1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
445 
The York State Apple Crop. 
(CONTINUED.) 
ing, pruning and spraying have been followed 
with care for the past two or three years. A fine 
illustration of the wisdom of this work may be 
seen at the experiment station, where, under the 
management of Prof. Beach, is set a much finer 
crop of fruit than has ever before been grown. 
The orchard man, to find profit in his work, how¬ 
ever, wants varieties that will stand a measure 
of neglect and still make a crop. He wants a 
goodly proportion of red apples that are late fall 
or winter sorts. He wants sorts that will give 
him a crop in the off years when the Baldwin 
does not respond; hence we say,to cover this 
ground best, he should grow more of Twenty- 
ounce, Gilliflower, Ben Davis, Hubbardston 
Nonsuch, Sutton’s Beauty, and some others of 
equal value not much known. Thinning of the 
fruit on the tree has many advantages, yet how 
far it can be carried by the average grower as a 
practical measure, is a question yet hardly set¬ 
tled. The work of a single season will hardly do 
to bank on, but a series of years only, furnish 
the proof that is entirely satisfactory. For my¬ 
self, I regard it as a wise and paying work to be 
done, and shall soon begin it on one variety that 
I grow to sell as a fancy apple for the retail city 
trade. Indeed, I feel that I cannot afford to let 
the opportunity pass without doing it. But we 
do not all think alike, and it’s perhaps well we do 
not. Two weeks hence, when the droppings are 
all over and the insects have generally finished 
their aggressive work, I imagine we can tell bet¬ 
ter as to the apple crop for the fall of 1897. But 
in any case, extremely low-priced apples I imag¬ 
ine will hardly be found in western New York. 
Ontario County, N. Y. s. D. willard. 
A HORTICULTURAL SCHOOL. 
A very successful horticultural school was 
held at Poughkeepsie last week in connection 
with the Hudson River Valley and Dutchess 
County Horticultural Societies. These horticul¬ 
tural schools differ somewhat from the ordinary 
institutes. They are rather more like a school, 
in the fact that a regular short course of instruc¬ 
tion is carried. At Poughkeepsie, Prof. Sllnger- 
land gave an interesting talk on insects that 
attack the strawberry. He told all about the life 
habits and business methods of the White grub, 
the Strawberry weevil, plant lice, caterpillars 
and other insects. It is not possible yet, to give 
any satisfactory way of fighting the White grub. 
That insect has proved itself too cute for our 
entomologists. Possibly, however, when we know 
more about him, we may be able to put up a bet¬ 
ter fight and hurt him more than we have in the 
past. 
As stated elsewhere in this issue, Prof. Slinger- 
land easily found specimens of the San JosG 
scale in Hudson River Valley orchards, and we 
can only repeat here what we said before to the 
effect that these dangerous insects must be 
fought if orchardists expect to save their trees 
from their attack. Prof. Slingerland also de¬ 
scribed the Pear midge. It was said that kainit 
applied to the soil after the insect had gone back 
into it, would prove effective as an insecticide. 
Prof. D. W. Duggar discussed the fungous dis¬ 
eases of the strawberry plant, such as blight and 
mildew. The Bordeaux Mixture applied before 
the plants bloomed, and also a week after the 
petals fall, is the best treatment known at the 
present time. This same treatment is excellent 
for the mildew of the gooseberry. Rust on black¬ 
berries and raspberries is so dangerous that the 
surest remedy is to cut out the plants affected, 
and destroy them. Mr. Taber suggested that 
certain varieties of raspberries and blackberries 
are less subject than others to blight and rust, 
and other things being equal, such varieties 
could be grown in preference to others. 
Saturday morning’s meeting was opened by 
Mr. Geo. T. Powell, whose remarks were upon 
plant diseases and their treatment, much upon 
the lines indicated by Prof. Slingerland on Fri¬ 
day. He then introduced Prof. L. A. Clinton, of 
Cornell, who gave an address upon Tillage in the 
Preparation of the Soil for Small Fruits, dwelling 
largely upon the work of the plow, which should 
be adapted to the character of the soil, whether 
clay or sand retentive of moisture or easily in¬ 
fluenced by drought. He claimed that plows 
should be made with different-shaped mold- 
boards to meet these different conditions of soil. 
He gave the result of the use of Crimson clover 
when grown upon and incorporated into the soil 
in enabling it to retain moisture, as well as pro¬ 
viding humus and nitrogen for the growth of 
plants, also the comparative amounts of nitro¬ 
gen in tops and roots of Crimson, Mammoth and 
Medium clovers as shown by analysis after three 
months’ growth. 
At the afternoon session, Mr. Powell gave an 
address upon Roots, explaining by blackboard 
sketches the different systems of growth, particu¬ 
larly of Timothy and clover, and their effects 
upon the soil and upon the growth of plants or 
trees when grown upon the soil at the same time, 
the one robbing the soil and the other leaving it 
better than it found it. 
The principal address of the afternoon was 
made by W. F. Taber. The subject was Market¬ 
ing Strawberries, but the speaker dwelt more 
particularly upon the thorough prejiaration of 
the soil, the proper selection of varieties to meet 
the varying conditions of soil and climate, the 
cultivation and care from start to finish, believ¬ 
ing that, if all these directions are properly car¬ 
ried out, the foundation is laid for the suc¬ 
cessful marketing of the product. He then spoke 
of the excessive charges now paid in marketing 
our products, considering the low prices at which 
they have to be sold, and the need of organized 
effort to reduce these charges, and that the East¬ 
ern New York Horticultural Society should, by 
united effort, endeavor to secure the grower a 
fair return and a fair proportion of the amount 
for which the goods are sold, which is far from 
being the case at the present time. 
MARKETS. 
SATURDAY, June 26, 1897. 
BUTTER— NSW. 
Craamery, Wei tern, emu, per lb .. 
Western, firsts. 
Western, seeonds. 
Western, thirds. 
8 tate, finest. 
State, thirds to firsts. 
State dairy, half-firkin tabs, fanoy .. 
Firsts . 
Seconds . 
Welsh tubs, fanoy. 
Welsh tubs, seconds to firsts. 
Western imitation oreamery, extras. 
Firsts . 
Seconds. 
Western factory, extra. 
Firsts. 
Seconds. 
Thirds. 
Old butter, per lb. 
..16 a— 
..14 ®14)4 
..12 @13 
..11 ®11)4 
..14H@15 
..11 @14 
..14 @— 
,.12)4ai3)4 
.11 @12 
,.13)4®14 
.11 @13 
.12 @12 )4 
..10)4811 
.. 9J4@10 
®— 
.10 @10)4 
. 9 @ 9)4 
.. 7)4® 8* 
,.7 @10 
CILKK 8 K— NEW. 
State, full cream, large, choice. 8)4@ 8)4 
Good to prime. 8)4® 8)4 
Part skims, good to prime. 4; , t@ 5H 
Part skims, common to fair. 3)4® *14 
Full skims. 2)4@ 3 
EGGS. 
Near-by,new laid,fancy, selected,per doz 12 a — 
8 tate&Penn.,country marks,aver’ge best 11)4® — 
Western, oholce. 10)4@ — 
Other Western, fresh gatherod, prime... 10 @ 1014 
Kentucky, fresh gathered, 30 doz case. 2 40 @ — 
Western seconds, per 30-doz case.2 25 @2 40 
Fowls, State & Penn., good to prime. 8)4® — 
Western, prime, per lb. 8)4® — 
Western, fair to good. 7 @ 7)4 
Old cooks, per lb. 4)4® 5 
Squabs, tame, white, per doz.2 00 @ — 
Mixed lots, per doz.1 SO @1 75 
Dark and poor, per doz.1 00 @1 25 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, large, per doz bunches.1 50@1 76 
Fair to prime, per doz bunches.1 0C@1 60 
Beets, local, per 100 bunches.2 00@2 50 
Cabbage, Jersey and L. I., per 100. 2 60@3 00 
Norfolk, per bbl-crate. 75@1 25 
Norfolk, per bbl. 75@1 00 
Cauliflower, per bbl.1 00@1 50 
Celery, Florida, large, per doz. —@ — 
Florida, small to medium, per doz. —@ — 
Cucumbers, Charleston, per basket. 50@ 75 
Norfolk, per basket.l 00@1 25 
N. C., per crate. 50@1 00 
Savannah, per basket . 60@ 75 
Egg plant. Florida, per )4-bbl box.1 60@2 CO 
Lettuee, Boston, per doz. —@ — 
Local, per bbl. 60@ — 
Onions, N. O., per bbl.3 00@3 60 
Egyptian, per bag.2 25@2 35 
Eastern Shore.1 1201 26 
Peas, N. C., per barrel.2 60@3 00 
Long Island, per bag. 60@ 60 
Peppers, Fla., per bushel or carrier. —@ — 
Radishes, local, per 100 bunches. 50® 75 
Rhubarb, per 100 bunches. 60@1 00 
Splnaoh. Norfolk, per bbl. —@ — 
Baltimore, per bbl. —@ — 
Squash, marrow, per bbl crate.1 25@1 50 
N. C., yellow, per basket. 60@ 75 
8tring beans, Norfolk, per )4-bbl basket.... 40@ 76 
Jersey wax, per J4-bbl basket. 75® — 
Tomatoes, Fla., per carrier.1 00® l 37 
Savannah, per carrier.1 50@1 75 
Mississippi, per flat case.1 00® — 
MILK AND CREAM 
The total daily supply has been 24,030 cans of milk, 
139 oans of oondensed milk and 847 cans of oream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been 11.05 a oan of 40 quarts. 
A PIONEER SHOEMAKER. 
WORKING AT HIS TRADE ALTHOUGH EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS OLD. 
Mr. James McMillen, of Champaign, Has Followed the Shoemaker’s 
Trade All His Life—Every Day at His Bench Working with Apparently 
the Same Vigor as a Young Man—A Sketch of His Life. 
From the Gazette, Champaign , III. 
FRUITS—DRIED. 
Apples, evaporated, 1896, fanoy, per lb. 494® 5 
Choice, 1896, per lb. 4 @ 494 
Prime, 1896, per lb. 494@ 4)4 
Common, per lb. 2)4@ 4)4 
N. C., sundrled, 1896, sliced, fancy. 2 @2)4 
Southern, sundrled. common to choice ..2 @3 
State, sundrled, quarters. 2J4@ 3 
Chopped, 1896, per lb. 1)4@ 194 
Cores and skins. 1896, per lb. 1 @ 1)4 
Peaches, Sundrled, 1896, peeled, per lb.— @— 
Cherries, 1896, per lb. 9)4@10 
Blackberries, 1896, per lb. 6)4® 7 
Raspberries, evaporated, 1896, per lb.12 @12)4 
Sundrled, per lb.— @— 
Huckleberries, 1896, per lb . 4 @6 
Plums, Southern Damson, 1895, per lb.— @— 
FRUITS—GREEN 
Apples, Baldwin, per bbl. -@ — 
N. Spy, ice house, fancy, per bbl.3 60@4 50 
Ben Davis, ice house, per bbl. —@ — 
Russet, per bbl .2 25@3 25 
N. C., new, per bbl .1 oo@l 60 
Inferior stock, per bbl.1 75@2 00 
Blackberries, per quart. 7® 12 
Cherries, per lb. 4@ 8 
Grapes, B'la.. per cases.1 00@2 00 
Huckleberries, N. O., per quart. 8® 12 
Peaches, per carrier.1 03@2 50 
Pears, LeConte. per bbl.2 60@3 50 
Pineapples, per 100. 2 00@8 00 
Plums, per carrier.1 00@2 00 
Raspberries, per quart .. 3® 8 
Strawberries, JersBy and Dal., per quart.... 6@ 8 
Staten Island, per quart. 6® 12 
New York, fancy, per quart. 8@ 16 
Up-River, per quart. 6® 10 
Muskmelons, per basket.1 00@2 50 
Watermelons, JB’la., per 100 .15 00 0 30 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1 new Timothy, per 100 lbs 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
Shipping. 
Clover, mixed. 
Clover. 
Salt. 
Straw, No. 1, long rye. 
No. 2. 
Short rye. 
Tangled rye . 
Oat. 
Wheat. 
HONEY. 
8 tate, white clover, comb, fanoy, per lb 
Buckwheat, comb, per lb. 
White clover, extracted, per lb. 
Buckwheat, extracted, per lb. 
California, comb, fair to prime, per lb.. 
Extracted, per lb. 
Southern, In bulk, per gallon. 
.75 @76 
.70 @72)4 
.60 @65 
.55 @60 
.60 @65 
.60 @55 
.40 @50 
.80 @— 
,70 @75 
.66 @60 
60 @60 
.36 @40 
.— @- 
9 @10 
6 @ 7 
■ 4)4® 5)4 
3)4@ 4 
,- @- 
5 @ 6)4 
50 @— 
MEATS—DRESSED. 
Veals, country dressed, prime, per lb.... 
Fair to good, per lb. 
Buttermilks, per lb. 
8 mall, per lb. 
Pork, country dressed,60 to 80 lbs., per lb 
80 to 120 lbs., per lb. 
125 lbs and up, per lb. 
POTATOR8. 
8 tate, per 180 lbs. 
Per sack. 
Norfolk and N. C., Rose No. 1. 
Va. and N. C., Chili Red, No. 1. 
Southern, No. 3 and 2. 
8 ® 
6)4® 
4)4® 
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6 @ 
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6)4 
6)4 
6)4 
6)4 
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1 12«1 37 
1 12@1 37 
.2 00@2 60 
.1 76@2 00 
75@1 25 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, per lb. 
Fowls, looal, per lb. 
Western, per lb.. . 
Southern, per lb. 
Roosters, old, per lb. 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 
Duoks, looal, per pair. 
Western, per pair. 
Southern, per pair. 
Geese, fattened, per pair.l 
Western, per pair. 
Southern, per pair. 
Pigeons, old, per pair. 
Young, per pair. 
FROZEN. 
Turkeys, hens, fancy. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
Broilers, dry picked. 
Scalded. 
Chickens, soft meated, No 1. 
No. 2. 
Fowls, No. 1. 
No. 2.. 
Capons, Western, mixed weights. 
Ducks, No. 1. 
No. 2. 
Geese, No. 1. 
No. 2. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
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Turkeys, average best, per lb. 7 @ 8 
Broilers, Phlla., 3 lbs and under to pair. 17 @ 19 
Phila., 3)4 lbs and over to pair, per lb 20 @ 22 
Easiest, running ami greatest grain-saving Threshing 
Machine Slowest travel of horses. “ Best Ever Made.’’ 
Bor full lnformation.also best llyc Thresher and Binder, 
Clpver-huller, Fanning-mill, B’eed-tuill. Saw-tnachine 
(circular and drag). Land-roller. Dog-power, Steam- 
engine, Sweep-power, Ensilage fodder-cutter. Round- 
silo. Address, Ceo. D. Harder* Cobleskill, N. Y. 
■OUT Please tell what you wish to purchase. 
At the advanced age of eighty-five years, James 
McMillen, of 112 West Washington street, is one 
of the most active men in Champaign, Illinois. 
Mr. McMillen is a pioneer citizen of the city, and 
his form is as familiar on the streets as that of 
any citizen of the town. All his life Mr. McMillen 
has followed the trade of shoemaker, and every 
day finds him at his bench, bending over his work 
with apparently the same vigor he commanded 
when he was a young man. 
He has a little shop on North Wright street, In 
the vicinity of the University of Illinois, and he is 
the official shoemaker, as it were, for the students 
of that institution. 
About a year ago Mr. McMillen was absent 
from his bench for several weeks, and his famil¬ 
ial - form was missed along the streets. The local 
newspapers announced that he was dangerously 
ill. For months he was a sufferer, but finally he 
appeared again at his shop, and has lost but 
very few days since then and none, perhaps, on 
account of sickness. His friends were surprised 
to see him out again, and they were more sur¬ 
prised when he told them the cause of bis recovery. 
There was no small amount of local interest In 
his case, and a reporter visited him, to have him 
relate the story. 
“ I feel,” said the spry old gentleman, “that I 
owe my life to Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale 
People. Something like a year ago it appeared 
to me that I was almost a physical wreck. I was 
suffering from a disease of the kidneys. A thick 
scurf had formed on the bottoms of my feet and 
my ankles were terribly swollen and inflamed. 
In fact, they reached such a condition that I 
could not walk, and it looked as though my days 
were numbered. 
“ I read in the newspaper testimonials from 
people who claimed to have been cured of kidney 
trouble by the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for 
Pale People, and thought that it would do me no 
harm to give them a trial. I bought a box of 
them at the drug store and began taking them 
according to directions. It may seem strange, 
but it is a fact, that I felt the benefit of them 
almost as soon as I began to take them. After I 
had taken a few pills my urinal discharges be¬ 
came almost as black as tar and I noticed at the 
same time that the pain and soreness were leav¬ 
ing my kidneys. 
“ A few days later the swelling began to go out 
of my ankles, and at the end of five weeks it had 
entirely disappeared, taking with it that terrible 
scurf which had formed on the bottoms of my 
feet and caused me so much trouble. I continued 
to gather my lost strength, and at the end of six 
weeks I felt entirely recovered and resumed my 
work at the shop. I think I took from from four 
to five boxes of the pills, and have taken none 
since.” 
Mr. McMillen’s residence on West Washington 
street, is more than a mile distant from his shop, 
but nearly every d ay he walks the entire distance, 
morning and evening, and he could not do this if 
that swelling still existed. 
Mr. McMillen has no backwardness in talking 
of the merits of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. 
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People contain 
all the elements necessary to give new life and 
richness to the blood and restore shattered 
nerves. They are sold in boxes (never in loose 
form, by the dozen or hundred) at 50 cents a box, 
or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all drug¬ 
gists or directly by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medi¬ 
cine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. 
GARNER & 00., 
Product Commission Merchants 
844 WASHINGTON SI.. NEW YORK. 
We have an extra demand for CHOICE CREAMER 1 
BOTTER, CHOICE CHEESE, FANCY LEGHORN 
EGGS, and FINE DRESSED TURKEYS, GEESE and 
DUCK8. Shipping Cards and Btenolls on application. 
Reference: Gansevoort Bank. 
FRUITS 
VEGETABLES, 
PRODUCE. 
We receive and sell, In car-loads or smaller lots, all 
Products of the GARDEN. ORCHARD, DAIRY, 
HENNERY and FARM. Market Reports, References, 
etc., free upon application. Address 
No. 611 Liberty Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
SOMERS, BROTHER & CO. 
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. 
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YOU WANT THIS OUTFIT? 
It need cost you only $1.25. There are 44 first-class tools and materials, as 
shown in cut, for repairing shoes, rubber, harness and tinware. We ship them 
from the factory by freight, in neat 
wooden boxes, weight 20 lbs. You 
neglect small breaks because you have 
no tools to mend them, and forget it 
when you go to town. Another stitch 
breaks, another rivet loosens, and the first 
thing you know the shoe is worthless, the 
tin pail is beyond repair, and the harness 
gives way, all with loss of time and ex¬ 
pense. This complete outfit need cost you 
only $1.25, though the regular price is 
$2.50. Send us one new subscription from 
I-" I one of your neighbors and $2.25, and we 
will send you the complete outfit. Of 
course, the neighbor gives you the $1 for 
the paper, so it will cost you only $1.25. 
This must be a new subscription. The 
price is less than it costs us, but we are 
willing to pay for the work in getting the 
new subscription. We cannot send it at 
this price with a renewal. We make this 
price only for the month of July. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
