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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—As a direct result of the action of the Gov¬ 
ernment in ordering the removal of fences from the public 
domain and indicting cattlemen for illegal fencing, the Stand¬ 
ard Cattle Company, the largest cattle company in Nebraska, 
and one of the largest in the world, will wind up its affairs. 
The company has operated in Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, 
Texas and Indian Territory, and has done an enormous busi¬ 
ness. it. M. Alien, its manager, was recently indicted by 
the Federal grand jury at Omaha. Neb., for alleged illegal 
fencing of public lands. . . The grand jury of Ashtabula 
County, Ohio, returned indictments September 27 against 
twenty-eight tire Insurance agents of the county, representing 
63 different tire Insurance companies, and against Albert 
Koss of Columbus,' of the inspection bureau maintained by the 
companies. The agents are charged in the indictments with 
violating the anti trust laws of Ohio. It is alleged that they 
have formed an organization for the maintenance of rates, 
and that all competition in the business is destroyed by 
their agreements. . . . Henry Ambrose Leonard, a “run¬ 
ner" for the brokerage firm of Halle & Stieglitz at 20 Broad 
street, the son of a former police sergeant and a member 
of the Y. M. C. A., has confessed to the police and the Pinker¬ 
tons that he is the person who robbed the National City Bank 
of New York, September 27. of $359,000 worth of securities 
by presentation of a forged check. All the stolen securities 
have been returned. Leonard told the police that he robbed 
the bank to demonstrate the careless manner in which bank¬ 
ing business is done and to show how easy it was to cheat 
an institution like the City Bank of some of the millions 
of securities daily passed in and out of its loan department. 
He mailed $260,000 worth of the securities on the night of 
the robbery to the house of Dyer Pearl, senior member of the 
firm. He says that he only kept the others—the negotiable 
ones—because they were too big to put in the envelope. 
The detectives do not believe his story. They say that every¬ 
thing shows that he had carefully studied out the crime 
before he committed it. with the evident idea that he could 
market at least some of the securities and escape detection. 
Judge Mack of Chicago, decided September 29, in 
favor of the village of Glencoe. Ill., in the mandamus pro¬ 
ceedings brought by James A. Patten of Evanston to com¬ 
pel the removal of the “automobile humps” in Sheridan road 
and other highways in the North Shore suburb. In giving 
his decision. Judge Mack touched on the automobile speed 
ordinance of the village of Glencoe, declaring it legal. The 
automobile obstructions have been so placed that a machine 
running at legal speed suffers no inconvenience, while scorch 
ers are thrown into the air. . . . Announcement was 
made September 29 that Attorney General Wade II. Ellis is 
to investigate the Harvester Trust in Ohio, and if he finds 
that the trust is violating the Ohio anti-trust law will bring 
action to oust tHe trust from the State. Mr. Ellis received 
a petition, signed by farmers near Millersburg. asking him 
to bring action that “will bring relief from the oppression 
and monopolistic prices forced upon farmers by the Inter¬ 
national Harvester Company.” The petition names the 
McCormick Harvester Company, the Deering Harvester Com¬ 
pany. the Plano Manufacturing Company and Warder. Bush- 
nell & Glessner. . . . John D. Rockefeller's representa¬ 
tive, F. T. Gates, turned over October 2 to the General Edu¬ 
cation Board the $10,000,000 which Mr. Rockefeller promised 
to give the board on June 30 last for higher education. Mr. 
Rockefeller, in announcing the gift, reserved the option of 
paying either in cash or in income producing securities at 
their market value. He elected to pay in cash in order that 
the hoard might he entirely free in the matter of investing 
the fund. The amount was turned over to the board in 
eight checks drawn on various institutions carrying Rocke¬ 
feller deposits. Six of the checks were for $1,o0o,o0o each, 
and two for $2,000,000 each. 
THE BEEF PACKERS.—Many technical obstacles inter¬ 
posed by the beef packers who are defending themselves 
against Federal indictments charging them with restraint 
of trade were cleared away September 29. when Judge Hum¬ 
phrey, in the United States Court, sustained the Govern¬ 
ment's demurrer to the defendants’ plea in abatement. It 
is said that the packers may move to quash the indictments 
on the ground of insufficient allegations to support the 
charge. A jury for the trial of the beef cases will be drawn 
probably about October 15. The plea in abatement disposed 
of attacked the alleged secrecy maintained about the drawing 
of the Grand Jury. It was alleged that the names of the 
jurymen, after they had been drawn, were withheld from the 
defendants. Another plea was that an unauthorized person 
had been in the Grand Jury room and took stenographic 
notes. Later these notes were transcribed and returned to the 
jury for its consideration. . . Testimony in opposi¬ 
tion to that of various western railroad officers was given 
before the Interstate Commerce Commission September 29, 
by President E. I*. Ripley, of the Atchison. Topeka and 
Santa Fe Railroad. He declared that the rate on dressed 
beef between Kansas City and Chicago should be 150 per 
cent higher than the rate on live stock. He said it cost 
less money to carry live stock than packing house products, 
and that the expense to the Santa Fe road for hauling a car 
of dressed meat from Kansas City t» Chicago, is $82.19; 
packing house products, $85.03. and live stock. $64.77. . . 
Commissioner Warren of Philadelphia, ordered September 
29, that warrants be issued against Philadelphia repre¬ 
sentatives of several western packing houses. The crusade 
against firms connected with the Beef Trust is the result of 
exposures in the prosecution of Swift & Co. for selling impure 
and adulterated sausage to a dealer, who, in turn, sold the 
stuff at the League Island Navy Yard. The local represen¬ 
tative of Armour & Co., at Greensburg. Pa., pleaded guilty 
September 28 to selling minced ham preserved with boric 
acid. He was fined $50 and costs. 
AMERICAN P0M0L0GICAL SOCIETY. 
Part I. 
The twenty-ninth biennial meeting of the American 
Pomological Society was held in Kansas City September 
19-21. More than two hundred members and delegates were 
present, this representation covering a large territory. Six¬ 
teen hundred plates of fine fruit were on the tables. Ell- 
wanger & Barry of Rochester, N. Y., with 124 varieties of 
pears; Florida with an exhibit of tropical fruit; Alabama 
with a most wonderful showing of persimmons: New 
Mexico with all kinds of fruit; Washington and Colorado 
with fruit from irrigated land, and the intermediate States 
comnleted the show. Missouri had fruit of the crops ol' 
1903, 1904 and 1905, all in good condition, which was a 
valuable object lesson in the possibilities of cold storage. 
In the absence of President Hale and Vice-President Gar¬ 
field, C. I;. Watrous, of Des Moines, Iowa, was made chair¬ 
man of the meeting. W. II. Barnes, of Topeka, Kansas, on 
behalf of the Kansas State Horticultural Society, presented 
the chair with a gavel for use during the meeting made 
from wood taken from a pear tree planted by Marshall 
Wilder, whose name is known and honored wherever the 
word “pomology" is spoken, lie was the first President of 
this society and presided over its deliberations for 25 years. 
Words of greeting by Mayor Neff. Kansas City, and Senator 
Dunlap, of Illinois, were happily responded to by Parker 
Earle, of New Mexico. In his report Secretary Craig spoke 
of the increased interest of the work along all lines, which 
has been going steadily forward for more than half a cen¬ 
tury. Each volume of the reports is more valuable than 
those preceding it. He suggested that all pomological and 
horticultural societies meet and affiliate with this one. The 
society has 198 life members and 384 biennial members. 
“Americana Plums in Kansas,” was introduced by Prof. 
Albert Dickens, Kansas Agricultural College. The first set¬ 
tlers found two varieties of plums growing in the State. 
The Americana needs no excuse for it. It is a good a 11 - 
'round plum, a fine cooker, and giving regular resuits. The 
Wyant has proved worthy in many places. "Marketing 
Plums,” by F. II. Marshal, Madison. Wis., followed: he 
said that the market for plums ought to be carefully worked 
up in advance: the plums packed in boxes or baskets sold 
at once, as they do not hold up long. Begin to work up a 
market before the fruit is ready. Arrange with grocers in 
nearby towns to receive sample baskets and take orders. 
Get out some leaflets and distribute, giving recipes for cook¬ 
ing. Have it printed in the local paper and put one in 
every basket you place on the market. After a trade is 
started it will grow faster than the trees will. Prof. 
Green, Minnesota, spoke very highly of the Surprise plum 
for planting in the Northern States, he believes it the most 
valuable one they have. Mr. Elliott, same State, also con¬ 
siders tlie Surprise the best they now have. That State is 
offering a prize for a plum with certain qualifications, which 
would provide a suitable variety for extended and general 
planting. The Ocheeda was named as of the best quality. 
Mr. Kirkpatrick. Texas, said his Slate grew a great variety 
of plums. 'Ihe Americanas grow wild there, and ^ome show 
a great age. The Japan class do well there, and experi¬ 
ments with crossing with the Japans have given fine results. 
The Gonzales, a cross of this kind, is particularly fine; good 
quality, large, attractive color, selling well. T. V. Munson, 
Texas, has tried all kinds, and finds that many of the Ameri¬ 
canas winter-kill. A warm spell in the Winter starts 
growth: then the cold weather following kills the trees. 
Newton is one of the best of these plums. It should not be 
confused with Newtown, or Newman. Miner is a near ap¬ 
proach to this, nearly perfect in fruiting qualities, and does 
not winter-kill. Among varieties of Japans which do espe- 
daily well are following, named in the order of their fruit¬ 
ing: Red June. Abundance. Burbaak. Normand and Chabot. 
America is constantly prolific, crimson when ripe, good qual¬ 
ity. looks well and sells well. Gold resembles it but not so 
high colored. European class are failure there. Mr. Dixon. 
Kansas, has tried all the Japans, and none of them will 
stand ills climate. Mr. Coburn stated that the western 
slope of Colorado successfully raised all kinds, while the 
eastern part raises mostly natives. There is but little mar¬ 
ket for them except for canners. and they have other fruits 
which are more easily handled and make them just as much 
money. All fruit colors late there. Jonathan apples did 
not get their color till about October 10. They pack their 
apples in bushel boxes, which Mr. Coburn said was the onlv 
kind of a package for good fruit, and it brought them from 
$2.50 to $4 a box. President Watrous said these discus¬ 
sions emphasize the fact that the grower must learn what 
varieties do best in his locality ; it is easier to adapt a south¬ 
ern fruit to northern climates than vice versa. 
ALMA L. MOORE. 
CROP PROSPECTS. 
Buyers are paying $2.50 per barrel for King and $2 for 
Greening, the buyer to furnish barrel and pack them; or 
$1.60 per 100 pounds for King and $1.30 for Greening. 
Trumansburg, N. Y. d u. p. 
Apple prices vary much, owing to the varieties. Orchards 
containing Spy and Baldwins or any fancy eating apple 
command better figures. I have about one-third a crop; 
have been offered $2.25 for the fruit. Not yet sold. J. 
Yates Co., N. Y. 
The farmers of this section (Hillsdale Co.) have had a 
very successful year. Hay, oats and corn have been a big 
crop; wheat about two-thirds crop. The blight struck the 
potatoes this year for the first time. Pastures are good 
and stock doing well. F. X. w. 
Moscow, Mich- 
Potatoes in this section are not more than 50 to 60 per 
cent of crop. We would like to hear from Michigan and 
I he State of Maine, especially Aroostook county. If con¬ 
ditions are all over the country as your correspondence re¬ 
ports there will not be over 50 to 65 per cent of a general 
crop of potatoes. J. tv. k. 
Glen Wilton, Va. 
Good No. 1 Fall and Winter apples are selling for $3 per 
barrel. Some have sold entire crops of apples, in bulk, as 
they come from the trees. Prices ranging from $1.25 to 
$1.50 per 100 pounds. The apple crop as a whole is light 
in my locality. We shall harvest but about 1,000 barrels 
from our orchard of 65 acres. E. h. g. 
Holley, N. Y. 
Apple buyers in different localities have different meth¬ 
ods of buying and handling fruit. In this locality the rule 
is for the" apple buyer to pay a certain price for the No. 1 
apples, in the orchard. The buyer furnishes the barrels, 
sends men to pack them and takes charge of them at car or 
cold storage. Occasionally they fake the seconds at a pro¬ 
portionately lower figure, and sometimes make the price 
so much right through taking both firsts and seconds. The 
seller has to pick the apples, draw the empty barrels from 
car to orchard, board the packers and deliver packed apples 
to car or storage. The prices being paid at present are $2 
per barrel for green fruit and $2.25 for red. with fancy red 
bringing as high as $2.50. Some orchards that have only a 
few green apples in bring $2.25 right through, and some 
have sold firsts and seconds together for $2 per barrel. As 
these prices are good and it means but one handling and 
money as soon as delivered many have already sold: some 
who are in the habit of shipping their own fruit selling to 
buyers this season. Crop very light, with an occasional 
orchard well loaded. Quality better than expected early in 
the season. o. R. s. 
Saratoga, Co., N. Y. 
APPLE CROP IN CENTRAL OHIO.—We have practically 
no apples here; will have no buyers. The local markets 
must be supplied from abroad. The “weather man" got 
the elements badly tangled up last Spring: we got our April 
weather in March, and our March weather in April ; it was 
reported to be the warmest March in 34 years. I have 
lived on the banks of our beautiful Olentangy River since 
1834, and have no recollection of such fine March weather. 
By the last of the month vegetation of all kinds was a 
month ahead, but we got our March weather in April. On 
the 17th, when most of the apple trees were in full bloom 
ice formed half an inch thick. We had the bloom for a 
full crop, but will only harvest a few thousand bushels. 
This failure comes to us after 11 consecutive good crops. 
All the orchard work, spraying, etc., was done in the most 
thorough manner, just as if a good crop was expected. I 
doubt sometimes if the orchardist realizes the importance 
of thorough spraying; there is no doubt but it is an indirect 
fertilizer, in addition to destroying the orchard pests. No 
plant can develop well without good healthy foliage: much 
less can the trees made a good growth, form fruit buds for 
another year, and ripen a good crop of apples. Our trees 
never were in finer condition at this season of the year 
(minus the apples), with fruit buds well formed for the 
next crop. All other tree fruits share the same fate except 
peaches. This has been the problem of the season—how 
they escaped—the trees are literally breaking down, and 
this is not a peach county either. My version of this is 
because that the peach is an early bloomer, its colors were 
out in March : the little, things grew rapidly and were just 
peeping out of their yellow jackets, which protected them 
from harm, when hardier fruits in bloom on April 17 were 
frozen to death. Blessings sometimes come in disguise. I 
am very sure the beautiful month of March without a 
single honeycomb frost, saved our wheat crop in central 
Ohio. It is not best to worry much about what we cannot 
help, better think of our own mistakes and not repeat 
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