)90S 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
MARKET NOTES 
WOOL.—Holders of far western wool 
show no disposition to meet buyers at pres¬ 
ent. The probable large loss among the 
range flocks on account of severe Winter 
gives holders a strong position. The dam¬ 
age may prove serious enough to material¬ 
ly affect the eastern wool market. A num¬ 
ber of mills are reported as having stock 
enough to last until Fall. Current prices 
are: Fine delaine, unwashed, 22(?t2,‘j; wash¬ 
ed, 29 @ .25; coarse washed, 24 @ 25. 
COTTON has gone above the 10 cent 
mark, while there are prophecies of still 
liigher prices: buyers realize that in spec¬ 
ulating on this basis they are on shaky 
ground, and extreme caution marks all 
operations. The fact that spinners have 
been buying heavily would natur.ally tend 
to .squelch a further advance, as they will 
fall back on their reserve stock rather than 
lay in more at j)resent. Increased plant¬ 
ings for next crop are expected, which is 
usually the case after a period of booming 
prices. 
WINTER SALADS.—A cold wave, espec¬ 
ially when accompanied by snow means an 
increase in the price of salads to the con¬ 
sumer, whether the producer participates 
in the increase or not. In addition to dam¬ 
age in transportation, the retailers are un¬ 
able to display such tender stuff as let¬ 
tuce on the sidewalk during a cold snap, 
and this doubtless causes some loss of 
sale. Romaine and escarolle are two 
salads noted in market reports which 
may sound unfamiliar to some readers. 
Romaine is simply our old friend Cos let¬ 
tuce (laitue romaine, as the French call it); 
it is a great favorite with fastidious 
consumers, because of its tender juiciness 
and delicacy of flavor. For Summer use 
the Cos lettuce is less poimlar here 
than in lOuropo, because it dues not 
stand our hot dry climate so well as other 
.sorts, and this lessens familiaidty with it 
I'scarolle is a broad-leaved endive, very 
tender and less bitter than must Carled en¬ 
dive or chicory. It is a favorite salad with 
I’rerich lestaurants; as a rule loreigners 
buy more eiuiive than America?is. I'lie es- 
carolle is usually quoted as fr.u^i New Or¬ 
leans; Cos lettuce comes from the South 
and also from Rermuda. Water ciess is 
plentiful, but not so good in quality as 
eailier in the Winter. 
THE FLOWICR MAKKluT.—When a 
woman goes tliruugli a big greenlnmse es- 
lablislinient she usually remarks to the 
man piloting her around: “How ha|)i)y you 
must b(r, spending all your time among 
these lovely thjwers!’’ In i)oint of fact, a 
florist’s life, though an interesting one, is 
not altogether hai)py Just now, when an 
unusually severe Winter follows Hie tiend 
of the times, and forms a merger with the 
coal shoi-tage, while tiie glass trust and 
the steel trust and the lumber trust go 
through the flower man’s pockets, lest the 
coal trust may have left enough small 
change to induc.e reckless habits. The de¬ 
mand foi- flowers has been good during this 
season, but prices have shown no startling 
advance, which might have been exiiected 
as a result of the coal shortage. It is 
dillicult to quote wholesale prices on flow 
ers accurately; they are among the most 
perishable jiroducts offered and are sub¬ 
ject to extreme fluctuations. A few days 
of thick fog will entirely upset quotations; 
so will severe stomns ore.xcessivevariations 
in temperature. Tlie market prices given 
in the florist’s trade papers fairly repre¬ 
sent the tone of the market at time of 
writing, but a single day may entirely 
change it. New York is the most critical 
flower market in the country, if not in the 
world, and a product that receives the out¬ 
side market quotation must be of high qual¬ 
ity. On the other hand, there are always 
some unique products that receive prices 
far above any market quotations, like that 
wonderful carnation that sold, a few Win¬ 
ters ago, for $7.50 a dozen blooms, but 
cases like these establisli no precedent for 
the general market. They are always the 
result either of exceptional merit, or of a 
passing whim of fashion. With the begin¬ 
ning of Lent we usually expect a slacken¬ 
ing of the demand for flowers and conse¬ 
quent shrinkage of price, while the length- 
iei days of sunlight will increase the out¬ 
put, btit flowers are now used in so matiy 
ways by [leuple who used to look uijon 
them as a Ittxury that fashion iJUts on 
sackcloth and ashes without interrupting 
the trade nearly so much as a decade ago. 
The men who grow roses and carnations 
often say that the flood of Dutch bulbs, 
daffodils, hyacinths and tulips, does much 
to lower prices in early Spring, but the fact 
is that people who have been buying other 
flowers for .several months always welcome 
the bulbs as a sign that Winter is waning. 
Violets have been at their best during Feb¬ 
ruary and the 25-cent bunches sold by the 
street fakirs are a natural effort to dis¬ 
pose of the surplus. 
We like a gasoline engine much the bet¬ 
tor, and think labor must be cheap indeed 
“YOU can make it pay to steam fodder. 
Massachusetts. j. t. s. 
i83 
Advise 
|i' 
Suffering 
Women Strongly, 
to Take Doctor 
Pierce’s Favorite 
Prescription. 
This advice comes 
from a woman who had 
suffered all the miseries 
women can suffer from 
disease, and had been 
perfectly and perma¬ 
nently cured by the use 
of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite 
Prescription. 
This great medicine 
for women establishes 
regularity, dries weak¬ 
ening drains, heals in¬ 
flammation and ulcera- 
fion and cures female 
weakness. 
Read Mrs. Kempson’s 
letter and, if you are 
sick, follow her advice, 
« Although it has beeu quite a time since 
I wrote you,” says Mrs. Fred Kempson, of 
Cambria, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Box 57 , 
"still your name is a blessing in our house, 
and I think it my duty to let you know 
that I am still enjoying good health, 
thanks to you and your ‘ Favorite Pre¬ 
scription.’ When I think how I was five 
years ago, and then see how I am now, I 
say, God bless Dr. Pierce’s works, and 
may he live long to help poor suffering 
women. I have never had any return of 
my weakness and am well and hearty. 
Can do all my own work without any 
pain. You saved me from the grave when 
all others failed. I advise suffering women 
strongly, to take Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre¬ 
scription, as I know it will cure in all 
cases, if indeed there is a cure.” 
(J Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are 
an excellent laxative, suited to the 
use of delicate women. 
The Thresherman 
makes waste when he uses a makeshift or 
buys a machine of doubtful value. 
He gets a known, depend¬ 
able quantity in the 
NEW RUMELY 
SEPARATOR. 
It comprehends the widest uses, does the fastest and 
most perfect work, is the simplest in construction, has 
the longest life and makes more money for Its owner 
than any other thresher made. Serve yourinterests by 
studying it l>efore buying. Our large illustrated cata* 
log shows wherein it excels others. Also describes 
Qur famous Traction Engines. Write for it. It is 
free for the asking. . 
M. RUMELY COMPANY, LA PORTE, IND. 1 
The High Price of Coal 
Is the cause of much present anxiety but there Is a 
practical way of overcoming it to some extent. 
W With an Appleton Wood Saw 
^ Ml W you can rapidly and with ease 
jea. • ^ 
your own wood and 
SAVE COAL, 
time, labor, money; 
or saw your neigh¬ 
bor’s wood and make 
$5 to S 1 5 DAY 
strong, rigid frame, 
adjuBtabledustproOT 
oil boxes, etc. We 
make 6 styles. Also 
the famous “Hero” 
Friction Feed Drag 
Saw, Feed Grinders, Ensilage and Fodder Cutters, 
Buskers, Sheliers,Sweep Horse Powers,Tread Powers, 
Wind Mills, etc. Write to- day for Free Catalogue. 
APPLETON MFG. CO., 27 Fargo St.. Batavla.tll. 
STEEL ROOFING 
FREIGHT CHARGES PAID BY US 
Strictly new, perfect, Semi - Hardened 
Steel Sheets, 2 feet wide, 0 feet long. The 
best Kooflne, Siding or Oiling you esn uae. 
No experience necessary to lay it. An 
ordinary hammer or hatchet the only 
tools you need. We furnish nails free 
and paint roofing two sides. Comes 
either flat, corrugated or “V” crimped. 
DrIItered free of all ehargea to all points 
in the U. S., east of the Mississippi River 
and North of the Ohio River 
$2.25 PER SQUARE 
Prieea to other points on sppllestlon. A square means 100 
square feet. Write for free Catalogue No. 57 
WICA60 HOUSE WRECKIN6 CO., W. 35tb ind Iron SU.. Chicago 
Scratches, ^ 
Grease Heel, 
Mud Fever, 
Hoof Rot and 
Speed Cracks 
Cases where ulcerations extend with transverse 
cracks which open at every step and often bleed, no 
matter how complex, aggravated, deep-seated, or 
chronic, if treated according to directions as given on 
circular with every box, positively cured with 
VETERINARY PIXINE 
If a light application Is used before speeding, driv¬ 
ing in wet, muddy or slushy weather, or in the snow, 
your horse will never have speed cracks, scratches or 
grease heel. 
It will keep the hoofs healthy, soft and In perfect 
form. 
For Old and Chronic Sores, Etc. 
Heals collar and saddle galls, hopple chafes, ab¬ 
scesses, Inflammatory swellings, sores and all skin 
disease, and restores the hair to natural color. In 
cases of emergency it is Invaluable. 
This penetrating, stimulating, soothing, absorbing, 
antiseptic, healing ointment heals from beneath the 
surface by disinfecting the parts, siibduing the Inflam¬ 
mation and stimulating healthy granulation, not by 
drying and scabbing. 
<2 oz., 25c.; 8 oz., 50c.; 5-lb. pkge , $4, 
At all druggists and dealers, or sent prepaid. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO., TROY, N. Y. 
BEFORE BUYING Send 4 cents postage 
U A OAT r* 00 for illustrated catalog 
NEW HARNESS description 
and prices to consumer 
King Harness Co., No. 10 Lake St., Owego, N. V 
C orn Planting 
and fertilizing go hand in hand. 
You can plant in hiils, drills or S 
and fertilizing go hand in hand. 
You can plant in hills, drills 
__ checks and put in the ground all com- 
mercial or nome made fertilizers in 
any condition,as wet,lumpy,etc. with 
THE ECLIPSE 
Corn Planter and 
Fertilizer Distributer, 
With Improved Row Marker. 
Adapted as well to Peas, Beans, Beets, etc. 
Hills 6 to 45 inches apart. Distributes 60 to 
450 lbs. fertilizer per acre. Wide and easy 
adjustment. Light draft, weight 150 lbs. 
Easy to handle, a model for accuracy and 
durability. Investigate our Eclipse Two 
Row Two Horse Planter. Agents wanted in 
new territory. Write for circulars and terms. 
BELCHER & TAYLOR A. T. CO., 
Box 75 , Chicopoo Falla, Mass. t 
‘SAVE-THE-HORSE” 
TKADK MARK. 
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BONE and Bog Spavin, Ringbone (except Low 
Ringbone), Curb, Thorough pin, Splint, Capped 
Hock. Shoe Boil, Weak and Sprained Tendons, 
and all Lameness. 
Contains no arsenic, corrosive sublimate or other 
forms of mercury, or any injurious ingredient. 
Cures without scar, blemish or loss of hair. 
$5 PER BOTTLE. 
Written guarantee with every bottle, constructed 
to convince and protect you fully. The need of sec¬ 
ond bottle is almost improbable, except in rarest 
cases. Guarantee covers effectiveness of one 
bottle. Copy of guarantee sent upon application. 
15 a bottle at all druggists and dealers, or sent 
prepaid. 
TKOV CHEMICAL CO., Troy, N. Y. 
Cider Machlhery.—Send for catalogue to Boomer & 
Boschert Press Co., 118 West Water St..Syracuse.N.Y 
Corn Planiiifg 
must be well and carefully done, as the fu¬ 
ture crop depends upon it. For ail purposes, 
in any soil, on all kinds of 
ground nothing equals the 
SPANGLER 
CORN PLANTER. 
It saves time, labor, money and Inaureathe crop. Yon 
know when it is working; you can see the corn on its 
way to the ground. Made with or without fertlllier 
attachment. New device for sowing peas, bean., ensi¬ 
lage, corn, etc. We also make the famous Spangler Low- 
UoMrn firaln anil Fertlllier Drill. Write for catalog and circ. 
SPANGLER MANUFACTURING CO., SOSQueen St., York, Pi. 
CAUTION! 
When you are purchasing a 
ROOF^INC 
for your houses and outbuildings, he sure that the 
name “ RUBEROID ” is stamped ou every three 
feet of the material, as in the cut, throughout the 
full length of the roll. Yon will then know that 
you are getting the genuine Ruheroid Roofing, 
which has been the standard for Eleven Years, 
and not one of its poor imitations. Ruheroid 
is water-proof and fire-resisting. Never melts, rots 
or tears. Lasts for year-s. You can apply it 
yourself. Send for samples and Rooklet K, 
Address Dept. K, 
THE STANDARD PAINT CO., 
lOO William Street, New York. 
Uhe Practical Man 
appreciates the saving in wear and tear, in friction, draft 
and labor gained by the simplicity of 
Plano Mowers 
He knows the value of abolishing needless mechanism 
and applying power direct. 
Plano’s simple, automatic Clutch Shift, strong internal 
Drive Gear, easy-acting Vertical Lift Device and self- ■ 
adjusting Draft Rod are the kind of Mower improvements 
that appeal to him. They are the outgrowth of experience 
and scientific ingenuity. 
Our catalogue explains them and tells about some 
other interesting products of the Plano shops—Grain 
Binders, Headers, Reapers, Mowers, Rakes, Corn Binders, 
and Huskers and Shredders. The “Plano” is the Husker 
famed for its safe, swift and satisfactory work. Catalogue 
free. 
PLANO DIVISION 
latarnatlonal Harvester Co. of Anaarisa 
CHICAGO. ILL. 
