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<Ibt RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 15, 1919 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MARCH 15, 1919 
FARM TOPICS 
Public Works; Uirviers' Rights; Soldiers on 
Farms ...... .... 
The Sorghum ’ rep. 
An Eledrly T.L-t- Small Farm 
Crops and Favm News. 
Nitrate of Se'"j on Corn... 
Club-root in : bage.... 
Seeding Spring -■ s ... 
Plowing Old Ai'a v-i 
Soy Beans in Cors. 
A Failure with Sweer C' 
Sterilizing Mantire with 
Hope Farm Notes. 
Lime and Potato Scab.. 
Increasing Value of Sheep Ma 
A Farmer’s Eight-hour Day 
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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Milk Goats in New Hampshire. 462 
Business in Rabbits.463, 464 
Molasses for Stock Feeding. 467 
New Plans for the Dairymen’s League.485 
An Advertising Plan. 485 
Sow Losing Hair. 488 
Linseed and Oilmeal for Pigs. 488 
Bitter Milk . 490 
Improving a Good Ration. . 490 
Carrying Pigs Over a Year; Live Stock 
Prices . 490 
Adirondack Sheep Notes. 492 
Bloat . 4°2 
Stick to One Breed. 492 
New Jersey Sheep and Wool Growers Or¬ 
ganize . 493 
Drenching for Stomach Worms. 493 
Dividing Sheep Damage. 493 
A Share of the Damage. 
World’s Records of Dairy Breeds. 4‘t 
Beet Pulp and Brewer’s Grains.. 4"4 
Improving Milk Flow.4°4 
Poor Milk Flow. 494 
Two-year-old Peavine Silage. 494 
Bitter Cream . 494 
Value of the Old-time Acorn Crop. 497 
Foot Rot .497 
Thinks Disease Farcy. 498 
Snuffles .• 504 
Itching Skin . 504 
Weak Legs . 504 
Shoeboil . 504 
Depraved Appetite .504 
THE HENYARD 
The Cold Storage Egg Situation. 485 
Finger Test for Drone Hens. 498 
Disinfecting Incubator . 498 
Hens Losing Feathers.500 
Dry Mash Hoppers. 500 
Mixed Grain for Poultry. 500 
Oyster Shells in Cement Floor. 500 
Brief Story of Duck Culture—Part IV. 500 
Egg-laying Contest . 501 
A Tax-proof Fence. 501 
Brooder Stove for Heating Greenhouse. 502 
Oil-burning Brooders ... 502 
Ailing Fowls . 502 
Damage by Pigeons... 502 
HORTICULTURE 
Getting the Jump on Jack Frost.461, 462 
Garden Crops on the Pacific Coast.4 C 9 
Power for the Spray Gun.462 
The Seventeen-year Locust in 1919. 464 
Spray Early for Leaf-curl.464 
Planning a Vegetable Garden. 465 
Chestnut Blight and Apple Trees.....467 
Using Hen Manure ; . 467 
Destroying Plant Lice.467 
Moles Damaging Roots.4,1 
Liquid Application to Destroy Borers.4/2 
Cold Weather and the Scale.4/2 
New Plums in Ohio.472 
Hen Manure on Strawberries.4/2 
The Small Orchard of Fruit.476 
Leaf Spot and Wilt. 4/6 
Tomatoes on Trellises.477 
Methods of Grape Training. 477 
A Red Letter Day. 482 
Cut-back Apple Trees. 483 
8ig Apple Buying for England. 485 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 486 
Women Workers . 486 
Embroidery Design .. • • • 486 
Wholesome Greens from Field and Gar- 
den .486, 487 
Preparing Feed Sacks for Household Use... 487 
The Rural Patterns r . 487 
Another Chilblain Remedy. 487 
Squash Muffins . 487 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Rural Mail Carriers and Holidays. 
Force Pump from Cell. 
Questions About Belting... 
Events of the Week. 
Water Tank .. • • 
Frugal Syrup Making. •••■ 
Farm Icehouse . 4/9, 
Ventilation for Storage Cellar. 
Editorial . 
Bees on Shares. 
Publisher’s Desk . 
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My Friend, the Tin Can 
Your article in regard to farmers being 
refused the privilege of peddling their 
produce from house to house calls for 
help from us all. For years I have sold 
to the public, and I find them changeable 
and sometimes deceitful, buying heavily 
one day and again very lightly. As a 
back-to-tlie-lander, for the past two years 
as an aid to dispose of my produce I 
have found my best friends were a large 
wash-boiler, and old stove and a few liuu- 
Jred tin cans. From the day when you have 
not enough peas to make a trip to town 
worth while to the height of the season 
when you can hardly seem to give away 
those luscious red tomatoes, we canned 
and canned—and then canned. 11 my 
Customers considered my_ goods worth the 
price, well and good; if not, then the 
cans got them, till October found us with 
all our cans (and glass jars, too), filled. 
We had cauliflower, wax and green beans, 
Swiss chard, peas, tomatoes, blueberries, 
blackberries, strawberries, sweet corn, 
beets, etc., arranged on the shelves, a reg¬ 
ular storehouse, fi'led for the W inter. 
The goods were of the best quality, 
packed in their prime, and the work was 
done mostly evenings or early mornings, 
as after they were on cooking my wite 
watched them cook and took them off at 
the required time. 
There is a time in the height of the 
season of nearly every vegetable when 
the selling price is hardly above the cost 
of its production ; then is the time to fill 
your pantry shelves. The equipment is 
simple and directions for canning are 
numerous and plain. We have used the 
cold pack method entire 1 ' >• have been 
very successful. Our ; with six 
children, appreciate this ■ »»?v. and to¬ 
gether with six or seve.i ia-.«•••* crocks of 
eggs, a bin of potatoes a.i < one of apples, 
home-grown rye and buckwheat flour, we 
expect to survive the Winter and are 
preparing now to can or preserve faith¬ 
fully all spare fruits and vegetables dur¬ 
ing 1919. PHILIP T. BROWN. 
Massachusetts. 
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Philadelphia Markets 
PUTTER. 
Best creamery prints, fit to 66c: tub, 
choice, 60 to file; packing stock, 35 to 
38c. 
EGGS. 
Nearby choice. 51 to 53c; gathered, 
best, 42 to 45c ; lower grades, 38 to 40c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, 36 to 37c; chickens, 37 to 30c; 
roosters, 2G to 27c; ducks, 40 to 45c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, 43 to 45c; chickens. 34 to 
35c; fowls, 2S to 35c; roosters, 27c; 
ducks, 3S to 40c; squabs, doz., $6 to 
$8.25. 
FRUITS. 
Apples, bbl., .$7 to $10; cranberries, 
bbl.. $15 to $25; strawberries, qt., 50c 
to 75c. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, No. 1. 100 lbs., $1.75 to 
$2.25; %-bu. bkt... 80 to 90c; sweet pota¬ 
toes, bu., $1 to $1.75; cabbage, ton, $40 
to $42; onions, 100 lbs., $1.25 to $3. 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
March 18—North Iowa Breeders’ sale, 
horses, Mason City, Iowa. 
March 20-21—Milking Shorthorn Con¬ 
gress. show and sale, Erie, Pa. 
March 25 — Breeders’ Service Co., 
horses, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
April 1-12—Holsteins, Purebred Live 
Stock Sales Co., Brattleboro, Yt. 
April 9—Central Illinois Shorthorn 
Breeders’ Association, Paris, Ill. 
April 17—John II. Fitch, Angus, Lake 
City, Iowa. 
April 19—Longview Farm, saddle 
horses, Lee’s Summit, Mo. 
No. 4 
TOP DRESSING TALKS 
A well-known authority in orchard matters, Prof. J. P. Stewart of the 
Pennsylvania Station, says that an orchard in active bearing takes 
more plant food than a 25-bushel wheat crop, except the phosphorus. 
That is why he earnestly advises the use of fertilizers on the orchard. 
ARCADIAN Sulphate of Ammonia at the rate of 150 pounds per acre 
will supply the nitrogen that is needed for a full crop. 
ARCADIAN SULPHATE OF AMMONIA 
The Great American Ammoniate 
ARCADIAN Sulphate of Ammonia is the well-known standard article that has done 
you good service in your mixed fertilizers for years past. Especially kiln-dried and 
ground to make it fine and dry. Ammonia 25 % % guaranteed. Made in U. S. A. 
For sale by Armour Fertilizer Works, Chrome, N. J., Baltimore, Md. and Greensboro; 
N. C.; Swift & Co., Charlotte, N. C.; Home Fertilizer and Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md., 
Independent Packers Fertilizer Co., Columbus, Ohio; Federal Chemical Co., Nashville, 
Tenn.; I. P. Thomas & Son Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Berkshire Fertilizer Co., Bridgeport, 
Conn.; Baugh & Sons Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Baltimore, Md. and Norfolk, Va.; Solvay 
Process Co., Detroit, Mich.; Jarecki Chemical Co., Cincinnati and Sandusky, Ohio. 
For information 
as to applica¬ 
tion, write 
The 
Company 
New York 
N. Y. 
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page 
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