552 
Vhe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, MARCH 13, 1910. 
These prices and notes are believed to 
be fairly representative of the current of 
trade here: 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for March, $3.31 per 100 
lbs., equivalent to 7.12 cents per quart 
for three per cent milk, with an addi¬ 
tional 4c per 100 for every one-tentli of 
one per cent extra butter fat, at points 
150 miles from city. 
BUTTER. 
Receipts are fairly large, though move¬ 
ment is slow, partly because of labor 
troubles. Prices one to two cents higher 
on the better grades. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 61 @ 62 
Good to Choice . 57 @ 59 
Lower Grades. 48 @ 52 
City made. 35 @ 42 
Dairy, best . 58 @ 59 
Common to good . 43 @ 52 
Packing Stock ..:. 34 @ 40 
Process . 40 @ 47 
CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, old, fancy . 36 9> 37 
Good to choice. 32 @ 35 
New Make . 30 ® 32 
Skims, best. 19 ® 21 
Fair to good. 10 ® 14 
EGGS. 
There is considerable accumulation of 
all grades, and prices three to live cents 
lower. 
White, nearby, choice to fauoy. 46 @ 47 
Medlnm to good. 43 ® 45 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 44 @ 45 
Common to good. 41 ® 43 
Gathered, best, white. 45 ® 46 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 42 @ 43 
Lower grades. 38 ® 40 jj 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers..1100 @17 50 
Bulls . 9 00 @13 00 
Cows .. . 4 00 @12 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs..18 00 @22 00 
Culls.10 00 @13 00 
Hogs...16 00 @19 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 8 00 @10 00 
Lambs .18,50 @19 50 
DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, choice. 29 ® 30 
Common to good. 22 @ 26 
Pork . 18 @ 22 
Lambs, hothouse, head .12 00 @16 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Prices reported are: Chickens. 28 to 
32c; fowls, 35c; roosters, 22c; turkeys, 
32 to 40c; ducks, 35 to 40c; geese, 21 
to 22c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 45 @ 46 
Medium to good. 35 @ 42 
Chickens choice lb. 36 @ . 37 
Fair to Good. 30 @ 33 
Fowls. 30 @ 35 
Roosters. 25 @ 27 
Ducks. 35 @ 40 
Geese, . 36 @ 33 
Squabs, doz... 2 00 @1150 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs....... 9 00 @10 25 
Pea. 6 50 @ 7 25 
Medium ... 6 25 @7 50 
Red Kidney.10 oo @11 00 
White Kidney ..1175 @12 00 
YeUow Eye. 7 50 @8 00 
Lima, California. 8 00 @ 825 
ERUITS. 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl.. 
York Imperial .. 
Ben Davis. 
Greening . 
8py .. 
Cranberries, bbl. ... 
Strawberries, qt.. 
Oranges, box . 
Lemons, box . 
Grape Fruit. 
Cocoanuts, 1000 . 
7 50 
7 00 
. 6 00 
7 00 
8 00 
20 00 
25 
, 4 00 
3 75 
3 00 
.65 00 
@10 00 
@ 9 60 
@ 8 50 
@9 50 
@12 00 
@28 00 
@ 60 
@ 7 75 
@ 4 75 
@ 6 00 
@90 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—L. I., 180 lbs. 4 25 @ 4 50 
State, 180 1 bs. 3 00 @ 3 75 
Maine, 165 lbs. 2 50 @ 3 50 
Virginia, late crop, bbl. 2 50 @ 3 00 
Bermuda, bbl.., 16 00 @10 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 2 00 @ 3 75 
Beets, bbl. 1 25 @2 25 
Carrots, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 25 
Cabbage, ton.35 00 @45 0U 
New, bbl. 4 00 @ 7 00 
Lettuce, balf-bbl. basket. 2 25 @4 00 
Onions. 100 lbs. 3 00 @8 00 
String Beans bu. 3 00 6 8 00 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl,. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Egg Plants, bu. 3 00 @ 7 00 
Spinach, bbl.o 00 @4 00 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. .. 100 @175 
Parsnips, bbl ... 160 @2 00 
Salsify. 100 bunches. 4 00 @6 00 
Kale, bbl. 2 25 @ 2 75 
Chicory, bbl... 4 06 @ 6 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Tlmotby, No. 1. ton . 34 00 @35 00 
No. 2.32 00 @33 00 
No. 3 .26 00 @28 00 
No grade ....18 00 @2100 
Clover mixed.25 00 @32 00 
Straw, Rye.12 00 @14 00 
GRAIN. 
Following are the Government prices 
on No. 2 Red wheat at various markets: 
New York, $2.37%; Chicago, $2.23; St. 
Louis, $2.21. No. 3 Yellow corn at New 
York, $1.64; oats, 70 to 72c; rye, $1.57. 
Toledo Grass Seed 
Clover, cash, bu., $26; April, $22.25; 
Timothy, bu., $5. 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
Best creamery prints. 66 to 68c; _tub, 
choice. 62 to 63c; packing stock, 35 to 
38c. 
EGGS. 
Nearby choice, 48 to 50c; gathered, 
best, 40 to 42c; lower grades, .35 to 39c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls. 36 to 37c; chickens. 37 to_40c; 
roosters. 26 to 27c; ducks, 40 to 45c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, 43 to 46c; chickens, 35 to 
37c: fowls, 28 to 35c; roosters, 27c; 
squabs, doz.. $6 to $9. 
ERUITS. 
Apples, bbl.. $7 to $10; cranberries, 
bbl.. $20 to $2S; strawberries, qt., 20 
to 60c. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, No. 1. 100 lbs.. $1.90 to $2; 
%-bu. bkt., 75 to 90c; sweet potatoes, 
bu., $1.25 to $2; cabbage, ton. $35 to 
$40; onions, 100 lbs.. $1.25 to $3.50. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MARCH 22, 1919 
FARM TOPICS 
Big Questions for American Farmers.. .509, 610 
A Letter from a Soldier. 511 
Fanner's Eight-hour Day Again. 511 
Warm Up Seed Potatoes at Once. 512 
The Use of Nitrate of Soda. . 512 
Improving Sandy Land. 512 
Second Year at Arrowhead Farm. 513 
Value of Stable Manure. 514 
Kale in Oregon. 514 
Cost of Growing Potatoes. 523 
Crops and Farm News. 524 
Hope Farm Notes.528, 553 
A Suggestion About “Free Seeds”. 531 
The Man Who Wants a Farm. 531 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Selling Smalll Lots of Wool...510 
Country Milk Co. in Hands of a Receiver.. 531 
High Cost of Milk Production. 531 
Beef Scrap for Pigs. 538 
Slaughterhouse Refuse for Hogs. 538 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 539 
Ration for Duroc-Jersey Sows. 540 
Feeding Young Pigs.. 540 
Sheep and Milk Notes. 542 
Our Freind the Cheviot Sheep. 542 
Nodular Disease; Paralysis. 544 
Sick Sheep . 544 
Indigestion . 544 
Plan for Barn Basement. 545 
Ration for Cow. 545 
Handling Ugly Bull. 546 
Poor Dairy Ration. 546 
Permanent Pasture Mixture. 546 
Fattening Pigs for Home Use. 546 
Balanced Ration for Cow.548 
Proportion of Butter to Milk. 548 
Improving Milk Flow. 548 
Milk Fever . 548 
Another Dairy Ration. 648 
Millet Hay; Eggs for Calf. 548 
Feeding Silage to Horse.548 
THE HENYARD 
Chicks in a Colony Brooder. 543 
Egg-laying Contest . 550 
Obstructed Breathing .550, 551 
Feeding Incubator Chicks. 551 
Brief Story of Duck Raising—Part IV.551 
HORTICULTURE 
Getting the Jump on Jack Frost. 511 
The Seventeen-year Locust in 1919—Part II 521 
The Future of Apple Cider Under the Pro- 
Weevils in Dried Fruit. 523 
Lime on Orchard.-. 529 
Planting an Asparagus Bed.529 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Spring Thoughts of a Plain Farm Woman, 
519, 520 
To Use the Odd Cuts of Meat. 520 
A Farm Mother’s Notes. 525 
Women on Juries. 527 
Women Jurors in Idaho. 527 
A Ton of Squashes. 532 
The Girl Scout Movement.532, 534 
A City Woman Wants Co-operation. 533 
Buying by Parcel Post. 533 
Homemade Flour . 533 
Early Training of Children..... 533 
Thoughtlessness vs. Conservation or Thrift. 533 
Ways with Rhubarb. 536 
The Home Dressmaker.537, 542 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Wood Borers in House Timbers. 514 
Bottling Sweet Cider Commercially. 514 
Flux for Galvanized Metal.. 517 
Cleaning Water-glass Containers. 517 
Quicksilver on Gold. 517 
Temperature in Iceless Refrigerators. 517 
Honey Vinegar . 517 
Alcohol in Hard Cider. 517 
Canned Milk . 517 
Glittering Stones .517, 518 
Acid for Cutting Rust; Roof Paint. 518 
Events of the Week... 524 
Ice Saw with Sprocket Chain. 526 
Charging Battery from Home Electric Plant 526 
Sinking Well in Quicksand... 526 
Changing Mandrel on Saw Rig. 526 
Editorials ... 
Physical Training in Rural Schools...531 
Autocratic Power of School Authorities.... 531 
Publisher’s Desk . 554 
U„.l.r.lT,»nn«,i, am canvassing New Jersey, Delo- 
lYlUSKlal I rappers wale,Maryland,Pennsylvania.Write 
US what you have. We’ll call. STERN BROS., Hew Brunswick, If. J. 
SALE BELGIAN HARES 
and FLEMISH GIANTS—First class. 
CHAS. BLACKING, Eden, Erie Co-. N. Y. 
npi pi a|| U 1 DCC Two Does and one Buck, Ten 
DtLUIAR ll All Ed Months. Price, $10 for Trio. 
W. H. GIE8SE, - Amityvllle. Long Island 
Mahogany REDS 
strain of Dark 
Colored Rhode Island Reds. Breeders selected many 
years for their persistent Fall and Winter lay¬ 
ing. EGGS, *2 50 for 15; S7 for 50; *12 for 100. Write 
for circular. C. QUACKEN8USH, Box 800, Darien, Conn. 
Vancrest Poultry Farm 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. Heavy layers.Good type 
and size. One pen of 175 pullets averaged 88 eggs per 
daydnring November and December. Getourprices 
on baby chick* and hatching eggs. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Frank Van Wagner, Prop., Hyde Park, NY. 
Beautiful and Profitable 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
The kind you looking for 
Eggs anti Chi*/. Keasoiittble 
R. W. Stevens Stillwater, N. Y. 
Mottled Ancona Hatching Eggs 
Winter laying hens mated to cock from 232-eggtien. 
(Somers-Jlartin strain) *2 per 15; *10 per 100. Cock¬ 
erels, S3. CARL H. KOOK, Nanuet, New York 
Wv.lfar rhii*k«i BE 1 T value 
VV y-lldl V/IllLKs s# c> White Leghorns 
Trapnested stock Eggs, chicks. 
WY-HAU POULTRY FARM, Denton, Md. 
The Pine Tree 
HATCHERY 
This Hatchery is the oldest and 
one of the largest in the U. S. 
We have hatched and shipped 
baby-chicks for over a quarter of 
a century. Our chicks are sure to 
please. They come from pure¬ 
bred stock, and are properly 
hatched and priced. 
S. C. White Leghorns, $16.00 
Barred Rocks . . . 20.00 
R. I. Reds .... 20.00 
White Wyandottes . 26.00 
Anconas .... 25.00 
Per 
100 
Chicks 
We Guarantee full count of live 
chicks upon arrival. Our Catalog 
and Price List FREE. 
THE PINE TREE HATCHERY 
Box R Stockton, N. J. 
The FRANCO-AMERICAN 
POULTRY FARM 
LITTLE FALLS, N. J. 
Breeders of high-class Barred Ply. Rocks, 
Mammoth Pekin Ducks and Toulouse 
Geese offer for sale: —Hatching Eggs, 
Baby Chicks, Duckl'ngs and Goslings, 
Also exceptionally good Breeding 
Stock at very reasonable prices . 
Parks Strain Barred Rocks 
Hatching Eggs, $2.50 per 15; $10 per 100. 
D. EVERETT JONES, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
RaPKGrt RnfilrQ Eggs from vigorous. 
DdrrUU IVUhKh farm raised birds. 
Heavy laying, trap-nested, Parks' strain, S1.75 per 
setting. G. A. Williams, Box 494, Warwick, N.Y. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
Hatching egg* from trap nested hens bred for heavy 
laying. J, F. Francalx, Wentli nmpton lioncli,V 
For Sale-White Plymouth Rock Pullets—Fishels 
Eight extra nice pullets now laying. $4 each. 
George M. IXallock, 'Washingtonville, N - . Y. 
WHITE ROCK COCKERELS 
We are offering two very choice early hatched cock¬ 
erels at $8 each or $15 tor the two. Satisfaction 
or money refunded. Order from this ad. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs. Pa. 
R /"« P f FOR HATCHING 
• V-.. XV. X. XV XT . I Jtj $1.50 per 15; $7 per 100. 
Vigorous Stock. Free Range. H. 11. OWKN, Khinabcck, N.T. 
Mottled Anconas 
Eggs for hatching, $1.10—15; $5 SO—1/>0. 
CEO. K. H01VDISH, Esperance. New York 
Wanied-Several Female Pea Fowls to.Teed h - 
Ing purposes. E. 8. HILL, Karra, DndUy, Mass 
White CORNISHpS 6 ^! 
Eggs, $3 per 15; $5 per 30. I* J. SMITH, U.ep River, Conn. 
Poarl Clltnoac The Cheapest fowl raised 
* C<111 UlllllCdiS on the farm. 84 a pair. 
J. E. VAN ALSTYNE, - Kinderiiook, New York 
U/L!i- I for hatching. *5 per hundred. 
White Leghorn tggs h. d. salton, waiton, n. y. 
Buff Wyandottes ‘£,"72?/, 
Mrs. Worthington Holcomb, New Hartford. Conn. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
HATCHINC EGGS FROM THE BRED-TO-LAY KIND 
F. W. HARRIS. - MELROSE. N, Y. 
Hatching Eggs and Baby Chicks 
from trap netted S. C. W. Leghorns, Barred Rocks, 
White Wyandottes. j, McA. KATER, Winchester, Va. 
Rose and Single uomb Reds 
Viberts Trapnested Stock. 
Hatching Eggs. $2 50 per 15 ; S10 per 100. 
1). EVEKETT JONES, HILLSDALE, N.Y 
s. C. R. I. Ft edLsS e a ;3s 
from trap-nested stock, $3 to $5. 0.1.. MASON, tie not, .N.Y. 
Rnvoflnmh Rnrl HATCHING EGGS from birds red to the 
rmauomimeu 3kin . Also heavy-laying strain. S12 
per 100: S3 per 15. EDGAR HAMMOND, Burnt Hills, N. Y. 
March 22, 1919 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds 
Trap-Nested 200-Egg Strain 
The World’s Famous Strain ol Reds 
By trap-nesting and careful breeding wo have bred a 
strain of S. C. lteds ttiat havo no equal in size, shape, 
color, and egg production. Our pen of S C. Reds in the 
1917-1918 North American Egg-Laying Contest laid 878 
eggs, whicli proved their laying .ability. Our hen No. 3 
was the highest record S. C. Red lien in the contest; slio 
laid 220eggsand did not begin laying until the sixth week 
of the contest. Cockerels, $5, f8, tie and *15 each. Eggs, 
*2. $3 and *5 per 15, $10 per 100, tlSper 200. Catalogue free. 
CHESTER COUNTT POULTRY FARM, R. 0. No. 3, Box 7, Pottstown, P> 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Our chicks are good is the reason that every chick and 
liatchingeggs from .Tan. 1st to April 20th was sold months 
ahead, we will have 2,000 chicks a week al ter April 20th. 
Grade A liens with records, 175 to 217 mated to 260 cock¬ 
erels, Chicks 50cts, Eggs 25cts. Grade B October molting 
hens mated to cockerels from a hen with a Syr. record 
of 681 eggs. Chicks 20cts, Eggs 10cts, 25% less after May 15th. 
1,000 pullets fromGradeB,maturing for delivery June 15th, 
3 months old, $2 each. Inspection invited, no catalog. 
Columbia Poultry Farm Tom's River, N. J. 
Hickory Grove Leghorns 
Vigorotu, Utility S. C. Whites of large size and heavy laying ability 
Farm bred, on free range; entiro flock milk fed. 
Eggs now bringing 2c. above quotations on open 
market in New York City on account of size and 
color. Flock of 4.70 averaged *4.95 (luring 1918. Mat¬ 
ing* cockerels with yearling and two-year-old hens. 
Satisfaction guaranteed; references if desired. 
HATCHING EGGS 97 PER HUNDRED 
HICKORY GROVE FARM. - Rushville. N. Y. 
CORNELL UNIVERSITY 
CERTIFIED WHITE LEGHORNS 
Day-old Chicks, $25 per 100 
Hatching Eggs, $15 per lOO 
This pen was selected from a large flock by an expert 
from Cornell University. 
I. DAVITT VILLAGE FARM POESTENKILL, N. Y. 
S. C. White Leghorn Baby Chicks 
hatching eggs from selected, large, best laying liens, 
mated to big. vigorous males from trap-nested hens 
with records of from 250 to 284-eggs in year. Pure 
Barron and American strain. Grand winter layers 
of large, pure white eggs. March chicks, SIB per 
100. postpaid. Safe arrival guaranteed. Prompt 
shipment, r. t. Ewinq, Atlantic, Penn. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Baby chicks S15 per 100. Eggs. S7.50 per 100. April 
and May delivery. One-half Penn. Poultry Farm 
strain. Ten years experience. Brookside Poul¬ 
try Farm, E. C. BROWN, Prop., R D.2. Stockton, N J. 
Blanchard’s White Leghorns 
The leading strain of heavy layers. Tito original 
foundation strain of successful egg farming. Hatch¬ 
ing eggs a specialty. Circular free. 
H- J. BLANCHARD, Croton, Tompkins Co., Now York 
Big Husky Single Comb White Leghorn Cockerels 
from hens witli records 200 eggs and up, S5 and *7.50 
each. Pedigree White Wyandotte and White Leg¬ 
horn hatching eggs. Write for mating list. 
Merry thought Farm, - Columbia, Conn. 
DokuPliinl/o 10.000 each week; 20 varieties; utility and 
DaUjf UllIbKS e x li i b i t i o n stock; list freo; Toulouse 
Geese. Stamps appreciated. SPENCER HATCHERY, Spencer, Ohio 
WhiteLeghorn BabyChixs a ing egg?' 
from a superior laying strain. All farm raised on 
freo range. CHAS. TAYLOR, Liberty, N. Y. 
Rose Comb White Leghorns 
No frozen combs. Best of wiutar layers. Fifteen 
eggs, *1.50 ; thirty eggs, *2.50 
B. W. BIRD, - Kirkwood, N. Y. 
CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS 
S.C. White Leghorns, R.I.Rods, Barred Rocks. 3000 Chicks. 
1500 Eggs, weekly. Circular: A. B. HALL, Wallingford. Conn 
S.C.BUFF ORPINGTONS 
Sunswick attain. Farm raiiod and bred for Winter 
layers. Hatching eggs, @3 per setting; @15 per 100. 
Mrs. Frank E. Martin, . Hatfield, Penn. 
TTT.rl5.OyS For Sale*,?'!, 11 
Hens and Toms. Stamp. J. C. LUKENS, Oxford, Pa. 
For Sale-White Holland Turkey Eggs * r 5 io 
PEACH RIDGE STOCK FARM. R. F. 0. No. 4. Newburob. N Y. 
u.i-Ljn,. FOttS. Freo Farm Range Birds. Rocks, Red?, 
ndlldimg Wyandottes, Leghorn.*. H a m b u rgs, Anco* 
nas, Brahmaa, etc. Also Turkeys, Ducks, Geese and Bel¬ 
gian Hares. Catalog Free. H. A. S0UDER, Box 28, Solleravillt, Px 
... . 
320 per 100. A. O. SCOFIELD, Green llaven, N. Y* 
lOO S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
last May or June Pullets, free 
from white Diarrhoea. Give price. 
ALBERT NELSON, - - Darien, Conn. 
HILLPQT rUIPkC Health y chicks from Record Layers 
QUALITY UniLlXQ ROCKS REDS LEGHORNS 
Post Prepaid. Safe delivery guaranteed Book FREE WYANDOTTES 
up to 1200 miles. W . F. HILLPOT, Box 1. Frenchtown. N. J. 
STOCKTON HATCHERY’S CHICKS 
We are producers of specially strong, healthy haby 
chicks. Strictly purebred and quality which is above the 
ordinary. Big, vigorous chicks for late March and early 
April deliveries. Our hundreds of satisfied customers are 
our best advertisement. 
S. C. White Leghorns. 
Rhode Island Beds. 
Burred Hocks, special niutiuge. 20.DO 
White Wyundottes . 20.00 
Anconas . 20.00 
Black Minoroas . 26.00 
Our prices are very low for such high standard of quality. Safe deUvory 
and full count guaranteed. CATALOGUE FREE. 
Per 100. 
Per 50. 
Per 25. 
$16.00 
$8.50 
$4.75 
20.00 
10.50 
5.75 
20.00 
10.50 
5.75 
20.00 
13.50 
7.00 
20.00 
13.50 
7.00 
26.00 
13.50 
7.00 
EMMERT R. WILSON 
The Stockton Hatchery 
Stockton, N. J. 
