1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
445 
MARKET NOTES 
MILL J'’EED has advanced 50 cents to $2 
per ton on various ffiades. Both floods and 
drouKlit arc responsible for tliis. The Kan¬ 
sas mills are out of business at present, 
materially reduclnK the output, and the 
short pastures have made increased con¬ 
sumption necessary in the Central and 
Eastern States. 
jtAY.—W ith the prospect of a very light 
crop in the best producing sections of the 
East the market is firm with prices gen¬ 
erally advanced. It is probable that ship¬ 
ments of western and Canadian hay will 
keep down prices to a level of not mucli 
over $20 for better grades. 
BtITTJ!3R.—A slight nse, one-half cent 
on extras, is noted. Floods in western pro¬ 
ducing sections have made it impo.ssiblc lo 
collect cream or make snipmenls, and the 
opposite conditions in eastern dairy regions 
have cut short the output there. Under 
present conditions it is rea.sonable to ex¬ 
pect a still further temporary advance. 
FIRE NOTES.—Reported losses in Unitetl 
States and Canada for May were heavy, 
the total being $14,232,000 for fires of $10,000 
and upward. The heaviest loss was a stor¬ 
age warehouse in Philadelphia, $800,000. 
Between this and $250,000 were six; 12 rang¬ 
ed from $150,000 to $320,000 ; 72 from $50,- 
000 to $130,000, and 157 from $10,000 to $48,000. 
PFIACIIES are scarcely plentiful enough 
to be much of a factor in the fruit trade 
yet. Many that we see are small, green 
and malformed, and evidently drops. This 
accounts for the low range of prices. The 
Georgia varieties arriving now are Alex¬ 
ander and Sneed; and from Florida, 
Honey, Bidwell’s Early and Peen-to, the 
latter a Chinese variety, which Is flat in¬ 
stead of round, and excellent in quality. 
CHERRIES.—One effect of the drought 
is seen in the small and inferior eastern- 
grown cherries offered. They go slowly 
and at low prices. Pacific coast fruit 
brings the usual high figures, as much as 
$;1.75 per box for best Royal Anne; Black 
Tartarian about $1 less. The box common¬ 
ly used is lo'AxS'Ax'i'/^. Other varieties 
noted, at present selling lower, though per¬ 
haps not on account of the variety, arc 
Pontiac and Rockport. 
MEEONS.—Watermelons are arriving in 
carload lots somewhat earlier than last 
year, and selling considerably lower. The 
liast week has been too cool for brisk 
watermelon trade, which is freakish. Two 
or three hot days will clean out a big 
stock, while business falls flat in cool 
weather. Florida muskmelons are small 
but more of them appear of fair quality 
than one usually expects in these early re¬ 
ceipts. Some sell as high as $3 for the ordi¬ 
nary melon crate. 
STRAWBERRIES.—Last week a two 
days’ surplus sent prices away down. Many 
of the berrif’s were either dried up or rain 
soaked, and some had had a dose of both 
kinds of treatment. The conditions now 
are somewhat improved, although but few 
are seen that would pass for prime in an 
ordinary season. The finest we have noted 
were from Goldsboro. Md. A good many 
up-river berries are arriving. While show¬ 
ing considerable drought damage, they are 
still better than average Jersey receipts. 
Present retail prices for the better grades 
are 10 to 15 cents per quart. 
BROOK TROUT are for sale in the high- 
grade fish markets of this city during the 
open season. We see them from seven 
inches long up to nine or ten. The price is 
somewhat prohibitive for general consump¬ 
tion, $1 per pound. The sale is limited to 
people who wish to have a novelty on the 
table and do not know that the Brook trout 
loses in tinality very rapidly, and would 
scarcely be considered lit to cat two days 
after being caught, by one who knows the 
delicate flavor when cooked within an hour 
or two of removal from the w'ater. This 
is true to some extent of all fish, but W/C 
know of no other that loses quality so 
quickly. 
QUAI.ITY, as mentioned in these notes, 
ordinarily refers Lo the condition of pro¬ 
ducts seen and tested as offered for sale 
in this market. There are varieties of 
peaches, apples, cherries, berries or other 
fruits, which when ripened at home and 
carefully handled, develop high flavor and 
other merits not found in the same varie¬ 
ties in market owing to immature picking 
and transportation damage. This accounts 
for the indignation of some shippers w'hen 
the returns for pet varieties have been 
much below others that are inferior as 
they know them. There are fruits suit¬ 
able only for home use or the nearby mar¬ 
ket, and before planting any variety com¬ 
mercially one should be sure that it will 
hold up well under transportation, unless 
he is so fortunately situated that home 
trade will take his whole crop. 
BA LINO HAY IN THE FIELD. 
We have had a good many years of ex¬ 
perience, and time and time again we 
have had farmers come in and inform u.s 
the.v had baled liay right from the field, 
and it was all right. lyater on they would 
come in and say it had heated and dam¬ 
aged the. entire amount baled. We do not 
think it would iiay anyone to bale fiom 
the field, unle.ss they could make immedi¬ 
ate shipment and sell it. The hay has to 
go through a sweat before it can be baled 
and stand the exposure. 
Quincy. 111. gkouge ertei. go. 
d’here arc sections where hay can be 
baled right out of the field; for instance, 
some parts of Texas where the atmosphere 
is perfectly dry, but usually hay baled in 
this manner should be used up soon; as 
a general rule ha.y should be put into 
stacks or barns and allowed to sweat from 
four to six weeks before baling, otherwise 
the humidify in the hay would cause heat¬ 
ing and spoil the hay after it is baled. 
Hay should be thoroughly made and 
should not be baled until it has gone 
through the sweating process from six to 
li> w'peks after it is put in stacks to be 
baled. This Is our experience in the matter. 
Albany. N. Y. P. K. dbdbrick's sons. 
The baling of hay in the Southwest from 
the windrow In field is universal. In 
Texas almost all of the ha.v is baled in this 
way. Many set their baling press in the 
center of field and with the Long Tom or 
sweep rakes the hay is brought to the 
press. We are confident, however, this 
would not be successful in the North, as 
the hay in the Southwest does not go 
through the sweat as it does in the North. 
In Illinois this has been tried, but has not 
proved successful, owing to the hay heat¬ 
ing badly after being baled. We do not 
believe it would be successful in your 
section of the country, particularly where 
there was clover mixture. Red-top would 
probably do very well baled up if allowed 
to cure in the field. 
WIIIT.MAN agricultural CO. 
St. Louis. Mo. 
The plan would not be practical. Too 
much moisture, especially foreign mois¬ 
ture. will cause the hay to mold and be¬ 
come practically worthless. Our experience 
is, the hay should he cut after the dew is 
off. as soon as wilted rake up in wind¬ 
rows. pile in small cocks, and as it be¬ 
comes nearer cured, put several cocks to¬ 
gether making larger cocks; then, in a 
few days. T'ut in large stacks, and after 
about four weeks bale and store away. It 
is true this method calls for an outlay of 
time and trouble, together with some ex¬ 
pense but a good quality of hay will be 
the result which will pay In the long run. 
Peavlne ha.v can be cured economically 
by cutting when the dew is off and im¬ 
mediately putting in small stacks about 
seven feet high and four feet through, 
nailing 1 x 3 cleats at right angles on the 
pole, beginning about 18 Inches from the 
ground, and putting them about two feet 
apart. The cleats should bo about throe 
feet long. Cap the stack with a specially 
prepared cloth cover or use good, clean 
grass. After the hay has stood in stacks 
for about four to six weeks, it can bo 
safely baled, and the results will be a hay 
second to none. the sixes mfg. co. 
Helena, Ga^_ 
THE FARMER IN THE CITY. 
A farmer should not go to the city unless 
he has business there. As a rule a farmer 
should take a load of farm produce for 
sale, and bring home or deposit more 
money than he had when he left home. 
The bettor way is to go to the city regu 
larly with butter, eggs and other produfcc. 
Where one lives some distance from the 
city, as the writer does, it is well to have 
his load ali ready loaded before he goes 
to bed at night. A man can sleep better if 
he knows he is all ready to start when the 
time comes. Have a platform spring wagon 
of such capacity as you need to load on 
the truck without piling up too high and 
damaging the under articles. The wagon 
should have wheels and springs of 1,500 to 
1,800 pounds capacity at least. When new 
potatoes, corn and other bulky and heavy 
articles come in the Fall we need a roomy 
box and strong rig to stand the rough 
roads. Have a variety of articles that 
are in demand. Do not waste time on 
articles that your customers do not care 
for. In this way you can alwaj’s sell out 
of all articles at about the same time. It 
is quite annoying to be all sold out but 
one or two articles. Experience will 
teach you in a little while. Buy your gro¬ 
ceries at the same store and you can dis¬ 
pose of the surplus butter and eggs at a 
better price than can be secured at home, 
and it pays always to have enough butter 
and eggs to go around even if you are 
short on potatoes, corn, etc. 
Have good articles. Use the doubtful 
and small at home. Get a reputation for 
honesty, good measure and weight. This 
reputation is worth more dollars to "you In 
the end than a few doubtful eggs or small 
potatoes and apples would bring. Feed 
the poor stuff to the chickens and hogs. 
Good fresh eggs are in demand at all times 
of the year. Good eggs are scarce from 
July until March; I mean eggs that the 
people can cook and know that when 
opened they will be all right. It does not 
pay to sell poultry in the shell. Have a 
uniform price with .vour customers. If you 
are firm those who haggle about prices will 
come around by and by, when they see all 
their neighbors buying your stuff every 
week. Have your customers as near to¬ 
gether as is possible. It takes years to 
accomplish this, but have it in view from 
the start. Have a desirable part of the 
city for a starting point and thoroughly 
canvass it before running around. The 
writer began with one customer on a de¬ 
sirable street eight years ago, the re¬ 
mainder of the small load being dispo.sed 
of all over town, some here, some there. 
Now a load three times the size formerly 
taken is disposed of along a short space 
of one street, neighbors of the one pur¬ 
chaser first mentioned. It takes persistent 
work to get some people to buy of you, bir„ 
if you get the confidence of a few the rest 
will in time buy of you. They cannot long 
resist “such nice potatoes,” "nice fresh 
eggs,” “lovely butter.” Follow up your 
successes. Sell for cash; never trust a new 
customer. Better not sell than sell and 
stop all Summer to get your money. 
Never allow a bill to get much above the 
dollar mark. Have confidence in yourself 
and in .vour goods. Have a quick firm 
step and be enthusiastic in your talk 
Wear good clothes. Comb your hair, shave 
and have .vour hair cut. Wash youi 
hands, trim and clean your fingernails. Ap¬ 
pearance goes a good way in selling, 
whether in the person, the wagon, the 
team or the load of truck. In being your 
own salesman you can make many a dollar 
that you would not get otherwise. To be 
successful you must get up in the morning 
and hustle. w. h. miller. 
Crawford Co., Pa. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y.and you will get a quick reply and 
“a sqtiare deal.” See our guarantee8th page. 
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chains and fetters 
would be visibly 
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him to succeed. 
The man who 
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life when his 
digestive and nu¬ 
tritive organs are 
diseased is equally 
handicapped. In 
the one case his 
strength is over¬ 
weighted, in the 
other it is under- 
mined. Success 
demands above 
all else a sound 
stomach. 
Doctor Pierce’s 
Golden Medical 
Discovery cures 
diseases of the 
stomach and other organs of digestion 
and nutrition. 
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