1903 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
765 
BUYER AND SELLER. 
MARKET TIME.—This is the time of 
year when the general farmer has the 
most produce to sell. Apples, potatoes, 
hay, grain and straw are all on the mar¬ 
ket. These w’ith the special crops raised 
here and there, represent the time and 
labor of men and teams, cost of seed and 
purchased fertility, etc. The farmer nat¬ 
urally wishes to get as good returns as 
possible for these expenditures. 
WEI AT IS A FAIR PRICE?—It is not 
always possible for the grower to make a 
profit on what he raises. This may be 
because of over-abundant crops or faulty 
management in selling, or perhaps the 
man is raising what he ought not to. We 
know of sections where formerly rye was 
the best money crop, the straw often sell¬ 
ing for from to $20 for the making 
of straw paper. Now other paper materials 
have displaced straw to a large extent, yet 
the same farmers continue to raise ryu 
instead of some other crop that could be 
sold to better advantage. The writer’s 
father one year sold his rye for $1 per 
bushel and the straw for $20 per ton, 
which was much like plowing money out 
of the ground. Usually there is a profit to 
the grower in rye at 50 cents per bushel; 
straw, $12 per ton; choice hay, $15; lower 
grade, $10; potatoes, 50 cents per bushel, 
and apples, $1 per barrel. The average of 
a number of years w'ould run below this 
range, but it is sometimes exceeded. 
WHAT CAN THE BUYER DO?—We 
refer now to the buyer who is disposed tc 
do a reasonably square business, not the 
shark. This buyer would much rather give 
the farmer a profitable price, but he is 
limited. He must have a safe outlet for 
the goods. Transportation, storage, and 
in the case of perishables, decay, are to be 
considered. A wider margin of profit is 
necessary to make an insurance fund 
against bad accounts and various losses. 
These matters must be provided for if a 
man is to do an honest business. 
RECKLESS METHODS.—But this class 
of buyers is none too plenty. The wild 
actions of some are responsible for the un- 
.•^ettlcd, pull-and-haul state into which 
markets often get. One of these plungers 
goes into an apple section, picks out a 
good orchard, and pays more than anyone 
else will offer. In two days the whole 
neighborhood knows it, and people come 
from all directions to get this man to put 
a price on their fruit. He .says; “Yes, I 
will buy your apples, and pay a big price, 
but am not quite ready. I’ve got to go 
away for a few days, but will be back in 
a week or so.’’ Encouraged by this the 
growers refuse to consider any offer under 
the sky-rocket price established by the 
boomer, thus driving away other buyers. 
When the plunger comes around .again he 
has the field to himself unless more of 
his type have droppetl in. in this case 
there may be competition, but more likely 
they get together and agree to divide up 
tile field. By this time the market is very 
bad. They cannot pay anywhere near 
what the first orchard brought, but tho> 
make the hard-luck story so plausible that 
they get the apples. With some modifica¬ 
tions this scheme has been worked dozens 
of times. Some producer gains by it, but 
his neighbors lose. 
MISGUIDED EFFORT.— The R. N.-YL 
believes that if there is any profit in a 
crop the farmer ought to share at least 
equally with the handlers, but we considei 
it a decided injury to business to give such 
one-sided or prejudiced crop and market 
information that the producer will be led 
to think he ought to have much more 
than actual market conditions warrant 
Our attention has been called this year tc 
cases where local newspapers;, in theii 
enthusiasm to help the farmer, have pub¬ 
lished unqualified accounts of the larg-. 
prices at w^hich American apples have sold 
in European markets. They do not ex¬ 
plain that the expense of getting the frui' 
across is great, that it must be better 
than what wdll go in the average market 
here, and specially packed to stand the 
voyage without injury. They set these 
figures before their readers and carry the 
idea that' any apple buyer who does not 
t ome up to them is a swindler. This drives 
away the better class of buyers and in the 
end damages the producer more than if 
he had been urged to .sell below the mar¬ 
ket price, for that is what it amounts to 
in the end. The above is not written to 
bolster up the side of the apple buyers. 
As a rule these men are fully able to take 
cure of their own interests. But we wished 
lo show how farmers and their supporter.s 
■naj' injure themselves by antagonizing 
this useful class of men, who spend con¬ 
siderable money and time in getting about 
among the growers, many of whom have 
had excellent results from this way of sell¬ 
ing and do not care to bother with direct 
marketing. w. w. h. 
WORK ON JERSEY TRUCK FARM. 
We have had no killing frost as yet. The 
sweet corn planted after the middle of 
July has matured. The green tomatoes 
have been picked off and are ripening in 
the cold frames. Rain and warm weather 
have caused some rot. The;.’ might have 
been left on the vines longer, but I was 
afr.aid that .a frost might come so sudden¬ 
ly that we could not get them off in time. 
I’here is no use in trying to do any¬ 
thing with them if caught in a hard frost. 
'I'hose that we sell now are inferior to the 
vine-ripened fruit, but people seem to 
want them. Livingston’s Stone has proven 
a very satisfactory variety this year. It 
is well named “Stone,” being hard, with 
a tough skin, but the qualit.y is as good 
as any shipping tomato, and it has ripened 
large sm.ooth tomatoes which sold like hot 
cakes. My half-acre of muskmelons were 
a practical failure, not more than half a 
dozen barrels of salable melons being 
picked. The cold rains of June nearly 
killed the plants, and the blight, which 
appeared in August, finished the job. My 
late potatoes are still in the ground. 'ITiey 
have rotted but little and promise a fair 
yield. It may seem strange that a truck 
farmer should buy vegetables for family 
use, but T confine myself to sweet corn, 
tomatoes, potatoes and melons, and find 
that I can get my supplies of beets, egg 
plants, squashes, etc., from neighboring 
farmers cheaper than I can raise them. 
Perhaps if I could get competent help 
more easily and did not have so many 
hens, .'I family garden might be handled 
to advantage._ o. m. 
American Horticultural Manual, 
I’ART H.. by J. L. Budd and N. E., Han¬ 
sen; John Wiley & Sons, New York; 4D0 
pages; illustrated; $1.50, postpaid. This 
volume is devoted entirely to classification 
and nomenclature of fruits, and is a valu¬ 
able reference work. The descriptions are 
given so concisely that the book contains 
more information than some larger and 
more expensive works. 
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is spurious or untruthful. It needs 
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Beware of so-called Elixirs—none genuine but Tuttle’s, 
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Care Theae Blemlshef 
_ 41ro Binubone, hard or soft 
_ »nlargement8. Sweeny, Knee- 
■ ja 8j)mng,FlBtnla and Poll Evil. 
—ght cost and certain cures. 
Two big booklets telling how 
to do It sent free.Write today. 
rtRniNG BB08., Cbriiil.U, ■ 
231 Dnlon StoekTards, Chicago,! 
WHY NOT CROW GINSENG? 
IT IS THE GOLD WINNER. We sell Northern 
Pennsylvania Wild Roots. The best, surest and 
cheapest to start with. Write for prices. 
S. H. BRIGGS, Warren, Pa. 
Best In The World. 
The time-tried remedy which has done duty In 
every clime, making its way by its matchless 
curative properties for Spavin, Ringbone, 
Curb, Spiintand allforms of Lameness. 
Kendall’s Spavin Cure. 
Thousands of horsemen year after year gladly at¬ 
test its merits. 
Lisle, Ont., Deo. 19, 1902. 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., 
Gentlemen;—! havoused a great amount of your 
Kendall’s Spavin Cure and I am now on my twelfth 
bottle. 1 have found it satisfactory. I have cured 
doxens o( horses, have found it the best remedy 
I ever got hold of. We can get it right here in 
town. There have dozens of people asked me 
about It and I said “it is the best slull In the world 
for Spavins, Caiis, Sprains and many other 
things." Tliey went and got a bottle and tried it 
and said It was just the best they ever got. I 
have been dealing in horses for twelve years and 
I never found anything to equal Kendall’s Spavin 
Cure. Please send me one of your books so that 
I can tell the people more about it, and you will 
oblige, Yours truly, 
JOHN RUSSELL HUNTER. 
Price $ 1) six for SB. As a liniment for family 
use It has no equal. Ask your druggist for Kan- 
dail's Spavin Cura, also “A Treatise on the 
Horse,'* the book free, or address 
OR. B.J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. 
THE STORY OF PHOEIBE SNOW. 
If you have ever taken a Summer rail¬ 
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Phoebe Snow,” which describes in a series 
of dainty pictures the experiences of a 
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lustrations are in seven colors, each repro¬ 
ducing a design of the girl in white which 
the Lackawanna Railroad has made so 
familiar in the last few months. The 
booklet has a particularly pleasing cover 
and will afford considerable amusement 
beside giving information which every 
traveler ought to know. It will be sent In 
response to request accompanied by two 
cents in stamps to T. W. Lee, General 
Passenger Agent, New York City. 
Tfl I CT— One of the best fruit, poultry and vege- 
I U LL I table farms In New York. Only 40 miles 
from New York City. Splendid opportunity for the 
right man. Address J. COLEMAN SMITH, 
220 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
McLennan Bros. Stock Farm, 
Lyndon, Cattarangns County, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull for sale; Royal Pauline 
DeKol, No. 31.261; born May 8, 1902. Also a number 
of large, handsome, perfectly marked bull calves, 8 
to 8 months old, sired by Corona Spoflord Pietertje, 
No. 30,100. inquire, 
P. B. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Darred Plymouth Rock Cockerels and Pullets, leading 
*-* strains, nicely barred, 75c. up. C. White and Berk¬ 
shire Pigs. Price right. D. D.Khinesmith, Lack, Pa. 
(THOIOE,JERSEY RED SWINE for sale. Prices 
reasonable. E. L. ALBERTSON, Hope. N. J. 
ITOLSTEIN CALVES—Both Sexes. CHESTER 
* X WHITE PIGS, COLLIE PUPS. Pino Individ- 
uals and well bred. 
H. M. LYON & SONS, Spring HUl, Pa. 
Improved 
Combination 
KERS 
*1 hours; 
heat water io stock tank 260 feet awaj. 
Willheatdairy,hojfand poultry houses. 
Made of boiler steel; can't blow up; &o 
fluestorustorleak. PRICES |6.W TO 
^6.00;68tjleiaDd 16 sites. Sold under 
% guarantee. Endorsed by Experiment 
Stations. Catalttgue andprxetafre*, 
RippieyHdw. Go., Box223, Grafton,III. 
Eattem Ageot^. 0. Mltchel, FhlUdelpoia. 
COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the *, 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron.^'Empties its 
kettle in one minute. The simplest 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy and 
Laundry Stoves, Water and Sleam 
Jackot Kotllaa, Hog Soalders, Cal. 
drons, elo. as* Send for oironlars. 
D. R. SPEBEY & CO., Batavia, IlL 
I ajlf ja Mnr agents to sell Keystone Call 
WW #alm I Feeder. Positively best made. 
Good inducements to live people only. Write today. 
M. T. PHILLIPS, Box 18, POMEROY, PA. 
Makes hens lay. 
Makes chickens grow. 
The 
DOWKBI 43 Chatham St 
. Boston 
Rubber Goods Repaired. 
Coats, Boots, Rubbers, Blankets, Soles, Heeis. and 
Patches. You can do't. Outfit, 25c. Agents wanted. 
CONNECTICUT RUBBER CO- Hartford. Conn. 
Clubbing List. 
1903-1904. 
Wo can save you money on any paper or magazine. 
Wo give you a list below. If you do not find all you 
want here, send us a list, and wo will quote you price 
by return mail. It will save you trouble to send all 
your orders to ns at one time. The price opposite 
each paper is our price to you for it. Every order 
must, of course, include asubscrlptlon to Tue Rural 
New-Yorker at fl. To make up a list start with 
The R. N.-Y. at II, then take as many of the others 
as you need at price opposite each. 
American Bee Journal, Chicago. Ill. 80.95 
American Boy, Detroit, Mich.tiu 
American Poultry Journal, Chicauo. Ill.30 
American Sheep Breeder, Chicago, lli.80 
American Swineherd, Chicago, Ill.so 
American Queen, New York.lo 
Arena, The, Now York. i „o 
Atlantic Monthly, Boston. Jlass. 3.25 
Ave Maria, Notre Dame, Ind. 1.70 
Babyhood, Now York.90 
Baptist Union, Chicago, 111.90 
Blade, Toledo, O.:i0 
Century, Now York. 3.60 
Cincinnati Weekly Gazette, Cincinnati, O.10 
Cleveland Dally World, Cleveland, 0. 120 
Cleveland Leader, Cleveland, O.80 
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, O. l.;!5 
Commercial Tribune, Cincinnati. O.10 
Conkey’s Home Journal, Chicago, 111.30 
Constitution. Atlanta, Ga.80 
Cosmopolitan Magazine, Irvington, N. Y.85 
Courant (Daily', Hartford, Conn. 0.50 
Courant (Semi-Weekly), Hartford, Conn.85 
Courier, Buffalo, N. Y.05 
Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.fiO 
Democrat and Chrouiclo, Rochester, N. Y.55 
Dispatch, Pittsburg, Pa.85 
Enquirer. Cincinnati. O.70 
Everybody’s Magazine, New York.95 
Every Where, Now York.;16 
Family Herald and Weekly t;tar,Moni real. Can. .80 
Farm Poultry, Boston. Mass.50 
Forum, Now York. 1.00 
Frank Leslie’s Monthly, New York.90 
Free Press. Detroit, Mich.00 
Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, O.(Hi 
Globe Democrat (Wooklv), St. Iajuis, Mo.80 
Golden Days, Philadelphia. Pa. 2.35 
Good Literature. New York.25 
Gospel News, Cleveland, O.35 
Grape Belt, Dunkirk, N. Y. l.tO 
Harper's Bazar, New York.90 
Harper's Magazine, New York. 3.30 
Harper's Weekly, New York. 3.30 
Hoard's Dairyman, Ft. Atkinson, Wls.05 
Holstein-Friesian Register, Brattloboro, Vt.90 
Homo Journal, Boston, Mass. 2.35 
Home Science Magazine, Boston.05 
Horseman and Spirit of tho Times, Chicago. 1.00 
Horse Review. Chicago, 111. l.(;0 
Horse World, Buffalo, N. Y. 1.30 
Household Le dger, New York.00 
Housekeeper, Minneapolis, Minn.50 
Housewife, New York.25 
Indepeadent, New York. 1.90 
Inter Ocean, Chicago, 111.00 
Irrigation Age and Drainage Journal.00 
Judge, New York. 4.10 
Journal tWookly), Boston, Mass.'JO 
Journal, Indianapolis, Ind.85 
Leslie’s Weekly, New York. 3.26 
Lipplncott’s Magazine. Philadelphia, Pa. 1.76 
Little Folks, Now York. 1.30 
Living Church, Milwaukee. Wis. 1.00 
News and Courier, Charleston, 8. C.85 
North American Review, New York. 4.10 
Ohio Poultry Journal, Dayton, O.;10 
Outlook, The, New York. 2.85 
Palladium, Daily, Now Haven. Conn. 4.00 
Pilgrim, Battle Creek, Mich.90 
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.86 
Poultry Keeper, Quincy, 111.30 
Press, Philadelp hla. Pa.80 
Puck, Now York . 4.10 
Register, Wheeling, W. Va.75 
Reliable Poultry Journal, Quincy, Ill.30 
Republican, The (Weekly), Springfield, Mass.90 
Review of Reviews, New York. 2.10 
Sabbath Reading, New York.45 
Scientific American, New York. 2.00 
Scribner’s Magazine, New York. 2.86 
Sentinel, Indianapolis, Ind.30 
Sports of the Times, New York. 3.10 
Star, Kansas City, Mo.20 
St. Nicholas, Now York. 2.00 
Success, New York. 70 
Sunday-School Times, Philadelphia, Pa.80 
Swine Breeder’s Journal, Indianapolis, Ind.45 
Table Talk, Philadelphia, Pa.60 
Thrlce-a-Week Tribune, Now York.85 
Toledo News-Bee, Toledo, 0. 1.85 
Tribune Review, New York.85 
Witness, Now York. .85 
Woman’s Home Companion, Springfield, O.70 
Wool Markets and Sheep, Chicago, Ill.30 
World, Trl-Woekly, Now York.06 
World’s Work, N(‘w York. 2.00 
Young People's Weekly, Elgin, Ill.30 
Youths’ Companion. 1.75 
THE RURAL NEW-YOKKEK, NEW YORK 
