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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 14 
As We Go To Press. 
“BETWEEN US.” 
We have for your consideration this 
week a few more thoughts on advertising. 
Let us first take this letter from a friend 
in New Orleans, La.: 
I want to buy a car-load of choice Timothy hay 
without the addition of.the middleman’s charges. I 
want the names of those only whom The Rural 
knows are strictly honest; those that will ship what 
they promise and give full weight. I.ast fall there 
was in The Rural an advertisement of someone, 
the name I've forgotten, who offered to sell hay 
directly to those In need of It. and I answered It ask¬ 
ing for quotations, but he never replied. 
Now this note brings out three points 
that are worth talking about. The 
R. N.-Y. is the middleman to bring this 
buyer into a combination with some 
seller. There are lots more like this 
man who would gladly deal with farmers 
direct. IIow are these two parties, 
buyer and seller, to become acquainted 
unless they take some mutual friend like 
The R. N.-Y. to introduce them ? Again 
you see some of these buyers are sus¬ 
picious and want some assurance that 
they will get what they order. You see 
the value of a good reputation. Once 
more, this would-be buyer says he could 
not hear a word from this advertiser. 
The probabilities are that all the hay 
was sold before his application came. 
That shows how closely buyers watch 
our columns. ^ ^ 
And now here is a little evidence on 
the other side: 
The R. N.-Y. Is a good advertising medium. East 
spring 1 advertised my No. 2 potutoes and sold all I 
had and return d $70 because I had none to send. I 
received orders from 13 States and Canada, one 
coming from Nebraska. The Rural No. 2 potatoes 
are Immense this season, and as I have fjur other 
good n w varieties besides, I sent The Rural an 
advertisement last week. I think that as It Bays, “ a 
little printer’s Ink would often prove profitable.” 
PARKER BRISTOL. 
See that! He returned $70 because 
there were so many buyers that he could 
not supply them all. Printer's ink paid ! 
We should think it did. Suppose he had 
simply advertised in his county paper ? 
He would then have appealed only to 
neighbors or nearby farmers who did not 
want seed potatoes grown so close at 
home. When he put his advertisement 
in The R. N.-Y. he began to talk to farm¬ 
ers in every State of the Union as well as 
in foreign countries and, of course, he had 
calls for his seed. The fact is that pro¬ 
ducer and consumer tre about like two 
cats. When they rub noseB and lick each 
other they obtain a good deal of comfort 
in life at a very little trouble. When 
they plunge in to hustle and fight each 
other they present an appearance about 
like this: 
When producer and consumer come close 
together we have cooperation. When 
the middleman stands between both are 
displeased because the middleman’s share 
makes the seller’s price seem low and 
the buyer’s price high. 
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One more illustration. Here is a note 
from a New York State dairyman : 
X have thought that The Rural might tell me of 
some reliable party In New York city of whom I 
could buy a car-load of corn. We have suffered 
much from drought all summer, and two or three of 
my neighbors and myself want a c r-load of corn. 
Can the paper tell us where we can get It ? 
Now this man ought to buy his corn 
from the West. The corn that he would 
buy here would be Western-grown any¬ 
way—why not save a part of the freight 
as well as the middleman’s share by buy¬ 
ing direct from the West? Where? 
That is the point exactly. Where are 
the Western Granges and Alliances that 
they do not try to secure the trade of 
Eastern farmers ? Let them advertise in 
The R. N.-Y., and thus deal directly with 
consumers ? That is all for this week 
except the oft-repeated fact that for 
every subscription you send us we will 
give you a line of advertising. 
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We have previously expressed a will¬ 
ingness to help our friends within res son- 
able bounds. One of them writes us 
that last spring he shipped some prod¬ 
uce to a commission-man who has thus 
far failed to pay him, and wishes us to 
help him. He gives the man’s name, but 
no address. Is he aware that the city of 
New York is nearly 20 miles long, and 
from one to four miles wide, with a pop¬ 
ulation of nearly 2,000,000 people ? Has 
he heard of hunting for a needle in a 
hay-stack ? How can we tell where 
this man is located ? To be sure there 
is a directory, but sometimes there are 
a dozen names just alike, and time is too 
valuable for us to spend it in any such 
wild-goose chase. If the matter is worth 
writing about, it is worth while giving 
the address and all needed particulars. 
CROP AND MARKET N0TBS. 
Celery Is dull. 
Grapes are doing better. 
Hay Is dull; poor time to ship. 
Onions are plentiful and lower. 
The peach season Is about ended. 
Eggs are firm under light receipts. 
Poultry shows little change In price. 
The dried fruit market Is Improving. 
Choice apples are scarce and wanted. 
Best potatoes are firm; others are dull. 
Pears are very scarce and In good demand. 
Plums have not been plentiful this season 
Florida oranges have appeared, but are selling 
very low. 
Many of the up-river peaches recently received 
are very poor. 
First sales of Mallard wild ducks were at 50 to 60 
cents per pair. 
The Western potato crop Is reported as being 
mostly harvested. 
The Virginia peanut crop Is estimated as slightly 
below the average. 
Cheese prices are going upward Surely tne dairy¬ 
men should be happy. 
With about the largest supply of grapes ever 
known, Delawares aie scarce. 
Some very line peaches have been received from 
Pennsylvania during the week. 
There is a strong demand for ginseng, prices rang¬ 
ing from $2.10 up to $3.10 per pound. 
The first lots of new State Marrow and Medium 
beans Bold for $2.85 and $2 respectively. 
New hickory nuts are being received, and sell for 
$2.50 per bushel. There Is practically no old stock on 
hand. 
A few lots of green pease and string beans from 
Norfolk found a very good outlet at remunerative 
prices. 
Upward the price of butter takes Its way, but It 
doesn’t seem that It can go much further In that 
direction. 
The Canadian provinces are supplying the West 
Indies with potatoes, thus decreasing our trade In 
that direction. 
Several car-loads of maple sugar have been re¬ 
ceived within the past few days, and sold for six to 
seven cents per pound. 
Much of the game received Is In bad order on 
account of the warm weather. Economy of Ice Is 
poor policy In this case. 
some dry-packed poultry has been received from 
Michigan In very pjor order. It Is unsafe to ship so 
far without Ice until cooler weather. 
Several sales of fancy 8eckel pears have been made 
at $7 and $8 per barrel during the past few days. 
But few of the pears received will class as fancy. 
Few cranberries have as yet been received lrom 
New Jersey, but dealers look for them In a few days, 
and say that they will probably open at about $1.25 
per crate. 
The first car-load of lime i eggs for this season has 
just been received. There Is little demand for them 
as yet, and they sold very slowly at about 21 cents 
per dozen. • 
Sunday’s storm played havoc with the I-iOulslana 
orange crop, as well as that of Florida. First reports 
were that the former was nearly destroyed, but this 
Is unlikely 
Armour & Co.’s Chicago butterine received the first 
award at the World’s Fair. It didn’t masquerade 
there as butter, however. Why not sell It In the 
same way ? 
Canadian poultrymen are hoping for the abolition 
Of the duty upon eggs now exacted by the United 
States. Their experiments In sending eggs to Europe 
have not been entirely satisfactory. 
Wine grapes have had an active demand at 1^6 
cents per pound. Stock must be good, and In trays. 
Many up-river grapes are In barrels, and do not sell 
so well as the western New York, which come In 
trays. 
The opening of the Georgia State Fair has been 
postponed until November 14, because many exhib¬ 
itors at Chicago wished to exhibit there also, but 
couldn't remove their goods until after the close of 
the Columbian Exposition, 
A queer looking fruit seen In this market Is the 
zlngi, or Japanese persimmon. It comes from Florida 
and Is sold by the fancy fruit stores. It Is a very 
palatable fruit when ripe, but there Is great loss In 
ripening, so that It most prove rather unprofitable. 
A hay circular says that a large proportion of the 
supply consists of Western hay, and there Is more 
or less difficulty In obtaining cars from Western 
railroads. At the same time, advices Indicate that 
there Is no material decrease In shipments, and 
there remains little chance therefore for improve¬ 
ment. except possibly In the better grades of hay in 
large bales. 
The Austrian Minister of Agriculture reports that 
the oat and beet crops are up to the average, and 
the wheat, rye and barley crops a little above the 
average. The fruit crop Is good. The vintage Is 
exceptionally good In Carinthla, Dalmatia and Vor- 
arlcerg, and about the average in the Tyrol. Re¬ 
ports of the vintage In Lower Austria and Moravia 
are less favorable. 
A couple of weeks ago we reported that the Board ; 
of Health of this city was talking of confiscating all j 
ihe mu .brooms. An Inspector went to one of the j 
largest handlers of mushrooms in the city, a man j 
who has been In the business for years, and told him 
what they proposed doing, as there had been so 
much poisoning from toadstools which had been 
gathered for mushrooms. He told them that he had 
had 20 years’ experience In handling them, was thor¬ 
oughly posted In regard to them, and if they wished 
any information about mushrooms he would far- j 
nlsh It. He furthermore told them that he would I 
be personally responsible for all the mushrooms he 
sold, and that he wouldn’t be bled for any protec¬ 
tion. He hasn't been troubled since. 
Gov. Flower nas been talking to the farmers at the 
agricultural fairs In different parts of the State. He 
has been giving them some pretty good advice, too 
At the Dutchess County Fair he spoke on “ How to 
Keep Boys on the Farm ” He advised farmers io 
give up competition with Western wheat and corn 
fields and to devote themselves to truck gardening, 
fruit, flowers and bee culture, dairying and other 
lines which would Increase their profits and give 
their boys an Incentive to stick to the farm. Speak- 
of the depreciation of the value of Eastern farm 
lands, he said that the sooner our farmers generally 
will thoroughly readjust themselves to changed con¬ 
ditions the sooner their lands will recover t^elr 
value and the greater will be the rewards for their 
efforts. 
'Pijewllattwuj* 
In writing to advertisers please always mention 
Thi Rural. 
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76 Third Avenue. ALBANY, N. Y. 
ROUND 
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Salt Glazed Pipe. Fire 
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The High Speed Family Knitter 
Will knit a stocking heel and toe in 
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yarns. The most practical knitter 
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Strong, Durable, Simple, Rapid. 
Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. 
Agents wanted. For particulars 
and sample work, address, 
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Scientists say you now burn FOUR 
tons of coal or FOUR cords of wood 
to get the heat of ONE, 75 percent, 
being lost up the chimney. This in¬ 
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au agency. Write at once. 
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