy farm, doing good business 
near Putnam, Conn. Address NO. 2289, cure 
Rural New-Yorker. 
GOOD FARM WANTED, Central New York pre¬ 
ferred, in exchange for modern Yonkers resi¬ 
dence. NO. 2301, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Am equipping a 2.50-acre farm for 
hay, fruit, bees, chickens, ducks; if you have 
machinery in good' condition send full particu¬ 
lars, prices, etc. SUNNYSIDB FARMS, Towaco, 
N. J. 
SUB-LEASE small poultry plant, stock and fix¬ 
tures for sale; bargain ns party has to leave 
city. HUGH HARKINS, 700 Williams St., 
New London, Ct. 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FARM, 212 acres 
nineteen dollars per acre; a bargain; *4 cash; 
balance mortgage at five per cent. Good build¬ 
ings; possession at once. Address WELLING¬ 
TON CROSS. Fultonvllle, N. Y. 
230 ACRES in Delaware fruit belt, five thou¬ 
sand bearing trees, good land, near railroad 
and market; a money maker, fine buildings, de¬ 
lightful country; particulars given; no agents. 
NO. 2313, care Rural New-Yorker. 
10*^ ACRE POULTRY FARM FOR SALE; fully 
equipped; 425 layers, .50 pullets; Barron strain 
White Legliorns; capacity, hatching 1,9(H); 
brooder, 3,000; accommodate 1,500 layers; auto¬ 
mobile and farm implements; i)eache8, pears, 
apples, cherries, plums, grapes, berries; private 
customers, all products; house ten rooms and 
bath; telephone, electric lights, city water; 
fifteen minutes from Plainfield; $13.OCX); .satis¬ 
factory terms arranged; telei)hone 2082W2, 
Plainfield. Write R. D. 2, BOX 46. Plainfield, 
N. J. 
FOR SALE—Fully equipped poultry farm, 12 
acres, witliln village limits, ideally located, 
laying houses accommodate 2,.500 liens; peach 
and cherry orchards in bearing; house with 
plumbing, steam heat and electricity. STONY- 
WOLD POULTRY FAR.M, Geneseo, N. Y. 
Miscellaneous 
WANTED—MacKay colony brooder stove and 
one International hover; state full particu¬ 
lars, J. H. GASSER, Bethel, Conn. 
HAVE no further use for De Laval No. 15 Sep¬ 
arator, churn and butter-worker in perfect 
working orders; worth $100; will take best offer. 
C. LANGFORD, Clinton, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Cyphers Mammoth Incubator, capa¬ 
city four thousand eggs; good order; bargain. 
JOSEPH UZMANN, Central Islip, Long Island. 
FOR SALE CHEAP evaporator at Sussex, N. J.; 
fine crop prospects, highest prices for product, 
endorsed by local Grange, owner unable to op¬ 
erate on account war. Address S. F. PALMER, 
Madison, N. J. 
MANAGER of wide practical experience and 
proven ability on some of the largest (fairy 
farms in the East desires similar position. Ex¬ 
port feeder, A1 references; graduate of agri¬ 
culture college. I can handle men and get re¬ 
sults. Address NO. 2311, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN, open for position, expert on 
mammoth incubators and colony brooders, ca¬ 
pable of building up plant successfully; life ex¬ 
perience, American, age 30, well recommended, 
gentleman’s estate preferred. NO. 2303, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
PACKARD RUNABOUT, 1908 model, 5x5*4 white 
enamel, top and bucket seat, two new tires; 
sacrifice. DAMPMAN, 71 Murray St., N. Y. 0. 
FOR SALE—My power Hay Baler, latest John 
Deere plain 16xl8-inch; almost new; guaran¬ 
teed good condition; original net price .$450; 
having sold my farm will sell baler for $2.50 
cash. FRANK A. MOKE, West Brookfield, 
Mass. 
WANTED—Double deck Blue Hen Incubator, 
7,200 or over. J. GUY LESIIER, Northumber¬ 
land, Pa. 
REECO SYSTEMS 
Pump from Deep Wells, 
Springs or Rivers 
Use Gasoline—Kerosene—Coal—Wood 
—Electricity. Are Safe—Simple and 
Reliable. Cost no more than 
cheaply built outfits 
RIDER-ERICSSON ENGINE CO. 
(Business Established 1842) 
24 Murray Street, New York, N. Y., U. S. A. 
