1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
235 
Among the Marketmen. 
WHAT / SEE AND HEAR. 
Cold Storage Poultry. —“Is there 
much poultry left in cold storage in this 
city ?” “ No, it is pretty well cleaned 
out. There is little now in the refriger¬ 
ators for the time of year. If there 
were, the present higher prices would 
draw it out, as there would be no in¬ 
ducement for keeping it longer.” The 
poultry market is in pretty good shape, 
and with accumulations well cleaned 
up, the prospect for the coming crop 
seems pretty good. 
X * X 
A Fine Jersey Veal — “Come this 
way, if you want to see a fine veal,” 
said a commission merchant. He showed 
one that would weigh dressed, probably, 
80 to 90 pounds, and whicb was nicely 
dressed too. Everything about the work 
had been done just right; head off at just 
the right place ; feet off; split down just 
the right distance, and everything about 
it clean and neat. The kidneys were 
well covered with fat, showing that it 
had been well fed. It would sell for top 
prices, while some of the coarser, less 
desirable calves would bring consider¬ 
ably less per pound. The Jersey is, evi¬ 
dently, good for something besides mak¬ 
ing butter. 
X X X 
Organized Butchers.— Last week, 
about 50 of the prominent retail poultry 
dealers and butchers of Brooklyn formed 
what they call The Retail Butchers’ Pro¬ 
tective Association. It was organized 
for the purpose of taking action in the 
various game suits now threatened by 
the State authorities against butchers 
and dealers, found with rabbits and 
other game, after the present close sea¬ 
son began. They have engaged a law¬ 
yer to represent them, and will fight the 
matter through the courts to a finish. 
It is to be hoped that some good will 
come of this, because the present game 
laws are, to put it mildly, a delusion 
and a snare One dealer stated that the 
laws are simply an excuse for levying 
blackmail upon whoever might be en¬ 
trapped, and while this is a serious 
charge to make, some of the develop¬ 
ments in the prosecution of these peo¬ 
ple certainly make it look plausible. 
X X X 
Capon Prospects.— “ What are the 
prospects for capons ? ” I asked Mr. De 
Noyelles of the West Washington Mar¬ 
ket. “The prospect is good now, and 
prices are higher. The supply from New 
Jersey is about exhausted, and this gives 
the western men a better chance.” “ Are 
the New Jersey capons better than those 
received from the West ? ” “ Yes, they 
are considerably better.” “ What is the 
cause of this, breed or feed?” “Prob¬ 
ably more in the feeding and handling 
than anything else. The eastern men 
have been at the business longer, and 
understand better the producing of good 
birds ; but the western men are gaining 
at this, and we now get some from the 
West that are about as fine as any that 
are produced in the East. All poultry 
just now is higher in price, and the mar¬ 
ket is well cleaned up, so that that, 
probably, accounts partially for the ad¬ 
vance in price.” f. h. v. 
NEWS FROM ALBANY. 
The Litchard fertilizer license bill has passed 
the Assembly. 
Assemblyman Delany’s bill to extend the time 
in which a graduate of a veterinary college may 
register as a veterinary surgeon, to July 1, 1899, 
has passed the Assembly. 
The Senate finance committee has reported 
favorably Senator Ambler’s pure-food bill, which 
was introduced several weeks ago. The bill pro¬ 
vides for the employment of extra chemists by 
the State Department of Agriculture to investi¬ 
gate the adulteration of food products, and re¬ 
port to the next Legislature. 
Senator Ambler has introduced a bill enti¬ 
tled, “ An act to protect the interest of owners of 
farm lands and fruit growers.” It provides that 
the owner of any inclosed or occupied farm 
lands may by himself or his authorized agent 
hunt and kill rabbits and English hares on his 
own premises at any time he sees fit to do so. 
All conflicting laws are to be repealed. 
Assemblyman Murphy is after the toll-gate 
people, and he is pleased that the Assembly has 
passed his bill giving boards of supervisors 
power to acquire the rights, franchises and prop¬ 
erty of individuals and corporations exacting 
toll for the use of turnpikes, plank roads and 
bridges. 
The Assembly passed and the Governor is ex¬ 
pected to sign Senator Ambler’s bill,regarding the 
sale of “ renovated ” or “ process ” butter as fresh 
butter, and providing that, when packed in tubs, 
boxes or pails, it shall be labeled “ renovated 
butter”. The bill also prohibits the use of pre¬ 
servatives In dairy products. 
When Senator Armstrong’s bill, permitting 
local authorities to regulate the width of wagon 
tires on vehicles carrying over 1,500 pounds, 
came up in the Senate, it aroused so much oppo¬ 
sition that it was laid aside. Senator Krum said 
a similar law had been repealed several years 
ago. It was reached again Wednesday, and 
passed. A similar bill has also passed the As¬ 
sembly. 
8enator Krum has introduced an amendment 
to the law in relation to the collection of taxes 
from racing associations. He desires to increase 
the number of commissioners from two to three. 
The third commissioner is to examine the books 
and records of trotting meetings. The State is 
to be divided into two districts. Messrs. Charles 
W. Anderson and Hamilton Busbey are the pres¬ 
ent commissioners, the latter of whom has 
charges preferred against him for non-perform¬ 
ance of duty. 
Senator Ambler and Assemblyman Witter 
have introduced the bill which has been in the 
course of preparation for several weeks. The 
bill proposes to add an article (9) to chapter 338, 
laws of 1893, known as the agricultural law. The 
bill prohibits the adulteration of concentrated 
commercial feeding Btuffs for live stock, which 
feeds shall Include linseed meals, cotton-seed 
meals, pea meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, 
gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar 
feeds, dried brewers’ grains, malt sprouts, hom¬ 
iny feeds, cereallne feed9, rice meals, oat feeds, 
corn and oats, ground beef or fish scraps, mixer 
feeds, and all other materials of similar nature; 
but shall not include hays and straws, the whole 
seeds or the unmixed meals made directly from 
the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, In¬ 
dian corn, buckwheat, and broom corn. Neither 
shall it include wheat, rye and buckwheat brans 
or middlings, not mixed with other substances, 
but sold separately, as distinct articles of com¬ 
merce, !or pure grains ground together. The bill 
also provides that all packages or car-loads of 
such feed sold shall contain on the outside the 
number of net pounds in same, and a chemical 
analysis stating the percentage of crude protein, 
allowing one per cent of nitrogen to equal 6J4 per 
cent of protein and of crude fat, both constitu¬ 
ents to be determined by methods prescribed by 
the Director of the Geneva Experiment Station. 
The manufacturer must pay to the treasurer of 
the Station a license fee as follows: $10 for the 
sale of 100 tons or less; $25 for all over 100 tons 
and less than 500 tons, and $50 for all over 500 
tons. Manufacturers are also required to send 
to the Station during December of each year 
samples of feeds handled by them, for analysis. 
The penalty for violation is from $100 to $500. 
Violations are to be reported to the Commissioner 
of Agriculture, who shall be the prosecuting 
officer. All violators, however, are to be given 30 
days to comply with the law. The act is to take 
effect December 1, 1899. Tne Assembly committee 
on agriculture met on Wednesday and reported 
out the bill. 
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Box 75, Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
Bowker’s 
Fertilizers. 
While in our 1899 catalogue we recom¬ 
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needs of agriculture, yet we do not insist upon 
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