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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
TAN. 24 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Polk County, Neb. —Many here have 
their lands on homestead and tree claims. 
Old “ soddies” are things of the past, and 
a great many have neat, comfortable frame 
houses and the necessary barns and out¬ 
buildings. There is hardly any excuse for 
not using the most approved farm ma¬ 
chinery. The most trouble I see in that 
line is that the farmer allows his tools to 
be destroyed owing to lack of proper pro¬ 
tection from the weather when not in use. 
This would be a great fruit country if 
parties would plant and protect their trees 
and vines as well as they would elsewhere. 
The sugar industry has proved a decided 
success at the Grand Island Factory, and 
plants will be established at many other 
points during the coming season. F L. s. 
Westmoreland County, Pa.— Fall seed¬ 
ing was delayed by frequent rains, and 
much work in that line was very imper¬ 
fectly done; but most of the wheat sown 
went into winter quarters in splendid con¬ 
dition, and has been covered with, snow 
since the middle of December. The corn 
crop was much better than was expected 
earlier in the season. J. R. 
Bertha, Manitoba. —Wheat sells from 
20 to 66 cents this year, potatoes 30 cents; 
beef, dressed, 5 cents; oats, 25 cents; fall 
wages for thrashers, from $30 to $45 per 
month; for two months in harvest and 
thrashing men are wanted; the rest of the 
year, very little help is required, as exten¬ 
sive farmers want three acres a day plowed 
by each team, and one man can drive four 
horses and two harrows. Straw is burnt 
where it was thrashed; it doesn’t pay to keep 
cattle! One cow will yield milk enough 
for the house; butter sold last summer for 
10 cents per pound, now it is held at 25 
cents. The herder takes charge of cattle for 
$2 per head from May 15 to October 15. We 
have no fences : there is a bare pasture 
field inclosed with wire on most farms, and 
grass grows for two or three months. A 
great many tether their cattle. My cow 
did better on the rope than running with 
the herd. I don’t think a horse and dog 
help a cow to make either milk or flesh. I 
don’t want a Jersey; I couldn’t attend to 
her. I tried one heavy milker, a Short-horn. 
I like something that can raise a tip-top 
calf and let me steal a drop. I can’t afford 
time for dairy work, but if I could, I 
would not find fault with the Islanders. 
“At home ” they were called Alderneys and 
were excellent. w. A. H. 
Garnett, Kansas.— We had a very nice 
fall and winter until the day before 
Christmas when a heavy rain commenced 
falling. Christmas Day the ground was 
covered with ice; since then we have had 
rain about every other day. Wheat looks 
very nice. Prospects for a crop are good. 
Tame grass sowed last fall has a good start. 
The prairie grass here is dying out and 
clover and Timothy are taking its place. 
Flax and potatoes were our best paying 
crops last year. I had 34 acres in flax 
which yielded 245 bushels. It sold for $1.53 
per bushel, which probably is more than 
the land would bring. Hogs are selling at 
$3; corn, 50 cents; wheat, 90 cents; po¬ 
tatoes, $1, and butter 20 cents. S. E. 
Jo Daviess County, III—The new year 
opened in Northern Illinois with rain end¬ 
ing in snow and high winds. The ground 
will soon be bare again unless we get 
colder weather. Fall grain is in good con¬ 
dition. Wells were getting low before the 
rain. Cattle have enjoyed our warm, dry 
winter immensely. Hay plenty and of fine 
quality. Hogs and cattle nearly all mar¬ 
keted and corn pretty well fed out; price 
45 to 50 cents. w. s. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Wheat is in demand for export to 
Portugal. 
A Riverside, Cal., fruit dealer was fined 
$10 for selling oranges infested with scale. 
A single steamer from Baltimore took 
9,750 kegs of lard for the South American 
trade. 
Large quantities of beans are being held 
for higher prices in the Carpentaria Valley, 
California. 
Reports from the West say that receipts 
of hogs promise to keep up well and that 
the quality is fine. 
There is an almost total failure of the 
coffee crop in Java, which is estimated at 
only about 16 per cent, of former annual 
averages. 
The pack of canned corn and tomatoes 
in the West is reported to be short 600,000 
cases of the former and 150,000 of the latter 
the past season. 
The quality of Florida oranges has not 
been so good lately, still sales are fairly 
steady as apples are so expensive as to pre¬ 
clude their general use. 
Ten thousand bushels of Canadian buck¬ 
wheat were shipped from this port to Ger¬ 
many. It was purchased for cattle feed on 
account of its cheapness. 
The Viticultural Commission for San 
Joaquin, Cal., says that the raisin busi¬ 
ness is the chief interest of grape growers 
in that valley. There are 2,300 vineyard 
proprietors there and 56,430 acres are 
planted in raisin grapes, 20,000 of which 
are in bearing, but not half in full bearing. 
Twenty thousand acres are also planted in 
the State outside of the valley. When all 
these vineyards are in full bearing they 
will produce 7,650,000 boxes of raisins annu¬ 
ally. The total consumption of raisins in the 
United States is 3,250,000 boxes annually, 
and in view of these facts the commissioner 
advises viticulturists to study the future 
of the industry carefully before planting 
any more raisin vineyards. He also dis¬ 
courages the planting at present of more 
wine vineyards. 
Beecham’s Pills cure Costiveness and Indigestion. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, January 19, i8gi. 
Beans are unchanged; there is a light demand for 
everything except prime stock. 
Marrows—New, (1 85<®$2 80; New Mediums choice, 
$2 15; Pea, $2 15 ; Red Kidney, $3 20@$3 25; White 
Kidney, choice, $2 4U<®$2 50 ; Foreign Mediums, SI 75® 
$2 00; do Marrow, $2 65® $2 75; Green Peas, $1 00381 05. 
Butter continues dull and prices have declined 
slightly on several grades. Receipts are unusually 
heavy for this season of the year, and holders are 
ready many times to make concessions to effect sales. 
Old Slate dairy is becoming scarcer ; much of this is 
used by the Southern trade, so prices are well main¬ 
tained 
Creamery.— Elgin, best, 28%329c; State and Penn 
sylvania, 18®S8c; Western, best, 2?%®28c; do prime, 
24326s; do good, 22@28c; do poor, 19321c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 21323c; do fine, 
18320c ; do poor, I8@15c. Dairy.— State, best, 25®—c ; 
do prime, 22@23c; do good, 19@2lc; do poor, 14318c ; 
Western, prime, 19320c ; do fair, 13315c; do poor, 11 
@;2c; do factory, best, 203—; do prime, 16318c; do 
good, 10313c. 
Cheesh, as we predicted last week, has reached 10 
cents for fancy. The receipts are moderate and with 
a steady demand and some export sales, the market 
Is firm. Colored cheese sells quickest. Most of the 
export trade requires a cheese that sells for about 
8%39% cents. 
Fancy, Sept.,9%®10e: fine 9%®9%c; good,S®8%; fair. 
737%c; light skims, 6%®6%c; skims, 2®2%c.; Ohio, 
Flat, 6%39%c. 
Egos have declined slightly under liberal receipts. 
For fine stock the demand is sufficient to prevent 
accumulations. 
Near-by, fresh, 27®27%c;Canadian,—@—c;Southern 
24%®25%c; Western, best, 26 3 2S%c; Ice-house, 19321c; 
Limed, 22c; Fall packed, 22<g23c. 
Fruits.- Apples are firm. Receipts continue light 
and demand fair. The high prices limit sales and 
the lower prices and large supply of oranges turn 
many buyers to that fruit. At present prices, apples 
are a luxury. Grapes are dull, in limited supply and 
slow of sale. Cranberries are dull. Receipts of 
evaporated apples are light and prices firmer for all 
best grades. California dried peaches are dull and 
lower. Apricots lower. 
Apples—N. Spy, $3385 60; Baldwin, $2 50@$5 25 : 
Green. $3 50386 50; Ben Davis, $4 00®$5 25; common 
to good, $100384 00; Lemons, per box, $3 00@$4 00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, $l0 50@$12 50per bbl.; $3 25@ 
$3 50 pai crate; do Jersey $2 75®$3 00 per crate; Grapes, 
Concord, 14318c per basket. Catawba, 14@18c per 
basket. Florida Oranges, fancy Dright fruit, 176 to 
200, $3 25; fancy brights, mixed counts, $3, common to 
fair grade, $2 50@$2 75; coarse fruit, $2®$2 25; russets, 
$2382 37; tangerines, $4@$5; mandarins, $2 50383 and 
dull. 
Domestic. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy 
13%315%c; poor, ll@12c; coarse cut, 8%39e; sliced, 
8®llc.; do old, 3%@3%c; Chopped, 434%c; Cores and 
skins, 3%34c. Cherries, new, 29®81c; do, old, 8® 10c. 
Raspberries, 27@29c; Blackberries, 8®9c: Huckle 
berries, new, 18319c; Flums, new, 10312c: Peaches, 
California peeled, 80@S2c; do un peeled, 18318c. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 6%37c; Apricots, California, 15®2Cc; 
Plums, Cal., 15316c. 
Game— Quail are higher. Wild ducks quiet and un¬ 
changed. Rabbits are doing better under light re¬ 
ceipts. Jack rabbits are worth 50 to 75 cents per pair. 
Quail, prime, per doz, 81 50®$175; Wild Ducks, 
Western, Canvass, per pair, $3 50385 50; do, do, Red¬ 
head, per pair, $1 50382 50; do, do, Mallard, per pair, 60 
®85c; do, do, Teal Blue wing, per pair, 40@50c; do, do, 
common, per pair, 20®25c; Rabbits, per pair, 10®18c. 
Hay is In moderate receipt and demand fair. Little 
change In prices. 
Choice, 70375c, Timothy, No. 1, 55365c; do No. 
2, 50®55c; shipping, 40®45c; Clover Mixed, 40345c. 
Straw— No. 1 rye, 85®—c.; short rye, 50®60c; oat and 
wheat, 40®50c. 
Honey.— New*Comb quoted nominally at 15317c for 
white clover and ll®13c. for buckwheat. California 
extracted dull at 6%®?c. 
Hops have been more active In the lower grades 
and there has been some inquiry for best grades. 
Prices unchanged. 
State, ’90 crop, 37®3Sc; do, prime and choice, ’89,24 
326c; do good, 22323c do common, 17321c; do 1888, 
good and prime, 15317c; do do, common, 12314c; 
Pacific Coast, 1889 crops, 18326c; do, 1890 crop, 36®37c. 
Nuts.—P eanuts are unchanged. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 4%34%c, and farmers’ grades at 333%c; 
Pecans, 11312c ; Chestnuts, $2 00®$5 50 per bushel; 
Hickory Nuts, $1 75®$210 per bushel. 
Poultry.— Live fowls and chickens have been scarce 
and In good demand and prh es have jumped up. 
Best lots of dressed stock are also In good demand 
and not plentiful. Poor lots are In large supply 
and sell slowly. 
Poultry—Ltvk.— Chickens—Spring, per lb, 10®—c. 
Fowls near-by, per lb, ll%312o, do Western, per lb, 
U%312c; roosters, per lb, 636%c; Turkeys, per I'd, 10® 
11c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 60®80c; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, 8115®$1 50. 
Poultry.—Dressed —Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 9® 
15c; Fowls, western, choice, 8%S10c; do common to, 
good, 7®8c; Ducks, spring, good, 10316; Squab: 
white, per dozen, $2 50®$2 75; do dark, do, $175; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia, ll®16c.; Western, 9 
312c ; Fowls, near-by, 9311c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes have declined slightly under 
moderate receipts. Sweets continue dull under 
large supplies, many of which are In poor condition. 
Bermudas have arrived but the prices realized were 
lower than those usually obtained for first receipts. 
Onions are in large receipt and slightly lower. Cab¬ 
bages from Copenhagen are dull at outside quota¬ 
tions. Southern green vegetables of the best quali¬ 
ties are In light supply and sell readily at good prices, 
but fluctuate greatly from day to day. 
Potatoes—Bermuda, per bbl. $6 0u@$7 00; Jersey, 
per do., $1 50383 25; State, do., $3383 37 ; Maine, do., 
$3 00@$3 50; Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, $3 00® 
$3 25; Sweets, do., $1 75®$8 25. Onions—Western New 
York, $4 00@$4 25; Connecticut Red, $4 00®$4 25, do 
White, $4 00®$6 00; do yellow. $4 oo®$4.25. Western, 
$3 50®$4 00; Jersey, $4®-; Cabbage, L. L, per 100, 
$6®$8; Squash, per bbl., $1@$1 25; Turnips, per bbl. 
85®90c, Egg Plant, Southern, per bbl., $2 00®$6; Cauli¬ 
flower, per bbl., —3—, Celery, per doz.. 15c® $1; 
String Beans, per crate, $1®$2 50; Cucumbers, Fla., 
per crate, $1 00®$1 50. Tomatoes, per box, 65c®$l 00. 
Kale, Norfolk, per bbl, 50@60c; Spinach, Norfolk, per 
bbl, $1 003 $2 00. Peas, per crate, $3®$4. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT—There were full receipts In the North¬ 
west, and silver was weak, while the general stock 
market continued on the downward turn, all of 
which had a depressing influence. On the other 
hand, the seaboard clearances of flour were iquite 
liberal, and there was moderate buying for export 
which caused a rally of 14 a %c. Sales-Ungraded 
Winter Red, 99%c®$l 00%; No. 2 Red, In store $1 04 7-16, 
do afloat, quoted, $1 06%3$t 06%; No. 1 Hard spring, 
Nominal, $1 14%; No. 2 Northern, $1 10%; No. 2 Jan¬ 
uary, $1 04%®$) 05; do February, $1 04%@$1 05%; do 
March, 810538105%; do May, $1 03 8 16;<3$1 04%; do 
June, 81 01%; do July, 97%®98%; do August, 95%@ 
95%c; do December, 77%®9s%c RYE.—Neglected and 
nominal. Western, In boat loads, quoted at 76380c; 
Canada, 72373c to arrive; State, 8038 c. BARLEY.— 
Barely steady. Sales—No. 2 Milwaukee, quoted at 
82%c; Ungraded Western, 78390c; No. 2 Canada, 87c; 
extra No. 2 do, 90c; No. 1 Canada, 95c. CORN.—Easier 
foreign accounts helped the downward tendenoy. 
On the spot there was a decline of %®%c, though th > 
close showed more steadiness. Sales—Ungraded 
Mixed and White, 59361c; No. 3 mixed, 58%359c ele¬ 
vator; steamer mixed, 59359%c store and elevator 
60%«60%c afloat; No. 2 Mixed, 59®59%c elevator. 60% 
60%c afloat No. 2 White, 60c elevator ; steamer white, 
59%c elevator; steamer yellow, 59 elevator; No. 2 Jan¬ 
uary, 59%359%; do February, 53%c; do March, 58%c; 
do May, 58%358%c. OATS.—Tended lower with the 
leading cereals, and full receipts at the West. On the 
spot there was a decline of %3%c, with only a mod¬ 
erate trade reported. Sales—No. 3 mixed. 50c ele¬ 
vator; No. 8 white, 50c elevator; No. 2 mixed, 50%351c 
elevator, 51%352c afloat; No. 2 white, 50%®51c ele¬ 
vator; No. 1 White, 54c elevator: Ungraded mixed 
and Western, 49®52c; do white, 52358c; No. 2 January, 
51%c; do February, 50%®50%c; do May, 50 3 16®50%c; 
No. 2 White January, 50%c; do February, 50%351c; 
do May, 62%c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—Trade opened dull and sales were slow 
from beginning to finish, with prices a shade lower 
on common and medium steers, while fair to good 
cattle, which were in light supply, held up to pre¬ 
vious figures. A car load of “ Stockers ” sold at 83 25; 
very common to good native steers at $3 603$4 95; 
oxen and stags at $3 35384 50; cows at 82383 60, and 
one extra Kentucky heifer at 85. Bulls dull at 82 253 
$3 25. City dressed beef slow at a decline of %c per 
pound from last week’s prices. Common to choice Is 
quoted at 6%38c, and an extra side or two occasion¬ 
ally brings 8%c. Latest private cable advices quote 
the European market barely steady at 4%d, or scant 
9c for refrigerated beef, and American steers selling 
at 11312 c, estimated dressed weight, sinking the offal. 
CALVES.—Strictly prime veals sell fairly well at 
7%38c; but all other sorts of calves were dull and de¬ 
pressed. The few sales were at 2%38%c for year¬ 
lings and Westerns, 636%c for medium veals, and a 
mixed bunch of calves sold at 4c 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Demand slack and trade 
limited, with prices barely sustained. Poorest to 
best sheep sold at 84@$5 70 per 100 pounds, prime to 
choice lambs at $6 75387. The dead market was a 
little slow and sellers were unable to advance prices. 
Dressed mutton sold at 8 39c, and up to 9%e for best 
carcasses; dressed lambs at 9%«l0%c. Dressed spring 
lambs have some Inquiry at 85®f 9 per carcass, and 
possibly something very fine might bring 810. 
HOGS.—Nearly a car-load of Western and State 
hogs changed hands at 83 753 84; and the market Is 
quoted firm at $3 60384 for fair to prime quality. 
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