1889 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
877 
Publisher’s Desk. 
Last week’s mail brought a letter from 
a subscriber in the State of Missouri 
that particularly pleased me. He said: 
“Times are so hard I would have stopped 
the paper, but the boys said ‘tell him to 
send it on.’ I consider it the best farm 
paper I ever read.” It especially pleased 
me to know that the boys desired the 
paper. The same mail brought this let¬ 
ter with another dollar: “My husband 
took The R. N.-Y. several years, but 
neglected to renew, and he has many 
times regretted putting off renewal. 
Please send it to him. It is a Christmas 
present from me, and I know that he 
will like it better than anything I could 
get him.” When the father and husband 
thinks so well of the paper, and the 
sons decide to keep it coming, and the 
good wives choose it as a Christmas 
present, we feel that our efforts to make 
a helpful reliable farm paper are meet¬ 
ing with some success at least. Now 
this good wife’s Christmas present leads 
me to suggest that readers look over 
that list of books on page 847, issue of 
December 2. There are many of the 
best books in the English language in 
that list. They are well printed, and 
nicely bound, and suitable for holiday 
presents for young or old. Read the an¬ 
nouncements, and see how easy it is to 
get them. A great many old subscribers 
are sending one new subscription with 
their own renewals and selecting a book 
for the trouble. This gives me the feel¬ 
ing of having received a'Christmas pres¬ 
ent myself. It gives me a thrill of pleas¬ 
ure to see an old subscriber bring a new 
member to the Rural family. Besides 
the books in premium number, let me 
once more call your attention to this 
list: 
One for One. 
Wo will send any book in the following list post¬ 
paid, as a reward for sending us one new subscription 
for a neighbor or friend at $ 1 : 
The Ilusi ness Hen.$ .40 
Canning and Preserving.20 
The Nursery Book.50 
How to Rid Buildings of Rats.20 
P’irst Lessons in Agriculture. 1.00 
The Cauliflower. 1 00 
Spraying Crops.s.25 
How to Plant a Place.20 
Tuberous Begonias.20 
Modification of Plants by Climate.25 
Popular Errors About Plants. 1.00 
Landscape Gardening.50 
The New Botany.25 
Accidents and Emergencies.20 
Milk, Making and Marketing.20 
My Handkerchief Garden.20 
Ensilage and the Silo.20 
Fertilizers and Fruits.20 
Fertilizer Farming.20 
Trees for Street and Shade.20 
Chemicals and Clover.20 
The Story of the Plants.40 
Grasses and Clover.25 
Vegetables UuderGlass.-.25 
The Dairy Calf.25 
One for Two. 
We will send any book in the following list post¬ 
paid as a reward for sending us a club of two new 
subscriptions at $1 each : 
Plant Breeding. Bailey. $1.00 
The Forcing Book. Bailey. 1.00 
Garden Making. Bailey. 1.00 
Milk and Its Products. Wing.1.00 
The Soil. King.75 
The Spraying of Plants. Lodeman. 1.00 
Fertilizers. Voorhees. 1.00 
American Grape Training. Bailey.75 
Horticulturist’s Rule Book. Bailey.75 
One for Three 
For a club of three new yearly subscriptions at $1 
each we will send postpaid any one of the following 
books : 
The Pruning Book. Bailey.$1.50 
The Fertility of the Lund. Roberts. 1.25 
Principles of Fruit Growing. Bailey. 1.25 
Bush Fruits. Card. 1.50 
Feeds and Feeding. Henry. 2.00 
Feeding Animals. Stewart.2.00 
The Domestic Sheep. Stewart. 1.50 
Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine. Curtis.2.00 
Vegetable Gardening. Green. 1.25 
Because of the exceptional value of these rewards, 
we must insist on the clubs being all new subscribers, 
but two renewals may be counted as one new name 
for any of the above rewards. Many of the books are 
new and all are the best on the subjects of which 
they treat. 
If you send us a list of the papers and 
magazines you desire this year, includ¬ 
ing The R. N.-Y., we will quote you 
prices for them. We will save you 
money on your reading matter, either in 
periodicals or books. 
Do not forget that every yearly sub¬ 
scriber is entitled to the new rose, Ruby 
Queen, post paid, by applying for it. 
For a club of four at $1 each we send 
your own paper for one year free. If 
you can get up a larger club we will 
send you terms. 
If you are a farmer or want to be one, 
send for the “Western Trail.” Published 
quarterly. Full of pointers as to settling 
in Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri¬ 
tory. Handsomely embellished and con¬ 
cisely written. Mailed free. 
A ddress by postal card or letter. 
John Sebastian, G.P.A., Chicago. — A&v. 
Market Briefs. 
We are here In this great market. You ship goods 
here. You can ship to better advantage if you know 
how and when to do It. We will try to tell you. 
We must know what you want. Ask questions We 
will try to answer them. 
Picked Up Here and There. 
APPLES.—’The prospects are fair for a 
good Winter trade at satisfactory prices. 
On account of the warm Fall, the inferior 
grades, which would not keep, have been 
forced on the market, and sold low. The 
contractors who bought orchards still have 
the bulk of the finer qualities on hand. The 
prospect for these is favorable, owing to 
the large proportion of small and inferior 
stocks that have been cleared out. Hold¬ 
ers of fancy goods in interior fruit houses 
are not pushing sales at all. 
BARGAINS.—I stepped into an auction 
room where a pottery sale was going on, 
and saw a large Japanese vase, which the 
auctioneer described at “royal green, hand 
painted and decorated and worth $75,” 
struck off for $9. All sorts of goods are sold 
at auction here: ribbons, ostrich feathers, 
dress goods, buttons, cloaks, clocks, car¬ 
pets, hardware, molasses, fruits, etc. Near¬ 
ly all of the California and foreign fruits 
are disposed of in this way. Many of the 
auctions are bona-fide sales, and at others 
one can get swindled as badly as in a horse 
trade. 
CHEESE.—Utica and Little Falls, N. Y., 
are the centers of great cheese-producing 
sections. The Boards of Trade for these 
cities report the total transactions for the 
past season at 22,615,620 pounds, which at 
an average price of 9% cents (two cents 
more than last year), amounts to $2,141,- 
115.18. This is $559,172 more than for 1898, 
or an increase of nearly 25 per cent in 
value of the cheese product of central New 
York during the present year. As last 
year’s total was better than that of 1897, 
it is evident that there has been a steady 
improvement in the cheese market, and 
consequently in the condition of dairymen 
in these sections. 
EVERGREENS.—A reader asks if there 
is any demand here for laurel, Ground pine, 
and other evergreens for holiday decora¬ 
tions. I see quite a variety of these things 
in the markets. The large trees do not 
arrive until a short time before Christmas, 
but the smaller greens should be on hand 
now, as the dealers wish them some time 
in advance to make up into wreaths and 
ropes. A very popular plant is what is 
commonly known as Ground pine or Stand¬ 
ing pine. This is a light green, and so 
tough that it will stand hard handling 
without breaking. It will not pay to ship 
brittle evergreens or those that do not hold 
their color well. Of course, large quanti¬ 
ties of holly and mistletoe are also used. 
FISH.—The quantity of fresh cod received 
in Fulton Market recently has been far 
greater than the demand. There has been 
such a surplus that good stock has sold 
at ^4-cent per pound, and hundreds of 
pounds could not be sold at any price for 
lack of buyers. At least 50 per cent more 
cod than usual at this time of the year 
have been caught by the local fishermen 
and the smacks operating from this mar¬ 
ket. The total landing brought in by the 
fleet for the week ending December 1, was 
150,000 fish. The receipts by rail and boats 
from other ports for the same week aggre¬ 
gated 485,000 pounds. The warm weather 
made the use of ice necessary, and it is 
claimed that the cost of storing the surplus 
has been more than double -«-nat the fish 
actually sell for. This glut of cod has af¬ 
fected the market for other fish, which 
have dropped two to four cents per pound. 
At present prices, freight charges cannot 
be made on the stock shipped in, and the 
smack fishermen have not made their ex¬ 
penses since the run began. Most of the 
smacks take out ice, and in some cases the 
cost of this has been more than the value 
of the fish brought in. The cod have been 
caught off the Long Island and New Jersey 
coasts, and weigh from five to 10 pounds 
each. Fish of this sort are usually soft 
and spoil quickly unless iced. The market 
has also received a large amount of hake, 
haddock, pollock and halibut from Glouces¬ 
ter and Boston. The fish from the East 
have been of better quality generally than 
those landed by the domestic fleet. The 
bluefishing season is about over. The esti¬ 
mated catch is 10,000,000 fish, about 8,000,000 
less than last year, but the quality has not 
been good, and prices have run as low as 
five cents per pound. The first shad of the 
season were recently received. They sold 
for 75 cents to $1.25 each, and were shipped 
from Asbury Park. It is seldom that shad 
are caught so far north before Spring. 
w. w. H. 
MILK MATTERS. 
Massachusetts Producers.—A t the 
meeting of the New England Milk Pro¬ 
ducers’ Company, held at Worcester, Mass., 
December 4, the protective committee re¬ 
ported that they were unable to get any 
information from President Patch or 
Treasurer Hadley. It is said that Pro¬ 
moter Briggs has drawn a salary of $500 
per month and a commission of 20 per cent 
on all business, although there is no men¬ 
tion made of the salary in the charter It 
is claimed that President Patch had no 
right to use any of the stockholders’ money 
until authorized by the company at the 
annual meeting. The attorneys employed 
by the committee state that, in their 
opinion, the whole thing is a fraud, and 
that the men who directed the scheme 
are liable to prosecution. The stockhold¬ 
ers are very much in earnest, and deter¬ 
mined to get to the bottom of thi3 matter. 
If it be found that there has been criminal 
misappropriation of money, it is to be 
hoped that the guilty ones will be severely 
dealt with. The following resolutions were 
adopted: 
Whereas, The president and directors of 
the N. E. M. P. Co. obtained their of¬ 
ficial positions by arbitrary and deceitful 
methods, and in their official capacity have 
persistently ignored the interests of the 
stockholders: and, 
Whereas, Certain large sums of money 
have been paid from the treasury in a se¬ 
cret and questionable manner without any 
benefit to the stockholders; and, 
Whereas, Said directors utterly refuse to 
give any information or consult the inter¬ 
ests of the stockholders. 
Resolved: That this meeting hereby di¬ 
rects its committee to take all necessary 
steps to carry out the alms and purposes 
for which this company was organized. 
Resolved: That said committee shall re¬ 
quest said directors to call a legal meeting 
of the stockholders and by resignation or 
otherwise permit a fair election of direc¬ 
tors. 
Resolved: That in event of their refusal 
to account for their proceedings or call 
said meeting, the said committee is au¬ 
thorized to bring suit against said directors 
in the name of the stockholders, for con¬ 
spiracy, and to protect the money in the 
treasury and if necessary to take the 
action required to dissolve the corporation. 
A Local Milk War.—S everal weeks ago, 
mention was made of a difficulty between 
the milk producers of Brewster, N. Y., and 
vicinity, and the condensed-milk factory' 
at that place. The farmers felt that on 
account of the increased cost of production, 
caused by the scanty Fall feed, short hay 
crop and high prices of grain and cows, the 
price of milk ought to be advanced. The 
condensery people said that they paid more 
the year around than the farmers could get 
in the New York market, that their ex¬ 
penses for machinery, etc., were heavy, and 
that they did not see their way clear to 
grant the increase of 10 cents per 100 pounds 
demanded. They also stated that they be¬ 
lieved the trouble to be caused by agita¬ 
tors, who were stirring up the people for 
what was in it for themselves, and thus 
bitter feeling was worked up on both sides. 
The farmers formed an organization, and, 
at a meeting, about 200 voted to refuse to 
sign the contracts with the condensery for 
the Winter. Some yielded and signed 
later, but the majority are still holding 
out, and it is estimated that about 400 cans 
of milk per day were diverted from the 
factory. A bottling establishment at 
Patterson, N. Y., is taking a large part of 
this, and about 70 cans daily are being 
shipped to New York from Brewster. The 
condensery has been hampered to a certain 
extent, and is running on three-quarter 
time. Doubtless the company would be 
glad to have more milk, but corporations 
backed by $20,000,000 are not easily forced 
into doing what they do not feel disposed 
to. This is an unfortunate state of af¬ 
fairs. No one doubts the benefit to a com¬ 
munity of an industry putting into circu¬ 
lation thousands of dollars every month, 
giving employment to the people and a 
healthful air of business to the town. Yet, 
the farmers feel that they have been mis¬ 
used, and are determined to stick to the 
stand they have taken. The local organiza¬ 
tion is holding regular meetings, and there 
is some talk of putting up a creamery at 
Brewster, but nothing definite has been 
done in regard to this. 
At the Rochester meeting the following 
officers were elected: Western New York 
Jersey Cattle Club: President, M. H. Olin, 
Perry, N. Y.; vice-president, E. S. Brown, 
Scottsville, N. Y.; secretary, George E. 
Peer, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, Jacob 
Howe, Rochester, N. Y.; directors, Clin¬ 
ton Rogers, Elmer E. Roe, P. J. Cogswell. 
Shropshire Breeders’ Association: Presi¬ 
dent, C. D. Smead, M. D., Logan, N. Y.; 
vice-president, E. G. Thorne, Skaneateles, 
N. Y.; secretary and treasurer, Arthur 
Cummings, Cuylerville, N. Y.; director, Cal¬ 
vin C. Laney, Rochester, N. Y. Hamp¬ 
shire-Down Breeders’ Association: Presi¬ 
dent, Ira J. Hiller, Four Towns, Mich.; 
secretary and treasurer, John J. Goron, 
Mercer, Pa.; vice-presidents, J. W. Gaines, 
Reeseville,, Wis.; J. G. Massey, Rawlins, 
Wyo.; P. W. Artz, New Carlisle, O.; E. M. 
Benham, Hopewell Ctr., N. Y. 
Seed Potatoes.— This has been a singu¬ 
lar potato season. No one seemed to know 
during the Fall just how large the crop 
was, and most of the calculations with re¬ 
gard to yield and probable prices were up¬ 
set. From all that we could learn early in 
the season we considered it good policy 
to sell at a fair price early in the Fall. 
The market has remained firm, however, 
and to-day potatoes are bringing a fair 
price—on the whole a trifle higher than at 
this time last year. Growers are now be¬ 
ginning to inquire about the probable price 
q£ seed potatoes next Spring, and we have 
been in correspondence with the seed 
growers and dealers. The general opinion 
seems to be that potatoes will be high, and 
especially the early varieties. We speak 
now of seed potatoes, for some dealers are 
quite sure that the market crop will be 
lew. All agree, however, that there is a 
scarcity of good early varieties for seed 
pmposes. There seems to be a good sup¬ 
ply of late varieties of seed, ana prices 
are not likely to be excessive on these. 
The early varieties, especially of the Rose 
sorts, are scarce and will be high. That 
seems to be a fair statement of the opinion 
of dealers. 
Doctors’ Costly Visits. 
Sickness in the family 
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enough 
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best of 
condi¬ 
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almost al¬ 
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off part 
of the regular 
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when on top of 
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seems almost too great 
a burden for any fam¬ 
ily in moderate cir¬ 
cumstances to endure. 
But there is a way 
to avoid most of these 
unnecessary expenses 
besides preventing a great deal of the 
sickness itself. 
\ “ Doctor’s visits come high,” says Mrs. Bela F. 
Howard, of Glen Ellen, Sonoma Co., Cal. ‘‘I 
have been in this place sixteen years and have 
only had a doctor once in my family since that 
time, thanks to Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense 
Medical Adviser and his medicines. This book 
saves doctor’s visits. I cannot do without it in 
the house. I have had two copies but cannot 
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With your kind and good advice aud Dr. Pierce’s 
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I thank you a thousand times for your good ad¬ 
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The great thousand-page Medical Ad¬ 
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A whole medical library in one volume. 
Address R. V. Pierce, M. D., Buffalo, 
N. Y. He will send professional advice 
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It is our privilege to furnish people 
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The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
