New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-18

mocies bsye been brousLi fsr sale not alone TO
SrierTriinr man m Whom who fsaasny has Z
IN s time than the profit hs commodities will warrant
@ he AID tie coaueor. ssai By thee
prtser DO ordan this time forth ia this CITY ssar'
s.nd or .laand the house Of NJ Hans Ksr,tese where,
ser him. every shall be permitted 20 eoter Inst has ay
M.hnesse Gperal aud the Councillors, held in
the Fort AueIeam IL SeNs .ni this 18th lay q sep
timber 1851 signed b. the Director General and C0un
clon Of New N,theriands Attest, {. v RUhFER, seey.
In l676 the frst market-house built by the peO
pie. upon land gwen for the purpose and that conun-
ued to lie the case up 10 so0 or later. The object
throughout has been 10 provide convenences for the
country people TO sell their produce free from taxation
hindrsnce, directly 70 the consumers, up to very
recent period.
keis, il enacted that " No person shall engross
any provisions or vctuas which is in the market, or
by the market 10 retail there again, especially sscn
as be known ss hucksters, butchers or other people
occupying their living by such provisions or yctuas
they shh engrOss under pain of such provisions
and victusls 20 engros>ed;" and No nnwholesoms
stale yctuas shall be sold in the market under the
pain of forty shlings." No blown mea; or eTrous
swine shall be sold under pain of forfeiture OF the
same and forty shillings. THAT there be person
appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen to be Clerk OF
the Market who il 10 take TINT the above orders
arc duly observed and present def-ulls and SCI out
and appoint convenient booths stalls and standings
for all persons that come TO the market
In April 1885, a law was passed for the better regu-
lating the public markets within the City Of New-fork,
showing where the country people and others may
stand sit in such part parts not appropriated and
allotted 10 other IeTsons by leases from the Corpora
ton &c: and be it further ordained that in regard
the markets principally intended tor the beneh OF
lOusekeepers who buy for their own use that the
hucksters ard retailers within this City who buy TO
sell again shall not enter into any of the aforesaid mar
ke.s TO make their provisions &c until the afternoon
of every day to tile end that the housekeepers may
Iroyide themselves IN the forenoon of every day at
". fra, ham With moderate
What if this state of things existed now What II
Fourtoenth.st that broad avenue from river to river
through the center of the City, was open to country
WAGONS 10 come and stand every day from early dawn
till noon selling the produce of the country Then
might housokceyes provide Themselves at trst hand
with provisions at moderate rates. Have we so de-
generated in common sense that we compel people TO
buy all they eat at second or third hands Instead OF
first hands ?
Pyice Of Prorisions Established By Lar The
Market-laws and Ordinances .lso established the
prices of provisions, many OF the articles brought
to the markets ard were otherwise rigld and rlgdy.
enforced on any person who dsbeyed them. Part Of
an Ordinance" dated May, l7i4, reads; That from
and after the LIST day of April next no beef pork veal,
mutton and lamb shall be sold in any of the public
markets of this City, by any butcher country people
or Others in any other manner than by the pound,
under the penalty of ten shlllngs for every oifense.
The price OF ca n article established by law, on
tie 24h Of May, 1868. he pnce " Tor beer ron ana
"ncludng the LIST day of March to and inclucing the
last day of August, price not exceeding four pence
"by the Mound weight and from lst Of September
TO the last day of February three pence by the pound
weight, &c. cock-turkey, ! hen-turKey ~
n duck, (; a heath-hen, 49, quail, I'd; a teal,
Cd. wild goose 81; brandt, l 49, snpe, Id but,
ter. y ID, Cd sea bass, coppers = lbi Lobster oil
pib milk T. quart, coppersi clans, sd. Y loo'
a butcher who dsobeyed this ordnance aud SOLD
his meat too high was turned out of market ex
tortioncr Bad meat, one hundred years ago, was
seized and burnt. That Is the present law III some
places of England and is done at the expense OF the
tl.4rfru mol gO
provisions If that law was enforced here, we should
have a great deal of burnt meat. There would be a
roasting Of two days old calves.
Mr. q. il DID asked whether n farmer had any night
TO sell produce of any kind in the City streets Mo- 1t Is
50 penalty for farmer to drive his wagon through
The streets and sell any kind of farm produce.
Early TwHips-Mr BscELIN OF the n. A. Phalanx
said that bis success in growing early turnpS was
owing 10 good manuring. He used compost ADD also
guano az the rate of fable spoonful to row OF three
feet in length. lie stated that the retail price OF early
turnips in this market equal to One Hundred aud
Twenty-Five Dollars a barrel.
Ti,safoes.-In growing tomatoes he trims of limbs
and grows bigger and uicer tomatoes than he can upon
uuirimmed vines. He sold last year from less than
two acres $500 worth, besides making large guam
'Brus,elTs SDrouts.-Professor MAPEs-Brussell
SPROUTS are an excellent green vegetable. They are
usually planted thesame distance apart as the larger
size fat Dutch cabbage. They run upa straight stalk
with small head which is of no particular value and
is cut off Then oil the way up the stalk little compact
roseke buds or sprouts appear which you may gather
of and others will shoot out until the frost stops the
growth
Cekru-Proiessor MAPEs-When celery plants CON-
mence to be busy find they do best to be cut down,
and repeat that process some three or four times and
each tine give them s0lulabc manure. This plan
renders them strong that when plant them out in
rows they DO not require shading With leaves even, as
is usual. IL is wrong to plant celery in 0y damp
places vi 60 the land is not drained. But II the land
be drained so a. TO let of the water, yol VIII DO We
aha all AAN | a a nnn
plan to have a trough made with two boards
shape and place il the highest part OF the celery
rows. Have plughole over each row so as 10 aloH
the water to run into any required TO be irrigated
The stream should always be kept up until the water
hes reached the extremity of the trench Ii will pay
well to keep man pumping all day 1t the lana be
such as 10 get rid of the water and not allow 1t to be
come s;agnant. Celery cultivated IN tbs way VIII
grow SIX feet long. .
Okra or nGhm Lo.r-Mr. BUcKLIS--I have cult
waited okra twelve years. Ny mode of cultivation Is
to plow deeply manure the ground pretty Wen plant
l. or 20 seeds in hills three feet apart each way.
prepare my hills pretty much as 10 for cucumoera.
Wien the plants are fary up thin to two plants and
sierward TO one. i then continue cultivation WIN
the ouliya'or FOR some two or three weeks. ihey
bear very early and are ready for market have
five acres of them and find that quantity sufficient for
the New.York market. judge Others raise some. IL
is known in the South as gumbo' aud Is used for
soup.
eelatinous matter, and is Justly priced for soups.
Horse-Skoe.ng Without Naik.-l udge EIGs read a
letter stating the description gwen IN The TRIBUNE OF
Mr.. Shorts horseshoe with cap instead OF mails the
writer should Judge il was like that used by the Roman
soldiers He suggested the Use OF India rubber hnnS
TO secure n perfect III.
Mr. SEwALL SHoRr exhibited his horseshoe i'm
proved 20 as 70 10 without the long screw at the heel
by col nt citing the lower with the upper poruoh oy
means of two small t-screws rendering the shoe per-
feet The suggestion of India rubber Iuing hal been
anticipated. The shoe has been tred almost ever