1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
529 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
A. H. Phelps, Clinton, Conn., is not now 
an agent for The R. N.-Y., and we will no 
longer be responsible for collections made 
by him on our account. We are compelled 
to make this announcement because our 
subscribers are reporting to us that they 
have paid him money for subscriptions to 
The R. N.-Y. which he has not accounted 
for to us. Some of these collections have 
been made, subscribers tell us, since he 
has become the agent of another paper, 
and we are unable to get any satisfactory 
explanation or accounting from him. In 
some cases it is reported to us that where 
money has been sent him for The R. 
N.-Y. he has sent the subscriber another 
paper insead. Then again he has repre¬ 
sented to our subscribers that he could 
take subscriptions for The R. N.-Y. for 
less than the regular price in combination 
with the paper he represents, which is 
absolutely untrue, and in some instances 
has even gone so far as to represent him¬ 
self as a publisher of The R. N.-Y., which 
of course is ridiculously untrue. Repeat¬ 
ed protests and /arnings both to him and 
his employers have brought no relief from 
various abuses and breaches of confidence. 
We have been reluctant to appeal to the 
severity of the law as a matter of protec¬ 
tion, but if the abuses continue it may yet 
become necessary to do so. 
We frequently receive letters from sub¬ 
scribers asking where certain kinds of ma¬ 
chinery or goods can be found, but apol¬ 
ogizing for troubling us to look up the 
information and reply. We refer to these 
letters to say that no apology is necessary. 
We are here to be of use to the readers 
of The R. N.-Y. We are equipped with 
all the facilities to get any kind of infor¬ 
mation at the shortest possible notice, and 
nothing pleases us better than to have 
you call upon us for any information that 
will be of use to you. 
In this connection there is another sug¬ 
gestion that we want to make. Many of 
the large stores and mail order houses 
usually make a custom of making what 
they call a “leader” of some article which 
they advertise. It may be a piece of dress 
goods, a carriage, a stove or a barrel of 
sugar. It is usually some staple article 
with which you are familiar. The price 
is made low on these “leaders.” The idea 
is that you will also buy other things 
when ordering this special article. This 
you may or may not do, as you like, but 
the “leader” affords you an opportunity to 
get such goods cheap. Some careful buy¬ 
ers watch these things constantly, and 
save a great deal of money by so doing. 
There is bigger opportunity in it than one 
would think who had not followed it care¬ 
fully. This applies to all legitimate ad¬ 
vertisers. Of course some unreliable 
houses advertising in cheap papers abuse 
the practice by offering poor quality of 
goods as a “leader,” but no house can 
build up a trade by doing so, and the good 
houses could not afford to do it. A man 
who has made a study of such things for 
several years recently said to me that 
these “leaders” give farmers the oppor¬ 
tunity to buy their goods cheaper than any 
other class of people on earth. His con¬ 
tention was that the same special induce¬ 
ments, quality of goods considered, was 
not offered to town customers, and he is 
a man who has to do with both classes. 
He had no object in misstating the facts. 
A Connecticut subscriber sends us an¬ 
other stock prospectus emanating from 
Philadelphia, accompanied by a long letter 
urging him to buy stock at par in a com 
pany capitalized for $150,000. You can 
buy as many as you want, but not less 
than five shares, and you can pay for it in 
installments. This is another case where 
a majority of control of the stock remains 
in the hands of the promoters, and the 
outside investors — lambs — furnish the 
cash. It is entirely a new enterprise. If 
the business does not prosper, of course, 
your money is gone. If it does prosper, 
what is to prevent the men who control 
it from getting all the profits? If there 
is any good reason why a farmer should 
put his money into such doubtful enter¬ 
prises, we have never yet learned what 
those reasons are. We confess to little 
patience with promoters who make a busi¬ 
ness of enticing hard-earned money of 
frugal people, such as farmers, mechanics 
and employees into stock-jobbing schemes. 
Compared with such polished rogues the 
business of a common highwayman or 
green-goods swindler becomes a respecta¬ 
ble occupation. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Potatoes. —The market had got Braced up 
a trifle’ when another flood of tubers arrived, 
and conditions are now about as had as be¬ 
fore. The top limit is $1 per barrel, except 
for extra choice, but such deals are so scat¬ 
tering and exceptional that they are not 
quotable. Old potatoes are quite thoroughly 
neglected, selling at 75 cents to .$1. 
A Big Raft of about 10,000,000 feet of 
timber, mostly piling and spars, will be towed 
from the Pacific coast to China this Summer. 
This is said to be the largest lot of logs ever 
towed. Great precautions will be taken to 
avoid accidents, but navigators are protesting 
on account of the danger to shipping in case 
of the raft breaking up through rough 
weather. 
Saffron.—“W hat is the wholesale price of 
saffron in New York ?” reader. 
Mexico. 
In the trade two products pass as saffron. 
One is the dried anthers of Crocus sativus, 
used in cookery, coloring confectionery and 
formerly to some extent in medicine. Job¬ 
bers ask $4.50 to $7 per pound for this, ac¬ 
cording to quality. False saffron is the 
flower of Carthamus tinctorius, offered at 80 
to 90 cents per pound. It is used solely as a 
coloring matter, as a substitute for true 
saffron. 
Live Stock Insurance. —“Give address of 
reliable live stock insurance companies doing 
business in the United States and Canada. 
We have imported some expensive horses and 
wish to insure them.” j. p. 
Canada. 
There appear to be no strictly live stock in¬ 
surance companies doing a general business 
in this country. There are a number of local 
mutual benefit concerns which handle more 
or less neighborhood business. Some Are in¬ 
surance companies are said to do a limited 
business in this line. The difficulties in the 
way of a general live stock insurance trade 
are great, and rates would have to be high 
to make the risk money making or even safe. 
Barring accident by the elements, an owner 
can best insure his own live stock by the ex¬ 
ercise of reasonable care in diet, handling, etc. 
Green Peas and Beans have been plenti¬ 
ful, but the proportion of good quality is 
small. I see a great many that have been 
left on the vines too long and are tough and 
hard. Part of them may bring 10 cents per 
bushel above expenses. In warm wet weather 
a field of peas or beans quickly gets away 
from the growers, especially if pickers are 
scarce. The price range on peas has been 30 
to 00 cents per bushel. On beans it has run 
a little higher up to $1.25 for some nearby 
stock that happened to be specially choice. 
New Apples are something of a feature in 
the market now. Red Astrachan and various 
nondescript green kinds are seen. Choicest 
Astracbans have brought as much as $3.50 
per barrel. These new apples work out in all 
sorts of channels from the high-priced fruit 
stores down through the round of “green 
apple” sauce, dumplings and cake, to the 
knotty nubbins sold on East Side fruit stands. 
Peaches.—T he situation is not satisfac¬ 
tory, altogether too large a proportion of 
spoiled stock having arrived, which has kept 
the Board of Health inspectors busy. Here 
and there a few nice peaches are offered, 
but the bulk are still ordinary, compared to 
wbat may be expected later. Prices have 
ruled low, $1.25 per 24-quart crate covering 
many sales. 
Berries of all sorts have shown the ef¬ 
fects of rain and muggy weather, many of 
the more perishable kinds being unsalable. 
The weather has been particularly hard on 
cherries. Strawberries are still plentiful, but 
top prices are a little under those of last 
week. The retailers have to do a large 
amount of extra work sorting out defective 
berries and repacking baskets. I see many 
who are 'experts at this, particularly in put¬ 
ting the best berries on top and juggling the 
baskets so as to make them hold less, by 
false or bulged-up bottoms. 
Muskmelons from the South and Cali¬ 
fornia are on hand in good supply. As usual, 
the price range is wide, owing to varying 
quality. The Californias are very much the 
better, and more dependable at present, bushel 
crates having brought $7, while $2 is the top 
for southern, with some going at 25 to 50 
cents. 
Butter. —There has been a one-cent ad¬ 
vance since the product was last noted in 
this column. This rise at once checked spec¬ 
ulative interest, and the week has been quiet 
so far as this trade is concerned. Some of 
the receipts are showing heat defects as the 
result of the recent hot wave which extended 
over a large section of country. Excessive 
heat is one of the worst things that a but- 
termaker has to contend with. It upsets all 
calculations and makes extra work and pre¬ 
cautions necessary from the cow to the churn. 
The horrible fly pest is usually at its worst 
at such times, and the milk of a cow that 
has had a day of torture from flies and heat 
can scarcely be considered normal, perhaps 
not unwholesome, but still the product of an 
excited and feverish animal. Plenty of shade 
in the pasture and a good fly killer are of 
special service during such periods. I have 
seen men slash down a pasture lot tree be¬ 
cause the roots were robbing the grass, and 
the cows spent too much time in the shade. 
No cow worth keeping will be too lazy or 
comfortable to eat enough for the needs of 
her milk-making machinery. h. 
Clark's Alfalfa. —Geo. M. Clark, of Con¬ 
necticut, the famous grass man, writes he 
is trying Alfalfa on a high and dry soil. 
June 1 he writes: “I am sowing 25 pounds 
to the acre of Alfalfa seed this morning, 
and 800 pounds of high-grade fertilizer to 
the acre, harrowing with my smoothing har¬ 
row in four directions. That rakes the 
seed in about 1% inches; then I shall roll 
it down lightly and see what will come of 
it. There has been no rain of any account 
on the field for nearly two months ; dry and 
light as an ash heap down at least six 
inches, with everything in the shape of 
vegetation killed out so that the Alfalfa will 
have the best chance it can have in such a 
dry section of land.” It will be interesting 
to see if this “intense culture” will make 
“inoculation" unnecessary. 
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WHITE SPRINGS FARM 
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Headed by PETER THE GREAT OF PAXTANG 
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Such Cows as Imp. Deanie 7th, 503.9 lbs. of butter 
in one year. Sheet Anchor’s Lassie, 476.3 lbs of 
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butter in one year, Lucretia 3d, 508.4 lbs. of butter 
in one year, etc., etc. 
The herd numbers about forty carefully selected 
animals. Registered and tuberculin-tested. Breeding 
stock for sale at all times, including the choicest or 
heifer and bull calves of all ages. The winnings at 
the New York State Fair for 1904 comprised 13 first 
and second prizes and one championship out 
of 17 entries. Prices very reasonable. For further 
information and catalogue, address, 
ALFRED G. LEWIS, Geneva, N. X. 
Please mention Rural New-Yorker in writing. 
Note. 20 choice two year old heifers for sale at 
from $150 to $300, also several mature bulls. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
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Minorcas, Turkeys, Ducks and Guineas. Also Lice 
Killing Nest Eggs, sample mailed. 5c.: dozen. 60c. 
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Complete catalogue and poultrymcn’s guide, 212 
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Var's Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Oats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book. 10c. 
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S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Four promising young Cockerels for $5.00. Over 
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WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
S. G. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Yearlings 75 cents. 
HILANDALE FARM, Brooklyn, Ohio, R. F. D. 2. 
ROSE COMB W. LEGHORNS 
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A veterinary apeciflo for wind, 
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Will reduce inflamed,swollen Joints, 
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