1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
895' 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Ducks* legs, a score or more thousand of 
them, have arrived at this port from China, 
and they will be distributed throughout the 
country to lovers of Chinese tidbits. The 
vessel bringing them started the latter part 
of August. 
Potatoes. —The market is dull and prices 
about on a level with last week. There is 
no reason to expect speedy improvement. 
The weather being open makes favorable 
shipping conditions for those who wish to 
dispose of their Crop early. 
A Cowboy riding in Central Park, N. Y., 
recently with lasso attached to his saddle 
to make him feel at home, showed eastern 
sufferers an effective and picturesque way of 
handling auto hogs. The man in the machine 
grazed the cowboy’s horse, tooted his horn 
defiantly and went on. But the western man 
at once dropped the lasso over the autoist’s 
shoulders and yanked him out on Mother 
Earth. The mixup was settled in a police 
court and the cowboy discharged. 
Dressed Poui.try. —Receipts have been 
quite large, and heavy Invoices are on the 
way. At this writing the Thanksgiving 
trade is just commencing, and the outlook 
is that there will be plenty of turkeys but a 
scarcity of the fancy stock in demand at 
this holiday. Choice Spring turkeys are 
likely to go above 20 cents, which means any¬ 
where between 25 and 30 to the retail buyer. 
Best Spring chickens are selling on about 
the same basis. Ducks are low. It is hard 
to figure much profit to the grower on a 
gross price here of 12 to 15 cents. 
Fruits. —Arrivals of apples are heavy. 
Dealers are not cutting price on sound se¬ 
lected fruit, preferring to store it, but medi¬ 
um and low grades may be had from $1 up. 
The apples must be got rid of and such 
prices move them quickly. The bulk of the 
pear crop is disposed of except some Kieffers 
and the usual supply of selected pears that 
are saved for the holiday trade. These retail 
at 75 cents to $1.25 per dozen. There are 
plenty of grapes, but the proportion of wasty 
stock is large. The cranberry market is 
weak. The crop appears to be large, and 
no prospect of last year’s prohibitive figures 
being duplicated. 
Not Found. —“I wish to let the readers of 
The R. N.-Y. know that Wilson-Ross Co., 
1585-87-89 Park Avenue, New York, whole¬ 
sale produce dealers so called, do not pay 
for produce when shipped to them. I made a 
small shipment of honey five weeks ago to¬ 
day and have never heard from them. They 
will not answer my letters; have written 
twice. I have a letter where they offer 12 
cents for honey. Have they a right to use 
the mails to make offer and then not do as 
they say they will do?” D. H. 
Cortland, N. Y. 
The number given is a vacant store in 
Harlem, above llltli street. On the door 
there is a sign showing that the concern 
named has been there some time, but there 
is nothing to show where they have moved, 
and we do not find their name in the 
directory. A concern that solicits shipments 
and neglects to pay for them certainly has 
no right to use the mails, but by the time 
the post office Inspectors get them investi¬ 
gated they are ready to change their name 
and address and continue the performance. 
As an example of double-distilled and 
crystallized kind-heartedness it would be hard 
to duplicate the following, which was pre¬ 
sented to the N. Y. Society for Improving the 
Condition of the Poor, by a Jersey 'City 
oleomargarine house. 
“The laws passed by several States pro¬ 
hibiting the sale of oleomargarine, and the 
Internal revenue tax of ten cents per pound 
on oleomargarine colored in imitiation of 
yellow butter, have reduced the amount of 
oleo madq annually from 150,000,000 to 
50.000.000 pounds. The 100,000,000 pounds 
of butter needed to replace the oleomargarine 
requires in its manufacture 1,300,000,000 
quarts of milk. Oleomargarine is a healthful 
substitute for butter. The amount of milk 
required for the manufacture of butter and 
oleo is as follows: 100 lbs. butter, 1,333 
quarts milk; 100 lbs. oleo, 33 quarts milk. 
The saving in milk by the production of 
100,000,000 pounds additional oleomargarine 
per annum means two quarts a week addi¬ 
tional for every family in the United States, 
figuring on five in a family. It is evident 
that the way to get a larger and better milk 
simply is to advocate the repeal of legislation 
which prohibits the honest sale of oleo. 
margarine.” 
They have thoughtfully omitted stating 
that the majority of the “poor,” especially 
in the East, who helped eat this 150,000,000 
pounds of oleo, bought it for butter and paid 
butter prices. Regarding the price of milk 
there is enough to make all the butter 
needed and supply all the raw milk 
consumers want at moderate prices. Milk 
that ’ costs the city dealer three cents is 
retailed at six or seven, so it is easy to see 
where the high price which is so hard on the 
poor is made. 
Another complaint is at hand about a 
concern which is actually doing business at 
the place named and has a fair rating. A 
reader says that he sent them three lots of 
fruit. Payment was made for two, but he 
has received no returns for the other, and 
can get no reply to his letters regarding it. 
Two of these shipments were of the same 
amount of fruit, sent August 6 and 7, respec¬ 
tively. The commission man showed me a 
returned check bearing the shipper’s endorse 
ment, proving that he had been paid for one 
of those lots: “There’s the check with his 
signature, showing that he got paid, and 
that’s all there Is to it,” said the dealer. He 
resented being bothered further when proof 
of payment of both of the equal bulk ship¬ 
ments was insisted upon, and made un¬ 
complimentary remarks about farmers who 
are all the time trying to beat you or make 
trouble. This reluctance to consider a reason¬ 
able complaint increased suspicions, and the 
man finally started to look it up. While 
he was at it the senior partner came in 
He was a different sort of man and appeared 
anxious to get the matter straightened up. 
No record of the first shipment was found 
on their books or in the railroad receipts, 
so that so far as their records go the com¬ 
mission house has paid for all it has re¬ 
ceived. Possibly the shipment was lost or 
went to some one else. The shipper’s only 
recourse now is to trace it up and mane the 
.railroad show proof of delivery. Tn regard 
to ignoring letters the head partner said he 
did not remember any complaints from this 
shipper, but before he came in the other man 
said: “We get lots of such complaints but 
can’t bother with them. Half the farmers 
don’t keep any records and don’t know what 
they are doing.” These details are given 
merely to show one phase of the produce 
commission business that the writer has 
often noted. We have no patience with a 
house that will not thoroughly sift a com¬ 
plaint, no matter how small. Such people 
are our place in the commission business or 
any other where reasonable regard for the 
rights of others is an essential. The R. 
N.-Y’. will be glad to give by mail to any 
inquirer the names of produce dealers who 
are believed to be honest and not disposed 
to misuse customers. w. w. h. 
Government Seed Testing. —In reference 
to the effect of the work of this Department 
in connection with the publication of the 
names and addresses of firms found to have 
offered for sale adulterated seed, together 
with the analyses of the samples found to be 
adulterated, I would say that this has had 
a very stimulating effect on the trade, if we 
are able to judge from the number of samples 
constantly being sent to the Department by 
dealers for examination as to the presence 
of adulterants. This laboratory will be glad, 
so far as It is able, to make tests for purity 
and germination, and to examine any samples 
which may be submitted for the purpose of 
determining the presence of adulterants. One 
way in which farmers are able to get good 
quality of seeds is to inform the seedsmen 
at the time of asking for samples that both 
the sample and the seed when received will 
be sent to either the Seed Laboratory of the 
Agricultural Department or the State Experi¬ 
ment Station for examination. One of the 
greatest obstacles in the way of better seed 
is the fact that the farmer is very apt to 
purchase seed of inferior quality if it is 
offered at a slightly lower price. There is, 
however, very little relation between the 
difference in price and the difference in qual¬ 
ity. it being almost invariably true that the 
good seed in lower-priced grades is much 
more expensive that the good seed in the 
best, grades. e. brown. 
Botanist in Charge. 
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