CONTENTS_I 
THE RriJAE NEW-TORKER, JULT 13, 1918. 
FASIM TOPICS. 
The Culture of Rye.869. 870 
More About the Farmers’ Institutes. 870 
A Bunch of Labor Savers. 871 
Notes on Stackingr Grain. 871 
Planting Beans Right Side Up. 872 
Killing Jerusalem Artichokes...... 872 
Reseeding Winter-Killed Alfalfa. 872 
Disadvantages of Sweet Clover. 872 
The Clover Crop. Part II. 873 
Central New Jersey Conditions. 873 
Crops and Farm News. 874 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 874 
Country-wide Produce Conditions. 874 
White Grubs in Manure. 875 
Hill or Level Cultivation. 875 
Hope Farm Notes. 876 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
A “Sheep-Tight” Fence in New York. 870 
Hold Tight to the Sheep. 882 
Turnips, Rape and Apples for Cows. 882 
Live Stock Notes. 884 
Egg-Laying Contest . 885 
Construction of Laying House. 885 
Gapes in Chicks. 885 
Feather Pulling; Formaldehyde for Gapes... 885 
Ailing Fowls . 885 
HORTICULTURE 
Apple Conditions in Nova Scotia. 870 
Peaches in Sod; The Cider Business. 871 
The Old Stonewall Tree. 876 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 875 
An American Rose Champion. 877 
Fall-Grown Peas . 877 
Controlling Rose Chafers. 877 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 880 
Mealtime on a Transport. 880 
The Rural Patterns. 880 
Canned Meats; Pimentos.880, 881 
Home Notes from Tennessee. 881 
Things to Remember in Canning. 881 
Embroidery Designs . 881 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Making Honey from a Freight Car. 870 
Remedies for Poison Ivy.!. 872 
Events of the Week. 874 
The Coal Dealer’s Dollar. 876 
Editorials . 878 
Publisher’s Desk . 886 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, JULY 5, 1918. 
BUTTER 
Tho market has been both up and down 
since last report. Receipts are somewhat 
larger, especially medium and under 
grades. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 4.) @ 
Good to Choice . 42 @ 44 
Lower Grades. .IT @ 41 
Dairy, best. 43 @ 44 
Common to Good. 35 @ 42 
City made. 30 ® 35 
PaolUnK Stock. 29 @ 33 
Process . 34 ® 39 
CHEESE 
A little export business is reported 
at around 22c. The upstate mai'ket range 
from 221^ to 28c. Trading is rather .slow, 
as buyers are demanding lower figures ex¬ 
cept on fancy grades. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 24 TO 24?^ 
Good to choice. 22 a 23l| 
Lower Krades. 20 ® 21 
Skims, best. 18 a ISi,; 
Fair to good. II ® I5 ' 
FGG.S. 
Best nearby are quite scarce and prices 
2e advanced. The market on the whole 
if: firm except on shipments showing very 
irregular grades. A few California eggs 
are arriving, and there will doubtless be 
more when our local prices warrant. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. .52 ® 54 
Medium to good. 45 a 50 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 47 a 48 
Common to good. .35 ® 43 
Gathered, best, white. .50 a .52 
Medium to t;ood, mixed colors ... 39 ® 43 
Lower grades. 28 ® 34 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Hroilers are in fair supply, and going 
mainly at 45 to 50c per pound. Receipts 
of fowls are light, sales around .8.3 to 34c 
being reported. Spring ducks have 
brought up to 3Sc and old ducks 32c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Broilers of desirable qualities are 
scarce. The demand for all lines of choice 
stock is strong. 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 60 ® 65 
Fair to Good. 45 @ 60 
Fowls. 34 ® 35 
Roosters. 25 ® 26 
Spring Ducks. 34 ® 35 
Squabs, doi. 2 00 a 8 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow. 100 lbs.1150 a 13 00 
Pea.1100 a 12 00 
California, small white,.12 00 ai2 25 
Bed Kidney.1175 ai3 00 
White Kidney.13 00 ai4 25 
Lima, California.12 25 al2 .50 
FRESH FRUITS. 
New apples are in large supply, but 
mainly so small and poor that low prices 
are realized. Pear receipts from the 
South are increasing and bringing high 
prices. Peaches continue very low be¬ 
cause of the .small size and inferior (pial- 
ity. Cherries are bringing very high fig¬ 
ures. Currants .selling well. Strawber- 
I'ies from nearby are about over. The 
Western New York crop is arriving, but 
the best of these are not here. 
Apples—New. bu. 
50 
® 
2 
50 
Strawberries, qt. 
10 
@ 
30 
Currants, qt.,. 
11 
@ 
14 
Pears. Le Conte, bbl. 
. 7 
00 
@10 
00 
Raspberries, red. pint . 
10 
@ 
13 
Black-caps, pint . 
10 
@ 
13 
Huckleberries, qt.. 
12 
@ 
22 
Watermelons 100. 
.30 
00 
@65 
00 
Muskmelons, bu. 
1 
50 
@ 
2 
25 
Peaches, 24 qt. crate . 
. 1 
50 
@ 
3 
00 
Blackberries, qt. 
10 
@ 
22 
Cherries, qt. 
14 
® 
25 
Gooseberries, qt. 
10 
20 
VEGETABLES. 
Since the last report the better grades 
of new potatoes advanced $1 to .$1.50 per 
barrel. Receipts later were much in¬ 
creased, and prices dropped to the pre¬ 
vious level. Considerable of the Southern 
stock is small or in poor condition. A 
few potatoes from nearby are on hand, 
and this supply will soon be much larger. 
Asparagus is selling slowly, the season 
being about over, and consumers using 
peas and beans instead. The weather has 
been especially favorable for peas, al¬ 
though too cool for rapid growth of green 
beans in the North. 
Potatoes—New. No. 1. bbl. 4 00 @ 5 00 
New. No. 2, bbl. 1 50 @ 3 00 
Sweet Pot.atoes. bu. 1 OO @ 3 00 
Beets, 100 bunches. ] oO a 2 50 
Carrots. 100 bunches. 1 00 @2 00 
Cabbage, new, bbl. 1.50 @ 3 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 @ 1 00 
Onions, new, bu. 75 @ 2 50 
Peppers, bu.] oo ® 1.50 
String Beans bu. 25 @150 
Squash.new, bu. 100 (@125 
Peas, bu. l 75 @ 2 75 
Egg Plants, bu. 1 00 @ 1 75 
Tomatoes, Southern. 24-qt. crate _ 1 00 @ 2 50 
Asparagus, fancy, doz. 3 00 ® 4 00 
Common to good. 1 25 @ 2 50 
Mushrooms lb . 10 @ 60 
Horseradish. 100 lbs. 3 00 @6 00 
Cucumbers. Southern, bu,. 75 @2 00 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
Leeks. 100 bunches,. 1 00 @ 2 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
IIay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 26 00 @27 00 
No. 2.23 00 @25 00 
No. 3 .17 00 @20 00 
Clover mixed.20 00 @24 00 
Straw, Hye,.17 00 @19 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2. red, . 2 26 @ 
Corn. 1 90 @ 1 91 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 87 @ 89 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
Reeijits fairly large and demand good. 
B_est prints. 52 to 53c; tub, creamery best, 
47 to 4Sc; common to good, 43 to 44c. 
Eggs. 
Market is firm and higher. Best near¬ 
by, 47 to 4Sc; gathered good to choice, 
40 to 45c; lower grades, .33 to .37c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Market is strong and slightly higher. 
Fowls. 36 to 37c; broilers. 43 to 50c; 
old rooster.s, 22 to 23c; ducks, 26 to 30c; 
pigeons, pair, 30 to 45c. 
DRESSED POT’LTRY. 
Fowls, best, 34 to 35c; common to 
good. .30 to .3.3c; old roosters. 26; Spring 
ducks, 35 to .36c; squabs, doz., $7 to $8.25. 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apides, new, bu., ,$1.50 to .$3; peache.s, 
6-b:isket crate. $1.75 to .$2.65; blackber¬ 
ries. (]t.. 10 to ISc; cherries. 6-lb. basket, 
75c to $1; watermelons, carload, $.300 to 
$400.75. 
Vegetables. 
Potatoes in larger receipt. No. 1, ,$5..50 
to $6.7.7: No. 2. $.3 to .$3..50; sweet po¬ 
tatoes, Ini., $1.25 to $3; cucumbers, bu., 
$1 to ,$2; onions, bu.. $1.25 to .$2.25; 
mushrooms, lb., 15 to .3.5e. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. No. 1 Timothy. .$25.50 to $26.70; 
No, 2. $2.3 to $24; No. 3, $17.50 to $19..50. 
Clover, mixed. .$22 to .$25; straw, rye, 
$16.50 to $17; oat and wheat, $14, to 
$15..50. 
This is no farm producing country 
hero; all brush land, except a little that 
people clear just large enough to raise 
liotatoes, etc., for home use. A few 
here do raise berries, which they ship 
to market or commission men, but noth¬ 
ing to speak of. It is mostly a poultry 
place. This week eggs brought 42c per 
doz., clear, selling at door; all white 
eggs of best quality, besides what is 
raised for home use. Green stuff is 
raised for chickens; land here is full 
of stumps and roots, and mosquitoes 
are had day and night, so that it is im¬ 
possible for a man to try to get out 
crops of any size. It would not jiay 
here; even at present time it is a dif¬ 
ficult matter to get anything out of 
poultry, as feeds are so high. I did 
have 800 8. C. Wliite Leghorns, but not 
now; only have 570, getting an average 
of 300 eggs daily. I got 500 through 
March, but had then 800 birds. I clear 
out any bird that now .stops laying this 
side of September 1; no loafers wanted 
here. Several poultry people here are 
thinking of closing out and going to 
work. There were a few here who pre¬ 
viously tried raising produce for mar¬ 
ket, hut failed. Everything has to he 
shipped by express, and they would 
get poor returns. l. g. 
Atlantic Co., N. .7. 
Crops are badly behind ; one-third of an 
ajiple crop; no peaches; cherries, one- 
fourth of a ci’op ; no berries; all winter- 
killed. The early apple crop here has 
been sold at .$6 and $7 per bbl., f. o. b. 
station. Early potatoes fine, selling at 
$1. Wheat is good, grass good; milch 
cows, $75 to $100; good mule.s, $175 to 
$200; corn, $1.60; hay, $.30; butter fat. 
4.5c; eggs, 25c. l. j. r. 
Williamson Co., 111. 
=GINSENG ROOT.= 
Will pay you as follows: 
Wild Ginseng, Northern.$16 to $14 per lb 
Wild “ Southern. 14 to 12 per Ib. 
Cultivated Ginseng. 8 to 2 per Ib. 
Send by Parcel Post or Kxpress. Check 
or Money Order sent on arrival. 
J. HENRY STICHT 
346 Seventh Ave. New York City 
Yonr chance is in C.anacla. Rich lands and 
busine.ss opportunities offer yon independence. 
Farm lands $11 to $30 an acre; irrigated lands 
$35 to $.50. Twenty years to pay; $2,000 loan 
in improvements, or ready-made farms. Loan 
of livestock. Taxes average under twenty 
cents an a.cre; no taxes on improvements, per¬ 
sonal property or livestock. Good markets, 
churches, schools, roads, telephones. Excel¬ 
lent, climate—crops and livestock prove it. 
Special homeseekers’ fare cei’tificates. Write 
for free booklets. Allan Cameron, General 
Superintendent Land Branch, Canadian Pa¬ 
cific Railway, 519 Ninth Avenue. Calgary, 
Alberta. 
If in Need of Farm or Garden Help 
of any description, write to Mr. G. M. Hessels, Secre¬ 
tary of the Agricultural and Industrial Labor Relief, 
202 E. 42nd St.,NewYork. All services rendered free. 
DO YOU 
HEED 
FARM 
HELP? 
We h.ave many able-bodied young 
men, mostly without farming 
experience, who wish to work 
on farms. If you need a good, 
steady, soljer 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 sell or axchancre, make It known hero. 
This Rate will be 6 Cents a word, payable In advance. 'J^e 
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. 
Dealers, jobbers and general manufacturers’ announcements 
not admitted here. Poultry, Efrirs and other live stock adver¬ 
tisements will go under proper headinfrs on other paires. 
Seed and Nursery advertisements will not be accepted for 
this column. 
Copy must reach us not later than Friday morning 
to appear in the following week's issue. 
Farm Help Wanted 
WANTED—Export shrub man with much ex¬ 
perience, on private estate In Lower Iliidson 
5'alley. Address AD\'EKTI8EIt 4213, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
W.VNTED—Capable man for farm work; gooff 
teamster; married man lu’ct'erred. IIOBEUT 
S. (JHIFFITH.S, Mgr., Saiuiiioit, N. Y. 
5VANTED—Man and wife—man not subject to 
draft—for herdsman and farm helper: wife for 
general housework in family of tliree; state age, 
nationaliiy, references: .fCO per montli. ROBERT 
M. FENN, Middlebury, Conn. 
WANTED—Two married men to work on farm; 
must be good workers, and understand the 
liand'ling of mules; hou.se, garden and wood fur¬ 
nished. Apply, will! references, to HAMILTON, 
manager. The Hermitage Stock Farm, Centre- 
ville, Md. 
WANTED—Two married men for dairy; must 
be first-class milkers and up to date; house, 
wood, butter and milk furnislied: good wages. 
Apply, with references, to HAMILTON, manager. 
The Hermitage Stock Farm, Centreville, Md. 
COOK and second; first-rate plain cook and otlier 
worker, wanted by two olff .women and old 
man, ladired: well, kind, fair and busy; com¬ 
fortable country home; permanent if .satisfied; 
near Wliite Plains and New York. ADVER¬ 
TISER 421.5, care Rural New-Yorker. 
5VAN'rED—Men anff women attendants in a 
State institution for the feeble-minded; sal¬ 
ary .$40 a month and maintenance for men and 
$30 for women. Apply to SX:PERINTENDE.NT, 
Letchworth Village, Thiells, N. Y. 
Situations Wanted 
POsriTON WANTED as manager of private es¬ 
tate by married American, qualified by many 
years’ practical experience. ADVERTISER 
4203, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POT'LTRY MANAGER, married, desires position; 
14 years of iiructical experience; strictly sober; 
finest references. Address ADVERTISER 4210, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
GARDENER—Vegetables, poultry and general 
farm manager; American, 45 years old; 25 
years’ experience; best references; small family. 
JOSEPH FELDIS, care A. Eisig, Grassy-.Sitrain 
Road, Yonkers, N. Y. 
POULTUYMAN — Experienced incubator anff 
brooder man, desires make change September 
or October 1st; at present poultry manager large 
State institution; operate all systems ineiibating 
and brooding: practical methods raising young 
stock successfully; breeding and egg production; 
can show results; handle tools and repair work; 
Iiouse required; temperate; best references; like 
to hear from up-to-date propositions only; Cen¬ 
tral Jersey or Eastern Pennsylvania preferred; 
commercial or private plants. ADVERTISER 
4217, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position: farm manager; experi¬ 
enced. C. F. GREENLE.VSE, Bitely, Mich. 
PO.SITION W.VNTED as superintendent on gen¬ 
tleman’s estate or stock farm; understands 
saddle and liarness liorses, raising of stock and 
.general care of gentleman’s place. BOX 413, 
tVliite Plains, N. Y. 
POSITION wanted ns general manager on a 
large commercial dairy farm, by Sept. 1; reo- 
ommendations furnished; American; single; life 
experience: state salary willing to pay. AD¬ 
VERTISER 4214, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED, on private estate as dairy¬ 
man, by married man (no small children), 
good butter-maker and calf raiser. Address 
ADVERTISER 4221, care Rural New-Yorker. 
... l IKMUe wiiu crops, 
breeding and feeding of liorses, cattle and hogs 
all kind's of machinery and tractors; efficient In 
handling men; can bring several; wants first- 
class proposition tvith contract for one or more 
years; .\niericaii, solier, reliable; good refer¬ 
ences; position at (jiiee; particulars first letter. 
ADVERTISER 4219, care Rural New-Yorker 
WORKING SUPERINTENDENT—Liberty Aug. 
1: tlioroiighly competent; crops, stock, ma- 
ciniiery and tlie liaiidling of men; temperate, re¬ 
liable: liest of references. ADVERTISER 4220 
care Rural New-Yorker, 
TRACTOR OPERATOR, single, not in draft, 
wants position on large place where there is 
opportunity to advance to position of greater re- 
sponsihility: perfect Iiealtli; no booze or tobacco; 
Cornell training; tlioroughly experienced in ail 
branclics of general and dairy farming, tnnible 
shooting and operation of gas tractors and farm 
machinery, including milking niaoliines; not 
afraid of hard work; references: state location 
and salary. ADVERTISER 4218, care Rnrul 
New-Yorker. 
YOUNG MARRIED F.VRMER. experienced in all 
lirunclies and capable of rniining all farm iiia- 
cliiiiery, desires position as working foreman or 
siiperiiitendeiit; Cornell agricultural course; ref¬ 
erences. JOHN RONNER, Canaan, N. Y. 
RUSSIAN, single, college educated, wishes jiosi- 
tlon as foreman on n|)-;o-date. scientific farm 
or estate. Had long farm experience in Russia; 
acquainted witli niiiehiiiery. .\D\'ERqTSER 4222, 
care Rural New-Y'orker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
FOR SALE—Poultry farm containing 15 acres, 
one-fourth mile from town of 3,.500 popiilatioii, 
with splendid schools and cliurcbes. situated on 
I)n Pont Boulevard; farm equipped as follows- 
incubating capacity, 9,000 eggs; brooding ca¬ 
pacity, 12,000 chicks; laying houses for 4,(X)0 
lions; ,)()0 applo trees; lar^e house containing 
11 rooms; the owmws are engaged in oilier biisi- 
g>'’e ill's tlie proper attention. 
IHB DELAWARE EGG FARM, Ylilford, Del. 
2(1 ACRES, 315 miles from Alpine, N. Y.- 7- 
room Iionse; barn .32x40, Iiarn ,32.\.34 hen¬ 
house 1.3.\40; ItO acres of timber; pine, hemlock, 
red oak. beech, chestnut, maple; pair horses 2 
cows and all farming tools, all for $18 per acre; 
oiie-lialf casli; balance on mortgage. E L 
COZIER, owner. Alpine, N. Y. R.F.D. 2. 
BARGAIN—10(-acre farm, bordering Hoosick 
River, mostly tillable; well watered and 
fenced; two good Iiouses; three large barns- 1'.', 
rT t*’"’*'- -'S-j.OOO. ALBERT 
PHILLIP.S, .Tohnsonvllle, N. W. 
.SHEEP R.VNCH, one-third interest, with posi¬ 
tion as manager, if desired; also farm, 150 
acres; farm 180 acres joining; all stocked wltli 
sheep and cattle: iiealtli compels cliange of 
climate. CLARE GREGORY, Mt. Vision, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—70 acres; 30 acres witli crop grow- 
mg; tine orciiard; excellent buildings; two 
horses: all necessary farm maclilnery, cow, 
hogs, chickens, etc.; near Richmond and Peters¬ 
burg, \a.: $4,500: toriiis; write to owner. Ad¬ 
dress BOX 13, R. F. D. 3, Beach, Va. 
TEN MILES from railroad, 40-acre poultry farm, 
F. G. SEARS, AVest Cumiiiington, Ylass. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—98 acres. Central 
New York dairy farm; stock, crops, tools lii- 
cliided. for poultry farm or small farm near city; 
Eastern Pennsylvania preferred. Pai-lieulai-s ad¬ 
dress C. VEEFKIND, Erieville, New York. 
DO you want warm Winters, cool Summers, no 
snow or ice, three crops a s-ear? New mod¬ 
ern eleven-room bouse, all coiiveiiioiices; seven 
acres rich land; income, .$3,000 per year; oii(‘ 
man or woman can ffo tlie work. Write for de¬ 
scriptive circular and iiliotos. BOX 17, Sharp- 
town, .Md. 
IVliscellaneous 
FOR SALE—Moline Universal Tractor in perfect 
order; reason for selling, land too hilly for 
practi(-al use. REDLANDS FAR.M, Carters 
Bridge, Va. 
FOK S.\LE—Stulil’s evuiiorator; new; never nn- 
crated: cost .$(i0; lu-otlier dead; farm sold; 
bargain to quick buyer. RUSIE HAYES, Park- 
ton, Md. 
CIDER PRESS grater and' five-ton scale for 
sale. F. PALME 1{, Coscob, Conn. 
I-’OR SALE—New Huber tbrashing outfit, com¬ 
plete; consisting of 12 H.P. steam tractor, 
tank wagon, 24x42 sei)arator, blower, feeder, 
D(‘ntler liagger, all for $1,090; any terms; sat¬ 
isfaction guaranteed. ROBT. McKEOWN, Her¬ 
kimer, N. Y. 
SIX h(jg lielf-feeders, 10-l)usliel capacity, .$00; 
Smith liog breeding crate, $18; tive-ton Fair- 
bank’s wagon scale. $75; will trade for live 
stock. L. .M. TAYLOR. Millerton, N. Y. 
FOR S.\I,E—Pm-e woolen yarn from the wool 
from oiir own sheep; gra.v sock size only; 75(: 
skein, % lb. WISEMAN FARMS, R. F. D. No. 
2, Lewiston, Me. 
FOIt SALE—Cider and apple butter factory; 
, caiiacity 1.50 barrels. E. B. STONER, Ephrta, 
! Pa. 
The 'I’wo Fuel ITKAVI DT'TI Engine works 0:1 
gasoline or kerosene. 'I'lie Two Fuel Engine is 
((noted with battery ignition or magneto igni¬ 
tion, as you lik(!. ’I'lie magneto saves all ex¬ 
penses of batteries. It lasts pra(-tl<-ally as long 
as the engine if given proper eai-e. We have 
told you many tiim^s in the past about the 3'w(> 
Fuel Engine, ami we want to impress upon you 
now—tliat if you want an engine for Fall opera¬ 
tion, the time to l)uy is now. Freights are 
slow. We liave engines in New York City, and 
the man who jdaces his order promptly can have 
an engine on th(^ job, ready for work, wluin silo 
filling time comes; luit do not delay. Send for 
information, select the engine you want and 
have it on tlie sp(jt wiien ilie work is read'y. 
R. Coosolidaled Gas & Gasoline Engine Co., 202 Fulton St., N. Y. City 
Mr. Business Farmer Sm 
