THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
745 
i89i 
Condensed Corresvondence—Continued. 
Ringgold County, Towa. —Thk R. N -Y. 
corn Is ripe It did well, bat is hardly t^e 
corn for this part of To va. The etrs were 
mostly eisrht-rowed, although some had as 
many as 12 rows. The corn crop, as a whole, 
throughout the S f are is magnificent, al¬ 
though not so overflowing as some reporters 
would have us think. Some say that new 
corn will start at 25 cents. For years win¬ 
ter wheat has been regarded as a failure in 
southern Iowa. Years ago, when the coun¬ 
try was new, as a 8r-t and second crop it 
yielded amazingly; but successive failures 
caused its culture to be discontinued. Now 
it does well again. Notwithstanding a ten¬ 
ant pastured the field somewhat aad crows 
for a month fed on the shocks, on my farm 
this year it turned out 28 bushels of extra 
good wheat to the acre. Wao can account 
for this change in growing winter wheat ? 
My experience is that to secure the bs-t re¬ 
sults. it should be sown the last week in 
August, or the first and second weeks in 
Septemb°r, not later, and that to pasture 
it is very damaging. E. B. H. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
The apple export business is enormous. 
Auction sales of California fruits continue 
large. 
Cold and foggy weather has seriously 
aff cted the Egyptian cotton crop. 
A shipment of l/OObsgs of clover seed 
was made from Baltimore to Havre on 
Saturday. 
Much unt.brashed wheat in Minnesota 
and the Dakotas has been damaged by the 
excessive rains. 
Market men are almost unanimous in 
their opposition to ihe staples u-ed for fas¬ 
tening the covers on butter tubs. 
The peach 5 ield of the Delaware Penin¬ 
sula for 1891 is estimated at over 6 000 000 
baskets hr nglng to the growets a profit of 
over 11,50'.t'OO. 
The New Y< rk Milk Exchange has fixed 
the price to be paid to producers in October 
at three cents a quart net. This is half a 
cent a quart better than the farmers ob¬ 
tained last Oetoter. 
Much complaint is heard from the West 
that the wheat which was sown early in 
September and which sprouted was after¬ 
wards destroyed by tne hot dry weather 
which dried up the young sprouts. 
The Canadian apple crop is reported as 
promising to be enormous: it is put at 
about 1,000/00 barrels The fruit is of fine 
quality. As prices are likely to rule low a 
fuil export business is expected. 
Messrs J. C. Houghton & Co., Liverpool, 
cable that American apples sola in their 
market October 5 an the following prices 
for sound fruit: Kings, f3 89 to $5 56; 
Baldwins, $3 16 to$4 13: Greenings, $2 (8 to 
$3 64. They also report that the demand 
continues good. 
The shipments of apples from the port of 
New Yorx for the week ending October 3, 
were as follows: To Liverpool, 19 0(0. to 
Glasgow. 7,000, to London, 2 0( 0 barrels. 
Total, 28 000 barrels. The total exp >its for 
the week from Un ted States and Canada 
amout tsd to 51 254 barrels, including 8,000 
from Nova Scotia to London. 
Messrs. James Lindsay & Son, Glasgow, 
Eciuburgh and L-ith, cable that In their 
markets t‘ e ruling prices for apples are as 
follows: Kings, $4 33 to $5 33: Famr-u«e, 
$3 40 to $4 :-8: Bald-inR, $189 to $4 85; 
Gre* nings, $3 40 to $3 89; Spies, $3 89 to 
$4.38; Spiiz $3 40 to $3 89: Cranberry Pip¬ 
pins, $3 89 to $4 85: various other kinds, 
$3 40 to $4.38. 
Theoffidal estimates of the yield of the 
French narvest for 1891 are as follows : 
Wheat, 5 819.507 hectares cultivated. A 
hectare Is two acres, one rood and 35 
perches. This cultivation produced 8L.- 
889 070 hectolitres. A hectolitre is 2 % 
bushels. Mixed graiD, 258,315 hectares 
planted, producing 3,636,991 hectolitres. 
Rye, 1,494,714 hectares planted, producing 
21,151,317 nectjlltres. 
The Mercantile and Exchange Advocate 
says that there is a great scarcity of Ntw 
York Scate dairy butter, both half firkin 
tubs and firkins in this city. There i* al¬ 
ways an active demand for New York 
State dairy butter in the fall to fill South¬ 
ern orders, and dairymen are advised to 
send their dairies on to meet this demand, 
and not let the Southern fn 11 tr^ds be sup¬ 
plied entirely with held creamery butter. 
It may be true that some of the finest 
dairies will sell higher, if they keep well, 
later in the season, but upon an average 
the sales made in the fall are the safest to 
the dairymen, on the bulk of the dories 
A very few dairifs In late years have stood 
the te«t of holding until late in the wi iter, 
and there is both risk of bu’t-r going off 
in quality, and also of prices going off late 
in the season if the bulk of the dairies is 
held back too loDg. This can hardly be 
said to have been the case last winter but 
that was an exceptional season. 
LATEST WHOLESALE FBICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York. O tober '0. 1891. 
Beaus.—T be market is a lit'le essPr under increased 
receipt®. The demand is mocerate. An extra ex¬ 
port < emai'd has sent up the price of Be > Kitlre's, 
but they are not likely to maintain that position 
long. 
Marrows—N pw. #160982 20 New Worllnms choice, 
$2 15 Pea. $2 15: Be<i Kidney, $2 25 =>$2 50 White 
Kidney, choice $2 0)982 20 Foretsru Mediums *190® 
*2 10: do Marrow, $’05* 8-< 10- do Pea. 82 10 *2 15; 
Green Peas * 10 *8 15 California Limas $2 25 982 40’ 
Butter Is doing better for top grades All 'n^erior 
grades are slow of rale and in large supply. The de¬ 
mand is moderate, bu light receipts tend to keep the 
market in good shape. 
Cbkamkky Main nest —(9- c- State and Penn¬ 
sylvania 25®26 Hj": Westrrn best 26 2654c: do prime, 
22*245; do good. 19 2lc; do poor 16al7c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, or'me. 19 2to do One 16 
®18e do po-jr. ’4915c. Dairy State, best 23«24c; 
do prime, 20'. 22c; do good 18 1 19c do poor. 14o; 
Western. prime. 17<tl3c do fair, 14915c; do poor. 
12 13c do faetory, best, 15*40; do prime, 14®1456o; 
do rood. 13 91354c. 
Cbkksr is ouiet under light trading. 
Fancy Cream 9-on (Mac; best factory, white, 954 
® — c. good factory, 8 v>« 95ac; fair factory, 7®85,c! 
part skims, bent 6 756c; fair ssims 5^ 6 c com¬ 
mon skims. 4 55te full skims. 2(« 3c; Ohio flat, 6 ® 8 } 4 C 
Eggs show no material change. 
N«a- o» freon 22 *—o; a..»,nan 20 2154i; South¬ 
ern 20-213: Western best 2l' > 2l l 4c Ic» house, 18 » 20c. 
Fruits. — Apples have been plent ful and prices low, 
but as ihe o her fruits gr<dually rop out of market, 
the demand improv-s and prices advance sdghtly 
The pri-vl u< low prices also seem to have deterred 
shippers and the receipts ) ave declined. Pears are 
in good dimand for the b st qualities. Recelitsof 
plums ar-i * onflned mostly to Dam ons. whi< h find a 
ready sale. Pe .che« ar - near'y out of market ai d the 
poorest dow sell for as nuchas the best didin the 
height of the teas^n. t r*nberries are In lighter *e- 
cetpt and prices have lmprov d Grapts are tolng 
better De awares are scau e. Dried fruits continue 
dull and p-ices show little cnange. 
Apples Klnrs, per bnl . $l75->$2 25; Baldwin, do 
81(4) $if0: Greet ings, do, »1 25 $1 '0; Pears, Bart¬ 
lett, per box. »1 50 2 5H; do Sec r el, per bbl.. $ 00 
**3(0; do Anjou, per bbl., fl 75 »*2 25; Lemons, 
box, $3 25**7 0; Peaches per basket, 75e9*l 75 ; 
Plums, Dam'ons, per bbl. 8 50 *4C<>; Grapes- 
Niagara, per lb, 34i4c; do Empire Slate, 3<o 4c; do 
Concord, per lb. 2fl)2 1 -&c; do, Bngat-m, 2®3e;do: 
Delaware, per lb, 3i4c do, Worden, 2a3c, 
Cranberries, Caoe Cod per bb'., *5 25*$6 do, per 
crate, *1 50*-2 00. quinces, per bbl., 25 *3 0'. 
Drikd.— Evaporated apples, fa c», 8 8 J 4 c: prime 
to choice 6 J 4 s7m,c ; good, 6 654c ; sun-dried sliced. 4 
6 * 5*siC cores a> d skins, 156 9-c: chops. 2 2Hc: cher¬ 
ries, new 8 9 ) 4 c; rasp'-erries, 14 -al55vc; blacRoer>-les, 
S56c; Califo nia peaches, unpeeled, t@10c; apricots, 
8 a 9e. 
Hay shows little change, the demand being moder¬ 
ate and the market st**ady. 
Cnohe 9.c<i* - , n> Ou.y, No. 1, 75? 85c : do No 
2 70*—o snipping 60 a—c; Clover Mired 65 -70c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye 65 -TO-.: short rye. 50 '. 55*5 oaf, 45s. 
Hops rtmain unchanged with a very moderate 
market. 
State, 1 9 crop seedlings, 15®I6 c: do 1891 crop, 
pr me and choi-e, 14 »16: do do, low and goid.lt® 
lie Pacific Coast 1890 crop, bast, 6 : do. fair and 
good, 1 2@ 14 do i891 crop, fair and choice 16c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet: new fancy hand picked 
qu >ted at 37* 94c, farm-rs’ g-ale« at 2 **3 «c for 
prime. Pecans -Stra'ght lotsof ungralel are quoted 
at 9 9l c. Hitkory nuts #1 -i* 12>. Chestnuts have 
advanced to $4**5 p r bushel. 
Poultry. -Live is doing well. There were 46 car 
loads In for .be Jewish holiday last week besides al i 
the smaller 1 is. Th.s Is the heavle.t supply on 
record but as the e ha-been little received during 
the earlier part of this week and there is another 
ho lday next Jlomtav. the market is strong. After 
this a decline is irobible Dressed pou try Is also 
higher. Gamec ntinuesof poor quality and sells at 
irregular prices. Venison sells for 8*20 cents per 
pound. 
poultry—Ltvr.—C hickens —Spring, per Ib„ lie® 
16c; fowls, near-by, per lb 14 915c. do Western, per 
lb, 14»14>^c: roosters, old, per lb, 9@-o; Turkeys 
per ib, 12 c-c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 50®70c 
Geese, Westsrn. per pair, $1 25 981 50 
Poultry. -Drkssbd— Turxey® mixed, per Ib. 8 ® 
163; Fowls, western, choice, 14 14^4-3: do common to 
good. 10 9’43, nearby, 14)6 »—c; Ducks, good 9 918; 
Squatt: white, per aosen, $3 25**3 50, do dark, do, 
$2 25 : Chickens. 7®‘.’0c. 
Vegetable! show lit* le change except onions w-hlch 
are higher. The rrarket is well supplied with all 
seasonubl- variet es and the demand is good. The 
potato market is fl-m and ihe receipts lioeral. 
Potatoes -L. I., per nol. *! 25 »*1 50 do Jersey, per 
do., 75c9$l 25 do,Sweets. $1 01 8100 Onions White, 
per bbl, >3-9 *4(0: do Jers-y Yellow, $l00i$175; 
do Connecti ut Ked, 81 f 0 *1 7->: doOra-ga Comity 
Ked, (1 .$16!; do State Yellow. $175 9 * 2 ( 10 . Caboage, 
per 100, $2 50-1*3 75 ; Squash, per bbl., 75c91$ ; 
Turnips, Russia, per bbl., :0 «75e. Egg Plant, 
per bbl., 75c-t* 00; Caulltl )Wer, per 100, —®—; Lima 
Beaus, per bag. $ 151 ( 9 * 175 ; CmumDers per l.ooO, 
75c*«1 50. Tomatoes, per crate, 20940 c. Corn, per UO, 
85<a75c. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—Sales — No. 1 Northern Spring $1 C856 
afloat: Ungraded Winter Red, 94*> 4 eaSt 09-«.; No. 2 
Red, afloat, *10546 »*10744; oo, in store, quoted at 
$1 0856; No. 3 Red, *1 03®$113>6; No. 2 October, $1 O 6 J 9 , 
do November. $1 0674-981 07t6‘ do Deoember. 81 08 5 16 
*81 1 944: do January. *1 1>)4«$1 11 V< : do F-bruary, 
8112 *11246, dD March, 8' 4 do Apr. 1, 8114*6; do 
May, * 111 - 0 * 8 ' 546 RYE-StroDgiy maintained in 
price, with a fair inquiry sales Stale of Vew- 
Jersey, 9 14 c and Western c. f aid 1 . 94 - c. BARLEY.— 
Firm. Sales No. 2 Ml waukee to arrlvp. 72c CORN 
made a eubstan lal advan e. but tbe trading was less 
active, because of the excitement In wheat. Further 
arrivals of th“ new crop were r ported at St. Louis 
and Kansas, and Chicago was said to have received 
several cars which graded contract. Ear'y cables 
were weak, while late accounts tame somewhat 
steadier. *• Bralstree'’s ” estimate of a decrease of 
l,65(i d00 bushels for tbe week east of the Rockies did 
not have much effec\ On the spot the market gained 
about lc but there wa< a decided falling off in the 
trading, owing to the rise. Ungraded Mixed and 
White, 6054 < 2 V 3 : No. 2 mixed 60q>c • levator, « s,c 
afloat No. 2 Whl'e. 6 . ,l i>c in elevator- No 2 October, 
6 <ij$c: do November e tS'iAAc: do 1 erember. 54 »s® 
55vt)C; do January, 51'-6? 52. do F bru try, 52e; do May, 
51 515,c. OATS.Brad9 reei’a ” «stlmatPd an In' 
ereaseof 1,' !<!9 ,000 bushels for ibe we°k in available 
stocks east of the Rorkles. Spot lo's advanced and 
clos-d Arm. S*le«.—No 3mlxei.3ti6e eleva or do 
white, Stqc elevator - No. 2 mixed S3H933!yC ele. 
vator: 8454994>4e afloat- do white 85>4 3556c ele¬ 
vator- No. Ido, 36 ic e'eva'or : o 2 Chicago, 84549 
3J5ac Ungraded Western mixed. 3-56 --85';: whltedo, 
35* t r c : Vo. 2 N vembei\ 8 te do December H45ac ; do 
May, 3793754 c; No. 2 white Oc'oner, 3154 iSSjgc ; do 
November, 3556(4.3 94 c; do December, 3oJ4c. 
MILK PRODUCERS 
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E. L. HILL, West Upton. Mass. 
B erkshire, Chester whiu, 
Jersey Red ami Poland China 
PIUS. Jersev, Guernsey and 
Holstein Lattle. Thoroughbred 
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LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEWS.— A four-csr lot of Texans sold at *8 25 per 
100 pou-ds: Colorados and Ringers at *336(»$48'; 
poorest to best native steers at *3 Ml '«5 70 • oxen and 
stags at #t 6) c$4 9 1 ; bulls ar 15® >3S' 1 . City dressed 
beef in fair demand at 6 91*0 for loramon to extra 
na’tve s<dos: 45, for Texas do. end 5 -7c for 
Colorado and Montana beef European a • vi<-es quote 
refrigerated be°f steady and s Ring at the average 
price of id. or scant re per pound and American 
steers unchanged at 1156®13e, estimated dressed 
weight. 
MILCH rows.— steady f'r all graces, and good 
cows a-o wanted. Prices ranged from $24 to $45 per 
head, and an odd cow or two sold at *50. 
CALVES —Veal* sold higher ; graesers, buttermilks 
and Westerns were steady. Reported sales were at 
5 8c p<>r pound for veals, 2«2 hc for grassers ; 244*3c 
for buttermilks,and 2«4®356e for Western'. 
SWEEP AND LAMBS—The light suop'y. coupled 
wbh tbe cool weather, gave a very firm lone to the 
market. Common ao primesheep sold at 34->525; 
inferior to choice lambs at 85 25**6 75 : cutis at *4 50. 
Dre-sed mutton steady at 656* 85.c:d eased lambs 
fir- er at 8*,®l0c (choice-selected carcasses telling up 
to :056c.) 
HODS —Market firm, with good hogs selling at 
$5 r>9@|5 75. 
TO BUTTER MAKERS. 
To the Editor : 
I wish to call <he attention of the readers of * . 
.to an artificial color which is all that 
can be desired. I have reference to the Improved 
Butter Color, manufactured by Wells, Richardson & 
Co., Burlington, Vt. 
It is superior to all other colors I have tried in 
point of a rength, and this of course makes It the 
most economical No one can detect its use, and it 
is perfectly batmless and without taste or odor. 
Even tbe old cow herself would think it was June If 
site sow butter where this color ha* been used. 
I don’t see how any one can use ether kinds, or 
make uncolored butter, as this will add from five to 
ten cents a pound to the soiling p Ice. 
Mrs. 51. A., Geneva, N. Y.—Adv 
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