1902 
283 
MARKET NOTES 
EGGS.— Receipts at New York for the 
six days ending April 2 exceeded the 40,000,- 
000 mark, averaging about 556,500 dozens per 
day. Before storage was so generally prac¬ 
ticed, such receipts would have put prices 
very low. Many storage people prefer to 
put away April eggs, claiming that they 
get the best results from them. At this 
season a great number of hens are com¬ 
mencing to lay, and as prices are usually 
on the decline, these fresh eggs are rushed 
in as rapidly as possible, so that the pro¬ 
portion of strictly fresh to the whole re¬ 
ceipts is greater than at any other time. 
This would account for the better keeping 
qualities. On account of the present high 
price of beef, it is probable that more eggs 
than usual are being consumed. This helps 
to keep the price up to a paying figure. 
QUICK SALES.—“What is the reason 
that you always have so much poor stuff 
lying around in your store?” we asked a 
produce dealer. 
“The reason that you don’t see any good 
stuff here is that we get rid of it at once. 
Buyers want it, and often we can ship it 
out as soon as It arrives, but the poor fruit 
and dried-up vegetables are passed by until 
some man comes along who is willing to 
take anything so long as it is cheap. Then 
every man who ships this poor stuff kicks 
at the returns. It would be better for us 
if we never got such shipments as that 
salsify or those onions.” 
The salsify mentioned was withered until 
it was so limp that the roots could be 
wound around one’s finger. Another lot of 
the same vegetable had evidently made a 
mistake in growing, and thought it was 
Intended to be used as fuel. The roots were 
large, but stringy and dry, and little more 
palatable than kindling wood. It is really 
useless to send such products to a market 
where there is an immense quantity of the 
best of all varieties to pick from. In nine 
cases out of ten it will scarcely pay ’ship¬ 
ping and selling expenses. The shipper is 
dissatisfied, the seller gets a bad reputation, 
and the consumer feels that he has been 
gold-bricked. 
TRICKS Or TRADE.—Most produce deal¬ 
ers in the markets have regular customers 
with whom they do little bargaining. When 
these buyers come around they get the 
lowest figure at first, and no time is wasted 
in dickering. But with others the asking 
and taking prices are two different things. 
Transient buyers expect to beat down the 
seller, and the latter puts on a price that 
he can afford to discount considerably. A 
farmer who had made a shipment of apples 
to a commission merchant in this city came 
down and, without making himself known, 
found some of his own fruit in the store, 
posed as a buyer, and asked the price of 
it. The dealer sized him up as one asking 
merely out of curiosity, and put on a big 
price, much more than the apples would 
sell for. When the returns were received, 
there was a marked discrepancy between 
the amount remitted and the price which 
the shipper was asked for his own apples. 
He felt that he had been swindled, and 
would take no such bitter dose without pro¬ 
test. He came to the city loaded for big 
game, and having a disposition resembling 
exploding dynamite, interviewed the com¬ 
mission merchant in a manner highly intei- 
esting to spectators. He was determined 
to sue the seller for lack of diligence in 
handling his apples, and a large amount of 
explaining was necessary to show him he 
had been fairly treated. Probably for some 
time that commission merchant was cau¬ 
tious about putting extravagant prices on 
products when asked by innocent-looking 
strangers who might possibly be the ship¬ 
pers of the goods in question. 
VEGETABLE ROUND-UP.—Those cow¬ 
boys of the market districts, the peddleis, 
are continually going about capturing bai - 
gains in fruits and vegetables. Saturday is 
their bargain day, as the regular dealers 
who are overstocked with perishables aie 
glad to dispose of the surplus at a discount 
rather than hold it over Sunday, thus 
loaded up, the peddlers go about through 
the residence districts Saturday afternoon, 
and in the evening they gather here and 
there on the streets in thickly-settled tene¬ 
ment sections. 
A NIGHT MARKET.—One of the most 
interesting of these street markets may be 
seen every Saturday evening on Ninth Ave¬ 
nue, extending two or three blocks below 
Forty-second Street. It is a mixture of 
peddlers’ wagons, push carts, and stands 
made by putting boards on barrels and 
boxes. About 200 kerosene torches, fas¬ 
tened on sticks to the wagons and stands, 
give a flickering light and oceans of smoke 
and soot, which on a quiet evening settle 
down like snowflakes on the fresh fish, let¬ 
tuce, poultry, pickles, Limburger cheese, 
etc., offered for sale. 
A VARIETY.—Much of the perishable 
stuff sold is better handled in the night, as 
the quality will not bear investigation. It 
is sometimes worse than others, depending 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
on the condition of the larger markets dur¬ 
ing the week. If there has been a glut in 
poultry, fruits or green vegetables, with 
spoiling weather, all sorts of rubbish may 
be found on these carts. Unless inspectors 
come around to seize the stuff, it is sold, 
as it seems possible to find buyers for al¬ 
most anything. One could scarcely find a 
greater variety in a large department 
store. There are, among other things 
noticed, hats and caps; calico, muslin and 
other piece goods; ready-made clothing, 
neckties in loud colors for five cents each; 
handkerchiefs, “any kind for two cents;” 
oilcloth, crockery, tinware, chromos, books, 
oranges, “25 for a quarter, taste ’em be¬ 
fore you buy ’em;” stationery; a wagon¬ 
load of cough drops; “all kinds of flower 
seeds, one cent a package;” “genuine Lim¬ 
burger cheese, five cents a box;” clams., 
fresh and salt fish, horseradish grated on 
the street and sold for five cents a cup,, 
sauerkraut kept hot in a tin boiler and 
forked out in any quantity desired, and 
half a dozen varieties of onions. This out¬ 
door market is a success as a social gath¬ 
ering. Dozens of people meet each other 
here every Saturday night. All seem 
good-natured, and apparently enjoy this 
opportunity for a little off-hand conversa¬ 
tion with their acquaintances. They have, 
learned how to mix pleasure with the busi¬ 
ness of buying household necessities. 
w. w. H. 
FRUIT NOTES. 
The Connett peach seems to be as clear 
of rot as Sneed or Elberta, or any other Qf 
that class. Greensboro is a seedling qf 
Connett, and is also clear of rot. 
Guilford Co., N. C. J. van i.indley. 
We have the San Jos6 scale, and will 
spray with whole crude petroleum. We 
had a light crop of fancy apples last year, 
and got $3.50 per barrel at picking time, 
taking both grades at the price stated, all 
above two inches in diameter. That was 
the best paying crop we ever raised on the 
farm, $4,700 for apples, and $2,300 for other 
products. u. t. cox. 
Lawrence Co., O. 
The Sutton Beauty apple makes, a most 
beautiful tree, much like the Seckel peqr 
in compactness, but not of conical form, 
and when well grown the fruit is of good 
size. In quality, most people would clas.s 
it with the Baldwin, some placing it above, 
and some under that variety. I think there 
is little choice, though they are very un¬ 
like, but would call it a little superior to 
the Baldwin. In color it is a little better, 
being a little brighter. It will not yield a,s 
heavily as the latter, but when it ripens 
it is free from the brown spots under the 
skin that so injure the sale of the Bald¬ 
win. S. T. MAYNARD. 
Mass. Exp. Station. 
Our Hairy vetch came through the Win¬ 
ter in good shape, and we dug some roots 
to show at institutes. We found the roots 
had been growing all Winter and found 
nitrogen nodules, one as big as a hickory- 
nut. c. A. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
‘a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
The Best 
Farmer’s Garments 
made anywhere are Keystone 
Union-Made Overalls and Pants. 
Two garments like this, with 
coats to match, costing less than 
82 a suit, will clothe a farmer 
neatly one year. Ask for lots 56, 
67 or 58, In stripes—or if you 
prefer blue, lot 18. With each 
suit a 6 months’ Diary and 
Time Book free. If your 
dealer will not furnish Key¬ 
stone goods, send his name, 
and we’ll supply you. 
Cleveland & Whitehill Co. 
Newburgh, N. Y. 
T1ADS MARK RIGISTXRXD. 
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add to these qualities durability 
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!on and becomes as hard as 
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_ and Circulars. 
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DRILLING 
Machines 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
Bhallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
bn wheels or on sills. With engines or horsepowers. 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
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QO binsonr BREECH LOADING, AUTOMATIC SHELL 
WM'wW EJECTING SHOTGUN. The Long Range Win- 
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to guns others 
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514.93 LOCK PISTOL GRIP SHOTGUN, the genuine 
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pTHjE. syFROST 
— 
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Burlington 
Route 
Every day during March 
and April we shall sell 
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Montana, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, 
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Chicago. 
116 
Grease Heel, Scratches, Mud Fever, 
Hoof Rot, Speed Cracks, 
Cases where ulcerations extend, with transverse 
cracks which open at every step and often bleed, no 
matter how complex, aggravated, deep-seated or 
chronic, if treated according to directions, as given on 
circular with every box, positively cured with 
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It will keep tho hoofs healthy, soft and In perfect 
form. 
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hopple chafes, abscesses, inflammatory swellings, 
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is invaluable. 
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antiseptic healing ointment heals from beneath tho 
surface by disinfecting the parts, subduing inflam¬ 
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2 oz., 25c.; 8 oz., 50c.; 5-lb. pkge., $4. 
At all druggists and dealers or sent prepaid. 
TKOY CHEMICAL CO.(Incorporated;, Troy, N Y. 
