1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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quarter. What can be done for it? 
Connecticut. a. n. o. 
There is probably an obstruction in the 
teat which needs the services of a veterin¬ 
arian, and he must use the teat bistoury 
freely or the teat will close up entirely in 
time. Bad quarters of this nature are hard 
to handle. 
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CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT, 
The Rural New-Yorker, 
409 Pearl Street, New York. 
Thrush in Horse. 
A week after I purchased a young horse 
I discovered that he had a touch of thrush. 
I now have his feet dry, and they seem to 
have but very little bad smell. Would you 
advise me to put black pine tar in his feet, 
or not? How will snow water act -on his 
feet? J- a. 
Waterdown, Ont. 
You have probably dried up the hoof and 
the thrush still remains. Snow water will 
develop the thrush again, if any happens 
to be lurking around the parts. Soak the 
horse’s feet thoroughly in lukewarm water 
for two days until they are softened. Then 
remove the shoes if you have not, and have 
your blacksmith pare the hoof thoroughly, 
cutting away all dead particles from 
around the frog or where the thrush may 
be lurking. After paring the parts suffi¬ 
ciently to see where the discharge comes 
from, apply hydrogen dioxide three times 
a day by holding the foot up, and with a 
syringe injecting this solution into the 
parts affected. Keep up the treatment un¬ 
til the discharge has entirely ceased. 
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MARKET NOTES 
BERRIES.—There is a large supply of 
strawberries, but the general quality is 
somewhat improved, and there is an in¬ 
creased number of buyers of the class who 
use but few until the nearby crop arrives. 
An occasional lot of green gooseberries is 
seen. They sell slowly, most ot them be¬ 
ing finally picked up by the canners. The 
North Carolina huckleberries on hand are 
of the small black sort and too inferior to 
bring high prices in competition with bet¬ 
ter fruits. 
QUEER CARGO.—The captain of the 
steamer Lena is entitled to a medal for 
ability to turn to practical use the most 
extraordinary happenings. At the time of 
the eruption of La Soufriere, on the island 
of St. Vincent, the Lena was at Barbadoes 
preparing to start for New York in bal¬ 
last. The volcanic dust and gravel, which 
was continually tailing on the deck, was 
scraped up and saved, making all of the 
extra ballast needed, about seven tons, 
without carting it from shore. 
WHEAT PRODUCTION is an extensive 
industry in Argentina. The area suited to 
this grain is said to be about 150,000,000 
acres, although not one-tenth of this is 
actually cultivated. An official report 
states that for the past nine years wheat 
exports have averaged 33,700,000 bushels. 
The cost of production is about 55 cents, 
and the yield per acre 10 to IS bushels. 
Most of the soil is well supplied with pot¬ 
ash. Grasshoppers are the greatest pest 
with which the farmer has to contend. 
MILK INSPECTORS.—A reader in New 
York State wishes to know how milk in¬ 
spectors are appointed, and what measures 
must be taken to get one to visit his place. 
Anyone wishing to become a milk inspector 
must first pass one of the civil service ex¬ 
aminations, which are held at Albany at 
stated times. Then his name is put on the 
eligible list, and from this list the Com¬ 
missioner of Agriculture selects inspectors 
as they are needed. The number assigned 
to any one district is left to his discretion, 
some sections requiring more tnan others. 
One in this State who for any special rea¬ 
son wishes the services of an inspector in 
detecting adulterated milk will receive con¬ 
sideration by applying to the Department 
of Agriculture, Albany, N. Y. 
LEMONS.—The ousy season for these 
friends of thirsty man is here. Every hot 
day makes a big draft on the stock of 
lemons. During May there were received 
here 305,000 boxes from Sicily, and 1,589 
from California. The better grades run 
about 300 per box. The use of lemons in 
the country districts might well be in¬ 
creased during the excessively heated 
term, as they contain a wholesome acid 
in an agreeable form. While it is unwise 
for one exposed to great heat to take large 
quantities of iced lemonade, or any other 
excessively cold drink, a little lemon juice 
is refreshing and healthful, and should be 
on hand especially during harvest time. 
Probably it might well take the place of 
the usual hot coffee that many drink even 
in tropical weather. Most lemon cargoes 
are sold at auction here. Buyers are used 
to this method, which is a quick and con¬ 
venient way to dispose of the stock. The 
word auction as used here does not have 
the common meaning of a bargain sale 
where goods may sometimes be bought for 
less than their value. Buyers expect to 
pay what the lemons are worth, and, un¬ 
less a cold snap causes a slump in the 
market, competition is usually sharp 
enough to force them to. Recent wholesale 
prices have been $3 to $3.75 for fancy to 
extra fancy 300s; and $2.85 to $3.25 for extra 
choice to extra fancy 360s. 
FRUIT BROKERS.—A storekeeper in a 
small town in a Summer-boarder district 
wishes to know where he can get reliable 
supplies of bananas, lemons and small 
fruits from this market, without coming 
to the city personally to buy them, as the 
goods ordered by mail frequently turn out 
to bo unsatisfactory. Much of this trade 
is handled by the smaller fruit brokers. 
Many large dealers do not care to bother 
with orders like a bunch of bananas, a 
box of lemons, or a few quarts of small 
fruit, and turn over to the brokers all 
such orders. The broker goes about 
through tiie markets, picking up stuff for 
his orders wherever he can do so to ad¬ 
vantage. Those who buy through a broker 
must expect to pay a little advance on the 
wholesale price of the same grade of 
goods; but, being on the ground and hav¬ 
ing continued practice at this work, he 
can, if he will, supply tnese goods at a 
smaller margin than they could be bought 
at in any other way. If he uses good 
judgment in buying, is honest, and is sat¬ 
isfied with a reasonable profit, he can 
build up a fine trade and hold his custom¬ 
ers; but, of course, unprincipled men work 
into this business, as in all others where 
there is opportunity for dishonest prac¬ 
tices. Surprise is often expressed that 
berries and similar products that can be 
grown in these country districts should be 
brought in from the city markets. They 
are grown there to some extent, but in 
most of these mountain sections berries 
do not ripen in time for the earliest de¬ 
mand, and very extensive plantings would 
be required to furnish enough at the rush 
season. Those wno could do so hesitate 
to set out large plantations of these fruits 
on account of the uncertainty of the de¬ 
mand, as the average Summer boarder is 
a freakish individual, and places that are 
popular one year may be practically de¬ 
serted the next. Another point is that 
many Summer hotel keepers prefer to or¬ 
der just what they wish from the city 
rather than depend upon peddlers or look 
up supplies from nearby farmers. There 
is no doubt, however, that producers in 
sections that are annually visited by more 
or less outsiders could supply to advan¬ 
tage more than they do, by carefully 
studying the requirements. w. w. h. 
Ailing Animals. 
Heaves in Horse. 
I wish to know the best treatment for a 
horse with heaves. a. s. 
Connecticut. 
We do not prescribe for horse jockeys, 
as we deem it cruel to drug old heavy 
horses for barter. If you have a horse 
that you wish to work, try the following: 
To each pailful of water given add a lump 
of lime the size of a hen's egg, and give 
no drink but this solution. Feed mostly 
grain, with very little hay. 
Cow Gives Bloody Milk. 
I have a heifer 34 months old in good 
condition. She has been milked four 
months. One of the teats in the forward 
quarter has always had lumps and ridges, 
but never gave any trouble until recently, 
when clots of blood have been discharged. 
There seems to be no pain in the teat or 
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