THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 21 
7o8 
As We Go To Press. 
WHY NOT? 
You will not’ce that there are a num¬ 
ber of farmers’ advertisements in this 
issue of The R. N.-Y. They offer stock, 
tools, seeds and other thing's. They are 
the pioneers in this business, and we 
hope you will give them a good send off. 
That is quite a scheme devised by Mr. 
Mapes, the “ electric hen man.” He ad¬ 
vertises for a buyer for his eggs. Here 
is a chance for some dealer to get a good 
thing. Of course The R N.-Y. does not 
guarantee every article thus advertised 
in its columns. Some of these men are 
known to us personally—others we do 
not know. Of course, if a man purposely 
defrauds and deceives one of our read¬ 
ers, we can advertise him in such a way 
that the space thus used will hurt him 
more than the space he paid for helped 
him. We hope there will be no occasion 
for anything of the sort. Of course the 
ideal way to sell is to get a buyer to come 
and look at the goods. In order to do 
that, one must have goods enough to 
make a showing. For instance, here is 
a note from a New York State farmer : 
Who will buy carrots In car-load lots ? Why can’t 
The a. N.-Y. establish a sales house for gardeners, 
so we could get the market prices ? Can’t you loan 
us one of your men to make sales for the gardeners? 
The R. N.-Y. has its hands full now, 
and cannot go into the commission busi¬ 
ness. With the amount of stuff this man 
has to sell, an advertisement in The 
R. N.-Y. would probably bring a buyer 
to his door. ^ + j 
Speaking of The R N.-Y. as a “me¬ 
dium of exchange,” how does this letter 
strike you? This is another New York 
State man: 
While we were digging potatoes, it occurred to me 
that if 1 could exchange seed potatoes with a farmer, 
sav In Vermont, or some other place north of us, It 
would be an advantage to me. I don’t know that It 
makes any difference In the yield, planting year after 
year, without gettlag seed outside of our locality, 
but If some farmer has good seed potatoes, why not 
advertise In The It. N.-Y.? That would be one way 
of disposing of the middlemen I would much rather 
buy of some good reliable farmer than pay two or 
three times the price to some dealer. If The R. N.-Y. 
does not object, please give Its readers a hint In re¬ 
gard to this. 
Object ? Why bless your soul, The 
R. N -Y. wouldn’t object if our readers 
were to fill three pages in advertising 
their seed potatoes. We have no doubt 
they would all be disposed of at good 
prices. The hint we have to give is as 
good as a “kick” at the present methods 
of doing business. Here are thousands of 
farmers selling potatoes through middle¬ 
men and thousands more buying these 
same potatoes for seed. The difference 
between buyers’ and sellers’ prices goes 
to feed a lot of handlers. The R. N-Y. 
comes forward and tries to save this dif¬ 
ference by introducing buyer directly to 
seller. Our friend represents one buyer. 
Where is the seller ? 
8 & 2 
Clover seed is likely to be high again 
next spring. We suppose you notice 
that when goods are high in price the 
middleman’s proportion for sales is 
greater. Clover seed is a good thing to 
advertise in The R. N.-Y. Our readers 
want it, and it is handy to ship by ex¬ 
press. Those who sold Scarlet clover 
seed through our columns had a great 
run of custom. Why don’t you try sell¬ 
ing it direct once, instead of sending it 
to a dealer. % % 
You will notice that we advertise some 
new styles of watches this week. To 
show you how these watches satisfy 
those who obtain them, read this note 
from a Canadian reader : 
I am very well satisfied with the watch which I 
purchased from you sjme time ago. It Is like The 
Rural— the best you can get for the money ($10) 
anywhere. Any one desiring a go 3d watch at a 
reasonable price would do well to get It. 
EDWARD WHEATLEY. 
“The best” ought to be good enough 
for any reader. It is for us and would 
be for you. If you want to watch the 
course of the sun accurately, we can give 
you the proper instrument to do it with. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Eggs are lower. 
The hop market Is dull. 
Butter shows little change. 
Short weight drives away customers. 
There Is a good demand for whole deer. 
The Incubator men are now getting to work. 
Cheese prices are too high to cause a brisk trade. 
There has been nearly a glut of potatoes during 
the week. 
St-ing beans are coming from a number of south¬ 
ern points. 
New hickory nuts are scarce, and are coming In 
very slowly. 
The poultry market Is nearly swamped by the 
heavy arrivals. 
On Tuesday, wheat reached the lowest figure on 
record In St. Louis 
The condition of buckwheat Is 73.5, against 77.5 
last month and 85.6 October 1, 1892. 
The hay market is firm under light arrivals, and 
the prospect is better than for some time. 
The New Jersey peach crop was the largest ever 
known, and brought the lowest average price. 
The premium list for the Chicago Fat Stock Show. 
December 4 to 9, is now ready and may be had of W. 
G. Garrard, Springfield, Ill. 
The average of the estimated State yields of rye Is 
13.3, against 12.7 last year. The average yield of 
barley is 21.7 against 23.7 last year. 
The average yield of oats Is 23 5 bushels, against 
24.3 last year. The last report of condition was 74 9, 
against 78 9 the same month last year. 
Many of the onions offered In this market are wet, 
and of course sell slowly at low prices. Those from 
New York State are the worst In this respect. 
Some of the Michigan celery arriving Is more or 
less touched by the frost, and such stock Is difficult 
to sell, as It presents a very unattractive appear¬ 
ance. 
Many hog-dressed calves have arrived In extremely 
bad order during the recent warm weather. It Is 
extremely unsafe shipping such any distance until 
cooler weather. 
The chestnut market Is glutted, and many of them 
are going into cold storage. Receivers are advising 
shippers to delay shipments for a few days until the 
stock can be cleaned up. 
Two or three weeks ago chestnuts were scarce and 
were selling for $10 to $12 per bushel. This week, 
under heavy arrivals, the price dropped to $2, 
although the demand was good. 
A few very small roasting pigs—10 to 20 pounds 
each dressed—have appeared and sold at 12 and 15 
cents per pound There Is not much call for this 
grade of pork befoie cold weather. 
Potatoes, onions, and some other vegetables have 
been rushed In so rapidly lately as to flood the mar¬ 
ket and In some cises cause lower prices than should 
be received for the goods. Hold on a little. 
The weekly crop and weather bulletins which have 
been Issued by the Weather Bureau of the A<rlcul- 
tural Department will be discontinued for a time. A 
monthly bulletin will be Issued during the winter. 
The first Catawba grapes arrived during the week 
and sold at 12 to 15 cents per five-pound basket. It 
Is unwise to ship this variety until the market Is 
cleaned up of some of the other varieties so freely 
offered. 
Some of the cultivated chestnuts nearly as large 
as Italian chest-uts. sold for $8 to $10 per bushel, 
with ordinary kinds at $3 to $l. Fancy grocers buy 
this stock. Of course the demand Is limited, but this 
crop should prove profitable at these, and even at 
much lower figures. 
The October report Indicates a wheat yield of 
about 11.3 bushels, being 1.7 bushels less than last 
October’s estimate. The rate of yield In New York 
Is 14 5 bushels, Pennsylvania 14, Ohio 16, Michigan 
13, Indiana 14.2, Illinois 11.4, Wisconsin 13 3, Minne¬ 
sota 9.1, Iowa 11.5, Missouri 9.5, Kansas 8.4, Nebraska 
8.7, South Dakota 8.6, North Dakota 9.5, California 
11 . 2 . 
The Californians are talking of using the surplus 
grape crop to fatten hogs. It Is said that a large 
packing house In the southern part of the State has 
volunteered to advance the money to buy pigs If 
those having surplus fruit will take the animals and 
fatten them. The proposition Is to turn the hogs 
Into the vineyard and let them do the harvesting, 
although It would probably be more economical to 
gather the grapes and feed them. 
The Eastern Butter Makers’ and Cheese Makers’ 
Association has been organized, having fonts object 
the holding of a convention at some central location 
at an early date, for the s:rong showing of the asso¬ 
ciation, to listen to addresses by leaders of the pro¬ 
fession, and posslDly to make an exhibit of butter 
and cheese, together with machinery for Its manu¬ 
facture J. W. Jackson, Belchertown, Mass., Is 
president, and Charles M. Bull, Springfield, Mass., 
secretary. 
The last weekly crop bullettn of the season for the 
State of Michigan reports as follows regarding pota¬ 
toes: Northern section: Frosts damaged potatoes In 
some counties; a fair crop will be secured in Mason 
County and In the upper peninsula. Central section: 
Frosty nights have damaged late potatoes some¬ 
what; a light yield. Southern section: Allghtcrop; 
In some localities an average yield. The t ame report 
gives a very short apple crop, and states that celery 
will be much In excess of an average crop. 
The October returns of the Department of Agrl 
culture make the general condition of oorn 75.1, 
against 76 7 for the last month and 79 8 for October, 
1892. This falllDg off In condition is the result of the 
continued drought which has prevailed since June 
and was not broken In the cora belt until the latter 
end of September. The drought was most severe In 
the principal corn-producing Siatss. The averages 
of condition In these States are as follows: Ohio 70, 
Indiana 61, Illinois 66, Iowa 93, Missouri 89, Kansas 
65, Nebraska 65. 
The final report of the Kansas State Board of Ag 
rlcalture has been Issued. The total area of wheat 
harvested was 2,517,694 acres, the average 9.5 bushels 
per acre, and the total yield 24,881,448 bushels, an In¬ 
crease of 5.000,009 bushels over the September esti¬ 
mates. The spring wheat area harvested was 35,118 
acres and the product 208,239. The oats product was 
28.194,717 bushels; rye, 1.068,019 bushels, and barley 
467,882 bushels. The corn area planted was 6,227,067 
acres, the area worth harvesting 4,6 1,162 acres, and 
the total yield for the State 113,585,652 bushels. 
The following notice has been posted on the bul¬ 
letin of the New York Mercantile Exchange: The 
following changes In the egg rules were approved 
October 6. by the Executive Committee: All eggs 
containing 75 per cent new laid stock shall be graded 
as fresh-gathered extras. All eggs containing 50 per 
cent new laid stock shall grade as fresh-gathered 
firsts. Merchantable stock Inferior to fresh-gathered 
firsts, If not held In Ice-house, shall be called fresh- 
gathered sec >nds. R frlgerator firsts shall comprise 
marks In good condition, sweet eggs, reasonably full. 
In fresh-gathered extras and firsts, the balance of 
the stock to be fine, sweet, held or salted eggs; If 
salted to be settled for at half price. 
The October condition of potatoes Is given as 71.2, 
a loss of 0.6 of a point since the last report But 
three October condl.lons have been lower during the 
last decade—In 1887,1890 and 1892. The general rains 
of the month have averted a further disastrous 
decline In the condition, though In many sections 
the moisture came too late to work much improve¬ 
ment. Some complaints of excessive rainfall, caus¬ 
ing damage from rot, are noted, especially In New 
England and New York. The heaviest losses In per¬ 
centage and Indicated product occurred in Illinois, 
Indiana. Missouri, Nebraska and Colorado. In other 
Important States the percentages have been sus¬ 
tained, and In stl'l others the percentages are higher 
than a month ago. 
The Agricultural Congress, under the auspices of 
the Wor.d’s Congress Auxiliary of the Colombian 
Exposition, will be held In tne Memorial Art Palace, 
Chicago, Monday to Friday, October 16 to 23. each 
afternoon and evening, with meetings forconstdera- 
tlon of special topics each forenoon. Delegates have 
been appointed by various agricultural organizations 
and by the Governors of many of the States. Ad¬ 
dresses will be made by representatives of foreign 
agricultural associations and men and women prom¬ 
inently known in agricultural circles In this country. 
Secretary Morton Is expected to deliver the formal 
opening address. The sessions will be open to all 
Interested. The Association of Amerlcar Agricul¬ 
tural Colleges and Experiment Stations meets at 
same time and place. 
The German Society of Hop Culture has been 
gathering Information about this year’s hop crop. 
Here are some of the results obtained: The quality 
of this year’s crop will be good and in some places 
even very good In the German hop growing countries. 
Concerning quantity, however, Baden and Alsatla 
are more favored than Wurtemberg and Bavaria. 
Baden and Alsatla may reach one-third of a crop; 
In most of the districts of Wurtemberg they hope 
only for one fourth to one-fifth of a crop; and in 
general Germany cannot be estimated at more than 
one-tblrd of a crop. Austria will finally c:me In for 
little more than last year, which was estimated at 
133,655 cwt , the consumption being 121.003 cwt. 
France does not cover its consumption, gathering 
about 50,000 ,wt., and needing 60 000 to 65,000. So the 
chief exporting land of Europe will be Belgium with 
a crop of nearly 100,000 cwt., or 30,000 cwt more than 
Its own consumption, while Sweden, Norway, Den¬ 
mark. Holland and Switzerland will need an impor¬ 
tation of about 40,000 cwt. Russia is said to produce 
20,000 cwt. more than last year. In England many 
hop fields suffered from the spider and the crop has 
been estimated at the highest to be 340,000 to 360,000 
cwt. 
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