1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
429 
MARKET NOTES 
WOOL business is light, with prices firm 
and working upward. The following fig¬ 
ures give a fair idea of sales; Ohio and 
Pennsylvania XX and above, 31@.32 cents; 
X, 2S@29: No. 1. 30®31, Michigan X and 
above. 25@26; No. 1, 26@27; Montana, fine, 
choice, IS; low, 16@17; Wyoming, fine, H@ 
l.>^. 
FRUITS.—Apple trade is dull, feeling the 
effect of heavy strawberry receipts. 
There are still plenty of Spies and Bald¬ 
wins to be had at J2 to $3. The bulk of 
strawberries continue low. We see more 
of fair quality than last week, but there 
are still some too much dried up to be 
salable, and others that show rain damage. 
The eating qualities of the medium-sized 
ones are superior to the overgrown soft 
specimens grown in a wet season. Small 
quantities of Florida muskmelons and 
watermelons are on hand. The musk- 
melons are uncertain affairs, mostly poor. 
The watermelons are better, and carload 
lots are expected soon. 
apple prices.—“W hat were the re¬ 
turns for American apples in London for 
the last w'eek of January and first two 
of February this year?” n. 
The following reply is from facts fur 
nished by two exporters of this ‘"ity, 
Frank F'orster, of George R. Meeker & 
Co.. 6-10 Bridge St., and W. M. French, 
10 Jay St. The prices given are net in 
New York. During the last week of Jan¬ 
uary 216 barrels brought $2.15; 45, $1.45: 
218. $1..‘'5; 48, $1.81; 14, $1.66. February—25. 
$2.54; 198, $1.71; 25, $2.56; 148, $2.42; 220, $2.40: 
53. $2.18; 211, $2.39; 191, $1.88. The highest 
pi ices were for a few Golden Russet and 
Greening; Baldwin came next, and the 
lowest figures were for inferior Greening. 
IMPORT FRUIT DECISIONS.—Consid¬ 
erable general interest has been attached 
to several cases, particularly in Baltimore, 
in which fruit importers have been made 
to pay a duty on worthless stuff. In some 
instances portions of pineapple or banana 
cargoes were reduced to slush, and con¬ 
demned by the board of health, yet it was 
held that the duty must be paid unless it 
could be shown that at least 10 per cent of 
the cargo was entirely spoiled. This 
ruling has now been reversed, and fruit 
that arrives in the condition of garbage is 
not to be counted at all in figuring duties 
This appears to be a common sense de¬ 
cision, as there is no justice in making 
one pay a tax on produce rendered worth¬ 
less in transit, whether the portion dam¬ 
aged be more or less than 10 per cent. 
VEGETABLES.-The boom in old pota¬ 
toes was short-lived. They advanced 50 
cents per barrel and lost it all in a week. 
New potatoes are very plentiful, and 
about the same decline in price is noted. 
The medium grades are now within the 
reach of the average buyer. We see con¬ 
siderable prime asparagus, but the de¬ 
mand at present is very weak. Radishes 
and lettuce are not equal in quality to re¬ 
ceipts a month ago. The drought in near¬ 
by producing districts is one cause. These 
vegetables must grow very rapidly to be 
fit to eat. Lettuce that drags along gets 
tough and bitter and an ordinarily mild 
and crisp radish becomes stringy and 
nearly as hot as red pepper. Green peas 
and beans range from 50 cents to $1.75 per 
%-barrel basket. Cucumbers and toma¬ 
toes are meeting a somewhat better sale. 
SURVEYING EQUIPMENT WANTED.— 
“Where can I get second-hand instruments 
for surveying, with attachments for run¬ 
ning canals, ditches, reservoir sites, etc., 
in perfect order and warranted to do good 
work?” R. 
A practical surveyor might find satis¬ 
factory Instruments at pawnbrokers and 
similar second-hand places. Many of these 
dealers have fine articles of all kinds on 
which small sums have been advanced to 
owners, who have never been able to re¬ 
deem them, but there is considerable risk 
in buying anything of this sort, particu¬ 
larly delicate instruments, which may 
easily get out of order in being handled 
by people who are not familiar with their 
u.ses. While it might be possible to find 
a real bargain at some of these places, we 
should prefer to pay more for new instru¬ 
ments, with a responsible manufacturer’s 
guarantee, unless we could get the tools of 
some retiring surveyor whom we knew 
had taken proper care of them. 
bakery COMPETITION.—Near The 
bf.-Y. office is a conservative baker 
who does quite a large and profitable busi¬ 
ness and makes but little attempt to com¬ 
pete with the half-dozen or more nearby 
tradesmen in his line. While they give 
seven or eight rolls or cakes for five cents, 
he sticks to the old scale of six. or five, 
if one sits at the table to eat them. He 
worries but little over the cut prices of his 
neighbors; has no trouble to hold his trade, 
and could probably increase it considerably 
f he cared to. His hold on customers is 
based on the superior quality of every¬ 
thing he makes. The reasons are long 
practical experience and high-grade ma 
terlals. No low-grade fats are put into his 
cakes. Hence there is none of that strong, 
greasy flavor so often found in bakers' 
cakes, rendering them unpalatable and in¬ 
digestible. Customers from Long Island 
and New' Jersey go out of their way to get 
his bread and carry it several miles to 
their homes. One year a man who casu¬ 
ally stopped there to eat a little lunch, 
gave him an order to send bread dally to 
a Summer hotel 75 miles away. He was 
w'illlng to pay the full price and transpor¬ 
tation charges in order to get what he 
was sure would please his guests better 
than the bakery goods nearer home. This 
case is somewhat unusual, as not every 
man can hold and increase trade in this 
way, solely on the quality of his goods 
without any other effort at advertising. 
Yet the principle is worth remembering as 
applying to a greater or less extent to all 
who have produce to sell, whether butter, 
apples, strawberries, chickens, etc. 
w. w. H. 
Pears for Quick Returns. 
M. It. P., lowa.—Ot the following varieties 
of pears, which are young bearers and 
which varieties do not commence bearing 
as standards until six to 12 years old? 
Koonce, Wilder, Tyson, Howell, Krull, 
Seckel, Sheldon, Lawrence, Bloodgood, 
Osband, Gifford, Rutter, Boussock, Bose, 
Elizabeth, Vicar and Marguerite. I wish 
to plant only young bearers. 
Ans. —Of the varieties mentioned 
those which are considered the earlier 
to bear are Wilder, Tyson, Howell, 
Bloodgood, Boussock and Elizabeth. But 
the question may properly be asked, 
why not plant some dwarf pear trees, 
that fruit may be obtained at an early 
age? It seems to me a mistake to sac¬ 
rifice the advantages of a good succes¬ 
sion of varieties for the purpose of hav¬ 
ing standard trees only. By planting 
some dwarf trees it is easy to get fruit 
of more tardy bearers at i-n early age. 
A good plan is to set dwarf trees so deep 
that they will start roots above the 
quince stock, which will eventually 
cause the trees to grow to be almost as 
large as standards, and at tne same time 
serve the early-bearing purposes of 
dwarfs. There are many such trees now 
in the fruit gardens and orchards of the 
country. h. e. v. d. 
Fertilizing Tomatoes and Strawberries. 
J. W. n.. East Hampton, N. Y .—I am 
desirous of growing some very early tomn- 
toes. I have a nice lot of plants that I 
have grown myself of the Early Freedom 
variety. What is the best way to hurry 
them along and bring them into early 
bearing? What kind of fertilizer is best 
to use on them to push them along? Will 
pinching the vines or breaking them at the 
base a little cause the fruit to ripen any 
earlier? How much fruit ought each vine 
to have on or what is a good fair yield per 
plant? Will it do to use nitrate of soda 
on melons to try to hurry them along? 
If it will how much would you use to the 
acre on both watermelons and muskmel¬ 
ons? How will nitrate of soda do on young 
strawberry plants, and how much per acre? 
Ans. —A liberal supply of old, well- 
rotted stable manure is the best ferti¬ 
lizer you can use for the purpose. It 
should be well spaded in and mixed with 
the soil where the plants are to stand. 
Nitrate of soda will greatly stimulate the 
leaf and vine growth, but will delay the 
ripening of the tomatoes from a week to 
10 days, and other chemicals will not 
benefit in the way of promoting earli¬ 
ness, though potash in the form of wood 
ashes and phosphate of lime in the form 
of ground bone will greatly increase the 
yield. Eight to 10 pounds is a good 
yield for early tomatoes for plants in 
the field, even under the most liberal 
culture. If you care to use nitrate of 
soda to promote the growth of the vines, 
regardless of delaying the season of 
ripening, it should be applied at the rate 
of 200 pounds per acre; half as soon as 
the plants show bloom. Scatter the ni¬ 
trate near the roots of the plants and 
cultivate in; the other half from two to 
three weeks later. Nitrate of soda is a 
vei'y good fertilizer for strawberries, and 
it should be applied in the same quan¬ 
tity per acre, scattered along the rows 
near the plants and hoed or cultivated 
in. It should not be allowed to get on 
the leaves when wet, as it is likely to 
burn them. It is very useful in promot¬ 
ing (he growth of the strawberry plant, 
and enables it to make a strong, stocky 
hill for next season’s fruiting. 
The Siaw'i 
In married life is generally 
made on an equal footing 
of health in man and wife. 
But how soon, in many 
cases, the wife loses the 
start and fades in face and 
fails in flesh, while her 
husband grows even mor* 
rugged and robust. 
There is one chief cau8« 
for this wifely failure and 
that is, the failure of the 
womanly health. When 
there is irregularity or an 
unhealthy drain, inflam¬ 
mation, ulceration or 
female weakness, the gen¬ 
eral health is soon ia> 
paired. 
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite 
Prescription cures woman¬ 
ly diseases. It establishei 
regularity, dries unhealthy drains, heal* 
inflammation and ulceration and cures 
female w'eakness. It makes weak women 
strong and sick women well. 
" little over a year ago I wrote to vou for 
advice,” says Mrs. Elizabeih J. Fisher, of Diana, 
"W. Va. "You advised me to use Dr. Fierce’* 
Favorite Prescription and 'Golden Medical Dis¬ 
covery,’ which 1 did. and with the most happy 
result. I was troubled with female weakness 
and bearing-down pains. Had a very bad pain 
nearly all the time in my left side, nervousness 
and headache. Was so weak I could hardly 
walk across my room. Could not sit up only 
just a little while at a time. My husband got 
me some of Dr. Pierce’s medicine and I began 
its u.se. Refore 1 had taken two bottles I was 
able to help do ray work. I used throe bottles 
in all and it cured me. Now I do all my house¬ 
work. It is the be.st medicine I ever used.” 
The Common Sense Medical Adviser, 
in paper covers, is sent /ree on receipt of 
21 one-cent stamps to pay expense of 
mailing oo/y. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, 
Buffalo. N Y. 
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FACTS AND TESTS FKOVE IT I 
Emery, Ky., April 9, 1903. 
I feel it my duty to toll what Veterinary Pixlne did 
for a horse of mine. Ho yvascut with a knife between 
the fore legs 3 Inches deep and 2 Inches long, which 
every luinute would gap open. I used several different 
kinds of remedies without success, even to having 
somestitches taken. Nothing did any good and it kept 
swelling and became feverish. 1 almost gave uu 
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