THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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LATEST WHOLESALE PEICES 
—OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE 
New York, Saturday, August 8, i8gx 
Brans have declined somewhat as the demand is 
very moderate. Trading will be limited for some 
time. 
Marrows—New, $1 60®$2 40; New Mediums oholce, 
$2 35; Pea, $2 35; Red Kidney, $2 75@$2 90; White 
Kidney, choice, $2 40®$2 45 ; Foreign Mediums, 82 159 
$2 20; do Marrow, $2 35®$2 40; do Pea, $2 203$2!5; 
Green Peas. $1 10®$1 15 California Lima, $2 50382 55. 
Butter is a trifle firmer and prices on all fancy 
grades have advanced. Choice creamery and dairy 
are particularly in demand. Diminished receipts are 
responsible for this. The market is In good shape. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best, 18@1896c; State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 1596® 19c; Western, best, 1796318c; do prime, 
16®l7c: do good, 1496®1596<s; do poor, 14®-c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 14«i5c: do fine, 18 
®—<s; do poor, 12®-c. Dairy.— State, best, 17®18ci 
do prime, 1596®l696o: do good, 1496@15o; do poor, 14c; 
Western, prime, 14®1496c : do fair, 1296®13c; do poor, 
1196 112c; do factory, best, 1396®14c; do prime 12®13c; 
do good, 11@—c. 
Chkbsk is doing well under a good demand; prices 
are unchanged from last week, excepting that fancy 
white is a trifle higher. Prices were a trifle lower, 
however, early in the week. A strongexport demand 
helps matters. 
Best factory, colored, 8963896c; best factory, white, 
896@SJ.ic; good factory, 746®8c; fair factory, 696@796c, 
part skims, best 5963696c; fair skims, 4@5c; com¬ 
mon skims, 3 3396c; full skims, 2®296c; Ohio flat, f>96 
®796c. 
Eoos are weak,under liberal receipts and a limited 
demand. The demand is mainly for fancy fresh 
stock, which is extremely scarce. Large quantities 
have been put into cold storage. 
Near-by, fresh, 1896®—o; Canadian, —®—c; South¬ 
ern. 15 316c; Western, best, 1696® 17c. 
Fruits. —Apples are plentiful, dull and low. Choice 
pears are not plentiful and in good demand, but there 
is a large supply of inferior fruit. Peaches are in 
larger supply and of better quality, but the price is 
low and will probably continue so. The demand Is 
good, but the most of people who are looking for can¬ 
ning stock are waiting for lower prices. Berries of 
all kinds are in limited supply and firmer. Southern 
grapes are plentiful and slow of sale for everything 
but the best lots. One of the greatest enemies of the 
grape grower is the man who ships Champion Grapes. 
Not another one should ever be sent to market. 
Dried fruits are quiet and trade slow. But little will 
be done with these for some time to come. 
Apples, per crate, 30@65c; do per bbl., 75c@$2 00. 
Pears, Le Conte, per bbl., $2 (J0®$3 U0; do Bartlett, 
per crate, 50@75c; do Harvest, per bbl., $2 U0; 
do Clapp's, per bbl., $2 50®$8; do Bell, per bbl., $1 50® 
$1 75 ; Huckleberries, 5@8c per quart; Lemons, per 
box, $2 25@$4 50; Peaches, per basket, 35c@$l; Plums, 
Damson, per crate, $1 25®fl 50. Blackberries, per 
quart, 4 5 9c; Musk-melons, per barrel, 40c®$250; 
Water-melons, per 100, $5 <I0@$16 00. Grapes, S. C., 
Niagara, per lb., S@10c; do, do, Champion, per lb., 
2@8c; do, do, Delaware, per lb., 6@10c ; do, do Moores, 
4@5c. 
Dried.— Evaporated apples, fancy, —®—c ; prime 
to choice, 9910c; good, 8«9c; sun-dried, sliced.— 
®—c; cores and skins, l@196c; chops, 296®3c; cher¬ 
ries, new, 10c ; raspberries, — c ; blackberries, 396 
®4c; Callfo nia peaches, unpeeled, 9@l0c; apricots, 
9311c. 
Hay Is a trifle lower and trade is quiet with a mod¬ 
erate demand. Straw lower. 
Choice, 90c@$-, Timothy, No. 1, 85®—c ; do No. 
2. 70®75c; shipping, 6')®—o; Clover Mixed, 60@65c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye, 65 370c,; short rye, 50960 c; oat, 50c. 
Poultry.— Live poultry of all kinds is lower under 
liberal receipts and a moderate demand. The receipts 
are unusually large for the season. The greatest de 
cline is in chickens. Dressed poultry has also de¬ 
clined under larger receipts. The cause of this con¬ 
dition of things is primarily the high prices that pre¬ 
vailed a week or two ago. These stimulated ship¬ 
ments to a greater amount than the market required 
and also decreased the consumption. A reaction in 
the opposite direction is likely to follow in a couple 
of weeks after the accumulations have been worked 
oft. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, per lb., lie® 
1896c; Fowls, near-by, per lb 1196®12o, do Western, per 
lb, ll@12e; roosters, old, per lb, 7o; Turkeys, per lb, 
10®—o; Ducks, Western, per pair, 50®65c; Geese, 
Westsrn, per pair, $1 25@$1 40. 
Poultry.—Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 12® 
13c; Fowls, western, choice, 1231296c; do common to 
good, 10®12c, nearby, 12»13c; Ducks, good. 8®17; 
Squao: white, per dosen, 75c®$-; do dark, do, $—; 
Chickens, ll®2lc. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes are in moderate demand 
and a little lower; receipts are liberal. Onions firm 
and in moderate supply. Tomatoes are quiet. A 
few sweet potatoes meet a good demand if choice. 
Cucumbers plentiful. Most other vegetables in good 
supply and quiet. 
Potatoes—L. I., per bbl. $1 5!)®$1 75; do Jersey, per 
do.,75c®$l 50; Eastern 8hore, do, $1 00@$1 50. Onions— 
Potato, per bbl, $2 50®$3; do per basket, $1 25®$1 50 ; 
do Jersey Yellow, per bbl., $2 50@$3 00. Cabbage, L. I ; 
per 100, $3 00@$4 00; Squash, per bbl., $100@|125; 
Turnips, Russia, per bbL, 75c@$l 00, Egg Plant, South¬ 
ern, per bbl., $1 50®$2 00; Cauliflower, per 100, —@— ; 
String Beans, per bag, 75c@$l; Cucumbers, per 1,000, 
$1®*2 00. Tomatoes, per crate, 50c®$l 25. Beets, per 
100 bunches, $1 50®$2 00. Corn, per 100, $1 00®$1 50. 
Milk and Cream.— The average dally receipts of 
milk the past week were 17,943 cans of milk, 228 cans 
of condensed milk and 573 cans of cream. The 
average price for the surplus was $l.i5 per can of 40 
quarts. 
Wool.— The market has undergone no change the 
past week. Prices are believed to be on the bottom, 
and when the fall buying begins in earnest holders 
of stock anticipate some improvement. Foreign wool 
is quiet. Sales Included scoured Texas at 4l@52c; 
Territory, 22c ; shearlings, 20®i2c ; spring Texas, 18® 
22c : spring California, 17<S2:c ; scoured do, 5595736c. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.— Liverpool stocks showed some falling oflC 
as compared with last month. The spot market 
ruled irregular, but closed firm on the foreign buy¬ 
ing Ungraded Winter Red, 9996c®$l 06; No. 2 Red 
afloat, $1 0096@$1 01; $1 0396@$l 0196, f. o b„ as to de¬ 
livery; do in store, quoted 9996c®$l; No. 2 Chicago 
Spring, $1 0796@$1 08 ; No. 2 August, 9896®9996c ; do 
September, 9S96@99?6c ; do October, 9996@#1 0096; do 
November, $1 0096®$10196; do December, $10156® 
$10296; do January, $10396@$104; do May, $10696® 
$10796- RYE.—Strongly maintained in price, with a 
moderate demand. Sales.—Prime Western, to arrive, 
c. f. and 1., 83c, for export. CORN.—Was excessively 
dull in the speculative line. Cables came quiet and 
firm, and ihe arrivals at the West, though liberal, 
were somewhat below expectations. The spot mar¬ 
ket closed with more steadiness. Sales.-Ungraded 
Mixed and White, 70 380c ; No. 2 mixed, 719637196c 
elevator; 7296®7296c afloat; No. 2 White, 80c ; No. 2 
August, 68963 6396c ; do September, 66@6696C ; do Octo' 
ber, 6>96 96496c; do December, 5796c. OATS.—The spot 
magket advanced and trading was moderate. Sales— 
No. 3 mixed, 87c elevator ; No. 3 white, 3733796c ele¬ 
vator ; No. 2 mixed, 3796 38c elevator; 83968 8996c 
afloat; No. 2 white, 39940>6c elevator; No. 1 White, 
42 <4 43c elevator; No. 2 Chicago, S896@3996c; track 
mixed, S5@39c ; track white, 36 >i42c; No. 2 August, 
8396@S396c; do September, 33 38396c.; do October, 8396 
®8396c. 
LIVE 8TOOK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—There were very few prime or choice 
beeves In the yards. Common cattle showed no im¬ 
provement. Teians sold at $2 30 s$3 65 ; common to 
good native steers at |3 85@$5 7796 : Choice Indiana 
cattle at $6 10. Bulls and dry cows ranged in price 
from $1 65@$3 60. City dressed beef in moderate de¬ 
mand at 536c for Texas sides ; 6 97c for Colorado do ; 
and 6@996c for very common to choice native car¬ 
casses. Cable advices quote refrigerated beef slow 
at unchanged prices, or at 4%d per pound ; American 
steers weak at 59636d, with the prospect that prices 
may go lower yet. 
MILCH COWS.—Dull for common cows, but good 
stock in fair demand at last week’s prices. Common 
to choice quoted at $2U@$50 per head. 
CALVES.—General market weak. Ordinary to choice 
veals sold at 5963896c, and about 180 head at 7c. This 
figure is 96c outside of closing quotations. Grassers 
and buttermilks ranged from 2963396c ; fed and mixed 
lots from 396®5c, and one lot of Westerns sold at 4c. 
Delaware County “bobs” steady at 396c. Dressed 
calves opened steady, but closed weak at 53696c for 
dre sed grassers and buttermilks, 7@996c for country 
dressed veals, and 8@1096c for city dressed. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Sheep were in fair demand, 
but a trifle easier, with sales at $4 9$5 50 per 100 
pounds for poorest to best. Good lambs were in light 
supply, and sold promptly at an advance of 96c per 
pound. Common stock telling freely at previous 
figures. The range of prices was from $5 2.»@$7 25. 
Dressed mutton aboutsteady at8310c ; dressed lambs 
were unchanged at 8@1096c, choice carcasses bringing 
11c on the East Side. 
HOGS.—Market dull for heavy hogs and Western 
pigs. Reported sales of State hogs were at $5 50® 
$5 8296 per 100 pounds; and a car-load of Western 
hogs sold at $5 75. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
The rice crop is above the average. 
Lower butter prices are improbable. 
The cotton worm is at work in Missis¬ 
sippi. 
Corn is backward throughout the leading 
corn States. 
The Peninsula peach crop promises well 
on the average. 
The first new rice has reached the New 
Orleans market. 
July weather has been favorable to a 
large make of butter. 
Excessive rains are preventing the har¬ 
vesting of and destroying the crops of Aus- 
tro-Hungary. 
It is computed that there will be an ex¬ 
port surplus of wheat from the crops this 
year of 200,000,000 bushels. 
The first bale of this year’s Texas cotton 
was sold Thursday on the Cotton Ex¬ 
change. It brought 10% cents a pound. 
South Jersey fruit growers say that they 
are robbed by the commission merchants 
making returns for shipments at lower 
prices than those actually received. 
Chancellor E. H. Snow and Prof. E. A. 
Popenoe, who were commissioned to look 
into the grasshopper scare in eastern Colo¬ 
rado and western Kansas, report that the 
only case in which they discovered any in¬ 
jury to field crops was that of a field of 
young sorghum cane. 
The Wisconsin crop bulletin of last week 
reports growing crops in fine condition in 
the southwest part of the State and gener¬ 
ally throughout the western and north¬ 
western portions. Much good has been 
done by light showers over the parched 
eastern and central portions. Chinch bugs 
have caused serious damage in many coun¬ 
ties in the southeast and central portions of 
the State. They are reported to have totally 
destroyed the spring wheat in Waukesha, 
Jefferson, Dodge, Walworth and Manito¬ 
woc Counties. The pasturage in many 
eastern and central counties is burned up, 
and the farmers are feeding nearly as much 
hay to stock as In winter. Notwithstand¬ 
ing the bugs and the drought, the general 
average of the oat crop throughout the 
State exceeds the expectations placed upon 
it a few weeks ago. It will yield nearly up 
to the average crop. Barley and spring 
wheat are being harvested in the eastern 
counties; except where the bugs have de 
stroyed the wheat, the yield will be three- 
fourths of an average crop. The continued 
cool weather has still further lowered corn 
prospects. 
The Meteorological Bureau at Ithaca, re¬ 
ports, August 1st, that in New York State 
harvesting, and especially haying, have 
been delayed somewhat by rain; showers 
being reported on four or five days during 
the week, by about one-third of the observ¬ 
ers ; and on two or three days at the re¬ 
maining stations. While but little serious 
injury to the hay crop is reported from this 
cause, from one-half to one-third of the 
grass has not yet been secured in the north¬ 
ern section and In other scattered localities. 
Winter wheat has been harvested In good 
condition; and In most cases thrashing 
proves the yield of grain to be excellent in 
quantity and quality. The yield of barley 
will probably be better than was expected, 
while the quantity of rye is slightly de¬ 
ficient. Oats are ripening in favorable 
localities all over the State; and in the 
southern Hudson Valley, the harvest is 
well advanced with prospects for a very 
good yield of grain. Corn is kept back¬ 
ward by cool weather In the northern coun¬ 
ties and in portions of the central and west¬ 
ern highlands, where the crops must fall 
below an average yield unless the weather 
becomes much warmer. In sheltered locali¬ 
ties this crop is very promising. Potatoes 
are generally in excellent condition, espec¬ 
ially the late plantings. The potato blight 
is reported from restricted portions of Alle¬ 
gany, Oswego and Ontario Counties, but 
the disease does not spread. The outlook 
for the apple crop is improving, owing to 
the excellent quality of the fruit which re¬ 
mains on the trees. Pears, plums and 
peaches are abundant, and generally are In 
a sound condition. In Orleans County, 
however, the “ yellows” is noticed In a few 
peach orchards, and a few observers state 
that an excessive yield has apparently de¬ 
creased the size of the fruit. The ” white 
marked tussock moth caterpillars” are 
stripping pear and plum leaves in central 
Oswego County. Professor Comstock states 
that an arsenical solution, or a solution of 
one pound of London-purple In three hun¬ 
dred gallons of water, used as a spray, may 
be employed to destroy the Insects. 
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