1905. 
TIIE RURAL’ NEW-YORKER 
7o5 
QUESTIONS ABOUT WIRE FENCING. 
We are much interested in an investi¬ 
gation which is being conducted by the 
Department of Agriculture into the causes 
of the rapid rusting and corrosion of iron 
and steel wire fencing. We believe that 
this is a matter of very great importance 
and that great benefit will come from this 
investigation. We have been asked to 
aid in the collection of information by re¬ 
questing our readers to answer the follow¬ 
ing questions. We' sincerely hope that 
those of our readers who have not lately 
paid attention to the condition of their 
wire will take the time necessary to in¬ 
spect it and send in their answers as 
soon as possible. 
1. IIow many years on the average do 
your wire fences last before they begin to 
rust through and break up? 
2. IIow many miles are your fences dis¬ 
tant from the nearest city or town where 
any considerable amount of coal is burned? 
3. IIow many miles are your fences dis¬ 
tant from the nearest salt water? 
4. Have you noticed that tlie bottom wires 
that are often enclosed in grass or weeds 
last better than the upper wires which hang 
free? 
5. Have you noticed that where wire is 
stapled to a living tree, it seems in some way 
to iiave been preserved near the point of con¬ 
tact with the tree? 
(>. Have you noticed any difference, how¬ 
ever slight, in the way wire lasts near to the 
posts to which it is stapled compared with 
the way it lasts midway between the posts 
where it hangs free? 
7. Have.you noticed that after all the gal¬ 
vanized covering has disappeared some wires 
will lest much longer than others? 
8. Have you noticed any difference In the 
lasting quality of barbed wire as compared 
with plain wire or woven wire fencing? 
f>. In the case of woVen wire fences do you 
find that some wires last much better than 
others or do they begin to fail all about the 
same time? 
PRODUCTS, PRICES, AND TRADE. 
Potatoes continue plenty. We have noted 
no sales of late above .$2 per barrel. Most of 
them run from $1.50 up. There is no pros¬ 
pect of any improvement in price until the 
rush of digging is over and those who sell 
out of the field have disposed of their crop. 
Butter. —There have been minor tip and 
down changes in the market, but for several 
weeks the present average of id to 21 cents 
for toj) grades has been held. The market is 
quiet, and those anxious to unload some of 
their surplus stock find it necessary to do 
more or less price cutting to force deals. 
The general run of the make for a month 
has shown the usual dog days defects. 
Skeletons are Free. —It is cheering, or 
otherwise, to learn from the tariff regula¬ 
tions that importations of skeletons may 
come into this country free of duty. Hu¬ 
man skeletons have been on 1 he free list for 
some time, and a recent decision by the gen¬ 
eral appraisers puls the mounted bones of 
birds, fishes and all animals in the same 
class, entitled to free entry as anatomical 
preparations. This decision was made on 
the appeal of Importers in this city from the 
assessment of 20 per cent duty on such 
articles by the local boards. 
Peaches. —The arrivals for the week have 
been quite large, with a fair run of better 
fruit, which sold high. There are large 
quantities fit only for pickling selling from 
50 to 75 cents per basket, and a good many 
very woolly varieties, really worthy of be¬ 
ing classed as Shropsijlres or Southdowns. 
In a season like the present, when peach 
rot is prevalent, the woolly kinds seem to 
have an advantage, being more resistant to 
such diseases. They are rather trouble¬ 
some to eat out of hand, however. The 
fruit stand men brush off the fuzz with a 
whisk broom. 
Insane Coal Prices. —The newspapers 
note the arrest of a man who recently 
called at the President’s home in an effort 
to get Mr. It oosevelt to “do something’’ to 
regulate the price of coal. It is said that 
this crank appears perfectly rational on all 
subjects except coal, and if his remarks 
about that concerned only the extravagant 
price of that commodity it would seem to 
be an added proof of his sanity and good 
sense. Coal at points on coal-carrying roads 
in New Jersey is now retailing at $7 per 
ton and up, a price neither “safe" nor 
“sane,” when one considers the actual cost 
of getting the coal above ground. The help¬ 
less consumer, as he hands out his $7 for 
what cost only $4.50 a few years ago, Is 
quite likely to feel that he is contributing 
more than his share to the fat surplus fund 
of that absolute monarchy, the coal trust. 
Apples. —The receipts at this market are 
quite large, some days nearly 15,000 barrels 
having arrived. Prices cover a very wide 
range, from $1 to $4 per barrel. This is 
about the height of the season for the large 
red so-called “table apples.” A few Wolf 
Rivers have been seen. These make Alex¬ 
ander take a back seat, and It is probable 
that a limited quantity can be sold to ad¬ 
vantage here every year merely for decor¬ 
ative purposes, though Inferior in quality 
to many scrub fence-corner seedlings. The 
Fall Tippin, though not yet at its best, is 
selling well. It makes new friends every 
year, and they usually stick to it. This 
variety is especially adapted to the making 
of apple jelly, being rich in pectin, an ele¬ 
ment which secures a firm jelly without the 
use of any of the chemicals found in some 
of tlie commercial product. 
Grapes. —There is little to say In favor 
of those that have arrived here of late. 
They are sour and not at all satisfying. The 
writer tested a lot of especially nice-looking 
Delawares which proved to be about inedi¬ 
ble, having a strong acid flavor which fairly 
burned the mouth. There is only one way 
(vine girdling) by which such immature 
grapes could have got a dead ripe color, and 
it is certainly a mistake to turn this fruit 
loose on consumers. They stop buying un¬ 
til better fruit can be had. 
Eggs. —The price for September has been 
about three cents above the average for the 
past four years. Strictly fresh eggs are 
scarce and firm, all sorts of prices up to 85 
or 40 cents per dozen being paid by people 
who insist on having the best. This is in 
strong contrast with store-gathered eggs 
shipped here from the West and South, sell¬ 
ing under 20 cents. Bakers and other users 
of bottled eggs have been somewhat shocked 
by a statement of the Massachusetts Board 
of Health that their chemists had found on 
sale rotten eggs with the odor “cut” with 
formaldehyde. It appears that this embalm¬ 
ing fluid is an effective agent for the reno¬ 
vation of eggs that have hitherto been con¬ 
sidered fit for leather dressing only. It Is 
stated that one bakery in Massachusetts has 
used as much as half a ton of these mixed 
eggs a day, supposing that they wera uudoc- 
tored and wholesome. Liquid eggs are a sta¬ 
ple article of commerce, made from cracked 
or badly broken arrivals. When taken care 
of promptly, put in tight vessels in cold 
storage, they keep well and are entirely 
suitable for b akers' use _ h. 
Success With Inoculation. —I have no¬ 
ticed your request for reports from the use of 
Alfalfa bacteria obtained from U. S. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. Here is my experience. 
One year ago last April I sent to Washington, 
requesting sufficient bacteria to inoculate the 
seed for four acres. They replied that ordi¬ 
narily they only supplied sufficient for one 
acre, but made an exception in my case, and 
sent an extra supply. I followed the direc¬ 
tions, and wetted about 80 pounds of seed 
with the solution. After drying a couple of 
days I sowed it on our ordinary black Illinois 
soil, upon which corn had been raised for 
several years. I gave the ground no other 
preparation than to disk and harrow it, ap¬ 
plying no fertilizer of any kind. I got a 
good stand, and cut it over twice, the first 
season to keep down the weeds, allowing the 
weeds and grass to lie just as cut. This year 
it came on nicely, hardly a weed showing on 
the whole four acres, and it is as pretty a 
field as one will see in many a day. I have 
cut it twice for hay, and it will be ready to 
cut again in about 10 days. The first cutting 
yielded eight tons, the second about five, and 
I expect 3V> or four at the next. I am send¬ 
ing you under separate cover a few stalks 
and roots, showing the height as it now stands 
and the tubercles on the roots. You will 
notice some bunches of these quite as large as 
hazelnuts. On the smaller root they are just 
developing They look like clusters of ants’ 
eggs. It is a difficult matter if the soil is dry 
to get the roots out with the tubercles at¬ 
tached, as they grow on the fine hair like roots 
and are easily broken off. I could tind them 
in the soil where they had been broken off 
after gelling the root out. 1 am informed by 
the Illinois Experiment Sutton that It re¬ 
quires several years to net the soil completely 
tilled, and that soil from a field Is not to be 
depended on for Inoculation until Alfalfa has 
grown upon it at least three years. Judging 
from the appearance of my soli I should say 
that is correct. My field so far is quite a suc¬ 
cess. 1 know of no other way the inoculation 
could have occurred except by the bacteria ob¬ 
tained from the Department of Agriculture. 
Mt. Morris, III a. w. H. 
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PAGE QUALITY 
Begins In 
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There'# where the first tests are 
made. Quality of wire first, then 
a pr actica l weave . 'You get both 
in Page Fence. Let as tell yoa 
how Page-Wire is made, and now 
it differs from common fence wire. 
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cuts fast, easy, fine; never clogs. 10 days free 
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During moulting season use 
Pratts Poultry Pood. 
Made by Pratt Food Co.. Pbila. Over 30 years old. 
It Is an open secret among poultry 
raisers who have been successful that 
food is not all that makes henfllay. Often¬ 
times even the greatestcareagid attention to 
proper feeding will not produce eggs at this 
season oftheyear. Such a condition is Invariably 
due to digestive difficulties and sometimes disease. 
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for about thirty fowls, and is sold on a written 
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6 lbs. 60c < 
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25 lb. pall *2.50 
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unaffected by expansion or contraction, and equally suit¬ 
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A Fence—Not a Netting. 
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Union Fence Company, 
114 Liberty Street, New York City. 
Mills at New Haveu, Conn.; DeKalb, Ill.;Oakland,Cal. 
R eliable Hatching Eggs, any number. Barred Rocks, 
Brown, W. and B. Leghorns, W. and B. Wyan- 
dottes, K.C. Reds. McCain Co., B., Delaware, N. J 
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. 
“ MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS.” 
Let us know your wants. We have either sex. Old or 
Young. From $1.00 to $3.00 each. 
Lauderdale Farm, Loudonviile, Albany Co., N. Y. 
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 free. O. H. ZIMMER, R.D.41, Weedsport, N.Y. 
Var's Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book. 10c. 
Rates free. J. A. BEUGEY.Box 8,Telford,Pa, 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Well developed Cockerels from stock bred for laving. 
$1 each. D. F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats. N. Y. 
KL T FF PLYMOUTH ROCK and BUFF LEGHORN 
u C OCKERELS for sale. Price, $1.25 to $2 if taken 
this month. HOWARD SUTTON, Fnirmount. N. J. 
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FOR SALE.—Fine large COCKERELS for breeding 
purposes. E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, N.Y. 
