1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
969 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
From the top of a file of letters on 
my desk I take the following letters: 
I like the stuff you put up first rate, and 
so send on the dollar for next year. 
Ohio. o. l. o. 
1 am very glad to send my subscription 
and three 10-week trials. I hope you may 
get renewals from one Or all of them. I have 
read with much interest the last issue of The 
I t. N.-Y. on “Patent Peaches,” and the Al- 
buugh Nursery Company, f believe it is the 
duty of all to speak out against such crooked¬ 
ness. If people would there would be less of 
it. “Let their names rot.” o. n. s. 
New York. 
Enclosed please find $1 for renewal of 
your valuable paper. It by far exceeds any 
farm paper that l know of, and is "king of 
them all." I admire your stand for the 
farmers’ rights in making the laws, and 
your stand against all frauds, against dis- 
hones't commission men and in fraudulent 
registration of live stock. In fact I am with 
you altogether, and wish you the abundant 
success you deserve. w. e. m. 
Illinois. 
I enclose money order for which send me 
your paper one year. I am delighted with 
your paper and the way you expose those 
rascals, and trust workers. I will try for 
a few ten-week subscribers. j. w. it. 
Kentucky. 
The old subscribers who renewed their 
subscriptions last week also sent in over 
two thousand new subscriptions, many of 
them for ten weeks each and others for 
the year, and the above letters are sim¬ 
ply samples of hundreds of others which 
come daily. Now, this is all encouraging 
and good; but—. Yes, there is a but. To 
be frank we do not like to express it ; 
but we believe in full confidence with 
our subscribers, and this means both sides 
of any question discussed. The truth is 
the number of renewals received thus far 
this month—December 17—is short of the 
records of both last year and the year 
before last. To-dav alone the record is 
91 short of same day last year. We do 
not know just how to account for it. 
Of course the new names, together with 
the renewals received, place the total far 
ahead of any previous record, but why 
has not the number of renewals been equal 
to last year? We believe the only reason 
is that many have put off renewals until 
the last of the month, and we now ask 
old friends to send them in promptly now. 
It will take some lively work now to make 
the December record equal that of pre¬ 
vious years; but it can be done, and we 
hope to have your shoulder to the wheel 
to help do it. 
Then the record for the day after New 
Years is always a pride with us. We 
want to beat the record again this year. 
Send your renewals so as to reach us 
January second. 
In this connection it should be re¬ 
membered that the first orders in are the 
first to whom the new grape will be 
mailed, and it is only natural that the 
strongest and best developed plants will go 
in first shipment. For this reason, if for 
no other, it will be to your advantage to 
have your renewals in early. 
One of the letters had this comment: 
I want to ask you about the Reliance 
Nursery Co. of Geneva, N. Y. I wrote them 
about apple trees. They sent their catalogue 
and prices, and I was surprised to know that 
what they offered for .$5 per hundred apple 
sprouts two feet to three feet high, and call 
them trees. Who would want to plant such 
stock? Their first-class trees, five feet to 
seven feet high, are .$15 per 100, the same 
as other nurserymen ask. Now this may 
be in range of shrewd business advertising, 
but it appeals to me as very misleading, to 
sav the least. That is the way they “beat 
all other reliable nurseries in quality and 
price.” 
The last year developed many com¬ 
plaints against these people, and we can¬ 
celed the contract for advertising some 
weeks ago. It will not appear again. 
In October 27 issue we mentioned two 
farmers who had sent remittances early 
last Spring to C. Adell Kayner & Co., 
Lockport, N. Y., for eggs, and had not 
received the eggs, and that Mr. Kayner 
did not reply to their letters. We stated 
that he had replied to one of our letters, 
but we could get no further reply or set¬ 
tlement from him. We then sent our 
check to one of the complainants, who 
was a subscriber, to make good and took 
an assignment of the claim. The other 
party, not being a subscriber, complained 
through a friend who is a subscriber. We 
did not refund his money, but took his 
assignment to help him out. We then 
placed the claim with an attorney, and Mr. 
Kayner promptly returned the money sent 
him by both parties. He also paid the 
attorney’s fees of $2.50, which he was not 
legally bound to do. He has written us 
several times about it since October 27, 
and claims that we did him an injustice, 
lie admits, however, that six months is 
longer than a farmer ought to wait for 
a shipment of eggs, but says the delay 
was caused by difficulty in looking up the 
claims. We want to protect our sub¬ 
scribers, but we have no wish to hurt any¬ 
one else in doing so, and simply make 
this plain statement of the case for the 
benefit of all concerned. 
Now, once more in conclusion, help us 
with that record for the day after New 
Years by sending your renewals, and ac¬ 
cept the assurances of our best wishes for 
a prosperous and happy New Year for 
yourselves. ____________ j. j. d. 
PRODUCTS , PRICES , AND TRADE . 
Potatoes.— The market is in even worse 
condition than last week, there being a large 
quantity of frozen or frosted stock offered, 
which makes buyers very cautious and 
critical. 
Fruits. —Apple trade is somewhat im¬ 
proved and a little higher range of price is 
noted. The best cold storage Greening has 
brought the top price the past week, going 
above Spitz, King and Spy. This does not 
look as though the Greening is becoming a 
back number, as some have contended. This 
variety being very susceptible to scald and 
bruises often reaches the consumer in poor 
condition, so far as looks go, but Greenings 
free from scald and blemish do not go begging. 
Strawberries from Florida and California are 
quite plentiful, working out in fairly large 
lots at 40 to 75 cents per quart. Grapes' are 
getting scarce, choice four-pound baskets re¬ 
tailing up to 50 cents. 
Trouble with Maple Products.—A man 
in western New York sent a shipment of what 
lie called “blended maple sugar” to a com¬ 
mission house in this city. In his letter of 
advice he stated that the product was a mix¬ 
ture of maple sugar and common sugar and 
that it sold well in his local markets. He 
evidently did not know that the food laws 
forbid the use of the word “maple” on any¬ 
thing but a strictly pure maple product, and 
that anyone selling blended maple sugar in 
New York State is liable to a fine unless it 
is sold as sugar minus the maple. The com¬ 
mission man to whom these goods were sent 
has had so much trouble through selling 
maple products which he believed to be pure 
that he now refuses to handle anything 
branded maple. All he could safely do was to 
sell this shipment as sugar, which he did, at 
a price that left little profit to the shipper. 
’Hie sugar was wholesome, with enough of 
the maple flavor to make it agreeable. It 
was made by a man who is a partial cripple, 
unable to do heavy work outdoors, and can 
he sold at a profit considerably cheaper than 
the pure article. Yet it is debarred by law 
from bearing a label correctly describing its 
ingredients. The only recourse for the maker 
is to invent some attractive trade name and 
sell the sugar on its merits. 
Stirring up Trade. —Running a produce 
commission business is not an easy job, par¬ 
ticularly when much of the stock handled is 
perishable stuff. The wholesale buying in 
New York is largely done before daylight, 
commencing in Summer as early as 1.30 
A. M., when the docks are opened. Some 
advance sales may be made, so that all that 
is necessary is to deliver the goods when 
they arrive, hut often great quantities of 
stuff that must be sold within a few hours 
are looking the receiver in the face, and he 
must keep on the jump to dispose of it. Some 
morninss there is a steady stream of regular 
and floating buyers, and stock melts away 
so quickly that by daylight little is left. On 
other days, when receipts are just as large, 
buyers are scarce, and the dealer sends men 
out here and there and keeps the telephone 
jingling in an effort to stir up trade. What 
may be called the floating buyers for retail 
places and small hotels start out with but 
little idea of where they are going to buy 
their supplies or just what they will have to 
pay. After “shopping around” for a time, 
they learn what is being asked and then get 
as good bargains as they can on that basis. 
Those who may he called regular large-quan- 
titv buyers have more of their supplies 
arranged for in advance, but they are uncer¬ 
tain about some tiling.-,. This element of 
uncertainty among buyers gives the commis¬ 
sion man something to work on. and various 
are the schemes for getting possible buyers 
to stop. One of the most effective is to keep 
busy, and the rule in some houses is that 
the salesmen must keep moving, the idea 
being that anyone going by is more likely to 
stop if he sees something going on than if 
the salesmen are standing around and the 
place has an air of stagnation. I have no¬ 
ticed cases where salesmen moved piles of 
crates or boxes from one part of the store 
to another, or emptied a barrel of something 
on the floor, and handled it over. People 
stop out of curiosity to sec what is going on, 
and this bluff often leads to a good saie. 
One man had a large shipment of Bermuda 
produce on the dock which was going very 
slowly, lie kept hustling around, although 
lie did not know where to look for customers. 
Finally, under the pretense of making a 
delivery, he Induced some of the other drivers 
to let him get his trucks in-ahead for a short 
time. While this was going on, a rival dealer, 
though a good friend, came up, and said : 
“Hello, Tom, what are you doing?” 
“Getting rid of this stuff,” said Tom, 
busier than ever. 
The other man looked on for a minute. He 
had trade that used large quantities of that 
stuff and had expected to get a lot of it at 
a bargain, but Tom, instead of being stuck, 
was apparently delivering it. 
“What will you take for 600 crates?" 
“Don’t know that I can spare them, but you 
can have what I’ve got left for- 
A little dickering, and the bargain was 
made. 
“How many of those crates were sold when 
- bought the rest?” I asked Tom. 
He knows me well, and replied, frankly, 
“Not one, and the whole pile will not count 
out as much as he ordered.” 
This actually happened between two shrewd 
produce dealers, though it sounds incredible. 
_ W. W. II. 
Keeping Meat in Summer. — I note in¬ 
quiry on page 732 as to keeping meat fresh 
for poultry. Here is a method that a re¬ 
liable fruit grower over on the Columbia 
River says he uses to keep meat fresh in 
Summer. He puts the same in a heating 
stove, and the draft up the chimney keeps 
meat fresh until used. I have not tried the 
plan, but think it could be elaborated upon 
with success by building a double boarded 
box tin-lined for cleanliness, air space, etc., 
and a long wooden Hue for ventilation. This' 
chicken man would not be out much if he 
is handy with saw and hammer by trying 
the same. h. g. 
Addy, Wash. 
“I wish T was an ostrich,” said Farmer 
Brown, as he picked up one of the bis¬ 
cuits his wife had just placed on the 
table. “I wish you were,” retorted Mrs. 
Brown, "so I could get some feathers for 
that old hat of mine that ain’t had no 
trimming on it for two years or more.”— 
American Spectator. 
Why N Buy at Wholesale Prices ? 
^ M |? buys this up’ 
^ fj to-date revolv¬ 
er ^ ing open top 
anti-freezing, well lift pump. 
Specially designed for out-door 
cisterns and shallow wells, dug, 
drilled or driven. Pumps are 
tapped and receive connecting 
pipe near the spout, not the 
base. Pump base to bottom of 
cylinder 4 feet, size of cylinder 
.3x10 inches, capacity of stroke 
18 gallons, diameter of suction 
ipe P 4 inches, lift 30 feet, 
egnlar price of this handy 
pump is $4.50, but we will send 
it to you at any time within a 
month at $2.45. 
Why Don’t YOU Trade in 
New York and save 
money on everything. 
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We will sell to you at wholesale prioos 
In small quantities as well as largo, 
everything chat most families need for 
use and comfort. 
Opposite each article in this Catalog, 
is the low price at which we sell it, the 
lowest price for which it can l>c bought 
in any store In any city, big or little, 
in this or any country on the Globe. 
You will spend liours of interest over 
its pages ; you will marvel at the won¬ 
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book. It makes buying pleasant as 
well aR prolitable, no matter where 
you live. 
This up-to-date Buyer** Guide costs 
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free of charge, to all who ask for it in 
good faith. Hundreds of requests come 
to us every day, and we want to place 
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WRITE FOR IT TO-DAY. 
We will send you our Premium List, containing one hundred 
valuable and useful articles given away free. Also our 
Grocery List, showing how you can save one-tliird your 
living expenses. 
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Buy of us and save money on everything. Beat Goods at 
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We Guarantee Satisfaction or refund your money. 
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19 CHATHAM SqUAKK. Kitnblished 1810. NEW YORK CITY 
The Oldest Mall Order House in America. 
Sure Cure for Chillblains and Sore Feet~K 
for sample to Albert Franklin, Hinsdale, Mass. 
""mItbb 88 homer PIGEONS A!; 
Consult your interest bofore purchasing breeding 
stock by writing Win. O. Smith for prices and other 
particulars. WM. O. SMITH, Germantown, N. Y. 
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Incubator 
120 Egg Size, $9.00 
60 Egg Size, $7.60 
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CYPHERS INCUBATOR. 
Our244 pane Book, “How To Maks 
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Buffalo, New York, Boston, Chicago, Kansae 
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and incubators 
UTILITY! 
Laying ability flrst.standard require¬ 
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PLANT IN AMKHICA. S. C White 
Leghorns, White Wyandottes. Barred 
Plymouth Rocks. Free Booklet. 
WOODLANDS FARM, Iona, New Jersey. 
Q PORTING BOGS, Cattle, Sheep, 
w Swine, Pigeons, Ferrets and 
Rabbits. Ten cents Fifty-six page 
illustrated catalogue. C. G. Lloytlt, 
Bept. K, Sayre, Pa. 
FFRRFTQ Raised in small lots are strong and 
icnni. I O healthy. Warranted good rat and 
rabbit limiters. Descriptive circular and price list 
free. Shady Lawn Ferret Farm, New London, Ohio 
15,000 FERRETS. Perfect workers. 
These animals exterminate rats, hunt 
rabbits. 48-page illus. book 6c. Oir. price 
list free. 8. FAKNNWOKT1I, Mid rile town, Ohio 
L 
IGHT BRAHMAS, prize stock. A few good birds. 
C. GORDON, R. F. D. 1, Sprakers, N. Y. 
DABBED, BUFF AND WHITE PLYMOUTH 
HOCKS, White Wyandottes, White Minoreas, 
White Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks; $3.00 each, 
f i.50 for trio, $13.00 for breeding pen. Catalogue free, 
IDWARI) G. NOONAN. Proprietor East Donegal 
Poultry Yards, Marietta, Pennsylvania. 
DARKkl) ROOKS and S. O. Brown Leghorns, 
° our Famous Egg-producing strains; Pullets lay 
at 131 days. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm, 
Breeders of Blue Ribbon, Single and Rose Comb 
White Legliorns’and mammoth Pekin Ducks. Stock 
and Eggs for sale at reasonable prices. Largest 
plant in the vicinity of New York City. Incubators 
10,000 Eggs capacity. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
STONE RIDGE, 
„ r . NEW YORK. 
W. Plymouth Books and W. Holland Turkeys 
TPOULOUSE GEESE— Finest stock—reasonable 
prices. GEORGE E. BRIGGS, Lebanon, Conn. 
M AMMOTH TOULOUSE Geese & Wh. Holland 
Turkeys for sale. E. Scliieber, R. 2, Bucyrus, O. 
I NDIAN RUNNER DUCKS.—Very prolific layers. 
Flock of 50 averaged 150 eggs per duck in single 
season. Individuals have readied 200 eggs. Fine 
stock for sale. G. E. BRIGGS, Lebanon, Conn. 
BUFF TURKEYS—Ohio State Fair Winners. 
HARRY PROUTY, Cumberland. Ohio. 
lyiAPLK VIM,A POULTRY YAKUHcan 1)11 orders from nil v»r|- 
1,1 etlOH, Andalusians, Rocks, Wyandotte*, Minoreas, Leghorns, 
Hamlmrx*, Spanish, Auronas, Javas. W. (i. Mosher,SylvaniaJ’a. 
Cl lie TWO-YEAR OLD R. C. B. LEGHORN 
fl|P Hens, or Three Pullets, with Cockerel, 
" ■ " $5.00; Cockerels, $1.00 to $5.00. S. 0. R 
I. Red Cockerels, $2.00. 
SARA A. LITTLE, Clyde. New York. 
poll SALE— White Wyandotte cockerels $1.50each. 
1 Three M. Pekin ducks and drake $5.00. Honest 
quality. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address 
E. FRANKLIN-KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
Cockerels, 150 R. C. R. I. Reds. Partridge Wyan¬ 
dottes. Best strains bred separately. Elegant birds 
$2.00 up. May return my expense. Sinclair Smith, 
602 5th St.. Brooklyn., N. Y. Farm, South old, N. Y. 
EGGS ALL WINTER, if you feed Eaton’s Perfec¬ 
tion Mash Mixture, will increase profits. Ask votir 
dealer, or write R. D. EATON GRAIN AND FEED 
CO,. Norwich, N. Y. Mention this paper. 
EMPIRE STSTE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1904-05. Trios,$5; Eggs 
for hatching, Si for 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free. < 
0. H, ZIMMER, R, \j. 11, Weedsport, N. Y* 
