1905. 
TIIH RURAL NEW-YORKER 
8o9 
STORING WINTER VEGETABLES. 
Cabbage. —I select the best sound heads 
with stalk. At a time when it is perfectly 
dry pull and stand it on head for day or so 
(to drain). Should there be any water stand¬ 
ing in around the head then haul them to a 
good dry place for hilling them in taking care 
not to bruise them any more than can be 
helped. Place 3 heads, side by side and 
then 2 on top of these making 5 heads 
deep, and continue until all are placed. 
Cover with wheat or rye straw to keep them 
clean; place some soil on them just enough 
to keep the straw in place, and n* cold 
weather advances cover with more soil to 
the extent of six to eight inches: then place 
some old litter, stalks or straw manure to 
keep them from freezing. 
Sweet Potatoes.—1 always lift them with 
a spade or spade fork, so as to prevent miss¬ 
ing. When the weather is favorable I leave 
them exposed to the sun and air for a day in 
the field to dry. Then I haul them to where 1 
intend to store for Winter. I sort two 
grades, one marketable size, the other size 
for seed. I pack In bins in dry planer shav¬ 
ings, but they should be thoroughly dry 
before they are thus packed and should be 
kept at a temperature of 40 to 50 degrees. 
Beets, Turnips, Carrots and Ruta¬ 
bagas are pulled at a time of maturity and 
on a day when they can be handled dry, 
without bruising. Cut tops off and haul to 
a root cellar. I mix some dry soil with my 
turnips in the heap. I think they keep 
better and more brittle. 'Hie soil keeps them 
fresh and it imparts a flavor that is not 
got any other way. 
Celery, —I lift it when freezing weather 
approaches, and place it in trenches 12 to 
18 inches deep; place it as close together as 
possible to use all available space, leave ns 
much soil on the roots as possible, handle 
carefully, and when it is dry, 1 have stored 
celery in a root cellar in boxes with good 
results. When trenches are used, some 
means should be provided to lead some water 
around the roots (a drain tile or some iron 
pipe may be used) ; one watering will be 
plenty. if this rule is carefully followed 
you will have good results till late Spring. 
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PRODUCTS, PRICES , AND TRADE. 
The highest price ever paid for a seat In 
the New York Cotton Exchange, $19,750, 
was given last week, quite a sum for the 
mere privilege of buying and selling cotton. 
Aprr.ES are meeting a brisk trade at im¬ 
proved prices for the better grades. McIn¬ 
tosh and King have sold as high as $5 ; Spy, 
$4.25; Greening, $4, and Baldwin, $3.50, 
but these figures refer to choice apples, of 
fair size, free from worms or scab and of 
good color. Common fruit brings $2.50 and 
under. 
Thanksgiving comes the last day of 
November, and large quantities of poultry will 
be wanted for this trade. If you have not 
already informed your dealer, write him at 
once what you will be able to ship. lie will 
then know what to expect and can figure on 
a better outlet than when shipments come 
without previous advice or on very short 
notice. Be sure that the poultry gets here 
in time. This means not later than Monday 
of Thanksgiving week. Much can be disposed 
of to advantage the latter part of the pre¬ 
ceding week. Delayed shipments, arriving 
as late as Wednesday, are likely to strike a 
poor market unless poultry is very scarce 
so that retailers have no chance to stock up 
earlier. I have often noticed Wednesday 
arrivals that had to be discounted several 
cents or carried over until the next week. 
All poultry for New York trade should be 
killed by sticking in the mouth, and left un¬ 
drawn. If possible, get some experienced 
person to do the killing and note carefully 
how he does' it. It is a knack to get out all 
the blood and paralyze the fowl with an 
incision in the brain so that the feathers 
will loosen. If it is done just right, dry 
picking is not difficult and is preferable to 
scalding,' giving a neater appearance. This 
matter of neatness in dressing and packing 
is very important. It means money made 
or lost to the shipper. Sort the turkeys, 
put the hens and toms in separate packages- 
Fatten the culls for later trade. Be sure 
that all animal heat is out of the birds 
before packing. Pack snugly in clean barrels 
or boxes, arranging them so that the top 
layer will look attractive instead of being a 
conglomeration of heads and feet. All kinds 
of poultry have been quite plentiful this week 
and there Is no present indication of 30-cent 
turkeys. 
Scattered Stocks. —As is quite well 
known, the stocks of many industrial cor¬ 
porations are held by a large number of 
people. As one talks casually about Invest¬ 
ments with persons in widely separated sec" 
tions, he is surprised to note how many have 
a few shares of steel, copper, railroad or 
express stocks, etc. Some of these holdings 
were specially sought by buyers, but a much 
larger percentage are the result of active 
mall order business of hundreds of brokers. 
Part of these stocks pay excellent dividends 
and are apparently increasing in value. Why 
have the promoters of such profitable indus¬ 
tries permitted Tom. Dick and Harry, here 
and there, to secure and H*»ld even a minor 
proportion of this corporate paper? Most of 
these people might have been bought out 
long ago and the dividends now be dropping 
into the pockets of the few controlling spirits 
of the business. In many cases the reason 
for this broadcast sowing of stocks was some¬ 
thing other than lack of ready money to 
float the business. A deep and well-con¬ 
sidered purpose Is behind it. These industries 
are dependent for a share of their prosperity 
on law and Government policy, which are 
increasingly becoming a reflection of public 
sentiment. The people as a whole are more 
interested in public questions and show a 
disposition actually to take a hand in law 
making, to the embarrassment of the cut-and- 
dried politicians. The man owning a few 
shares of railroad or express stock may 
honestly think it would be a decided viola¬ 
tion of personal rights to interfere with rate 
making or establish a parcels post even 
though he himself is being robbed by the 
express companies and railroads; and the 
concern which is hatching out millions be¬ 
neath the wing of a protective tariff so 
excessive as to shut out all competition, 
naturally has the sympathy of the holders of 
its paper, even though they are paying double 
for their dividends in the ineeased cost or 
poor quality of the nails, wire, leather, etc., 
that they use. This coldness toward needed 
reforms on the part of those who might rea¬ 
sonably be expected lo be interested dis¬ 
courages some people. What a mistake. A 
rooster never crows the same day he is 
hatched, lie must grow into his crow, and 
the growing is of much more importance 
than the crowing. The most beneficial and 
permanent liberties have been works of 
growth rather than snap shots. Fair rail¬ 
road rates, parcels post, etc., will have to be 
worked out in the same keep-at-it way. 
There will be much discussion of railroad 
matters this Winter and every farmer and 
shipper of produce should keep close watch 
of all that is said and done. H. 
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Harvesting Sunflowers. —There has been 
some discussion about sunflower culture. The 
Indianapolis News tells how John McDon¬ 
ald harvests them. The harvest is interest¬ 
ing. A wagon with a half dozen men and 
boys armed with, clubs is driven out to the 
patch. One man goes ahead with a corn 
knife and he tops the sunflower stalk, taking 
the flower off with about eight to 10 inches 
of stem. This is thrown up to one of the 
who rights it up with the 
He whacks it across the 
times with his club and 
into the wagon bed. This 
crop is “thrashed.” The 
seeds are somewhat sticky, and the “thrash¬ 
ing" Is unclean, though it has Its social side. 
men In the wagon, 
seeds facing him. 
face two or three 
the seeds drop out 
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