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£48 THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
The Rural New-Yorker 
THE BUSINESS FAS MEWS VASE It. 
A National Weekly Journal for Country and Suburban Homes. 
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THE RURAL NEW YORKER, 
400 Pearl Street, New York. 
SATURDAY, JULY 2!), IN!)!). 
The oleo law passed by the last Pennsylvania 
legislature appears to be a revenue producer. In 
order to sell oleo under Ibis law, it is necessary to 
procure a license from the Pure Food Department. 
These licenses have been going out since June 1, and 
have already added over $11,000 to the State treas¬ 
ury. 
The New York State Fair will be held September 
4-9, this year. Last year’s exhibition was about the 
cleanest and best large fair ever held in this country. 
It was a credit to the management, and a pleasure 
to all who attended. We are promised another 
grand exhibition this year, and the farmers of New 
York State should turn out by the thousand to show 
their appreciation of a first-class fair. 
* 
Mu. Hamilton Bushev has resigned, and Governor 
Roosevelt has accepted his resignation. It. might be 
interesting just now to learn what Gen. 13. F. Tracy 
thinks of the influence of the agricultural papers! 
Now for Mr. Busbey’s successor. Governor Roosevelt 
will make no mistake if he appoint J. II. Durlcee for 
this position. Mr. Durkee represents the Association 
of County Fair Managers. As they benefit by the 
racing taxes, they should have a representative on 
the Board. 
• 
An extraordinary case of death by misadventure 
is reported in an English paper. A man came into 
a country inn, and called for a glass of beer. Be¬ 
fore drinking it, he emptied the contents of a small 
paper packet into the beer. The innkeeper, observ¬ 
ing this, decided that the man was trying to commit 
suicide and, as the drinker refused to answer his 
questions, be called a policeman. The policeman was 
familiar with the use of strong salt and water as a 
simple emetic, and with the aid of the Innkeeper, he 
compelled the suspected man to drink a cupful of 
this brine. To their unspeakable horror, the man 
they were trying to aid died, and the post-mortem 
examination showed that it was the salt and water 
that killed him. The substance which he had emptied 
into his beer was sulphate of zinc which, alone, 
would not harm him, but the chemical reaction 
caused by the salt and water converted this into 
deadly chloride of zinc, which killed the man. This 
tragedy can scarcely be used to point a moral, but it 
illustrates the danger which may lie in the misapplica¬ 
tion of common things, familiar and ordinarily 
harmless. 
* 
A few weeks ago, The R. N.-Y. told about the 
new law in New York State, which prohibits the use 
among other things of bogus fruit syrups. The 
strict enforcement of this law would prevent the 
use of any adulterated or imitation flavorings in 
soda water, ice cream, confectionery, etc.., and would 
be a great help to fruit growers. It would, also, be 
a great benefit to consumers of these products, be¬ 
cause many of the substitutes are not only frauds, 
but are harmful, if not poisonous. Fifteen trans¬ 
gressors of this law have just been arrested in this 
City through action by the Fruit Dealers’ Associa¬ 
tion. Several of them are manufacturers of fruit 
syrups. Some of the syrups were shown to be badly 
adulterated. Others contained no trace of the fruits 
they were supposed to represent. Lemon syrup was 
particularly bad. II contained all sorts of chemicals, 
citric and tartaric acids being predominant. Va¬ 
nilla syrup contained not a trace of vanilla. Orange 
was chiefly larlaric acid, colored to represent orange. 
Strawberry was colored with aniline dye, and con¬ 
tained ammonia. The inspectors say that few drug¬ 
gists in the City are obeying the law. it would 
seem that public sentiment ought to compel the strict 
enforcement of this law, for the only ones who are 
not interested in its enforcement are the few manu¬ 
facturers and dealers who are risking the health 
and lives of their fellowmon for Ihe few paltry dol¬ 
lars they can get from it. 
* 
Mu. J. I). Davis and his wife are now on their way 
to San Francisco, traveling in a horseless carriage, 
which is operated by a gasoline engine. They go to 
Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, and so on across 
the country, taking the ordinary country roads, and 
covering from 50 to 00 miles per day. If they suc¬ 
ceed in covering the distance without serious acci¬ 
dent, it will mean a good deal for the horseless car¬ 
riage, for it will give that vehicle a tremendous ad¬ 
vertisement. It is said that the factories which are 
turning out these carriages are so crowded with or¬ 
ders that it is impossible for them to keep up, even 
by working day and night. The carriage in which 
Mr. Davis is riding seems to climb steep hills with¬ 
out trouble or danger. The days of the misfit horse 
are numbered. 
* 
A reader in Brooklyn, N. Y., lias some city prop¬ 
erty which lie can exchange for a 120-acre farm in 
Saratoga County, N. Y., without good buildings, or a 
300-acre farm in Minnesota. He wants to leave the 
city and try to make a living on the farm. Shall lie 
go West, or try New York State? Twenty years ago, 
most people would have said, “By all means, go 
West!” At that -time, there was a craze to get 
away from the so-called “worn-out” eastern farms, 
and reach the new lands of the Mississippi Valley. 
Now there is a very different feeling, and farmers 
understand that an eastern farm often has ad¬ 
vantages of location which more than make up for 
the available fertility of Lhe western farm. Lime, 
cow peas and clover will work wonders with most of 
our eastern soils, and fit them, at moderate cost, to 
produce fair crops, and at the same time slowly im¬ 
prove. i he chances are that a city man who de¬ 
sires to go “Back to the land” will do better in the 
eastern States. He will find it no vacation, how¬ 
ever, to provide his bread and butter on a farm, 
and he ought to have capital enough to carry him 
until he learns the business. 
* 
The American millers are trying to obtain bet¬ 
ter freight rates for the transportation of flour. 
They say that there is a discrimination in favor of 
grain and flour intended for the export trade. It is 
said that Lhe railroads give a better rate on whole 
grain, and that this encourages the export of the 
whole grain, and hurts the manufacturer of flour, 
'l he millers claim tnat American wheat is acknowl¬ 
edged to-be the finest in the world. If rates were ad¬ 
justed so that flour could be handled as cheaply as 
wheat, exports of flour would be greatly increased. 
As it is now, vast quantities of wheat are sent abroad 
to be ground on the other side. The European millers 
mix Lhe hard American wheat, with the poorer wheat 
of India and Argentina, to make a flour which will 
compete with flour ground in America. If our wheat 
could be ground on Ibis side and exported as flour, 
there would be a saving in every way. The bran 
and middlings would be left on this side for feed¬ 
ing, there would be increased work for American 
millers, and a vast increase in the demand for cot¬ 
ton cloth for sacks and bags; in fact, there is every 
reason why flour rather than whole wheat should be 
exported, and the millers want the Interstate Com¬ 
merce Commission to prevent the discrimination in 
favor of grain. 
* 
Mil Bryant tells, on page 543, how to make good, 
honest cider, pressed from good ripe apples, which 
had been picked over and cleansed from trash. That 
is the genuine cider, which makes one think of well- 
kept orchards, of old-fashioned dooryards, and of 
all the pleasant sights and sounds of country life. 
The National Druggist gives directions for making 
another sort of cider; it is composed of tartaric acid, 
brown sugar, yeast and rainwater, strengthened with 
spirits of wine. The maker is recommended to add 
a small proportion of apple essence, which is sold by 
dealers in bar supplies; this gives the true apple 
aroma to the cheat. What, an insult to the great 
American apple crop that mixture is! How is the 
maker of good cider and vinegar to compete with the 
unscrupulous chemists, who thus pervert honest 
brown sugar? Assuredly, every branch of agricul¬ 
ture or horticulture need throw the weight of its in¬ 
fluence against any effort to lessen the action of ex¬ 
isting pure-food laws, and these interests should study 
the possibility of effective and acceptable National 
laws against substitution or adulteration in food 
products. 
* 
Agricultural implement manufacturers seem to 
agree that there ought to be an increase in prices. 
The chief reason given for this is that they are obliged 
to pay more for iron and steel than in former years. 
In other words, the implement costs more than it 
used to. Why should steel cost more? Our mines are 
full of ore and coal, new and cheap methods of manu¬ 
facturing steel have been put in operation, and the 
manufacturers have combined to reduce operating 
expenses. This ought to mean cheaper steel. Why 
has the price increased? The latest answer we have 
heard is that the foreign demand for American iron 
and steel is so great that there is not enough left for 
the home trade. The following figures show how the 
export trade in these metals, manufactured and un- 
manufactured, 
has grown: 
1N08. 
iswr» 
1807. 
1804. 
. 29,220,204 
1890. 
Here we have 
a singular 
state of 
things. The for 
eigner is using more and more of our iron and steel, 
while American farmers are paying higher prices in 
consequence. This increase in foreign trade does not 
account entirely for the higher prices for American 
steel, but what do you think or an increased foreign 
trade that works against the interests of the Ameri¬ 
can consumer? 
BREVITIES. 
, MR alchemists of olden tjme would undertake to change 
The baser metals Into gold, but this Is not so strange 
As what your old Grandmother does she beats them all 
in truth, 
When oil your rusty clothes she puts the very bloom of 
youth. 
Your coat Is faded, soiled and frayed by rain and dirt 
and sun, 
A very chestnut, if you please, after its race Is run; 
You call it past redemption, but your old Grandmother's 
eye 
Will save It from the rag-bag—how her nimble lingers 
ily! 
She rips the seams, and sows the rent, and sponges out 
the stains, 
Applies the iron and the brush, with true, housewifely 
pains, 
Until the rusty chestnut of a coat, shall bloom anew, 
Upon your back it looks as npruic as when the coat was 
new. 
Yes! Yes! The old-time alchemy is now of llltlo use, 
But Grandma’s lingers si ill can turn the chestnut Into 
spruce. 
Who kills a bird gives life lo insects. 
Sow spinach in August for Autumn use. 
Too much speed lias ruined many a deed. 
The clover-seed crop Is likely to be short. 
Too late to sow cow peas north of Philadelphia. 
The best “pathy" for human culture Is found In the 
path of duty. 
A duck lays a much larger egg than a hen, but she 
doesn’t do any cackling about it. 
Those men who have forgotten how lo cry, would 
better learn the trick before they die. 
If you don't believe that well-placed trees and shrubs 
pay, try to sell a house with nothing around It. 
Lackey's Early sweet corn gave us roasting ears July 
13. The quality was very good, too, for an early variety. 
The Golden Jtulo suggests that your neighbor shall be 
condemned only by a duly authorized agent. Who au¬ 
thorized you? 
Hklqium is said to export 2,200,(XX) dressed rabbits yearly 
to England. The Belgian rabbit crop is said to amount 
to $1,170,000 yearly. 
Many of the most experienced poultry men prefer hens 
to incubators, Just as far as they can be used. Man 
hasn’t entirely beaten Nature yet. 
Have any of our Florida readers experimented with 
cherry culture? We are told Inal, while cherry trees 
grow well there, they do not fruit. 
Tins Importers of French champagne say they never 
laid such a business as now. This, they think, is lhe 
bust evidence of “good times.” For whom? 
Don't let the growing chickens overcrowd In Ihe coops! 
A small handful of little chicks will develop Into an over¬ 
crowded coopful, and the birds will suffer in conse¬ 
quence. 
Early In the Spring, many farmers concluded that the 
Potato beetles were to give them a rest this year, in 
most eases, they were fooled, for Ihe bugs came late and 
stayed to dinner. 
Among the latest scientific claims is the statement that 
tobacco owes its characteristic flavor ami taste lo the 
work of special bacteria. We may roach a limn when 
an ordinary cabbage leaf may be worked over by these 
bacteria Into the "finest Havana cigars.” Well, that 
would be more honest, than to use the cabbage leaf as It 
Is, and then put the label on the box. 
A remarkAHLH story comes from France lo the effect 
that a scientist has found parasites similar to those of 
human cancer, In apple wood, lie Inoculated forest trees 
with cultures of human cancer, and In six months, found 
dry ml In those trees. One elm Iree Is said lo have died 
of cancer Inoculated In lids way. Ncxl thing you know, 
some of these wise men will be shout lug against the 
apple. 
