1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
377 
MARKET NOTES 
POTATOES.—All grades have dropped 25 
to 50 cents per barrel. Receipts of old 
stock, particularly foreign, are very heavy. 
There is considerable pressure to sell, and 
the result is a weak market, with the 
probability of further declines. The Florida 
new crop is coming in rapidly. Some very 
fine lots are seen, occasionally bringing as 
high as $5.50 per barrel. For the first 14 
days of May there -were received at this 
market 43,560 barrels of domestic and 165,- 
455 16S-pound bags of foreign potatoes. 
EGGS.—The market is very dull for me¬ 
dium and lower grades, of which there is 
a large surplus; but, as is usually the case, 
strictly fancy are scarce, occasionally find¬ 
ing buyers above quotations. It may seem 
strange that, when hens are laying well 
throughout large producing sections, there 
should be any scarcity of fresh eggs. The 
chief reason is that hundreds of people, 
who dispose of eggs at the country stores, 
hold them for two or three weeks, until 
they get enough for a large basket. Then 
perhaps the storekeeper holds them for a 
week longer, so that when he finally dis¬ 
poses of the whole lot the late arrivals 
that are really fresh are hopelessly mixed 
with their elders, thus losing reputation. 
Receipts at New York for the two weeks 
ending May 14 were 192,600 30-dozen cases, 
or 69,939,600 eggs. 
BUTTER.—On account of increased re¬ 
ceipts of creamery a decline of 2% cents 
is noted. There are occasional complaints 
of irregular quality, some lots being taint¬ 
ed with onions or other weeds. Wild 
onions are a great nuisance, particularly 
in a dairy district. They grow rapidly in 
Spring, and cows are sure to get more or 
less of them when first turned into pas¬ 
tures thus infested. Digging them out is 
the only remedy, and it is not difficult to 
keep clear of them even in an infested 
neighborhood, if one watches carefully. 
We know one busy farmer who, whenever 
he sees a patch of wild onions in a field, 
immediately goes on the warpath with a 
digger. Every onion is dug out and put in 
a bag, so that none can be dropped on the 
way, and then burned. The arrivals of 
State dairy and imitation creamery have 
been proportionately light, fancy State 
dairy bringing within one-half cent of 
extra creamery. As the stock of old but¬ 
ter was so nearly cleaned up, nothing be¬ 
low 20 cents is expected for the higher 
grades at present, even though makings 
should be materially increased. 
SIDEWAEKS IN BLOOM.—On nearly 
all the streets in this city leading to fer¬ 
ries which take passengers to suburban 
tiiains, florists have street stands, with 
potted plants in convenient form to take 
home. Many of these are fine specimens 
of geraniums, petunias, verbenas and oth¬ 
er familiar plants, with other less common 
varieties, and are sold at from 10 to 30 
cents, according to size. Others are sorts 
that bloom for only a short time, and, of 
course, aro taken from the greenhouse 
when they make the best showing. A man 
who had paid 35 cents for a fine Spiraea 
Japonica and who evidently thought that 
it would continue to bloom all the year, 
was much disgusted when he found that 
the flowers soon faded, and that nothing 
more could be expected before another 
year. An important branch of this side¬ 
walk garden business is the trade in to¬ 
mato and cabbage plants and hardy 
shrubs. The shrubs have their roots 
wrapped in burlap, to avoid drying out 
and make a package that can be carried 
conveniently. Most of the tomato and 
cabbage plants are grown in flats, and are 
broken up and sold at 10 to 30 cents a 
dozen. Others are grown in small grape 
baskets, minus the handle, containing about 
as many plants as a suburbanite with a 
small garden would require. The advan¬ 
tage is that they may thus be taken home 
without disturbing the roots until they are 
transplanted. Some who prepare the signs 
for these sidewalk stands evidently try 
to strike an average between phonetic 
and Websterian spelling, a dish of tube¬ 
rose bulbs being labeled tueb-roses. 
NOTES ON SWEET POTATOES. 
Lrops East and West. —The season of 
1901 will be remembered by many sweet 
potato growers. Those of the East with 
gladness, those of the West, where the 
drought was severe, with sadness. The 
crop in the East was usually good, in spite 
of excessive rains in midsummer. While 
in some parts of the West it was a total 
failure owing to the drougth. One grower 
reports only 60 bushels on 10 acres; an¬ 
other reports planting and caring for 25 
acres and harvesting only 160 bushels in 
Amateur Poultrymen should use Mapes’ 
Balanced Ration. We furnish the skill, 
you follow directions. The hens do the 
Made only by L. R. Wallace, 
Middletown, N. Y.— Adv. 
all. This was in a region where they often 
raise 200 bushels or more per acre. Such 
results must certainly be discouraging, 
but those western fellows are not so easily 
discouraged, as they are evidently “up and 
at it” again in earnest this Spring. 
Prices Advance.— On account of the 
general shortage in the crop, prices began 
to advance early in the season, especially 
on the Chicago and other western mar¬ 
kets, where they reached $5 per barrel by 
February for good stock, and by March 
$5.50 was often obtained in New York and 
other markets. At this date (May 8) but 
few sweet potatoes are on the market, and 
we are getting $2.25 per bushel in New 
York, the highest price we have known in 
26 years of sweet potato culture. 
The Grumbling Farmer.— Much has 
been said in the past about the grumbling 
farmer. He is not to be found about here 
this Spring. In fact, farmers are the most 
contented and satisfied 1 ever knew them 
here, and right here is a good object les¬ 
son. It shows that farmers don’t grumble 
any more than other people if they can be 
fairly well paid for their labor. But who 
can blame them for grumbling when year 
after year their income is so meager that 
they have to deny themselves almost every 
pleasure, and even stay at home from 
church because their clothes are old and 
worn, as I have known in some cases. 
Prices vs. Wages.— Still, if we want me¬ 
chanical work done, we have to pay to 
others wages that are equal to what the 
farmer would get for his labor, when 
sweet potatoes are $5 per barrel in New 
York. In to-day’s paper this advertise¬ 
ment occurs: “Wanted—Bricklayers at 
$3.75 per day.-, Atlantic City,’’ 
and these men work only eight or nine 
hours for a day. A farmer has to stir him¬ 
self pretty well to pay his taxes, insurance 
and keep his property in repair, and after 
allowing say four or five per cent interest 
on the use of capital invested, clear $3.75 
per day of nine hours. 
Varieties.— For the general market a 
smooth, bright-yellow potato of rather 
chunky form is demanded. Of these the 
Jersey Yellow, Big Stem Jersey Yellow and 
Up River are all good. The Big Stem Jer¬ 
sey Yellow is the most productive of all. 
We raised over 100 barrels per acre of them 
last year, and one hill of 12 tubers weighed 
14 pounds, without the vines. They are 
the strongest growers, often making vines 
12 to 15 feet long. Many of our neighbors 
are raising these largely now, and they are 
deservedly popular. Up River is a strain 
of Jerseys much liked in some places. With 
us they do not take the place of the Vine- 
land Fancy strain, so long popular in this 
section. Jersey Red is unexcelled for a 
fancy, bright-red sweet potato of good 
keeping quality, and one of the best for 
the table. They are also well liked on the 
market, but seldom bring quite so much 
as the fancy yellows. Pierson originated 
with Col. Pierson of this place. He found 
it growing among some Red Bermudas, 
which it resembles very much except in 
color, being a light yellow—almost white 
on some soils. It is one of the strongest 
growers and immensely productive; ours 
produced at the rate of 375 bushels per 
acre last year, but they often grow too 
large and on heavy soil too rough and ir¬ 
regular. With us the quality is first-class. 
Sweet potatoes of this class are often 
called yams. Vineland Bush resembles the 
Jersey Yellow In color and general appear¬ 
ance. It makes practically no runners, but 
a thick bunch of leaves. It is no doubt 
the best of the vineless sorts for the 
northern grower, although it takes a long¬ 
er season to mature than the Jerseys. Be¬ 
tween Vineless Gold Coin and Texas Vine¬ 
less we can see no difference, having 
grown them side by side last year. It is 
one of the sweetest of all sweets, the mo¬ 
lasses will break the skin and run out 
when baked; it does not cook dry and 
mealy, but soft and sweet, and is liked 
by many. Coney is a new sweet potato 
found growing in a field here, of the Jer¬ 
sey type, very short and chunky,and sets 
so close to the stem as to leave no space 
between them; the easiest of all to dig. 
Other varieties, as Gen. Grant (Provi¬ 
dence), Early Golden, Hayman, Brazilian 
Yam and White Spanish are of rather 
local reputation, all doing best on rather 
light sandy soil. We have had some very 
good reports of Gen. Grant from points 
quite far north. It has very thick, short 
vines; is sometimes called vineless. Sweet 
potato plants should never be set until the 
weather is warm and settled, about melon 
planting time is a good rule. 
New Jersey. frank s. newcomb 
Good.— We say Amen to the following 
from The Farmer’s Guide: “It seemed 
tough to him, we suppose, but that farmer 
who. driving by his neighbor’s homestead, 
had his hired man jump out of the wagon 
and shoot four quail out of a flock which 
his neighbor had fed through the Winter 
was well and righteously served when he 
had to pull $70 out of his jeans to settle 
the bill.” 
HANDICAPPED . 
The man who started to run a race in 
chains and fetters would be visibly hand¬ 
icapped. No one would expect him to 
succeed. The man who runs the race of 
life when his 
digestive and nu¬ 
tritive organs are 
diseased is equally 
handicapped. In 
the one case his 
strength is over¬ 
weighted, in the 
other it is under- 
mined. Success 
demands above 
all else a sound 
stomach. 
Doctor Pierce’s 
G ol d e n Medical 
Discovery cures 
diseases of the 
stomach and other 
organs of diges¬ 
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When this is done 
food is perfectly 
digested and as¬ 
similated and the 
body receives strength in the only way 
in which strength can be given—by the 
nutrition derived from digested and as¬ 
similated food. 
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