1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
/S THERE MARKET FOR SHREDDED STALKS? 
HOW ABOUT CLOVER HAY AND STRAW ? 
Is “ corn hay ” (the baled corn stalks after passing through the 
husking and shredding machines) quoted in the hay markets ? Is 
this product sold, and at what price ? Do you think it possible that 
a market could be made for it ? Has the demand for clover hay 
increased during the past few years ? Will city men buy it for 
feeding horses ? Have peat moss, shavings and other substitutes 
for bedding, made any difference in the sales of straw for that 
purpose ? 
Answers from Hay Dealers. 
My experience with corn hay has not been very 
satisfactory, for the reason that the shipments did 
not arrive in sound condition. I have one customer 
who would use considerable if the quality were all 
right, and I would be pleased to receive quotations 
on a strictly prime article. Regarding clover hay, I 
do not believe that the market has increased any 
during the past few years. Nearly every one wants 
strictly No. 1 goods, especially for private feeding. 
Among cattle men, there is a demand for clover hay. 
Peat moss and other substitutes have made quite a 
difference in the sale of straw for bedding, baled 
shavings being the most formidable competitor. 
Buffalo, N. Y. h. v. burns. 
We know of no market for 11 corn hay.” The corn 
stalks are of such a nature that they will heat very 
quickly after being baled, and we think it imprac¬ 
ticable to open a market for this product while hay 
is so low. We think that the demand for good green 
clover and clover mixed hay has increased during the 
past two years ; a great many consumers are buying 
a fancy green clover hay to feed. There is no doubt 
that peat moss and baled shavings have had a tendency 
to lessen the demand for straw, especially oat and 
wheat. Good, long rye straw, pressed in large bales, 
and from the bundle, always meets a ready sale at 
fair prices. Men owning the better class of horses 
will have nothing else. bridge & souteb. 
Canastota, N. Y. 
There is no quotation on baled corn stalks, and 
although we are constantly in touch with the hay 
trade, we have never handled them, neither can we say 
what they are worth. There is nothing so good for bed¬ 
ding as good, long rye straw, and it has the preference 
over anything else, peat moss included. Considerable 
clover hay is sold, but the trade wants clover hay in 
the winter for cow feed—it is not used for horses. 
During the grass season, the demand is light. It 
should be marketed at the time stated. Light clover 
mixed nay is used to quite an extent for horses, 
although good, clean Timothy is preferable. It should 
be pressed in large bales, unless intended for shipping, 
then small bales are generally used. 
New York. h. dusenbury & co. 
There is no market here whatever for the shredded 
corn fodder. A few cars were sent to this market 
last year, but were disposed of with great difficulty. 
Feeders in this section don’t want this kind of forage 
when they can get hay so cheaply. We do not think 
that a demand could be worked up for it. The 
demand for clover hay remains about the same as it 
has been for several years. It is not used here to any 
great extent for feeding horses. It is used by the 
dairymen. The consumption of that product has, 
probably, been limited some by the use of cotton-seed 
hulls. When clover hay gets above a certain price, 
the dairymen will substitute the hulls for it. There 
is no peat moss used here for bedding. Baled shav¬ 
ings are taking the place of straw for that purpose. 
Some of the largest planing mills in this part of the 
country now bale all of their shavings. They make 
an excellent bedding. early & daniel. 
Cincinnati, O. 
There is no sale for corn hay in this market. It 
could not be sold at any reasonable price until in¬ 
troduced, and it would be a hard matter to introduce 
it, especially this year, when hay is reasonably cheap. 
The demand for clover hay has decreased instead of 
increased in the metropolitan district markets. It is 
sold to milkmen in the suburbs, and when mixed, it 
is sold in a limited way to cattle exporters for feed 
aboard vessels. Nice, bright clover is generally scarce 
and in good demand ; it is now selling as high as No. 
1 Timothy, if it is cured properly. Clover hay sells 
at a premium in London, England, and some other 
European cities, for horse feed, but consumers here 
will not feed it at all. Only a limited quantity of 
peat moss is used for bedding, mostly by racing sta bles, 
and for box stalls. It does not seem to be very satis¬ 
factory to most consumers. Not nearly so much is 
used as a few years ago, although straw is higher. 
There is no other substitute for straw used that is 
worth mentioning. Nice, bright, straight, bundled 
rye straw is in limited supply, and selling higher 
than the best Timothy hay. It must be pressed in 
upright presses, and thrashed, either with a flail or 
thrasher and binder, to be salable here. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. wm. c. bloomingdale. 
Corn hay is not quoted, and is unknown, as such, to 
the trade in this city. It is barely possible that a 
trade could be had in this article here. Other forage 
grains are too cheap. The only demand for clover in 
this city is for sheep ; none is used for horses. We 
are trying, however, to introduce the clover cut in 
chaff, but don’t meet with much success. Peat moss 
is very slightly used here, and I don’t think that it 
makes any difference in the sales of straw. 
Montreal, Can. Joseph quintal. 
Corn hay of the crop of 1895 has been handled in a 
limited way in this market ; but it did not seem to 
take with the trade, and none has been offered here 
this year, owing to the very low condition of the mar¬ 
ket on Timothy and prairie hay, which is selling for 
from $5 to $6 for prairie, and from $5 to $10 for Timo¬ 
thy, according to condition. We have quite an accu¬ 
mulation of clover hay in this market, which we grade 
No. 2, and we find the demand very limited. The 
only demand for it is from dairymen to feed to milk 
stock, but the horse men will not feed it. We do not 
notice that the moss has interfered at all with the 
straw for bedding purposes. The market generally 
takes care of what little straw is offered, but we do 
not save it in our western country, as is done in the 
East, from the fact that we have such an abundance 
of prairie that we prefer prairie hay to straw for 
bedding. harrison-berry com. co. 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Corn hay or baled corn stalks shredded is not quoted 
in any of the eastern markets. It has been, however, 
quoted in the western markets, and last winter sold 
at Cincinnati at from $9 to $11 per ton. I do not 
believe that a market could be made for this kind of 
fodder among any of the eastern consuming points. 
We do not think that the demand for pure clover hay 
has increased to any extent for the past few years. 
The demand for No. 1 and choice clover mixed has 
increased to some extent ; these are used principally 
for the feeding of cows, although many of the large 
transfer companies use them quite extensively. There 
is not the demand, however, that there used to be 
before the horse cars were superseded by electricity, 
etc. Peat moss has made no difference whatever in 
the sale of straw for bedding purposes; most of the 
peat moss used for that purpose is imported from 
Europe in very small quantities. Most of it is used 
for packing purposes on board ship, and on arrival, it 
is gathered together and disposed ot to private par¬ 
ties. Considerable of that used in the New England 
cities is imported from the maritime provinces, and 
has but little, if any, effect on the sale of straw. On 
account of the scarcity of clover hay this year, higher 
prices than prevailed last season will, no doubt, 
obtain the coming season. It is in fairly good and 
active demand in the New York markets at present. 
Hay Trade Journal. w. byron abeling. 
SEASONABLE GAME IN THE N. Y. MARKET. 
This is the season of the year when game is grow¬ 
ing more and more plentiful in our markets. Accord¬ 
ing to the present game laws in this State, game of 
any kind may be sold at any time, provided it was 
not killed within 300 miles of the boundaries of the 
State. During the warm weather of summer, how¬ 
ever, the demand is so small, that receipts are very 
light, although there is never a day but some kinds 
of game may be found in market. As the cooler 
weather advances, the demand increases, and the law 
also allows the killing of many kinds of game in the 
State. It is said that, sometimes, game is shipped in 
from the State during the close season, hidden in 
packages of poultry or other produce. Still there is 
always risk of seizure and consequent loss in such 
irregular shipments. All game shipped from 300 
miles outside the State should be plainly marked, 
“game”, and have the place of shipment and destina¬ 
tion plainly marked. It is now the open season for 
deer in this State, the time during which they may 
be killed extending to October 31 ; but no one person 
may kill moie than two deer in any one year. The 
carcasses cannot be transported except when accom¬ 
panied by the owner. These provisions do not apply 
to the counties of Ulster, Greene, Sullivan and Dela¬ 
ware, where no deer may be caught, hunted or killed 
for five years after the existing law took effect, which 
was June 7, 1895. On Long Island, the same prohibi¬ 
tion exists for two years after the passage of the law. 
So it may be seen that, witn these restrictions, little 
venison is likely to come to market from this State, 
and hunters outside will have the market mostly 
to themselves. Up to this time, there have been no 
arrivals of fresh venison, and that on the market is 
from the refrigerators, and saddles sell for from 23 to 
25 cents per pound ; fresh would bring more if they 
did not come in too large quantities. 
Woodcock, ruffed grouse, usually called partridges, 
and any other member of the grouse family may be 
killed in New York now and until December 31, and 
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possessed until January 31. Quail may be killed‘dur¬ 
ing November and December, and possessed during 
January if it be proved by the possessor that they 
were killed within the lawful period or outside the 
State. They may not be killed in the counties of 
Genesee, Wyoming, Orleans, Livingston, Monroe, 
Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Tompkins. Tioga, Onondaga, 
Ontario, Steuben, Cortland and Otsego, until after 
November 1, 1898. Most web-footed wild fowl, may 
be killed from September 1 to April 30. Snipe, plover, 
and similar birds may be killed except from May 1 to 
August 31. The first snipe and plover come from the 
South, from as far as Texas. The most of these 
provisions do not apply to Long Island. 
Large numbers of rabbits come to this market, but 
the regular season ends, with the exception of some 
counties, on November 30. The same is true of squir¬ 
rels, though the number of the latter sent to market 
is not large. An occasional opossum is seen during 
the winter, and many Jack rabbits are sent from the 
Far West, sometimes coming in car-loads. Bears are 
frequently on sale during the winter. Reed birds 
come from the South in large numbers, and sell well 
when large and fat. Blackbirds are sent in consider¬ 
able numbers, but there is not a very great demand 
for them, and they sell low. Quantities of game are 
imported, and much of the domestic is put away in 
refrigerators, some of it being kept for months before 
it is used. The present law is arbitrary and ridiculous 
in many of its provisions, and works great hardship 
in.many cases. New Jersey, for example, might be 
swarming with rabbits, yet the 300-mile limit provision, 
would prevent their sale in this city duiiDg the close 
season, where many thousands of them are needed. 
It is a law in the interest of sporting men, and not in 
the interest of the general public. 
A GOOD GUERNSEY. 
The Guernsey cow pictured on the first page, is 
Alena 6099, born October 14, 1891. She gave 6,221 
pounds of milk in one year after the birth of her 
second calf, her milk testing, when she was fresh, 
4.6 per cent butter fat. Her dam, Belle of the Hill 
2nd, gave 6,240 pounds of milk in one year. This 
strain of Guernseys is considered at Ellerslie, typical 
dairy animals, a very marked characteristic being 
strong constitutions. Alena is a medium-sized cow, 
weighing about 850 pounds when in full milk. She is 
very strong and vigorous, has well-developed udder, 
large teats, well placed, large and tortuous milk 
veins, well-sprung barrel, is deep through the lungs, 
is a good feeder, and turns her feed into milk. She 
is a quiet cow, and nothing will disturb her as long 
as she has what she wants to eat. During her 
last test, made September 1, two weeks after calving, 
she averaged 30 pounds of milk per day ; average per 
cent of butter fat, 4.8. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
The Business Bit last week about the Horton Mfg. Co., Port¬ 
land, Mich., should have been about the Portland Mfg. Co., 
instead. 
Enameline is a stove polish that is growing very much in popu¬ 
lar favor on account of being dustless and odorless, as well as 
being capable of a high polish. 
The Stevens Mfg. Co., Joliet, HI., succeeds the Joliet Strobridge 
Co. of the same place, in the manufacture of the Peerless feed 
griuders. This mill has a force feed regulator so that the grist 
may be reduced to any degree of fineness required. It will also 
grind any kind of grain, damp or dry, and ear corn with the husks 
on, without clogging. 
As the Coal Trust has put up the price of coal, greater economy 
is necessary. The Rochester radiator saves a tremendous amount 
of heat which would, otherwise, go to waste. The first order 
from a neighborhood secures one at the wholesale price. Send 
for circulars to the Rochester Radiator Company, 27 Furnace 
Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
Mb. H. M. Chipman, of Waterbury, Conn., has invented a little 
comoination tool for making and tightening wire fences, that 
answers the purpose better than anything else that we have yet 
seen. With it, one can clasp the wire as quickly as with a pair 
of nippers. It gives a good purchase so that the wire can be 
drawn up tight with very litLe exertion, and held easily by brac¬ 
ing against the body, while both hands may be used to drive the 
staple. It is also provided with a point for drawing staples, 
which is done by a simple tap of a hammer. Now that we have 
used it, it seems a necessity in building and repairing wire fences. 
We would not be without it for three times the cost It is not be¬ 
ing advertised now, and, probably, will not be, but we are glad to 
bring it to the attention of those who have wire fences to build or 
to mend. If it please any of our readers who use it, as well as it 
has pleased us, we shall feel amply paid for calling attention 
to it. 
A business man interested in fences, writes as follows: The old 
rail fence, and the barbed-wire fence, are all back numbers, and 
are superseded by a woven-wire fence that supplies the purpose 
of a fence by preventing the slock from within getting out, 
as well as the stock on the outside from getting in, is not un¬ 
sightly, is more durable, and is not destructive to stock, as 
was the case with barbed wire. Among these improved fences, 
the Keystone holds high rank as one of the best on the market. 
The farmer who supplies himself with Keystone, finds himself an 
agent, in spite of himself, for he is invariably plied with queries 
as to what make it is, where he bought it, price, etc. Wherever 
introduced, it at once jumps into popular favor. This is why the 
new work3 of the Keystone Company are obliged to run night and 
day to supply the demand. For full information, catalogue, etc., 
write Keystone Woven Wire Fence Co., Peoria, Ill. 
