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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 22, 
PRODUCTS , PRICES AND TRADE. 
“Made in Germany" is the inscription 
seen on many articles sold in this country, 
particularly toys. The United States is the 
best customer of Germany in this special line, 
as our consul-general at Frankfort states that 
during the past year we imported $4,000,000 
worth of these toys. The wages paid em¬ 
ployees working on dolls and similar toys 
range from $1.25 to $7 per week. Another 
important item is chinaware made in Sonne- 
berg, which we imported to the value of $13,- 
250,000 last year. 
Butter. —Extra creamery has made an¬ 
other advance, four cents this time. This 
rise has affected under grade creamery and 
to some extent State dairy. The advance is 
caused by a decided shortage with no pros¬ 
pect of full supplies in the near future. 
Potatoes. —The market continues dull and 
weak. Holders are getting rid of their old 
stock as rapidly as possible, and there is no 
prospect of any improvement for some time. 
A good many potatoes have been frosted, not 
badly enough to injure their keeping qualities, 
but just enough to give them a sweetish taste, 
whicjj 1 have heard a number of buyers object 
to. The probability of injured vitality from 
frost will doubtless result in less common 
stock being used for seed. With the specially 
cated-for seed as cheap as at present, it will 
not pay to use culls or general eating stock. 
Choice seed here ranges from $2 to $2.50 per 
105-11). sack, and I have seen some very fair 
seed bought for $1.75. These sacks run five 
to ten pounds short of the claimed weight, 
owing to shrinkage or short weight on the 
start. 
Strawberries. —Fruit from the Carolinas 
has been here for several days. The highest 
recent prices have been for Charleston berries 
in refrigerator chests, not that there was 
any special virtue in this form of package, 
but because the fruit happened to be the 
finest here at the time. Open crate berries 
come in even better condition in refrigerator 
cars when properly handled. The ice chest 
is a convenient package for sections where 
owing to small acreage or earliness of season 
carload lots cannot be had. “Jersey” berries 
have been sold here for several weeks. Dur¬ 
ing the latter part of March Washington 
market retailers were selling what they claim¬ 
ed to be nearby fruit. Most, buyers merely 
grinned at this, knowing that Jersey plants 
were just thinking of making a Spring start, 
but now and then one with limited horti¬ 
cultural information evidently swallowed the 
story, the unusually warm weather at the 
time making it more plausible. 
Apples. —The market is in poor condition 
except on fancy grades, which are scarce. 
Common storage apples are showing consider¬ 
able rot and wither. The percentage of loss 
in many barrels is large, and buyers discount 
the fruit accordingly. New York is a poor 
place to ship rotten apples to. With any 
adequate enforcement of existing health laws 
much of this stuff would be seized and thrown 
into the dump which would be a good thing 
for both growers and dealers. With the large 
orchard areas now coming into bearing, closer 
sorting than formerly will be necessary in 
full crop seasons. Years ago there was com¬ 
paratively little uniform butter, and much 
of that offered was of a low grade. Now the 
creameries turn out tons of butter which 
varies but little in quality, and this has 
pushed the low grade dairies to one side. 
Something of this sort is sure to take place 
in the apple market. The choice fruit will 
sell, and those who store low grades or ship 
mixed or inferior lots will lose money. April 
8 an apple was picked up under a tree at 
the writer’s home, which bad been lying there 
all Winter. It was sound, firm and of fair 
flavor, but little injured by its long outdoor 
cold storage. Possibly it was under a big 
snowbank all Winter, though I am not certain 
oi this. It is a small natural fruit and 
makes very good eating late in the Fall. 
Effect of Steamship War. —The rate war 
1)0tween the Cnnard Line and a combination 
oj other steamer companies cut seriously into 
the profits, as it is stated that the Cunard 
Go. will pay no dividend this year. The 
expenses incident to operation of a first class 
passenger line are enormous. The captain 
and some of the other officers are high priced 
men: harbor and dockage charges are heavy; 
fuel Is a b'~ item, and a surplus of both this 
and food must be carried to provide for de¬ 
lays. Considering the' expenses and service 
given, normal passenger rates across the 
Atlantic are low compared with railroad 
transportation, and thus far patrons of 
transatlantic lines have had the benefit of 
sharp competition and frequent cut rates. 
Selling Fresh Eggs.—“I would like to 
get a private trade for strictly fresh eggs. 
Could T get some restaurants to send them to 
and guarantee them to be fresh?” G. R. 
New York. 
This is a matter of interest to a good many 
people who keep 100 to 200 hens, give them 
good care, gather the eggs regularly, and do 
not mix^in “stolen” nests or nest eggs. They 
rightly feel that such eggs ought to bring 
more than the common run, where no spec¬ 
ial care is taken to avoid mixing In stale 
eggs. The plan of working up a private 
family trade in the city sounds attractive, 
and some have carried it out with success. 
In Chanter 15 of “The Business lien" Mr. 
Kice tells some of the ups and downs of this 
private family trade, showing that there are 
more downs than might be supposed. This 
business is pretty well covered by Long 
Island and other nearby poultrymen. The 
hotel and restaurant trade does not pan out 
so well as might be expected. In order to 
interest a buyer for such a concern a 
producer would have to guarantee a certain 
supply regularly and always up to standard. 
Some wjio have tried this have yielded to the 
suggestion to patch out a scanty supply 
some weeks by buv ng from a neighbor’s yard, 
with the result that a stale egg or two got 
in and ruined the reputation of the brand. 
Rut there is another unexpected snae in this 
hotel trade, viz. graft, of a most able-bodied 
tvne. Many hotel buyers “stand in” with 
all sorts of supnly dealers, and the one 
who gives the biggest personal “hand-out" 
to its buyer gets the order, even though his 
nnces are higher than those of a competitor. 
This has contributed largely to the failure 
of many hotels. The proprietor is unable to 
prevent it. because he cannot oversee all the 
details himself, and the system of graft runs 
from the supply store to the kitchen. The 
chef is in the deal and knows how to make 
a competitor's supplies make a bad showing. 
Rut there are some egg dealers and general 
commission men who have a special trade in 
the grade of eggs mentioned by the inquirer, 
and often better returns may be had in this 
way, with less trouble than any other. Ship¬ 
ments are made to them once or twice a 
week, and the eggs graded as to color, white 
being preferred here. The inquirer has been 
given several such names and any other read¬ 
er may have them on request. H. 
Cleaning Oats of Smut. —We have often 
described the method of jireventing oat smut 
by the use of formalin and water. The or¬ 
dinary method is to use about one pint of 
formalin in 20 to 25 gallons of water, throw 
the oats on the floor and sprinkle them thor¬ 
oughly with the solution. The oats are then 
thrown into a pile, covered with a blanket or 
sack for an hour, and then spread out to 
dry. When thoroughly done, this operation 
kills most of the smut germs, and very little 
will lie found at the harvest. The Indiana 
Experiment Station tells in Bulletin No. 103, 
how this treatment is done on a large scale 
in an elevator. The oats are dropped down 
through a vertical chimney which is about 
three feet square and 40 to 50 feet high. 
Alongside ot this chimney are placed shelves 
or deflectors sloping downward on alternate 
sides so that the grain as it drops from the 
top, is tossed from side to side and thor¬ 
oughly mixed. As it falls from the top a 
solution of one pint of formalin to 25 gallons 
of water is sprayed upon the oats from a 
small steam pump. The rate of this spray 
is regulated and as the oats are thoroughly 
tossed about on their way through the chim¬ 
ney, when they reach the bottom they are 
thoroughly mixed. The grain at the bottom 
of the drop stands in a bin for not less than 
two hours. It is then fit to be used 
as seed, or if not dry it is again run through 
the chimney, this time treated to a blast of 
dry air. After drying the oats may be kept 
for a long time. They are not injured for 
feeding and are fit for seeding. This rapid 
method for treating oats is ofl great advan¬ 
tage to farmers, who may if they like, take 
their seed to the elevator and have it treated 
at a low cost. Experiments have also been 
made in treating the oats with sulphur 
fumes. This brightens and cleans the oats, 
but is not so effective as the formalin in 
destroying the smut germ. 
If you can’t 
ring every 
one with 
this your 
wire is 
down. 
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'—CRIMSON CLOVER Seed, $5 50 
bushel; Cow Peas, $1.75 bushel; 
2nd growth Seed Potatoes, $3.00 to $3.50 barrel; Onion 
Sets, $3.00 bushel JOSEPH E. HOLLAND. 
. Milford, Delaware. 
POTATOES —Best early and late, Fine 
Stock. 40 find 50 cents a bushel. Write. 
McAdams Seed Co., Columbus Grove, O. 
NEW HOME STRAWBERRY SVvVtt's 
PLANT FARM. Athenia. N. J. 
Leggett’s Dusters 
Distribute Insecticides 
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No Barrel of Water to Haul. 
Several styles for garden,field or orchard. Full line 
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American Horticultural Distributing 
Company 
Martinsburg, - - - West Virginia. 
SEED POTATOES 
Irish Cobbler and Early Norther. Extra fine stock 
grown on virgin soil. $1 per bushel; $2.50 per bbl., 
f .O.b. T. DRISCOLL. Kauneonga, Sull. Co., N. Y. 
S EED POTATOES -Sir Walter Raleigh (the 
leading late variety.) Pure selected Seed, $2.25 
per barrel: 5-barrel orders at $2. In sacks, 00c. per bu. 
Cash with order. Geo. M.Tallcot, Skaneateles, N. Y. 
Choice Northern Grown Seed Potatoes 
At 75c per bu. Six Weeks, Burpee’s Extra Early, 
Bovee, Juno Eating, E. Surprise, E. Fortune, Carman 
No. 1 and No. 3, World’s Superior. 
MAPLE LAWN STOCK FARM. New Berlin, N. Y. 
Potatoes—Blush. Bovee, Carman, Cobbler, Harvest, 
Ohio,Queen,6 Weeks, 85 kinds. C W.Ford,Fishers,N.Y 
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Varieties Early Michigan, Ohio, Six Weeks, 60c bu.; 
Late Beauty of Hebron, Superior, Carman No. 3, 
Uncle Sam, 60c bu.; 100 Bu. Lots Carman No. 3 or 
Uncle Sam, $40. H. BLEMHUBER & SON, Specialists, 
Marquette, Michigan. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Climax at $2 p. 1000, and all other leading varieties. 
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Strawberry Plants. 
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VEGETABLE PLANTS 
Large transplanted plants of Cabbage, Celery, 
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Our Cabbage Plants are transplanted in De¬ 
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J. E. HUTTON & SON, Conyngham, Pa. 
THE PINEAPPLE FLAVORED 
STRAWBERRY. 
Plants for sale at S3 per 1000. 
Plant the Pineapple Flavored Straw¬ 
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very productive of large, handsome, well- 
formed strawberries. It is perfect in 
blossom and will bear abundantly when 
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While it is a new variety to most people, 
it is well known at Rochester, N. Y , 
where we have been testing it for ten 
years, it is a valuable strawberry for 
nearby markets and has sold for nearly 
double the p; ice of ordinary sour berries. 
We have thought so highly of this 
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50 cts. per 100; 500 for Si.50; or 1000 for 
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STUDEBAKER 
'A MILLION 
EVERY DAY. 
There are more than a million Studebaker 
vehicles in daily use the world over. More 
Studebakers are sold every year than any other 
make. And yet within the memory of many men 
who read this, the Studebaker shop was a little, one- 
man, country’smithy 1 Doesn’t that suggest to you 
that the Studebaker must be about right? Well, it is; 
just as good as expert workmen can make from the 
choicest materials, most rigidly inspected. 
The Studebakers are the largest buyers of vehicle 
materials in the world. They get first pick and they’re 
mighty particular about what they take. They have 
behind them and bred into the bone of them, the 
tradition that it’s a sin to let a piece of work go out of 
the factory that is not as nearly perfect as human skill 
can make it. That’s why they keep more inspectors 
at work than some factories keep hands. 
If you’re thinking of buying a farm wagon, a spring 
wagon, a surrey, a buggy, a family carriage, a vehicle 
of any kind for business or pleasure, or a set of har¬ 
ness, talk it over with the Studebaker agent. You 
don’t make such a purchase very often; do it right 
while you’re about it. Ask him for the Studebaker 
Almanac for 1905. If he can’t supply you send your 
name and address with a 2c. stamp to us and a free 
copy will be sent you. Address Dept. No. 54 
Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., South Bend, Ind. 
Agencies 'most everywhere. 
A dealer may make more by selling you some other, but you make the most 
by buying a Studebaker. 
