1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
381 
American Farm Help. 
(CONTINUED.) 
boarding himself, can be had at $25 per month. 
But, as farm wages have not declined with the 
shrinkage of other values, something has to be 
done, and fewer laborers are employed, more 
labor-saving machinery is used, and fewer re¬ 
pairs are made. The surplus workmen find 
employment on the railways, in the iron mills, 
and other large industrial works, or—become 
tramps. With this compulsory economy—for it 
is compulsory and not what we would like—the 
farms, as a rule, are deteriorating in value, build¬ 
ings are going out of repair, fences are crumb¬ 
ling away, more and more each year of the fer¬ 
tilizing elements of the farm are being sold and 
not replaced; and, most important of all, the 
farmers’ sons, discouraged with the outlook, are 
leaving for other employment. w. t. 8. 
Chester County. 
What Western Men Say. 
1. I have not found it so. 2. -. 3. Yes. 4. 
From $1 to $1.25 per day. I have paid the same 
for the last five or six years, or whenever I have 
been obliged to hire. 5. Yes. 6. I presume that 
many have gone west where land can be taken 
up, or bought cheaper, and some have joined the 
tramp army. a. m. c. 
Bunker Hill, Ill. 
1. Yes. 2. The work is too hard, and the hours 
too many for the pay. 3. Not very often. 4. $15 
per month and board; they were $18 and $20 in 
former years. 5. No; the farmers cannot afford 
to hire the laborers on account of low prices for 
farm produce. 6. They first became tramps 
looking for work; not finding it, they are fast be¬ 
coming burglars, highwaymen, train wreckers, 
murderers, etc. R. b. 
Plymouth, Mich. 
1. Yes, but I mean good help; we have enough 
good-for-nothings. 2. They are mostly foreigners, 
and are too lazy to work as a man has to. 3. No, 
there aren’t many. 4. Eighteen dollars a month 
for nine months, the other three months for their 
board—$2 less than four years ago. 5. Yes, about 
one-half. 6. Mostly gone to town, others work 
for themselves, are renting farms, have gone to 
get cheap railroad land or free government land. 
Ghent, Minn. e. c. d. 
1. Good and reliable farm help is scarce and 
difficult to obtain. 2. A dislike for farming and a 
woful lack of training in the practical details of 
farm work. 3. Yes. 4 Day wages, $1 per day. 
By the month, $14 to $20 for the season, with 
board. By the yfar $200 to $240, with house, 
garden aDd fuel furnished. About 15 per cent 
less than five years ago. 5. Yes; to a large ex¬ 
tent. 6. I have no idea; perhaps some of them 
are in the shops making our farm machinery. 
Lake County, O. w. T. 
1. It is in the West. 2. Because a man that is 
good for anything will buy a team and rent or 
buy a home, and then pay for it. 3. Yes, though 
there are many others. 4. From $12 to $18 per 
month, very seldom the latter. 5. For harvest, it 
has, as formerly it took four or five to bind and 
two to shock; now, generally, one does the shock¬ 
ing. Very rarely corn or potatoes get any hoe¬ 
ing; all is done by team and plow. 6. All of any 
ambition are for themselves, those that have 
none are tramping, because people will feed them 
and they would rather beg and steal than work. 
Galesburg, Mo. c. s. l. 
1. For ordinary farming, help appears to be 
plenty. As this part of the country is largely de¬ 
voted to dairying, it is rather difficult to get good 
help for that, owing to inexperience. 2.-. 
3. As this county is largely composed of Scan¬ 
dinavians, Poles, and Germans, there are few 
Americans to be obtained. 4. About$15 per month 
for the season; in haying and harvesting, $1 to 
$ 1.25 per day, about one-fourth less than former 
years. 5. Of course, improved machinery lessens 
the demand for help; the old reaper required four 
to 6ix men to follow it, now only one to two are 
required with the self-binders. The same differ¬ 
ence exists with thrashing; the stackers displace 
two to three men. c. a. s. 
Whitehall, Wis. 
1. There appeared to be about as much help as 
could find steady employment, for last year and 
this; for several previous years, there was a 
scarcity. Some of the help is not quite what we 
would like, and on the other hand, some of the 
employers are not the best of men to work for. 
If you mean to include work in the house, my 
answer would be that it is very hard to obtain 
good help, or even any help. 2. The reason it is 
hard to get help for the house, is because most 
mothers look upon it as a disgrace for their 
daughters to work out doing housework; it seems 
to be the height of their ambition to be school 
teachers. 3. In this vicinity, most of the farm 
help are Americans. The northern part of this 
county, and Dubuque, are largely settled by the 
Irish, and there the Irish are employed. Some 
localities are settled by the Germans, and they 
mostly employ their own country people. 4. 
Eighteen to twenty dollars per month, for eight 
or nine months, $12 to $18 for the winter months; 
formerly, $20 to $22 for eight or nine months, and 
$15 to $18 for the winter months. Some have paid 
$20 per month by the year, but only in exceptional 
cases. 5. It has displaced a good many. 6. Some 
have bought teams and rented land. Some have 
The best Horse-power, 
Fanning-mill, Feed-mill, 
ltye-thresher, Land-rol¬ 
ler, Dog-power, Steam- 
engine, Clover-huller, 
Saw-machine (circular & 
drag). Sweep-power, 
Fodder and Ensilage Cutter, Kound-silo. 
Ceo. D. Harder, Manufacturer. Coblesklll. N.Y. 
esr Please tell what you wish to purchase. 
gone farther west and purchased cheap land and 
gone to farming. e. E. b. 
Jones County, la. 
1. It is not hard to obtain good farm help. 2. 
Men are looking for work and cannot get it. 
Farmers are not able to hire the help they need 
at any wages. 3. Yes, we can. 4. The average 
wages paid this year are $12 per month, compared 
with $18 a few years ago. 5. I do not think that 
the improved machinery has displaced any farm 
help, but enables them to do better work and do 
it easier. The binder displaces a few transient 
men that were employed for about two weeks in 
harvest, but that does not affect the general farm 
help. 6. Quite a number of men have gone from 
here this spring to Manitoba, where they claim 
they can get $20 per month, and if the low prices 
of labor and produce continue, good help will be 
hard to obtain in the near future. J. w. M. 
Clare, Mich. 
1. It is hard to obtain good help. 2. The cause 
is that a good farm hand receives good wages, 
saves his money for three or four years, and then 
rents a farm and starts for himself. 3. Yes, and 
no; they are worthy citizens, that is, they have a 
vote, but are mostly German or of German de¬ 
scent, with a sprinkling of the other nationalities. 
4. The average wages paid this year I should 
judge to be about $17 per month, where a year or 
two back, $20 or a little better was paid. 5. I do 
not, that is, laborers working for the season or 
year. Day or harvest laborers have been dis¬ 
placed by the hay loader which does the work of 
three men, and the self-binder which is equal to 
eight or ten men, that is, it will do as much work 
in a day as 10 men would do. 6. It is hard to tell 
what lias become of them; they are about as 
plenty now as then. When there is nothing to do, 
there are plenty of them, but if you wanted one 
for a few days, you could not find him in the 
State, or if you did, he would only stay one day. 
Oxford, Iowa. L. c. 
1. No difficulty has been experienced so far as 
I know, in securing plenty of efficient farm help 
in this section. This season, there is a surplus of 
laborers. I live in a district where many people 
are employed in mining. Farmers’ boys work in 
mines in the winter, and on farms in the summer. 
When mining is very brisk, farm labor is not so 
easily secured. 3. Nearlv all farm laborers are 
American born. 4. Wages average about $16 per 
month and board. Very little change for 10 years 
past. 5. Improved machinery has displaced but 
little farm labor here that is usually employed 
by the month or for the season. Harvest hands 
are no longer a necessity. The principal dis¬ 
placement of labor has been during harvest. 
These extra laborers were formerly secured from 
the towns and from other vocations, tempted by 
high wages. The men who sow the crop, now 
harvest it. The principal change here since the 
era of low prices, has been a reduction in the 
number of laborers hired by farmers. Fewer 
hired men and more renters or those who farm 
on shares is the adjustment. Thus the wages in 
the aggregate have been reduced, but no material 
reduction by the month. r. w. m. 
Ashboro, Ind. 
MARKETS. 
SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1897. 
BUTTER—NEW. 
Oreimery, Weitern, extras, per lb .16)60— 
We*tern, flssts.14)60— 
Western, seoonda.12)6013)6 
Western, thirds.11 012 
State, finest.15 015)6 
State, thirds to firsts.11 @14 
State dairy, half-flrkln tubs, fancy.14>60— 
Firsts.12)6 013)6 
Seoonds.11 @12 
Welsh tubs, fsnoy.14 @ — 
Welsh tubs, seconds to firsts.11 @13)6 
n extern Imitation creamery, extras.11)6® 12 
BTrsts.10)6 0H 
Seconds. 9 h@10 
Weuern factory, extra.— @— 
BTrsts... . .10 @1U)6 
Seconds. 9 @ 9)6 
Thirds. 7)6@ 8)6 
Old butter, per lb. 7 @10 
CHEESE—NEW. 
State, full cream, large, choice. 8)60— 
Good to prime.8 @8)4 
Part skims, good to prime. 5 @ 5)6 
Part skims, common to fair. 3)6@ 4)6 
Full skims. 2)6® 3 
EGGS. 
Near-by,new laid,fanoy, selected.per dot 11)6® — 
State&Penn..country marks,aver’ge best 11 @ — 
Western, selected for storage. 10 @ 10)4 
Other Western, fresh gathered, prime... 10 @ — 
Kentucky&Nashvile. fresh gath’d.choice 9 0- 
Other 8outh'n. fresh gath’d, g’d to prime 9 @ 11 
Western seconds. per30-doz case.2 40 @2 fc5 
FKUITS—DRIED. 
Apples, evaporated, 1896, fancy, per lb.494® 5 
Choice, 1896, per lb. 4 @ 494 
Prime, 1896, per lb. 496® 
Common, per lb. 2)6® 4)4 
N. C., sundrled, 1896, sliced, fancy. 2 ® 2)6 
Southern, sundrled. common to choice ..2 @3 
State, sundrled. quarters. 2)4@ 3 
Chopped, 1896. per lb. 1)6® 196 
Cores and skins, 1896. per lb. 1 @1)4 
Peaches, Sundrled, 1896. peeled, per lb.— @— 
Cherries, 1896, per lb. 9)6@10 
Blackberries, 1896, per lb. 6)6® 7 
Raspberries, evaporated, 1896, per lb.12 @ 12)6 
Sundrled, per lb.— @— 
Huckleberries, 1896, per lb . 5 @6 
Plums, Southern Damson, 1895, per lb.— @— 
FB HITS—GBHNN 
Apples, Baldwin, per bbl.2 C0@2 25 
Spltzenberg, per bbl .1 2502 50 
Greening, ice house, per bbl.3 00@4 00 
N. Spy, ice home, fancy, per bbl. ..3 C0@3 50 
Ben Davis, ice house, per bbl.2 0003 25 
Husset, per bbl .I 5Q@2 7) 
Nearby, open heads and common, nerboll 00@l 25 
Somers, Brother & Co., 611 Liberty 
St., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Established in 1876.) 
Commission Merchants in Fruits, Vegeta¬ 
bles and Produce, invite inquiries and 
correspondence, and furnish reliable 
market advices and references upon 
application. Pittsburgh is one of the 
best markets in the country.— Adv. 
Cherries. Va., per ib. 8® 10 
Huckleberries, N. t\, per quart. 150 — 
Pnaches, Fla., per carrier.2 5U@3 00 
PIneabples, per 100 . .6 00@lU 00 
Strawberries. Charleston, per quart. 6® 10 
Ml. and Dal., ter quart. 4® 7 
J rs »y. per quai t . 5@ 7 
Muskmeions. per basket.1 00@1 50 
Watermelons, Fla., per 100 .30 0D@ — 
HONE'S. 
State, white clover, comb, fancy, per lb. 9 @10 
Buckwheat, comb, per lb. 5 @7 
White clover, extracted, per lb.4)6® 5)6 
Buckwheat, extracted, per lb. 3)6® 4 
California, comb, fair to prime, per lb.— @— 
Extracted, Der lb. 6 © 5)6 
Southern, In bulk, per gallon.60 @— 
HOBS. 
N. Y. State, crop of 1896. choice. 8 @9 
Medium to prime. 6 @ 7)6 
Crop of 1895, choice.4 @6 
Medium to prime.— @— 
Old olds. 2 @6 
Pacific Coast, crop of 1896. choice.10 @11 
Crop of 1896, medium to prime. 7 @ 9 
Crop of 1895, choice. — @— 
German. 1895.— @— 
German, 1896 .18 @25 
MBATB—DRESSED. 
Veals, country dressed, prime, per lb.... 7)60 — 
Fair to good, per lb. 6)6@ 7 
Com. to med., per lb. 6 @ 6 
Small, per lb. 4 0 6 
Spring lambs, each.1 00 @4 00 
Pork, cou try dressed,60 to 80 lbs., per lb 6 0 6)6 
80 to 120 lbs., per lb . 6 @ 5)6 
126 lbs and np, per lb. 4 @ 4)6 
NUTS. 
Peanuts, Va., h. p., fanoy, per lb. 3)6® 394 
H. p., extra, per lb. 2)6@ 294 
Shelled, No. I, per lb. 3 @ 3)6 
No. 2, per lb. 2)6® — 
Spanish, shelled, new. No. 1, per lb .. 494© — 
Peoans selected per lb. 7 @ 9 
Mixed. p»r lb. 5 @ 7 
Chestnuts, northern, per bush of 60 lbs.. — @ — 
Southern, per bushel of 60 lbs. — @ — 
Hlckorynuts. new. per bushel of 50 lbs. .2 00 @ — 
Bull nuts, per bushel. 75 @1 00 
Black walnuts, per bushel. 40 ® 50 
POTATOES. 
Scotch Magnum, per sack.1 20® 1 40 
State, per 180 lbs.... . 9001 00 
Per sack . 9J01 00 
Maine Rose, per sack. — @ — 
Maine Hebron, per sack.1 25® — 
Maine. Empire State, per sack.1 15® — 
Bermuda No. 1.3 50@5 00 
No. 2.2 50@3 00 
Flo Ida No. 1.3 0l)®4 00 
Charle&toi and Havana .3 00&4 0J 
Sweets. Va., yellow, per bbl. —@ — 
Jersey, yellow, per d. b. bbl.1 25@l 60 
Vineland, per bbl.2 0002 60 
POULTRY—LIVH. 
Spring chickens, per lb. 16 @ 22 
B owls, local, per lb. 9 0 — 
Western, per lb. 9 @ — 
Southern, per lb. 9 0 — 
Roosters, old, per lb. 6 0 — 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 6 0 8 
Ducks, looal, per pair. 00 @ 76 
Western, per pair. 60 0 76 
Southern, per pair. 50 0 — 
Geese, fattened, per pair.1 00 0 — 
Western, per pair. 75 @100 
Southern, per pair. 76 @ — 
Pigeons, old, per pair. 30 0 — 
Yonng, per Dalr. 20 0 25 
DRB8SED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, hens, average best, per lb. 7 0 8 
Broilers, Phlla., 3 lbs and under to pair. 33 @ — 
Phlla., 3k lbs and over to pair,per lb 27 @ 30 
Chickens and fowls, mixed, W’n, prime. 8 ® 8)6 
Mixed, West’n, poor to fair, per lb.. 7 @ 7)6 
Fowls. State & P«nn., good to prime. 8 0 8)6 
Western, prime, oer lb. 8 @ — 
Western, fair to good. 7 @ 7)6 
Old cooks, per lb. . 5 @ — 
Squabs, tame, white, per dot.2 00 @2 25 
Mixed lots, per doz.1 50 @1 76 
Dark and poor, per doz.1 00 01 26 
FROZEN. 
Turkeys, hens, fancy. 12)6® — 
No. 1. 11 @ 12 
No. 2. 8 @ 10 
Broilers, dry picked. 16 @ 17 
Scalded. 12 @ 14 
Chickens, soft meated. No 1. 9 @ 10 
No. 2. 6 @ 8 
Fowls. No. 1. 8 @ — 
No. 2. 8 @ 7 
Capons, Western, mixed weights. 12 @ 13 
Ducks, No. 1. 12 @ 13 
No. 2. 8 @ 10 
Geese. No. 1. 8 ® 19 
No. 2. 6 ® 7 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, large, per doz bunches.1 75® — 
Fai' to prime, per doz bunches.1 2i@l 60 
Beets, Norfolk, per .00 bunories.1 00@2 00 
Charleston, new. per loO bunches.1 00@2 00 
Cabbage. N C., per bDl-crate. 66® 85 
Charleston, per bbl-crate. 60@1 00 
Norfoia, per bbl. 6b@ 86 
Savannah, per bbl-erate. 5t@l 00 
Celery, Florida, large, per doz. 40® 50 
Florida, small to medium, per doz. It® 30 
Cucumbers, Florida, per crate.1 26@1 75 
Florida, per basket .I 60(32 CO 
Savannah and Charleston, per basket..2 00@2 60 
Egg plant. B'lorida, per )6-bbl box.I 60@2 00 
Lettuce. Boston, per doz. —@ — 
i-iocal, per bbl.1 00@1 50 
Norfolk, per basket. -@ — 
Onions. N. O., per bbl.3 50® — 
E.ypt an, per bag.2 00® — 
Bermuda, per crate.1 60@1 75 
Inferior, per crate. —@ — 
Peas. Norfolk, per )6-bbl package. 76@ 90 
Maryland, per k-bbi Dasket . 7601 00 
Peppers, Fla., per busnel or carrier.1 00@1 50 
Radishes, local, per iUO bnnches. 300 40 
Rhubarb, per 100 bunches. 7b@l 00 
Spinach. Norfolk per Dbl. —0 — 
Baltimore, per bbl . —@ — 
Squash, Florida, per bbl crate.1 26@2 CO 
String beans. Charleston, per basket.1 503.2 25 
Savannah, per crate.1 2b@l 75 
Tematoes, Fla., per carrier. 75@1 26 
MILK AND CREAM 
The total dally Bupply has been 23.274 oans of milk, 
147 oans of oondensed milk and 700 oans of oream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been 11.10 a oan of 40 quarts. 
SHATTERED. 
The Precarious Condition nf Prnf. A. H. Nye 
A Prominent Iowa Educator’s Painful Experience as Related 
by Him to a Newspaper Man. 
From the Gazette , 
The la grippe, that dread disease that had such 
a run throughout this country three and four 
years since, left many who were previously in 
robust health with shattered constitutions and 
seemingly confirmed invalids. 
Prof. A. H. Nye, living at No. 2500 Olive Street, 
Cedar Falls, Iowa, was among the number left 
by the disease in a precarious condition, his 
nervous system shattered, and with a general 
debility of his entire system; no strength, feet 
and limbs badly swollen, in fact, he was almost 
helpless. Prof. Nye is a native of New York 
State, having come west in 1886—a healthy, robust 
man. He is a school teacher by profession, 
having served as county superintendent of 
schools of this (Black Hawk) county, several 
terms, and he has the respect of all with whom 
he comes in contact. His helpless condition 
called forth the sympathy of the entire commu¬ 
nity. He tried the best medical skill procurable, 
and spent most of his ready means in the vain 
endeavor to recover his health, and had about 
given up completely discouraged. He had 
stopped taking treatment, being fully convinced 
In his own mind that there was no help for him, 
and that he would have to spend the balance of 
hisdays as an invalid, a burden to family and 
friends. Some one who had heard of Dr. Williams’ 
Pink Pills, spoke to him about them and urged 
his giving them a trial. His poor success with 
eminent physicians made him skeptical and he 
had no faith in what was called proprietary 
medicine, and would not listen to this advice for 
some days. The friend being persistent, how- 
Cedar Falls , Iowa. 
ever, and having faith in Pink Pills, would not 
let up, until he had finally prevailed upon the 
sufferer to send for a box, which he reluctantly 
did, and after receiving them decided to give 
them a fair trial. The first box relieved him In a 
surprising manner; yet he was not convinced 
that it was the medicine that helped him, but the 
weather which had turned pleasant, and did not 
send for a further supply until he was again 
about as bad as before taking the pills. Then he 
concluded he would make another trial, and took 
three boxes, and to-day is nearly if not quite as 
well as before the attack of la grippe. It is need* 
less to state he cannot say too much for Dr. 
Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, for people 
who have been left in poor health from la grippe 
or any other cause. Any one wishing to test the 
validity of this letter can write Mr. Nye, No. 2500 
Olive Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa, and he will 
cheerfully recommend the medicine, and state 
his condition before and after using. 
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a condensed 
form, all the elements necessary to give new life 
and richness to the blood and restore shattered 
nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such 
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, 
St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, 
nervous headache, the after affect of la grippe, 
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow com¬ 
plexions, all forms of weakness either in male or 
female. Pink Pills are sold by ail dealers, or will 
be sent post paid on receipt of price. 50 cents a 
box, or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold in 
bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams’ 
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. 
RHEUMATISM 
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Permanently cared by aainK DR. WHxTE HAL L*8 RHEUMATIC CURE. The latest. Bares 
sent free on mention of thi** Maija/ine. TIIIC DH. IVII IT K II A TT Jtf KCS TtTIHINK CO., A 
South Jiettd , Inti. 
GARNER & CO., 
Produoo Commission Morohants 
844 WASHINGTON SI.. NEW YORK. 
We have an extra demand for CHOICE CHEAMER1 
BOTTER, CHOICE CHEESE, FANCY LEGHORN 
EGGS, and FINE DRESSED TURKEYS, GEESE and 
DUCKS. Shipping Cards and Stencils on appKoatlon. 
Reference: Gansevoort Bank. 
Place on Fiuit Farm Wanttd f ° r ea m r y 8 TU 8 
Address H. W., care The Rural New-Yorker. 
Established 1875. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers In all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter, Eggs, Cheese, 
Poultry. Foreign and Domestic Fruits. Consignments 
solicited 34 & 30 Little 13th St., New York. 
