1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
345 
MARKET NOTES 
THE OYSTER, like other marine deni¬ 
zens such as the clam, crab, lobster and 
shark, has a somewhat grasping disposi¬ 
tion, when with opened shell he lies in his 
native haunts, but until recently he has 
not appeared as an octopus, or member of 
the trust family. It is now announced 
that an oyster combination, with a capital 
of $50,000 or more, has been formed by 
planters and packers of the Norfolk, Va„ 
district, for the purpose of handling all 
branches of the oyster business. Improved 
methods, a decrease in cost of distribution 
and consequently increased profits are 
aimed at. 
HOPS.—The English crop for 1901 was 
nearly one-third heavier than usual. For 
this reason our exports to that country 
have been comparatively light, about 50,000 
bales compared with 90,000 the previous 
year. In spite of these light exports the 
home stock has been worked out quite 
thoroughly, and the market is firm, hold¬ 
ers being confident that there will be no 
decline in price before the new crop comes 
in. Contracts covering over 25,000 pounds 
of the 1902 crop at 12 cents are reported 
from Oregon. Present prices are: New 
York State choice, 19 to 20; prime, 17% to 
18 %; poor to medium, 16 to 17. Pacific coast 
runs about one cent lower on all grades. 
NEW ZEALAND LAMB.—A consign¬ 
ment of 20 Spring lambs from these far 
distant islands was recently received here, 
and disposed of to the hote, and club trade 
at about the same price paid for home 
produced lambs. They came by way of 
London and Southampton, traveling 19,000 
miles in cold storage. It sounds apsurd to 
speak of New Zealand paying this heavy 
transportation charge and a tariff of two 
cents per pound, and competing with New 
York or Ohio for the New York lamb mar¬ 
ket, yet it is not impossible that with the 
constantly improving shipping facilities 
this may actually be done for the very 
early market. Like portions of Australia, 
these islands, on account of climate and 
vegetation, are peculiarly adapted to sheep 
raising, so that it is possible for the New 
Zealand farmer to produce a pound of 
early lamb enough cheaper than the New 
York sheep man to pay the extra shipping 
charges. 
A CURRANT ARGUMENT.—The arrival 
at this port of a steamer with 3,000 bar¬ 
rels of dried currants from Greece gives 
some idea of the extent of this trade. 
Those who have prepared these currants 
for cooking know that they are well mixed 
with earth, as the fruit is dried on the 
ground. In this way the Grecian penin¬ 
sula contributes to this country a liberal 
portion of her surface soil every year. 
There is a duty of two cents a pound on 
these imports, and it has been the custom 
of the Government weigher to make this 
charge on the entire contents of the pack¬ 
age. The importers contended that this 
tax should be only on the currants, and 
objected to paying a duty of two cents a 
pound on the classic soil of Greece inci¬ 
dentally imported with the fruit. Quite 
naturally the appraisers ruled against this 
appeal, as it would De difficult to make 
any very close estimate of the weight of 
dirt stuck to the currants. There was one 
dissenting opinion, however, on the ground 
that the amount of foreign matter in a fair 
sample of the fruit should be determined 
and a pro rata deduction be made on this 
basis. A Chicago court took the same view 
and has reversed the Board’s decision, but 
it is probable that the Government will 
appeal the case. A fair way out of this 
difficulty would seem to be for the pro¬ 
ducers to use a reasonable amount of care 
in drying this fruit. California fruit men 
and New York apple evaporator men know 
that it pays to keep the fruit clean. No 
extensive washing is needed before using 
these products, but even after the Greek 
currants are scrubbed until nearly worn 
out. one is likely to find grit enough in 
them to set his teeth on edge. 
BUTTER.—A further decline of 4% cents 
is noted. Receipts are increasing, but the 
few days of cool weather have stimulated 
the consumptive trade and checked further 
declines. The latest arrivals show slight 
defects on account of the two or three days 
of excessively hot weather of the previous 
week. On account of the passage of the 
bill regulating the sale of artificial butter, 
the oleo people have developed a surprising 
affection for the butter consumer. Their 
howls about the awful possibilities of a 
butter trust, which shall wring the hard- 
earned pence from the pockets of the poor 
man, are amusing, when one remembers 
that for years these same oleo philanthro¬ 
pists have cheerfully sold the same poor 
Mapes’ Balanced Ration, the new 
poultry food, makes hens “lay or bust.” 
Made only at Middletown, N. Y., by L. 
R. Wallace. Cheapest and best.— Adv. 
man, for butter, at butter prices, a product 
that could be sold at a fair profit for seven 
to 10 cents per pound less than the price 
charged. Now they have a lot to say 
about the superiority of oleo to average 
butter, but so long as unmolested by law 
they were glad to keep the label off from 
their product, let the buyer think he was 
eating butter and pocket the excessive 
profit. The dairymen of this country can 
produce and sell at a fair price all of the 
butter needed, and can quickly enlarge 
their herds to provide for any increased 
demand. The talk of an extensive butter 
famine on account of showing up oleo is 
nonsense. The dairy interests are so wide¬ 
spread and finely divided that they have 
no facilities for forming a trust, even 
though they had a disposition to do so. 
w. w. H. 
Grows and Seed Corn.— I buy one-half 
pound of common glue and one-half pound 
of red lead. Dissolve the glue in about one 
quart of warm water; when fully dissolved 
add about five to six quarts of warm water 
to it. In this water I place corn enough 
to be covered with the liquid. Stir, to wet 
all the corn. Take out with a colander to 
keep the liquid in the bucket. Spread out 
the corn on some boards or in a tight 
wagon bed. If more corn is needed do 
this a second or third time. When the wet 
corn is ready take the red lead and sprinkle 
over the corn; stir and put lead enough on 
it to paint the corn thoroughly red. When 
this is done, spread the corn thin enough 
to dry in the sun. It will dry in a couple 
of hours, and is 1 ready to be used the next 
day. If all the crows are of the same kind 
as I have around here, they will give the 
corn a trial, but after this will let it alone. 
I have tried this preventive with satisfac¬ 
tion for years. If the Hope Farm man tries 
it I would like to hear how his crows acted 
with him. E. s. 
Blair Co., Pa. 
R. N.-Y.—The tar method keeps the crows 
away for us. 
Western Hustlers.— Tne Dakota Farm¬ 
er has the following: “A writer in an 
eastern exchange is considerably wrought 
up over the fact that while ‘out West’ re¬ 
cently he made the astonishing discovery 
that few Dakota farmers knew the differ¬ 
ent breeds of horses by sight or name. 
Well, what of it? Most of us know when 
a horse pulls splendidly, can tell when he 
runs well, and are fair judges of his ability 
to cover the ground when between the 
walk and run. The writer doesn’t know a 
‘stepper’ from a Thoroughbred, but he does 
Out oi Plumb. 
When the wall is out of plumb the 
building is more or less unsafe, and the 
higher the wall is carried out of the per¬ 
pendicular the greater the danger of col¬ 
lapse. It’s about so with the health ; it 
is out of plumb when the digestion is 
impaired, when 
there is a dull, 
sluggish feeling, 
with nervousness, 
irritability and 
sleeplessness. 
Every day that 
these symptoms 
are neglected in¬ 
creases the liabil¬ 
ity to physical 
collapse. 
Dr. Pierce’s 
Golden Medical 
Discovery cures 
diseases of the 
stomach and other 
organs of diges¬ 
tion and nutrition. 
It purifies the blood and cures nervous¬ 
ness, irritability and sleeplessness by 
curing the diseases in which they 
originate. 
"For three years I suffered untold agony,” 
■writes Mrs. H. R. White, of Stanstead, Stanstead 
Co., Quebec. "I would have spells of trembling 
and being sick at my stomach, pain in right side 
all the time ; then it would work up into my 
stomach and—such distress it is impossible to 
describe. I wrote to the World’s Dispensary 
Medical Association, stating my case to them, 
•nd they very promptly answered and told me 
what to do. I took eight bottle* of Dr. Pierce’s 
Golden Medical Discovery, and five vials of 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Thanks to Dr. 
Pierce and his medicine I am a well woman 
to-day. Dr. Pierce’s medicines also cured my 
mother of liver complaint from which she has 
been a sufferer for fifteen years. We highly 
recommend these medicines to all suffering 
people.” 
The People’s Common Sense Medical 
Adviser, a book containing 1008 pages, 
is given away. Send 21 one-cent stamps 
for expense of mailing only , for the book 
in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the 
volume bound in cloth. Address Dr. 
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Reg. Ayrshires and Cheshires 
Bull Call’, lour weeks old; Ked and White Heller 
Calves, 4 and 10 months old, nicely marked. Service 
Boars, Sows In farrow, Fall and Spring Pigs, In pairs 
not akin. All stock in good condition and fine. 
HOMER J. BROWN, North Harford, Cort. Co., N. Y. 
know he has driven our range horses near¬ 
ly a hundred miles a day, trotted them 
when they simply flew, and rode them 
when they ran like Thoroughbreds, and all 
this without their ever having tasted oats, 
felt a currycomb or seen a stable; neither 
had they worn a shoe, been trained for 
show or had their pictures in a paper. By 
the way, we know a lot of western men, 
too, schooled in much the same glorious 
fashion, who are setting a pace in the 
business world which makes some highly 
educated and pedigreed easterners step 
high, wide and handsome to keep in sight 
of them.” 
>rd. Rock and W. Wyan. Eggs, from selected pens' 
* $5 per 100. Edmont Poultry Farm, Durham, N. Y 
■por Sale.—Entire stock of W. and B. P. Rocks; low 
A prices. Few W. Wyan., W. Leg. and P. Guineas. 
Eggs from all. 26 $1; stamp. Mrs. Hellings, Dover, Del 
B. Plymouth Rock eggs. 5c. each, or $4 50 per 100 
from leading strains; have farm range. Also, Berk¬ 
shire and P. China pigs. W. A. Lothers, Lack, Pa. 
S. C. White Leghorns, Wyckoff strain. 
Yearling Hens, !#1 each. 
EGGS, 75 cents per 13; $4 per 100. 
ZIMMER BROS., Weedsport, N. Y. 
EGGS 
-Fertility guaranteed. By the sit¬ 
ting or hundred. 23 varlettes of 
prize-winning land and water 
fowls. Big catalog free. Our guarantee means some¬ 
thing. PINK TREK FARM, Box T, Jamesburg, N.J. 
Book on Vacation Stories. 
The Summer Book just issued by the 
Lackawanna Railroad contains a series 
of delightful vacation stories entitled 
“The Experiences of Pa.” Everyone 
who is seeking a place in which to spend 
the Summer months will be interested 
in these amusing sketches. The book 
is handsomely illustrated and describes 
some of the most attractive resorts of 
the East. It will tell you where to go, 
how to go and the price of board; it is 
called “Mountain and Lake Resorts of 
the Lackawanna Railroad,” and will be 
sent on request accompanied by five 
cents in stamps to T. W. Lee, General 
Passenger Agent, New York City. 
Q your chicks. The Scientific Gape- 
O O V tJ Worm Extractor. 10 cents. Eggs for 
hatching, 20 for $1; 100 for $3.50. Buff and Barred 
Rocks; Buff and Golden Wyandottes; R. C. Brown 
and S. C. White Leghorns. Berry Plants. 
Circular free. 
Macedon, N. Y. 
Incubators From ^ 6 00 -i T ^ 
B ro 0 d e r 
Fully Warranted. Free Catalogue. 
L. A. BANTA, Llgonier, Ind. 
White Wyandottes Exclusively.—Eggs 
for hatching, from choice matings, $1 per 15. 
M. M. LAMB, Branchport, N. Y. 
Baned Rocks OUrffSftfSfiSiUS 
bank In city. L. 8. TOWNSEND, Wilmington, Del. 
R. I. Reds - 
Farm-raised, hardy and prolific. For 
eggs to hatch at 6 cents each, send to 
Walter Sherman, 25 Boulevard, Middletown, R. 1. 
EGGS, $2 PER 15. 
Choice Barred and Buff P. Rock, W. and S. Wyan 
dotte. Dr. 8. C. MOYER, Lansdale, Pa. 
E GGS from Thoroughbred Bar. Wh. Buff Rocks, Br. 
Wh. Buff Leghorns, Gold, Wh. Buff Wyandottes, 
Langshans, Cochins, Minorcas, Hamburgs, Brahmas, 
15, $1; 40, $2. Catalog. H. K. Mohr, Quakertown, Pa. 
YX7HITE LEGHORN Eggs for Hatching. We have 
* * 600 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 & RlfiE, Box B, Yorktown, N. Y. 
JOHN A. IRION, Gallipolis, Ohio, 
Breeder of Barred Plymouth Rocks; 15 choice fertile 
eggs, $1. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. 13 Pekin 
Duck eggs, $1; large strain. 
BARRED P. ROCK EGGS g-S per 15:80 eKKS - 
$2.50. 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. 
BALES & CO., 102 So. Main St., Washington, Pa. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS-.foCSC 
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. Rocks and W. Wyandottes $2 
per 15. Woodcrest Farm, Rlfton, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
Death to Lice 
on HENS and CHICKS 
64-page Book FREE. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Apponaug, R. I. 
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DESCRIPTION— Selected second growth hickory 
wheels and gears; Norway iron clips and bolts; inch axle 
double collars, full length body loops, long body, any width. 
Solid spring bellows back, with Ideal spring cross bar (spring cushions 
furnished in place of cross bar if preferred) trimmed in dark green, tan or 
maroon leather, cloth or plush. All wool top lining, leather quarters and 
b ack stays, curved top joints (see cut), complete with storm apron, side cur¬ 
tains, boot and full length carpet. Nickel dash rail, hand rail and lazy back 
rail. Wend for Big Free Catalog). e of Vehicles mid Harness In Colors, A , 
buggy factory selling direct must pay all of their expenses, salaries, etc., out of a few thousand buggies. Our , 
expenses are all paid out of our agricultural implement factory. A buggy factory would starve to death on the 
small Drofit wo get on a buggy. Write ns before buying. The only plow factory in the world selling direct to 
the consumer. HAPCOOO MANUFACTURING CO., Box 274, ALTON, ILL. 
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water every day while your flowers are growing and do not want your pump blown 
1 down when the wind blows too hard, no pump In the world can equal ours. We 
have sold about20.000 of them during the past twenty-five years, which is proof 
Nj that we are not making wild statements. 
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The Great Value 
and the marvelous healing power of 
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in emergency a speedy and permanent healing 
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Apply it, rub it in on bare spots, inflammatory 
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