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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
42.5 
Crop and Market Notes—Continued. 
Fine rains in many parts of the country 
have encouraged the hearts of the farmers 
and revived the drooping crops. 
Severe frosts occurred in many parts of 
the country on the morning of the 17th inst. 
In many places more injury resulted to 
fruits and tender vegetables than from the 
frosts of the 5th and 6 th inst. The surplus 
of fruit that the early spring promised is 
slowly dwindling. 
Reports purporting to come from the 
officials of the Bureau of Agriculture in 
Paris, are put out stating that the con¬ 
dition of the wheat crop of France is criti¬ 
cal ; that the home supply is short 20 , 000,000 
hectolitres, about 56,000,000 bushels and that 
if the rains continue they will prove disast¬ 
rous. As regards the rumored corner in 
wheat, it is considered that the combina¬ 
tion is impossible, as its holdings have been 
sold on the spot, while there is disinclina¬ 
tion to make contracts with large syndi¬ 
cates. _ 
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Francisco, Cal.— Adv. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday May 23 i 8 qi 
Beans.— Receipts are light, but as trading Is always 
light at this time of the year, and the export demand 
Is limited the market Is quiet. There is little change 
In prices. 
Marrows—New, $1 6<)®$2 55; New Mediums choice 
$2 40; Pea, $2 35 -, Red Kidney, (2 75®$3 CO, White 
Kidney, choice, $2 40@$2 50 -, Foreign Mediums, $2 10® 
$2 15: do Marrow, $‘i 35®$2 60; Green Peas, $1 12®$! 15 
California Lima, $2 10®$2 75. 
Butter has taken another downward turn as a ref¬ 
erence to our quotations will show. The causes were 
about the same as those noted lost week as causing 
the previous decline. A drop of 10 cents per pound 
in a single week is something unusual. The stock on 
hand Is large. The quality Is not of the kind that 
keeps well. Holders are anxious to sell. Receipts 
continue liberal. The trading is good. This is about 
the present condition of the market. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best 19®—c: State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 15®19c; Western, best, 18J6®19c; do prime, 
17®13c; do good, 16 S 1846 e; do poor, 14 315c; West 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 16®—c- do fine, 
14®15o; do poor, 12®13c. Dairy. -State, best, 18®l896c; 
do prime, 17@17J6c; do good, 15® 16c ; do poor, 14 ®15c : 
Western, prime, 15®—c : do fair, 12®14c ; do poor, 10 
©lie; do factory, best, !4®15c. do prime 13@’.3(4'5; do 
good, 1196®1296c. 
Cheese is considerably lower under a limited de¬ 
mand. The former high prices bad checked the ex¬ 
port demand, but lower prices are reviving it again, 
so that it is hoped that business will be more brisk. 
The fancy lots are in least demand, the lower grades 
being scarce and sought after. 
Fancy, new, 996®9%c: fine, 996 ® 996c; good, 9%@996c; 
fair, 9®9H,c ; light skims, 6®7%c ; skims, 2®4c.; Ohio 
Flat, 7%®Sc 
Eoos.—The market is firm and the prices a full eent 
higher than last week. Receipts have not been heavy 
and receivers are confident of a good trade. 
Near-by, fresn. 16%® o; Canadian.—@—c; South¬ 
ern, 15%®16o; Western.best, 1696c; Duck, 18<S» 19c. 
Frvits.—R eceipts of apples are extremely light, 
but all fancy fruit brings good prices. Lemons are 
high. Florida oranges are firm with a strong demand 
for fancy lots. Strawberries are plentiful a d cheap. 
Large quantities are arriving from Virginia Mary¬ 
land Delaware and South Jersey. Many of them are 
small and sell for low prices. A few blackberries 
were shown this week The dried fruit market Ts 
quiet with little change. 
Apples—Wine Sap $5 1 ) >®$6 00; Baldwin, |4®$5 50 ; 
Green. 84 00®$5 00; Ben Davis, $3 00$$4 00; common 
t» good, $1 002*8 00; Russet, $1 ht)@$5 00; Lemons, per 
box, $3®$5 75 Grape Fruit, per bbl., $!0$*12. Florida 
Oranges, choice Indian rivers. $3 }$5 50 brlghts, $3 j 
$3 50, russets, $2 75; tangerines, $3 50®$5. mandarins, 
$2 10@j5; strawberries, 4®13c. 
Hay Is a little higher than our last report. Straw 
is unchanged. The threatened drought has some 
effect on the market. 
Choice, 75®8oc, Timothy, No. 1, 70©80c; do No. 
2 60 ®70c; shipping, 50 355s; Clover Mixed. 50 .60c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye, 80®85s.; short rye, 50®65: oat and 
wheat 3i@40c. 
Mapi.e Sugar.— Choice new quoted at i % cents 
per pound. Syrup, 65®70c for new. 
Poultry.—L ive poultry has beeu in heavy receipt 
and prices are lower. Small chickens are not wanted. 
Turke>s are very dull. Dressed poultry Is plentiful, 
though holders are not disposed to lower prices any. 
Good dressed turkeys are in moderate demand and 
firm. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, per b., 20 c@ 
80c; Fowls, near-by, per lb U@—c, do Western, per lb, 
1096®llc; roosters, old, per lb, 696c; Turkeys, per lb, 
9810c; Ducks, Wescern, per pair, 65®75c; Geesei 
Western, per pair, $1 00 
Poultry.—Dressed — 1 Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 9® 
15c; Fowls, western, choice, 10811c; do common to 
good, 8@10e, nearby, 11 ®-c, Ducks, good, 10@18; 
Squab: white, per dozen, $3 5)®$-; do dark, do $1 75 
•Broilers, 28@38c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes are In large supply, of irreg 
ular quality and lower. The poorer qualities are 
slower of sale New potatoes must be larg ■ and well 
sorted to reach top quotations. Sweet potatoes are 
in light'-r supply and firmer. Bermuda onions are 
weak, supply is liberal, demand limited. Asparagus 
is not plentiful and brings better prices. Fine green 
pease sell well as the supply is not large. String 
beans are on the decline. Cabbages steady under 
lighter receipts. Florida tomatoes lower under 
heavy receipts. Much of the stock Is too green aud 
some so small as to be nearly wbrtbless. Cucumbers 
more plentiful. 
Potatoes-Charleston per bbl. *4 5>®$6()0; Jersey, 
per do., 82 50®$3 2i; State, do., $3 00®*3 50 ; Maine, 
do., $3 00'-.$3 50, do Florldas, $3 50 8 g 6 00; Scotch 
Magnums, per 168 lb sack, $3 25.!$:; 50; Sweets, 
do., $1 50®$3. Onions Bermuda per crate, $1 V) $1 75; 
Egyptian, per case, $2 25; Cabbage, Florida per crate, 
SI 25®$2 Squash. Florida, per crate, 75c®$l 25; Turnips, 
per bbl. 65®75c, Egg Plant, So itheru, per bbl., $t®$ 6 ; 
Caulttiower, per bbl., —@—, Celery, per dots.. $—®$—; 
String Beans, per crate, $1 00®$2 75 ; Cucumbers, Fla., 
per crate, $2 ■ 4 $ 3 . Tomatoes, per crate, $1 50® $2 75. 
Peas, per half barrel, $1 00 83 00; do Maryland, per 
bushel, $2 25®$2 50. Beets, Fla., per crate, $P< $2 00; 
Asparagus, per doz. bunches, 75c®$2 60; Hothouse 
cucumbers, $1 00®$1 50 per doz. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—The movement was fairly active, though 
chiefly for export. Sales -No. Red Winter. $1 13 In 
store and elevatr r, $1 13%0$1 14% afloat, $1 3 t$l 11% 
f. o. b. ; Ungraded Winter Red. 81 <I6®$1 19; No. 1 Hard 
Spring, 81 16%®8’ 19; No. 1 Northern Spring, $1 14® 
81 14% ; No. 2 Milwaukee, $1 11 to arrive, delivered ; 
No. 2 Chicago, Spring, #1 1296®$1 14%; No. 2 May, 
$1 1296®$l 1596; do Juue. $1 11®$1 1296; do July, $1 08 
®81 !0% ; do August, 81 0496®$t 0596; do September, 
81 03 7 16 a$l 0496; do October. $1 0356®$1 01; do De¬ 
cember, 81 04'/6®$l 069fe; do May, 1892, 81 <896 -$1 10 . 
RYE —Dull and nominal. BARLEY.—Dull and nom¬ 
inal. CORN.—The actual market ruled moderately 
active on export account. Sales—No 2 mixed, 70c In 
elevator; 71c afloat; 67c down to 6496c for special de¬ 
liveries running for June to September; No. 2 mixed, 
70c f. o. b.; Ungraded Mixed, 67®72c; yellow, 70®71c In 
elevator; No. 2 May, 6896® 6996c; do June, 64%®6596c; 
do July. 63® 6 196c; do August, 62@64c; do September, 
I2®63%e. OATS.—The spot market ruled lower and 
closed weak. 8 ales—No. 3 mixed, 55c; No. 3 white, 
57@5:%c ; No. 2 mixed, 55%@5696c In elevator, 57®5796c 
afloat; No. 2 white, 58%@59c; No. 1 mixed, 57 @ 5 ? 94 c ; 
No. 1 White, 63c; No. 2 Chicago, 57® 5796c; Ungraded 
Mixed Western, 53@60c White do, 60' 69e; No. 2 June 
5396®55c 1 ,)0 July. 53%®5496 c; do August, 4396@449tc; 
do White, June, 5596c ; do July, 55%c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—There was a good export demand and 
trade was brisk at an advance of 15c per 100 pounds 
for fair to extra grades. Sellet s claimed, however 
that common steers and rough butchers’ stuff showed 
little or no Improvement. Texans sold at $5 35 ; ord 
Inary to very choice meal and corn-fed native steers 
at 85 30® $6 50 ; and selected tops at $6 60; oxen at 
83 50385 60; bulls at |3@$4 50 (one extra do at $5 374$); 
drv cows at 82 500 83 90; and choice fat cows and 
heifers at $5 30 385 40. Latest English cable advices 
quote r< frigerated beef steady at s%c per pound ; and 
American steers firm at 1196® I3*6c (tops. 14c) estimated 
dead weight. City dressed beef In fair demand and 
steady at 896® 996c (choice slles, 9%c). 
MILCH COWS.- Good cows wanted and firm ; com¬ 
mon Stock dull. Reported sales were at the range of 
$ 45^850 per bead 
CALVES.—Demand active and prices advanced %c 
per pound. Veals sold at5(®6qc for common to choice; 
extra selected for 7c . culls at 4®4%c ; mixed lots at 4 
® 6 %c; buttermilks and “bobs” at 3®4c. Dressed 
calves steady at 6 5.896c for country dressed veals; 8 ® 
10c (choice 1096c) for city dressed, and 5%r. 69tc for 
dressed buttermilks. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Sheep were a little slow ; 
yearlings Arm ; anl good spring lambs were wanted 
at full quotations, with all grades steady. Poor st to 
best sheep sold at $<®$5 85; a few little lots of wool 
skins at $6®$7; yearlings at $6 75 $7 25; Southern 
lambs at f.®9c per pound ; a deckloal of inferior Buf 
falo do at 6 e. Dressed mutton steady at 10311c; 
dressed yearlings selling at 8!2@18c ; dressed spring 
lambs at 12a 15c, and a few extra carcasses go as high 
as 16c. 
HOGS.—Market nominally weak at $4 60@$4 80 for 
Western pigs and $5®$5 20 for good Western and 
State hogs. 
The watches we sent to our subscribers 
on our previous offers have surprised us 
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¬ 
scription may be included. If you have 
already paid for 1891, the paper may be 
sent to the address of a new subscriber. 
Any watch in the list will be sent in con¬ 
nection with a subscription (on the same 
| order) for $1.25 in addition to the amounts 
above named for the watches. 
We send the watches pre paid by regis¬ 
tered mail to auy part of the United States. 
Watches sent to Canada are subject, of 
course, to Custom House restrictions. 
NOW TAKE PICTURES 
WITH 
THE KODAK CAMERA. 
Anybody can Work It. 
New York 8tandardWatch. Nos. 3-4. 
IVA TCHES 
FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, gratified by 
the flattering responses to its offers of 
watches to its subscribers, has made a thor¬ 
ough revision of its watch offer, and pro¬ 
poses to supply its subscribers with the best 
watches in the world at prices from 25 to 
50 per cent less than those usually charged 
by retail jewelers. The Rural Nkw- 
Yorkkr wishes to have it thoroughly un¬ 
derstood that, since thewa’ch companies 
have come to their senses and are no longer 
trying to boycott the newspapers, it is no 
longer making war upon them, but, on the 
contrary, by new arrangements it can offer 
watches to its subscribers at rates fully as 
favorable as those formerly advertised. 
Our object in making these offers is to 
give our subscribers good watches at low 
prices, to advertise The Rural New- 
Yorker, and to get new subscribers as per 
special offers at the foot of this column. 
We believe that there in not a 
poor watch in the list.^^H 
SPECIAL OFFERS : MEN’S SIZE8. 
No. 1. A genuine New York Standard move 
ment: 7 Jewels, safety pinion, com¬ 
pensation balance, stem wind and set; 
In a solid nickel silver ease, open face; 
a really excellent watch and far su¬ 
perior to any other cheap watch 
we have seen.. T .$ 6.50 
No. 2.—Same movement as No. 1, In gold-filled 
case, 15-year guarantee, open face_12 00 
No 3.—Same as No. 2, hunting case (see cut 
above). 15 00 
No 4.—Same movement as No. 1, In a solid gold 
14k. hunting case, weighing 40 dwt_37.50 
RURAL SPECIAL BARGAINS. 
No. 5.—A genuIneWaltham movement; 7 Jewels, 
compensation balance, safety pinion, 
stem wind and set; In a solid nickel- 
silver case, open face. 7.25 
No. 6 .—Same movement as N'o. 5, In gold filled 
case, guaranteed to wear 15 years, 
open facs. 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 hunting case, weighing 40 dwt... 33.00 
No 9.—A genuine Waltham full Jewel move¬ 
ment. compensation balance, safety 
pinion, stem wind and set, patent reg¬ 
ulator, Breguet hair spring, hardened 
and tempered in form, In open face, 
nickel-silver 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 ilk 
gold hunting case weighing 40 dwt. 
A very handsome watch. 41.CO 
LADIES’ SIZE. 
No. 13.—A genuine Waltham ladles’ watch with 
jewels, compensation balance and 
safety pinion, stem wind and set; In a 
solid coin silver case. 11 50 
No. 14.—Same move¬ 
ment as No. 13, In 
a 15 year guaran¬ 
teed gold-Ailed 
hunting case $15.25 
No. 15.—A beautiful 
11 Jewel move¬ 
ment, full nickel, 
In a handsomely 
engraved hunting 
case made of 14s- 
U. S. Assay solid 
gold, usual retail 
price from $50 to 
$75. One of the 
prettiest watches 
for a lady that we 
have ever seen. 
The Illustration 
shows the case In 
exact size and 
Ladies’ Watch. No. 1 5. style. $25.co 
Everybody has heard of the famous aud 
efficient little Kodak Camera with which 
anybody can quickly learn how to take 
photographs of anything under the sun ; 
landscapes, babies, sweethearts, cousins, 
uncles, animals, flowers, trees, boats and 
birds, etc. We have 
arranged to offer th< 
Kodak in two wajs 
as a premium for 20 
new subscriptions at 
$ 2 ; and also in our 
list of premiums for 
the largest clubs to 
be announced later. 
Price, $25; or given for five subscriptions at 
the club price of $L 50 and $18 additional. 
Descriptive circular of the Kodak will be 
sent on application. Send for it and learn 
what a really wonderful little apparatus 
this is 
DO YOU LIKE ICE CREAM? 
OF COURSE YOU DO. 
Well, then, if you linvc no Ire-Crcatn Freezer, 
or a poor one, rend this. 
Ice cream well made is a wholesome re¬ 
freshment. Almost every farmer nowadays 
has his own Ice, and he can spare a little 
milk and cream now and then. Ice is cheap 
this year anyway. In fact the farmer who 
does not pro¬ 
vide ice cream 
for his fami¬ 
ly at least 
once a week, 
does not live 
up to his priv¬ 
ileges. The 
R. N.-Y. has 
tried about 
every kind of 
freezer made, 
and finds this 
one to be a 
perfectim 
plement. We 
offer only the large four quart freezer. 
Price, $3. Given for only one new yearly 
subscription at $2, and four trials at 25 
cents each. For sale, to our subscribers 
only, at $ 2 . 
GOOD CHEAP BOOKS. 
Silo and Silage.-Bv a.j.cook Third 
Edition, 189 . Contains the latest and fullest on 
the subject. More than 20,COO sold In less than two 
years. This work is praised by such men as 
John Gould, Colonel Curtis, Professors Shelton 
and Gulley, and Dr. C E. Bessey. The author 
has proved the silo to be a very valuable aid on 
his own farm. Price, 25 cents. 
Bee-Keepers’ Guide. -By a. j. 
Cook. 15.000 sold. 460 pages; 222 Illustrations. 
Praised by Bee-Keepers In every land. The 
science and practice of modern bee keeping 
fully explained. Every Bee Keeper should have 
It. Price, $1.00; reduced from $1.50. 
SCRIBNER’S 
AND 
BOOK 
Over One Million Sold.—Most complete book of 
Its kind ever published. Gives measurement of all 
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cord wood tables, felling trees, growth of trees, land- 
measure, wages, rent, board, Interest, stave and head¬ 
ing bolts, etc. Standard book In the United States 
and Canada. Illustrated edition of 1882. 35 cents. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Times Building, New York, 
