1899 
649 
THE RURAL 
Among: the Marketmen. 
WHAT I SKE AND HEAR. 
LIVE VEAL CALVES.—Dealers say 
that the supply of live veal calves for 
the past few days has been very light, 
and that, in consequence, prices have 
been high. Very few dressed calves are 
received at this time of year, as the 
weather 'is so unfavorable for shipping. 
It will be several weeks before it will be 
safe to ship them dressed. It is seldom 
that prices reach the point that they 
have recently, and good, well-fattened 
calves have been in good demand. 
THE MILK MARKET.—Milk shippers 
to this market get more for their milk 
since September 1. What is known here 
as the New York Consolidated Milk Ex¬ 
change decreed it. Diminished supply 
caused by drought is the reason given. 
The increase is one-quarter cent per 
quart, making the present price 2V 2 
cents. The statement waff made by one 
member of the Exchange that, if the 
scarcity of milk continue, another ad¬ 
vance is probable. The dealers do not 
have any confidence in a combination of 
the producers. It isn’t to their interest 
to believe that producers will combine. 
ONION PACKAGES.—A variety of 
these is seen in market. They represent 
many different localities, though the 
same kinds of packages are uniformly 
used in each locality. Orange County, 
N. Y., is a great onion-growing section, 
and bags are largely used there for 
shipping, though some barrels With 
open heads are used. Western onions 
are usually sent in barrels, while those 
from the South come in crates, boxes 
and baskets. Foreign onions, which 
come here from Spain and Egypt, are 
packed in crates. Bermuda onions also 
come in crates. The average annual 
yield of onions in this country is in the 
neighborhood of 2,500,000 oushela. 
COLORED CABBAGES.—1 have no¬ 
ticed considerable red cabbage this 
week. The proportion of this received 
is usually quite small. The chief de¬ 
mand for it is for pickling. Sometimes, 
also, blue cabbages are seen, although 
not often. I have seen the past week, 
too, something that we rarely see in 
market, a few lots of Savoy cabbage. 
While this cabbage is generally consid¬ 
ered of better quality than the ordinary 
cabbage, it is rarely seen here. Why is 
it? Is there not sufficient demand, or is 
it more difficult to grow? The style of 
cabbage most in demand is of the Flat 
Dutch type, flat heads, but thick and 
solid. The larger part of the supplies in 
market are of this type. Pointed heads 
are not seen to any great extent, ex¬ 
cept in the early cabbage. Sometimes, 
round-headed varieties are seen, and 
these are usually very hard and good. 
SHIPPING LIVE POULTRY—It is 
well for those having live poultry to 
ship, to keep track of the Hebrew holi¬ 
days, for these influence prices largely. 
Regular shippers all know this, and 
govern themselves accordingly, but 
some not shipping regularly may not 
know why it is that prices of live poul¬ 
try are so high at certain times. New 
York contains a large Hebrew popula¬ 
tion, estimated at something like half a 
million people. These people have sev¬ 
eral religious holidays during the year, 
and during these, large quantities of 
poultry are consumed. This poultry 
must all be purchased alive, as 'it would 
be unfit for their use if killed by any 
one not of their own faith. The first of 
these holidays is the New Year, Septem¬ 
ber 5 and 6. We are now in the midst 
o f the wholesale buying for this holiday. 
The kinds most wanted are fowls, tur¬ 
keys, ducks and geese, 'in the order 
given. The next holiday is the Day of 
Atonement, September 14. Stock for 
this holiday should be here September 
11, 12 and 13. All prime stock is want¬ 
ed, but especially Spring chickens and 
roosters. The Feast of Tabernacles 
NEW-YORKER. 
TWENTY-NINE PRIZES. 
We do not want our friends to forget to send ns a club 
of those trial subscriptions this month. The full terms we 
printed in issues of August 19 and 26. The cash prizes will 
be awarded October 1. Here they are : 
For the Largest Club, ----- $50 
For the Second Largest Club, 40 
For the Third Largest Club, - 30 
For the Fourth Largest Club, 20 
For the Fifth Largest Club, - - - - 15 
For the Sixth Largest Club, - - - -10 
For the Seventh Largest Club, - 7 
For the next 2 Largest Clubs, each $5, - - I O 
For the next 5 Largest Clubs, each $3, - I 5 
For the next 15 Largest Clubs, each SI, - - 15 
Besides, any club that exceeds 500 names, will draw a high- 
grade bicycle extra. The time will now be getting short. 
Get to work at once for the best prizes. Full supplies will 
be sent on request. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
The Levin Prutier. 
OnPUAf1 Every farmer or mechanic wants 
^ ^pCllCvl TVUll C a good strong-knife in his pocket. 
You can never find anything 1 better than this knife. It has two blades, hand 
forged from best steel. Stag-horn handle, brass lined and capped. A feature of 
this knife is the ease with which it can be opened because of the large purchase of 
the fingers on the blade. The price is SI. We send it post paid and one new yearly 
subscription for SI.40 ; or free for a club of two yearly subscriptions at SI each. 
The Stevens Favorite Rifle. 
This is probably the 
most popular weapon 
in general use. It is 
strong, well-made, 
accurate and safe. 
The barrel is 22 inches long and detachable. In cleaning, the cloth may be inserted 
at one end and drawn out at the other, and this without taking the rifle apart. It 
has a shot gun butt. The action has a casehardened frame and solid breech block. 
It is made for the Long Rifle, 25 Stevens, and 32 Long Rifle cartridges. The weight 
is 4% pounds. The price of this rifle is S6. We will send it free for a club of 16 
yearly subscriptions at §1 each; or for a club of four at $1 each, and $3 extra money. 
is next, September 19 and 20. The 
best market days are September 15, 
16 and 18. Fowls, ducks and fat 
geese are most wanted. The last of 
the Fall holidays is the Feast of Law, 
September 26 and 27, but this is said not 
to be so important from a market point 
of view. Best market days are Septem¬ 
ber 21 to 25. After this, there will be 
no more of these holidays until March 
15. 1900, when Purim occurs. Within 
five weeks afterward, two more import¬ 
ant holidays occur. f. h. v. 
WESTERN NEW YORK ORCHARDS. 
A Fair Crop.— I have just made an ex¬ 
tensive trip in western New York, taking 
notes of the farm and orchard conditions. 
There is a rather small crop of apples, ex¬ 
cept close to Lake Ontario, where all or¬ 
chards are bearing well, and some never 
did better. My principal informant outside 
of my own eyes was Mr. John Cooper, of 
Albion. There will be a good many Green¬ 
ings, and they appear to grow somewhat 
at the expense of the Baldwins, which are 
not very plentiful. The showing of early 
apples was good, but dry weather about 
ruined them in some localities. They ma¬ 
tured small, and fell off very early, so that 
the best of them were often not above the 
average of ordinary windfalls. There will 
be a comparatively large crop of pears, 
some trees hanging so full that they re¬ 
quire propping. If the western New York 
farmers would cultivate their orchards, 
they would bear well; but, as a rule, they 
allow them to go to grass and weeds, so 
that it often happens that the best, land on 
the farm is pretty nearly wasted. I saw a 
line young orchard of dwarf pears on the 
outskirts of a village and less than half a 
mile from a railway station, up to the 
limbs with thistles, or the remains of a 
blackberry patch, and turf and weeds gen¬ 
erally rampant. The result is that a lew 
trees are bearing a fair crop, but all look 
starved. Peaches will not be a full crop, 
but there will be a good many. I hear 
much complaint of the yellows, though the 
curl leaf does not appear to have reached 
this section generally. There will be a 
good crop of quinces, though very little at¬ 
tention is paid to their cultivation or man¬ 
agement. _J. C. 
There will not be more than one-fourth 
of an apple crop in this section. Baldwins 
are best; Greenings next, and Spys next. 
Bartlett pears are a fair crop; Angouleme 
not so good. Some orchards are full, others 
have none. * e. l. m. 
Leroy, N. Y. 
If all young women could have the 
right sort of motherly advice much of 
the unhappiness of the world would be 
avoided. 
There are two troubles in the way. 
The girls hesitate to consult the 
mothers and the mothers really 
know only a little more than 
the girls. Coun¬ 
sel of the best 
sort is at the 
command of ev¬ 
ery woman and 
if she will 
promptly avail 
herself of it she 
will soon be re¬ 
lieved of her 
troubles. 
Thousands of 
women, every 
year, write 
to Dr. R. V. 
Pierce telling their symptoms and asking 
his advice, which is freely given without 
cost. 
For over thirty years Dr. Pierce has 
been and is to-day chief consulting phy¬ 
sician of the great Invalids’ Hotel and 
Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y. He 
is a specialist in the diseases of women 
and his “ Favorite Prescription ” has had 
the greatest sale of all medicines ever 
devised for the cure of the troubles 
peculiarly feminine. 
Every letter addressed to Dr. Pierce is 
held sacredly confidential and has the 
most careful attention. 
No testimonial letter is ever published 
until the written consent of its author 
has been given. 
Mrs. Mary E. Lewis, of Tanner, Gilmer Co., 
W. Va.. writes: “ For fifteen years I suffered un¬ 
told misery. I had given up all hope of ever 
getting well. I could not lie down to sleep, and 
everything I ate would almost cramp me to 
death. Was very nervous and could hardly walk 
across the room. I only weighed ninetv pounds 
when I commenced taking these medicines; I 
now weigh one hundred and forty pounds and 
am having better health than ever before. I 
have taken the 1 Favorite Prescription.’ the 
’Golden Medical Discovery,’ and the ‘Pellets.’ 
I take great pleasure in recommending your 
medicines to the sick for I know that if it had 
not been for them I would not have been living 
to-day. I am very thankful to God, who put the 
great power in your medicines that cured me.” 
Wherever the pain may be, 
there is the place for an 
Allcockts 
POROUS 
PIASTERS 
This is the best pruner that has yet been made. It will cut one-half inch dry 
branch. It is made of the best 
steel, and cuts smooth and clean 
as a knife, but faster and, of 
course, easier. It is an article 
that every pex*son who owns a 
tree or shrub or vine needs. We 
have secured a new lot at a bar¬ 
gain, and can furnish them to 
subscribers now at 50 cents each, 
postpaid ; or with one new subscription and 25 cents extra ; or we will send it free 
for a club of two yearly subscriptions. 
The Tip-Up Pistol. 
No need to say much about this little weapon 
It is Stevens make, and all right in every re¬ 
spect. Full nickel-plated .'!>£ inch barrel. In 
two calibers, 22 or 30. Price, §2.50. We will 
send it and one new yearly subscription for 
§2.40; or free for a club of six yearly sub¬ 
scriptions at §1 each. 
