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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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WHY HORSEMEN PREFER COARSE 
HAY. 
Do you think coarse hay better than fine 
hay for a driving horse? Why is Timothy 
or other coarse hay better than Red-top or 
other fine hay for a horse? F. b. i. 
Massachusetts. 
Stable keepers prefer feeding coarse 
hay to fine because .the horses like it bet¬ 
ter; it is the sweetest, and the horses do 
better on it; there is more substance in 
it. Nice fresh Timothy is the best feed¬ 
ing on earth, and sells for five cents or 
ten cents more a hundred than any other 
kind. J- D. CARROLL. 
New York. 
Horses as a rule like Timothy hay bet¬ 
ter because it is coarse, and they like to 
chew on it; another reason, it looks large 
in front of a horse, really more than they 
need, and it satisfies the coachmen bet¬ 
ter. If you give them Red-top or Blue 
grass it does not look much in front of 
the horse in the stall, but the majority 
think they should have more when there 
is enough for them. I kept horses in a 
livery stable for 40 years, but have retired 
from the business. j. s. ferguson. 
New York. 
When conditioning a horse for racing 
purposes Timothy hay is exclusively used, 
as it is less liable to affect a horse’s wind, 
and for the same reason in England and 
Scotland a great deal of oat straw is 
fed. But as for myself, for sale horses 
and horses that are used for work, I would 
prefer an equal quantity of Red-top, clover 
and Timothy mixed, as there is more sub¬ 
stance and fattening properties in such 
hay. But for race horses, as I mentioned 
before, I would use nothing but Timothy. 
New York. j. f. gibson. 
The only reason I can give for stable¬ 
men preferring a coarse Timothy hay, is 
that horses prefer it, and will eat it up 
cleaner and better than they will a mix¬ 
ture of fine grass and Red-top. They 
will pay from $2 to $.3 per ton more for 
it, when the range of prices for No. 1 
Timothy hay is from $14 to $16. In a sea¬ 
son like 1903 to 1904, stable people 
bought cheaper grades of hay, owing to 
the fact that the prices of No. 1 Tim¬ 
othy hay ranged from $17 to $20. Most 
of the stock hay that reaches this mar¬ 
ket is sold to cattle exporters. 
New York. f. d. hewitt. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Cheese. —Full cream has advanced one- 
fourth cent, and the market is more active 
than for some time. Recent export business 
has been comparatively light, prices being 
too high for dealers in this line. Stocks 
are being reduced to such an extent that it 
looks as though a good share of the old 
cheese would be cleared out before the rush 
of new make is on hand. 
The Potato Market is in bad condition 
on account of the large quantity of frosted 
or otherwise poor tubers on hand. Prime 
Long Island is the only grade reaching $2 per 
barrel wholesale, and very fair ones are go¬ 
ing for $1.50 and under. I saw a barrel 
of good size which was bought at retail for 
$2, variety Great Divide. It is possible that 
after some of these low-grade potatoes are 
worked off prices may advance a little, but 
the present outlook is not at all encour¬ 
aging for those who have held their crops. 
Victory for the Beet. —Some Michigan 
importers of Canadian beets for sugar making 
have claimed that they could bring in beets 
for this purpose duty free as “crude vege¬ 
table substances.” The Board of General 
Appraisers has now ruled that even an un¬ 
naturalized sugar beet cannot lawfully be 
deprived of its inherent right to a correct 
botanical classification, no matter for what 
purpose it may be used or how thoroughly 
its identity may be destroyed afterward, and 
the importers must pay the 25 per cent duty. 
Egos. —The high prices asked have gone 
above the ,J mit of a good many buyers, and 
trade hr , been cut down accordingly. It is 
a mistake to raise the price on all grades 
merely because fancy eggs are scarce. Those 
who use the fancy eggs will use them any¬ 
way, no matter what they cost, while many 
users of under grades set a figure above 
which they will not go. The two lines are 
entirely distinct. If lowVgrade teggs are 
scarce they ought to advance, but a rise in 
strictly fancy should affect them scarcely 
more than would a market for potatoes or 
a cord of wood. The plan of squeezing as 
much as possible out of the consumer is not 
always good business. These things regulate 
themselves, and concessions have been made 
for the past three or four days, but to raise 
the price and at once lower it when con¬ 
sumers decline to buy make the latter sus¬ 
picious and more inclined to shop around and 
fight for further reductions. 
Butter has gone up another cent on ac¬ 
count of very light arrivals of fresh goods. 
This is caused partly by shrinkage in make 
and partly by delays in transportation, which 
have held up all sorts of produce. High- 
grade retail stores are getting 38 and 40 
cents or over for well-known brands. Hold¬ 
ers of storage butter are laying on streaks 
of fat, as goods bought at 20 cents or under 
are going at 28 to 30. Very little State 
dairy is arriving. Renovated has not yet ad¬ 
vanced, but packing stock at interior points 
is reported up and renovated may be ex¬ 
pected to follow. As probably most read¬ 
ers know, renovated butter is made from 
odds and ends of stuff which is more or 
less unsalable, or which is worked over in 
this way with the expectation that it will 
bring enough more to make the job profitable. 
There are numerous grades of renovated but¬ 
ter. I have tested specimens which no one 
but a good judge of butter could tell from 
the grade of “straight” goods known as 
extra creamery, while the poorer grades rank 
down to seconds, thirds, or even lower, de¬ 
pending upon how bad the stuff was before 
being made over. Renovation consists merely 
in removing the dirt and foul odors. The 
product is certainly more wholesome after 
this lixing up, but the need for clarifying 
ought not to exist. 
Purebred Humbugs. —Letters are at hand 
asking about the business standing of vari¬ 
ous purveyors of “elixirs of life," electric 
“rejuvenators,” etc., who seemed to be con¬ 
sumed with a desire to benefit suffering hu¬ 
manity. The best advice that can be given 
is to have nothing to do with such con¬ 
cerns. The best elixir of life is a combi¬ 
nation of fresh air, pure water, substantial 
food and hard work. The fake commission 
man is still at it. I was recently asked to 
look up a company which modestly stated 
in circulars that it could “get more for farm 
produce than anyone else.” I found the 
street number, but no trace of the company 
or any commission house. A small rough- 
looking grocery was there, and while I saw no 
shipments delivered, there is little doubt that 
arrangements were made with the grocer to 
receive whatever came. The It. N.-Y. has 
often told of this scheme by which the 
swindler makes a bargain with some barber, 
tailor or other little shopkeeper to receive 
any packages that come. He may have half 
a dozen such places and once a day round 
up the stuff that comes and pocket the pro¬ 
ceeds. He is harder to get hold of than 
a flea, and is seldom caught, as it is easy 
to change his place and name, so as to make 
a continuous performance of his fraudu¬ 
lent work. w. w. ii. 
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