THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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Agricultural  News. 
( Continued .) 
Last  Thursday  First  Assistant  Postmaster-Gen¬ 
eral  Whitfield  issued  the  following  order  to  each  one 
of  the  postmasters  of  the  experimental  rural  free 
delivery  offices:  “  Provision  having  been  made  for 
the  maintenance  of  the  existing  experimental  free 
delivery  offices  to  June  30.  1S93.  you  will  therefore 
continue  the  service  at  your  office  under  the  condi¬ 
tions  and  allowance  heretofore  authorized  by  the 
Department.”  In  two  Pennsy  I vania  towns  the  people 
who  had  been  seived  by  the  rural  fiee  delivery  ex¬ 
pected  that  it  would  be  discontinued  and  had  made 
arrangements  to  continue  it  as  a  private  enterprise, 
they  were  so  well  pleased  with  it.  This  order  will 
provide  for  the  continuation  of  the  service  in  each 
of  the  46  offices  where  it  has  been  in  vogue  for  the 
past  year. 
Canadian  eattle  dealers  complain  that  they  have 
lost  money  of  late  by  shipping  live  animals  to  Britain. 
But  they  should  note  that,  in  addition  to  the  enor¬ 
mous  shipments  of  live  cattle  from  the  United 
States,  the  English  importations  of  dead  meat  are 
rapidly  growing.  In  fresh  beef,  the  imports  for  the 
first  five  months  of  the  current  year  were  not  only 
largerthan  in  the  corresponding  period  of  any  other 
year,  but  were  greater  than  the  imports  of  the  whole 
year  so  recently  as  1887.  That  year  had  656,194  hun¬ 
dredweights  of  fresh  beef  as  the  imports  for  the  whole 
year,  while  for  the  first  five  months  of  1892  the  im¬ 
portations  were  820,380  hundredweights.  The  impor¬ 
tations  of  preserved  beef  and  of  fresh  mutton  from 
Australia  and  New  Zealand  are  also  running  higher 
than  ever. 
A  General  Omnibus  Patent  bill,  of  great  interest  to 
farmers,  was  reported  favorably  from  the  House 
Committee  on  Patents  the  other  dav.  Its  object  is 
to  amend  the  laws  for  the  better  protection  of  inno¬ 
cent  users  of  patents.  It  exempts  from  the  liability 
to  suits  Instituted  by  patentees,  the  purchasers  of 
patented  articles  bought  in  open  market  for  their 
own  use  and  not  for  sale,  on  the  ground  that  such 
articles  were  manufactured  in  infringement  of  patent 
rights  In  a  report  submitted  with  the  bill,  the  Com¬ 
mittee  express  the  opinion  that  great  abuses  have 
grown  up  in  the  matter  of  prosecution  of  such  inno¬ 
cent  purchasers,  by  persons  having  patent  rights 
covering  articles  so  purchased,  and  especially  in  the 
matter  of  agricultural  Implements  it  has  grown  op¬ 
pressive.  THE  Rural  New-Yohker  has  for  years 
been  an  earnest  advocate  of  such  an  amendment  to 
the  patent  laws. 
The  United  States  Legation  in  London  once  more 
warns  American  greenhorns  against  advertisements 
and  circulars  from  American  or  British  rascals 
promising  imaginary  estates  and  fortunes  In  the  Old 
Country.  William  Ford  Moore,  of  London,  England, 
and  the  European  Claims  Agency  of  New  York,  E. 
Ross,  Manager,  are  specially  designated  as  swindlers 
of  this  stripe.  Minister  Lincoln  says,  what  The 
Rural  has  often  said  for  years:  ‘‘Credulous  peo¬ 
ple  will  avoid  disappointment  and  save  their  money 
by  having  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  persons  ad¬ 
vertising  as  agents  having  lists  of  unclaimed  estates 
and  family  names  of  persons  entitled  thereto,  and 
procuring  the  publication,  as  often  hapeens,  of  sen¬ 
sational  telegrams  as  to  English  estates  or  money  in 
the  Bank  of  England  awaiting  American  claimants. 
Such  publications  are  all  fraudulent  to  Induce  the 
sending  of  fees  for  pretended  expenses.” 
During  the  week  two  bills  of  special  interest  to 
farmers  have  received  from  Congress  the  attention 
they  deserve.  One  provides  for  the  establishment, 
protection  and  administration  of  public  forest  reser¬ 
vations.  Its  object  is  to  set  aside  forest  reservations 
for  the  purpose  of  securing  favorable  conditions  of 
waterflow  and  to  furnish  the  people  of  the  vicinity 
thereof  with  continuous  supplies  of  timber.  It  auth¬ 
orizes  the  President  to  have  an  examination  made 
hy  districts  of  all  the  public  lands  covered  whollv  or 
partly  with  timber,  whether  of  commercial  value  or 
not,  and  provides  for  the  keeping  of  a  complete  list 
of  the  lands  so  surveyed  in  the  General  Land  Office. 
It  has  been  favorably  reported  to  the  Senate  by  the 
Committee  on  Agriculture  and  Forestry.  The  other 
measure  provides  for  the  creation  of  a  National 
Highway  Commission  whose  primary  object  will  be  to 
investigate  the  needs  of  the  country  in  regard  to  high¬ 
ways.  and  to  report  to  Congress  thereon.  It  makes 
the  Highway  Commission  consist  of  two  Senators, 
five  Representatives,  the  Secretaries  of  War,  Agri¬ 
culture  and  the  Interior,  the  Postmaster-General, 
the  Attorney-General  and  an  associate  member  from 
each  State  and  Territory.  The  assignment  of  Sena¬ 
tors,  Representatives  and  Cabinet  Officers  seems  ap¬ 
propriate  enough,  but  the  addition  of  so  many  other 
members  would  seeem  to  make  the  proposed  com¬ 
mission  unwieldy. 
CROP  AND  MARKET  NOTES. 
Clapp’s  Favorite  pears  have  made  their  appear¬ 
ance  from  the  South.  They  are  a  vast  Improvement 
on  the  LeConte. 
Green  corn  is  in  market  now  in  quantities.  Rasp¬ 
berries  are  nearly  ended,  cherries  gone.  But  there 
is  no  dearth  of  fruit. 
Niagara  grapes  are  selling  low,  many  going  at  $1 
per  case  of  30  pounds,  some  at  $2  and  some  at  S3. 
The  people  are  not  rushing  madly  for  Niagara 
grapes. 
Texas  Farm  and  Ranch  chronicles  the  sale  at  ft* 
Louis  of  177  fat  beeves,  shipped  from  Dallas,  at  $5.25 
per  100  pounds,  and  says  it  is  the  highest  price  re¬ 
ceived  for  Texas  cattle  for  a  year. 
Our  supply  of  tomatoes  has  been  constant  of  late 
and  thev  are  averaging  better  in  quality  than  is 
usual  at  this  season.  They  have,  on  the  whole,  been 
Belling  at  prices  quite  satisfactory  to  producers. 
California  plums  are  here.  They  are  beautiful  to 
look  at- insipid  to  the  taste.  One  seldom  buys  one 
the  second  time.  Compared  with  plums  grown  this 
side  the  Rockies— well,  there’s  no  eomparision  to  be 
made. 
The  butter  market  is  in  a  healthy  condition  with 
fair  prospects  ahead.  This  is  especially  the  case 
with  gilt-edged  goods,  for  which  the  demand  Is  fully 
equal  to  the  supply,  at  times  drawing  a  little  on  lines 
not  quite  up  to  the  standard. 
During  the  week  the  price  of  ootton  has  declined 
1-16  to  4  of  a  cent  a  pound,  owing  to  generally  fav¬ 
orable  cror  advices,  the  continued  heavy  stocks,  and 
the  check  to  speculation  caused  by  the  fear  of  legis¬ 
lation  against  option  trading. 
The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  and  the  Norfolk  steam¬ 
ers  brought  about  8.000  barrels  of  potatoes  to  New 
York  in  one  day  and  other  routes  swelled  the  aggre¬ 
gate.  There  Is  no  scarcity  of  potatoes  nor  is  it  likely 
that  they  will  be  high  during  the  season. 
The  commission  man.  who  sells  butter  and  cheese 
is  fast  losing  his  grip.  Not  a  tenth  part  of  these 
commodity  s  which  formerly  were  sold  bv  commission 
men  are  handled  by  them  to-day.  The  creamery 
sells  direct  to  the  trade  without  his  intervention. 
The  late  spell  of  hot  and  humid  weather  was  ter¬ 
ribly  destructive  to  cherries.  English  Morellos  and 
Downer’s  Late  Red— varieties  which  seldom  rot, 
melted  away  like  a  dream,  and  some  fruit,  sound 
when  packed,  was  all  gone  when  it  reached  the 
market. 
Currants  are  fine— they  were  never  finer  in  our 
markets.  They  are  all  sold  as  Cherry  currants  or 
small  Red  Dutch  -  the  consumers  do  not  go  beyond 
this  general  grading.  Fay's  Prolific.  Versaillaise  or 
Cherry  are  all  one  to  them.  White  currants  do  not 
sell  well. 
A  careful  estimate  of  the  Delaware  peach  crop 
this  season  by  the  various  transportation  companies 
interested,  puts  the  probable  output  at  between  half 
a  million  and  a  million  baskets,  as  against  8,000,000 
baskets  last  year.  The  few  sections  where  a  good 
crop  is  assured  may  count  on  remunerative  prices. 
A  statement  issued  on  July  14  by  the  Russian  Agri¬ 
cultural  Department,  compiled  from  the  reports  of 
4.100  agents,  says  that  an  average  harvest  of  winter 
wheat  and  rye  is  expected,  but  the  corn  crop  will  be 
under  the  average.  A  good  crop  of  summer  corn  Is 
assured.  Other  summer  crons  are  above  the  average. 
The  hay  and  fodder  crops  are  good  in  the  black  earth 
regions.  Elsewhere  they  are  fair. 
The  manager  of  the  creamery  in  Philadelphia 
owned  by  the  milk  producers.  Is  authority  for  the 
statement  that  butter  sells  equally  well,  whether 
made  from  ripened  cream,  or  from  sweet  milk  bv  the 
accumulator  or  extractor.  This  would  Indicate  that 
the  difference  in  the  two  kinds  of  butter  is  not  so 
marked  as  many  would  have  us  believe.  It  is  per¬ 
fectly  safe  to  say  that  accumulator  butter  will  aver¬ 
age  better  than  will  dairy  butter. 
The  Galveston  News  presents  crop  reports  from  338 
points  in  149  counties  in  Texas  and  lOof  the  principal 
cotton -producing  neighborhoods  in  the  Indian  Terri¬ 
tory.  An  analysis  of  these  reports  shows  the  follow¬ 
ing  results  concerning  cotton  acreage: 
North  Texas,  ner  cent  decrease . 25.3 
South  Texas,  per  cent  decrease . 17.6 
Central  Texas,  percent  decrease . 22.0 
Northeast  Texas,  per  cent  decrease . 18.2 
Southeast  Texas,  per  cent  decrease . 20.0 
East  central  Texas,  per  cent  decrease —  Is. 8 
Or  an  average  decrease  for  these  sections  of  20  9 
per  cent.  The  reports  from  the  Territory  show  an 
average  decreased  acreage  in  cotton  of  about  40  per 
cent.  The  condition  of  the  plant  is  excellent  and  the 
w  eather  conditions  could  not  be  improved.  The  grain 
crops  have  been  very  large,  and  more  corn  is  raised 
in  Texas  this  year  than  ever  before.  Wheat  an  abun¬ 
dant  yield.  From  present  indications  there  is  every 
reason  to  believe  that  a  full  crop  of  cotton  will  be 
raised  on  the  reduced  acreage,  and  that  the  produc¬ 
tion  of  corn,  wheat  and  oats  will  be  greatly  in  excess 
of  the  average. 
The  July  returns  to  the  Statistician  of  the  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Agriculture,  issued  on  the  10th  of  the  month, 
make  the  folluwjpg  averages  of  condition:  Corn, 
81.1 ;  winter  wheat.  89  6:  spring  wheat,  90.9:  oats,  87.2: 
rye,  92.8;  barley,  92;  potatoes,  90;  tobacco,  92.7. 
The  acreage  of  corn  is  reported  as  95  Oof  the  actual 
area  of  last  year;  of  potatoes  this  year’s  area  shows 
94.2,  and  of  tobacco,  97  3. 
The  average  condition  of  corn  in  July,  1891,  was 
92.8.  The  condition  in  principal  States  for  July,  1892, 
is  as  follows:  Ohio,  80;  Indiana,  72;  Illinois,  70;  Mis¬ 
souri,  75;  Kansas.  81;  Nebraska.  84;  Georgia”,  95; 
Texas,  95;  Tennessee.  92;  Kentucky,  93.  The  acreage 
averages  in  the  same  States  are;  Ohio,  90;  Indiana, 
84;  Illinois.  84;  Iowa,  87;  Missouri,  86:  Kansas,  99;  Ne¬ 
braska,  97;  Georgia,  110;  Texas,  107;  Tennessee,  102; 
Kentucky.  96. 
Condition  of  winter  wheat  of  July  1  was  88.3;  in  July 
of  last  year, 90.2.  State  averages  noware:  Pennsylva¬ 
nia, 92;  Kentucky.  97;  Ohio,  83;  Michigan.  88;  Indiana, 
85;  Illinois.  90;  Wisconsin,  80;  Missouri,  84;  Kansas, 
91;  California,  95;  Oregon,  91.  Condition  of  spring 
wheat  July  1  was  92.3;  in  July  of  last  year,  94.1.  State 
averages  now  are:  Minnesota,  92;  Iowa,  88;  Ne¬ 
braska,  82;  South  Dakota,  95;  North  Dakota.  90; 
Washington,  90;  Oregon,  91.  Condition  of  all  wheat 
July  1, 1892,90;  on  June  1,  89  7;  in  July,  1891, 9i.5.  Con¬ 
dition  of  oats  July  1,  88.5;  in  July  of  1891,  87.6. 
BEAN8  AND  PEAS 
Marrow,  choice,  lbul . . 2  10  @2  124 
Mediums,  choice,  1891 . . . 1  80  — 
Pea,  choice,  1891 . 1  80  @-  — 
White  Kidney,  choice,  1891 . 2  40  @2  50 
Red  Kidney,  choice,  1891  . 2  30  @2  40 
Fellow  Eye.  choice,  1891 . ,.l  65  @1  75 
Black  Turtle  Soup,  choice,  1891 .  -  @ - 
Lima  beans,  California  (60)  lbs.) . 1  65  @1  75 
Foreign  medium,  1891 . . @ - 
Green  peas,  l»91,  bbls.,  per  bush . 1  65  @-  — 
Green  peas,  1891,  bags,  per  bush . 1  60  @-  — 
Green  peas,  Scotch.  1891.  bushel . 1  65  @1  70 
BUTTER. 
Creamery—  western. 
Elgin  extras . 21  @— 
Other  Western  extras . 21  @  — 
Firsts . 19  @1  ,i>4 
Seconds .  . 17  @18 
Thirds....  . 16  @17 
Imitation  creamery— 
Firsts . 17  @— 
Seconds .  . 15  @16 
Thirds . . .  —  @— 
Dairy  firsts . .  16  @17 
Seconds . 14  @15 
Factory  tresb,  extra . . . 15 4@— 
Firsts . I4>«@15 
Seconds . 134@14 
Fourths  to  thirds . . . 13  @— 
Rolls . -  ”  @ — 
STATE  AND  PENN. 
Creamery,  Penn,  extra . . 21 
Half  firkin  tubs— 
Fiesb  extras . 21  @— 
Firsts .  . 19  @20 
Seconds . 174@184 
Welsh  tubs  - 
Fresh  extras . 19  @ — 
Firsts . 17  @1$ 
Seconds . 16  ®17 
CHEESE. 
8tate  factory,  full  cream— 
8  . . 856@ — 
Fair  to  prime .  7 4®  84 
Light  sk'ms  choice . 5ys@  - 
Light  skims,  common  to  prime . 34®  5 
Skims  choice .  2,4®  3 
Pennsylvania  skims .  4®  14 
EGGS. 
N.  Y.  State  and  Penn,  new  laid  per  doz . 17  @1714 
Western  fresh  gathered  choice . 17  @ — 
Western  fresh  gathered,  fair  to  prime . 16  @17 
FRUITS— GREEN. 
Apples,  Jersey  Bough,  prime  per  bbl . 2  50@3  50 
S’n  Astrachan,  per  bush  crate . ...,1  25*2  00 
S'n  green,  per  crate .  75@1  25 
Peaches.  Ga.,  Elberta  per  case . 2  75<a)»  t>0 
Ga.,  Mt  Rose,  per  case .  2  75@3  50 
Ga„  Crawford,  per  case . 2  50m3  25 
Ga.,  Thurber,  per  case . 2  60M3  00 
Ga.,  Chinese  Free,  per  case . 2  59@3  00 
Ga.,  Helleof  Ga..  per  case . 2  50@3  00 
Ga..  Chinese  Cling,  per  case . 2  00®2  50 
N.  &  S.  C  ,  per  case .  . 1  00*2  00 
Md.  &  Del..  Hale's,  per  crate .  50©t  25 
Me.  &  Del.  Hales,  per  basket .  25@  75 
Pears.  Ga  ,  l.e  Conte  fancy,  per  bbl . 5  00@6  00 
Ga.,  Le  Conte  smalt,  prime,  per  bbl . 3  00 -'4  00 
Ga.,  I.e  Come,  prime  to  fancy,  per  crate.l  00@t  50 
Plums,  Md.  A  Del.  Wild  Goose,  per  quart  ...  8@  12 
N.  C.,  Wild  Goose,  per  10  lb.  basket .  75® - 
N.  C..  Wild  Goose,  per  3  lb  to  bush  crate.l  0J@1  25 
Southern  Reach,  per  quart .  7@ 
Currants,  cherry,  per  quart . .  8@ 
Cherry,  per  lb . 
Small,  per  lb . 
Raspberries,  Up-Hivet,  red,  3  toquart  cup.. 
Up-River,  small,  3  to  quart  cup . 
Up-River,  small,  4  to  quart  cup . 
Jersey  red,  per  pint . 
Jersey  black  cap,  per  pint . 24® 
BlaCKherrtes,  Md  &  Del.  Wilson,  per  quart.  8® 
Jersey,  Wilson,  per  quart .  9® 
Jersey,  small,  per  quart  ..  .. 
Huckleberries.  Penn.,  per  basket  ..... 
Penn  &  Mountain,  tier  quart .  11® 
Shawangunk  Mt.,  per  box .  25@- 
Jetsev,  per  box .  75SI  00 
Jersey,  per  quart . 
Md.,  per  quart .  . 
Gooseberries.  Green,  per  quart .  5® 
Mii8kmelons,  Ch’u,  poor  to  good,  per  bbl -  50®  I 
Ch'n.  per  basket .  50®  1  00 
N.  C  ,  per  bbl . .  1  00®  1  50 
Watermelons,  S.  C..  fancy  large,  per  100... 25  00*  28  CO 
Ga  ,  fancy  large,  per  100  . 24  00@\5  CO 
Medium,  per  100 . 16  00@22  00 
Small,  per  100 . 10  00@I5  00 
Fla.  Pines,  50  to  60  In  crate,  per  160 . 10  00m  12  00 
Fla.  Pines,  70  to  80  In  crate,  per  100  .  5  00®  7  00 
FRUITS— DOMESTIC  DRIED 
Arrples,  evaporated,  1891,  fancy .  64@ 
Evaporated,  1891,  choice .  6*4®  6 4 
Evaporated,  1891,  prime .  5jj@  6 
Evaporated,  1891,  common  to  fair .  4 
southern  sliced,  1891,  fancy . 3 
Southern  sliced,  1891,  prime .  3 
Southern  sliced,  1891,  common  to  fair .  3 
State  and  coarse  cut,  1891 .  3 
Southern  coarse  cut,  1891 .  3 
Chopped,  Isiil .  1-y®  2 
Cores  and  skins,  1891 . 
Peaches,  Pel.,  peeled  fancy . 
N.  C.  peeled,  fancy .  -  @  - 
N.  C.  peeled,  choice  .  -  @  - 
Southern  peeled,  common  to  prime .  -  @  - 
Raspberries,  1-91,  evaporated . 18  @184 
1891,  sun-dried . 17  @- 
Blackberrles.  1891,  per  lb .  24®  3 
Huckleberries,  1891,  per  lb .  9  @10 
Cherries.  1691 . 11  @12 
Plums,  State .  4  @44 
nONEY. 
White  clover,  1  lb.  hxs.,  per  lb . 10  @12 
2  lb.  bxes.,  per  lb  . 8  @10 
Poor,  per  lb .  *>  ®  ® 
Buckwheat,  1  lb.  bxs.,  per  lb . 8  @10 
Buckwheat,  2  lb.  bxs.,  per  lb .  6  @8 
Extracted,  per  . . 
Extracted  Southern,  per  gallon . 60  @70 
HOPS. 
N.  Y.  State,  1891,  choice . 24  @25 
Fair  to  prime . 22  @23 
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FURS  AND  SKINS. 
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No.  1  quality 
Black  Bear . 
Cubs  and  yearlings  .. 
Otter . 
Beaver,  No.  1 . 
Red  Fox . 
Gray  Fox . 
Lynx . 
Wild  Cat . 
Marten,  dark. . 
Marten,  pale . 
Skunk,  black . 
Skunk,  half-striped  . 
Skunk,  stilped . 
Skunk,  white . 
Raccoon . 
Opossum . 
Mink . 
Muskrat,  spring . 
GINSENG 
Northern  and  Canada,  per  lb . $2  50@2  70 
Western  as  to  quality,  per  lb .  2  30@2  50 
Southern  as  to  quality .  2  20@2  40 
GRASS  SEED. 
Clover . .  114®  12)4 
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Hay,  No.  1,  per  100  lbs . 
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Shipping,  per  100  lbs . 
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Clover,  mixed,  per  100  lbs . 
.  .65 
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Clover,  per  100  lbs . 
Hay,  salt,  per  100  lbs . 
...60 
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Straw,  Long  Rye,  per  100  lbs . 
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Live  vea!  calves,  prime,  per  lb . 6 4®  64 
Fair  to  good,  per  lb . 5%@  6 
Common  to  medium,  per  lb . . . 54@  - 
Live  calves,  buttermilk,  per  lb .  2^@  3 
Calves  country  dressed,  prime . 9  @  - 
Oountn  dressed,  fair  to  good . 6  @74 
Country  dressed,  common  to  medium. .  5  @7 
Country  dressed,  small,  per  lb .  -  @  - 
Dressed,  buttermilk,  per  lb .  *4®  54 
Spring  Lambs,  alive,  near-by,  per  Id . 7%%  8 
Alive,  Southeru.  per  lb .  6  @  74 
Sheep,  alive,  goon  to  prime,  per  lh .  54®  6 
Sheep,  alive,  poor  to  fair,  ner  lb .  34®  5)4 
Hogs  country  dressed,  Itght,  per  lb . 8  @9 
CD  Country  dressed,  medium,  per  lb .  8  @  84 
_  Country  dressed,  heavy .  7  @74 
POTATOES. 
N.  C.  and  Norfolk,  fair  to  prime  Rose,  bbl.l  50®  1  75 
Prime  Cbili  red  . 1  37®  1  62 
Eastern  Shore,  prime  Rose . 1  @37  1  75 
Prime  Chill  red  . 1  37®  i  62 
Southern  RoseorCbtli  inferior . . @ - 
New  seconds,  per  bbl . I  00®  1  25 
50@  75 
Common . 20 
N.  Y.  State.  1890,  choice . 13 
Good  to  prime . — 
Old  olds .  7 
California,  1891 . 20 
California,  1890 . .12 
Pacific  Coast,  old  olds . 6 
POULTRY— LIVE. 
Spring  chickens,  per  lb.,  large .  19 
Medium,  per  lb.,  'arge .  17 
Fowls,  .leraey,  Stale  and  Penn.,  per  lb. . .  14 
Western,  per  lb .  14 
S’n  and  So'western,  per  pair .  14 
Roosters,  young,  per  lb .  —  @  — 
Old,  per  lb .  8  @ 
Turkeys,  ml  xed,  per  lb .  10  @  — 
Ducks,  N.  Y.,  N.  J  &  Pa.,  per  pair .  —  @  — 
Ducks,  Western,  ner  oulr .  60  @  75 
Southern,  per  pair .  55  @  60 
Geese.  Western  ner  nair . 1  25  @1  37 
S’n  and  Southwest'n,  per  oalr . 1  12  @ 
POULTRY— DRESSED. 
Turkeys,  fancy  small . 13 
Mixed  weights  dry  choice . 11 
Young  toms  fair  to  choice . 
Old  toms . 
Fair  to  good . 
Phlia.  chick's,  1  to  3^  lbs  to  pair,  per  lb. 
Chick’s,  3  to  4  lbs.,  per  lb . 
Chickens,  3  lbs  and  over,  per  lb . 
Fowls,  Jersey . 12 
State  and  Pennsylvania . 12 
Western . II 
Western,  poor  to  fair 
Old  Roosters .  0 
Spring  Ducks,  per  ib,  Long  Island . 20 
Western . 
VEGETABLES. 
Beets,  Jersey  and  L.  I  ,  per  1(0  bunches. . .  1  00®  1  25 
Cabbage,  L.  I.  and  J'y  Flat  Dutch  per  luO.  4  00®  5  00 
I.,  I.  and  Jersey  Wakefield .  2  00®  3  00 
Celery,  Mich  ,  per  doz.  roots .  20@  30 
Cauliflower,  L.  1.  und  Jersey,  per  bbl .  2  50®  5  00 
Cucumbers,  Jersey,  per  basket .  1  00® - 
Nottolk  and  N.  C.,  per  crate .  30®  40 
Norfolk,  per  bbl  .  1  00®  1  25 
Cb’n,  per  crate .  40®  60 
Ch’n,  per  basket .  50®  75 
Corn,  South  Jersey,  per  100 .  60®  75 
Upper  Jersey,  per  100  .  1  0019  1  50 
Egg  plant,  Fla.  anil  Ch’n,  per  bbl  crate _ 2  t0@  4  UO 
Jersey,  per  bbl  .  4  00®  5  00 
Green  Peas,  Long  Island  &  Jersey,  per  bag.  50®  1  00 
Onions,  Md  ami  Va  ,  per  basket . 1  00@  1  25 
Md  and  Va..  per  bbl .  2  50®  2  75 
Kentucky,  per  bbl .  2  50®  2  75 
String  beans,  L.  I.,  per  bag .  75  *  1  00 
Md..  wax,  per  basket .  50@  1  00 
Jersey,  per  basket .  75®  1  00 
Squash,  L.  I.  crook-neck,  per  bbl .  76®  1  00 
L.  i.  and  Jersey  white,  per  bbl .  75@  1  00 
Tomatoes.  Fla  ,  per  currier  crate .  50®  1  00 
Fia  ,  per  bush  crate .  50@  75 
Sav..  per  carrier  crate .  70@  1  25 
Sav.,  per  bush  crate .  76®  1  00 
Chas.,  per  bush  crate .  75®  I  50 
Norfolk  and  N.  C.  per  bush  crate .  75®  1  75 
Md.  and  Del.,  per  carrier . 1  00®  2  00 
South  Jersey,  per  box .  1  25®  1  75 
Upper  Jersey,  per  box .  1  60®  2  50 
FEED. 
Bran,  40  lb . per  cwt.  $  65  @  70 
60  lb .  65  @  70 
Middlings,  80  lb .  65  @  70 
100  I  b .  80 
Sharps .  80 
Hominy  Chop .  80 
Oil  meal .  1  20 
Cotton-seed  meal . 1  17 
GRAIN. 
Wheat . $0  75 
Rye .  80 
Barley 
Corn .  57 
Oats .  37 
MILK. 
The  total  daily  supply  for  the  week  has  been  17,656 
cans  of  milk,  ISscansof  condensed  milk  and716cans 
of  cream  The  average  price  paid  for  surplus  milk 
has  been  $1.20  per  can.  The  exchange  price  to  pro¬ 
ducers  is  2  cents  net. 
Odds  and  Ends. 
When  calamity  orators  talk  about 
Kansas  starving1  to  death,  every  indi¬ 
vidual  potato  slyly  winks  its  eye. — State 
Journal, 
And  every  stalk  of  corn  pricks  up  its 
ears. — Wichita  Eagle. 
And  every  cabbage  nods  its  head. — 
Lawrence  Journal. 
And  every  beet  gets  red  in  the  face. — 
Clay  Center  Times. 
And  every  squash  crooks  its  neck. — 
Clyde  Argus 
And  every  onion  grows  stronger. — 
Clifton  Review. 
And  every  fruit  tree  groans  under  its 
load. — Minneapolis  Commercial. 
And  every  field  of  wheat  is  shocked. — 
Leavenworth  Times. 
And  the  rye  strokes  is  beard. — Farm 
Journal. 
And  the  egg  plant 
rage,  the  celery  turns 
her  only  keeps  cool. 
Pneumatic  wheels 
used  on  bicycles  have  been  tried  success¬ 
fully  on  the  sulky.  The  first  trial  was 
made  at  a  race  in  Worcester,  Mass,,  on 
June  17.  A  horse,  “Albert  D.,”  was 
driven  to  a  rudely-made  sulky  with  1%- 
inch  pneumatic  tires.  A  report  states  : 
It  was  the  universal  opinion  that  Al¬ 
bert  D.  could  not  have  won  with  any 
other  sulky,  as  the  driver  was  using  his 
whip  freely  all  around  the  turn  and  up 
the  homestretch.  He  is  sure  he  can  drive 
this  sulky  faster  than  any  other,  because 
it  does  not  “  slew  ”  at  all  on  the  curves, 
and  he  can  devote  himself  wholly  to  the 
horse  without  any  struggle  to  keep  his 
seat.  He  said  it  was  the  smoothest  rid¬ 
ing  thing  he  ever  sat  upon.  Tn  a  private 
trial,  one  horse  beat  his  own  record  six 
seconds  when  driven  before  the  pneu¬ 
matic.  The  men  who  have  tru  e!  it  say 
that  it  is  fully  two  seconds  faster  on  a 
mile  track,  and  four  seconds  (some  say 
six)  faster  on  a  half-mile  track. 
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