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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC—A true bill was voted by the Federal Grand 
Jury at Chicago M'arch 28 against the president of one of 
the “Big Five" packing companies. It was not returned in 
court This is a forerunner of conspiracy proceedings against 
actual heads of the big packing companies in connection with 
the alleged tampering with the Beef Trust witnesses. The 
true bill was not returned at the same time the indictment 
against Thomas J. Connors was, because the jury had been 
advised that such an act might arouse the public to the 
belief that the packers were being persecuted, and the Con¬ 
nors bill was sufficient, to show that the Grand Jury was 
in earnest. Alfred It. Urion, general counsel for Armour & 
Co., and attorney for Thomas J. Connors, general superin¬ 
tendent of the company, who was indicted by the Federal 
Grand Jury for alleged tampering with witnesses in the 
beef inquiry, served notice on District Attorney Morrison 
April 1 that, he will present a motion in the United States 
District Court that Connors be arraigned and allowed to 
plead to the indictment and that the case l>e set down for 
trial at the present term of court. Federal officials are 
inclined to the opinion that this is a move to force the Gov¬ 
ernment to reveal something of its plans in relation to the 
Grand Jury's investigation of the packing house methods. 
. . . A gas explosion in Leiter’s mine at Ziegler, 111., 
April 3, destroyed the shaft and entombed 43 men, all being 
killed. Afterdamp, due to an explosion of blasting powder, 
set off by persons as yet unknown, was the cause, according to 
the verdict of a coroner’s jury, as returned April 3. Coroner J. 
M. Adams, of Franklin County, impanelled a jury to investi¬ 
gate the deaths of the miners the next day after the explo¬ 
sion. After two days’ inquiry the verdict, declares that the mine 
was in safe condition for working purposes as far as gas 
was concerned on April 3. Fire started in the un¬ 
finished part of the New York Subway at l(58th Street March 
29, and burned for 24 hours. One fireman was killed by a 
cave-in, and the completion of the Subway at that point, 
which is 110 feet, underground will be delayed six months. 
Fire at Elmira Reformatory, Elmira, N. Y., March 
29, totally destroyed the tailor shop, storehouse, laundry, 
bathroom, No. 1 engine room, shoe shop, book bindery, up¬ 
holstery, blacksmith shop, photograph gallery and broom 
shop, and entailed a loss to the amount of about 8190,000. 
. . . Typhoid fever is now epidemic in Philadelphia. 
Since the beginning of March 1.054 cases have been reported, 
with a total of 91 deaths. In February there were 600 
cases. The last week in March showed a falling off ot 
seventy-five cases, the total being 231 new cases, as com¬ 
pared with 306 returned the week before. There was an 
increase of more than 100 per cent, of deaths from the 
fever, however, 32 dying, as compared with 15 for the week 
before. The fever is worst in the. northeast section of the 
city, which is getting filtered water. Strangely enough, the 
fever is less prevalent in the wards receiving unfiltered 
Schuylkill. . . . Following the discovery of an entry 
on the books of the Storey Cotton Company which showed he 
had received $1,100 from that concern, George C. Holden, an 
Inspector attached to the Philadelphia division of the postal 
Inspection service, and specially detailed to investigate get- 
rleh-quick companies suspected of fraudulent use of the 
mails, resigned. While making an inspection of the ac¬ 
count book of the Storey Cotton Company Receiver Brad¬ 
ley and Assistant United States District Attorneys Stewart 
and Swartley came across this entry: “April 20, 1902, 
George Holden, $1,100.” Inspector Holden, who was pres¬ 
ent when the discovery was made, did not deny that he re¬ 
ceive the money. lie said that it had been given to him 
by Storey merely as a loan and that he realized it looked 
bad and' so returned it a few days later. Entries were 
also found In the books of payments to Assistant Attorney- 
General Barrett of the Post Office Department at the time 
frauds were uncovered at Washington several years ago. 
Barrett, is said to have acted as an intermediary for the 
Storey Cotton Company, causing the authorities to over¬ 
look requests for fraud orders for a long time. Holden 
savs that he realized the light in which he was placed, but, 
thinking more of the Department than himself, he went to 
Washington, and, after telling Chief Inspector Vickery 
all that had happened, tendered his resignation. Now he 
declares that he is sorry he did this, as be think it places 
him in the position of retiring under fire. The resignation 
has not vet been accepted. . . . The city of Chicago 
April 5 filed suit for $40,000 against the Standard Oil 
Company. The bill is based on the alleged non-payment of 
inspection fees by the Standard Oil Company. It is charged 
that the Company has for years refused to pay for inspec¬ 
tions made by the city under an ordinance regulating com¬ 
merce in naphtha and gasoline. Representatives of the 
Standard Oil Company hold that gasoline and naphtha are 
not products of petroleum and that, the ordinance does not 
apply. . . . April 4 Judge E. F. Dunne, the Democratic 
candidate was elected Mayor of Chicago, on the platform 
of immediate municipal ownership of all public utilities. 
. . . April 5 the N. Y. Assembly passed the bills fixing a 
tax of $2 on every transfer of 100 shares of stock, and five 
mills on all new mortgages. 
HAY NOTES. 
Ilay raised in this vicinity ia generally used at home or 
in the small surrounding towns. This is a consuming point, 
and hay is brought into this market in large quantities from 
western points. Stocks in dealers' hands here are light, and 
in regard to the outlook for the coming hay crop it is, of 
course, too soon to make a prediction on that point. 
Pittsburg, l*a. kiel & thorne. 
Our opinion is that stock in our locality at the present 
time is as large as, if not larger than, it has been at tho 
corresponding time other years, but it consists mostly of 
poor grades, and we do not. think this stock will have any 
bearing on the price of the coming crop. We can say 
nothing in reference to the outlook of the coming crop. 
Philadelphia, Pa. l. f. miller & sons. 
I should say there was from 35 to 40 per cent of the hay 
in the hands of shippers and farmers. I do not believe that 
much of this hay will be carried over, but I am sure that 
the moving of tliis percentage of hay within the next three 
or four months will undoubtedly cause somewhat lower 
prices. The entire new crop of hay and wheat is looking 
exceptionally well, and there will be a big crop if nothing 
occurs in the meantime to damage these growing crops. 
Bellevue, Ohio. irvin t. fangboner. 
In regard to the stock of hay on the tracks and in the 
houses at the present time, there is about half what, there 
was last year at this time. We have it reported from the 
country that about one-third of the hay remains in the 
farmers' hands. The prices are so low here that we think 
there will be quite a little carried over. It takes a nice car 
of hay to bring $16 at the present time here. Stock hay will 
not bring over $12 or $13, and it has to be good to bring 
this price. tucker, sanborn & co. 
Boston, M’ass. 
There seems to be considerable more hay in farmers’ hands 
than there has been for the last five years. Farmers have 
not been free sellers of this product so far, and my pressers 
report considerable good hay held back. Perhaps a large 
percentage of good hav is still in their hands. This hay 
will come forward after April 1. I see no inducement for 
the farmer to carrv it over for another year. We have had 
heavy snows all Winter and grass and grain have been well 
rotected, so we should naturally expect good crop the com- 
ug year. w. a. vanderveer. 
Port Ewen, N. Y'. 
The stock of hay is very light in Michigan. Our crop was 
not a heavy one, and although there has not been much hay 
shipped out of Michigan this season, we do not think there 
Is any more in reserve than usual at this time of the year. 
It has been a long hard Winter and the farmers have used 
more fodder than usual. We see in many sections that the 
farmers are having hay from each other, many of them hav¬ 
ing their supply nearly exhausted. We do not think there 
will Ik* anv considerable amount of hay carried over in Mich¬ 
igan, and‘it is our opinion that the farmers will begin to 
clean up as soon as they get through with their urgent 
Spring work. It Is too early yet. to say anything about the 
new crop. ferrin brothers company. 
Detroit, Mich. 
There is a very large quantity of hay in the hands of pro¬ 
ducers and dealers in this State. We believe that, fully one- 
third of the hav harvested last year has not been marketed. 
There is not a shipping point in the State but what ha's 
large quantities of hay to offer at this time. With good 
prospects of an earlv Spring values of hay will be decidedly 
lower within the next few weeks. We have predicted all 
Winter that the prices prevailing during the month of May 
will be lower than anv we have experienced during the move¬ 
ment of this crop. The same state of affairs as shown above 
exists in many sections In the State of Indiana. There is 
very little hav carried from one season to the other in this 
State, as most of the producers use their full storage capac-, 
itv each season. The farmers are realizing a uniform price 
of about. $8.50 per ton for their best grade of Timothy hay 
In their barns at the present time. h. m. Strauss & CO. 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
The amount, of local hay left in this part of the country 
is somewhat larger than is usual at this season of the year. 
Our local farmers had a very large crop of hay for this 
State, and while they have been selling freely, the severe 
character of the Winter has retarded the movement. More 
hay will be carried over into June than is usual. Regard¬ 
ing the amount of baled hay that is lu dealers’ hands at the 
disposition of the retail trade, we are inclined to think there 
is just about, the average amount, but. there appears to be a 
very much larger amount of hay pressing for shipment from 
the shipping stations in the various States that have a 
surplus crop of hay. The reports so far available from the 
State of New York and other sections that ship a consid¬ 
erable amount of Timothy hay seem to indicate a large crop 
of hay for the coming year, so far as indications are of any 
value* at the present time. a. b. m'crillis & co. 
Providence, R. I. 
We have made as careful a canvas of the situation so far 
as it governs Michigan, and taking 1903 as an average, we 
estimate that there is not to exceed 15 per cent of the 
amount available for shipment, in the entire State of Mich¬ 
igan that there was available April 1. 1904. We should esti¬ 
mate that 90 per cent of this surplus is Timothy hay, and 
that 75 per cent of it is No. 1 Timothy. Local consumption 
will use all the feeding hay there is left. It is too early 
to consider the coming crop with any degree of certainty. 
The Winter has been favorable to meadows, and acreage is 
about an average. We consider the prospects for the wheat 
crop the best we have had in five years. Thefe was an un¬ 
usual amount of Fall plowing done in our State, and there 
will be a full acreage of oats. Seeding has already com¬ 
menced In some sections, and altogether the situation is very 
favorable for full crops. J. a. heath. 
Lenox, Mich. 
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BUSINESS BITS. 
Page Fence Age for March shows a photograph of a Page 
Fence on the farm of Austin Fitts, Rollin, Mich., erected in 
1885. The fence appears in perfect condition, and will no 
doubt do service for many years to come. This is certainly 
a remarkable record, and speaks well for the durability of 
the Page products. 
The Field Force Pump Co., Elmira, N. Y., publish a 
large and exceedingly complete catalogue of spray pumps, 
machines and fittings, as well as of well and force pumps. 
Readers needing anything in the way of pump or spraying 
outfits cannot do better than to procure a copy of the 
catalogue, which is mailed free on application. 
E. B. Sherwood, of Newtown, has bought three extra fine 
IIolstein-Friesian cows from the Star Farm of Horace Bron¬ 
son, Cortland, N. Y. They were crated and shipped by 
express. Mr. Bronson has one of the finest stock farms in 
the United States, he has 250 dairy cows on hand at all 
times and two of the choicest bulls in the world. 
We have sometimes been asked for the name of a New 
York house making a specialty of selling by mail from cata¬ 
logue. White, Van Glahn & Co., Chatham Square, New York 
City, the oldest mail order house in America, is making 
some exceptionally low price offers in this number. These 
are samples of the prices on over 20,000 articles In “Buyers’ 
Guide.” Look up the announcement elsewhere in this Issue 
and send for catalogue. 
The Cash Supply & Mfg. Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., has just 
sent us a copy of their new Vehicle and Harness Catalogue, 
No B-l, just from the press. They show something like 
200 different kinds of Vehicles, and the illustrations and 
descriptions are very full and complete; in fact, they claim 
it is the largest and most complete line ever sold by any one 
house. Whoever writes for Vehicle Catalogue will also 
receive a copy of their big general Catalogue, No. C-86. 
This general catalogue illustrates, describes, and prices most 
everything used hy farmers, stockmen, poultrymen, besides 
a large line of household articles, specialties, etc. Address 
the Company at No. 435 Lawrence Square, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Expert knowledge and ability are of little avail toward 
making the great forces of nature yield their increase, with¬ 
out the use of farm machinery. In this, as in other kinds 
of machinery, the march of progress and of invention has 
been rapid, but in the forefront for fifty years the famous 
“Buckeye" line has been found. This machinery is manu¬ 
factured by I*. P. Mast & Co., of Springfield, Ohio, and they 
are justly proud of the records made by it. All over the 
world the name “Buckeye” stands for honesty, efficiency 
and economy. The manufacturers will be glad to send you 
a catalogue of any machinery in which you may be Inter¬ 
ested They are calling particular attention to their match¬ 
less line of grain drills, seeders, sowers, riding and walking 
cultivators and cider mills, described in detail in their cata¬ 
logue 9. A postal card will bring it. 
If You 
Want a 
FENCE 
That is Horse High, Bull Strong, 
Pig and Chicken tight 
That is made from the best High 
Carbon Steel Wire 
That is heavily Galvanized to pre¬ 
vent rust or corrosion 
That is Coiled to provide for con¬ 
traction and expansion 
That you can buy direct from us 
at Wholesale Prices with 
Freight Prepaid 
To Your Station 
That you can examine and order 
returned if displeased 
That you can erect and use for 30 
days and return at our freight 
expense if unsatisfactory and 
get your money, write forour 
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is made, how it is Galvanized 
and why some Wire is good 
and some is bad. It is FREE. 
Write for it to-day. Address, 
KITSELMAN BROTHERS, 
Box 230 MUNCIE, INDIANA. 
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THE BROWN FENCE & WIRE CO. 
Cleveland, Ohio 
[Union Lock 
Poult 
fencing 
PICKETS LOCKED IN CABLES 
Can't slip, but stretches perfectly to fit uneven 
ground. Fine meshes at bottom for little chicks. 
High as you want It, 1 to 7 ft. A poultry fence 
for all fowls that does not sag. 
We sell direct to Farmers and Poultrymen. 
Prompt Shipments at Factory Pricos. 
Mills in Connecticut, Illinois, California. Write 
for catalogue. 
CASE BROS., II Main St., Colchester, Conn. 
Nine Tools in One 
1 Wire Stretfjher, 2 Wire Cutters, 
3 Staple Pullers, 2 Hammers, 
I Wire Splicer. 
BLACK BULL 
the handiest tool ever made for 
the man on the farm. Pays for Itself in one month. 
SEE WHAT THIS MAN SAYS: 
Dear Sir: Joplin, Mo. 
I think your Black Bull combination tool is the great 
est all around farm and fence tool I have ever used. 
J. D. MORRISON. 
Ask your hardware dealer to show you Black Bull 
tool. If your dealer doesn’t carry the Black Bull, we 
will send It post paid to any address on receipt of 
91.26. Address 
UTICA DROP FORGE & TOOL CO., 
81 CENESEE ST., UTICA, N. Y. 
0 a ft .00 For A 
IOmachine 
That will weave fence at 
cost of wire only. Saves 
money. $25 buys enough 
Coiled Hard Steel Wire 
for 100 rods of fence. Agents 
wanted. Catalogue free. 
CARTER WIRE FENCE 
MACHINE CO. 
Box 225 Mt. Sterling, Ohio 
ORNAMENTAL FENCE 
• at an economical price. 
Handsome designs; stroDg 
an (^durable. 
Vmte for catalogue “D.” 
ANCHOR FENCE & 
MFG. CO., Cleveland, Ohio. 
An Elastic Fence 
Union Lock Poultry Fence 
A Fence—Not a Netting 
STK ENf'iTli—Cables'of 6 t\vo 0 steel wires twisted together and single wire.pickets swurely fastened where 
thev cross bv the patented "Union Lock.” We make our own wire,galvanize it heavily and w eave into fence. 
ECONOM Y Top rail and bottom boards aro unnecessary, and half the number of posts used for netting 
are sufficient. Union Lock Fence 60 in. high, successfully meets all requirements I lie mesh is 14x3 in. 
at the bottom and gradually increases to 4 x 3 at the top. This prevents the escape of chickens large or small. 
UTILITY—Union Lock Fence may he stretched tight without buckling or sagging and conforms to the ine¬ 
qualities of the ground without cutting. May safely be used as light stock fence. , , 
DURABILITY— Testimony of those who have used Union Lock fence proves that it will last longer and 
better than any other fence or netting. _ 
The lengthwise coll in our spring 
steel horizontals makes Pagp 
Fence elastic. It gives under 
pressure and springs back to 
place when tho pressure is re¬ 
moved. Even trees falling across 
_ or teams running into It do not 
Injure It. It stretches up smoothly over hills, never 
sags, and can be taken down and restretched any 
number of times. Write for catalogue. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. Box 746. AdrUn, Mich. 
OUR NEW SYSTEM 
unsolicited testimonial 
* » * The secret of our success 1« kind treatment and the use of « particular style 
of Woven Wire Fencing known as "Union Lock Poultry Fence.” » * * with our soft, 
sandy Boll wc were troubled by the Leghorns scratching underneath the fence, so we 
conceived the Idea of setting It in the ground, and it proved a happy thought aa our 
troubles ended there. We have taken particular note that the fence underground 
Is In perfect condition although t has been In that position several years. * » ♦ 
Name on application 
Of unitlDg two heavy hard spring wires at crossings 
In a cheap and suDstantlal manner, enables us to 
supply the best fence made. Our 1905 Catalogue 
will tell you nil about It. 
THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO.. Cleveland, Ohio 
We will send free, upon request, the new edition of onr booklet D, 
“A Short Story for Poultry Raisers" containing chapters ,011 The Profit 
of Poultry Raising, The most Popular Y aneties ot Fowl, b eeding, Hatch¬ 
ing and Raising of Chickens, Housing, Fencing—written by recognized 
authorities; instructive, valuable, and interesting. 
UNION FENCE COMPANY 
Mills at New Haven, Ct.,DeKalb, IBs., Oakland, Cal. 114 Liberty St., NEW YORK CITY. 
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The only heavy woven wire fence made In 
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The Boley Wire Fence Co., Sandusky, Ohio. 
