1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Among the Marketmen. 
WHAT / SEE AND HEAR. 
Snowed Under. —That about ex¬ 
presses the condition in the wholesale 
produce markets this week. The streets 
are either filled with snow nearly to the 
hubs of the wagons, or else great moun¬ 
tains of it are piled along the curbs, ren¬ 
dering access to the stores almost impos¬ 
sible. All produce has been delayed in 
transit, that arriving has been delivered 
with difficulty, and retailers have, also, 
had difficulty in securing supplies. Many 
merchants have used up quantities of old 
boxes and barrels in the endeavor to 
melt away the snow, and many a moun¬ 
tain of snow is being eaten away by a 
bonfire on each side. 
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Misleading Quotations. — That’s 
what many of those given this week will 
prove to be if taken as a guide of what 
different products will be next week. 
Some of these were extremely scarce, 
and prices went up to a high figure. Some 
of these products are likely to be rushed 
forward under milder weather, and prices 
will go down. These present figures 
cannot be taken for regular ones. For 
example, eggs have made a big jump 
since one week ago, but I wouldn’t be 
surprised to see the price cut in two by 
the last of next week. These points 
should be remembered when reading the 
market report. 
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Florida Strawberries. —Recent ar¬ 
rivals have been light, but some I just 
saw were the finest I ever remember to 
have seen from that State. They were 
in refrigerator crates, and it is well to 
remember that these crates and refriger¬ 
ator cars are useful in keeping out cold 
as well as heat. The Oregon apples ar¬ 
rive here in good shape in the coldest 
weather, shipped in these cars. These 
strawberries were large, finely-colored, 
fresh-looking, and apparently uninjured 
by frost. Beside these, were some that 
had come in the open gift crates that are 
used for shipping from that State, and 
they were in far inferior condition. 
They were not so good berries in the first 
place, but it does look as though those 
who grow the finest berries are the ones 
who also put them on the market in the 
best and most approved manner. 
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Frosted Products. —Great losses 
have resulted from the extreme cold and 
the delay in transportation. Great quan¬ 
tities of southern fruits and vegetables 
have been frosted, some of them nearly 
ruined, others badly damaged. A very 
small proportion has arrived without 
material damage. Some of the dealers 
say that much of the frosting of the ex¬ 
press goods was between the delivery 
from the trains and arriving at the 
stores. Some products are injured more 
easily than others. As usual, the loss, 
probably, falls on the shippers. Consid¬ 
erable quantities of string beans have 
arrived, and some of these appear to be 
in pretty fair shape. The probability is 
that nothing more of any account will be 
received from any part of the South ex¬ 
cept southern Florida for several weeks. 
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Potato Prospects. —“ What is the 
outlook for potato prices ? Are they 
likely to be much higher ?” I asked an 
extensive handler. “I think they’ll be 
lower,” he said. “The Long Island 
crop is pretty well cleaned out, but I 
have an idea that there are more pota¬ 
toes in the country at large than peo¬ 
ple think. Michigan and some other 
parts of the West had a very heavy crop, 
and as soon as the weather gets so that 
they can be moved, we shall get plenty 
of them Few will be sent here from 
over the sea, because crops there were 
not large, and prices here will not be 
sufficient to make it profitable.” That’s 
the opinion of one dealer who is in a 
position to keep pretty well posted. 
F. H. v. 
NEWS FROM ALBANY. 
The Assembly has passed the bill appropriat¬ 
ing $30,000 to continue experiments with sugar 
beets. 
A bill introduced by Mr. Henry authorizes any 
city of 250,000 or more inhabitants to ereet and 
maintain outside of its corporate limits a hos¬ 
pital for the treatment of consumption. 
The New York State Entomologist, Prof. E. P 
Felt (Albany), calls for volunteer observers to 
aid him in investigating and observing the many 
injurious insects that prey upon farm crops. 
A bill has been introduced which gives boards 
of supervisors power to indicate local and pri¬ 
vate regulations for the width of tires on vehi¬ 
cles which are to carry a weight of 1,500 pounds 
or more. 
Assemblyman Litchard has introduced a bill 
amending the law governing the sale of binding 
twine, by providing that the net weight of each 
bale or parcel thereof weighing mo-e than 25 
pounds shall be marked on the bale or parcel. 
There has been another hearing over the bill 
requiring commission men to render statements. 
Several farmers favored the bill in strong terms. 
Commission men generally are opposed to it, as 
they say it is useless, impracticable and unjust. 
Senator Ambler has introduced a bill giving 
the Commissioner of Agriculture power to em¬ 
ploy a statistician for his department. The du¬ 
ties of the statistician shall be to collect and 
tabulate statistics of farm products throughout 
the State, and especially those relating to the 
dairy industry. 
Open competitive merit examinations will be 
held March 1 to 7, in various cities of the State, 
for the following positions among others: As¬ 
sistant Commissioner of Agriculture, third di¬ 
vision; Assistant at the Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station, at Jamaica; Traveling Agent for 1 
the Geneva Experiment Station. 
The bill printed last week regulating the size • 
of fruit packages seems likely to pass. A hear¬ 
ing was given on February 9, but the manufac¬ 
turers of fruit packages and baskets are yet to 
be beard from. One member Of the committee is 
a basket manufacturer and fruit grower who 
understands the subject perfectly. 
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee has 
introduced the annual appropriation bill Among 
the many Items are these: 
state Department of Agriculture.$100,000.00 I 
State. Agricultural Society—.. 20,000.00 
American Museum, county and town 
fairs. 61,000 00 
Geneva Experiment Station. 50,000 00 
State Museum. 24,480 00 
Fisheries, Game and F'orest Commission 127,750.00 
State Board of Health. 35,000.00 
Cornell University land scrip fund. 34 423 80 
Cornell Veterinary College. 25,000 00 
The total of the bill is $9,996,703.43, which is a de¬ 
crease of $92,118.63 from last year’s bill. 
Agricultural Commissioner Chas. A. Wieting 
has written Prof. Roberts, of Cornell, suggesting 
farm schools to be located near the large cities 
where city boys may be taught the principles of 
agriculture. He says that thousands of such 
boys are growing up into non-producing citizens. 
Many of them are likely to be a load upon the 
State. He thinks, if they could be brought back 
to the land, they would become better citizens 
and producers. His suggestion is that some 
great institution like Cornell start a branch 
school near the boundary line of New York City, 
and he thinks that many philanthropic men 
would be glad to endow such an institution. Of 
course, one trouble with such a plan is that 
there is already an overproduction of food as at 
present distributed. According to most theories 
of political economy, we need more consumers 
who are capable and willing to buy food, rather 
than more skilled producers. 
The proposed amendment to the New York fer¬ 
tilizer law reads as follows: Each manufacturer 
of fertilizers residing within the State, and each 
agent or seller of fertilizers made without the 
State, may submit in each year to the Director of 
the New York 8tate Agricultural Experiment Sta¬ 
tion at Geneva five samples of fertilizers manu¬ 
factured or sold within the State, which shall be 
analyzed by such Director, and a statement of 
the analyses thereof be given to the manufac¬ 
turer, agent or seller submitting the samples. 
No charge shall be made for the analysis of such 
five samples. But for each sample more than 
five submitted to such Director by any such 
manufacturer, agent or seller, he shall charge 
and receive the sum of $20, which shall be paid 
in advance. The amount received by such Direc¬ 
tor shall be paid on the first of each month into 
the State treasury, and at the same time a state¬ 
ment of the amount so received shall be rendered 
by him to the State comptroller. 
Planting is $ 
Pleasant - 
when you watch the corn drop in the rear of a 
Keystone Corn Planter. Its beautiful work, 
covering ten or twelve acres a day, is a constant 
pleasure to farmers who enjoy seeing work 
well done. The phosphate attachment is a 
perfect piece of mechanism on the a 
FARQUHAR KEYSTONE g 
! Corn Planter • 
I It sows anv kind cf pulverized fertilizer. The 0 
, planter drops kernels in drills or hills with any A 
' desired spacing; works well even in rocky land. W 
I Plants ensilage, beans, peas, etc. Send tor Q 
large illustrated catalogue. a 
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The Most Perfect Corn 
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With or Without Fertilizer Attachment. Write for 
circulars and prices of Planters and Grain Drills. 
We can SAVE YOU MONEY. Address 
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Tti°T s °HS 
Sows nil Clovers, Alfalfa, Timothy, Red Top, all Grass 
Seeds, Flax, Ac. Special hopper for wheat and oats. Sows 20 
to 40 acres per day in wet, dry or windy weather* Puts on just 
the exact, amount of seed desired—don’t waste any. Only weighs 
40 lbs* Will last indefinitely. Price list and catalogue free. 
0. E. Thompson & Sons, 17 River St., Ypsllantl, Mich. 
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The Lightning Seed Sower! 
-—teed lo Sow firm 50 to 80 
Acres Day (either Horseback or 
Foot), of Clover, Timothy, Millet 
F I a x, and ' all : 
8eeds of 
nature. Will be 1 ^ . 
*ent to any Postoffice on receipt of 
$1.60. If not satisfactory, money re¬ 
funded. Circulars free. Aeents Wanted 
FRANZEN & BUSS. 
53 Day Street, OoldCD, Illinois. 
SEEDER 
la simple, strong and durable, 
sows all kinds of seeds per¬ 
fectly even, saves X labor, X 
ofseed, sent on trial, (sold 
cheap), price and circulars 
free. Address Champion 
Seeder (’n.,Crlmn», lnd. 
A 
12-Year, 
Old Boy 
can domoreandbetterwork with this 
HAND CULTIVATOR 
thanthreo men with common 
, hoes. If no one in your town sells it. 
Send $1.25 for sample, delivered. 
ULRICH MFG. CO., ao,Kivcr Bt., Kock Falls, Ill. 
Sold *§& ON TRIAL 
Imperial 
Pulverizer. 
Clod Crusher, 
RoUer and 
Leveler. 
Plainly de- 
scrlbed In circu¬ 
lar, SENT FREE. 
Peterson Mfg. Co., Kent, Ohio. 
Farmers 
may try it 
before buying. 
Other People’s Profits 
have increased 25to 60 per cent, when they began to spray (he right way— , 
with the right sprayer, the p^ppLER AND CLIMAX SIX-ROW SPRAYERS. 
% They will do as much for yon. Head how they spray 30 acres a 
day, how they save \4 the poison, increase crops one-half, pay for themselves in 
one season Catalogue contains spray calendar, formulas, etc. Sent free. 
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Isn’t It a saving of labor and money when one boy can do 
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can cultivate as much corn, potatoes, beans, etc., as 6 men 
can with a hoe. It cleans a strip 7)4 feet wide, has 35 oil 
tempered spring steel teeth and weighs 95 lbs. It kills all 
weeds, preserves the natural soil moisture and promotes 
plant growht. Excellent for “brushing” In grass and 
clover seed. There is nothing better and little as 
good. Ask your dealer for the Wiard. Circulars 
free The Wiard Plow Co., Batavia, N. Y. 
A Weeder tor $5.00. 
The New CHAMPION WEEDER 
Is an attachment for any one.horne cultivator. Cul- 
tivates the row and between the row at one operation. 
The weeder cultivates the row, kills all the weeds and 
grass, leaving a mulch of fine earth about the plants, while 
the cultivator takes care of the middles. 
Can Be Attached to Any Make 
of One-Horse Cultivator. 
Instantly attached or raised or lowered at will. So low In 
price that every farmer can afford to have one. Sold strictly 
on Its merits. SATT8FA.CTIOX G UA.ltAX TEED. 
AND SECURE ONE AT ONCE. Remit by MONEY ORDER or 
REGISTERED LETTER. First order from your locality gets agency. We Want Agents 
Address, Champion Weeder Co., Ftiedens, Pennsylvania. 
Send us $5 
Six Tools in One. 
Remove one bolt from the “ Planet Jr.” No. 4 Combined Drill, and in a minute you can have a perfect 
Wheel-hoe, a Cultivator, a Rake, or a Plow, as you please. The drill drops in hills at any distance apart, or sows 
perfectly in drills, as desired. Six Tools in One— and each the best tool of its kind made. 
This quick adaptation to the work is the great feature of all the “Planet Jr.” tools—hand-drills, wheel-hoes, 
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The new “ PLANET Jr." Catalogue for 1899 not only describes all these wonderful tools, but includes also SIXTEEN FULL 
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$500 in Gold 
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Write for particulars. 
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