1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
825 
GREAT CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 
The seventy-fourth annual fair and Chrys¬ 
anthemum show of the American Institute 
held in Herald Square Ilall Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 
was in many respects the most successful 
exhibition ever given by the society. The 
display was most extensive and of the high¬ 
est average quality. A favorable season en¬ 
abled exhibitors to outdo previous efforts. 
The Chrysthemums, whether shown as blooms 
or specimen trained plants, were marvels of 
perfection not likely to be greatly surpassed 
in the near future. They were admitted to 
be satisfactory in every way. There were 
few new varieties among the prizetakers. 
'The honors were captured by such familiar 
kinds as, Wm. Duckham, pink ; Col. D. Apple- 
ton, yellow, and Mrs. II. Robinson, white. 
Other prizetakers were Harrison Dick, giant 
bronze yellow, and Cheloni, bright yellow.' 
Many tine pompon and hardy varieties were 
shown, mostly by southern exhibitors. Foli¬ 
age and decorative plants fairly divided 
honors with the Chrysanthemums. The col¬ 
lective effect was most imposing. While 
these greenhouse beauties are shown better 
every season it is evident they are not grow¬ 
ing in popular favor, as flowering plants are 
usually preferred. Owners of conservatories 
no longer care to endure the high tempera¬ 
ture needed to bring these showy plants to 
perfection. I’alras are excepted, as they 
may generally be grown in a cooler and less 
humid atmosphere. One whole side of the 
immense hall was given to orchids which 
never appeared to better advantage. These 
gorgeous but relined flowers are constantly 
gaining in estimation. There were a good 
many cacti—some line groups of the horribly 
spiny Turk’s head cactus, from West Indian 
islands were rather unnecessarily labeled 
“hands off” ! 
Great masses of Cyclamens and Gloire de 
Lorraine Begonia, in white and pink varie¬ 
ties made a charming effect. There were 
acres of fancy and specimen evergreens, and 
one exhibit of choice fruit tree nursery stock 
from Ohio. A very symetrical specimen 
orange tree, seven feet high, bearing about 
GO large, ripe edible oranges attracted much 
attention. 
The fruit display was very good. Many 
finely colored apples, pears and grapes were 
staged. A most attractive exhibit of native 
nuts was made. The hiekorynuts were a 
revelation in size, beauty and quality, far 
eclipsing the southern pecans. If the hickory 
could be more readily propagated it would be 
the most popular of nuts for planting. There 
were many good native chestnuts, and but 
few of the low quality “Japan mammoths.” 
There should have been more Paragons, as 
n this variety is really a good one. w. v. f. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES, AND TRADE. 
Cotton trade on the exchange has been 
very heavy of late, extensive buying by the 
outside public being reported. Outsiders as 
well as speculators have had some severe ex¬ 
periences during the past three years. When 
a man has his pockets turned wrong side 
out in a cotton deal, or any other form of 
trade, conservative ideas are likely to get 
uppermost in his mind. In speculation it is 
easier to see some other man have his throat 
cut than to go through the operation yourself. 
Probably a large part of the restored con¬ 
fidence on the part of outsiders comes from 
the first rate milling demand for the cotton. 
When people see that the mills need and are 
ready to buy raw cotton, the situation has a 
substantial appearance which invites con¬ 
fidence. It is one thong to see the mills pay, 
say, 12 cents for cotton because they want it 
to use, and quite another thing to see a man 
with no milling interests paying 12 cents 
merely because he thinks he can squeeze 
some other dealer or force a scarcity by 
holding it up. Speculators of this type come 
about as near being parasites on the business 
world as anybody can be and keep out of 
jail. 
Okanges from Florida have been arriving 
in large quantities, but the prices realized 
must be disappointing to the growers, some 
selling as low as $1.50 per box. The trouble 
in most cases is the poor condition of the 
fruit. It is too pale in color. The demand 
for the small California Valencias is heavy, 
some having sold at $0.75 per box. This is 
excellent fruit, much better than the navels 
sold earlier in the season. 
Potatoes are slowly crawling toward the 
$3 mark, but it does not seem probable that 
this figure will be reached very soon, if at 
all this Winter. Potatoes have a habit of 
coming in unexpected quantities from Europe 
when the price gets above $2,50. This 
lerman and Irish stock in 108-pound sacks 
is now selling at $2.25. 
The onion market except on the very 
highest grades Is not satisfactory, and even the 
finest Connecticut white have sold under $4.50 
per barrel. Red and yellow of good quality 
are going at less than $2 .and low grades are 
not wanted at a price that would leave any 
profit for the grower. 
Green peas and beans from Florida and 
the Carolines are bringing all sorts of prices 
from 15 cents to $1.75 per half-barrel basket. 
An occasional fine lot brings more than this, 
but such are scarce. There are probably no 
other perishables shipped a long distance 
that are more difficult to put on this market 
in good condition. Frosting and delays in 
transportation are serious matters but an¬ 
other point that growers should be very 
careful about is that the beaus or peas are 
really salable when shipped. When the pods 
grow so fast that the pickers cannot keep 
up. there is a temptation to load up some 
of the overgrown stuff and send it along; 
but it is a safe rule never to make a long 
(or short) distance shipment of any product 
that is not in fit condition to use where 
grown. 
Milk Prices. —The New York Milk Ex¬ 
change has had another 10-cent spasm of 
generosity, that is, it has added this amount 
to the price per can paid producers, taking 
effect November 11. This makes the price 
$1.61 per 40-quart can, netting 3Vi cents 
per quart to 20-cent zone shippers who have 
uo extra station charges. 
Selling Vinegar. —“I have had a good 
offer on some cider mill vinegar stock 
(1904), but hesitate as some friends tell 
me it is very risky selling vinegar under 
the present law. Explain the law and tell 
where wo may get samples tested." D. t. 
New York. 
The New York law defines adulterated 
vinegar as that containing lead, copper, sul¬ 
phuric acid, or any ingredient injurious to 
health or any artificial coloring. It must 
have an acidity equivalent to 4 1 /, per cent 
by weight of absolute acetic acid. Cider 
vinegar must show this amount of acidity 
and at least two per cent of cider vinegar 
solids on evaporation over boiling water. 
As pure cider vinegar may not show this 
acidity at first and yet contain alcohol 
enough to develop the required acetic acid, 
the original law was modified so that cider 
vinegar is not now deemed adulterated if 
alcohol enough to bring It up to the re¬ 
quired acidity is found. Every package of 
cider vinegar must be branded “cider vine¬ 
gar” and bear the name and adress of the 
manufacturer. The State Department of 
Agriculture, with headquarters at Albany, 
N. Y., have charge of the enforcement of this 
law. They will furnish inspectors to test 
vinegar, but their traveling expenses must be 
paid by the owner of the vinegar. Dealers 
in technical implements make hydrometers 
and acelometers with which a man may do 
fair work in testing his own vinegar after 
a little experience. Official inspectors use 
these instruments in preliminary tests of 
suspected vinegar, but prosecutions are made 
only after chemical analysis. 
A newspaper interested in packinghouse 
business denounces the efforts made now and 
then in various cities to regulate the cold 
storage of poultry, fish and meats. An ordi¬ 
nance to restrict the length of time that 
these products shall be stored to six months 
is called a “freak bill,’ a “blow at business," 
etc., and the health departments behind these 
measures are called old fogies who are try¬ 
ing to block the wheels of trade. It would be 
an excellent thing if storage of such perish¬ 
ables as those named could be restricted to 
six months. There is probably no reason 
why butter and eggs should not be kept a 
full year, as any defects that they develop 
are noticeable. With meats and fish the 
development of ptomaines is something more 
than a scare. These poisons cannot be de¬ 
tected by taste or smell and one never knows 
when he is going to get a dose that will lay 
him aside for a time, and perhaps perma¬ 
nently. I have known personally a number 
of cases in which the symptoms were directly 
traceable to fish. These victims have de¬ 
cided to let storage fish alone. In other 
instances similar illnesses were laid to 
poultry and packinghouse meats, though there 
was less direct evidence in those cases. No 
one knows just when these poisons develop 
and why they are not always present in 
stored meats. There is uo certainty that a 
time limit of six months storage would speci¬ 
ally lessen the danger, but it would do away 
with the disgusting practice of holding 
poultry a full year from one holiday season 
to the next, when, after fixing over, it is 
palmed off on buyers as rresh-killed. One 
unfamiliar with the business would never 
suppose that this storage poultry could ever 
he thawed and handled so as to look respect 
able, and the treatment given it certainly 
represents skilled labor. Poultry speculators 
make a terrible howl when any suggestion 
of stopping unlimited storage is made, they 
want to hold on to the opportunity to buy 
stock on a glutted market and unload it a 
year hence when poultry is scarcest. But it 
would seem that consumers should have some 
consideration, and if is doubtful whether 
many of them would knowingly buy Spring 
chicken or turkey a year and three-quarters 
old. even though during a year of that tinte 
the birds had gone through the formality of 
being dead. h. 
WORKING GLOVES 
SHOULD BE 
DEERSKIN GLOVES. For 
d* I we will send postpaid 
^ I a pair of the best 
Buckskin Working Gloves 
Our new catalog ivith 125 illus¬ 
trations is free. Write for copy. 
DEERSKIN GLOVE CO. 
20 Middle Street, Gloversville, N. Y. 
EDdystonE 
PRINTS 
Simpson - Eddystone 
Solid Blacks 
Especially adapted foi mourning 
dresses; desirable also for effective cos 
tumes with artistic trimming. Fabrics 
are well-made and extremely service¬ 
able. Absolutely fast color. 
Ask your dealer /or 
Simpson-Eddystone S"iid Blacks 
Three generations of Simpsons 
have made Sifhpson Prints. 
The Eddystone Mfg Co (Sole Makers) Philadelphia 
„„„ Home-IVIade Sausage 
Price, 48.00 The sausage you make yourself with an Enterprise Meat 
and Food Chopper is made easier, is cut better, and tastes 
better. Not only cuts sausage, scrapple and mince meat 
coarse or fine, but is indispensable in the kitchen for hash¬ 
ing vegetables, fruits, fish, or cooked meats. 
ENTERPRISE 
Meat Choppers 
are built for work. They are strong and durable, cut clean and stay 
__ 'hharp. They caunot rust or break. 45 sizes and styles, for hand, 
steam and electric power, $ 1.50 to $ 300 . With the Enterprise Chop¬ 
per and an Knterprlse Sausage Stuffer the farmer has an ideal outfit for taking care of his 
meat at killing time. These useful machines can be had of any hardware or general store. If 
not, write us about it. See that the name “Enterprise” is on the machine you buy. Write for the 
“Enterprising Housekeeper a book of 200 choice receipts and Kitchen Helps, sent free. 
THE ENTERPRISE MFC. CO. OF PA., 263 Dauphin St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Tank Heater $4.65 
Wo are selling this everlasting cast Iron Tank Heater 
at $4.65. It saves trouble, expense and money. It 
never leaks, nover floats, never wears out.no bolts, no 
rods. Will burn any fuel. Great heat capacity. Weight 
150 IbH. Wo absolutely guarantee the floater satisfac¬ 
tory in every detail. We ship it on approval anywhere 
in the United States. Send $1.00 as a guarantee of 
good faith. If not entirely satisfactory when re¬ 
ceived, leave it with freight agent and we 
will refund you your $1.00 and pay the 
freight both ways. We save you money on 
everything you buy, and we give you the 
same guarantee on everything we sell. Wo 
have 3 other styles of Tank Heaters from 
82.25 up. Send for our new catalogue 
No. C.87. It's Free, and full of choice 
bargains, for we sell you anything 
you use at almost factory cost. 
CASH SUPPLY A SI KG. CO., 
629 Lawrence 8q«, Kalamazoo, Mich 
BEATS THE 
Grindstone 
Ten Times Over. 
Grind any tool, knife to mower 
sickle, with the 
Practical 
Grinder. 
3,000 revolutions of 
carborundum wheel 
per minute. Greatest 
abrasive known. No 
pressure needed,does 
not draw temper or 
heat tools. Every 
home needsit. Write 
for price and circu¬ 
lar. A few good 
agents wanted. 
ROYAL MFC. CO., 226 E. Walnut St 
A Lady can hold him. 
of the BEERY BIT 
TOUR BITS IN ONE 
Cure, kicker.. Runaway,. Pullen, 
Shyera, etc. Send for Bit on Ten 
Day,’ Trial and circular showing 
the four distinct ways of using it. 
Prof. J.Q. Beery, Pleasant 1I1U, Ohio. 
IUBBER-TIRETOP BUGGY $ 
With leather • quarter top 
and all up-to-date appoint¬ 
ments. Guaranteed 2 yrs. 
Sold ou 30 days free trial. 
51 s 
This and many other bargains 
fully described in our free cata¬ 
log. We are bona-fide manufac¬ 
turers, aud sell direct to you at 
factory prices. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Write for free catalog. 
U. S. BUGGY & CART C0„ Sta. 527, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Stylish 
Cutters 
Latest styles, newest 
models. Hold direct 
from factory to user at 
factory prices. 
Kalamazoo Axle Runners. 
Make an elegant Blergh of your huggy, quick, easy, 
cheap. Adjust for any axle. Write for catalog now 
be fore sleighing time. Special discount on bug¬ 
gies and carriages for the next 60 days. Address 
Kalamazoo Carriage and Harness Co., 
Box 220, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
9 CORDS IN 10 HOURS 
BY ONE MAN, with the FOLDING SAWING MACHINE. It 
saws down trees. Folds like a pocket knife. Saws any kind o i 
timber on any kind of ground. One man can saw more timber 
with it than 2 men in any other way, and doit aa.lar. Send for 
YREE illustrated catalog, showing latest IMPROVEMENTS 
gal Ultlmonlals from thousand,. Flrat order secure, agency, address 
FOLDING SAWING MACHINE CO., 
168*164 E. Harrison Street. _ Chicago. Illinois. 
Liaer Machmery-Send for Catalogue to Boomer & 
Boschert Press Co., 118 West Water St.,Syracuse, N.Y. 
“ABENAQUE 
99 COMBINATION CIRCULAR 
SAW OUTFIT WITH 5 H. 
AND DRAG 
P. ENGINE. 
Everything 
on one set 
of trucks. 
Simple, 
Strong, 
Easy to 
Operate. 
GASOLINE 
ENGINES 
and 
SAW RIGS. 
Write for Free Cat. O. ABENAQUE MACHINE WORKS, Westminster Sta., Vt. 
Let Us Pay the Freight on this Disc Harrow 
to You for a Month’s Free Test 
Give your Horses a treat by hitching them to 
a Disc Harrow that won’t worry the life out of 
them with a pounding tongue. 
The Detroit Tongueless Disc Hnrrow is new 
on the market, yet it’s having a wonderful sale; 
we are getting orders for it from all over the 
country. 
People write us—“Why didn’t somebody think 
of this before?” 
We want to do this. 
We want to send one to you direct from our 
fnctory, prepaying all freight charges, letting you 
have the harrow to use ou your farm a full month. 
There’s no charge for the use of the Harrow, 
nor do we ask you to pay a penny down. 
All you have to do is to send for the Harrow. 
If at any time during the month it is not ex¬ 
actly as we claim it to be, and if it does not do the 
work we claim it will do, ship it back to us at our 
expense and wo will pay all freight both ways. 
If it is as we represent it. and does the work 
wo claim it will, then pay us for it on time to suit 
your convenience. 
The Detroit Tongueless Disc Harrow is worth 
its weight in horseflesh every season. 
Your horses will do 25% more work, and do it 
ensier and better, than with uny other Disc 
Harrow. 
This is because of its correct principle. 
There is no tongue for the horses to fight, or 
hold up on a galled neck. 
No side draft or crowding of team on short 
turns; just even, steady pull. 
The Front Truck supports the front end of the 
machine, perfectly balancing weight of driver. 
American Harrow Co. f 1621 
Construction amply strong for heavy work; Steel 
Frame strongly braced. 
Steel Discs of the very best quality. 
Ball Bearings to take the End Thrust. 
Double Levers, easy to handle. 
Steel Scrapers, set by hand or foot,' and held 
exactly where needed. 
The Detroit Tongueless Diso Harrow is manu¬ 
factured under exclusive patents and sold only 
by us. And our entire output is sold direct to 
farmers on the 30-day Approval Test Plan, and on 
time if you wish it. 
You hud better write us at once for booklet 
and full description and price list of the Harrow, 
telling us when you want to use one. 
Hastings St., Detroit, Mich. 
