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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—Testimony of fraudulent discrimination 
in rates by tlie Saute Fe railroad system in favor of the 
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company was given December 29, 
before the Interstate Commerce Commission at Chicago by 
W. It. Biddle, freight traffic manager of the Sante Ff>. This 
testimony, with that secured recently by the Commission at 
Kl Paso and Albmiuerque, will be presented to the Attorney- 
General. 1'pon itis decision depends whether suit is brought 
in the Federal Court against the Santo Fe system for vio¬ 
lating tlie Interstate Commerce law by the payment of re¬ 
bates. If convicted of every offence alleged the Sante Fe 
company would lie forced to pay lines exceeding if 1.000,000. 
The Caledonian Coal Company of Gallup, N. M., 1 ms also 
brought suit In the Colorado courts against the Santa Fe. 
asking damages in $400,000 for the destruction of its busi¬ 
ness as a result of discrimination In rates. . . . Six 
prisoners and one guard were shot at Folsom, Cal., in an 
attempted prison break December 29. Five of the prison- • 
ers were killed. The guard's injuries are not believed to be 
dangerous.lodge Walker, of Chicago, handed down 
n decision December 29 declaring the city not liable in any 
suits growing out of the Iroquois Theatre lire. The de¬ 
rision is wider in scope than that of Judge Holden, which 
held the city not liable on the point of allowing a public 
nuisance to exist. Judge Walker holds that in neither of the 
charges of laxity in the building department nor the dis¬ 
charge of its police power is the city liable for damages. 
Fourteen new actions for $10,000 damages each were be¬ 
gun in the circuit and Superior Courts December 29 against 
the Iroquois Theatre Company. . . . The Chicago House 
Wrecking Company has purchased the entire St. Louis 
Exposition, and will dismantle it and sell the material. 
This purchase makes the Company sole owners of the ‘‘great¬ 
est show on earth", even the plants and shrubs being in¬ 
cluded. Over a thousand men will be employed in the work, 
and the material will make fully 10.000 carloads. . . . 
A jury at Media, I’a.. December 21. awarded Edward N. 
Deinhunt and Margaret D. Delah'unt. aged 9 and 12 years, 
respectively, $10,000 at the hands of the United Telephone 
& Telegraph Company. Thomas Delahunt, father of the 
children, was killed ’ by a shock of electricity received 
through a telephone April, 1902, at his greenhouse, during 
a big sleet storm. The wire had crossed an electric light 
wire. . . . Fire which started in Jacob Stelnbacli's de¬ 
partment store, Long Branch, N. .1.. January 2. caused a loss 
of $200,000. . . Elias Hatfield, one of the leaders in 
the bloody Ilatfield-McCoy feud, was killed December 00 
by a train. Ills body, terribly mangled, was found in a 
tunnel near Bluefield. W. Vn. . . Slate Treasurer Whit¬ 
ney Newton, of Colorado, in his annual report to the Gov¬ 
ernor, gives the total amount of certificates of Indebtedness 
Issued in payment of military expenses ns $770,404. He 
recommends that the Legislature authorize an issue of 
$800,000 "insurrection bonds" payable in 25 years, and to 
draw not to exceed 3% per cent Interest annually. 
The Supreme Court of the United States, on January 3, 
reversed the decision of the Supreme Court of Iowa in two 
cases involving the construction of the Iowa Prohibitory 
Liquor law. the opinion In each case being handed down 
by Justice White. In the lirst case, that of the American 
Express Company against the State of Iowa, the State' au¬ 
thorities seized ‘certain packages of liquor sent C. O. • D. 
front Bock Island. III., to Tama, Iowa, and their destruction 
was ordered. The Supreme Court of Iowa sustained this 
proceeding, but that judgment was reversed, on the ground 
that it is In contravention of Hie interstate commerce 
clauses of the Federal Constitution. The other case was 
that of the Adams Express Company against the State 
of Iowa, and involved the same question ns the American 
Company's case, except that in the Adams Company case 
the proceeding was decided against the company, on the 
charge of maintaining a house for the sale of liquors. 
In tills, ns In the first case, the State court was reversed, 
on the ground that the judgment was an Interference with 
trade between the States. . . . Fire January .1 con¬ 
sumed the home of Frank Noweski. a Polish miner, in 
Morris Bun, I’enn.. and the entire family of (!. except the 
oldest son, 18 years old. was either burned to death or 
smothered. The charred bodies of Noweski. his wife and 
seven children, one of them n baby in arms, are in the 
ruins of their home. Noweski was employed hv the Morris 
Bun Coal Mining Company, and. witli liis fellow miners, 
had been on strike since last April. Becently smallpox 
broke out in Morris Bun. and Noweski and ids family were 
among the sufferers from the disease. Every member of 
the family recovered, and the quarantine had just been 
raised from their little home. 
FABM AND GARDEN.—A hill providing for the taxation 
of dogs will la* introduced in the coming session of the 
New York Legislature and will have the indorsement of 
jlie State Department of Agriculture. One half of the 
revenue derived from the tax will go to the State anil the 
other half to the locality where the dog is owned. It Is 
estimated that there are about 500,000 dogs in Hie State. 
In smne localities the present tax will lie doubled, as it 
is Intended to have a uniform rate of $1.50 or $2. The 
advocates of the bill estimate that the revenue will not only 
pay for State supervision of dogs, but provide for the 
general maintenance of the State Department of Agriculture, 
the yearly expense of the experimental station at Geneva, 
which is $75,000; $50,000 for Cornell School of Agriculture, 
the maintenance of farmers' institutes, and for the reim¬ 
bursement to dairymen whose cattle are found to lie nf- 
tlicted with tuberculosis and which are killed by order of 
the Slate. 
The Board of Trustees of Hie Slate College at Ames, la., 
lias closed with Professor S. A. Beach, of New York, to 
come to Iowa and become head of the horticultural de¬ 
partment at Ames. Professor Beach will also become head 
of the State experiment work in horticulture and the de¬ 
velopment of fruits, and the State Horticultural Society will 
pay him part of his salary. He succeeds Pro*’' or i’rice 
who went to the Ohio Agricultural College to become 
dean. 
The Western Association of Wholesale Nurserymen at its 
recent meeting in Kansas City, decided to ctiange its name 
to the Western Nurserymen's Association. The change was 
made to allow the retail nurserymen to affiliate with the 
organization. Officers for the ensuing year were chosen as 
follows; Peter Youngers, Geneva. Neb., president: A. 
Willis, Ottawa. Kan., vice-president; E. J. Holman. Leaven¬ 
worth, secretary. Executive committee, F. II. Stannard, 
Ottawa. Kan.; W. P. Stark, Louisiana. Mo.; B. J. Bagbv, 
New Haven, Mo.; I). S. Lake, Shenandoah. Ia.. and E. P. 
Barnardin, Parsons, Kan. The association indorsed a pe¬ 
tition to Congress circulated by the Postal Progress 
League, asking for the consolidation of third and fourth- 
class mail matter, with the extension of the merchandise 
weight limit to 11 pounds and a rate of five cents for a 
pound package and 25 cents for an 11 pound package. 
The Supreme Court of Ohio has been called upon to place 
the valuation on plants. Catherine Herms conducts a 
greenhouse at Portsmouth, and all of her plants were de¬ 
stroyed by gas from a leaking main of the Portsmouth 
Gns Company. A verdict was secured for $1,800. and the 
company holds that the judgment was on the productive 
capacity, and not on the amount of the actual (lowers 
ruined. 
EGGS HELD IN WATER GLASS. 
We preserved 207 dozen : 107 dozen were preserved in 
water glass, one part to nine of water; 52 dozen one part 
water glass to 12 parts water; 108 dozen one part, water 
glass to 16 parts water. The 107 and 108 dozen were kept 
in fresh pork barrels: the 52 dozen in a wooden keg. We 
have tried each quite thoroughly, and think the one to 
16 is quite ns well. There is some product in the barrel 
of one to nine that is deposited on the eggs, also on the 
eggs in the keg of one to 12. but no deposit on the eggs of 
one to 16, and if any choice tlie one to 16 is the preference. 
In taking out the eggs from solution of this strength they 
need not be rinsed and dried, looking all right for market, 
while the others have to be rinsed before drying. The 
sediment that settles on the eggs rinses off easily, and I 
cannot see that it does any hurt. The water glass that 
we used was in the form of a heavy white jelly, which 
flows like heavy cold molasses, or nearly as thick as syrup, 
and no doubt if a thinner product is used there should be 
less water. IV'' have sold but a few at 25 to 28 cents, 
because cold storage eggs are as yet plentiful in this conn 
try at 25 or 24 cents a dozen, and they control Hu 1 price 
of all egg* except strictly fresh, which are 32 to 36 cents. 
If the cold storage eggs hold out to supply Hie market 
until fresh eggs in the Spring, our preserved eggs will 
have to go for what we can get. o. n. s. 
New York. 
CROP NOTES. 
Wheat Is looking very bad and is going into Winter in 
poorest, condition for years, on account of the worst drought 
ever known here. We have had no rains here to wet the 
ground one-half inch deep since July. It has been quite 
cold, and is snowing to-day, snow about four inches deep. 
Many farmers have to haul water for house use. Corn was 
a fair crop in spite of drought: mostly all in crib, selling 
for from 50 to 55 cents a bushel. Oats were the best crop 
for yenrs. selling for 40 cents. Wheat is bringing $1.20 
here at mill. Potatoes were a good crop, bringing 50 cents. 
The farmers generally are pretty well contented here; seem 
to have money to buy all necessaries for their families, living 
mostly in their own houses. Not much dairying done here; 
generally diversified farming. We are running a small dairy 
of 10 cows, selling butter in our country town (Marietta) 
to private families. p. o. t. 
Vincent, Ohio. 
Crops were uniformly good except corn. A few who suc¬ 
ceeded in getting their corn planted early on dry ground 
secured good crops. Potatoes were large and of tine quality, 
and are bringing 50 cents per bushel. Hay was of good 
quality, and dealers are paying from $8 to $11 per ton. 
Apples were a fair crop, a great many wasted by reason 
of Hie high winds. Dealers paid from 35 to 50 cents per 
hundred pounds delivered on car. But very little wheat was 
raised: buckwheat a good crop, bringing $1.20 per hun¬ 
dredweight. Not many oats sown on account of the long- 
continued rains at. seeding time; 45 cents per bushel Is about 
the price. Fresh butter brings about 28 cents per pound; 
10,000 pounds of poultry were shipped from Canisteo, a 
small village in Steuben County, Christmas week. Turkeys 
brought from 16 to 20 cents per pound; chickens, 10 to 
12 cents. Very little snow lias fallen up to this writing 
(December 30). r. a. h. 
Steuben Co., N. Y. 
By carefully looking over the farmers of this section 
it will be found that those who are making money who 
ore building and improving their farms, and at the same 
time getting a bank account—are men who are devoting 
their attention to some special line of work, potato and 
onion growing seeming to give the best, returns. Those 
with from 100 to 200 acres are getting excellent results 
from cows kept for the cheese factory, while those who 
plod along in the old rut of general farming live, but 
don’t appear to increase their bank recount very fast. 
The apple orchards were loaded (Ills year with an excel¬ 
lent quality of fruit, but tin price rang'd from 50 to 75 
•ents per barrel, the grower picking the apples and haul¬ 
ing the barreled apples to tlie car after the buyer had 
packed them. They also had to board the packers while 
they were at work. In this section there are few if any 
new orchards being planted. A few are going quite ex¬ 
clusively into poultry and are striving for Winter eggs. 
Only those who heat their coops are getting the eggs. 
Good poultry is in demand—especially purebred pullets. 
The S. C. Brown Leghorn is the breed most in demand. 
Hudson, Mich. u. e. a. 
ITALIAN LABORERS FOR FRUIT FARMS. 
I own 50 acres of peach and berry land, and employ a 
permanent married man. and a single man for nine months, 
besides extra help in fruit time. We are troubled every 
season by scarcity of help. In your opinion, would a married 
Italian be a good substitute for second man, and could I 
get one capable of sharing chores, etc., and doing cultivating, 
hoeing, etc.? In fact, could I get a good farm hand In this 
way. and where? Unless he could groom and feed horses, 
and probably milk, he would hardly do. What wages do they 
get If suitable? Are they industrious, and what district of 
Italy do the best fruit hands come from? I employed Buf¬ 
falo “Dagoes" this season and found them fair peach-pickers 
when carefully watched, but they appeared to be the "scum 
of the scum,” and could speak no English. By 4.30 1‘. M. 
they became very slow. and. in fact, were hardly a success. 
I think J. 11. Hale employs Italians: where does he get 
them, and do they do chores? We only have four horses 
and one cow. but he would occasionally liave to do them all, 
and always half. w. o. b. 
Queenstown, Ontario. 
B. N.-Y.—We have so many • questions about Dalian 
laborers that we shall try to collect information from those 
who have employed them. The first note of experience 
comes from J. II. Hale, as follows: 
I have been employing Italians these good many years, 
and for 10 years now have settled down entirely upon 
those from tiie north of Italy, Piedmont, Lombardy and 
AVnetin, and any new men who come to me each Spring 
are friends of those already in my employ. This same 
class of people are also largely employed in a' number of the 
high-class hotels of New York, and as they always like a 
little Summer vacation. I get from there most of the surplus 
I need In the rush of the fruit harvest. Often, when need¬ 
ing any number of men in a hurry, I secure them through 
an Italian friend, who is a grocer in the nearby city of 
Hartford. In common witli leading Italian grocers in 
nearly every large town he carries on his list and fur¬ 
nishes with supplies a good many of his friends and their 
families, when they first come to this country, in need of 
some support while looking for work. These groeerymen. 
or other Italian business men, place a good many emigrants 
at work, so in the end (hey may be repaid for whatever 
advances they have made. As to the Italian women, the 
work in my own household has been done by them for a 
good many years past to very great satisfaction. My part¬ 
ner at the Hale & Coleman farm in Seymour, Conn., has a 
man and wife who live on the place, the woman doing 
any portion of the housework required, while she delights 
in tree pruning, thinning the fruit and in the harvesting. 
The majority of the men. when they come to this country, 
come without their wives; but when they find good situa¬ 
tions they like to go back to the old country in Winter 
and bring their wives with them when they return, or 
marry their sweethearts and start together for the new 
country. _ j. h. hale. 
Products, Prices and Trade. Exports of American 
copper for the past year amounted to 247,215 tons. Euro¬ 
pean demand continues heavy. . . . The turpentine 
market at southern points is improving. Sales at 53 cents 
are reported from Savannah. ... A new market for 
horses has been created In New York by the Increase of the 
mounted police force. The latest deal reported is for 75 
animals at $290 each. After purchase they have to lie 
specially trained before til for street duty. . . . The 
general condition of the Winter wheat crop is good, the 
ground having been well protected bv snow until recently. 
. . . Refined petroleum for export trade has been cut 
to 714 cents. This is three cents above domestic prices. 
Several hundred high priced cigars which were 
being smuggled In on steamers from Cuba have recently been 
seized by customs officials. It is believed that a" large 
number have been got through without detection. . . 
On account of the large amount of construction work on 
hand at present the wheelbarrow business is booming. One 
concern reports trebled sales for the past few months, and 
a much greater Increase is expected as soon as actual work 
on the Panama Canal is begun. . . . The Philadelphia 
mint during 1904 turned out the largest production of gold 
coin in its history, $129,144,428. . . . 9,000 barrels of 
beef, believed to be for the Bussian army, left Seattle, Wash., 
recently. . . . The output of coal from Alabama mines 
for the past year was about 12,400.000 tons. 
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new out forest. His Double-Action Cutaway Harrow keeps the 
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