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MAY 2 
the time had not come when they could 
make the necessary arrangements with the 
fruit growers. The wholesale men said 
that the following resolution had been 
adopted by their organization : 
“Duly movel and carried that the matter 
of meeting with the Retail Grocers’ Union, 
in regard to making all berry-cnps free, be 
referred to the Committee on Trade, with 
instructions to that committee that it is 
the sense of the association that a deposit 
be required on all berry crates, cups and 
baskets.” 
Beyond this the association representa¬ 
tives said they could not go, and the meet¬ 
ing adjourned after an informal expression 
of opinion on both sides that the reform 
suggested would in future time be brought 
about. 
The movement in wool has shown in¬ 
creased activity during the week, according 
to Bradstreet’s. Sales of both domestic 
and foreign grades were larger. The decline 
in values has been temporarily checked. 
American buyers at the London sales are 
reported to have secured 5,000 bales. The 
arrivals of Australian wools are large, and 
the present supply is in excess of the de¬ 
mand. The first lots from the new clip of 
Territories, Texas and California wools are 
due to arrive within a few days. It is said 
that the prices paid are higher than those 
at the beginning of last season. Ohio and 
Michigan wools are in better demand. Sev¬ 
eral large sales are reported to have been 
made at prices a little under previous 
quotations. Territories are lunningwell. 
considering the general condition of the 
market. Values are firm and unchanged. 
Holders of Australian wools are not lower¬ 
ing quotations, as it is believed all of their 
stocks will be wanted before the middle 
of summer. Increased activity is noted in 
carpet wools. 
Bklcham’s Pills cure Sick Headache. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, April 27 , 1891 . 
Beans have made a still further advance for prime 
stock, but the Inferior grades are neglected. The 
market is quiet and steady at present prices. Foreign 
beans have shared with domestic in the advai.ee. 
Marrows—New, 91 60082 60; New Mediums choice 
$2 45; Pea, $2 85 ; Bed Kidney, (2 5O0$8 10, White 
Kidney, choice, $- 0 $-; Foreign Mediums, (2 10® 
92 80; do Marrow, 92 856 $2 60; Green Peas, 91 10091 15 
California Lima, $2 75082 85. 
Butter has shown no material change in price dur¬ 
ing the week. The market Is In good shape. Receipts 
are moderate and the demand good, so evi rything Is 
well cleaned up. No great decrease In prices Is 
likely for some time. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best, 263402734c; State and Penn 
sylvaula, 26340 27c; Western, best, 26340 27c; do prlm<, 
*4@25c; do good, 23024c; do poor, 21®22c l West¬ 
ern Imltutlon Creamery, prime, 24®—c; do fine, 
21@23o; do poor, 19020c. Dairy.— State, best, 260 - c; 
do prime, 24025c; do good, 23024c; do poor, 20021c; 
Western, prime, 21® 22c : do fair, 19®20c; do poor, 12 
©18c; do factory, best, 28®-c; do prime. 21022c; do 
good, 18020c. 
Cheese Is unchanged. The market has been steady 
except for some of the Inferior grades, which ruled 
irregular. New full cream cheese have sold for 10340 
11% cents,'he latter price for a small lot of fancy. 
Part skims 8«9 cents, on account of the thoroughly 
cleaned up market, new cheese are likely to find a 
good market for some time. 
Fancy, 1201234c; tine. 1134011%c; good, 10)4011; 
fair, 1081034 c ; light skims, 934010c ; skims, 1%0—o.; 
Ohio Flat. 83401134c. 
Kgos are a trifle higher than at the time of our last 
report, though they have been a little higher during 
the week. Much lower prices are Improbable be¬ 
cause any material reduction starts the stock into 
cold storage. 
Near by, fresn, 14%015c; Canadian.—0—c; South¬ 
ern, 13%® 1434c: Western.best, 1434014%e; Duck, 17@2Ce. 
Fruits.— Table apples are In good demand and firm 
at good prices. Other kinds are null and lower. 
Florida oranges continue dull for all but best grades. 
Many oranges have been put Into cold storage. A 
fow Jersey cranberries are still struggling along at 
92083 per crate. Prime strawberries are In good de¬ 
mand. The best come from North Carolina and South 
Carolina. The Florid as are not so good as they were. 
Little change in dried fruits. Choice apples are firm; 
other grades dull. Small fruits dull. California fruits 
firmer. 
Apples—N. Spy, 84085 00; Baldwin, 84 25084 75; 
Green. $4 00 387 00; Ben Davis, 85 000 86 50; common 
to good, 8 1 00* 84 00; Russet. 88 r0@$4 25 ; Lemons, per 
box, 81 750 18 25 Grape Fruit, per bbl., 81085. Florida 
Oranges, choice Indian rivers, $4*85; brights, 88 » 
83 50; russets, 82 75; tangerines, 83 50@$5; mandarins, 
82 00015; strawberries, 8a3.'c. 
Domestic. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy, 
1834016c; poor, 1101234 c ; coarse cut, 1001034c; sliced, 
10013c; do old, 334@3%c; Chopped, 33404c; Coresand 
skins, 30334c. Cherries, new, 2G02SO; do, old, 8010c. 
Raspberries, 24027c; Blackberries, 8@9c: Huckle 
berries, new, 18019c; Plums, new, 10012c: Peaches, 
California peeled,25®30c; do unpeeled. 1234018c. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 6M@7c Apricots, California, 14©18c; 
Plums, Cal., 13015c. 
Game Is unchanged In price and the market Is dull. 
Wild Ducks Western, Canvas, per pair, 75o@81 50; 
do, do, Redhead, per pair, 45c0$l 00; do, do, Mallard, 
per pair, 45 ®60c do, do, Teal Blue wing, per pair, 250 
S5c; do, do, common, per pair, 15020c. Snipe, per 
doz., 81 50881 75 ; Plover, do., 81081 75. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Hay is In light receipt, but moderate demands keep 
prices unchanged. 
Choice, 75880c, Timothy, No. 1, 60070c; do No 
2 50055c: shipping, 40045c; Clover Mixed. 45 855c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye. 80 8853.; short rye, 500.’5 J; oat and 
wheat. 3V840o. 
Honey.— New Comb quoted nominally at 16018c for 
white clover and !10!4c for buckwheat. California 
extracted, 70734c. 
Hops are dull and the trade slack. A limited de¬ 
mand from exporters. Prices are held firmly. 
State,'90 crop, 37032c; do, prime and choice, ’89.21 
828c; do good. 19020c; Pacific Coast, 1890 crop, 26 
@32e 
Matle Sugar.— Choice new quoted at 8 cents per 
pounl. Syrup nominally worth 757-8'c for new. but 
no considerable quantity could be sold at the outside 
figure. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are active. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 4340—C, and farmers’ grades at 2360J%o; 
Pecans, 98l’c ; Hickory Nuts, 81081 50 per bushel. 
Poultry Is lower both for live and dressed. The 
market Is frmer, however, for all of good quality. 
Receipts are light. Broilers are higher. Some live 
fowls that arrived a day or two before the Hebrew 
Passover holiday brought 15 cei ts. Capons sell for 
15825 cents, but It takes fine ones to bring the outside 
price. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, per pair, 50c@ 
81 25 Fowls near by,per lb 13 21334'.. do Western, per lb, 
138-c; roosters, old, per lb, 8 0—c; Turkeys, per lb, 
133’43; Ducks, Western, per pair, 75ca8L Geese, 
Western, per pair, 81 37081 60. 
Poultry.— Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 90 
'53; Fowls, western, choice, 10811c; do common to 
good, 6010c; Ducks, good, 10018; Squao: white, 
per dozen, 84 0008-; do dark, do, $1 750 8 2 50; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia 14015c.: Western. 12 
015c : Fowls, near by, 110—c; Broilers, 22850c. 
Vegetables.— Domestic potatoes are higher with 
Floridas and Bermudas lower. Domestic onions are 
also lower, In full supply and dull. Spinach and kale 
dull and lower. Asparagus lower. Green pease scarce 
and high. Beets lower. Oth'r Southern truck about 
steady at former prices. 
Potatoes Bermuda, per bbl. $5 0.1083 00; Jersey, 
per do., 92 75093 50; State, do., $3 250 83 75 ; Maine, 
do., $3 50*83 75; do Floridas, $3 50087 00; Scotch 
Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, 83 500 $3 75; Sweets, 
do., 81 50083 CO. Onions—Western New York, |8 00 
0$4 00, Connecticut Red, |3 00@$t 00 do White, 
$5 00089 00; do yellow. 88 5O0$4 50. Western, $3 00 
084 (X); Jersey, 83 00084 00; Cabbage, Florida, per 
crate, 75c@$l 50; Squash, per bbl., 82082 75; Turnips, 
per bbl. 65075c, Egg Plant, Southern, per bbl., 86089, 
Cauliflower, per bbl.,—0—, Celery, per doz.. 8—0$—; 
String Beaus, per crate, 8150883 75 ; Cucumbers, Fla., 
per crate,-0-. Tomatoes, per crate, 81 50883 50. 
Kale, Norfolk, per bbl, 250 40c; Spinach, Norfolk, per 
bbl, 76c i$t. Peas, per crate, 81 50*85. Beets, Fla., 
per crate, 50ca$l00; Asparagus, per doz. bunches, 
$1 50884 00, Hothouse cucumbers, $1 25 881 50 per doz. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT—Sales—No. 2 Red Winter, 81 2314 In store, 
41 '.’5% uttoat, $1 24%®$1 ‘O'* f. o. b.; Ungraded Winter 
Red. ftl 13J4881 27; No. 1 Northern Spring, $1 803* ; No. 
1 Hard Spring, 8 1 3334; N<>. 2 May, 81 21%0$l 22%; do 
June 81 8% i$l 20, do July, $1 16% 881 17%; do August, 
81 )2%0$1 18% do September, 41 10%«$1 1134 ; do De¬ 
cember, $1 10%®81 1134- RYE.—Dull and nominal In 
absence of demand. BARLEY.—Quiet and without 
change. CORN.-Receipts at the West are Increasing 
and that market was weaker than this as well as in 
wheat and oats. Sales—No 2 mixed, 83085c lu ele¬ 
vator; 85c afloat; Ungraded Mixed, 80085c; steamer 
mixed, 82*82340 In elevator, 84 8 8l3tc afloat; No. 2 
White, 61R@83c In elevator, steamer do 8034@8lc In 
elevator; No. 8 mixed, 81»8134c In elevator: No. 2 
May, 7934®8Jc; do June, 76077c; do July. 7334074%c; 
do August, 72'4@78%. OATS—Were neglected by the 
trade, which Is holding off for canal arrivals against 
which their wants appear to be well supplied, and 
hence the dulness in that sniff. Yet the supply Is also 
small and well held. Options were dull and feature¬ 
less, with corn, and moved but little either way. 
Sales—No. 8 mixed. 6O3»06lc; No. 8 white, t8c; No. 2 
mixed, 61 44®62c In elevator; 63c delivered; No. 2 
white. 64 065c; No. 1 mixed, 63a; No. 1 White, 66c; No. 2 
Chicago, 68c; Ungraded Mixed Western, 59364c; 
White do, S3ii71c; No. 2 May, 6(J34®61c; do June, 59%@ 
6Jc; do July, 53%®59%c; do May, 623tc ; d j June, 6134 
062c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—There was almost no export demand, 
and the market was very tame from the start, with 
prices lower. Sales Included four cars of Kentucky 
‘‘stillers” at 85 706 86 0, corn fed steers at $5 500 
$6 25, oxen and stags at $4 25085, bulls at $8 25®$4 85, 
cows and heifers at $2 50® $ > 25, one choice cow bring 
lng $5 50, and an extra fat heifer selling at 86 40. City 
dressed beef slow at 834010c per pound. Cable ad¬ 
vices quote refrigerated beef a trifle firmer at 434d, or 
scant 834 c per pound. American steers unchanged at 
1101 :%c, estimated dead weight. 
CALVES.—There was a sharp demand for the stock 
offered and prices were higher. Common to good 
veals sold at 53407c; culls at l®5c. Dressed calves 
firm at 6®93i.c for country dressed veals, and 78103tc 
for city dressed. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Wooled stock was In de¬ 
mand at full prices; but clipped do, especially clip¬ 
ped lambs, was rated a little weak at the uptown 
yards. Clipped sheep ranged In price from {5 37340 
45 50 ; unshorn do sold at 46 50 8 7 25; clipped winter 
lambs at $6 .Os86 75 ; Wooled do. at 87 75* $8 1234 I a 
few State spring lambs at $5 50 each; and a bunch of 
Kentucky do, heavy, but a little coarse, brought 86 15 
per head. Dressed mutton firm at9^«lle; dressed 
winter Iambs steady at 1101234c; and dressed spring 
lambs at $4 ,88 per carcass. 
HOGS.—Feeling weak. Nominal quotations 84 400 
44 65 for pigs, and 85 15®|5 40 for State hogs. 
Readers of The R. N.-JT. will please the 
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mentioning it when writing to advertisers. 
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Address, MLVAIIII HARDER, Cobleskill, N. Y. 
The watches we sent to our subscribers 
on our previous offers have surprised ns 
greatly. 1, As to the high-grade demanded 
in most cases; cheap watches were not 
wanted. 2, On account of the great num¬ 
ber called for. Only one or two complaints 
have reached us, and many have expressed 
great satisfaction with the watches re¬ 
ceived. 
The watches will be sent in connection 
with subscriptions on the following terms : 
In each case either a renewal or new sub¬ 
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already paid for 1891, the paper may be 
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Any watch in the list will be sent in con¬ 
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above named for the watches. 
We send the watches pre paid by regis¬ 
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Watches sent to Canada are subject, of 
course, to Custom House restrictions. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Times Building, New York. 
New York 8tandardWatch. Nos. 3-4. 
IVA TCHES 
FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, gratified by 
the flattering responses to its offers of 
watches to its subscribers, has made athor- 
ough revision of its watch offer, and pro¬ 
poses to supply its subscribers with the best 
watches in the world at prices from 25 to 
50 per cent less than those usually charged 
by retail jewelers. The Rural New- 
Yorker wishes to have it thoroughly un¬ 
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have come to their senses and are no longer 
trying to boycott the newspapers, it is no 
longer making war upon them, but, on the 
contrary, by new arrangements it can offer 
watches to its subscribers at rates fully as 
favorable as those formerly advertised. 
Our object in making these offers is to 
give our subscribers good watches at low 
prices, to advertise The Rural New- 
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special offers at the foot of this column. 
We believe that there is not a 
poor watch in the list. .S FlU 
SPECIAL OFFERS : MENS’ SIZE. 
No. l.-A genuine New York Standard move 
ment: 7 Jewels, safety pinion, com¬ 
pensation balance, stem wind and set; 
in a solid nickel silver case, open face; 
a really excellent watch and far su¬ 
perior to any other cheap watch 
we have seen.8 6.50 
No. ?.—Same movement as No. 1, In gold-filled 
case. 15-year guarantee, open face.... 12 00 
No 8.—Same as No. 2, hunting case (see cut 
above). . 15 00 
No 4.—Same movement as No. 1, In a solid gold 
14k. hunting ease, weighing 40 dwt.... 87.50 
RURAL SPECIAL BARGAINS. 
No. 5.—A genulneWaltham movement; 7 Jewels. 
compensation balance, safety pinion, 
stem wind and set; In a solid nicfcel- 
sllver case, open face. 7.25 
No. 6.—Same movement as No. 5, In gold filled 
case, guaranteed to wear 15 years, 
open faca. 14.00 
No. 7.—Same movement as No. 5, In hunting case 
same as No. 6. 16.00 
No. 8.—Same movement as No. 5, in solid 14k. 
gold bunting case, weighing 40 dwt... 38.00 
No 9.-A genuine Waltham full Jewel move¬ 
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pinion, stem wind and set, patent reg¬ 
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and tempered lu form, lu open face, 
nickel sliver case. 11.00 
No. 10.-Same movement as No. 9, In gold filled 
case, guaranteed for 15 years, open 
face.•'••• 16.25 
No 11—Same as No. 10, hunting case. 19.25 
No. 12.—Same movement as No. 9, in solid 14k 
gold hunting case weighing 40 dwt, 
A very handsome watch. 41.00 
LADIES’ SIZE. 
No. 18.—A genuine Waltham ladles’ watch with 
Jewels, compensation balance and 
safety pinion, stein wind and set; In a 
solid coin silver case. 11 50 
No. 14.—Same move¬ 
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a 15 year guaran¬ 
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hunting case $15.25 
o. 15.—A beautiful 
11 Jewel move¬ 
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In a handsomely 
engraved hunting 
case made of llx- 
U. S. Assay solid 
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price from $50 to 
$75. One of the 
prettiest watches 
for a lady that we 
have ever seen. 
The illustration 
shows the case In 
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