1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
29 
SCIENCE FROM THE STATIONS. 
REVIEWS OF IMPORTANT BULLETINS. 
Vine Pruning 1 is the title of Bulletin 
119 from the California Experiment 
Station (Berkeley). This pamphlet gives, 
in great detail, the methods employed in 
pruning and training the vine in Cali¬ 
fornia. While much of the detailed in¬ 
formation is not particularly suited to 
eastern growers, the general principles 
of pruning are well brought out and dis¬ 
cussed. The pamphlet will prove useful 
to all vineyardists. 
7 The Department of Agriculture, Penn¬ 
sylvania, has issued four bulletins which 
may be obtained by addressing Thomas 
J. Edge, Harrisburg, Pa. Bulletin 27 
discusses the cultivation of American 
ginseng. It gives quite an extended 
account of the methods employed by Mr. 
Geo. Stanton, whose article appears in 
this week’s R. N.-Y. It is stated that, 
in the last 39 years, there have been 
exported from this country 13,738,415 
pounds of ginseng, valued at $20,837,199. 
It is said that there is a possible market 
in China for $20,000,000 worth of ginseng 
each year. Most of the roots that have 
been sent from this country heretofore, 
have been wild dug in the woods. Now 
as Mr. Stanton shows, it is possible 
for a careful man who fully understands 
the matter, to cultivate the crop on a 
small scale so as to make it yield large 
returns. This enterprise is, certainly, 
worth looking into, and American farm¬ 
ers may well consider the cultivation of 
this crop. Several States have already 
enacted laws for the protection of gin¬ 
seng. Virginia prohibits the digging of 
any ginseng from March 15 to September 
15. There may, possibly, be in this root 
a new and possible crop for careful farm¬ 
ing, and our experiment stations will do 
well to obtain all profitable information 
regarding its culture. 
Bulletin 28 is entitled The Fungous 
Foes of the Farmer, by Prof. Byron D. 
Halsted of New Jersey. This pamphlet 
is beautifully illustrated, and tells the 
story of plant diseases in an easy and 
readable style. Dr. Halsted is really 
our best authority on matters of this 
sort, and this pamphlet is well worthy 
the study of any farmer. 
Bulletin 29 is entitled Investigations 
in the Bark of Trees, by Prof. Thomas 
Meehan. When we consider that the 
bark of the tree is not only its overcoat, 
but the medium through which it ob¬ 
tains a good share of its food, we can 
understand the value of giving it the 
most careful study. Prof. Meehan’s 
pamphlet will be exceedingly interest¬ 
ing to many of our readers. It will 
give them a new idea about trees and 
the great need of keeping the bark in a 
healthy condition. 
Bulletin 30 deals with the sex of 
plants, and discusses the important 
question of hybridizing, also, the abso¬ 
lute need of properly fertilizing flowers 
in order to obtain perfect seeds and fruit. 
These pamphlets are excellent in every 
way, and might well be in the library of 
every reader of The R. N.-Y. 
HINDSIGHT. 
REVIEW OF THE WEEK’S MARKETS. 
The grain markets opened quiet at the begin¬ 
ning of the week, with very little trading; still, 
in the absence of an export demand, prices were 
well maintained. The complications in the East, 
which seem to point toward war, have a tenden¬ 
cy to sustain prices, because, in that event, this 
country would be called upon to furnish a large 
quantity of the provisions. The market con¬ 
tinued quiet during the week, and at the close, 
became a little more active, exporters doing con¬ 
siderable buying, although at somewhat lower 
prices for wheat. There has been quite active 
buying of rye and corn for export, and a fair de¬ 
mand for wheat and flour. It is said that Argen¬ 
tina is offering wheat for February-Marcli ship¬ 
ment, and India for May-June, at cheaper rates 
than this country, and this is given as the cause 
For full information about 
this, also j best Horse-power, 
Thresher, Clover-liuller. Hog- 
power. Rye Thresher and Hind¬ 
er, I'annlng-mlll, Feed-null, 
I)rag-saw, Land-roller, Steam- 
engine, Ensilage and fodder- 
cutter. Shredder, Root-cutter, 
Corn-shellcr ami Round-slln, 
Address, CEO. D. HARDER. M ’f’r.Oohlesktll. N .V 
jjT’Tiease tell what you wish to purchase, 
of comparative indifference on the other side, in 
addition to the holiday dullness. 
In the butter market, very little trading was 
done during the past week, just enough for 
present needs. But the feeling is steady on fancy 
fresh table grades, and such bring quotations 
quickly. Held butter is very dull. Of the grades 
just below fancy, there is considerable accumu¬ 
lation. Cheese is more active, as there is quite a 
demand from exporters, and they have bought 
largely during the past few days, of full-cream 
cheese. There is little demand for skims. 
Potatoes are in light receipt, but equal to the 
demand. Sweets have advanced a little in price, 
and the demand is good. Onions are firm, fancy 
selling well at outside prices. Most other winter 
vegetables are quiet, and show little change in 
prices. There has been a heavy supply of Florida 
vegetables, and only the best qualities bring good 
prices. Much of this stuff arrives in poor con¬ 
dition. Choice hothouse products are doing well) 
but there is little call for inferior qualities. 
MARKETS. 
Friday, December 31, 1897 
BEANS AND PEAS. 
Beans, Marrow, choice, per bushel.1 32 @1 35 
Marrow, fair to good.1 15 @1 30 
Medium, choice.1 20 @ — 
Medium, fair to good.1 00 @1 15 
Pea, choice.l 12 @ — 
Pea, fair to good.1 00 @1 10 
Red Kidney, choice.1 55 @1 GO 
Red Kidney, fair to good.1 25 @1 45 
White Kidney, choice. 135 @140 
Yellow Eye, choice.130 @ — 
Black Turtle soup, choice.150 @ — 
Lima, California.1 30 ® — 
Green Peas, 1897, hbls, per bushel. 75 @ — 
1897, hags. 70 @ — 
1897, Scotch, bbls. 85 ® — 
1897, Scotch, bags. 80 @ — 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, Western, extras, per lb. 22 @ — 
Western, firsts. 20 @ 21 
Western, seconds. 17 @ 19 
Western, thirds. 16 @ 1G 
State, fancy. 21 @ — 
State, firsts. 19 @ 20 
State, thirds to seconds. 15 @ 18 
June make, extras. 20*4® 21 
June make, firsts. 18 @ 19 
June make, seconds. 15 @ 17 
State dairy, h. f., tubs, fall ends, fancy.. 19 @ 20 
Half-flrkin tubs, firsts. 17 @ 18 
Ilalf-tirkin tubs, seconds. 15 @ 1G 
Welsh tubs, fancy. 19 @ 20 
Welsh tubs, seconds to firsts. 15 @ 18 
Tubs, thirds. 13 @ 14 
Firkins, fancy. 18)4@ 19 
Firkins, fair to choice. 15 @ 18 
Western imitation creamery, fine. 18 @ — 
Firsts. 15 @ 16 
Seconds. 13)4® 14)4 
Western factory, June, extras. 15 @ — 
Held, thirds to firsts. 12*4® 14 
Fresh, extras. 1G @ 17 
Fresh, firsts. 14*4® 15 
Fresh, seconds. 13*4® 14 
Lower grades. 12 @ 13 
Rolls, fresh, choice. 1G @ 17 
Fresh, common to prime. 12 @ 15 
CHEESE 
State, full cream, large, fancy, Sept. 8)4® — 
Large, late made, average fin’t. 794® 7% 
Large, fair to good. 714® 7)4 
Large, common. 6)4© 7 
Small, colored, fancy, September.... 9 @ 9*4 
Small, white, fancy, September. 9 @ 9*4 
Small, late made, finest. 8*4® 8)4 
Small, common to good . 7)4® 8 
Light skims, choice. 6)4@ — 
Part skims, small, choice. G @ — 
Part skims, good to prime. 4*4® 5 
Part skims, common to fair. 3*4® 4 
Full skims. 3 © — 
EGGS. 
Nearby, fancy, strictly new laid, per doz. 27 @ — 
State and Pen na., fancy. 25 @ 25)4 
Fair to good quality. 22 @ 24 
Western, fresh gathered, firsts. 25 @ — 
Fair to good. 23 @ 24 
Southern, fresh gathered, good to choice 23 @ 24 
Poor to good, per 3l>-doz case.4 00 @4 75 
Western, dirties, per3U-doz case.3 30 @3 00 
Refrigerator, fall packed. 15 @ 20 
Early packed, prime to choice. 15)4® 10 
Fair to prime, case count. 14 @ 15 
Early packed, inferior, case count... 12)4® 13*4 
Limed, Western, per doz. 14 ® — 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, Newtown Pippin, per bbl.3 00@5 50 
Fancy red, per bbl.3 50@4 50 
Twenty-Oz, per bbl.2 00@3 00 
King, per bbl.3 00@4 00 
Ben Davis, per d. h. bbl........2 50@4 (14) 
Spy, per d. h. bbl.2 60@4 00 
Baldwin, per d. h. bbl.2 50@3 75 
Greening, extra fancy, per bbl.3 75@4 00 
Greening, fair to choice, per d. h. bbl_2 50@3 60 
Common to fair grades.1 50@2 00 
Grapes, State, Catawba, per small basket... 8 ® 11 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, fair to fancy, per bbl.G 00®7 50 
Usual sorts, per crate.1 90@2 00 
Jersey, per crate.1 50@1 '.Hi 
Per bbl.5 50®6 00 
Oranges, Fla., per box.2 75@4 00 
Grape fruit, Fla., per box.5 50@7 00 
Mandarins, Fla., per half-box.2 00®3 00 
Tangerines, Fla., per half-box.3 50@4 00 
Pineapples, Fla., per box.2 00@3 50 
Strawberries, Fla., per quart. 30®1 00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, fair to fancy, per doz. 1 00® 1 50 
Mushrooms, ordinary to fancy, per lb. 15® 75 
Tomatoes, fair to fancy, per lb. 10® 30 
Lettuce, Eastern, fancy, per doz. 50® 75 
Common to fair, per lb. 20® 40 
Radishes, per 100 bunches.2 00<a'2 50 
Grapes, imported, per lb. 50®1 25 
Domestic, per lb. —@ — 
MEATS-COUNTRY DRESSED 
Veals, prime, per lb. 10*4® 11 
Fair to good, per lb. 10 @ 10)4 
Common to medium, per lb. 8 © 9)4 
Buttermilks, per lb. 7 ® 8 
Grassers, per lb. G @ 7 
Small, per lb. G © 8 
Pork, GO lbs and under, per lb. G @ 6)4 
100 to GO lbs., per lb. 5)4@ G 
100 to 100 lbs., per lb. 4)4® 6)4 
200 to 160 lbs., per lb. 4 @ 4)4 
Heavier weights, per lb. 3 @ 4 
Rough, per lb. 2)4® 3 
Roasting pigs, 10 to30 lbs each, per lb... 8 ® 10 
Pork tenderloins, per lb. 13 @ 15 
POTATOES 
Long Island, per bbl.2 50®2 75 
Jersey, per bbl.1 75@2 25 
State, per 180 lbs.2 l)0@2 25 
Western, per 180 lbs. 2 00@2 25 
German, per 112 lb sack.1 25@1 70 
Sweets, Vineland, per bbl.2 50@3 75 
Other Jersey sweets, per bbl.2 00®3 37 
POULTRY—LIVE 
Fowls, per lb. 8 @ 9 
Chickens, per lb. 0 @ 7 
Roosters, per lb. 4 @ 5 
Turkeys, per lb. 8 ® 9 
Ducks, local, per pair. 50 @ GO 
Western, per pair. 40 @ 50 
Southern and Southwestern, per pair 49 ® 46 
Southern and Southwestern, per pair 
Pigeons, old, per pair. 
Young, per pair.. 
POULTRY—DRESSED. 
Turkeys, Jersey and Up-River, fancy_ 
Md. and Del., fancy, per lb. 
Md. and Del., fair to prime, per lb ... 
State and Penn., fancy, per lb. 
State and Penn., fair to prime, per lb 
Western, fancy, per lb. 
Western, good to prime, per lb. 
Western, fair, per lb. 
Western, old toms, per lb. 
Spring chickens, Phila., fancy, per lb— 
Philadelphia, fair to good, per lb_ 
Chickens, Jersey, prime, per lb. 
State and Penn., good to prime. 
Western, prime, dry picked, per lb... 
Western, prime, scalded, per lb. 
Western, fair to good, per lb. 
Fowls, State and Penn, good to prime... 
Western, prime, por lb. 
Western, fair to good, per lb. 
Ducks, nearby, fancy, per lb. 
Western, fancy, per lb. 
Western, fair to good, per lb. 
Geese, Maryland, prime, per lb. 
Western, prime, per lb. 
Western, fair to good, per lb. 
Squabs, choice, largo, white, per doz.2 50 @2 75 
Small and poor, per doz.1 50 @1 75 
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VEGETABLES. 
Brussels sprouts, por quart. . 5 © 8 
Beets, local, per bbl. 50 ® 76 
Chicory, N. O., per bbl.2 00 @3 75 
Celery, choice, por doz. 25 @ 30 
Fair to prime, per doz. 15~@ 20 
Small and poor, per doz. 8 «.@ 12 
Cucumbers, Fla., perorate.1 50 «®2 50 
Cabbages, Jersey and L. I., per 100.2 50 @3 00 
State, per 100.1 75 a @2 00 
Red, per bbl... 76 j@1 00 
Cauliflowers, per bbl.1 00 '@6 00 
Egg plant, Fla., per bbl.5 00 •• @8 00 
Per box.2 50 @3 50 
Escarol, N. O., per bbl.2 00 @3 50 
Lettuce, New Orleans, per bbl.2 00 ©4 00 
Florida, per basket.I (X) @2 00 
Tomatoes, Florida, per carrier.1 00 @2 00 
Peas, Southern, per basket.1 00 @1 50 
Peppers, Florida, per carrier.1 50 @2 60 
Squash, Marrow, per bbl.1 (X) @1 25 
Hubbard, per bbl.1 25 @1 50 
Parsnips, per bbl. 75 @100 
Turnips, Russia, per bbl. IX) @ 80 
White, per bbl. 40 @ 50 
Onions, Orange County, red, per bag.2 00 @2 76 
Orange County, yellow, per bag.1 26 @2 (X) 
Orange County, white, per bag.2 00 @4 00 
Jersey, white, por bbl.2 00 @4 CO 
Eastern, white, per bbl.2 00 @5 00 
Eastern, rod, per bbl.2 25 @2 75 
Eastern, yellow, per bbl.2 00 @ — 
State and Western, yellow, per bbl..l 25 @2 00 
Okra, Florida, per carrier.t 00 @2 00 
Carrots, washed, por bbl.1 25 @1 50 
Unwashed and ungraded, per bbl....l 00 ®1 25 
String beans, Florida, per basket.1 00 @2 00 
Perorate.1 (X) @175 
Kale, Long Island, per bbl. 1 XJ @ 75 
Norfolk, per bbl. GO @ 75 
Spinach, Norfolk, per bbl.2 00 @2 50 
Baltimore, per bbl.2 00 @ — 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total dally supply has been 21,716 cans of milk, 
150 cans of condensed milk and 425 cans of cream. 
BeglnnlngNovember 21, the Milk Exchange price has 
been 3 cents a quart net to the shipper at points sub¬ 
ject to a 25-cent freight rate. It is announced that 
the price will be advanced )4 cent per quart on Jan¬ 
uary 1 
Consumption is Curable. 
[From Dr. Hunter’s Lectures on the Progress of 
Medical Science in Lung Diseases. 
The question of vital importance to 
those afflicted with any disease of the 
breathing 1 organs is, “ Can it be cured ? ” 
and if so, “By what mode of treatment?” 
I have already explained how bronchial, 
catarrhal and asthmatic disease is cured, 
and now come to speak of Consumption, 
the most dreaded of lung maladies. 
Its usual symptoms are cough, expec¬ 
torations of matter from the lungs, short¬ 
ness of breath, loss of flesh and strength, 
hectic fever and night sweats. 
These symptoms are caused by the 
lung disease. To effect cure the cough 
and expectoration must cease, the breath¬ 
ing become free and natural, and the lost 
flesh and strength be regained. 
I have effected this happy termination 
of consumption in thousands of cases, 
embracing every form and stage of the 
disease. 
.lames Bynum, aged 43, was the last 
survivor of a consumptive family, two 
brothers and a sister having previously 
died of the disease. He was afflicted 
several years with catarrh and bronchitis 
before he learned that his lungs were 
affected. From .I une to October he was 
treated by the late Prof. Swett, who 
pronounced him in consumption, with no 
hope of recovery. Before consulting me 
he had had several severe attacks of 
hemorrhage. His cough was incessant, 
and expectoration purulent. Every after¬ 
noon he had a chill, followed by hectic 
fever, and at night was bathed in cold, 
clammy perspiration. In three and a half 
months before the 10th of October he had 
lost 27 pounds in weight. On examining 
his chest I found a large cavity in the 
apex of the left lung, from which he was 
coughing up a mixture of pus and soft¬ 
ened tubercle. 
Considering the emaciated condition to 
which he was reduced, and the natural 
weakness of his lungs, it was impossible 
not to feel the gravest doubts of his re¬ 
covery. My first prescription was made 
on the 10th of October, and I continued 
to treat him through the following Win¬ 
ter and Hummer. In a little over a year 
he was so far recovered as to be able to 
resume attention to his business, and in 
a few months more the cavity had en¬ 
tirely healed, every symptom of the dis¬ 
ease had left him and he was within 
seven pounds of his best weight before 
his illness. 
The recovery of so desperate a case, 
pronounced hopeless by so eminent a 
lung authority as the Professor of Theory 
and Practice in the University of New 
York, ought to be considered conclusive. 
Many other cases equally as bad as 
Bynum’s have been restored to health by 
the same treatment. It consists in the 
use of my inhaling instrument three or 
four times a day, charged with germicidal 
agents and healing medicines adapted to 
the requirements of each case. This cai'- 
ries a warm medicated vapor into the 
lungs and through every minute tube 
and cell of the breathing organs. At 
night the air of the patient’s bedroom is 
medicated, that every breath he draws 
during the hours of sleep may carry a 
soothing and healing action to his lungs. 
In the morning his chest is anointed with 
antiseptic oils, which volatilize by the 
heat of the body, surrounding him by a 
zone of medicated air acting curatively 
on his lungs day and night. No other 
lung treatment in the world is so direct, 
powerful and effective. It appeals to 
the intelligence and common sense of all. 
It lengthens the breathing, expands the 
chest and increases flesh and strength 
where all other means have been tried 
in vain. Go ask those who have been 
cured by my treatment, and they will 
convince you that all I say of it in By¬ 
num’s case was as fully realized in their 
own. Joseph Harris, Esq., Treasurer, 
Iron Hall, 817 Equitable Building, Balti¬ 
more, Md.; A. L. Peer, Esq., 159 Wash¬ 
ington Street, Newark, N.J.; Mr. Edward 
J. Raynor, Foreman, Walsh & Co., Con- 
fectionei’s, Newark, N. J.; Mrs. Milford 
.Jones, Dover, N. J.; Mr. Mendenhall, of 
Harper Bros., New York City; Lambert 
Miller, Esq., of H. B. Claflin Co., New 
York City, and hundreds of others. If 
their testimony does not convince you, 
nothing will. You are, like Ephraim, 
wedded to his idols, and ought to be let 
alone and permitted to live or die un¬ 
disturbed by the discoveries and im¬ 
provements of medical science. 
(Signed) Robert Hunter, M. I)., 
117 West 45th St., 
January 6. New York. 
Note. —Readers of The Rural New- 
Yorker who are interested for them¬ 
selves or friends will receive a copy of 
Dr. Hunter’s book by addressing him as 
above.— Adv. 
CILFSMFN WANTED to sell to dealers. *100 
monthly and expenses. Experience 
wnnneoessary. Enel, stamp. Acme Cigar Co.,Chicago 
Wire Whiskers, Plays, Tricks and Novelties. Ill. 
II 11x0, c a t. free. C. E. Marshall. Mfr., Lockport.N.Y 
and skins wanted; good prices, honest assort; 
inents and prompt returns. Price List free. 
F. E. PIERSON, West Groton, N. Y. 
HAY, STRAW, OATS, FEED, "^by 10 ' 
Williams & Rickekson, 52—5G Harrison St., N. Y. 
GARNER & CO., 
Product Commission Merchants, 
844 WASHINGTON STREE'l, NEW YORK. 
We have an extra demand for CHOICE CREAMERY 
BUTTER, CHOICE CHEESE and FANCY LEGHORN 
EGGS. Shipping Cards and Stenolls on application 
Reference: Gansevoort Bank. 
JEL.LIFEE, WRIGHT & CO.. 
Produce Commission Merchants, 
BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY, 
284 Washington Street. New York. 
Dressed Meats: 22, 24 and 2« Grace Avenue West 
Washington Market. 
Live Stook: Union Stock Yards, foot of West 60th St 
Refer to Irving National Bank. 
FRUITS 
VEGETABLES, 
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We receive and sell, In car-loads or smaller lots, all 
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