1891 
873 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
( Continued .) 
Even city organizations are discussing 
the subject of free postal delivery In the 
rural districts. The most effectual argu¬ 
ment against it is the almost general bad 
condition of country roads. 
The 25th annual meeting of the Ohio 
State Horticultural Society will be held at 
Ravenna, December 9 to 11, with the Port¬ 
age County Horticultural Society. Papers, 
discussions, etc., are the order of the meet¬ 
ing. A feature is a number of papers or 
addresses on perfect fruits and vegetables, 
several specialists takiDg each a different 
subject. Ltberal premiums are offered. W. 
W. Farnsworth, secretary, Waterville. 
In order to meet the demand for advanced 
knowledge In the care and handling of live 
stock of all classes, Purdue University, La 
Fayette, Indiana, offers a special course 
of Instruction, commencing January 12 
and continuing eight weeks, in this dis¬ 
tinctive line of agriculture. Live stock 
feeding, breeding, breeds, physiology and 
hygiene, and stable and general manage¬ 
ment will be considered. Especial atten¬ 
tion will be given to veterinary as applied 
to the care of farm animals in health and 
disease. This course will also have 
special interest for dairymen, as the 
subjects of dairy cattle, the products 
of the dairy, and the dairy and Its equip¬ 
ment will be carefully studied. The 
instruction will be given by lectures and 
practical work. Frequent clinics will be 
held at the veterinary hospital, where ani¬ 
mal diseases are treated. The laboratories 
of the university are finely equipped for 
the use of students, and the farm contains 
a modern dairy building and utensils, and 
the barns contain types of improved breeds. 
The dairy will be used constantly, feeding 
experiments will be In progress, breeds 
will be studied at the university and on 
surrounding farms, and in every way the 
Instruction will be made as effective as 
possible. Applicants for admission must 
be at least sixteen years of age, and must 
have had a good common school education. 
The tuition will be free. The laboratory 
and other necessary expenses will be $12 
for the course. Two free scholarships are 
offered to each county agricultural society 
(Grange, Institute, Alliance, F. M. B. A , 
Patrons of Husbandry, etc.), which may 
appoint two persons to this course, who 
will be exempt from the usual payments 
required. To secure these privileges, the 
county organization must grant the schol¬ 
arship to proper persons, and authorize 
the secretary of the association to fill out 
the regular blank form supplied by the 
Purdue University. Further Information 
of Prof. C S. Plumb 
LATEST WHOLESALE PBICES 
—OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, December 5, 1891. 
Brans are somewhat lower all around owing to 
receipts being somewhat in excess of demands. Red 
Kidney form about tte only exception and they re¬ 
main Arm. 
Marrows—New, $1 60®$2 15; New Mediums choice, 
•2 00; Rea, $8 00; Red Kidney, $2 20@$2 25; White 
Kidney, choice, $2 40®$2 50; Foreign Mediums, #1 90® 
• 1 95; do Marrow, *1 90®$l 95; do Pea, $1 9J®$1 95 ; 
Green Peas, $1 15®$1 25. California Limas, $2 U0®$2 10. 
Buttkb shows only trifling changes In price and the 
situation remains practically unchanged. There li 
most activity In higher grades. Little export business. 
Crramkby.— Klgln. best, 2974030c; State ana Penn 
■ylvanla, 2802976c; Western, best, 28Q 2974C; do prime, 
25®27c; do good, 22®24c ; do poor, 20®21c ; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 23®25o: do fine, 18 
021o; do poor, 15® 16c. Dairy.- State, best, 26®27c; 
do prime, 22®24o; do good, 19®20c; do poor, 15c 
Western, prime, 21®23c; do fair, 17@19c; do poor, 
14®15c; do factory, best, 22®23o; do prime, 20®21c; 
do good, 14®17o. 
Chkksk Is a trifle lower for top grades, but the mar¬ 
ket is firm. Practically no export trade. 
Fancy Cream, Sept., 1174®1174c; fine, 11®-c; good. 
to choice, 1031094c; common and fair, 8740994c; fair to 
choice skims, 674@9; common skims, 474®6c; full 
Skims, 2W24c; Ohio flat, 7140914c. 
Egos unchanged, but a good demand for strictly 
fresh stock. 
Near-by, fresh, 28®29o; Canadian, 204 23c; South¬ 
ern, 22027c; Western, best, 27@28c. Icehouse, 18® 
22c. Limed, 2032074c. 
Fruits.- Apples continue In large receipt and prices 
show little change. Cranberries dull. Florida oranges 
plentiful and sales slow, except for best lines Grapes 
are firm at present quotations. Best grades of all 
fruits are firmly held. Dried fruits practically un. 
changed and demand quiet. 
Apples-Kings, per bbl., $175®$2 25; Baldwin, do, 
75c®$l 75 ; Greenings, do, 7Fc®$l 65; Gravenstein, 
io, $2 50® $3; Blush, do, $2®$2 50; Pears, Bose, per 
bbl., $-S-; do Seckel, per bbl., —@$ ; do 
Duchess, per bbl., $3 00® $4 00; do Anjou, per bbl., 
• -®t-; Lemons, per box, $2 U0@$4 to ; Grapes, 
Niagara, per 5-lb. basket, 10@15c; do Concord, do, 12® 
16c ; do Delaware, do., —c; do Catawba, do., 12® 
15o; Cranberries, Cape Cod, per bbl., $6@$7 00; do, 
per crate, $1 50®$2 25. Florida Oranges, per box, $1 25 
®$2 00 . 
Dried.— Evaporated apples, fancy, 774 48!4c; prime 
to choice, 674 * 77 * 0 ; good, 406c; sun-dried, sliced,_3 
05c; cores and skins, 1140114c; chops, 2®274c; cher¬ 
ries, new, 8@10c; raspberries, 16®l8c; blackberries* 
374® 4c: Huckleberries, 9® 974c; Califo nla peaches, un¬ 
peeled, 77v®10c; apricots, 77401974c ; Delaware evapo¬ 
rated peaohes, peeled, 17®20c; North Carolina, do, 
peeled, 9@10c. 
Hay Arm under moderate arrivals, but unchanged 
prices. 
Choice, 9Oc0$-, Timothy, No. 1, 75«80c ; do No. 
2, 700—o; shipping, 60®—o; Clover Mixed, 55365c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye, 65®70o.; short rye, 45®50o; oat, 40o. 
Honey.—R eceipts liberal and demand light. Fancy 
lib combs, 14®15c ; good to prime 1-lb boxes at 12® 
13c and 2 lb boxes at 11012c. Extracted steady at 694® 
774c for light amber; Southern extracted, 6o@70c per 
gallon. 
Hors are s'eady without change In prices. 
State, 1391 crop, seedlings, 20021c; do 1890 crop, 
prime and choice, 14016; do do, low and good, 13® 
13c ; Pacific Coast, 1890 crop, best, 15016c; do, fair and 
good, 12014 do 1891 crop, fair and choice, 20@21c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet; new fancy hand picked 
quoted at 41401060, farmers’ grades at 30394c for 
prime. Pecans—Stralg'ht lots of ungradod are quoted 
at 9011c. Hickory nuts, $l>4$140. Chestnuts range 
from $2®$8 per bushel. 
Poultry Is lower under liberal receipts and a les¬ 
sened demand. Only the finest stock of either alive 
or dressed Is at all Arm. Dry packed stock Is most In 
demand. 
Poultry—Livk.— Chickens.— Spring, per lb., 10® 
11c; Fowls, near-bj, per lb, 1101174c, do Western, per 
lb, 1014®Ho ; roosters, old, per lb, 6J4®7o; Turkeys, 
per lb, 8®10o; Ducks, Western, per pair, 650 80c; 
Geese, Western, per pair, $1 25®$1 37. 
Poultry.—Dressed— Turkey*, mixed, per lb. 8® 
l lo; Fowls, western, choice, 901014c; do common to 
good, 7®9o, nearby, ll®13c ; Ducks, good, 3014; 
Bquao: white, per dosen, $2 50®$2 75; do dark, do, 
$1 75®$—; Chickens, 7®20c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes are In liberal receipt and 
quiet at quotations. Onions firm and some lines a 
little higher. Little change In other vegetables. 
Southern pease and beans m istly In bad condition. 
Celery very Irregular in quality. Kale 50 cents per 
barrel. 
Potatoes- L. I., per bbl. $1 500$-; do Jersey, per 
do., 75c0$l 25; do, Swoets, 75c®$800. Onions- White 
per bbl, $4 00®$6 00; do Jersey Yellow, $1 00@$1 75 ; 
do Connecticut Red, $1 75<a$2 00 ; do Orange County 
Red, $1 25®$1 75; do State Yellow, $1 75®*2. Cabbage, 
per 100, $2 00®$3 50; Sqnash, per bbl., 50c®$l ; 
Turnips, Russia, per bbL, 50070c, Egg Plant, 
per bbl., $10 00®t-; Cauliflower, per bbl., $1 5C®$2. 
Celery, Michigan, per doz., 15025c ; do, Long Island 
and Jersey, do, 75c@$l 25; Pease, per crate, $—®$— 
String beans, per crate, $1®$2. 
Milk and Cream.— The dally average receipts dur¬ 
ing the past week have been 17,181 cans of milk, 164 
cans of condensed milk and 358 cans of cream. The 
average price for the surplus w as $1 80 per can of 40 
quarts. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—The spot market was dull. Sales—No. 1 
Northern Spring, $1 0694®$1 0776 ; No. 1 Hard Spring, 
$1 0874311 034* ; Ungraded Spring and Winter Red % 
92c®$l 0 94 i No. 2 Red, afloat, $1 006 A$1 06V6 ; do ill 
store quoted. $1 0174 ; No. 2 Northern Spring nominal, 
$10214; No. 2 December, $1 08 5- 6 «$1 0456 do January, 
$1 0456®$I 06 ; do February, $1 C«>4®$1 0796. do March, 
$1 07560$1 0856; do April, 81 O7940$l 09 ; do May. 
$1 07 7-16(0$lO9J4;doJune, 81 06» $1 0796. RYE.—Quiet 
and about steady. Quoted 11 O50$l C6 ; some lots held 
at $1 07. BARLEY.—In moderate demand and steady. 
Sales.—Six; rowed State, a little off oolor, 70c ; prime 
do, 75c; and two-rowed State, 66c. all to arrive, 
prompt shipment delivered. CORN.—Sales—Ungraded 
Mixed and White, 53®76c; No. 3 mixed, 591405994c 
elevator; steamer mixed, 69c elevator; No. 2 mixed, 
78®75c elevator, 74c afloat: low mixed, 65c elevator ; 
No. 2'December, 587605914c ; do January, 5405496c; 
do February, 53053740 ; do March, 5305374c ; do May, 
5205274c. OATS.--Sales.—No. 3 mixed, 39@39T4e ele¬ 
vator; do white, 89 74c elevator; No. 2 mixed, 4004074c 
elevator, 4134174c de'lvered ; do white. 40«4074c ele¬ 
vator; No. 1 do, 42c elevator; f 0.2 Chicago, 41341740; 
Ungraded Western mixed, 33041c; white do, 40041c; 
No. 2 December, 3974040c; do January, 39 3974 c ; do 
May, 89c; do white, December, 4' c; do January, 8954c 
FEED.- Quoted : 49 lb., 85®95c; spring and winter, 60 
lb., 85390c 80 lb., 85®90c; 100 lb., $1®$1 10; sharps, 
$1 20®$1 25; rye feed, 85090c ; cotton-seed meal, $1 20 
3$1 2274 ; sales, 50 tons for export, $120 per 100 1b; 
hominy chop, $110. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—The supply was extremely light, and 
with some demand for export, the market ruled 
active and firm at an advance. Poorest to best native 
steers sold at $3 753$5 10 per 1()0 pounds, and no really 
prime were offered ; M ntana Colorados at $4®$4 15 ; 
stags and oxen at $2 50®$4 6 u; two fat bulls, $3 3774 5 
dry cows at $1 25®$3 l**. City dressed beef a little 
firm at 6a9c for native sides, and a little good 
Colorado, and range beof sells for 674c. Latest cable 
an vices report the market for refrigerated beef dull 
at 8<»844c per pound, and American steers slow at 11 
012<\ estimated dead weight. The home supplies are 
ltberal at alt British markets. 
MILCH COWS.—Firm and hlghar for nearly all 
grades, and decent to good milkers sell at $35350 per 
head. 
CALVES.—Steady for all sorts of live calves, with 
sales at $5 3 $8 50 p*r 101 pounds for poor to chotce 
veals ; $! 753$3 50 for grassers, fed calves and mixed 
lots, and $3 20®$3 75 for Westerns Dressed calves 
steady at 6 > 4 @llc for country dressed veals (little 
calves 406c); 8®12c for city dressed (selected ear" 
casses 12H® 3c), 4®6c for dressed grass* rs and fed 
calves, and 5®674c for dressed Westerns. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.— 1 The supply was quite liberal, 
and while some of tho early sules were at good prices, 
there was an easier feeling for lambs, tho market 
closing lower. Sheep ruled steady. Inferior to fair 
sheep sold at 1 8@$4 75 per 100 pounds ; poorest to best 
lambs at $5®$5 1274. Dressed mutton steady at 7® 
8740 ; dressed lamb 3 a trifle weak at 774® 9e. 
HOGS.—Barely steady at $3 6'’3$4, and It takes a 
good lot of Ohio hogs to bring $3 83. 
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bringing about a free expectoration promote natural 
respiration, and a speedy euro. A reputation main¬ 
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