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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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PUBLISHER'S DESK. 
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readers the letters that we receive daily 
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bv the questions that had been asked by 
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yea rs p a s t, 
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a p o u 11 r y 
book that we 
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I send one dollar as a renewal. Send 
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I hereby thank you for your efforts in be¬ 
half of pure food, honest wire and all other 
good laws you are continually advocating. 
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DAVID. HARUM 
has proved to be very popular with our 
people, as we expected it would be. Per¬ 
haps no other one book in recent years has 
been so popular. It is fiction, of course, 
but it was written by a country man, fa¬ 
miliar with the class of people and inci¬ 
dents that he wrote about. The story is 
full of wit, homely humor, and wise say¬ 
ings, and is just the book to entertain 
young or old these long Winter evenings. 
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reward for sending us one new subscriber 
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David II arum must be made when you* 
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either new or renewal, nor is it sent to 
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his family. It is an opportunity to get 
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No class of people in the world appre¬ 
ciate business integrity more promptly 
than farmers. That there are individual 
exceptions no one will deny, but farm sen¬ 
timent as a whole is on the right side. 
The R. N.-Y. has just had an emphatic in¬ 
stance. A subscription agent who had 
worked in an eastern State for some time 
had use of our subscription lists in that 
State as a guide in his work. With these 
lists in his possession he induced another 
publisher to promise him a larger salary 
than he was worth to The *R. N.-Y. He 
then had letters printed by his new em¬ 
ployers on their stationery and sent them 
to our subscribers throughout the State. 
This letter referred slightingly to The 
R. N.-Y. compared with his new paper, 
which he said lie could send our sub¬ 
scribers at a cut price, and which he, in 
fact, promised to send them several weeks 
free. It was a surprise to us that any 
publisher of a reputable paper would 
knowingly permit an agent to do anything 
of this kind, much less encourage it and 
assist in it. It was such a stultification of 
business and moral principles as we had 
not before met in 25 years of business ex¬ 
perience. The letters were forwarded to 
us by the hundred, and the storm of pro¬ 
tests and disapproval was prompt and 
vigorous. If that agent is able to remain 
in the territory at all we predict that he 
will have to listen to some rather plain 
and forcible English at times. At least 
such would seem from our correspondence 
to be the present temper of the farmers of 
that State. You may he able to sell a gold 
brick to an individual countryman; out it 
is not safe to conclude from this that you 
may with impunity offend the moral sen¬ 
sibilities and insult the intelligence of the 
farmers of a whole State. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
“Philadelphia” Poultry. — “What is 
meant, by 'Philadelphia' chickens? They seem 
to bring highest price according to market 
quotations. Is it the breed, or what makes 
the difference?” C. It. 
West. Virginia. 
This term as at present used means the 
same as top quality, lienee highest prices are 
always attached. The poultry may come 
from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
etc., quality being t lie only consideration, 
originally (iiis local term was used on account 
of the excellence of poultry from that dis¬ 
trict. Its usage is retained as an old custom, 
but (piite naturally is misleading to those un¬ 
familiar with the language of this market. 
A Steal Trust seems to he working in the 
west side prouiice district. Nearly 200 80- 
dozen cases of eggs have recently been stolen, 
in lots of 50 cases or over. In one instance 
the thieves loaded up aud got away with 75 
cases before 9 P. M. This section is sup¬ 
posed to he under police protection, but the 
officers are not numerous enough to keep 
any close watch, and as some of these produce 
stores are kept open all night receiving or dis¬ 
tributing, passers-by would think nothing of 
it. A few mounted policemen in tho market 
territory would l>e a good insurance against 
thieves who work with wagons, as they know 
that they cannot escape from a mounted offi¬ 
cer without abandoning their rig. At present 
prices for eggs and butter a haul of the size 
named means considerable money. 
Mushrooms continue very low, five to 25 
cents tier pound covering a great many sales. 
The bottom figures are for those inferior in 
some respects, but t he general low range 
is tlie result of a surplus and faulty methods 
of distribution. There is no produce business 
that needs a general supervision, or “head 
office," more limn llie mushroom trade, in or¬ 
der lo avoid overloading some markets, and to 
prevent dealing with handlers who are care¬ 
less or Ignorant of correct methods of hand¬ 
ling such trade. Here is tlie way it lias 
worked in some places. A lias been selling 
B's mushrooms at GO cents per pound. B 
concludes to divide ids shipments, sending 
part to another commission man, who 
thinks he can do better. But. he does not 
find customers quickly enough, gets scared 
and cuts the price, which practically puts 
If in competition witli his own mushrooms. 
Buyers soon find that a cut in that brand 
lias been made, and will not pay the old 
price without a large amount of shopping 
around to got hold of more of the diverted 
goods. Before changing the shipper should 
have been very certain that the new man was 
at least as capable of disposing of Ihe mush¬ 
rooms as the old receiver. Such experiments 
are costly. Some judgment also ought to he 
used to prevent pouring mushrooms into a 
market already overloaded. Unlike apples, 
potatoes or bricks, they have to lie sold quick¬ 
ly. No doubt some of tlie surplus here at 
present is that grown by amateurs who have 
been started by circulars sown over this 
country promising an unlimited market at $1 
per pound or more. 
Potatoes. Conditions thus far have been 
unfavorable for those who have held their 
crops, as prices continue at a level but little 
above digging time figures. There seems to 
lie no end of held stock in the West, and 
Michigan and Wisconsin farmers have been 
sending potatoes here at prices that New 
York farmers have not cared to duplicate. 
No doubt this fllled-up market will lie less 
hungry for the early southern crop, th.ough 
the new potato trade is of a somewhat dif¬ 
ferent character, and conditions may be bet¬ 
ter when the new slock arrives. Those hold¬ 
ing old potatoes will do well to keep in very 
close communication with their selling agents, 
so ns to take advantage of any temporary im¬ 
provement. Later a good many holders are 
likely to get scared and begin to unload re¬ 
gardless of market conditions, or what they 
expected to get. This sort of panic lias often 
been seen in time of large crops of any 
product. 
Oranges. —During the first half of January 
receipts here were light, particularly from 
Florida, and the market developed consid¬ 
erable strength. Single box prices for choice 
fruit have been very high, running from 
.$4.50 to $7. tlie latter figure for Arizona 
navels, some of which are considered supe¬ 
rior to California. Last week conditions were 
somewhat changed. Arrivals from tlie Pa¬ 
cific coast were large, 80 cars being sold 
here in a single day. There was a little drop 
in price, though not affecting the higher 
grades much. 
A Year's Exports.— -During 1904 the total 
value of products shipped from this country 
was $729,252,84G. $111 .SOS,840 less than the 
previous year. Cotton was more than twice 
as large as any other item, .$808,450,118. 
What is classed generally as provisions came 
next, $148,224,47ti: then wheat and other 
breadstuff's, $1)2,292,927: mineral oils, $78,- 
221.107, and live stock,, $42,057,057. 
Pure Food.- —The enforcement of tlie law 
regarding tlie labeling of imported foods con¬ 
taining preservatives or adulterations of any 
kind is treading on tlie toes of a good many 
importers, and in their arguments of protest 
it is amusing to learn of (lie remarkable 
heal tli l'u I ness of most of I hose preservatives. 
According to their statements the fabled foun¬ 
tain of youth is very much discounted by 
boracic acid, copper sulphate, aniline dyes, 
etc. They thoughtfully draw the line at 
Paris-green, but no one need hesitate to drink 
deeply from the Bordeaux Mixture tank when 
spraying. The principle on which this label¬ 
ing law is founded is certainly sound. Im¬ 
porters claim that regular customers, who 
know that artificial colorings, etc., are used, 
do not object to them, but refuse the pure 
article minus coloring. One well-known re¬ 
tail grocer in tills city says that several 
years ago lie decided to cut out all artificially 
colored or preserved goods, one item being 
French peas, which have a beautifully ver¬ 
dant hue said to be due to copper sulphate. 
An old customer’s order was filled with some 
of the uncolored peas of equal quality. They 
promptly came back, and (lie store had a 
visit from the irate customer. “What do you 
mean by sending me such looking peas?" 
“My dear sir. the peas are tlie same quality 
as those you have been having. They lack 
nothing hut the coloring, which is unwhole¬ 
some. We have decided not to handle tlie 
colored peas any more.” 
“Well. I've been eating them that way for 
10 years, and they never hurt me. I want 
them green and if‘you won't sell them to me 
I’ll get them elsewhere." 
The grocer decided that he had been too 
squeamish about it. and is now selling green 
peas. But for one customer of this sort 
there are many who do not care to swallow 
a drug store with their food, and they have 
a right to know what is in tlie canned or 
otherwise prepared food they buy. 
W. W. H. 
HOW TO HOLD A HUSBAND. 
The best known guide to married happi¬ 
ness is to hold tlie husband as you won the 
lover—by cheerfulness of disposition, pa¬ 
tience and keeping your youthful looks. 
Of course a great many women are handi¬ 
capped by those ills to which women are 
lif-ir. The constantly recurring troubles 
which afflict her are apt to cause a sour 
disposition, nervousness and a beclouded 
mind. 
Dr. R. V. Pierce, the specialist in woman’s 
diseases, of Buffalo, N. Y., after a long ex¬ 
perience in treating such diseases, found 
that certain roots and herbs made into 
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up in shape to be easily procured and 
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So much faith lias Dr. Pierce in its merits 
that he offers $500 reward for any ease of 
Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Prolapsus, 
or Falling of Womb, which he cannot 
cure. All he asks is a fair and reasonable 
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Mrs. T. Ilolau, of Madrid, Perkins Co., Nebr., 
writes: "I was cured of painful periods by the 
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his Compound Extract of Smart-Weed. I think 
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large 12 room house, main barn, ftHxlUti ft.., 300-ton 
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and put in 30 head cattle, 2 brood sows, 100 head 
poultry, some tools, A grand chance for man with 
boys and a few thousand dollars. Price #40 per 
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interest. FRANK L. MCELHENY. Cuba. N. Y. 
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C HEAP Stock, Dairy, and Fruit Farms, in the Great 
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Largest Farm Agency in New York State. 
Virginia Farms 
Best 011 earth for tlie money. Free Catalogue. 
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BEFORE YOU BUY 
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£18 Brown Building, Lancaster, Penn. 
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LEMUEL BLACK, Exporter of Raw Furs and 
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N O MORE BLIND HORSES.—For Specific Oph¬ 
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Guarantee in every respect, or money refunded. One 
farmer says:— Send me another ton of Seneca Stock 
Food, in twelve and tweuty-Uve-lb. sacks, also ft 
dozen hog cholera cure Isold the last lot on three 
rainy days, and will say now that no one has asked me 
for their money hack." Another farmer made (66 
evenings last month. Write to-day. 
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