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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Don’t send grub-eaten potatoes to mar¬ 
ket. 
Fatten your poultry before sending it to 
market. 
The butter market is decidedly down in 
the mouth. 
On a Delaware fruit farm are twp miles 
of grape fence. 
The southern California papers predict a 
large orange crop. 
California hop growers are shipping di¬ 
rectly to England. 
If eggs are dirty, wash them before you 
let them leave your farm. 
California fruit shippers say that the re¬ 
frigerator car has come to stay. 
Beware of the commission merchant who 
quotes prices much above the regular mar¬ 
ket. 
Don’t put abnormally large specimens at 
the tops of the barrels in packing fruits or 
other produce. 
A California raisin grower claims to have 
harvested 43 tons of raisins from 16 acres 
of Muscat vines. 
A California paper says: “The damage 
to the grape crop in Pennsylvania and New 
York by frost is being variously estimated 
at from 50 to 80 per cent.” Estimates made 
3,000 miles away are not always reliable. 
According to the crop bulletin of the 
New Jersey State Board of Agriculture, 
the average yield per acre this year of 
wheat is 15)4 bushels, of rye 14X and oats 
30 bushels. 
The tenth annual meeting of the National 
Swine Breeders’ Association to be held in 
the Sherman House, Chicago, Ill., at two 
o’clock P. M., November 17, promises to be 
very largely attended. Every swine breed¬ 
ers’ association in the country should be 
represented at this meeting. 
A recent visitor to western Kansas says 
that unthrashed wheat in that section is 
damaged from 25 to 50 per cent on account 
of wet weather and poor shocking. The 
grain has already commenced to grow, and 
many of the stacks are green. A good deal 
of wheat still remains In the shock. This is 
ruined. Farmers are busily engaged In 
thrashing the crops, but will not get 
through before the first of the year. The 
acreage of wheat put in this fall will not be 
as large as last fall. This will be a good 
thing for the farmers, as they will be bet¬ 
ter able to care for the crop. 
The Pacific coast hop crop falls below 
that of last year. Authentic reports say 
that California will about equal last year’s 
yield in quantity, bat a large percentage 
will be of inferior quality. Oregon and 
Washington will yield probably one-half 
last year’s amount, but less than one-half 
will be of good quality. The yield of the 
coast will therefore be about three-fourths 
that of last year, which was an unusually 
large one, but in quality there will be a 
defection of about 50 per cent, which 
should make choice hops very good prop¬ 
erty, although holders should not be car¬ 
ried away with the idea that high prices 
must necessarily result. 
Thanksgiving occurs this year Novem¬ 
ber 26, and poultry for that market should 
reach the city not later than Tuesday 
morning preceding, unless in case of choice 
birds for a special market, when Wednes¬ 
day morning might do. All fowls should 
be well fattened; killed by sticking in the 
mouths ; picked without breaking the skin 
or bruisiDg in any way ; thoroughly cooled 
and carefully packed in clean boxes or bar¬ 
rels with an abundance of clean, bright 
wheat or rye straw. Never use oat straw 
under any consideration, and don’t be 
afraid to use plenty of straw. Sort the 
fowls, chicks, turkeys, etc., and pack each 
kind by itself and mark plainly on the out¬ 
side of each package its contents, also its 
gross and net weights. Mark plainly the 
name and address of the consignor as well 
as the consignee, and notify the latter by 
mail of the shipment. Fancy poultry some¬ 
times sells high at the Thanksgiving and 
holiday markets, but the market Is often 
glutted and much of the common and in¬ 
ferior stock is sold at prices that must 
prove extremely unsatisfactory. 
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. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, November 7. 1891. 
Beans.— No material change in prices, but the re 
ceipts are light and demand good, so the market is 
kept well cleaned of stock. 
Marrows—New, #1 6u@#2 35 New Mediums choice, 
12 15; Pea. #2 10; Re 1 Kidney, *2 25 9$2 33 Waite 
Kidney, choice, #-®#- Foreign Mediums *1 90® 
#2 05; do Marrow, »2(0 9#2 05 do Pea, $2 00382115; 
Green Peas. #1 05 a#: 10 California Limas, #2 25 982 35. 
Butter is off on most grades, as the receipts exceed 
the demands. Holders are anxious to move the goods, 
but buyers are slow to take hold. Prices are not 
likely to improve for sometime if, indeed they do 
not go lower. The small proportion of really fine 
goods is a noticeable feature. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best. 30 4-c- State and Penn 
sylvanla 23 929 ; Western, bast, 28 t29j; do prime, 
269270; do good, 23 .25c; do poor 20 922c ; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 234:24c- do fine. 18 
021o: do poor, 15916c. Dairy. -State, best 25 926c: 
do prime, 22 923;; do good. 20921c do poor, 15c; 
Western, prime, 21@23e : do fair, 16 918c; do poor 
14 »15c; do factory, best, 16<4e: do prime 15915^0; 
do good, 13^(914J4o. 
Cheese still continues moderate but there Is lim¬ 
ited trading. Export trade Is fair. 
Fancy Cream, Sept., 9149—o; fine. 9V4'94c; good 
to choice, 8-4®—c; com non and fair, 7®314e: fair to 
choice skims, 5>4®7V4- common skims, 445c; full 
skims. 2*Sc; Ohio flat. 6!4®9c. 
Egos are off a little for the kind of stoek most com¬ 
mon in market; those strictly fresh are not much of a 
drug on the market. 
Near-by, fresn. 26 4—o; Canadian. 21 24V6-3; South¬ 
ern. 22923;; Western, best 23>4@24V4c. Icehouse, 19 
@21!4c. Limed, 21c. 
Fruits.— Heavy receipts keep the prices of apples 
somewhat reduced. Pears and Quinces are in light 
demand. Cranberries quiet, but. held steadily. Grapes 
are doing well. The export trade In apples continues 
large Florida oranges are doing better for best 
stock, though much of the shipments are green. 
Dried fruit* are mostly doing better. 
Apples -Kings, per bbl., $175®#2 50; Baldwin, do, 
#1 00 9$l 75 ; Greenings, do, #i 25®$1 37; Gravenstein, 
do, $2 509*3: Blush, do, #2®|2 59; Pears, Bose, per 
bbl., #3009400; do Seckel, per bbl., #5 009#8 00;do 
Duchess, per bbl., $2 50@$3 50; do Anjou, per bbl., 
#2 50 9*3 50; Lemons, per box, #2 009*4 50; Grapes, 
Niagara, per lb., 254@4c; do Concord, per lb., 2®3c; 
do Delaware, per lb., 3®5c • Cranberries, Caoe Cod, 
per bbl., *6®#7 50 ; do, per crate, #1 75®#2 37. Quinces, 
per bbl., #2 00 £#3 50. Florida Oranges, per box, #1 75 
@83 00. 
Dried.— Evaporated apples, fancy, 7)4 38c: prime 
to choice, 5)497c; good, 5 6V4c; sun-dried sliced. 314 
®5c, cores and skins, l*4®H4c; chops, 2 9214c; cher¬ 
ries, new. 7*4®914c: raspberries, 16,417c; blackberries, 
3>4c: Califo nla peaches, unpeeled, 8@l0c; apricots, 
8@10!4c. 
Hay.—T he market is firm, with the moderate re 
ceipts moving out fairly well. 
Choloe, 90c9# —, Timothy, No. 1, 75 980c; do No. 
2, 70@—c- shipping, 60 9—c; Clover Mixed 55 965c. 
8traw—No. 1 rye, 65970c.; short rye, 45@50c; oat, 40c 
Honey. -Receipts liberal and demand fair. Fancy 
1 lb combs, 15® 16c ; good to prime 1-lb boxes at 13® 
14c and 2 lb boxes at 1 @13c. Extracted steady at 694® 
7c for light amber; Southern extractel, 60®70c per 
gallon. 
Hops are Arm with a slight advance for best stock 
of this year’s crop. The situation Is favorable for 
holders. 
State, 159' crop, seedlings, 199—c; do 1890 crop, 
prime and choice, 14 916; do do, low and good, li® 
13c ; Pacific Coast. 1890 crop, best, 15@16c; do, fair and 
good, 12®I4. do 1891 crop, fair and choice. 18®19c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet; new fancy hand picked 
quoted at 3%@4c, farmers’ grades at 2 4@3-4c for 
prime. Pecans -Straight lots of ungraded are quoted 
at 9@llc. Hickory nuts, #1 3*1 37. Chestnuts range 
from $2®$3 per bushel. 
Poultry shows slight changes. The demand Is 
steady and moderate and as receipts have not been 
excessive the market is in good shape. Early this 
week the market was dull on excessive arrivals and 
an Interrupted trade, but It has pretty well recovered. 
Much higher prices need not be expected, however, 
at present. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens.—Bpring, per lb., 8c@ 
10c; Fowls, near-by, per lb 8*4@9*4o, do Western, per 
lb, 8®9!4o ; roosters, old, per lb, 5)4®—c; Turkeys, 
per lb, 8311c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 60 380c; 
Geese, Western, per pair, #1 25@$1 50. 
Poultry.—Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 8® 
14o; Fowls, western, choice, 9 310;; do common to 
good, 839c, nearby, 9310c; Ducks, good. 9@19; 
Squab; white, per dosen, #3 75@#4 00. do dark, do, 
#2 50 9 8-1: Chickens, 7@21c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes continue In heavy receipt, 
largely in excess of the demand; still the price is 
well maintained for choice stock of desirable varie¬ 
ties. The demand is mostly for such varieties as 
Rose, Hebron, etc. Sweets are dull and lu excessive 
supply. Onions are firmer at higher prices. Turnips 
and squashes dull. Other vegetables steady. South¬ 
ern string beans and green peas are selling for $1 50 9 
82 per crate. 
Potatoes—L. I., per bbl. $1 50381 62. do Jersey, per 
do., 75c 9#l 25; do. Sweets, 75c 98150. Onions - White, 
per bbl, 83 03 984 (X) ; do Jersey Yellow, $100981 75 ; 
do Connecticut Red, $1 50 9$1 75 ; do Orange County 
Red, $1 9#l 50 ; do State Yellow, $1 75 9$1 87. Cabbage, 
per 100, $2 U0@$3 75 ; Squash, per bbl., 50c@75c; 
Turnips, Russia, per bbl., 50 475c. Egg Plant, 
per bbl., 81 539*2 00; Cauliflower, per 100, — . 
Celery, Michigan, per doz., 15@50c; do, Long Island 
and Jersey, do, 75c<981. 
Milk and Cream.— The daily average receipts dur¬ 
ing the past week have been 16.880 cans of milk, 185 
cans of condensed milk and 345 cans of cream. The 
average price for the surplus was *1 90 per can of 40 
quarts. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—The spot market advanced and trading 
was more active. Sales—No. 1 Northern Spring 81 074 
@$1 t8J4; No. 2 Red, afloat, 81 0594 98106; do f. o b., 
$1 05)4®*1 074 Ungraded Red, 96)4c@81 104 ; No. 1 
Hard Spring, #1 li 4 • No. 2 November, $1 05@$l o.6$f ; 
do December, $1 0614®*1 07; do January, 81 08 9$1 0894; 
do February, *1 09£4 9#1 1094; do March, $l in*® 
$1 1294 : do AprH, #1 \24 ; do May, $1 1124®#1 1294; do 
June, #11194®*112. RYE.—In better demand and 
held very firm. Quoted $101®*103>4 for the Whole 
range. Sales-Western, c. f. and i., $ 01. BARLEY.— 
Still rules strong. Sales Western for export, 57@58c. 
CORN.—The spot market gained and the close was 
Arm. Sales—Ungraded Mixed and White, 69,373>4C ; 
No. 2 mixed. 7o®71c elevator, 71@72c afloat; No 2 
November. 66@6794 ; do December, 58@5894c ; do Jan¬ 
uary, 547435594c; do February, (444@53)4c ; do March, 
55!ac; do May, 58>4<iT.54c. OATS.—Hardened on re¬ 
newed export buying and covering of “shorts,’’ 
stimulated by the rise in wheat and corn. An active 
business was reported in spot and nearby delivery. 
Prices advauced aud the close was Arm. Sales.—No. 
3 mixed, SSC4C elevator ; do white, 39 -*c elevator; No. 
2 mixed, 38@33l4c elevator, 59 S9)4c afloat: do white, 
39H®tU>4c elevator; No. 1 do, 42c elevator; to. 2 
Chicago, 39 98914c ; Ungraded Western mixed, 36;<j40c ; 
white do, 40®44c; No. 2 November, 359433894 c, do 
December, 33!4@39c ; do January, 39®39)4c ; do May, 
3994c ; No. 2 white, November, 40c : do December, 39M 
@40!4c ; do May, 40 40 54 c. FLAXSKED.-Sales, c., f. 
and i., 81 0514 for export. FEED.- Quoted : 40 lb., 80® 
85c; spring and winter, 60 lb., 80385c; 8J lb.. 80@85c ; 
100 lb , $1 3$1 10 ; sharps, $1 2)*e$l 25; rye feed, 85®90c. 
cotton-seed meal, $1 25@$l 30. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES. Sales of bulls, averaging 853 pounds at 
81 75 per 100 pounds; “bandboxes,” at $7 9810 each p 
Ohio steers and oxen, 1,818 pounds average, at $4 per 
100 pounds. Feeling weak. City dressed beef slow at 
4^(951*0 for Texas sices; 6 ® 9 l 4 c for native do; and 
5 ! 4 ® 7 H,c for range beef. The London cable reports a 
slow market for refrigerated beef at 3-id, or scant 7c 
per pound; and American steers steady at ll«12c, 
estimated dead weight. 
MILCH COWS.—Dealers all agree that this has been 
an exceptionally dull week for cows, although a few 
really good ones, if here, would sell at a fair price. 
The extreme range of prices has been $15®#45 per 
head. 
CALVES.—Poor to choice veals sold at 4 97!4c, and 
best Bucks County did not exceed the outside figure 
Grasser sold at tc ; fed calves at 2 ! 4 ® 140 ; and a car¬ 
load of Westerns at : 194 c ; also a car-load of Western 
yearlings at 194c. City dressed veals sol i at 8 4 ll 5 »c ; 
country dressed at 7«10c ; little calves at 4@5*c ; 
dressed grassers at 3 94c; dressed Westerns at 4 ) 4 ® 
5>fcC. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Poor to good sheep sold at 
$3 50 $5; ‘ culls ” at *2 50 ; or Unary to prime State 
Pennsylvania and Western Iambs at $5,985 75, and 
three oar loads of extra State and Cana ia stock were 
marked up to 86 209 ( 640 , which seen like fauoy 
figures after last week’s experience. Dressed mutton 
steady at 6 8 c (selected wethers 8 J 4 c); dressed lamb* 
In moderate demand at 7 ( 38^0 (choice carcasses at 9c). 
HOGS.-Market quoted lower at *4 . $130. Country 
dressed lower at 7c for light Upper Jerseys, 6@6 no 
for Medium do aud light Lower Jerseys, and 1 ( 955*0 
for Heavy do. 
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTER. 
It goes without saying that better butter is made 
now than was twenty years ago. 
Take one item, that of coloring, for example, 
Then If winter butter was colored at all, It was with 
carrots or annatto—a crude and unsatisfactory way. 
Now through the enterprise of Wells, Richardson & 
Co., of Burlington, Vt., buttermakers have a simple 
and natural color, called Improved Butter Color, 
that Is tasteless, odorless, and pure. It gives a rich 
June yellow to winter butter that would otherwise 
look like lard, yet no one Is able to detect Its addi¬ 
tion. Of course, butter colored in tills way brings a 
much higher price, and the dairyman makes about a 
thousand per cent profit on the c >st of the color. 
It is stronger than any other color sold, and hence is 
the most economical.— Adv. 
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Green Bone and Meat. 
Fresh Ground right from Butcher’s Block. 
Meat, Marrow, Muscle and all. Nothing can 
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Send for Circular, for particulars and prices. 
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FOUR YOUNG OXFORD BUCKS 
■ and a few ewes of same oreed for sale at 
reasonable prices by S. S. STREETER, Wosibury, 
Long Island, N. Y. 
MILK PRODUCERS 
Standard Mechanical Device for purifyiug milk 
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Imported Shropshires! 
Eighty grand Yearling Ewes, imported 1891, from 
the famous flocks of Minton, Berry, Thomas, Bowen- 
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