April 28, 
37o 
TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MORE VIEWS ON THE CHINESE 
QUESTION. 
I am in favor of the admission of the 
Chinese under the same restrictions that 
other nationalities are received. I believe 
that if they were so admitted it would re¬ 
lieve the congested condition of the labor 
market and thus benefit the small farmer, 
who, as you intimate, is the one who suffers 
most from the lack of competent help at the 
present time. I do not believe that our 
Chinese brothers would make competent help 
where only one or two are employed, but on 
large farms and public works I believe that 
they would be fully as efficient as the same 
grade of immigrants from other nations. 
Monroe, N. Y. s. w. wadhams. 
We are not as short of farm labor In this 
section as I imagine some sections are, by 
what I read. Of course some people always 
have trouble to get help, no matter how 
much help Is available, and such people 
are always “kicking” about the help they 
do get. I have not hired over one-half the 
men who have applied to me for work ; sti!4 
if we have a crop of apples in this section 
this Fall, and so far conditions are favorable, 
we shall be forced to Import a large number 
of extra men, women and girls to harvest, 
evaporate and pack the apples, but have 
plenty of labor here till next September or 
October. My opinion Is that, laborers from 
North Italy would be preferable to Chinese. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. b. j. cask. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Strawberries are getting down to a figure 
that ought to Induce free use, some having 
sold as low as 10 cents during the past 
week, though 15 cents would be nearer an 
average. 
Potatoes have declined still further, 
though prices have not yet dropped to the 
low mark of a month ago. The late advance 
drew heavy shipments from Europe, which 
are selling above $2. 
Welsh coal men have been taking orders 
at $6.75 per ton, freight and duty paid to 
the principal Atlantic ports. This coal is 
semi-bituminous, but sufficiently hard to an¬ 
swer for household use. During the last 
great strike in this country, a large quantity 
of Welsh coal was imported. 
Export Notes. —During the nine months 
ending March 31 21,535.618 bushels of corn 
were shipped from Baltimore. This was 
about 1.250,000 more than from New York, 
which stood next. New York shipped 6.214.- 
407 bushels of wheat, which was nearly 
equal to the combined shipments of eastern 
and southern ports. Puget Sound and Ore¬ 
gon ports shipped nearly twice this amount. 
Cotton exports for the nine months amounted 
to 2,612,015,000 pounds. Great Britain took 
nearly half of this, Germany more than one- 
fourth, and the remainder was divided 
among other countries in the order named: 
France, Italy, Spain, Japan, British North 
America, Russia, Belgium, Mexico. 
Our effort to conciliate China and tone 
down the extensive boycott placed by that 
country on products from the United States 
is noted in a bill now before Congress. No 
modification of the policy of excluding Chi¬ 
nese laborers is proposed, but it admits mem¬ 
bers of the learned profession, editors, bankers 
and accountants, and specifies who shall he 
admitted as students. Chinese now in this 
country will be freely granted return certifi¬ 
cates in case they wish to leave, and modifi¬ 
cations are made in the existing laws putting 
the Chinese on an equality with other citi¬ 
zens in the administration of justice. The 
one feature of admitting accountants and 
bookkeepers would be a great help to Chi¬ 
nese merchants who are in need of this 
assistance. 
New Duck Business. —“I am employed 
on a duck ranch on Long Island and expect 
to go into the business myself. I prefer to 
locate my ranch somewhere besides on Long 
Island. But they claim here that Long 
Island ducks command always a cent or 
more per pound than do ducks that are grown 
elsewhere. This extra cent per pound means 
a large profit on a ranch growing 15,000 to 
30,000 ducks a year. It seems to me that a 
duck grown in Connecticut, New Jersey or 
Delaware should bring as much per pound as 
one grown on Long Island. But will the 
commission men give me the same returns?” 
Long Island. f. w. 
Long Island ducks have a well-deserved 
reputation for excellence, and the name helps 
to sell a good many that are not up to stan¬ 
dard for best quality. Yet I never saw finer 
ducks than on a ranch in Central New York, 
and they sold at the top of the market. But 
the man was an old stager at the business, 
well able to fight his battles and see that 
dealers used him squarely. The proposition 
named by this inquirer is a different affair. 
He can scarcely expect to go to a locality 
not famous for ducks, start a new business 
and get Long Island prices at once. Grant¬ 
ing that he has had experience in raising 
high-grade ducks, knows the ins and outs of 
the business, and is willing to give the time 
and hard work necessary to push a worthy 
new article to the front in the market, there 
is no reason why he should not succeed In 
getting all that the ducks are worth. The 
taalu things are to raise prime ducks, let 
people know about it, and insist on having a 
fair price. It may pay to spend a little 
money in getting out a circular, telling just 
why these ducks are superior, showing one 
or two pictures of clean, well-formed birds. 
There are always buyers ready to test new 
things and praise them if worthy, yet the 
consuming public as a whole is conservative, 
clinging to well-tried names and cheerfully 
paying the premium that these names de¬ 
mand. Fox River, Rockdale and other fancy 
butters sell readily at a premium, though 
very many buyers would not know the differ¬ 
ence were the best make of any one of 100 
other creameries substituted. But these and 
other brands in various lines of trades are 
based on merit, and they all had a begin¬ 
ning, a fact which should encourage any 
one about to market a high-grade product. 
As to the commission man who is to han¬ 
dle these ducks, if they are to be sold in 
that way it seems scarcely necessary to say 
that he must know his business, be honest 
and willing to work. Such a man is worth 
knowing and sticking to. H. 
That Old Vineyard. —As to the vineyard 
mentioned on page 253, I would clear away 
the trellis and cut the vines back close to 
the ground, and burn up all rubbish to 
destroy germs of rot. Then plow and culti¬ 
vate, and save the best of the young shoots 
which spring up and form a vine from that. 
I believe, however, that it will be better to 
plant young vines than to renew old ones. 
If the subscriber does not wish to lose a 
crop this year, he can prune severely at once 
and remove and destroy all rubbish and 
secure some fruit this year. In any event 
he cannot be certain of fruit without spray¬ 
ing to prevent rot. w. w. Farnsworth. 
Ohio. 
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LAWN FENCE 
Many designs, any 
height up to 6 ft. for 
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Sole flanufacturers 
100 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK 
Ho. 60 Iron Age Pivot Wheel 
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IRON AGE 
CROP 
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works well in 
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