yojjotablo oyster, oo to DOo; watercress, 
.‘lo to 40c, all per doz. buuches. 
Butter, ouly steady at 42 to 47c for 
creamery, 38 to 43c for dairy, .35 to 39c 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JUNE 1 , 1918 foi' Crocks, 30 to 31c for low grades. 
FARM TOPICS J.’i'^f^^^.fteady at 25 Oj 26c for best old, 
Marketing: Perishable Crops Profitably. .741, 742 
Killing- Out Quack Grass.’ 742 
Sub-Irrigation_ with Drain Tile742 
What Is Coming to Farming?. 743 
23 to 24e for new; 29 to .SOc for lim- 
burger. Poultry, nearly all frozen of¬ 
fered, 36 to 3Sc for turkey; 29 to 36c for 
fowl, 28 to 36c for roasters, 38 to 40c 
Poison Ivy; Curse of the Fields. 743 for broilers; 25 to 26e for old roosters; 
Crops and Farm Notes. 746 22. to .36c for ducks, 31 to 3.3c for geese) 
all per lb. Live poultry is about 3c lower 
than dressed. j. w. C. 
Crops and Farm News. 747 
Hope Farm Notes. !..!.!.! 748 
Lightning and Wire Fences. 743 ’ 744 
The Farmer of Fifty Years—Part II. 745 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Big Mares at Farm Work. 754 
Reforms in Live-Stock Shipments. 754 
Raising Orphan Pigs. 754 
Coming Live-Stock Sales. 754 
THE HENYARD 
Egg-Laying Contest . 756 
Breeding Geese . 756 
Artificial Light for Laying Hens. 756 
Weak Hens . 75 $ 
Chicks with Sore Eyes. !756 
* HORTICULTURE 
Fruit Prospects in Western New York.745 
A Short Apple Talk. 749 
Rhubarb Culture . 749 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 752 
Seen in New York Shops. 752 
The Rural Patterns. 752 
Six Meatless Soups.752’ 753 
Letters to a Cousin. 753 
Embroidery Designs . 753 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Up-State Farm News. 744 
Country-Wide Markets . 744 
Events of the Week. 746 
Publisher’s Desk . 758 
If in Need of Farm or Garden Help 
of any description, write to Mr. G. M. Hes.sels.Secre- 
l.aborRelief, 
203 Jt. 42nd St.,Now York, All services rendered free. 
Feeding a Foal 
ITow soon after birth can a (olt be fed 
grain, and what kind is the best to give? 
Fulton, N. Y. F. c. 
Foals differ in their habits, but most of 
them will start licking meal at 3 to 4 
weeks old. Allow oatmeal at first and 
gradually add wheat bran until the foal 
may be allowed equal quantities of 
crushed oats and bran. That is the 
mixture used by the successful Percheron 
breeders in France to develop their colts. 
It is important to feed generously the 
mare as well as the colt. Oats, bran and 
mixed bay may be given, especially when 
the pasture is poor. Cut green corn fod¬ 
der also is beneficial. A. S. A. 
M VAII many abla-bodied young 
I VII men, mostly without farming 
« _ _ _ experience, who wish to work 
II K F n farms. If you need a good. 
■■ ■■ " I* steady, sober man, write for an 
^ prderblnnk.Oursisaphiianthrop- 
r fl n M organization and we make no 
a n ■■ III charge to employer or employee. 
U P I P 7 the JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOOETY 
• 176 Second Avenne N. Y. City 
Death of Chicks 
Subscribers* Exchange 
«xchanire. make it known here 
This Rate wiH be 5 Cents a word, payable in advance 
® must be counted as part of the advertise* 
mcnt. No display type used, and only Farm Products Helo 
^d Positions Wanted admitted. For subscribers' onT? 
an<i jfeneral manufacturers’ announcements 
and other live stock advert 
under proper headinirs on other oaires 
advertisements will not bo accepted for 
Farm Help Wanted 
] 
Philadelphia Market 
BUTTER. 
Supplies are large an.l the market 
weak. Best prints, .50 to .52c; tub, cream¬ 
ery, be.st, 46 to 47c; lower grades, 42 
to 4.5c. 
EGGS. 
Market firm and slightly higher than 
for two or three days previous. Best 
nearby, 42 to 4.3c; gathered, choice, 35 
to 38c; lower grades, .32 to 34c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls. .30 to .30%c; spring chickens, chicks. It is neccs^ 
0.5 to 62c; old rooi^ters. 21 to 22c; ducks, fully to the corn 
26 to 28c; geese, 25 to 26e; pigeons, pair, chick.s, as there is 
About the last of March I put 208 
chicks in the brooder. Up to four weeks 
old I still had 197 of them left. A few 
days ago they began dying; chick would 
lose appetite, grow weak, lie around on 
one side and in about one day be dead. 
There is no sign of any bowel trouble or 
external indication of what might be the 
cause. These chicks are almost fully 
feathered and I should have called them 
safe. They are fed cracked corn and 
wheat with mash (dry) of bran, mid¬ 
dlings and a little meat scrap. I have cut 
out the .scrap. Can you suggest any cause 
or remedy? When younger these chicks 
were full of vitality and I called them tfie 
best I ever had. H. L. 
Connecticut. 
There is nothing in your description to 
indicate the cause of trouble with these 
necessary now to look care- 
WANTED—July 1 st, competent, all-round cook 
for small Sununer hotel 100 miles from N. Y. 
tlty; must be woman of experience; wages .$.")6 
per month; state full particulars and reference’ 
could alw use waitress or chambermaid. .Ad- 
Yorlier *'^'4147, care Rural New- 
WAXTED—Two married men to work on farm- 
must be good workers, and understand the 
hiuicTIing of mules; house, garden and wood fur- 
nisneu. Apply, with references, to H AMIT TON 
vine”^M<i Hermitage Stock Farm, Centre- 
A\ ANTED—Position as working foreimm ot- 
herdsman immediately; American, imirricd, 
draft exeinju; licst references. FARMER 
Ithaca, X. Y. R. 4. 
A’Ot'Xt} Cornell agricultural student wants po¬ 
sition on up-to-date farm In New York State 
during .Summer vacation; general or dairy; holds 
license to test milk and cream. 
-AUAERII.SEU 4140. care Rural Xew-Yorker. 
DAIRYM.VX on private estate; make butter and 
care for milk; good butter-maker; no milking- 
single; American. ADVERTISER 4141, care 
Rural Xew-Yorker. 
MAX.AGER, dairy or farm; capable, industrious 
and thoroughly competent; one who gets things 
'nAv J^rticulars upon request. ARTHUR M. 
RAY, Newtown, Pa. 
^ ^'^TATE SUPT. wants permanent 
experience in nianag- 
ng larp stock farms; can show results; Scotdi 
married, small family; nothing but good propo- 
mi-Hudrom'x."'^. P'T^'t-’HA-VAN. Coldspring- 
FAiniER, snperfntend'ent, married, no cliildreii 
wishes position on large farm; ■■.wi.-.-o..i~ 
. . --—L, understands 
the raising of all stock, including crops; can 
operate and repair all farm machines, including 
tractors; would consider position as farm 
clianic on up-to-date estate 
4148, care Rural Xew-Yorker. 
nie- 
ADAK RTI.sk R 
products fed young 
, . . „ , - so much moldy stuff 
.;0 to 4:)c. on the market. I can see no reason for 
DRESSED POULTRY. cutting out the meat scrap unless you 
Fowls. .33 to 35e; old roosters, 27 to for use. You should, of 
chickens, 40 to 42c: spring ducks, as you probably have, investigate 
40 to 42c; sfiuabs, doz., ,$5 to $6.75. character of all the foods given, see 
That the chicks have grit as Avell as food, 
green stuff of some kind and all the lib- 
-Apples scarce and very hjgh for fancy erty iiossible. An autopsy upon one of 
grades. \\ inesaps, .$-4 to .$7; Albemarle, tbc dc;id cbieks might reveal the cause 
.S4 _ ^ . 
Davis, ,$.3.50 to .$6; straAvberries, qt., 10 
to 20c; watermelons. 100, .$50 to .$75. 
Vegetables. 
Old potatoes in large supply; 100 lbs.. 
.$1.20 to ,$1.35; new S*o. 1, barrel, ,$4.25 
to .$4..50; No. 2, .$3.25 to .$3.75; sweet 
potatoes, bu., $1.25 to $1.75; peas, bn., 
.$1..50 to .$3; cabbage, barrel. $1 to .$1..50; 
onions, new. bu., .$1..50 to $1.75; string 
beaus, bu., .$2 to .$3.2,5. 
HAY AND STRAAV. 
Hay, No. 1 Timothy. $30; No. 2. ,$27 
to .$2.8; No. 3, $22 to .$2-1 ; clover mixed. 
$1.S to .$25 : straw. Rye. .$20 to $21 ; oat 
and wheat, $16..50 to .$17.50. 
fo'-o \ trouble, even though you are not in 
vo„ />. _... 1 habit of looking inside for informa- 
♦^^ion. _ • M. B. D. 
Trouble with Henhouse ^ ? 
I.ast Fall Ave built a chicken house 
100x20 concrete floor. We had to level 
off ground, as the east side is about 
two feet higher than the Avest side. We 
filled in with stones about 15 to 18 
inches in east end and about four inches 
only in the lower end. We started to 
build the house early, but on account 
of the scarcity of help it was finished 
in .Tanuary. We made the floor when 
freezing; that i.s. in .Tanuary. Now the 
floor is damp, and as soon as it began to 
thaw we had a lot of chickens with colds. 
On top of the stones we have smaller 
stones, then concrete, then a smoothing 
, , . , ... , of cement; no tar paper between. I 
ward by jumps, and vegetation has ad- know that it is advised to put tar or 
vanced ta.ster within the past few days roofing between, but I have been advised 
than I recall ever seeing it doing in May. by practical men that it is not necessary 
Lspecially has garden .stnlf grown at un- iuid I have a house built last Fall, .50x20, 
heard-of speed. VV e need more rain, but built the same way without tar paper 
are not really suffering for it yet. Field and it is perfectly drv I housed OOf) 
crops are bounding with the rest and with pullets there October 15 last. The floor 
a fair amount of rain hay will be a bum- is dry and not a single case of a cold 
but wheat was too badly M in- only the hou.se stands higher and instead 
terkillcd to recover, and, in spite of Gov- of leveling off the ground we made the 
ernment report to the contrary. Western foundation higher and more stones The 
New York will not harvest more than house that gives us the trouble stands on 
half the wheat of last year. a field that is rolling and it stand.s near 
The produce markets are full of stuff the center of the field. The field itself is 
and prices are mostly weak, but with few high, but from the beginning of the field 
declines so far. Strawberries, apples and it gets lower and in Winter or early 
honey are stiongest,, I otatoes are about Spring when the snow was melting it rims 
the same. Farmers call them too cheap, toward the house. Will you advise the 
for fiairy; must 
r>o nrst-olass milkers and up to date; house 
YOocl, butter and milk furnislied; good wages; 
A pl.^ with references, to HAMILTON, manager 
The Hermitage Stock Farm, Centreville, Md. 
MAX-Man to work about 
place ami garden; moderate wages; good 
^ome and board. ORCHARD FAR-M, Millert^ 
Ward maid's and waitresses, a 
kitchen waslier and vegetable hand: elderlv 
preterred. Address THE STATEN 
ISLAND HOSPIT.AL, ToinpUinsville, Xew Y^ork. 
A®”® ®r woman for gen- 
eral housework and plain cooking in country* 
I’orlv year round; one accustomed to the country 
preferred; good home; wages $30 per month, 
wood ^ j i^vutb Paramus Road, Ridge- 
South Jersey farm; 
man to milk two cows, feed hogs and a.s 8 ist 
famUv° .fo (Jo general housework. 
to POWFI 1 ^ rnF-n^ (lualiflcatlons 
to rOWELL CREEK JARMS, Rural Route No. 
1 , .Mays Landing, N. J. 
''o'lH’ii for general housework 
private estate, including cooking 
and laundry; no laiicy cooking; ten in family- 
wages "i®£\o «ofJ-^t-aetotT: near White Plains. 
W. f. A\ IIIPPLE, Pni-chasp, X. Y. 
TE.AMSTER, single, life experience in all farri 
branches, desires position ns head teamster 
or working foreman; understands all machinerv- 
'’oord. ADVER¬ 
TISER 4139, care Rural Xew-Yorker. 
AA'AXTED —\ rural school in .September by an 
pxpei-ien^eed teacher; state fully all partlcii- 
b-rs ADVERTISER 4149, care Rural XeMA 
Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. | 
COUNTRY HOME—Delightful location, betweo-i 
Boston and Worcester; beautiful view, fine 
shade; good 9-room house, barn, modern hennerv 
ith cement foundation and floor, colony houses 
etc.; never-failing gravity spring water system-’ 
house 3 minutes from Boston-Worce.ster trolley 
station; 1 mile to R.R. station; .30 apple .s'l 
young trees, plum, pear, quince and cherry- .->0 
currants grapes; abundance of fine blackbciVie.s 
and black-cap raspberries; 30 acres tillage, pas¬ 
ture and woodland: fine bungalow sites; present 
owner has specialized on poultry, building up a 
strain that a gratified cnstoiner calls “the best 
strain of Reds for utility purposes in the coun- 
poultry capacity, -TOO hens, 
l.-TOO chicks: valuable good’-will; with stock ami 
equipment, $ 8 ..i 00 ; farm only, $7,.500; advancing 
age and family circunistances necessitate selHmr 
L. C. G., Box 240, Southboro, Mass. 
Buffalo Merkels 
The season has concliidml to move for- 
■W.AXTED—F’emale nurses for .Sanati-riuiii in the 
coiintr.y; wages $24 per month; only those ex¬ 
perienced need apply by letter: state age mar- 
ried or single. BOX NO. 4, Belle Mead.’x. J. 
WANTED-—At once, girl to help with housework 
ami cooking on Jarm where help is hoarded; 
Rmail XewlYork^"^ ADVERTISER 4145, care 
WEAXTED—Single man for general farm work; 
must care for poultry, etc.: no milking; state 
OR RENT—Sixty-seven acre farm at 
AAjekofr. N. J., on New York, Snsquehanna & 
Western R. R., convenient to station; three 
houses (residence, all modern improvements 
electric light, etc., two tenant bouses), horse 
barn, cow biirii, hen house, etc.; running water 
m e_very building: three miles from Ridgewood, 
^ J. If Interested, address .TOHX D BEVER¬ 
IDGE, 74 Barclay St., Paterson, N. J. 
FOR S.ALE—Poultry farm containing 15 acres 
one-fourth mile from town of 3,.500 population’ 
®burches- situated on 
Du Pont Boulevard; farm equipped as follows; 
incubating capacity, 9,000 eggs; brooding eal 
hens*^-^’'in<f’^^ houses for 4.000 
11 reem2^ ® Containing 
H rooms, the owners are engaged in other biisl- 
THF attention. 
JHE DELAW.ARE EGG FARM, Jlilford, Del. 
'P'^ r(‘nt, cheap, farm; Maryland or 
Xew-YXr. 4143, car^ Rural 
and are not planting a large acreage 
They ought to realize on oats and barley 
at least. In spite of the reports of dairy 
herds being reduced, some, at least, are 
increasing. Offers of 7 cents a qt. for 
cheapest and most effective remedy? 
Pennsylvania. J.B.1E. 
If this house stands on sloping ground 
"ith surface drainage toward it, it would 
milk at the door are not regarded* as at po-ssible to carry the ground 
all bad. water off by rather deep ditching on the 
Potatoes. 80 to 90c per bu. for old side aufl around the ends of the 
white; $3.75 to $4.75 for new Florida; huilding. Such a ditch might be filled 
beans, dull, $7.80 to .$9 per bu.; apples, "’Jth large field stones to nuike it easily 
,$4.25 to $7.50 per bbl. all grades; ouioms, Pressed. With drainage about the build- 
FAR.MERS—Single men; must be thoroughly ex¬ 
perienced and umlei-stand the care of nigs 
cows and horses; salary $60 per month and board 
-Madison, X. J. Write -MACXIFF 
CO., oG Vescy .St., X. Y. 
AVAXTED—Herdsman; mari-ied man with experi- 
ence in feeding and handling Jersey cattle 
preferred; give references and wages required In 
nrst letter. Also have vacancy for good milker 
P®™'- -Address S. W. 
Mass Hill Farms, Spencer, 
AVAXI ED A man, over 18, to drive team, milk, 
or driy^e a motor truck; $45 per month and 
board. ROBERT .M. FEXX, Middlebury, Conn. 
W.VXTED on a small general farm of 
fifty acres in Xew .Jersey. Answer, with all 
details as to experience, age. nationality, fam- 
Ry. salary expecteiT, ADVERTI.SER 4142 care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
acres on beautiful Seneca Lake 
fine limestone region of AVestern Central New 
hearing orchard; fine Cob 
onial hoii.se; several other houses; modern dairy 
barn; land snioothe and drained; six miles to 
G^eva; one mileto station; annual sales .$ 15 - 
R balance r%. 
i(. t>. FOAVEEL, Geneva, X. Y. • 
P®‘“ ^*®'e JJond. two 
miles from good town of 1.500; fine house 
good barn, ice house, henhouse aii<l shop; run¬ 
ning water; electricity available; a fine little 
farm for $3,0W; .$700 down. .Send for list of 
0 ^ 00 ". n“''y PP- G. -AIcELHEXEY, 
for SAEE-- .a choice Lancaster County farm of 
1 - acres, desirable as a residence, a few miles 
from Lancaster, Pa., on main highway and with 
e e^c i-ic car service at the door; railroad stiHloil 
one-half mile; now conducted as poultry farm 
with finest utility stock and excellLt busine™ 
cA'nn®"’ bou.se^ barn, housing for 3,000 liens’ 
t>..) 00 -ogg incubator capacity, brooder and colony 
?,L®’’y*blng modern, with running water 
III all buildings and on range; bearing fruit trees 
®”*®' .’^bose desiring something worth 
Xew-YoiTer «23, care Rural 
^fAP^13'r-acre hog and stock farm, with 
or without hogs and stock. -ADVERTISER 
4150, care Rural New-Yorker. ‘ 
WANTED—MaVried man to work on small farni- 
must understand care of cows, milk and but- 
•A’ V®"’ ®®Hage, wood fuel and vegetables fur¬ 
nished; prefer man with grown-up son to assist- 
references required. E. A. GODFREY, Bridge¬ 
port, Conn. ® 
AVAXTED AT ONCE—A mother’s helper or a 
ATl woman for general housework. 
MRS. FR.AXK WETMORE, Freeport, X, Y. 
per bu. for sets, which are reduced half; 
Strawberries. 12 to 21e per qt., poor 
quality ; maple sugar, firm, 20 to 24c per 
lb.: syrup. ,$1.65 to $1.85 per gal. 
Receipts of asparagus are heavy, but 
the trade is hampered by slow rail move¬ 
ment, and losses are many ; prices $1 to 
$2.2.5 per crate for home grown; $2 to 
$2.25 per New England basket; beets. $2 
to .$2.25; endive, 45 to 50c, all per basket; 
(-abbage, $1 to $2 for home-grown ; $5 to 
$6 for Florida ; celery, $5 to $6 for Flor¬ 
ida ; tomatoes. $3 to $5 for Florida, all 
per crate; cucumbers. $1.50 to $1.75 per 
doz. for hothouse; $5 to $6 per hamper 
for Florida; lettuce, $1.15 to $1.65 per 
2 doz. boxes; radishes, 25 to 35c; green 
onions, 15 to 20c; parsh’y, 30 to 50c; 
provided, of course, that you have plenty 
of ventilation through open front con- 
.struction to prevent the accumulation of 
dampness in the air. m. b D 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Collie Pups BkmTKsTpi: 
ForSale-L',r«^: Reg. Dorset Buck ?or'fui?te1 
Southdown or Dorset. C. A. MERRICK, F>;ASTERvrLLE, Pa. 
NEW YORK FARMS 
AVrite for new spring catalogue free, giving description 
photos, prices, term.s, on liundreds of farms for sal« in ail 
parts of N. Y. state; most of these farms are stocked and 
fully equipped at bargain prices ; R. R. fare one wav to 
porchas-er. j. black, ii Xb. H«rsncs, SyrMuse, H. I. 
WANTED—Cook, aiKT also housemaid for fam¬ 
ily of five; good wages; family go to sea- 
coast in Summer: references reemired. MRS 
WM. B. AVOOD, Hudson, N. Y. 
W.AXTED—Alarried man for general farm work; 
must know how to milk; must furnish good 
reference: give wages expected In first letter. 
AA. H. HIXCHEY, P. O. Box 729, Rochester, 
XEAV JERSEY F.ARM—73 acres; 60 level tillage; 
® condition; barii 
built Decetuher, 191 <; concrete floor; chicken 
ilrioo*'’machinery and stock; 
price .>7,.)l)(} to quick biiver* teritiq n w 
MACDOUGA IX, Millington’rN. j! 
40-.\CRE FARM in Monson. Mass.; 6 -room house 
barn, new henhouse 20x40; fine fruit W E 
MAYNARD, 185 Chestnut .St’., Springfield, Mas^,’ 
EOR S.ALE—Fruit farm in the Hudson A’alley 
contains (>u acres, with 8.000 trees of all va¬ 
rieties; within walking distance of the city of 
Hudson. JE.S.SIB R MILLER. Executrix, R^F. 
D. No. 1 , Hudson, N. Y. 
Miscellaneous 
Situations Wanted 
REI-IXED young woman would like out-door 
work on a poultry farm with a congenial 
American family. ADVERTISER 4140, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
A'OI'XG M.AX. 20 years, wishes position on fruit 
or general farm; experienced; state wages and 
particulars in first letter. B. SOUTHARD. 139 
Rose St., Freeport, L. I. 
•A. YOUNG MAX desires a position on an up-to- 
date poultry farm, ADVERTISER 4132, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
suction feed cream separator, 
^o. salcsnmn s suiiiiilc, fine condition 
HOPES HARDWARE STORE, Do4r, De^’ * 
(.EXTLEM.A.X (bank clerk) desires spend Siini- 
nier in Oimily on good farm within commuting 
o.wm“®® York, Write V. KRASSOVSKA' 
!>9 ( larenioiit .Ave., Xew York City. 
WANTED—Medium-size used high-pressure ster¬ 
ilizer: state time used, conditions and lowest 
-Address .ADVERTISER 
4144, care Rural New-Yorker. 
F()U SALE—About three thousand No. 2 and 3 
tin CJinsj. cnntiin<^ anittif v.at rvc.t 4... rv.. 
tin cans, canning outfit capacity 9 (i <-aiis 
.special copper cooking attaclnnent and ’ 
rator; - 
never 
New York, 
evapo- 
•; capacity for evaiMirating 3 bushels: new 
r u.sed. MILTON JIETJTHE, 7.5 AVorth St.! 
