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MARCH 7 
tioned above were from eight to ten years 
old, these are very satisfactory returns. 
Interrupted railroad communication, 
notably on the N. Y. C. and H. R. R., has 
delayed large quantities of live stock and 
other produce en route to this city. At the 
60th Street yards, where the stock coming 
over the above road is handled, but little 
was done the latter part of the week, the 
buyers going to the other yards. Tem¬ 
porarily higher prices resulted in many 
cases, but a depression is likely to follow 
the arrival of the delayed shipments. 
Reports from the Pacific coast show that 
in Oregon there is considerable rain, and 
that the growing wheat is now considered 
safe from frost. The reserves of wheat in 
farmers’ hands are now quite small. The 
shipments of flour to China from the coast 
are increasing very rapidly. It is very evi¬ 
dent that the Chinese are learning to eat 
bread, and if this trade continues to grow, 
and there is every prospect that it will, it 
will not be many years before China will 
take a large percentage of the product of 
the coast. 
Bekcham’s Pills' cure Bilious and Nervous Ills. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, March a, iBgi 
Beans are dull. The home demand Is small, and 
there Is little export trade. The average of receipts 
are not of a quality to command outside quotations. 
Marrows—New, *1 85®$2 70 New Mediums juolce 
$2 25; Pea, $2 25 ; Red Kidney, $2 75®$2 85. White 
Kidney, choice, $2 4U®$2 50 ; Foreign Mediums, (1 90® 
•2 15; do Marrow, *2 65(5 $2 75; Green Peas, <1 (X)®$115. 
California Lima, $2 95®$3. 
Butter Is decidedly stronger In price, being higher 
than at any previous time this winter. There has 
been an advance In every grade since last week of 
from one to three cents per pound. The primary 
cause is the light receipts, and. there being no accu. 
mutations, the demand takes everything offered 
promptly. The short supply of creamery makes a 
good demand for dairy, and now is the time for 
holders to unload everything possible. 
Creamery.— Elgin, nest, 32®-c; state and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 22®82o; Western, best, 91®—c; do prime. 
28@30c; do good, 25@27c; do poor, 22824c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 25®27c; do tine, 
20®23o; do poor, 16®J8c. Dairy.— State, best, 28®—c, 
do prime, 25®27c; do good, 21®24c; do poor, )7®19c ; 
Western, prime, 21®23c ; do fair, 18@20c; do poor, 11 
®16c; do factory, best, 25®-c; do prime. 21@24c; do 
good, 18® 20c. 
Cheese has finally reached 11 cents for fancy, 
though there has been no change In prices of other 
grades. The demand both lor export and home 
trade is good. Pennsylvania skims are dullest of all 
grades. 
Fancy, 10%@llc; fine, 10%®10%c; good, 9%@9%; 
fair, 9@9%c ; light skims, 5®9c; skims, 2®2%o.; Ohio 
Flat, 7%®10%c. 
Eggs have advanced slightly, and trading Is good 
on account of light receipts and good demand. There 
Is little prospect of much higher prices. 
Near by, fresn, 18®18%o; UanaJiuu.—®—c; South¬ 
ern, 17®18o: Western, best, 18c; Duck, 30@33c. 
Fruits.— Apples continue steady, though the re¬ 
ceipts are fully equal to the demand. Cranberries 
are dull and move slowly. Grapes quiet. Florida 
oranges are not plentiful, and prices are on the up 
grade. The demand Is brisk for all fine fruit. 
Growers are cautioned not to rush their crops to 
market too rapidly, as, while there is probably no 
danger of a glut, prices will probably be higher later, 
and all fruit that is keeping well will pay to hold. 
Large, coarse fruit sells slowly, as the demand for 
such Is limited. Florida strawberries are In market 
and sell for 50 to 60 cents per box, but they are of 
rather poor quality. They retail In the Broadway 
fruit stores for 75 cents to $1.25 per box—a quart box 
holding about a pint. Evaporated fruits are dull, 
with the exception of evaporated apples, which are 
firm and a trifle higher. The demand for small 
fruits Is limited. California furnishes a large part of 
the dried fruits required In this market, and at rea¬ 
sonable prices. 
Apples—N. Spy, $3®$5 00; Baldwin, $2 50@$o 00: 
Green. $3 50@$6 50; Ben Davis, $4 00®85 50; common 
to good, $1 00384 00; Lemons, per box, $3 00®$4 00; 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, $9 00®$12 00 per bbl.; $3 U0@ 
$3 25 pel crate; do Jersey 82 75®$3 00 per crate; Grapes, 
Catawba, 18@25c per basket. Grape Fruit, per bbl., 
$4@86. Florida Oranges, fancy bright fruit. 176 to 
200, $4 00; fancy bright*, mixed counts, $3, common to 
fair grade, 82 50®82 75; coarse fruit, $150382 25; 
russets, $2 25®83; tangerines, $3 50®$6; mandarins, 
$2 50@$4 and dull. 
Domestic. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy 
13%@16c; poor, ll@13c; coarse cut, 9®10%c; sliced, 
9®12c; do old, 3%@8%c; Chopped, 3@3%c; Cores and 
skins, 3®S%c. Cherries, new, 25®29c ; do, old, 8@loc 
Raspberries, 24@28c; Blackberries, 8®9c: Huckle 
berries, now, 18@19c; Blums, new, 10@12c: Peaches, 
California peeled, 28®30c; do unpeeled. 13@18c. South¬ 
ern uupeeled, 6%@7c Apricots, California, 15®20c; 
Plums, Cal., 14®16c. 
Game. — Canvas-back and Red head ducks are 
lower, but there Is little change otherwise. The lim¬ 
ited receipts about equal the demands. 
Wild Ducks Western, Canvas, per pair, $1 50@$3 00; 
do, do, Redhead, per pair, 75c@$2 50; do, do, Mallard, 
per pair, 60®75c; do, do, Teal Blue wing, per pair, 35® 
50c; do, do, common, per pair, 20®25c. Snipe, per 
doz., $1 50®$2 00 ; Plover, do., $l@$l 75. 
Hay.— The market is weak under some accumula¬ 
tions. The demand Is limited. The choicest-hay sells 
most readily. 
Choice, 7l)@75c, Timothy, No. 1, 50@60c ; do No. 
2, 50@—c; shipping, 40®45c; Clover Mixed, 40®50c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye, 853—c.; short rye, 50®60c; oat and 
wheat, 40®45c. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Honey —New Comb quoted nominally at 16818c for 
white clover and 11® 14c. for buckwheat. California 
ext'acte \ 7®7Mo. 
Hops are dull and lower. The prices quoted are 
mostly nominal, as there Is little trading. The ad¬ 
vantage Is all In favor of buyers. 
State,’90 crop, 3 xa,3!c; do, prime and choice, ’89,21 
®24c; do good, 19®21c; Pacific Coast, 1890 crop, 25 
@31c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are dull. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 4®4%c, and farmers’ grades at 2%@3%c; 
Pecans, 9@l'c ; Hickory Nuts, 81 50®81 75 per bushel. 
Poultry.—T here Is no change in live poultry. The 
receipts are limited ai d the demand fair. Dressed 
shows slight changes. Prime stock is in demand at 
good prices, but the recent warm weather has 
brought some stock that Is very poor, to put It 
mildly. Such goes for what it will bring. Fancy, 
small turkeys are in good demand. Large capons 
sell quickly at 17 to 20 cents, but small ones and slips 
are dull at 13 to 15 cents. 
PouLTRr— Live. —cnickens—Spring, per lb, 118—c. 
Fowls near-by, per lb, 12®—o, do Western, per lb, 
11® 12c; roosters, per lb, 6®7c; Turkeys, per lb, 12® 
18o; Ducks, Western, per pair, 70390c; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 37®81 62. 
Poultby.—Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 10® 
15%c; Fowls, western, choice, 10311%c; do common to 
good, 5®8c; Ducks, spring, good, 10®16; Squab: 
white, per dozen, $4 00®$4 50; do dark, do, 82 751; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia, 10®17c.; Western, 9 
@12o; Fowls, near by, 10311%c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes continue steady; the present 
cold snap is unfavorable for moving them, and serves 
to check receipts temporarily. Sweets are dull. 
Onions are dull and lower. Cabbages are firm for 
good stock. Imported sell for 87 to 88 per 10J. Flor¬ 
ida cabbages are many of them of poor quality and 
sell slowly. Tomatoes sell well if prime. String 
beans and peas are In good demand If fine, but there 
Is a wide range in quality. 
Potatoes Bermuda, per bbl. $6 0u@$7 50; Jersey, 
per do., 82 50®83 25; State, do., 83®$3 25 ; Malue, do., 
$3 00a$3 50; Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, 82 75® 
$3 25; Sweets, do., 81 50383 00. Onions—Western New 
York, 83 0il@$3 75; Connecticut Red, 89 75@$-, do 
White, 84 50®$5 50; do yellow, 83 50 8 83 75. Western, 
83 00®83 50; Jersey, 83®$3 50 ; Cabbage, L. I., per 100, 
84®87; Squash, per bbl., $i®$l 75; Turnips, per bbl. 
60375c, Egg Plant, So ithern, per obi., $8 3812; Cauli¬ 
flower, per bbl., —®—, Celery, per doz.. 75c 381 50; 
String Beans, per crate, 82 00@85 00; Cucumbers, Fla., 
per crate, -3-. Tomatoes, per box, 50380c. 
Kale, Norfolk, per bol, 753—c; Spinach, Norfolk, per 
bbl, 75c $125. Peas, per crate, $ l <c $5 50. Beets, Fla., 
per crate, $1@$150; Asparagus, per doz. bunches, 
$3 50®$10 00. Lettuce. N. O. per bbl., $3 00®$6 00; 
Chicory, N. O., per bbl,, $3 0O®$6 00. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—There were full clearances of flour from 
the seaboard. On the spot there was a slight ad¬ 
vance, though the close was not so firm Sales-Un¬ 
graded Winter Red, at98%Ct*l07; no. 8 Red. quoted 
$105!® store; No. 2 Red, $1 1G% in store; do. $111% 
afloat. No. 1 Hard spring, Nominal, $1 21; No. 1 North¬ 
ern, $1 17%(it$l 18; No. 2 February, $1 09%8l 10%; do 
March ,$1 09%$1 ’.0%; do May,$l 06 31638106%; do June, 
$1 03%®$1 04%; do July, $1 00 9 16881 01%; do August, 
97@97%c; do September, 97@97%e; do December, 98% 
@99!®c. RYE.—Slow and nominal. Western, In boat¬ 
loads, quoted at 85883c State, 85@88c; Canada, 783 
80c. BARLEY.—Quiet, and barely steady. No. 2 Mil 
waukee. quoted. 81@82c; Ungraded Western, 78®8ic; 
No. 2 Canada, 85c; extra No. 2 do, 85 387c, No. 1 Canada, 
89490c, two-rowed State, 80c. CORN.—Spot lots 
closed weaker, after aflrm opening. Sales—Ungraded 
Mixed and White, 65®65%c; steamer, mixed, 65 %3 
65%c elevator; No. 2 Mixed, f5%365®c elevator, (6% ® 
66%c afloat; No. 2 white 66c elevator; yellow, 65% 3 
65%c elevator; steamer yellow, 65%®t5%c elevator: 
No. 2 February, 62%®65%c; do March, 64%® 65c; do 
May, 62%<462%c; do June, 61@61%c;do July. 60% i61%c. 
OATS—On the spot ruled irregular and less active, 
some grades showing a slight decline, while others 
were steady. Sales—No. 3 mixed. 5 Ic elevator; No. 3 
white, 54@5l%c elevator; No. 2 mixed, 55c elevator; 
56c afloat; No. 2 white, 55c elevator, 56c afloat; No. 1 
White, 56%c elevator: No. 2 Chicago, 56c; Ungraded 
mixed Western, 58®56c. White do. 55 62c; No. 2 Feb¬ 
ruary, 55c; do March 54%c; do April, 54%c; do May, 
53%'<?5ic; do July, 52%@82%c; No. 2 White, February, 
55c; do March 55c, do April, 54%c; do May, 54%c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—Poorest to best native stef rs sold at $4 25 
@$5 50, a two-car lot of Colorados at *4 40. oxen ai d 
stags at $2@£4 90, bulls at $8 t$4 25, cows and heifers 
at 82 15<®$4 25. Dressed beef continues slow of sale 
at 6%®8%c for common to choice, a little extra 
bringing 8%c. The abundance and cheapness of pork 
and the Lenten season all combine to diminish the 
consumption of beef and depress prices. Cable ad¬ 
vices from London and Liverpool report a Arm feel¬ 
ing, with refrigerated beef selling at 8%c and Amer¬ 
ican steers at 11812%o, estimated dressed weight, 
sinking the offal. 
CALVES.—The limited sales, so far as reported, 
were at 6®7%c for common to gc od veals, but choice 
stock would bring 8c. Dressed calves in fair demand. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Poor to prime sheep sold at 
$4 40®$6 25 per loO pounds; good to prime lambs at 
$6 60 ®$?, and no very choice < ffered. Spring lambs 
steady at $2 50^.87 50 per head. Dressed mutton in 
fair demand at 8®9%c, and dressed lambs firm at 9® 
10c (extra stock bringing 10%c). 
HOGS—Nominally steady at 83 75®$4 for fair to 
good hogs. 
Untrustworthy Congressional Inves¬ 
tigations.— The public has learned to 
distrust Congressional investigations as 
productive of more cry than wool. If there 
were any hope of thorough process and 
practical results from the proposed inquiry 
into the alleged silver pool, thought to be 
back of the bill for the purchase by the 
government of the 12,000,000 ounces of 
silver held by the Mew York syndicate, the 
country would welcome the suggestion 
with enthusiasm. But most of such in¬ 
quiries are a waste of time and money.— 
The Oregonian. 
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in raising potatoes, to encourage investigation into better methods of planting, 
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after the result had been announced by the Agriculturist after the most search¬ 
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