1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
289 
LAMBS FOR NEW YORK MARKET. 
What sort of lamb is wanted for New York 
market? What should he weigh? IIow 
dressed? What mistakes are most often made 
by shippers? In short, what should a farmer 
do and what should he not do in order to 
get most for his lambs? 
The lamb question is a very difficult one to 
handle, as many shippers cannot be con¬ 
vinced that they are not doing the right 
thing. Select prime, fat stock only. In 
dressing early in the season the lambs should 
be cut open only to the breastbone, but as 
the season advances, and the weather becomes 
warmer it is best to cut down to the head. 
The entrails should be taken out, leaving in 
the haslet. The skin must be left, on, but 
head and feet removed at all timesi to com¬ 
ply with a sanitary ordinance. The skin 
should be taken off the hind legs half way 
down, and the caul drawn over them, and 
well down over the kidneys, securing it with 
skewers; slit the caul just enough to allow 
the kidneys to come through. Replace the 
pelt over the legs, and be very careful about 
putting in the back sets. These should be 
just long enough to fasten one end under 
the flank, and the other end in the breast 
close to the first rib, having them cross just 
behind the kidneys. Wrap the whole carcass 
in clean, white muslin, then cover with bur¬ 
lap or bagging, and ship by express. Lambs 
should not be handled too soon after killing, 
and be sure that they are entirely free from 
animal heat before wrapping and shipping. 
Early lambs should weigh not less than .35 
pounds to bring the extreme market price; 
anything lighter than that sells accordingly, 
but as tbe season advances buyers will de¬ 
mand heavier stock. There are many little 
errors made by Iamb shippers that ought to 
be corrected. A lamb should never be laid 
down, but hung up. The pelts should be kept 
clean while the lamb is alive, as the appear¬ 
ance on arrival here has everything to do 
with its sale. Shippers should caution trans¬ 
portation companies to be more careful in the 
handling of their lambs, as often they arrive 
here badly bruised on account of being 
thrown about. We consider it a good idea to 
ship the lambs in open slat crates during tbe 
warmer weather, that is, with strips of wood 
between each lamb to allow for circulation, 
and in order to save space, the lambs might 
be laid alternately one above the other, the 
feet of one to the head of the other. T>ate 
Summer and Fall lambs will never sell as 
Spring lambs. It is a mistake to expect high 
returns because one's shipment consists of 
lambs, as they will not sell to advantage un¬ 
less they are cared for as above described. 
Buyers are very critical, and examine them 
closely as to quality and weight. Care in 
the growing and dressing of lambs will not 
be wasted, as that alone will insure remuner¬ 
ative prices. The short, plump lamb always 
sell better than the long, lanky one. Al¬ 
though the latter might weigh more than 35 
pounds, it might, be lean and bony. Owing 
to the severe weather we have had this Win¬ 
ter, lambs are unusually scarce, commanding 
high prices, and we believe wtll continue to 
do so throughout, the season. The best mar¬ 
ket days for lambs are Monday, Tuesday. 
Wednesday and Thursday. They should not 
be shipped to arrive, here on either Friday 
or Saturday, as they will then have to be 
carried over until the first of the next week, 
and sold for a lower price, thereby hurting 
the sale of fresh stock. 
New York. archdeacon & co. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Beans. —The market is in a bad state, ar¬ 
rivals being heavy and demand small. Mar¬ 
row are scarcer than other sorts, and hence 
price keeps well up. The best grades of pea 
beans go at .$1.85 or under. 
Strawberries. —Those arriving at present 
show damage by rain, and anything under 
fancy sells low. 
Essential Oils. —Quotations on the more 
common oils are asked and appear on the 
market page. These figures are not what the 
producer will receive, but include the profits 
of handlers here. It is difficult to quote fair 
first hand prices. The quality of the oils 
varies and the price is a matter of negotia¬ 
tion. Samples are sent and buyers make bids 
on this basis. Roots, herbs and similar 
drugs are bought in the same way. Most of 
them have to be worked over and made into 
a commercially pure and uniform product be¬ 
fore being sold to the retailers. 
Direct Sales.—'‘W ould you advise me 
whether the merchant whose card I enclose 
is considered responsible? lie wishes me to 
ship him produce, and I have no other way 
of finding his reputation.” a. s. 
New York. 
The card states that this man is a ‘‘direct 
receiver” of butter, eggs, cheese, etc. I find 
that he has a small store on the East Side 
and does quite a trade in the various goods 
in demand in that section. He is at present 
retailing what he calls best eggs at the whole¬ 
sale price for this grade now in the regular 
market, and best butter a little under whole¬ 
sale. As he doubtless makes a fair profit on 
both of these articles, it is hard to see how 
he can give even “going” prices to the ship¬ 
per, if he should pay for the stuff at all. 
This request for a “direct” shipment is at¬ 
tractive, and the plan is being carried out 
successfully in many cases, but retailers of 
the type mentioned above are better dealt 
with through middlemen, who are here and 
able to hold the buyer to his bargains. One 
who ships eggs or butter to such a man direct 
is entirely at his mercy. He can claim that 
the stuff arrived in defective condition, dock 
the shipper accordingly, and he has no re¬ 
dress. It costs something to handle and sell 
produce in a large market, but the commis¬ 
sion paid a first-class receiver for this work 
is usually money well invested. lie knows 
the buyers and knows how to handle all 
classes of buyers so as to get most for tbe 
goods. He makes mistakes once in a while, 
but in the long run the man who sells 
through a first-class commission man will 
make more than by sending direct to un¬ 
known retailers who may give an occasional 
net above general sales, but more than make 
it up in others. From the number of letters 
received concerning small retailers who are 
soliciting direct shipments it is evident that 
these people are circularizing lists of country 
names. We are glad to look up all such in¬ 
quiries and reply by letter, giving the facts 
as they appear. A little investigation of a 
man's store and methods of doing business 
is often a better guide than his rating in any 
commercial book. h. 
“You can’t have genius without eccen¬ 
tricity.” “That may be so, but I’ve no¬ 
ticed that it’s possible to have a good 
deal of eccentricity without much genius.” 
—Chicago Record-Herald. 
“Horace, dear, is there really such a 
thing as a fool-killer?” “Now, if that’s 
not like a silly woman! How should I 
know? I never saw one.” “Oh, that’s 
evident!”—Cleveland Leader. 
Strange (in Oklahoma) : “You don’t 
have any sky-scrapers out here, do you?” 
Sage-bush George: ''Don’t, eh ? Any one 
o’ them shacks is liable to be a sky¬ 
scraper during the cyclone season !”•— 
Puck. 
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Black Leghorns Best 
Layers Large Whito Eggs in World. My 
Choice Stock from Davis Prize Winners. 
Settings during April $1.00 and $2.00 
H. VanHORNE, 
Cliffside Avenue, Upper Montclair, N. J. 
S, C, White Leghorns 
for business. J. R. WINN, Smith’s Basin, N. Y. 
FOR SALK Fifteen Eggs $1, from my celebrated 
S. O. B. Leghorns, noted for their great laying quali¬ 
ties. If you don't think the Brown Leghorns are the 
best layers read the Business Hen. Address, 
ARTHUR GATCHELL, Alton, Wayne Co,. N. Y. 
rnne .Ca/p at Wc per setting. Se- 
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laying strains. W. Wyandottes, Barred P. Rocks, R. 
I. Reds, S. C. W. Leghorns. 
O. LINDEMARK, L. Box 93, Gt. Barrington, Mass. 
WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
(Duston Strain) Eggs, 75 cts. per 15; $4 per 100. 
Grandview Karin, Stanf ordville, N. Y. 
W HITE W\’ANI)OTTE«, 400 layers, bred for 
laying and market qualities for 8 years. Plenty 
of eggs $5 per 100; $45 per 1000. Safe arrival guaran¬ 
teed. E. H. DeMAR, Bryantville, Mass. 
White Wyandottes Only 
Eggs $1 per setting; $4 per 100. C. A. Hall.Oak Hill.N.Y. 
It saved his chickens 
Pratts Powdered Lice Killer. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
White Plymouth Rocks fi s s h t e ef tr fiying g8s s ^ : 
$1 pei 15, $5 per 100. Isaac C. Clark, Penn Yan, X. ' 
Partridge Plymouth Rocks 
MADISON SQUARE WINNERS. Eggs, 13,$2. 
Riverside Farm, Weston, N, J. 
Cox’s Barred Rocks combine .quantity, quality and 
utility. Ringlet strain, farm raised, satisfaction 
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GREIDER’S FINE CATALOGUE 
of Standard bred |>otili rv for 1905, printed in colors, 
fine fhromo, suitable for framing, illustrates and 
describes 60 varieties. (Jives reasonable prices for 
stock and eggs, tells all about poultry, their dis¬ 
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B. H. CREIDER. RHEEMS, PA. 
PISOS CURE FOR 
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS 
Best Couch Syrup. Tastes Good. 
Use in time. Sold by druggists. 
CONSUMPTION 
BLOOD WILL TELL. 
It takes lots of vitality, nervous force and 
strength to win a race. Blood must be 
pure and good. 
Without good red blood a man has a 
weak heart and poor nerves. Thinness of 
the blood, or anemia, is common in men 
and young women, and all those who work 
indoors, who do not get enough good ox¬ 
ygen in their lungs, consequently have too 
many white blood corpuscles. 
Keep the nerves nourished, the heart 
strong, the head cool, the stomach vigorous, 
the liver active with a tonic which has 
stood the test of time and has a wide repu¬ 
tation, such as Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical 
Discovery. 
Tonies consisting of large portions of 
alcohol, iron or coa liver oil, do not bring 
the desired changes in the blood, because 
they do not enter the system and are not 
absorbed into the blood, with the excep¬ 
tion of the alcohol, which shrivels up the 
red blood corpuscles when it does come in 
contact with them. Therefore do not allow 
the dealer to insult your intelligence by 
telling you he has something better than 
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. 
The cost of mailing only. "The People’s 
Common Sense Medical Adviser,” 1008 large 
pages, is sent free on receipt of twenty-one 
one-cent stamps, for the paper - covered 
book, or thirty-one stamps for the cloth- 
bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
For constipation, the true, scientific cure 
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harmless, yet sure. No other pill can com¬ 
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A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO. 
The 0RMAS— 
& Brooders 
Low 
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Send for free catalogue. 
SANTA MFG. CO.. LIGONIER, INDIANA. FrttCatalog 
PEKIN DUCKS AND 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
200 April hatched ducks, $1 50 to $2.50 each. Duck 
egg orders booked. $1 15 for 11; $8 per hundred. 
Leghorns are the real egg machines. Eggs for incu¬ 
bating $1 for 13; $6 per hundred. Largest plant 
vicinity of New Yo;k City. 8C pens, 2,000 layers. Cut 
of same in Cyphers catalogue. Agent Cyphers in¬ 
cubators, brooders, etc. 
BONNIE BRAE, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Stock and Es 
Kcrepe; From Rose and Single 
_ , _ „ “OO^ Comb Buff Leghorns. 
Rose and S. C. and R. O. Buff Orpingtons, Barred P. 
Rocks, White Wyandottes, Improved Chester White 
Pigs. D. J. KENEPP, Mcveytown, Pa. 
ONLY FINE BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
on my place. Eggs, $1.00 for 15. or $4.00 for 100. 
E. W. JENKINS, Dover. Delaware. 
V alley View Poultry Farm, Belleville, Ta. Bronze and Wild 
Turkeys. Leading varieties of Poultry. Prices low. Cat. free. 
Incubator Chicks. White and Barred Plymouth 
hocks only. Eggs for Hatching from Wyan’s, Rocks, 
Legs, Game, Minorcas, Brahmas, Ducks andITurkeys. 
Low prices. Pleasant View Farm, Seward, N. Y. 
Young stock at farmers’ prices 
till 13 mos. old, heifers all ages, 
st Springfield, Pa., Erie Co. 
preserving eggs. Endorsed 
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. Works, Middletown, Ct. 
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15 eggs $2, .30 eggs $3.50; safe arrival guaranteed, 
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Racine 
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The simple, sure, dependable kind. Used by 
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KALAMAZOO 
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527 Main Street, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Cyphers Incubator 
guaranteed to hatch more and healthier 
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Box 4 hi Racine, Wis. 
tell* how to make money 
—How to raise young chicks 
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$ I A.80 For 
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Perfect in construction 
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RELIABLE EGG PRESERVER 
Mammoth Pekin Ducks’ Egg 
$1 for 11; $7 per hundred. Also S. C. White Lo 
lior" 8 ’ Aneonas, S. U. Black Minorca. $1 for 13; $5 p 
GEO. W. DeRIDDER, Ballstou Spa, N. 
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EKIN DUCK EGO 
FOR HATCHING, PUKE WHITE DUC 
13 EGGS, $1.25; 26, $2; 100, $6 
JOHN H. Gambkr, R. F. D., No. 1 Lancaster, 
EGGS FOR HATCHING from Silver Penciled Wy¬ 
andottes, Rose Comb Buff Leghorns and Rose Comb 
Brown Leghorns, $1 per setting. 
A. S. BEEKMAN, South Branch, New Jersey. 
p}GG& for Hatching. $1 for fifteen; $3 for 50; $5 for 
KE- Stock as good as the best; each variety kept 
on a separate farm, with free and unlimited range. 
Ejjgs carefully packed; orders promptly filled. White 
\\ yandottes; Buff and White Plymouth Rocks: R. C. 
Brown, Rose and Single Comb White Legliorns; 
Aneonas; Black and White Minorcas. 
Otselic Farms, Whitney’s Point, N. Y. 
Will Seal Eggs air tight; keep and look perfect as 
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Make your own Fertilizer at small cost with 
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From 1 to 40 H. P. Send for catalogue. 
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Brooks’ Sure Cure 
Brooks* Appliance. New 
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FOR 
965, MARSHALL, MICH. 
So for 12 ; S10 f r 36, from Exhibition Matings. 
82 for 2 ; $8 for 100 from Laying Matings. 
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