1905. 
TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
689 
PRODUCTS, PRICES, AND TRADE. 
Selling Cotton Direct. —A move of some 
magnitude is under way by which it is ex¬ 
pected that about 1,000,000 bales of cotton 
will be sold direct from planters to spinners, 
without the middleman having any hand in 
it There is no thought of running the spec¬ 
ulators and exchanges out of a job, but, the 
spinners are anxious to get their raw mate¬ 
rial without the freakish uncertainty of tak¬ 
ing it from speculative channels. All in¬ 
terested in fair and square trade will wish 
tliis movement well. But the speculators 
may be expected" to do all they can to 
squelch it by bidding up on any lots that in¬ 
dependents are after, hoping thus to influ¬ 
ence the growers to keep in the old ruts. 
Pears. —Receipts have increased sufficient¬ 
ly to weaken the market. After being fed 
with California Bartletts the fruit stand 
trade looks rather coldly on eastern grown 
pears, which lack in size and color but are 
often superior to western pears. One vari¬ 
ety of real merit, which is scarcely known 
to the retail trade is Louise Bonne de Jer¬ 
sey. Those who have eaten tills when prop¬ 
erly ripened will remember the juicy melting 
llesh and refreshing acidity, unusual in a ripe 
pear. The trade is at a disadvantage in 
handling these nearby pears on account of the 
different degrees of maturity in which they 
arrive. Coming in small lots from many dif¬ 
ferent. places there is no uniformity of grad¬ 
ing and ripening, as with the large western 
orchards, which send thousands of bushels of 
pears that look just about alike. 
Express Service. —The remarks on page 
<184 regarding business methods of the ex¬ 
press companies could be enlarged upon by 
many produce dealers in this city. Accord¬ 
ing to them the main difference between 
the express companies is that some are worse 
than others. The writer has seen a mass of 
correspondence extending over three years in 
which the dealer had vainly attempted to get 
a settlement for goods lost or damaged in 
which the fault of the express company was 
proved and acknowledged. Most complain¬ 
ants get discouraged at the endless excuses, 
‘"looking up,” “referring to the proper per¬ 
son,” etc., etc., and give it up, which result 
appears to be what this “common carrier” is 
aiming at. Their system of collecting ex¬ 
press charges from patrons is so simple and 
right to the point that it seems strange that 
they are not able to devise some less red-tap.v 
method of settling just and acknowledged 
claims. 
Peaches. —During the past week a very 
large quantity of small fruit has been seen, 
some no larger than hickoVynuts. Yet choice 
peaches have been so scarce that considerable 
shopping around was necessary to get any¬ 
thing desirable at any reasonable price; $2 
for a half-bushel basket aud $4 for the ordi¬ 
nary 24-quart crate are extravagant from the 
housekeepers’ point of view. As is usual at 
times when such a variety of good, bad and 
Indifferent peaches are on hand, retail buyers 
have suffered from awfully stuffed baskets. 
Dealers on streets leading to the ferries ex¬ 
pect a lot of trade from suburbanites who 
are in a hurry to catch trains, and have a lot 
of baskets already fixed for such buyers. The 
two top layers are choice; through the wide 
cracks in the side of the basket big red 
peaches are seen; and the top has a few 
leaves and twigs to give the appearance of 
having been packed in the orchard. But six 
quarts of specked or otherwise worthless 
peaches will be so skillfully hidden away in 
the basket that they are no' noticed until 
emptied out. 
Apple Matters. —“The shippers are pay¬ 
ing 80 cents per barrpl here for apples of all 
sorts, from small ones, about 114 inch in 
diameter, to as large and nice as they can 
get. Is this a fair price, or would 1 better 
ship to New York or Philadelphia?” 
Virginia. s. c. 
This price seems small, hut it w'ould he im¬ 
possible to tell much about it without know¬ 
ing more definitely what proportion of num¬ 
ber one apples the trees yield. The choice 
fruit is what, will bring the profit if any is 
made. Apple buyers may be expected to 
operate cautiously this year, remembering tlie 
severe losses that some have suffered through 
carelessness or had judgment, and this cau¬ 
tion will be a good thing all around, for 
most of the losses of apple buyers are even¬ 
tually borne, in one way or another, by the 
growers themselves. If a man is situated so 
that he can pick and pack his owm apples, he 
will stand a better chance of getting what the 
fruit is actually worth. Year after year, 
by consigning to some first class commission 
merchant such a man will get the best mar¬ 
ket price, that is. what the dealer nearest 
the consumer can he made to pay. If one is 
not satisfied with this, he must expect to 
bear the losses as well as the profits incident 
to genuine speculation. Those who cannot 
prepare their own crop for market must, of 
course, depend on buyers, some of whom are 
honest and careful and others devoid of these 
qualities. Under the circumstances named, 
the writer’s choice would be to consign rather 
than sell for 80 cents, provided the propor¬ 
tion of cull fruit was not excessive. Fall 
apples are selling very well here at present 
from $2 to $4 per barrel. Alexander brings 
the top price, and Wealthy. Gravenstein and 
Oldenburg next. Other varieties seen are the 
various pippins, and Maiden Blush. h. 
LINSEED MEAL FOR HENS. 
IIow much linseed meal should be fed to 
hens? Would it pay to buy meat meal? 
L. H. 
We would not use over 10 per 
cent of linseed meal in the mash. Watch 
the fowls when linseed is fed. It is apt 
to cause looseness of the bowels in some 
hens. Meat meal is better for the mash 
if it does not cost too much. 
A SMALL FLOCK OF HENS. 
In September, 1903, I purchased 10 pul¬ 
lets and a cockerel, hatched in May. Last 
season I raised 50 chickens and disposed 
of my yearling hens in the Fall. The ac¬ 
count follows: 
Dr. Cr. 
Stock purchased. $ 6.10 
Grain, etc. 10.58 
1061 eggs laid. 19.98 
Stock sold. 4.24 
Balance . 1.54 
Besides the small net gain shown I had 
two dozen young cockerels for the table 
and 2(5 fine pullets, which make up my 
present flock. The hens averaged 106 eggs 
each. Six were Buff Leghorns. They 
laid well in December, but had their 
combs frozen in January and stopped for 
a month. Now I have all American Dom¬ 
iniques and they do not mind cold 
weather. Last year the Dominiques did 
not begin laying as early as the Leg¬ 
horns, but made the better record on the 
whole. 
My henhouse is on the south side of 
my barn, 10 x 12, high, with tight floor; 
windows south and east; kept clean at all 
times. In the Fall I gather large quan¬ 
tities of leaves and keep the floor covered 
six inches deep; change and sweep every 
week. I use very little ground feed. 
Wheat is staple, but 1 also give corn, oats 
and buckwheat. I feed young chickens 
whole grain, commencing with rice, and 
keep shells and grit in open box; fresh 
clean water daily. In Summer 1 gather 
fine road dust and keep a large box of 
this in front of south window; change 
contents every two or three weeks; feed 
three times a day and scatter grain in 
leaves. I manage to make the fowls al¬ 
ways act hungry when I go into the hen¬ 
house, so they are constantly disposed to 
work. 
Every day I give the flock what my 
little daughter calls a “surprise.” Now 
it is a cabbage suspended from a nail; 
next, meat similarly hung; then clover 
rowen, scraps from the table, a few apples, 
a turnip, raw potatoes, or a basket of hay 
seed from the cow’s manger. I keep my 
cow well hedded with leaves and from the 
stable and henhouse get several loads 
of first-class fertilizer, free from weed 
seed, for my garden. a. c. m. 
Broome Co., N. Y. 
A LEAKY TANK 
is an abomination 
CALDWELL 
Tanks don’t leak. They 
are made right. We build 
tanks of Kverlastlng Cy¬ 
press; also White Flue. 
We have hundreds we 
can reier to In your 
vicinity. Semi for Illus¬ 
trated catalogue and 
price list. 
W. E. CALDWELL CO. 
Louisville, Ky 
NODAMAGE 
To Page Stock Fence* to climb 
over, ait npou, fall bit; trees across 
or run teams or automobiles into 
them. Made of the strongest spring 
steel wire known, theystnnd hard 
use and abase. Write for evidence. 
l*AOE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. 
Box Adrian, Mich. 
WILL LAST 
a life time—The Frost Fence and Steel Gates—as 
both contain the weight, strength and quality to do 
so. Does it pay to buy the cheap woven wire fabric 
every few years? Try the Frost. 
THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Buy Union Lock Poultry Fencing 
of Case Bros., Colchester, Conn. Descriptive circular 
and price list FREE. 
Worth Considering. 
Will save two-thirds of 
your fence expense by 
using an ANfiHO R 
FENCE. It will outlast 
three woven fences. Catalog 
and sample free. 
ANCHOR FENCE & MFG. CO.. Cleveland, Ohio. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
Compare the Evidence, 
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profit without the annoyance 
of individual mortgage loans. 
Write for particulars. 
Assets,.$1,700,000 
Surplus and Profits, . $160,000 
Industrial Savings and Loan Co. 
5 Times BPd’g, B’wy, N.Y. City 
Si>»5 upward, with¬ 
drawable on 30 
* days’ notice. 
Investments bear earn 
Ings from day received 
to day withdrawn. 
Supervised by New York 
Banking Department. 
out an actual trial, is to send for a Sample 
(which we gladly furnish free of charge). 
At the same time get samples of all the 
other ready roofings that you see adver¬ 
tised, Then compare the evidence. 
Right at the beginning you will see this) 
difference,—AMATITE relies on pitch to 
resist the penetration of water. Observe, 
in the accompanying diagram of an 
AMATITE cross-section, the two layers 
of pitch (composition). 
Some of the other manufacturers say 
nothing about what they use. They leave 
you to guess what their roofing is made of. 
If they told, you probably wouldn’t use 
the stuff at any price. 
Some manufacturers use Trinidad As¬ 
phalt. 
Trinidad Asphalt actually disintegrates 
under the action of water. 
But pitch is not soluble in water. Even 
stone dissolves in water, but pitch won’t. 
It has been used wherever water was to 
be resisted, for years. Water is absolutely 
A positively sure remedy 
Pratts Veterinary Colic Cure. 
Made by Pratt Food Co.. Phila. Over 30 years old. 
AAII I n O are raised iii one mouth: 
\llll A K\ bring big prices. Money 
UUUHUO makers for poultrymen, 
» farmers, women. 
Send for our Free Book and learn this 
rich industry. Correspondence invitediff/l 
Plymouth Rock Squab Co., 
335 Howard St., Melrose, Muss. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Won two first premiums at New York State Fair,1904. 
Cockerels and pullets, five months old, $1 each. Cata¬ 
logue froe, 0. JE£. ZIMMER, R.D.41, Weedsport, N.Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Four promising young Cockerels for $5.00. Over 
1,000 to select from. Send for circular. 
WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Well developed Cockerels from stock bred for laying, 
$1 each. D. F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
“MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS.” 
Let ns know your wants. We have either sex. Old or 
Young. From $1.00 to $3.00 each. 
powerless against it. All large and im¬ 
portant buildings are now-a-days water¬ 
proofed with pitch. Don’t therefore, 
Auiatite on a small factory. 
select your roofing by the looks of a sam¬ 
ple that has never been exposed to the 
zveather. Find out what it is made of, 
whether its materials are the kind that 
really resist water. Then you will select 
AMATITE the only ready-roofiug that’s 
full of Pitch. 
Other reasons why AMATITE Roof¬ 
ing is superior to any other Ready Roof- 
Lauderdale Farm, Loudonville, Albany Co., N. Y. 
Var's Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book. 10c. 
Rates free. J. A. BKRGKY.Box S.Telford.Pa, 
C hoice Stock for Sale.—Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns, 
Mlnorcas, Turkeys, Ducks and Guineas. Also Lice 
Killing Nest Eggs, sample mailed. 5c.; dozen. 50c. 
Agents wanted. Pine Tree Farm, Jamesburg, N. J. 
B uff Plymouth rock and buff leghorn 
COCKERELS for sale. Price. $1.25 to$2if taken 
this month. HOWARD SUTTON, Fairmount, N. J. 
N EGG FACTORY 
must be furnished the proper raw 
materials to keep going to its full 
capacity. HARVEY’S Electric 
Poultry Food will keep your hens busy in 
winter when eggs are high—lots more money 
in winter eggs; you ought to feed for it. 
Write for our free catalogue — tells how. 
Harvey Seed Co., 88 Elllcott St., Buffalo,N.Y. 
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coated or painted; that it is lozv in price, 
easy to lay and absolutely wind, zvatcr, 
and weather-proof. 
Our Booklet, “How is your Roof,” 
which we send with the Sample, free for 
the asking, is a most interesting treatise 
on Ready Roofing. Write to the nearest 
office and it will be sent you at once. 
Barrett Manufacturing Company, Now 
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, 
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, New 
Orleans, Allegheny or Minneapolis. 
GG5 FROri BONE 
Green cut bone doubles egg yield. More fertile 
eggs, vigorous chicks,early broilers, heavylowls. 
■I JIMhPC LATEST MODEL 
171/l mi O BONE CUTTER 
10 days free trial. No moneyln advance. Send It 
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F, W,M ANN CO., Box 15 , Milford, Maa>. 
Cyphers Incubator 
guaranteed to hatch more and healthier 
chicks than any other or your money back. 
Absolutely self regulating.' Price $6.50 
and up. Send for 212 page (8x11 Inches) catalogue 
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Don’t Forget the Main Point 
in dairying is to make it pay. The more cream you can get, the more pay, 
providing you do your skimming at the sma.lest cost in time, labor and running 
expenses. You can make it pay most, with least trouble and smallest expense, 
by using the Improved 
S. Cream Separator 
French Camp, Cal., July 13 , 1905 . 
“I purchased a No. 7 U. S. Cream Separator last April. I have only three 
cows, but since the 28th of last April I have sold $71.88 worth of cream. 
I find it everything that could be wished for. It runs very light and 
is a perfect skimmer. — U. B. GOEN.” 
Gets the Most Cream 
and Holds World's Record for Close Skimming 
A little figuring will prove to you that Mr. Goen 
couldn’t average about $120 a year per cow unless he 
did get all the cream. 
Send for handsome booklet. No. 378, about 
“ The Dairy—and How to Make it Pay the Most.” 
Free —send noio for it. 
Y2RM0NT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Yt. 
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