1899 
TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
489 
Among the Marketmen. 
WHAT I SEE AND HEAR 
SOUTHERN VEGETABLES—It is 
said in the market that the season for 
southern vegetables from Savannah and 
other far southern parts is about over. 
Potatoes have practically all been ship¬ 
ped, and nearly all of the cabbage and 
other truck, the principal products yet 
remaining being cantaloupes and to¬ 
matoes. The last two will continue for 
several weeks. The shipments of vege¬ 
tables now are largely from Norfolk, 
and that region is sending some of very 
good quality. 
BUTTER IN COLD STORAGE.— 
Dealers say that considerable butter 
has been purchased recently for cold 
storage. The idea seems to prevail that 
the extreme dry weather through many 
sections will make a shortage later; 
hence speculators are taking advantage 
of the present low prices to buy a sup¬ 
ply. The amount in cold storage is said 
to be in excess of one year ago. The 
holding of butter in refrigerators has 
been reduced to such a science that, if 
the butter is of good quality when put 
in, it is pretty sure to come out about as 
good months hence. 
CURRANTS.—This fruit is now in 
plentiful supply, coming largely from 
up the river. The color is almost en¬ 
tirely red, very few white or black 
ones being sent. One jelly maker 
bought a large number put up in quart 
baskets in regular berry crates, which 
he was dumping out into barrels, re¬ 
marking that it was too bad that the 
grower had spent so much time in put¬ 
ting them in small baskets only to be 
dumped out in this way. The price for 
the best currants isn’t very high, and 
there are a great many inferior ones in 
the market, evidently those which had 
encountered very dry weather, and 
these are being sold at prices that can¬ 
not prove very profitable. 
FOOLISH SHIPPERS.—It has been 
the practice, especially of southern fruit 
and vegetable shippers, to divide up 
their shipments to this market. For in¬ 
stance, one man having 100 baskets of 
peaches and plums, instead of sending 
them all to one commission merchant, 
would send them to, say 10 different 
commission merchants. In this way the 
10 become competitors, each one striv¬ 
ing to make sales, and the man’s fruit 
is thus put in competition against itself. 
I have just seen a bill of a car-load of 
stuff which was sent to, at least 20 dif¬ 
ferent men. Here is an example of the 
evil effects: Reputable commission mer¬ 
chants had been selling plums for about 
$2 per case, sometimes slightly more for 
extra quality. These shippers who divide 
their shipments are just as careless 
about the men to whom they ship, and 
some of their plums were shipped to men 
who have not even a place of business, 
some of them having simply desk room 
or a letter-box. These men with no 
business reputation to maintain sell for 
what they can get, with a result that 
prices were knocked down to $1.50 per 
case. This practice of dividing ship¬ 
ments among different men in this way 
has cost the shippers of the South, as 
well as of other localities, many thou¬ 
sands of dollars annually during the 
past few years, and bids fair to cost 
them much more. It is poor business 
policy, and it does not pay. Better stop 
it! 
THE POPCORN MARKET.—A friend 
writes that he has some extra nice pop¬ 
corn, and wants to know to whom he 
shall ship it. If there is one thing more 
than honey that a commission merchant 
dreads to have come into his store, it is 
popcorn. Formerly, popcorn sold at a 
high price, and there was a good ue- 
mand for all that came to market; but 
of late years, the supply has exceeded 
the demand, and it has been very slow 
Of sale at low prices. It is a product 
that wastes badly, and commission mer¬ 
chants dislike to have anything to do 
with it. I asked one of the most exten¬ 
sive dealers in the commission district 
who makes a specialty of this, and he 
advises against shipping popcorn here, 
unless it is very choice, and even then, 
the price received is likely to be low. 
Popcorn is usually kept in better con¬ 
dition by remaining on the ear, and it 
is difficult for any one not familiar with 
its handling to keep it in good popping 
condition if shelled; but now most of it 
is sold shelled in the market. As an 
example of the state of the market, I 
might say that the choicest of corn can 
be bought in small quantities for 3 cents 
a pound shelled, and in larger quanti¬ 
ties for 2 y 2 , while poorer corn can be 
bought for almost any price. A large 
part of the corn that comes here is in¬ 
ferior because it is subject to the at¬ 
tacks of insects, and must be cured in 
the very best manner. Never ship pop¬ 
corn to an ordinary commission mer¬ 
chant without first finding out from 
him whether he wants it or not. 
f. h. v. 
A SHORT APPLE CROP. 
REPORTED FROM WESTERN NEW YORK. 
Baldwins Out of the Race. 
The R. N.-Y. recently sent out over 100 
letters to fruit growers in western New 
York, asking for the present outlook re¬ 
garding the apple crop. The western New 
York apple crop will largely determine the 
apple market in the eastern States. Judg¬ 
ing from the following typical reports, the 
apple crop is bound to be short, Baldwins 
especially being far below the average: 
Baldwins bloomed very sparingly; Green¬ 
ings and Russets better, but not well-set, 
while Twenty Ounce bloomed well, and 
promises a fair crop. F. h. g. 
Holley, N. Y. 
The chances are for 50 per cent of an 
apple crop in this section. Baldwins, 25 to 
■10 per cent; Greenings, 20 to 50 per cent, 
and Fall apples, 75 per cent. d. l. p. 
Middleport, N. Y. 
Not over 25 per cent, of a crop; King, 
Hubbardston, Twenty Ounce well-set. Bald¬ 
win did not blossom well. Northern Spy far 
below the average. A light crop of pears. 
Knowlesville, N. Y. J. w. 
A fair outlook for Fall fruit. Greenings 
and Spys fairly well set, but dropping 
badly. Baldwins and other Winter apples 
very shy. H. S. P. 
County Line, N. Y. 
A short output of Baldwins from this sec¬ 
tion. Greenings will predominate, with a 
fair supply of King and some Ben Davis. 
Other red apples very short. w. h. p. 
Reed Corners, N. Y. 
Possibly 50 per cent of a crop in this sec¬ 
tion. Most Baldwins failed to bloom, al¬ 
though mine have a fair setting of fruit. 
Oldenburg, Spy, and Spitzenburg trees that 
bore last year are now mostly bare. h. g. 
Lockport, N. Y. 
The main crop in this section is Bald¬ 
wins, and there will not be over 25 per cent 
of an average crop of this variety; Green¬ 
ings and other Fall apples possibly 50 per 
cent. .The cold, wet Spring is responsible. 
Pittsford, N. Y. s. t. 
Most Baldwin trees that fruited last year 
have little if any fruit, and Baldwin pre¬ 
dominates in this country. The chances are 
not good for more than half an average 
crop. Little difference is indicated even 
where trees have been sprayed twice. 
Seneca, N. Y. w. p. r 
The army worm has stripped, at least 
one-third of our orchards. Baldwin is a 
very light crop, and Russets have not set 
well. My Greenings have abundant foliage, 
and have a poor setting, while Pippins are 
looking well. Early apples are well loaded. 
Adams Basin, N. Y. e. j. a. 
A fair estimate is half a crop of Greenings 
and one-fourth crop of Baldwins. All red 
fruit short crop. Great damage by canker 
worms. Ontario County will give a fair 
crop for home use, and fair supply for 
evaporating. A large estimate would be 
one bushel per tree. h. j. p. 
Seneca Castle, N. Y. 
Greenings bloomed well, but a rain at the 
time of blooming hurt them, and they now 
show but little fruit. Baldwins were very 
short. Northern Spy has perhaps half a 
crop. Most early apples a good crop, but 
most of the trees in this section are Green¬ 
ing and Baldwin, which makes the crop 
very light. a. w. 
North Rose. N. Y. 
Not one-half an average crop of Bald¬ 
wins. There was a light bloom in the 
Spring and a heavy dropping of fruit later. 
Great damage from Codling moths. Should 
scab appear soon, there will be even fewer 
apples than last year. Prospects are a 
little better in the eastern section of this 
county. e. w. 
North Collins, N. Y. 
Pressure for Mii.k.—T wo years ago, a 
man in western New York devised a scheme 
for putting milk under a severe pressure in 
order to drive the cream out of it. He 
claimed that, by subjecting milk to a pres¬ 
sure of this kind and then putting the milk 
into cans submerged in cold water, the 
cream very rapidly rose to the surface. 
Scientific investigation did not support 
these claims, and the matter then dropped 
out of sight, so that little is now heard of 
it. The West Virginia Experiment Station 
(Morgantown), now issues Bulletin 58, by 
Prof. B. H. Hite, which gives the results 
of some experiments to test the effect of 
pressure in preserving milk. This bulletin 
is very interesting indeed, and the conclu¬ 
sions seem to be that, where milk can be 
put under a powerful pressure with a certain 
temperature before and after, it will keep 
sweet from one to four days longer than 
milk treated in the ordinary way. A special 
device has been arranged for putting the 
milk under pressure. Not only milk but 
meat and other substances have been 
treated in the same way; for example, a 
pressure of 40 tons and a temperature of 
about 126 degrees for an hour afterwards, 
are found to have a marked effect on the 
keeping dualities of meat. Experiments 
are not conclusive thus far, that is, the 
details have not been worked out; but so 
far as they have gone, they seem to in¬ 
dicate that a powerful pressure applied to 
milk or other substances does act to de¬ 
stroy or weaken the bacteria that cause 
souring or decay. We shall try to give 
later more about this interesting experi¬ 
ment, with possibly the opinions of other 
dairy experts. 
nARRIED HAPPINESS 
is dependent upon the health of the wife 
more than on any other one thing. If a 
woman is troubled in 
a distinctly feminine 
way the most delicate 
nerves of her body are 
in a state of chronic 
irritation. She has 
headache and back¬ 
ache. She is listless 
and spiritless. She is 
cross and blue. She 
feels that life is not 
worth living and 'ter 
temper reflects he 
condition of her 
nerves. Poor, suffering wife — poor, dis¬ 
tracted husband. If the husband is a 
cheerful, good - humored man he will 
sympathize — if he is nervous, tired and 
irritable himself, he will probably go off 
to the club or seek elsewhere more con¬ 
genial ctompany. 
A sick woman is to be pitied because 
she is miserable and because she has not 
yet learned that Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- 
ecription will make her well 
The “Favorite Prescription” was de¬ 
veloped over 
thirty years 
ago in the reg¬ 
ular practice 
of Dr. R. V. 
Pierce who is 
and was then, 
chief consult¬ 
ing physician 
to the Inva¬ 
lids’ Hotel and 
Surgical Insti¬ 
tute, at Buf¬ 
falo, N. Y. 
Since then it 
has been used 
by millions of women and has brought 
health, happiness and contentment to as 
many homes. 
“ My wife was sick for over eight years,” writes 
Albert H. Fulte, Esq., of Altamont, Grundy Co., 
Teun. “ She had uterine disease and was treated 
by two physicians and got no relief. At last I 
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sent to the drug store, got one bottle and the 
first dose gave ease and sleep. She had not slept 
any for three nights. Being sure that it would 
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she had taken the sixth bottle she was sound and 
well. We now have a fine boy at our house.” 
The “Favorite Prescription” contains 
no alcohol and no opium or other narcotic, 
and is perfectly harmless in any condition 
of the system. 
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Can, without delay or trifling, be 
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A little stiffness or soreness in leg or body 
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Chills, congestion and inflammation are the 
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BEWARE of all so-called Elixirs, 
none genuine but Tuttles. 
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