CONTENTS _ 
THE RURAE NEW-YORKER. Jl'NE 29, 1918. 
FARM TOPICS 
Raspberries, red, pint 
Black-caps, pint . 
Huckleberries, qt. 
Watermelons 100. 
Muskmeions. bu. 
Peaches, 24 qt. crate . 
Blackberries, qt. 
Cherries, qt. 
Gooseberries, qt. 
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The Weed Feature in Farm Managrement. . .. 830 
A “Potato Drive” at Detroit, Mich. 830 
Benefit of an Open Market. 830 
Cover Crop After Rye.831, 832 
Kiln-Drying Onions . 832 
Some Texas Surprises. 832 
Value of Nitrate of Soda. 833 
Poor Crop of Clover Seed. 833 
Conditions in Pennsylvania. 833 
Working Over Old English Pastures. 833 
Hope Farm Notes. 836 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 842 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Feeding a Carload of Steers. 842 
Corn and Cattle. 842 
Heaves, Lumpy Jaw. 842 
Sneezing Horse . 842 
Thriftless Filly . 842 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 842 
The Farm Horse. 844 
Feeding Garbage to Pigs. 844 
Soft Butter . 844 
Live Stock Notes. 844 
THE HENYARD 
Egg-Laying Contest . 845 
Suspected White Diarrhoea. 845 
HORTICULTURE 
Gardening Situation Around Boston; 
Hill Culture for Strawberries; Part II . 830 
Value of Bees in the Orchard. 831 
Globe Artichoke in N, C. 832 
Muskmeions Under Glass. 832 
Propagating Willow . 832 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 835 
Spray for Garden Crops. 835 
Fruit Notes from Missouri. 837 
Snails in the Garden. 83’i' 
New Jersey and Robber Birds. 837 
Trimming California Privet. 837 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Vegetables 
New potatoes are in much larger sup¬ 
ply and grades running medium or be¬ 
low have wholesaled around .$1.75 per 
bbl. Old potatoes in medium supply, 
hut mainly low. Cabbage is arriving 
from nearby and in some cases brings 
much higher prices. Strinr' beans and 
green peas selling well. Lettuce and 
other salads low. Sweet corn from 
Louisiana and the Carolinas brings 
around .$4 per bbl. During the season 
many questions are asked as to the best 
package for various vegetables. Peach 
basket style hampers holding a bushel 
and half barrel are suitable for a large 
line of light vegetables such as string 
beans, radishes, cucumbers, green peas, 
lettuce and other .salads. I*eas are 
sometimes shipped in bushel sacks, but 
are very likely to get heated if piled 
up over night in a hot car or ware¬ 
house. Onions are .shipped in bu.shel 
hampers, crates and sack sholding 100 
lbs. Muskmeions are best packed in 
uniform layers in crates holdin.g about 
one bushel. Extra fine grades are often 
put in flat crates with onlv one layer. 
Packages of all sorts are so high this 
year that it may be necessai-y to change 
from those ordinarily used. No one 
need hesitate to do this, as products of 
.good quality will sell without di.scount- 
ing in almost any neat, substantial 
package. 
From Day to Day. 840 
Seen in New York Shops. 840 
Gen. Pershing: on Letters Home. 840 
Poor Fruit Jar Rings. 840 
Cold Pack Canning in Early Summer. 840 
Prune Pudding . 840 
Hoe Hints from a Woman Farmer. 841 
Sliced Cucumber Pickle. 841 
Cheese Cake; Crumb Coffee Cake. 841 
War Recipes from Colorado. 841 
Canning in Steam Cooker. 841 
Canning Mushrooms . 841 
Embroidery Design . 841 
Oriental Jam . 841 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Durability of Government Whitewash. 832 
Sewage Disposal . 833 
Editorials . 838 
The Value of a License. 839 
By-Laws of the New York Federation of 
Agriculture . 839 
Buffalo Markets . 845 
Philadelphia Markets . 845 
Publisher’s Desk . 846 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, JUNE 20, 191S. 
Potatoes—New. No. 1, bbl. 2 00 ® 4 25 
New, No. 2, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Old, 100 lbs. 1 65 (3 1 00 
S'weet Potatoes, bu. l OO ® 3 00 
Beets, new, loo bunches . 1 oo ® 3 00 
Carrots, 100 bunches. 2 00 ® 4 00 
Cabbage, new, bbl. 1 00 ® 3 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. .50 ® 1 50 
Onions, new, bu. 75 ® 2 .50 
Peppers, bu.l .50 ® 2 25 
String Beans bu.Jl 00 ® 3 00 
Squash,new, bu. 1 00 c8 2 00 
Peas, bu. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Kgg Plants, bn. 1 25 @ 2 00 
Tomatoes, Southern. 24-qt. crate .... 150 ® 3 00 
Asparagus, fancy, doz. 3 00 ® 3 75 
Common to good. 1 25 @ 2 50 
Mushrooms lb . 20 @ 40 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Cucumbers, Southern, bu,. 1 00 ® 3 00 
Kale, bbl. 25 ® 75 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @ 1 25 
Leeks, 100 bunches,. 1 00 @ 2 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
□ ay.'Timothy. No. 1. ton . 28 00 @30 00 
No. 2.24 00 @26 00 
No. 3 .19 00 @2100 
Clover mixed.20 00 @25 00 
Straw, Kye,.17 00 @19 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2. red, . 2 26 ® 
Corn. 1 70 @ 1 75 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 87 ® 89 
BUTTER 
'I'he domand has slackened, 
fo the high prices prevailing, but the 
better grades have held to the range 
recently reported. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
Good to Choice . 42 
Lower Grades. 
Dairy, beat. 
Common to Good. 
City made. 
Packing Stock. 
Process . 
CIIEE.SE 
Prices are 2c lower, though offerings 
at these reduced figures are limited, 
owing to the high primary cost of much 
of the stock. 
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Lower grades.. 
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Eggs. 
Receipts of nearby choice 
light; prices 2 to 3c higher, 
stock is selling well when 
fairly uniform quality. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 
Medium to good.. 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
Common to good. 
Gathered, best, white. 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 
Lower grades. 
ai’e quite 
Gathered 
showing 
47 ® 
42 ® 
42 ® 
35 ® 
46 ® 
37 ® 
28 ® 
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47 
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DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best lb. 36 @ 38 
Common to good . 30 ® 34 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 90 @ 1 00 
Fowls. 32 ® 34 
Roosters. 25 ® 26 
Spring Ducks. 34 ® 35 
Squabs, doz. 2 00 ® 8 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.1150 @13 00 
Pea.1125 @12 25 
California, small white,.12 00 @12 25 
Red Kidney.1175 @13 25 
White Kidney.13 00 @14 50 
Lima, California.12 25 @12 50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers..14 00 @ 17.50 
Bulls . 8 00 @14 75 
Cows . 5 00 @14 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.15 00 @18 75 
Culls. 9J)0 @12 00 
Hogs.15,50 @17 50 
Sheep, 100 lbs'.10 00 @14 00 
Lambs .20 00 @22 00 
FRUITS. 
Apples are getting scarce, a few liigh 
grades having sold at record jirices. 
Peaches are selling fairly well, hut 
mainly at low figures, as so much of 
the fruit is small and green. Straw¬ 
berries are in large supply, but bring 
high figures when sound and choice. 
Cherries are in large receijit, but con¬ 
tinue high. 
Apples—Ben Davis. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Baldwin. 7 00 @10 00 
Strawberries, qt. 12 @ 35 
Currants, qt. 10 @ 14 
Butter, lbs. 
. 4,75(i,080 
Eggs, doz. 
Oats, bu. 
........ 
. 474,000 
Barley, bu. 
• ••••••• 
. 301,025 
Corn, bu. 
. 404.800 
I’otatoes, bbls. 
. 158,137 
Wheat, bu. 
Oranges, bxs. 
Cheese, bxs. 
40,370 
Onions, bu. 
37,414 
Itj’e, bu. 
32 500 
Cotton, bis. 
24 808 
Rosin, bbls. 
13!492 
Apples, lols. 
5.022 
Hay, tons. 
5,095 
Crops are about normal; prospects 
are for a light crop of hay. Corn is in 
a had way; the seed planted did not 
germinate, and much of the second 
planting did not come. Eggs, 3Gc per 
doz.; huttex-, 45e, retail; cows, .$75 to 
.$85. Old crop of hay is nearly all fed 
up. The fruit crop will be nearly a 
failure; no small fruit, and but few 
apples; potatoes are selling for $1 per 
bushel, and about a normal crop is 
planted. e. l. s. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
For Your Empty Bags 
Don't throw away a sin^e bag- 
they're worth money to you. rricca ore 
'way up now. Cash in on all you have. 
But be Bure you get our prices beforo 
you Hell a single one. Wo guarantee most 
liberal grading. Over 20 years in busi» 
ness is your assurance of a square deal 
every time. We buy any quantity. 
Freight paid on all shipments to 
Werthan. Find out what real satiafac* 
tioD is. Write quick, stating what you 
have. Address ^ j 
WERTHAN BAG CO. f J 
66 Dock St. St. Louis, Mo. * 
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Empty 
Bags 
=GINSENG ROOT- 
Will pay you as follows: 
Wild Ginseng. Northern.$16 to $14 per lb. 
Wild “ Southern. 14 to 12 per lb. 
Cultivated Ginseng. 8 to 2 per lb. 
Send by Parcel Post or Express. Check 
or Money Order sent on arrival. 
J. HENRY STICHT 
346 Seventh Ave. New York City 
FI eece Wools 
Get our prices' before sellin;?. Write us, 
stating the quantity you have, with the grade, 
and we will quote you price delivered on cars 
your shipping point. 
H. A. PERKINS S CO., Approved Government Dealers 
6 Railroad Row. White River Junction, Vl. 
If in Need of Farm or Garden Help 
of any description, write to Mr. G. M. Hessels.Secre- 
linhistiial i^aborRelief. 
20« E. 42nd St.,NewYork. All services rendered free, 
DO YOU 
NEED 
FARM 
HELP? 
We have many able-bodied young 
men. mostly without farming 
experience, who wish to work 
on farms. If you need a good, 
steady, sober man, write for an 
order blank.Ours is a philanthrop¬ 
ic organization and we make no 
charge to employer or employee. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
176 Second Avenue N. Y. City 
Subscribers’Exchange 
If you want to buy or soli or exchanire, make It known hero. 
This Rate will be 6 Cents a word, payi.b]o in advance. The 
namo^ and address must bo counted as part of the advortisc- 
ment. No di.splay type used,.and only Farm Products. Help 
and Positions Wanted admitted. For subscribers only. 
Dealers, jobbers and general manufacturers’ announcements 
not admitted,here. Poultry, Eggs and other live stock adver- 
nsements will go under proper headings on other pages, 
bced and Nursery advertisements will not be accepted for 
this column. 
Copy must r^each us. not later than Friday morning 
to appear in the following week's issue. 
Farm Help Wanted 
W.W'FED —\ good, practical dairynian for herd 
of grade cows, a man who i.s sober, reliable, 
and uuderstaiid's the feeding and care of cows. 
HEART’S DELIGHT I^\RM. Chazy, N. Y. 
M .\NTED—.\t once, eonipetent swine herdsman 
to take charge of college herd of purebred 
swine. ANI.MAL HUSBANDRY DEPARTMEN’T, 
Delaware College, Newark, Del. 
-ANTED—Two married men to work on farm; 
mnst be good workers, and understand the 
handling of mules: house, garden and wood fur¬ 
nished. Apply, with references, to H.AMILTON, 
manager. The Hermitage Stock Farm, Centre- 
ville, .Md. 
WAN'TED—Married man, farm and greenhouse 
helper; must be willing worker; .$.50 per 
month; free rent. KRETSCIIMAR BROS., 
West Nyack, N. Y. 
W.WTED—Men and' women attendants in a 
State institution for the feeble-minded; sal- 
ar.v .$40 a month and maintenance for men and 
$.‘50 for women. Apply to SUPERINTENDENT, 
Lotchworth Village, Thiells, N. Y. 
WANTED—-'Two married and single men for an 
\ip-to-date dairy farm; excellent positions, with 
a small village near; one party wanted to board 
a few men; everything furnished in boarding¬ 
house; state wages, experience and nationality 
in first letter. ADVERTISER 4197, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED, on 1.5-acre fruit and poultry farm in, 
New Jersey, with 3,000 layers, man and wife 
to live with owner; wife to help with house¬ 
work: state salary and experience. Address 
ADVERTISER 4199, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Practical herdsman for small herd 
of registered Jerseys on 100-aere farm near 
Hartford, Conn.; must be first-class milker and 
thoroughly experienced in breeding and han¬ 
dling registered stock; first-class references re¬ 
quired: married man preferreU. Address C. P. 
STURHAIIN, 1.565 Broad St., Hartford, Conn. 
wanted—A willing tvorking man with farm 
exi)erience to work for one niontli or longer; 
fare one tya.y paid; state age, reference, wages 
expected, in first letter: one mile from town In 
New .Jersey. ADVER'TISER 4195, care Rural 
New-Yoi’ker. 
WANTED—A working superintendent to take 
care of a large estate; must understand all 
stock, crops, dairy work. Address P. O. BOX 
170, Morris Plains, N. J. 
W.VNTED—Single man in up-to-date barn, pri¬ 
vate estate, registered Jerseys; mnst be a 
good dry-hand milker; state age, nationality and 
wages wanted in first letter; good home and 
board. S'TARR B. HOYT, Green’s Farms, Conn. 
W.'VN'rED —Experienced sliepherd to take charge 
of large Hock of Dorsets; good place for right 
man; chance for advancement. ADVER'TISER 
4183, care Itural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Married man to work on an island 
farm and to act as foreman during owner’s 
absence; man to board from one to three men; 
large house, wood, butter, eggs, milk, potatoes, 
beans and cornmeal furnished; if interested, 
state when you are at liberty and salary ex¬ 
pected. E. R. GOWING, Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. 
WAN'TED—'Two married men for dairy; must 
be first-class milkers and up to date; house, 
wood, butter and milk furnished: good wages. 
Apply, with references, to HAMILTON, manager, 
The Hermitage Stock Farm, Centreville, Md. 
W.W'rED —Married man, with small family, as 
teamster; wife to take 3 or 4 boarders: also 
single man experienced in bundling and feeding 
cows; strictly up-to-date Connecticut farm. 
ADVERTISER 4182, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Situations Wanted 
REFINED, inlddle-ugcd American woman, good 
cook, neat housekeeper, would like a place to 
manage faian boarding house; long experience; 
good reference. ADVERTISER 4192, care Rural 
Netv-Yorker. 
I’OSrriON as herdsman wanted by Danish man 
with life experience; single; 34 years of age; 
two years in this country; excellent health; no 
bad habits AAGE ROED, care C. A, Schjotz, 
R. 1, Little Falls, N. Y. 
W-VN'TED—Position to dig potatoes for 10 days; 
wife help with housework; state wages for 
man. ADVEltTISEU 4190, care Rural New- 
Yorker, 
M-\N, 40, Christian, reliable, willing, temper¬ 
ate, wants light outdoor work for Summer for 
his nerves; Adirondacks or Catskill Mountains; 
little experience; unquestionable references. 
RECK, 339 W. 44th St., New York City. 
POULTRYMAN desires position as working 
manager; thoroughly experienced aiuf capable 
of taking full charge of plant; American, mar¬ 
ried. ADVERTISER 4194, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
DAIRYMAN, single, draft exempt, d'esircs posi¬ 
tion at once; A-1 buttermaker; Babcock test¬ 
ing; first-class herdsman: fine references. AD- 
VER'l'ISER -4198, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION want<'d by married Holland man, 38 
.years of age. as caretaker of gentleman’s 
country place or farm; experienced; best of ref¬ 
erences; state wages. Address ADVERTISER 
419<), care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARMER, draft ago. Class 2-C, desires working 
foreman’s job near New York; understaiufs 
crops, stock, balancing rations, poultry, etc., 
and capable of handling all farm machinery; 
have good record: attended Cornell and want to 
do more for Uncle Sam; will get married for 
good proposition and would like chance to get 
in business later. .lOHN RONNER, Canaan, 
N. Y. 
POI'LTRYM.VN, married, desires position; thor- 
onglil.v^ oxpcriciu’cd and capat)le of taking 
charge of poultry plant and putting it on profit¬ 
able basis: references and past record upon re- 
<incst. ADVERTISER 4200, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WAN'rED—Position on up-to-date poultry and 
fruit farm by a man 40 years of ago, experl- 
eneed with poultry and liaiufy with tools; make 
all kinds of repairs; interview if desired; state 
salary; ean fnrnisli references. Address G. B., 
4(1 'I'routnian St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
A V.\LTTABLE property for sale in Westebestcr 
Co.: fine location. Inquire of O. G. BRIAN, 
Dykenian, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Poultry farm containing 15 acres, 
ono-fonrth mile from town of 3,500 population, 
with splendid schools and churclies, situated on 
Du Pont Boulevard: farm equipped as follows; 
incubating capacity, 9,000 eggs; brooding ca¬ 
pacity, 12,000 chicks; laying houses for 4,000 
bens; 500 apple trees; large house containing 
11 rooms; the owners are engaged in other busi¬ 
ness and cannot give this the proper attention. 
THE DELAWARE EGG FARM, Milford, Del. 
DO .vou want warm Winters, cool Summers, no 
snow or ice, three crops a year? New mod¬ 
ern eleven-room house, all conveniences; seven 
acres ricli land: income, .$3,000 per year; one 
man or woman ean d'o the work. Write for de- 
s<Tiptive circular and photos. BOX 17, Sharp- 
town, Md. 
OLD EST.\BLI.SHED general country store for 
sale, with three-story and concrete basement 
hnilding; stock of farm niacliinery, repairs, 
hardware, groceries, feed; must be sold to close 
estate. If interested, address THE J. H. WIT- 
BECK CO., West Coxsackle, N. Y. 
I OR SALE—Blacksmith shop and house in large 
^ vUIage on State road. BOX 100, Athens, 
COUNTRY HOME—Fruit and chicken farm; 
about 9^4 acres; 2 miles from station; house 
contains seven rooms and bath; finest spring, 
also city water: all kinds of fruit and berries; 
01(1 and youny apple orchard; V* acre asparagus; 
large barn; elii<-ken house; 3.50 hens; brooder 
bouses. HILLSIDE F'ARM, Southern Boulevard, 
Chatham, N. J. 
T INE FARM of 282 acres, well located, 50 acres 
timber, worth $2,000; good 13-room house, 
running water; large barn, silo, granary, hen 
Iionso, hog house and shop; 150 apple trees, 000 
sugar maples, evaporator and equipment; for 
quick sale, owner includes .33 cattle, 5 hogs, 4 
horses. 95 hens, complete set of tools; $13,000 
takes all; easy terms. 5%. We have a number 
of other good farms at reasonable prices. Send 
for list. H. G. .McEI.HENEY, Cuba, N. Y. 
00-ACRE truck farm in Southern Delaware for 
sa’e; rich, level fields in high state of culti¬ 
vation; modern house; bath, running water; 
nearly new; good tenant house, large barn, 
nearly ne5v: close to large town, on good road; 
telephone and R. D.; splendid apple orchard; 
best varieties; everything in fine condition; 
price $7,500. Write for full description. Ad¬ 
dress BDX 145, Greenwood, Del. 
Miscellaneous 
WAN'rED —A 2nd-Iinnd small thresher; also a 
corn harvester: both mnst be of recent make 
in first-class condition. S. C. BOLLING, West 
Chester, Pa. 
1’ l/IV o.'VIjIx— 
- jvvery rractor, 
equipment for using common field plows; used 
1 day: cost $.520; first .$450 takes it. JOSEPH 
T. JOHNS’TON, Berwin.sdale, Pa. 
FOR SALE—One carload No. 2 first-cutting Al¬ 
falfa $18 per ton f. o. b. Trnmansburg, N. Y, 
'THO.S. ,T. CAR^I.\N, 'rnimansburg, N. Y. 
YARN for Red Cross hand knitting; absolutely 
all wool, fast colors, full pounds, khaki, gray, 
natural. O. B. GRANCELL, No. 653 E. Penn 
St.. Germantown, Pa. 
FOR S.\LE—One Deering com harvester in good 
cond'itlon; no reasonable offer refused. B. A. 
GODFREY, Bridgeport, Conn. 
WANTED—Board at quiet farm house by man 
and wife, latter part of August; give particu¬ 
lars. ADVERTISER 4191, care Rural New- 
Yorker, 
FOR SALE—10-20 'Htan International 3’raetor 
with rims, lugs and steering device; Oliver three 
bottom gang plow, witli automatic lift; 8-foot 
double disk tractor harrow: this outfit used one 
season; price, $800. One Keystone hay loader, 
in original package: never used; price, $85; 
one Keystone two-hole power corn sheller; ca¬ 
pacity, 1,200 bushels per day; used once; price, 
$100. On account of Government taking land 
for war purposes this stuff is of no further use 
to me. H. C. HOLLOWAY, Perryman, Md. 
W.VNTED—Tread power for one hor.se; give de¬ 
scription and' price. BRO.VD-ACRB F'AR.M, 
INC., Blackstoue, Va. 
iMut a.AivJti—uu jacKets tor 40-qt. milk cans; 
new; have never been unpacked; price rea¬ 
sonable; will sell all or part. BROAD-ACRB 
F.'VRM, INC., Blackstone, Va. 
W.VNTED—Second-hand cane mill. M. LUZA- 
DER, Denton, Md. 
FOR SALE—P.ecause am disposing of farm, 18- 
35 H.i’. Wallis tractor, used three years; in 
first-class condition; price $1,200; cost $2,.500 
new: Just the machine for thrasliing. CHARLES 
H. PERKINS, 2nd, Newark, New York. 
YOUNG MAN and wife desires board on farm 
July 15 for two weeks, where man, who is 
familiar with farm work, can help in part pay¬ 
ment of l)oard. ADVER'TISER 4193, care Rural 
New-Yorke;'. 
FOR SALE—Chase Tractor, practically as good 
as new. costing $1,225, will sell for $475, and 
demonstrate to purchaser’s satisfaction. F. W. 
CORNWALL, Pultneyville, N. Y. 
ACCOMMODATIONS—'I’hree ladies, farm, July 
20 to August 3: running water in lioiise pre¬ 
ferred. W. J. BROWN, 60 Wall St., New York. 
FOR SALE—Good long-straw rye thresher. 
BELLE-ELLEN STOCK FARMS, Sussex, N. J. 
