1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
99 
Publisher's Desk. 
I have never believed that any man 
can build himself up by pulling others 
down. The building up of any industry 
helps everyone in it. The more good 
farm papers there are the better. The 
more they are read by farmers and 
patronized by advertisers, the better it 
will be for me. It is the poor ones that 
hurt most, because they create an in¬ 
difference or contempt for the whole 
class. We demand better things as we 
grow older and progress. Accustom a 
man to porterhouse steak and wheat 
bread, and nothing but dire necessity 
will drive him back to hash and hoe 
cake. He wants better food, better 
clothing and better home comforts as he 
becomes able to afford them. This is 
well for everyone who furnishes the 
better class of goods. So with the mind. 
Let it be once cultivated to appreciate 
good, strong, wholesome reading matter, 
and ft will never relish the trash that 
appears in the cheaper class of papers. 
This explains in a measure why readers 
tell us they have been regular subscrib¬ 
ers to The R. N.-Y. for from 30 to 50 
years. They get here the thought of the 
orightest minds in the country, and 
once accustomed to it, they have no men¬ 
tal appetite for literary slush. 
We got a little behind with our mail 
list last month, as is usual in January, 
and some subscribers wonder why the 
slip on their paper does not show credit 
for the renewal made several weeks ago. 
We have just about caught up now, and 
all credits will appear in the course of 
a week or two at furthest. 
We are quoting combination orders 
with other papers and magazines every 
day. Is your list full yet? if not send 
it and we will save you some money on 
it. 
We need club-raisers in many sections. 
For a club of four at $1 each we renew 
your own paper free and send rose to all 
five. By the way, we have a letter from 
the propagator of the Ruby Queen rose, 
saying that they are doing nicely and 
will have an abundance of stock for all 
applicants for some time yet. Mention 
this rose in connection with the paper 
to a neighbor, and if you send his $1 
you may select any one of these books: 
The Business Hen...40 
The Nuzsery Book.50 
How to Rid Buildings of Rats.20 
First Lessons in Agriculture.$1.00 
The Cauliflower . 1.00 
Popular Errors About Plants. 1.00 
Landscape Gardening .50 
The Dairy Calf.25 
Books and rose are sent post paid. 
MARKET BRIEFS. 
Picked Up Here and There. 
VEGETABLES.—Some of the southern 
stock received at present is badly dam¬ 
aged by frost, and the cold snap has cur¬ 
tailed trade here. Cabbages are scarce and 
prices high, best State being quoted at $6 
to $9 per 100. Most of the string beans re¬ 
ceived are of poor quality, and go at buy¬ 
ers’ prices. Green peas are very scarce, 
also New Orleans salads. Some New Or¬ 
leans lettuce has sold as high as $5 per 
barrel. 
MILK PRICES.—At the monthly meeting 
of the Milk Exchange, January 31, it was de¬ 
cided that no change should be made in 
price at present. Following are the prices 
now paid producers subject to freight rates: 
At points subject to a 26-cent freight rate, 
three cents per quart. At points having a 
23-cent freight rate, three cents per 40- 
quart can is to be added. Where the 32- 
cent rate prevails, six cents per can is de¬ 
ducted from the price quoted with the 2G- 
cent rate. 
SAND IN BUTTER.—Two firms in this 
city are having a dispute over the sale of 
several tubs of butter which was found to 
contain sand. The butter was tested when 
sold, and a little grit was noticed, but this 
was thought to be due to an excess of salt. 
When the buyers discovered what was the 
matter, they insisted on the butter being 
taken back at the amount paid, though it 
had been kept for a week, and the price 
had meantime dropped five cents per 
pound, but this was refused. The chemists 
of the Agricultural Department stated that 
three or four ounces of sand in 60 pounds 
of butter could not be called an adultera¬ 
tion, so the Mercantile Exchange commit¬ 
tee decided that the buyers must pay the 
price agreed. The buyers then referred 
the case to the Board of Health, which has 
not yet given a decision. Investigation at 
the dairy where the butter was made 
showed that the pump was defective, and 
more or less sand was brought up in the 
water used for washing the butter. It 
would seem, however, as though there must 
have been considerable carelessness to al¬ 
low such a state of things to go on for any 
length of time. 
FREIGHT MATTERS.—The changes in 
freight classifications made by the trunk 
lines at the first of the year have brought 
out a great number of protests from mer¬ 
chants and shippers. In most cases, car¬ 
load lots were left at the old classification, 
while less than carload lots were increased. 
This burdens the small shipper and in¬ 
jures the business of small merchants. It 
limits the area of distribution, restricting 
trade so that retailers in small towns are 
placed at a disadvantage, and driving peo¬ 
ple to the larger centers; and, of course, 
reduces the total tonnage carried by the 
railroads. These matters were fully dis¬ 
cussed in a meeting of railroad officials and 
representatives of various commercial and 
public organizations and trade associations 
recently held in this city. The railroad 
people state that nearly everything used 
in the operation of the roads has increased 
in price, and in justice to the stockholders 
it was found necessary to raise the freights 
in some way. They desire to be fair to all 
shippers, but the question of freight classi¬ 
fication is a difficult one, and the new 
schedule was made not with the idea that 
it Would be permanent in just that form, 
but to draw out the opinions of those who 
were affected by it, so that every point 
might be considered and adjustments made 
to satisfy all as nearly as could be expect¬ 
ed. These are certainly very good promises. 
F. B. Thurber, at one time a wholesale 
grocer of this city, was at this meeting, 
and among other things said that the rail¬ 
roads were not only carrying on a transpor¬ 
tation business, but were also administer¬ 
ing the highways of the country, and, 
while transportation is cheaper pro rata 
on large than on small quantities, the high¬ 
ways ought to be open to all citizens on 
like terms. That is, the difference in rate 
between large and small lots ought to be 
just the difference that it costs the rail¬ 
roads to do the business and no more. The 
fact is that the large shippers have more 
influence, and the railroads do not like to 
tread on their toes, so the smaller ones 
often bear the brunt of the hardship. 
____ W. W. H. 
STANDARD PACKAGE LAVA—Follow¬ 
ing is the text of this law, in effect Janu¬ 
ary 1, 1900: 
SECTION 1. SMALL FRUIT PACKAGES. 
—The standard of measures for buying and 
selling strawberries, raspberries, black¬ 
berries, currants, gooseberries and other 
small fruits shall be the quart, which shall 
contain when even full sixty-seven cubic 
inches; the pint when even full shall con¬ 
tain thirty-three and one-half cubic inches: 
the half pint, which, when even full, shall 
contain sixteen and three-quarters cubic 
inches. 
2. MARKS ON BASKETS.-A11 manufac¬ 
turers of small fruit packages such as 
quarts, pints and half pints, that make or 
cause to be made such packages that are of 
less size or capacity than the standard sizes 
as defined in section one of this act, shall 
mark each such quart, pint or half pint 
with the words “short’ on the outside in 
letters not less than one-half inch in height. 
3. PENALTY.—Any person in this State 
who sells or offers for sale fruit packages 
that are of less than the standard sizes and 
capacity as defined in section one, or any 
person who sells or offers for sale fruit in 
packages that are of less size or capacity 
than those defined in section one, that are 
not marked with the word “short” as di¬ 
rected In section two, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic¬ 
tion thereof in any court of competent 
jurisdiction shall be fined not less than 
five dollars and not more than twenty-five 
dollars, and shall stand committed to the 
county jail until such fine and costs are 
paid. 
4. This act shall take effect January first, 
nineteen hundred. 
Below are the opinions of several dealers 
in this market with regard to above law: 
“I don’t see how this law is going to 
benefit our customers any. We sell fruit 
for just what it is. Most of our customers 
see it before they buy it. If a package is 
small, we don’t get so much for it.” 
“In my opinion the law will be effective 
only on goods packed in this State. I 
think we shall be able to sell fruits in 
original packages of any size from other 
States where there is no similar law.” 
“It would be a good thing if these short 
packages could be done away with. They 
are harder to sell and always make more 
or less dissatisfaction.” 
“I believe dealers will be held responsible 
for any unlawful packages offered for sale, 
no matter where the fruit may be packed.” 
“There are a lot of hucksters in this mar¬ 
ket who buy fruits in full-sized packages 
and then put them in shorts. This law will 
do away with their scheme.” 
The twenty-third annual meeting of the 
Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture 
convened at Harrisburg, January 24 and 25. 
There was about the usual number in at¬ 
tendance, while the interest manifested 
seems to have increased to a marked de¬ 
gree. The participants delivered some able 
and instructive essays on the various top¬ 
ics, identified with farm work. The pro¬ 
gramme of the Wednesday evening session 
was so arranged as to admit of the presen¬ 
tation of the subject, Nature Study, by 
Miss Louise Miller, of Cornell University, 
whose familiarity with this new and im¬ 
portant study has aided very materially 
in adding to its popularity. The probable 
outcome of Miss Miller’s visit to this State 
may early result in the adoption of a graded 
series of nature study text books for our 
public and rural schools. t. c. f. 
The story of love is as old as the world, 
and as all embracing as the universe. It 
furnishes the sentiment for all romances— 
all novels—all plays. 
The novelist considers it wholly from the 
sentimental, intellectual side, but there is 
another aspect even more important—the 
physical side. Sentimental love between 
men and women leads to close physical as¬ 
sociation—to marriage—to the rearing of 
children. And so health must be consid¬ 
ered. A weak, sickly, head-achey, back- 
achey woman cannot be a good, helpful 
wife. She cannot bear healthy, happy 
children. She cannot give her children 
the proper care and training. 
A sick woman has no right to marry. A 
sick woman has no right to attempt moth¬ 
erhood. 
But no woman need be sick unless af¬ 
flicted with cancer. There is a sure way 
for her to regain her health. She need not 
go to a local doctor and submit to the dis¬ 
agreeable questionings, “examinations” 
and “local treatments” so invariably in¬ 
sisted upon, and so justly abhorrent to 
every modest woman. 
Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., has 
cured more cases of female weakness than 
any hundred local practitioners. He has 
proved that diseases distinctly feminine can 
be cured right in the privacy of home. 
Write to him stating your symptoms and 
an account of your trouble and he will give 
your case careful, confidential considera¬ 
tion and prescribe for you free of charge. 
Mrs. O. N. Fisher, of 1861 Lexington Avenue, 
New York City, writes: “ I had been a sufferer 
from nervousness with all its symptoms and 
complications. In the spring of 1897 I began to 
take Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. Now I 
am not cross and irritable. I have a good color 
in my face and have gained ten pounds.” 
Asparagus, 
Rhubarb, Celery 
and all other green garden crops should 
be provided ample supplies of available 
Nitrogen. This is best done by using 
Nitrate of Soda 
which stimulates an early, rapid and 
healthy growth. This treatment forces- 
these crops into market earlier than is 
possible by the use of any other fertile 
her. Write for free book to .Eohn \<- 
IWyers, 12 O John St., New York 
Nitrate for naie by fertilizer dealers era y- 
where. 
Write at once for List of Dealers. 
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