1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
589 
MARKET NOTES 
AMERICAN FRUIT ABROAD.—The car¬ 
go of California fruit recently shipped to 
England sold at more favorable prices than 
previous lots. The fruit was specially 
packed and hurried as rapidly as possible 
to the steamer at New York. The pears, 
5,476 cases Bartlett and Souvenir du Con¬ 
fess, brought from $2.50 to $3.25 per case, 
and the 2,042 cases of plums $2.50 to $3.60. 
All are said to have arrived in good condi¬ 
tion, and met an active market on account 
of the scarcity of Continental and home¬ 
grown fruit. The experimental shipments 
of eastern peaches and early apples, sent 
by the Department of Agriculture, did not 
turn out quite so well. About 100 carriers 
of Red Astrachan and Fourth of July net¬ 
ted $1.60 and $1.26 respectively; and 100 
crates of wrapped Thurber peaches netted 
$1.49. A few crates unwrapped brought 
about 40 cents less. 
PROMOTERS GOBBLED UP.—The po¬ 
lice recently raided a so-called underwrit¬ 
ing, banking and promoting concern in this 
city, taking five prisoners. This was a 
house which we had occasion to look up 
two or three years ago. They were then 
given as reference for certain produce com¬ 
mission men with no standing in the trade, 
and this professional recommending ap¬ 
peared to be a general practice with them. 
In addition they offered to handle inven¬ 
tions, float any quantity of watered stock, 
or do almost any sort of booming. They 
seem to have had no conscience and but 
little business tact about these matters, 
the favorite plan being to get a fee for 
doing some service and then leave it un¬ 
done; but by a system of perennial excuses 
they have managed to keep going until 
now. They are temporarily squelched, but 
doubtless will blossom out with some new 
scheme as soon as they get out of their 
present difficulties. 
BURDE7NSOME SIDEWALK LAW.— 
The city authorities have lately been strict¬ 
ly enforcing certain ordinances forbidding 
dealers in the produce district to permit 
any of their goods to stand on the outer 
edge of the sidewalk. No doubt the privi¬ 
lege has been abused by some, who kept a 
large share of their stock outside, clutter¬ 
ing the walk so as to make it about im¬ 
passable, but it would seem that in sec¬ 
tions of the city devoted entirely to the 
produce trade, where many of the pedes¬ 
trians are Intending buyers, a little lati¬ 
tude might be given. The enforcement of 
this law is often unjust as well as ridicu¬ 
lous, owing to the plg-headedness of some 
official who lets the authority placed in 
his hands run away with his judgment. 
The Bureau of Incumbrances runs what 
are known on the street as “swipe” 
wagons, because they seize anything of 
value standing on the forbidden part of 
the sidewalk. When one of these wagons 
swoops down on a street a man goes ahead 
forbidding the owners to remove anything 
in the way. A produce man had sold the 
keeper of a small retail store seven boxes 
of tomatoes. Six of them had been taken 
to the sidewalk preparatory to loading in 
the retailer’s wagon. Before the last box 
could be brought out the Incumbraace 
wagon came along and actually took the 
tomatoes, although it was clearly seen that 
they were to be removed in a few minutes. 
The law itself may be reasonable, but such 
an astonishing lack of common sense in 
enforcing it amounts to a declaration of 
war on a business which is peculiar in its 
requirements, being especially favored by 
a little outdoor privilege. w. w. h. 
Tomato Flowers Not Fertilized. 
C. H., Chicago, JU.—l have 120 tomato 
plants in my garden, both early and late, 
and although they have been loaded with 
blossoms this last four weeks, not one 
tomato has set. I found that after the 
blossoms are out, a day or two later the 
stem breaks off about one-half to one 
Inch below the blossom, which drops off 
a day or two later. Bailey’s Horticulturist’s 
Rule Book mentions the Tomato ringer, a 
leaf hopper, which punctures the stems of 
young tomato plants in a ring, but my 
plants are all three to four feet high, very 
strong and covered with blossoms. I can¬ 
not find any Insects among them, neither 
can I find one solitary blossom that has 
escaped and set fruit. I had hopes that, 
similar to the Tomato rot, it w'ould stop 
after a while, but there is no sign of it. 
Would I better pull them out and put in 
wax beans, or should I wait and see? 
Ans.—W e would certainly wait and 
continue to give those plants good care. 
The trouble evidently is a failure to fer¬ 
tilize the flowers. In wet seasons the 
pollen may fail, and some varieties are 
worse than others in this respect. The 
chances are that you may still have a 
crop. 
June Budding and Fall Budding. 
IF. L. A., Flushing, O.—Will Mr. Van Deman 
tell the difference between June budding 
and Fall budding? When is June budding 
done, and what kind of buds are used? 
Want a few good apples for southeastern 
Ohio. Would Stayman, York Imperial and 
Paragon be reliable? 
Ans. —June budding differs from ordi¬ 
nary budding in that it is done earlier 
in the season^ usually in June in the 
Soirthern States and in July farther, 
north. The buds are also started into 
growth at once and make little trees 
ready for the next Fall or Spring, in case 
the budding is done on small stocks. 
The buds are taken from the butt ends 
of the young growth, a large part of 
buds farther out not being well enough 
developed to use. The buds are set by 
the common shield method. The tops 
of the stocks must not be cut off all at 
once as the shock would be so great at 
that tender stage of growth that they 
would die, as I have found by trial. The 
tops may be cropped back or hacked 
and bent over. This will force the buds 
set to start into growth very soon and 
yet will not cut off the circulation ( 
sap, as entirely cutting away would do. 
When they have grown to be a few 
inches long the stocks should be cut off 
close to the sprouts from the buds. The 
best guide as to when to begin June or 
Summer budding is, when the flrst buds 
can be ^und mature enough for setting. 
By sending South for buds the work 
can be done a little earlier, provided the 
stocks are big enough. All the apples 
mentioned would be very good for any 
part of southern Ohio. In fact, York 
Imperial and Stayman are two that I 
would approve of in preference to most 
others, Rome Beauty is also a very 
good Winter apple for that region. 
H. B. V. D. 
Spreading Raw Muck on Meadows. 
A. 0., New Hampshire.—l have a pasture 
that is run out and died out in places so 
that it produces scarcely any grass. 
Alongside of this piece is a good muck 
bed. I have thought of spreading on 20 
or 30 loads of this muck, harrowing well 
and sowing on seed. The soil is a gravelly 
loam. It would probably cost 10 or 15 
cents per load, not reckoning horse, labor 
or 25 cents reckoning that. Have you or 
any of the readers of The R. N.-Y. had 
experience along this line, so they could 
state whether such a job would pay? 
Ans. —As usual, we call for practical 
experience from all who have tried this. 
Our own results from the use of muck 
fresh from the swamp have not been en¬ 
couraging. When the muck is piled into 
a heap and fermented either with lime 
or manure we have found it very useful. 
Let us see why this should be so. Here 
we have average analyses of muck and 
lanure: 
Pounds 
In One 
Ton. 
Nitro- 
Phos. 
Pot- 
gen. 
acid. 
ash. 
Muck . 
.11 
5 
3 
Barn manure . 
.10 
5 
13 
At flrst thought one would say that 
since the muck contains more nitrogen 
than the manure it must be worth more. 
We would quickly And that this was not 
so by putting 10 tons of manure on one 
acre and 10 tons of raw muck on an¬ 
other, and planting corn or sowing 
grass. The manured crops would re¬ 
spond at once, while those with the raw 
muck would remain stunted and yellow. 
The manure supplies nitrogen in an 
available form, while the muck is insol¬ 
uble and sour. We must make the ni¬ 
trogen in the muck available before 
crops can use it. By spreading it over 
the surface of the field we expose it to 
the action of sun and air, and this slow¬ 
ly makes it available, but this process 
can be greatly hastened by piling the 
muck as we would manure in a compost 
heap and starting a rapid fermentation. 
The addition of lime or wood ashes will 
hasten this rermenting. We think thai 
if a farmer is to fertilize the ground at 
all he should try to use the quickest and 
most soluble plant food he-can- obtain. 
For that reason we think it pays best 
to pile the muck and ferment it before 
spreading it on the grass. In our own 
practice we would use the muck for 
mixing potash and acid phosphate, but 
the question refers to the use of muck 
alone, and we would like to know what 
farmers have actually done. 
Milk Producers Meet.— A meeting of 
milk producers was held at this place July 
26, and producers representing 500 cows 
signed contracts for the sale of their milk 
to the People’s Pure Milk Co. All stock¬ 
holders present gave consent to rent the 
Chenango Valley Dairy Company’s cream¬ 
ery to the People’s Pure Milk Co. at $1,000 
per annum. The contract will probably be 
signed by nearly all members of F. S. M. 
P. A. in this vicinity b. c. j. 
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peopling tha 
darkness with 
phantoms, start¬ 
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the rustle of the 
bedclothes. 
Such symptoms 
in general point 
to disease of the 
delicate womanly 
organs, and a 
constant drain of 
the vital and 
nervous forces. 
This condition 
cannot be over¬ 
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p o w d e r s. Tha 
diseased condi- 
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consequences of 
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New York State Fair 
Syracuse, September 7 to 12, 1903. 
$60,000 in Premiums and Purses. 
It will be the Best and Largefit Agricaltaral Exhibition ever given in the State. 
More cash offered than formerly. The number of classes in all departments have been 
increased. 
The New York State Commission for the St. Louis Exposition will pay transportation 
charges to St. Louis, and return, on all Cattle, Sheep and Swine, owned in New York State, 
and awarded First Premium, at the New York State Fair, to be held at Syracuse, the week 
beginning September 7th, 1903. 
Live Stock Exhibit 
promises to be larger than ever. New classes have been added in the Cattle, and Swine 
Departments. Full classifleatiou for 
Poultry, Pigeons and Pet Stock 
The increased interest and cash offered in this Department promise one of the Best 
Poultry Exhibits ever held in the States. 
The Implement Display 
Will exceed the unusual large exhibit of last year. A new dock and increased unload¬ 
ing facilities have been provided for the quick and .safe unloading of machinery. Special 
care will be given to locating the Machinei-y Exhibit in advantageous positions. 
The Domestic Department 
will interest the ladies. Moi’e classes than formerly have been added this year to this 
department bringing it up to date. To appreciate the additions made, a copy of the prize 
list should be secured at once. 
Farm Produce 
w’ill be one of the most interesting exhibits of the Fair. Owing to the large increase in 
classes added this year, an unusual fine exhibit may be expected. Send for prize list and 
note the changes. 
Dairy Exhibit 
More money than ever will be offered in this department. Several new classes in Cheese 
have been added, insuring a larger exhibit than the line one of last year. 
Fruit and Flowers 
will interest everybody, as an unusual fine display will he seen this year. New classes 
have been added in this Department. 
Entries in the Live Stock Department close August 8th, in all other Departments, 
August 31st, except Machinery, which closes on September 7th. Send lor prize list. 
S. C. SHAVER, Secretary, Albany, N. Y. 
