25o 
MARCH 28 
The Census Office has published a bulle¬ 
tin on truck farming, the first instance of 
an official investigation of the subject. 
Truck farming is applied to that branch of 
the business in which the products are 
transported by water or rail as opposed 
to market gardening in which the pro¬ 
ducts are delivered directly to the retailer 
or consumer by the grower. Upward of 
$100,000,000 are invested in this industry, 
the annual products reaching a value of 
$76,517,155 on the farms after paying 
freights and commissions, and realized 
upon 534,440 acres of land. There are em¬ 
ployed in this industry 216,765 men, 9,254 
women and 14 874 children, aided by 75,866 
horses and mules and $8,971,206 worth of 
implements. Nearly 75 per cent, of the 
truck produced in the United States comes 
from a belt of country along the Atlantic 
coast lying east of a line drawn from 
Augusta, Me., to Macon, Ga.; from South¬ 
ern Georgia, Alabama and Florida; along 
the north and south lines of railroa'd in the 
Mississippi Valley from the Gulf to Chi¬ 
cago, St. Louis and Kansas City, and from 
the celery districts of Michigan and Ohio. 
More or less truck, however, is produced in 
all the States. 
13 KF. oh a m's Pills cure Sick Headache. 
TOMATOES, FIVE CENTS EACH. 
A NEW INDUSTRY. 
During the winter just closing, many 
thousand tomatoes have been sold in the 
New York market at five and ten cents each. 
They are of good size, mostly Livingstons, 
apparently, and are sold wrapped in neat 
papers like the best oranges. Most of 
those sold in New York are grown in Ber¬ 
muda or at Key West and sent here while 
green, to be cured or ripened in storage. 
They find ready sale, and there seems no 
reason why Northern gardeners may not 
avail themselves of this demand. That 
some of them are preparing to do so, the 
following notes will show : 
Good Business For Those Who 
Understand It. 
Many tomatoes are grown in hothouses 
here in New York and New England, and 
the business is quite profitable to those 
who understand it. Winter tomatoes are 
also grown in Bermuda and Key West and 
sent here, but it is easy to tell the differ¬ 
ence between the two kinds, and there is 
also great difference in the prices received, 
the former sometimes bringing as high as 
$1 per pound or $50 per barrel. None of 
the hothouse tomatoes are sold for five 
cents each. W. w. RAWSON. 
A Report from Western New York. 
Tomatoes can be successfully grown here 
under glass, although I do not think that 
up to the present time very much of such 
business has been done. In this vicinity 
three houses have been devoted to tomatoes 
during the past winder, but in each case 
the venture proved a failure, as there was 
no fruit. This was not the fault of the 
houses or the plants, but was owing to the 
manner in which the latter were treated. 
I am not posted as to the amount grown 
elsewhere. Since February 1 I have built 
two houses, each 105 feet long and 11 wide, 
and they are now filled with cucumbers at 
the sides and tomatoes, celery, cabbages 
and cauliflowers in the centers, all large 
enough for transplanting, and many of 
them already pricked out into hot bads. 
Next winter I shall devote my houses to 
tomatoes, etc. JOHN f. white. 
Livingston Co., N. Y. 
Tomatoes Everyday for Two Years. 
Tomatoes are grown under glass to a 
considerable extent about the large cities, 
although their culture requires great care 
and constant attention. For two winters 
we have forced them with very satisfactory 
results, and in a short time we shall pre¬ 
pare a bulletin upon the subject. Plants 
started late in August last year gave 
ripe fruits just before New Year’s and con¬ 
tinued in bearing two months. In our 
method of growing, the plants will average 
about two pounds of fruit each. We place 
four plants in a box 18 inches square and 
12 inches deep, and these boxes are set 
about a foot apart each way. Each plant 
therefore occupies about square foot of 
space. In mid-winter tomatoes sell readily 
from first hands for 50 cents and 75 cents a 
pound. We train our plants on strings to 
a single stem, pinching off all side shoots. 
We expect to pick ripe tomatoes every day 
for the next two years, beginning about 
the middle of April, [prof ] l. h. bailey. 
Cornell University. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Attempted With Partial Success. 
Prof. Bailey of Cornell University is the 
most successful grower of tomatoes under 
glass of my acquaintance. I have attempted 
it several times with partial success and 
this year devoted one house 18 x 127 feet en¬ 
tirely to tomatoes. We attempted to Im¬ 
prove our former methods by following 
Prof. Bailey’s advice to the letter, never¬ 
theless the culture of tomatoes was not as 
remunerative or as successful as that of 
cucumbers. I have three houses which 
I devote to them. The principal difficulty 
I have had in growing tomatoes is that 
they grow to wood with a scarcity of 
fruit. T. s. PEER. 
Buncombe County, N. C. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, March 83, 1891 
Beans are a trifle lower and the feeling Is dull for 
everything but the choice lots. Green peas are doing 
a trifle better. 
Marrows-New, $1 69®$2 55; New Mediums choice. 
$2 25; Pea, $2 25 ; Red Kidney, $2 55®$2 65; White 
Kidney, choice, $2 5)®$2 60 ; Foreign Mediums, 81 90® 
82 10; do Marrow, 82 50g$2 55; Green Peas, 81 05®81 10. 
California Lima, $2 750 82 85. 
Butter has declined a trifle more for most grades, 
but the market Is quite firm. Receipts are not heavy 
and the demand increases as the price lowers. From 
all reports obtainable, the receipts are not likely to 
be heavy for some time to come, and holders here are 
sanguine of good prices for some weeks. 
CaKAMKRT.—Elgin, best, 32®S256c; State and* Penn¬ 
sylvania, 24 832c; Western, best, 3l®3'56c; do prime, 
29®30c; do good, 27@28c; do poor, 2V@26c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 28@29c: do fine, 
24a26o; do poor, 19a21c. Dairy.—S tate, best, 30831c; 
do prime, 28®29c; do good, 24®27c; do poor, 18820c ; 
Western, prime, 24 3 26c ; do fair, 20®22c ; do poor, 16 
@18c; do factory, best, 288-c, do prime 25@27c; do 
good, 21® 23c. 
C 11 KE 8 E sells for just about what holders see fit to 
ask Fancy has reached 12 cents and there has been 
an advance of everything but skims, which have de¬ 
clined. Stocks are so light that buyers have difficulty 
in securing their supplies. Exporters are nearly out 
of the race on account of the extreme pri es asked. 
Fancy, U96®12i; fine. 115681156c; good, 1056011; 
fair, 10»1056c; light skims, 956®10c; skims, 196®2c.; 
Ohio Flat. 856®U56c. 
Eggs have taken a big jump since our last, any¬ 
thing that is fresh brings 24®25 cents. This, cf ecurse, 
is In anticipation of the Easter trade, and after this 
prices are likely to drop rapidly again. Eggs for 
Easter should be In market by Thursday or Friday 
morning at the very latest. 
Near by, fresh, 258-a; Canadian,— ®—c; South¬ 
ern, 24® 25c; Western, best, 24® 25c; Duck, 80®85c. 
Fruits.— Apples are In light supply ard the demand 
takes all that come. Prices show little change. Ca¬ 
tawba Grapes are In limited demand at <0330 cents 
per five-pouud basket. Jersey cranberries are selling 
at $2®$8 per 30-quart crate. Strawberries are of 
better quality and the demand is corsequently In¬ 
creased. Choice Florida oranges are In good demand. 
Dried fruits show little change. Apples are Arm. 
Small fruits are quiet and dull. California fruits are 
dull and in some cases a trifle lower. 
Apples—N. Spy, 84 885 00; Baldwin, 84 50085 00; 
Green. 84 00 887 00; Ben Davis, 85 00886 00; common 
to good, $1 00884 00; Russet, 84 C0®$4 75; Lemons, per 
box, 81 75083 25 Grape Fruit, per bbl., 84886. Florida 
Oranges, choice Indian rivers, $4i$5: brights, 83 8 
83 50, russets, |3 00; strawberries, 13 e 3 'c; tangerines, 
83 50086: mandarins, 82 500!5. 
DOMESTIC. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy 
1356016c; poor, 1101256c; coarse cut, 901056c; sliced, 
9®18c; do old, 8560396c; Chopped, 38396c; Cores and 
skins, 3gS56c. Cherries, new, 25028c; do, old, 8©10c. 
Raspberries, 24®2?c; Blackberries, 8©9c: Huckle 
berries, new, 18©19c; Plums, new, 10©12c: Peaches, 
California peeled, 27830c; do unpeeled. 18©18c. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 65607c Apricots, California, 15®18 c; 
Plums, Cal., 13815c. 
Game.— Wild ducks are lower and dull. Snipe and 
plover scarce. 
Wild Ducks Western, Canvas, per pair, 7fc®$2 < 0 ; 
do, do. Redhead, per pair, 50c@81 50; do. do, Mallard, 
per pair, 45 870c; do, do, Teal Blue wing, per pair, 25 8 
40c; do, do, common, per pair, 20®25c. Snipe, per 
doz., 81 50®$2 25 ; Plover, do., 81®$ ’ 00. 
Hay Is In more moderate receipt, the demand Is 
good ani prices have advanced. Straw is also higher. 
Choice, 75 680c, llinouiy, No. 1, 55®60c ; do No 
2 500 55c; shipping, 40@45c; Clover Mixed, 45 850c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye, 85®9i)c.; short rye, 50060c; oat and 
wheat, 40®50c. 
Honey.— New Comb quoted nominally at 16@18c for 
white clover and U®l4c. for buckwheat. California 
extracted, 7®756c. 
Hops are steady; but little export business, the 
trading being mostly for home demands. 
State, ’90 crop, 29@3Jc; do, prime and choice, ’89, 21 
®28c; do good, 19@20c; Pacific Coast, 1890 crop, 25 
®30c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 404560, and farmers’ grades at 256®356c; 
Pecans, 9®l'c ; Hickory Nuts, $1 50®$1 75 per bushel. 
Poultry. —Live fowls, ducks and geese are higher 
with a good demand. Turkeys are strong in price 
and scarce. Dressed poultry shows little change. 
Squabs are lower. Large capons sell for 16020 cents 
per pound ; small ones and slips for 13@ 16 cents. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—spring, per in, 1156c. 
Fowls near by, per lb, 12®1256o, do Western, per lb, 
12®1256c; roosters, per lb, 6®7c; Turkeys, per lb, 1256® 
14c; Ducks, Western, per pair, .70881; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 37081 62 
Poultry.-Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 11© 
17c; Fowls, western, choice, 11® 12c; do common to 
good, ?®10c; Ducks, spring, good, 10®19; 8quao; 
white, per dozen, $4 U0®$— ; do dark, do, $1 75®$2 50; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia 16®20c.: Western, 12 
@15c; Fowls, near-by, 11312 j; Broiler-:, 20 840c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes are active. Onions are con¬ 
siderably higher under light receipts and g od de¬ 
mand. Squashes are higher. Hubbards are scarce 
Very good Florida cabbages are coming forward. 
Cucumbers are extremely scarce and would sell for 
fancy prices. String beans and peas are strong. 
Celery Is high. Tomatoes sell for good round prices 
If in good condition. 
Potatoes-Bermuda, per bbl. $7 00081000; Jersey, 
per do., $2 50®83 12; State, do., $3®$3 25 ; Maine, do., 
$3 00383 50; Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, $2 75® 
$3 25; Sweets, do., $1 50@$3 25. Onions—Western New 
York, $3 0)®$4 25; Connecticut Red, $4 00®$5 00 do 
White, $5 00088 00; do yellow. f4 00®$4 50. Western, 
$3 500 84 00; Jersey, $4®$4 59 ; Cabbage, Florida, per 
crate, $2082 59; Squash, per bbl., $2 50®$3; Turnips, 
per bbl. 75® 85c, Egg Plant, Southern, per bbl., $6®$19; 
Cauliflower, per bbl.,—®—. Celery, per doz., $l®$2 00; 
String Beans, per crate, $2 00@$3 50; Cucumbers. Fla., 
per crate, -®-. Tomatoes, per box, 25®90c. 
Kale, Norfolk, per bbl, $1®$125; Spinach, Norfolk, per 
bbl, $!®$l 75. Peas, per crate, $2®$4 00. Beets, Fla., 
per crate, 59®75c; Asparagus, per doz. bunches, 
$2 50®$5 00; Lettuce. N. O. per bbl., $3 008 84 00'; 
Chicory, N. O., per bbl,, $3 00@$5 00. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT—Paris advices were conflicting, some 
being firm, while others reported a slight decline. 
Sales—Ungraded Winter Red and Spring, $1 0396® 
$1 1556; No. 2 Red, quoted $1 13560*1 1496 store; $1 ' 4% 
081 16 afloat, 81 1556®$! 16%, f o. b.; No. 1 Hard spring, 
Nominal, $125 afloat; No. 1 Northern, $1 22: No. 2 
March, $1 1396@$1 1496; do May, $1 0956®$1 10 7-16; do 
June. $1 08®$1 0896; do July, $1 0496881 C6; do August, 
$1 0156081 0256: do September, tl 01®$1 01% ; do De¬ 
cember, 81 02%®* 1 0396. RYE.—Quiet and rather 
easier In tone, with some lots on offer on opening of 
navigation. BARLEY.—Steady, but demand con¬ 
tinues slow. No. 2 Milwaukee, quoted. 83c; Ungraded 
Western, 10883c; No. 2 Canada, 86087c; extra No. 2 
do, 87®88c; No. 1 Canada, 90392c, two-rowed State, 80c. 
CORN.—Sales—Ungraded Mixed and White, 74560 77c; 
steamer mixed, 74 8 76c elevator; 75®77c afloat; 7456® 
7496c late April; No. 2 White, 7456876c elevator, low 
mixed, 74®?6c elevator; yellow and steamer yellow, 
74®76c elevator: No. 2 March, 749687556c; do April, 73® 
7456c; do May, 69%®71%c; do June, 6896® 6996c; do July. 
68 86996c. OATS—Participated in the decided buoy 
ancy in corn. The spot market rose 56®ic, and there 
was a moderate stir to the trade. Sales—No. 3 mixed. 
58®5856c elevator; No. 3 white, 5856® 59c elevator; No. 
2 mixed, 59®5956c elevator; 60 3 6056c afloat; No. 2 
white, 5956060c elevator; No. 1 White, 61c elevator; 
No. 2 Chicago, 60®6056c; Ungraded Mixed Western, 56 
®60c; White do, 59 a 64c; No. 2 March 5956c; do April, 
E896®5956c; do May. 5856 3 5996c; do July, 579s®i 856c: do 
August, f8c; No. 2 White, March, 69c; do April, 5996® 
60c; do May, 5996®60c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—There was a firm tone to the trade and 
the cattle sold on an average 10c higher than on 
Wednesday last. Poorest to best steers ranged in 
price from $4 79 3 8 5 90, a car load of oxen sold at $4 65, 
and dry cows and heifers at $2a$4 60. The e was a 
moderate demand for export. Dressed beef firm at 
7563 856c for Chicago dressed, and 796®896c for city 
dre sed. Private cable advices received quote re¬ 
frigerated beef dull at 456d, or scant 856c per pound. 
American steers unchanged at 1L®12 c, estimated 
dressed weight, sinking the offal. 
CALVES.—Feeling steady, and the limited sales 
were at 637c for common to fair veals. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Trade was slow at the lower 
yards, but the market was fairly steady ; while at the 
upper yards everything was sold out early. Fair to 
prime sheep sold at $5 75 8 8 6 50; a little bunch of 
clipped do, at $4 50 , prime to choice unshorn Lambs, 
at $7 20087 50; and a deckload of fall clipped do, at 
$6 45. Dressed mutton in good demand at 90956c 
(choice 10c), and dressed Lambs sold freely at 956® 
1056c. 
HOGS—Market nominally firm at $4 10®$4 35 per 
100 pounds. 
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