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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
FVITNTQ OtT THi? WITU whales and was only kept afloat by the air that. The average price is arou n d $2 per 
E/VHdN 10 Ur 1HL W E/E/Iy. tanks That the men were saved at all barrel. One man has bought and shtoprd 
DOMESTIC.—The balloon America II, i s attributed to the use of oil which bad several carloads from here, paying $1.80 
which left St. Louis October 17 with two been thrown overboard from the ship in an per barrel °f 150 pounds for trait last as 
aeronauts, Alan Hawley and Augustus Post, effort to keep her afloat as long as pos- picked^ from tb^j-r^^^Sbcd^and dumped 
was reported safe October 26, having landed 
near Peribonka River, north of Lake Chil- 
ogoma, Quebec, October 19. The distance 
is figured at 1,305 miles, which is tho 
world's record in ballooning. 
Inspector M. H. Boyle of the Post Office law by filing mandamus proceedings with 
Department made a raid upon the offices the District Supreme Court to compel the 
of Henry II. Keane at 25 East Fourteenth Board of Education to admit Carl Harris, 
street, New York, October 27. Boyle's men the nine-year-old son of Dr. G. W. Harris, 
seized 200 letters, most of which are sup- to school there, though he has never been 
posed to contain money. Keane rented vaccinated. The trial to test the law_prob 
sible. The rowboat was kept in the area loose into the car, and 90 cents for^dropsy 
covered by the oil. *' .. 
The Anti-Vaccinationist Society of the 
District of Columbia began its fight Octo¬ 
ber 31 against the compulsory vaccination 
ably will be held before the end of this 
month. 
hers at the recent land drawing and did 
In an opinion handed down by the Inter¬ 
state Commerce Commission November 1 
the Lehigh and Hudson River Railway 
Company and others are directed to re¬ 
turn to Nelson D. Stillwell as reparation 
desk room in the building on October 4. 
He is said to have sent letters addressed 
with the names of hundreds of dead men. 
These names he got from the obituary 
columns of newspapers published near the 
city. The letters went on to say that $10 
was still due upon a diamond ring which 
the man purchased on account. The 
letters were very urgent in advising that 
the money be sent before October 24, ^ ___ 
otherwise, they are alleged to have said, uot gi e i 0 st their chances, 
the “deal was oft' aud the ring would be 
returned to stock.” 
Fire which started October 26 and 
burned until after midnight swept through 
the business section of Victoria, B. C., de¬ 
stroying several of the finest buildings and 
causing a loss estimated at from $1,500,000 
to $2,000,000. Huge firebrands floated on 
the high wind which swept toward the 
water front, and it was with great difficulty 
that the firemen, aided by the militia aud 
the garrison at Work Point barracks, kept 
the flames from the shipping. Many blaz¬ 
ing embers were carried out over the bay, 
endangering vessels in the harbor. Several 
yachts caught fire and were destroyed. The 
fire started in the department store of Da¬ 
vid Spencer & Co., Limited. The newly or¬ 
ganized fire brigade found itself unable to 
cope with the situation, and the troops 
were called out. The soldiers not only aided 
in keeping order, but manned the fire appa¬ 
ratus and helped combat the flames. 
There was 
and Jersey City 
of the expressmen 
are employed 
the United 
Southern, which operates through the 
Adams company; the Manhattan Delivery 
Company, and several smaller companies. 
these were going to Ohio. Some large ship¬ 
ments of pears and apples have also been 
sent to South America, to be sold for 
Christmas trade. Boston market is flooded 
with drop and second-class fruit. This 
sold better than usual up to the middle of 
October, but now is feeling the effect of tho 
day and going slowly at poor prices. Mon¬ 
day, October 24, the largest market of 
apples ever brought in by local farmers 
was sold. A local canning factory is pay¬ 
ing $1 per barrel and is getting all they 
can use. Cider mills are paying 25 cents 
Shivering in miners’ tents, some without per 400 pounds, and some that seldom have 
shelter and little bedding, approximately got Pn0U gh before are full now. Most 
1.000 “sooners” squatted on land in the vegetables are selling fairly well in Bos- 
Coeur d'Alene reservation October 31 wait- ton s qua sh is short and selling well, also 
ing the signal that was to open the unal- some root crops. I raised two perfect Wil- 
loted tracts to general settlement at noon n ams a n P ies this year on a scion set this 
November 1. All who drew lucky num- year . I have many times triedhad some 
blossoms but never before bore fruit. 
Hopkinton, Mass. A. E. p. 
A JERSEYMAN AND PARCELS POST. 
Here is a letter from ex-Governor Stokes, 
And False Measure, Too. 
The following note comes from Rochester, 
N. Y.: 
“It does seem one of the worst deals 
that poor people in the cities who of all 
others can least afford to pay the prices 
are so systematically robbed on what they 
buy. Right here in this city yesterday I 
saw potatoes priced 18 cents per peek, and 
1 bought a peck recently from one of the 
largest and most expensive stores and got 
less than 12 pounds, including the pack¬ 
age. When I kicked they made profuse 
apologies and sent three pounds more to 
the house. I firmly believe 90 per cent of 
the grocers get five pecks from every 
bushel. In the papers I read that m the 
nearby towns buyers are paying only oO 
cents for potatoes, and I see from those 
same papers reports of enormous yields, 200, 
250, and in one case nine acres producing 
2 700 bushels. The best farms in Monroe 
County are not giving any such yields and 
I know it.” 
Exactly. There you have the scheme 
opened up. They sell 12 pounds for 18 
cents and call it a peck. That means 1% 
cent a pound or 90 cents a bushel, and 
when the grower gets 30 cents he takes 
33 1-3 cents of the consumer’s dollar. All 
this time the local papers keep talking big 
crops, for, of course, that may frighten 
• i . -Hi_A, .. n niiioo Tim 
ncn paid $18.„„, -- — . 
to be unreasonable on the ground that it 
was $4.70 in excess of the tariff posted 
by the companies. 
FARM AND ’ GARDEN.—The Massa¬ 
chusetts State Board of Agriculture will 
are you men about parcels post?” They 
looked at each other, then at me and said, 
“That don't belong to us. That is the Con¬ 
gressman's business.” “Well,” said I, 
“how does he stand as to parcels post? 
They did not know. “Well,” said I, “you, 
KANSAS APPLES.—Last week we gave 
figures about prices for Kansas apples. 
Newspaper reports tried to make it appear 
that they were almost given away. Another 
report from Hutchinson, Kan., now states: 
“Present prices here around are $1 per 
bushel box for choice Missouri Pippin 
and Ben Davis and $1.25 for choice Wine- 
saps and fancy Ben Davis and Missouri 
Pippin. Choice Jonathan and Grimes are 
man Ira wor th around $1.50. while fanciest grades 
funds at "its command for the purpose, Wood, of New Jersey, with the parcels post of Grimes, Jonathans and Winesaps are 
hold a Fall exhibit of apples at its rooms if elected to the State Legislature, will 
at the State House on the five days of No- help elect the Senator, won t you. Ihtn 
_i_ i r io in,.I,,ci.ro ioin icnirioa thev saw a liirh t. Why. said they, we 
▼ember i5" to 19, inclusive, 1910.' Entries they saw a light. “Why,” said they, 
are limited to three specimens of any one never had that question put to us befoie, 
variety from any one grower. No cash but we will hnd out. Hence this b 
prizes will be given, as the board has not Those men went to Congressman 
°s n me e HtoHous SL iU '“° .. of“*New JerseW* and"''Congressman Wads! The“ above'‘prices "show what the present 
mu,. th „ „ nttnn P ron in Georgia was worth, of New York. line is. From now on the supply will 
The ‘strikers demand a work-day of eleven damaged 50,000 bales or to the extent of It was amusing to see how those men shorten and prices wi 1 rise ^ 
hours, with one hour for meals, an extra $750,000 by the cold wave which struck looked when I showed them their part in the storage charges that i m-ofits 
compensation of 25 cents an hour for each th e State October 28-29 is the opinion ex- the work of parcels post. They certainly month to la e aC cordanee P with 
hour’s work over eleven hours, an increase p reS sed by Commissioner of Agriculture saw a new light on their political horizon, that may be S L Ld Good aooles 
of $5 a month in the wages of all helpers $ hon ms G. Hudson. “The top crop of cot- jerseyman. market “A*nd. 
and drivers now receiving less than $6o a ton was exceedingly short this year or the R N.-Y.—The letter from Mr. Stokes is Bv Christmas home grown 
month, the reinstatement of the men in crop wou ld have been hurt much worse,” as follows: giving time. By i niistmas noim how 
their former places and there shall be no declared Mr. Hudson. “As it was, I be- ' me t n wHIa stock , w hrrrT 
discrimination against employees belonging ul™ the damage has amounted to at least . “Senator . “S__aslsedI me wme supp i y . One of the .largest patKeis ueie 
to a labor organization. Under present 
conditions the starting time of the drivers 
is 6 o’clock in the morning, with no finish¬ 
ing time. The men must work until they 
can get off. The first helper, the man who 
signs for the goods and who is the re 
bales last year 
A neat 16-page bulletin describing the 
sponsible person on the wagon, now re- ^lfege if now being 1 distrRmtedf ^ The ^10- 
witTth!“&ded twentyffive-cent'hourly'coifc w - eeks ’ course begins January 3, 191L Some 
pensatiou for extra work beyond the eleven 
___ _ has asked me to write _ _ _ 
«7-,nnno” Mr Hudson ngures mat me to you my views on parcels post. You may said” this "week that he believed the home 
tntnff ron f f r the State thif vcar wfll not rest assured and so mtorm your friends grown stu ff would be practically all sold 
hales asagainst 1^00 000 that I am in favor of the same, and if bPfore the end of January and chat apple 
haiol d in«V° ve’nr 0 bal ’ a S alnst 1|JW ’ VW elected United States Senator will do all paters i n this section would have to depend 
lieve the damage has amounted to at least 
$750,000.” Mr. Hudson figures that the 
that I can for a law to put this into ef¬ 
fect. e. s. stokes. 
Good for Mr. Stokes. You remember that 
Senator Kean would not even reply to the 
question. The experience of the Jersey- 
on the high-priced stuff grown in the 
northwest Pacific States.” 
THE PRODUCER'S PRICE OF TUR- 
:11CUV . C KEY.—Last year we gave a story of tur- 
man can do if he will key experience had by some farmers in 
hour period. Helpers who get $45 ask 
for $50 a month, and they all de¬ 
mand an eleven-hour day, with an 
hour off for dinner. Many lines of 
business are hampered by this strike. 
The Oklahoma Supreme Court, October 
26, handed down an opinion, written by As¬ 
sociate Justice Robert L. Williams, unquali- 
fiedly upholding the constitutionality of the 
“grandfather” clause amendment to the 
State Constitution, voted August 2, and ap- 
short poultry course, a farmers’ week and 
a course for bee keepers. This descriptive 
bulletin will be sent free to all who ask 
for it. Address the Director of Extension 
Work, Amherst, Mass. 
CROP NOTES. 
--- „ „ .. Oats are 50 bushels per acre, barley 25, 
proving also as legal the peculiar form of rye 22 per acre; potatoes 280 bushels per 
Lnllc.f iujoH flOPlQlOTl S lfl tllP At* « T4 i c« n f Q i 1 11 I'D fhie VOfl T 
of the courses are limited to certain num- . , . f 
bers. There is no tuition chafed. The t S he part of aTolePova his‘'vote. Vermont "These farmers had been produc- 
10-weeks course will^ be followed^by^a saw at once that this ing a fine quality of turk^ wh^h werc 
voter meant business and knew what he shipped largely to the Boston maiket. 
wanted See how quickly they went to These farmers had never been satisfied that 
headquarters for satisfaction? Farmers they obtained their fair share of the con- 
will yet learn how to use their power. sumer’s dollar, and yet they had no exact 
win yti itmu ^ wnv of determining the fact, so they tried 
a new scheme. The turkeys were picked 
THE CFNT DOl T AR and dressed nicely, and then a number of 
1HL LLN1 ftuLLAR. letters were written to the effect that these 
A Car of High-Class Potatoes. turkeys were sent by the writer; that when 
they were bought at retail the purchaser 
an absolute educational requirement upon 
all voters or descendants of voters who did 
not have or exercise their rights of suffrage 
in 1866. Not only the negro slaves and 
their descendants must submit to the edu¬ 
cational test, i. e., reading and writing one 
section of the State or Federal Constitution, 
but the blanket Indians who had no form 
I enclose statement of mv first carload WO ui,j greatly oblige if he would write and 
shinned These potatoes cost teR j ust exactlv what he paid for the tur- 
cut keys. These letters were written, wrapped 
The up j n wa terproof paper and pushed inside 
„ _ quality of the bird so that he went to market 
perfect. You will notice I received 52% loaded. The returns came from the cora- 
cents, and Aroostock potatoes were selling ln i ss i 0 n men with, of course the usual 
at 35 and 37 cents. I suppose my yield story . bo w some of them came in poor 
... „ 111C KUW , would not be considered good. I planted COIU iition, that the weather was warm and 
>2 cents •’wheat 88 cents; oats, seven acres and got 1,400 bushels, 200 to manv of the other excuses which the mid- 
Corn now husked big crop if the acre, but as I am planting an apple dlpm % haV e at their tongue’s end. The 
I =«v P( ? Tlav $12 ner ton : pota. orchard, much of the seven acres was land nPt priee 0 f those turkey 
two cents per pound. New milch cows, 
$60 ; two-year-old heifers, $30. w. r. 
Bridgewater, N. S. 
Eggs, 25 cents; chickens, nine cents; 
butter, 22 ’ ' — 
30 cents. 
it can be saved. Hay, $12 per ton ; pota^ 
but the blanket Indians who had no form it can oe saveu. xi*y, Xiownup to weeds. It is now in good 
of electorate government and descendants t 0 ^ s > per b^h?!, slow salei, omons, ^ i on c. l. m. 
of foreigners who were from countries where 500 or 600 acres in vicinity, 40 cents per °! r , 
the f0 right n of b suff rag eyelid not belong to them bushel, and buyers shy Hogs eight to 
must also submit to the educational test to 
vote. 
That an inventor’s contract was an in¬ 
strument employed by the United Shoe Ma¬ 
chinery Company in an alleged scheme in 
restraint of trade and in violation of the 
Sherman anti-trust act was declared by 
8%; cattle, fat, $4 to $5 per 100; milch 
cows, $40 per head ; land, $80 to $100 per 
acre; 75 per cent of acreage handled by 
renters. Landlords live in town; rent $5 
per acre. h. m. s. 
Cary, Ohio. 
The apple crop in this section has been 
Maine. 
R. N.-\\—The commission statement fol¬ 
lows : 
604 bushels potatoes— 
10(5! 55c.—594@52%c.$317.o5 
Freight .$40.02 
Commission . 24.16 
- 64.18 
Judge Hardy in the Equity Session of the very light, and the quality very inferior. It 
Superior Court at Boston, Mass., October bas ‘ bpp n demonstrated hereabouts this year 
31, to be immaterial and no defense in the that if we are to have apples hereafter we 
suit brought by the company against Eu- must work for it. The Good Book says 
did Laehapelle, an inventor, in its employ. ra an shall earn his bread by the sweat of 
The company brought suit to compel La- the brow. I think this applies as truly to 
chapelle to transfer to its patents for in- the fruit crop. I know of but three or- 
ventions on shoe machinery which he had chards about here that had a paying crop, 
made while in its employ. Laehapelle set an d these have been well taken care of. 
up as a defense that the contract between One in particular, the man has a small 
the company and himself tended to create farm of 20 acres devoted to fruit, and he 
a monopoly in violation of the Sherman spends his whole time in caring for his 
law. He claimed that more than 95 per fruit interests. Ilis crop of apples sold 
$253.17 
These potatoes were sold in Boston, 200 
miles from where they were grown. They 
netted the grower, as we see, 42 cents per 
bushel, which gives him a margin of two 
cents profit. Fine potatoes of this class 
retailed at about $1.15 per bushel, so that 
this farmer got nearly 36 cents of the con¬ 
sumer’s dollar. 
cent, of the inventors of shoe machinery 
were under similar contract with the com¬ 
pany. The company paid him a salary of 
$20 a week and he was required to trans¬ 
fer to it all inventions and patents which 
he made or obtained while the contract 
remained in force. It was to run for 10 
years. Laehapelle invented a device for 
shoe machinery and obtained a patent on 
it, the title to which he has retained. 
The Adirondack deer hunting season, 
which opened on September 16 and closed 
at sunset October 31, cost the lives of five 
persons and the serious wounding of half a 
dozen others. Four of the five killed were 
shot in mistake for deer, and the majority 
of those wounded were also victims of the 
hair trigger hunter. This year’s casualty 
list shows a slight falling off as compared 
with that of 1909. 
for $1,500 this year. The apples were 
very fine. Dealers have found no cider 
apples, as some have even barreled the 
drops. Apples all sold at present. 
Ontario County, N. Y. e. t. b. 
„ v „ price or tnose turiseys to the growers 
was not far from 12 cents a pound after 
freight and other charges were taken out. 
In a few days, however, the replies to those 
letters began to come in, and it was found 
that the purchaser had paid all the way 
from 32 to 36 cents a - pound for those 
birds. There were facts that could not be 
surrounded, and it was a clear case of the 
35-cent dollar. Now the question comes 
up “What are you going to do about it?” 
\. good way for these .people to do this 
year would be to get as large a number of 
turkey raisers as possible to unite and 
send to that market a uniform product 
with turkeys as much alike and as neatly 
dressed as possible. Collect and send 
enough of them so that it will pay to send 
one or two good salesmen right to the 
market with those birds. Let him hire 
a store or rent part of the store occupied 
bv a butcher or grocer and sell these tur¬ 
keys as close to the consumer as possible. 
Some of them would naturally have to be 
sold at wholesale, but many of them could 
Southern Potato Buyers Talk. 
Here is a statement from eastern. North ceSts ^'efo-to'S 
Carolina showing -how that section is dollar would look like 60 cents fit - tney 
caught both going and coming: were done with it. 
“I can give you an illustration of how PRODUCERS SnARE OF HATS. Of 
we arc fixed at this end of the business late years there has been a great demand 
On October 22 we had our first frost of ..... . . - e™ “tmnninn Pnnnmfi tints. 
any importance, and even this has not 
killed all tender vegetation. Corn all cut „„ __ __ 
and about all wheat sowed and much of sreen snap beans we have been getting fered $200 ___ _ TT „ 
it up (October 26). Some complaint of f rom $ 1.75 to $2.50 each. Out of this we several seasons. Consul Ilaeberle, of Hon- 
fly in wheat, but extent of damage not pav 70 ' per cent commission and 81 cents duras, makes the following report. l hose 
yet known. Some corn is being cribbed express per basket, so w T e net from 78 cents hat makers might join the potato growers 
and a fair yield reported. As there is to ej 44 f or ab0 ut five pecks of beans, from and others .who see that consumers qoi- 
much old corn on hand, prices will be wb i cb m ust be deducted 10 cents for cost lar carved up: „ ,, , . 
lower. Cattle prices are very low, being $1 of eacb basket. I don’t know what the “About 15.000 of these U atS 4 . aiaae 
per cwt. lower than a week ago for fat steers, consumer pavs. I should suppose not less annually by the women of 8 anta Barbara, 
and stock cattle much lower also. Hog than 10 cents per quart and a strawberry The palm leaf, from which they are made, 
prices are still high, and exceptionally so box used as a measure. All through east- is called “junco.” The most tender leaves 
for this date. There has been much hog prn Carolina in the Winter and Spring the are selected and exposed to sulphur smoke. 
The 17 men of the crew — -— ~ - uiol c,,,. ..* . — ...... -— ^ cems u ut^a, 1 ».,. ^. ..—---n ,,,,—....... .„ - — _ 
wegian bark Mastoria were brought to Bal- and burning of dead animals has put a from ^ ew York to Wilmington for very leaves, the amount needed for one hat. it 
timore October 31 on the fruiter .Tuan, s t op to it. The yield of Orchard grass, low freight bv steamer and costing the Wil- takes about two weeks to make an ordinary 
from Jamaica. The seamen were rescued Timothy and clover light and the seed of mington -wholesaler say $1.50 per sack in hat and one month to make a fine one. A 
during the West Indian hurricane a week poo r qualitv. Prices of seed high. Clover, New York If we can get any glimpse of round block, called ‘norma, is used as a 
before bv the British steamship River jsio; Timothy, $5 ; Orchard grass seed, a wav t o give to the man who has really form for making the crown. After this 
Plate and taken to the island. Their ves- §2.50 to $3 per bushel. w. e. d. earned it a fairer proportion of the con- par t is finished a table is used, provided 
sel. which was bound from Pensacola to Hillsboro, Ohio. sumer’s dollar we will in a measure alle- with one or more holes, into which the 
Rio Janeiro, was abandoned in a sinking viate a burning injustice.” e. p. crown is dropped and the rim woven on 
condition. The members of the crew of The peculiar season of 1910 is neaily Pon t<, a mmrt for the beans the top of the table. These hats are sold at 
the Mastoria went through a most thrill- closed, and most farmers can now tell At 10 c nt 0 . « 4 X x sc hoolbov from $1.20 to $14. according to their qual- 
ing experience. Their vessel rapidly filling whether this has bec . n a aea f,° 1 n P Jn 2^£ P w hat part “of the consumer’s itv. Thev are marie during the wet sea- 
with water, the decks a mass of wreck- loss. Apples are at last all gathered in ‘, a ?, s b ‘j. to Yorth Carolina. Of son, as the straw breaks duntag the dry. 
age, the lifeboats disabled and a hurri- and partly s o old -. iT7 S «'* le ®d course some of the beans mav have spoiled. Even in the wet season a damp eloth is 
cans wind still hurling huge seas over the picked ones as low as $1.50 per bushel, course some < 31 th commission man eonstantlv used to moisten the straw while 
derelict, the men had all but abandoned With barrels costing anywhere from 2;> but you nia.v besure tne commission ^umu XI ” .S— ' -n-i,,,,, nv« finished thev are 
