1891 
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CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
The frost was widespread. 
Pineapples are plentiful again. 
The recent arrivals of Scotch potatoes 
have been light. 
The frost may have done some necessary 
thinning among the fruit. 
There seems to be a relation between the 
price of feed and the price of butter. 
At an auction sale of fruit at Montreal, 
20,000 boxes of oranges and lemons were 
sold. 
A “ basket ” or “ box ” of strawberries in 
this market doesn’t necessarily mean a 
quart. 
Within the past week there have been 
several severe frosts, and in some places 
snow, in different parts of the country. It 
is as yet impossible to estimate the exact 
injury to fruit and tender vegetables, but 
we condense a few reports from different 
parts of the country showing the severity 
of the visitation. At Newburgh, N. Y., 
ice formed, snow fell. At Albany, heavy 
frost, ice one-half inch thick. Lockport, 
heavy frost, snow. Buffalo, coldest for 
season in 20 years, thermometer 26 9, 
ice one half inch thick. Penn Yan, heavy 
frost, snow; grapes and strawberries 
badly injured away from water; all fruits 
injured. Carlisle, Pa., heavy frost, snow, 
fruits badly injured. Asbury Park, N. J., 
severe frost, truck and fruits badly injured. 
Wilmington, Del,, thermometer 36, slight 
frost, little snow. Danville, Va., frost, 
tender vegetables injured. Raleigh, N. C., 
frost; tobacco and cotton plants injured. 
Holland, Mich , frost, thermometer 28 or 
lower, ice one-fourth inch thick, fruits and 
vegetables injured. South Band, Ind., frost, 
ice one-fourth inch thick, fruits severely 
injured. Marshalltown, Iowa, hard frost, 
thermometer 27, fruits and early vegeta¬ 
tion injured. Hamilton, Ont., ice one- 
fourth inch thick, great damage to fruit. 
Through the Connecticut Valley, ice, frost, 
temperature below freezing. In this city 
snow fell. The most severe and general 
frost since 1884, when there were disastrous 
frosts, May 29 and 30 We sincerely hope 
the injury is not so serious as many think. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Wheat is being carried from Chicago 
to New York for five cents per bushel, via 
the Lakes and the Erie Canal. 
A beet sugar plant, said to be the largest 
in the West and the first in the State, will 
be erected at Marshalltown, Iowa. Capital, 
$550,000 ; capacity, 400 tons. Will be ready 
for the fall crop. 
Peter C. Kellogg & Co. will sell the entire 
Eastwood herd of Jersey cattle, the prop¬ 
erty of Mr. M. Erskine Miller, of Staunton, 
Va., at the American Institute Building, 
this city, May 19. 
Shipping horses to Scotland from Phila¬ 
delphia is becoming quite a business, 400 
having been sent within the last few 
months. They all go to Aberdeen, where 
a dealer has opened large stables for the 
sale of American horses exclusively. The 
trade is expected to increase rapidly. The 
trotting horse is preferred, being used as a 
coach horse and roadster. It cost $30 for 
the transportation of each horse, besides 
$40 insurance on each animal valued at 
$200. But notwithstanding these heavy 
charges, which do not include the expenses 
to Aberdeen from Glasgow, the shippers 
realize a profit, and propose to push the 
trade. 
Condensed Correspondence. 
Prince Edward County, Va.— Our ex¬ 
tremely wet winter continued until April 
1, consequently farmers were three or four 
weeks behind time in commencing spring 
work. Since April 1, the weather has been 
very hot and dry. The high lands are 
getting so hard that farmers can hardly 
plow. Small grains and grass are suffer¬ 
ing for rain. Apples, peaches, pears, cherries 
and the small fruits promise very large 
crops. The Farmers’ Alliance is gaining 
in strength and numbers. We are saving 
about 25 per cent on the purchase of fer¬ 
tilizers through our agents. H. c. 
Genesee County, N. Y.—Well, I expect 
we shall have to go without apples again 
this year, as I have been looking at a num¬ 
ber of orchards and find the fruit buds are 
just covered with the little green lice that 
ruined the crop a few years ago. Farmers 
had better make an examination of their 
orchards. I would recommend spraying 
with Buhach insect powder. I don’t 
think Paris-green would kill them, as they 
only suck the juice of the blow. I tried 
syraying peach and plum trees last season, 
and it was no use. I shall use a shtec 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
and mallet this season; then I will 
have the pests where I can put my No. 10 
shoe on them. Quince and pear buds are 
all right so far. The neighbors are com¬ 
plaining about a blue bug eating the buds 
of the grapes. Shall we have to go without 
grapes ? It looks as though western New 
York has had its day for growing fruit. 
I hope not, however, as it is world-renowed 
as a fruit section. c. F. 
Niagara County, N. Y.— Within tne 
memory of the oldest inhabitant there has 
not been a more favorable winter than the 
past. With no very cold days we had good 
sleighing a large part of th*e time and the 
wheat and grass were kept covered almost 
all winter and since April came in the 
weather has been just splendid. There has 
been no freezing weather to speak of, but 
we have had a good many damp, drizzly 
days just what wheat and grass needed, and 
very little water fell, so that now with 
bright weather the ground is in splendid 
condition to work and farmers are improv¬ 
ing the occasion. Wheat never looked bet¬ 
ter at this season; it is now growing finely, 
is broad-leaved and dark-colored and every 
thing points to a good yield, and as prices 
are advancing and promise to advance still 
more, farmers have smiling countenances. 
Grass is also doing finely. Pastures are 
getting up and stock will go to pasture 
nearly a month earlier than last year and 
fully two weeks earlier than usual. The 
prospects are now good for a fine crop of 
fruits of all kinds except Baldwin Apples 
and still there may be a fair crop of these, 
for it is a fact well known that Baldwins 
will produce a good crop with a tithe of the 
bloom of any other kind. It is now getting 
quite dry and it is possible we may need 
rain badly before we get it. The tempera¬ 
ture runs from 40 degrees to 50 degrees, and 
the wind is mostly northwest, and one 
could not think of a more propitious 
season for getting in crops, and our 
farmera are Improving it too. J S. w. 
Bkecham’s Pills act like magic on a Weak Stomach 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE 
New Vork. Monlay, May n i8ol 
Beans are in extremely light receipt, the stock in 
store being about ail there is to draw on. Prices arc 
steady. Foreign bea s quiet. 
Marrows -New. *1 60®$2 55 New Mediums jholce 
$2 40; Pea, $2 35; Red Kidney, $2 75®$3 20 White 
Kidney, choice, $2 40 ®$2 50 Foreign Mediums 12 103 
12 15: do Marrow, <2 35jj$2 60; Green Peas. (1 12®$1 15 
California Lima, $2 75<®$2 85. 
Butter.— There has been another boom in prices, 
something very unusual at this season of the ypar. 
Receipts have been extremely light and as there was 
no stock on hand to speak of, the strong demand 
naturally pushed prices to au extreme figure. From 
present appearances the boom is over. Receipts con¬ 
tinue light, but the high prices limit consumption a, : d 
the limited demand Is fairly well supplied. Higher 
prices are improbable, but much lower prices will 
probably not prevail until the supply of grass butter 
becomes more plentiful. 
Crkamkry. —Elgin, best, 80®3lc: state and Penn¬ 
sylvania. 279303; Western, best, 30 i -c; do prime, 
«8®29j; do good, 26 s27c ; do poor, 25 $-c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 26 <s27o • do fine, 
24 a25c do poor, 2l®23c. Dairy. -State, best, 28®29e; 
do prime, 2746®28e; do good, 26®27c: do poor, 28 424c ; 
Western, prime, 25®—c ; do fair, 22 a24c ; do poor 15 
0 20c. do factory, best. 25 ,— c do prime 2J@24e. do 
good, 21®22c 
Cheese.— Fancy old has declined a trifle. The trade 
is limited because exporters are slow to buy at pre 
vailing prices. The receipts now are mostly new 
cheese, the fancy grades of which sell for 11®U56 
cents. Future dealings will be mostly In new stock. 
Fancy, old, 1194®1246c; fine 1146'<t— c; good,l046@ll; 
fair, 10 ®1044c; light skims, 6®9c; skims, 146®-8.; 
Ohio Flat. 846®U46c. 
Egos have advanced nearly another cent. The re¬ 
ceipts naturally fall off at this season while the hens 
are Incubating and rearing their broods but this de¬ 
ficiency Is still further augment by the demand for 
eggs for pickling which renders receipts extremely 
light. It doesn’t seem possible that prices will go 
much higher soon, but this is a season of surprises in 
the markets. No one can tell what will happen next. 
Near-by, fresn, 1646®-c; Canadian.—®—c; South¬ 
ern. 15(316c: Western.best. 1846c; Duck, 17@2Cc. 
Fruits.— Fancy table apples meet with a good de¬ 
mand, but all others are dull. Florida oranges meet 
with a light demand for all but the best fruit. 
Strawberries are coming still from North Carolina 
and Norfolk, with a few from Charleston. Receipts 
have been larger and prices have gone lower, with 
many of the receipts of very good qualtty. Little 
change In dried fruits. 
Apples—N. Spy, $4®$5 00; Baldwin, $3 0U®$4 0); 
Green. $4 00®$5 00; Ben Davis, $3 00®$4 00; common 
to good, $1 00®#3 0U; Russet. $3 00@$4 00: Lemons, per 
box, $2 00®$5 75: Grape Fruit, per bbl., $4® 45. Florida 
Orauges, choice Indian rivers, $3 $5: brights, S3 t 
S3 50, russets, S2 75; tangerines, $3 50@$5. mandarins, 
$2 00@?5 ; strawberries, 10? 20c 
Maple Sugar.—C hoice new quoted at 8 cents per 
pound. Syrup nominally worth 75« 80c for new, but 
no considerable quantity could be sold at the outside 
figure. 
Poultry.— Live is lower all around under heavier 
receipts. Seven ear loads arrived In one day early in 
the week besides the ordinary arrivals and this broke 
the market badly. There Is a good demand for fresh 
killed stock. Squabs are a trifle higher. Capons are 
dull. 
Poultry— Live.—C hickens— Spring, per pair, 50c® 
$1 00; fowls near-by,per lb 124-c. doWestern.per lb, 
12®—c; roosters, old, per lb, 7®-o; Turkeys, per lb, 
10 8123; Ducks, Western, per pair, 75®85c Geese. 
West >rn, per pair, 81 00®$1 2.4 
Poultry. Dressed - Our ters. mixed, per lb 9 4 
!4 j; Fowls western choice. ll(3l3o; do common to 
good, 9®10e, nearby, 126"? 13c Ducks, good, 10.it 8 
Squat : white, i-er ilozen, (3 5 >®I3 75 do dark. <do $ 75 
®$2 0J; Jhlckeus Western 12 »l5e Broilers, 4 1 455c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes are unchanged. Receipts 
are moderate, but the demand has fallen off since 
seeding is practically over and trading is dull. As- 
piragus Is In moderate receipt and firm. Bermuda 
on ious are in good demand. Some of the best lots of 
green pease were from North Carolina; those from 
Charleston were many of them poor quality. Florida 
tomatoes In good demand. Beets and cabbages 
higher. Cucumbers in good demand, both Florida 
and hothouse. 
Potatoes Charleston per bbl. $6 0i®$6 58 Jersey, 
per do., $2 74®$3 50; State, do., *8 2.4®t8 75; Ylatue. 
do.. 88 50 $3 75; do Florldas, $3 5'L6$8 Ml; Scotch 
Magnums, per 163 lb sack, $3 50?$3 75 Sweets, 
do , *1 24®$2 50 Onions Bermuda per crate, $2 25 ; 
Egyptian, per ease, $2 75 ; laboage. Florida per crate, 
SI i$l 75 Squash. Florida, per crate, 7.4c <4*101); TurnlpB, 
per bbl 65®75o, Egg Plant, So ithern. per bbl.. $t®$6; 
Caulltl vver, per bbl.,—®—, Celery, per doz.. $— ®$—; 
String Beans, per crate, $1 50®J8 50; Cucumbers Fla., 
per crate, $2 4$5. Tomatoes, per crate, $1 50 ® $3 50. 
Kale, Norfolk, per bol, 25<340o; Spinach. Norfolk, per 
bbl, 75c $1. Peas, per crate, $1 50 -<i$3 Beets. Fla., 
per crate, $l’3$20O; Asparagus, per doz. ounches, 
$; ?5®$3 00 Hothouse cucumbers, $1 5) 4$1 75 per doz. 
Radishes, Norfolk, per 100 bunch s 25@7 , c. 
GRAIN MARKETS 
WHEAT —The spot market was quiet, but closed at 
an advance. Rradstreet’s weekly supply statement 
shows that the wheat stocks decreased 2,526.010 bush¬ 
els east of the Rocky Mountains last week, and 447,' 00 
bushels on the Pacific Coast. There were heavy de¬ 
creases at northwestern Interior elevators, at Chicago, 
Duluth. St. Louis, New York, on the lakes and In 
transit by rail. All the cable accounts were firm ex¬ 
cept Paris, whence the closing aeeouuis indicated an 
advance of 10 centimes on wheat futures. At Liver¬ 
pool wheat was dull, with a poor demand, and hold 
ers offering moderately, while closing quotations of 
wheat futures showed a decline of l!6d. Sales -« >. 2 
Red Winter. *1 1854 In store. $1 1244 lSI 1246 In ele¬ 
vator, $1 416 *1 1'6 afloat; Ungraded Winter Red, 
*1 (74*-#<1 164u; No. 1 Hard Spring, *1 1646 to arrive, 
delivered; No. 1 Northern Spring, $1 1346 to arrive, 
delivered ; No. 2 May, $1 ll®$i 12®; do June. $1 0<J6® 
$1 uxq: do July, $l 1646®$1 1846; do August, *1 0446® 
$106, do September. * 1043$1 0546; do October $1 04® 
®$l 0546 : do December, $1 0494®$ 1 0696 : do May, 1892* 
*1(9 i* 110 V 6 -RYF-Quiet and unchanged. BARLEY— 
Dull and nominal. CORN.—Bradstreet's weekly re¬ 
port showed an Increase of 573,OIK) bushels last week. 
The arrivals were heavy. The spot market was quiet, 
and closed steady at a slight decline. Sales—No 2 
mixed, 79®7 9 46c In elevator; 80a8'J46c afloat; Un¬ 
graded Mixed, 78 c82c; steamer mix« d, 79e In elevator; 
No. 2 white, 80ig81c in elevator, 82c afloat; yi-llow, 80c 
In elevator: No. 2 May. 72<a!34<ic; do June, 68967096c; 
do July 6694(2. 6844c; do August, 6644@6(>%c; do Septem¬ 
ber, i 796c : do December. 58c. OATS—The entire mar¬ 
ket was dull. Bradstreet’s weekly report shows an 
increase of 475,' 00 bushels In the supply last week. 
Sales—No. 3 mixed, 5 -46@59e; No. 3 white, 59c; No. 2 
mixed, 5956®60c In elevator. 6046 ®61c delivered ; No. 
2 white. 60c; No. 1 mixed, 61c ; No. 1 White, 65c; No. 2 
Chicago, 6056®61c; Ungraded Mixed Western, 58a62c; 
White do 62 71c; No. 2 May. 5346c; do June, 56Qc ; 
do July, 54 46 ®5394c ; do August, 4l94®42Mc, do Wnite, 
May, 60c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS 
BEEVES.—There was a fair demand for export. 
Among the sales were 22 car-loads of Kentucky “ stil- 
lers ” at $5®$5 90 ; meal and corn-fed steers ranged 
In price from $5®$6 3246. and eight tops sold at $6 10; 
a car-load of oxen brought $5; bulls $3 40®$5 25; cows 
and heifers $2®$4 50, and one far cow $t 75. City 
dressed beet firm at 846@ 994c for ordinary to choice 
sides, and selected . cached 10c. Cable advices to date 
indicate a steady market for refrigerate 1 beef, which 
is quoted at l46d or scant 3n,c per pound, and Amerl 
can steers are selling at 11® 246c, estimated dressed 
weight, sinking the offal. 
MILCH COWS.—St» acy. with a good demand at $25 
®$50 per head. 
CALVES.—Demand active and prices advanced 46c 
per pound Buttermilk calves ranged in price from 
$3 50®$4 25 per 100 pounds ; ordinary to choice veals 
from $4 50@#6 50, and seven selected sold at $6 60® 
$6 62*6; “ bobs ” and culls at $3 50®$4 ; mixed lots at 
$4 25®$5 40. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS—There was a stiff market for 
both sheep and lambs, and clipped stock and wooled 
sheep*soid at the highest figures of the season. In¬ 
cluding fair to prime clipped sheep at $6 ® J 6 75 wool, 
ed do at $7 1246@$7 80 ; clipped ewes at $5 25. un¬ 
shorn do at 46 5 )<®$6 75 ; clipped lambs at $7 5'>®$7 75; 
wooled do at 18 10®$8 6246. Two car loads of Virginia 
lambs sold at 9®1046« per pound ; a deck of Marylands 
at 1046c ; aud a deck of Jerseys at lie. A bunch of 
common Pennsylvania spring lambs brought *4 7-5 per 
head The dead market ruled very firm at 104® 1246c 
for dressed mutton, 13 't1446c for dressed lambs, and 
dressed spring lambs sold by the carcass at $5@$9 
each. 
HOGS—Nominally firm at $4 70®$5 for Western 
pigs, and $5 30®$5 60 for medium and heavy hogs. 
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