1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
77 
Market Briefs. 
PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. 
A HANDY SIGN.—West Side banana and 
some other fruit men have a novel scheme 
for making a sign that is cheap and at¬ 
tracts attention. They take a large paper 
sack or ordinary white grain bag, stuff 
it full of hay, paint the name of w’hatever 
specialty they have for sale on the out¬ 
side, and hang it up beside the door, or 
over the sidew'alk from the awning frame 
or permanent roof. It can’t fail to draw 
attention, and is easily renewed if any 
changes are required. 
OIjD cane for sale.—A man came 
into this office wuth a real curiosity in the 
shap% of a heavy oak cane with a carving 
representing a snake wound around it. 
His story was that it was brought over 
from England in 1754, used by George 
Washington for a time, and, after being 
hidden away for about 100 years, had 
come into the possession of the present 
owner. No doubt it was an old timer, and 
he was probably sincere in his story, but 
the absence of any definite proof made it 
worthless as a relic. If an affidavit signed 
by George Washington and attested by 
some Virginia notary had been attached, 
it would have been different. He had 
tried to dispose of It to museums and 
other curiosity places, but without success. 
Also he had made a mistake by having it 
cleaned and varnished, and putting a new 
gilded head in place of the horn handle. 
Old things should be left in the condition 
in which they are found. Buyers do not 
wish them to look new. It is enough to 
wipe off the dust and dirt. The same 
applies to old coins. It is a mistake to 
clean them with chemicals. 
MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY are served 
up with lunch in a little eating house on 
Chambers Street in this city. The building 
is a three-cornered wooden affair, about 12 
feet long and six feet across in its widest 
part, stuck in an angle formed by two 
other buildings. The customers sit on 
stools in front of a shelf, and, as it is on 
a busy street, a surprising number of peo¬ 
ple eat there every day. Truckmen, who 
have to be out long before daylight in Win¬ 
ter, stop a few minutes for coffee and a 
sandwich as an addition to the early 
breakfast they had at home; and it is so 
handy that dozens of people who are away 
from their usual lunching place and feel 
hungry, stop for a few minutes. The place 
is kept by two men, one about 60, and the 
other 20. In the evening, when the young 
man is in full charge and there are few 
customers, he gels out his violin, and 
hauls Beethoven, Bach, Mendelssohn and 
others over the coals. Yankee Doodle 
and such things are beneath his notice, and 
he has no use for music that is not well 
peppered with notes having three or four 
or more ears on a stalk. The other part¬ 
ner is not much on music, but is ready to 
tackle anything in the line of politics, 
philosophy, social matters, religion, or cur¬ 
rent events. Having traveled widely as 
cook on shipboard, and done considerable 
reading, he has a large amount of infor¬ 
mation on hand. This he diffuses in an 
off-hand way upon his customers through 
one corner of his mouth, the other being 
used to hold a clay pipe. 
SPRING LAMBS.—The season for these 
commences with Chidstmas, but compara¬ 
tively few are received until the middle or 
latter part of January. These lambs ought 
to weigh 30 to 35 pounds or more, and there 
is no use in sending Inferior ones to mar¬ 
ket. Choice lambs that will weigh up to 
the figure given above are now selling at 
$9, and the best cuts will cost the consumer 
anywhere from 40 to 75 cents per pound. 
One dealer told me that he had received 
some that weighed less than 20 pounds, 
and it is very hard to .sell them at any¬ 
thing like a fair price. If a lamb is not 
growing as he ought, a little extra care 
will often push him along up to the head 
of the line, whereas if left to fight for him¬ 
self with the stronger ones, he will always 
be a runt. In dressing for this market, 
the feet and head must be removed, in 
order to comply with a city law. In cold 
weather it is necessary to cut them open 
only to the breast bone, but as the weather 
gets warmer they should be opened nearly 
to the head in order to prevent them from 
spoiling. They make the finest appearance 
when spread wide open with sticks cross¬ 
ing on the back. The whole carcass should 
be wrapped in clean muslin and then cov¬ 
ered with bagging. It will pay to take all 
this extra care, as the lambs go to high- 
priced buyers, and the general appearance 
often makes the difference of $2 or $3 per 
head. It will not do to send last Summer’s 
lambs with the expectation that they will 
pass for hothouse animals. Buyers are 
critical, and an old lamb will sell for just 
what it is worth and no more. 
_ w, w. H. 
I HAVE never fed silage to hogs. I have 
fed some common Red clover to my brood 
sows, and was very w'ell pleased. I like 
it much better than feeding so much corn. 
Michigan. o. b. r. 
PENNSYLVANIA STATE HORTICUL¬ 
TURAL ASSOCIATION. 
The forty-second annual meeting of the 
Pa. State Horticultural Association was 
held at Harrisburg, January 21 and 22. The 
attendance of members was very fair, and 
many interesting papers were read and 
earnestly discussed. There was quite an 
exhibition of apples, which as a rule were 
highly colored and of excellent flavor. The 
York Imperial largely predominated, and 
many really fine specimens were shown. 
It is to eastern Pennsylvania what the 
Ben Davis is to the Southwest. It is large, 
handsome and a good keeper, as grown 
near its place of origin in York County, 
Pa., but does not thrive so w’ell in the 
West and North. Several new seedlings 
of promise were shown by growers. The 
fruit exhibited, however, generally show'ed 
lack of care in culture and selection. In 
the discussions following various papers 
on fruit growing in the State it W'as 
brought out that Pennsylvania is now 
nearly at the foot of the list of fruit¬ 
growing States, but that all the com¬ 
mercial fruits can be grown to great per¬ 
fection under the v'arying conditions of 
soil and climate within the State. Penn¬ 
sylvania apples are noted for their high 
flavor, and the State produces twice as 
many varieties as any other. The State 
should be carefully mapped out to grow 
quality fruits, as the topography is too 
diversified for uniform results. 
Much interest was shown in promoting 
legislation for the benefit of fruit growers, 
and the creation of a Division of Horticul¬ 
ture under the State Department of Agri¬ 
culture. Bills for this purpose, and for 
the purpose of eradicating the Pernicious 
scale and other destructive insects, as 
well as diseases of trees and nursery 
stock were read and endorsed for presenta¬ 
tion to the Legislature. Prof. W. G. John¬ 
son of the Maryland Experiment Station, 
on invitation, made an earnest plea for a 
drastic scale law, such as is now in force 
in his State, but the Pennsylvanians seem 
to realize the annoyance and danger of too 
much officialism in matters concerning cul¬ 
tivators of the soil, and do not care for 
such a severe law. The spraying of fruit 
trees and plants was discussed with in¬ 
terest. Mixtures must be freshly made, 
when old they are dangerous to the plants 
and difficult to apply. Preparation should 
be made by pruning and opening up the 
trees. A half-inch hose is much better 
than the ordinary %-lnch size for spray¬ 
ing, as it is lighter and more flexible. The 
trees must be dry, as moisture renders the 
spray ineffective. Trees should be open 
enough to let sunlight through, or a dense 
spray cannot get through. Winds hinder 
spraying to some extent, but they cannot 
be avoided, and a thorough spraying on 
the windward side will often cover the 
branches effectively. Spray pumps are 
handy to have, and may be used for 
whitewashing and window washing. Spray 
with a fungicide, like Bordeaux Mixture, 
before buds open; with fungicide and an 
insecticide like Paris-green after bloom. 
Never spray while bloom is open, and do 
not use arsenicals on stone fruits, as it 
nearly always injures the foliage. Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture must be weak if used on 
stone fruits, as foliage is more sensitive 
than the apple or pear. 
Some root galls were shown, taken from 
peach and apple trees. It is advised that 
trees should not be replanted where de¬ 
stroyed by galls, as it seems to be in¬ 
fectious. spreading from one species to an¬ 
other within the family of the Rosacese, 
which includes most of our fruit-bearing 
plants. Not much Interest was shown in 
a proposed fruit-package law, and the dis¬ 
cussion was short. Many interesting pa¬ 
pers were read and addresses made on sub¬ 
jects of more local Interest. Dr. Edge, for 
25 years Commissioner and Secretary of 
Agriculture of Pennsylvania, gave a most 
interesting talk on Horticultural Obser¬ 
vations on a Tour Around the World. The 
address was very entertaining, but there 
was mighty little horticulture in it. Prof. 
John Craig, of Cornell Experiment Station, 
gave an address on Decoration of the Home 
Grounds, Illustrated with many fine 
lantern views. He was followed by Prof. 
W. G. Johnson, of the Maryland Station, 
with an extended series of views of the 
great peach orchards of America. The 
Association will meet at Bloomsburg next 
year. All the present officers were re¬ 
elected. A review of Dr. Groff's most In¬ 
teresting paper on Fruits and Vegetables 
of Porto Rico will be given in a sub¬ 
sequent number of The R. N.-Y. ' 
w. V. F. 
Strawberry Plants.— Referring to the 
article on “the new strawberry culture,’’ 
page 863, I have practiced this method in 
a modified way for several years, whenever 
it is not convenient to plant early in the 
Spring. I find the plants do much better 
when dug early, as soon as they can be in 
the Spring, and heeled In as Mr. Farmer 
describes, until such time as the land can 
be put in good shape for planting, and the 
weather is propitious. I cut the roots back 
to three inches instead of four or five, and 
find that they throw out small roots all 
along the old ones, which I think is nat¬ 
ural for them, as the roots of strawberries 
spread out instead of going down to any 
great depth; and, besides, it is easier work 
setting, same as a close root-pruned tree. 
Do not set too deep in trench, or keep in 
trench over three weeks. w. s. w. 
Minnesota. 
A NUMBER of farmers in this section have 
thrashed their corn this Winter. A com¬ 
mon thrashing machine is used. By this 
method the corn is shelled and cleaned, 
and the stalks shredded. One farmer 
thrashed out over 100 bushels of shelled 
corn in 10 hours. s. B. T. 
Shelburne, VL 
Cucumbers 
and Melons 
and all vegetables are e.xceedingly 
profitable if grown for the early market. 
Large yields and early maturity arc cer¬ 
tain to follow’ the judicious use of 
Nitrate of Sodum 
For particulars and proofs write for free 
book to Joliii A. itiyers, 12 OJohn 
St., New York. Nitrate for sale by fer¬ 
tilizer dealers everyjrhere. 
Write at once for List of Deaterm^ 
lOs wile insisted 
And he thought he’d humor her, no 
doubt. The result shows that a man 
rarely loses by following his wife’s ad¬ 
vice. Those who suffer from obstinate 
cough, bronchitis, weak lungs and ail¬ 
ments in general which tend to con¬ 
sumption, will find speedy relief and 
perfect cure in the use of Dr. Pierce’s 
Golden Medical Discovery. It cures 
ninety-eight per cent, of those who give 
it a fair and faithful trial. It purifies 
the blood, heals the lungs and builds up 
the body with firm flesh instead of flabby 
fat. The ” Discovery ” contains no alco¬ 
hol, neither opium, cocaine, nor other 
narcotics. 
” Only for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical DIboot- 
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writes Mr. Moses Miles, of Hilliard, Uinta Co., 
Wyoming. " I had asthma so bad I could not 
sleep at night and was compelled to give up 
work. It affected my lunn so that I coughed 
all the time, both day and night. My friends 
all thought I had consumption. My wife had 
taken Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and it 
had helped her so much she insisted on my try¬ 
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did. I have taken four bottles and am now a 
well man, weighing 185 pounds, thanks to Dr. 
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. I would 
like you to print this testimony as it may help 
some other poor sufferer.” 
Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser, in paper 
binding, free on receipt of 21 one-cent 
stamps to pay expense of mailing only. 
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. 
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any size wanted, any width of 
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No blackHniitli’H bills to pay. 
No tires to reset. Fityonrold wngon 
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Corn, Potatoes, Broom Corn, Sorghum, Sugar Beets, Carrots, 
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