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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 11 
As We Go To Press. 
“ NOW!” 
We have a good many things in mind 
this week—probably we can’t get them 
all in one column. First we want to call 
your attention to the advertisement of 
R. Hebron, Hobnellsville, N. Y. 
Mr. H. saw that parties wanted to buy 
hay direct from farmers, and he made up 
his mind that he would see what sort of 
a middleman The R. N.-Y. is. We don’t 
mind making the test ourselves—so here 
is his card. Come to the front now, you 
hay buyers, and show that there is no 
nonsense about our efforts to bring buyer 
and seller together. This is a test case. 
Help us out. 
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Another man who comes to the front 
this week, is 
J. E. Willard, Belvidere, III. 
We print his name here because he is 
the first man to come forward with his 
clover seed. We suggested it, and he is 
first at hand, so we give him a send off. 
Always read the new advertisements. It 
is a part of your business to do that if 
you wish to buy bargains, because it is 
evident that farmers are going to use 
The R. N.-Y. as a sales counter more 
and more. ^ ^ ^ 
We give prominence to the men who 
advertise their goods because they pa¬ 
tronize us, and we want them to get 
their money’s worth. Some of our read¬ 
ers, do not, perhaps, quite get the drift 
of our remarks. For example, take this 
note: 
On page 724 of The R. N.-Y. 1 notice a letter from 
a “ New Hampshire Subscriber,” who wants 20 car¬ 
loads of hay. I have a quantity of hay, and could 
furnish him all he wants If my hay would till the 
bill. It is slightly mixed. I would like to correspond 
with him. 
Or here is another from a Southern reader: 
1 have raised quite a lot of It. N.- Y. No. 2 potatoes' 
bull fall to And any market that has handled that 
variety. 1 have 400 bushels to sell and as you were 
the originators. I thought that perhaps you wculd 
know of a market for them. 
Or this one, for example : 
1 see In The R. N.-Y. that you are willing to do 
business for vour readers. My boy has a lot of 
bantams; oan you tell me of a good party who will 
pay a fair price for them ? 
Now we are always very glad to do 
what we can to help our readers. In the 
past year we have made thousands of 
dollars for our readers by suggesting 
new markets and customers. Now, here 
we are trying to make The R. N.-Y. a 
good ‘ ‘ Medium of Exchange ” for farmers. 
The hay, the potatoes and the bantams 
can all be sold through a small adver¬ 
tisement in this paper. Others are doing 
it. Since we have begun this thing should 
we not give first help to those who come 
forward and rent our space? We leave 
it to any fair-minded man if that is not 
just what he would do in his own busi¬ 
ness. We simply repeat what we have 
said before that lots of you gentlemen 
are missing opportunities of saving the 
middleman’s share by not trying to get 
closer to the buyer. Maybe you can 
afford to miss these chances. That is 
your own look out. 
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Some weeks ago we offered a few small 
Kodak cameras for sale. They are ail 
gone—went like hot cakes. Now we 
offer opera glasses. This leads us to say 
that we are prepared to furnish any¬ 
thing under the sun as premiums for 
subscription clubs. If there is anything 
you want in particular, please let us 
know, and we will quote figures. Any 
suggestions in this line will help us in 
preparing our premium list. By the 
way, our watches are going off fast, and 
everybody is pleased with them. 
The time is close at hand for pruning 
grapes. Professor Bailey has written 
a book called American Grape Training, 
that should be in the hands of every 
grape grower. Price, 75 cents. Why 
not get it now ? 
Another timely book that is selling 
well is Chrysanthemum Culture in Amer¬ 
ica, by James Morton. Price, 60 cents. 
In this connection, too, don’t forget 
Window Gardening. Price, 10 cents. 
Our book business is increasing right 
along. Read what is to be said about 
book premiums. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Hops are higher. 
Dressed pork is lower. 
Quinces are scarce and high. 
Grape fruit Is In good demand. 
Cauliflower Is dull at low prices. 
Squashes are somewhat higher. 
Evaporated raspberries are dull. 
The sheep market Is overstocked. 
Choice onions are In good demand. 
Little change In the cheese market. 
Live poultry Is considerably lower. 
Dried blackberries are very scarce. 
Choice calves are higher and wanted. 
Green Limas are about out of market. 
The few tomatoes In market are very poor. 
Most of the Southern string beans are poor. 
A few very poor tomatoes are still arriving. 
Few Isabella grapes are seen In this market. 
Grapes are In light supply and materially higher. 
Choice potatoes are Arm at slightly higher prices. 
An Importation of potatoes arrived from Rotter¬ 
dam. 
Pears are scarce, and the maiket Is Arm for choice 
stock. 
Celery continues In good supply at unchanged 
prices. 
Eggs are doing better under a light supply and a 
good demand. 
There Is most variation In price of the higher 
grades of butter. 
Dressed fowls, chickens and ducks are higher. 
Prime stock Is scarce. 
A shipment of 350 sacks of Irish Magnum potatoes 
Is held at 12.25 per sack. 
Receipts of sweet potatoes have been heavy, and 
the market Is weak at lower prices. 
Many of the string beans from the South are of 
poor quality and sell for low prices. 
Some North Carolina green pease of very good 
qua lty sold for $1 per crate, too low a price. 
The ladles of the Clyde, N. Y., Grange at one of Its 
meetings held a discussion on butter making. 
And now It is said that there Is no pleuro-pneumo- 
nla In the Canadian cattle shipped to England. 
The first Scotch potatoes for this sea-on came In 
Wednesday, 677 sacks of Magnums from Glasgow. 
Choice, Arm cranberries are In fair demand, but 
much of the stock offered lor sale Is soft and poor. 
Receipts of hay have been heavy, and this, added 
to the large stocks already on hand, makes trade 
dull. 
The name season has opened on Long Island, and 
the country will now be overrun with the pot 
hunters. 
Florida oranges have come forward In large quan¬ 
tities. Many of them are green and prices are con¬ 
sequently low. 
Jamulca oranges are now being received In boxes 
similar to Florldas, and are quoted upon the market 
at $2.50 to $2.75. 
West Junius, N. Y., reports 1,066 bushels of Early 
Rose potatoes on 3^j acres of rand, and In this poor 
potato year at that. 
German hares from Jersey sell for about 75 cents 
per pair. They will be cheaper later when they be¬ 
come more plentiful. 
One dealer received a shipment of over 100 coops 
oi live turkeys from Ohio. They were all ttne stock 
and brought good prices. 
The smallest yield of wheat so far reported was 
on a farm In Walworth, N. Y., three bushels of good, 
clean wheat from 12 acres. 
A recent steamer Drought nine casks of oleomar¬ 
garine from Christiana. Tbe same steamer also 
brought 222 barrels of butter. 
Peppermint oil Is Arm. Large quantities have re¬ 
cently been bought In tbe West, and the operators 
are now holding off hoping for a decline. 
A New Jersey woman was trampled to death by 
two ” staked-out” cows whose ropes, which had be¬ 
come tangled, she was endeavoring to undo. 
There Is a strong demand for good apples, a ,d the 
market Is Arm. Table sorts At for eatlrg are In most 
demand, and choice red vailetles At to ship are 
sought after. 
Choice creamery butter is firm, and prices have 
taken an upward turn. The market is in good shape, 
though outside quotations are extreme. Goods must 
be flrst-class to go at these prices. 
During the week a car-load of extremely poor 
poultry was received from Michigan and sold for 
much lower prices than ordinary stock. With corn 
as cheap as at present In the West, there Is no pos- 
slbli excuse for sending such poor poultry to market 
A foreign fruit Arm received an award upon oranges 
and lemons at Chicago, conspicuous In which were 
these words: “ Oranges.—Worthy of award for re¬ 
markably fine condition after having experienced a 
long voyage, thus emphasizing the perfection of the 
packing and packages. Lemons.—Worthy of award 
for supreme excellence In all qualities valuable in 
lemons and for superiority In packing, and attrac¬ 
tiveness of accompaniments of the packages.” 
The average condition of the sweet potato crop by 
States Is given by the Department of Agriculture as 
follows: New Fork, 75 per cent; New Jersey, 89; 
Pennsylvania, 88; Virginia, 90; North Carolina, 92; 
South Carolina, 91; Georgia. 93; Florida, 96; Ala¬ 
bama, 81; Mississippi, 91; Louisiana, 87; Texas, 57; 
Arkansas, 83; Tennessee, 82; West Virginia, 80; Ken¬ 
tucky, 82; Ohio, *7; Michigan, 40; Indiana, 68; Illi¬ 
nois,71; Iowa,80; Missouri,85; Kansas, 66; Nebraska, 
62; Colorado, 90; New Mexico, 95 and California, 98. 
A number of leading horsemen of Rutland, Vt., 
have formed a Coach Horse Association, and have 
purchased the stallion Jean le Bon, one of the flnest 
horses ever seen in the State. He was sired by the 
Imported Goffery, a famous French stallion, whose 
get took 65 of a possible 71 premiums at the Wor.d’s 
Fair. He Is a perfect chestnut, three years old. It 
is proposed to use the horse In breeding draught 
horses, which are fast becoming scarce In the State, 
the continual breeding of Morgans for speed having 
produced horses unlit for work. 
According to the Northwestern Miller the mills In 
operation at Superior and Duluth last week produced 
65,073 barrels of flour, against 52,371 barrels the pre¬ 
ceding week, 28,023 barrels In the corresponding week 
In 1892, and 18,224 barrels In 1691. All the mills are 
being pushed to their full capacity to fall orders for 
shipment before the lake season ends The market 
Is in a healthy condition, but most of the millers 
have booked their output ahead so that they are 
obliged to refuse orders for lake and rail shipments. 
Tbe stock of flour Is 277,416 barrels, against 254,421 
barrels a week ago, and 259,066 In 1892. The output 
this week will probably be the largest ever made. 
From Montreal comes this tale of woe of the ras¬ 
cally commission-man; A Arm commenced business 
about a month ago and advertised largely In the 
country papers, asking consignments of all kinds of 
produce from farmers. They also appointed agents 
all over the country and received car-loads of stcfl 
daily. This they sold for cash at whatever figure 
they could get, disposing of it at away below market 
value. None of the farmers who shipped the pro¬ 
duce received i> cent In payment and now the Arm’s 
doors are locked, and the only member of the firm 
who was ever seen has disappeared. It Is estimated 
that farmers have been^swlndled out of about$10,000, 
yet they will continue to ship produce to new Arms 
with no standing whatever. 
The Weather Bureau’s report for October states 
that on the whole the month was favorable for farm 
work. Winter wheat Is up and looking well In the 
States to the east of the Mississippi, and, while the 
crop Is in fair to guod condition In Kansas and Mis¬ 
souri, ralrs woul i prove beneficial In those States. 
In Texas the general absence of rain was very fav¬ 
orable for cotton picking, wbtch was nearing com¬ 
pletion In some sections as early as October 20, the 
reports generally Indicating that picking will be 
completed In that State this year earlier than usual. 
In Arkansas, however, the cotton crop will not be 
completely secured before November 15, and possibly 
not before December 1. The frosts during the middle 
of the month caused some damage to cotton In Ar¬ 
kansas. Texas, Mississippi and western Tennessee, 
but the reports Indicate that Uie Injury was slight. 
It is Best to Bueak Up a Catarrhal Cold 
In Its early stages, by using Dr. D. Jayne’s Expec¬ 
torant, and thereby save yourself much risk and 
misery.— Adv. 
,HARTSHORN'S 
SELF-ACTING\ 
SHADEROLLERS/ 
Beware of Imitations. 
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N. Y. STATE DRAIN TILE AND PIPE WORKS, 
76 Third Avenue, ALBANY, N. Y. 
ROUND 
AND SOLE 
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agents l __ 
Salt Glazed Pipe, Fir* 
Brick and Cement, 
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS, TBGBTABLB 8 
AND PRODUCE. 
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SinkiNci'. Rural New-Yorker, Irving Nat’l Bank 
TREES 
for Spring Planting 
We wish to secure the 
services of a reliable 
Farmer or Fruit Grower In every county to represent 
us during this winter. We will give, FREE, 25 to 100 
Apple, Pear or Plum Trees to anyone who will get up 
a club or secure orders for us in his section In pro¬ 
portion to amount sold. Our prices suit the times. 
No better stock grown. Secure a fine orchard free. 
Write for lull particulars and prices. 
FRED. E. YOUNG, Nurseryman, Rochester, N. Y 
FRUIT FARM FOR SALEi-V/ruS 
grow together; 60 acres planted. Price, $3,500. Address 
J. A. McKBE & CO., Kingsville, Lincoln Co., Ky 
HAY BY THE CAR-LOAD. 
Two car-loads of prime Timothy Hay, and one car¬ 
load of Clover and Timothy, mixed; one-third of It 
Timothy of best quality. We want a buyer for the 
lot. Address R. HERRON, Hornellsville, N. Y. 
Medium Red Clover Seed, 
In new bags, $6.50 per bushel; Burbank and Beauty 
of Heoron Potatoes, 75 cents per bushel. All Seeds 
are home-grown, and quality guaranteed. 
J. E. WILLARD, Belvidere, Ill. 
Nerve 
Tonic 
SOc. 
per box. 
6 for 82. 
Blood 
50 
. WILLIAMS' 
MEDICINE CO., 
Schenectady, N.Y. 
and Brockville, Ont. 
GRAY HAIR 
or whiskers restored to 
perfectly natural color by 
using Van’s Mexican Hair 
Restorative, or money refunded; It Is not a dye, and 
Is warranted absolutely free from sugar of lead or 
anything Injurious whatever. 8ent to any address 
on receipt of price; $1.00 per bottle; full Informa¬ 
tion free; agents wanted. ALLEN A CO., Room 808, 
Inter Ocean Building, Chicago, Ill. 
Trade supplied by Peter Van Schaack & Sons 
A BEARING ORANGE GROVE, 
on railroad. In town limits. Location and grove flrst- 
class. Will be sold at a bargain. A fine investment, 
better than a bank. A. W. ROGERS, Altoona, Fla. 
rnn oil r Genuine Rural New-Yorker potatoes; 
rUn uALL. choice seed $2.75. IncludlDg barre . de¬ 
livered f. o. b. here. Orders Ailed now; send monev 
with orders. Aiso, 1 Thoroughbred Dorset Ram 3 
years old. from Woodward & Jaques flock. Will ex¬ 
change for one equally good. 
MARK U. HOPKINS, Prattsburg, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
For Sale or Rent. 
A Florida Farm, of 80 acres, with 8,000 grape vines 
with tbe best European varieties, on a beautiful 
lake, with irrigation from a shallow ditch. 
A Farm 01 159 acres, near Richmond, Va., contain¬ 
ing 60 acres in orchard of large and select trees, and 
a vineyard of 15 acres. 
A tine Residence, la the Suburbs of Richmond, on 
Barton Heights, with 700grape vines; strawberries, 
3,000: raspberries, etc., to be sold on long time in 
monthly payments. 
Dr. C. R. CULLEN, Barton Heights. Richmond, Va. 
Book this Offer Now! 
For every new subscription to The Rural New-Yorker sent in 
before January 1, 1894, we will give as a special premium 
Any 40=cent Book on our List. 
A vessel recently wrecked in the Pacific had about 
10,000 pounds of ginseng in ner cargo, worth about 
$30,000. If It Is lost or badly damaged, It will have 
consldeiable effect upon the market. 
Chestnuts are doing better with the cooler weather. 
Those Irom the North are of the best quality, and 
sell for good prices. Southern stock is mo.-tly 
wormy, much of It being nearly worthless. 
C. J- Wetmore, Chief State Viticulturist of Califor¬ 
nia, reports that the vintage of the present season 
will be about 18,000,000 gallons, or about 3,000,000 gal¬ 
lons in excess of last year’s yield, and It will be of 
good quality generally. 
Tbe annual show of the National Horse Snow 
Assoclatljn will this year occur November 13 to 18 
at Madison Square Garden. This Is the largest and 
best exhibition of high class horses In the country, 
besides being one of the best managed. 
For example, by sending one new subscription with $1 you may 
select The Business Hen, New Potato Culture, any two of the Rural 
Library Series, or apply tbe 40 cents to the purchase of any book on 
our list. Or, better yet, for two new subscriptions you may take 
Annals of Horticulture. By Prof. L. H. Bailey. 
This retails at $1, but we make this special offer as a premium 
for two new subscriptions. We will quote special rates on any other 
books as premiums. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts., New York. 
