1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
765 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
NEW YORK. 
BOOK BULLETIN 
FOR SALE BY THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
The Stort of Germ Life, by Prof. H. 
W. Conn. Modern methods in agriculture 
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with the germ theories of the scientists. 
Prof. Conn’s book throws much light upon 
these tiny organisms, and their war 
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The Life of the Bee, by Maurice Mae¬ 
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Cooking Caulifiower. 
Fruit Packages. 
Country Roads. 
Chemicals and Clover. 
Canning and Preserving. 
Memory Training. 
Milk Making and Marketing. 
The Modification of Plants by Climate. 
THE RURAL NEW YORKER, 
409 Pearl Street, New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
STRING BEANS.—“Where do the string 
beans and peas come from which I see 
quoted in New York now?” asks a reader. 
Before the northern crop is out of the mar¬ 
ket southern growers have plantings which 
are ready to be shipped in and fill the 
gap. Most of those now received come 
from Virginia and the Carolinas. The 
trade is not large on account of the va¬ 
riety of other vegetables at this season. 
Half-barrel baskets of both peas and beans 
wholesale at $1 to $1.25. 
WHEAT EXPORT trade this season has 
been disappointing to many dealers, while 
some have met with severe losses. The 
early reports of short crops in Germany 
and Prance were very much exaggerated, 
and this led to excessive speculation both 
in wheat futures and ocean freight en¬ 
gagements. Buyers engaged steamer room 
months ahead at high prices. In many 
cases they were unable to sub-let this 
satisfactorily, and in order to avoid total 
loss of freight engaged, were obliged to 
ship at times when conditions in foreign 
markets were unfavorable. This is one of 
the snags that speculators run against, and 
long experience in business cannot save 
them from losses of this sort. Crop esti¬ 
mates are valuable in their way, but there 
is so much opportunity for error in them 
that the only report which it is safe to de¬ 
pend upon is the one made after harvest. 
CABBAGE is for sale in this market 
during the whole year. The first of the 
northern crop is brought in from Long 
Island about the middle of July, and later 
large quantities come from central New 
York and neighboring States. This supply 
continues until the latter part of April, 
when $10 to $15 per ton is a common price. 
In March the new crop from Florida be¬ 
gins to arrive. The first of this is usually 
small and inferior, and has but a limited 
sale at from $1.50 to $2.25 per barrel crate. 
Early in May the Charleston and Norfolk 
crop is on the way. As old cabbage is then 
practically out of the market, the price 
usually runs up to $2.50 to $3 per barrel 
crate. The heads are small, but the qual¬ 
ity is fair, and sales are quite satisfac¬ 
tory until the new northern crop comes in 
better condition and quality, and takes its 
place. The Long Island crop within haul¬ 
ing distance (20 or 25 miles) is brought in 
in wagons piled up as high as small loads 
of hay, and covered with canvas. That 
from a distance comes loose in cars, and 
thus has to be handled so much that the 
outer leaves get torn and have to be re¬ 
moved. Considerable cabbage is repacked 
in barrels or crates and shipped from New 
York to suburban or more distant towns. 
This is done with many other kinds of 
produce, and it sometimes happens that 
this stuff is shipped back to towns through 
which the farmer has passed with his load 
of produce in coming to New York. At 
present Long Island cabbage sells for $2 
to $3.50 per 100. w. w. h. 
National Grange Meeting. 
The thirty-fifth annual session of the 
National Grange will be held at Lewiston, 
Me., commencing November 13. Most of 
the railroads make the usual concession of 
one and one-third fare for round trip. Full 
fare must be paid for the ticket to Lewiston. 
The agent will give a certificate which is 
to be signed by the secretary of the Na¬ 
tional Grange, and the special railroad 
agent at some time during the meeting. 
On presenting this to the ticket agent at 
Tjewiston, a return ticket for continuous 
passage over the same line will be Issued 
at one-third fare. Agents at small sta¬ 
tions should be notified in advance, as the 
blank certificates are not distributed to all 
stations unless ordered, and the reduced 
rate from Lewiston cannot be obtained 
without this proof that a full fare has been 
paid to the meeting. 
Cost of Grain Shipments. 
At the recent meeting of the National 
Grain Dealers’ Association at Des Moines, 
Iowa, Gov. Shaw said among other things: 
“When the first bushel of wheat was 
transported by rail from the Missouri 
River to the Atlantic Ocean, thence by 
ship to Liverpool, it cost 61 cents thus to 
market it. It now costs 2114 cents to take 
a bushel of wheat from the Missouri River 
to Liverpool. This is due to Improved road¬ 
beds, lighter grades, fewer curves, heavier 
iron and larger locomotives. Our people 
all understand this and they are both cpn- 
tented and happy. They are building bet¬ 
ter houses, planning better schools, put¬ 
ting more pianos in their parlors, more 
books on their shelves, more sunshine in 
their homes and are advancing the prices 
of their farms. These can now be rented 
for cash and will pay a better Income for 
twice their market value than Government 
bonds at current quotations.” 
Doo AND Moon. —There seemed to be just 
a shade of annoyance in Hope Farm Notes 
caused primarily by seemingly unjust criti¬ 
cism or pure nagging. Remember the 
Hoosler farmer’s dog story. Every moon¬ 
light night the dog sat on a sycamore 
stump and bayed at the moon. The dog 
was gritty, and kept at it, but the moon 
never showed any irritation, not even that 
tired feeling; went and got full just as 
usual, and gave forth its reflected light. 
People sometimes have wondered why the 
moon did not take a vacation and stayt a 
school of gentility for curs. e. d. r. 
Speaking of the prairie dog pest in that 
State a Kansas man says: “There are at 
least ten millions m western Kansas 'hat 
are plowing up the ground and ravaging 
the fields of what grain can be found. 
They will eat anything from pumpkin seed 
t(' a scrub oak sapling, and seem to thrive 
where no other living thing can exist." 
The last Kansas Legislature appropriated 
$5,000 to be used in efforts to exterrnin.ate 
the animals. Numerous experiments were 
tried, but the results were not satisfactorv. 
Now some one comes forward with a prop¬ 
osition to vaccinate these pests with hydro¬ 
phobia, and set them to killing each other. 
C.5.TS AND Fleas.- In a pamphlet Issued 
by the Department of Agriculture the fol¬ 
lowing is credited to a New York paper; 
“An excellent way to get rid of fleas is 
used by a lady in Chicago, who owns some 
of the best cats in America. She has ready 
a square of cotton batting and a square 
of cotton cloth, placing the cat in me 
center of the batting, which has been laid 
over the cloth; she rubs strong spirits of 
camphor quickly into the fur and then 
gathers the corners of the batting and 
cloth tight around the neck of the animal. 
She has a fine comb ready and a dish of 
hot water, for the pests, w'ho detest the 
camphor, will run to the head of the cat, 
and must be combed out and plunged Into 
the scalding water. Hundreds of them, 
however, will jump from the cat and lodge 
in the cotton batting, where their scaly 
feet stick in the cotton so that they can¬ 
not get away. When the fleas cease to 
run out on to the head of the cat she 
judges that they have deserted the cat. 
The animal is then let out of the batting 
bag, and the latter carefully carried to 
the kitchen and deposited In the stove. 
The scent of the camphor clings to the 
cat for some time and acts as a preventive. 
A whole cattery may be cleaned out in 
this way.” 
Oil-burning Locomotives.— On some of 
the western and soutnwestern railroads 
crude petroleum is to be used as fuel in 
the place of coal. Of course, this will 
mean a change in the shape and size of 
the engine, since burning a liquid fuel is 
a very different thing from a coal burner. 
A report from California gives the follow¬ 
ing description of a new oil-burning en¬ 
gine: “In the oil-burning locomotive just 
constructed for the North Pacifle Coast 
Railroad the cab is placed at the head of 
the locomotive over the cowcatcher and 
the smokestack is set at the rear end. The 
tender trails behind with its oil and water 
tanks, and the fluids from both are fed to 
boiler and furnace in the customary way, 
the oil pipe being led around the body of 
the boiler to the Are box, which opens as 
usual in the cab.” 
Rabies or Hydrophobia.- Bulletin No. 
79 from the Pennsylvania Department of 
Agriculture gives an excellent account of 
this dread disease. The following direc¬ 
tions are given for the benefit of persons 
who may be bitten: “In the event of a 
bite by an animal supposed to be mad the 
wound should be cauterized as soon as 
possible with fuming nitric acid. This 
should be thoroughly applied to all parts 
of the wound, making sure that there are 
no pockets or recesses which escape the 
action of the acid. If such cauterization 
is carried out within 24 hours of the recep¬ 
tion of the wound, the danger is very much 
lessened, and if done within a few hours 
the protection is absolute. In the absence 
of fuming nitric acid the hot iron or the 
thermo-cautery, or even strong antiseptics 
may be used, but experiments have shown 
that nitric acid is the most efficient. The 
Invariable rule should be; Cauterize as soon 
as possible, and in the meantime do everything 
to get the virus out of the wound, by washing 
in an abundance of water, enlarging the 
wound and encouraging free bleeding by 
cupping or the application of ligatures 
around the limb above the site of injury. 
Osier advises that the wound be kept open 
for five or six weeks. The animal which 
inflicted the wound should in no case be 
killed, but should be eaptured, if possible, and 
confined for ibservation. In this way it is 
often possible to determine positively with¬ 
in a day or two whether the animal was 
really rabid, and much anxiety spared the 
bitten person. As soon as the animal dies 
the whole head should be cut off c’ose to 
the shoulders, packed in ice and s^nt to 
the nearest laboratory for examination. ’. 
The R. N.-Y. is very helpful to us. Some 
object to it on account of its embracing 
such a range of country in its agricultural 
information, but this is interesting, and in 
the case of crop reports highly valuable. 
Such articles as those by H. E. Cook and 
others on the details of crop and especially 
corn cultivation are very useful to us. The 
articles you print on soil renovation are 
also useful. We live in quite a grain¬ 
growing section, silos are becoming gen¬ 
eral, and with them more cattle feeding. 
Moore, Ont. T. n. w. 
Of 1533 Orange Street, Los Angeles, Cal., 
writes: " I had been afflicted with my 
eyes for over a year with such a dreadful 
itching and inflammation tliat I could 
not use them for anything. Physicians 
had given me many different remedies 
which were like using so much water; 
they measured my eyes for glasses, which 
I got and wore tor some time, but they 
did not benefit me in the least. My 
mother desired me to write to Dr. R. V. 
Pierce and explain the condition of my 
eyes. I did so, and after following your 
advice, and using eight bottles of the 
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‘ (jolden Medical Discovery,’ can say my 
trouble is entirely cured. I would advise 
any one so afflicted to try these wonder¬ 
ful medicines. My health was never so 
good as it is now, and I shall never tire 
of praising Dr. Pierce’s medicines.” 
Sick women are invited to consult Dr. 
Pierce by letter and secure a specialist’s 
advice /ree of charge. 
BUFFALO, N.Y. 
AIL CORIIESPONDENCE PRIVATE. 
DRY BRONCHITIS. 
From Dr. Hunter’s Lectures on the Prog¬ 
ress of Medical Science in Lung Diseases. 
There is another form, called dry bron¬ 
chitis, in which the matter expectorated 
is neither profuse nor watery nor puru¬ 
lent. It is a glutinous kind of stuff, of a 
bluish white or pearly gray color. The 
chronic inflammation which causes it 
thickens the mucous membrane, thereby 
narrowing the tubes through which we 
breathe, and shortening and oppressing 
the breath. Often tubes of considerable 
size become completely clogged by this 
tough phlegm, causing great difficulty in 
breathing. 
Of all the forms of bronchitis this is the 
most common. It is the most insidious of 
lung complaints. Those suffering from it 
have at first only a slight cough; it may 
be only a trifling coughing spell in the 
morning; they have a chilly sensation in 
the forenoon, and toward evening are 
feverish. 
There is always a feeling of more or less 
tightness and oppression In the chest, 
which is relieved from time to time by 
coughing up a quantity of the tough, jelly- 
like matter before described. Sometimes 
the cough comes on in paroxysms, attend¬ 
ed by great oppression and distress, like 
asthma. On inquiry of a person so affect¬ 
ed if he has any lung trouble he will al¬ 
most certainly answer. No, and yet during 
your conversation will perhaps hack and 
raise this jelly-like mucus half a dozen 
times. 
Here we have a lung disease which di¬ 
rectly tends to consumption, and has most 
of the symptoms of that disease, and yet 
is not consumption at all. When it ends 
fatally, as it often does, an examination 
of the lungs reveals neither tubercles, 
ulceration nor the bacilli of tuberculosis. 
In such cases death generally results 
from suffocation caused by a sudden at¬ 
tack of congestion, which, supervening on 
the chronic disease, fills the lungs with 
viscid mucus that the patient, in his weak¬ 
ened condition, is unable to raise. 
Bronchitis is not generally treated with 
success, because the proper remedies are 
not applied to the diseased tubes within 
the lungs. I had the good fortune some 
years ago to discover and successfully ap¬ 
ply a local treatment for this and other 
lung complaints. I made the air which the 
patient breathes the carrier of the remedies 
which are necessary for his cure. Instead 
of sending them on a roundabout way 
through the stomach and general system, 
I introduce them directly into the air 
tubes and cells of the lungs, where the 
disease and all the danger lies, and I know 
by ample experience that this treatment 
is the only hope there is for the cure of 
any form of bronchial or lung diseases. 
Readers mentioning The Rural New- 
Yorker can obtain Dr. Hunter’s book. 
“The Lungs and Their Diseases,” abso¬ 
lutely FREE by addressing Dr. Robert 
Hunter Association, 117 W. 45th Street. 
New York City 
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