Profitable Farming de- 
pends as much on sell¬ 
ing as',on producing . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER’S 
A crop which is well 
grown is only half 
way to market. 
MARKET, CROP AND NEWS SPECIAL. 
Special to 
Club Organizers. 
The multitude of able men, promi¬ 
nent and progressive farmers who are 
noiv interesting themselves in organ¬ 
izing clubs of subscriptions for The 
Rural New-Yorker speaks more than 
volumes coidd of the warm feeling of 
personal interest between the Paper 
and its Readers. This practical co¬ 
operation in forwarding the import¬ 
ant interests of agriculture common 
to all farmers , practical, commercial, 
social , political , is what is actually 
placing The Rural New-Yorker at 
the very head of the farm papers of 
the World, in character, in circulation 
and in influence. By working to¬ 
gether “ we ”— subscribers, readers, 
editors and publishers—shall become 
a compact, strong body of workers 
whose power for good will be limited 
only by our wisdom in using it for the 
furtherance of the objects ice all have 
at heart. 
The opportunities for the organiza¬ 
tion of clubs are manifold. The casual 
meeting, at work, on the road, at the 
store, at the Grange, Alliance, Club 
meetings and social gatherings; these 
are the times and occasions for in¬ 
creasing our family of readers and 
subsequent workers in the cause of ad¬ 
vanced Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Guava culture is pronounced a success in 
San Diego County, Cal. 
The New York State Beekeepers’ Associ- 
tion held its annual meeting at Albany last 
week. 
The New York State Association of Agri¬ 
cultural Societies held a meeting at Albany 
last week. 
The Cox Seed and Plant Company, of San 
Francisco, Cal., has been incorporated with 
a capital of $100,000. 
A Georgia gentleman has started in 
Mexico the preparation for the American 
market of a substitute for jute. 
The stockholders in the Mount Holly 
Fair have voted 77 to 20 to apply for a li¬ 
cense for the sale of beer at their fair. 
The H. S. Miller & Co. fertilizing works 
at Newark, N. J., have been sold to the 
Lister Agricultural Chemical Works. 
The threatened epidemic of glanders in 
central New Jersey has been checked by the 
prompt action of the State Board of Health. 
A youDg California woman unaided 
drove a herd of 100 wild Arizona steers 
from the railroad station to her father’s 
range. 
The Indiana Legislature has adopted a 
joint resolution asking Congress to sup¬ 
press the Dressed Beef Trust and repeal 
the McKinley Bill. 
Heavy rains and high winds did immense 
damage throughout New York, New Jer¬ 
sey, Pennsylvania, New England and other 
States on Thursday. 
San Diego, Cal., has decided to hold an 
international exposition during the winter 
and spring of 1891-’92. Buildings costing 
$200,000 will be erected. 
The dairymen who supply Chicago with 
milk have organized. They threaten also 
to handle the retail business if the retailers 
continue to water the milk. 
The wholesale grocers report large orders 
for April deliveries of sugar at prices nearly 
two cents per pound under the present rates. 
The duty is removed April 1. 
Two young lady graduates of the Iowa 
Agricultural College, purpose to start a 
small fruit farm in that State. They also 
intend to experiment with sugar beets. 
It is reported that an auxiliary to the 
Farmers’ Alliance has been organized in 
southwestern Kansas, the object of which 
is mutual protection from loan and invest¬ 
ment companies. 
The most dastardly agrarian outrage yet 
heard of recently occurred in County Clare, 
Ireland, when a cow belonging to a boy¬ 
cotted farmer living near Kildysert was 
skinned alive by some unknown persons. 
J. J. H. Gregory & Son are the successors 
of the veteran seedsman so long and so 
favorably known to the seed buying public. 
The junior member was graduated from 
the Massachusetts Agricultural College 
last year. 
Mr. Charles Lautz, the well-known soap 
manufacturer, has established an extensive 
stock farm near Buffalo, N. Y., on which 
he will breed coach horses and Jersey 
grades with the Idea of making “ good 
Jersey butter.” 
The withdrawal of the cattle from the 
Cherokee Strip has left little for the wolves 
to feed upon and they have migrated into 
the grazing counties of Kansas, where they 
are very troublesome. In one case they 
carried off a six-year-old boy. 
Senator Paddock has introduced a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
to inspect vessels that carry export cattle 
to foreign countries, and to prescribe rules 
and regulations for the accommodation 
of cattle on shipboard. Any vessel failing 
to comply with any of the regulations is to 
be refused clearance papers. 
Big grain elevators are to be built at 
Galveston, Texas, the principal promoters 
of the scheme being interested in the Pan- 
American Transportation Company. This 
port is destined to be an important outlet 
for the entire West and Southwest, especial¬ 
ly If the General Government shall decide 
to make it the proposed “deep water har¬ 
bor ” of the Gulf. 
The American Live Stock Transportation 
Company was incorporated Thursday at 
Chicago, with a capital stock of $2,000,000. 
The incorporators have effected a reorgan¬ 
ization of the old American Live Stock and 
Meat Transportation Company, and pro¬ 
pose to erect a plant in the vicinity of the 
stock-yards for the manufacture, lease and 
operation of live stock cars under the 
patent issued to Senator McPherson, of 
New Jersey. 
In the Pennsylvania House of Repre¬ 
sentatives a bill was introduced requiring 
railroad companies to fence in their lands, 
and by request it was referred to the Com¬ 
mittee on Agriculture. A railroad lobbyist 
objected, and secured through a sympa¬ 
thizing member the withdrawal of the bill 
from that committee and its reference to 
the Committee on Railroads. A similar 
bill was smothered by the latter committee 
two years ago. The Committee on Rail- 
• roads needs investigating. 
New Mexico and Arizona are important 
sources of cattle supply. According to re¬ 
cent reports, in New Mexico the total num¬ 
ber of cattle is 1,810,000, valued at $25,000,- 
000 ; horses, 80,750 ; burros, 41,500; mules, 
5,180. The number of yearling steers up 
for sale that can be shipped during 1891 is 
360,000. Sheep to the number of 698,500 are 
for sale and ready to ship. In Arizona there 
are 41,281 horses, 2,347 mules, 847,500 cattle 
and 4,945 hogs. The number of yearling 
steers up for sale and shipment during 1891 
is 211,875. Wethers and sheep for sale this 
year number 97,070. 
The truckers of Burlington County, N. 
J., are organizing for mutual protection in 
the sale of their products. The losses in¬ 
curred through commission merchants, 
and the success of the dairymen in their 
organization have stimulated them to 
this. Their plan contemplates the estab¬ 
lishing of a produce exchange in Phil¬ 
adelphia, to which all shipments will be 
made. This will be In charge of a member 
of the alliance or some person selected by 
it, who will be paid a regular salary, and 
who will attend to the sales, keep the 
record of the various shipments and make 
the returns, less the cost of maintaining 
the exchange, which will be divided pro 
rata among the members. In this way the 
farmers hope to be able to dispense al¬ 
together with the services of the middle¬ 
men. 
Some of the extreme newspapers who 
seem to have a penchant for treading on 
the British lion’s tail, provided they can do 
it from a safe distance, have made much of 
the fact that the United States had not been 
formally invited to take part in the Ja¬ 
maica Exposition. It is now explained that 
the British Goverment never sends formal 
invitations to any country to be represented 
at any exposition within the British do¬ 
minions unless such exposition is actually 
organized by the British Government. A 
notice simply announcing that an exposi¬ 
tion was to be held at Kingston, Jamaica, 
was sent to the United States Government 
at Washington by the British Government 
at the same time that similar notifications 
were sent to the governments of other 
countries. No invitation has yet been re¬ 
ceived by the Dominion Government to 
make a display at the Chicago big show, 
and no preparations to do so are under way 
in Canada. 
The New York State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety at its meeting last week adopted an 
amended constitution, which calls for the 
annual meeting of the society the third 
Wednesday in January of each year in 
Albany, and further provides that no officer 
shall be salaried except the corresponding 
secretary and treasurer. The amended 
constitution also provides that the annual 
fair shall be held for one week, beginning 
on the second Thursday in September, but 
does not specify Syracuse as the place of 
holding such fair. The following officers 
for 1891 were elected: President, O. B. 
Potter, of New York; vice-presidents, 
George B. Briggs, Joseph H. H. Storm, 
Gilbert Deane, F. D. Curtis, A. R. East¬ 
man, C. D. Smead, M. C. Remington 
and Colonel H. Bowen ; corresponding sec¬ 
retary, W. Judson Smith, Syracuse; re¬ 
cording secretary, Seth Fenner, East 
Aurora; treasurer, F. O. Chamberlain, 
Canandaigua; executive committee, Davis 
Gossitt, J. F. Converse, Frank H. Vick, W. 
P. Richardson, A. C. Chase, S. D. Willard, 
Frank Redfield and James Hilton; con¬ 
sulting veterinarian, James Law; en¬ 
tomologist, Dr. J. A. Lintner, and botanist, 
Professor J. H. Peck. 
The Attorney-General has rendered a 
decision that no bounty is payable on sugar 
produced prior to July 1, 1891. To secure a 
bounty on sugar made during the year 
beginning July 1, application must be 
made for a license prior to that date, and 
subsequent to April 1, when the law re. 
moving the existing duty and also offering 
a bounty of two cents per pound takes 
effect. This excludes the maple sugar 
made this spring from the benefits of the 
bounty. To secure this bounty the pro¬ 
ducer must have first filed, prior to July 
1 of euch year, with the Commissioner of 
Internal Revenue, a notice of the place of 
production, a general description of ma¬ 
chinery and methods, with an estimate of 
the amount of sugar to be produced in the 
current or ensuing year, including the 
number of maple trees to be tapped, and an 
application for a license to so produce, to 
be accompanied by a bond with sureties 
obligating him to faithfully observe all 
prescribed rules and regulations relating to 
the manufacture. The Commissioner of 
Internal Revenue will thereupon issue a 
license, not to extend beyond one year from 
the date which it bears. No bounty can be 
paid save to persons holding this license, 
nor can any bounty be paid to the producer 
of less than 500 pounds of sugar. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Brown County, S.D.—Thousands of acres 
of wheat in this county were uncut the past 
season ; some got their seed back, some less 
and a few as high as five bushels per acre. 
Of oats, barley and corn there was practi¬ 
cally none, so that farmers generally have 
had to buy all their grain for horse feed 
during the past two seasons. I have had 
800 bushels of wheat for two seasons from 
about 100 bushels of seed. Oats and bar¬ 
ley did not return the seed. A near 
neighbor has gone over to Manitoba to 
work for the winter ; another to Washing¬ 
ton for a like purpose; both want to 
support their families. Not one in ten 
among farmers has seed wheat, or other 
grain or any feed grain for his horses. 
Hay and straw are reasonably plentiful, 
so that stock will be likely to live through 
the winter. The winter has been very 
mild so far, and stock have been out daily. 
As there is no snow, many have fed hay not 
until very late, and some not any. 
M. O. H. 
Mercer County, N. J.— We are having 
a heavy storm of rain that freezes fast to 
everything it touches. In my experience 
this occu rs only with an east wind. So far it 
has done no damage except to the White 
Pines where planted as shade or ornamental 
trees. I would suggest to those who wish 
to plant this variety, always to plant some 
more pliant trees on the east side to catch 
the ice. It is very seldom any of the spruces 
break with the ice or the White Pine when 
sheltered in this way. I. j. B. 
King County, Wash.—W e have a very 
extraordinary country, a wonderfully fer¬ 
tile valley, and an enterprising people. 
Farm land, cleared, in the valley sells 
readily at $200 to $350 per acre. The prices 
of the heavily timbered hill lands range all 
the way from $30 to $75 per acre. Both hill 
and valley lands are excellent for apples, 
pears, peaches, prunes plums and cherries. 
This is a great hop center and the yield is 
very large ; It is quite common to gather 
13^ ton to the acre. Timothy yields three 
to five tons per acre. Our winters are very 
mild and the rainfall somewhat less than 
usual. The ground has not been frozen yet. 
Cauliflowers for seed are in blossom. Cab¬ 
bages are growing nicely, as are also the 
root crops left in the ground. Bees are 
gathering pollen from wild field flowers. 
w. w. c. 
Cayuga County, N. Y.—Farm crops, ex¬ 
cept wheat, were light in this section. 
Fruit crops light, apples none, pears one- 
third of a crop. Plums none; of peaches I 
had 150 bushels which sold for $600. Mine 
was the only crop in this section and it was 
protected from the east wind by a hill and 
its location near the water saved it. My 
neighbors’ crops all failed. The Worden, 
Brighton, Delaware and Niagara Grapes 
were fine ; Ulster Prolific, good; Moore’s 
Diamond, worthless. The leaves of the 
Yergennes dropped ; Wilder, very good. 
One vine of the Empire State is enough— 
no good to sell. I have one seedling from 
The Rural’s Niagara seed ; it resembles 
the Niagara but is more meaty and of better 
flavor. Raspberries gave half a crop and 
brought good prices. Souhegan, Ohio, 
Gregg and Hilborn were the best black 
raspberries, and Cuthbertand Marlboro the 
best reds. Strawberries were a fair crop. 
Crescent, Wilson, Bubach were the best. 
Jessie no good here. Burt poor quality. I am 
trying Parker Earle. I received $300 from 
one acre of Snyder Blackberries and about 
the same rate from a small patch of Min- 
newaski ; Taylor having been nearly a 
week later, did not bring a3 high a figure. 
All other varieties were winter-killed. 
J. M. M. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Country millers are complaining of the 
dull flour trade. 
Hot-house strawberries are selling at $2.50 
for cups, each containing about 10 berries. 
Throughout the winter wheat area the 
winter has been fairly favorable to the 
crop. 
Monday, January 12, 1891, 2,100 cars of 
live stock arrived at Chicago, being the 
largest number on record. 
The total number of sheep in Great 
Britain is estimated at 27 272,000, being a 
larger number than since 1879. 
Reports from the interior say that the 
movement of hogs and cattle to market is 
heavy; but that of grain, light. 
