1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
825 
THE VALUE OF A WORD. 
It is snowing hard in The R. N.-Y. 
office right now. This doesn’t indicate 
the “Winter of our discontent,” how¬ 
ever, for the snow consists of white 
slips containing the names of good and 
responsible farmers. Those names are 
sent by readers who often go out of 
their way to give a bit of advice or kind¬ 
ly appreciation. Here is what a man in 
Pennsylvania says: 
I hope they will become regular sub¬ 
scribers to The R. N.-Y.. as it deserves 
support from every man who calls him¬ 
self a farmer. 
All we can do is to deserve the sup¬ 
port. We look to you 10 help us get 
it. From far out in Oregon comes a 
good list of names with this remark: 
You may think it strange that I have 
put the name of a Chinaman in the list, 
but he sends his children to school and he 
had 100 acres of hops this year, which you 
can see by the market reports are worth 
some money. 
No, no, we don’t consider it strange 
at all. We must have that man on our 
list. The democracy of The R. N.-Y. is 
as broad as the universe. We have sev¬ 
eral subscribers in China now. The 
American school and 100 acres of hops 
should make anyone dance to the tune 
cf “Yankee Doodle.” 
Another man in Florida doesn’t have"" 
quite so hopeful a view. This is what 
he says: 
Most of the farmers around here are 
one-horse negro farmers, who would think 
they were spoiling the Egyptians if they 
could get the advantage of a white man 
in any way. 
The R. N.-Y. has had a hand in civil¬ 
izing worse specimens than that. Never 
despair. Keep at ’em. 
Why, here is another Florida man who 
has been converted: 
I thought at first your paper was pub¬ 
lished too far north to be profitable to the 
farmer in Florida, but I find I was mis¬ 
taken. You know Florida has become a 
great vegetable growing country, and New 
York and other northern cities afford mar¬ 
kets for all truck growers’ products. The 
R. N.-Y. keeps the growers posted as to 
the markets, but the greatest benefit comes 
through the exposition of fraudulent com¬ 
mission houses. 
This new press is a self-feeder. Our 
readers are feeding it for us. They talk, 
exhibit, and make The R. N.-Y.’s mis¬ 
sion clear. Now is the best time for the 
spoken word in season. A word from 
you right now may give us a new name 
for that press! 
MARKET NOTES ' 
GAME.—The season for venison closed 
November 20 for this market. The supply 
was quite heavy, and prices low. A daily 
trip past one of the largest stores handling 
this class of meats showed deer of all sizes, 
some no larger than a week-old calf and 
others larger than a full-grown cow, and 
tough enough to cause tne would-be eater 
to wish for a meat grinder. Many of the 
game birds arriving now are out of con¬ 
dition and of irregular value. The ordinary 
offerings of rabbits are selling slowly and 
at low figures, 20 cents per pair in some 
instances. We seldom see many gray 
squirrels offered. A large part of the an¬ 
nual catch is consumed by the hun'e.'s or 
sold in local markets. It seems hard any¬ 
way to eat these frisky little fellows. It 
is probable that the squirrel enjoys life 
just as much as the ox (more if we may 
judge by his actions). To kill him for food 
seems like taking too much life per pound 
of meat obtained, and anyone who shoots 
him for mere amusement must have strange 
ideas of sport. The only excuse that we 
can see for killing them is in case of crop 
destruction, and we have stood consider¬ 
able such interference rather than squelch 
the funny actions of these little friskers. 
SLACK BARRELED APPLES.—“Look 
at this barrel of fruit/’ said an apple 
dealer. “It is one of a number sent by 
one man, and when I write him that they 
are all slack, he will hardly believe it, but 
be certain that there is some crooked work 
about it.’ 
The barrel lacked about three inches of 
being full, and they had rattled around 
and pounded against each other and the 
sides until a large number were bruised 
and scarcely salable. It is probable that 
the man who packed these apples was sure 
that the barrels were full, and he had 
evidently used force enough to turn some 
of the fruit into cider before getting the 
barrel closed. The difficulty was that he 
had not taken up the spare space as he 
went along. If the barrel is nearly full 
before any shaking is done, it will be im¬ 
possible to make it tight enough to avoid 
rattling, no matter how hard the head may 
be pressed. All of the slack snould be 
taken up from the start. Some experi¬ 
enced packers have a way of “drawing” 
the apples together, as they call it, with 
their hands, so as to make them fit as 
closely as possible. The fruit is picked up 
into a half-bushel or even smaller basket, 
with loose handle, lowered into the barrel 
and upset carefully. After every basket 
the barrel is shaken thoroughly. A repe¬ 
tition of this process fills the barrel so 
that it is not necessary to do any great 
amount of shaking at the last. The barrel 
is closed with a screw header. The bottom 
when packed is usually intended to be the 
top when opened. For the first layer, and 
perhaps two, every apple is placed by 
hand. The facing of the bottom, or top 
when opened, is entirely allowable if the 
general contents of the barrel approach 
reasonably near to the samples displayed 
when opened. The buyer who wishes to 
get most good out of a barrel of apples 
packed in this'way opens the bottom, or 
what was the top when packed. Any ap¬ 
ples that were bruised through the pressure 
of heading may then be removed, and used 
at once if not spoiled. 
“Now I'll show you some apples that 
are well packed,” said the fruit man. He 
took down a barrel from a pile. The head 
was slightly bulged in the center, showing 
that there was considerable pressure in¬ 
side. On loosening the top hoops the head 
jumped out as though there was rubber 
under it. 
“If I don’t put this head back in a few 
minutes, I can t close the barrel without 
a press,” said the dealer, "and these apples 
have been packed six weeks.” 
There is no rattle to such a' barrel, and 
it will stand rough handling without seri¬ 
ous damage. This sounds easy, but, of 
course, to do such a job of barreling is 
skilled work, taking years of practice to 
make so nearly perfect. Anyone, however, 
can approach somewhere near it by put¬ 
ting but a small quantity at a time in the 
barrel and shaking each dose down thor¬ 
oughly. _ w. w. H. 
NEW YORK HORSE SHOW. 
The annual exhibition of the National 
Horse Show Association was held in Madi¬ 
son Square Garden during the week end¬ 
ing November 22. The total attendance 
was said to be be the largest on record. 
An exhibit of well-bred and trained horses 
of various types is sure to draw an inter¬ 
ested crowd. While it is a society event, 
it is probable that by far the greater num¬ 
ber have a genuine interest in the horse, 
and it is clear that many come solely to 
see the horses, scarcely noticing the dis¬ 
plays of fashionable clothing and jewels. 
This show was practically a repetition of 
previous ones, but there was no monoton¬ 
ous sameness about it. Horses that have 
merit both in appearance and actions never 
get out of date or old-faishioned. Nearly 
every type of horse except very heavy 
draft animals was well represented. Among 
others were Hackneys, coach and carriage 
horses, trotters, four-in-hands, hunters, 
ponies, special performance animals, and 
light roadsters. It is probable that there 
is no class that calls out more general ad¬ 
miration than the light drivers, some of 
which combine fine appearance, intelligence 
and action to a considerable degree. Of 
course, what is shown here is the best of 
its kind and has had all possible attention 
from groom and trainer. Any farmer 
specially interested in horses and within 
reasonable distance of this city will be in¬ 
terested and profited by looking over the 
annual exhibition. 
BOOK BULLETIN. 
The Book of Bugs, by HarVey Suther¬ 
land; Street & Smith, New York; 223 pages; 
illustrated: $1.25. This interesting book 
deals largely with well-known bugs and 
insects, such as the fly, mosquito, flea, bee, 
spider, roach, etc. The author is a careful 
observer of these familiar insects. With 
the scientific facts he has mixed large doses 
of humor, giving the book a unique place 
among works of this character. 
Cross Country with Horse and 
Hounds, by F. S. Peer; Chas. Scribner’s 
Sons, New York; 352 pages, 38 illustrations; 
$3 net. This book is intended as a com¬ 
plete guide to this form of sport. Some 
of the subjects discussed are: True sport 
and sportsmanship; The conformation and 
training of the hunter; how to ride and 
handle hunters; hounds, training and 
handling; the fox and his ways; horse com¬ 
panionship. An instructive and valuable 
work for those interested in the horse ana 
hound. 
English Pleasure Gardens, by Rose 
Standish Nichols. This is a sumptuous 
volume of 325 pages, illustrated with 11 
plans and nearly 300 reproductions from 
drawings and photographs. It is written 
from the literary, rather than the horti¬ 
cultural point of view, and includes a 
bibliography that will be very useful to 
those looking for works of reference re¬ 
lating to gardening. While it cannot be 
called original in any sense, this book is 
useful in bringing together much scattered 
matter relating to garden craft. Published 
by the Macmillan Company, New York; 
price $4 net. _ 
A NEW Raspberry.— I have a sport that 
came up in two places several rods apart 
which I have transplanted to better place. 
It is a black raspberry bush with a berry 
the color of Brinkle’s Orange or Carolina, 
as I remember them. Bush instead of or¬ 
dinary brown color is nearer pea green 
and quite lustrous; very late so far as this 
year’s fruit and only ordinary size. 
_ E. D. R. 
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. 
Starting and Staging. 
At the start in a long race, the advant¬ 
age often appears to be with an outsider. 
But the race is won not in starting but 
in staying. The quality which wins is 
staying power. It is so in the race of 
life. Staying 
power wins, and 
as a rule the best 
stayer is the man 
with the best 
stomach. All 
physical strength 
is derived from 
food which is 
properly digested 
and assimilated. 
When the food 
eaten is only part¬ 
ly digested and 
assimilated there 
is a loss of nutri¬ 
tion which means 
a loss of strength 
and the general 
result is physical 
break-down. 
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery 
gives strength and staying power, be¬ 
cause it cures diseases of the stomach 
and other organs of digestion and nutri¬ 
tion. It enables the perfect digestion 
and assimilation of the food eaten, and 
so strengthens the body naturally by the 
nutrition derived from food. 
«I was troubled with indigestion for about 
two years,” writes Wm. Bowker, Esq., of Julia- 
etta, Latah Co., Idaho. "I tried different doc¬ 
tors and remedies but to no avail, until I wrote 
to you and you told me what to do. I suffered 
with a pain in my stomach and left side and 
thought that it would kill me. Now I am glad 
to write this and let you know that I am all 
right. I can do my work now without pain aud 
I don’t have that tired feeling that I used to 
have. Five bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med¬ 
ical Discovery and two vials of his * Pleasant 
Pellets’ cured me.” 
Accept no substitute for Golden Med¬ 
ical Discovery. There is nothing "just 
as good” for diseases of the stomach, 
blood and lungs. 
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets are easy and pleas¬ 
ant to take. A most effective laxative. 
REMOVE THAT SPAVIN. 
No matter what you have done or tried 
you can positively remove the spavin 
quickly and without injury with 
Fleming’** Spavin Cure. One 45- 
minute application usually does it after 
all else has failed. Costs nothing if it 
fails. Cures Ringbone, Splint, Curb. etc. 
Our free spavin book will be worth dollars 
to you. 
STOP LUMP JAW. 
Cattlemen have lost hundreds of thou¬ 
sands of dollars by lump jaw. No one 
need lose a cent hereafter because 
Fleming’s Lump Jaw Cure cannot 
fail once in 200 times. Simple, common- 
sense and economical cure. 
FISTULA AND POLL EVIL. 
But 15 to 30 days are required to cure 
either disease with Fleming’** Fistula 
and Foil Fvil Cure. Has never failed. 
No cost if it ever does fail. 
Write today for circulars on any or all 
the above remedies. State which circulars 
are wanted. 
FLEMINC BROS., Chemists, 
223 Union Stock Yards, Chicago, III. 
RIIDTIIQE CURED while you work. You pay 
BlU* I Ultl- $4 when cured. No cure no pay. 
ALEX. SPEIRS, Box 831, Westbrook, Maine. 
E3ADR1 Dl AIIC~ Book showing 8S illustra- 
DAnil rLAlld tions,$l. Address 
FRANK BRYAN, 1297 Hamlet St., Columbus, O. 
n Qrn0 of plank save timber and cash. Best, cheap 
Ddl (lO est, strongest. 6,000 in H States. Rook for 
stamp. Shawver Brothers. Bellefontaine, Ohio. 
WELL 
DRILLING 
MACHINES 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
on wheels or on sills. With engines or horse powers 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, N. X. 
25 XXX 
No. G. Comic or Business Return 
__Envelopes, with your name, business 
and address printed in upper left-hand corner, 10c.; 100, 
30c. postpaid. Logan S. Ellis, LoganviUe, Ohio. 
Cider Machinery.—Send for catalogue to Boomer* 
Boschert Press Co., 118 West Water St., Syracuse,N.Y. 
a ABBA Circular and Drag Saw Machines. Also 
ft M&r ^ horse powers, silos, cutters, engines. 
Bf UHarder Mfg Co.,Cobleskil l.N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesians Z n \Z 
best breeding for sale. Prices reasonable. Every 
animal registered. WOODCRES’l’ FARM, Rifton, 
Ulster County, N. Y. 
DON’T GROPE IN THE DARK 
Avoid all mineral and poisonous substances; they heal 
naturally by scabbing and drying. Insist on having 
VETERINARY PIXINE 
It penetrates, absorbs and heals. Its power is a 
revelation. Positively cures chronic scratches, grease 
heel, speed cracks, hoof root, cowpox, mange and 
sores. Money back if it fails. 
2 oz.,25c.;8 oz„ 50c.; 5-lb. pkge., $4. 
At all druggists and dealers, or sent prepaid. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO., TROY, N. Y. 
66 
3A VETHEHORSE 
(TRADE-MARK) 
No proof so convincing as the expe 
908 Fifth av., New York, N. Y. 
Gentlemen—We have a very valuable 
thoroughbred saddle horse that was sud¬ 
denly afflicted with bog spavin, which de¬ 
veloped into a thoroughpin through a hard 
day’s drive of over 50 miles. After three 
weeks’ treatment of “Save-the-Horse” as 
directed, the horse was cured and is per¬ 
fectly sound and without a blemish of any 
kind. The horse was worked while being 
treated. It certainly is the greatest thing 
on the market to-day. 
JAMES A. BURDEN, 
of Burden Iron Works. 
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rience of those who have tried it. 
plete and I most sincerely recommend your 
treatment for such cases. Verv truly yours, 
GEO. H. ADAMS. 
Chatham, Mass., Nov. 21, 1902. 
Gentlemen—Three years ago a spavin ap¬ 
peared on one of my horses. I spent con¬ 
siderable time treating it, but it began to 
grow and finally developed into a bo>* 
spavin as big as a. hen’s egg. Last May I 
gave the mare a long, hard drive and the 
following day she refused to rest any 
weight upon the leg. I about decided her 
working days over when I saw your ad¬ 
vertisement and sent for a bottle of “Satve- 
the-Horse.” In a few days I saw marked 
improvement and in less than three months 
the mare traveled squarely as ever and 
ceased to favor leg in any waiy, and now, 
after using about four-fifths of bottle, the 
swelling is all gone and the cure is com- 
Normandy, Mo. 
Gentlemen—Yours of the 9th inst. at 
hand, and will gladly testify as to the 
curative power of “Save-the-Horse.” My 
horse had ringbone, was very lame, but 
after applying the remedy twice the lame¬ 
ness disappeared. I worked him most of 
the time. I think “Save-the-Horse” is a 
grand remedy, and recommend it to my 
friends. C. L. FILLING. 
POSITIVELY AND PERMANENTLY 
CURBS Bone and Bog Spavin, Ringbone, 
Curb, Thoroughpin, Splint, Capped Hock, 
Shoe Boil. Wind Puff, Weak and Sprained 
Tendons and all Lameness. 
Contains no arsenic, corrosive sublimate 
or other forms of mercury, or any injurious 
ingredient. Work horse continuously, if 
desired. 
Cures without scar, blemish or loss of hair 
$5.00 PER BOTTLE. 
Written guarantee with every bottle, con¬ 
structed to convince and protect you fully. 
The need of second bottle is almost im¬ 
probable except in rarest cases. Guaran¬ 
tee covers effectiveness of one bottle. 
Copy of.guarantee sent upon application. 
$5 a bottle at all dealers' and druggists’, or sent prepaid by the manufacturers. 
THOY CECEMICAIi CO., Troy, KT. 
