1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
789 
Crop and Market Notes— Continued. 
Complaint Is heard from receivers of Long Island 
vegetables about the poor manner In wh'ch shippers 
pack their cauliflower. The barrels are slackly filled 
and dealers pay extreme prices for marks known to 
be honestly packed. Receivers attribute the extreme 
low figures ruling this year to the poor packing. 
The Seattle Times mentions as among the agrlcul- 
ural wonders of the State of Washington, Timothy 
7 feet 8 Inches high; clover five feet high; Alfalfa, a 
yield of 12 tons per acre; corn stalks 14 feet high; a 
pumpkin weighing 93 pounds; a cabbage weighing 
53 pounds; an apple weighing two pounds and four 
ounces; a bunch of grapes weighing six pounds. 
The final estimate of potatoes gives the yield per 
acre as averaged for the whole country as 72 2 
bushels. This Is 7 8 bushels less than the average 
for a 10-year period ending 1889. The general quality 
is shown to be good, and though the dry weather 
tended to reduce the size of the tubers they are 
generally sound and mealy. The percentageof qual¬ 
ity stands at 89. 
The reports as to the yield of buckwheat give a 
general average of 14 7 bushels per acre as against 
14.1 In 1892 and 15 3 in 1891. The general average as 
to quality is 92.4. New York and Pennsylvania, which 
comprise about two-thirds of the total area, *-ave 
yields of 14.4 and 14.1 bushels respectively, quality 
being 94 In each case. The States of heaviest yield 
are Maine and Vermont, whose averages are 19 and 
29 2 bushels, respectively, while quality Is reported 
at 99 for the former and 100 for the latter. 
The Consular reports say that the fine qua’lties of 
evaporated fruit so frequently seen In the United 
Slates are rarely seen In France. What little dried 
French fruit there Is for sale all has been dried in 
the sun. Recently several firms have Imported large 
quantities of evaporated American fruit, which has 
been rapidly disposed of. and a new and thriving 
business has been opened. There is still room for 
other houses to set up the trade, especially in evap¬ 
orated peaches, which are not yet common, and the 
price of which Is high. A large field awaits Ameri¬ 
can enterprise in this direction. 
From reports compiled by the Mercantile Ex¬ 
change, we give the receipts In this market of 
dressed poultry for the six days ending Wednesday, 
the day before Thanksgiving, and the prices of 
choice Western turkeys for the past live years on 
Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, which 
are usually the best selling days: 
Prices 
Prices 
Year. 
Receipts. 
Monday. 
Tuesday. 
1892. 
. 26,972 
15@16c. 
13@l4c. 
189’. 
14@16 
15@16 
1890. 
14@I5 
14® Hi 
1889. 
12@13 
13@14 
1888. 
14015 
13® 14 
The November returns to the Department of Agri¬ 
culture of the rates of yield per acre make the aver¬ 
age for corn 22.0 bushels, which is the smallest yield 
reported, excepting those of 1886,1887 and 1890. for 
the past 10 years. The yields for those years were, 
respectively, 22, 20.1 and 20.7 bushels. It Is less than 
the average for the 10 years 1870 to 1879 by 4.5 bushels? 
less than the average for the succeeding decade 1880 
to 1889 by 1)4 bushels, and less than the average for 
the three years 1890 to 1892 by a little over one 
bushel. The rates of yield of the principal corn 
8 tates are reported as follows : New York, 29.3; 
Pennsylvania. 24.9; Ohio, 24.3; Michigan, 23 7; Ind¬ 
iana, 24 3; Illinois, 25.5; Iowa, 35.4; Missouri 2'5; 
Kansas, 20.3; Nebraska, 25. 
A new line of steamers has just commenced run¬ 
ning between Jacksonville, Fla., and Philadelphia. 
Tne first vessel carried 14,000 boxes of oranges. This 
will afford a cheaper means of transportation than 
has previously been enjoyed. The freight charges 
on oranges are 35 cents a box and 70 cents a barrel, 
while 48 cents has been about the lowest rate the 
dealers have been able to secure from the railroads. 
A feature of the new enteiprise Is the schedule of 
low through rates from Jacksonville to Trenton, 
Wilkesbarre, Uarrlsburg, Buffalo, Albany, Scran¬ 
ton, Pittsburgh, Elmira, Syracuse and Rochester, 
which the steamship people have arranged with the 
railroads from Philadelphia. By this It Is expected 
that the dealers in most of these places will be in¬ 
duced to do their Florida orange business through 
Philadelphia. The steamship which brought the first 
cargo, was built especially for the fruit trade, and Is 
fast. She made the run from New York to Jackson¬ 
ville In 71 hours, and it Is claimed can do much bet¬ 
ter when fully loaded. 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW ! 
If you don't see what you want, ask for it. 
Fitting Land for Onions and Celery.- I have 
five acres of tillage land that I wish to plant next 
year, one-half to celery and the other half to onions. 
1. What treatment shall I give the land this fall or 
next spring In preparation for the crops next year ? 
2. What Is the best manure for celery and the quality 
per acre, and how shall It be put on ? 3. What Is the 
best variety of celery to grow ? 4 . What preparation 
will a hothouse need to properly and thriftily grow 
the required number of celery plants ? 5. What 
preparation will the land to be devoted to onions re¬ 
quire? 6 . What variety of onions can be most 
profitably grown ? novice. 
Ans —1. Our Inquirer doesn’t say anything about 
the character of the soli, or Its present condition, 
which Is quite important. Ordinarily, land suited 
for onions or celery is benefited by being fall- 
p'owed, nothing being done to it afterward until 
soring, when it is th. roughly harrowed and rolled 
and made as fine as possible. 2. Thoroughly rotted 
barnyard manure spread on top and harrowed In Is 
excellent for celery and onions. Most of the market 
gardeners In this vicinity grow celery as a second 
crop, and, as the soli is heavily manured for the first 
crop, no manure is added for the celery. Special 
celery fertilizers are made by leading manufactur¬ 
ers. Write for their pamphlets. 3. One of the most 
popular varieties is the White Plume. Boston Market 
is good, as is Kalamazoo, Arlington, Dwarf Golden 
Heart and others. The “ best ’’ variety for all soils 
and conditions hasn’t yet been discovered. 4. No hot¬ 
house is needed to grow celery plants, unless for the 
early crop, and this is not generally very profitable. 
They are best grown in a bed of fine, rich soli out¬ 
doors. Thorough pulverization and fertilization, 
finishing off by raking over thoroughly to remove all 
obstructions. 6 . Yellow Danvers and Red Wethers¬ 
field are two standard sorts. Other varieties may 
be tested. It would be a good Investment for any 
beginner to get Gregory’s Onion Raising, paper, 30 
cents, and the Celery Manual, paper, 50 cents, post¬ 
paid from this office. 
Testing the Fertility of Eggs. -How can I 
tell whether an egg Is fertile or not before putting It 
In an Incubator ? 1 read In a recent Issue of The 
R N.-Y., under the heading of Eggs-Aminlng Eggs, 
that there Is a way, but It was not explained. 
Ohio. SUBSCRIBER. 
ANS.-The operator who told the writer of that 
article didn’t explain the method, either. None of 
our incubator men, so far as we know, claims to be 
able to determine th • fertile eggs before the fifth 
day of Incubation. The egg candlers acquire great 
skill by long practice, and perhaps one of them has 
reached the point of being able to tell a fertile from 
an Infertile egg before It Is put into the Incubator, 
or under the hen, but we are Inclined to doubt It. 
What say our poultry friends ? 
MARKETS 
BEANS AND PEASE. 
Beans, Marrow, choice. 1893, per bush ...2 40 -02 45 
Medium, choice, per bush.1 90 @ — 
Foreign, Medium.140 @160 
Foreign, Pea.1 60 @1 65 
Pea, choice.1 77 @1 83 
Red Kidney, choice.2 40 @2 50 
White Kidney.2 00 @2 10 
Lima, California (60 lbs).175 @180 
Green pease, bbls., per bush..1 17 @1 20 
Bags, per hush.115 @ — 
Scotch, 1893, bags.1 49 @ — 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, State tubs, extras, per lb.25 @26 
State palls, extra. 25 @26 
Elgin and other Western, extras.27 @27)4 
Western, first.25 @26 
Western, seconds.32 @24 
Western, thirds.20 @21 
8 tate dairy, half-flrkln tubs, fresh, extras. .26 @— 
First.33 @25 
Seconds.21 @22 
Welsh tubs, firsts.24 @25 
Welsh tubs, seconds.21 @22 
Tubs, thirds.19 @20 
Western Imitation creamery, firsts.22 @23 
8 econds.19 @20 
Thirds .17 @18 
Western dairy, firsts.21 @22 
8 econds.18)4319 
Thirds. 17 @18 
Western factory, firkins, June extras.18 @19 
Seconds to first.17 @18 
Tubs, June extras.19 @— 
Firsts.17 @18 
Seconds.16 @— 
Thirds .15 @— 
Factory firkins, current make, first.19 @20 
Tubs, current make, first.19 @30 
Seconds.18 @— 
Thirds.17 @1734 
CHEESE—NEW. 
State factory, full cream, fancy, fall made. 11)4® 1194 
Full cream, l’ge, col’d, fancy, August.. 1094@ 11 
Full cream, large, colored, choice.1094@ 1096 
B’ull cream, large, colored, good. 9*@ 10)4 
Full cream, large, white, fancy, Aug... 10%® 11 
Full cream, large, white, choice.10)*® 1094 
Full cream, large, common to good. 9)4® 10)4 
Full cream, small, fancy.12 @ 12)4 
Full cream, small, choice.U94@ 12 
Full cream, small, good to fine.11)4® 1194 
Skims, good to choice, small. 9)4@ 10 
8 klms, choice, large. 8 @ 894 
Skims, fine. 7)4® 794 
Skims, good. 5 @ 7 
Skims, poor 
2 @ 4 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, King, h. p., per bbl. 3 50@ 4 50 
Greenings, h. p., per bbl. 2 50@ 3 25 
Fall or York or H'd Pip’ns, pr bbl. 2 26@ 3 00 
23-ounce, prime, per d. h. bbl. 2 *5® 3 50 
Northern 8 py, per bbl. . 2 50@ 3 50 
Ben Davis, per bbl. 2 25® 3 50 
O.-heads, h. p. as to size and quality... 1 25@ 2 00 
Common windfalls, per bbl .. 75@ 1 60 
Baldwin and Hubbardston, per bbl .... 2 50@ 3 50 
Snow per bbl. 8 00@ 4 00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, choice dark, pr bbl 5 25@ 5 50 
Cape Cod, fair color, per bbl. 4 £0® 5 00 
Cape Cod, light color, per bbl. 2 00 ® 4 CO 
Cape Cod, per crate. 1 60® 2 00 
Jersey, per crate.1 25® 1 60 
Grapes, W’n N. Y.,Delaware, per small bskt 15 @ 20 
W’n N. Y., Niagara, per small bskt. 10 @ 12 
W’n N. Y,, Catawba, per small bskt ... 10 @ 11 
W’n N. Y., Concord, per small bskt. 10 @ 12 
W’n N Y., Concord, per large bskt. 15 @ 20 
Catawba. In trays, per lb. 1)4® 1)6 
Niagara, In trays, per lb. 1 @ 1!4 
Grape fruit, per box. 2 00@ 2 75 
Lemons, Fla., poor to fancy, per box. 1 00® 3 00 
Oranges, Fla., best, per box. 2 00® — 
Green, per box. 1 25® 1 75 
Pears, Boston, per bushel box. 2 00® 4 00 
Duchess, per bbl. 3 03® 4 00 
Lawrence, per bbl . 2 5f@ 3 50 
Vicar, per bbl. 2 50® 3 00 
Common sorts, per bbl. 1 £0® 2 50 
FRUITS—DRIED 
Apples, evaporated, 1893, fancy.11 @— 
Choice. 10 @ 10 ]4 
Prime. 0 ) 4 ® 994 
Common, 1893 . 8 @9 
N. Y. State, sun-dried, sliced. 5 @ 5)4 
N. Y. State, quartered. 4 @5 
N. C., sun-dried, fancy. 6 @— 
N. C. t sun-dried, sliced, oholce. 4 ) 4 ® 594 
N. C., sliced, prime. 4 @ 5 
Chopped. l)4@ 194 
Cores and skins. 2 @ 2U 
Cherries, 1893 . 9 @10 
Huckleberries. 14 @ 14)4 
Blackberries. gu® 7 
Apricots, California, ’93, per lb.11 @14 
Peaches, California, unpeeled. 9 @10 
Delaware, evaporated, peeled, yellow.. 17 @18 
Delaware, evaporated, peeled, red.16 @17 
Delaware, evaporated, unpeeled. 6 @ 7 
N. C., peeled, fancy. 894@ 9 
N. C., peeled, choice. 8 @ 8)4 
N. C., peeled, fair to prime. 7 @ 7)4 
Prunes, California, per lb.— @_ 
Plums. State, per lb.10 @— 
Raspberries, new evaporated, per lb.18 @18)4 
Sun dried, per lb. 18 @_ 
CHALLENGE FEED MILL 
For full information about the 
best Feed-mills, Horse poweis, 
Threshers, Clover haliers, Fnn- 
ning-mills, Circular-saw Machines, 
Land-rollers and Dog powers, send 
for Fearless Catalogue. 
For Fodder-cutters, Carriers and 
Drag-saw Machines, ami for in¬ 
formation showing “ Why Ensi¬ 
lage Pays,” send for Ensilage 
Catalogue. Address, 
JlINAItl) HARDER, Cobleskill. N. Y. 
EGG 8 . 
New-laid, fancy (nearby), at mark 
Sand snipe, per dozen. 
Red head, light, per pair 
Mallard, drawn, per pair. 
Teal, blue wing, per pair. 
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In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
Kstab’d] JACKSON BROS. pssr 
N. Y. STATE DRAIN TILE AND PIPE WORKS. 
76 Third Avenue, ALBANY, N. Y. 
ROUND TSLE 
ROUND 
and SOLE 
TILE 
Also agents for Akron 
Salt Glazed Pipe, Firf 
Brick and Cement. 
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS, TEUETABLIS 
AND PRODUCE. 
I | « r H CDftQT lOOPnrk Place, N. Y. 
■ la a La fla I IIU® I y Produce Commlaalon Herahnnta. 
BinBiNOii Rural New-Yorker. Irving Nat’l Bank 
Rabbits, prime, per pair. 30 @ 40 per bushe 
pure. K. 
GRAIN. v 
Wheat.60 @70 - 
Rye. 60 @59 
Barley.. 55 @70 /CV_ 
Buokwheat.— @— ( ' N vg5 > 
Corn.40 @48)4 1 0 i 
Oats. 29 @41 './q 
GRA88 SEED. ^ \ 
Clover. 8 76 @9 25 \ ) 
Timothy. 3 60 @4 00 \ ■/ 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, crop Of 1893 . 22)4® 28 
Medium to prime. 18 @ 22 _ 
N. Y. State, crop of 1892, choice. 21 @ 22 
Prime. 19 @ 20 II A1 
Common to medium. 18 @ 19 HI 
Old olds. 8 @ 14 U U JI 
Pacific Coast, crop of 1892, choice. 21 @ — 
Crop of 1893. 22 @ 23 
Common to prime. 19 @ 22 
California, old olds. 7 @ 12 
Bavarian and Bohemian. 70 @ 75 
Altmarks, etc. 68 @ 70 r ')■ 
MEATS AND STOCK. li 
Beeves, live—Best native steers .5 00 @5 80 
Poor. 3 00 @3 75 I Th - . 
Texans.8 00 @4 25 inisoc 
Bulls and dry cows.1 50 @4 80 resentinj 
Live veal oalves, prime, per lb. 7)4@ 8 comical 
Fair to good, per lb. 6)4@ 7 j Chmama 
Common to medium, per lb. 6 @ 6)4 padofcc 
Live Calves, Western, per lb. 8 @ 3)5 can be n 
Buttermilk, per lb. 2)4® 3 I funny fe 
Grassers, per lb. 2)4® 3 ! gotten 11 
Calves, city dressed, per lb. 9 @12)4 (-only hn 
Country dressed, prime. 11 @— 
Country dressed, fair to good. 10 @10)4 Y,i 
Country dressed, common to medium.. 8 @ 9H /i'l P 1 
Dressed buttermilk, per lb . 5)4® 6)4 111 
Dressed grassers, per lb. 4)4® 5)4 P £ 
Cows, Milch, choice.45 00 @— at 
Poor to fair.20 00 @40 00 ///.’A 
Lambs, dressed, near-by per lb. 4 @ 9)4 V y 
Alive, poor to good, per lb. 2 @6 \/ 
Sheep, alive, good to prime, per lb. 3 @3)4 )/ 
Alive, poor to fair per lb. 1)4® 3 \(l 
Hogs. Live, per 100 lbs.8 25 @7 00 i ' 
Country dressed, light, per lb. 9 @994 
Country dressed, medium, per lb. 8 @9 Or sprit 
Country Dressed, heavy, per lb. 7 @8 _ 
nuts. tion. L 
Peanuts, Va.,h. p., fancy, per lb. 4 @ — himself 
Fair, per lb. 3 @ 3fcf . ... 
Shelled, No. 1, per lb. 2 ) 4 ® 3 scnptioi 
No. 2, per lb. 1)4@ 194 , rTT 
Spanish, shelled. No. 1, per lb. 2%@ 3 • Lrl 
No. 2. per lb. I 94@ 2 „ 
Chestnuts, Northern, per bushel of 60 lbs . 1 £0@ 3 50 '-’Or. Gna 
Southern, per bushel of 60 lbs. 1 50@ 8 00 _ 
Hickory nuts, per busbei of 50 Ids. 20@ 1 25 
POTATOm CANNING 
Potatoes, Me., Rose & Hebron, per d. h. bbl.2 00@2 ifi Farnham. N Y 
L. I., In bulk, per bbl .2 00@225 _ 
Jersey, choice, In bulk, per bbl.1 623 1 75 
Jersey, common, la bulk, per bbl.1 2531 50 » 
N. Y. State, per 180 lbs .1 25@1 50 AC 
Sweet, Eastern Shore, per bbl.1 f0@l 75 
Sweet,extra fancy, Vineland, per bbl....3 25@3 75 Few 1 
Other Jersey, per d. h. bbl .1 £0@2 25 
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POULTRY—LIVE. 
Duoks, local, per pair. 70 @ 93 m ^ le 1 
Western, per pair . 61 @ 8) o-nnrl toll 
Southern, per pair. 63 @ 65 good LCH 
Fowls, local, per lb. 9 @ 9)4 to find 
Western, per lb. 8)4® 9)6 
Southern and Southwestern, per lb... 8 ) 4 ® 9 we liavo 
Geese, local, fattened, per pair. — @ — 
Western, per pair . 1 25 @1 75 OUgllly 
Southern and Southwestern, per palr.l 00 @1 25 ,, , 
Pigeons, per pair. 20 @ 30 tnat we 
Roosters, mixed, per lb. 6 @ — c ,, y, c o r 
Spring chickens, local, per lb. 9 @— suuscr 
Southern, per lb. 8 @ 8)4 uu unce 
TurkeyB, mixed, per lb. 10 @ 11 satisfact 
dressed poultry. tendei 
Chickens, Phlla., 3 lbs or oyer, pr lb. 14 @ — inches,a 
Small. 10 @ 12 al . . , 
Western, large, dry-picked. 10 @ 11 0 % mem 
Western, spring, scalded, large. 10)4® — i , , 
Western, spring. sca:ded m’d w'hts.. 9 @ 10 a c£ea - r 0 
Western, spring, scalded, small. 7 @ 8 . 
Fowls, 8tate and Penn., per lb. 9)4® _ tinctiy . 
Western, prime, dry-picked, per lb .. 9)4® — t.nwur t,V 
Prlme, sca'ded. 9 @ 91 ^ 
Old roosters, per lb. 7 @ 7)4 The mo 
Spring ducks, L. J., per lb. 15 @ _ 
Eastern, per lb . 14 a — can be Si 
Western, per lb. 5 @ 10 . •, 
Geese, Eastern, per lb. 14 @ — teiescopi 
8quabs. tame, white, per dozen.2 75 @ — i fr 
Dark and poor, per dozen.1 10 @1 75 maue xr 
Turkeys, spring, dry p„ prime, per lb_ 12 @ — ishpfi lir 
Spring scalded, prime, per lb. 10 @ — 
Spring, small and poor, per lb. 6 @ 9 covered 
Old, mixed weights, prime, per lb .... 10 @ 11 
VEGETABLES making 
Brussels sprouts, per quart. 7 @ 15 Substant 
Cabbage. Flat Dutch, per 100. 2 6"@5 00 t+ 1c 
Carrots, washed, per barrel. 75@] 25 i - 1 ' “Oin 
Cauliflower, L. I. and Jersey, per bbl.1 03@1 50 does not 
Celery, Michigan, extra fancy, per dozen... 25® 40 
State and Western, per dozen. 10® 25 bv a con) 
Eggplant, Florida, per obi. 4 00@ 8 00 J 
Green peas. Va., per basket.1 00@2 00 Retail pi 
N. C., per crate. 1 00@1 50 
Lettuce, per bbl. 1 00@3 00 price, p 
Onions, Orange County, red, per bbl.1 ooai 50 
• Orange County, yellow, per bbl.1 25@1 50 J e a r » 
Connecticut, red, per bbl.1 60@1 75 r.n • 
Connecticut, white, per bbl.2 505- 3 25 " 
Connecticut, yellow, per bbl.1 60@1 75 and a ne 
State and Western, yellow, per bbl.I 50@1 75 
Orange County, white, per bbl.2 00@3 (0 $4.25. V 
Parsnips, per bbl. 1 2501 50 , „ 
Squash, Marrow, per bbl.1 f0@ — before S< 
Hubbard, per bbl . 125® — rp. 
String beans, Norfolk, wax, per basket. 5001 00 _Lne user 
Va , green, per basket. 600100 sH^nlri V, 
Ch’n, green, per basket.1 00@3 00 uum u 
Ch’n, wax, per basket.1 25@2 00 the adiii 
Turnips, Jersey and L. I.. Russia, per bbl.. 7501 CO . J 
MILK AND CREAM. with the 
The total dally supply has been 19,164 cans of milk, moving i 
167 cans of condensed milk and 387 cans of oream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat- THI 
forms has been $1.55 a can of 40 quarts. The Ex¬ 
change price Is $1.57 a can. Co- Peai 
orrn DllTATnCQ _l25 bushels Rural New- 
uLLU rU I A I ULd. Yorker No. 2, at 90 cents 
per bushel, from seed sent out by The U. N.-Y. Kout 
pure. R. Lltchard, Canasernga, Alloga y Co., N. Y. 
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BOX 0’ BROWNIES 
^-£k n YU 
This box consists of a set of rubber stamps rep¬ 
resenting the well known “Brownies” in their 
comical attitudes, such as the Policeman, Dude, 
Chinaman, Clown, Animals, etc., and includes a 
pad of colored ink and a paper tablet upon which 
can be made many amusing pictures with these 
funny fellows. It is the most entertaining thing 
gotten up in years and. was made to be sold for 50 
cents, but on account of the present hard 
times we will send the whole box, com- \ 
t p^fe, with all the “ Brownies,” 
Ink Pad, Paper Tablet, etc., post- ( f : '~\ 
paid, for only 25 cents. Send/T)\|A 
. at once, as they go Tike hot cakes. L\\.' ) 
' K8 W 
Or sent free for one new yearly subscrip¬ 
tion, Let the boy earn the present for 
himself by securing a neighbor’s sub¬ 
scription. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts., New York. 
MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. 
D. G. Trenoh Co., Chicago, Ill., and 
Mention thii vaver 
ii ‘"LTi 
Achromatic Telescope. 
Few things are more interesting or 
useful in both leisure and busy moments 
in the country than a 
good telescope,or harder 
to find. We believe that " ysi 
we have in this a thor- ;jj rjl 
oughly good telescope 
that we can offer to our I 1 
subscribers in con- j|||j i 
fidence that it will give 
satisfaction. When ex- 
tended it is over l(j 
inches,and, when closed, 
6% inches in length. On J j.,lf j; * ; 
a clear day you can dis- 
tinctly see time on a 
tower three miles away. 1 j| - 
The moons of Jupiter j|||j i f 
can be seen with it. The 
telescope tubes are 3^ 
made from heavy pol- ’ 
ished brass; the body is 
covered with morocco, 
making a thoroughly ; S~ 
substantial instrument. 
It is achromatic; that is, =p 
does not blur the vision jSi; 
by a confusion of colors. 
Retail price, $4.50. Our 
price, prepaid, with a 
year’s subscription, | -gS) ’,=|p 
$3.50 ; with a renewal 
and a new subscription, 
$4.25. We test each one 
before sending it out. -rJrjS 1 
The user must remember that the tubes 
should be pulled out full length, and 
the adjustment to the eye made only 
with the section nearest the eye piece, 
moving it out and in as necessary. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
Go • Pearl and Chambers Sts., New York. 
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