1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
749 
MARKET NOTES 
FIRE NOTES.—Losses in the United 
States and Canada for September amount¬ 
ed to ?9,C30,450. The heaviest single loss 
■was a fertilizer plant at Fairfield, Md., 
$500,000. There were four others of $200,000 
or more; 17. from $100,000 to $175,000; 29, from 
$50,000 to $90,000, and 150 below $50,000. 
Among the losses were 32 factories; 15 lum¬ 
ber plants; seven stables and farm build¬ 
ings; 12 storage -warehouses, two breweries 
and one hospital. 
SIZE OF APPLE BOX.—“Give dimensions 
of apple boxes as previously mentioned 
in The R. N.-Y. Barrels cost 50 cents 
here and are scarce at that.” R. L. o. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
There appears to be no one standard size 
of apple box. and it is doubtful whether 
there ever ■will be to the same extent as 
with the barrel. Something nearer uni¬ 
formity than we have at present would be 
desirable. This matter of exact size is 
worth considering by horticultural socie¬ 
ties where members are taking up this 
package. Reasonable uniformity in size 
would help in storage and pricing of the 
fruit, thus removing some of the objec¬ 
tions of dealers, who find boxes of all 
sorts and sizes a nuisance. It seems to 
us that the box should hold about a bushel. 
That is small enough for most of the 
trade. Before describing the box illus¬ 
trated on page 162, R. N.-Y. of 1903, a 
number of different shapes were ex¬ 
amined. The one selected as most de¬ 
sirable -was 2014x11x9% inches Inside, the 
ends made of three-fourths-inch material 
and sides one-fourth, put together with 32 
rough wire nails 1% inch long. As has 
been often said before we would not 
recommend the use of the box for any 
but good apples. An ordinary crate, with 
spaces of an inch or more between slats 
is not the right thing for apples. The ex¬ 
posed parts get bruised so that they are 
often a tough-looking lot by the time they 
reach the retailer. For a cheaper package 
th.an the box we prefer the bell-shaped 
bushel peach basket. 
A SAWED-DOWN BARREL.—The fol¬ 
lowing from a Massachusetts reader shows 
another phase of the apple barrel problem: 
“There must be a change from the barrel 
to the box for shipping apples, but we 
cannot dispense with barrels entirely, and 
as common-size barrels are becoming 
scarce, and sugar barrels which by 
measure will hold about a peck more can 
be had, the question arises, can we not 
saw down to apple-barrel size without 
breaking the law as to size or number of 
cubic feet? We could arrange for head 
and extra hoop if we could get right size. 
What is the general opinion?” 
So far as we can learn there is no law 
that would prevent a man from sawing 
down a sugar barrel as suggested, but un¬ 
less the barrel is entirely re-made it will 
be an a'wkward package. One end will be 
larger than the other, and the bulge will 
be one side of the center, so that the barrel 
cannot be rolled straight. There w’ould 
be no harm in making a trial of this plan, 
but we have seen nothing of the sort in 
this market and find no apple dealer who 
would recommend it. Our opinion is that 
as much proportionately would be received 
for the apples if sent in the full-size sugar 
barrel. More w’ould be paid for the large 
than the small barrel. The main difficulty 
would be that the bulk of apples in the 
sugar barrel is too large for best results 
in transportation. The diameter of the 
barrel is so great that it is hard to get 
the fruit packed tightly enough to avoid 
going slack. 
DIVIDEINDS—REDUCED OR PASSED. 
—The conditions under which some stocks 
are issued make it necessary that they 
shall pay a certain dividend during the life 
of the company as organized. 'I'his in¬ 
terest-bearing feature is as firmly fixed as 
in a Government security. In other cases 
the question of dividend lies entirely with 
the directors. They can increase, reduce 
or drop the dividend as they see fit, sub¬ 
ject. of course, to the laws under -which 
the company is chartered or does business. 
The commonly accepted meaning of an in¬ 
creased dividend is a prosperous business, 
a reduction the opposite, and the passing 
of a dividend is thought to indicate that 
the company is in financial straits. Yet 
all of these conclusions may be wrong. 
Some concerns pay large dividends before 
they ought to. They are like a young 
swell who, with a plug hat, a hired dress 
suit and a salary of $10 a week, is trying 
to make a great splurge in society. He 
wishes to attract attention and that is 
just the case with some stocks which pay 
large returns before getting their wi.sdom 
teeth. Suppose some directors have large 
personal holdings which they hope to dis¬ 
pose of to the investing public. The best 
advertisement for this stock is a dividend, 
and the competition caused by the enor¬ 
mous Issues of capital stock has made this 
advertising necessary. So a large dividend 
may mean merely that some large hold¬ 
ers are getting ready to sell. These floaters 
of stock do not care to educate the small 
investor in the true principles of stock 
ups and downs, when a little manipulation 
will sugar-coat the dose so that it will be 
swallowed without a qualm. On the other 
hand, the reduction or entire passing of a 
dividend may be the result of a progres¬ 
sive but careful policy, an effort to in¬ 
crease actual -working capital and thus 
strengthen the foundation of a business, 
to make the company wear its old clothes 
until able to buy a new suit without cut¬ 
ting short the household bread and butter. 
Some of the workings of those handling 
stock companies are entirely above sus¬ 
picion. In other cases they may have legal 
sanction but be morally wrong, and in 
others the only reason that the manipu¬ 
lators are not in prison is the negligence 
of those whose duty it is to execute the 
laws. The holder of a few shares stands 
in a position away below zero, so far as 
influence with the company is concerned. 
Those in control can so “work” things 
that he may look in vain for profits or 
even his original investment. Unless he 
has faith in the honesty and good judg¬ 
ment of the officers, or feels able to lose 
all that he invests, he would better keep 
out. _ w. w. H. 
Buttermakers’ Contest.— It appears 
that Wm. Anstrell, of Minn., has challenged 
Sam Haugdahl, who is now the champion 
buttermaker, to a contest. They are both to 
go into the same creamery and each make 
a tub of butter from the same class of 
milk; the butter to be judged at St. I.ouis. 
Is there any good reason why this contest 
should not attract as much attention as 
an attempt of one human brute to pound 
another one into jelly? No—and yet where 
one would go to see this butter made, 1,000 
would go to the prizefight. As to the terms 
of this butter making contest, the N. Y. 
Produce Review makes this excellent point: 
“The value of a buttermaker to all the 
parties referred to depends not only on his 
ability to manipulate the milk as it comes 
from the weighcan spout, but also on his 
ability to influence and interest his patrons 
in the delivery of milk as near perfection 
as possible; it depends on his ability in 
fostering a true and healthy cooperative 
spirit among his patrons and thus pro¬ 
moting the production of better butter.” 
q'herefore it would be better to let each 
man manage his own milk. 
THE FARMERS'S INSTITUTE. 
I tended all the meetings 
Of the farmers’ institute; 
The discussions on the sidewalks. 
And the grocery store to boot. 
’Twas mighty interesting, too. 
For those who understood. 
But to a tenderfoot like me 
’Twas all as clear as mud. 
There were men who talked 'bout grafting, 
Men who told some gruesome tales 
’Bout borers, blight and yellows, 
Curculio and scales. 
About the nameless nurserymen 
Who play a winning game 
By selling trees, a hundred kinds. 
With but a single name. 
’Bout the various kinds of peaches. 
In which you should your cash invest. 
If you only could depend uj)on 
Which kind was reaUy best. 
It was just the same with apples; 
Every kind a champion had. 
And he (luickly demonstrated 
That the other kinds were bad. 
'rhe men with Spies and Beurro Boses 
In tipped-back easy chairs. 
Laughed at Ben Davis apple men 
And joked ’bout Kieffer pears. 
There was one thing they agreed ilpon. 
That is. nine times in ten 
The profits of the shipments went 
To the commission men. 
The latter, not to be outdone. 
On shippers got the drop; 
They claimed that fruit down in the bar’l 
Was not like that on top. 
You’d find the bottom full of culls. 
And what was not denied. 
The barrels generally were “short.” 
The quarts were always “snide.” 
But when you size the whole thing up. 
And sift the matter well. 
It took two days to demonstrate 
There was little new to tell. 
I'm glad I'm not a farmer man. 
With foes on every side, 
To make of life a constant war 
Of every joy denied. 
The yellows never bother me. 
And tho’ I'm sometimes blue; 
It’s due to “greens” I can’t collect 
As I would like to do. 
Of course in raising nursery stock; 
I’d not object to fame. 
I’d see the christening was correct. 
The stock was true to name. 
Marlborough, N. Y. robt. gillies. 
“Yes,’ the old Indian fighter was say¬ 
ing, “the whole secret of success agin 
the red varmints wiiz jest to profit by 
experience. The Sioux done somethin’ 
to me onct that they could never do 
again.” “What was that?” inquired th'! 
interested youth. “They scalped me.”— 
Philadelphia Press. 
You can’t exactly git ter heaven in 
a automobile,” said Brother Dickey, 
“but jedgin’ by de way dey pitchin’ 
folks over de hilltops, dey kin give you 
a good start on de upward road!”—At¬ 
lanta Constitution. 
“A GREAT big able-bodied man like 
you ought to be ashamed to ask a 
stranger for money,” said the well-to-do 
citizen. “I know I ought.” answered 
Meandering Mike. But, mister. I’m jes’ 
naturally too kind-hearted to tap ’im 
on de head and take it away from him.” 
—Washington Star. 
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Darred Plymouth Rock Cockerels and Pullets, leading 
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lame in the off forward foot. The soreness was just above the hoof, with a tendency to throw out a ringbone. 
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