822 
November 9, 
PRODUCTS , PRICES AND TRADE. 
A Possible Parcels Post. —The demand 
for reasonably cheap transportation of small 
articles is increasing and the Post Office De¬ 
partment is said to be ready to endorse tiie 
passage of a fairly effective parcels post bill 
at the next meeting of Congress. The usual 
opposition, led by the express companies, may 
be expected. We shall soon be bearing about 
the awful expense this would put upon the 
Government, and the impossibility of trans¬ 
porting the increased weight over the bad 
roads of remote country districts, etc. No 
one expects that a parcels post system, such 
as is carried on in Great Britain could at 
once be put into use here All that, is asked 
is a beginning, and the violent opposition to 
even a trial is a sure prophecy of its ulti¬ 
mate economic success. 
Poultry. —The market is in had shape ow¬ 
ing to a very slack demand and a surplus of 
medium and low grade stock. Some thin and 
inferior Spring turkeys are seen, selling as 
low as 12 cents. After taking the trouble 
to bring a turkey to the two-thirds grown 
state it is a mistake to sell him until rea¬ 
sonably fat. A scrawny Spring chicken or 
turkey is not wanted. The turkey crop for 
the entire country is thought to be a little 
less than last year’s, but, with the exception 
of a few large producing sections, accurate 
statistics are not available. It frequently 
happens that scattering shipments pan out 
well enough to turn an expected scarcity 
into a surplus market. 
Financial Matters. —Many .rumblings 
have been heard during the past 10 days, 
and some banks and trust companies have 
had a homemade circus on their hands. A 
few financial crooks have been swamped and 
some innocent people have suffered in the 
pinch, but on the whole the affair promises 
to bring about a decided betterment of con¬ 
ditions, so far as reputable business is con¬ 
cerned. One immediate benefit of this shake- 
up is the retirement of a lot of bank presi¬ 
dents and directors who appeared to be more 
interested in wildcat speculation than the 
stability of their banks or the welfare of 
their patrons. The Clearing House Commit¬ 
tee is on the trail of a few more officials of 
the same type, and there may be other resig¬ 
nations (?) later. 
Another point worth noting is the disposi¬ 
tion of the public to look at banking in a 
more conservative manner. There has been 
a craze for making every cent draw’ interest 
all the time. Those doing business on a 
narrow profit basis are especially attracted 
by the promise of interest on the daily bank 
balance, and are willing to forget temporarily 
that the payment of interest on daily balances 
Is made, as a rule, at the expense of bank 
stability, because the trust company doing 
this can keep hut a small amount of idle 
cash in its vaults. Its money must be at 
work all the time, a policy that is all right 
so long as tilings go smoothly, but, like a 
man working to the limit of his strength, 
with no reserve for an emergency this 
interest-paying trust company may quickly 
find itself in a tight place. On the other 
hand a bank reserve of money that you know 
is there and can be had when wanted gives 
a feeling of security that may be a better 
asset for a business man than a paltry bit 
of interest without this assurance of safety. 
At the height of the recent disturbance 
Mr. Morgan recommended that all stock spec¬ 
ulations on a marginal basis be stopped until 
things were settled again. Why not stop the 
margin business for good and squelch the 
bucket shops entirely, no matter whether 
they cater to the gambling proclivities of 
swells or tramps. They have been most fruit¬ 
ful sources of financial and moral wreck. 
_ w. w. H. 
Power for Running Horse Fork. 
I. R., (No Address ).—Will you give me 
information concerning the arrangement of 
wheel and axle, pulleys, etc., also horse¬ 
power of engine necessary to run horse fork 
for hay pitching with gasoline engine? What 
formula would be used in computing the size 
of wheel and axle? 
Ans. —If it is desired to use an engine 
for power in unloading hay it is prob¬ 
able that some one of the many forms of 
hoists used by contractors and builders 
could be used; at any rate, it would have 
to be a device constructed on the princi¬ 
ple of such hoists. In unloading hay it 
is common to use two horses, even heavy 
ones, and these are often taxed to their 
full power in starting the load from the 
wagon. A 1,600-pound horse, pulling 
half his weight and walking at the rate of 
two and a half miles per hour, is develop¬ 
ing 5 1-3 horse-power. A team of such 
horses, under such a strain, would there¬ 
fore represent a full 10 horse-power en¬ 
gine. It is of course only in the starting 
of the load from the wagon that anything 
approximating this amount of power is 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
required in unloading hay, but it is often 
true that in the unloading of coarse hay, 
under conditions hayforks are ordinarily 
used, the equivalent of a full eight horse¬ 
power engine is exerted by the team in 
taking the forkful from the load. If it 
was permissible to cause the hayfork to 
move at only the rate at which a team 
ordinarily walks with the fork, smaller 
engine would do the work. Everything 
is determined by the necessary pull on the 
rope to start the load and the rate at 
which the starting takes place, f. h. k. 
Building a Smokehouse. 
T. II. II., Indiana .—I wish to build a 
smokehouse and would appreciate any sugges¬ 
tions as to bow its smoking apparatus should 
be arranged. 
Ans. —The diagram shows a plan found 
satisfactory by one of our readers. In 
this case, the smoke oven connects with 
the barn cellar, but it could be readily 
built out of doors. Tbe oven shown in cut 
is three feet square, with sheet iron door. 
The pipe leading from it to smokehouse 
is 10-inch glazed tile with an elbow at 
each end. Over the end of the pipe in 
floor of house is a deflector, a flat square 
stone laid on four pieces of brick, which 
causes the smoke to fill all parts of the 
house. This arrangement is much super¬ 
ior to the old plan of building a fire in the 
smokehouse, as it supplies cool smoke 
and does away with the danger of fire. 
Standard or Dwarf Pears. 
G. E. n. G., Noted!, Mo .—Which comes 
into bearing tlie quicker, dwarf or standard 
pear trees? Which live the longer? Which 
would you recommend to set out when one 
lias plenty of room, but wishes fruit quick? 
Varieties, Bartlett, Seckel, I>awrence, Ivoonce, 
Wilder, Howell. 
Ans. —Dwarf pear trees almost inva¬ 
riably come into bearing sooner than 
standards, but they do not live so long 
as the latter. By cutting back standard 
trees in midsummer when they are young 
to induce the formation of fruit buds, and 
then in the Fall after growth stops by 
removing the tender growth, fruitfulness 
will be induced and sound wood secured. 
But this is more trouble than to grow 
dwarf trees. A very good plan would 
be to plant standard pear trees about 36 
feet apart and fill in between with dwarf 
trees. Or, another good way would be to 
plant all dwarf trees 16 or 18 feet apart, 
setting them deep enough to induce pear 
roots to form above the union with the 
quince stocks. If about three or four 
inches of the pear wood is covered by the 
soil roots will strike down in due time. 
By the time the trees would begin to fail 
from overbearing the pear roots will add 
vigor and the growth will be stimulated. 
Thus a renewal and continuation of the 
vigor and life of the trees will be ef¬ 
fected. Of the three plans just described 
I do not know which might be the best. 
If I had plenty of land and wanted to go 
into pear growing I think I would try 
all of them, and then give my experience 
to the public. I have seen all of them 
practiced with good results. Where the 
two classes of trees, standard and dwarf, 
are planted on the same ground, alter¬ 
nately, the dwarf will eventually need to 
be grubbed out, but not for many years. 
The varieties mentioned by C. E. D. G. 
are very good. H. E. van deman. 
First Tramp: “After all, it pays to 
be polite, pardner.” Second Tramp: “Not 
always. The other day I was actin’ deaf 
and dumb when a man gave me sixpence. 
I says ‘Thank you, sir,’ and he had me 
arrested.—Tit-Bits. 
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P 
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Cleveland, Ohio. 
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lie sure to write us about it before you buy 
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Send for our catalog showing Type A 
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Itinghiunton, N. Y.—1!3 Washington St* 
Main Ofllce—908 Seagcr St., Lansing, Mich. 
Boston—69-7f» Washington St., N. 
Philadelphia—1816 Market St. 
PEACHES 
£ FRUITS 
ARE BRINGING HIGH PRICES. 
You Had Better Plant Some Trees this Fall. 
We have them for sale. 
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HICHTST0WN,'N. J. 
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Fnr Qalo— Dewberry and Ward Blackberry 
lUI OfllD PLANTS. Catalogue free. Address 
MICHAEL N. BORGO,Vineland,N. J. 
500,000 Lucretia Dewberry Plants, 
$5.00 per M. Liberal discount on largo orders. 
FENCE 
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Hox 263 Winchester, Indiana 
SUPERIOR 
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THE BATAVIA NURSERIES 
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, best imported stocks. Some of the 
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trees, of Evergreens, Shrubs, 
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Can you afford to plant any 
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Dwarf Apple Trees a Specialty. Agents Wanted. 
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FOR SALE 
ONE 8 H.-P. STATIONARY 
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IGOIL SPRING FENCE 
Made of high carbon Steel Wire 
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