1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Words and their Uses, by Richard 
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Country Roads. 
Memory Training. 
My Handkerchief Garden. 
How to Plant a Place. 
Accidents and Emergencies. 
THE RURAL NEW YORKER. 
409 Pearl St., New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
BEANS.—For a long time trade in beans 
was dull, and with no changes worthy of 
note; but light receipts and reports of poor 
crops have caused a big advance. Choice 
marrows reached the $3 mark, and have 
lemained there for several days. Some 
holders are asking more than the quoted 
prices, but buyers do not think that the 
conditions warrant any further advance. 
The supply of imported beans is also very 
limited. 
COTTON.—The report for July shows a 
seven per cent decrease from the preceding 
month. Drought is responsible for a large 
share of this, but excessive rain in the 
eastern portion of the belt damaged the 
stand and hindered necessary cultivation 
to such an extent that In some cases weeds 
took entire possession and fields were 
abandoned. These unfavorable conditions 
have caused a slight rise in price, but 
speculation is light, and the present trend 
of the Liverpool market tends to check 
any further advance. Spot prices here are: 
Middling uplands, eight cents, a drop of 
1 13-16 cent from last year, and Middling 
Gulf cents. 
FRUIT NOTES.—The early apple is the 
most active item on the list. Hand-picked 
Red Astrachans and Nyack Pippins have 
brought as high as $3 to $3.50 per barrel. 
These extreme figures, however, do not 
apply to anything except choice fruit. 
Windfalls are bringing a surprising price, 
75 cents to $1.25, but this means sorted 
windfalls. There is no use in sending the 
worthless culls here, as the market is over¬ 
stocked with these, both of apples and 
pears. Southern grapes more plentiful but 
do not attract much attention, as most of 
them are of inferior quality. A few Mary¬ 
land and Delaware Bartlett pears are ar¬ 
riving, but they are not up to standard 
and sell slowly. Watermelons are scarce, 
particularly large sizes, which would bring 
a premium over present quotations. There 
are plenty of muskmelons, such as they are, 
and, as usual, there is a wide range in 
prices. _ w. w. h. 
LONG ISLAND NOTES. 
The North Side of the Island is very 
hilly. After climbing a few of these hills 
one Is likely to feel like calling them 
mountains, as some are 200 feet or more 
above sea level. The railroad runs through 
deep cuts of clean sand and white gravel. 
There are several harbors on the north 
shore, the best of which is Port Jefferson, 
where shipbuilding in the form of yachts 
and schooners is carried on. Along the 
shore in this vicinity are high bluffs. At 
one place a person can stand on Mt. Mis¬ 
ery and see Conscience Bay on one side 
and Mt. Sinai on the other. Mt. Misery is 
well named, much of it being covered with 
a dense growth of small trees, bushes, wild 
grapevines, poison ivy. and a variety of 
tough briers which have a habit of grow¬ 
ing like croquet wickets all over the 
ground. Wherever these cliffs are bare of 
vegetation they are gradually breaking 
away, owing to the action of storms, and 
the sea takes possession. From Port Jef¬ 
ferson to Wading River, a few small vil¬ 
lages and many well-kept farms are seen, 
but much of the country is a wilderness 
covered with scrub, and for miles the road 
on each side is lined with huckleberry 
bushes. In some places T found the berries 
so plentiful that they could be picked by 
the handful. 
Cauliflower.— Going south to River- 
head a new industry is seen, namely 
cauliflower growing on a large scale. The 
plants for the early crop are already set 
and growing finely, while other fields are 
just being set. The plants are grown 
thickly in small beds, and, when the leaves 
are four or five Inches long, are taken up 
and transplanted in the field in hills about 
3x2% feet apart. In taking up the plants 
an effort is madg to leave a little earth on 
the roots. The transplanting is usually 
done when the ground Is wet. One man 
takes the basket of plants and drops each 
one in the proper place in the row, much 
the same as in dropping potatoes. Another 
man follows to do the setting. He has an 
iron spike to which is fastened a short 
wooden handle. He jabs this spike in the 
ground, puts in the plant, gives the soil 
two or three whacks to pack it down, and 
goes on to the next one. I timed one man 
who seemed to be something of an expert 
at this work, and found that he was set¬ 
ting about 20 a minute. 
Asp.araous was at one time a standard 
crop in this section, and large quantities 
were shipped fresh and canned, but the 
rust has made such havoc that only now 
and then a field is seen. Some growers 
have concluded that the crop is not worth 
the labor needed to handle it, since the 
rust has come. This is doubtless true un¬ 
less prices are high, but this year aspara¬ 
gus has sold so well that, even with the 
comparatively light yield, it has paid. I 
stopped at Mattituck to look at the fields 
where last year the New York State Ex¬ 
periment Station made a test with Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture on asparagus. Their work 
was described in The R. N.-Y. last Fall, 
and the results on the field were very plain 
tlien, the rows that were thoroughly cop¬ 
pered being green and thrifty, while those 
that were left unsprayed were badly rust¬ 
ed. At the time of my visit, August 5, no 
spraying had been done, as the rust had 
not made its appearance. As asparagus 
rows are so wide apart, some growers fol¬ 
low the custom of putting a late crop, like 
beans, in between, there being plenty of 
room to run a cultivator on each side of 
this extra row. 
The Northern Peninsula.— From River- 
head to Orient is one of the finest farming 
sections I have ever seen. A stranger 
looking at a small map of Long Island 
might think that the little strip on the 
northeastern corner, about 20 miles long 
and averaging less than three miles wide, 
could not amount to much, but he would 
soon change his mind after seeing the corn 
and potato fields there this year. Of 
course, all farms are not kept up to this 
high degree of fertility, and the crops 
show this neglect at once. Probably the 
lack of feeding and care of land is seen 
more quickly in a section like this, of sea 
formation, underlaid with sand and gravel, 
than on the plains and among the hills 
and river valleys, where vegetation has 
had a foothold for a much longer time. A 
most Interesting struggle is constantly go¬ 
ing on between the sea and these exposed 
portions of land. Vegetation is at work 
trying to reclaim these sands from the 
ocean. It crowds down to the water’s edge, 
lliere being certain plants which thrive 
and thi-ow out an extensive root system in 
clean white sand, which, to all appear¬ 
ances, docs not contain a trace of vege¬ 
table matter. In the battle their methods 
and those of the sea are entirely different. 
They work slowly, and for years make 
gains, when in some furious storm the 
ocean washes them away with all traces 
of their work. Yet, vegetation never gives 
up, and other jilants at once continue this 
work. Portions of land like this section 
and Cape Cod are battle grounds worthy 
of being studied. 
Corn and Potatoes.— I have not seen 
any better corn this season than in many 
of the fields on the main road .between 
Riverhead and Southold. It is tall and 
leafy, dark green and earing heavily. This 
light land, when well fertilized, is ideal 
corn ground. While occasionally a man 
on being questioned would say that the 
potato yield w^as slim, many more were 
found who had a heavy crop, perhaps not 
record-breaking yields, but large for this 
season and made still larger by the pres¬ 
ent high prices. Part of the early crop is 
already dug and sold. One man who had 
contracted 160 bushels at 50 cents was feel¬ 
ing blue, as his nighbors were now getting 
$1. I found another man who had sold $280 
worth from 1% acre, the price being 75 
cents and $1 a bushel, and he was then 
sowing turnip seed on the same field. 
“Yes,” he said, “these prices are a boom 
for potato growers around here, and will 
put some of them on their pins. I am also 
an auctioneer, and this prosperity will take 
away some jobs from me, but,” he re¬ 
marked, philosophically, “I always hate to 
sell a man out unless he really wants to 
leave for some other reason than bad 
luck.” 
Large Farm Gardens.— At Orient is the 
farm of George W. Hallock & Son, which 
was described in The R. N.-Y. a few years 
ago. They have about 85 acres under in¬ 
tense cultivation, raising corn, potatoes, 
onions, carrots and other vegetables. Car¬ 
rots are sown between the rows of onions, 
and the latter are now being harvested. 
After being pulled and left in rows to dry, 
they are taken in wooden crates to build¬ 
ings and either stored or shipped. It is 
needless to say that tillage and fertiliza¬ 
tion are carried on to best advantage in 
these gardens. The Messrs. Hallock own 
a steamer and have ample dockage and 
storage facilities on the side of their farm 
adjoining the bay. The produce is mar¬ 
keted in New York, and also Connecticut 
and Massachusetts points. About 45 men 
are employed on the farm at present. 
w. w. h. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
The Imperial pulverizer manufactured 
by E. S. Peterson, Kent, O., has proved to 
be an excellent implement for many of our 
readers. It pulverizes and rolls the land in 
one operation. Address as above. 
The Swan roofing material is not only 
used for roofing but for the sides of build¬ 
ings as well. It is very popular with 
poultrymen for both roofing and lining hen¬ 
houses. Many will testify that after 10 
years of service their roof is apparently as 
good as ever. Write A. F. Swan Co., 114 
Nassau St., New York City, for particulars. 
There isn’t a shadow of a doubt that a 
manure spreader will pay for itself in a 
short space of time on any farm where 
stock is kept. Not only does it save labor, 
but it spreads the manure more evenly 
than it can possibly be done by hand. The 
improved Kemp manure spreader breaks 
up lumpy, caked, or strawy manure and 
spreads it in any desired quantity per acre. 
It also spreads lime, salt, ashes, etc. Send 
for new illustrated catalogue which de¬ 
scribes improvements and tells “Plow to 
Grow Big Crops.” Address Kemp & Bur¬ 
pee Mfg. Co., Box 38, Syracuse, N. Y. 
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION NOTES. 
Some of the Agricultural Exhibits. 
Part I. 
The agricultural exhibits are mainly 
found in the Agriculture Building, which 
is separate and distinct from all others, 
and is located between the Government 
Building and the Electric Tower, in a very 
beautiful situation. The building is not so 
large as it should have been, because 
there are a number of exhibits of this na¬ 
ture that are very much crowded, and 
some have been almost crowded out. The 
Agriculture Department is under tfie su¬ 
pervision of F. A. Converse, who is well 
known to the readers of The R. N.-Y.; 
he has conducted it ably from the first, 
and seems to give general satisfaction. 
New York.— This State occupies one of 
the largest places in the building. The 
exhibit is principally of cereals, field and 
garden seeds, nuts, manufactured pro¬ 
ducts, all arranged in the same oak cases 
in which the agriculture exhibit was 
made at the Columbian Exposition. There 
are also samples of wheat and other grains 
in the straw. 
Cornell University Experiment Sta¬ 
tion is making a continuous show of fresh 
vegetables and forage crops. For instance, 
there were 18 varieties of beets and 19 
varieties of onions all in a fresh condi¬ 
tion, just as they were taken from the 
gardens, and arranged in a very unique 
way to show just how each variety ap¬ 
pears. There is an exhibit , of tobacco 
growing in pots, and also one of ginseng 
in the same condition; the latter being one 
of the special crops about which we hear 
so much in the papers of late, and it is 
well worthy of notice by farmers who are 
properly situated for growing it. The 
Division of Botany of the University of 
the State of New York has a very inter¬ 
esting exhibit of mushrooms, comprising 
about 50 varieties. These are in a pre¬ 
served condition, pasted on large cards, 
and accurately named with both their 
popular and scientific names. On the 
whole, the exhibit from the State of New 
York is very creditable, although not so 
attractive and ornate in style as some of 
the others. 
New Jersey has an exhibit which is 
rather small, so far as the space occupied 
is concerned, but it is very representative, 
well arranged and much to the credit of 
the State. Its principal feature seems to 
me to be educational. There Is an in¬ 
dustrial map which shows all of the lead¬ 
ing industries of New Jersey, giving the 
territory embraced by the growth of each 
of the leading crops; as, for instance, the 
locality where the sweet potato is one of 
the leading crops is distinctly marked. 
The same is true of the various fruit 
crops, the extensive floral industries, and 
the oyster regions in the coast waters. 
By the way, it may be a surprise to many 
to know that in central southern New 
Jersey there are some of the best corn 
crops grown of any in the whole United 
States. The size of the ears and the out¬ 
put per acre of the fields is fully equal to 
the best in Illinois, or any other of the 
leading corn-growing States, although the 
areas are comparatively small. There is 
being made a continuous exhibit of fre.sh 
vegetables and farm crops direct from the 
farms in different parts of the State, 
which show to the public just what Is be¬ 
ing grown. This is indeed a very pleasing 
feature, as w'ell as a permanent one of 
this exhibit. There is also an educa¬ 
tional section in which the beneficial and 
injurious insects and other such things are 
shown, especially with reference to the 
education of farmers’ children. Franklin 
Dye, v'ho is the leading spirit of the New 
Jersey agriculture exhibit, is doing the best 
he can with the small appropriation which 
has been allotted to him, and and no one 
need feel ashamed of what New Jersey is 
doing in this direction, h. e. van dhman. 
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