1906. 
769 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
W. M. Ostrander, the Philadelphia real 
estate agent, promoter and paper stock 
broker, has a new proposition for his old 
dupes. First, lie was sure he could sell a 
farm in any territory. All you had to do 
was to send him an advance fee for regis¬ 
tering, and the thing was done. Later on 
he wrote these people that he had been 
trying to sell the property, but had not yet 
succeeded. He, however, made an allur¬ 
ing proposition to exchange it for stock 
representing lots on the New Jersey side 
of the Hudson River. But the customer 
alleged to be interested in your farm had 
stock representing about 50 per cent more 
value than j-our farm, and you were to put 
up this extra 50 per cent in cash or equiv¬ 
alent. The people who sent him advanced 
fees for listing the property for sale evi¬ 
dently did not all bite, because he is now 
out with a new scheme. He wants you to 
get back that advance fee. He is itching 
to send it to you. and make you a satisfied 
customer. He has new lots out in the 
country districts of New Jersey. Just 
buy one of these lots, at his price, of 
course, and he will allow the amount of 
your previous remittance to him as part 
of the payment for the lot. He goes so 
far as to send a carefully prepared certi¬ 
ficate to this effect. These persistent at¬ 
tempts to make new victims of old dupes 
is about the coolest piece of effrontery that 
has yet come to our attention. His circu¬ 
lars and letters are being sent us from all 
quarters of the country. The comments 
accompanying them would probably shock 
.Mr. Ostrander’s self-complacency, but we 
expect he will have a new scheme in due 
time when this one is run out. 
This is a good time of year to remind 
your neighbors of the opportunity to get 
acquainted with The R. N.-Y. For 10 
cents they get a 10 weeks’ trial. Bring 
this to the attention of one neighbor at 
least this week._ 
PRODUCTS , PRICES AND TRADE. 
Potatoes are 25 to 50 cents lower than 
last week, some having sold at .$1.25 per 180 
pounds, and no sales noted over $2. 
Plums are surprisingly high. Common 
eight-pound baskets of I>amson and German 
Prune are retailing at 75 cents to $1, which 
puts canned plums in the list of luxuries. 
In previous years these have sold at 25 to 
40 cents. 
Peaches continue high. In previous years 
at the most plentiful period of the season 
fair (piality peaches have retailed at 20 to 
40 cents tier Iti-'oiart basket, with 50 to 75 
cents as top for best grades. This year I have 
not seen a single basket of even fair fruit 
sold for less than $1, and as a rule $1.50 
to $2 has been the range. Very tine Morris 
Whites have been offered during the past 
week, retailing at $2 or more. 
(IttAPES are plentiful and ol’ good quality, 
though a large part of the Concords 
seem to run rather small. Eight pound 
baskets of black varieties retail at 25 cents, 
and Niagara and Delaware at 30 to 35 : small 
baskets five to 10 per cent higher. .\ 
handled basket holding about 1.8 pounds is 
being used, but is not a popular package. 
It is unhandy to carry and so deep that the 
grapes underside get crushed by the weight 
above. 
Beans.—T rade is dull, one reason being 
a temporary stoppage of business with the 
West Indies, caused by the chartering of 
six Cuban steamers to carry United States 
army supplies to Cuba. Prices are 10 to 15 
cents per bushel lower than last week. In 
many home gardens where a good supply of 
snap lx>ans are planted, the excess is often 
left on the vines until molded. It is a nuis¬ 
ance to pick and shell the single pods, but 
it is possible to harvest the dried crop quick¬ 
ly and thus get a quart or two of excellent 
beans for Winter use. Take a clean barrel 
and hammer down all the nails sticking in¬ 
side. On a hot dry afternoon take this barrel 
into the bean patch, pull a handful of the 
dried vines and quickly switch them back and 
forth against the inside of the barrel. One 
or two blows will thrash them clean, and it 
is surprising how many rows one can go 
through in a short time. 
Apples. —Trade has shown some improve¬ 
ment over the previous week. Top prices 
have gone up 25 to 50 cents, hut average 
grades remain practically unchanged. The 
highest figure reached was for choice Jon¬ 
athan, $5. This variety has the double ad¬ 
vantage of good quality covered by a very 
handsome coat. Gravenstein falls $1 or 
more below Jonathan on account of its dull 
dirty color, though no better eating apple is 
offered. First, hand deals in apples have 
been a difficult proposition this year for both 
buyers and farmers on account of the great 
difference in -size of local crops. Farmers 
in sections where the crop is very short 
are likely to hold for more than they ought 
to expect, and where the conditions are just 
the opposite it is equally easy for the buyer 
to get the best of the bargain. 
Chestnuts are scarce, as there have been 
no heavy frosts or high winds to harvest 
the northern crop. A Pennsylvania reader 
asks whether chestnuts may he kept in cold 
storage. 'Fills is often done when there is 
a surplus on the market. The temperature 
at which they are hold ranges from 35 to 40, 
though occasionally a little lower. New 
chestnuts will heat when in large bulk, and 
tt is to avoid this and keep the worms 
quiet that they are stored. As a rule fruits 
and vegetables should not be stored at a 
lower temperature than is absolutely neces¬ 
sary, as there is no doubt that a greater 
degree of cold breaks down the tissues and 
injures the flavor. The exact temperature 
lor different products has not been learned 
with any degree of accuracy, various tests 
giving conflicting results. Butter keeps well 
when held below zero, though it is doubtful 
whether anything lower than 10 or 15 above 
zero is ever necessary, w, w. h. 
WORST FORM OF ECZEMA. 
ltlack Splotches All Over Face—Affected 
Parts Now Clear as Ever—Cured by 
the Cuticura Remedies. 
“About four years ago I was afflicted 
with black splotches all over my face and 
a few covering my body, which produced 
a severe itching irritation, and which 
caused me a great deal of annoyance and 
suffering, to such an extent that I was 
forced to call in two of the leading physi¬ 
cians of my town. After a thorough ex¬ 
amination of the dreaded complaint they 
announced it to be skin eczema in its 
worst form. They treated me for the 
same for the length of one year, but the 
treatment did me no good. Finally my 
husband purchased a set of the Cuticura 
Remedies, and after using the contents of 
the first bottle of Cuticura Resolvent in 
connection with the Cuticura Soap and 
Ointments, the breaking out entirely 
stopped. T continued the use of the Cuti¬ 
cura Remedies for six months, and after 
that every splotch was entirely gone and 
the affected parts were left as clear as 
ever. The Cuticura Remedies not only 
cured me of that dreadful disease, eczema, 
but other complicated troubles as well. 
Lizzie E. Sledge, 540 Jones Ave., Selma, 
Ala., Oct. 28, 1905.” 
GRIND FINE OR COARSE 
all feeds, ear corn, with or with¬ 
out husks, all grains, with the 
KELLY 
DUPLEX 
Grinding Mills 
Speediest, easiest running, most du¬ 
rable mill made. Four sizes. Espe¬ 
cially adapted for gasoline engines. 
Use 2b percent less power than any 
others. New double cutters, forco 
feed, no choking. 
The 0. S. KELLY CO., 157 N. Lime St., Springfield, Ohio 
Cutaway Tools for Large Hay Crops. 
CLARK’S REVERSIBLE 
BUSH AND BOG PLOW 
Cuts a track 5 ft. wide, 1 ft. 
deep. Will plow a new cut 
forest. His double action 
Cutaway Harrow keeps land 
true, moves 1.S00 tons of 
earth, cuts 30 acres per day. 
DOUBLE ACTI ON JOINTED POL ECUTA 
NO scnd for 
I l«F FDD circuiarstothe:±, 
CUTAWAY g 
3 PL 0 ^ 40 harrow co.q 
F=i ! r Wi“ Ift/HIGGANUM CONN^ 
*—■’ >.45 u.s.a. < 
Cream 
i^M^S3.25 
and up 
I Does alia 
1 *100.00 sep¬ 
arator will. Runs 
Itself, no crank to 
1 turn, no complicated 
machinery to wash. 
Raises cream between 
milkings, gets more 
cream therefore more 
butter. Gives sweet, 
1 undiluted skim-milk 
-—w — for house use,calves 
and pigs. Nocrocks or pans to handle, no sk 1 in ml n g 
60,000 gravity separators sold in 1905, more Boss than 
any other kind. Best and cheapest separator made. 
Free Trial Civen. Catalogue Free. Write today. 
Bluffion Cream Separator Co., Box M, BlufTton.O. 
B 0NNIF RRAF Breeders of high class 
unnic DnHC Sil)g i e and Rose Comb 
pnill TPY FARM White Leghorn Chickens 
rUULInl rflUffl, , ulll Mammoth Pekin 
NOW Rnnhollo N Y Ducks, winners of 22 rib- 
lion nUUIIcllc, 111 I i bons at last Madison 
Square Garden and Poughkeepsie shows. Special 
bargain prices during the Summer and early Fall of 
mated pens of 10 yearling liens and one selected cock¬ 
er a 1 of a fine breed, Single or Rose Comb White 
Leghorns. $15.00 per pen. 1.000 laying pullets now 
ready. Choice mammoth Pekin Ducks for breeding, 
$1 each for any number. Selected breeders, $1.50 each. 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
Ferrets, ete. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book, 10c. 
Kates free. J. A. BERGEY, Box8, Telford,Pa. 
COR SAME—High bred White Wyandotte Pullets, 
* Cockerels, Hens and Cocks at honest prices. Also 
Pekin Ducks. E. F. KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
90 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
STONE KIDGE, 
NEW YORK. 
YV. Plymouth Hocks and W. Holland Turkeys. 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES^SW^ 
$15, CAROLINE E. PUTNEY, South Berlin, & Y, 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1904-05. Cockerels and 
Pullets, five months old, $1.00 each. Catalogue free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, R. I). 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
DARBED, BUFF AND WHITE PLYMOUTH 
ROCKS, White Wyandottes, White Minorcas, 
White Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks: $3.00 each, 
f 7.50 for trio, $12.00 for brooding pen. Catalogue free, 
ID WARD G. NOONAN, Proprietor East Donegal 
Poultry Yards, Marietta, Pennsylvania. 
PFKIN DUCKS Now is the time to get your Fall 
■ ulVin uuwiw show birds from yards contain¬ 
ing First Prize pair at N. Y. State Fair. 1905, also 
many other winners. Let us know your wants, $1.00 
to $-.1.00 each., WALTER MoEWAN, Lauder¬ 
dale Farm, Loudonville, Albany Co., N. Y. 
MS^^Ppultry Supplies 
L We keep everything 
\HT' in the Poultry Line 
1 1\S\NX —Fencing, Feed, In- 
1 “ '' ^ * cubators, Live Stock, 
Brooders—anything— 
it’s our business. Call or let us send 
you our Illustrated Catalog it’s free. 
Excelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.. 
Dept. HG, 26-28 Vesey St,, Hew York. 
are raised in one month: 
bring big prices. Money 
makers tor poultrymen.i 
farmers, women. 
Send for our Frf.k Book and learn thiSi 
rich industry. Correspondence invited JWy 
ffpvPlyniouth Rock Squab Co., 
yA.335 Howard St., Melrose, Mass. 
THE PAYING HEN 
is the laying hen. Feed her green cut bone and 
get twice the eggs, more fertile, better hatches, 
heavierfowls, earlier broilers and bigger profits, 
Mann’s Latest Model Bons Gutter 
cuts all bone, meat and gristle—never clogs. 
10 Days Free Trial. No money in advance. 
Return at our expense i t not aatisfled. Cat’lg free. 
F. W. MANN GO., Box i 6 Milford, Ma»i* 
[CAPON 
TOOLS 
Big Profits in Capons 
Caponizing is easy—soon 
learned. Complete otitfit with 
free instructions postpaid 
$2.50. Capon book free. 
GEO. P. PILLING & SON, 
2233 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Large English Berkshire Pigs, Scotch Collie 
Female Pups, B. Rock and Buff Orpington Chickens. 
Stock right and prices. W. A. Lothers, Peru Lack, Pa. 
O. I. C. PIGS. 
May. June, August and September farrow. Silver 
Stock. Five strains not akin. Young Boars and 
Brood Sows. All registered stock. Prices reasonable. 
E. J, SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalia, New York 
Registered Angora Goats, Rambouillet sheep, 
Holstein cattle. J. EiVanGelder, Hammondsport.N.Y. 
SPORTING AND PET DOGS, 
Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Pigeons, 
Ferrets and Rabbits. Eight 
cents for fifty, page illustrated 
catalogue. 
C. G. LLOYDT, 
M 
Dept. K, Sayre, Pa. 
kCOTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
height mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa. 
Cox Hounds— Pedigreed trained Hounds and Pups. 
1 Reliable Trained Coon Hounds. Rabbit and Wolf 
Hounds. Squirrel Dogs. D. Hopkins, Imbodeu, Ark. 
CCppCTC Raised in small lots are strong and 
rCllllC I O healthy. Warranted good rat and 
rabbit hunters. Descriptive circular and price list 
free. Shady Lawn Ferret Farm, New London, Ohio. 
» 15,000 FERRETS, 
. illustrated ferret hook published. 48 pages 
of practical experience from a life study 
~ w of these useful little animals, telling how 
to successfully breed and work ferrets, how ferrets 
clear buildings of rats, drive rabbits from burrows. 
Price list free. Samuel faknswokth, Middletown, Ohio. 
Very Low Colonist Rates via 
Nickel Plate Road. 
$42.50 Buffalo to Pacific 
Coast Points. 
Corresponding rates to all points in the 
far West, daily until October 31st. Choice 
of routes beyond Chicago. Tickets good 
in tourist sleepers. For full particulars, 
write R. E. PAYNE, General Agent, 291 
Main Street. Buffalo, N. Y., or call on 
A. W. ECCLESTONE, D. P. A., 385 Broad¬ 
way, New York. 
The 
Great Difference In 
Life Insurance Companies 
is not revealed by their names nor their claims. The day before the San Francisco 
disaster, all Fire Insurance Companies seemed alike to the thoughtless; there was a 
great difference nevertheless, and when the test came, some quibbled, some defaulted, while 
others drew on the reserve funds which they had ready for such a contingency, paid the large 
amounts due, and went right on. 
<1 It is because for years the money it has received from its policyholders has been invested with un¬ 
usual skill and care—always safe, always growing, always ready for the hour of need—that 
The Mutual Life 
Insurance Company 
half millions have been received in interest during the year, and less than fifteen thousand dollars of interest 
WS s/ Its close Most of this trifling amount was paid in within a few days. The sum of 
$za,198,278.84 was loaned on the Company’s policies, and $18,195,000.00 was loaned on other collateral 
no interest whatever being overdue on either item. Bonds and Stocks costing $239,986,702.05 and having ’ 
a market value on December 31, 1905, of $265,301,867.38 were held by the Company, and on this® 
enormous amount not one dollar of interest was overdue and unpaid, and but one stock failed to 
pay a good dividend in 1905, this stock being that of a new company, subsequently sold at a 
profit over cost. When it is borne in mind that no such aggregation of purely investment 
securities has ever been brought together elsewhere, the absolutely clean and indeed perfect 
quality of these immense investments excites praise and wonder, felt and expressed most 
strongly by those who know most as financiers of the dangers and pitfalls attend¬ 
ing the care of large investments. This remarkable showing also appeals to the 
plain people whose money comes slowly, who value safety and who under¬ 
stand that security like the above makes "insurance” insurance indeed. 
•I If you would like to know for yourself the latest phases of Life 
Insurance, or wish information concerning any form of 
policy, consult our nearest agent or write direct to 
T'lie Mutual 
Life Insurance Company, 
New York, IS. Y. 
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