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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 11 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Hay prices are unchanged. 
Choice honey is not in large supply. 
Furs are low, and market very dull. 
Bermuda onions are arriving freely. 
Butter has dropped slightly in price. 
Lettuce has been in light supply of late. 
The season is backward the country over. 
Catawba grapes are still on the fruit stands. 
A very few cranberries are still found in market. 
Duck and goose eggs are bringing good prices. 
Hops show no improvement, and sales are very 
slow. 
Evaporated apples have gone still lower in 
price. 
Wax beans sell higher than green, if clean and 
bright. 
Exports of bacon to Cuba are increasing largely 
of late.- 
Dried beans are very dull, with no improvement 
in price. 
Large numbers of hog-dressed veals have been 
received. 
Florida beans are in light supply, and sell at 
full prices. 
A light crop of maple sugar is predicted for 
this year. 
Choice apples are scarce, and sell readily at 
high prices. 
The law allows the sale of wild ducks, snipe 
and plover until April 30. 
Marrow squashes sell for a higher price than 
Hubbards in this market. 
It is reported that one-half of the Texas peach 
crop has been killed by frost. 
Heavy snow melted by heavy rains, has caused 
disastrous floods in many localities. 
A barrel of good turnips is now worth as much 
as a barrel of potatoes—something unusual. 
Hothouse lambs have arrived in only moderate 
numbers, but outside quotations are extreme. 
Fancy Florida strawberries sell readily at good 
prices, but many of the arrivals are too poor to 
fill the bill. 
Two car-loads of Merino sheep have been col¬ 
lected in Vermont to be sent to South Africa for 
breeding purposes. 
The demand for poultry has fallen off, and 
prices have declined considerably. Good turkeys 
sell well at fair prices. 
There is trouble among the peanut dealers, the 
Virginia combination being at war with the com¬ 
bination of western dealers. 
Egg prices have advanced somewhat and the 
market cleaned up well for the Easter trade. 
How it will be after this is over, is hard to tell. 
In spite of the low price and immense stock of 
old potatoes, new potatoes from Florida and Ber¬ 
muda are selling readily at considerably higher 
prices. 
Pittsburgh market quotations seem to run nearly 
the same as those in New York. This being the 
case, it would seem to be wise for western ship¬ 
pers to investigate that market more fully before 
shipping produce. 
A Philadelphia firm captured what is claimed 
to be the biggest bag contract ever awarded in 
this country. The number is 6,000,000—half cot¬ 
ton and half burlap—to be delivered to the Sugar 
Trust within the year beginning April 1, last. 
The number of coffee plantations in Costa Rica 
is said to be 8,595, containing no less than 26,282,- 
874 trees. Last year’s crop, according to official 
statistics, was approximately, 34,000,000 pounds, 
representing a value of more than $9,000,000. 
Pretty good for a republic of not much more than 
200,000 population. 
The supply of pineapples is expected to be 
about up to the average this year, in spite of re¬ 
ports to the contrary. The orchards in Cuba have 
not been molested materially, and other sources 
of supply have a tolerable crop. The Florida 
crop is fairly promising, notwithstanding the 
freeze of two years ago. 
It is stated that an ordinance has just been 
issued by the Secretary of the French Department 
of Agriculture providing that all cattle hereafter 
imported into France shall be subject to the 
tuberculin test. If, by such examination, it be 
learned that any animal is affected with tuber¬ 
culosis, the owner must either have it killed or 
send it back. If the animal is to be killed in 
France, it must be taken to a public slaughter 
house. The French Government has already 
provided for the inspection of all cattle owned 
and kept in the country. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Wind-up of Wisconsin Institutes.— The tenth 
winter campaign of Wisconsin Farmers’ Insti¬ 
tutes has just closed with the annual round-up 
institute at Watertown. Over 100 institutes have 
been held. At each meeting, five sessions are 
held, occupying two days. The institutes are as 
popular as ever. In most cases, the number in 
attendance is limited only by the capacity of the 
largest hall in the place. The institutes are a 
branch of the college of agriculture, a system of 
university extension for the benefit of the farm¬ 
ing community ; 50,000 copies of the bulletin are 
issued for free distribution. The meeting at 
Watertown continued for four days, and was 
attended by I’epresentative farmers of Wisconsin 
and neighboring States. The last day there was 
a conference of international institute workers. 
Wisconsin cheese has”had an excellent reputa¬ 
tion in the markets of the world, and its manu¬ 
facture has been a leading industry ; but of late, 
the manufacture and sale of filled cheese have 
been a great injury to the business. Strong 
resolutions were adopted at Watertown, denounc¬ 
ing the stuff and urging Congress to pass some 
law to prevent the fraud. a. c. h. 
Hard Times in Henry County, III.—This has 
been the hardest year ever known to the farmers 
in this vicinity. Oats yielded 14 bushels (on an 
average) of musty grain, worth 13 cents, and very 
little musty straw. Hay was a total failure, not 
cut. Hogs died of the cholera. Corn yielded 
35 or 40 bushels per acre, worth 23 cents. As these 
are the main crops in this locality, can any one 
figure any prosperity to the farmer where rent is 
$5 per acre ? f. n. 
Peach Buds at Pennsylvania Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. —An examination of the peach trees on the 
Pennsylvania Experiment Station grounds, on 
March 23, showed that the majority of the blos¬ 
som buds were in good condition. On some 
trees, nearly all the buds were sound. On a few 
trees, a considerable number were killed, the esti¬ 
mated per cent of killed buds being 40. One or 
two trees showed a somewhat larger proportion 
of buds killed. The greatest proportion of killed 
buds on any tree will, probably, reach about 60 
percent. The injury, at jiresent, is not sufficient 
seriously to injure the peach crop. If favorable 
conditions exist from this time until the peaches 
are set, the indications are that the peach buds 
killed at the present time may prove beneficial, 
rather than an injury, by thinning the fruit. 
G. C. w. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
THE STAR OF HOPE. 
“I had lost all 
hope and gone to 
my father’s to die,” 
said Mrs. Molib 
Evans, of Mound , 
Coryell Co ., Texas. 
‘‘I gave birth to a 
baby a year ago, the 
5 th of Tune last,” 
she adds, “and 
seemed to do very 
well for 8 or 9 days, 
and then I began to 
feel very bad, my 
feet began to swell, 
my stomach was all 
wrong and I seemed 
to suffer with every¬ 
thing that could be 
borne. I was in bed 
5 months and there 
was not a day that it 
seemed I could live. 
We had the best 
doctors that our 
country afforded. I 
was a skeleton. 
Every one that saw 
me thought that I 
would never pet 
well. I had palpita¬ 
tion and pain in the heart, terrible pain in 
my right side just under the ribs, terrible 
headaches all the time ; a bearing down 
sensation ; a distressed feeling in my stom¬ 
ach all the time ; could hardly eat anything 
and it looked as if I would starve. All the 
time I would take such weak trembling 
spells, and it seemed as if I could not stand 
it. There were six doctors treating me 
when I commenced taking your medicine. 
I had lost all hope and gone to my father’s 
to die. I commenced taking Dr. Pierce’s 
Golden Medical Discovery and his * Fa¬ 
vorite Prescription ’ together, and I took 
them regularly until I felt as if life was 
worth living again.” 
“I weigh more than I have weighed for 
ten years. My friends say that I look better 
than they ever saw me. The first two bot¬ 
tles did me more good than all the medicine 
I had taken. My stomach has never hurt 
me since. I can eat anything I want and as 
much as I want. If you want to use this in 
favor of your medicine, I am a living wit¬ 
ness to testify to it, and will, to anybody 
who wants to know further of my case.” 
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I UNJUST tax 
is contrary to 
every instinct of 
reason and equi¬ 
ty. Men and 
nations rebel 
against it. The 
man who buys 
“cheap” harvesting machinery is 
doomed to pay tribute to the man¬ 
ufacturer for replacing parts that 
break—parts that wear out too 
soon. This is unjust taxation. 
McCORMICK HarvestingMa- 
chines are built upon honor. They 
insure the purchaser against extor¬ 
tion for repairs; parts that should 
not break do not break, because 
scientific figuring enters into their 
construction; parts that wear do 
not show wear, and need not be re¬ 
placed until after long, hard ser¬ 
vice. The first cost of a McCor¬ 
mick is a little more than the first 
cost of other machines, but with 
the McCormick you get more than 
you pay for, while with the others 
you pay for more than you get. 
The new McCormick Light-Running 
Open Elevator Harvester and Binder, 
the McCormick No. 4 Steel Mower 
and the McCormick Corn Harvester 
are unequalled for capacity, light- 
draft, efficiency of service and long 
life. Built, sold and guaranteed by the 
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., 
Chicago. 
Agents Everywhere. 
S SAW MILL. 4 H. P. and 
larger. Corn and Feed Mills 
Hay Presses &WaterWheels 
DELOACH MILL MFG. CO.. Box 367, Atlanta, Ga 
FOR SALE 
CHEAP. One Perpetual Baling 
Press. Size of bale 14 x 16 inches 
3 feet, weighing 100 to 125 pounds. For full particu¬ 
lars addiess F. H. TUTH1LL. Rocky Point. N. Y. 
The Zephaniah Breed 
Weeder and Cultivator 
Will work corn, sugar-cane, potatoes, peas, beans, 
squashes, melons, cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbages, 
beets, carrots, parsnips, cauliflower, celery, onions 
(think of it. onions!) strawberry plantations (both 
new and old), asparagus (during cutting season) and 
many other crops, all witboutothereultivation, hand- 
hoeing or hand-weeding, while for grain fields they 
have no equal. 
Our No. 1 and 2 (two horse) will work clean 25 to 28 
acres per day. Nos. 3, 4 and 5 (one horse) will work 
15 to 18 acres per day. With our No. 8 one man’s time 
will care for five to seven acres of onions until they 
are 94 -inch in diameter without hand weeding. 
Send to-day for circular describing nine sizes and 
styles of Sulky, Walking and Hand machines. It also 
contains an article on “ Weeds and Tillage,” by Prof. 
Taft, of the Michigan Agricultural College. “ Shallow 
vs. Deep Cultivation.” by Prof. Hunt, of Ohio Agricul¬ 
tural College, and “ How I Grow 3(X) to 400 bushels of 
Potatoes in Massachusetts,” by C. W. Russell, Esq., of 
Upton. Mass., an authority on potato culture. Address 
Desk No. 12, The Z. Breed Weeder Co. 
26 Merchants Row , Boston , Mass. 
Eclipse Corn Planter 
Will plant 
Cern, Beans, 
Peas and Beet 
Seed in hills, 
drills <fc checks, 
i n distances 
desired. It is 
the only Planter that will distribute all fertilizers, 
wet or dry, with a certainty, in different amounts, 
each side of seed. Send for circulars. 
ECLIPSE CORN PLANTER CO., 
Enfield, Grafton. Co.. New Hampshire. 
Being specialists in the manufac¬ 
ture of spray pumps, we produce a 
superior article. Our Barrel and 
Bucket Pumps are unsurpassed. 
PRAY PUMP 
| Nc Codlin Moth. Bugs, Curculio, 
etc , escape where our pumps are 
used Write for circulars. Big 
, money for agents. We pay the freight. 
j, ASHLAND MFC. CO. Box "B,” Ashland 
THE IMPROVED 
Excelsior Powder Duster 
OR DRY SPRAYER. 
One acre per hour. Simple, 
Effective. AGENTS WANTED 
$ Circulars Free. 
The Excelsior Company, 
New Haven. Conn. 
ROUGH ON THE CAT 
But the rest of the family greatly 
pleased . 
The No. 5 United States Cream Separator gives the 
best of satisfaction. It makes the good wife laugh, the 
hired man smile, and the cat cry out, “no more skim 
milk, for it is too thin and poor for me.” The Separator 
does its work perfectly, runs easily and steadily. We 
could not do without it. R. L. FROST, 
March 30, 1896. West Brattleboro, Vt. 
SEND FOR A NEW CAT 
alogue giving full details, free to all. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Bradley’s Standard Fertilizers are eminently adapted 
I for growing Sweet Corn, either with or without stable 
manure. This is one of many letters received from 
delighted growers everywhere. Burlington, mass., nov. 26, i«». 
“ On April 241 planted sweet corn on apiece of sandy loam on a side hill slanting to the east containing 
1 acre and 60 rods. I spread 1,800 pounds of Bradley’s Fertilizer broadcast, and put 700 pounds in the hill. I 
No other fertilizer was used. Although the crop was twice cut down by the frosts, I began marketing it 
August 8 . The yield was fully 600 boxes. After harvesting the corn, I sowed the piece to grass with¬ 
out further fertilization and have a fine catch. I have used your goods for twenty years and have invar 
riably gotten good results from them.” F. E. Ham. 
Bbadley Fertilizer Company, Boston, Rochester, N. Y., Cleveland, Ohio and Local Agents everywhere. 
