1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
397 
Seasonable Scraps. 
(CONTINUED.) 
Farmers just begin to talk of dishorning their 
cattle around here, myself among the rest. I have 
acted in the matter, and am not at all sorry, as 
I always hated horns, for years ago my good old 
grandfather was killed by a horn. Very little 
fruit is blooming this spring, as was to be ex¬ 
pected after such an enormous crop as we had 
last season. The huckleberry crop beat all the 
other crops last year for an over-abundance. We 
have about 20 acres of swamp, and in many 
p’aces, we could stand still and pick what we 
could reach, and get about a half bushel. This 
spring, contrary to all expectations, the bushes 
have bloomed the fullest I ever saw them, not ex¬ 
cepting a year ago. Hay bids fair to be a good 
crop this season; plenty of rain, and in time. 
There seems to be a shortage of beef cattle here. 
Three car-loads of western horses have been sold 
in Pontiac this spring, mostly to farmers. 
Pontiac, Mich. p. w. J. 
The Connecticut Pomological Society will hold 
the first of a series of summer field meetings at 
the fruit farm of President J. H. Hale at South 
Glastonbury, during the strawberry season. 
Acres of irrigated field strawberries and a large 
trial bed of many varieties will be leading ob¬ 
jects of interest, not to speak of the big peach 
orchards and fields of small fruits comprised in 
the famoua farm. The fruit growers’ societies of 
the New England States, the Eastern New York 
Horticultural Society and the New Jersey Society, 
have been invited to make this a union meeting. 
It is sure to be the largest field meeting of fruit 
growers ever held in this country. The exact 
date has not yet been fixed, but it will occur in 
the height of the strawberry season, probably 
about June 15. Programmes and other informa¬ 
tion may be had of the secretary, H. C. C. Miles, 
Milford, Conn. 
The R. N.-Y. certainly has done the country a 
great service in introducing the R. N -Y. No. 2 
potato. I hope you will now give us a red-skinned 
variety equal to No. 2, and at the same time hunt 
us a red winter apple that will do as well as the 
Red Astrachan and Maiden’s Blush do for sum¬ 
mer apples. This would be a good time of year 
to test a winter apple. Some of your readers 
may, possibly, have the desired apple and not 
know its value. Here we have a great deal of 
hilly land that is better suited to fruit growing 
than to grain growing, and the coal mines make 
as good market for it as for anything else. Very 
few new orchards are being planted. The Bald¬ 
win bears large crops here, but most of them are 
too dark-colored and get dark spots under the 
skin. Crimson clover sown on last year’s straw¬ 
berry bed winter-killed, but some of that sojvn 
with turnips survived and is now in bloom. Frost 
here Saturday morning, May 22, killed some 
strawberry blossoms, but did not hurt tree fruits. 
Center County, Pa. p. w. 
Crimson Clovhb.— Near July 1, I cleaned the 
ground thoroughly in an acre of grapes, and 
sowed Crimson clover. It has lived, and is now 
in full bloom, covering the ground completely ex¬ 
cept where smothered by snowbanks. This was 
pastured in November. The fall feed paid for 
the seed and labor. When should this be turned 
under to enrich the ground? Will it harm the 
grapes to seed again in July ? Another grapery 
near here, seeded the last of June, made a heavy 
growth and bloomed some in the fall. It was 
not pastured. That piece did not survive the 
winter. I am in favor of Crimson clover as a 
catch crop to turn under to enrich the ground. 
I think there is much to be learned yet about 
this valuable plant. 0. M. 
Onondaga County, N. Y. 
New Benefit from Crimson Clover.— After re¬ 
peated failures with this crop, having last fall a 
good piece of ground and seasonable weather, 
seed of this kind was sown once more. Unlike 
former sowings, the seed came up well and the 
plants grew finely from the start. Passing 
through the winter uninjured, it made one of the 
finest crops I ever saw. Owing to scarcity of 
other feed stuffs, the crop proved of much value. 
It not only fed cows, horses and mules, but it also 
delighted the “pestiferous rabbits”, who took 
such a liking to it that they entirely forgot to 
visit the garden and tender vegetables growing 
therein. Instead of ruining three-fourths of the 
English pea crop as they usually did, they never 
touched a single one of them. In consequence, 
we have now this most delicious dish before us 
almost daily. We further enjoy yet the pleasure 
of dividing with our good neighbors who, not 
having Crimson clover on their places, had theirs, 
as usual, eaten by rabbits. From now on, this 
place shall never be again without its Crimson 
clover patch, when possible at all to have it. 
Mexia, Texas. j. w. s. 
Notes from Texas.— One of my renters planted 
several acres to a kind of early corn from Kan¬ 
sas, and we all have been so happy as to have 
roasting ears to eat ever since May 25, and the 
later kinds will also have ears large enough to 
eat in about 10 days from now. This spring was 
about the best I have seen In Texas since 1853; 
we had rain so often that the corn and all kinds 
of garden stuff have not suffered for want of 
water since they were planted. If we had such 
fine seasons always in Texas, this would be one 
of the finest countries in the world. When the 
weather is as favorable as it has been this year 
(so far), then farming is surely the finest busi¬ 
ness in this world. Why is it so many people 
are lingering around in the cities and towns, r i 
though they were waiting for something to ti n 
up, by which they could make money as fa? - as 
they have any use for it ?JWhy do they not come 
out on God’s great earth and work with the plow 
and the hoe ? Is it not one of the greatest pleas¬ 
ures to sae the corn, the wheat, the oats, the cot¬ 
ton, the cabbage, the potato, and all the other 
useful and beautiful plants grow ? Surely, our 
great Heavenly Father gave room enough for 
all ! Why, then, be crowded in the cities ? Land 
Sharks, Railroad Kings, why do you not give the 
poor people a chance to work on your lands? 
Do you want to take your laud along when you 
die? Does it make you happy to forbid God’s 
earth to your fellow beings ? h. t. f. 
From New South Wales. 
This has been a most trying year with a 
drought nearly the whole of last winter, reach¬ 
ing right up to the present time. Fruit was a 
failure, as nearly all the stone fruits were very 
small. Tomato crop was burnt off in three hours 
In the December hot wind, and the later crop was 
of little value owing to dryness. The grapes 
suffered equally as bad, though some parts were 
better protected with the bush. My worst loss 
has come from the failure of the various plant¬ 
ings of corn, sugar, etc., for summer feed for the 
cows, and the great falling off of milk consequent 
on shortness of feed. Many lessons stood to me 
from The R. N.-Y. through the drought, and in 
the old numbers where you had a synopsis of 
“Lessons from the Drought,” I got much help; 
notably in your “replies” last year after your 
bad season, when Inquiries were made as to how 
to help out the shortage of hay. Rape and millet 
were stated as likely to come up well, so I tried 
a breadth of each, and so far, they promise well; 
and apparently, will prove the difference between 
failure and success for the early winter feed. 
We had the most damaging hail storm last week 
I ever saw; it cut up everything in the plant line, 
leaving the late corn in ribbons, and vines, etc., 
stripped of leaves. It lasted only 10 minutes, but 
what a havoc! But most things are looking up 
again,some are spoiled for this season completely. 
Really it has been unsafe the past two years to 
expect much from the crops of any sort; we have 
had anxiety, care and perpetual labor, watching 
a chance to pop in something after a shower, and 
then with a promise of something growing, 
comes a hot wind or hot days and drought to 
stop it. _ J. D. I*. 
MARKETS. 
SATURDAY. JUNE 5. 1897. 
BEANS AND PEAS. 
Beans, Marrow, choice. 115® — 
Medium, choice. 91)® — 
Pea, choice. S5@87)6 
Medium or Pea, common to good. 80® 82 
White Kidney, choice .1 20® 1 25 
Red Kidney, choice.1 75@l 80 
Red Kidney, common to good.1 25@l GO 
Black Turtle soup. 1 90® — 
Yellow Eye choice.1 00@1 05 
Lima. Cal., (ISO lbs).1 20@1 25 
Green peas, Scotch, 1898, bbls., per bushel... 75® 77 
Bags, per bushel. 67® 70 
BUTTER—NEW. 
Orsamery, Western, extras, per lb .15 @— 
Western, firsts.14 @14)6 
Western, seconds.12 @13 
Western, thirds.11 @u % 
State, finest.is @— 
State, thirds to firsts.U @14 
State dairy, half-firkin tubs, fanoy.14)63— 
Firsts.12)6 813)6 
Seconds. 11 @12 
Welsh tubs, fanoy.14 @- 
Welsh tubs, seconds to firsts. 11 @13V^ 
Western imitation creamery, extras .12 ® — 
Firsts. 10)6 311 
Beoonds. 9)6 810 
Western factory, extra.— @— 
Firsts. 10 @IU )6 
Seoonds. 9 @9)6 
Thirds. 7)6® 8)6 
Old butter, per lb. 7 @10 
CHEESE—NEW. 
State, full oream, large, choice. . 8 ) 6 ® 8)4 
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,fancy, selected,per do* 12 © — 
8 tate&Penn..country marks,aver’ge best 11 © 11)6 
Western, selected for storage. I!) @ 104 
Other Western, fresh gathered, prlmo... 10@ — 
Kontucky, fresh gathered, 3J doz case. 2 10 @ — 
Western seconds, per 30-doz case.2 40 @ — 
FRUITS—DRIED. 
Apples, evaporated, 1896, fanoy, per lb.49f@ 5 
Choice, 1896, per lb. 4 @ 494 
Prime, 1896, per lb. 4>6@ 4® 
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 M® 3 
Chopped, 1896, per lb. 1)6® 1% 
Cores and skins, 1896, per lb. 1 @ 14 
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 . 4 @6 
Plums, Southern Damson, 1895. per lb.— @— 
FRUITS—GREEN 
Apples, Baldwin, per bbl. 2 C0@3 00 
N. Spy, Ice house, fancy, per bbl.3 O0@3 60 
Ben Davis, Ice house, per bbl.2 00@3 25 
Russet, per bbl .1 60@2 75 
Nearby, open heads and common, per bbll 0 G @1 25 
Blackberries, N. C., per quart. 12® 16 
Cherries, per ib. 4® 10 
Huckleberries, N. O., per quart. 10® 12 
Peaches, per carrier.2 0J@3 00 
Pineapples, per 100.2 25@8 00 
Strawberries, Md. and Dal., per quart. 4® 7 
Jersey, per quait. 4® 8 
Muskmelons, per basket.1 00® 1 50 
Watermelons, Fla., per 100 .20 03 a 30 10 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. 76 @— 
Rye. 35 @38 
Barley feeding.27 @31 
Barley malting. 36 @40 
Buckwheat, silver. 35 @37 
Buokwheat, Japan.35 @37 
Corn.29 @- 
Oats.22 @— 
GRASS SEED. 
Clover, per 100 lbs. 6 50® 9 00 
T mothv. 2 85® 4 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1 new Timothy, per 100 lbs.76 @— 
No. 2.70 @72)6 
No. 3.60 @65 
Shipping.55 @60 
Clover, mixed.60 @66 
Clover.60 @55 
Salt.40 @50 
Straw, No. 1, long rye.80 @— 
No. 2.70 @76 
Short rye.66 @60 
Tangled rye .60 @60 
Oat.35 @40 
Wheat.— @— 
HONEY. 
State, white clover, comb, fancy, per lb. 9 @10 
Buckwheat, comb, per lb. 6 @ 7 
White clover, extracted, per lb. 4)6® 6)6 
Buckwheat, extracted, per lb. 3)6@ 4 
California, ootnb, fair to prime, per lb.. ...— @— 
Extracted, per lb. 6 @5)6 
Southern. In bulk, per gallon.60 @— 
HOPS. 
N. Y. 8tate, crop of 1896, choice. 8 @9 
Medium to prime. 6 @ 7)6 
Crop of 1895, choloe.4 @6 
Medium to prime.— @— 
Old olds. 2 @ 6 
Paciflo Coast, crop of 1896, choice.10 @11 
Crop of 1896, medium to prime.7 @ 9 
Crop Of 1896, choice. — @— 
German, 1895.— @— 
German. 1896 .18 @25 
MHAT8—DRESSED. 
YcaU, country dreasod, prime, per lb.... 7)6® 8)6 
Fair to good, per lb. 6)6® 6)6 
Com. to med., per lb. 6 @ 6 
Small, per lb. 6 @ 6 
Pork, country dressed,60 to 80 lbs., per lb 8 ® 6)6 
80 to 120 lbs., per lb. 6 ,@ 5)6 
125 lbs and up, per lb. 4 @ 4)6 
NUT8. 
Peanuts, Va., h. p., fanoy, per lb. 3)6® 394 
H. p., extra, per lb. 2)6® 294 
8helled, No. 1, per lb. 3 @ 3)6 
No. 2, per lb. 2)6@ — 
Spanish, shelled, new. No. 1, per lb .. 494® — 
Pecans, selected, per lb. 7 @ 9 
Mixed, per lb. 6 @ 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. 76 @100 
Black walnuts, per bushel. 40 @ 50 
POTATOES. 
8tate, per 180 lbs.1 50@1 75 
Per sack.1 40@1 60 
Bermuda No. 1.3 50@6 00 
No. 2.2 60@3 60 
Norfolk and N. C., No. 1.3 25@4 00 
Charleston and Savannah.3 26@4 25 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, per lb. 11 ® 20 
Fowls, local, per lb. 9 @ — 
Western, per lb. 9 @ — 
Southern, per lb. 9 & — 
Roosters, old, per lb. 5 @ — 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 7 @ 8 
Duoks, looal, per pair. 60 @ 76 
Western, per pair. 50 @ 76 
Southern, per pair.».. 60 @ — 
Geese, fattened, per pair.1 00 @ — 
Western, per pair. 76 @100 
Southern, per pair. 76 @ — 
Pigeons, old, per pair. 26 @ — 
Young, per pair. 20 & — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, hens, average best, per lb. 7 @ 8 
Broilers, Phlla., 3 lbs and under to pair. 23 @ 26 
Phila., 3)6 lbs and over to pair, per lb 30 @ — 
Fowls. State & Penn., good to prime. 8 ) 6 ® 9 
Western, prime, ner lb. 8 ) 6 ® 9 
Western, fair to good. 7 @ 7)6 
Old cooks, per lb. 6 @ 6)6 
Squabs, tame, white, per doz.2 00 @2 25 
Mixed lots, por doz. 1 50 @1 75 
Dark and poor, per doz.1 00 @1 25 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, large, per doz bunches.2 0G@2 50 
Fair to prime, per doz bunches.1 26@1 76 
Beets, local, per 100 bunobes.2 60@3 00 
Cabbage, N. C., per bbl-crate. 86 @l 00 
Charleston, per bbl-crate. —@ — 
Norfolk, per bbl. 86@1 00 
Savannah, per bbl-crate. —@ — 
Celery, Florida, large, per doz. —@ — 
Florida, small to medium, per doz. —@ — 
Cuoumbers, Florida, per crate.1 00@1 26 
Florida, per basket . 75@1 00 
Savannah and Charleston, per basket..1 25@1 50 
Egg plant. Florida, per ) 6 -bbl box.I 60@2 50 
Lettuce, Boston, per doz. —@ — 
Local, per bbl. 50® 76 
Norfolk, per basket. — @ — 
Onions, N. O . per bbl. 3 00®3 50 
E.ypt an, per bag. .2 20® — 
Bermuda, per crate.1 60@1 90 
Inferior, per crate. —@ — 
Peas. Norfolk, per )6-bbl package. 40® 60 
Maryland, per )6-bbl basket . 60® 75 
Jersey, per ) 4 -bbl basket . 60@ 76 
Peppers, Fla., per bushel or carrier.1 0l)@l 60 
Radishes, local, per 100 bunches. 26® 30 
Rhubarb, per 100 bunches. 7601 00 
Spinach. Norfolk per bbl. —© — 
Baltimore, per bbl . -@ — 
8quash, Florida, per bbl crate.1 25@2 00 
String beans, Charleston, per basket.1 COO I 60 
Savannah, per crate.1 00® 1 50 
Tomatoes, Fla., per carrier. 7601 26 
MILK AND CREAM 
The total dally supply has been 22,927 oans of milk, 
136 cans of oondensed milk and 727 oans of oream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been tl.05 a can of 40 quarts. 
SI DO YOU SHAVE? $1 
If so, you want a good razor—one that 
you can’t make cut you. There is only 
ODe such. It is the Safety. The price 
is $2. You can’t buy it any place for 
less, because it is worth it. For just one 
month—June—no longer, no shorter, we 
will let you have one for less than they 
cost us by the dozen. Any time during 
the month of June, you may send us one 
new subscription and $2, with 10 cents 
extra for postage, and we will send you 
the razor by return mail, and the paper 
for a year to the new subscriber. Of 
course, you will get $1 for the new sub¬ 
scription, so the razor will cost you only 
$1 besides the postage. This will hold 
good only for the month of June. We 
positively will not repeat this offer after 
June. If not satisfied, we will return 
the money. Now is the time to act if 
you want comfort for the rest of your 
life in shaving. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
insures 
MORE EGGS 
QUICKER GROWTH 
SHORTER MOULTING 
“Your Money's Worth 
or Your Money Back" 
Address 
THE H-0 COMPANY 
73 PARK PLACE. - NEW YORK 
N.Y. STATE FAIR, 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
August 23 to 28, 1897. 
$25 OOO in Premiums. New Buildings. 
New Water Plant. Great Attractions. 
Premium Lists now Ready. Apply to 
JAS, B. DOCHARTY, Sec’y, Albany, N.Y. 
Special Railroad Facilities, Reduced Rates and 
ail exhibits unloaded from cars on Fair Grounds 
0AKNEB & OO., 
Produce Commission Merchants 
844 WASHINGTON SI.. NEW YORK. 
We have an extra demand for CHOICE CREAMERY 
BUTTER, CHOICE CHEESE, FANCY LEGHORN 
BGG8, and FINE DRESSED TURKEYS, GEESE and 
DUCK8. Shipping Cards and Stencils on application 
Reference: Gansevoort Bank 
FRUITS 
VEGETABLES, 
PRODUCE 
Wo receive and sell, In car-loads or smaller lots, all 
Products of tho GARDEN. ORCHARD, DAIHY, 
HENNERY and FARM. Market Reports. References, 
etc., free upon application Address 
No. 611 Liberty Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
SOMERS, BROTHER &CO. 
lies, voirea strawberries 
only $1 per 100. Slaymaker & Son, Dover, Del. 
HITE POND LILIES.—Good roots by mail, 
15 cents. A. B TAYLOR, Lawton Station, N. Y. 
lAInvaf ^f|~Aniaawho has actually made 
(111 his living on a farm. Must know 
about milk and plain gardening Address, with ref¬ 
erence and wages, Oak Grove Farm, Newburgh, N. Y. 
Place on Fruit Farm Wanted f ° r e “ y 8 s 0 ° f n ; g i 8 
Address H. W., care Tub Rural New-Yorker. 
A FINE FRUIT AND TRUCK FARM of 90 acres 
for sale cheap for cash Possession at once 
C. E. COMPTON. Redden, Sussex County, Del. 
POR SA.XjR. 
The Eastern Shore Nurseries 
AND FRUIT FARM. 
A rare opportunity for an energetic young man. 
Send for Circular, giving reasons for selling, and full 
description of property. 
J. W. KERR, Denton, Caroline County, Md. 
USEFUL BOOKS. 
Fruit Packages. 
A description of the current styles of baskets 
boxes, crates and barrels used in marketing 
fruits in all parts of the country. How to 
- grade and pack fruit. Illustrated. Paper, 
20 cents. 
Fertilizers and Fruits. 
H. W. Collingwood. How the Hudson River 
fruit growers cultivate and market their 
crops, and especially shows how these skill¬ 
ful men are feeding their vines and trees. 
Paper.20 
Fruit Culture. 
W. C. Strong. Laying out and management 
of a countx-y home. Illustrated. Each kind of 
fnxit ti-eated separately. Injurious insects 
described. How to fight them. Cloth. $1 
Plant Breeding. 
By L. H. Bailey. (Cross-breeding and Hybrid¬ 
izing, revised and enlarged.) Contains the 
Facts and Philosophy of Variation; the Phil¬ 
osophy of Crossing Plants; Specific Means 
by which Garden Varieties Originate; De¬ 
tailed Directions for Crossing Plants. Cloth, $1. 
Spraying Crops. 
Prof. Clai-ence M. Weed. Why, When and How 
to Do It. Illustrated. Covers the whole field 
of the insect and fungous enemies of crops for 
which the spray is used. Paper.25 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
