1902 
THE RURAL-NEW-YORKER. 
119 
MARKET NOTES 
POTATOES.—Prices are down 25 to 30 
cents per barrel, and the outlook for those 
who have been holding for a high figure 
is not reassuring. Receipts of foreign po¬ 
tatoes are heavy. Early this week a 
steamer from Belgium landed 88,750 bush¬ 
els. The foreign tubers are selling consid¬ 
erably under the better grades of domes¬ 
tic stock, and at a price which must net 
the grower but little. A few new potatoes 
are coming from Bermuda and Cuba. 
These arc taken mainly by a special trade, 
and do not affect the price of old potatoes 
to any great extent. An extreme figure of 
$fi.25 per barrel is noted for extra Bermu¬ 
das. 
CELERY.—Trade drops off after the holi¬ 
day season, and there appears to have been 
an overproduction in California, so that 
business in any except the choicest is dull. 
The Pacific coast celery grows very large, 
but is often tough and woody, and needs 
to be run through a feed cutter before eat¬ 
ing. to chop up the fibers. All such celery 
sold is a damage to the trade, because peo¬ 
ple who try to eat this cornstalky stuff be¬ 
come disgusted and quit buying. A small 
quantity of Florida celery is being received, 
and more will be in later. Much of this is 
of a different stamp, tender, and all that 
could be desired. 
BUTTER.—The receipts are very light on 
account of delay to trains by storms, and 
prices have advanced one to three cents. It 
is noticeable that there is a proportionately 
greater advance in the lower grades of 
creamery than in extras. Buyers were so 
anxious to get stock that they were not 
nearly so critical as usual. It is a peculiar 
fact that retailers often add double the 
wholesale advance to their prices. This ap¬ 
pears to be a short-sighted policy, because 
consumption immediately falls off. A little 
less greed on the part of retailers would be 
a good thing for all concerned. There is 
no doubt that prices will drop as soon as 
the delayed stock arrives and weather 
moderates. 
OVERPRODUCTION.—This word is often 
used as an excuse for the poor sale of cer¬ 
tain products, especially fruits and vege¬ 
tables. In many cases the remedy lies in 
improving the quality rather than lessen¬ 
ing the quantity produced. The limit of 
consumption of fruits and vegetables in 
New York City, for instance, has nowhere 
near been reached. People do not buy 
more mainly because of the wretched qual¬ 
ity of much that is offered. The man who 
plants poor varieties of fruits and vege¬ 
tables is doing a decided injury to his own 
market. There is no doubt that the sale 
of apples in this city could be doubled if 
varieties like prime Northern Spy, Bald¬ 
win or Rome Beauty could be delivered 
to consumers in packages of a bushel or 
less. Many families would use double the 
quantity of potatoes if it were not that 
those which they get from the groceryman 
are black and soggy when cooked. The 
same might be said of other products. Of 
course, with strawberries, grapes and other 
perishables the case is different, because 
during the height of the short season 
plenty of the finest are on hand, and often 
there is a surplus. Still, there are too 
many inferior varieties of strawberries 
grown. This seems unnecessary, while 
there are high-quality varieties covering 
the whole season, which stand shipment 
well. w. w. h. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
The Lightning Seed Sower seems to be 
well endorsed by those in the trade, and, 
in fact, by everyone using it. It is very 
inexpensive, and will sow' 60 acres of small 
seeds in a single day. It is a good seller 
for agents. Write W. J. Buss, 53 Day St., 
Golden, Ill., for particulars and circular. 
We call our readers’ attention to the 
advertisement of the R. E. Dietz Company, 
published in this issue. This advertisement 
is the one which took the first prize in 
their advertising contest, which was de¬ 
cided in December, 1901. This advertise¬ 
ment was submitted by Mrs. Olive A. Swal¬ 
low. of Oregon City, Oregon 
At the present price of lumber we shall 
have to try for something to take its place 
for floors. I was in hopes to see more in 
regard to cement floors; have been using 
one that was put in last Fall with Port¬ 
land cement and it seems to be all right. 
So far this Winter the ground has had a 
good blanket on with us; should it remain 
we hope to have a good hay crop, and the 
land is usually in better condition to work. 
Moreland, N. Y. m. h. g. 
Pulmonary Consumption can be cuied In Its inclp- 
lency with Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant. Of that there 
is no doubt; indeed, numbers of persons testify to 
having been oured by this remedy after the disease 
had reached an advanced stage IT HEALS THE 
LUNGS.— Adv. 
$ 1,000 
in Cash Prizes 
OPEN TO THE WORLD. 
$ 1,000 
A Farming Test in CORN and POTATOES 
Kpitomist Prize White Dent. 
Epitomist Prize White Dent No. 2. 
Kpitomist Prize Yellow Dent. 
Photographs taken from Nature and Actual Size of Specimens of Corn Grown at Epitomist 
Experiment Station, in Drouth-Stricken Region, Season 1901. 
136 GASH PRIZES 
for Largest Yields made from 
ONE QUART of either variety of 
White Dent, or Yellow Dent 
Corn, and from ONE POUND of 
Potatoes. Each amounting to 
S500.00. 
First Prize. 
.#125.00 
. 75.00 
3rd “ . 
. 50.00 
41 li “ . 
. 25.00 
5tli ** . 
. 15.00 
Oth “ . 
. 10.00 
1(1 Prizes, #5 each. 
lO Prizes, #3 each. 
lo Prizes. #2 each. 
100 Prizes, #1 each. 
. 50.00 
. ... 30.00 
. 20.00 
$500 FOR CORN and 
$500 FOR POTATOES. 
$1,000 in All 
$500 cash for each and 136 cash 
prizes for each, distributed in 
amounts as described opposite. 
272 Cash Prizes besides 
many Supplementary Prizes, 
aggregating not less than 
$1,000, also contributed by 
leading manufacturers,stock and 
poultry raisers, who are inter¬ 
ested in encouraging more thor¬ 
ough cultivation of the soil. Full 
particulars of supplementary 
prizes will be given in our book¬ 
let fully describing corn and potatoes. This booklet also contains names of the 107 prize winners in last season’s contest and 
yields made from one quart of Epitomist Prize White Dent Corn, also letters from leading farmers from every State in the 
Union, who raised Epitomist Prize White Dent Corn the past season. Booklet and sample copy of the Agricultural 
Epitomist mailed free to any address for the asking. 
FOR 70 CENTS every one gets Corn or Potatoes and one year's subscription to the Agricultural Epitomist, the Only 
Agricultural Paper Edited and Printed on the Farm , and a cash prize if successful in making one of the largest yields. Blanks 
and full particulars for reporting yields in competition for prizes will accompany each quart of corn and each pound of potatoes. 
Every farmer and gardener knows what the price of seed corn and potatoes is, so it is hardly necessary to say that we are not 
selling seed corn and potatoes, hut practically giving them away to subscribers of the Epitomist for the purpose of 
introducing seed that we know to he unexcelled, and to encourage more thorough cultivation. 
A B,,!-. *11 1- il is a variety of remarkable characteristics. The length of the ears is 
ICniTOrniST ■ I IZ0 WA lila fi rJ 0I3T R^Dlil fr om ten t0 twelve inches; the circumference is seven and a half inches 
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grain; the grain will average a half inch in depth and same In width, and is unusually thick; the weight of grain and cob averages 
something over a pound, and there is over ninety per cent of grain. The EPITOMIST PRIZE WHITE DENT is an early variety that 
will mature anywhere within the corn belt, and to those who appreciate the value of corn fodder, it recommends itself, as it produces 
a luxuriant growth of stalk, many of which in our fields, were fifteen feet high. It is certainly the best variety of corn that was ever 
grown or seen grown, and there is every indication that it contains an unusual percentage of protein, and the higher the percentage 
of protein the more valuable the corn. It made the past season, in nearly every State in the United States and Canada, some of the 
largest yields of any of the different varieties of corn and proved itself to be A REMARKABLE DROUTH RESISTER. A QUART 
WITH CAREFUL CULTIVATION, WILL GROW MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PLANT 200 ACRES. 
EmsAjama!- HauI || a o is a most wonderful variety of corn. It has an exceedingly large, wide 
L,niT0IT1IST rrllo VwllllS 110 III IwO. Z. and deep flinty grain: is very transparent, showing that it has very little 
n|mvim«i ■ MfeW ■■ ■■■ ■ w mwhi uvi B. bran cob is unusually small. This corn weighed heavier than any other 
variety g-rown at the Epitomist Experiment Station the past season. From two to three good ears grow to the stalk, and has from 
eight to twelve rows on the ear, sometimes more, according to the strength of the land. It makes a very sweet bread meal and is 
relished by all stock and is very desirable for feeding. Stalks are well filled with broad blades and grow to great height, making it 
a perfect ensilage and fodder corn. It is especially adapted for Southern climates and is not recommended for planting north of 
the Mason-Dixon line. 
is a variety of corn which cannot be excelled anywhere in this country. 1901 
was its second year. It was originated and hybridized by Samuel Ray, of Illi- 
. , . , .. , . . , . , nois, commonly known as "Uncle Sam.” The ears are from nine to fourteen 
inches in length, grain deep, broad and thick and set close and firmly together. The cob is red and very small, has very little 
chaff, ears are covered with a very thin husk and the stalks grow from six to eight feet in height and stand very erect. Eightv 
pounds of ear corn has shelled seventy-two pounds of choice, deep orange colored grain. This corn, which was grown for the first 
time at the Epitomist Experiment Station this season, is not a HACK CORN but a PURE DENT CORN, and the propagation 
has been by SELECTION and RESTRICTION. Epitomist readers who prefer a Yellow Dent corn to a White Dent must not 
fail to secure some of this corn which we do not hesitate to recommend for any climate where corn will grow. 
This is a most desirable va¬ 
riety, being of exceedingly strong 
growth, a heavy yielder and ex- 
. _ best shipping variety in cultivation. 
Vines are very vigorous, blight and insect proof, stands erect and tubers lie 
closely together in hill, thus allowing for close planting, and thorough cultlva- 
tmn. The foliage being deep green and very abundant makes them a great heat 
and drouth resister. As will be noticed from photograph of potato, the tubers 
are oval, thick and round, holding thickness well to ends, eyes shallow. The 
skin is pure white, thin but firm and tough. Flesh, pure white, dry and mealy 
and has a most delicious flavor. Altogether it is a most desirable, and a general 
purpose variety and one that we have no hesitency in recommending for plant¬ 
ing anywhere, as it has proved to succeed under the most trying and varied cir¬ 
cumstances. An ordinary potato could not have withstood the drouth that this 
one did at the Epitomist Experiment Station the past season. One pound of 
potatoes will grow enough seed to give everyone a good start for next season. 
The Epitomist Experiment Station 
is without doubt the most beautiful spot in the State of Indiana. Over 5100.000 
Deen spent: in improvements on this Experiment Farm, where the AGRICUL- 
ILRAL EPITOMIST is edited and printed amid the activities of real farm life. 
Its bea uty of scenery and perfect climate, with its pure spring waters, are hard - 
to surpass in any locality. We have at this Experiment Farm of 650 acres, all the different soils found in Indiana or In almost any 
other State, as well as the varied conditions requiring drainage, irrigating, enriching, etc., all of which are included in our experi¬ 
ments which are written up in the EPITOMIST from month to month. 
R | B^B J® Our experiments embrace all lines of Agriculture, Horticulture, Live Stock, 
E^B II IJ B™ B - Dairying and Poultry Raising, and as the growing of these three varieties of 
B B HBi fl m. Corn and one variety of Potatoes which we have named EPITOMIST PRIZE, 
is the result of our second season’s work and most successful experiments, we are not only going to give Epitomist , readers 
some of the seed to raise, hut $1000 in prizes, for the largest yields made therefrom, the same to be awarded as described 
above. Every subscriber to the Epitomist is entitled to participate in this contest. All one is required to do in order to enter 
any one of the above contests, is to remit 70 Cents —50 Cents for the Agricultural Epitomist one year and 20 Cents to pav 
for postage, packing, etc., for either variety of Corn or the Potatoes. No Corn or Potatoes will he supplied to any one not a 
subscriber to the Agricultural Epitomist■ and Paid One Year in advance , and then only one quart of corn or one pound of 
potatoes. However, every subscriber will have the opportunity of securing a quart of each of the three varieties of corn and 
one pound of potatoes: First by subscribing themselves and securing one variety; then with every new subscription at 
50 Cents (or iO Cents with one variety of corn or potatoes) a quart of corn or one pound of potatoes will be delivered 
absolutely free, postage prepaid, to the one securing the new subscription. When you send in your own subscription we will 
then send you booklet, described in this offer, which will give Hill particulars for securing new subscriptions, and for entering 
the two contests for cash prizes, as well as particulars for competing for supplementary prizes. With every quart of corn we 
will send a booklet contaiaing description of cultivation and fertilization pursued by the 107 prize winners in last season’s 
contest, which alone is worth several times 70 cents to any corn grower. 
Address all Orders and make all Remittances Payable to 
Agricultural Epitomist, Epitomist Experiment Station, Spencer, Indiana. 
Epitomist Prize Yellow Dent 
Fiiis corn wnicn we ao not nesitate to recommei 
Epitomist Prize Potatoes. 
cellent keeper. It is a late potato and the bes 
