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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
FEB. 7 
plowiDg them under. With wheat, as 
with most other crops, the best is on the 
best lands. This is only partially true, for 
very mucn depends upon the manner of 
preparing the ground and sowing the seed. 
The stereotyped way of sowing wheat here 
is to run a common A harrow over the 
weeds after the corn has been cut up in 
October, then sow the unscreened wheat 
broadcast among the grass and weeds and 
then run the same harrow over it again, 
provided a rainy spell does not prevent it. 
In the latter case the wheat is left to take 
its chances with the frost. The “struggle 
for existence” thus far has been an active 
one, with the chances largely in favor of 
the frost. F. M. s. 
For a disordered liver try Beecham’b Pills. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
The top price for beeves at Chicago last 
week was $5.60, the highest during January. 
The winter wheat is generally reported 
good, though the ground has been bare 
most of the time. 
Little corn is being marketed through¬ 
out the country. Farmers seem disposed 
to hold their corn and oats. 
Stocks of wheat are low in all the winter 
wheat growing States, and much wheat for 
milling comes from the Pacific coast. 
In the Red River Valley no rain has 
fallen since October 1, and spring wheat 
growers are apprehensive of the prospect 
for seeding should this state of affairs con¬ 
tinue. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
'New Yerk, Monday, February 2 , 1891 . 
Beans.— Trading Is dull on most lines. Pea and 
Medium sell best. Red Kidney dull. California 
Limas are steady, Foreign Marrows are weak but 
Imported Medium and Pea are firm. Clean, bright 
beans of all grades are sold readily at quotations. 
Marrows—New, #1 85®$2 80, New Mediums choice, 
$2 25; Pea, $2 25 ; Red Kidney, $8 150 $3 20 White 
Kidney, choice, $2 40@$2 50 ; Foreign Mediums. $1 75® 
$2 00; do Marrow, $2 65® $2 75; Green Peas, $1 C0®$1 05. 
California Lima, $2 95® $3. 
Butter has taken another drop on creamery. The 
receipts are In excess of the demands and supplies 
are constantly accumulating. Most or the receipts 
possess poor keeping qualities, and buyers are anx¬ 
ious to sell even though concessions must be made 
Good oairy butter shows most firmness, and there is 
little decline in prices of this grade. The export out¬ 
look is discouraging, and but little buying is done on 
that account. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best, 27®-c; State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 18@2656c; Western, best, 26 2-c; do prime, 
22024c; do good, 19®21c; do poor, 17® 18c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 19 «2lo: do fine, 
16®18o; do poor, 13014c. Dairy.— State, best, 24025c; 
do prime, 21023c; do good, 19®20c : do poor, 14@18c ; 
Western, prime, 18®!9c ; do fair, 13®15c; do poor, 11 
012c ; do factory, best, 19®—c ; do prime 16®l8c; do 
good, 10®18c. 
Creese, -The situation is the r'verse of that in 
butter. The market is strong and prices have ad¬ 
vanced slightly. The exports average about half tha 
receipts 
Fancy, 1001054c: fine. t%0976c ; good, 954@ 956; fair 
6%®9c; light skims, 6560856c; skims, 2<a,2^c.; Ohio, 
Flat, 756® 9%c. 
Eggs have declined from one to two cents per 
dozen. Reeeipis continue to increase, but the in¬ 
creased demand coni equent upon lower prices keeps 
the market well cleared. Only the best grades bring 
outside quotations. 
Near-by, fresn, 25@2556o:Canadian,—®—c;Southern, 
23®24c: Western, best, 24® 2456<’. 
Fruits.— Apples continue steady. The moderate 
demand takes all that arrive. Grapes are many of 
them poor and irregular in price. Cranberries are 
dull and sales slow. Florida oranges are in large re¬ 
ceipt and lower. Sales are slow except for choice 
fruit. Dried fruits show little change. The market is 
firm for all except California fruits, which are in 
large supply and dull. Holders are anxious to sell. 
Apples—N. Spy, $3®$5 00; Ballwin, $2 50@$5 00 : 
Green. $3 50®$6 50; Ben Davis, $4UO0$5OO: common 
to good, $100>»$4 00; Lemons, per box, $3 00®$ 1 00; 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, $10 50®$12 50 per bbl.; $3 25@ 
$3 50 pet crate: do Jersey $2 75@$3 00 per crate; Grapes, 
Concord, 12@13c per basket. Catawba, 12®16c per 
basket. Florida Oranges, fancy bright fruit, 176 to 
200, $3 25; fancy bright.-, mixeu counts, $3, common to 
fair grade, $2 50®$2 75; coarse fruit $2®$2 25; russets, 
$2®$2 37; tangerines, $4®$5; mandarins, $2 5U@$3 and 
dull. 
Domestic. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy 
1356® 1556c; poor, 11® 12c; coarse cut, 8Ri@9c; sliced, 
8®llc.; do old, 856@S%c; Chopped, 4®4%c; Cores and 
skins. 3%@4c. Cherries, new, 29®81c; do, old, 8@10c. 
Raspberries, 27@29c; Blackberries, 8®9c: Huckle 
berries, new, 18@19c; Blums, new, 10®12c: Peaches, 
California peeled, 30082c; do unpeeled. 18®18e. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 65407c; Apricots, California, ]5®2l'e; 
Plums, Cal., 15016c. 
Game.— Quail have been more plentiful, dull and 
lower. Wild ducks scarce and higher. Rabbits scarce 
and steady. Quail and rabbits are now outlawed in 
this State. 
Wild Ducks Western, Canvas, per pair, $3 5>>®$5 00; 
do, do. Redhead, per pair, $1 50®$2 50; do. do, Mallard, 
per pair, 60®85c; do, do, Teal Blue wing, per pair, 40® 
50c; do, do, common, per pair, 20®25c. 
Hay.—T he market is firm and fairly active at un¬ 
changed prices. 
Choice, 70@75c, Timothy, No. 1, 55®65c ; do No. 
2, 50®55c; shipping, 40®45c; Clover Mixed, 40®45c. 
Straw— No. 1 rye, 85090.:.; short rye, 5006’Jc; oat and 
wheat, 40050c. 
Honey.—N ew Comb quoted nominally at 16®18c for 
white clover and ll@!4c. for buckwheat. California 
extracted. 7c. 
Hops.—D emand has continued light and holders are 
disposed to shade prices to make sales. 
State, ’90 crop, 35®36c; do, prime and choice, ’89, 24 
®26c; do good, 22@23c do common, 16®20c; do 1888, 
good and prime, 15@17c; do do, common, 12®14c; 
Pacific Coast, 1889 crops, 18026c; do, 1890 crop, 29®35c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are unchanged. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 456®4%c, and farmers’ grades at 8®3%c; 
Pecans, ll®12c; Chestnuts, $2 00@$5 50 per bushel; 
Hickory Nuts, $1 75@$2 (0 per bushel. 
Poultry.— Live fowls have been dull. The demand 
is small and receipts light. Dressed poultry has had 
a large sale. Receipts have been large, but fine stock 
sel’s promptly at quotations Turkeys are lower. 
Mixed lots of chicks and fowls sell slowly. Capons 
are worth 13020 cents. 
Poultry— Live.—C hickens—Spring, per lb, 85609c. 
Fowls near-by, per lb, 10®—c, do Western, per lb, 
10®—c; roosters, per lb, 6@—c; Turkeys, per lb, 11® 
12c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 60080c; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair. $1 15®$1 50. 
Poultry.—Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 9® 
14c; Fowls, western, choice, 80856c; do common to, 
good, 5®8c; Ducks, spring, good, 10®15; Squab; 
white, per dozen, $2 50®$2 75; do dark, do, $175; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia, 11015c.; Western, 9 
012c: Fowls, near-by. 9@10o. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes are quiet and unchanged. 
Scotch Magnums sell for 25 cents per sack above the 
English. Receipts are liberal both of domestic and 
imported. Onions are In light demand, but prime 
stock sells quickly at outside quotations. Cabbages 
easier. Kale and spinach in fair demand and firmer. 
Florida stri'g beans are extremely high. Other 
Southern vegetables sell quickly at good prices if the 
quality is good. Potatoes from Nassau and Key 
West are dull. 
Potatoes- Bermuda, per bbl. $6 00@$7 00; Jersey, 
per do., $1 50®$3 00; State, do., $3®*8 25 ; Maine, do., 
$3 00® $3 50; Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, $2 75® 
$3 00; Sweets, do., $1 50®$3 00. Onions—Western New 
York. $3 75@$4 00, Connecticut Red, $4 000$-; do 
White, $4 00@$5 50; do yellow, $4 00®$-. Western, 
$3 50@$4 00; Jersey, $4®-; Cabbage, L. I., per 100, 
$5@$€; Squash, per bbl., $i@$l 25; Turnips, per bbl. 
60®75c, Egg Plant, Southern, per bbl., $1 50@$5; Cauli¬ 
flower, per bbl., —®—, Celery, per doz.. 25c®$l 25; 
String Beans, per crate, $3@$6 50; Cucumbers. Fla., 
per crate. *1 003$1 50. Tomatoes, per box, 25@75c. 
Kale. Norfolk, per bbl, 70@7?c; Spinach, Norfolk, per 
bbl, $1 7?®$2 25. Peas, per crate, $3a$4. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—The spot market was unsettled, closing 
rather weak, because of the late depression in 
options. Sales-Ungraded Winter Red, 82c&$109%; 
No. 2 Red, $1 1056@$1 10% afloat, $1 09% f. o. b., do in 
store quoted, $1 0956; No. 1 Hard spring, Nominal, 
$1 15% ; No. 1 Northern, $1 15%; No. 2 January, $1 09%; 
do February. $1 09%; do Marcn,$l 09®$1 09% ; do May, 
$1 05 %n $i 06%; do June $1 03%@$1 0456; do July, 99%c 
@$l 0056; do August, 96%@97c; do December, 98%@ 
99%c. RYE.—More or less nominal, with a continued 
slow inquiry. Western, in boat loads, quoted at 7?@ 
80c; Canada, 71@72c to arrive; State, 81082c. BARLEY. 
—Steady but quiet. Sales—No. 2 Milwaukee, quoted 
at 81@82c; Ungraded Western, 78082c; No. 2 Canada, 
87c; extra No. 2 do, 90c; No. 1 Canada, 93®95c, two- 
rowed State, 81c. CORN.—Offered little or nothing In 
the way of special fea'ures, and the changes were 
mainly In sympathy with wheat. Cables were strong 
and local arrivals small, but they were more than 
offset by an Increase in the receipts at Chicago. 
Sales—Ungraded Mixed and White, 62@65c; steamer 
mixed, 62®63c elevator, 633 64c afloat; (latter closing 
at 63c); No. 2 Mixed, 62%@63c elevator, 68%®64%c 
afloat (latter closing at 6354c); No. 2 Waite, 64® 6456c; 
steamer White. 63c; low mixed, 6256@6Sc; yellow, 64% 
@65c; No. 2 January, 6254c; do February, 6156062c; do 
March, 6056c; do May, 59%@59%c; do July. 59%@59%c. 
OATS.—Also weakened, as affected by the late de¬ 
pression In wheat and corn. Sales—No. 3mixed. 51c 
elevator; No. 8 white, 5205256c elevator; No. 2 mixed, 
520 5254c elevator, 5336354c afloat; No. 2 white, 530 
53%c elevator; No. 1 White, 56c elevator: No. 2 Chi¬ 
cago, 53@53%c; Ungraded mixed and Western, 50@ 
54c, do white, 53062c; No. 2 January, 51%c; do Feb 
ruary, 51%@52c; do May, 5156®52c; No. 2 White Jan¬ 
uary, 5854c; do February, 5354 0 5356c; do March, 52%c; 
do May, 52%c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—Poorest to best steers sold at $3 90®$5 20; 
stags and oxen at $3 35084 80; bulls at$2 50@$2 60; 
one extra dc at $1 25 ; and one premium do, weighing 
2,08a pounds, at $5 50; cows at $ 20 $3 25 ; mixed droves 
of steers, stags and oxen at $3 10 3 $3 65. Dressed 
beef slow at previous quotations, or at 55436c for 
Texas sides, and 656®8c for common to prime native 
do. Latest private cable advices quote the European 
market unchanged at 456d,or scant 9c, for refriger¬ 
ated beef, and 1101256c for American steers, estimated 
dead weight, sinking the offal. 
MILCH COWS.—Market extremely dull at $182$40 
for poor to good cows (calf Included). 
CALVES.—Dull for Western calves and the few 
sabs reported were at $2 50@$2 60 per 100 pounds; 
common to prime veals sold at $5@$8. Dressed calves 
steady at 7®; One for country dressed veals; 8@12c for 
city dressed ; and 456@6c for dressed fed and Western 
calves. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Ordinary to prime sheep sold 
at $4 80®$5 75 ; and a car-load of extra heavy Indiana 
wethers brought $6 25. Prime to extra lambs ranged 
from $6 50«$6 85. The dead market was weak and 
prices lower for dressed mutton. Sales ranged from 
656®8%u- Dressed lambs were also slow at 8560956c, 
extra quality reaching 10c in isolated cases. The 
abundance and cheapness of pork diminish In a large 
degree the consumption of mutton and other dressed 
meats. As one butcher expressed it “you can get a 
basket full of spare ribs and pig’s heads for 25c, and 
people of limited means are not going to buy much 
beef or mutton.” 
HOGS.—Nominally weak at $8 75@$4 per 100 pounds. 
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