THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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LATEST WHOLESALE PBICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE 
New York, Saturday, July 25 i8qi 
Bkans.— Marrows are duH. Red Kidneys slow. 
California Limas are easy. Others firm. The move¬ 
ment of all kinds continues light. 
Marrows—New, *1 60®*2 50; New Mediums choice, 
*2 40; Pea, *2 35 ; Red Kidney, *2 75®*2 90 White 
Kidney, choice, *2 40%*2 50 Foreign Mediums. *2 15® 
*2 20; do Marrow, *2 353*2 40; do Pea, *2 20 *2 S5; 
Green Peas, *1 15<3*' 20 California Lima, *2 55 3*2 69. 
Butter.—T here Is little change to note from la t 
week’s report, but what little there Is has a down¬ 
ward tendency as to prices. Fancy creamery Is firm. 
The trade In State dairy is light. All grades below 
prime are weak an 1 sell very slowly. The export de¬ 
mand is considerable. The local jobbing trade Is 
light. More sales are at inside than outside quota¬ 
tions. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best. 19 3-c: State and Penn¬ 
sylvania. 155301853c; Western best 1753 19c; do prime, 
16®- 3; do good, 1453®15e ; do poor, 14 3—c : West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 143—c• do fine. 18 
®—o: do poor, 12®1253c. Dairy. -State, best 17 318c; 
do prime, 1553®1653c; do good, 1453015c do poor 14c- 
Western, prime. 143—c ; do fair, 12 * 3 ^ 13c; do poor 11 
®—c; do factory, best, 13J3"tl4c: do prime 12313c do 
good, 1153®—c. 
Cheese is doing better. The receipts have been 
moderate and the export demand heavy. The higher 
prices have checked trading somewhat, but receivers 
are firm. 
Best factory, colored, 8^384<c ; best factory, white, 
853@—c: good factory, 8*3®8?3c; fair factory, 643® Sc, 
part skims, best 553^6530; fair skims, 443®553c • com¬ 
mon skims, 30353c , full skims, 2® 253c; Ohio flat, 5)3 
@7c. « 
Eoos are a little easier under liberal receipts, dull 
trade and hot weather. The egg market this season 
has been subject to many fluctuations. Strictly fresh 
eggs are scarce and wanted at firm prices. 
Near-by. fresh, 18*3®— 0 ; Canadian,—®—c; South¬ 
ern, 15316c: Western, best, 16316*31. 
Fruits.—A pples if choice hand picked a r e In good 
demand at firm prices, but the excessive off rings of 
inferior qualities depreciates prices. Small lots of 
Bartlett Pears from Jersey ard Maryland are rather 
small and green but sell slowly. Bell and Le Conte 
Pears are dull and weak. Peaches are arriving In 
larger quantities and it will pay to send only choice 
fruit. Inferior lots will not pay the expense of ship¬ 
ping and selling. Choice fruit meets a good demand. 
Melons are firmer when choice. Few plums are ar¬ 
riving, but plenty to meet the demand. Grapes sell 
well when of the best quality ; others are not wanted. 
All the small fruits are plentiful, eicept currants, 
which are scarce and higher. Huckleberries are a 
trifle higher under lighter receipts. Little change In 
dried fruits. Many of the quotations are .merely 
nominal. 
Apples, per crate, 25®75c ; do per bbl., 75c 3*2 00; 
Pears, Le Conte, per bbl., *2 00®*5 00; do Bartlett, 
per crate, *150; do Harvest, per bbl., <3 00. 
Huckleberries, 331 !c per quart; Lemons, per box, 
*2 50®*5 ; Peaches, per crate, 25c@*l 00; Gooseberries, 
per quart, 6®9c; Cherries, per lb. 4 310c ; Plums, Wild 
Goose, per basket, 75c3*'. Blackberries, per quart, 
387c; Musk-melons, per barrel, *t@*4 00; Water- 
me'ons, per 100. *10®*20. Raspberries, per pint, 4® 
7c. Currants, per lb., 7®9c. Grapes, Fla., Niagara, 
per lb., Id@l5c; do, do, Ives, per lb.. 6®7c; do S. C. 
Delaware, per lb., 15@20c; do, do Moores. 10316c, 
Dried.—E vaporated apples, fancy, 943®10c: prime 
to choice, 8J339c ; good. 7*3 853 c ; sun-dried sliced. 8 
0 9c; cores acd skins, 1133—c; chops, 253®353e; cher¬ 
ries, new, 10c; raspberries, 15317c ; blackberries, 3V3 
04c; Califo nla peaches, unpeeled, 10@llc; apricots, 
10012c. 
Hay is unchanged. Sales are moderate and receipts 
limited. 
Choice, *1®*-, Timothy, No. 1, 90®—c ; do No. 
2 75®80o: shipping, 60®70c; Clover Mixed. 60 * 65c. 
8traw—No. 1 rye. 75 880c.: short rye, 553 65c; oaf, 50c. 
Poultry Is in extremely light receipt and prices 
are somewhat higher for fowls and turkeys. Chickens 
are a trifle lower. Within the next month Is the most 
profitable time to market alive the surplus fowls and 
cockerels. A half grown chick If In good order wll 
bring more money In August than at Thanksgiving. 
Small, poor chickens are not wanted. 
Poultry—Live. —Chickens—Spring, per lb., 15c® 
21c; Fowls, near-by,per lb 15!3®— 0 , do Western,per lb, 
1531513c; roosters, old, per lb, 9c; Turkeys, per lb, 
10312c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 65080c; Geese, 
Western, per pair, *1 25®*1 65. 
Poultry.—Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb 11® 
1253c; Fowls, western, choice, 14015530; do common to 
good, 12314c, nearby, 1531513c, Ducks, good, 8®17; 
SquaD: white, per dozen, *3 25®*-; do dark, do,*2 00 
Chickens, 16®23c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes are considerably lower, but 
the receipts are light and clean up closely, so that the 
market is In first-rate condition. There is a fair de¬ 
mand for sweets. Onions are a trifle lower with good 
sales. Tomatoes are plentiful and the market is in 
bad shape, many of the receipts being in bad order. 
Peas are about out of market. String beans are lower 
and weak. Corn easier and in good supply from 
nearby points. Cabbages in moderate supply and 
firm. Squashes selling well. Some fine celery in 
market, but It sells low. 
Potatoes-L. I., per bbl. *1 59@*2 00; do Norfolk, per 
do.,75c®*l 75; Eastern Shore, do, *1 50 <0 *1 75. Onions— 
Potato, per bbl, *5 50 3*4 00; do per basket, *1 503*2 ; 
do Jersey Yellow, per bbl, *3 59@*l 00. Cabbage, L. I., 
per 100, *3 503*6 00; Squash, per bbl., *1 50®*2 00; 
Turnips, per 100 bunches, *1 C03*l 50, Egg Plant, South¬ 
ern, per bbl., *2 7534*; Cauliflower, per 100, —@*-; 
String Beans, per bag, 50075c; Cucumbers, per bbl., 
*1®*2 25. Tomatoes, per crate, 35c®*l 25. Beets, per 
100 bunches. *1 503*2 00. Corn, per 100, *1 00@*1 75. 
Wool.—S ales are inconsiderable, though there Is a 
steady demand for the various grades of domestic 
wool. The receipts have been good and supplies are 
Increasing at this point. The nominal quotation on 
XX Ohio fleece Is 30®805tc and 27®i8c In the West. 
Spring Texas quoted at 17821c; flue unwashed, 21c, 
and unwashed combing, 29030c. 
Milk and Cream.—T he average daily supply for the 
past week was 18,501 cans of milk 233 cans of con¬ 
densed milk and 749 cans of cream. The price paid 
for the surplus on the platform varlel from *1 10 to 
*1 25 a can of 40 quarts, the latter price being caused 
by the extra.demand during the hot weather. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—On the spot the' e was an advance of 53® 
lc, with a moderate degree of activity. Sales. No. 2 
Chicago Spring, *1 04 afloat; Ungraded Winter Red, 
9553c®*l 0633 ; No 2 Red. afloat 99530*1*043, as to 
delivery ; 97c for the middle of August; do f. o b., 
99*3 8*1 01J3, according to delivery; do Instore quoted 
985$c; No. 2 July, 9743'9'73c; do August, 945339693c; 
do September, 95*3*3 969*c; do October. 96*30 97 1116c; 
do November, 97*3®954tc; do December, 9953 i9944c ; 
do January, 113*1*013; do May, *1 0853@*1 0493- 
RYE.—Quiet, but held higher, sympathizing with the 
West. Sales.—Western for September quoted here at 
75@78c c. f. and 1 and to arrive delivered CORN.— 
Hardened with the leading cereal, but the market 
was not esp< dally active. Cables were 53®5$d higher, 
and Bradstreet’s reported a decrease of 4i9,C00 bushels 
f r the week in available st cks east of the Rockies. 
The spot market advanced about lc, with restrained 
offerings, thus cheeking trade. Sales-Ungraded 
Mixed and White, 69a7154C; No 2 mixed. 69®70c ele 
vator; 70@7 c afloat, special late July ; No. 2 July, 69 
®e953c do August (4*14® 65$<c ; do September, 62® 
63**c ; do October, 6093 8 62c ; do December, 5?*3 540c. 
OATS.—Were rather more active, and the drift of 
prices was higher, sympathizing with corn. Spot 
lots were generally firm. Sales—No. 3 mixed, 40c ele¬ 
vator ; No. 3 white, 46c elevator ; No. 2 mixed, 41c ele¬ 
vator ; 42c afloat; No. 2 white. 47c elevator; No. 1 
White, 59c elevator; No. 2 Chicago, 42c; Ungraded 
Mixed Western, 39®44c ; white do, 48 r 59c; No. 2 July, 
4073041c; do August, 3373®8453c; do September 
3253032Mc; No. 2 White, July, 46c. 
1 IYE STOCK MARKET?. 
BEEVKS.—The supply of common cattle was In ex¬ 
cess of butchers’ wants, and with a slack demand the 
market ruled weak, closing o^er; hut medium to 
good steers sold at steady prices and top grades, 
which were rather scare *, advanced 10c per 1(0 
pounds. The few Texans and Colorados offered sold 
at *3 553*4 65; common to extra native steers at #4 8 
*6 30; two car-loads of trash from an outside “ still,” 
at *3 053*3 10 ; oxen and stags at *3 50 8*4 50; bulls 
at *2 35®*4 15; cows and heifers at *1908*4. City 
dressed beef In only fair demand at 7@ 953c for In¬ 
ferior to choice native sides, and 5>307c for common 
to good Texas and Colorado do, Cable advices 
from London and Liverpool quote refrigerated 
beef steady at 553d, and American steers selling at 
12@13c, estimated dead weight. 
MILCH COWS.-Slow for common stock, but good 
cows are wanted at steady prices. The few reported 
sales were at |25®*45 per head. 
CALVES.—Buttermilks ruled steady selling at 3@4e, 
but veals sold lower. The range for common to 
choice was from 5c to 693 c, and Colonel ewcomb sold 
112 selected calves at *fi 8U®*7 per 100 pounds. Six 
cars of Westerns sold at 3533413c. Dressed calves 
steady at 45306 c for dressed buttermilks : 8®10c for 
city dressed veals (extra 1053 c). 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Sheep continue In light sup¬ 
ply, but there Is a correspondingly light demand, and 
prices although a little firm for desirable grades, are 
not higher. Prime lambs had a very fair Inquiry at 
well sustained prices but other grades sell slow, and 
butchers are too heavily loaded up with this kind of 
stock to take any great number, even at moder te 
figures. The receipts still exceed the demand. Com¬ 
mon to good sheep sold at $4<t*5 20; culls at <3$ 
*3 874$ ; ordinary to choice lambs at *5 75@*7, and one 
cut went to an outside party at $7 25. Dressed mut¬ 
ton unchanged at 8®l(Jc, and lambs sell at 843311 c. 
HOGS.—A few Stats hogs sold at *5 70®*5 90. and the 
market Is Arm at these figures for good hogs 
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. 
Small chickens are not wanted. 
Fresh eggs are not two weeks old. 
Cherries are nearly out of market. 
Evaporated fruits of all kinds are lower. 
Fatten the old hens for the August 
market. 
Gooseberries have had a good sale all 
the season. 
Yellow squashes from Long Island bring 
highest prices. 
Dried fruits In bags bring less than those 
packed in boxes. 
Don’t send windfall apples to this 
market; it will not pay. 
Niagara Grapes are not bringing the fancy 
prices of a few years ago. 
Sweet potatoes from North Carolina have 
sold for $4 to 15 per barrel. 
The coffee crop in Guatemala and Brazil 
Is about double that of last year. 
Minneapolis people are eating potatoes 
and oranges grown in California. 
Hops are on the decline. Choice 1890 
sell for 22 to 23 cents when a buyer can be 
found. 
The first bale of new Georgia cotton was 
sold in that State last week at auction for 
9% cents per pound. 
Two rare fruits from the We3t Indies 
were offered In a fruit store In this city, the 
sonr-sop and cashew. 
The blackberry crop of south Jersey is a 
light one for some unaccountable reason. 
The yield varies from a heavy crop to 
almost nothing in the same fields. 
The peach crop Is now reported to be rot¬ 
ting badly in Delaware. These are the early 
peaches which are always most subject to 
decay. The late ones are not reported In 
any danger. 
The Michigan monthly crop report for 
July estimates a probable yield of wheat 
from this year’s crop at 24 671,558 bushels. 
The area is 140,000 acres in excess of that 
harvested in 1890. 
The Manitoba Government crop bulletin 
just issued shows the crop prospects to be 
the brightest known for j ears. There has 
been an abundant rainfall, and wheat har¬ 
vesting will begin about August 15. 
Reports from Calcutta, India, say that 
the crop prospi cfcs In the provinces of Ben¬ 
gal, Assam and Burmah are good. Else¬ 
where the rainfall has been deficient and 
the distress is Increasing. Prices are rising 
in the Madras districts and in many dis¬ 
tricts of northern India. The stock of fod¬ 
der has been exhausted, and cattle are dying 
of starvation. 
Iowa reports the harvest of spring wheat 
In progress In the southern part of the 
State, and early seeded fields are ready to 
cut In northern districts. The hay crop is 
better than was expected. Corn is doing 
fairly well, but needs warmer weather. 
Flax and potatoes are very promising. 
On Friday the initial shipment from this 
city of dressed beef was made by an Eng¬ 
lish firm to the West Indies and South 
American ports. This firm is building 
refrigerators in the more important towns 
and cities of the colonies where garrisons 
are stationed, and Is also manufacturing 
ice, and the beef will be shipped in boxes 
on the steamer to these islands and ports, 
In the same way that it has been trans¬ 
ported to England. No doubt after the 
business has become established, a ship¬ 
ment will be made every fortnight, and 
possibly oftener. The vessel also carried 10 
sheep. 
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Farm Crons. 
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Hay.... 
Cora... 
Oits.... 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
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Buckwheat.. 
Pork. 
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Wool. 
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Sugar.... 
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Oatmeal 
Klee. 
Butter... 
Coffee... 
Tea. 
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Evnporntcd Fruits, etc. 
Blackberries..per lb.*0.453 
Apples 
Sweet Corn . 
*v liortleberrles 
Pears . 
Cherries. 
Peaches. 
Raspberries.. 
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