CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, DECEMBER 7, 
1918 
FARM TOPICS 
Winter on the Hills. 1347 
The “Cut-over” Lands. 1347 
Winter Work on the Farm. 1347 
Inoculating: Clover Seeding.. 1349 
Cow Peas in Oswego Co., N. Y. 
Hope Farm Notes. 1356 
The Eight-rowed Flint Corn. 1357 
Wm. I. Hoard. 1369 
Hired Man Situation. 1359 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Beef for Home Use and Local Market— 
Part. 1.1346, 1346 
Ration for Pigs. 1362 
Feeding Bockwheat Straw. 1362 
Young Farmers and Their Live Stock. 1362 
Breeding for Improvement; Heater for 
Swill . 1362, 1364 
Pumpkins for Hogs. 
Temporary Silo for Immature Corn. . 
Cracker Waste for Hogs. 
Whole Cottonseed Compared with Meal.... 1364 
Early Silage Feeding. 1364 
Gasoline Scald for Pork. 1364 
Digester Tankage .•. 1364 
Lameness . 1366 
Collar Sores . 1366 
Warts; Sidebone . 1366 
Dog with Fits. 1366 
Cow in Bad Condition. 1366 
Bone Tumor . 1366 
Tuberculous Cattle in New York. 1366 
Rations for Cows and Hogs. 1368 
Feeding Home-grown Oats and Corn. 1368 
Stringy Milk . 1368 
Dairy Ration Withoiit Silage. 1368 
Dairy Feed with Poor Roughage; Fattening 
Pigs. 1368 
Value of Cider Apples . 1368 
Ration for Jerseys. 1368 
Ration for Thin Cow. 1368 
Lice on Pigs. 1376 
THE HENYARD 
Egg-laying Contest . 1369 
The First and Second Year Laying....- 1369 
A Satisfactory Droppings Board. 1369 
Lighting the Henhouse. 1369 
HORTICULTURE 
Production and Hardiness of McIntosh.... 1349 
Close Planting of Early Apples. 1349 
Country Christmas Boxes.. 1350 
Fire Blight and Woolly Aphis. 
Fall-dug Holes for Spring Planting. 1350 
Germinating Butternuts . 1352 
Vines Fail to Fruit.. 1352 
Mulching Strawberries . 1352 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 1353 
Japanese Hop Vine a Pest. 135 1 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 1360 
Furnace Alarm Clock and Coal Gas....... 1360 
Christmas Recipes.1360, 1361 
The Rural Patterns . 1360 
An Attractive Camisole. 1361 
Desserts Without Sugar. 13bi 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The Manufacture of Cider Vinegar and 
Other Apple Juice Products—Part II- 1346 
Market for Cat-tails. 13^7 
Gathering Leaves . 1“’° 
Syrup from Cornstalks. t3ao 
Soldier’s Clothes for Civilian Wear. 1349 
Renewing Faded Matting. 1349 
Sweet Apple Syrup. 13^9 
Cornstalk Syrup . 1353 
Cracked Hands . 1353 
Excessive Molt of a Canary. 1353 
Chemical Closets . 1353 
Finishing Plaster . 1353 
Hiving Bees . 1353 
Events of the Week. 1354 
Wintering Bees . 1356 
Construction of Cellar . 1355 
A Farmer’s Auto Talks—Tubes.1355 
“Pipeless” Furnace. 1355 
Waterproofing a Concrete Floor. 1356 
Publisher’s Desk . 1370 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery prints, OS to 70c; tub. 
clioice, 0.3 to 00c; packing stock, 40 to 
42c. 
EGC.S 
Nearby choice, 74 to 78c; gathered, best, 
70 to 72c; lower grades, 5.5 to G5c. 
lAVE I’OUI.TRY 
Fowls, 2S to .32c; chickens, 20 to 30c;; 
roosteif!, 20 to^ 21c; ducks, 28 to .>.)C, 
guineas, pair. 75c to .$1.2:). 
DRESSED POULTRY 
'Ourkeys. 44 to 40c; chickens, 3.5 to 
44c; fowls, 34 to .37c; roosters, 28i/ac; 
ducks. Spring, 30 to 40c; s(iuabs, doz., $0 
to .$8.25. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl.. .$4 to $0; pears, bu., $3 
to $4; grapes, 3-lb. bkt., 24 to ,’.lc; cran¬ 
berries. bu., .$2.o0 to $3. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, No. 1. bbl., ,$3.50 to $4; %- 
bu. bkt.. 7.5c to .$1.15; «weet potatoes, 
bbl., .$3 to .$5; cabbage, ton, $lo to $20; 
onions, 100 lbs., ,$1.50 to $3. 
HESS 
FERTILIZERS 
Hasten Maturity 
Improve Quality 
Send for Crop Photograpb Book 
Dealers and Agents Wanted 
S. M. HESS & 6R0., Inc. 
4tli & Chestnut Sts. 
PHILADELPHIA 
SUBSIDIARY OF THE AMERICAN AQRI. CHEM. CO. 
Retail Prices at New York 
'Fhese are not the highest or lowest 
prices noted here, but represent produce of 
•Aood duality and the buying opportunities 
of at least half of New York’s popula¬ 
Butter—Best prints.72 to 7oc 
Tub. choice . Od to <_0c 
llediuin to good.5 d to 02c 
.4*)C 
Eggs—Best nearby.n5(^to .$1.^ 
(lathered, good to choice. . . .70 to 85c 
1’otatoes, lb. ... . 3 to 4c 
('abbage, head .10 to 12c 
T.ettuce, head . ii to 10c 
Onions, lb. 4 to 5c 
1 iressed fowls, lb.35 to 45c 
('hickens, lb.43 to 48e 
'Purkeys, lb. ..48 to .52c 
I.eg of lamb, lb.42 to 48c 
Apples, doz.30 to 00c 
100 Fine White Envelopes SeroTcS^^lTost’: 
paid, only TSc. Sample free. X. HOWIE, Prinlir, Biike, Virmonl 
Subscribers’Exchange 
If you want to buy or soil or exchanire. make it known here. 
This ^to will be 6 Cents a word, payable in advance. The 
name and address must be counted as part of the advertise* 
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and Positions Wanted admitted. For subscribers only. 
Dealers, jobbers and general manufacturers’ announcements 
not admitted here. Poultry, Eggs and other Uve stock adver¬ 
tisements will go under proper headings on other pages. 
Seed and Nursery advertisements will not bo accepted for 
this column. 
Copy must reach us not later than Friday morning 
to appear in the following week’s issue. 
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Farm Help Wanted 
MOTHER and daughter, or two women, for 
cooking and general housework on farm. R. 
H. HEIST, Center Square, Pa. 
AA’ANTED—In a small hoarding school in the 
country, a willing, capable girl for waitress 
and chambermaid: wages, $30 a month. L. R. 
SANFORD, Cornwall, Conn. 
WANTED—By Jan. 1, a reliable married poul- 
trynian to take charge of poultry department 
on large estate; staeo experience and wages ex¬ 
pected in reply. CONYERS FARM, Greenwich, 
Conn. 
AVANTED—Married man on dairy farm; house 
and usual privileges furnished; good opiior- 
tnuit.y for practical farmer not afraid to work; 
state experience, age, salary expected, and give 
references. ADA’ERTISRR 4534. eare Rural 
New-A’orker. 
WANTED—Two single teamsters for large im¬ 
proved farm; also single foreman for farm; 
prefer tho.se past the age of 35 years; must be 
a gentleman aniT not afraid of work; men’s 
rooms have all modern improvements; give ref¬ 
erences, exp<-rionce, and wages asked. Address 
COLVER FARMS, Colver, Pa. Cambria Co. 
AVANTED—A middle-aged woman as cook and 
general houseworker on a farm where four 
men are emiiloyed; or a man and wife (no chil¬ 
dren), the wife to fill the position of cook; also 
two other men; all must be sober and capable of 
doing all farm work; we also need a man accus¬ 
tomed to good apple orchard work; anyone reply¬ 
ing to the above should send recommendations, 
state where he lias worked and wages expecteiT, 
with board. HARRY BANNING, Riverside 
Farm, Princeton, N. ,T. 
WANTED—An experienced man and -wife as 
caretaker for a small estate; man must care 
for lawns, shrubbery, flowers and gardens, and 
In Winter care for heating system, shovel mow, 
aiuf whatever else needs attention: woman must 
do laundry work and assist around the kouse on 
.special occasions; If you have children or dogs 
do not apply; reference required. Address AD¬ 
VERTISER 4579, care Rural New-Yorker. 
AVANTED—Country-breif woman, good manager, 
experienced in running her own home, to hoard 
three or four men in fanner’s cottage on farm 
near Danbur.y, Conn.; no objection to child; per¬ 
sonal reference required. Address OWNER, 339 
West 86th St., New York City. 
GENTLEMAN with farm of one hundred thirty 
acres, Westchester County, thirty-five miles 
from New York City, desires to engage farmer 
and his wife with not more than two children, 
preferably not under fourteen years of age; 
wages generous; house provided. Communicate 
SUITE 2103, 00 Wall St., New York City, giv¬ 
ing fullest particulars, references, wages desired. 
AA’ANTED—Man and wife; man for general farm 
work; must be able to drive automobile; wife 
to keep house and cook; widoiyer and three 
grown children in family; -wages, $05 for both; 
state nationality and what .you can do. AD¬ 
VERTISER 4584, care Rural New-Yorker. 
AVANTED—Reliable woman for housework; mod¬ 
em and convenient house; no objection to 
woman with daughter; good school advantages; 
wages $8 per week. BOX 110, Ossining, N. Y. 
HERDSMAN WANTED—Single man who is good 
milker and butter maker; also feeder and un¬ 
derstands mixing balanced rations; small hercT 
Guernseys; state age, nationality and wages ex¬ 
pected. HILLSIDE FARMS, Greenville, Maine. 
AV .ANTED—Married man to attend to four cows 
and chickens, make butter; must have good 
experience and reference; wages, $70 per month, 
with light and fire. Apply ADA’ERTISER 4587, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
AA’ANTED—Foreman (married), for sheep farm; 
must have thorough experience in raising and 
care of them; also growing crops; position open 
at once. JNO. SIAIPSON, Wyoming Av., Scran¬ 
ton, Pa. 
Situations Wanted 
POULTRYMAN with the experience, ability and 
brains to make plant pay, seeks position as 
working manager on living salary and profit- 
sharing basis; expert incubator and brooder 
man; managed one plant 12 years; American; 
married. ADVERTISER 4504, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
POSnTON WANTED a.s herJ manager or assis¬ 
tant manager on dairy farm. G. B. H., 45 
Trimble Ave.-, Woodside, L. I. 
I’OULTllYMAN with practical experience wishes 
position on private estate, with mother to work 
as laundress; state wages and particulars in first 
letter. ADVERTISER 4.'.03, eare Rural New- 
Yorker. 
DO YOU WANT a herdsman, farm foreman, as¬ 
sistant on farm, greenhouse men, tractor men, 
or farm help? We have young men trained In 
our school, competent to fill these po.ltions next 
Spring; stAte full detail.s. Including wages. 
BERNHARD OSTROLEN'K. National Farm 
School, Farm School, Pa. 
WORKING farm manager wants position; capa¬ 
ble, honest, strictly reliable; single: under¬ 
stands all branches of farming, especially crops 
and machinery; built complete set barn buildings 
last year; will work anywhere; reference If de¬ 
sired. ADVERTISER 4578, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as head foreman by mari-icd 
American, age 40 years, with five sons, dairy 
farm of about 100 acres, 20 cows, free of stone; 
New .Jersey preferred; can operate such a farm 
with own family; life experience at dairy farm¬ 
ing; can operate all modern machinery; want full 
charge; do not use rum or tobacco; best of ref¬ 
erences. Address B. J., Box 108, New Market, 
N. J. 
SINGLE MAN ivlshes position on poultry farm; 
some experience; can give best of references 
as to character and ability. ADVERTISER 
4589, care R: ral New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN desires position; married; thor¬ 
oughly competent to liandle any size plant; 
finest references. ADVERTISER 4592, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM OWNER—If you own a well-located farm 
in .Southeastern State and are willing to co¬ 
operate with working manager in system of live 
stock farming, write to M. T. HORNE, Route 3, 
Newton Falls, Ohio. 
WANTED—Position as manager of poultry plant 
or poultry department on country estate; 
graduate of Cornell short course, 1905; good 
references: single; age 35. ADVERTISER 4588, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN, 16 years’ practical working ex-' 
perience, open for position manager-supt., 
Dec.-Jan. Ist: competent; breeding, feeding, egg 
production, broilers, roasters, luculiation, brood¬ 
ing, trap nesting; only first-class jilace consid¬ 
ered, with modern house and privileges: mar¬ 
ried; American; no children; age 39; gilt-edge 
references; state full particulars and salary paid 
in first letter. Address ADVERTISER 4583, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN—Single, desires position; 12 
years’ practical experience; strictly sober: fine 
references. ,ADVERTI,SER 4591, care Rural 
New-Yorker. ' 
WORKING FARM MANAGER desires position; 
thoroughly experienced with all farm animals, 
crops and machinery; best of references. AD¬ 
VERTISER 4.581,’ eare Rural New-Yorker, 
MANAGER desires position; American; 35 years 
of age; married; practical farmer in nil up- 
to-date methods of farming; have made a spe¬ 
cialty of growing mangel beets. Alfalfa and 
corn with great snccess, running of all the lat¬ 
est kinds of farm machinery, tractors, etc.; 
handling of help to the best possible advantage; 
care and management of purebred cattle to pro¬ 
cure large milk and linttcr production, and fit¬ 
ting cows to make large A. R. O. records; no 
small proposition considered; have aml)ition and 
ability; reliable in every Instance and devoted to 
my work and the interest of my employer; ref¬ 
erences. AfTdress ADVERTLSER 4580, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN, 22 (single), as assistant or take 
care of small plant. 11. GINSRURG, 4121 
Third Ave., New York. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
FOR LEASE—50-ncro farm; small farm house, 
barns, etc.; run as dairy farm for years; 
nearby market; city water and electric power; 
one lionr from New York City. P. O. BOX 1, 
Prince Bay, Staten Island, New York. 
FOR RENT—Farm of 400 acres, fully stocked 
and equipped for dairy and grain; good 
buildings; cash or on shares; Somerset Co., 
N. J.; character and ability main requirements 
of applicants; references required. Address 
ADVERTISER 4.502, care Rural New-Yorker. 
110-ACRE Northampton County farm; grain 
planted, stock, e<iuipment. for sale; bargain 
if taken now. ISAAC RISSMILLBR, Wind Gap, 
pa. 
TWO-HUNDRED-ACRE Harlem Valley farm, 57 
miles out; 3 houses; good buildings; grand 
water siqiply; never rented; State road through 
place; 1 mile to depot; terms reasonable. AD¬ 
VERTISER 4580, eare Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SAT.E—Beautiful salt-water front farm. 
Eastern shore of Maryland; 240 aer<‘s, 1(K) un¬ 
der cultivation, 100 more tillable if eloareil; 
enough timber to more than pay for farm, if 
marketed properly: splend'id beach, fine lunitiiig, 
fishing; good buildings; price $15,000; terms. 
W. J. VESSEY, Slielltown, Maryland. 
FOR SATjE—^O ne of the best located and iirodnc- 
ing farms in Western New York; thirty miles 
from Riiffalo on State automobile road; 135 
acres: pricis one hundred and fifty dollars per 
acre. Wi'lte for terms and particulars, ADVER¬ 
TISER 4585, care Rural New-Yorker. 
TO LET ON SHARES—Halves; April 1, 1919; 
first-elass dairy farm of 140 acres, adjoining 
Grade A creamery; will keep .50-00 head of 
stock; only men experienced, who can show re¬ 
sults, need apply. HERMAN T. RERGER, New 
Milford, N. Y. 
WANTED—Farm, 75 acres, to lease or buy. 
ADVERTISER 4.590, care Rural New-Yorker. 
F’OR SATjE—^ 195-acre farm near Norfolk, Va, 
Address JOHN I’ARR, Rerk’ey, Va., R. R. 
No. 3. 
WANTED—A farm, 5 to 10 acres, with 10-room 
house, within 50 miles of New York City, and 
along line of New York Central or New York, 
New Haren A Hartford Railroads. Address M. 
T. HANNA, Kingsbridge Terrace, Rronx, New 
York City, N. Y. 
FOR SAI.E—Farm in Dutchess County, 8 miles 
from Foughkeepsie. For particulars address 
ADVERTISER 4582, care Rural New-Yorker. 
ROARING BROOK DAIRY and bleeding farm, 
two Imndred and fifty acres, on improved road; 
old Colonial house in A No. 1 condition; new, 
modern, 20-cow barn and milk house; Iwo big 
silos, good horse barn, machine sheds, bull and 
calf pens, garage: water in all buildings fur¬ 
nished by bold spring; good hog wire fencing; 
200 acres can lie cultivated; milk, 40c per gallon 
wholesale; .$15,000 for quick sale. W. A. STOCK- 
TON, R.F.D. 1, Blackstone, Va. 
Miscellaneous 
FOR SAT.E—One Newcomb Hying shuttle rag 
carpet loom, “Weavers Delight”; very little 
used; good as new; about half price. BOX 02, 
Chatham. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—A qu*ntlty of baled dry pea vines; 
a bright, fine qualijy; excellent for store sat- 
tle and hones; price *15 per ton f. o. b. Au¬ 
burn, N. Y. H. C. HEMINGWAY & CO., Au¬ 
burn, N, T. 
FOR SALE—1917 Cleveland tractor, $000; Oliver 
No. 78 two-bottom plow, $140. CHAS. E. 
LOVEJOY, Victor, N. Y., R. No. 1. 
APPLES! APPLES! APPLES!—For choice Win¬ 
ter apples writ* to C. J. YODER, Grants- 
vllle, N, Y. 
FOR SALE—Ford ton truck: platform and 
stakes, or will exchange for cows. II. BUR¬ 
GESS, Waterloo, N. Y. 
AVANTED—Small gasoline trench machine suit¬ 
able for laying farm drain tile not over five 
feet deep. Reply ADA’ERTISER 4573, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
CIDER APPLES WANTED—Must be in good 
condition; state price in carload lots or less 
f. 0 . b. Peekskill, N. Y. JOHN F. WILKINS, 
Peekskill, N. Y. Telephone Peekskill 21 P 4. 
WANTED—Maiunioth Incubators; capacity, three 
thousand, up. NEI^SON DEWEY, Middleport, 
N. Y. 
BUCKWHEAT HONEY in 60-lb. cans, $12 per 
can f. 0 . b. G. W. BELDEN, Berkshire, N. Y. 
HONEY — Extracted buckwheat and clover; 
mixed; also pure buckwheat honey, 00-lb. 
cans f. o. b. shipping station, $14; 10-lb. paila, 
$2.50; 5-11). palls, $1.30; 12-lb. cans, $3, or $3.40 
delivered In 2d lone; $3.50 In 3d gone; 105-lb. 
keg, $34. RAY C. WILCOX, R. 4, Ithaca. N. Y. 
FOR SAT.E—About 3,000 cabbage. Write to 
WM. MILSTEAD, Box 557, Glen Cove, Long 
Island. 
INDIAN MOTORCYCLE—Excellent condition. 
BOX 700, Warrenton, Va. 
FOR SALE—New Dain automatic Alfalfa stack¬ 
er; two lift sweep rakes; cheap. F. 0, BAR- 
DEr.,L, K. 2, E. Syracuse, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—181/i tons of oat straw in bales av¬ 
eraging a little over 100 lbs. each. F'. AV. 
BROAV NURSERY, Rose Hill, N. Y. 
EXTRA LARGE 
LARGE 
MEDIUM 
SMALL 
UNPRIME 
RACOON FANCY 
ORDINARY 
$10.00 
5.00 
$0.00 
3.-50 
$.3.50 
2. .50 
$2..50 i 
1.60 j 
13.00 to 60c 
SKUNK BLACK 
SHORT 
NARROAV 
BROAD 
10.00 
7.00 
4.00 
2.00 
7.00 
5.00 
3.50 
1.50 
5.00 
3.00 
2.00 
1.00 
3..50 
2.00 
1.50 
.76 
4.00 to 2.00 
3.00 to 1..50 
2.00tol.00 
1.00 to 0.60 
OPPOSSUM 
2.00 
1.40 
.80 n 
.40 
1.00 to 0.5c 
GRAY FOX 
5.00 
4.a) 
3.00 
2.00 
3. (M) to 30c 
RED FOX 
20.00 
15.00 
12.00 
6.00 
12.00tol.00 
MINK DARK 
iO.OO 
8.00 
0.00 
4.00 
6.00 to 80c 
ORDINARY 
7.00 
5.00 
4.00 
2.50 
4.00 to 2.5c 
MUSKRAT 
2.00 
1..50 
1.25 
.75 
iKit .50 to 10c 
IMPORTANT ! If you have no furs for shipment now, 
■write for free shipping tags, and watch our next price 
quotations in this paper. It means more money for you. 
J. HENRY ATICIIT, 
117 West aoth At. 
New York, N. Y. 
Get the very top prices for your furs—and get your cash QUICK—by shipping at once to 
J. Henry Sticht—the house you can rely upon. Why delay by writing for price list when 
you can see right here what your furs will actually bring you. Note these prices care¬ 
fully—they are exactly what we will pay if you send your furs AT ONCE. Don’t delay— 
the market may decline. 
