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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER: 
Is This Beyond You? 
Here is the record for largest club for the five working days of 
last week, Monday being a holiday : 
September 4. H. L. Goodman, Pennsylvania-Three Yearlies; one Trial. 
Septembers. Ronson German, Michigan. One Yearly; 22 Trials. 
September 6. Ronson German, Michigan. Five Yearlies; one Trial. 
September 7. R. B. Stoddard, Illinois. Two Yearlies; two Trials. 
September 8. Ronson German, Michigan. Three Yearlies; 10 Trials. 
It will be seen that one agent won the $2 prize three days during 
the week, with clubs that anyone could equal in one or two days 
canvassing. But no one need spend full days at it. Just take a few 
afternoons or evenings, and see how easy they come. Of course, 
where our own men take subscriptions at fairs, we do not allow such 
clubs to compete for prizes. We never had subscriptions come so 
easily as they did this year at the New York State Fair. Lots of 
cheap papers were being urged on farmers there at cheap prices; 
but the best farmers walked up to The R. N.-Y. tent and ordered the 
paper without any urging. That is to say, those who were not 
already on the list. One thing to remember now is that every yearly 
subscriber from now on gets the paper the remainder of this year 
and all next year for his dollar, and every such yearly counts same 
as four trials for all prizes. Remember, too, that every name sent 
in counts for the big prizes January 15 next. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NEW YORK. 
MARKET BRIEFS. 
Picked Up Here and There. 
FRUITS.—The market Is well supplied 
now with a good variety of excellent 
quality. The pear market is still upset on 
account of the great surplus thrown upon 
it last week. Receipts of grapes are in¬ 
creasing, and trading will probably be 
heavy for the next few weeks. The ordi¬ 
nary varieties of Fall apples are selling 
well, and there is a demand for a grade 
of table fruit a little better than the most 
that is offered. 
POTATO PRICES.—In looking over vari¬ 
ous markets at one date recently the fol¬ 
lowing prices were noted. The figures 
given are for first quality by the barrel of 
180 pounds: 
New York .... 
Chicago . 
Boston . 
Baltimore - 
Buffalo . 
San Francisco 
England . 
$1.50 to $2.00 
.90 to 1.20 
1.50 to 2.00 
1.50 to 1.75 
1.25 to 1.60 
.90 to 1.25 
1.80 to 2.30 
It will be seen that the lowest prices 
named are those of Chicago and San Fran¬ 
cisco, the first on account of being near 
the great central western producing sec¬ 
tion, and the latter because the fruits and 
other vegetables of warm climates largely 
take the place of Irish potatoes; and the 
highest figure quoted is $2.30 per barrel in 
England. The tubers in that country are 
sold at so many shillings per hundred 
weight or ton, and the varieties named 
as most desirable there were I-Iebron, 
Early Puritan and Snowdrop. 
ICED OR FROZEN POULTRY.—Some 
readers wish to know the difference be¬ 
tween these terms. Iced poultry is fresh- 
killed (more or less) stock packed In bar¬ 
rels or boxes with layers of cracked ice, 
and in warm weather shipped in iced cars. 
If the ice melts much on the way, it ar¬ 
rives somewhat slippery and out of con¬ 
dition. If there is a scarcity of fresh 
poultry, the best of the iced supply is 
worked off for that. The appearance and 
sickly odor of this slimy stuff are enough 
to make anyone swear off from city 
“chicken,” but, then, many people are not 
particular about such things, and rather 
prefer any sort of flesh and fowl that is 
“mellow.” The term frozen applies to 
poultry that is put. Into cold storage and 
not thawed until ready for use. A barrel 
of this when dumped out will hold its 
shape for some time, as it is hard as a 
rock, and it certainly looks more whole¬ 
some than the wet iced stuff. 
ONE-SIDED GAME LAWS.—As a gen¬ 
eral thing, if any special class of people 
wish legislation favorable to them, they 
must work for it, having able representa¬ 
tives to present their case to legislative 
committees. This is all right so long as 
bribery is not resorted to. Those who 
work have a right to the fruits of their 
work. Farmers as a rule have paid but 
little attention to game laws, and sports¬ 
men have fixed matters to suit themselves. 
The justice of some of the existing game 
laws is not apparent. Can anyone tell 
why a sportsman, say from this city, 
should be allowed to go to a section where 
deer are plentiful, shoot one during the 
open season and bring it home with him, 
while the farmer’s boy, on whose land the 
animal was killed is debarred from send¬ 
ing a deer to this market to make a little 
pocket money? The boy may kill the deer 
the same as the sportsman, but the only 
way he can get it to market is to go with 
it himself, as the law says it shall not be 
shipped unless accompanied by owner. 
Game dealers are stirred up over the fea¬ 
ture of the Lacey law which gives the 
United States Government power to en¬ 
force the laws forbidding shipment of 
game from one State to another. But little 
has been said about this before, as the 
State authorities have not been strict 
about these laws, many of them feeling 
that they would not be justified in inter¬ 
fering In matters outside their State, but 
the case is different now. Some express 
the opinion that to forbid a farmer to ship 
from his land game bagged there in ac¬ 
cordance with State law, is an abridg¬ 
ment of the liberty guaranteed to citizens 
of this country by the Constitution, and 
there is some talk of getting up a test 
case to see whether the courts will uphold 
the law. 
FRUIT STUNG BY HAIL. 
Some of our readers in western New 
York appear to be having trouble about 
apples that were stung or pecked by the 
hail early in the season. Buyers tell the 
farmers that these hail-stung apples will 
rot earlier than those not thus injured. 
They are trying to get a low price for the 
Is it likely that this hall-stung fruit will 
rot easier than the others, and are the 
buyers justified in cutting the price? 
I have no experience of the keeping quali¬ 
ties of apples that have been cut with hail, 
hut on general principles I think they could 
not be considered perfect fruit if scarred 
by hail, and to that extent would be les¬ 
sened In market value. w. d. b. 
New York. 
If the apples are in any way defective as 
a result of the hailstorm, the buyers are 
justified in cutting the price. I have never 
had any experience in a case like this, but 
would hardly think that, early rotting would 
result from injury done early in the sea¬ 
son unless it were very severe. w. a. b. 
New York. 
If the wounds made by hail on the apples 
are well healed up there is no reason, so 
far as I can see, why they will not keep 
as well as If they had never been damaged. 
The Injury will be in small tough or knotty 
places rather than in those subject to de¬ 
cay. I have seen fruit so damaged, find do 
not remember of any unusual loss from 
rot. H. e. v. D. 
Va. 
T do not think apples that are hail-pecked 
will rot any sooner than other apples, un¬ 
less the skin is cut; in that case they cer¬ 
tainly would commence to decay. But a 
hail-peck is like any other bruise; that im¬ 
mediate spot does not grow as much as the 
healthy part, so it leaves a dent in the 
surface, and makes the apple objectionable 
as a No. 1, but if not pecked too badly will 
make a good No. 2. t. b. wilson. 
New York. 
Apples which were hit by hail early in 
the season are certainly of less market 
value than perfectly sound fruit. The 
bruises injure the appearance of the fruit, 
and in many cases doubtless impair its 
keeping qualities, especially where the skin 
has been broken. Tender-fleshed varieties 
like Northern Spy may be expected to 
suffer more from decay as a result of hail 
injury than firmer kinds like Rhode Island 
Greening or Ben Davis. Where the fruit 
was bruised without breaking the skin the 
injured tissue may in some cases become 
pithy, and resist decay as long as cne un¬ 
injured parts. s. A. BEACH. 
Several years ago I sold the crop of ap¬ 
ples from an orchard that had been badly 
riddled by hail. Wherever an apple had 
been hit, a hard knot formed, that extend¬ 
ed to the core, and, of course, the apple 
was blemished to that extent. Some apples 
had several marks on them. I do not think 
that the hail-stung apples rotted any easier 
than the others, but they were not strictly 
first class, and could not be sold as such, 
on account of these hard green knots. If I 
were buying apples, I would not pay top 
market price for hail-stung fruit, even al¬ 
though size and color were right. The 
price, of course, would depend upon the 
extent to which the apples were blemished. 
Pennsylvania. Gabriel hiester. 
THE POTATO CROP. 
The prospects for a crop are good here 
so far as observed. Our early potatoes 
yielded 175 bushels per acre. We have had 
plenty of nice rains all Summer, and I do 
not see much sign of blight. 
Tecumseh, Mich. abner wilson. 
The present condition of the potato crop, 
in this vicinity, is very promising up to this 
date. At the same time we are having 
very heavy rains with warm sultry weath¬ 
er, which is likely to cause potatoes to rot, 
so another week may change conditions for 
worse. If rot does not set In, the pros¬ 
pects are for a medium large crop. 
Laney, Wis. l. norman nelson. 
There will not be more than half a crop 
at the best around here; the early varie¬ 
ties are almost an entire failure, as we had 
no rain worth mentioning from the time 
the frost came out of the ground till July 
11; the flea-beetle was very bad on the 
early varieties, and with the drought 
weakened the vitality of the plants. The 
early varieties blighted badly. Reports 
generally seem to indicate a light crop. 
SligO, Pa. J. W. HARTMAN. 
The potato crop through this section Is 
very good. Harvesting the early ones has 
just commenced, selling at 20 cents a hun¬ 
dred pounds. Our corn crop is the best we 
ever had since the State was settled. Hay¬ 
ing is receiving great attention, and re¬ 
sults are very encouraging and satisfac¬ 
tory. We want more sheep and more 
farmers. The apple crop is immense for a 
new country, and so far north, with fair 
prices for good stock. a. d. b. 
Waupaca, Wis. 
From my own observation, and from in¬ 
formation derived from correspondents in 
northern Berks, and western Lehigh coun¬ 
ties, I am induced to believe that the po¬ 
tato yield will not exceed three-fourths of 
an average. Some districts report a full 
crop, while in others it Is placed at half, 
or less, with many small tubers. The cause 
of this disparity is found In the fact that 
we had no general rain In this region, from 
April 17 to July 25, the water supply con¬ 
sisting of showers and thunderstorms, 
from which some districts were more fa- 
•vored than others. e. m. Meredith. 
Maiden Creek, Pa. 
Potatoes in Seneca County, N. Y„ will be 
a light crop. I have one field (20 acres) 
planted June 4 to 7, of which tops cover 
the ground. The crop will be light on ac- 
ount of dry weather; only one good rain 
here this Summer; some small showers 
hardly enough to lay the dust; and it has 
been dry all over the potato-growing sec¬ 
tion of western New York, and the yield 
must be less than last year. No blight 
yet; blight delights in hot muggy days 
and cool nights; a change of about 40 de¬ 
grees in the temperature between the day 
and night for two or three days will start 
the blight. What I hear from other States 
is about the same as New York. Potato 
crop for 1900, I should say, will prove to 
be just an average or less. 
Waterloo, N. Y. geo. a. bonnell. 
The potato question is a knotty problem 
to solve, but taking this section through I 
do not believe it will be over two-thirds of 
last year’s crop to the acreage, but that 
has been increased at least 10 per cent. 
My first early for market turned out 110 
bushels per acre marketable, but not over 
large, small and unmarketable about 40 
bushels. My seed lot of early is not dug 
yet, but will average more large and fewer 
small tubers. Late are green yet, but dry 
weather has hurt them; they have set but 
four to six tubers to the hill (drilled 16 
inches apart in row). Prospect is for fair 
size, but not large yield. We have just 
had a heavy soaking shower, which will do 
some good; first of any amount in four 
weeks. geo. h. colvin. 
Dalton, Pa. 
N. Y. State Crop and Weather Notes. 
The eastern section of the State is 
parched; pasture poor; early potatoes 
light, particularly in Schenectady and 
Rensselaer counties; buckwheat damaged; 
grapes injured in parts of the Hudson 
Valley; in Warren, Franklin and Hamilton 
counties potatoes and buckwheat are re¬ 
ported good, but in the extreme northwest¬ 
ern border all crops are light on account 
of the drought. In Otsego and Oneida 
counties, and other portions of the hop- 
producing section conditions are good, 
there being a large yield of hops of fine 
quality. Through Allegany and Steuben 
counties, and portions of the lake section 
of central New York there have been fine 
rains, and corn, late potatoes and pasture 
are looking well. Buckwheat is said to be 
heavily filled. The tobacco crop of Onon¬ 
daga and Cayuga counties is the best for 
years. In the extreme west the weather 
is dry, but most crops are reported fair. 
The fruit outlook in the grape section is 
promising except in parts of Chautauqua 
County. Corn cutting has begun In many 
sections of the State. In the wheat section 
plowing is well under way and some seed¬ 
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