1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
i3 
Publisher’s Desk. 
In our subscription work December 
was a record-breaker. Just one day we 
fell a little short of the record for cor¬ 
responding day last year. Every other 
day, from first to last, showed a gain 
over last year, ranging from 25 to 40 
per cent. We feel a little proud of this 
showing, and wish to thank those good 
friends who have contributed to the re¬ 
sult. We feel especially thankful to 
those who have sent along a new name 
with their own renewals. I did not in¬ 
tend to print any letters this week, but 
as I write the following letter comes 
from a New York subscriber, for whom 
we had done a little favor in the way of 
collecting an account from a city 
dealer: 
We thank you, but we feel that some¬ 
thing more substantial is due you, and In¬ 
close $5 for The R. N.-Y. for five years. 
J. W. MERRIFIELD. 
That is the true principle of coopera¬ 
tion. It is along the same line as send¬ 
ing a new name. It helps build up the 
paper, and makes it stronger to help 
you. It is my idea that a farm paper 
falls short of its mission unless it does 
more than give technical information 
about the growing of crops and cultiva¬ 
tion of the soil. The farm paper should 
be the organ of the farmer in everything 
that affects the farmer’s interest. That 
is what The R. N.-Y. purposes to be, 
and we want those who help increase 
its scope and usefulness to feel that it 
is at their service. 
The rose Ruby Queen will be sent to 
1900 subscribers who apply for it, 
whether the subscription is sent us di¬ 
rect or through other sources. 
A club of four at $1 each secures your 
own paper free, and rose to all. 
We will send cash terms to club rais¬ 
ers, if you will get up a club. 
If you take more papers than one. 
send us a list, and we will quote you a 
price to save you money. We send you 
The R. N.-Y. and any one of these 
papers for price named: 
Thrice-a-week World.$1.65 
Hoard’s Dairyman . 1.65 
Weekly N. Y. Tribune. 1.30 
Youth’s Companion . 2.50 
McClure’s Magazine . 1.90 
Atlanta Constitution . 1.65 
Farm Poultry . 1.65 
Send one new subscription, with fl, 
and we will send you, post-paid, a choice 
of any one of these books: 
Business Hen .40 
The Nursery Book.50 
First Lessons in Agriculture.1.00 
Popular Errors about Plants. 1.00 
Landscape Gardening .50 
As an experiment, several farmers in Es¬ 
sex County have raised this year a little 
patch of broom corn. One man had just 
one acre planted and from this he cut 1,500 
pounds, which he sold at five cents a pound, 
or $75, and he had besides 65 bushels of 
seed, which makes excellent food for 
horses, cattle or poultry. It is probable 
that the acreage will be considerably in¬ 
creased in 1900, although the present ab¬ 
normal prices for broom corn cannot be ex¬ 
pected to be maintained. To-day (De¬ 
cember 20 ), farmers are still plowing in 
Essex County, and steamers are still run¬ 
ning on Lake Erie, which last year at this 
time was one solid mass of ice. Tobacco 
has not been so largely planted here this 
year as last, and the crop is not nearly so 
large, so that better prices may be ex¬ 
pected. H. T. T. 
Harrow, Ont. 
Profitable Farming. —In regard to my 
farming operations, I have not been able to 
raise enough of anything to supply the de¬ 
mand. First came strawberries; at the 
end of the season there were three orders 
for each quart, then followed raspberries, 
which were a very short crop here, conse¬ 
quently in good demand. Then followed 
blackberries, which were in good demand 
from start to finish. Early corn and pota¬ 
toes started at 12 cents per dozen for corn, 
and $1 per bushel for potatoes, and held up 
at that price for a long time. Potatoes are 
still in good demand at about 60 cents pet- 
bushel. I sold my onions at $ 1 , turnips at 
40 cents, tomatoes from 60 to SO cents per 
bushel. Hay is a big crop here, and is 
bringing $10 per ton readily. Corn will 
yield from 40 to 60 bushels per acre, and is 
selling at 35 cents, with farmers holding for 
higher prices. I sold a small lot of fat 
hogs in August at $4.25 per 100 pounds; they 
are now difficult to sell at $3.25 per 100. 
Apples have rotted very badly; my York 
Imperials are keeping nicely, and will bring 
fancy prices in a few days. If there is a 
man out of work in this county, he is a 
man who does not want to work. 
Moore’s Hill, Ind. g. w. h. 
Market Briefs. 
We are here in this great market. Yon ship goods 
here. Yon can ship to better advantage If you know¬ 
how and when to do It. We will try to tell yon. 
We must know what you want. Ask questions We 
will try to answer them. 
Picked Up Here and There. 
GAME.—The season for grouse, quail and 
partridges ends this week, as after Janu¬ 
ary 1 it is unlawful to offer these birds for 
sale in the New York market. Those who 
have stocks on hand are doing their best 
to clean them out, and prices are rather 
weak and irregular. Rabbits are in large 
supply and offered at 18 to 20 cents per pair. 
POCKETBOOK CRUSHERS.—Hothouse 
strawberries now sell for $3.50 per basket, 
containing about 14 moderate-sized berries. 
This is 25 cents apiece. It is needless to 
say that the sales are not large. There 
are some California and Florida berries on 
the market now. They are of fair size, but 
full of green spots and not at all inviting in 
appearance. The prices range from 50 
cents to $1 per pint basket. 
SOUTHERN VEGETABLES.—For the 
past week the supply has been limited, and 
most of the offerings of such poor quality 
that low prices had to be accepted. Any¬ 
thing fancy was taken quickly at high fig¬ 
ures. Lettuce has been bringing a fair 
price for some time, but the demand has 
fallen off for the last few days, and many 
shipments have been sold at figures that 
cut off all profits. Florida tomatoes are 
showing inferior quality. Eggplants are 
scarce. 
MISUSING CUSTOMERS.—A man ‘told 
me that he recently went into a fancy fruit 
store, expecting to buy something. See¬ 
ing several varieties that were new to him, 
he asked one of the clerks a few questions 
about them. The clerk, though apparent¬ 
ly not busy, became impatient and brusque¬ 
ly inquired if he wished to buy anything. 
The man quite naturally concluded that he 
did not. Human nature is apt to resent 
such an attempt to force a sale. The in¬ 
tending customer walked out of the store, 
and probably will not go there again. Of 
course, it is necessary for storekeepers to 
protect themselves against bores, yet, when 
there is no rush of customers, a clerk 
ought to be willing to answer a reasonable 
number of reasonable questions. A suc¬ 
cessful salesman should be able to show 
goods in such a manner that he will often 
turn possible customers or mere onlookers 
into actual buyers. At any rate, he should 
not antagonize those who Intend to buv 
something when they get ready. Such 
clerks are scarecrows for customers and 
ruinous to business. 
THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT 
THEY SEEM.—Buyers of baled hay have 
often realized this. Men who would scorn 
to cheat a neighbor out of half a dollar will 
stuff bales of hay with dirt, stones and all 
sorts of rubbish. One man pressed several 
large stones with the hay, but, unfortunate¬ 
ly for him. the weigher of the bale, who 
had not seen the dishonest trick, marked 
the man’s name on also. The buyer 
learned where the shipper lived, boxed up 
the rocks and sent them back by express 
charges collect. Formerly, it was the cus¬ 
tom to put wooden slats lengthwise of the 
bale at each edge. These made places to 
mark the weight and gave the seller a 
chance to work in wood at the price of hay. 
The slats were split from logs of Black 
oak, which is nearly as heavy as iron when 
green. The limit of weight for a bale was 
supposed to be 15 to 20 pounds, but often 
it exceeded 25. Knotty timber was used, 
and sometimes a knot as large as a young 
teakettle would be worked in, the most of 
it being covered with hay. Buyers pro¬ 
tested against getting a lumber yard with 
every bale, and much of the hay is now 
pressed without sticks or with only one. 
Apple shippers who used to send fruit to 
this market “faced” with fine apples, while 
the center of the barrel was filled with 
culls, have learned that this scheme does 
not pay in the long run, but, according to 
a Canadian paper, this practice is being 
carried on to an alarming extent by shippers 
from there to England. In some cases 
barrels have been stuffed with old clothes 
and boots, hay, kindling wood and other 
trash. This paper says that the export 
trade is in danger, and that there is need 
of strict legislation to compel the packer 
to put his name and address on each barrel. 
Reliable people build up a good trade, and 
then some selfish, short-sighted mortal 
comes along and upsets it. Probably he 
goes on the principle (or want of principle) 
of some dealers in this city, who never ex¬ 
pect to sell to the same person more than 
once, and do their best to beat him on the 
first deal. w. w. h. 
THE FLOWER TRADE.—There was a 
very large demand for flowers and plants 
this Christmas, especially the latter, and 
stiff prices were maintained generally. The 
demand for flowering plants at Christmas 
has been increasing for several years, this 
season showing a special demand for Aza¬ 
leas. Ordinarily the greatest demand for 
Azaleas has been at Easter, but it is now 
evident that Christmas sales will be an 
important feature. Several plants are 
often arranged in an ornamental basket, 
the price on such baskets varying with size 
and quality. One arrangement of several 
fine Azalea plants in a basket was quoted 
at Christmas at over $150. Among cut 
flowers, American Beauty roses went up to 
$30 a dozen at Christmas; carnations of 
familiar varieties but fancy quality $4 a 
dozen. It is confidently asserted in the 
trade that at Easter lilies will be scarcer 
and dearer than for several years, owing 
to a shortage of bulbs, both from Bermuda 
and Japan, which has disappointed many 
large growers. 
MILK MATTERS.—Milk producers who 
supply the New York City market are get¬ 
ting restless in regard to the doings of the 
Pure Milk Company, which was expected 
to receive milk a month ago. The financial 
agents of the company have filed a charter 
in the State of Delaware, but no other of¬ 
ficial progress has been made. However, 
it is stated that those back of the company 
have made contracts for real estate to open 
depots for receiving milk, and Secretary 
Coon has Issued a circular, stating that the 
Pure Milk Company would be prepared to 
begin business January 1. It looks now 
as though another extension of time would 
be necessary. The committee report that 
they have met with numerous difficulties, 
and that the capitalists have not acted as 
promptly as was expected. The promoters, 
who have been treating with the commit¬ 
tee, are working at the organization of the 
Pure Milk Company. As we understand 
it, the members of the committee have no 
part in the organization work, and, having 
completed the preliminary agreements, 
must await the final action of the promo¬ 
ters. The committee promise to see that 
the company is on a sound financial basis 
before any milk is delivered. There seems 
to be nothing left but to wait patiently the 
further action of the backers of the new 
company. 
A man dragged by 
a wild horse would 
cut himself loose if he 
could. He would not 
have his flesh bruised and torn for a min¬ 
ute if he could prevent it. But many a 
man is dragged along by 
disease when he might ^ 
just as well be well. 
The man who is 
losing flesh and vi¬ 
tality—who is worn- 
out, run-down, tired j* 
all the time—is 
on the road to 
death. He is 
holding out an 
invitation to disease. Consumption 
comes by neglect. Heart disease is a 
growth from other disorders. Nervous 
prostration doesn’t come in a day. 
Take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis¬ 
covery at the first sign of failing health 
and you will seldom be very sick. The 
“ Golden Medical Discovery ” is the best 
blood-maker—flesh-builder—nerve-vital- 
izer. It frees the body from all disease 
germs. It invigorates the whole diges¬ 
tive system and strengthens heart, lungs 
and brain. Hundreds of thousands of 
grateful patients have testified to its 
value. 
George H. Belcher, Esq., of Dorton, Pike Co.. 
Ky., writes: “Thirteen years ago I was wounded 
by a ball passing through my lung. I had a 
bad cough almost ever since with shortness of 
breath; the slightest change of weather would 
cause the cough to be so bad I would have to sit 
up in bed all night. A few months ago I began 
using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, 
and now can eat, sleep and work, and I feel like 
a new man." 
Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Ad¬ 
viser sent for 21 one-cent stamps to cover 
mailing only. Cloth binding ,31 stamps. 
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. 
PLANTS, 
VINES. TREES, SHRUBS, 
best varieties for Northern 
Planters. Abo Seed Corn and 
potatoes. For anything in nursery stock, at reason¬ 
able prices, consult our catalog, sent free. 
COB k CONVERSE, Box U, Ft. Atkinson, Wls. 
JUST OUT. 
The annual price-list of Call’s Nurs¬ 
eries is now ready for our readers, and 
all who are wishing to set fruit trees 
this year will do well to send for it. If 
you wish to secure the best and health¬ 
iest trees that can be grown, write them 
for price-list. Hundreds of our leading 
Fruit Growers write that the finest Fruit 
trees that they have ever seen, were 
received from Call’s Nurseries, Perry, O. 
They make a specialty of dealing direct 
with the Farmers, 
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