1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
29 
MARKET NOTES 
REASONS FOR LOW PRICES. 
Why did my apples, potatoes, butter, 
eggs, poultry, etc., net me less than they 
should? 
This is a plain practical question often 
asked by those who have sent produce to 
city markets. Three parties, the shipper, 
transportation company and city handler, 
may be wholly or in part to blame, or the 
trouble may come from a glutted market. 
THE PRODUCER.—Perhaps the apples 
might have been more suitable for pig 
feed, the potatoes a mixed lot, with so 
many little ones showing as to discount 
the whole batch, the eggs and butter may 
have been kept too long, and the poultry 
not fed long enough. Stuff of this ehar- 
acter is often seen, which is really not 
suitable for consignment to a market 
where it must compete with so much that 
is better. Perhaps the grading and pack¬ 
ing were not what they should have been. 
We have heard people say that this does 
not make much difference; that ungraded 
and poorly-packed shipments bring as 
much as others. This is now and then 
true, but the evidence In favor of careful 
packing and grading is so great, besides 
being directly in accord with common 
sense, that it is better to be governed by 
the rule rather than the scattering ex¬ 
ceptions. Produce is seen daily on which 
the sender could have made more than $1 
an hour for a little time spent in prepara¬ 
tion for shipment. 
DAMAGE IN TRANSIT.—In cases where 
goods are entirely spoiled in transporta¬ 
tion, the receiver can refuse to take them, 
as is often done, and the shipper has a 
case against the company, unless the re¬ 
ceipt of the latter, which has been agreed 
to by the consignor, releases them from 
responsibility. In any case, with the ex¬ 
ception of one or two transportation com¬ 
panies, which settle claims at once on 
proof, it is a sort of endless chain job to 
get redress for anything damaged in ship¬ 
ment. Claims are put into cold storage, 
and little but promises to look the matter 
up can be obtained. We knew one man 
who determined to have his rights. As 
letters were not effectual he went to the 
oflices of the company and pressed his 
claim personally. He demanded an inter¬ 
view with the head officer in charge of the 
matter and presented his case so forcibly 
that after some hesitation he actually got 
proper redress. He admitted that the time 
and labor spent were worth more than the 
claim, but had the satisfaction of knowing 
that he had carried his point. Few men, 
however, have the time or persuasive pow¬ 
ers to chase up an affair In this way. But 
there are cases of slight damage, deduct¬ 
ing say 10 per cent from the selling value 
of produce. It is impossible to prove these 
or recover anything on this account, for 
it is expected that goods will deteriorate 
to some extent on the road and who can 
say just how much is due to the natural 
causes and how much to neglect of hand¬ 
lers? 
THE CITY MARKET END.—There are 
men here handling country produce who 
are out of their element. A woodpile and 
a pile of apples look alike to them, and 
they would handle the apples about as 
carefully as the wood. Boxes and bar¬ 
rels of fruits and vegetables are whacked 
around as though they were rocks. They 
cannot open a tub of butter and put a 
trier in it without making the top look 
so mussy that no one wants it at a fair 
price. They have but little idea of values; 
are likely to put a prohibitive price on 
produce and, after frightening buyers 
away, sell for less than it is worth. They 
may be honest, well-meaning men, and 
yet have one or more failings like those 
named above, or others that might be men¬ 
tioned, making them misfits in the busi¬ 
ness. There are others who know their 
business but show so much favoritism to 
certain shippers, that others stand but 
little chance of fair treatment with them. 
This seems like a very narrow and short¬ 
sighted policy. Others come about as near 
to the fair-and-square mark as business 
men in any line. They have proper facili¬ 
ties for handling and storing produce, a 
large and varied trade, so that they can 
get rid of stuff quickly, and are good men 
to stick to. The frauds and scalawags who 
steal the whole or part of the returns 
have often been mentioned, and we think 
people are getting more cautious in their 
dealings with strangers. 
OVERI,OADED MARKPITS.-This con¬ 
dition is not found in New York so often 
as some have been lead to believe. It 
may often happen in smaller markets, but 
New York is such a large consumer itself, 
as well as being the distributing center 
for a large section of country, that it can 
quickly get rid of abnormal supplies. 
Now and then there may be too much 
poultry or too many strawberries, peaches 
or potatoes, but such gluts seldom last 
long, and few of the low prices received 
for shipments can be correctly laid to 
them. 
WHAT REMEDIES are within the pro¬ 
ducer’s reach? He can prepare his goods 
with reasonable care and leave worthless 
stuff at home. The least that he can do in 
justice to himself in regard to the trans¬ 
portation problem Is to keep Informed on 
all discussions of this question in State 
and Nation. No farmer can afford to lose 
track of a matter which so vitally con¬ 
cerns him. The present state of transpor¬ 
tation affairs has been brought about 
through the apathy of thousands of farm¬ 
ers toward public questions. They have 
let others do their thinking and acting, 
and they have done it so completely that 
the farmer now finds himself face to face 
with “You can send your produce by us, 
under our conditions, and practically at 
your own risk, or keep it at home.” With 
some exceptions these supposed servants 
of the farmer have become double-dyed 
autocrats. Manufacturers and city busi¬ 
ness men know how serious a matter the 
railroad question is. The^' demand hear¬ 
ings to state their grievances; send their 
best men to plead their causes, and ffct 
concessions. To gain respect farmers must 
do the same. This is the most thoroughly 
alive of all live market questions. The 
feast or famine in the farmers’ pocket- 
book depends upon his getting his produce 
to market at a fair cost with reasonable 
care. In regard to his market agent, he 
can send to those who treat him fairly 
and avoid others, particularly those who 
make extravagant claims. A day or two 
spent in the market districts during the 
season will give him points that he could 
not get in any other way. He can thus 
see the methods of those who handle or 
solicit his consignments, and form some 
idea of their fitness for the work which 
will be worth dollars to him. w. w. h. 
Rabbits and Borehs.— I do not know any 
growers in this section who use any pre¬ 
ventive against rabbits. Hunters with their 
hounds are allowed to roam, as if tney were 
monarch of all they survey, and they help 
to keep rabbits in check. If rabbits trou¬ 
bled me much I would keep one or two 
good hounds. The latter would be the 
lesser evil. Peach growers dig borers out 
of their trees. I do not know any who de¬ 
pend on washes. Generally, the work is 
done in June or July, but this past season 
help was very scarce, and we din not get 
at It till Pall. We carry a small basket of 
slaked lime and when we find any borers 
we try to clean them all out in both the 
trunk and below the surface part ot tree, 
and then throw a little lime in the places 
where we found borers. I do not know 
any Insects that thrive in lime. At 
present I do not know of any objec¬ 
tions against doing such work In Fall 
if not done earlier. With young trees it 
would be better to look over them earlier, 
and if any are starting in trunk get them 
out and dust a little lime there. h. m. 
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