1901 
685 
BOOK BULLETIN 
FOR SALE BY THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The Pruning Book, by L. H. Bailey. 
Instructions for the pruning and training 
of trees, vines, bush fruits and shrubs, as 
applied to American conditions. Directions 
for various forms of tree heading: pruning 
for fruit; treatment of tree wounds; laying 
down trees, etc. Fully illustrated; 537 
pages. Price, postpaid, $1.50. 
The Dorset Sheep, by Joseph E. Wing. 
In this little book of 62 pages is a great 
amount of boiled-down information from 
the experience of practical men regarding 
the care and handling of sheep, Dorsets in 
particular. Treatment of various diseases 
and arrangement of buildings. An inter¬ 
esting and instructive work. Price, post¬ 
paid, 50 cents. 
Cut-price Books.— Any of these 20-cent 
pamphlets sent postpaid for 10 cents: 
My Handkerchief Garden. 
Fruit Packages. 
Chemicals and Clover. 
Country Roads. 
Milk Making and Marketing. 
Memory Training. 
Cooking Cauliflower. 
Canning and Preserving. 
THE RURAL NEW YORKER, 
409 Pearl St., New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
ROOTS AND HERBS.—Several readers 
wish to know where they can sell the vari¬ 
ous roots and herbs which are used for 
medicinal or commercial purposes. Nearly 
all of the wholesale druggists buy small 
quantities of these herbs for their trade, 
but there are botanical druggists who 
are always in the market for anything in 
this line. One of these dealers is George 
A. Elwood, 279 Pearl Street, New York. 
Those having this stuff to sell should write 
to the regular dealers, giving full particu¬ 
lars as to quality and quantity. 
FOREIGN GRAIN PURCHASES.—On 
September 23 910,000 bushels of corn were 
bought by exporters. The heaviest sales 
were in Chicago, but it is understood that 
most of the grain will be shipped from 
the outports. No unusual amount of ocean 
freight accommodation appears to have 
been engaged for this large purchase of 
corn, and it will probably be stored at 
eastern ports and worked off at about the 
same rate as for the past few months. It 
is quite likely that this movement is mere¬ 
ly an effort to get as much benefit as pos¬ 
sible from the cut rates (from 10 to 30 per 
cent), which most of the railroads from 
Chicago are said to be making to eastern 
points. Export oat shipments have been 
very light for some time. The Russian 
black oats have been monopolizing the Eu¬ 
ropean markets to some extent, as they 
could be sold at a figure which particularly 
appealed to the cheaper class of trade. The 
largest recent foreign sale of American 
oats was 800,000 bushels for the English 
army in South Africa. 
PROSPECT FOR A BEGINNER.—A 
reader who has had two years’ experience 
in handling produce in country towns 
wishes to know what are the opportunities 
for commencing business in this line in 
New York City, If he has had no experi¬ 
ence in selling stuff in the city he would 
better go very slowly for a time. If he 
does know something of the way in which 
trade is carried on here, has tact in hand¬ 
ling buyers, and is willing to work hard 
and long, he ought to get along falrlv well. 
He must expect sharp competition, and 
will run across some of the meanest peo¬ 
ple on the face of the earth as buyers. For 
a man without knowledge of city trade the 
better plan would seem to be to work 
for a time as helper in an established con¬ 
cern. By keeping his eyes open he would 
get a great amount of experience, with 
much less cost and worry than if in busi¬ 
ness for himself. Handling produce in the 
city markets is a trade Just as much as 
carpentry, steam engineering or shoemak¬ 
ing. There are men in the business here 
who have been at it 25 or 30 years. They 
have the advantages of an established 
trade, and the knowledge gained from 
long observation of the markets under all 
conditions, and are thus often able to sell 
stuff more quickly and for better prices 
than a new man could get. However, these 
things should not discourage a beginner. 
There is a great amount of produce to be 
sold here, and a new man who will handle 
his shippers and customers with consid¬ 
eration stands a fair chance of working up 
and holding new trade. This produce com¬ 
mission business has been so overrun with 
scamps and scalawags that shippers who 
have suffered in this way more than ever 
appreciate a city agent who will handle 
their produce with reasonable care and 
make them honest returns. A man of this 
stamp who will start carefully and mas¬ 
ter the business will surely make a per¬ 
manent place for himself. yr. h. h. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PROVIDENCE (R. t.) WHOLESALE 
FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET. 
Business Facilities.- There are 10 or 12 
large houses here; several of the leading 
dealers have been long in the business, 
and are able to handle heavy shipments. 
We have ample service by rail from the 
South and West and to all parts of this 
State, and those sections of Massachusetts 
and Connecticut that are supplied by this 
city; also direct lines of steamers from 
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, 
and local boats to all shore places on Nar- 
ragansett Bay. The trolley lines are now 
Introducing express freight cars, and as 
the lines are reaching out in all directions, 
they will be of grreat service for quick de¬ 
livery of fruit and produce. 
Fruit Peddlers.— Our city fathers re¬ 
cently decided to put a tax on all peddlers 
as follows: Wagons, $25; sidewalk stands, 
$15; baskets, $10. It was at first thought 
that the tax would drive many peddlers 
out of the business, but there are already 
over 600 licenses issued. These peddlers af¬ 
ford an excellent outlet for fruit and vege¬ 
tables, and the bulk of our perishable fruit 
is sold to them. 
Peaches. —This popular fruit is absorb¬ 
ing attention in the market, and the sea¬ 
son is now at its height; while they last 
other fruit must wait awhile. From 3,000 
to 5,000 baskets a day are now being 
handled by the wholesale dealers here. 
Prices are somewhat depressed at present, 
on account of heavy receipts, but have 
averaged very well for the season on nice, 
sound, well-packed fruit. The most pop¬ 
ular peaches here are white, but extra yel¬ 
low sells well, while medium to poor yel¬ 
low drags. This market prefers the 16- 
quart, round open basket, all hough the 
six-basket carriers have been used exten¬ 
sively this season, mostly with peaches 
shipped ‘here from the South and West. 
The area from which peaches are sent to 
this market has greatly extended the past 
few years, owing largely to the use of re¬ 
frigerator cars. During the past few 
weeks, peaches have been received here in 
carload lots from 10 States, viz: Georgia, 
Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, California, 
Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey, Dela¬ 
ware and Connecticut, besides those brought 
here from towns in this State. Up to five 
years ago the crop of peaches in New Eng¬ 
land was so small that it cut no figure in 
this market, but thousands of peach trees 
have been planted in this State and Con¬ 
necticut, and many of them are now bear¬ 
ing, and as the quality is good, they are 
bound to Increase. Formerly this city 
looked to Delaware and New Jersey for its 
peach supply, but this is now fast chang¬ 
ing, as the quality in those States has been 
poor of late. 
Fruit Outlook.— Grapes will soon follow 
peaches as the leader, and already there is 
some demand for them. Several carloads 
are now en route here from western New 
York, and some are arriving from the Hud¬ 
son River section. Concord, Niagara, Del¬ 
aware and Catawba, in the order named, 
are the popular kinds. More Concords are 
sold than all others. The package known 
as the “pony” basket is the favorite, al¬ 
though the eight-basket carriers are sent 
here to a limited extent. Apples are scarce: 
prices will be high. Potatoes are a short 
crop here; market touched $5.25 a barrel 
for a short time, but has sagged to $2 on 
account of farmers all digging now. Pros¬ 
pect good for prices. Onions are firm; mar¬ 
ket already advanced to 75 and 85 cents a 
bushel. Indications are for high prices the 
coming Winter. l. c. e. 
Providence, R. I. 
AMERICAN PO MO LOGICAL SOCIETY. 
The Convention at Buffalo. 
PART II. 
The evening session was a joint meeting 
with the National Association of Bee Keep¬ 
ers. Fermentation of Fruit Juices by Con¬ 
trol Methods was the subject of a paper 
by Prof. Alwood, of Virginia. He de¬ 
scribed the different forms of bacteria, and 
told how they caused fermentation in fruit 
Juices. Control methods consist in select¬ 
ing cultures which produce proper fermen¬ 
tation. Scientists have already accom¬ 
plished much working along this line; 
cleanliness, exclusion of air, and sowing 
strong cultures, are the means we have 
of controlling fermentation. Prof. Fletcher, 
of Ottawa, Canada, followed v/ith a paper 
on Bees as Fertilizers of Flowers and 
Fruits. Bees carry Pear blight. Prof. 
Waite, of Washington, said that he had 
proved that bees convey the germs of Pear 
blight, by carrying them to the blossoms 
in the process of pollenlzatlon. Prof. S. A. 
Beach, of the Geneva Experiment Station, 
next gave his experiments in spraying 
trees in bloom. After many experiments 
he thinks it is not necessary to spray at 
this time, and does not recommend the 
practice. H. W. Colllngwood read an ad¬ 
dress on The Pomologlst and the Bee 
Keeper. 
Development and Needs of the North 
American Fruits was the subject of an ad¬ 
dress by L. Wolverton, Grimsby, Ontario. 
One trouble, he said, in making up ship¬ 
ments for distant markets, is a multiplicity 
of varieties. Standard varieties of known 
quality, in large shipments of a single va¬ 
riety of such frult.s, have proved generally 
profitable. Transportation companies have 
not always provided the best facilities for 
transportation. The cold storage has often 
been defective. Fruit needs to be graded 
according to .some established standard, 
and then placed in suitable packages. He 
had good success in shipping choice pears 
in half-bushel boxes, and apples in one- 
bushel boxes, to supply a demand from 
special trade. Prof. Geo. T. Powell, of 
Brlarcllff Manor, N. Y., continuing the dis¬ 
cussion of the subject, said that no class 
of buyers will pay as much for fine fruit 
as the English, and no others are so criti¬ 
cal. One cause of unsatisfactory shipments 
of apples Is allowing them to lie in piles 
too long in the orchards. Picking at the 
right time, correctly grading and honestly 
packing them in cold storage of the right 
temperature, will solve the problem of get¬ 
ting a profit in shipping fruit. Senator H. 
M. Dunlap, of Illinois, said he had visited 
Europe, and had observed the demand for 
American fruits, of best quality and hon¬ 
estly packed. Especially is this true in 
France. Maintain the reputation of our 
fruits, and we have the market. Charles 
Forster, exporter from New York City, re¬ 
ported a considerable growth in the apnle 
export trade. Our apples are coming in 
favor in nearly all foreign markets. Grad¬ 
ing and packing are the main essentials to 
succe.ss. in shipping all kinds of fruit. 
Fancy fruit should be packed in boxes of 
.')0 pounds. Steamship companies are study¬ 
ing the subject of cold storage in trans¬ 
portation, and will do all they can for ship¬ 
pers. He told how one shipper had sent 
Duchess pears in boxes to TJverpool, which 
sold at $1.43 per half-bushel box, and real¬ 
ized $1,000 per carload. 
Lessons from the Fruit Exhibit was the 
subject of general discussion, and it was 
the opinion of the majority of the mem¬ 
bers that five was the best number to place 
on the plate in exhibiting apples, pears, 
peaches and the large fruits, while for the 
smaller fruits, as plums and cherries. 10 
was the best number, also three bunches 
of grapes. Prof. L. C. Corbett, of Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., gave an account of apple 
growing in West Virginia. Prof. Green, of 
Minnesota, gave an account of fruit grow¬ 
ing in Minnesota. He said that after many 
trials of Russian and other varieties, "We 
have found a few which are desirable, 
adapted to our climate. We have a new 
horticultural building covering more than 
one acre. We have the largest horticul¬ 
tural society in the United States. We 
have proved that fruit of suitable varieties 
can be successfully grown In a locality 
where the temperature often goes 40 de¬ 
grees below zero.” 
The remainder of the session was taken 
by reading the reports of committees and 
transacting business. A motion was car¬ 
ried—after a long discussion—that here¬ 
after the papers read at a society meeting 
should be limited to 10 minutes and dis¬ 
cussions to five minutes. The Society’s 
fruit exhibit was displayed in Horticulture 
Hall at the Pan-American Exposition. 
The session Thursday afternoon was at 
this place, and the time was mostly spent 
in examining the large and excellent ex¬ 
hibits of the Society and the exhibition 
exhibits. 
The officers were reelected as follows: 
President, Chas. L. Watrous, Des Moines, 
Iowa; vice-president, Thos. Meehan, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa.; secretary, Wm. A. Taylor, 
Washington, D. C.; treasurer, L. R. Taft, 
Michigan Agricultural College. w. H. J. 
We have had a few trees of very fine 
Burbank and Ogon plums which we sold 
from our market stand at a good price. 
We received an average of one cent for 
three plums all the way through—selling 
them in one-quart berry baskets. A fine 
crop of Imperial Gage and Lombard plums 
(50 trees) is Just approaching maturity. I 
am engaging them at $2.25 per bushel. 
r. H. B. 
It Is said that ex-Governor Eaton, of 
Colorado, will receive this year $500,000 in¬ 
come from his farms. He bought 16,000 
acres 40 years ago from the Union Pacific 
Railroad for $1 per acre. This has been 
improved by irrigation, and is leased to 
farmers who pay a rental or work the land 
on shares. There are 5,000 acres in wheat, 
4,000 in Alfalfa, and 4,000 in potatoes. 
During the first six months of 1901, India 
and Ceylon exported 42,423,250 pounds of 
tea. This is one-fourth more than for the 
same period last year. Prices are very 
unsatisfactory on the common and lower 
grades, of which there is a large accumu¬ 
lation on the market. Under these con¬ 
ditions it would seem to be useless to at¬ 
tempt to raise tea in this country, where 
labor Is much more expensive than in tho 
East. 
Symbols or success 
A vacant chair and a portrait on tho 
wall—strange symbols of success ! Yet, 
in many a home these are the symbols 
of the success of the man who did not 
find time to care for his health, or neg¬ 
lected the increasing warnings of disease 
which Nature gave 
him. When the 
stomach is " weak" 
and food is imper¬ 
fectly digested and 
assimilated, it is 
only a question of 
time until the 
break-down comes. 
The stomach is the 
very center of vi¬ 
tal power and must 
be kept in health 
if sickness is to be 
avoided. Doctor 
Pierce’s Golden 
Medical Discovery 
cures diseases of 
the stomach and 
other organs of di¬ 
gestion and nutri¬ 
tion. It increases 
the supply of pure, 
rich blood, and 
gives the body 
strength to with¬ 
stand the strain 
put upon it by the 
struggle for suc¬ 
cess. 
«I was a sufferer 
from what the doctors 
called indigestion, but after trying several emi¬ 
nent physicians failed to get a cure,” writes Mr, 
Frank Mericle, of Independence, jfackson Co., 
Mo., Box 473 . «Some of my symptoms were 
soreness in pit of stomach, fullness, tired feel¬ 
ing, constipation; sometimes soreness would 
extend to bowels. Some one recommended me 
to take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, 
which I did, and after taking only a few txittle# 
of ‘Discewery’ and your ‘Pleasant Pellets’ can 
say I derived more benefit from them than any 
other medicine I ever tried. I began to gain 
flesh from the start. Have recommended it to 
others and will continue to do so.” 
The sluggish liver made active by Dr, 
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. 
BEFORE BUYING 
A NEW HARNESS alogue giv- 
scrlptlon and prices of all kinds of single and 
double harness and save 25 per cent. 
King Harness Co. 510 Church St., Owego.N.Y. 
GRINDS 
^ CRUSHES 
Ear and Shelled 
Corn, Oats, Rye, Etc. 
to li medium deKi^oofhneness for feeding purposes, 
^Crusher roll crushes the earsandat end oi crusher 
we place either hue or coarse grinding ptatds. 
Blue Dl ATCC corn, 
A, tnilC I LA I Cd shelled com, oats, 
\ ' rye and other small grain, where agoc^ med- 
T ium d^ree of feed is wanted. 
PLATES are for ear or shelled corn* 
where coarse chop feed is wanted and for 
^Crushing Ear Corn 
_ I to prepare It for a I- rench burr or any other 
millnot having cob crusher. Orunhes 2& bii* an hour. Can 
be run with 1 to 15 h* p« or power wind mill. Is strongaad 
durable, made of steel and iron. Hopper holds sack of com. 
Latest thing out, revolutionizes ear corn 
proposition. Send for tree catilni;giving full deacriptlon, 
MARVIN SMITH CO., SS-S9 N. Jefferson St., Chicago, III. 
DID A 
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forget; 
In time of need — for Granulated 
Scratches or Grease Heel, just develop¬ 
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Veterinary Pixine. 
It absorbs inflammation, penetrates to 
the bottom of sore, stimulates and builds 
up new cellular tissues, counteracts ef¬ 
fects of impure blood softens the fissures 
and sloughs off proud flesh. It is the most 
natural, scientific and vital healing oint¬ 
ment made. Money back if it fails to 
cure any sore, case of speed cracks or skin 
disease no matter how aggravated, what 
the cause or how long sLnding. 
It is an antiseptic, soothing ointment 
of marvelous penetrating healing power. 
2 oz., 25c.; 8 oz., SOc.; 5-lb. pkge., $4. 
At all druggists and dealers or sent prepaid. 
Money back If it falls. 
TROY CHEMICAL 00., TROY, R. Y. 
