1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Outline of Rural Hygiene.— By Harvey 
B. Bashore, M. D. This is an excellent 
work, deserving more than its modest title. 
Very full directions are given for the loca¬ 
tion of wells and domestic water supplies, 
and the safe disposal of all drainage and 
wastes about farms and villages. The com¬ 
mon-sense view taken of the subject, and 
the absence of “scare” statements is most 
commendable. It contains vitally useful in¬ 
formation for all country dwellers. Pub¬ 
lished by F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia; 
price 75 cents. 
Old-Time Gardens. — By Alice Morse 
Earle. This is, to the mind of a flower- 
lover. one of the most delightful books of 
the season. It is beautifully bound and 
tilled with entrancing illustrations of quaint 
old gardens. Beginning with Colonial 
times, it takes us through the gardens of 
the Revolutionary period, down to the pres¬ 
ent day, showing us the survivals of these 
periods, or their modern imitators. Many 
are the quaint names or quainter customs, 
here recorded; the old favorites, now large¬ 
ly cast aside for more pretentious moderns, 
are figured, until we are almost tempted to 
cast aside our Zinnias and geraniums in 
favor of tall valerian and hollyhocks, 
bachelor’s buttons and London pride. The 
book is full of half-forgotten garden lore, 
and its beautiful dress will prove attrac¬ 
tive to those who are not specially inter¬ 
ested in the subject. Published by G. P. 
Putnam's Sons; price $2.50, postage addi¬ 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
409 Pearl St., New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
CHRISTMAS POULTRY.—Early in the 
week there was a scarcity of desirable 
turkeys on account of shipments being de¬ 
layed by washouts on railroads, and prices 
went up occasionally above 15 cents. The 
delayed stock is now coming in, but it is 
doubtful whether there will be a disastrous 
drop in prices of any except that arriving 
out of condition, as there will be a fair de¬ 
mand for the New Year trade. 
THE EGG FAMINE, which newspapers 
have been predicting for New York, has 
not materialized yet. Eggs are high, and 
strictly fresh-gathered ones very scarce, 
yet there are plenty of refrigerators of the 
better grades, and there is no sign of 
higher prices. A wholesale price of 35 
cents is more than many people will pay, 
and they either use fewer eggs, or, if they 
are not too particular, take storage stock. 
APPLE NOTES.—A large, high-colored, 
fine-flavored Northern Spy is not to be de¬ 
spised at any time, but is especially accept¬ 
able in a season like the present, w’hen in¬ 
ferior varieties are so plentiful. At the 
corner of Vesey Street and Broadway is 
an apple stand, kept by a woman who 
knows what good apples are, and sees that 
her patrons have them. One evening a man 
stopped at this stand, picked up a large 
apple, looked at it critically in the dim 
light from across the street, and said, 
doubtfully: “Is this a Ben Davis?” “No, 
sir; I never keep them,” replied the woman, 
emphatically. “I have Spy, Baldwin and 
Greening.” The man took a big Spy, paid 
five cents for it, bit out a large piece and 
looked satisfied. It is a fact that the keep¬ 
ers of permanent fruit stands sell fewer 
Ben Davis than formerly. The push-carts, 
which travel about here and there, are 
loaded with them, but they have no regu¬ 
lar customers, and probably seldom sell to 
the same man twice. 
THE FRAUD CROP.—The scalawags and 
humbugs usually come out in full bloom 
just before the holidays, but this year we 
have not heard of so many as usual in the 
commission merchant line in this city. This 
is a fair sign that shippers of produce are 
getting more and more suspicious of these 
optimistic rascals, who send out circulars 
telling of their remarkable facilities for 
handling goods, and the enormous prices 
they can get. These promises are as high- 
colored as a big soap-bubble just before it 
bursts, and about as enduring. Reports 
from Chicago indicate that the swindlers 
have been doing a flourishing business 
there. Two men, named Bauman and 
Stipp, were recently arrested there by 
post-office inspectors on the charge of using 
the mails for fraudulent purposes. Their 
scheme was to send out letters promising 
high prices, and then make little or no 
payment on the shipments received, claim¬ 
ing that the stuff was spoiled when it ar¬ 
rived. When arrested, they made the de¬ 
fense that they did not intend to defraud 
shippers, a brand of cheerful absent-mind¬ 
edness that is certainly amusing. Another 
breed of rogue is the man -who offers at a 
very low price stocks or other investments 
that are sure to go up and pay tremendous 
dividends. He sends out a large number 
of personal (?) letters, offering to let in the 
receiver on the “ground floor.” The supply 
of stock he has is limited; the offer will 
hold good but a short time, etc. The only 
safe way is to let alone all these people 
who are so exceedingly confidential in writ¬ 
ing to strangers, and apparently in business 
only for philanthropic purposes. Their be¬ 
nevolence and business existence in any 
one place are usually mushroomy. 
_ w. w. H. 
NEW YORK BEE-KEEPERS’ MEET. 
The fourth annual meeting of the Cayuga 
County Bee-Keepers’ Association was held 
in Auburn. N. Y., December 17, and elected 
officers as follows: President, N. L. Stevens; 
secretary and treasurer, J. W. Pierson; 
delegates to the convention of the State 
Association to be held at Geneva, A. R. 
Conklin and J. M. Morgan. The Summer 
meeting will be held at Atwaters, on Cay¬ 
uga Lake, at a time to be designated Jby 
the committee. The address of President 
Stevens was brief, but so thoroughly prac¬ 
tical as to afford much instruction, even 
to those who had the experience of many 
years in bee-keeping. The afternoon ses¬ 
sion was opened with an address from R. 
L. Taylor, of Michigan, which w r as replete 
with the leading points in the more recent 
improvements in bee culture, and sugges¬ 
tions of practical value in propagation, 
Winter protection and advantageous sales 
of honey. Samples of honey were then ex¬ 
amined and tested, one glass of which wa? 
declared to be three-fourths glucose, and 
was being largely sold to retail dealers in 
Syracuse. G. M. Doolittle, of Onondaga 
County, delivered an address, indorsing the 
practical suggestions of Mr. Taylor, and 
adding thereto from his long experience 
as one of the most studious and successful 
apiarists in this State. There is something 
beside^money-making, said he, in this busi¬ 
ness, or else it will be a failure. The work¬ 
ing of the honey bee is one of the most 
interesting and wonderful of the works of 
Nature, and the more we know the more 
we admire, and are made grateful for the 
blessing, so that we can look upward and 
know more of God and of His infinite good¬ 
ness. 
The question box was then opened and 
disclosed the following gems: Sour honey 
in a hive seemed to be a condition of recent 
discovery, and as yet is known only in Cay¬ 
uga County. The best disposition of honey 
from buckwheat is to send it to Boston 
dealers, without being extracted. G. W. 
Riker, of Iowa, would rather sell extract 
for five cents than comb for 15 cents. Pack 
in October or early in November. Opinions 
were nearly equally divided, whether to 
buy tested or untested queens. Best way 
to keep millers out of hives is to keep the 
hives full of bees. A flaming torch in the 
evening will kill thousands. Winter in cel¬ 
lars dry or damp, but better dry, and keep 
temperature from 45 to 48 degrees. Mr. 
Doolittle at one time kept 50 hives out of 
doors, and lost all but one, and at the same 
time had 90 hives in his cellar which came 
out in fine condition. Feed early and liber¬ 
ally and it is the prime swarm that yields 
the surplus. Keep honey dry, whether in 
comb or extracted. It is very susceptible 
to moisture and if in a damp place, will 
become thin, watery and unsalable. 
c. F. B. 
N. Y. STATE BREEDERS MEET. 
The attendance on the multiple meetings 
of the Breeders’ Associations at Rochester 
this Winter was considerably reduced from 
the average by the bad weather and the 
terrible condition of the railroads, follow¬ 
ing the flood of December 14. The meeting 
opened December 17 with very few present, 
but the next day brought in more, so that 
the principal body, the State Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation, was able to open its session on 
the second morning with more than 70 at¬ 
tendants. Previous to that there had been 
meetings of the American and Franco- 
American Merino Sheep Breeders’ Associa¬ 
tions, with small attendance, but very in¬ 
teresting proceedings. The two associa¬ 
tions have for secretary John P. Ray of 
Hemlock, near Rochester, who was in all 
cases able to present subjects and read 
papers as often as there was need of more 
matter for discussion. President Beecher, 
of the American Merino Association, took a 
gloomy view of the outlook for his favorite 
sheep in his annual address, saying that it 
had had many pullbacks since 1880, yet he 
was not ready to give up the struggle, for 
so really valuable an animal must return to 
favor some time. Secretary Ray was more 
hopeful, and is sure that the Merino and 
Rambouillet cross is already in favor, and 
is going to solve the problem of a wool and 
mutton sheep together. A strong stand 
was made against the shoddy manufac¬ 
turer, and Congress will soon hear from the 
associations in the form of resolutions, de¬ 
nouncing the traffic. President W. G. 
Markham, of the Franco-Amerlcan Asso¬ 
ciation, was not present, but was reelected, 
as was President Beecher and Secretary 
Ray. 
The Jersey Cattle Club, of Western New 
York, president, M. S. Olin, of Perry, took 
up its single session in listening to a paper 
on the “Jersey in the Pan-American,” by 
Valancey E. Fuller, of New York, who gave 
the Model Dairy and its work the highest 
praise, conceding that the Guernseys had 
beaten the Jerseys in butter, and the Hol- 
steins had made the best showing in solids, 
but was still sure that the Jersey is the 
best of all dairy cows, and might have been 
first in the test had she been fed as skill¬ 
fully as the Guernsey was. His claim was 
that the slacking off in feed during the hot 
weather, and thus letting the milk run 
down, was a fatal mistake, which was 
partly made up late in the season. Many 
valuable lessons were taught by the test, 
the Guernseys obtaining the general credit 
of excellence in the popular mind, which 
will make them especially popular for a 
long time. Before the Breeders’ Associa¬ 
tion, Mr. Fuller read a paper that went 
deep into the mysteries of dairy breeding. 
He claims that though there is much credit 
to be given to ancestry, and especially the 
taking back to certain special qualities of 
ancestry, which is called atavism, still the 
prenatal influences are the most powerful. 
The general condition of sire and dam and 
of the dam while in calf should therefore 
be watched very closely. Supt. Edward 
Van Alstyne, of the Model Dairy, gave an 
interesting talk on the results of the six 
months’ test, which he regarded as a suc¬ 
cess, yet he thought that a cow should be 
given exercise and grass feed in Summer. 
A valuable address on the “Agricultural 
Press” was given by E. A. Callahan, of 
Albany. It was resolved that the presi¬ 
dent, secretary and treasurer of the Breed¬ 
ers’ Association be empowered to designate 
delegates to go to Washington to represent 
the association in the matter of urging the 
passage of the Sherman and Grout bills 
and the bill relating to the labeling of 
woolen goods. President Olin was re¬ 
elected, but on account of the illness of 
Secretary Cummings, E. A. Callahan was 
chosen secretary. Treasurer A. B. Baker, 
of Auburn, was reelected. It was the sense 
of the meeting that Rochester should be 
the permanent meeting place of the Asso¬ 
ciation. j. c. 
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