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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Market Briefs. 
PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. 
“SPUING” LAMBS have been arriving 
more freely since the close of the Lenten 
season, and in some instances, better prices 
liavc been obtained, $G or a trifle over be¬ 
ing the lop for the best now. The cool 
weather has been favorable for this 
country-dressed meat trade from the com¬ 
mission houses. A few days of warm, 
sultry weather would make havoc with 
this business, for dressed lambs sour and 
spoil quickly unless stored in a cold house. 
Por shipment late in Spring it is advisable 
to cut the lambs open much more than in 
cold weather, as the danger of spoiling is 
thus lessened. 
A BIG TOW POR THE OCEAN.—A log¬ 
ging company in Oregon is about to under¬ 
take the preparation of a raft to contain 
10 , 000 , 0(10 feet of logs, to be towed across 
the Pacific to tbe port of Shanghai, China. 
These logs will be worth over $200,000 in 
the Chinese market. The cost of towing 
will be only about $20,000, so that the ven¬ 
ture will prove highly profitable if the 
journey is made in safety It is expected 
that the trip can be made with a 5,000-ton 
steamer in two months. There are great 
risks connected with this job, not the least 
of which is the possible danger to shiji- 
lu'ng, if the raft should be lost in a storm 
and drift into the pathway of other ves¬ 
sels. 
WESTEUxN DRIED FRUIT MATTERS.- 
The troubles of the California cured-fruit 
associations are attr.acting unusual atten¬ 
tion, and the causes of their difficulties 
should bo studied by other associations, if 
they wish to avoid running against the 
same snags. The officers seem to have 
blundered in not keeping in close touch 
with the great markets and their own 
members. They allowed an excessive sur¬ 
plus of goods to accumulate on their hands, 
seeming to forget that prunes and raisins 
are grown in other parts of the world than 
California. The cut in price they have 
made relieves this condition somewhat, but 
it will unsettle the market for a long time. 
There is a very bitter feeling against the 
ITune Association. The courts have de¬ 
cided that under the circumstances grow¬ 
ers are not legally bound by their contracts 
to the Association. The growers claim that 
the real conditions have been hidden from 
them. If this is a fact, the officials could 
r,ot have made a worse mistake. The only 
way that an association composed largely 
of farmers can hold together and succeed 
is to invite discussion and keep the mem¬ 
bers Informed as to what is being done. 
This may lead to cultivation and pruning 
in the shape of stormy meetings and the 
ousting of Incompetent officials or those 
trying to hold their jobs by political 
methods, but it will weed out mistakes 
while tliey are small. To handle such an 
organization is no easy job. If one set of 
directors cannot do it, they ought to bo 
willing to give others a chance; or, if not, 
they should be removed. The excuses made 
by some of these officials seem like non¬ 
sense. They lay it all to the publicity that 
has been given (he matter. That is just 
what has been needed. Keeping their 
members in the dark as to what is going 
on may put off the crash for a time, but 
ii is sure to come. 
T()(j GREEDY.—On general principles it 
is :i good plan for the producer to get as 
near the consumer as possible, but this 
may be overdone, and some who raise 
produce for sale in city markets might 
well heed the old proverb about letting 
“well enough alone.” A middleman who 
has made the business a study for years 
is better able to get high prices from re¬ 
tailers and avoid bad debts, than an out¬ 
sider. Several mushroom growers had 
disposed of their output for some time 
through a reliable commission man in this 
city. He had got good prices for them, 
and made prompt returns. It seemed to 
be so easy that the growers got a case of 
"big head” and concluded that they might 
as well sell their own mushrooms and 
make the commission tbemselTes. They 
put cards In each basket with an Invita¬ 
tion to the buyer to correspond with them 
and buy direct. They succeeded In placing 
a large part of their output In this way, 
but soon complaints of Inferior quality be¬ 
gan to ceme from buyers who knew that 
they had an advantage over non-resident 
shippers, and bad debts piled up te the 
extent of several hundred dollars. They 
came to the man who formerly handled 
their goods and offered them again to him, 
but he declined, saying that he had taken 
considerable trouble to work up a trade 
for them, only to have It taken away, and 
he did not care to be bothered with any 
more such childish nonsense. A really 
careful and straight commission merchant 
Is one of the best friends a farmer can 
have, and it Is a good plan to stick to him 
and not grudge the commission he makes, 
W. If, 
EVAPORATED RASPBERRY TRADE. 
The demand for evaporated raspberries is 
much lighter than several years ago, and 
we have no doubt that evaporating to any 
extent for market is somewhat a thing of 
the past. The reason is simple. They are 
now canned in large quantities, and when 
the market is at its lowest ebb. Much of 
the natural flavor is retained, and the 
goods being more serviceable, better qual¬ 
ity, cheaper and less trouble than the 
evaporated goods, have run it out of the 
market thos. h. evans & co. 
Baltimore. 
It Is likely there is not (luite as much 
demand for dried raspberries as there was 
years ago. since there is a much greater 
production of California dried fruits. 
Evaporated raspberries are selling at from 
18 to 20 cents, and we have no doubt many 
more would be used if price was to 15 
cents. Those who raise and evaporate 
their own berries claim that there is a fair 
profit after the price goes above 10 to 11 
cents. A number of years ago the price 
got down to 10 cents, on account of a very 
heavy production. Those who were raising 
the berries were discouraged, and many 
gave it up. wm. l. aelen & co. 
New York. 
I'licre are no statistics whatever as to the 
receipts, and we can only speak in a gen¬ 
eral way. Ten years ago the bulk of the 
crop was made in New York State, and 
came hero for sale, and the price ranged 
from 25 cents down to 15 cents. Now there 
are a great many made in Michigan, and 
they and much of the New York State 
crop go to Chicago. The crops of 1897, 1898 
and 1899 were so large that there was a 
surplus of not less than 50 carloads, and 
the price dropped down as low as 8% cents. 
This discouraged the producers, and the 
crop of 1900 was small, so that now we 
are getting 19 to 20 cents. We have so 
many new fruits from California, at very 
low prices, that we wonder that raspberries 
sell as well as they do, and shall expect 
them to drop back to 10 cents if there is 
a good crop this year. You cannot advise 
farmers to plant largely again. 
New York. A. c. worth. 
GRA/R PROSPECTS. 
Graintlelds look well here, and grass 
would have stood the Winter all right, but 
it was very poor last Pall. The weather 
was not favorable last year for clover, so 
we have no clover in our new fields. We 
have a light sandy soil here; a little top¬ 
dressing after seeding will do very well for 
grain and grass. c. e. o. 
Gibraltar, Pa. 
Pall-sown grains and newly-seeded grass 
fields have stood the Winter well, having 
been protected to a certain extent by a 
covering of snow during our coldest 
weather. The prospects for the coming 
season are good at this date. The plan 
generally adopted with us is to sow to 
grass seed at the time of sowing wheat. 
Some prefer to wait until Spring; some 
prefer to mix clover and grass together. 
We make no special effort in that direction. 
We live in a fertile valley and have little 
trouble in obtaining a good stand of grass 
on all kinds of land. b. o. f. 
Seville, O. 
The prospects in this section for a good 
crop of wheat the coming season are ex¬ 
cellent, as none to speak of has winter- 
killed. Grass has also stood the Winter 
well, but owing to the severe drought of 
last Summer a good catch was not gener¬ 
ally secured; consequently, a full crop is 
not likely. As a rule our best stands of 
grass are obtained by seeding wheatflelds 
early in the Spring, although in some cases 
good catches are secured by seeding with 
barley or oats, or with wheat in the Pall. 
Alfalfa is beginning to be grown here in 
a small way, and succeeds well where 
given a fair show. J. h. b. 
Mandana, N. Y. 
Pomelo vs. “ Grape Fruit.” 
Among the delicious fruits ef the orange 
or Citrus family is the pomelo. It Is much 
larger than the orange, of slightly flat¬ 
tened shape and pale lemon yellow. The 
flavor Is sour but very agreeable, being 
much milder than the lemon and with a 
touch ef bitterness. The skin Is very bitter 
and so are the partitions that separate the 
sections of edible pulp. But by cutting the 
fruit crosswise Into halves and using a 
spoon to dip out the pulp there will be only 
a slightly bitter taste. There Is no more 
wholesome and refreshing fruit, and It Is 
especially desirable In Summer. The name 
pomelo Is the correct one, and Is always 
used for this fruit In the East Indies, 
whence It was brought to this country. 
“Grape fruit” Is so Inappropriate and In¬ 
applicable that It should never be used. It 
was given It In Florida about 20 years ago, 
and why no one seems to be able to tell 
with any sort of reason. Let the name 
pomelo be used by all Intelligent people, 
whether In ^rult or otherwise. 
H. *. VAN DRHAN. 
Ives Peach. 
Having many inquiries as to the origin 
of Ives peach, I will give your readers a 
short account of this celebrated variety. 
About 30 years ago a single tree came up 
in the garden of my late father, I. M. Ives, 
a noted horticulturist of that day, from 
which I set out 200 trees. I have supplied 
fruit to Boston market for many years, 
until now I am unable to supply the de¬ 
mand. The variety is a dark rod, free¬ 
stone expressly for preserving, in which it 
excels all other varieties that I know. 
The fruit brings from $6 to $8 i)cr bushel. 
The trees are very hardy, enormously pro¬ 
ductive and bear every year. 
Salem, Mass. joiin s. ivbs. 
The prices mentioned are far abf/ve the 
average, and could not possibly be main¬ 
tained for a long period, because the sup¬ 
ply, being easily increased, would .soon 
bring them down. It may bo that this is 
a valuable peach for general trial. 
H. E. V. D. 
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