1904. 
817 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—Fire started on a cotton-laden lighter at a 
Brooklyn, N. Y., pier, October 28, spreading to two large 
piers, and injuring one steamer and several lighters. One 
policeman was burned to death, and the property damage is 
approximately $500,000. . . . The underground railway 
from the City ITa.Il to 145th Street and Broadway, New York, 
was opened October 27. Nine miles of steel framed tunnel, 
four-tracked for the greater part of the way, and equipped 
with every known device for safety, comfort and speed, 
comprise the open section of the subway. Within a few 
weeks the East Side branch, diverging from the main line 
at Ninety-sixth street and running under Central Park and 
up Lenox avenue to 145th street, will be ready for business. 
By this time next yehr it is confidently expected that the 
road will be built to Inwood on the West Side and Bronx 
Tark on the East, and the new tunnel from the City Hall to 
Brooklyn will be in complete working order. . . . Late 
news of the hurricane which struck the Honduras coast 
some days ago is to the effect that the mahogany interests 
suffered greatly, both in Honduras and Guatemala. Thou¬ 
sands of valuable logs were washed out to sea, and never 
will be recovered. Boston, Cincinnati and Louisville firms 
are reported heavy losers. . . . From 30 to 60 men lost 
their lives in a terrific explosion which occurred at Mine 
No. 3 of the Uocky Mountain Fuel and Iron Company at 
Tercio, 40 miles west of Trinidad, Col., October 28. The 
exact number of dead may never be known, as the mine is 
burning, and in all likelihood the bodies will be consumed. 
. The Post Office Department has issued a fraud order 
against John F. Watts, of Brarne, Miss., for selling a recipe 
for making cheap whisky. Watts advertised widely that for 
25 cents he would enable bis patrons to make at home with¬ 
out a still as good whisky as can be bought for from $4 to 
$10 a gallon. Ills recipe, when obtained by the Department 
detectives, consisted of logwood extract, cologne spirits, oil 
of rye and water. The detectives, when they put the recipe 
to the test of any actual decoction, produced a beverage that 
would compare favorably with much whisky that Dr. Wiley, 
of the Agricultural Department, says is being sold to 85 
per cent of the consumers of the article in the United States. 
The Watts whisky was guaranteed to have the appearance, 
the taste and to give the after effects of the genuine article, 
and official experiments on these lines are said to have sub¬ 
stantiated the claims. Nevertheless Watts has been held to 
be an Impostor for selling his so-called secret, and mail ad¬ 
dressed to him will not be forwarded. The recipe tie has 
been selling is an old one. and is suspected to be the one by 
which much so-called whisky is made in all parts of the 
country. The Post Office Department has issued an order 
forbidding the use of the mails to the United Brokers’ 
League, of 44 Broadway, New York City, on the charge that 
the firm has used the mails for obtaining remittances by 
means of false statements and fraudulent practices. Inves¬ 
tigation revealed that the concern promised to pay clients 
11 per cent per month on investments, and that these alleged 
dividends were not paid from investments in the Stock mar¬ 
ket, but when paid at all were taken from money Intrusted 
to the firm by principals who made remittances for invest¬ 
ment . . According to State and local health officers, 
an epidemic of typhoid fever at Port Washington, 'Vis., is 
due to infection through milk from one dairy. The milk 
was handled and prepared for market by persons caring for 
typhoid patients on the farm, arid 62 cases were directly 
traced to this source. The cattle themselves were healthy, 
all the infection coming from the care of the milk. 
ADMINISTRATION.—The State Department expects an 
answer from Russia in a few days in regard to the violation 
of the international treaty of the Postal Union by the seiz¬ 
ure of the United States mails on the steamer Calehas. 
There has been no reply on the merits of the affair, but 
notice has been received that an investigation will be made 
into the case. This means that the Russian Government 
must direct officers at Vladivostok to inquire into the facts 
and make a report to St. Petersburg, when in due time a 
reply will be forthcoming to Washington. In the flurry over 
the North Sea affair the Calehas incident has been forgotten, 
but it is expected that in a sufficient lapse of time due 
apologies will be made for seizure of our mails. ... A 
new Franeo-American treaty was signed November 1. pro- 
vidintf for settlement by arbitration of any difficulty that 
may arise between the United States and France. 
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.—The skipper of the Swedish 
steamer Aldebaran, from Hull, England, which arrived Octo¬ 
ber 27 at Getie, Sweden, says his vessel was chased in the 
Skagerack during the evening of Friday, October 21, by a 
foreign cruiser, apparently Russian, which threw its search¬ 
light on her. The cruiser, increasing her speed, passed the 
Aldebaran and fired a shot which had no effect. The A1 de¬ 
lta ran thereupon hoisted her flag, and the cruiser again 
threw her searchlight on the steamer, and a few minutes 
later hailed shot all around the Aldebaran, without, how¬ 
ever hitting her. The Aldebaran’s skipper then ordered the 
steamer to be stopped, and with his crew sought refuge be¬ 
low The foreign warship thereupon disappeared in the 
darkness. The master of the Norwegian steamship Skaatol 
reports from London that he was fired on hy a Russian 
ship on October 23 In the English Channel. The firing 
ceased when the Skaatol hoisted her flag. Soon afterward 
eighteen Russian men-of-war passed the Skaatol. 'I'lie Ger- 
man fishing vessel Sonntag, which arrived at (Jeestemundo 
October 28, reported that it had been fired upon for two 
and a half hours off Dogger Bank, but was not hit. . 
The danger of war between England and Russia over the 
North Sea Incident was averted by the two Bowers agreeing 
to submit the dispute to an international commission under 
The Hague convention. Russia promising meanwhile to de¬ 
tain at Vigo. Spain, the warships which were present during 
the attack upon the Hull trawlers. Mr. Balfour, the British 
Premier, in a speech at Southampton, ridiculed Admiral 
Rojestvensky’s story of being attacked hy torpedo boats in 
British waters, lie protested against the Russia Admiral’s 
theory of the right of a belligerent fleet to tire upon neutrals 
on the high seas. The Japanese army besieging Port Arthur 
silenced the batteries on three of the most Important forts, 
and occupied positions in front of them. The garrison is 
said to he short of food and on the verge of mutiny. The 
warships In the harbor are being raked by the enemy’s siege 
guns. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The next annual meeting of the 
Virginia State Horticultural Society will be held at Front 
Royal, Va., December 13-14. Front Royal is in the Shenan¬ 
doah Valley, about 2% hours from Washington. Especial 
efforts are being made to have this the most attractive meet¬ 
ing ever held by the society. S. L. Lupton, secretary, Win¬ 
chester, Va. 
At a meeting of the directors of the New York State 
Dairymen’s Association, held at Yates Hotel, Syracuse, Sep¬ 
tember H, 1904, It was agreed that the next annual conven¬ 
tion of the association should be held at Herkimer on Decem¬ 
ber 13, 14 and 15. 1904. The people of eentral New York 
are desirlons of calling the convention back to their section 
of the State once more, where such grand meetings were 
held when the dairy Industry was small, compared to the 
present time Speakers expected are former Governor Hoard, 
of Wisconsin; Dr. Hills, of Vermont: Prof. Pearson, of Cor¬ 
nell, and Dr. W. H. Jordan, of Geneva. 
The sale of Imported and home-bred Guernseys at Spots- 
wood Farm, owned bv Edward Trotter Price, Broad Axe, 
Pa., on October 19, was the best that has been held of the 
breed in recent vears. Ninety animals representing the best 
strains of blood on the Island and in this country were sold. 
The entire lot brought $20,170, or an average of $224.11 ; 
22 bulls sold for $2,935, or an average of $133.41 : a choice 
yearling bringing $500; 36 heifers brought $6,765, or an 
average of $187.92. One yearling brought $700, four others 
$300 or over each, and ten others between $200 and $300 
each; 32 cows brought $10,470. or an average of $327.19. 
Individual cows sold for $1,000, $800, $750. $625, $600, 
$540, $450, $425, $410, and fifteen between $200 and $300. 
FARMERS’ INSTITUTES 1909-1905. 
ovember. 
December. 
28. 
.Enfield Centre. 
. . .12-13. 
.Brookfield. 
28. 
...12-13, 
.Jasper. 
28-29. . 
. 1 >e Ruyter. .. . 
...12.... 
.Knoxboro. 
. . 1‘>-13 
29-30. . 
.Georgetown . . 
. . .13-14-15... .Herkimer. 
29-30. . 
.Waverly . 
St. 
Dairymen s Ass n. 
29. 
. Jacksonville . . 
30-Dec. 
1 . 
.Chenango Bdg. 
. . .14. ... 
..Greenwood. 
30-1 >ec. 
1 . 
.Phelps . 
. . . 14-15 
.Marion. 
30-Dec. 
1 . 
.Scipioville .... 
ecember. 
. .lb-17, 
.Vernon. 
1-2_ 
. Windsor . 
... 16-17. 
.Franklinville. 
1-2_ 
.Alpine . 
. . .16-17, 
.Camden. 
2-3_ 
.Bainbridge ... 
. . .16-17 
.Clinton. 
2-3_ 
. . .16-17 
.Red Creek. 
*) 
. Dresserville .. 
. . . 17. ... 
.Ma rcy. 
:i 
. . . 19. . . 
2-a 
... 19-20 
.Belfast. 
5-6. . 
.Franklin . 
5-0_ 
.l’rattsburg ... 
R-fi 
. ..20. . . 
.Oswego. 
5-6.... 
.Elba . 
. ..20... 
.Syracuse. 
7-8- 
.Edrneston .... 
. . .20-21 
.Alfred. 
7. 
.Howard . 
. . .20-21 
.Rochester. 
7. 
.McDonough ... 
St. 
Breeders' Ass’n. 
7-8_ 
.Arcade . 
21-22 
.Skaneateles. 
8. 
.Campbell . 
. . .21-22 
.Onondaga. 
8-9_ 
. Plymouth . . . . 
. . .21-22 
.Turin. 
9-10. . . 
.Morris . 
...21-22 
.Phoenix. 
9-10. . . 
9-10. . . 
.. Stockbrldge ... 
. . . 23-24 
..Copenhagen. 
9-10. . . 
t . • 
. Perry . 
. . . 23-24, 
.Manlius. 
OUTLOOK FOR HAY AND BEDDING. 
The scale of prices this year for good Timothy is lower 
than it was a year ago, owing to the fact that there has 
been a heavier growth of marketable hay in New York State. 
Clear clover is scarce this year throughout the Slates, and 
it lias been selling for as much as good Timothy, which is 
something very unusual. At the present time prices for hay 
are ranging from $12 to $16 per ton, according to quality. 
New York. F. williams. 
The hay market at the present time, as compared with 
former years, is lower, so far as price is concerned. No. 1 
Timothy is selling here about $14.50 to $15.50, according 
to quality, as compared with $17 and $18 a year and two 
years ago. There is a demand for pure clover or for clover 
mixed of any character, and it would probably bring within 
50 cents to $1 a ton of the price of the No. 1 Timothy, pro¬ 
vided it is nice,clean,sweet stock,well cured, etc. 
Newark, N. J. J. c. smith & Wallace co. 
Pittsburg enjoys the distinction of being a distributing 
point of hay, grain and other farm products, and as the 
farmers throughout this territory have harvested more hay 
this season than for several years, we do not anticipate that 
we shall handle as much this Fall and Winter as we have 
in the past few years, or at least until the local crop is con¬ 
sumed. We find general business a hit unsatisfactory so 
far. western people holding their goods so high that it is 
difficult to realize the usual margin of profit. Taking things 
on the whole, the volume of business is not as large as last 
year. daniel m’caffrey’s sons co. 
Pittsburg, Pa. 
There is a very large quantity of hay in this section this 
season, and values are decidedly lower than those that have 
prevailed in the past few years. The quality of the hay is 
very ordinary; a very small percentage of it will grade No. 1. 
The Fall pastures have been good. Oats are very low, and 
this will have a tendency to make producers use them more 
freely, so that we do not believe there will be any great im¬ 
provement in value of hay during the Fall and Winter. 
There is very little clover hay in this section, and prices for 
this particular grade are nearly as high as that of No. 2 
Timothy. It would he a waste of time and energy for a 
farmer to make shredded corn fodder this year. 
Cleveland, O. H. m. strauss & co. 
There is some very nice hay coming forward this year. 
It is not selling for what it should as there is so much 
cheaper hay on the market. We are getting for choice 
No. 1 from $16.50 to $17 hut there is a lot of No. 2 hay 
that was colored some in the field that is selling from $12 
to $13 and keeps the price of good hay down. There is the 
largest crop we have had for ten years to work on so we 
do not look for very much advance in the present price. 
There is quite a call for oat and tangled rye straw. Oat 
straw is selling from $11 to $12, tangled rye from $15 to 
$16, and long rye straw from $21 to $22. These prices are 
less our commission of one dollar per ton. There is no 
demand for shredded corn fodder. We have tried a few 
cars on our market and the trade does not take to it here. 
We could not get cost on it. In regard to pure clover, if it 
is early cut and .bright it would probably sell for $14. but 
if dark and wet in field it would not bring over $11 to $12. 
Boston, Mass. tucker, sanhorn & co. 
We are Inclined to think there is not going to bo much 
snap in the hay business this season. There is an abund¬ 
ance of poor hay coming in, the receipts of No. 1 Timothy 
are liberal and equal to the demand, and we look for lower 
values on all grades of hay this season. Outside of this our 
buyers are not inclined to stock up and push trade as they 
have been in the habit of doing others years at this time; 
therefore we would say that our hay trade does not compare 
favorably with the last three years’ business. We hope, 
however, to see it turn out better as Winter and Spring 
approach. There has been very little clover hay handled 
in this market or nearby points: in fact, there is very little 
demand for this class of hay at this time. It is a little 
earlv to determine what the clover hay trade is going to be 
like. In reference to shredded cornstalks, we do not know 
of any being handled in this market, with the exception of 
one car this season. L. f. miller & sons. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Receipts of hay from New York State this year have been 
In excess of former years. The quality has been excellent 
and much better than for the past four years. Receipts of 
hay from September 1 to the present time have been heavy 
on all terminals; in fact, they have been so heavy that an 
embargo has been placed on fhe Erie, the New York Central 
and Lehigh Valley railroads in order to eliminate the large 
congestions on those terminals. Prices have ranged low. 
We have received more good hay and less poor hay this year 
than during the past five years. Good No. 1 hay pressed In 
large hales is selling In our market at $16 per ton : prime 
hay $17; No. 1 hay in half bales $15 to $16 per ton, and 
No 2 814. We do not look for much Improvement In prices 
owing to iarge crops in all sections. We find at the present 
time a scarcity of good clover mixed hay and do not look 
for a large amount of snme on this year’s crop. Good 
clover mixed hav Is selling from $14 to $15 per ton. The 
demand for pure clover hay Is limited. Exporters are not In 
the market at the present for this grade of hay, hut there 
mav be a demand for it Inter on in the season. We have 
no 'inquiry for shredded corn stalks. Receipts for the past 
week compared with previous weeks have been smaller: con¬ 
sequently the market at this end showed a firmer position 
with a slight advance on some grades. 
Jersey City, N. J. carscallen & cassidy. 
As to present and future market conditions, we expect 
to see hay higher during March. April and May, but there 
is too much hay in New York State that can be sold here 
at about present, market prices to allow much of a per¬ 
manent advance. The Ohio. Michigan and Indiana shippers 
have all lost money shipping to New York and New England 
markets so far this season, and as farmers in these sections 
are holding at $8 loose, which requires $17 sales in Now 
York to make a profitable business, it is not likelv this hay 
will move freely, unless our markets advance. ’I'hese farm¬ 
ers will either get $8 per ton or hold their hay until very 
late in the season, say May or June. There is hardly any 
clover this year in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, 
or Indiana. This scarcity makes desirable clover lots sell 
in advance of best timothy, at present $15 to $16 per ton. 
Later on, we expect heavy receipts of clover from Quebec, 
but as freight and duty amount to so much, we do not look 
for a decline in prices, here. The sale of shredded corn 
stalks has been tried here several times, but with no success 
as yet. At present No. 1 long rye straw is worth $20 to 
$22 per ton in our market with every prospect of its being 
much higher before Spring. No. 1 long rye straw is bright 
rye straw, cut with a reaper and hinder, thrashed with a 
thrasher and binder, baled in upright bales, such as P. K. 
Dederiek’s, Albany, N. Y., Columbian year press. When this 
same straw is thrashed in a common thrasher and baled in 
a perpetual press, it takes from $5 to $7 a ton out of Its 
value, when sold on our market; nearly all our No. 1 rye 
straw comes from nearby New Jersey and Hudson River 
points, and this territory is too limited to produce enough, 
unless it is an exceptionally large crop year. Last season 
we imported thousands of tons of long rye and long wheat 
(the French wheat straw is much longer and tougher than 
the American No. 1 rye for stable bedding) and if the 
present embargo against Importation (put on by the Bureau 
of Animal Industries, they claiming there is danger of bring¬ 
ing foot and mouth disease into this country) were to con¬ 
tinue New York and other seaboard cities would have to 
pay extreme prices to the foreigners, while our own farmers 
are letting the same straw go to waste for proper knowl¬ 
edge of how and what to do with it. Stablemen have tried 
all sorts of substitutes for long rye straw, but they all 
gradually work back to its use, even though it is very ex¬ 
pensive. Short straw wears poorly, makes lots of refuse 
(which New York must pay to have removed). Peat moss 
causes trouble with the sewers and it is hard to have the 
refuse removed, where it is used in New York. Poor hay is 
unsatisfactory as the horses eat. it, etc. 
New York. the American iiat co. 
REPORT OF LONDON FUR SALE. 
June 14th to I6th, 1904. 
RESULT: 
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QUANTITY OFFERED: 
220,000 Skunk. 
85,000 Raccoon. 
14,000 Red Fox. 
12,000 Grey Fox. 
8.500 Wildcat. 
oi ono5 Wolf Southwestern. 
wI,UUUj „ Northern.... 
45.000 Mink . 
4.200 Otter. 
1,400 Lynx. 
175 Cross Fox . 
56 Silver Fox. 
1.500 White Fox. 
400 Blue Fox . 
250 Wolverine.. 
675 Bear. 
3,000 Marten. 
15,500 Opossum. 
1.200 Beaver. 
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New York. 
PROSPECTS IN TEXAS.—In a great section of this State 
the boll-weevil has actually ruined tlie cotton crop. There 
is a part of the cotton belt that it has not infested as yet, 
but it is spreading every year at the rate of about 60 miles, 
and there seems to he no way of stopping the spread or of 
exterminating the insects. Some parts of this State will not 
make one bale on 20 acres of land. Right in my neighbor¬ 
hood this year the farmers have done a great deal better 
than they expected ; they have made from one-half to three- 
fourths of a bale to the acre, when one hale is considered 
a good crop. Then, again, go 10 miles either way and there 
is a great drop off, not as much as one-fourth of a bale 
per acre. A great many farmers have gone into truck farm¬ 
ing in different ways for northern markets, and where they 
can get transportation it seems to be fairly profitable. 
Right here we have too far to haul to a shipping point, and 
there is not enough raised to ship in carload lots; the con¬ 
sequence is no buyers come and it does not pay us to ship 
small lots on commission. Land is cheap here compared 
with prices in your State; it ranges at different prices, ac¬ 
cording to quality and location. In some sections there have 
been a good many who sold out and moved to other sections 
in hopes of bettering their condition. A good many have 
gone into rice farming, but the market for rice seems to be 
overstocked at present. J. w. c. 
l’hair, Texas. 
Apples, per barrel, reds, $1.25; others $1. Onions 50 to 
60 cents per bushel; light crop. Beans poor crop, no mar¬ 
ket. Cabbage light crop, selling for $3.50 to $4 per ton on 
track. Oats 30 to 35 cents per bushel; windfalls 20 to 25 
cents per 100 pounds. Potatoes 30 to 40 cents on track; 
corn poor; Winter wheat looking fine. o. H. k. 
Ontario, N. Y. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
That Cornish piano or organ offered in this Issue will 
make a Christmas present that your wife or daughter will 
appreciate. These instruments are sold direct from the fac¬ 
tory and on an easy payment plan. Write Cornish & Co., 
Washington, N. J., for full information. 
The lime-sulphur-salt mixture is a well-known insecticide 
for fighting San Jos6 scale. One great hindrance to its use 
has been the difficulty of preparing it. The American Hor¬ 
ticulture Distributing Co., of Martinsburg, W. Va., has pre¬ 
pared a concentrated solution called “Consol,” which does 
away with cooking the lime-sulphur mixture. Full partic¬ 
ular's sent free by above named company. 
The fourteen years of continued experience of the Lam¬ 
bert Gas and Gasoline Engine Co., of Anderson. Ind., in the 
manufacture of gas and gasoline engines has culminated In 
the production of an engine exceedingly simple and durable, 
and at such low cost that it is within reach of even those 
of moderate means. Their catalogue may be had for the 
asking, and they have something new of special interest to 
immediate buyers. 
The A. B. Farquhar Company, Ltd., of York, Pa., whose 
exhibit comprising engines, boilers, thrashers, sawmills and 
agricultural machinery is one of the features in the Palace 
of Agriculture at the St. Louis Exposition, has just received 
highest award and gold medal on sawmills, engines and 
thrashing machines. To those who have not seen this ex¬ 
hibit or' will not get to the Fair, the next best thing is 
to send for a catalogue describing and illustrating their 
machinery just as it is. The company will send a copy 
of their catalogue free to any address. It Is worth having. 
A purchaser of a cream separator wants primarily four 
things: Close skimming, ease of cleaning, ease of operation, 
simplicity and durability. If he be fortunate enough to 
choose a separator combining these requisites he will find it 
shortly places the occupation of dairying on a different 
basis, saving labor and giving immediate better returns from 
his cows. The Omega, manufactured by the Omega Sepa¬ 
rator Co., of Lansing, Mich., and Minneapolis, Minn., has 
made a record as a close skimmer; it is one of the simplest 
machines made. A personal examination is well worth while 
on the part of anyone about to buy. “Milk Returns,” a 
booklet describing the Omega and giving much information 
to dairymen, is sent free by the manufacturers. 
