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January 14, 
PRODUCTS, PRICES and TRADE 
Wool. —Boston is the great wool market 
of this country, and is Beginning the year 
with heavy stocks, especially of western 
wools. The present outlook is not favorable 
to higher prices. 
Mints in the United states coined money 
to the value of .$111,501,133 during 1910. 
The total number of pieces was 213,962,- 
716, of which 8,586,493 were gold and 22,- 
361,652 silver. 
Of a cargo of 4,643 pigs from China, 
arriving at London, England, 319 were con¬ 
demned because examination showed tuber¬ 
culosis. 
Cabbage, in New York City, has been 
lower than in interior markets, $9 to $11 
per ton. Trade in this vegetable is rather 
light during the holidays, and will probably 
pick up later. 
There are now in this country 7,231 
national banks, with authorized capital of 
$1,014,591,135, and outstanding circulation 
of $727,705,981. In the South 393 banks 
were started during the past year, with 
total capital of $9,364,500. 
Year’s Metal Output. —The production 
of pig iron in the United States was 27,- 
200,000 tons; copper, 649,107 tons; lead, 
469,682 tons ; and zinc, 267,423 tons. The 
world’s total production of iron was 63,- 
169,000 tons, and of copper, 890,000 tons. 
Following are current metal prices at first 
hand in this country: Foundry iron, $14 
per ton; copper, 12% cents per pound; 
lead, 4.45 cents. 
Customs Notes. —During 1910, 331,322 
passengers landing at the port of New 
York paid $1,776,280.74 duty on baggage. 
In the 22 months that the present Col¬ 
lector of the I’ort has been in office, $3,941,- 
276.83 has been collected in fines on un¬ 
dervaluations and other forms of customs 
dishonesty. Toronto, Canada, had a record 
customs year, duties paid amounting to 
$14,075,000, a gain of $2,275,000 over the 
preceding year. 
Italians for Truck Farming. —I have 
about 100 acres of land suitable for gar¬ 
dening and would like to correspond with 
some families of foreigners. Do you know 
of any associations that interest themselves 
in finding locations for such people? 
Michigan. S. B. M. 
It will be well to correspond with Labor 
Information Office for Italians, 59 La 
fayette street, New York, or with the 
Scandinavian-American Line, 1 Broadway, 
N. Y. The Italian bureau named is main¬ 
tained by the Italian Government for the 
purpose of helping immigrants of that na¬ 
tionality to get out on the land instead 
of congregating in the cities. 
Potatoes from Porto Rico. —At the end 
of December consumers in the suburban 
towns 15 miles from New York were pay¬ 
ing $1 a bushel for potatoes from Porto 
Rico. They were excellent, smooth, white 
tubers, of good quality, with little waste. 
Local potatoes had sold for 75 cents to $1 
a bushel earlier in the season, but the 
quality was not good, owing to an unfavor¬ 
able season, and there was a good deal of 
complaint from purchasers. Those Porto 
Rico potatoes come in free of duty, and are 
no doubt handled at favorable steamer 
transportation rates. These suburban buy¬ 
ers afford a good market, and one would 
imagine that such trade would make a 
favorable outlet for growers in the Eastern 
States, rather than an outlying island. 
Christmas Florists’ Trade. —The holi¬ 
days just past showed an increasing sale 
of pot plants; trade authorities in New 
York report practically all the pot plants 
on the market cleaned out, and there is 
no doubt the sales weie unprecedented in 
most cities. Palms, ferns and Arcaucarias 
(Norfolk Island pine) are always sold large¬ 
ly in addition to flowering plants. The 
showy Poinsettlas, with their vivid red 
bracts, are strong favorites; a great many 
Cyclamens are sold, quantities of Begonias, 
and a variety of miscellaneous stock. The 
increasing inclination to buy plants as 
Christmas gifts is to be commended, and 
not only from the florist’s standpoint. Cut 
flowers did not do so well; there was a 
vast amount of stock on the market, medi¬ 
um sales and low prices. Quantities of pink 
roses sold at $3 to $6 per 100, though 
some very choice Killarney and My Mary¬ 
land reached $15, $20 and $25. Very choice 
Richmond is reported at $25 to $50 per 
100; American Beauty, $6 to $12 per 
dozen, but the latter for extras only. Car¬ 
nations ranged from $3 to $10 per 100, 
the latter for choice red, though there 
were some sales of extra stock at prices 
above the market. There was a slump in 
violets at the end of the week, but the 
quoted price was $1.25 per 100, some spe¬ 
cials going up to $1.50; lily of the valley, 
$2 to $4 per 100; lilies, $10 per 100; 
sweet peas, $1.50 to $2 per dozen bunches; 
Paper White Narcissus, $1 to $2 per 100; 
white Roman hyacinths, $1 to $1.50 per 
100. Gardenias (Cape jasmine) were $1 to 
$4 per dozen, which is not very consoling 
to a man who grows high-grade long¬ 
stemmed flowers. Cattleyas, those beautiful 
mauve and purple orchids, which suggest 
ideas of luxury to most women, were 50 
cents to $1 each. Wallflowers, which are 
grown as a catch crop, ran about 35 cents 
per bunch of six sprays; these find their 
outlet chiefly among high-class retailers, 
who add a few sprays to a box of flowers 
because of their delicious fragrance. Pink 
lupines are among novelties grown in the 
same way. The sales or Christmas greens 
are reported as far beyond all previous 
years. Immense quantities of holly were 
sold, but late arrivals caused a great slump 
in the price two days before Christmas. 
The previous week holly sold on the pier 
in New York at $4 to $5 per case, but 
great quantities arrived as late as Decem¬ 
ber 23, which caused the price to drop as 
low qs 75 cents per case in large lots, and 
$2 per case retail. It was said that 
much holly was short of berries, but we saw 
much that was of high quality, and the 
foliage was generally very good. 
Selling Potatoes Direct. —“Can you 
tell me of anyone in New Y’ork City to 
whom I can sell potatoes direct without 
going through the hands of middleman ?” 
New York. A. R. 
We know of no retailer who could be 
recommended. Of course they are not all 
dishonest, but some who are so to-day may 
be to-morrow, when bad debts or some 
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unfortunate turn of trade pinches them. 
The writer has looked up a good many 
cases where people who had sent goods to 
such merchants direct found themselves in 
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squeeze a settlement out of a man with 
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Protection Against Rabbits. 
We have always depended on tarred 
paper to prevent damage by mice in the 
orchards, and have had little trouble from 
any gnawing above the paper. We have 
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trees; have been quite successful in saving 
the trees by bridging over (inarching) 
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Maine. 
School of Box Packing. —The Depart¬ 
ment of Pomology of Cornell will hold a 
packing school for box anplcs during Farm¬ 
ers’ Week, February 20-25. A series of 
lectures covering the theory and practice 
of packing will be given in the forenoons, 
and laboratory practice in the afternoons. 
The laboratory work will consist of the 
actual practice of wrapping and packing 
apples. The course is open to everyone. 
Inasmuch as tjhe laboratory facilities are 
limited, it will be necessary to register 
in advance for the work. Those who wish 
the course are requested to send their 
names to the department at once. 
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WHY 
The Bowker Grand Prize 
of $500 was awarded to a 
Crop of 127 Bushels Yel¬ 
low Flint over one of 133 
Bushels White Dent at 
the New England Corn Show at Worcester, Mass. 
jiff" Because of Greater Food Value 
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The Protein, Fat, Sugar, etc., contained in the crop 
of 127 bushels yellow Hint (equal to 103 
bushels crib-dry shelled corn) grown by 
Perley E. Davis, Granby, Mass., was . 
The Protein, Fat, Sugar, etc., contained in the crop 
of 133 bushels white dent (equal to 83 
bushels crib-dry shelled corn) was 
Difference in food value in favor of Flint Crop 
4934 Lbs. 
4102 Lbs. 
832 Lbs . 
According- to feeding: values approved by Dr. J. R. Lindsey, 
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, the Davis 
crop fed for beef and the average amount assimilated would 
produce . . . • 1155 lbs. of beef. 
While the Dent crop would yield . 951 
Prof. R. M- Washburn, Vermont Experiment Station has 
figured out that if the Davis crop was fed for milk, it would 
produce . 13,051 lbs. of milk, 
and the Dent crop . . • 10,746 
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