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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Fcbruafy 2, 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Butter very quickly recovered part of its 
five cent drop, and at this writing the high¬ 
est grades are bringing 32 cents. Tlie market 
on under grades is dull. 
“I see you quote chicory. Is there much 
of It used and can you give me the address 
of parties who would he likely to want a 
quantity? G. I. 
Monroe Go., N. Y. 
'ilie chicory listed in market quotations is 
not the root, but the blanched top of the 
plant known as endive or chicory. It is 
used the same as lettuce. At this season it 
Is coming chiefly from the South, Bermuda 
and France, though grown to some extent in 
the North under glass. It Is handled by 
dealers In fresh vegetables and hothouse 
products, and price depends entirely on the 
quality. The outer leaves are green but the 
Inner ones are blanched a yellowish white 
The demand is not so great as for lettuce, 
but is usually sufficient to take all of reason¬ 
ably good quality that is offered, at a profit¬ 
able price. That from France brings the 
highest proportionate price. 
Dodging Debts. —Bankruptcies are fre¬ 
quent among the small retail clothiers, and 
it is hard for a receiver to get hold of all 
the assets. The clothing Is usually made by 
contracting tailors, the cloth being furnished 
b.v the parties for whom the goods are made. 
Where one of these houses fails, there may 
be considerable stock in the contracting 
tailors’ hands, and creditors find it difficult 
to get at it, or at least only a small portion 
of it. In a recent case in this city the 
tailor claimed that he had only 28 pairs of 
thousers on hand, but thorough investigation 
showed 300 pairs that belonged to the bank- 
rupt, and the tailor was given his choice of 
handing them over or going to jail. 
Help Wanted. —“Can you tell me If there 
is such a tiling as getting a foreign girl In 
New York to do housework on a farm? 
Would prefer a green girl, either German or 
Danish.” * b. p. 
Montgomery Co., N. Y. 
Female help at all competent or even fairly 
promising is very scarce in this city, and 
not much encouragement can be given this 
Inquirer. Something may be learned by writ¬ 
ing the Labor Bureau, Barge Office, Battery 
Place, N. Y., W. II. Meara, Superintendent. 
This is a free bureau and does a large busi¬ 
ness every year. Good references are re¬ 
quired of all who seek for female help. 
Disclaimers are generally printed by ex¬ 
press and telegraph companies on their re¬ 
ceipts and blanks, to limit or entirely set 
aside their liability in cases where for any 
reason they do not carry out their contract 
with patrons. A Stnte can make laws to 
sot aside such disclaimers so far as business 
within Its territory is concerned. Minnesota 
has done this in the case of telegraph com¬ 
panies, and the law in that State is that 
"every contract, notice or condition stipulat¬ 
ing for exemption from liability for the con¬ 
sequence of their negligence shall be void." 
This gives an aggrieved party opportunity 
for civil action against a telegraph company 
which neglects to deliver a message properly. 
This law might well be copied in other 
States. 
Industrial Alcohol. —-The first shipment 
of denatured alcohol has arrived here from 
Illinois. There were about 400,000 gallons. 
The denaturing formula on the barrels I 
saw was 10 parts wood alcohol and one-half 
part benzine to 100 of standard alcohol, 
'ibis Is supposed to spoil the product for 
anything other than Industrial purposes. The 
wholesale price on the start Is 37 cents per 
gallon. It. has scarcely got into retail trade 
yet, but will probably run 50 cents or over. 
The price on wood alcohol has dropped about 
40 per cent. It will, of course, have to come 
down to the level of the denatured product. 
If the bill now before Congress goes through, 
putting the small manufacturer on a par 
with the big warehouseman so far as de¬ 
naturing privileges are concerned, the out¬ 
put of this industrial alcohol will be so 
greatly Increased that the price will drop 
much lower. 
Music from the Dynamo.—A bont 30 years 
ago The It. N. Y. printed a cartoon showing 
tin? musical possibilities in a lot of swine. 
They were in Individual boxes arranged ac¬ 
cording to the vocal quality of their squeals, 
and the man who played this strange instru¬ 
ment stirred up the animals in such a way 
as to make their voices blend in one grand 
melody. The device for making electrical 
music now exhibited here is something of an 
Improvements on this idea. A large number 
of dynamos tuned in vibration to make all 
needed musical tones are connected with a 
keyboard operated by two men, the keys mak¬ 
ing or releasing the connections, so that as 
much or little of the tone of any dynamo 
nay be used as desired. The operator’s con¬ 
trol of tone is as nearly perfect as with a 
pipe organ. The music is somewhat crude 
and in its present stage of development can 
scarcely be added to the list of soothing 
syrups for “savage breasts,” but doubtless 
improvements will be made. The Inventors 
claim that this music can be distributed from 
a central plant by wire to a large number 
of places, thus giving music at a reasonable 
price to all who care to have connections in 
their houses. _ w. w. h. 
SOME LABOR NOTES. 
Prices For Cannery Crops. 
Last year there was built and operated 
a tomato cannery here at this place. They 
paid 20 cents a bushel (of 00 pounds) for 
tomatoes. The crop was not very heavy, 
probably not over 100 bushels an acre. This 
year the company is trying to contract at 
35 cents per 100 pounds, or 21 cents a bushel, 
but the growers are holding back, some of the 
largest growers wanting 25 cents, claiming 
it is worth that to grow and deliver them to 
the Conner. Help is scarce and wages high. 
One man told me he paid two little girls $1 
per day, each, to pick for him last season. 
.Tust think, 10 bushels of tomatoes to pay 
them for a day’s labor. Let us hear from 
readers of Tiie It. N.-Y. a. w. s. 
Newtonsville, Ohio. 
R. N.-Y.—Will other readers who grow 
these crops please tell ns what they are 
paid, and cost of picking and growing? 
How Do You Like This? 
That is the comment made by a reader at 
Auburn, N. Y., who sends us the following 
clipping: 
“The Attica correspondent of the Roeh 
ester Herald points out in the following letter 
why farmers are not as happy as they might 
be under more favorable circumstances. The 
writer says: Blackford & Hill, Attica mer¬ 
chants, recently purchased a large farm near 
here and are looking for farm laborers. They 
have just received a letter from one laborer 
which Is a curiosity in itself and will interest 
farmers in showing what the demands of help 
are coming to. lie writes: ‘I will work for 
you if you will give me .$300 a year and house 
rent, a garden and one-half acre to put into 
potatoes and time to work the same, my 
wood for a year at the door and split, my 
horse and cow fed hay and grain, two hogs 
fatted. 50 hens kept, what,apples 1 want 
for my own use, all small fruit on tin* place 
if there l>e any. all holidays to myself such 
as Decoration Day, Fourth of July, Labor 
Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, 
anti will agree not to milk over 10 cows, and 
Saturday afternoons shall expect to quit In 
the lot at 5 o’clock, every other Sunday off. 
I cannot hold this offer open later than 
Saturday.’ ” 
THE ONLY 
PERMANENT ROOFING 
WITH A PERMANENT COLOR 
SUITABLE FOR BUILDINGS 
OF EVERY KIND. 
Consider what it means to have a 
water-proof and ornamental roof which 
does not require painting. 
Color absolutely guaranteed for five 
years. 
Write for samples and prices. 
The Standard Paint Company, 
BOLE MANUFACTURERS, 
General Offices: 100 WILLIAM ST., N. Y. 
— 
HEAVY WIRE FENCE j:CJ l, tU l . , ," , Ai 0 ».':' ,! ’- 
Write BOND STKKL DOST CO., Adrian, Midi. 
The “Buckeye” 
Beats Them All 
Here Is A Buggy Proposition That 
Will Interest You. 
Will Carleton’s Magazine where” 
You have all heard of Will Caki.kton the 
famous poet ami editor, author of li Farm 
Ballada,” “City Legend*,” etc. etc. Hi* inaf* 
a/.ine, “Kvkry Whkkk,” contaiiiK hi* latest 
poems, sketches and stories. Best of additional 
literature. 50 Cants a Year. 
Special Offer—3 Months for 10 cts 
If you mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
EVERY WHERE PUBLISHING CO., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
The Buckeye Clipper, the 1907 model of the 
Columbia Mfg. & Supply Co., Cincinnati, O., 
is going to be the leader in public favor this 
year. In points of merit, the Buckeye even 
beats the’’$50 King”—the crackerjack vehi¬ 
cle this manufacturer put out in 1905 and 
1906. The fine catalog which illustrates and 
describes this beautiful 1907 model -“The 
Buckeye”—may be had free by dropping the 
manuf acturer a postal card. 
No concern selling vehicles to the user has 
as complete a factory or one as well equipped 
for economical results as the manufacturers 
of the Buckeye. Many mail-order houses 
claiming to bo manufacturers really have no 
factory. Such concerns can not and do not 
sell at manufacturers’ prices. They buy a 
cheaply constructed buggy from an irrespon¬ 
sible manufacturer, pay him bis profit, add 
their own and offer it for sale as first-class 
goods. Two profits are thus added to the - 
original cost, and the buggy itself is but a 
poor makeshift which does not carry with it 
the manufacturer’s guarantee. 
The manufacturers of the Buckeye sell 
only what they make. They have their own 
smith shop; their own body shop; their own 
trimming department; tlieir own paint shop, 
and control their own selling department. So 
the man who sells you a "Buckeye Buggy” 
can tell you from bis own personal knowledge 
what goes into each part of every vehicle. 
Write the manufacturers for tlieir free 
Catalog, which illustrates and describes the 
1907 models of the “Buckeye” line, quotes 
lowest factory prices and explains the most 
liberal guarantee ever offered by a manufac¬ 
turer. Address The Columbia Mfg. & Supply 
Co., No. 113 Summer St., Cincinnati, O. 
Paint Without Oil 
Remarkable Discovery That Cut» 
Down the Cost of Paint Seventy- 
Five Per Cent. 
|A Free Trial Package Is Mailed to Every¬ 
one Who Writes. 
A. L. Rice, a prominent manufacturer of 
Adams, N. Y., has discovered a process of 
making a new kind of paint without the use! 
of oil. He calls It Powdrpaint. It comes In the 
form of a dry powder ana all that is required is 
cold water to make a paint weather proof, fire 
proof and as durable as oil paint. It adheres to 
any surface, wood, stone or brick, spreads and. 
looks like oil paint and costs about one-fourth as) 
much. 
Write to Mr. A. L. Rice, Manuf’r., 113 North 
|SI., Adams, N. Y., and he will send you a free 
trial package, also color card and full informa¬ 
tion showing you how you can save a good many 
dollars. Wrlto to-day. 
RELIABLE HEALTH FOOD 
For Horses, Cows, Hogs, Chickens. 
Will build up and keep healthy your horses, Increase 
the milk output of cows, fatten ,your hows., kuep 
healthy and stimulate your chickens; satisfactory 
results guaranteed, put up In 25, 50 and 100-lb. hags 
and 250-lb. barrels; special rates to dealers. 
RELIABLE HORSE & CATTLE FOOD CO., 44 Pearl St., N. Y. 
Make Your Own Gate for $3 00 
We furnish patented 
attachments with which 
you can make a slide 
and swing gate tilt.t does 
not bind, sag or have to 
be carried. Can be oper¬ 
ated as easily as opening 
a door. No strain on 
post and no need of extra 
walk gate. Endorsed by 
hundreds of farmers and Railroads. 
We also sell full line of complete gates in galvan¬ 
ized, steel or wood. Sold on 15 days time. 
Special prices and freight paid on large lots. Write 
today for catalogue and full information. 
WESTON 0ATE COMPANY, Box 22, N. Dover, a 
The simplest, most 
durable and economi¬ 
cal fence marie. 
SUPERIOR WIRE FENCE 
Host steel wire, heavily gal¬ 
vanized. Superior Locks — 
strongest and cheapest lock made. 
114 different styles; standard sizes 
Of gate8. Catalog (ref. K n ight prepaid. 
THE SUPERIOR FENCE CO., Cloveland.O. 
IWAN POST HOLE AND WELL AUGER 
Best in the world for fence and telephone post 
holes, wells, and all earth boring. Makes hole 
smoothly and ^ , _ quickly, empties eas¬ 
ily and is very durable. Three full 
turns AMs it with 
saved in a day. 8pc- 
troduce. Sizes, 3 to 14 
inch. Ask hardware dealers Our book “Easy Dig- 
gingofrec. IWAN BR08., Dept.. «. Btreator. IU. 
FENCE Made & 
Made of High Carbon coiled wire. We 
have no agents. Sell direct to user at 
factory prices on 30 days free trial. 
We pay all freight. Catalog shows 37 
styles and lielghtH of farm and poultry 
fence. It’s free. Buy direct. W rite today 
COILED SPRINC FENCE CO. 
Box asa. WINCHESTER, INDIANA, 
Farm and 
Ori.omental 
Handsome, easy to build, always 
stands erect. Ask for Fence liook I). 
ANCHOR FENCE A MFC. CO. 
Cleveland. Ohio. 
Combines strength ar 
beauty with long lif 
Largo hard steel wire 
Hoavily galvanized. 
THE TOWNSEND 
WIRE STRtlCHER 
in the mont eanily attached or detached 
of any Implement made. Btretche* to 
lant pont hh well a* to any. Steel Krlpg 
that never Blip. 1‘anbe^otat any Hard¬ 
ware Htore. Write for circulars. SatiHfac- 
tion guaranteed. 
V. K. TOWN BEND, Painted Po*t, N. Y. 
ANTI-RUST FENCE 
We mall sample* ’for 
testing aud deliver goods 
FI1KE of charge any¬ 
where. Ask for catalog 
SENECA WIRE Si MFG CO. 
FOSTORIA, OHIO. 
PER ROD 
DELIVERED 
I Am the Paiint Man 
2 Full Gallons Free to Try—6 Months Time to Pay 
I Guarantee Fneiaht Gharaes . 
St. Louis, Mo. 
AM the paint man. 
I have a new way 
of manufacturing 
and selling paints. It's 
unique— it's better . It 
revolutionized the paint 
business of this country 
last year. 
Before my plan was 
invented paint was sold 
in two ways — either 
ready-mixed or the in¬ 
gredients were bought and mixed by the painter. 
Keady-mixed paint settles on the shelves, form¬ 
ing a sediment at the bottom of the can. The 
chemical action in ready-mixed paint, when 
standing in oil, eats the life out of the oil. The 
oil is the very life of all paints. 
Paint made by the painter cannot be proper¬ 
ly made on account of lack of the heavy mixing 
machine. 
My paint is unlike any other paint in the world. 
It is ready to use, but not ready-mixed. 
My paint is made to order after each order is 
received, packed in hermetically sealed cans 
with the very day it is made stamped on each 
can by my factory inspector. 
Freight Charges 
I ship my thick pigment, which lis double 
strength, freshly ground, in separate cans, and 
in another can. I ship the pure, old process 
Linseed Oil —the kind you used to buy years ago. 
Any child can stir them together. 
1 sell my paint direct from my factory to 
user you pay no dealer or middleman profits. 
My $100.00 Cash Guarantee 
I guarantee, under $100 Cash Forfeit, 
that the paint I am offering you does 
not contain water, benzine, whiting, or 
barytes and that my Oilo is pure, old- 
fashioned linseed oil and contains ab¬ 
solutely no foreign substance whatever. 
/ guarantee t he .freight on six gallons or over. 
My paint is so good that I make this wonder¬ 
fully fair test offer: 
When you receive your shipment of paint, 
you can use two full gallons —that will cover 
600 square feet of wall—two coats. 
If, after you have used that much of my 
paint, you are not perfectly satisfied with it in 
NOTE—My It Year Guarantee Backed by $50,000 Bond • 
every detail, you can return the remainder of 
your order and the two gallons will not cost 
you one penny. 
No other paint manufacturer ever made such 
a liberal offer. 
It is because I manufacture the finest paint, 
put up in the best way, that I can make this 
offer. 
I go even further. I sell all of my paint on 
six monthsi time, if desired. 
This gives you an opportunity to paint your 
buildings when they need it, and pay for the 
paint at your convenience. 
Back of my paint stands my Eight- 
Year officially signed, iron-clad 
Guarantee. 
For further particulars regarding tny plan 
of selling, and complete color card of all 
colors, send a postal to O. L. Chase, St. Louis, 
Mo. 1 will send my paint book—the most com¬ 
plete book of its kind ever published—abso¬ 
lutely free. Also rny instruction book entitled 
This Little Book Tells How to Paint” and 
copy of my 8-year guarantee. 
O. L. CHASE , The Paint Man. 
Dept. 4 s st. Lou/m, Mo. 
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