1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
777 
Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—Judge C. W. Smith has set a new prece¬ 
dent at Stockton, Kan., by adjourning court so that the 
farmers might save their crops. He presides over a dis¬ 
trict in the great corn and wheat belt in northwest Kan¬ 
sas, and said from the bench that the saving of a year's 
earnings was of greater importance to the people than 
the adjudication of a few petty suits. “The great ma¬ 
jority of people in my district,” he added, “are at peace 
with the world and struggling to save the great crops 
of the year. I shall not take these men from their 
harvest and their farms to sit in jury boxes to try the 
cases of the few who are quarreling. When the crops 
are saved we will proceed to adjust these trivial mat¬ 
ters.” .... Judge William Clancy, of the District 
Court, of Butte, Mont., granted injunctions October 22 
against the Boston and Montana and Parrott mining 
companies to prevent the payment of any dividends to 
the Amalgamated Copper Company, and in effect de¬ 
clared the Amalgamated company an outlaw without 
rights as a stockholder in the sub-companies. The re¬ 
sult of the injunction has been an order from Amalga¬ 
mated officials to close down all the Amalgamated prop¬ 
erties in Montana, including the mines in Butte, the big 
smelters in Anaconda and in Great Falls, the coal and 
coke mines and plants at Diamondville, Wyo., Horr and 
Belt, Mont., and the lumber mills at Bonner, Hamilton 
and other places. The order went into effect October 23 
and the shut-down wdll be indefinite. About 12,000 men 
are thrown out of employment, 6,500 in Butte alone, 2,000 
in Anaconda, and 1,000 at Great Falls. The shut-dowm 
will continue till the mining companies can get a final 
decision from the Supreme Court as to their rights. 
.... The United States Grand Jury at Phoenix, Ariz., 
found joint indictments October 22 against Hugh H. 
Price, recently removed from the office of the Surveyor- 
General of Arizona, and W. E. Murphy, chief clerk of 
the Land Office. They are accused of forming a con¬ 
spiracy to defraud the Government, the acceptance of 
bribes and extortion. Price formerly was a Wisconsin 
Congressman, and Murphy is from Georgia. He is said 
to have been assisted to office by Hoke Smith. 
Gov. Lanham has quarantined all Texas against San 
Antonio on account of the yellow fever there. The order 
was made mandatory upon all railroads not to operate 
trains in or out of San Antonio from noon October 23 
or handle any freight or passenger business from that 
city in any shape whatsoever. A proclamation of 
quarantine was issued October 23 by the Louisiana State 
Board of Health against Laredo and San Antonio, Texas, 
and all railroads and other common carriers were pro¬ 
hibited under penalty from bringing into Loul.siana pas¬ 
sengers, household goods and cars from those places uxr- 
less they are first fumigated with sulphur by authorized 
health authorities. Laredo was said to have 500 cases of 
the disease, San Antonio only nine.The high 
winds from the south during the latter part of October 
blew such quantities of water hyacinths up Bayou Teche, 
Louisiana, as completely to dam and blockade that 
stream a few miles below Franklin. The steamers Will¬ 
iam Kyle. Joe Berg, Pier and a number of others were 
tied up by the hyacinths and unable to move, and the 
navigation of the bayou was suspended indefinitely at a 
season when the steamers usually do their heaviest trade. 
Congress made an appropriation at its last session for 
the removal of these aquatic plants which have block¬ 
aded a large number of navigable streams in southern 
Louisiana, but work has not yet begun on Bayou Teche. 
.... Ten men were killed and five injured by a fall 
of rock in the Rapid Transit tunnel at Fort George, in 
the upper part of New Y^ork City, October 24. A piece 
of rock weighing S'X) tons fell, apparently as the result 
of water in the seam.s. An impressive incident of the 
accident was the heroism of Father Thomas F. Lynch, 
of St. Elizabeth’s Roman Catholic Church, who clambered 
down the steep side of the rocky hill to the mouth of 
the tunnel and went in to where the men, under the rock, 
were moaning for help. There, 40 feet under ground, he 
chanted a litany and administered extreme unction to 
all he could reach.Because their great-grand¬ 
mother had Indian blood in her veins the children of 
Benjamin F. Dabney, of Namozine district, Dinwiddie 
County, Va.. must ieave the white school that they are 
now attending. The trustees have so decreed after an 
exhaustive examination. They are inciined to the belief 
that the blood complained of in the chiidren is negro 
instead of Indian. The father of the children explained 
at length that the great-grandmother was half-Indian, 
but that since her da.v there had been no intermarrying 
with other races. He figures that the young Dabneys 
have one-slxty-fourth Indian blood in their veins. . . . 
An epidemic of smallpox at Allegheny, Pa., is causing 
• serious alarm, and as local authorities have defied the 
State Board of Health, that body intends to quarantine 
the city, all mail coming from that point being fumi¬ 
gated. The disease has existed there for several years, 
it being claimed that proper precautions for stamping 
it out are neglected. 
ADMINISTRATION.—The opinion of the Attorney- 
General in the case of Congressman L. N. Littauer, of 
Gloversville, N. Y., who was shown to be a beneficiary 
in contracts made by others for furnishing gloves to the 
army, was made public by the War Department Octo¬ 
ber 22. The Attorney-General holds that the Govern¬ 
ment has no right to demand the repayment of money 
obtained by Mr. Littauer under these contracts, and also 
that Mr. Littauer cannot be prosecuted criminally be¬ 
cause the statutory period of limitation has expired. 
.... William H. Landvoigt, chief of the classification 
division of the Post Office Department, and for 29 years 
an employee of the postal service, tendered his resigna¬ 
tion to Postmaster-General Payne October 22 to take 
effect at the latter’s pleasure. Mr. Payne has not yet 
decided whether he will accept the resignation or issue 
an order summarily dismissing Landvoight for his con¬ 
nection with the General Manifold Company of Franklin, 
Pa., of which Representative Sibley of that State is the 
principal stockholder, and which for some years has 
held a contract for furnishing the manifold books used 
in the registry system. One of Superintendent Landvoigt’s 
sons is in the employ of the Manifold Company, and his 
case is in other respects somewhat similar to that of 
former Superintendent Metcalf of the money order sys¬ 
tem. who was recently Indicted for his connection with 
the frauds in postal contracts with the Wynkoop-Hallen- 
beck-Crawford Company of New York, recently con¬ 
tractors for postal money order books. Landvoigt, who 
was formerly superintendent of the Registry Division, 
was also charged with favoring the General Manifold 
Company by ordering greater quantities of the manifold 
books than was necessary in the transaction of the busi¬ 
ness of the registry system. It was charged that the 
cellars of several large post offices are filled with thou¬ 
sands of these books, which are now worthless, having 
deteriorated through dampness and long storage, and it 
was said that supplies of these books were sent to small 
post offices where there was little if any registry business. 
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.—The French bark 
Savoyard, of St. Malo, laden with salt, has been wrecked 
in the Bay of Audierne. Thirty-one members of the 
crew, the wife of the captain and four other women were 
drowned.The second boat of the wrecked 
French bark Cojinetable de Richemont was picked up 
near Hawaii October 26. The boat contained a boatswain 
and seven of the crew. All w'ere alive, but they were 
nearly starveo, as they had had nothing to eat since 
thev left the wrecked bark 12 days before. This is one 
of the longest voyages in an open boat without food ever 
made in the Pacific Ocean. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The Winter course in agri¬ 
culture at Purdue University, La Fayette, Ind., extends 
from January 5 to March 11, 1904. Two free scholarships 
are offered to each farmers’ organization in Indiana. 
The annual meeting of the Association of American 
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations will be 
held at Washington. D, C., November 17; secretary-treas¬ 
urer, Prof. E. B. Voorhees, New Brunswick. N. J. 
Judge Fallon, of the Ninth District Court, of New' 
York, has decided the suit of Charles Soltau, a market 
gardener, of Jersey City', against Wm. Elliott & Sons, 
seedsmen, in favor of the Messrs. Elliott, q^he plaintiff 
claimed that he purchased a pound of parsley seed from 
the defendants, from the sowing of which a crop of 
cairot.w came up. He estimated his loss for crop, labor, 
time, etc., at $500, and brought suit to i-ecover that 
amount. Several rqarket gardeners testified that car¬ 
rots, the past season were a better paying commodity 
than parsley, being in continual demand, while the call 
for the latter vegetable was spasmodic. Plaintiff averred 
he had fed his carrot crop to the pigs, mainly, and given 
away the balance to his neighbors. After hearing all 
the evidence, judgment was rendered as stated. 
November 12 the Alton (Ill.) Horticultural Societ.v w-ill 
celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. I'here are still a few 
of its charter members surviving. 
The New York Bureau of Farmers’ Institutes will hold 
a normal institute at the Geneva Experiment Station 
November 21-25, and at Cornell University' November 30 
to December 3. These institutes are not intended for 
the general public but are for the purpose of increasing 
the efficiency of the institute lecturers in their regular 
work. ’l''hey are held for the purpose of posting institute 
workers on all that is new in the various lines of agri¬ 
cultural work and investigation, to bring the institute 
workers into closer touch with the Experiment Station 
and the Agricultural College, to compare notes and ex¬ 
periences, sort out facts and theories, to show' what is 
true, doubtful and false, and to secure uniformity in in¬ 
stitute work. 
OUTLOOK FOR GRAIN AND FEED. 
It Is ^our opinion that the future prices of grain and 
feed will not be very much higher, if any, and possibly 
lower in the future, or at least until another crop is 
raised. We never have had such a crop of hay in the 
history of this country. We have the largest crop of corn 
ever raised; oats, however, are very' short, and we th'^k 
the price for that particular kind of feed will be high. 
Mill feed we think, will remain at about present prices 
or possibly a little higher. We do not think there will 
be anv lack of feed, as there certainly is plenty of it. 
Kanias City. Mo. be.m.i. grain' cd. 
We are of the opinion that the country as a whole will 
lave more than an average corn crop. As to the coa¬ 
lition of the crop, that cannot be determined until tarm- 
irs commence husking. We do not think they will ‘hid 
s much damaged corn as there was last year. Other 
ceding stuffs are in fair supply', and w'e can see no fea- 
on why feeds should rule high this season. We look 
or a fair demand but not high prices. We have traveled 
iver nearly all the principal corn State.s. and find the 
Lverage is good, and the quantity will be fully equal to 
ast year’s crop, but the quality cannot be determined 
IS yet TOI.EPO SAI.VAGE GO. 
Toledo, O 
From reports the corn crop seems assured, ami hids 
air to be a large one. Prices should rule lower than loi 
wo years past, 'i’here is, however, a sy'mpathy or tel- 
ow feeling in cereals much greater than exists among 
;ereal dealers, so that the high values of wheat, oats 
md rye will, to some extent, prevent corn from reach- 
ng the level that the large crop would seem to warrant. 
\gain the high value for the past two seasons on corn 
vill tend to hold up values, as the farmer, measuring 
lew values with old, will not rush it to market, and the 
‘onsumer must raise his views to open the hands of the 
armer. As to feeds, mill offal will probably rule high, 
he high price of wheat reduces the consumption of 
lour; the good housewife using many substitutes for the 
oaf makes the Hour barrel deeper, thus the output of 
vhe’at offal is reduced and high values on bran and 
niddlings result. «. t. beveridge & co. 
“O i r\ rv^ n r1 
We do not look'for very much change in the price 
f wheat feeds. At the present time the demand is a 
ttle slack, and there has been a slight easing oil in 
le price The buyers in the East pretty generally talk 
iwer prices. This probably is due to the large wheat 
[•op w'hich was advertised early. At the present time 
ew’ England pastures make the feeder a little more 
[dependent than he will be later on. The reason for 
Lir belief that present prices will be maintained ami 
Dssibly somewhat better prices obtained, is the fact 
lat the supply of good milling wheat is small, and 
fter the present stocks are exhausted (and this point 
1 dangerously near at hand) the mills will not be tiirn- 
ig out the usual quantity of feed. While this is the 
tuation in the West, the situation East is also ’ bull- 
ih ” for as far as we can learn, the feeders have not 
ut away their usual supplies, and therefore will be 
irger buyers than usual during the Winter. ’I'his con- 
ition is bound to hold up prices. acme milling co. 
Tr»<-1 ^ Q •nn nnlis. Ind. 
From present conditions here, in our opinion every¬ 
thing in the line of feeds are too high, 'fhere has been 
a decided slump in values during the past three weeks, 
particularly for mill feeds, and at the present time de¬ 
mand from the East is very slack, due. we presume, 
to the continued mild weather. Mills, however, are run¬ 
ning to full capacity, and we v/ould not be at all sur- 
pri^d to see lower values again during the next three 
weeks Our oat crop, however, is hardly up to the 
average quality. The majority of receipts here on our 
market are more or less stained and of light weight, 
and we have the impression that choice oats having 
good weight and color will continue to command a 
fair premium through the season. There will also com¬ 
mence to arrive later from the Dakotas and Minnesota 
more or less damaged wheat, being hot and out of con¬ 
dition. This will necessarily have to go for feeding 
purposes, and we believe that during the coming Winter 
months a lower range of values will be in order. Had 
it not been for the strike among our mill employees 
here, lasting three or four weeks, prices for mill feeds 
would have been much lower than aj. present. 
Minneapolis, Minn. brooks Elevator co. 
As far as we can learn, and we have taken some 
trouble to post ourselves, we believe the corn crop of 
this country is very considerably better than was gen¬ 
erally supposed to be the case even as I'ecently as a 
month ago, and certainly very much ImproAed over the 
condition reported on September 1. We are advised by 
some correspondents in different parts of the West that 
they have a most excellent crop of corn in certain locali¬ 
ties. We do not mean that this is as large a crop as 
the country has raised some seasons, but we think it i.s 
a fair average crop. Our business is very largely in re¬ 
ceiving grain from nearby points, particularly so from 
the section known as the Peninsula covering Delaware, 
Maryland and parts of Virginia. We have received re¬ 
ports from this section, and believe they have a very 
fair crop of corn there. Even in Pennsylvania, parts of 
the State will furnish a good crop of corn, and in other 
parts it is rather light. The crop in New Jersey, how¬ 
ever, is a small one, not over three-fourths of a croj). 
and possibly not that. In Kansas we understand the 
crop of corn will be a large one; also in parts of Indiana 
We are inclined to the belief that we shall see a_ rather 
lower range of prices for corn and oats than _ is now 
existing, and we are somewhat surprised to see mill stuffs 
like bran and middlings keep up as high as they have, 
but we expect to see rather lower prices on even them 
when the new crop of corn begins to move. It is sur¬ 
prising how the old corn is coming out now', and this 
would indicate that some farmers who have held back 
their old crop with the exiiectation of having but IRtlf' 
new are finding out that there is more new corn than 
they expected, and so are letting go of their surplus of 
old. The oat crop is undoubtedly a rather light one, but 
with a lower range of values for corn present prices of 
oats can hardly be maintained, we believe. 
Philadelphia, Pa. e. l. Rogers & co. 
NOTES ON THE BEAN CROP. 
The bean crop in this vicinity is average as to quan¬ 
tity. 'I'ho qualitv is better than last year, but not up to 
the average. Not many are moving vet, owing to wet 
weather. 
Detroit, Mich. 
I shall not have half a crop of beans, and I think that 
is about the average around here; but some few sections 
will have a better crop, and in other localities not as 
good as here. Buyers and farmers are talking $2 per 
bushel for the crop, but have paid more for early 
thrashed beans. c. a. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
I’he acreage of beans planted was much larger than 
for several years, but the wet season reduced the pro¬ 
duction at least one-third; most of the farmers think 
one-half. A small portion of the crop has been thrashed 
and earlv sales were made at $2; to-day the nominal 
price is $1.90, but few are selling at this. Farmers in 
general believe that they will bring $2, but we doubt it 
they will very soon, and according to our view, they will 
decline. After the Fall work is through, farmers can 
then give their attention to thrashing and selling. 
Medina, N. Y. s. c. bowen. 
Beans did not do very well in this locality during the 
liast season, on account of the cold weather. 'I'hey 
ripened a month later than usual and probably one-third 
of the crop is still in the field. Some have been pulled, 
while others remain standing. It has rained nearly 
every day for the past week. Whether those in the 
tieurwill be worth much or not depends upon the weather 
conditions of the next week or two. We estimate the 
crop at from two-thirds to three-fourths of an average, 
lu'oviiied those in the field can be secured in reasonabl.v 
good condition. Farmers who succeeded in getting their 
crops in a month ago secured them in fine condition,_and 
they are selling them rather freely now at from $1.75 to 
$2 a bushel for Medium and Pea beans. We think there 
are a good many more beans than there were, a year 
ago, and hope the croii may yet be secured before it is 
damaged so far as to be unsuitable for culinary inir- 
poses. N. B. KEENEY & SON. 
Le Roy. N. Y. _ 
The late cabbage crop of this and adjoining sections 
is considerably less than half the usual; quality poor. 
Kingston, Pa. m. g. 
Cabbage in my section to-day is a very short crop, but 
good quality; good solid heads bring five cents whole- 
.sale, and retail at seven to eight cents. Potatoes on 
hard land rot badly; better ones are coming in from_ 
lighter soils and are fair, wholesaling at 65 cents per 
bushel, retailing at 75 cents. Onions, fancy, retail at $1 
Iier bushel. Apples are scarce here; a variety like Snow 
(Fameuse) retails at .$1 per bushel. Strawberries almost 
a failure. H'/o cents a (luart. Raspberries fair, good 
(luality, 14 cents. Oats bring 33 cents per bushel; corn, 
new, 55 cents; wheat, now, 75 cents. We have had a 
very wet Summer and Fall. f. p. 
Neenah, Wis. _ 
UNION FARAI LABOR.—I^abor unions w'ere formed 
among the farm hands a few miles south of here about 
a year ago. but so far as 1 can learn it has come to 
naught. I do not think the farm hands are organized 
in any portion of southern Indiana at this time. Farm 
hands are very scarce and wages high, fi’his is a coal 
mining country; new shafts are being sunk, and a great 
many new houses are going up, and all the farm hands 
have turned out to be either coal miners or carpenters. 
Bicknell, Ind. o. m. y. 
CHINESE I.ADYBUGS.—It was our pleasure last year 
to chronicle the reception of a number of specimens of 
the Chinese ladybug, an insect which was brought into 
this country at great trouble and expense by the Federal 
Government in hopes that it might prove of value in 
controlling the San Jos6 scale. Unfortunately the colony 
established in 1902 appeared to have succumbed to the 
rigors of our northern Winters, and a second sending was 
( btained last August through the generosity of Dr. L. O. 
Howard, Chief of the Division of Entomology. U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, and these were liberated 
upon a badly infested apple tree belonging to Ij. I... Mor¬ 
rell, of Klhderhook. An examination, September 23, 
showed that not only had these Insects held their own, 
but had laid eggs, and 15 to 20 larvae or young were 
found upon this one tree, indicating that there had been 
considerable breeding, and we are’ in hopes that the 
species will be able to survive the Winter. If so. we 
shall soon be in a position to give some data regarding 
its value as a natural check upon this most pernicious 
enemy of our fruit trees. e. p. felt. 
New York State Entomologist. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
To those intendin.g to purchase a grinding mill this 
season we would suggest sending for the illustrated cat¬ 
alogue issued by Sprout, Waldron & Co.. Muncy, Pa. 
'I'he mill is a good one and will be sent to any respon¬ 
sible farmer on trial. 
Chas. Record, Peterboro, N. Y., is offering some nice 
purebred Holstein Friesians and improved Chester 
White pigs. Mr. Record states that these animals can 
be bought at very reasonable prices, and they will make 
a valuable addition to any held. 
Users of the Burr tackle block report entire satisfac¬ 
tion with its work. It is indispensable at butchering time, 
nnd is just the thing for stretching wire fence. It will 
be found useful for many other purposes. Write to the 
Burr Mfg. Co., Cleveland, O., for full information. 
F. W. Bird & Son. East Walpole, Mass., make two of 
the best of the cheaper roofings on the market. Their 
Neponset Red Rope is especially adapted as a covering 
for poultry houses. While not claimed to be permanent 
roofing there are many instances where it is in good 
condition after 12 years’ use. The Paroid roofing is more 
expensive and highly permanent, suitable for barns or 
dwellings. These materials are easily laid, a complete 
outfit for laying accompanying each roll. Send to above 
address for free booklet. Building Economy. 
