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TShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Seiiteiiib<i'r .’s, T.MS 
of the :ls^;ociatiou to soil it for him, ami 
thfi <',\p(‘ctation was that it wonhl hring 
.$4 to .'f4.r)<> jM*i' bnshol. Ci.>mi)aro(l with 
forimo- j)i-i<-(»s, tho olVm- lookod good to the 
farmer and he pitted liis giies'< against tlie 
l)iiyer's knowledg«', ainl lost .$700 to ])er- 
liaps $1..‘)(X) I>y the transaction. If any- 
J)ody w.Ms a liouhy in tlie deal it ceitiiinly 
was not tile linyei’. S(*\i'raL such in- 
stam-es niiglit I)e cited, l)nt this is tyitical 
of mimci-ons similar de.als in whicli ftirin- 
ers lose Ix'cause of the l.ack of a knowl¬ 
edge which is ahsoliit<‘ly essential in siie- 
ct'.ssfnl marketing. ,\nother laspiisite of 
ItriiiK’ im|)or1ance with the .snccessfnl 
salesman is that he he what is known as 
ii good mixer. He must he a good .indge 
of hnnnin nature ;ind must know how to 
Jipjtroach a ])ros|)eci ive <-nstomer iind to 
comnnind his <-onlidence. This facnliy is 
gjtinisl (piite largely hy exjiei'icnce and 
.askoci.ation with men. This the farmer 
is seldom aide to gain hecaii.se of his 
isolation and small oiiportiinitii's for meet¬ 
ing and de.aling with others. 
C'lt.woKs .Xkkdki).—I f .Mr. (Ireene 
were sjieaking of the wa.v farmers so gen- 
erall.v have of meeting the pr<.)S)re(-tive 
huyer with “M'hat will yon giv<‘V’ he 
inight he justified in calling it the hoohy’.s 
joh. .\nd so long as faianers are disi)o.s<>d 
to do their own selling under their jiresmit 
limitations the.v will continue to inanifi'st 
just sui-h i-hild's jday. It would seem 
evident, therefore, that if farmers are to 
reeeivi' tin* ju-oiier and full value for their 
produce the marketing must he done hy 
competent salesmen who possess the 
re<|uisite qualifications to do the work of 
selling. KDw.vKu nurcni.N’8. 
Michigan. 
Hot-Water Heated Frame 
The following information, with its ac¬ 
companying jticture, is given in the Jlor- 
istn' J-'.i-chdiit/r hy Frank .T. Moreau, Mon¬ 
mouth ('o.. N. ,T.: 
I’lie accompanying sketch shows a jiijie- 
heated frame used hy us, wdiich has 
jirovc'd successful in every way. This 
idea suggested itself to ns liecause of the 
necessit.v of having a steadier .source of 
heat than derived frem manure, and one 
which could he regulated. The system of 
heat used hy us is hi>t wat(‘r, pipe linesi 
consisting of one flow and two return 
two-inch i)ipe heing used throughout. 
D'uidng the Sj)ring months many gi'cen- 
houses do not carr.v all tin; coils necessar.y 
for Winh'r use. These heing <*ut off with 
us, we turn this suriilus radiation into the 
frames :ind find that it takes very little 
increase in fin'l to 0 ])erate.. In fact, it 
cost $1..“)0 h'ss per sash to oi)erate than 
a frjime of the same size lu'ated h.v ma¬ 
nure. ''I'he system is so iirranged that 
he:it can he cut off from the hoiler room 
and the water drained from the .sy.stem 
hy means of dr.-linage cocks jdaced at O. 
-At point the elhow is tapjied and con¬ 
nected with a %-inch piiie leading 
through the soil to a pet cock which can 
readily he reached hy oiiening a very small 
opening in the cover. 
M''e us^ single light sash, with mats on 
ver.v st'veiv* nights. Tin* si)ac<*s at F show 
an air sjuice two inches wide running the 
entire length of the frame. Tin* soil 
hench is constructed the same as an or- 
dinar.v greenhouse hench, heing huilt to 
hold about 0 inches of soil. Ilunning the 
length of tin* he<l is a joist wdiich takes 
the w'cight through the middle, otherwise 
the bench w’ould sag and water would 
drain to the middle of the bench. 
T''nder the soil hench is an air siiace 
of six imdies through which the coils are 
run, instead of heing buried in the soil, a 
practice wdiich to our mind, causes the 
loss of much heat. Thus you see the 
plants are growing in a hench of soil 
which do<*s not come into direct contact 
with the cold earth outshh*, making it 
jxisslhle to maintain an even soil temjier.a- 
ture night and day. 
With the ground frozen outside for 
days at a time w'o have been able to ki'eii 
a soil temperature of 50 degree and a 
temperature of 5.S degree's to (50 degi-ees 
at night. The past sea.son we opei-ated 
one frame <S0 feet long, sown w ith pe'ppers 
and eggidants and had a better stand 
than we have (*v<*r had before in our ex¬ 
perience. .After these plants had r<'a<-hed 
a height of about twm inches wa* experi¬ 
enced a week, or rather five days, of <*on- 
tiniial sleet, which froze as fa.st as it fell, 
making it impossible to ventilate or even 
oiien the frames to the light. In the pipe- 
heated frame there was about tw(> f«‘et of 
row that da.miied off while out of the 
other frames we lost as much as 50 jier 
cent of the plants; this was due to the 
fact that in the pipe-heated frame the 
dry heat from the jiipes keiit the surjilus 
condensation d'-ied up. whih* in the oilier 
frames the lack of heat caused the loss 
of thousands of plants. AVe operate in 
our iilant season about 10.000 feet of 
frames, growing vegetable jiiants exclu¬ 
sively, and the plan just given has_ <*lim- 
inated many troubles to be found in the 
plant-growing_husiness. 
Again the “ Cosgrove Woodchuck ' 
I suppo.se T ought to he (and T am) 
grateful to M. II. JD. for his endeavor to 
alleviate my distress. Ilis indebtedness 
to me (wdiich he mentions) is so slight. 
si> ver.v .small, that it would require a 
micro.scope or a chemical analysis to dis¬ 
cover it; therefore I must imiiute to pure 
gnodnet'.s of heart his effort to relieve me 
from the depredations of the wihl and 
woolly animal that is tiwing to dejirive 
me of beams. M. H. D. is .also an M.D., 
and naturally he turned to '‘medicines'’ 
for relief as against traps, though it was 
li> he administered through the nose in 
this case. Years ago, when living on 
my farm, I ti-ied the hisul]ihide of 
cjirhon cure, and apparently it was ef¬ 
fective, though no dead woodchuck ever 
dug out to prove to me that it was, hut 
always there Avas the um-ertainiy as to 
whether.the woodchuck was "iionie" that 
jiarticular ■ aft«*rnoon. lie miglii li.-ive 
tak(*n that occasion to A'isit some lady 
woodchuck, and my hisulidiide would he 
wuisted,,^and I had no wa.v of knowing. 
Hut I will admit, if you know the f:imily 
are “at home,’’ and enough hisu!]diide is 
used, and the holes iiroiierl.v plugged, 
whatever is in the hole will .stay then*. 
Fnfortunately, in m.v pr<*sent case, the 
cure is not practicable. The hole is 
.somewhat umh-r a^heavy iioultry hou.se 
with a light mat<-hed hoard Hour, impos¬ 
sible to see the hole or g<*t at it if one 
could see it. so I .shall have to stick to 
traps. ,\nd here I want to ri'iuark that 
lieojile not only i(iJ:e Tiik It. N.-Y., hut 
they also rend it. Immediately aft<‘r my 
artich* with the cai)tion “AVijodchucks, 
Steel Tnips .'ind P.ciuis,” was jtrinted a 
st('el traj) manufacturer in AN'.'iterhury, 
Fonn., sent his dcscrii)tive cin-nlar to 
Tin; It. X.-A'. to he forwartled to nn*; a 
hoy in Sonn*rs, Fonn., sent me a letter <le- 
scrihing his succ<>ss with the stt'el trap 
which goes down in the hole and is a 
sure catch, and anoth(*r trap comiiany 
actually S(*nt me two of their trajis to 
try. I have them set; also the AA^aterbury 
trap, and this caught one of the Parson's 
chickens! (The Parson lives next door 
and lets his chickens run.) Put )io wood¬ 
chuck goes over those traps. Tln*se are 
no common, everyday woodclun-ks; they 
are Avise. well-«*(iucatcd ’chucks. They 
scorned the small, cheap traps I had Iie- 
fore; got into them and out, at their 
of Pipe-hen led I'rnnics 
pleasure, hut (;vidently they realize* that 
the.se traps ni(*an “business,” ami tliey are 
taking no ♦•hances. 
I_cannot <-lose this article without re¬ 
ferring to M. P. D.’s anxiet.y that I do 
not get blown up hy cigarette and bisul¬ 
phide. I hasten to assure him that 1 do 
not smoke, snuff nor chew. 
«;ko. A. c'>s(,i{()\K. 
Countryside Produce Conditions 
Alovenn'iit of iiroduce is im rc.-ising with 
tin* advance of tin* harvest season. Po¬ 
tatoes alr(*ad.v ex<-t*ed 500 cars jier day 
and ap]»l(*s reach nearly liOO cai's daily ; 
cahhagi^ and onions are moving along raji- 
idly. Tin* markt'ts keep fairly well cleane<I 
u|i in most lines, generally at higher 
prices than last year. 
TOitATOKS tlAlU) TO .SKLL. 
Tliei'(* were too many tomatoes at the 
liei.ght of the season. Neither the mar¬ 
kets nor the canm'rs could tak<* care of 
them and the prices offered N<*w .Tersc.v 
growei-s, .-iround 20c pi'r hu.. were hardly 
enough to cover cost of production under 
l)r(*.sent conditions. The worst predica¬ 
ment was that of a group of growers who 
h.v mistake had been sold seed of yellow 
varieti('s. Tln*se proved unsalable, even 
the canner.s oh’ecting on account of suj)- 
jiosed lack of high color and solidit.v, 
TtIK .SLUMP I.V CAIJU.VOKS. 
Cabbage prices have declined to 
scar<-ely more than one-third thejr early 
A'alues. Last, yeai-, it will be remembered, 
jjrices ruled low until a hard frost sent 
tin* market uuward. Production in AVt'st- 
('rn X<*w A'oi'k is liln*ral ainl growers ar<* 
si'lling as low as $15 per ton at shipping 
stations. * 
flint VALUKS KOU POTATOES AM) O.MOXS. 
Potatoes have held up well in price 
considering the ra|)idly increasing move¬ 
ment. Ni'arly as jnany have been shipjied 
as last year to corresponding dat(*. M'he 
pj'icre is somewhat higher, $‘2.70 i)er 100 
lbs., at New .Jersey shijiidiig points, < om- 
jiai-ed with $1.00 last .v<*ar. The general 
ramnr of Fastem and \Vest'‘i’n <‘onHuming 
markets is .$2.7.5 to .$55 per 100 lbs. About 
the only line selling near l.-ist year's jirict's 
is the onion croi). which sohl the last of 
Se))tember in 1017 at about .$2.0.8 per 
100 lbs. at Rochester, Now York, and 
rules not far from that ligure now. City 
' w holesiih* markets. Fast and AA'est, ranged 
.$2 to .$2.50 per KM) lbs. 
GOOD nK..\rAXI) EOB FRUIT. 
Fruit continues rather high. Fall ap- 
])les. like AVealthy and Oldenburg, range 
$4.50 to $.5..50 tier bbl. at Fastern shii)ping 
•^tatiiuis. Advanc(> sales of Winter kinds 
are rejmrted at .$.‘i..50 to .$4.50 at Now 
A'ork and N'irginia country shii)ping 
l)oints. Appb* pi'ices .-ire higln'st in the 
Middle AA'est. wher«* tin* cj-op a|)pears 
generally light. F!ioic(* varieties reach 
rather high ])rices a!si> in Fasteiu mar¬ 
kets, (Jravenstcins r.-uiging $0 to $7 ])er 
bbl. in various Atlantic co.-ist cities. 
Pears ruled $.‘> to .$.”.2.5 ja-r bu. in shij)- 
ping .sections for the last of the Partlett 
cro]), and reached $4 at rimes in New 
A'ork city. Later varieties are selling 
around $2 in the shi])i»ing sections. The 
general supiily is becoming light. I’eaches 
are selling at about the same prices as 
])ears. ruling .$.”> to $.‘>25 j>er bu. basket 
in New A'ork and Alichigau shipping 
sections. Concord grapes bring about .‘>0c 
l)er small basket to growers in the jrrin- 
ciital Fastern sections. Sales to manu- 
f;><’ture’-s of gr;i|)e juice and wine in New 
York, Alichigan and California are re¬ 
ported around $(I0 per ton. G. It. F. 
Philadelphia Markets 
Fanc.v print.s, 02 to Ooc; tub creamery, 
best, 5S to OOc: medium to good, .50 to 
55c; packing stock. .‘IS to 40c. 
KG os. 
Fancy, nearb.v, 55 to .5(>c; g.-ithered, 
be.st, 40 to .50c; common to good, 40 to 
400. 
I.IVE POX'LTlty. 
Fowls, .”4 to ”0c; chickens, .I.” to 37c; 
roo.sters, 2(5 to 27c; ducks, .‘I() to 34c; 
pigeons, jtair, 30 to 3.5e. 
DBESSEI) )*0ULTRy. 
Fowls. 33 to 3,'5c : chickens, .3(» to 40c; 
Siiring du<-ks. 37 to 3.Sc; roosters, 28c; 
squabs, do/,.. $7 to $8.2.5. 
FRUITS. 
Apides. bbl.. $3.50 to .$8; % bu. hkt., 
.50(* to $2 ; ]ie:iclies. (I-bkt. crate, .$2.25 to 
.$3; muskmelons. bu., $2 to $3; grajies, 
.3-11). bkt., 15 to 20c; pear.s, P;ii-tlett, .$-1 
to $0. 
\ E(.ETAm.E.S. 
Potato(*s, No. 1, 1)1)1. .84 to .$5; .No. 2, 
.$2 to $3 ; sweet ])otatoes. n(*w, b.bl., $.‘> to 
.$.5..50; green pi-as. bu., $1 to .$2.50; 
onions, bu., 00c to $1.3.5. 
KAY AM) STRAW. 
llav, No. 1 'I'imothv. $.32 to .$33; No. 
2, $.‘I1. to .$.”.1..50: No. 3, .$‘27 to .$2.'Ij 
clover mix('d. $28 to $31 ; straw, rye, .$17 
to $18; oat and wheat, $12 to .$14. 
OPITFARY.—AYilliam F. Dre.*r, i)re.s- 
ident of II. A. Freer. Im*., I’hihnh'lphiii, 
ilii'd Se|)t. 8 at Woodstock, A’t. AA’m. P'. 
Dri*er was boi-n in Philad<'lphia on Nov. 
11, 1.840. lie att(*nded the Hastings 
Ai-ad«'m.v in AV(*st Philad**lphiii until tin* 
.8i)i-ing of 18().5 wln*n he eutt*red his 
father’s business. In 1.8(58 he went to 
Furope to study the details of the seed 
and i)lant bm-iness ami was em])Io.ved in 
one. of the largest seed establishments in 
Paris. He i-c'turned to tin* honn* business 
i'l (he Autumn of I.SOO. In ]87() he took 
i-lnirge of tin* plant busines.s at Riverton, 
N. .T., and in 1873 returned to the seed 
cslablishnn'nt in Philadelphia, taking 
charge of both the seed and i)lant de¬ 
partments. Ill 1802 the business was in- 
coi-porated, having for its stockhohh'rs the 
old and exi)(‘rienc(*d employees. Mr. 
Di'cer was oin* of the most wi<lel.v known 
st'edsmen in the T'nited States. H<* was 
a mail of hrmid education and magnetic 
per.sonality. occupying an emiin*nt jiosi- 
lion in triidt* counsels, and alsi) iu social 
and civic affairs. 
*iS (/»■«. a jt-ac lo raiao 
... bt. «/ corn per aers 
—and t$j»’raffc that mnch 
on ifO acrru. That'6 wkul 
/. S. Ixtna did. JjCt Farm 
KnoivU'dfjv I {rip 1'om. 
N ew (iisooveries in rnniiiiif; 
are doubling and l)-ebl. 
ing farm Ix>nrn 
tbese Becret.8 of 8avi))g work 
and time, levitali/.ing soil, im¬ 
proving dairy iierd, better 
niaiketing plans, farm 
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