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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 9 
Old and New Premiums. 
There will be just a few days yet in which to get in some work 
on those nine premiums after this issue reaches our readers. Just a 
day or two or even a half day may put you in for one of these 
premiums. Remember that the smallest premiums are for $15, $10 
and $5. The watch went last week to a boy, Herbert S. Foreman, 
of Illinois. A.11 clubs received here Saturday, January 2, will count 
for these nine premiums, as January 1 is a holiday, and we shall get 
no mail on that day. 
MILK PRODUCERS’ MEETING. 
Mr. Herbert Myrick, editor of the New England 
Homestead, published a call recently for a meet¬ 
ing of milk producers that supply milk to the New 
York City market. The meeting was called for 
Monday, December 21, at the Broadway Central 
Hotel, this city. About 25 persons were present, 
some of whom were both dealers and producers. 
Mr. Myrick was made chairman, and Mr. J. E. 
Hoag, Clinton Corners, N. Y., secretary. 
After some reminiscences of old-time milk wars 
of this city and Philadelphia, Mr. Myrick ap¬ 
pointed a committee of nine to consider the ques¬ 
tion of an organization for mutual protection, 
etc. It was understood that no creamerymen or 
dealers were to be appointed on this committee, 
and the dealers who were appointed declined to 
serve. 
Now for January Work. 
The premiums for January will be $50, $35, $25, $15 and $5— 
ALL HARD CASH. These will be awarded January 30, to the 
largest five clubs sent in between January 3 and January 30. The 
clubs received January 2 will count on the December premiums. 
On all the names sent during January, the regular agent’s commis¬ 
sion will, also, be allowed, and further, an average of $2 a day will 
be paid in weekly premiums during January. This $2 will not be 
sent out daily to the largest club received for the day as it was last 
year, but every Saturday night during the month, $2 in cash will be 
sent to each of the six club raisers who send the largest six clubs 
during the week. The whole number of names sent during the week 
will count, so that the names need not all be sent at one time. 
After a recess, Mr. Myrick reported on behalf 
of the committee, and read a set of printed reso¬ 
lutions which the committee had adopted. These 
resolutions favored the organization of the pro¬ 
ducers into a society to be known as the Five- 
State Milk Producers’ Association. They had 
been thoughtfully prepared by Mr. Myrick, and 
were adopted with few minor changes, as sug¬ 
gested by the committee. They provide for an 
executive committee to consistof 11 members, one 
to represent the patrons of each transportation 
line that carries milk to the New York City 
market. The Ramsdell boat line on the Hudson 
was finally dropped, and the Erie system given 
two members on the committee. Following are 
the members: 
E. G. Seeley, Roxbury, Conn., Housatonic Val¬ 
ley route; Walter B. Culver, Sharon Station, N. 
Y., Harlem Railroad; J. E. Hoag, Clinton Cor¬ 
ners, N. Y., New York Central Railroad; Irwin 
Holcomb, Butternut Grove, N. Y., Ontario & 
Western Railroad; L. H. S. Martin, Augusta, N. 
J., New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad; 
P. K. Squire, Marathon, N. Y., Delaware, Lacka- 
A great many subscriptions expire in January. Send for the 
lists, get the renewals, pick up a few new names, and pocket some 
of this cash ! Six men will get $2 every Saturday night during 
January. It may take a half day, or a day, possibly, in some cases, 
two days, to earn it; but you have the commission besides, and a 
chance at the other premiums on the last of the month. 
wanna & Western Railroad; J. Hulsizer, Asbury, 
N. J., New Jersey Central Railroad; Ira Snell, 
Vernon, N. Y., West Shore Railroad; Geo. E. 
Wells, Goshen, N. Y., and Wm. Hallock, Wasb- 
ingtonville, N. Y., Erie Railroad. Mr. Wells 
supposed himself ineligible from the fact that he 
is a director in the New York Consolidated Milk 
Exchange, but this objection was not sustained. 
The committee was given power to fill Vacancies 
and to increase its own members. Each member 
was, also, authorized to appoint his own proxy. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NEW YORK. 
THE MISSOURI STATE HORTICUL¬ 
TURAL SOCIETY 
held its 39tli annual session atMarceline, Decem¬ 
ber 8 , 9 and 10, 1896. The display of apples was 
the envy or pride of all who saw them. The 
farmers and fruit growers for miles about, as well 
as the people of the town, attended every meeting. 
It was a very successful and profitable gather¬ 
ing. A paper devoted to rose culture, by Mrs. G. 
E. Dugan, was a plea for the queen of flowers 
and the care that should be taken of it. The very 
best soil two feet deep is needed for the bed. 
Continual cultivation is the secret of success. 
Spray with kerosene emulsion for the insects, 
cover with leaves in the fall, prune closely in the 
spring. The hybrid perpetuals recommended 
are: Madame Chas. Wood, Gen. Jacqueminot, 
Paul Neyron, John Hopper and American Beauty. 
Tea and hybrid Tea roses are the most beautiful 
of all; the best varieties are: Bridesmaid, Sun¬ 
set, Bride, Safrano, Meteor, and Perle. The 
Planting of a Tree, by A. Nelson, was the story of 
the value of a row of trees on each side of the 
road for a mile, back in old York State. The 
trees were sugar maples and every time that 
farm was sold, it brought nearly $20 per acre 
more than equally good farms without the trees, 
and now, after 40 years, these trees stand as a 
beautiful monument to the planters. BulbGrow- 
ng was a treatise by Prof. H. C. Irish, of Shaw 
School of Botany, St. Louis. Use a deep, rich 
soil, planting at the proper season, hardy bulbs 
in November, and spring bulbs in early spring. 
Cover the bulbs with fine manure two inches 
deep, and work it into the soil during the sum¬ 
mer. Fall bulbs leave in the ground for three 
years. Crocus can be put into any part of the 
lawn, and will come up through the grass early 
in the spring, thus making dainty spots of color 
while the weather is still cold. 
There were three papers on orcharding from 
north, south, and central Missouri. Of the soils 
adapted to orcharding, the high and low lands 
were both called good, if there was lower land 
close by, and the subsoil was not tenacious clay 
or hard pan. Location and exposure were con¬ 
sidered separately, and the general opinion 
seemed to be that we should not stop in com¬ 
mercial orcharding for any slope, but plant over 
and across the hills. Good plowing and subsoil¬ 
ing is the best preparation—if done in the fall, so 
much the better. Planting is best done by mark, 
ing off each way with a two-horse plow, planting 
in the cross. Dig holes no larger or deeper than 
necessary. Do not plant too deeply, prune care¬ 
fully, not too much. The varieties for commer¬ 
cial orchards are Ben Davis, Gano, Jonathan, 
Grimes’s Golden, Winesap, (or Mammoth Black 
Twig) York, Clayton, Minkler, White Pippin, and 
Huntsman. Care and cultivation must be of the 
oest. Cow peas are the best fertilizer; plow these 
in during the summer or even in the winter, to 
enrich the soil. Pruning should be done at plant¬ 
ing time, and afterwards none for two years, as 
the trees need all the leaf surface they get during 
the first two years. For protection from rabbits 
the wooden wrappers are the best. All kinds of 
washes were discussed, but they are not always 
effectual. Gathering, packing and marketing, it 
was insisted, are just as important as the grow¬ 
ing ; for if not done up to standard of excellence 
the whole work is lost. Pack nothing but good 
and extra fruit. A paper by Prof. J. C. Whitten, 
of the agricultural college, on Twig Blight and 
Root Rot, gave the fact that twig, blossom and 
pear blight are all caused by the same bacterial 
germ. No remedy is known. The cure of Root 
rot is just as uncertain. Prof. Whitten also re¬ 
commends the use of fungicides and insecticides 
at the root of the tree. Does it pay to spray ? 
was answered in the affirmative. Two sprayings 
at least, 1 st, with copper sulphate, before the 
buds start ; 2nd, Bordeaux Mixture and Paris- 
green, after the bloom falls. 
The closest attention must be given to details 
in strawberry culture, and it will pay. Crescent, 
Beder Wood, Bubach, Warfield, Shuster, and 
Gandy seemed to have the lead as favorites. 
Raspberry planting seems to be on the wane be¬ 
cause of anthracnose, so says G. P. Turner, of 
Meadville. The best care is needed, and spray¬ 
ing with Bordeaux Mixture seems to be a pre¬ 
ventive. Hopkins and Kansas are the best black¬ 
caps, Turner and Thwack the best reds. The 
blackberry is an enormous bearer here (Mis¬ 
souri) and the best varieties are the Snyder and 
Taylor. Early Harvest is good if it did not rot 
so badly. Britton is a good late berry. Close 
pruning is demanded. The Downing gooseberry 
is profitable, and was recommended. The currant 
is not, unless a place is had for it on the north 
side of a fence. A paper on Birds, the Fruit 
Growers’ Best Friends, by Mrs. J. E. Kaup, Mar- 
celine, was a plea for the protection of all the 
birds except the English sparrow and the blue 
jay. 
An accurate statement of the prices of apples 
for the past 25 years, and the comparative prices 
of other commodities, by C. C. Bells, was a most 
convincing argument that prices of apples are 
much better in proportion now than at any time 
for 25 years. 
Prof. J. M. Stedman, of the Agricultural College 
and Experiment Station, advises the spraying 
with Paris-green for all our fruits, using tobacco 
dust for wooly aphides, a spray of tobacco tea 
for aphides and slugs on roses or other more deli¬ 
cate plants; also the injection of carbon bisul¬ 
phide into the ground two to four feet from the 
tree, for suffocation of insect life on the roots. The 
kerosene emulsion is a sure cure for the black 
aphis on the leaves of plum trees. Arsenate of 
lead is the spray for the peach tree, as it will not 
hurt the leaves. 
All the old officers were unanimously reelected: 
J. C. Evans, president, North Kansas City; N. F. 
Murray, vice president, Oregon; Samuel Miller, 
second vice president, Bluffton; L. A. Goodman, 
secretary, Westport; A. Nelson, treasurer, 
Lebanon. 
The Missouri State Horticultural Society is now 
known as one of the best in the land, and it is 
the desire of its members to maintain it as such. 
L. A. GOODMAN. 
Alfred Ely, Esq., of Alfred, N. J., a large milk 
producer and a former attorney to the New York 
Milk Exchange, though a late arrival, interested 
himself to some extent in the meeting, though ex¬ 
pressing himself as somewhat hazy as to the 
purpose of the proposed organization, but be¬ 
came a member all the same, at least to the ex¬ 
tent of planking down $2 as initiation fee. The 
fee proposed by the resolutions was $1, $1.50 and 
$ 2 , for each member in proportion to the relative 
amount of milk furnished by each. There was 
some objection to the collection of the fees at this 
stage of the proceedings, but it was urged that the 
committee would need funds. The meeting ad¬ 
journed subject to the call of the chairman of the 
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