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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
APRIL 25 
complaints in nearly every case are of a 
backward season, and crops, though late, 
are doing well. The other 52 counties re¬ 
port crops’ condition good or fine. Cotton 
planting is well under way. 
Fewer beans are coming from farmers 
hands than were expected. Prices are, 
therefore, looking up quite strongly. It is 
almost impossible to find prime State Me¬ 
dium Beans in this market, while Marrows 
and Red Kidneys are arranged alongside 
of the start for higher prices. While ad¬ 
mitting the short crop last year, all parties 
had hopes that more stock would show 
itself as prices came up a little, but the 
springing up of prices does not reveal the 
goods, while the supplies are being steadi¬ 
ly reduced by calls from other markets 
and direct shipments from the interior to 
the West. 
The situation in wools is well stated by 
Bradstreet’s. The markets continue quiet. 
Manufacturers are taking only small lols 
and as a rule are obtaining concessions 
They are said to have a sufficient supply 
for the present and can therefore afford to 
wait for lower prices. The movement in 
the goods market is not such as to encour¬ 
age heavy production. Dealers are heavily 
supplied with Australian wools, for which 
the demand has weakened. The condi¬ 
tions are therefore favorable for a further 
weakness in values. Ohio and Michigan 
X and XX wools are still dull, but quota¬ 
tions are unchanged. A better feeling is 
reported in quarter and three-eighths 
blood wools. Texas wools are in light 
demand. The new clip is expected to 
come forward about the middle of May, as 
the shearing has already commenced. Ter¬ 
ritories are in better demand, especially 
for the finer grades. The limited supply 
of pulled wools prevents buyers from secur- 
ing large lots. The recent Treasury decision 
restricts the trade in carpet wools. 
Why the Horse Died. 
If you had read the “ Treatise on the 
Horse,” you could have saved his life. Ig¬ 
norance has cost you the price of the horse. 
Buy the book and know how. Sent for 10 
cents. Stamps or silver. Pioneer Buggy 
Company, Columbus Ohio.— Adv. 
latest wholesale prices 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, April 20 , 1891 . 
Beans are doing better for all dry, fine stock; receipts 
of such are limited and the demand good. As the 
weather grows warm, poor lots are more and more 
neglected, especially if at all soft. It will not pay to 
ship Inferior goods to this market. 
Marrows—.New, #1 60®$2 to. Mew Mediums oholce. 
$2 40; Pea, $2 SO; Red Kidney, $2 50®$3 00, White 
Kidney, choice, $—0$— ; Foreign Mediums, $2 00® 
$2 20; do Marrow, 82 258 $2 50; Green Peas, 81 10®81 15. 
California Lima, 82 753$2 85. 
Butteb shows little change during the week, 
though receipts have been light and have cleaned up 
closely. There Is little accumulation. Creamery has 
shown most firmness. There Is very little old butter 
and what there Is sells at prices as uncertain as the 
quality. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best, 26563 2756c; State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 2656027c; Western, best, 2656327c; do prime, 
£4®25c; do good, 23®24o; do poor, 21®22c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 21«—c; do fine, 
21®28c; do poor, 19®20c. Dairy.— State, best, 26®-c; 
do prime, 24®2ic; do good, 28®24c; do poor, 20321c ; 
Western, prime, 21®22c ; do fair, 19320c; do poor, 12 
©18c; do factory, best, 233-c, do prime. 21®22c; do 
good, 18®20c. 
Cheese remains about the same as last week. The 
arrivals of new cheese are light and have little effect 
on the market. 
Fancy, 1201256c; fine, 115601154c; good, 1056311; 
fair, 1001054c ; light skims, 956010c; skims, 15i®—c ; 
Ohio Flat, 856<»1156c. 
Eggs are a trifle lower than a week ago, but have 
been a half cent lower during the wees. Arrivals 
have been liberal, but much stock Is being kept off 
the marki t in anticipation of better prices. At the 
present low prices the consumptive demand is good 
and more or It s> stock will be put into cold storage. 
We have probably reached the lowest prices of the 
season. 
.Near-by, fresh, 1401456c; Canadian,—®—c; South¬ 
ern, 1S5631456c; Western, best. 1401456c; Duck,2C@28c. 
Fruits.— Some very good apples are offered and the 
trade keeps steady and quiet. Florida oranges are 
dull for everything but choice fruit. Strawberries 
are much more plentiful and lower. The largest sup¬ 
plies comes from Charleston and these bring the best 
prices. Dried fruits are unchanged. Sun dried ap¬ 
ples are nearly all out of market. Small fruits quiet 
California dried fruits have been forced on the mar¬ 
ket in order to clean up before the new crop comes 
in, and prices are therefore a little easier. 
Apples—N. Spy, $4®$5 00; Baldwin, $4 50®$5 00 ; 
Green, 84 00®$7 00; Ben Davis, $5 00386 50; common 
to good, 81 00384 00; Russet, 84 0O®$4 50 ; Lemons, per 
box, $1 75383 25 Grape Fruit, per bbl., 84085. Florida 
Oranges, choice Indian rivers, $4 385: brights, 83 8 
83 50, russets, 82 75; tangerines, 83 50385; mandarins, 
82 000(5; strawberries, 15®35c. 
Domestic. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy, 
1356016c; poor, 1131256c; coarse cut, 1001056c; sliced, 
10©13c; do old, 3563854c; Chop; ed, 8,6 84c; Cores and 
skins, 33356c. Cherries, new, 2£®2Sc , do, old, 8010c. 
Raspberries. 24027c; Blackberries, 839c: Huckle 
berries, new, 18®19c; Blums, new, 10312c: Peaches, 
California peeled,2503Oc; do unpeeled. 1256318c. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 65407c Apricots, California, 14 318c; 
Plums. Cal., '3 315c. 
Game.-W ild ducks are lower and dull; most of the 
arrivals are of inferior quality. Snipe and plover are 
dull * 
Wild Ducks Western, Canvas, per pair, 75c®81 '0; 
do, do. Redhead, per pair, 41c®81 00; do, do, Mallard, 
per pair, 45 860c do, do, Teal Blue wing, per pair, 25 3 
85c; do, do. common, per pair, 15®20c. Snipe, per 
doz.. 81 50 381 75 ; Plover, do., 81381 75. 
Hay is In light recdpt which keeps the market 
firm. Straw Is a trifle lower. 
Choice, 75 380c, Tlmotny, No. 1, 60070c; do No 
2, 503 55c: shipping, 40045c; Clover Mixed, 45055c. 
Btraw—No. 1 rye, 808—3.; short rye, 50055:; oat and 
wheat, 35040c. 
Honey.— New Comb quoted nominally at 16018c for 
white clover and 11014c. for buckwheat. California 
extracted, 70754c. 
Hops are a trifle higher and the market is firm. 
State, ’90 crop, 39032c; do, prime and choice, ’89, 21 
323c; do good, 19020c; Pacific Coast, 1890 crop, 26 
@32c 
Maple Sugar. — Choice new quoted at 839c per lb, 
but there is Utile demand for large lots above inside 
price. Syrup nominally worth 75080c fer new, but 
no considerable quantity could be sold at thst. 
Nuts.—P eanuts are steady. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 40—c, and farmers’ grades at 2563356c; 
Pecans, 9@l'c ; Hickory Nuts, $1081 50 per bushel. 
Poultry.—L ive poultry is higher on account of the 
Jewish holidays for which a large amount of live 
poultry I 9 always required. Twice a year, in AdpII 
and September this cause booms live poultry. The 
price will likely decline to some extent in a few days. 
Dressed poultry Is in moderate demand and lower. 
Good large capons sell for 18022 cents, while small 
ones and slips go for 15,al7 cents. Broilers are a trifle 
lower. 
Poultry— Live.—C hickens—Bprlng, per pair, 75c® 
81 25 Fowls near-by, per lb 140—O, do Western, per lb, 
140-c; roosters, old, per lb, 8 0—c; Turkeys, per lb, 
14®15c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 75c3$l: Geese, 
Western, per pair,81 5)081 62 
Poultry.-Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 11® 
17c; Fowls, western, choice, 11012c; do common to 
good, 8011c; Ducks, good, 10018; Squab; white, 
per dozen, 84 0008-; do dark, do, $1 750 82 50; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia 14016c.: Western, 12 
®15c : Fowls, near by, 120—c; Broilers, 22 0 45c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes continue firm and In mode 
rate receipt. Seed potatoes have been in excess of 
the supply, but the consumptive demand has taken 
all overplus. Southern and Bermuda potatoes are 
lower. Onions are firm and higher for domestic, and 
lower for foreign. Nearly all Southern produce sells 
for good prices if of good quality, but mu.h of It ar. 
rives in bad order and sells correspondingly low. 
Ripe tomatot s are In good demand, but greeu lots go 
slow. Asparagus keeps up well. 
Potatoes Bermu la, per ool. 8 > 0j®$ 8 50; Jersey, 
per do., 82 eo®#3 25; Stale, do., 83083 87 ; Maine, 
do., $3 25 £83 50 ; do Floridas, $4 00 3 87 50; Scotch 
Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, $3 25383 SO; Sweets, 
do., 81 25088 00. Onions—Western New York, 84 00 
386 00; Connecticut Red, $!5 00®$5 50 do White, 
85 00389 00; do yellow, 86 00387 00. Western, $4 50 
386 (X); Jersey, 85 00086 00; Cabbage, Florida, per 
crate, 75c3$l 75; Squash, per bbl., 82082 75; Turnips, 
per bbl. 65075c, Egg Plant, Southern, per bbl., $6®$9, 
Cauliflower, per bbl.,—0—, Celery, perdoz.. $'082 00, 
String Beans, per crate, $1 50 0 83 75 ; Cucumbers, Fla., 
per crate,-0-. Tomatoes, per crate, $1 50083 50. 
Kale, Norfolk, per bbl, 75@80o; Spinach, Norfolk, per 
bbl, $1 00a.$2 75. Peas, per crate, $233). Beets, Fla., 
per crate, $’. 25 0 81 50; Asparagus, per doz. bunches, 
$3 00087 00; Hothouse cucumbers, $1 250$1 75 per doz. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—Sales—So. 2 Red Winter, $1 2456 In store. 
$1 205638! 2154 lu elevator, $l 2554. delivered, $122® 
$1 2656 f. o. b., $1 12 >6 f. o. b., for September delivery ; 
Ungraded Winter Red, 81 10041 21 (62,0)0 bush;; No. 1 
Hard Spring, 81 31; No. 1 Northern ^Spring, $1 31; 
extra Red, $1 20 in elevator ; No. I Red Winter, $1 2056 
In elevator; No. 2 May, $1 1756081 20; do June, $1 1556 
<3$1 1756; do July, $1 1356 381 15; do August, $1 09563 
$11156; do September, *1 0854381 1056; do October, 
$1 0356%* 1 1054 ! do December, $1 0854381 11; do May, 
1892, $1 12 3$1 14. RYE.—Dull and nominally un¬ 
changed. BARLEY.—Quietand unchanged. CORN.— 
Sales-No. 2 mixed, 8154083c in elevator; 84085c de¬ 
livered; Ungraded Mixed, 8038856c; steamer mixed, 
80563 62c in elevator, 82®SSc delivered; No. 2 White, 
83c in elevator; No. 8 mixed, 795tc in elevator: steamer 
yellow and yellow, 83c elevator; No. 2 May, 7956< 481540 ; 
do June, 775637954c; do July. 755637156c; do August, 
75®1656. OATS—There was an advance in spot lots, 
yet they were less active as the trade are not taking 
hold so fully. Neither are the offerings as large. 
Sales—No. 3 mixed. 615cc; No. 3 white, 6256 3 6456c; No. 
2 mixed, 625636256c In elevator; 63563 6356C delivered ; 
No. 2 white, 64 065c; No. 1 mixed, 63c; No. 1 White, 66c; 
No. 2 Chicago, 6354363v*c; Ungraded Mixed Western, 
lU®63c. White do, 63^69c; No. 2 May, 6256363c; do 
June, 6206254c ; do July, 6156862c. 
LIVE 8TOOK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—There was little export demand, but city 
slaughterers bought quite freely. Twenty car loads 
of Kentucky “stlllers” sold at S5 703 8 5 85 , a car-load 
of poor Colorados at $4 45 ; ordinary to choice corn- 
fed natives, at <5 40a$6 40 (tall ends at $5 25); bulls at 
$8 50384 80; < ows and heifers at $2384 25, and two 
choice cows brought $5 per 100 pounds. Dressed beef 
lu demand and Arm at 8543954 c for ordinary to extra 
city dressed sides. Cable advices to date show a de¬ 
cline in refrigerated beef of 54 c, with average sales at 
scant 854 c per pound. American steers slow at 10563 
Uc (tops 1156c; estimated dead weight. 
CALVES.—Market firm, and all sold at 456®65tc for 
common to prime quality. Dressed calves steady and 
In good demand at 60 95tc for city dressed veals ; 838 c 
for country dressed ; and a few skimmllk calves sold 
at 4 56 ®5c. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS. — Demand moderate, but 
prices were no lower than last Thursday. Poor to 
primed wooled sheep sold at $53$0 80 (one little 
bunch at $7) clipped do at $4 50®$5 ; unshorn lambs 
at $7 75; clipped do at $6 0 86 25. Dressed mutton In 
fair demand at 9 01056c; dressed lambs sold at 103 
115iC. 
HOGS.—No sales on live weight. Nominally firm 
at $4 40 $4 65 for pigs, and $5 4U®$5 65 for good me¬ 
dium and heavy hogs. 
Beecbam’s Pills cure Bilious and Nervous Ills. 
GIFT CRATES FOR BERRIES. 
What about gift crates for shipping 
berries f Are they successful ? Does it pay 
better to ship in them than in return 
crates ? What kinds are best to use ? The 
use of return crates is very unsatisfactory 
in shipping long distances. One rarely 
gets back all of them, and, again, they are 
often found filled with worthless baskets; 
so I am looking for something better. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. c. F. 
Ans.— This is coming to be an important 
subject to the grower and shipper as well 
as to the receiver and retailer. The time 
is surely coming when nothing but gift 
crates and packages will be used for ship¬ 
ping berries to any distance. As our corre¬ 
spondent intimates, the use of return pack¬ 
ages is a source of much annoyance not 
alone to the shipper, but to the dealer who 
undertakes to return packages. Interviews 
with a number of the handlers of fruits in 
this city failed to discover a single one who 
did not favor gift crates and baskets. 
Return packages are disliked, in the first 
place, by the consumer. No one who buys 
a quart of strawberries likes to have them 
dumped out in a paper sack to carry home. 
If the retailer trusts to the buyer to return 
the baskets he will get left 99 out of 100 
times. The retailer who handles any 
amount of berries has a big job on hand to 
return all packages to the proper parties, 
especially if he buys of different jobbers, as 
is generally the case. Then the jobbers in a 
large distributing market like New York, 
which supplies the country for many miles 
around, find it almost an impossibility 
to keep any track of the crates belonging 
to different shippers. The result of it all 
is that the shipper is disappointed in the 
return of his crates, that Is, unless he has 
had previous experience, and all the hand¬ 
lers are prejudiced against the innocent 
cause of their trouble. The natural result 
is that all parties prefer the gift packages. 
One dealer said he thought perhaps as a 
general thing berries in gift packages 
would sell for no more but that the prefer¬ 
ence for them would sell them first so that 
in case of a glut those in return crates 
would be left. Another dealer said he 
thought the berries in gift crates would 
sell for more, though whether for enough 
more to pay for the cost of the packages is 
a question. The jobbers of the city held a 
meeting last week at which a petition was 
numerously signed to shippers asking 
them to use only gift crates hereafter. All 
California and foreign fruits come in gift 
packages; so also do apples, pears, peaches, 
Florida fruits, all vegetables from any dis¬ 
tance, and, in fact, nearly all kinds of pro¬ 
duce. Why should the small fruits be 
made an exception ? 
As to what kinds are best, a cheap, light 
crate, that will stand a single shipment is 
sufficient. As to the baskets, there are 
several firms manufacturing paper baskets, 
but many of those received here in the past 
have not been satisfactory, especially when 
the berries are soft. They do not stand up 
well. They may do for firm berries or for 
short distances. Then again, the manu¬ 
facturers may not have been so successful 
with their first attempts in this direction 
as they will be with more experience. 
Like the manufacturers of other goods, 
they may learn wisdom by experience and 
improve their product. If boats can be 
built of paper why may not berry baskets 
be, that will stand anything in the shape 
of berries f We would like the experience 
of our readers with both gift packages and 
paper baskets. 
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