1900 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER) 
They Are Waking Up! 
Who ? Why the agents who go about doing good by inducing 
their neighbors and friends to take The R. N.-Y. As you ought to 
know we pay $2 each day to the agent who sends the largest club. 
Here is last week’s record : 
August 27. 
August 28. 
August 29. 
August 30. 
August 31. 
Sept. 1. 
S. S. Thorniley, Ohio. Two Yearlies; 10 Trials. 
IT. E. Vau Eps, New York. Four Yearlies. 
Rouson German, Michigan. Four Yearlies; 13 Trials. 
J. Fitch Lansing, New York. One Yearly; nine Trials. 
Ronson German, Michigan. Three Yearlies; two Trials. 
Geo. II. Butler, Maine. One Yearly. 
You will see that this is a little better business. Though the 
profits won by this agent are “out of sight”, they are not out of 
your reach, and you could easily get a $2-bill if you were to try. 
Don’t know what to do with $2 perhaps ! Well, now, we will guaran¬ 
tee that your wife can spend it if you can’t. We shall pay this 
money every day, no matter how small the clubs may be. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NEW YORK. 
MARKET BRIEFS. 
Picked Up Here and There. 
BROOM-CORN NEWS.—Reports from 
the broom corn district of Illinois state that 
on account of the hot weather, rains and 
wind, $200,000 worth of the corn has been 
damaged and will rot in the fields. This 
will give the combine an excuse for another 
advance in prices. In many places now 
brooms sell for twice as much as formerly. 
THE NECTARINE is a sort of half- 
brother to the peach and plum, having a 
peach pit, the smooth skin of a plum, and 
flesh different from either, with a sharp, 
but not unpleasant acid. While all that I 
have eaten lacked the delicate flavor of the 
peach, they have an auvantage over that 
woolly fruit in having dropped the fuzzy 
coat, which is such a nuisance to people 
who take their fruit without peeling, am 
do not wish to bother to sandpaper it be¬ 
fore eating. Not many nectarines are sold 
in this market. If pushed a little, no doubt 
quite a quantity could be disposed of, for 
a fruit with such a peculiar flavor is sure 
to strike some people so favorably that they 
would buy it at every opportunity. 
CRANBERRIES.—The first shipments of 
the Cape Cod crop are expected in a few 
days. Trade will be light for a time on 
account of the abundance of all sorts of 
fresh fruits. The yield on Long Island, 
where the business has greatly increased 
during the last few years, is said to be 
heavy, and it is quite likely that there will 
be enough to make up for the shortage in 
the Cape Cod crop, which is reported to be 
but little more than one-half that of last 
season. A large amount of the Jersey 
berries are held until late and then shipped 
into interior points without going through 
this market at all. The chief objection to 
cranberries that are marketed early is that 
they do not have color enough. Buyers 
think that a cranberry ought to be a 
dark red, and have but little use for the 
white-livered ones. 
FRUITS.—There is a large supply of 
early apples, but many are inferior, selling 
for low prices. Peach conditions remain 
about the same as last reported. The 
shipments received are large, but there is 
a good trade which keeps the market 
cleaned up in fair shape. All qualities are 
seen, from the luscious .Vs ry land and 
Delaware fruit to the tough and pumpkiny 
Californias, with scarcely as much juice 
or flavor as a respectable dried apple. 
They grow enormously large and Iook fine, 
but are the double quintessence of hypo¬ 
crisy. How they manage to sell here year 
after year is a mystery. It seems hardly 
possible that any person would buy them 
more than once. x J ears of anything but 
fancy grades are not selling well, and plums 
go in the same catalogue, some of the lat¬ 
ter having gone recently at prices that did 
not pay the freight. 
A BLIND WHITTLER.—One of the at¬ 
tractions in the City Hall Park near the 
Post Office in this city is a blind man of 
varied accomplishments. He takes a pine 
stick 14x2%x% inches; cuts a right-angled 
notch in the middle one-third of the way 
through one side; splits half of the stick 
edgewise down to this notch into shavings 
one-sixteenth of an inch thick; spreads and 
twists them slightly, and there is a good 
imitation of an open fan, certainly better 
than most men could make with the help 
of two good eyes. While doing this he 
talks to the crowd, giving some bits of 
sound sense; sings now and then; and 
finally takes up a collection. He also runs 
a sort of employment agency, and says 
that any boy who is industrious and has 
good habits, and is willing to work for a 
small sum to start on, may learn where he 
can get employment, by writing his name 
on a piece of paper and putting it into the 
blind man’s box. 
LIVE POULTRY SPECIAL.—The festivi¬ 
ties connected with the Jewish New Year 
will be celebrated September 24-25, the for¬ 
mer date being Rosh Hashonoh, the begin¬ 
ning of the year 5661 of the Jewish era. 
There is always an increased demand for 
live poultry at this time, and those who 
have any to sell will do well to write to 
dealers here or in other cities having a 
large Jewish population, asking just what 
their special trade requires. If you have 
any quantity of live poultry to send here 
and do not know the names of dealers, 
write to this office telling just what you 
have, and we will hand the letter to peo¬ 
ple who can tell you what to send, and give 
full particulars. This will apply to other 
matters also. Readers are invited to ask 
questions about any product they have for 
sale, and we will do our best to get the in¬ 
formation desired. In writing always give 
particulars as to quality, etc. In this way 
time Is saved, and a more definite answer 
can be given. 
INEQUALITY.—A guard on the head car 
of a New York elevated train is not more 
than five feet tall; slender, not weighing 
over 90 pounds; looks sickly; has a weak 
voice that Is scarcely heard inside the car 
when he calls out the stations; and stands 
on tiptoe to reach the bell-rope, using bo't 
hands to pull it, when he starts the train. 
All this is done with effort, and one can¬ 
not help feeling sorry that he has to work 
in a position for which he is so thoroughly 
unfitted by nature. Holding a similar po¬ 
sition on another train is a 150-p«und man. 
There is a healthy color in his face, show¬ 
ing plenty of good blood. His eyes snap; 
no weather is cold enough to make him 
cross, and he bristles all over with activity. 
He shuts the gates with a vim; gives the 
bell-rope two quick jerks with one hand; 
calls out the stations so that you can hear 
him in the next car; and does all of this 
in an offhand way, showing that it is no 
effort for him. He has a surplus of life. 
The first man does his work, but at a great 
bodily strain. The second could do much 
more without getting tired. His natural 
advantages are immense. Nature’s weak¬ 
lings in body face hard conditions, but 
many, instead of wasting strength in com¬ 
plaining, have thought the matter over 
carefully, fitted themselves into the niches 
of life’s work which they could best fill, 
and often accomplished more than their 
more favored neighbors. 
COMPARATIVE HAY PRICES.—A study 
of different markets at one date recently 
showed that hay was selling at the follow¬ 
ing prices in the cities named. The figures 
given are dollars and fractions per ton: 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
New York. 17 
16 
Chicago.... 13 
12 
Boston. 17 
15% 
Pittsburg.. 14% 
13 
Baltimore.. 16 
15 
Memphis... 12% 
11% 
New Orl’ns 15 
14 
Louisville...12% 
12 
Clover. 
Prai¬ 
Rye 
Mixed. 
rie 1. 
Straw. 
16 
. , 
14% 
.. 
9 
6% 
15 
a . 
15% 
13% 
8% 
8% 
14 
11 
11% 
8% 
13% 
8 
• 
12 
8% 
In San Francisco at the same time Alfalfa 
brought $7.50 and clover $5. Most of the 
other varieties quoted there are wheat and 
oat hay, choice wheat selling at $11.50, and 
oat, $7 to $10. At this season of the year 
there is always more or less complaint 
from receivers that new hay is pressed and 
rushed on to the mar*tet before it has a 
chance to “sweat out” in the mow. There 
is some temptation to do this when old hay 
gets scarce, and the market brightens up 
a little in the middle of July, but shippers 
should remember that, unless very loosely 
baled, hay which Is pressed too soon after 
harvest is almost certain to spoil. These 
bales when stored for a short time will 
steam like a teakettle, and I have seen 
some cut open that were so rotten as to be 
entirely worthless. w. w. h. 
- THE COUNTRY'S MILK TRADE. 
At Chattanooga, Tenn.— Everything is 
on the “go-as-you-please” plan. There is 
no official inspection. The majority of the 
milk is raised on farms within a few miles, 
brought into the city in wagons and ped¬ 
dled on the streets. There is, however, 
considerable milk shipped in from various 
points within 10 to 30 miles of Chattanooga, 
which sells at wholesale at about 15 cents 
per gallon. Milk retails by the quart at 
seven cents, or 25 cents per gallon, al¬ 
though occasionally it can be bought for 
five cents per quart from the poorer class 
of milkmen. Our own experience is that 
the cheaper the milk, the poorer it is, and 
that we get as much cream and casein for 
the dollar out of the seven-cent milk as 
we do out of the five. There are no special 
statutes, so far as I can learn, In the State 
of Tennessee regulating the milk business. 
We presume adulterations could be pun¬ 
ished under the general statute against 
frauds, etc. The dairymen are beginning 
to pay some attention to breeds and grade 
Jerseys are becoming mmmon. One dairy 
is said to be composed entirely of regis¬ 
tered Jersey stock; one or two others of 
purebred and grade Jerseys. The Jersey 
seems to be the favorite so far. A few 
Holsteins are seen. The difference in cli¬ 
mate and soil makes a great difference in 
the kind of food that can be grown for 
dairy cattle, and considerable difference in 
the character of the milk. I presume it 
would not be practicable to get as large 
milk yields per cow in this climate as in 
the North. Possibly the use of silage might 
bring it about, but silos are few and far 
between. Some have tried them and aban¬ 
doned them; I have not been able to learn 
why. FREDERICK GATES. 
At Johnstown, Pa.—T here are 48 wagons 
delivering milk in the city, the milkmen 
paying a city license of $5 and $10 per year 
for a one and two-horse wagon respective¬ 
ly, and three or four milk depots, which 
also pay a city license. In addition to these 
there are a number of restaurants and 
other small business people who sell milk 
in connection with their other business. 
A few of the wagons are kept in the city, 
and have their supply shipped on the rail¬ 
road from the nearby stations as far as 35 
miles distant; a few others produce a part 
of their supply, and ship the rest, but the 
greater portion is produced on the farms 
from where it is hauled directly to the con¬ 
sumer. These wagons come from within 
a radius of about four miles. The price 
charged the consumer is six ceqts per 
quart. The farmers who ship their milk 
on the railroad to the dealers here get 
from 12 to 15 cents per gallon delivered 
here. The cows are principally native 
stock, with a few Jersey and grade Jersey 
and Alderney, and possibly a few grades of 
other breeds. As to official inspection there 
is a local board of health here and a health 
officer who occasionally collects a half- 
dozen samples and gets them analyzed bv 
a Pittsburg chemist. I do not know 
whether this chemist acts under the aus¬ 
pices of the Pure Food law or not, but I 
rather think not. I might further say that 
a very little milk is handled in bottles, but 
nearly all is carried in large cans from 
which the customer is served. Some of the 
wagons run on Sunday, while others, per¬ 
haps, more than half of them, do not. 
JOHN A. WERTZ. 
At London, Ont. 
The citizens of this city are supplied by 
a great number of dealers or peddlers, 
there being about 80 of them in this city 
with a population of about 40,000. They 
are all entirely independent of one another 
and there is no rule affecting the price or 
anything of that description. Owing to 
the large number of dealers or peddlers' 
there is a great waste of energy in deliver¬ 
ing the supply of milk to the citizens, as all 
these dealers travel from one end of the 
city to another, wasting a great deal of 
valuable time, and wear and tear of wag¬ 
ons, cans, horses, etc. The city health of¬ 
ficer looks after the quality of the milk. He 
inspects the barns and stables of these 
dealers about twice a year, and reports 
upon their condition, cleanliness, etc. He 
also has authority to take samples of the 
milk from their wagons on the street at 
any time. These samples are tested by 
the Babcock tester, and he makes a report 
twice a year showing the condition of 
barns and stables, herds, and the per cent 
or quantity of butter fat which each dealer 
is supplying his customers with. There 
has been some effort to supply the cus¬ 
tomers with bottled milk, but it has not been 
carried out to any great extent. In fact I 
would prefer having the milk from the or¬ 
iginal can, as my opinion is that some of 
the dealers fill the bottles on the street. 
Of course there are many improvements 
that might be made, but still on the whole 
the citizens of London are getting a pretty 
fair quality of milk. The supply comes 
from the farmers and dairymen surround¬ 
ing the city, and is brought in by wagon 
four, five and six miles. This milk, of 
course, is sold wholesale to the dealers 
who have not enough milk from their own 
herds. Some of the dealers handle their 
entire supply in this way, and do not un¬ 
dertake to keep any cows. There is still 
considerable room for improvement as to 
the method of handling the supply, and the 
method of delivering it to customers. My 
own opinion is that greater care should be 
exercised by the dealers or peddlers with 
regard to the cleanliness of their wagons, 
cans, etc. I have seen many cans that 
should not be tolerated or allowed to be 
used, in supplying the human family with 
milk, from the fact that they are old, bat¬ 
tered and rusty, and cannot be kept in 
proper condition for milk. There has been 
no attempt made as yet to sterilize or 
Pasteurize the milk supply of this city, and 
there is room for much improvement along 
that line. The breds of cows that are kept 
are of great variety, such as the Ayrshire, 
Holstein, and the mongrel or what is called 
Canadian cows. There are a few small 
herds of Jerseys, but not many of them, 
uome of the dealers say they handle Jer¬ 
sey milk, but that is misleading. Prices 
are 2% to three cents per quart wholesale, 
and five and six cents per quart retail. 
JOHN S. PEARCE. 
Meehan’s Monthly recommends a mass 
of pokeberry as a suitable plant in a pub¬ 
lic garden, where a mass of brilliant Fall 
foliage is desired. This is a very showy 
native plant, misnamed a weed. 
How many year* of her life does a 
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Less 
in the end—costs less from 
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