1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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MARKET NOTES 
FEATHERS.—Readers ask how they can 
dispose to best advantage of the feathers 
from poultry dressed for the holiday trade. 
They may be shipped to the same dealers who 
handle the poultry in New York, who will 
hold them until picked up by feather buyers 
who come around the markets regularly. 
Those who have large quantities of feathers 
to ship would better write to dealers in bed¬ 
ding supplies, as Taylor & Ellis, 261-263 
Canal St., New Y'ork. 
A MILK RAID. A number of Paterson, 
N. J., milk dealers had a visit from a force of 
State inspectors November 18, and the result 
was that large quantities of watered milk 
were dumped into the gutter, thus making a 
temporary milk famine. This is the result of 
the enforcement of the pure food law which 
went into effect November 1. The law is 
very severe, and. if it be thoroughly en¬ 
forced, many New .Tersey frauds will find it 
necessary to look for other pastures. 
GLUCOSE HONEY.—The Chicago pure 
food Inspectors are after those who are putting 
various adulterated products on the market. 
One of their latest finds was a lot of ex¬ 
tracted honey from California, which chemi¬ 
cal analysis showed to be more than half 
glucose. They gave the consignee the choice 
of selling it as a glucose mixture or sending 
It back, and he did the latter. Glucose is 
particularly adapted to the adulteration of 
syrups, honey and brown sugar, as it is of a 
beautiful light amber color and mixes in well. 
It is agreeable to the taste and not harmful, 
hut is a fraud because it gives bulk without 
adding much sweetening power to these prod¬ 
ucts. When brown sugar was used more 
largely than at present, people frequently 
complained that it took an unusual quantity 
to sweeten a cup of coffee. This was owing 
to the glucose, which has a habit of dis¬ 
solving and disappearing without leaving a 
trace of Itself by way of any peculiar flavor. 
At one time a large amount of what was 
called “corn syrup” was sold in Ohio and 
neighboring States. This was evidently 
largely glucose. It cost 40 cents per gallon, 
and was extensively used in boarding houses 
as a lubricant for pancakes. 
APPLES.—Pacific coast apple men now 
have an unusual opportunity. Ordinarily Cali¬ 
fornia and Oregon apples are so expensive 
that they are considered luxuries, and com¬ 
paratively few are sold in New York. This 
year the crop in the East was so short that 
Western boxed apples can nearly compete 
in price with the better grades of home¬ 
grown fruit. Of course in a season of plenty 
this trade would be impossible, for New 
England and the Middle States can produce 
as fine apples as ai-e grown anywhere, and 
there are thousands of acres of land here 
particularly well suited to apple culture, 
which with intelligent handling could greatly 
Increase the output of good fruit. The pres¬ 
ent high prices for apples are likely to stir 
up a good many people to go into the busi¬ 
ness who have but a dim idea of what is 
necessai-y to produce prime fruit. They think 
that an orchard can be set out and left to 
fight its own battles with tough sod, worms 
and diseases. About all that they do is to 
trim roughly now and then, and harvest the 
fruit. Such orchards, unless they chance to 
bear in an off year, are never profitable, for 
the low-grade fruit will hardly pay for hand¬ 
ling in an apple year. What does find its 
way to market is a nuisance, and goes for 
almost any price that is offered. The margin 
of pi'oflt in an orchard producing the best 
apples is small in a season of plenty, and 
those whose fruit is better than the average 
are usually disgusted with the business, when 
they get only 40 or 50 cents per barrel, as 
is sometimes the case. The remedy lies in 
better fruit and Improved methods of market¬ 
ing. The small package (box or keg) has 
come to stay. The extent of this trade will 
depend upon the interest growers take in it 
and the pressure they put upon their receivers 
to bring this small package to the notice of 
consumers, so that they may know that a 
convenient quantity may be had in a pack¬ 
age direct from the grower. 1 noticed a box 
of California Spitzeubergs. Each apple was 
wrapped in paper, and they had been so care¬ 
fully handled that the natural bloom re¬ 
mained. There were four layers, each con¬ 
taining 32, all packed one way. The price 
asked for the box was $3. It is doubtful 
whether it would pay to take such extreme 
care in making shipments to New Y'ork from 
nearby points. In that case the two essen¬ 
tials would be good fruit and a package 
small enough to be handled by an ordinary 
family without facilities for storing a whole 
barrel. w. w. H. 
LIVE POULTRY IN NEW YORK. 
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Probably few outsiders are aware of the 
extent of this trade, and doubtless a great 
many who have lived in New York all their 
lives scarcely know that live poultry is sold 
here at all. The reasons are that the trade 
is restricted to certain sections of the city, 
and practically to one class of people, the 
Jews. The city authorities try to keep this 
business bunched together, so that they may 
watch it and enforce sanitary rules. As is 
well known, the religious regulations of the 
.Tews require that all meats eaten by them 
shall be killed by their own butchers and in 
their peculiar way. The following facts were 
obtained from Charles Collins, a live poultry 
dealer on Jay Street, New York: 
“Where do the largest quantities of live 
poultry come from?” 
“I'he West and Southwest. Indiana sends 
more than any other State.” 
“What proportion of the trade is with the 
.lews?” 
“Practically all: dressed poultry is used 
for all but the Jewish trade. There are 
really no other butchers now who make a 
business of killing their own poultry.” 
“Is there any trade with suburban resi¬ 
dents who want to keep a few fowls?” 
“A very little. This is more especially 
with people who go to the country for a 
time during the Summer and take along a few 
to fatten and kill as they want them.” 
“How extensive is this live-poultry busi¬ 
ness ?” 
“The average weekly receipts are 35 or 
40 cars. During the Jewish holidays of 
Spring and Fall, the demand is about doubled, 
75 or 80 cars per week being used.” 
“What kinds of poultry are most desii*ed?” 
“Fowls, ducks and geese. More chickens 
than usual were used this Fall on account 
of the poor quality of many of the fowls, 
which were moulting. The quality for the 
Jewish holiday trade must be better than at 
other seasons. They i)refer large, fat fowls, 
the larger the better. Those weighing eight 
or nine pounds are most desired. For the 
dressed poultry trade these are too heavy, 
four or five pounds being best. These extra 
large fowls come chiefly from Burlington 
County, New Jersey.” 
One reason why the Jews wish very fat 
poultry is that they use the grease in the 
place of lard, the latter being a product of 
swine, which is forbidden food to them. The 
receipts of live poiUtry from nearby sec¬ 
tions show a large proportion of culls. Farm¬ 
ers go over their flocks and pick out the old 
and worn-out hens. Speculators come around 
and buy these up for shipment. In Indiana 
and other sections where a business is made 
of raising poultry for shipment alive, the 
conditions are different, and only a moderate 
proportion of culls is found in such receipts. 
But few pullets are sent, the majority being 
fowls and cockerels. Mr. Collins said he 
had Just paid three cents extra per pound to 
get a lot of pullets. 
MUk Notes. 
The ground is white with snow, and has 
been for three or four days. Wild geese are 
flying South ; the writer saw a flock of 60 
to-day (November 18). Cows are stabled day 
and night: the sudden cold weather gives 
them a ravenous appetite. They consume as 
much food now, or more, than at any time 
during the year. The flow of milk has short¬ 
ened one-third in the past few days, in spite 
of liberal feeding. It has been a very 
“milky” Fall; both the feed and the weather 
have been favorable for a large flow. The 
Chenango Valley Dairy Company receive about 
110 cans of milk per day at their coSpera- 
tive creamery. Some milk is shipped, the 
remainder is made into butter, and the skim- 
milk into curd. I’atrons received for their 
milk during July 80 cents, August 88 cents, 
September 83.2 cents per can of 40 quarts. 
Cows are in good condition and health. Fresh 
cows bring from $30 to $45. Mill feed is 
high in price ; Spring bran $20, Winter bran 
$21, middlings $22, hominy $23, cornmeal 
$26, gluten feed $23, malt sprouts $19, dairy 
feed $21 per ton. Farmers in this locality 
will not he obliged to purchase as much mill 
feed as last Winter, as the corn and hay 
crops were good. We have a great many 
silos in this section, and all are filled. The 
silo is indispensable to the dairyman making 
Winter milk. k. c. j. 
Greene, N. Y. 
National Horse Show. 
The annual exhibition of the National 
Horse Show Association was held in Madison 
Square Garden, New York, during the week 
ending November 23. This show is gaining 
in popularity each year, the one Just past 
eclipsing all previous records in attendance 
and the number of animals entered. There 
were 1,434 entries, 200 more than last year. 
One reason given for this increased general 
interest is the success attained by American 
racers during the past season, both here and 
in Europe. The performances of these speedy 
animals are so thoroughly advertised by the 
newspapers that new interest is aroused in 
many who have but little to do with horses 
ordinarily In business or pleasure. No com¬ 
mon horses are shown here. They are the 
best of their types, and most of them have had 
special training for this work. They include 
all classes e.xcept the heaviest draft animals, 
to which but little attention is given. Prob¬ 
ably there is no better place to study all 
kinds of horses, and the farmer and breeder 
within reasonable distance of New York can 
spend two or three days to good advantage 
in looking over the show. Opportunity is 
given to examine the animals in their stalls, 
as well as to see them on exhibition in the 
ring. But few farmers would be able to give 
the time and allentiou necessary to finish a 
horse for the class of trade here represented, 
but they can see what type of raw material 
is wanted, and those who intend to raise colts 
might as well produce those that will sell for 
$300 as $100. The Hackney has lost a little 
of the popularity which he had two or three 
years ago, but still he is a favorite with 
many people, and no one can help admiring 
his strength and beauty and the business-like 
way in which he handles his work. Of course, 
jumpers, trotters, high-school horses and 
other special performers, attract most atten¬ 
tion. Probably next in popularity come light 
roadsters, of which a great variety is seen. 
They are clean-gaited animals with plenty 
of speed and life for general use, the kind that 
make driving a real pleasure. There is but 
little danger of overstocking the market with 
horses of this type. w. w. H. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
Readers having good hay for sale will do 
well to write to F. D. Hewitt, 120 Liberty 
St., New Y'ork. 
The week’s wash still remains the hardest 
work confronting the farm housewife. It is 
possible, however, to lessen the exertion by 
adopting modern labor-saving appliances, and 
among these the “1900” washer holds a high 
rank. Write for catalogue and full particu¬ 
lars to “1900” Washer Co., 143 P State St., 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
FARMP3RS and stock raisers who have used 
Brighton’s Swine “V” highly commend it as 
the most effective and humane device for 
preventing hogs from rooting. It is also 
useful as a stock marker and calf dlshorner. 
But write for circulars and then you’ll know 
all about it. Address Farmer Brighton, 
Fairfield, Ohio. 
Several weeks ago The R. N.-Y. had an 
article on bone cutters, in which the fact was 
mentioned that strong power is required to 
turn the crank on some of these machines. 
People who know what they are talking about 
say that the newer cutters are fitted with ball 
bearings and other devices which greatly re¬ 
duce the power formerly required. The 
manufacturers offer an easy solution of this 
matter. They send the cutter on 30 days’ 
trial. That gives a poultryman plenty of 
opportunity to test his strength on them, and 
surely nothing could be fairer! No one can 
question the great value of cut bone for 
poultry. 
Do you turn your horses out for the 
Winter? If so, we want to call your at¬ 
tention to a very important matter. Horses 
which have been used steadily at work, either 
on the farm or road, have quite likely had 
some strains whereby lameness or enlarge¬ 
ments have been caused. Or perhaps new 
life is needed to be infused into their legs. 
Gombault’s Caustic Balsam applied as per 
directions. Just as you are turning the horse 
out, will be of great benefit; and this is the 
time when it can be used very successfully. 
One great advantage in using this remedy 
is that after it is applied It needs no care 
or attention, but does its work well and at a 
time when the horse is having a rest. Of 
course it can be used with equal success 
while hoivses are in the stable. 
It’S Time wasted 
And strength wasted, to try to push 
back the rising tide with a broom. 
It’s just as great a waste of time and 
a far more serious waste of strength 
to try to push back the rising tide 
of disease with the ” nervines,” ” com¬ 
pounds” and "nerve foods” which 
simply drug the nerves into a drunk¬ 
en stupor. They make you feel 
good? So does whisky, while the 
feeling lasts, but the reaction is dan¬ 
gerous and deadly. Dr. Pierce’s 
Golden Medical Discovery is a tem¬ 
perance medicine. It contains no al¬ 
cohol, opium, cocaine or other nar¬ 
cotic. It strengthens the body by 
purifying the blood and increasing 
the supply of that vital fluid. It 
heals diseases of the stomach and or¬ 
gans of digestion and nutrition and 
thus removes the obstacles to a per¬ 
fect nourishment of the whole body. 
”Six years ago my stomach and heart 
troubled me so much I had to do something, 
as the doctors could not help me,” writes 
Mrs. S. A. Knapp, of San Jose, California, 
Box 392 . "I went to San Francisco and had 
treatment for catarrh of the stomach and 
was better for some time, then it came back. 
I then used Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical 
Discovery and ‘Pleasant Pellets.’ These 
medicines cured my stomach. I do not 
have the pain and indigestion as I did. 
It is very hard for me to 
tell you what I suffered be¬ 
fore I commenced taking 
your valuable medicine. 
I recommend it to all 
the sufferers whom I 
meet.” 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant 
Pellets strengthen and 
stimulate the liver. 
BRONCHIAL CONSUMPTION. 
From Dr. Robert Hunter’s Lecture* on 
Lung: Diseases. 
Of the many forms of Bronchitis, thri 
one most alarming of all is that In whichi 
the symptoms closely resemble those of’ 
consumption, and hence called consumptive: 
bronchitis, or bronchial consumption. Youi 
must not, however, understand from its: 
name that it Is really tuberculosis in char¬ 
acter, or produced by the bacilli wMchi 
cause true consumption. 
In all lung cases I require a portion oC 
the expectorated matter coughed up by the: 
patient to be brought to me, or sent in a:- 
small bottle by express, before giving a 
definite opinion of the disease. If, on ex¬ 
amination, I find the tubercle bacilli pres¬ 
ent, the case is consumption; and If no 
bacilli—Bronchitis. A large percentage of 
those who die of lung disease, supposed 
to be consumption, are really deaths by 
chronic bronchitis resembling consumption. 
A remarkable instance in verification of 
this recently occurred. A lady was brought 
to me in what appeared the last stage of 
consumption. Her physicians had told her 
husband that she could not live a week. 
She had a bad cough, puriform expectora¬ 
tions, night sweats and was wasted almost 
to skin and bone. Judging by her symp¬ 
toms and appearance, it was impossible: 
not to fear that she had come too late. Oni 
sounding her chest, how'ever, I was sur¬ 
prised to find no solidification by tubercles,, 
and on examining her sputum a total ab¬ 
sence of the bacilli. The history, too, of 
her sickness revealed that It had followed 
an attack of whooping cough and grippe. 
So. although her pulse was 120 a minute, 
and so feeble as to be hardly perceptible, 
and the wasting of her body so extreme 
that she could not stand without support. 
I did not hesitate to pronounce the disease 
bronchial, and give it as my opinion that, 
if we could sustain her strength long 
enough for remedies to act, she would be 
saved. She was Immediately placed under 
medicated air treatment, with tonics to im¬ 
part appetite and digestives to help the 
enfeebled stomach to transform nourish¬ 
ments Into chyle and blood. Within a 
week she showed signs of Improvement. 
Her progress was necessarily slow, as the 
healing powers of the body were nearly ex¬ 
hausted before the first inhalation was 
given, but she gradually acquired more and 
more strength, and within six weeks was 
able to take short walks in the open air. 
She recovered perfectly in about six 
months, and is alive and well to-day. 
This case shows the importance of a cor¬ 
rect diagnosis and proper adaptation of the 
treatment of the conditions to be remedied. 
Had the true nature of her disease not 
been discovered Just when it was, she 
would have lost her life through wrong 
treatment, and been recorded as another 
death by consumption. 
Every form of bronchitis is curable by 
local antiseptic and healing remedies ap¬ 
plied directly to the lungs by medicated 
air Inhalation, but none of them by stom¬ 
ach treatment. The stomach la not the 
part affected. The air tubes and cells of 
the lungs are the seat of eyery bronchial 
disease, and unless remedies capable of 
changing their bad secretions and healing 
the Inflamed tubes are applied to them, 
cure is impossible. 
Readers mentioning The Ruhat, New 
Yorker can obtain Dr. Hunter’s book. 
“The Lungs and Their Diseases,” abso¬ 
lutely FREE by addressing Dr. Robert 
Hunter Association, 117 W. 4.^th Street, 
New York City. 
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Oil Tobacco Soap No. 6. 
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Kegs, lOU lbs. ea., 5c. lb. Bbls., aboutt36 Ibi., SJ^o.lb 
Kegs. 170 lbs. ea., 4)^o. lb. 
Large quantities Special Rates. Send for Clrcolars. 
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WROUGHT IRON PIPE 
Good condition, used short time only; new threads 
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