CONTENTS 
THE ni'RAE XETV-TORKER, JULY 6, 1918. 
FARM TOPICS 
Does Alfalfa Enrich the Soil?.849, 850 
The Grain Cradle Conies Back. 850 
Hay Loading: . 850 
Shipping Tomatoes . 850 
Remember the Clover. 851 
Big Growth of Legrumes. 851 
Jewish Farmers and Co-operation. 852 
Frost in Maine. 852 
Country-wide Produce Conditions. 852 
The Farmer of Fifty Years. Part III. 853 
Tip-State Farm Notes. 854 
Western New York Notes. 854 
Destroying Artichokes . 855 
Daylight Saving on the Farm. 859 
i LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Dairymen’s League Needs New Leaders. 858 
Milk Prices for July. 858 
Questions About Swine. 862 
Difficult Churning . 862 
Tieing a Horse. 862 
Steer Feeding and Com. 862 
Froducing Tender Meat. 862 
Strengthening Cow and Calf. 862 
Ration for Milk Production. 862 
Ration for Heifer; Horse Stable..... 862 
Fhe Future of a Dairy Country. 864 
THE HENYARD 
Egg-laying Contest . 853 
Nux Vomica for Chicks. 853 
HORTICULTURE 
Gardening Situation Around Boston... 
A Simple System of Sub-Irrigation... 
Baby Trees Bearing Fruit. 
Rose Bugs and Chestnut Blight. 
Poison Ivy and Robins.. 
The Thieving Robin. 
Propagating Climbing Roses. 
The Asparagus Beetle. 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
The Rural Patterns.. 
Undesirable Flavor in Laid. 
Canning Meat . 
Town and Country “Team Work”. 
Some Pennsylvania Recipes. 
More Cinnamon Buns. 
850 
853 
855 
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857 
857 
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860,.861 
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.... 861 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Philadelphia iiarkets . 852 
Belling Cider in Massachusetts. 853 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, JUNE 27, 1018. 
BUTTER 
rricc.s remain practically nnchanRecl, 
though the market is a trifle firmer than 
last week. The Government is taking a 
considerable quantity for army use and 
fair .sized lots are said to be going into 
storage. The Government has fi.ved a 
profit limit for butter speculators of one 
cent per lb. on carload lots; IVfC- on ^ots 
from 3% tons to a carload ; l%c from 700 
lbs. to 3^2 tons, and 2%c per lb. on lots 
le.ss than 700 lbs. All necessary expense 
of transportation, handling, storage, in¬ 
surance. and interest during the storage 
period may be added to the cost before 
the profits are figured. This schedule is 
for butter held two months or less; 14c 
for each additional 
month 
allowed. 
The 
total profit not to 
carload lots. 
exceed 
two cents 
ou 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
46 
Good to Choice . 
44 
Lower Grades. 
41 
Dairy, bqpt. 
44i^ 
Common to Good.... 
35 @ 
City made.. 
35 
Packing Stock. 
33 
Process . 
38 
Eggs. 
Prices on the best grades of nearby and 
on gathered stock to some extent, are run¬ 
ning two to three cents higher. There is 
a decided scarcity in *some of these lines. 
In the medium and under grades condi¬ 
tions are just the reverse, some of this 
stock being hard to .sell. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 50 & 52 
Medium to good. 45 & 49 
MUed colors, nearby best. 44 ® 45 
Common to good. 35 ® 40 
Gathered, best, white. 49 ® 50 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 37 ® 40 
Lower grades. 28 ® 34 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Supplies are fairly large and the mar¬ 
ket is rather dull on heavy fowls. Broil¬ 
ers have sold from 45 to 50c; for good 
(piality and lower grades to 40c; fowls 
mainly around .30c; Spring ducks. .37 to 
.3S(-: and pigeons, pair, 40 to oOe. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Supplies of fresh killed are quite light 
and so much of the stock in poor condi¬ 
tion that the market on this class is weak. 
Ohiokens choice broilers, lb. 
.... 60 
® 
65 
Fowls.•. 
.... 32 
® 
34 
Roosters. 
.... '25 
® 
26 
Spring Ducks. 
.... 34 
® 
35 
Squabs, doz. 
,... 2 00 
® 
8 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
....11 50 
®13 00 
Pea. 
....11 00 
®12 OO 
( allfornia. small white,. 
....12 00 
@1 
2 25 
Red Kidney. 
....11 75 
@13 00 
White Kidney. 
....13 00 
@14 .50 
Lima. CHlifurnia. 
. ..12 25 
@12 50 
FRESH FRUITS. 
.•\ few apples are arriving, bringing up¬ 
wards of .$.3 a bu. when choice. Pears 
from the South are bringing high prices. 
Peaches running inferior in quality and 
selling low. ('herry receipts are large, 
but (lemand very good and prices high, 
('urrants in large receipt but meeting a 
good trade. Strawberries continue very 
high for all sound well grown fruit. 
Huckleberries and blackberries lower. 
Watermelon receipts large and prices 
lower, as the weather is too cool for ac¬ 
tive trade. 
Apples—New. bu. 
® 3.50 
Strawberries, qt. 
@ 35 
Currants, qt. 
. - - . . . . . 
. 11 
@ 14 
I’eas. Le Conte, bbl. 
@10 10 
Raspberries, red. pint ... 
.... 13 
® 14 
Black-caps, pint. 
@ 14 
Htickleberrles. qt. 
. . . . 
. 15 
@ 25 
Watermelons 100. 
@75 00 
Vluskmelons. bu. 
_ 1 50 
@ 4 00 
Peaches. 24 qt. crate . 
_ 1 50 
a 2 25 
Blackberries, qt. 
...... 
.... 10 
® 25 
Cherries, qt. 
@ 25 
Gooseberries, qt.. 
.... 10 
@ 18 
VEGET.VBLES. 
Old potatoes are getting scarce, new in 
fair supply, but bring good prices. String 
beans lower. Cabbage and cauliflower I’e- 
ceipts larger and prices mainly lower. 
Nearby onions selling well. 
Potatoes—New, No. I, bbl. 4 00 @6 00 
New, No. 2, bbl. 1.50 @ 3 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 1 OO ® 3 00 
Beets, new, 100 bunches;. 1 00 @ 3 50 
Carrots, 100 bunches. 1 00 @ 3 00 
CabbaKe, new, bbl. 1 00 ® 3 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 @100 
Onions, new, bu. 75 @ 2 .50 
Peppers, bu.1 50 ® 2 25 
String Beans bu. 100 @2 00 
Squash.new, bu..'. 100 2 00 
Peas, bu. 1 75 @ 2 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 1 00 ® 2 00 
Tomatoes, Southern. 24-qt. crate .... 1.50 @3 00 
Asparagus, fancy, doz. 3 00 @ 3 50 
Common to good....;. 1 25 @ 2.50 
Mushrooms lb . 10 @ 40 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. 3 00 ® 6 00 
Cucumbers, Southern, bu,. 100 @3 00 
Spinach, bbl. 50 ® 1 00 
Leeks, 100 bunches,. 1 00 @ 2 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 27 00 @28 00 
No. 2.23 00 @25 00 
No. 3 .17 00 @20 00 
Clover mixed.20 00 @24 00 
Straw, Kye,.17 00 @19 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2. red, . 2 26 @ 
Corn. 1 90 @ 1 91 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 87 @ 88 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
figures noted here, but represent produce 
of good qu.ality and the buying opportuni¬ 
ties of at least half of New York’s popu¬ 
lation : 
Potatoes, new. lb. .3 to 4c 
Lettuce, head . 3 to oc 
Cabbage, head . 5 to 10c 
Strawberries, qt. 25 to .30c 
Blackberries, qt. 20 to 2.5c 
Butter, best, lb. 52 to ,54c 
Good to choice. 49 to 51c 
Cheese, lb. 32 to .3,5c 
Eggs, best, doz. 00 to 02c 
Good to choice. 52 to 58c 
Beef, roasting . 45 to 47c 
Lamb, leg . 44 to 40c 
Fowls, lb. 35 to 40c 
The Dr. CLARK STRAINER 
removes all sediment from milk. No cheese cloth or wire 
gauze used. Recommended by Conn. Dairy Commission¬ 
ers. Also used by Storrs College. C. F. KLINGER, Groloii, Conn. 
Farmers-Avoid Errors in Your Bank Account 
Use a Depositor’s Register that records in order every item 
of your bank transactions. Endorsed by banks and busi¬ 
ness houses. Sample sheet for stamp. E. B. CHASE, Birntt.Vl. 
FiHvniPi* Anpritc teas, coffees, pure 
ral IllCl fiyuuis food products. Good profits. 
Any quantity, 1 pound up. Send for wholes.ale price list. 
IHI'OIITEKS HILLS CO., Depl. 14, 173 Greenwich St., New York City 
If in Need of Farm or Garden Help 
of any description, write to Mr. G. M. Hes.sels,Secre¬ 
tary of theAgficultuial and Inilu.strial l.abor Relief, 
202 J5. 42nd St.,NewYork. All services rendered free. 
DO YOU 
NEED 
FARM 
HELP? 
Wo 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 phi'aiitlirop- 
ic organization and we make no 
cliarge to employer or employee. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
176 Second Avenue N. Y. City 
Subscribers* Exchange 
If you want to buy or sell or cxchanjr©, make it known here. 
This Rate will bo 6 Cents a word, payable In advance. The 
name and address must be counted as part of the advertise¬ 
ment. No display typo 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¬ 
tisements will go under proper headings on other pages. 
Seed and Nursery advertisements will not be accepted for 
this column. 
Copy must reach us not later than Friday mornine 
to appear in the following week’s issue. 
Farm Help Wanted 
WANTED—A good, practical dairyman for herd 
of grade cows, a man who is sober, reliable, 
and iinderstand's the feeding and care of cows. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM, Chazy, N. Y. 
M’ANTED—Two married men to work on farm; 
must be good workers, and understand the 
hamfling of mules; house, garden and wood fur¬ 
nished. Apply, with references, to HAMILTON, 
manager. The Hermitage Stock Farm, Centre- 
ville, Md. 
WANTED—Tw'o 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, Centrcville, Md. 
EXEMPT farm manager and agricultural in¬ 
structor for Roys’ Agricultural School; salary 
.'f2.000. RIGGS, Lakeville, Conn. 
WANTED—Capable man to assist dairy work; 
registered herd Ilolsteius; wages $40 and board. 
Apply WILLOW SI’ltlNG 1-‘AU.M, German Val¬ 
ley, N. J. 
WANTED—Herdsman, Holstein cow.s; state ex¬ 
perience and wages expected. ADVEUTISEK 
4211, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Couple for 1.50-acre farm in Sullivark 
Co. to work on profit-sharing basis; good prop¬ 
osition for experienced man; references required'. 
P. 0. BOX 344. So. Eallsburgh, N. Y. 
WANTED—Man and wife on dairy farm: man as 
lierdsinan. wife to work in house; permanent 
position: state experience, wages expected. AD¬ 
VEUTISEK 4212, care Rural New-Yorker. 
A FIRST-CL.\SS poultryman to take charge of 
poultry farm. Eastern Pennsylvania; must 
have had extensive experience in running a 
poultry farm for commercial purposes: capaeit.v 
large; state full partieulars. ADVERTISER 
4205, care Rural New-Yorker. 
W.VNTED—Single young man to help pick and 
pack fruit on large fruit farm; must be expe¬ 
rienced; good wages. PRESTON T. ROBERTS, 
•Moorestown, N. J. 
WANTED—Mon and' women attendants in a 
State institution for the feeble-minded; sal- 
ar.v .$40 a month and maintenance for men and 
•$30 for women. Apply to SUPERINTENDENT, 
Lotchworth Village, Thiells, N. Y. 
WANTED—^A l all-round cook for country board¬ 
ing-house of .50 persons at mountain lake resort; 
good wages to competent worker. .Vddress 
ADVERTISER 4208, care Rural New-Yorker. 
W.VNTED—Two married and single men for an 
up-to-date dairy farm; oxcellent positions, with 
a small village near; one party wanted to board 
a few men; everything furnished in boarding- 
hotise; state wages, experience and nationality 
in first letter. ADVER'ITSER 4197, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
Situations Wanted 
POT'LTRYMAN desires position as working 
manager; thoroughly experienced amT capable 
of taking full charge of plant; American, mar¬ 
ried. ADVERTISER 4194, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as working manager or 
superintendent on a commercial poultry farm 
by a Cornell graduate, with five (5) years’ prac¬ 
tical experience with modern methods. Address 
ADVERTISER 4201, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED as manager of private es¬ 
tate by married American, qualified by many 
years’ practical experience. ADVERTISER. 
4203, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED—Refined, oultured’ young 
woman ('31), American, with two well-reared 
ehlldren (7 and 8 years old), desires position as 
housekeeper near a graded school; highest recom¬ 
mendations. Kindly state salary offered and full 
particulars to ADVERTISER 4207, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
W.VNTED—Position as farmer, foreman or care 
taker; married; can furnish references. AD 
VERTTSER 4210, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POT'LTRY ASSISTANT—Intelligent single man 
wishes steady position witli up-to-date poultry 
farm. II. ELLENOFF, 1388 Prospect Av., New 
York City. 
FARM SUPERINTENDENT desires position: 
American, draft e.xempt; have practical exi)o- 
rience in all farm operations, lawns, shrubs, 
greenhouse, poultry, animal husbandry, etc.; 
only flrst-elass position wanted. Address R. F. 
D. 2, BOX 41-A, Ossining, N. Y. 
CARPENTER—All-round mechanic wants posi¬ 
tion oil farm by Sept. 1; own tools: temperate, 
married: first-class references; state wages, etc. 
ADVERTISER 4209, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SAT/E—1.50-aere farm and boariling-hons; : 
ready for business: Sullivan Co.; barn, c.xtra 
Iningalow, garage and other outbuildings; first- 
class condition, with stock and complete equip¬ 
ment and machinery; .$3,000 cash, balance easy 
terms for early buyer. P. O. BOX 344, So. 
Fallsbnrgh, N. Y. 
one-fourth mile from town of 3,500 population, 
with splendid schools and churches, sitnaled on 
Dn Pont Boulevard: farm equipped as follows: 
incubating capacity, 0,000 eggs; brooding ca¬ 
pacity, _ 12,000 chicks: laying houses for 4,000 
hens; 500 apple trees; large house eontaining 
11 rooms; the owners are engaged in other bnsi- 
I?*'’® this the proper attention. 
IHE DELAWARE EGG FARM, Alilford, Dei. 
W.VNTED Dairy farm, 17,5 aeres or more, near 
large town. N. Y. State preferred, in exchange 
for 2S-acre farm 48 minutes N. Y. City, one 
mile station; fine location: orchard, barns, silo: 
house with modern improvements; 1,0<)0 ft 
frontage on fine road. BR.VNDT BROS., Owners 
West Nyaok, N. Y. 
F.VRM, 70 aeres. limestone, all tillable, very 
productive. location none better in the midst 
of oil and coal Held, market at door, or six to 
nine miles to four manufacturing cities; good 
roads: good' hon.se; free gas for fuel; farming 
utensils, team, cows and stock, barn, garage. 
(Uitbiiildings; will sell, or lease for cash, or on 
shares; reason, my two boys drafted and I am 
too old to work. NIMSIII NUZIIM, Route 2, 
Box t).5, Shinnston. W. Va. 
RE.SPONSIBT.E COUPT.E can work my .50-acre 
farm. Chenango County, on shares: com fort- 
able house, barn; near neiglil)ors. .VDVER- 
TLSER 420(i, care Rural New-Yorker. 
ANV’ONE wanting a flno farm in nice state of 
cultivation, near the city of Mobile, nice 8- 
rooiu house, good Itarns and outhouses, lots of 
fruit, pecans, pears, oranges, grapes, and other 
small berries; all planted now; fine water and 
splendid weather all year; for quick sale; will 
sacrifice for less than it is wortli. MRS. J. M. 
WE.STON, Bayou I.ahatre, Ala. 
DO yon want warm Winters, cool Si*iiiners. n<> 
snow or ice, three crops a year? New mod¬ 
ern eleven-room house, ail conveniences: seven 
acres rieli land; Income, .$3,000 per year: one 
man or woman can d'o the work. Write for de¬ 
scriptive circular and photos. BO.X 17, Sliarii- 
town, Md. 
Miscellaneous 
W.VNTED—-Seconil-hand cane mill. M. LUZ.V- 
DER, Denton, Md. 
FOR S.VLE—Because am disposing of farm, 18- 
35 II.F. 'Wallis tractor, iised tlireo years; in 
first-class condition: price $1,200; cost $2,.500 
new; just the machine for tlirashing. CHARLES 
II. PERKINS, 2nd. Newark, New York. 
FOR SALE—One Decring corn harvester in good 
coiuVition; no reasonablo offer refused. E. A. 
GODFREY, Bridgeport, Conn. 
FOR SALE—Good long-straw rye threslier. 
BELLE-ELLEN STOCK FAR.MS, Sussex, N. J. 
F.VRM M.VNAGER—College gra<luatc, married; 
experienced in farm crops, fruit growing, gar¬ 
dening and marketing, wants permanent position 
in commercial work; successful record on own 
farm; state particulars. ADVERTISER 42(l4, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
DT'E TO A CII.VNGE in the ownership of a 
500-acre farm in Delaware it will l>e necessary 
for a Scotcti manager to nnike a cliange: life 
experience with registered dairy stock, Berkshire 
swine and general farming; in fitting and pre¬ 
paring stock for tile fairs. Full iiarticlars to 
ADVERTISER 4202, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
WANTED—Farm from 50 to 100 acres, witliin 
2 miles of village and railroad; must be close 
to school, have good buildings and plenty of 
water; one witli some fruit preferred. Imiuire 
of R. G. MILLER, Cohocton, N. Y. 
TEN miles from railroad, 40-acre poultry farm. 
F'. G. SEARS, West Cummington, Mass. 
FOR S-VI.E—.Mogul 8-l('> Tractor, ,$375; plows, 
.$75: blizzard ensilage cutter, 13-in., $50. PAUI< 
STEIN, Leavittsburg, O. 
FDR SALE—Moline Universal Tractor in perfect 
order: reason for selling, land too liilly for 
practical use. RIODLANDS F.VR.M, Garters 
Bridge, Va. 
I’I'RE M.VPI.E .SUG.VR from the last runs of 
sap; ratlier dark colored and a trifle Iiursh 
flavored: 20c pound f. o. b. Rupert, Vt.; remit 
witli order. JAY T. S.MITH. 
OLD established general country store for sale, 
with three-story and concrete basement Itnild'- 
ing: stock of farm mactiincry, reiiairs, liard- 
wure, groceries, feed: must be sold to <'lose es¬ 
tate. If interested, address THE J. II. WIT- 
I’.EGK CU., West Goxsackie, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Four donlile-nnit B. L. K. Milker, 
used only two Summers, complete eciniiiment, 
including 2V. II. F. F'airltanks Bull Dog En¬ 
gine; price $350. WM. H. VOORIIEES, EST., 
R. 1>. No. 3, Amsterdam, N, Y. 
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