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THE RURAL NEvV*VORKKK 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—Fire swept the plant of 
the Federal Steel Company and the 
Harris Chemical Company on the Del¬ 
aware River front at Chester. I'a., April 
26, causing a loss of $500,000. Six 
fireman were injured, two seriously. 
The plants of the Atlantic Fertilizer 
Company and the United States Fertilizer 
Company were destroyed at Baltimore, 
April 20. by fire, with a loss estimated 
at $1,850,000. The fire is thought to 
have originated from spontaneous com¬ 
bustion in the condensing chamber of 
the Atlantic plant. 
Fighting in Fremont County, Col., 
between striking miners and militia, 
continued April 20-28, seven men being 
killed near Canyon City, April 28. 
President Wilson invoked his consti¬ 
tutional authority and intervened in the 
domestic affairs of Colorado by ordering 
Federal troops there to stop the warfare 
between mine operators and miners. In 
a proclamation issued from the White 
House he commanded all seditionists and 
disturbers to disperse by April 30. Gov¬ 
ernor Elias M. Ammons, of Colorado, is¬ 
sued a proclamation declaring the State 
to be in insurrection and practically de¬ 
claring martial law. Fifteen more men 
were killed, April 20. in two battles in 
the Colorado strike district. One battle 
was fought at Forbes, near Trinidad, and 
the other at Walsenburg, where the fight¬ 
ing had already been continuous for 48 
hours. Many wounded were carried 
away. The total casualties since the 
strike was began on April 20 are esti¬ 
mated at 47 killed and 44 wounded. At 
the inquest into the burning of the tent 
colony at Ludlow witnesses testified that 
militiamen set fire to the tents, which 
caused the terrible loss of life there, and 
that they fired continually at the Ranch 
House, where the reingees were huddled 
for safety. 
Harry Etchells, once head steward of 
the White Star Line, recovered a verdict 
for $18,000 in the Supreme Court, April 
24, from the Wells Fargo Express Com¬ 
pany. He lost a leg when a truck owned 
by the company scraped him off a side¬ 
walk and under the wheels. 
Four miners are known to be dead, 59 
were rescued, 38 of them severely burned 
and 172 others were entombed in two 
burning mines near Ecles, W. Ya., April 
28, as the result of an explosion of gas 
in mines Nos. 5 and 6 of the New River 
Collieries Company. 
During a furious gale on the Great 
Lakes. April 28, the steamer Benjamin 
Noble, her crew of twenty or more and a 
large cargo of railroad Ron were swal¬ 
lowed in the waters of Lake Superior off 
Duluth. All efforts to find the hulk of 
the steamer have proved fruitless. Four 
bodies have been recovered. The general 
belief is that the vessel missed the Du¬ 
luth entrance and struck the Point and 
foundered in deep water. In addition to 
the high seas there was a heavy snow, 
and the Duluth entry light was out. The 
steamer was making the first trip of the 
season. Several other wrecks were re¬ 
ported. 
MEXICO.—The United States accept¬ 
ed offer of Brazil, Argentina and Chili 
to act as mediators between this govern¬ 
ment and Mexico “in the conflict between 
the United States and Mexico.” The 
first step of the mediators, according to 
the diplomatic authorities, will consist of 
a request of the United States for a defin¬ 
ition of that “reparation” which it has 
been led to demand as essential to the 
preservation of the dignity of the United 
States. Huerta formally accepted the 
offer of mediation April 27. The media¬ 
tors are moving now to obtain an agree¬ 
ment between Huerta and Carranza for 
the suspension of internal strife in Mex¬ 
ico while efforts are being made for a 
peaceful solution of the present crisis. 
The receipt of Huerta’s reply followed 
close upon the disclosure in Washington 
of the fact that England. France and 
Germany have been exercising great pres¬ 
sure upon him to consent to a peace¬ 
ful settlement of the present difficulties. 
* * * The Administration feels confident 
that the taking of Vera Cruz has ser¬ 
iously crippled Huerta. It believes that 
by depriving him of the customs collected 
at that port, which it estimates at 3.000,- 
000 pesos, or $1,500,000 a month, which 
is 40 per cent, of the total customs rev¬ 
enue of the republic, it has achieved a 
giant stride toward his elimination. 
These receipts are now being segregated 
but no part of them is reaching the 
Huerta government. * * * More than 
2,600 destitute refugees from Mexico 
were at Galveston, April 26. Three train¬ 
loads of Americans held at Mexico City, 
and 113 American farmers and their 
families held at Soledad. were brought 
away by Commander Tweedie of the 
British cruiser Essex, who went to the 
capital accompanied by his orderly and 
interpreter, and used such moral force 
upon Huerta that the captives were per¬ 
mitted to go. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—At a recent 
meeting of the Agricultural Council of 
Cornell University two appointments 
were made to the staff in the Department 
of Floriculture. These were the appoint¬ 
ment of David Lumsden of the New 
Hampshire College of Agriculture as as¬ 
sistant professor of floriculture, and 
Clark L. Thayer of the Massachusetts 
Agricultural College as assistant in in¬ 
vestigation. 
The Western Seedsmen’s Association 
held its thirteenth annual meeting at 
Omaha, Neb.. April 20. The following 
officers were re-elected: II. A. Johns, 
Sioux City, la., president; C. C. Massie, 
Minneapolis, Minn., vice-president; Hen¬ 
ry Winheim, Omaha. Neb., treasurer; 
Mel L. Webster, Independence. Ia., sec¬ 
retary. L. L. May, II. A. Johns and 
C. C. Massie were made members of the 
grievance committee. 
Reorganization of the work of the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture was proposed in 
an amendment to the agricultural appro¬ 
priation bill reported to the Senate at 
Washington, April 17, by the agricul¬ 
tural committee. The committee made a 
half-million-dollar increase in the house 
bill. Under the amendment the Secre¬ 
tary would be instructed to submit a plan 
for a complete reorganization of the De¬ 
partment to Congress and to prepare his 
estimates for the fiscal year 1916 along 
the lines of the recommended plan. The 
committee struck from the bill the appro¬ 
priation for Congressional distribution of 
free seeds. 
As the result of an outbreak of rabies 
in the vicinity the State Department of 
Agriculture has established a quarantine 
on all dogs at Newburgh, N. Y. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
American Association of Nurserymen, 
Cleveland, O., June 24-26. 
Georgia State Horticultural Society, 
Summer meeting. Griffin, Ga., August 
5-6. 
Indiana Apple Show, Tomlinson Hall, 
Indianapolis, Ind., November 18-24. 
BOSTON MARKET REVIEW. 
The supply of fruits in the market is 
none too heavy for the demand, and 
prices are steady or inclined upward on 
several things, including oranges and 
grapefruit. The former are nearly 59 
cents per crate higher than a week ago, 
as Floridas are about done, and higher 
prices in other markets on California 
fruit, decreases the supply sent here 
which naturally stiffens prices here. 
Floridas bring up to $4.50 per box, and 
Californias up to $3.50 for navels and 
up to $2.50 per small box for tangerines 
and bloods. Florida grapefruit $3.50 to 
$4.50 per box; Cuban $3 to $3.75; Cali¬ 
fornia stock about $2.75. Good apples 
are also in the high-price class, bringing 
up to $7 per barrel for best Baldwins, 
with good going at $5 to $6. Russets 
bring $3.50 to $5 per barrel; common 
box fruit goes at $2 or better per box. 
Western box stock of good quality brings 
$4 to $4.50 for Winter Banana and De¬ 
licious, and about $2.50 to $3.50 for 
other kinds. Cranberries bring the nice 
figure of $15 and better per barrel. Straw¬ 
berries offered are rather poor in quality, 
and prices correspond; fruit from Flori¬ 
da and Louisiana 20 to 30 cents per box. 
Lemons are fairly plenty and prices range 
from $2.50 to $4.25. California stock 
brings the higher figure. Bananas in 
fair supply and prices reasonable. Extras 
bring $3.25 per bunch, good to medium 
bunches, fair sized fruit, go at from $2 
to $2.75. and small bunches $1 to $1.50 
for yellows with reds at 50 cents to $1 
per bunch higher. Pineapples are plen¬ 
tiful and will continue so for some time, 
and prices, which are reasonable to buy¬ 
er, are apt to be more so; for the past 
few days $2.50 to $3 per crate was about 
the price paid. 
The few Hubbard squash left bring up 
to $1.20 per ton; some claim to have re¬ 
ceive even better this last week. Hot¬ 
house tomatoes are declining, and best 
prices now are 40 cents per pound, with 
Florida stock at $3 and $3.50 per crate 
of six baskets. Good lettuce sells very 
well at $1 per box. some not so good at 
50 to 75 cents per box. Other green stuff 
is increasing in supply, and prices are 
dropping, cucumbers .selling at $5 per box 
for No. 1, others $2.50 to $4. Southern 
spinach bring $1 per barrel; kale about 
the same or less. Native dandelions 50 
to 65 cents per box; beet greens the 
•same; bunch beets $1.75 per dozen; 
bunch carrots $1.25 per dozen : old beets, 
per box, $2; old carrots $1.50; parsnips 
81.50 per box; bunch radish $2 per box; 
Southern string and wax beans $3 per 
basket. New Florida cabbage $2.50 per 
crate; old native stock has sold hard and 
slow, many going at $1 per barrel; a few 
at $1.50 if extra good. California and 
Southern asparagus $2.50 to $4 per dozen 
bunches; celery up to $2 per dozen 
bunches. Onions and potatoes both are 
stiffer in price, owing to small receipts, 
chiefly. Native. Conn., and New York stock 
now brings about $3 per 100-pound bag; 
foreign stock $3.50 and $4 per crate. 
Maine potatoes now bring $2 per bag 
of two bushels at the yards, or 10 cents 
per bag higher at wholesale houses. 
Many are still going south, as the south¬ 
ern crop is late this season owing to ad¬ 
verse weather conditions. Some claim 25 
per cent, of the last crop is still in grow¬ 
ers’ hands and being held for higher 
prices. Sweets bring $1 per basket. 
Eggs are slightly higher, as fewer are 
being received and some are putting into 
cold storage for the late Summer trade; 
the prices paid for these are said to be 
20 and 22 cents per dozen. Fancy fresh 
eggs bring 25 and 27; others of good 
duality 24 and 25 cents for eastern stock; 
Western eggs 22 to 24. Many are being 
used for hatching, as young chicks are in 
demand at 15 cents and better each, the 
supply in some cases not being enough 
to keep up with orders. 
Butter is easy, best quality not too 
plenty, but other grades plentiful to make 
it up. Best New England stock 26 to 
29 cents in box and tubs; best western 
26 V -2 ; good, 24 and 25; cheap grades 23 
and 24. Cheese just in fair supply, with 
no surplus; prices range from 14 to 16 
for good to 17 and 20 for best. 
Live poultry is in just fair demand, 
with prices on hens in good condition, 
ranging up to 19 cents per pound; others 
15 and 16 with roosters down to 12. 
Dressed stock of fowls 18 to 21; turkeys 
25 and 27. 
Beef is about the same in range of 
price and supply ; best 12 to 14 ; good 9 
to 11; poor grades eight to 10. Live beef 
ranges from $3.50 to $5.50 for poor or 
medium grades up to $8.50 for best at 
Brighton. Live hogs around nine cents 
per pound; dressed about two cents per 
pound higher. Live sheep and lambs 4 
to S; dressed 10 to 14; live veals 7% to 
10; dressed 11 to 16. Cow and steer 
hides 13 and 14 cents per pound; calf¬ 
skins 22. 
Horse trade is slowing down some in 
demand, but prices are holding about the 
same as the past few weeks, but as the 
supply is plenty of medium and light 
weight common stock, prices are apt to 
be in buyers favor on these if they hold 
off a while. Heavy high-grade horses, 
however, are short and high. There 
seems to be an extra demand for farm 
horses this Spring, the reason for which 
is that prices have been for the past few 
years steadily increasing, and many have 
put off buying one year on account of 
thinking the limit had been reached, and ' 
next season would see a decline, and so 
the old team was used until one or both 
perhaps died and a purchase had to be 
made now to replace these. Some have 
turned to oxen, which are also way up 
in price for various reasons, short supply, 
big demand and high price of beef, being 
chief reasons. A light young pair readily 
brings $200 and hard to get at that; good 
teams bring $300 and better. I believe 
it will pay many to raise at these prices, 
and to prove our belief in same, are 
starting a good promising pair this 
Spring. a. e. p. 
April 22. Prices at auction for good 
heavy draught horses $175 to $225. 
Cows from $75 to $125; heifers, one 
year old. $40 to $50; hogs $9 per cwt; 
pigs $3 to $4 ; fowls, old, 15; young 25. 
Eggs 16; butter 30; lard 13 to i5. Corn, 
per barrel three bushel in ears, $1.10. 
Hay $15; potatoes 85. No fruit on mar¬ 
ket. as last year we did not have any. 
Prospects look good so far; peaches in 
full bloom and spraying is over. Grain 
and grass is looking fine. Farmers are a 
little behind on account of cold and wet 
weather; have not done sowing oats and 
planting early potatoes yet. Labor, per 
day, $1.50 for 10 hours’ work on pub¬ 
lic work; on farm $1.25. l. e. b. 
Beaver Creek, Md. 
Cattle often sell for more at home than 
at Pittsburgh stock yards, because butcher 
would have freight from yard. Potatoes 
are quoted at 75 and 80; but home-grown 
are retailing from $1 to $1.25. Elgin 
butter retails at 29 in city, but farmers 
who attend market every week were sell¬ 
ing at 35 to 40! Eggs were selling about 
two cents above mark, but in two or 
three weeks will be 10 to 15 cents above 
mark, as the people say all eggs are good 
this time of year. Chickens, if young, 
are far above; 2Vo to three pounds nicely 
dressed $1; two to five pounds $1.25 to 
$1.50 each ; old hens 25 cents per pound. 
Good young horses, 1.500 pounds, $500 
to $700 per pair, nearly all teams are 
brought from the West. Our turkeys 
averaged 40 cents per pound Christmas 
and New Y r ear, but commission men 
quoted good 28 to 30, so you will see that 
the paper quotes price, but there are 
plenty of people who want something 
fresh from the country and are willing 
to pay good prices for it. G. v. L. 
Eighty Four, Pa. 
We are at present getting 36 cents for 
dairy butter, but some is selling as low as 
28 cents. Milk is $1.50 per cwt. at cool¬ 
ing station. Calves nine cents per pound, 
live; fat cattle eight to nine cents, live 
weight; fat hogs 12, dressed weight; 
eggs 16; home-cured ham 20. Wheat $1; 
oats 50; corn 75. j. y. h. 
Elverson, Pa. 
Potatoes, wholesale, 90; potatoes, re¬ 
tail, $1.15; corn, wholesale, 70; corn, re¬ 
tail, 85; oats, retail, 60; wheat, whole¬ 
sale, 90; butter, retail, 36; pork, whole¬ 
sale. 13: lard, retail 16; eggs, retail, 20 
to 25; hay $20; fodder 2V> cents a bun¬ 
dle ; fruits scarce. I can from 8.000 to 
10.000 cans of tomatoes every season, 
which I wholesale at $1.10 per dozen; 
retail at 12% cents per can. M. T. K. 
Chester Co., Pa. 
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