1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
521 
Okleans County, N. Y.—Oh, for a cool¬ 
ing shower ! I have often thought daring 
the last three years I would like to live 
in a country where there was • o rainfall, 
and irrigation was practical. Fortwoye-irs 
past the land has been so wet that we 
couldn’t get on it to cultivate, and the 
weeds had it all their own way. Now the 
order is reversed, and everything except 
wheat is suffering. It seems to be a wheat 
year, and that crop appears to have the 
power of absorbing all the water that falls. 
Barley is heading out a foot high, more or 
less, while oats are nowhere. Corn is from 
three to ten inches, whereas it should be 
knee-high. Beans have come up so unevenly 
that some farmers are plowing them under 
to sow buckwheat. Potatoes have made a 
heavy growth of vine, but unless rain comes 
soon, I fear that will be the largest part of 
the showing. Hay is said to be about half 
a crop. There is some satisfaction, how¬ 
ever, to a man who has a grudge against 
weeds—it is a good time to work them out. 
I think I never had a finer-looking garden. 
Champion Pea-vims are 4)4 left high, and 
new potatoes (small ones) are on the table, 
but it is certainly the hoe, and not the rain¬ 
fall, that pushed them on. w. j. s 
The Convenience of Solid Trains. 
The Erie is the only railway running 
solid trains over its own tracks between 
New York and Chicago. No change of cars 
for any class of passengers. Rates lower 
than via any other first-class line.— Adv. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Maryland had an enormous cherry crop. 
The Cuban sugar crops is one of the larg¬ 
est ever known. 
The first important shipment of Delaware 
peaches was made June 30. 
Fish were never before known to be so 
scarce in the markets of this city. 
Wheat reports from Minnesota, Dakota 
and Montana are most favorable. 
Reports from various parts of the East 
denote an extremely short hay crop. 
Great numbers of peach orchards are be¬ 
ing planted on the foot tills in western 
Maryland. 
The first shipment of Kansas winter 
wheat was to Chicago last week. It was 
No. 2 Whit“ weighing 60 pounds per bushel. 
Philadelphia receivers of ppaches have 
agreed to charge the buyers 2)4 cents each 
for the baskets instead of returning them 
to the growei s. 
Evaporated apples have been forced on 
the market recently to the demoralizition 
of prices, but recent advices serve to check 
the tendency to sell. 
The excessive rains have started such a 
rank growth of a weed known as pepper 
grass in several counties in the Red River 
Valley that it is choking out the wheat. 
Many fields have been reported as not worth 
cutting. 
The New York City Park Department 
holds an annual auction sale of South 
Down lambs belonging to it. This sale has 
just been held. The lot consisted of 36 fine 
animals, but the number of bidders was 
small and an average price of only 16.40 was 
realized. 
Large quantities of tomatoes from Crys¬ 
tal Springs, Mississippi, are being sold at 
auction by E. L. Goodsell. These tomatoes 
came in flat carriers containing four bas¬ 
kets of five or six quarts capacity so packed 
as to give a glimpse of the fruit. The fruits 
are not wrapped in papers and present a 
very attractive appearance. They are the 
neatest packages we have seen. The prices 
realized are about $2 to $2.25 per box. 
The Delaware Fruit Exchange which ha3 
flourished In peach years in the past has 
been revived. Resolutions have been 
adopted pledging the growers to sell their 
fruit only through the exchange and to es¬ 
tablish branch exchanges at all shipping 
points throughout the fruit belt. By this 
plan buyers must come and purchase 
their fruit right from the growers’ wagons. 
As each load of fruit is auctioneered off 
as soon as it is driven to the station from 
the orchard, the highest bidder takes the 
fruit and pays for it before it is loaded on 
the cars. The grower is to pay to the ex¬ 
change a commission of one cent per basket 
for all fruit thus hauled. 
The Farmers’ Review of this week says 
that harvesting is going ahead rapidly In 
all the winter-wheat States except Michi¬ 
gan and Wisconsin. The latest repor s 
from correspondents indicate the average 
yield to the acre in the various States where 
harvesting is sufficently ahead to obtain 
reliable estimates to be as follows : Illinois, 
17 bushels; Indiana, 20; Ohio, 15 to 20; 
Kentucky, 10 to 15 ; Missouri, 19 ; Kansas, 
18 ; Iowa, 19 to 20 The condition of spring 
wheat is unchanged, except in Wisconsin, 
where there is a slight falling off. The con¬ 
dition of corn is reported fair to good in all 
States except K ansas and a portion of Iowa, 
where the outlook is not so favorable. Oats 
are poor in Illinois. Indiana, Ohio and 
Kentucky; fair in Wisconsin, Iowa, Min¬ 
nesota, the Dakotas and Michigan, and very 
promising in Missouri and Kansas. 
The Chicago wholesale produce dealers 
are protesting against the adoption of an 
ordinance now before the board of aider- 
men compelling the sale of all fruits and 
vegetables by weight. They say it would 
be an utter impossibility to weigh produce 
in the busy season. Another argument is 
that a given quantity of fruit that Is small 
will pack closer and weigh more than an 
equal quantity of large, fine fruit, thus 
working an injustice to the producers of 
the best fruit. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York Saturday July 4 i8qj 
Bka.ns are Arm Iti price under light re.'elpt*. Foreign 
mediums are higher ; also green pease. 
Marrows—New. *1 60 982 50 New Mediums choice, 
$2 30; Pea, $2 30; Bed Kidney, #2 759$2 90. White 
Kidney, choice, $2 40 9*2 50 • Foreign Mediums, 82 15® 
$2 20 do Marrow, $! 35 3$.! 40; Green Peas. $1 15081 20 
California Lima, $2 65 e$2 70. 
Buttkr shows little change, except that best cream¬ 
ery Is a little firmer under a good demand. State 
dairy is not plentiful, but the demand for It is limit¬ 
ed. All the lower grades are dull. 
Crkamkrt.— Elgin, best 18 91854c: state and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 16@1854c; Western best, 18 il8)4c; do prime, 
17@—c; do good, 1554016c: do poor, 14 915c; West 
em Imitation Creamery, prime, 159—c • do fine, 13)4 
alio do poor, 12913c. Dairy. -State, best, 1754 018 c ; 
do prime, 179—c; do good. 16 91654c • do poor, 14 9 —c ; 
Western, prime, 14915c : do fair, 13.9—c ; do poor, 12 
a— c: do factory, best, 143 - c; do prime 13@—c; do 
good, 12@12J4c. 
Chkksk is a trifle lower under heavy receipts and a 
limited demand from exporters. 
Best factory, colored, 8)gc ; best factory, white, 
854@8%c; good factory, 794W6C; fair factory, 7@7Bc, 
part skims, best 6 654c; fair skims 5(a.534o • common 
skims, b)404c , full skims, 2<»> 21-feC ; Ohio flat, 507c. 
Egos have made an advance for strictly fresh stock 
The receipts of such are not excessive and the de¬ 
mand for them good. Present prices are liable to 
start Canada shipments again. 
Near-by, fresn, 17940180; Canadian. —@—c; South¬ 
ern 15)491654c: Western, best. 17)491754'\ 
Fruits.— A liberal supply of apples, but the most 
of them are of such poor quality as to be undesirable. 
The demand Is good for line fruit. Supplies of fine 
peaches are not large, but are likely to increase from 
now on. Le Conte Pears from Georgia are not plenti¬ 
ful and good lots sell quickly. Strawberries are 
nearly out of market. Other small fruits are lower 
and In fair suptdy. Melocs are a 1'ttie lower. Evapo. 
rated apples are lower. Other dried fruits show little 
change. 
Apples, Southern, per erne, 35c0$l 50; do perbbl. 
$1 76(a»$2 50; Pears, Le Conte, per bbl., $3 00®$9 00 
Huckleberries, 8914c per quart; Lemons, per box, 
$3(915 75 ; Peaches, per crate, 75c3$l 50; do Peen to. 
t -percai-e; Gooseberries, per quart, 7(9 0c ; straw¬ 
berries, 6 8c; Cherries, per lb. 2" 10c; Plums, Wild 
Goose, per case. $2 -!5@$S 2-. Blackberries, per quart, 
6@12c; Musk-melons, per crate, #1(982 25; Water- 
me ons, ter 10 1 $13 9125. Raspberries, per pint, 3@ 
8c. Currants, p°r lb., 5 0 8c. 
Dried.— Evaporated apples, fancy, 12 ?.1254c : prime 
tocbolce, 99 . 054 c; poor, 8 ,8)4e; sun-dried sliced, 9 
«*10c; cores and skins, 29—c: chops, 254^ 3540 : cher¬ 
ries, tt'c-17c; raspberries, 16<ui9c; blackberries, 354 
@44 >c Califo nla peaches, unpeeled, I0@12c; apricots, 
10014c. 
Hat Is Arm and receipts extremely light. Demand 
Is good. 
Choice. $19$1 10, Timothy, No. 1, 95c9$l ; do No. 
2 85 490c; shipping. 65970c; Clover Mixed 55’60c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye 75 480c.: short, rye. SS" 3 65c oat, 50c. 
Poultry.—L ive Is firm under light receipts. Good 
spring chickens are In good demand. Dressed poultry 
shows little change. The r. celpts are light and the 
demand good The decrease In receipts Is mostly In 
Western stock and any material Increase would 
probably depreciate prices to : ome extent. 
Poultry—Livr. -Chickens -Spring, per lb., 20c<® 
26c; “"owls, near-by,per lb 13 41354c, do Western,per lb, 
1801354c; roosters, old, per lb, 8c; Turkeys, per lb ( 
10312c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 65075c; Geese, 
Western, per pair, $1 25@$1 50 
Poultry.-Drk88kd—T urkeys, mixed, per lb. 9® 
11c; Fowls, western, choice 1154013c; do common to 
good, 10911c, nearby, 13 s 1854c; Ducks, good. 8918; 
Squan: white, oer dozen, $3 259$-; do dark, do.$l 75 
Broilers, 25@8Se. 
Vkortablrs.— Potatoes are In large supply from the 
South. New Jersey and Long Island, and have reached 
the lowest price of the season during the week. 
Onions are in good demand for prime lots. Corn Is in 
market from Virginia but it is mostly mere blisters 
and sells slowly. Cabbages are selling extremely 
low Cucumbers, pea e. string beans tomatoes and 
some o'her vegetables are doing better under light 
receipts. Asparagus Is nearly out of market but 
there Is a limited demand that has made better prices 
for the small amount of stock arriving. 
Potatoes L. I., per bbl $2 25 4$2 75 do Norfolk, per 
do., 82 50083: Eastern Shore, do, #2 $2 75 Onions— 
Potato, per bbl, $3 50; do per basket $150082. 
do Jersey Yellow, per bbl. $3 01981 00. Cabbage L. I. 
per 100. $2 50"$3. Squash Southern, pe-crate, 5i'c9 82; 
Turnips, per 100 bunches, $1 CO »$150. Egg Plant. South¬ 
ern, per bbl., $49*6; Cauliflower, per 100, $1082 00, 
String Beans, perorate, 8108175; Cucumbers. South¬ 
ern per crate, $191 50. Tomatoes, perorate, 75c9$2 25. 
Peas. Long Island, per bag, $2 *$2 25. Beets, per 100 
bunches, $1 509*2 00; Asparagus, per doz. bunches, 
75e0$2 U0. Corn, per 110, 60c@81 00. 
Wool— The market for domestic grades exhibits 
very little animation no effort is being made to push 
stocks, as such a course would only bring about an 
easier market and much dissatisfaction ge r erally 
We quote XX fleece at 3 ^40 ; spring Texas, 170(lc; 
Terri ory, 18@2Cc : scoured California, 52®53c ; pulled, 
25&45C. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT—Spot lots were more active and closed 
strong after a weak opening. Sales. No. 2 Chicago 
Spring at about $1 11 949# 1 0254 afloat; No. 1 Northern 
Spring. $1 0554 afloat; Ungraded Winter Red 97c0 
#1 0554 : No 2 Red, afloat, $1 C4% , do, in store, quoted 
at *1 0334to$l 04 ; No. 2 July, 93c 9*1 01%; do August, 
96097)43! do September. 9554("96%e; do October, 
97 13-16 »9'c; do November, 9734c ; do December, 970 
98%; do January. 9954c do February, $1 09; do May, 
$1 C1@S1 0254. RYE —Strong and higher with a good 
demand. Sales.-Western for export September at 
71)4c. Nearly 750 000 bushels Western have been 
placed up to date for August and September de¬ 
liveries, mainly for export. CORN.-On the spot 
there was a rise, with restricted offerings. Sales- 
Ungraded Mixed anl White, 67972c; No 2 mixed. 63 
06344 elevator; c'906994c afloat; No. 2 White, 72c ele¬ 
vator ; Western yellow, to arrive, on track, 67c; 
quoted 69c spot: No 2 July, 63% >645(0 do August, 
tU%@61%c; do September, f>8H@5944c ; do October, 57)4 
058560; do December, 5 94953540 . OATS.-Continued 
on the upward turn, sympathizing wl h wheat and 
corn. The spot market was fairly active and higher. 
Sales—No. 3 mixed, 38c elevator: No. 3 white, 3990 
4156c elevator; No. 2 mixed. 89 540c elevator: 40941c 
afloat; No. 2 white 4154042c elevator; 4256c afloat; 
No. 1 White, 45 -46c elevator; No. 2 Chicago, 40@4lc ; 
Ungraded Mixed Western, 36?42c White do, 42 5*0; 
No. 2 July, 33040c; do August, 3554086)4c; do Sep 
tember, 335403454c ; No. 2 White, July, 4004254c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS 
BEEVES.—A number of cars of corn-fed Colorado 
steers sold at $5 11@$5 75 per 300 pounds ; common 
grass cattle at $1 and best corn and meal fed steers 
up to *6 310 6 35 ; oxen and stags at *4 15 $4 75 ; bulls 
at $t 80 $4 53. c iws and heifers at $2 '$4 80. City 
dressed beef in moderate demand at 65407 c for Texas 
sides and 7 , 4<«954'’ for native do; extra b ef felling lit 
some cases up to 944 c. Cable advices quote ref iter¬ 
ated beef barely steady at 4«4<1. or scant 954c per 
pound, and American steers selling at 12013c (tops 
1856C), estimated dead weight. 
MILCH COWS.-The demand was extremely dull 
and prices lower, with reported sales at $200140 per 
head. 
CALVES —The market ruled dull. Poor to choice 
veals sold at 45*06560 per pound and a few selected 
at 64c, fresh butterml ks at 2 ’•‘■'94c, stale lots at 1540 
l%c, fed calv> s and m xed lots at 3 9454 c. Texas and 
Westerns at 254 ' 4c. Drts»el calves a trifle firmer at 
6@856C for country dressed veals 70lCc for city dress¬ 
ed and 4 5c for dressed buttermilks. Little calves 
sell at 454 5)4c. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Sheep w< re steady, and 
prime quality in fair demand, with ocher grades slow. 
Poorest to best sheep sold at $49*5 &’ per 105 pounds ; 
lambs at *69$8, and a bunch of cull sheep and lambs 
at $4 25. A well known Maryland shipper had on the 
market nearly 1,000 picked fat lambs, which sold at 
the straight figure of v c for the four full car-loads. 
Nearly 30 1 Jerseys were also sold at the same figure. 
Dressed mutton steady at 8<* 10c (selected carcasses 
10560), and dtessed lambs sold at 10913c. 
HOGS—Market steady at $4 85 9$5 25. 
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