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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  5 
,^SaU  PRICE 
AGRICULTURAL.  NEWS. 
The  markets  are  full  of  what  purports  to  be  fresh 
maple  sugar — simply  old  sugar  melted  up  and  put  In 
new  shapes.  No  sugar  Is  made  until  March  and 
practically  but  little  gets  on  the  market  before  the 
first  of  April. 
At  the  farmers’  Institute  to  be  held  at  Walden,  N. 
Y.,  March  23  and  24,  an  exhibit  of  poultry,  products 
of  the  farm  and  of  horses  will  be  made.  The  Insti¬ 
tute  is  one  of  the  State  series,  the  local  management 
being  under  the  Wallklll  Valley  Farmers’  Club. 
The  growers  of  the  famous  Albemarle  Pippins  In 
Albemarle  County,  West  Virginia,  have  recently  met 
with  heavy  losses  by  the  failure  of  a  Liverpool  Com¬ 
mission  house  which  handled  nearly  all  their  fruit. 
They  will  probably  receive  about  40  cents  on  the 
dollar. 
Within  a  radius  of  40  miles  of  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
there  are  said  to  be  more  than  2,000  evaporating  es¬ 
tablishments,  which  consume  from  800  to  1,000  bushels 
of  fruit  per  day  during  the  season,  and  give  employ¬ 
ment  to  50,000  persons  for  a  corresponding  period. 
The  business  has  made  very  rapid  strides  during  the 
past  10  years.  The  season  begins  with  rasberrles  and 
ends  with  apples,  taking  in  more  or  less  of  all  the 
other  fruits. 
We  Cut  the  Prices  and 
Sending  Money.— We  guarantee  that  all  money 
sent  by  postal  or  express  money  order,  registered  let¬ 
ter,  or  bank  draft  on  New  York,  shall  be  at  our  risk. 
Money  sent  In  local  checks,  postal  notes  or  currency, 
Is  at  the  sender’s  risk.  Canadian  remittances  should 
all  be  In  money  orders.  Make  all  orders  and  drafts 
payable  to  The  Rural  Publishing  Company. 
The  Date  Label  on  the  Paper.— The  number 
on  the  address  label  indicates  the  date  to  which  the 
subscription  Is  paid.  Thus,  the  number  2,197  corre¬ 
sponds  with  the  number  under  the  title  on  the  first 
page  of  this  issue  and  means  that  the  subscription  ex¬ 
pires  this  week.  By  examining  these  numbers  from 
time  to  time  the  date  for  renewal  is  easily  deter¬ 
mined. 
Acknowledgments  of  money  received  for  sub¬ 
scriptions  are  made  by  the  change  In  the  address  labels 
as  above  Indicated.  A  full  week  must  always  be 
allowed  for  changes  In  the  labels,  and  often  two  or 
three  weeks  in  the  busy  season. 
Discontinuances.— Subscribers  wishing  the  paper 
stopped  at  the  expiration  of  the  time  paid  for,  should 
notify  us  to  that  effect,  otherwise  we  shall  consider 
It  their  wish  to  have  It  continued. 
For  Changes  of  Address  subscribers  must  send 
us  both  the  old  and  new  addresses. 
Send  to  us  for  circular  describing  this  test  and  our 
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The  Greatest  Thing  in  the 
World  is  Love. 
A  Slight  Exposure  in  Bad  Weather,  when  the 
system  is  out  of  order,  often  brings  on  a  Stubborn 
Cold;  the  attending  Cough  irritates  the  Lungs,  and 
if  not  promptly  treated,  frequently  develops  a  ten¬ 
dency  to  a  tuberculous  condition.  To  avoid  this  dan¬ 
ger,  those  troubled  with  Colds  should  resort  at  once 
to  Dr.  Jayne’s  Expectorant,  which  soon  loosens  and 
eradicates  Coughs,  soothes  and  heals  inflamed  parts, 
and  removes  all  anxiety  by  setting  the  patient  on  the 
way  to  good  health  once  more. — A  civ. 
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Its  cost  every  year,  and  If  the  herd  be  larger,  propor¬ 
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The  Address  Labels.— We  are  reset¬ 
ting  our  mailing  list  in  new  type,  for  the 
purpose  of  making  it  clear  and  distinct. 
To  accomplish  this  work  will  require 
several  weeks,  so  that  the  changes  of 
dates  of  renewal  subscriptions  in  the  ad¬ 
dress  labels  will  be  made  only  as  they 
are  reset  in  the  new  type.  If  subscribers 
will  please  notice  whether  the  labels 
are  in  the  old  or  new  type  before  making 
complaints,  they  will  be  saved  any  in¬ 
convenience.  Please  remember  that  we  purchasing. 
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guarantee  that  all  money  sent  by  bank 
draft  on  New  York,  postal  or  express 
money  order,  or  by  registered  letter 
Pennsylvania  Agricultural  Works,  York,  Pa. 
Farqahar’s  Standard  Engines  and  Saw  Mills. 
8end  for  Catalogue.  Portable,  Sta- 
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CANADA 
HARDWOOD 
UNLEACHED 
IMPROVE  WITH  AGE 
Butter  and  Cheese,  unless  prop¬ 
erly  salted,  do  not.  Salt  that 
will  make  the  butter  keep  its 
flavor,  however  long  it  is  held, 
is  the  best  to  use. 
Ashton’s  Salt  does  this 
better  than  any  in  the  world. 
Besides,  Ashton’s  saves  the 
buttermaker  who  holds  his  but¬ 
ter,  against  loss  from  shrinkage. 
For  sale  everywhere. 
FRANCIS  D.  MOULTON  &  CO., 
Agents  for  U.  8.  and  Canada, 
29  Broadway,  New  York. 
Addreii  A.  B.  FARQCHAB  A  SON,  York,  Pa. 
$100  MONTHLY  IN  PRIZES 
FOR  BEST  ANSWERS  TO  ONE  QUESTION. 
1st  prize,  $50;  2d,  $25; 
3d,  $15;  4th,  $7;  5th,  $3. 
March  Question:  Which  is  the  longest  word  in 
the  English  Tnnguagel 
Competition  open  to  all.  For  full  information,  send  for 
AMERICAN  NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 
Gl!)  Walnut  St.,  1U  cents  per  number. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  *3  per  year. 
BICKFORD 
Family  Knitter, 
L  Knits  evervthing  required  by  the 
household,  of  any  quality,  texture 
and  weight  desired.  Sample  pair  of 
socks  sent  on  receipt  of  25  cents. 
LAWSON,  783  Broadway,  New  York. 
CROP  AND  MARKET  NOTES. 
American  wool  ranges  in  price  from  13  to  30  cents 
per  pound,  and  the  market  Is  dull  at  that. 
Rutter  still  holds  lts  own  In  our  markets— good 
butter  being  In  demand.  It  Is  only  the  poorer  grades 
that  bring  unsatisfactory  prices. 
A  Rural  reader  wants  to  know  where  he  can  find 
Canvas  Back,  Red  Head  and  Mallard  ducks.  They 
can  be  found  here  only  In  the  markets— dead,  being 
wild  ducks,  not  domesticated. 
The  demand  for  turkey  feathers  exceeds  the  supply, 
line  tall  quills  now  bring  30  cents  per  pound,  wing 
quills  20,  mixed  tail  and  wing  23,  short  tail  and  wing 
feathers  10  and  pointers  5. 
American  apples  sold  February  15  at  the  following 
prices  in  Liverpool:  Newtown  Pippins,  $3.8<i  to  $5.30; 
Baldwins,  $3.02  to  $4.83;  Greenings,  $2.89  to  $3.86;  Gol¬ 
den  Russets,  $3.38  to  $4.35;  other  sorts  from  $2.89  to 
$3.86. 
Apples  are  not  advancing  in  price— the  reserve  in 
the  country  Is  too  large  for  that,  and  the  city  markets 
are  well  stocked.  Only  choice  fruit  brings  good  rates 
—there  Is  altogether  too  much  low-grade  stock  In  the 
market.  . 
Breadstuff s  were  exported  from  the  United  States 
during  January,  valued  at  $30,147,281,  more  than  three 
times  the  amount  in  January  of  1891.  There  was  a 
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Cherokee  County,  Kao.,  Real  Estate  Bonds, 
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