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New  England  Notes 
APPLE  BLOSSOM  DAY. 
Apples  were  in  bloom  about  the  mid¬ 
dle  of  the  month  throughout  central  New 
England.  It  is  the  bearing  year  for  the 
Baldwin  and  for  several  other  leading 
kinds:  the  bloom  is  a  full  one.  except  on 
trees  that,  bore  heavily  last  year.  But 
the  weather  that  follows  seems  to  de¬ 
cide  the  yield  more  often  than  does  the 
number  of  blossoms.  Littleton,  Mass., 
one  of  the  leading  apple  towns,  cele¬ 
brated  May  13  as  apple  blossom  day. 
There  are  many  young  orchards  in  that 
section,  and  orchards  are  likely  to  be 
under  management  of  progressive  fruit 
growers.  A  committee  was  formed  of 
these,  including  Messrs.  Driest,  Frost, 
Knight.  Titcomb,  Flagg,  Whitcomb  and 
others.  Visitors  were  shown  about  the 
town  and  well  informed  on  the  myster¬ 
ies  of  successful  orcharding  as  applied  to 
high  grade  apples.  Choice  table  varieties, 
especially  the  McIntosh  are  much  fav¬ 
ored  in  that  vicinity.  Results  are  ex¬ 
pected  in  the  shape  of  more  interest  in 
local  real  estate  and  an  increase  in  the 
nearby  A,  O.  L.  membership.  They  do 
not.  seem  to  worry  much  about  danger 
of  attracting  new  competition.  They 
argue,  perhaps,  that  it  will  he  a  long 
time,  anyhow,  and  meanwhile  some  of  the 
old  orchards  are  going  out.  It  is  claimed 
there  is  seldom  any  considerable  value 
to  the  product  of  an  old.  high  tree,  be¬ 
cause  there  is  not  much  fresh  wood  to 
bear  good  fruit,  and  because  the  top 
spraying  is  likely  to  be  poorly  dune.  At 
$2  a  day,  if  perhaps  scarcely  pays  to 
pick  poor  fruit  front  a  very  Rill  tree,  and 
so  the  old  trees,  some  well  over  the  cen¬ 
tury  line,  are  yielding  to  time  and  the 
ax.  Unlike  the  aged  workhorse,  they  are 
not  properly  tolerated  for  the  work  they 
have  done.  The  old  Imlf-decn.wd  tree  is 
a  great  nursery  of  tent-eaterplllnrs,  <  5yp- 
sy  moth  aud  various  grubs  and  borers. 
According  to  Prof.  F.  C.  Scars  of  the 
Massachusetts  Agricultural  College,  the 
increase  of  .population  and  the  growth  of 
the  apple-eating  habit  will  soon  take  care 
of  the  whole  question.  For  that  mat¬ 
ter.  the  census  shows  decrease  rnihor 
than  gains  in  number  of  bearing  trees. 
HOW  MUCH  TUBERCULOSIS? 
Perhaps  some  general  idea  of  the  de¬ 
gree  of  prevalence  of  tuberculosis  in  New 
England  may  be  had  from  results  of  the 
tuberculin  test  required  fur  interstate 
dairy  cattle  at  Brighton  market.  Of  5,- 
258  cattle  tested  there  last,  year,  183  were 
found  diseased  by  the  test,  or  about  three 
per  cent,  of  the  whole  number.  These 
were  selected  cattle.  No  payment  is  mode 
for  slaughter  of  cattle  from  outside  the 
State,  except  whatever  value  it  may  have 
after  killing.  Cattle  intended  for  beef 
are  not  tested  anyhow,  so  that  the  figures 
apply  chiefly  to  milch  cows.  Dealers, 
having  learned  from  experience,  would 
naturally  take  care  not  to  ship  cows 
that  look  suspicious.  Thus  the  results 
might  be  taken  to  show  about  three 
milch  cows  in  every  hundred  of  appar¬ 
ently  sound  and  healthy  animals  in  dairy 
herds  of  Northern  New  England  wonkl 
fail  to  pass  this  very  delicate  test ;  far 
too  delicate,  as  many  will  assert.  The 
loss  at  Brighton  is  only  a  few  thousand 
dollars,  aud  is  serious  only  because  it. 
falls  upon  a  small  group  of  dealers.  If 
all  cattle  were  tested,  as  some  of  the 
boards  of  health  have  demanded,  there 
would  be  a  pretty  bill  for  taxpayers  to 
settle. 
SENSIBLE  PRIZE-WINNERS. 
So  much  has  bceu  said  about  those 
New  England  youngsters  who  raised 
prize  crops,  that  it  will  seem  a  wonder  if 
some  of  them  do  not  get  swelled  heads. 
The  good  sense  of  at  least  two  of  them 
is  shown  by  a  decision  to  enter  for  a 
course  at  the  agricultural  colleges  of 
their  respective  States.  The  boy  who 
raises  44(1  bushels  of  potatoes  or  124 
bushels  of  corn,  and  then  concludes  that 
he  doesn’t  know  it  all  yet.  seems  like  a 
hoy  with  a  level  head,  who  may  he 
heard  from  later,  when  lie  gets  a  farm  of 
his  own.  Those  young  folks,  IS  to  20 
years,  who  are  going  into  the  Massachu¬ 
setts  canning  contest,  should  learn  some¬ 
thing,  too.  The  basis  of  award  is  qual¬ 
ity,  color,  flavor,  conditions  and  fullness 
of  pack,  40  points.  The  State  College 
furnishes  the  instructions  for  the  con¬ 
test,  which  closes  to  entries  June  1. 
R.  I.  MARKET  PROBLEMS. 
What  to  do  with  the  second  blade? 
That  part  is  usually  omitted  In  the  fa¬ 
miliar  city-made  advice  to  farmers  ou 
how  to  grow  the  two  blades.  John  J. 
Dunn,  Agricultural  Secretary  of  Rhode 
Island,  is  one  of  those  who  thinks  the  an¬ 
swer  lies  ou  the  selling  end  of  the  busi¬ 
ness. 
"Prices  are  too  high  in  the  city.”  he 
says,  “and  ton  low  in  the  country.  Some 
of  the  farmers  are  to  blame  and  so  is  the 
city  man.  Here  in  Providence  is  a  public 
market  place  very  central  and  convenient 
by  land  or  water,  and  open  to  the  farmers 
at  very  small  cost.  It  is  open  also  to  con¬ 
sumers  without  charge.  Yet  only  a  few 
of  the  two  classes  ever  get  together  in 
the  market.  The  farme.  pays  a  com¬ 
mission  man  15  per  cent,  to  sell  his  goods 
in  the  same  place,  and  the  consumer  helps 
support  half  a  dozen  more  people  before 
he  gets  the  produce  home.” 
Secretary  Dunn  tells  of  farmers  refus¬ 
ing  to  dig  potatoes  last  Fall  because  the 
price  was  low,  while  many  city  families 
refused  to  use  many  potatoes  because  t lie 
price  was  high,  fully  double  the  farm  sell¬ 
ing  figure.  “We  have  a  commission  in¬ 
vestigating  farm  marketing  and  finance," 
concluded  Secretary  Duufi.  So  far  the 
only  report  is  the  one  in  favor  of  State, 
control  of  the  milk  traffic.  The  milk 
question  is  only  a  part  of  the  problem.” 
Thus  even  in  a  compact  little  State  with 
a  big  city  population,  there  is  the  same 
costly  gap  between  land  and  dinner  table. 
This,  the  most  densely  populated  com¬ 
monwealth  in  America,  uses  only  about 
one-half  of  its  tillable  land.  Plainly 
there  is  room  to  raise  the  second  blade, 
but  what’s  the  use,  argues  the  farmer, 
when  there  are  so  many  middlemen  with 
sharp  hay  cutters. 
Boston  Produce  Markets 
STEADY  TONE  IN  BUTTER  MARKET. 
Prices  remain  about  the  same  as  last 
quoted.  The  situation  inclines  in  favor 
of  buyers,  if  •anything,  on  account  of  the 
liberal  receipts.  With  grass-fed  butter  in 
large  supply,  there  is  a  tendency  toward 
storing  the  surplus.  Said  C.  II.  Stone 
&  Co.,  "The  market  has  a  steadier  tone 
than  last  week.  Some 'of  the  receipts 
are  of  a.  quality  suitable  for  storage  and 
there  is  more  or  less  buying  on  that  ac¬ 
count.  Supplies  are  increasing  here  and 
this  market  would  promptly  follow  any 
decline  in  New  York  or  western  mar¬ 
kets.  There  is  very  little  of  the  lower 
grade  butter,  contrary  to  the  usual  con¬ 
ditions.  The  renovated  butter  people 
have  hard  work  to  get  supplies  for  their 
factories.  Quotations  are  81  cents  for 
best  northern  tub  butter,  while  ordinary 
dairy  butter  sells  from  28  to  30  cents. 
This  total  range  in  the  butter  market 
from  28  to  31  cents  is  unusually  close, 
and  shows  at  once  the  scarcity  of  low 
grades.” 
EGGS  HIGHER. 
The  egg  market  is  from  one-lialf  to 
one  cent  higher  this  week,  on  account  of 
decreasing  supplies  and  good  general  de¬ 
mand.  The  tone  of  the  market  is  strong 
and  holders  seem  to  be  able  to  get  their 
asking  prices  without  special  difficulty. 
Said  a  Commercial  St.  dealer:  “The  egg 
market  is  advancing,  having  passed  the 
low  point  some  time  ago.  The  supply  is 
lighter,  and  we  look  for  a  light  produc¬ 
tion  because  grain  is  high  and  a  good 
many  flocks  have  been  sold  out  on  ac¬ 
count  of  the  temptation  of  high  prices 
for  live  poultry.  Demand  ought  to  lie 
good  this  Summer.  Everybody  is  work¬ 
ing.  People,  are  not  going  to  Europe  this 
year,  but  are  staying  at  American  ho¬ 
tels  in  vacation  season,  and  buying  Amer¬ 
ican  products.  The  surplus  eggs  seem 
to  be  wanted,  and  the  supply,  we  figure, 
at  50  to  75  per  cent,  less  than  last  year. 
The  arrivals  are  not  being  held,  they  are 
being  eaten.  The  markets  of  greater 
Boston  consume  about  30.000  cases  a 
week.  Prices  are  three  cents  a  dozen 
higher  than  last  year  at  this  time.” 
Nearby  hennery  eggs  are  quoted  at  26  to 
27  cents.  Hennery  firsts  24  to  25  cents, 
eastern  extras  25  to  26  cents,  fair  to  good 
eastern  22  to  23  cents,  western  prime 
firsts  24  cents.  Receipts  of  eggs  in  Bos¬ 
ton  since  January  1  are  788.000  cases, 
compared  with  830.000  cases  for  the  cor¬ 
responding  time  last  year. 
POULTRY  IHGII  FOR  SEASON. 
While  there  is  no  important  change  in 
the  poultry  market  since  last  week,  it  is 
still  remarkable  that  prices  hold  as  well 
as  they  do.  As  a  rule,  values  go  down 
quite  rapidly  as  the  season  advances,  and 
farm  flocks  are  thinned  out  toward  the 
close  of  the  most  active  laying  season. 
But  there  seems  to  he  a  shortage  all  along 
the  line  in  both  western  and  eastern 
stock.  Said  S.  L,  Burr  &  Co.,  “It  is  a 
very  strong  poultry  market.  Wc  have 
been  in  tin-  business  since  1S6S  and  have 
never  seen  any  such  steadily  high  range 
of  prices,  and  we  do  not  see  any  sign  of 
lower  figures,  but  anticipate  that  when 
any  change  conies  it.  is  more  likely  to 
be  in  the  upward  direction  than  down¬ 
ward.  Receipts  are  moderate.  Fowls 
are  19  cents  live,  20  to  22  cents  dressed, 
chickens  17  to  20  cents  live.  No  north¬ 
ern  dressed  chickens  are  in  the  market, 
except  of  course  fancy  soft  roasters. 
Which  are  25  to  30  cents.  These  are  late 
hatched  chickens  that  were  kept  growing 
rapidly  and  are  soft  moated.  Broilers 
arc  35  to  40  cents  live,  and  40  to  45 
cents  dressed.  Old  roosters  17  to  18 
cents  dressed.  Those  prices  are  for 
northern  and  eastern  stock.  Western 
fowls  are  21  to  22  cents  dressed,  for 
choice  grade.  Turkeys  are  scarce.  Old 
western  birds  that  have  about  as  much 
flavor  as  a  piece  of  shoe  leather,  are  sell¬ 
ing  as  fast  as  they  collie  at  30  cents  a 
pound.  In  ordinary  markets  they  ought 
not  to  be  worth  more  than  15  cents.” 
VEGETABLE  SUPPLY  MODERATE. 
With  the  advance  of  the  season,  (hero 
is  always  an  increase  in  variety,  both  of 
native  and  southern  produce,  but  since 
the  improving  tendency  was  noticed  about 
a  month  ago,  prices  in  most  lines  have 
held  at  a  fairly  good  level,  aud  supplies 
have  not  for  any  long  time  been  in  ex¬ 
cess  of  demand.  For  some  kinds  there 
has  been  a  positive  shortage  at  times. 
Farmers  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston  are 
taking  more  interest  in  the  public  mar¬ 
ket  plans  under  way  in  imo  of  the  sub¬ 
urban  cities.  These  markets  seem  to 
rule  higher  than  the  Boston  market,  and 
often  they  are  nearer  to  the  producer. 
Some  truck  growers  arc  planning  to  ca¬ 
ter  to  these  suburban  markets  by  grow¬ 
ing  a  greater  variety  of  produce,  so  that 
they  can  make  up  suitable  loads.  The 
advantage  of  the  Boston  market  is  of 
course  that  it  will  take  mneh  larger 
quantities  at  once  of  any  one  product. 
Hardeners  mostly  claim  they  are  not 
making  money  at  present,  because  costs 
are  so  high.  Said  one  of  the  best  known 
producers:  “We  are  not  making  anything 
this  year,  and  we  believe  many  others 
are  in  the  same  fix.  Help  costs  $2  per 
day  for  Italians,  and  more  for  skilled 
native  help.  We  pay  $30  to  $35  by  the 
month  with  board,  and  $5  per  week  for 
board  docs  not  cover  our  actual  expense 
at  present  cost  of  supplies.”  Native 
dandelions  are  quoted  at  40  to  50  cents 
per  box.  Choice  cucumbers  range  from 
$4  to  $6,  according  to  count  and  pack. 
Rhubarb  is  50  cents  per  box  of  about  40 
pounds.  Radishes  are  $1.75  to  $2  per 
box.  Spinach  is  $1,  kale  40  cents,  let¬ 
tuce  $1  to  $1.50.  carrots  $1.25,  beets  $1, 
parsnips  50  cents,  beet-greens  75  cents 
to  $1.25,  native  cabbages  $1.75  to  $2, 
hothouse  tomatoes  12  to  25  cents  per 
pound,  native  asparagus  $4  to  $5  for 
box  of  three  dozen  hunches.  New  Jer¬ 
sey  green  $3  and  $3.50  per  dozen.  The 
New  Jersey  asparagus  is  put  up  in  much 
larger  bunches  than  the  native  stock. 
Light  stocks  of  Connecticut  River  onions 
remain  in  the  market  with  the  price 
range  from  $2  to  $2.50. 
POTATO  PRICES  UNEVEN. 
Dealers  quote  a  wide  range  of  prices 
on  Maine  potatoes,  owing  to  difference  in 
condition  and  grade.  Some  lots  are 
sprouting  badly,  Demand  is  moderate. 
The  general  range  is  $2  niftl  $2.40.  West¬ 
ern  Maine  potatoes  range  from  $2  to 
$2.25  per  two-bushel  bag.  Aroostook 
Green  Mountains  are  $2.25  to  $2.40, 
Aroostook  Cobblers  $2  to  $2.25.  Larger 
supplies  are  arriving  of  southern  pota¬ 
toes  and  the  price  is  down  to  $5  per  bar- 
Tel. 
FRESH  MEATS  IN  FAIR  DEMAND. 
The  abundance  of  veal  continues  the 
leading  feature  of  the  meat  market. 
Prices,  however,  hold  about  steady,  with 
a  range  of  11  to  15  eents  for  fair  to 
choice  lots.  Lambs  are  in  light,  supply 
at  15  to  16  cents.  Country  dressed  beef 
sells  at  11  to  12 Yj  cents.  Eastern  hogs 
are  practically  out  of  market. 
FEEDS. 
The  feed  market  shows  no  special 
change.  Cottonseed  meal  and  linseed 
meal  are  getting  a  little  nearer  together 
on  account  of  the  unusual  demand  for 
linseed,  caused  by  the  lower  prices.  There 
is  still  at  least  $5  per  ton  in  favor  of  lin¬ 
seed.  Wheat  feeds  are  firm  in  price,  and 
about  $25  is  quoted  for  bran  in  sacks. 
Alfalfa  meal  is  $25,  linseed  $31.  cotton¬ 
seed  $35  to  $38,  eommenl  is  $1.65  per 
bag  and  cracked  corn  $1.67. 
FRUITS. 
The  season  is  about  over  for  fresh 
packed  apples,  practically  all  supplies 
are  coming  from  Maine.  The  range  for 
No.  1  Baldwins  is  $1.50  to  $3,  Ben 
Davis  $1.50  to  $2.25.  Russets  $2  to  $2.25. 
flood  cold  storage  Baldwins  bring  $3  and 
some  fancy  lots  more.  Southern  straw¬ 
berries  arc  becoming  very  abundant,  and 
shipments  include  many  small,  dried-up 
lots,  selling  as  low  as  five  cents  a  quart 
by  the  crate.  The  general  range  is  from 
that  figure  up  to  15  cents  for  large  ber¬ 
ries  arriving  in  good  condition. 
LIVE  STOCK  IN  STRONG  DEMAND. 
The  markets  at  Brighton  and  Water- 
town  have  responded  to  the  generally 
good  demand  for  fresh  meats,  and  prices 
have  been  rather  in  favor  of  those  who 
had  stocks  to  sell.  It  was  easier  for 
them  to  get  top  prices  on  account  of  the 
anxiety  of  the  buyers  to  obtain  sufficient 
supplies.  Prevailing  prices  for  beef 
stock  of  moderate  grade  were  eight  and 
nine  cents,  ranging  from  light  to  heavier 
weight.  Cows  and  heifers,  fairly  good 
to  choice,  have  been  selling  at  6 to  7% 
cents,  and  canning  stock  four  to  4% 
cents.  The  range  on  hulls  recently  has 
been  six  to  7*4  cents,  Veal  calves  sold 
at  nine  to  16  cents,  except  some  grass- 
fed  stock,  bringing  only  live  to  seven 
cents.  Sheep  are  quoted  six  to  eight 
cents  at  Brighton,  lambs  eight  to  10 
cents,  and  bogs  $10.25  to  $10.75  per 
hundred  pounds.  The  demand  for  milch 
cows  shows  some  improvement,  mainly 
because  dealers  have  learned  from  recent 
experiences  not  to  ship  too  many  cows 
to  market,  and  accordingly  it  is  easier  to 
get  fair  prices  for  those  which  are  here. 
For  fancy  cows  $100  seems  to  be  top 
price,  medium  cows  are  $65  to  $75  and 
ordinary  $40  to  $60. 
VERMONT  CATTLE  AT  AUCTION. 
About  $15,000  worth  of  purebred  Hol¬ 
stein  stock  was  sold  at  the  Rutland,  Vt., 
Fair  Grounds  by  auction.  The  average 
price  was  $171  per  head,  a  figure  consid¬ 
ered  very  satisfactory,  considering  the 
time  of  year,  and  the  fact  that  many  of 
the  animals  were  calves  and  young  stock. 
The  highest,  price,  $1,000.  was  paid  for 
a  Rutland  County  t.h  roe-year-old  bull. 
The  highest  priced  cow  was  llengerveld 
Judy,  a  young  thirty-pound  Holstein, 
testing  4.29  per  cent,  butterfat.  An  of¬ 
fer  of  $200  was  made  for  a  calf  of  this 
cow.  The  bulk  of  the  sales  range  from 
$100  to  $300.  A  number  of  calves  and 
young  animals  sold  from  $50  to  $125. 
