1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
99 
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in The R. N.-Y. mention the paper. It 
will please them, secure prompt service 
for you, and help the paper. They are 
all people whom you can deal with as 
safely as with the merchants in your 
local towns. 
Do not get caught on that Buffalo con¬ 
cern that promises so much in coopera¬ 
tion. Their methods were recently ex¬ 
posed in The R. N.-Y. by a bright young 
farmer of Greene County, N. Y. Their 
advertisement runs in some of the farm 
papers which have not looked up their 
rating. TnE R. N.-Y. has refused their 
order and returned check for advance 
payment. 
Our reports state that the Cooperative 
Nursery Co., Charleston, W. Va., is not 
responsible or reliable. It is not incor¬ 
porated and the proprietor operates un¬ 
der different names. It would not be 
safe to send remittance in advance for 
goods. 
We are constantly receiving inquiries 
for information about reliability of 
agents and others who advertise Texas 
and other oil stocks in country papers. 
We have never been able to find that 
such parties have any responsibility 
aside from collecting the money from 
their victims. Many of these enter¬ 
prises have only a paper-and-ink exist¬ 
ence and the best of them are losing 
games for those who invest from the 
outside. Our constant advice is to leave 
such investments severely alone. 
Another source of constant inquiry is 
the “distributing agencies” and the 
“Work at Home” concerns. You will 
notice the argument running through 
all these advertisements and circulars 
is that you can make big salary for lit¬ 
tle work at home. They even guarantee 
it. But they always want you to pay 
for something in advance, and usually 
you never hear from them again unless 
it be to ask for another remittance for 
something else. Tell them to send on 
the supplies and keep the charge for 
them out of first money earned. If they 
fear to trust you, you have better rea¬ 
son to mistrust them. 
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Insects Injurious to Staple Crops.— 
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insecticides are given, and much emphasis 
is placed on methods of farm practice in 
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examples of what has been accomplished 
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is almost wholly explanatory, and gives 
admirable hints concerning the beautifying 
of home grounds. 
Abnakee Rugs, by Helen R. Albee. A 
few years ago Mrs. Albee wrote us a series 
of articles describing the manufacture of 
these hooked rugs, which have already 
proved a remunerative home industry in a 
number of different localities. These ar¬ 
ticles were very instructive, and we are 
still asked for the numbers containing 
them, which are now out of print. The 
little volume, Abn&kee Rugs, contains a 
full account of the work, including a dia¬ 
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for dyeing. These rugs are an example of 
the artistic development of the homemade, 
for they combine the artistic beauty of 
oriental work with the durability of old- 
time domestic manufacture. It seems likely 
that this manual will open an outlet for 
home work among many isolated women. 
That there is need for such work, the re¬ 
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The book is bound in stiff paper, 60 pages, 
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THE RURAL NEW YORKER, 
409 Pearl St., New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
BUTTER.—Short receipts and very cold 
weather have put extras up to the 25%-cent 
mark again. A decided improvement in 
the quality of lower grades is noted, owing. 
to the Increased quantity of new milk. A 
little export business Is going on In grades 
ranging from 17 to 18 cents. Fresh-made 
State dairy is scarce. The market for 
Summer and Fall-packed goods is irregu¬ 
lar. The exports of butter from this mar¬ 
ket since May 1, 1901, amount to nearly 
9,500,000 pounds. 
FRESH FRUITS.—The cold snap has cut 
down receipts of apples, although there 
are plenty of under grades on hand, which 
dealers are anxious to get rid of. The 
Pacific coast boxed apples are bringing 
high figures, some Jonathans as much as 
$3.50 per bushel box. A few Kieffer pears 
are seen; $2.75 per barrel is the highest 
price noted. The trade in native grapes is 
about over. The call for Florida straw¬ 
berries appears to be light, and 60 cents is 
an extreme figure. 
EXPORT FIGURES.—The Treasury De¬ 
partment reports that value of exports of 
manufactured goods for 1901 was $395,144,- 
030. The total for the last three years was 
$1,216,338,863. The largest item in value dur¬ 
ing 1901 was refined mineral oils, $65,492,359. 
Next came copper ingots, $31,692,563; agri¬ 
cultural implements, $16,714,308; and cotton 
cloth, $12,759,286. The items which show 
the greatest increase in the past year are 
cars and carriages, musical Instruments 
and boots and shoes. 
BROOM CORN.—A reader asks: "What 
is the outlook in the broom corn market, 
and would you advise me to go into the 
business of raising this plant?" Several 
years ago the price of broom com went 
down so low that small growers dropped 
out, and the crop has been raised only in 
limited areas, Illinois being the chief pro¬ 
ducing section. For two or three years 
past a combine has managed to get hold 
of about all the brush and force the price 
up to a very high figure (as much as $200 
per ton). Last season’s crop was short, so 
prices would have been high anyway, 
without manipulation. Future prices will 
depend largely upon the extent to which 
old growers or newi comers take up the busi¬ 
ness again. The demand is so limited that 
any large increase in the product will 
quickly overstock the market. Those who 
go at it at once will be likely to raise a 
crop or two profitably, but we would not 
consider it advisable for a man who knows 
nothing about the business to take it up. 
The chances are that he would make mis¬ 
takes at first, and by the time he learns 
how to raise and market It successfully, 
the market may again be upset. Many 
crops not nearly so uncertain from the 
market point of view can be raised profit¬ 
ably on land good enough to produce 
broom corn. 
SPRING LAMBS are bringing high prices 
at present, $8 to $10 per head. This applies 
only to those of excellent quality, of 
proper weight and correctly dressed. The 
business of raising "hothouse” lambs is a 
specialty, and only those who have made 
every detail of it a careful study need ex¬ 
pect the high prices. Speaking of the odd 
specimens that are received here to be 
sold as Spring lambs, a dealer said: “One 
man sent me a lamb eight months old, 
evidently thinking that people here would 
not know the difference. It was not very 
large, and I hung it on a hook with others. 
A buyer came along, took all the rest and 
left that. I often get lambs that are good, 
but too heavy, 45 or 50 pounds, which is 10 
pounds too much for this trade. Others 
send lambs with wool so full of ticks that 
they can be scraped off, or with the wool 
all stuck up with burs and briers. We 
don't have any trade that is more partic¬ 
ular than that in fancy lambs. The con¬ 
sumers are critical; they want quality, no 
matter what it costs.” This man has in 
his store a large photograph showing the 
barns and yards of one of his best lamb 
shippers. It is a picture worth looking at, 
and explains quite well why the lambs 
he sends are so desirable. He has no 
filthy yard for them to run in, and no bur¬ 
docks and brambles to tangle up their 
wool, and has enough feeling for the ani¬ 
mals as well as regard for his business to 
keep the sheep free from ticks. These are 
an inexcusable nuisance while there are so 
many effective remedies; and those who 
are not willing to take the trouble to rid 
the sheep of such pests ought to go out of 
the business. Some idea of the agony tick- 
infested sheep have to undergo might be 
had by spending a sultry night with the 
mosquitoes in a Jersey marsh with one’s 
hands tied. w. w. h. 
Clean Bread 
Can’t be made by foul hands and clean, 
pure blood can’t be made by a foul stom¬ 
ach. The blood is made by the stomach 
and organs of digestion and nutrition. 
When these 
are diseased 
they contami¬ 
nate every 
drop of blood 
made from 
the food they 
act upon, and 
this contami¬ 
nation is car¬ 
ried through 
the whole 
body. It may 
settle in the 
liver, kidneys, 
heart or lungs 
but the root 
of the disease 
is in the stom- 
ach. Cure 
the stomach 
and you cure 
the disease. 
Dr. Pierce’s 
Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases 
of the organs of digestion and nutrition 
perfectly and permanently. It purifies 
the blood, and so by curing the cause of 
disease, cures many forms of disease in 
organs remote from the stomach. 
”Eor the past sixteen years I have had torpid 
liver and indigestion and tried many doctors 
and patent medicines but I could not get a cure,” 
writes Mrs. Simeon Suggs, of Clyde, Sabine Par¬ 
ish, La. ” Three months ago I thought I would 
try Dr. R. V. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery 
and his * Pleasant Pellets.’ I got six bottles of 
each and I received a good result in a week, and 
to-day I am cured sound and well. The symp¬ 
toms were coated tongue, specks before the eyes, 
disposed to be cross and irritable, foul stomach, 
bad taste in the mouth, tired feeling, a feeling 
of dread or fear, headache, yellow skin, etc. 
These symptoms did not all appear at once. If 
sufferers from such troubles will take Doctor 
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and * Pleas¬ 
ant Pellets ’ as directed in pamphlets wrapping 
bottles, they will bring back the bloom of life as 
it did with me.” 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure bil¬ 
iousness and sick headache. 
NOTE THE “A’’ SHAPE. 
This admits of wldost adjustment—7K feet widet 
for field work end can be narrowed down to 1«. 
for work between rows. Front whoel makes It 
ran easy and steady. Flat teeth with dlamosO 
8 olnts. We mall Weeder Booklet Free. Hake 
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Ask for Catalogue C. 
KEYSTONE FARM MACH. C0..1S47 N. Beam Si., Ysrfc, Pa. 
WIRE FENCE AT WHOLESALE. 
ffiffiJS? K4SS£#: 
COMPARE THE NUMBER 
of pieces in a 10 rod roll of OURS and YOURS! 
PAH F WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., ADRIAN, MICH. 
ARE YOU WITH US? 
The Dealer Is Against Us 
because we sell you wire fence direct from the 
factory ot wholesale prices. 
The dealer docs not give you a better fence than we do, 
but he charges you more for it. Y ou can buy the 
ADVANCE FENCE 
direct from us just os cheap as the dealer can. No loose 
ends. All closely Interwoven. Cross wires can’t slip. No 
small wires used. Write a postal for circulars and prices. 
Advance Fence Co., \ 72 K St.,Peoria, Ills. 
Factory to Farm 
at wholesale prices. The Best 
Fence on earth. Catalogue free 
THE CLEVELAND FENCE CO , 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
ONCE FENCED, ALWAYS FENCED. 
20 to35o. per rod. Strong Colled Spring Steel 
Wire Fence with Heavy Stay Wires. 
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WIRE FENCE 
Heavy lateral wires, heavy bard steel stays, colled 
spring wire. Sure Grip lock. In strength, appearance, 
and durability, the Hard Steel cannot be excelled. 
Write for catalogue and prices. „ 
THE HARD STEEL WIRE FENCE CO., 
Dnirnhocra TP'I 1 1«_ Ohio 
r HARD SPRING WIRE 
can only be used for both lateral and upright wires, 
when locked with an independent binding. Large or 
small soft wire is always used for stays when wrap- 
plngor twisting them to running wires. Our Cata¬ 
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your farm with 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Feb. 8 , 1902. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The National Seed Testing Laboratory... 82 
Sow White and Alsike Clover. 83 
Hope Farm Notes.89 
Irrigation of the Arid Lands. 95 
St. Lawrence County, N. Y. 95 
LIVE STOCK AND DAJRY. 
Ten Years’ Experience with Fowls. 81 
The Feed and Exercise Question. 81 
Nursery for Baby Pigeons.81, 82 
A Fine Shropshire. 82 
A Plea for the Silo. 83 
Warming the Henhouse.85 
Notes on Wisconsin Farmers’ Institutes.. 90 
Inbreeding for Hogs. 90 
Scours in a Calf.90 
The Story of the Cows. 91 
Year’s Record of Hens. 91 
How to Feed Green Bone. 91 
Experiments with Poultry. 91 
Milk Notes .92 
Jersey-Holstein Cross . 92 
Feeding Sheep and Lambs. 93 
Sheep for Southern New Y'orlc. 93 
Shredded Fodder . 93 
HORTICULTURE. 
Gooseberries . 84 
Ashton Apple . 84 
Borers in Cherry Trees. S4 
Apples for Pennsylvania. 84 
How to Build a Greenhouse. 84 
Apples and Pears for Western Michigan.. 84 
Bleaching Winter Celery. 84 
Apples for Vermont. 85 
Apple Trees in Peach Orchard. 85 
Roses, Mildew and Sprayers. 85 
What Ails the Peach Trees?. 85 
Peaches and Plums... 85 
Western N. Y. Horticultural Society.86 
Everybody’s Garden . 87 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 88 
Wanted; Truth About Emma Peach.88 
Experience with Hotbeds. 88 
Apples in California. 88 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 96 
The Rural Patterns. 96 
Day by Day at Northwood. 97 
A Feathered Family.97 
Rural Recipes. 97 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Oil on California Roads. 82 
Some Scenes from Idaho. 83 
The Ice House Again. 83 
Powder Fire Extinguisher. 83 
Editorials . 94 
Events of the Week. 95 
Markets . 98 
Business Bits . 98 
Market Notes . 99 
Humorous .100 
