1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
323 
the saloon trade in cheese. 
The saloonkeepers in New York threaten 
to boycott all farm products grown In 
New York in order to “get square” for 
the passage of the bill Increasing the cost 
of liquor licenses. What does this trade 
amount to? The following estimates are 
made by well-known dealers in produce— 
whose names, for good reasons, are not 
given: 
Will Always Use Cheese. 
We do not think the butter part of the 
question need be considered, as all saloons 
that use butter at all will continue to do 
so without regard to personal feelings, and 
so little butter comparatively comes from 
New York State that it is a small factor. 
The better class of of saloons and hotel 
barrooms will .always use cheese. In fact, 
we do not consider the mutter worth taking 
your time. 
Not'Much Butter. 
There are 12,000 saloons in the city. Kach 
saloon on an average uses about |25 worth 
of cheese per month, making $300,000 all 
told. This would mean $3,600,000 In cheese 
alone for one year. We don’t believe they 
use very much butter, but then the res¬ 
taurants side with saloonkeepers, and If 
they should boycott these dairy products 
it would mean about one-half the cheese 
that is consumed in New York City, and 
perhaps $30,000,000 in butter. 
No Particular Danger to Trade. 
It is estimated that the consumption of 
butter and cheese by hotels, saloons and 
barrooms of New York amounts to 10 per 
cent of the total consumption. The re¬ 
ceipts of butter In this market, less the ex¬ 
ports, amounts to 1,330,000 tubs per year; 
10 per cent of this will be 133,000, which, at 
(io pounds per tub, will amount to 11,330,000 
pounds. The receipts of cheese in this mar¬ 
ket, less the exports last year, amounts to 
330,000 boxes; 10 per cent of this would 
amount to 3,800, at 40 pounds average per 
box, 363,000 pounds, it is not expected that 
the New York State producers will suffer 
much, if any, by the New York hotels, 
saloons, etc., refusing to buy any New 
fork State goods. It will simply classify 
purchases a little differently from before. 
Western cheese and butter will be sold to 
the New York saloons and hotels, and 
New York State butter and cheese will be 
sold to those who formerly bought west¬ 
ern. It will all be sold to somebody on the 
principle of supply and demand, just about 
the same as before. 
They Will Buy Defective Cheese. 
The amount varies with the cost. When 
cheese is moderate in price, there is an 
average of say five pounds per day in all 
the saloons in the city. A large place will 
use about live cheeses per week of per¬ 
haps 40 pounds per cheese, and smaller 
places less, but on the average we think a 
cheese per week for each saloon is about 
right. There are in Greater New York 
and suburbs about 16,000 saloons ail told, 
and when cheese is moderate in price they 
are consuming at the rate of one cheese 
per week each. When prices advance, or 
during the hot weather when there are 
various other cheap relishes to be had, 
like radishes, etc., they do not use so much. 
To say that they consume 30,000,000 pounds 
per year would be no exaggeration in some 
years, but as we have said, some years 
they use less on account of the price. We 
think during the year 1902 not less than 
16,000,000 pounds went into this channel. 
This is a very conservative estimate, and 
takes into consideration the high prices 
ruling for the year. They use all grades, 
from the best to the poorest, but mostly 
of a medium grade. This trade has been 
very useful here because they will take 
cheese that are defective one way or an¬ 
other, that will not do to send out on order 
nor stand up well for export, but as they 
t ut it right out it suits their purpose. 
Soy Beans and Corn. 
1 would like Information in regard to 
planting Soy beans, and their habits. 1 
wish to plant a bushel, but do not know 
huw to cultivate them to mix with corn 
for silage or how to mix with corn to 
blunt. H. H. w. 
Georgetown, N. Y. 
We have been planting Soy beans to 
some extent for several years past, both 
alone and mixed with corn to be used 
for silage. We consider them a very sat¬ 
isfactory crop in many ways. Your cor¬ 
respondent can treat them just as he 
would corn or white beans with full as- 
suiance of success, the only difference 
being if he wishes to ripen seed he 
should plant fairly early. We find the 
Soy bean much hardier than the cow 
pea. It can be planted safely whenever 
corn can be. Our plan In using It for 
silage is to mix the corn and beans and 
plant them together with a grain drill 
or corn planter. We find just one diffi¬ 
culty in this, in that the Soy beans tend 
to get rather too mature by the time 
the corn is ready for the silo. When ripe 
the stalks cut hard, and there may be 
some chance of wasting the beans. A 
later planting would correct this trou¬ 
ble, but would be far less convenient. 
We use the Medium Green variety. Their 
hardiness and the fact that they can be 
planted at the same time with corn is 
perhaps the chief advantage which the 
Soy bean possesses over the cow pea for 
this purpose unless It may be that they 
keep better in the silo. This is a point 
upon which I have no facts, but have 
seen suggestions from various sources 
which would seem to indicate such a 
possibility. An accident prevents me 
from speaking as intelligently as I oth- 
wise might regarding the quality of the 
silage. The bottom of a silo was filled 
with this mixture last year, but unfortu¬ 
nately water has broken in and filled the 
silo about as deep as this corn and bean 
silage extended, so that the quality has 
been Injured, though it is perfectly 
bright and seems to have kept well. 
There is a sour odor to it, which prob¬ 
ably comes from being flooded with 
water. fret) w. card. 
Rhode Island. 
BOOK BULLETIN. 
The New Onion CTJETtniB.—ThLs little 
book by T. Greiner has been enlarged and 
greatly improved by the addition of new 
material and experience. This “new cul¬ 
ture” consists In starting the onion seed In 
hotbed or in glass house and transplanting 
much as cabbage Is transplanted after the 
ground has been thoroughly fitted. Mr. 
Greiner gives full details about this plan 
of culture, and Is careful to state its limi¬ 
tations and the difficulties to be met with 
in carrying It out. Price 50 cents. 
The Farmer’s Business Handbook, by 
Prof. I. P. Roberts; 300 pages; price, post¬ 
paid. $1. This latest addition to The Rural 
Science Series gives valuable suggestions 
in regard to opening and keeping farm 
accounts, so that the farmer may trace up 
profits and losses as readily as other busi¬ 
ness men. A variety of forms Is given, 
adaptable to all lines of farming. About 
100 pages are devoted to rural law, deeds, 
wills, leases, agreements of various sorts, 
rights of tenants and landlords, fences, 
highways, etc. This book is unlike any 
other that we have seen, and will prove of 
real service In the farm library. 
Guide to Hardy Fruits.— This little 
handbook, by T. J. Dwyer, Is. In our 
opinion, the most practical manual on 
fruit growing that has yet been published. 
Mr. Dwyer does not pretend to give a 
.scientific discussion. He has simply col¬ 
lected the thousands of questions which 
have been put to him during a long service 
as nurseryman and fruit grower and pre¬ 
pared answers to them. This seems to us 
the only true way to prepare such a book, 
for actual questions from real people are 
far more stimulating and Instructive than 
imaginary questions which the author 
thinks ought to be asked. After a brief, 
plain statement of the essential principles 
of fruit growing, Mr. Dwyer takes up the 
apple, the pear and other fruits, giving 
advice about soil, fertilizing and culture, 
and also a well selected list of varieties 
grouped according to their season and 
properly classified as to color and quality. 
There is also an excellent discussion of or¬ 
namentals, In which department Mr. Dwyer 
Is an expert. The price of the pamphlet 
is 60 cents, and we can safely commend It 
to all who really wish to learn how to plant 
and care for a tree. 
Automobiles Coming.- We thoroughly 
believe that the automobile truck Is to 
supersede horses for heavy trucking where- 
ever a business concern Is of sufficient 
magnitude to be able to stand the original 
investment We do not expect that this 
will come all at once, but we believe that 
10 years from now the electric and gaso¬ 
line trucks, more especially the electric 
ones, will be the prevailing truck In use in 
the streets of New York. 
JOHN WANAMAKER. 
Sticking Lime Sulphur Wash.— Most 
commercial “cold water” paints are modifi¬ 
cations of the “Government whitewash,” 
formula for which is given on page 281. 
Many contain casein instead of glue. It 
occurs to me that either of these substances 
would be a highly desirable ingfredlent of 
the lime, sulphur and salt wash. The chief 
fault of this spray in the East is its liability 
to wash off during hard rains, and as its 
action on scale is very slow, this is a seri¬ 
ous disadvantage. The addition of glue (or 
casein) ought in large measure to obviate 
this trouble, reasoning from the analogry 
of the popular “cold water” whitewashes 
of the present day. a. c. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Shoo-Fj]f 
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FRIEND 
Kills in ^ tl V 
everr ** * ^ terror to 
fly ft . y;Msrk ^ prior to 
strikes: unlng ^^cents 
keeps worth of Slioo-Fly. Had It 
the rest. T>een used earlier, she would not have lost 
Harmlesstheamouutof $14.00. The 
to man othercowwa.s protected early and continued 
or beast. togivolH qts. of milk dally through f 1 y*time. 
Hhoo-Flynthe original stock protector u.sed by the same 
dairy-men since lhH5,aft<;r testing imitations. It prevents contagi¬ 
ous abortion and other diseases, cures all sores, scratches, skin 
di.seases, hoof ailments, etc. IjICK In poultry houioorany 
place it is sprayed. Beware of Imitations that last only a few 
hours and make sores. If your dealer does not keep 8hoo-FIy 
(made in Philadelphia, Pa.,) send us $I.(K) for latest Improved 
Three Tu)>e Sprayer and enough Shoo-Kly to protect 200 cows. 
€u.sh returned if cows are not prot4H5ted. 
SHOO-FLY MF’G. CO. 1005 Fairmount Ave., Phila..Pa. 
New Patent Automatic 
Poultry Catcher 
that catohes and holds every time. 
Vicks them off lilKh perch, runtilm; at 
lari'e, out of Hock, williout clliiihiak! 
or dlsturhliiK balance of ficjck. Harm¬ 
less to fowls, Easy to use. Very sim¬ 
ple, and only practical catcher known. 
Invaluable to Poultry Handlers. 
Try one; 50 eta prepaid; you would 
notpart with it lOr ilOlf you could not 
S ot another. AGENTS WANTED. 
il;;8nap. Write for circular and terms. 
JOHN a. ORR, 
Dept. 3, ■ ■ Augusta. Ky. 
DO YOU KNOW 
our fence Is made of hard wire of heavy Range, and 
Is twice as strong as woven fencing made of soft 
wire of small gauge ? It’s true. Write for catalogue, 
cuts, etc. 
TIIK FROST WIRE FENCE CO.. Cleveland, O. 
cept t 
cifltle 
[use it. With our incresHed facilitleB we can please I 
la few thousand new enstomers. We sell wire of| 
allkinds. CYCLONE FENCE CO. 
|UoUy, MIoh. Cleveland, Ohio. Waukecun, 111, I 
No Fence Company 
beats our prices on the same quality of fence, 
because they never make our quality. 
PA«K WOVEN WIUK KKNCK CO., ADRIAN,MICH. 
50000 FARMERS 
Now use Duplex Machines, maklngf Fence 
lloroe-hlgliy Bnll-itrong, Pig and Chieken-ttght at 
ACTUAL COST OF WIRE 
and save profit fence manufiteturers extort. 
Why don’t youl Msehlne on Trial. Catalog free 
Kltselman Bros. Box 092 ■nnei®, isd. 
BARB WIRE AND WIRE NAILS: 
At Special Low Prices for 30 Days. 
' Wo ship from New Haven, Conn., or Vittsburg, Va.! 
I “Ragle” Barb Wire will measure 148 rodstolOOj 
, pounds or 230 pounds to one mile. F'annersand! 
I Contractors can save money on all kinds and sizes^ 
I of wire and nails. Write your wants to get olose-4 
I to-cost delivered prices. 
CASE BROS., Colchester, Conn. 
RUREROID 
(trade-mark REGISTERED) 
ROOFING 
For residences, barns, poul¬ 
try-houses and silos. Posi¬ 
tively the most durable and 
economical roofing on the 
market. Anyone can apply 
it. Water-proof. Contains 
no tar. Will not melt. Lasts 
indefinitely. 
SEND FOR BOOKLET K. 
THE STANDARD PAINT CO. 
100 William St., New York,. 
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Big Bargains in Farm Suppiies 
First Ctasa Materiai, Merchandise and Machinery at Sacrifice Pricesm 
\ Plumbing 
runphes Room 
Porcelain Bowl. Hardwood Seat and 
Tank. Nickel Plated fluah and supply 
pipes, complete, each $ 10 . 00 . 
Cast IroD Bath Tubs. 
tength 5 ft. 
.Complete with 
full Ket nickel 
I plated fittings, each 
I StI.OO. They are new 
I goods, ask forfreecaia- 
Hogueof our full line of plumbing supplies. 
Steel RooPng 
Strictly new, perfect, Semi- 
Hardened Steel Sheets,' a feet 
wide .6 feet long. The best Roof¬ 
ing. Siding or Celling you can 
use. We furnish nails tree and 
paint roofing red two sides. 
Comeseither flat, corrugated or 
‘Veriraped. Delivered free of all 
I charges to all points inU.S. castof Missis-sippi 
$2.25 PER SQUARE 
j Prices to other points on application. A 
I square means too square feet. 
Barbed and Smooth 
Write for our prices on 3 and a 
sm %S point Barbed Wire, painted and 
galvanixed:saiso, 65,000 pounds 
SMOOTH OALVANIZBD WIRB 5H0RT5 
Gauges: to. 11 .13. 13 and 14 . Price SI.40 per 
hundred lbs. We also handle other kinds, 
write us your wants. 
Telephones at 
Each one is guar- 
^9a%0S0 anteed to be in per¬ 
fect order before Icavingour plant. 
We are able to offer you an instru- 
I ment for $5.00 that would cost 
you twice as much elsewhere. We 
carry a full stock of supplies. 
Send for Phone Catalogue. 
ize^*No. 19 poultry netting 
netting'’'^"" 
htle the supply lasts, at 
these pnees. 150 running 
feet to bale. 
t2 inch..,,^,.,$0.45 per bale. 
18 inch. 0.65 per bale. 
30 inch. 1.10 per bale. 
36 inch........ 1.3.5 per bale. 
42 inch. 1.50 per bale 
Other grades at corresponding! 
Cold Water or Ready Mixed Paints 
__ g ^ We bought at Receiver’s Sale 
PShSnwSt ftom a leading paint house. 
* ^ large Quantity of Cold 
Water Paintsand Ready Mixed Paints. Equal 
in grade to any on the market. 
Here is a Genuine Paint Bargain. Before 
placing your order, write us for our special 
prices. You can surely save money, without 
sacrificing quality. 
’rought iron 
Steam, Gas or Water; sizes % to is in. diam 
We have instock 3,000.000 feet of Standard 
black wrought iron pipe, second hand. It is 
in goc^ condition, complete with threads and 
couplings at following prices. 
M inch at 1)4 cents per foot, 
inch at 2)4 cents per foot, 
t inch at 3)4 cents per foot, 
1)4 inch at 4)4 cents per foot. 
arm For ms 
We bought several carloads of new Portable 
Forges at a low price. We have 
also for sale horseshoes, horseshoe 
nails, bl’ksmith tools of all kinds, 
u ^ .W doz. single bitted axes 
Hard- ^ double 
bitted Fzes, 2 d anal, 40c. 
6.000 Dietz Lanterns, lew slightly 
affected ^ water. Write for prices. 
•Sll 
tasoline Engines 7i 
. 2 HORSB POWER 
Absolutely new; most mo^l 
«rn type. Guaranteea.l 
pumping jack & fixtures fit I 
fittings for $ 75 . Without! 
pumping jack $70* 
Headquarters for 
Machinery 
Our line of machine^ ^^1 
£ lies is almost unlimited. I 
omplete stock of SawMllls, I 
Pumps, Sugar Machinery, 
etc. 
And in fact everything in that line. 
funding Materiah 
LUMBER, SASH. DOORS.BTC.I 
We carry a complete itock of firail 
IcISKa Building Material of allf 
kind*. Send ua your bill for I 
eatimate. I 
|lO CARLOADSOP NEW DOORS | 
AT SI.OO each 
I HARDWARE SUPPLIES 
J Write for our catalogue of build- 
ler's hardware. The percent of I 
[the dealers profit we can savel 
you will prove a revelation. * 
SFMFB FFFO Bf /1 S7 We issue a complete illustrated catalogue cooUinlng prices of which the above are onlv a few samples. 
^ _ _ ^ ^ oflScc Slid we will send it upon reqiuesL 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO. »est 35™ streets. 
