The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
889 
Market Quotations 
(Continued from page 887) 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy lb. 74 0 75 
tiood to Choioe . 70 it 73 
I,oner Orioles. 57 0 60 
Storage, best....... 64 @ 65 
Fair to good. 56 @ 59 
City made. 44 @ 49 
Dairy, best . 72 it 73 
Common to good . 60 it 70 
Packing Btook. 38 0 44 
' CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 30 v> 31 
tiood to choice. 28 Mj 0 21*^ 
Skims, best. .. 20 (ft 21 
Fair to good . 14 (ft 16 
EGGS 
White, nearby, choice to fanoy. 53 <ft 54 
Medium to good . 45 (ft 52 
Mixed colors, nearby i>est. 49 (ft 50 
Common to good. 44 (ft 48 
Gathered, best, white. 50 to 52 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 44 ift 49 
Lower grades. 38 it 42 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers.11 00 014 75 
Balls . 7 50 012 00 
Cows. 4 00 011 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbe. 23 00 0 25 00 
Culls.12 00 016 00 
Hogs. 16 00 018 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs.10 00 0 14 00 
Lambs .20 00 @21 00 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens oholce lb. 46 0 50 
Fair to Good. 35 @ 42 
Fowls. 30 0 42 
Capons. 50 0 55 
Boosters... 28 0 29 
Ducks . 32 0 34 
Geese. 25 @ 31 
Hqtiubs, doz..... 3 00 012 00 
COUNTRY DRESSED HEAT. 
Calves, best. 33 @ 34 
Com. to good. 22 to 27 
Lambs, hot house, each. 16 00 @19 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Pea . . 
Medium . 
Bed Kidney. 
White Kidney. 
Lima. California. 
.10 00 @1135 
. 7 00 to 7 50 
. 7 00 0 7 50 
.14 00 @15 00 
.15 00 @15 60 
.1175 @1100 
FRUITS. 
Apples. Wlnesap, bbl. 5 00 @ 8 50 
Albemarlo. . 5 00 @10 00 
Greening. 4 00 @> 8 50 
Baldwin. . 4 50 @ 9 50 
Hume Beauty,bu. box. 3 Oo @4 25 
WWesnp, box. 3 25 @ 5 25 
Newtown, box. 2 75 @ 4 50 
Oranges, box . 6 50 0 8 25 
Lemons, box . 4 00 'a 6 50 
Grape Fruit. 4 50 to 5 00 
Cranberries, bbl. 4 00 to 8 50 
Strawberries, qt. 30 @ 50 
POTATOES. 
Old. 180 lbs. 13 00 @14 00 
Southern new bbl.17 oo @2000 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 2 00 0 4 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus doz. bunches. 3 00 @10 00 
lleots, bbl . 3 00 0 5 00 
Carrots, bbl ■. ■ ......... . • ..... 5 00 it 8 00 
Cabbage—old bbl . 3 00 it 6 00 
New, bu. blc. 2 50 to 3 50 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 1 00 0 7 50 
Onions. 100 lbs. 3 00 0 7 00 
Squash, new,bu. 3 00 @6 00 
Itgg Plants, .. 2 00 0 7 00 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 3 00 0 4 00 
Tomatoes. 6-blit, orate. 2 00 @ 6 50 
Radishes. 100 bunches ... 4 00 @ 8 00 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 5 00 @ 1100 
Peppers, bu . 4 00 @ 8 50 
Honmlne.bu. 2 00 @5 00 
Mushrooms, lb. 30 @ 55 
Spinach, bbl. 26 it 1 50 
Kale, bbl. 25 @ I 75 
Chicory and Esearol, bbl. 5 00 0 8 00 
Garlic, lb. 15 @ 30 
Peas, bu. 9 00 @10 00 
Parsley, bbl.. .. 4 00 @10 00 
Parsnips, bbl. 2 uu 0 j 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No 1. ton. 56 00 0 6000 
No. 2 .50 00 @52 00 
No. 3 .46 00 @49 00 
Shipping.40 00 @4100 
Clover.mixed.45 00 @52 00 
Straw, Bye. .32 00 @33 00 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter, best, lb. 78 to 80 
Good to choice. TO to 75 
Eggs, nearby, doz. 75 to 80 
Gathered . 60 to 70 
Potatoes, lb. 7 to 8 
Onions, lb. 10 to 112 
T (iHlion OK frt 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
May 6—Holstoins. Dispersal sale. F. 
II. Kivenhurgk. Morrisville, N. Y. 
May 15—Sheep. Patriotic show, shear¬ 
ing and sale. Fair Grounds, Perry, N. Y’. 
May 120—Ayrshire Cattle Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation of New England, consignment 
sale, Springfield, Mass. A. II. Sagcn- 
dorph, Spencer, Mass., sales manager. 
May 20—Ilolstcius. Tri-County Hol¬ 
stein Breeders’ Association, Sidney, N. V. 
June 10 — Ayrshire. Second national 
Ayrshire sale. Springfield. Mass. Arthur 
II. Sageudorph. Spencer, Mass., treasurer. 
June It), 1020 Berkshires. Piping 
Bock Farms, Greenwich, Conn. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Patriotic sheep show, sale and 
shearing, Fair Grounds, Perry, 
May 15. 
Annual meeting of the National 
since Breeders’ Association, Chicagf 
Wednesday, June 0. The second a 
national sale will he held in conn 
with same on Thursday, June 10 
Eastern Soil Fertility School, 
< allege, Pa., June 28. 
Apple Shippers’ Association, Ch 
Bl.. August 11-14. 
IlorneH Fair, Horuell, N. Y T „ A 
51-September 3. 
Berkshire Sale 
,, A sa f le of high class Berkshin 
mid at Piping Bock Farm. G 
( owl, June 10. 1920. Among , 
pion stock on this farm is the«b 
new Ruler and the sow Lady 
Bog Shoes for Horses 
On pace 502 B. T. inquires about the 
practicability of using the so-called bog 
shoes for horses in order to enable them 
to travel upon marshy ground. A good 
many years ago an agent visited this part 
of the country giving demonstrations of 
the practicability of such shoes by driving 
his own well-trained horse across a marsh 
so soft that it was considered hardly safe 
for a heavy man to cross. As a result of 
his demonstration he managed to hyp¬ 
notize most of the people who owned wet 
land into buying one or more sets, and 
during the next two or throe years they 
were given a pretty thorough trial. But 
I never heard of another horse being edu¬ 
cated to such a point that it would handle 
them to advantage, and after most of the 
horses in the vicinity had been mired, 
and several more or less seriously injured 
by their use. they were discarded. The 
shoes, as I remember them, wore about 
12 inches long by eight inches wide, and 
rounded into an oval form. They were 
made of hard wood, one inch thick, and 
reinforced with iron straps upon the under 
sides. There were holes in each shoe, 
corresponding with the heel and toe calks 
and they were fastened to the horse’s feet 
by means of clevis-like clamps which, 
passing over the hoofs, extended back 
diagonally with the arms passing through 
holes in the hoards, and fitted with nuts 
which were tightly drawn. 
Thus equipped, a gentle, well-broken 
horse, having supreme confidence in its 
driver, might be led across a marsh, if 
not too softi. nearly as well as without 
them. The demonstration given by the 
agent showed that an intelligent horse 
might he' taught to use them. But they 
have a surface of only about, 350 square 
inches, which, considering the weight of 
the horse, was hut a drop in the bucket, 
and on account of the liability of interfer¬ 
ing and over-reaching, larger shoes were j 
not practicable. As soon as the horse 
began to pull a leverage was created 
which not only disconcerted the animal, 
but made it imossible for him to draw 
any but the lightest loads. With this 
difficulty overcome, the leverage would 
cause tin* toes to make deep indentations 
in the soft ground, and these, acting as 
stumbling-blocks, would bring a horse to 
his knees, and in an attempt to rise all 
four f -et would become honelessly en¬ 
tangled, and then there was business 
ahead. Imagine a big, heavy nan w. Ii 
snowshoes on his feet 1 * 3 and hands and har¬ 
nessed to sled as heavy as himself, at¬ 
tempting hurriedly to extricat' hifnself 
from a snowdrift in which he had fallen 
and you may have a faint idea of the per¬ 
formances of a horse wearing hog shoes. 
My advice is that, if vou are obliged to 
work in a marsh too wet to allow the use 
of horses, to buy oxen rather than bog 
shoes. 
There is a form of boot, made to he 
drawn over a horse’s foot when used upon 
a lawn, to avoid injury to the turf. 
These were in considerable evidence a few 
years ago, and were handled by most 
dealers in lawn implements. But they 
proved upon trial to be of so littlle use 
and so great a bother, that they have 
generally been discontinued. C. o. o. 
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Hinman Milking Machine Co., Oneida, N.Y, 
Milking Good Cows 
Luerywhere 
Not only is the Hinman Milker being used on thousands of the 
country’s finest cows, but it is milking many cows that were hard to 
milk by hand and that other machines couldn’t milk at all. 
The above is a record cow, May Altoona Cornucopia, 3rd. Note 
the size teats. The Hinman has different sized teat cups to 
fit different sized teats —and so the Hirtr.:uii will milk a cow 
with small teats the same as one with large. 
HINMAN MILKER 
The simplest of all milkers, the one that l as stood the longest test 
cf time and that has been used on more cows than any 
other. And, because it is so simple, its first cost and upkeep 
cost are low and it requires less power to operate it. It is by 
far the easiest milker to keep thoroughly clean and there¬ 
fore helps always to produce clean milk. 
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Wool Profits 
Don’t lose part of your wool money by shearing 
the old fashioned way. Shear with a machine. 
The extra wool secured from your sheep soon 
pays the cost of one. You secure better wool 
more easily and quickly and benefit your flock. 
Get a Stewart No. 9 Ball Bearing Shearing 
Machine. Price $19.25. Send us $2—balance on 
arrival. Write for catalog. 
CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY 
Dept. B 141, 12th St. and Central Ave., Chicago, III. 
WE sell Farms 
W rite for complete list of New York State farms for 
sale. We have a size, location and price to please 
vou. Stock ami tools included on many of them. 
Mention R. N.-Y. when replying. 5EAISL)KVTLLK 
HEAL ESTATE AGENCY, Inc., Dept. I, Clean, 
N. Y. Branch agencies throughout New York State. 
Improved Ohio Farms 
For Sale 
T HE Miami Conservancy District, which is a 
political subdivision of the State of Ohio, offers 
several hundred of the best farms in the state for re-sale. 
This surplus acreage includes farms that range from ten 
acres to any size you might desire, located right in the 
heart of Ohio—the fertile corn raising Miami Valley. 
Each farm is under cultivation and is a big profit¬ 
paying, prosperous business. Some of these farms 
raise corn year after year with no artificial fertilizer 
or crop rotation. 
This farm land is all within a thirty mile radius of 
Dayton, with easy access to quick, profitable markets 
by rail, interurban or highway. 
For booklets giving complete in/or- 
mation address “Farm Division 
THE MIAMI CONSERVANCY DISTRICT 
DAYTON, OHIO 
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