1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
329 
MARKET NOTES 
SLIPPERY COMMISSION MEN.—These 
sharks will soon be at work bidding for 
fruits and vegetables from northern farm¬ 
ers. One kind really has a place of busi¬ 
ness, and for a time pays for the stuff 
which he gets, finally clearing out when 
he has enough on hand to make a good 
haul. Another sort has his sole capital in 
cards, letter heads, and circulars giving 
inflated prices. One of these men had 
printed on his card 800 West Twenty-third 
Street as his office number. This would 
have brought his business place not far 
from the middle of the North River, which 
doubtless many of his buncoed shippers 
would have considered appropriate. Men 
of this type go to the docks and stations, 
pay the charges on any stuff that is sent 
them, and pocket whatever it brings. The 
shipper never hears from them at all, and 
one might as well look for some one fish 
In the ocean as to try to find them. 
BUTTER.— “Why is it that, while butter 
has dropped 5*4 cents in the wholesale mar¬ 
ket, the retailers still charge 40 cents for 
the better grades?” asks a reader. This 
same principle holds true with other foods. 
The retailer’s sight and hearing are pecu¬ 
liarly acute to catch an advance in the 
price of any product, but he is blind and 
deaf to a drop in the wholesale market, 
and he must learn of this by the thunder¬ 
storm of Indignant protests from his cus¬ 
tomers. His one excuse is that he paid the 
high price for his stock, and cannot sell 
at a loss. Of course this great difference 
cannot last long, and retail prices must 
soon come to a reasonable figure, but such 
discrepancies are always noticed when 
there are sudden and extreme fluctuations 
in wholesale prices. It is well known that 
the wholesale price of butter in this mar¬ 
ket is gauged by the daily transactions on 
the Mercantile Exchange. The men who 
do business there are well acquainted with 
the conditions of supply and demand. They 
have a fair idea of what is being made, 
what Is on the road and what is being held. 
They buy and sell butter to make money. 
If receipts are short and demand heavy, 
sellers know that they can' raise the price, 
and buyers recognize that they must pay 
it. Those who pay the high price expect 
to dispose of it quickly and thus avoid loss. 
They submit willingly so long as they know 
that they can sell at a profit to the re¬ 
tailer. In the retail trade an entirely dif¬ 
ferent element enters. The consumer does 
not buy butter to make money, but be¬ 
cause he wants it for food. 1-Ie is an un¬ 
willing party to any advance in price, 
which increases the cost of living and takes 
money out of his pocket. His two reme¬ 
dies are to protest and use less butter. 
The latter is the more effective, and when 
hundreds of people are doing it at the same 
time, retailers soon get off their high perch. 
As there is more reason for the consumer 
than for the wholesale buyer to fight an 
advance in price, logically the retail price 
ought to drop with the first wholesale de¬ 
cline. One good reason why it does not is 
that much of the buying is done by ser¬ 
vants who take no particular interest in 
expenses, so that the man who furnishes 
the money may know nothing about the 
extravagant prices until he gets the weekly 
or monthly bill. The recent drop of 5*4 
cents here seems to be merely the result 
of larger receipts. The output in producing 
sections is increasing, and there are no 
apparent reasons why prices should be ab¬ 
normally high for several months at least. 
BEEF NOTES.—It is well known that the 
half-dozen or more large packers practi¬ 
cally control the beef trade, as they own 
great interests in the producing districts, 
have the slaughtering and storage plants, 
handle the transportation end about as 
they please, and have such a firm grip on 
the retail trade that they can bring to 
terms or freeze out the small dealer who 
tries to do business in any way except as 
they dictate. Having things so completely 
in their hands it is quite natural that con¬ 
sumers should conclude that the beef com¬ 
bination alone is responsible for the con¬ 
tinued advance in price. There are certain 
legitimate reasons why beef should be 
somewhat higher, although they are not 
sufficient to account for the sudden and 
extreme advance; and it is useless to claim, 
as some do, that between the large packers 
there has been no agreement, with the 
consequent manipulation of prices. Two 
matters affecting the price of beef have 
been the active export demand, which has 
kept down the surplus stock ordinarily 
filling emergency gaps; and the high price 
of feed due to the drought of last year. 
1 orn has been so high tha't many cattle 
which would otherwise have been fitted 
for market are not in condition to sell. 
I he present wholesale prices of beef here 
are: Loins and ribs, 14 to 16 cents; hind 
quarters and ribs, 12 to 13, and sides, 10 to 
11- Good beef at retail is now so high that 
consumption is decreasing, and this sort of 
applied argument will bring prices down. 
Beef is a convenient and appetizing form 
In which to get certain necessary nutrients, 
but it is not the only form in which they 
may be had, and hundreds of people know 
that they can live just as well on much 
less beef than they commonly use. No 
matter how much dealers would like to 
keep prices up, a serious dropping off in 
consumptive trade is something that they 
cannot stand, and the price will have to 
come down below the prohibitive figure. 
This is an old story which has been worked 
out time and again in the butter trade. A 
number of small dealers in Brooklyn have 
“shut up shop” on account of high prices 
of beef, because they could not afford to 
pay from 13 to 16 cents per pound and sell 
for 12 to 14. A few have signs in their win¬ 
dows which read: “No More Beef Until 
Prices Are Lower!” w. w. h. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
Here is a remedy for lump jaw in cattle 
that is guaranteed to cure—“free if it fails." 
is the way its makers put It. There is no 
guess-work about the results where Flem¬ 
ing’s Lump Jaw Cure is used, as it has 
cured thousands of cases in from one to 
three applications. It is easily applied, 
harmless and humane. Have also Poll 
Evil Cure and cure for spavin. Free in¬ 
formation and book of testimonials from 
many users sent free to all who write Flem¬ 
ing Bros., Union Stock Yards, Chicago. 
The Kalamazoo Stove Company, Kala¬ 
mazoo, Mich., wish to announce that they 
will now sell their entire line of celebrated 
Kalamazoo steel ranges, steel cook stoves 
and Oak heaters, direct to user, at factory 
prices, saving the. purchaser all dealers’ 
and jobbers’ profits. This concern has a 
mammoth factory, and manufacture every 
range and stove they offer for sale. If any 
of our readers are contemplating purchas¬ 
ing a really first-class range or stove, they 
may rest assured that they will receive 
careful and courteous treatment, and that 
they take no risk in purchasing of these 
people. 
The Improved “Stewart Shear” has been 
recently patented by J. K. Stewart, the 
president of the Chicago Flexible Shaft 
Company, of Chicago, the well-known 
manufacturers of sneep-shearing machines. 
The new shear is described by expert 
shearers, who have used it, to be a marvel 
of simplicity and strength. They state the 
extreme lightness of the tension required 
for perfect cutting is remarkable. It is 
proving immensely popular with “fast” 
western men. In designing the new 
shearer, the makers have eliminated weak 
and troublesome features, and have em¬ 
bodied in the new tool a degree of strength 
and compactness tha.. is wonderful, to say 
the least. Sheepmen should not fail to get 
their catalogue; it is free for the asking. 
All farmers know that when the rush of 
Spring work comes on they almost invari¬ 
ably have trouble from sore shoulders on 
their work teams. It is an easy matter to 
obviate all this trouble and loss if one but 
knows how to go about it. The trouble 
results generally from thick and stagnant 
blood, induced by heavy feeding and lack 
of sufficient exercise during the Winter. 
The remedy is found in toning up and 
thinning the blood and otherwise purifying 
the same; in other words, providing a 
Spring tonic. For this purpose we would 
direct the attention of our readers to Tut¬ 
tle’s American Condition Powders, manu¬ 
factured by Dr. S. A. Tuttle, of Boston, 
Mass. Then apply Tuttle’s Elixir exter¬ 
nally to the sores. Write for Tuttle’s book, 
“Veterinary Experience,” mailed free. 
Breeders who know the" great care exer¬ 
cised at our experiment stations can fully 
realize the real value contained in the fol¬ 
lowing information: 
Agricultural Experiment Station, 
St. Anthony Park, Minn. 
Dear Sirs: It gives me pleasure to say 
that we have tested the value of Chloro- 
Naptholeum by using it for dripping sheep 
at our station. We find the results thus 
far quite satisfactory. We dipped but 
once, and though several weeks have trans¬ 
pired, there is now no trace of ticks or 
lice on our sheep or lambs. 
Thomas Shaw, 
Prof. Animal Husbandry, University of 
Minnesota. 
Chloro-Naptholeum is manufactured by 
West Disinfecting Co., 4 E. 59th St., New 
York City. Books on sheep, cattle and 
swine diseases will be sent free. 
The modern way of doing business by 
selling direct from the factory to the con¬ 
sumer has evidently come to stay. The 
new business method more than ever re¬ 
quires confidence in the fairness and strict 
honesty of the business firm and a reputa¬ 
tion above any suspicion of unfair dealing. 
The success of a firm having this kind of 
a reputation is illustrated in the career of 
the Columbus Carriage and Harness Com¬ 
pany, of Columbus, O., which has sold an 
immense number of high grade carriages 
and harness by a plan of shipment, direct 
from the factory, insuring every buyer 
against loss or dissatisfaction. Their cata¬ 
logue is a valuable guide to buyers of car¬ 
riages and harness, and even those who 
may intend buying elsewhere should have 
a copy on hand to consult in order to be 
informed what the fair factory price is 
before the profits of jobbers and retailers 
are added on. Anyone can obtain this cata¬ 
logue free by writing to the Columbus Car¬ 
riage and Harness Company, Columbus, O. 
GIRL WOMEN . 
The general standard of measurement 
for womanhood is "grown-up-ness.’ , 
When a girl is emancipated from school 
and arrives at the dignity of trailing 
skirts and elaborate hair dressing she is 
looked upon as 
a young woman. 
But nature 
knows nothing 
of such stand¬ 
ards. When the 
womanly func¬ 
tion is establish¬ 
ed womanhood 
is attained ac¬ 
cording to her 
standards, and 
there is need of 
womanly care 
and caution. It 
is girlish ignor¬ 
ance or neglect 
at this critical 
time which often 
results in long 
years of after 
misery. 
Mothers who 
perceive the evi¬ 
dences of func¬ 
tional derange¬ 
ment in young girls should promptly 
have them begin the use of Dr. Pierce’9 
Favorite Prescription. It establishes reg¬ 
ularity, tranquilize* the nerves and tones 
up the whole system. 
«My troubles started during my girlhood,* 
writes Miss Flora I. Greer, of 107 Howe Street, 
Akron, O., "but did not prove serious until 1893 . 
From that time I did not see a well day. I 
suffered at every monthly period with terrible 
headache, irritation of the spine and pains in 
my heels. I had soreness through my hips and 
ovaries all the time and constant backache. 
One doctor would tell me one thing ailed me, 
another would say something altogether differ¬ 
ent, but they only relieved me. I then wrote 
you and followed yonr advice. I took five bottles 
of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, four of 
‘Golden Medical Discovery’ and five vials of 
‘Pellets.’ Have not had a single symptom of 
my old trouble so far. Can sleep good, work 
hard, and eat solid and substantial food with¬ 
out distress.” 
Dr. Pierce’* Pleasant Pellets cleanse th« 
bowels and stimulate the sluggish liver. 
IDELITY FOODS 
I B Used everywhere 
specialist fanciers wit’ 
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Pit 
by practical ponltrymen and 
1 th unfailing success. Insures 
perfect health and promotes rapid growth. Price, 
tt lbs., *1.25} BOlbSj $ 2 . 00 ; 100lbs.,$8.50. 
FIDELITY FOOD FOR FOWLS 
forgetting birds into highest show condition; for 
maximum egg production; for keeping fowls free 
from disease. Price same as F. F. for Y. 0. 
The Famous Fidolity Food is for sale by Poultry 
Supply Dealers throughout the world and by the 
Mfrjy^ox^JsmesburjjNjJ 
Pfneland I. & B.Co .Solel 
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FUMA 
fikills Prairie Dogs, 
Woodchucks, Gophers 
and Grain Insects. 
“The wheels of the 
gods grind slow but 
exceeding small." Bo the weevil, but you can stop 
u.injri.a “Fuma Carbon Bisulphide” 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR. Penn Yan. N. Y. 
Newton’s Heave, Cough, Dii« 
temper and Indigestion Cure. 
A veterinary specific for wind, 
throat and stomach troubles. 
Strong recommends. $1 per 
can. Dealers, mail or Kx.paid. 
Newton Horne Remedy Co. 
( y ) Toledo. Ohie. 
Bud Turkey 
KGG8 FOK SALE, 15 cents each, 
A. C.Green ASons, Winchester, lnd 
Eggs from Premium Stock.—15 for ; 
$5 per 100. S. O. Brown Leghorns, W. P. R., and B. P 
II. (nonpareil strain). J. W. K1LLEN, Felton, Del. 
White Wyandottes Exclusively.—Eggs 
for hatching, from choice matings, $1 per 16. 
M. M. LAMB, Branchport, N. T. 
Barred Rocks 
bank In city. L. 8. TOWNSEND, Wilmington, Del. 
R ] Updo - Farm-raised, hardy and prolific. For 
• *• ItCUo eggs to hatch at li cents each, Hond to 
Walter Sherman. 25 Boulevard, Middletown, R. 1. 
E GGS—From White Plymouth Rocks 
—50 cents a setting of 15. 
J. M. THORN1LKY, Marietta. Ohio. 
EGGS, $2 PER 15 . 
Choice Barred and Bull P. Rock, W. and S. Wyan¬ 
dotte. Dr. 8. C. MOYER,*Lansdale. Pa. 
E GG8 from Thoroughbred Bar. Wh. Buff Bocks, Br. 
Wh. Buff Leghorns, Gold, Wh. Buff Wyandottes, 
Langshans, Cochins, Minorcas, Hamburgs. Brahmas, 
15, $1:40, $2. Catalog. H. K. Mohr, Quakertown, Pa. 
S. C. White Leghorns, Wyckoff strain. 
Yearling Hens, KS1 each. 
EGGS, 75 cents per 13; $4 per 100. 
ZIMMER BROS., Weodsport, N. Y. 
YX/HITE LEGHORN Eggs for Hatching. We have 
tiOO hens, bred for egg production; large size, 
vigor and purity of stock. Free range and food In¬ 
sures fertility. We agree to please. Write for cir¬ 
cular. WHITE & RICE, Box B, Yorktown, N. Y. 
JOHN A. IRION, Gallipolis, Ohio, 
Breeder of Barred Plymouth Rocks; 15 choice fertile 
pggs, $1. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. 13 Pekin 
Duck eggs, $1; large strain. 
BARRED P. ROCK EGGS gS 
per 15; 30 eggs, 
A prize-winning 
male at head of every yard, scoring 91 or better; 
large, blocky. and heavy Winter layers. S. C. White 
Leghorn Eggs, same price. A few trios, $7. 
BALKS & CO., 102 So. Main St., Washington, Pa. 
Rhode Island Reds 
1299 Eggs In 3 Mob. pullets 318 eggs In 
November; 499 In December; 482 In January. I have 
a strain of layers and will carefully select sittings 
of 13 at $1.50 each. Single-comb variety only. 
H. L. GIFFOBD, Hornellsvllle, N. Y. 
Rhode Island Reds EX' 
prizes. Farm Range free from disease. The grand 
all-purpose fowl. Wonderful, Winter layers. Eggs 
highly fertilized, $1 per dozen; special per hundred; 
discount 10 per cent to Grangers. 
W. IRISH, Box 517, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 
els and 50 pullets for sale at reasonable prices. Also 
25 B. P. R. cockerels. All bred from Madison Square 
Garden winners. Eggs for hatching from Light, 
Brahmas. Barred P. Itocks and W. Wyandottes $2 
per 15. Woodcrest Farm, Rlfton, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
White Wyandottes. 
Choice, large farm-raised stock. Eggs, $3 per 100; 
$2 per 50. Safe arrival guaranteed. Address 
S. DEAN, OAK HILL, N. Y. 
Death to Lice 
on HENS and CHICKS. 
84-page Book FREE. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Apponaug, R. 1. 
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Killing Mites 
and lice; making hens lay, 
_ eggs hatch and chicks 
grow, with least expense and bother. Ask for 
new 82 page pamphlet which tells all about 
It. Sent free postpaid. GEO. II. I.EE DO., 
Omaha, Neb.,or No. 8 Park Place,New York 
Save 
your chicks. The Scientific Gape- 
Worm Extractor, 10 cents. Eggs for 
hatching, 20 for $1; 100 for $3.50. Buff and Barred 
Bocks; Buff and Golden Wyandottes; R. C. Brown 
and S. C. White Leghorns. Berry PlantB. 
< / Circular free. 
^/. Macedon, N. Y. 
A Steel Stanchion £™ e ™ n £wfo? 
tying cattle. Lighter, stronger, neater. Swings on chains. 
Notin the way when lying down. Agents wanted. \V rite for ape- 
cial terms and prices, J as . Boyle, Mfr.,Salem, O. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS. 
Sired by ADMIRAL PAUL DuKOL, whose two 
sisters, Lilith Pauline DeKol, A. R. O., at four years, 
28 pounds 8.8 ounces butter In seven days, and Aaggie 
Cornucopia Pauline, A. R. O., at 2*4 years, 24 pounds 
6.8 ounces butter In seven days, are the largest and 
second largest records for their ages. These bulls 
are large, straight and handsome, ready for service. 
Price low. M. D. ECKLER, Cooperstown, N. Y. 
tin UllftlDIIP 3 PERFECT IV- 
nU nUITIDUU STRUM ENTS In 1 
HumanoSwina V.Stock Murker ami Cal C 
Dohorner. Stops swine of all ages from 
rooting. Makes48ilifferentear marks, all 
sizes, with same blade. Extracts llorns. 
Testimonialsfree. Price < 1 ad or send $1 
(got i ton trial ;i fitsuits seal balance. 
Pat'd Apr. 23,190.. 
FARMER UUIUHTOV, FalrUcld, Iona. 
Incubators yromlsr,00rp - 
Brooders Frmn * 4 -° 0 l!p 
Fully Warranted. Free Catalogue. 
L. A. BANTA, Ligonlcr, lnd. 
PINELAND 
Incubators and Brooders. 
Ififll—THEY LED THEN. 1007 
IOOI THEY LEAD NOW- 1 * ,U ^ 
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Concise Catalogue from 
PINELAND INCUBATOR AND BROODER CO., 
WIRE FENCE AT WHOLESALE. 
Also Coiled spring, plain and Barb wire. Send for Oat. 
and prices. W. H. Mason Co., Box 67, Lee.burg, O. 
STRONGER THAN STEEL 
This famous fence is woven of best steel made more dur¬ 
able by heavy galvanizing. Every rod is guaranteed. When it 
Is put up— tight —your fence troubles are ended for all time. 
ELLWOODw.Ve 1 ' fence 
stands heat and cold, storms, bulls, boys, horses, sheep and cattle. 
Made in six heights, from 18 inch to58 inch. Styles for all purposes. 
Bent unit cheapest diamond mesh wire fence. Get prices. Sold 
in every town. If not handled by your dealer, write to 
AMERICAN STEEL &. WIRE CO., Chicago, 
New York, San Francisco, 
Denver. 
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