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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
In other parts of the country pickle fac¬ 
tories have been established which contract 
with the growers to plant a certain area 
to cucumbers and furnish the product to 
the factory when of the required size. 
These factories will probably also purchase 
cucumbers of outsiders if they can use 
more than their own growers furnish, but 
no dependence can be placed upon this 
method of disposing of a crop. Usually 
purchasers of pickles prefer those put up 
by regular packers and there is little chance 
for “home made” pickles, though this is 
not always the case. Usually there is quite 
a demand for cucumbers in every village 
from the housewives who wish to make 
their own pickles. This is a market which 
is open to any man who has the energy and 
ability to develop it. The prospects of 
such a home market are best judged by 
those living near. A small piece of cucum¬ 
bers might eerve to test the matter. Cu¬ 
cumbers are profitable, but It would be 
ri®ky to try growing them to any extent 
with the idea of shipping them to commis¬ 
sion men at a distance. Even those grow¬ 
ing them for pickle factories run a risk, for 
every contract contains a clause that in the 
event of a Are, the proprietors are released 
from their contract and the growers will 
be left to dispose of their crops as best they 
can. As to varieties, Long Green and Green 
Prolific are probably as good as any, though 
each seedsman has some pet strain he 
wishes to sell. One variety is as good as 
more, as early cucumbers are not wanted 
for pickles. They should be planted in the 
latter part of June or first of July, accord¬ 
ing to location. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, April 6, i8gi 
Pop-corn Culture. 
Pop-corn is a peculiar crop to handle. 
Corn that is grown this year cannot usu¬ 
ally be marketed before next year, often 
having to be held a year after being har¬ 
vested. It must be kept free from the at¬ 
tacks of mice and rats and away from the 
weevil. It cannot be kiln-dried and the 
demand for it is limited. The market at 
present is over-stocked, and sales are slow. 
Only white varieties are wanted. 
Squashes a Safe Venture. 
Squashes are profitable—to some—bat the 
men who make the most from them are 
those who have facilities for storing them 
until spring or late winter when prices are 
high. Hubbards or Marrows are the favor¬ 
ite varieties for this purpose. Hubbard 
Squashes could be bought in this market last 
fall for $1 per barrel; now they are worth 
$2 and $3. But the growers who make a 
business of storing them have special build¬ 
ings and understand the best methods of 
storing and handling. Hubbard Squashes 
are cheaply grown and are excellent feed 
for cows, so that they are a safe crop for a 
farmer to grow, as they can be utilized for 
feed if there is no sale for them. 
Other Possibilities. 
A perusal of the accounts, recently pub¬ 
lished in The R. N.-Y., of men who have 
made a profitable success of special lines of 
work, ought to be invaluable to any one 
seeking more profitable employment. 
These articles are not only valuable for 
what they contain in the way of accounts 
of what has been done, but they are full of 
suggestions to the seeker after light. Take 
the account of Mr. Proctor on page 242, 
and see the wonderful results accom¬ 
plished on two acres. On the following 
page notice the returns secured by Mr. 
Donald from 4% acres. Read the account 
on page 262 of what Mr. Johnson has done 
on 18 acres of poor Jersey soil. Read the 
account of Mr. Wyckoff’s success with 
poultry in a previous number, etc. Study 
your surroundings. Decide as to the possi¬ 
bilities in certain directions, then, when you 
branch out, stick to whatever you take up. 
I he t rouble with many of the farmers is 
that they have too much land. Better give 
away half of it and put extra work on the 
rest. There are demands in almost every 
pillage, and especially in large towns and 
cities, for choice strawberries and other 
small fruits; for fresh vegetables of all 
kinds ; for fresh-laid eggs and nice poultry; 
for fresh-made butter, and for all sorts of 
choice farm and garden products. The 
thing to do is to see which of these you can 
furnish, concentrate your attention on a 
few things, don’t try to spread yourself too 
much, work for your customers’ interests as 
well as your own, have faith in your own 
ability, take pride in your products and 
drive ahead. 
For a disordered liver try Beecham’s Pills. 
Beans. Tho demaml is limited and most grades 
have declined slightly. Green pease have advanced. 
Marrows—New. 81 60®*2 40; New Mediums choice 
$2 20; Pea, $2 20 ; Ked Kidney, $2 402*2 50 White 
Kidney, choice, *4 5 !®*2 6 l: Foreign Mediums, *1 902 
*2 10: do Marrow, *2 153*2 45; Green Peas. *110®# 1 15 
California Lima, *2 75<a*2 85. 
Butter has made a decided drop. The market dur¬ 
ing the week was dull under the increased receipts, 
but as prices declined buyers took hold wllh more in 
terest and as we go to press the market is firmer at 
quotations. The quality of butter made at this sea¬ 
son Is not such as can be hold any length of time so 
that buyers do not buy in large quantities. Very 
little export trade during the past few weeks. Old 
stock Is very scarce, the most of such arriving lately 
having come from Canada. 
Creamery. —Elgin, best, 274@—c; State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 2?@—c; Western, best. 264327c; do prime. 
I5@26c; do good, 233247; do poor. 21<322c; West 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime. 25a—e: do fine, 
22024c; da poor, 20®21c. Dairy.— State, best. 264327c; 
do prime, 25®26c; do good, 23024c; do poor. 21@2.'c; 
Western, prime, 22®23c ; do fair, 20(3210; do poor. 13 
®19c; do factory, best, 24&244c. do prime 22@23 j; do 
good, 19321c. 
Cheese is unchanged. Stocks are extremely light. 
Any farther advance is improbable unless for very 
choice lots. Skim cheete is dull. Exporters are doing 
a small business in the under-priced goods. 
Fancy. 12.®12 %c; flue U4@ll%c; good, 104@11; 
fair, 10®10%c; light skims, 94®luc; skims, i%@—c. ; 
Ohio Flat, 814011 %c. 
Egos have shown little change during the past 
week. Receipts have been liberal and the market is 
easy. Duck eggs are considerably lower and dull. 
Goose eggs are worth from 4U®£0 cents. 
Near-by, fresh, 2Q4@—e; Canadian,—®—c; South¬ 
ern, 1902(JJ4c: Western, best. 20®204"; Duck, 21@?4c. 
Fruits.— Apples are unchanged in price though the 
receipts have been somewhat larger Catawba 
Grapes'are scarce and firm at 25®.:0 cents per five- 
pound basket. Florida oranges remain firm with no 
material change in price on best grades. Large, 
coarse fruit is dull and fas been all the season! 
Strawberries are firm with moderate receipts. Dried 
fruits are unchanged. Sliced apples are scarce and 
Arm. 
Apples—N. Spy, $4 2*5 00; Baldwin, *4 50®$5 00 ; 
Green. *4 00»*7 00; Ben Davis, *5 00®#6 00; common 
to good, *1 00®#4 (K); Russet. #4 00@*5 00; Lemons, per 
box, $1 75@$3 25 Grape Fruit, per bbl., $42*5. Florida 
Oranges, choice Indian rivers, $4 s#5; brlghts, $3 3 
$3 50, russets, $2 75; tangerines, $3 50®$5; mandarins, 
$2 00®? 5; strawberries, 15345c 
Domestic. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy 
134@16c; poor, il@l24c; coarse cut, 103104c; sliced, 
10®13c; do old, 34@3%c; Chopped, 34@4e; Cores and 
skins, 3@3S4c. Cherries, new, 25@28c; do, old, 8@10c. 
Raspberries, 24®27c; Blackberries, 8®9c: Huckle 
berries, new, 18@19c; Blums, new, 10®12c: Peaches, 
California peeled,25®30c; do unpeeled. 124® 18c. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 6%@7c Apricots, California, 14 218c; 
Plums, Cal., 13315c. 
Game.—W ild ducks are unchanged. Snip3 and 
plover are scarce and firm at slightly higher prices. 
Wild Ducks Western, Canvas, per pair, 75c 3$2 00 ; 
do, do, Redhead, per pair, 50c®$l 25; do, do, Mallard,’ 
per pair, 45 370c; do, do, Teal Blue wing, per pair, 25® 
40c; do, do, common, per pair, 20®25c. Snipe, per 
doz., $1 503*2 5); Plover, do., 81@$2 25. 
Hat Is unchanged under liberal receipts. The lower 
grades seem to be selling most freely at present. 
Choice, 75@80c, Timothy, No. 1, 60a65c; do No. 
2 50@55C: shipping, 40®45c; Clover Mixed, 45®50c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye, 853 90s.; short rye, 50®60c; oat and 
wheat, 40®50c. 
Honey.— New Comb quoted nominally at 16@l8e for 
white clover and ll®l4c. for buckwheat. California 
extracted, 7@7%c. 
Poultry.— Under light receipts and a good demand 
fowls and chickens are somewhat higher. Broilers 
have reached 50 cents per pound for the best and are 
scarce. Capons bring from 14@i0 cents. Ducks and 
geese must be fat and nice to bring outside quota 
tions. Too much poor poultry is sent to market. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens -Spring, per id, 10*4® 11c. 
Fowls near-by, per lb 12®12!4o, do Western, per lb, 
1231214c; roosters, old, per lb, 7®—c; Turkeys, per lb, 
13214c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 70395c; Geese’, 
Western, per pair, $1 37®$1 50 
Poultry. —Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 11® 
17c; Fowls, western, choice, 11 @1240; do common to 
good, 7® 10c; Ducks, good,10®i8; Squao; white, 
per dozen, #4 00@$-; do dark, do, *175®$2 60; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia, 12@19c.; Western, 12 
®15c; Fowls, near-by, 123124c; Broilers, 22®50e. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes, especially those desirable 
for seed have advanced somewhat. Bermudas and 
Floridas are also selling somewhat higher. It is 
probable that about the highest point has been 
reached and that prices will soon decline somewhat. 
Onions are unchanged and there is a good demand 
for all prime stock. Florida cabbages are doing bet¬ 
ter than a week ago. Ripe tomatoes are in good de¬ 
mand, but the green ones sell slowly. Choice pease 
are in demand. New squash brings $1,50 3 *2 per 
crate, while Hubbards are worth $3 and marrows $2. 
Choice aspa agus sells well at good prices. The lower 
price quoted is for seconds and tips 
Potatoes-Bermuda, per bbl. $7 5j@$U 00; Jersey, 
per do., $2 50@$3 25; State, do., $3@$3 50; Maine," 
do., $8 50®$! 00; do Floridas, $1500*9 00 ; Scotch 
Magnums, per 163 lb. sack, $3 253*3 40; Sweets, 
do., *1 50@*3 25. Onions—Western New York, *4 00 
@*4 50; Connecticut Red, *4 003*5 00 do White, 
*5 00@*8 00; do yellow, *4 00@*5 00. Western, *3 50 
@*4 50; Jersey, *4 00@*4 50; Cabbage, Florida, per 
crate, 75c@*l 75; Squash, per bbl., *2 50@#3; Turnips, 
per bbl. 75385c, Egg Plant, Southern, per bbl., *6@*9,’ 
Cauliflower, per bbl.,—@—, Celery, per doz.. *1@*2 00; 
String Beans, per crate, *1 25@*2 75 ; Cucumbers, Fla.,’ 
per crate,-®-. Tomatoes, per crate, *3@*3 50. 
Kale, Norfolk, per bbl, 60@75c; Spinach, Norfolk, per 
bbl, 75c3*t 25. Peas, per crate, *3 <s*5 00. Beets, Fla., 
per crate, *100@*1 25; Asparagus, per doz. bunches 
$3 00@*7 50; Lettuce. N. O. per bol., $3 003*4 00;’ 
Chicory, N. 0., per bbl,, *3 00@*5 00. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—Domestic crop news was favorable, with 
especially brilliant reports from Nebraska. The spot 
market ruled Irregular, but closed weak. Sales -Un¬ 
graded Spring and Winter Red, *1 043*118%; No. 2 
Red, #1 10 3*1 10’4 elevator; No. 4 Red, *1 04 elevator; 
Mixed Western, *1 ’44; No. 2 Red, *1 U4@*l 17% 
store; do afloat, quoted, *1 19% No. 1 Hard spring, 
Nominal, $1 274; No. 1 Northern Spring, *1 244 ; No 
2 April, nominal ; do May, *1 13 9-16 3*1 14%; do June. 
*1 )14@$1124: do July, 810943*110;do August, *1 05% 
@$l 05%; do September, *1044**1 05; do December, 
*106%@*1<)7. RYE.—Still rules dull with prices 
nominal. State, quote 1, 95 aS6c. In carlols. BARLEY.— 
In moderate request and firm. Sales-Canada, in 
bond, 614c, for export and Ung-aded Western. f0i81c: 
No. 2 Milwaukee, quoted. 83c. Ungraded Western, 8)c® 
83; No. 2 Canada, 80337c; extra No. 2 do, 87@88c: No. 
1 Canada. 90392c. CORN.—Followed wheat to some 
extent. Receipts were somewhat larger. Spot lots 
were less active and closed easier, because of the late 
weakness in options. Sales—Ungraded Mixed and 
White, 78330c; steamer mix^d, 79 »79%c elevator; No 
2 mixed. 784@794 elevator; 80c afloat; No. 2 White, 
784@79c elevator, 80c delivered ; low mixed, 78@?84c 
elevator; yellow, 80®80%c elevator: No. 2 April, nom¬ 
inal ; do May, 74%@75%c; do June, 78@?34c; do July. 
7!%@724e. OATS—Offered little or nothing la the 
way of new features, and the fluctuations were 
merely a reflection of those in corn. Trade was 
moderate, though mainly local in character. On the 
spot the market made some advance with higher 
offerings, while demand was somewhat better. 
Sales—No. 3 mixed. 59@594c elevator; No. 3 white, 61 
@60%c elevator; No. 2 mixed, 59% ® 60c elevator; 61c 
afloat; No. 2 white, 6t@62c elevator; No. 1 White, 624c 
elevator: No. 2 Chicago, 61c; Ungraded Mixed West¬ 
ern, 53@61c White do. «0 6>c; No. 2 April, nominal; 
do May. 59743604c; do June, 59% 3594c: do July, 59@ 
594c; No. 2 White, April, 61439140; do May, 61%@ 
61%c ; do June, 60%c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—Trade slow and dull, with the common 
grades 10c per 100 pounds lower. Poor to prime native 
steers sold at$4 31)3*6 10 per ;0 j pounls ; oxen at $4 5 
@$4i0; bulls at $2 50®*3; cows at $2 a$3 20; stags, 
*3 70. Cable advices quote refrigerated beef steady 
at 4%d per pound, or scant 8%c. 
CALVES.- Steady and in good demand at 44@7c for 
poor to choice veals; a few buttermilk calves sold 
at 4c. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Demand fair, with the feel¬ 
ing in both sheep and lambs a trifle firmer. Ordinary 
to choice sheep sold at *« *$6 50 per 1 K) pounds ; fair 
to choice lambs at *7@*‘. 55, one load sold at the out¬ 
side figure. One car load of clipped Michigan sheep 
brought*?. 
HOGS.—Western pigs being quoted at *4 35®*4 50, 
and good to prime State hogs would sell at *5 253 
$5 4). 
Readers of The R. N.-Y. will please tl^e 
advertisers and benefit the paper by always 
mentioning it when writing to advertisers 
The Fence Question:— 
None more important to the Farmer 
Now is the time to consider it. You 
iiave doubtless heard of the 
Buck-Thorn Solid Steel Barbed Fencing 
—may-be used it. if not. it will pay 
you to investigate it. It is a Solid Strip 
ofSteel, £inch wide,Twisted (no wire). 
Barbs, short and lance-shaped, only one 
inch apart. It is Effective, Safe, and 
Strong; Handsome,Lasting andClieap. 
If Buck-Thorn is not sold in your 
neighborhood, we will ship it to you 
from the mill, all freight paid. Sam¬ 
ples and descriptive circulars to all 
applicants by mail. The Buck-Thorn 
Fence Co., Trenton, N. J. 
“Liked by All Wbo See It.” 
Mr. P. W. Johnson, Westboro, Wis., writes: 
“The Buck-Thorn Fence I built last year is 
“ very good, and liked by all who see" it. I 
“have plenty of timber, but the Buck-Tliorn is 
“cheaper and better, and I shall use nothing 
“else.” 
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MONROE SEEDLIvg POTATOES, gl.‘25 
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Hartford, Cortland County, N. Y. 
PURE SEED POTATOES 
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APRIL 11 
P ETER C. KELLOGG & CO.’S Twelfth 
ANNUAL 
Special Combination Sale of 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
Tuesday to Friday, April 28 to 30,189t, 
AT THE 
AMERICAN INSTITUTE BUILDING* 
Third Ave., between 6Sd & 64th Sts , New York. 
(Address all Correspondence to 107 John 8t.> 
Consignments of none but superior Cattle are en- 
tered or promised by the following well known 
oreeders, viz.: 
.Miss K. T. .If in turn, 
Myssrs. Frederic Bronson, 
W. ('. Norton, 
S. 31. Burnham, 
A. If. Moore, 
8. W. Robbins, 
F.hrlck Family, 
Nathan Bn bin's, 
Wm. I*. Douglas, 
J. V. Roberts, 
Messrs. T. O. Bullock, 
T. 8 « Cooper, 
«!. B. .llorris, 
F. 4. Prentiss, 
Green 3It. 8. Farm Co., 
F. C. Farley, 
Lawrence Timpson, 
A. L. Thorne, 
A. L. Ilnlsizer, 
E. Bodee, etc. 
H gro"w° SWEET P 0t <?- t0 — AlL ou „ r P ee _P r| ce lists. 
Slavmaker & Son, Dover, Del.' 
Several others have expressed an intention to con- 
sitrn. but have not positively promised H is probable 
that we will oe able to confine the regular sale to two 
da's—April 2- and 2)—using the following day to sell 
only such animals as may be debarred fr m the regu¬ 
lar order of sale, sh uld any of inferior fiualitv be 
spot-. circulars explaining restrictions In quality 
will be forwarded on application. No entries taken 
later than April 15. Address 
PETER C. KELLOGG & CO , Auctioneers, 
107 John Street New York. 
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