1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
589 
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FOR SALE BY THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Fertilizers, by E. B. Voorhees. The 
source, character and composition of nat¬ 
ural, homemade and manufactured fertili¬ 
zers, and suggestions as to their use for 
different crops and conditions. Price, post¬ 
paid, $1. 
Feeds and Feeding, by W. A. Henry. 
A discussion of plant growth and animal 
nutrition; feeding stuffs and their effects 
upon farm animals, rations for fattening 
and milk production; and numerous tables, 
giving complete results of feeding experi¬ 
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Cut-price Books.— Any of these 20-cenb 
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How to Plant a Place. 
Accidents and Emergencies. 
My Handkerchief Garden. 
Chemicals and Clover. 
Country Roads. 
Fruit Packages. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
409 Pearl St., New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
BOOM IN CANNED GOODS.—One of 
the effects of the drought in the West, 
which cut short fruits and vegetables, is 
the unprecedented demand for canned 
goods, and their consequent rise in price, 
25 to 40 per cent in some cases. The New 
York market for canned goods is more 
active than for eight or 10 years. This is 
because western dealers are buying so 
largely, not only for present, but future de¬ 
livery, as there is no sign of any let up in 
the demand this season. Tomatoes, corn 
and apples are the goods most affected. 
FRUIT NOTES.—Southern peaches are 
at their best and selling well. I have no¬ 
ticed a few from Jersey and nearby, but 
they were mostly small, green and inferior, 
and stand but little chance in competition 
with the flood of fine southern fruit. Any¬ 
one having early apples of fair quality to 
ship will do w'ell to send them on, but 
by all means leave the worthless little 
gnarly ones at home, for there are too 
many of this kind here now, that no one 
wants. The continued warm weather has 
made a good season for watermelon men, 
and prices remain high. From noticing 
those piled up in front of the stores day 
after day, I judge that more small melons 
than usual have been received. Musk- 
melon receipts are light, and the better 
grades are selling w'ell. Grapes are of 
such inferior quality that they go slowly. 
I noticed Niagaras offered at 25 cents per 
four-pound basket, but few people will 
buy poor grapes at a high price while 
there are plenty of good peaches. A great 
variety of pears are seen. A few nearby 
Clapp’s Favorite are bringing $3 to $3.50 
per barrel, but for any except prime pears 
are not selling nearly so well as apples. 
I’OTATO PRICES.—The flgures at which 
potatoes have sold in some markets dur¬ 
ing the past week are surprising. From 
Boston and other large New England 
cities come reports of $5, or even more, 
per barrel. At New York prices remain 
about the same as last week, and at this 
writing the demand is slow. There ap¬ 
pears to be no doubt that the crop in the 
East and Central West, with here and 
there local exceptions, is light, but whether 
it is short enough to sustain extravagant 
prices is a question. There is a limited 
number of people who wdll have potatoes 
anyway, no matter what they cost, and 
with them the same is true of any other 
necessity or luxury. But they form only 
a small fraction of the potato eaters of 
this country. A great many have to do 
close figuring in order to make income 
cover expenses, and it is doubtful if they 
will say yes to a retail price of $5 or $G 
per barrel for potatoes for vehy long. 
They are quite likely to eat more bread 
and to substitute rice and otlier cere^als 
for the tubers. Of course, one who has 
a fair quantity of potatoes for sale in a 
season of scarcity naturally wishes to get 
all he can out of them, but there is a 
chance of getting his ideas up too high. 
There is no doubt that some of this class 
will dream of $7 or $8 per barrel, carry the 
crop through until Spring, with all the 
extra trouble of sorting and handling, and 
then sell at a figure, which, taking the 
shrinkage into consideration, will be less 
than could be had now. Holding a perish¬ 
able product for high prices is uncertain 
business, and the man who practices it 
year after year will find that loss as well 
as gain enters into the transaction. 
w. w. H. 
Beautiful Watches for Boys and Girls. 
Easily obtained. Particulars and outfit is in¬ 
cluded in the 10c. Pansy Col. offered on p.587 .—Adv 
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION NOTES. 
Some of the Agricultural Exhibits. 
Part H. 
Michigan has a very handsome display, 
especially of cereals, seeds and forage 
crops. It is got up in beautiful style, these 
different products having been used with 
good taste, and anyone who passes by will 
feel well pleased with the effect. There is 
also a fine display of wool. 
Missouri has one of the best exhibits 
in the building. There are cereals in 
abundance, both in the straw and in the 
grain. There are a number of farm 
baskets, each filled with large ears of a 
variety of corn which is characteristic In 
the size of the ears, depth of grain, etc., 
a part at least of one ear of each kind 
being shelled to show the proportion of 
grain and cob. The wools of Missouri are 
shown to good advantage. The Angora 
goat Industry is shown by illustrations, 
and there is also a nice display of mohair 
taken from several of the flocks. There 
is quite a nice display of cotton, which is 
grown to some extent in that State. 
Oregon Is represented with a very fine 
agricultural display. One thing which may 
not at first sight seem very attractive is 
a relief map made by Prof. Shedd, one of 
the best scientific scholars in the West, 
which shows all of the mountains, lakes, 
rivers, valleys, table lands, in fact, the 
entire State just as nature has made it. 
Prom this map one can get an excellent 
idea of the proportion of mountain lands 
to those of the valleys and plains, and the 
different elevations of each, and in some 
degree can form an Idea of the soils and 
other physical characteristics. There are 
cereals, both in the straw and in the sack 
and in manufactured forms, and also an 
extensive exhibit of the same in the straw 
showing hundreds of varieties of wheat, 
oats, barley, etc. Corn does not appear 
prominently, although It is grown to some 
extent in Oregon. Macaroni and other 
like products made from wheat are shown 
in excellent condition—the wheat of that 
State being very suitable for this pur¬ 
pose. The display of wools is not only 
very extensive, but beautiful, especially 
the scoured wools from the mills at fi’he 
Dalles. One of the statements made in 
connection with the wool exhibit is that 
Oregon has 2,500,000 sheep, w'hich produce 
annually 28,000,000 pounds of wool and fur¬ 
nish 1,000,000 pounds of mutton annually, 
which is shipped to eastern markets. 
There is a beautiful display of hops from 
the famous Willamette Valley, where hop 
growing is carried on extensively. One 
rather peculiar product is pine-needle 
fiber, which is made into pillows, mattre.s- 
ses, etc., making an excellent substitute 
for hair and other material of this char¬ 
acter. It has a peculiar fragrance which 
is very pleasant, and in addition to this 
there is an essence made which is shown 
in bottles, in condition to be used for in¬ 
haling, and also in the bath tub, as it has 
medicinal properties, as well as giving 
forth a delightful fragrance. The clams 
which are so abundant along the sea coast 
are shown in jars, and also the famous 
salmon from the Columbia River. There 
is also a beautiful painting of Mount 
Hood and its surroundings, placed con¬ 
spicuously, which is a delight to every 
one w'ho visits the Oregon exhibit. 
Illinois has mainly a corn exhibit. 
There are 42 different articles shown as 
being made from this grain, including 
hominy, grits, meals, starches, syrups, 
dextrine, etc. There is a corn oil which 
is used in making salads as a substitute 
for olive oil. It is also used in the manu¬ 
facture of paints the same as flaxseed oil, 
to which it is said to be superior, although 
it is also somewhat more costly than the 
latter. Another product is a gum, like 
gum arabic, which is used for the same 
purpose. There is a rubber which is quite 
elastic, but not equal to the tropical rub¬ 
bers. It requires mixing with these in 
order to make a good manufactured article 
of rubber goods. Another very remark¬ 
able product is called saccharine, which 
is 300 times sweeter than sugar. The whole 
arrangement of the Illinois exhibit is very 
fine, although it is made principally from 
corn. There are two large pictures show¬ 
ing farm scenes, which are made from 
the natural products of the farm. Illinois 
has done well in the Agriculture Building. 
Rhode Island has an exhibit such as 
we might expect from that, little State, 
there being nothing whatever of agricul¬ 
ture, but only the oyster, clam and fish¬ 
eries Industries. It is well got up and in¬ 
structive to anyone who will give it at¬ 
tention. 
Wisconsin has a very plain display of 
seeds and cereals in jars, with no attend¬ 
ant to explain things to the visitors, and 
they must judge for themselves about the 
exhibits. This is in great contrast to 
nearly all the other exhibits in the Agri¬ 
culture Building. 
Minnesota has a beautiful and pic¬ 
turesque display of grains and grasses 
principally. There is an old-fashioned 
corn crib, reminding one of old times on 
the farm. This State has not only a com¬ 
prehensive farm exhibit, but cne which is 
very pleasing to the eye. 
North Dakota has grains and grasses 
well displayed in their different conditions. 
There are many beautiful characteristic 
photographs of farm scenes, and a very 
large painting of some of the giant reap¬ 
ers in operation in one of the great v/heat- 
fields. 
New Hampshire has an extensive dis¬ 
play of the old-fashioned Yankee corn in 
its different varieties. There is also an 
extensive collection of popcorn, which is 
very attractive and instructive. Maple 
sugar and maple syrup are prominently 
shown, perhaps better than in any other 
State exhibit. h. k. van dbman. 
APPLE SHIPPERS’ CONVENTION. 
The annual meeting of the National 
Apple Shippers’ Association w'as held at 
Toronto, Canada, August 7. J. W. Rob¬ 
ertson, Canadian Commissioner of Agricul¬ 
ture, spoke on apple growing In the Do¬ 
minion, and following are extracts from 
his address: 
‘‘Apple culture requires special knowledge 
and training. Many of the ignorant resort 
to books for their knowledge and purchase 
all sorts of varieties of apples. I have 
heard of one man who has six hundred va¬ 
rieties on his farm. From 12 to 20 varieties 
are all that should be grown in any par¬ 
ticular district. They could then be grown 
to advantage, would speedily make a 
name and secure a better market. Cana¬ 
dians have been losing in the English 
markets by having too many varieties, and 
shippers might do much good by talking to 
the farmers and Informing them what va¬ 
rieties are required. Too often the educa¬ 
tion of the grower is left to the college 
professor, whose pride it Is to tell 150 va¬ 
rieties at sight and whose Information is 
of no use to the grower in making money. 
The apple shipper should give exact in¬ 
formation to the grower. The apple busi¬ 
ness in Canada has suffered severely from 
the faults of packing. ‘What a thunder¬ 
ing set of rogues you must be in Canada,’ 
was once remarked to me in England, in 
reference to the practice of facing the 
barrels at top and bottom with good ap¬ 
ples, and filling in with rubbish. Two 
special commandments for the apple man 
should be: ‘'Ihou shalt deliver goods as 
they are represented to be,’ and ‘Thou shalt 
deliver them in the best possible condi¬ 
tion.’ ” 
George T. Powell, of New York, spoke on 
the possibilities of apple culture in the 
United States. He said that “Experience 
has shown that certain varieties are adapt¬ 
ed to certain localities, and should be con¬ 
fined to them. The finest flavored apples 
are found in the belt extending from Nova 
Scotia through the New England States, 
reaching to Michigan, and taking in New 
York and north Ohio and a part of Illinois. 
The Northern Spy does not grow to per¬ 
fection outside New York, Canada and 
Michigan. Growers should depend upon 
the varieties originated in their own soil 
and climate.” 
Charles Forster, of New York, read a 
paper on apple exportation. He showed 
that the past year was an exceptionally 
heavy season for the export shippers, the 
trade having shown an unusually large in¬ 
crease over the previous year. Canadian 
exporters shipped about 700,000 barrels of 
apples to the European markets, 280,000 
barrels of which were exported from Nova 
Scotia. In the United States the New 
England States have become the leading 
center for exporting apples to the English 
markets. The total exports from New 
York, Boston and Portland were 805,000 
barrels. Other addresses were made by 
D. S. Beckwith, of New York; C. H. Will¬ 
iams, of Illinois, and W. H. Barnes, of 
Kansas. The press committee reported the 
following as the indicated percentages for 
this year’s yield: Ontario, 35 per cent; 
Nova Scotia, 75; New- England, 25; New 
Jersey, 25; Pennsylvania, 40; New York, 
20; Maryland 50; Virginia, 65; West Vir¬ 
ginia, 65; Kentucky, 35; Tennessee, 35; 
Ohio, 40; Michigan, 30; Indiana, 40; Illinois, 
40; Missouri, 45; Arkansas^ 50; Kansas, 45; 
Nebraska, 45; Iowa, 25; Colorado, 85; Wis¬ 
consin, 15; California, 90; Oregon, 80; Wash¬ 
ington, 80; general average, all sections, 46. 
A Use of Manure.— Director Thorne, in 
a recent bulletin from the Ohio Station, 
mentions one use of manure not under¬ 
stood by all; “When a piece of marshy 
land has been drained it is often found 
that the crops planted upon It fail to 
thrive, although it seems to be very rich 
in nitrogen. The remedy here is to add 
barnyard manure, something which savors 
strongly of carrying coals to Newcastle; 
but the explanation is that the semi- 
aquatic vegetation which formerly occu¬ 
pied the land decays so slowly that culti¬ 
vated crops cannot get nitrogen rapidly 
enough for their needs. When the manure 
is added, however, it sets up a fermenta¬ 
tion which converts the nitrogen-bearing 
materials into a more soluble, and hence 
available form.” 
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it does not hurt him. He has not been 
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years since he took your medicine. I 
pray that God will always bless you and 
your medicine.” 
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