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The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
SEND NO MONEY 
Wonderful shoe for work, home or town wear. 
Dark tan or black. Takes fine polish. Very 
comfortable. Extra specialvalue. Would cost you 
$6.00 at store. Save $2.50. Upper of chrome 
re-tanned leather; warranted six months. 
Vv ith ordinary care should wear three times 
that long. Innersole and 
middle - sole oak - tanned 
leather. Single-piece sole 
leather box toe. Single¬ 
piece sole leather counter. 
Patented long-wearing outersole. 
Sent prepaid on receipt of name, address, color, size. 
State whether wide or medium width is desired. If 
you keep them send us $3.50 in five days. Other¬ 
wise, return shoes and we’ll refund postage. 
Sold direct from factory to you by 
RUBBERHIDE CO., 212 Essex St., Boston, Mass. 
Summer 
Work 
Shoe 
Postage 
Prepaid 
vmvtI Seed Down this Fait 
I * or better ha y cr °p s 
J0j jPlHjjfrS m next Summer, It pays 
Write for free booklet and “ Hubbard’s Helpful 
Hints on Seeding Down.”1 
The Rogers & Hubbard Co. 
Dept. A 
MIDDLETOWN, CONN. 
colonial 
Colonial Special Farmer* Salt i* differ- 
ent from all other salts. Its soft, tiny, 
forous flakes dissolve instantly where¬ 
as other salts are of hard,non-porous 
flakes or granular crystals that 
dissolve slowly. Colonial Special 
Farmers Salt will not cake or lump. 
The perfect salt for cooking, baking, 
meat curing, and table use. 
COLONIAL 
SPECIAL 
FARMERS 
SALT 
THE COLONIAL SALT COMPANY AKRON. OHIO 
Chicago, Ill. Buffalo, N. Y. Boston, Mass. Atlanta, Ga. 
FOR STOCK SALT — USE COLONIAL BLOCK SALT 
"TWO-INCH 
STRAWBERRIES 
are not imaginary, many 
Specimens of Beal will be greater, 
and those of Buckbee are even larger. , 
Berries of this size are no harder to raise 
than ordinary sorts, but your profits ore far 
greater. Kevitt ’* Jubilee is another bij 
sort which some growers prefer because of iti 
pointed shape. Buckbee, $4 per doz. ; $7.5 
per 25; $13.50 per 50; $25 per 100. Keoitt’ 
Jubilee and Beal, $3 per 25; $5.50 per 50 
$10 per 100. 
Send for catalog N and be ahead of the 
crowd growing regular sorts— you’ll find 
that bigger berries mean bigger profits. 
William M. Hunt & Co., Inc. 
148 Chambers Street 
New York City 
Free from noxious weeds and of high 
germination 
Experiment Station Bulletin says: “Hairy Vetch 
hardly has an equal as a land improver. If seeded 
early it will provide considerable grazing and 
help out the winter forage question.” 
Write for more information on this crop. Also 
quotations. Prices down to pre-war level. 
O. M. SCOTT & SONS CO. 
84 Sixth Street Marysville, Ohio 
Vegetableand Flower gj*£. W&WK 
and Cauliflower, doz., 15c ; 100, 60c ; 300, 81.25 ; 
500. 8 1.75; 1.000,82.75. Cabbage. 100, 40c; 500, 
8125; 1,000, S2. Cata. Free. W. S FORD * SON, Hartly. Dt- 
Wood Ashes 
W. H. LEIDY 
Unlcuclicd, packed in hags, *18 
per ton F. O. B. Swarthmore, Pa. 
Swarthmore, Fa. 
THE 
HOPE 
FARM 
BOOK 
This attractive 234-page 
book has some or the 
best of the Hope Farm 
Mian’s popular sketches— 
philosophy, humor, and 
sympathetic human touch. 
Price $1.50. For sale by 
Rural New-Yorker, 335 
W. 30th St., New York. 
STUDENT NURSES Wanted 
ORANGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - Orange, N. J. 
General course, $18 monthly. Books and uniforms. 
Apply - Superintendent 
D I || I P ET and Fruit Presses 
U l\ J U I V C Write for prices. 
CIDER MILLS BoVll'' PHELPS, N.y’. 
MAKE A DOLLAR AN IIOl It. SELL M KNIFKTS 
a patent patch for instantly mending leaks 
in all utensils. Sample package free, 
dll. I, KITE M FG. CO., Ilcpt 108, A niwtcrdani, N.Y. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
CELERY, CAULIFLOWER. BRUSSELS SPROUTS, CAB¬ 
BAGE. KALE, KOHL BABI, BEET, PEPPER, PARSLEY 
PLANTS. Catalogue flee. HARRY L. SQUIRES, Good Ground. N.Y. 
Str awtoerry Flauts 
Pot-grown, summer-bearing, $3.50 per 100. Progressive 
and Howard 17, 84.50. GEORGE AIKEN, Box M. Putney, Vermont 
Per 100 600 
Cabbugc.80 .80 
Cauliflower... .05 $2.00 
Celery..50 1.50 
Leading Varieties. Catalog free. C. E. 
f SENT BY EXPRESS 
* OR PARCEL POST 
1.000 6,000 or more 
IM.25 #1.10 
8.50 8.00 
2.50 2.00 
I 1ELD, Sewell, .N.J. 
A«h»r Salvia Panov SNAPDRAGON,ZINNIA. COS, 
ttsier, oaivia, i ansy nos, phlox, verbena. 
plants. 30c dozen ; S' 5S. hundred ; 87.50. thousand! 
HARK! L. SQUIRES Good Ground, N. Y. 
CsbbiffB aI1 ^ ^ ee Pl an ! S *1.90. Post Paid. 
3 flower Plants. 500 for *2.50 : 1.000 foi 
Postpaid. DAVID RODAVAY, 
000 for 
Cauli- 
for $3.50, 
Ilnrtly, Delaware 
GRAPE VINES 
FOR FALL PLANTING 
CONCORD. CATAWBA. MOORES EARLY, NIAGARA and WOR¬ 
DEN. Selected 1-year-old vines, the best size for 
vineyard planting. We grow Grape Vines in large 
numbers, and can fill your order, large or small. 
Our vines are first-class and true-to-name. WRITE 
FOR PRICES. Satisfaction GUARANTEED. 
BUNTING’S NURSERIES Box 1 Selbyville, Delaware ' 
PEACH TREE BORERS 
Kill them with KRYSTAL-GAS 
Now is the time. See U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture, Bureau of Entomology, Bulletin No. 796. 
Write for Circular. 
HOME PRODUCTS INC. - Rahway, N. J. 
STRAWBERRY Plants planting. Pot grown 
and runner plants 
that will bear fruit next summer. RASPBERRY,BLACK¬ 
BERRY, GOOSEBERRY, CURBANT. CHAPE. ASPARA¬ 
GUS. RHUBARB, and PERENNIAL FLOWER PLANTS, 
ROSES and SHRUBS for fall planting. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES Good Ground, N.Y 
killing hawks is to take a grain of strych¬ 
nine. mix it. with syrup and rub this into 
the down back of the head of a chick 
that has just. died. A hawk always pulls 
off the head of the chick first, and in this 
way is pretty liable to secure enough of 
the strychnine to kill it. I question 
whether it is possible to feed mix vomica 
to chickens and in that way kill hawks. 
I have never tried it, but from the above 
think it is entirely against any possible 
way that you might reason it. for the 
chicken will itself absorb the mix vomica 
or strychnine as it gradually passes down 
to the stomach with the food. 
B. F. KAUPP. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The produce markets are well stocked. 
Butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, potatoes 
and some vegetables are stronger, but 
fruits and berries are weak, as the hot 
weather has rushed a large amount of 
them forward. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, higher; creamery, 35 to 42c; 
dairy, 34 to 36c; crocks, 28 to 34c; com¬ 
mon, 24 to 26c. Cheese, firm ; daisies and 
fiats, 18 to 19c; longhorns, 19 to 20c. 
Eggs, higher; hennery. 36 to 39c; State 
and Western candled, 33 to 35c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, stronger; turkeys, 55 
to 56c; fowls, 25 to 32c; broilers, 48 to 
50c; old roosters. 18 to 20c; ducks, 32 to 
35; geese, 27 to 30c. Live poultry, firm ; 
fowls, 27 to 30c; broilers, 48 to 50c; old 
roosters, 18 to 39c; ducks, 25 to 2Sc; 
geese. 18 to 20c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, steady; new Southern. bu.> $2 
to $3; State early harvest, $2.25 ro 
.$2.50. Potatoes, firmer for new; old 
white, bu., 10 to 15c; new Southern, bbl., 
•$4 to $4.35. 
CHERRIES AND BERRIES 
Cherries, scarce; black, 4-qt. basket, 
$1.35 to $1.60; red. 65 to 90c. Currants, 
firm; red, qt., 20 to 25c; black. 70 to 
90c: red raspberries, 11 to 25e; black. 15 
to 20c ; purple, 12 to 14c; huckleberries, 
20 to 24c. 
PEACHES AND MELONS 
Peaches, weak; Southern, crate, $1.75 
to $3. Melons, weak; cantaloupes, crate, 
$3.25 to $3.50; honeydews and casabas, 
box, $2.50 to $2.75; watermelons, each, 
40 to 90c. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, dull; kidney, $8 to $9.50; mar¬ 
row. $8 to $8.50; pea and medium, $4.50 
to $5.25. Onions, easy; Texas, crate, 
$1.50 to $1.75; California, 75c to $1.25. 
vegetables 
Vegetables, easy; string beans, bu., 
$1.50 to $1.75; cabbage, 65 to 90e cucum¬ 
bers, Southern, $2.50 to $3.50; tomatoes, 
home grown, $12; beets, doz. bunches, 
30 to 40c; carrots, 30 to 40c; green 
onions, 10 to 20c; radishes, 30 to 40c; 
celery, Kalamazoo, hunch, 25 to 50c; let¬ 
tuce. box, $1 to $1.50; peppers, $2 to 
$3.50; cauliflower, crate, $1 to $1.50; 
peas, bag, $2.50 to $3. 
sweets 
Iloney, nomirial ; light comb. 25 to 32e; 
dark, 18 to 22e. Maple products, dull; 
sugar, 20 to 30c; syrup, gal., $1,50 to 
$1.75. 
FEED 
Hay, easy; Timothy, on track, ton. $20 
to $21; clover mixed, $18 to $19 ; wheat 
bran, lower ; ton, earlot, $18; middlings. 
$18; red dog, $31.50; cottonseed meal. 
$40.50; oilmeal, $39; hominy, $28.75; 
gluten, $32; oat feed, $11; rye middlings, 
$18.50. J. W. C. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 39 to 40c; common to 
good, 32 to 37c; dairy, 18 to 19c. 
EGGS 
Choice nearby, 53 to 54c; common to 
good, 35 to 45c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 33c; broilers. 32 to 35c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls. 30 to 33c-; broilers, 42 to 43c; 
squabs, doz., $5 to $7. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage, bbl., $1.75 to $2.25; cucum¬ 
bers. bu., $2.50 to $9: radishes, bu., 75c 
to $1.25; lettuce, bu., 50c to $1.50. 
POTATOES 
New stock, bbl., $3 to $4. 
FRUITS 
Huckleberries, 28 to 35c; blackberries, 
25 to 35c; raspberries, pt., 15 to 25e; 
currants, qt., 10 to 15c; gooseberries, qt., 
16 to 18c; peaches, 6-basket crate, $1.50 
to $2.50. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy. No. 1. ton. $32 to $34; No. 2, 
$26 to $27; clover mixed. $25 to $31. 
Straw—Rye, $27 to $29; oat, $17. 
New Jersey Horticultural Meeting 
The fifteenth Summer meeting of the 
New Jersey State Horticultural Society 
will be held at Middletown. Monmouth 
County. Wednesday, July 27. assembling 
at William M. Ackerson’s. one-half mile 
south of Hazlet Station, on the road to 
Ilolmdell. at 11 o’clock sharp, daylight 
saving time, for a s„ort auto tour through 
this noted vegetable and fruit section «»f 
Monmouth County. There will be short 
stops, including the greenhouses of George 
Roberts, the orchards of John L. Hen¬ 
drickson, James C. Hendrickson and 
July 23, 1921 
others, as time offers. A pilot car will 
start from the courthouse in Freehold at 
10:30 to guide strangers from southern 
parts to Mr. Ackerson’s, so that no time 
may be lost in bunting the right roads. 
Basket lunches will be, the order of the 
day. and Mr. J. Dey Connover .has in¬ 
vited the party to gather on his beautiful 
lawn for lunch and for the meeting and 
social time, which is an important feature 
of these Summer gatherings. Ilazlet and 
Middletown are on the New York & 
Long Branch Railroad. 
Crop Notes 
We are having a severe early Summer 
drought in Southern Ohio, and barring 
light scattered showers we have had no 
rain since early in April. There have 
been a few local rains that have (lone 
more damage in washing plowed land 
than they have done good, and in a few 
hours the soil is dry again. Pastures are 
drying up, meadows are light and weedy, 
and ripening early. Wheat harvest canie 
very early. Wheat has been damaged by 
red rust, black-stem rust and dry weather, 
so that the yield has been materially re¬ 
duced, and the quality is poor in many 
cases. There are some good yields with 
the quality good, and testing 59 lbs. per 
bushel. Wheat has started at $1.10 here, 
and a higher price seems justified if the 
same degree of damage is prevalent gener¬ 
ally. Young grass is suffering badly in 
wheat stubble and much will perish unless 
rains come soon. Corn is about at a 
standstill and curls up in the heat of the 
day, but it has a good color yet. Rain is 
badly needed in the next 10 days or two 
weeks if the corn amounts to much. 
Farmers are busy plowing corn, thrash¬ 
ing and making hay, and all the work has 
come together. We have stirred up dust 
mulches in our corn and await a rain. 
We have done the work on faith, as the 
next three months are more likely to he 
dry than the three preceding months. 
Judging from' the weather reports, the 
drought seems to he general. Prices paid 
the past week were: Eggs, 23e; butter- 
fat, 29c; old hens, 21c. Hogs, cattle and 
sheep are dull, and prices sag easily at the 
nearby markets. Creamery butter retails 
at 38c. Bran, $1.75 per cwt., and most 
other retail prices arc proportionately 
high. Business seems to be extremely 
dull, yet any material reductions in retail 
prices are met with hearty responses, 
even though the buying power of the 
farmers and others has been cut in two. 
Wheat, grass and corn are suffering from 
lack of moisture, yet oats and gardens, 
especially potatoes, are in the worst shape 
of any. Where free from blight potatoes 
are still green, but the vines touched with 
blight are already dead. Oats, truck 
crops and fruit are crops of minor im¬ 
portance to us, compared with corn, 
wheat and grass, yet their loss will he felt 
severely. We seem to have hit an off 
year for farming. The hot dry weather 
reminds one of the hot dry Summers of 
18.87. ’93. 1901. ’02. ’04. ’08, ’13 and ’18, 
though this seems a little the worst. The 
temperature today was 100 in the shade. 
Highland Co., O. w. E. D. 
CONTENTS 
i--■ __,_ 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JULY 23, 1921 
FARM TOPICS 
Saving: the Potato Crop from Rot.945, 946 
Commencement and Semi-Centennial of 
Massachusetts Agricultural College—Part 
III. 946 
Fighting the White Grub. 947 
Killing Insects in Grain and Beans. 947 
A Hand Farm Truck. 947 
Self-Seeding Crimson Clover. 949 
Hope Farm Notes.952, 959 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 950 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Cost of Keeping 100 Cows. 946 
Solid Cream . 958 
Difficult Churning . ... 958 
Fermentation in Milk. 958 
Sheep Worried by Dogs. 958 
Ringing Hogs . 958 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 959 
Outlook for Live Stock Farmers. 960 
Training Horse for Speed. 960 
THE HENYARD 
Nux Vomica for -Killing Hawks. 947 
HORTICULTURE 
Daddy’s Helper . 946 
Late-planted Strawberries . 949 
Raspberry Cane Borer.949 
Rhubarb from Seed.949 
Pruning Currants . 949 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 953 
Pansies from Home-grown Seed. 953 
Leaf Snot on Roses. 958 
Transplanting a Maple. 953 
Starting Lima Beans Right. 953 
Yellow Disease of Asters... 953 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 956 
The Useful Elderberry. 956 
The RurH Patterns. 956 
Canning String Beans. 956 
Knitting Man’s Sweater. 956 
Notes from Exnerienco. 956 
Some Original Economies. 956 
Division of Income. 956 
Fried Cakes . 956 
Chicken Patties .956 
Pear Conserve . 956 
Feathers and Their Use in Bedding. 957 
A Long List of Recipes. 957 
Molasses Cookies . 957 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Profit from Maple Trees. 949 
A Primer of Economics—Part XXXIV. 951 
Revive the Old Industries. 951 
Removing Bees . 953 
New Tariff Bill. 955 
Leg of Lamb and Sheep. 955 
Hike Through New Jersey. 955 
New York Dog Law. 955 
Buffalo Markets .. 959 
Publisher's Desk . 962 
