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FOB INFORMATION & PRICES WRITE TO 
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GRASS SEED. 
Clover. 11*@ 12* 
Timothy.2 00 02 26 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, crop of 189 7 , choice. 21*® 22 
Prime. 2016® 21 
Common to medium. 19 a 20 
Old olds. 8 @ 12 
Pacific Coast, crop of 189!, choice. 21 ® 22 
Common to prtme. 19 ® 21 
California, old olds. 6 ® 12 
Bavarian and Bohemian. 45 @ 48 
Altmarks. etc. 42 @ 45 
NUTS. 
Peanuts. Va . h p., fancy, per Id. 5 @ 516 
Pair, per lb. 416® 4?< 
Shelled, No. 1, per ID. 216® 3 
No. 2, per lb. 1?6@ 2 
Spanish, shelled, No. 1, per lo. 316® 3H 
No. 2, per lb. l$f@ 2 
POTATOES. 
Potatoes, L I., In bulk, per bbl .2 00 32 75 
S’n, Hose, prime, per bbl.2 50 2 75 
S'n, Chill red, prime, per bbl.2 0>®’l25 
S’n, ungraded, per bbl.1 50@2 00 
Soutnern, second, per bol.125® — 
Southern, culls, per bbl. 59@ 75 
N. C-, Sweet, red. per bbl .2 00 *4 60 
Eastern Shore, sweet yellow, per bbl_3 10@4 50 
POT7LTRY—LIVE. 
Ducks, local, per pair. 70 @ 90 
Western, per pair . 80 ® 81 
Southern, per pair. 60 ® 60 
Fowls, local, per lb. 15 @ 15J6 
Western, per lb. 15 ® — 
Southern and Southwestern, per lb... 14)6® 16 
Geese. local, fattened, per pair. — @ — 
Western, per natr . 1 25 @1 £0 
Southern and Southwestern.per palr.l 00 ffll 12 
Pigeons. old, tame, per pair. 40 @ — 
Young birds, per pair. 30 @ — 
Roosters, mixed, por lb. 8)6® 9 
Spring chickens, ocal. per ID. 14 @ 16 
Western, per lc. 12 @ 14 
Southern, per bbl.. 12 @ 13 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 10 ® 12 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens, l’hlla , broilers, 3 lbs or over, 
pr lb. 17 ® 18 
Small. 14 @ 16 
Western .broilers, dry-picked. 13 @ — 
Western brot ors, scalded, large. 11 ® 12 
Western broilers, sea ded m’d w’hts. 10 @ 11 
Western broilers, scalded, small. 7 ® 10 
Fowls, State and Penn., per lb. 17)6® — 
western, prime, dry-picked, per lb .. 18 @ — 
Prime,Beaded. 12)6® — 
State and Penn , fair, per lb. Id ® 12 
Old ducks, Western, per lb. 5 ® 7 
Old roosters, per lb .. 8)6® 9 
Spring ducks, L. I., per lb. 14 @ — 
Eastern, per lb. 14 ® — 
Western, per lb. 6 @ 10 
Squabs, tame, white, per dozen.2 25 @2 50 
Dark and poor, per dozen.1 25 ®1 50 
Turkeys, mixed weights, prune, per lb... 10 @ 12 
Western, Inferior, per lb. 8 ® 10 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage, Flat Dutch, per 100.3 0i@6 00 
Carrots, per barrel.] 26@1 60 
Cauliflower. L. L. and Jersey, per bbl.2 0085 00 
Celery, Southern, per dozen. —@ _ 
Cucumbers, Jersey, per bbl. 1 7)02 00 
Jersey, per crate. 50® 75 
Pickles. L. I., per 1/00.2 0002 60 
Egg plant. Jersey, per bDl. 2 5103 00 
Green Corn, per 00 . 7501 10 
Onions. Egyptian, rer 110-lb bag.. _ 1 P0@2 10 
Kentucky, per bbl.2 5003 00 
Southern potato, per bbl.2 0003 00 
L. 1. and Jersey, Red, per bbl.2 25@3 00 
Peas. L. 1., per bag. —® _ 
Jersey, per basket. —a — 
Sqnash. L. I.. per bbl. 2 0002 50 
Jersey, white, per bbl.1 00@1 50 
String beans, Md., wax, per basket. —@ — 
L. 1., per uag. 1 co@l 60 
Jersey, per basket. 75®1 (X) 
Tomatoes. Pnlladelphla, per basket. 5P@ 60 
Maryland, per carrier.1 0 n @1 25 
Norfolk, Acme, per carrier. 75@1 00 
Norrolk, per crate. £0® 65 
South Jersey, per box. 5C@ 80 
Mon. County Acme, per bushel box.1 25'frl 50 
Mon. Conrty Grand, per box.1 00@1 25 
Turnips, Jersey and L. I.. Russia, per bbl... 75®1 00 
In writing to adyertisers please always mention 
Thi Rural. 
WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW ! 
If you don’t see what you want , ask for it. 
INCUBATOR8 AND POULTRY PAPERS —1. Where 
car I get the best style of Incubator with a capacity 
of 200 to 3 0 eggs, and what des It cost? 2. What 
book or paper would be advisable for a beginner on 
chicken raising ? 
A\’S.-The question of the best incubator is one 
susceptible of several answers. The good results 
obtained are as often assnvthe results of skillful 
operation, so that those which give good satisfaction 
with one i erson come far short with another. It 
isn’t reasonable to expect too much of a cheap In¬ 
cubator, that Is, a low-priced one, though there 
are some such which give good results with careful 
operators. As a general rule, such require closer at¬ 
tention. The Prairie State, Homer City, Pa.; the 
Monitor. A. F. Williams. Bristol, Conn ; the Pine- 
land, Plneland Incubator and Brooder Co., James- 
burg. N J., and others, do good work. Many have 
been advertised In The R. N.-Y. during the past few 
months Write to some of these advertisers and get 
thrlr clrc lars. it is a noticeable fact that most of 
the manufacturers of tbe higher-priced machines 
have been making a cheaper machine also, evidently 
to supply the demand for such a machine 2. Get 
The Business Hen, 40 cents, of this company; The 
Poultry Keeper. Parkesburg, Pa., or Farm Poultry, 
Boston, Msbs., and, of course, read the articles on 
poultry in The R. N.-Y. 
Prospects for potatoes.— Wbat is The Rural’s 
opinion on the price of potatoes this fall; and what 
Is that of the readers cf the paper? The weather Is 
very dry here, and potatoes are setting very light; 
more acres are planted than usual, but I don’t think 
there will be as large n yield. A SUBSCRIBER. 
Montcalm County. Mich. 
Axs.—From all reports, we are forced to believe 
that potatoes will be a very short crop. and. in con¬ 
sequence, prices will be high. We do not believe, 
however, that farmers should expect exorbitant 
prices for their crop. It Is unlikely that they will go 
much hlcher than at present. Although potatoes 
are protected by a 25-cent duty, just as soon as the 
price gets at all high, Europe begins sending her sur¬ 
plus, and this prevents any extreme prices. Pros¬ 
pects are not good for as large an Importation as 
usual, but there are likely to be enoug i to help out 
oar deficiency. But potatoes here will be good pro¬ 
perty. 
Pickling Cucumbers.— what is the proper 
method of preparing cucumbers for pickles for mar¬ 
ket? What Is the proper size? What Is the probable 
yield per acre? 
G. A. D., R. C W., F. H.. E G K , J D. O , AND OTHERS. 
ANS.—Probably different methods are employed in 
different factories. In one factory of which we know 
the cucumbers are placed In large tanks as soon as 
they are brought In. and covered with strong brine 
In which they remain about six weeks. They are 
then assorted according to size and placed In such 
packages as the market to be supplied demands. 
This probably varies in different places, and must be 
ascertained by those doing the plckllDg. Some cus¬ 
tomers like small pickles, others large, so It Is diffi¬ 
cult to say what Is the proper size. The operation 
of pickling Is a comparatively easy one. and many 
farmers do a good business In putting up pickles for 
the local market; still It Is unwise for any one to en¬ 
gage In It extensively without some experience, or 
the advice of an experienced operator. The usual 
method Is for a company to establish a factory, and 
contract with growers to furnish a certain amount 
of encumbers, or rather the product of a certain 
number of acres. Some authorities give the yield 
as 150,000 per acre of good land; but this Is largely a 
question of soil, fertilizers, culture, etc. The R. 
N.-Y. will try to give soon a more complete account 
of the whole business. 
Cabbage Worms Again.—W hat is the best rem¬ 
edy for cabbage worms ? j. l. 
Ans —We repeat what we gave In the Issue of July 
15. This Is an easy pest to overcome. Perhaps one 
of the simplest and easiest remedies to applv, cer¬ 
tainly one of tbe cheapest, Is hot water applied with 
a common garden sprinkler. It should be applied at 
a temperature of about 130 degrees, and will need to 
be nearly or quite boiling hot when put Into the 
sprinkler. This will kill the worms without Injury 
to the cabbages. Test a few first to see about the 
temperature. The kerosene emulsion Is a good rem¬ 
edy when the plants are small, but should not be 
used when they re near maturity. Pyrethrum, 
Buhach or good Insect powder of any kind is diluted 
with six or eight times Its bulk of plaster or flour, 
and put on the plants with any kind of a powder gun 
or bellows Repeat the applications at Intervals of 
a week or 10 days. 
New York Game Laws.—F or the benefit of some 
of us wno wish to ship game to the New York mar¬ 
ket, will you tell us something of the game laws as 
they row Bland? They are changed so frequently 
that it Is difficult for ordinary mortals to keep track 
of them. F. L. e. 
Ans.—S o far as we can learn, the laws as they 
stood after being revised by the last session of the 
Legislature, are about bb follows: 
The open season on quail Is from November 1 to 
January 1, and they can legally be possessed and sold 
up to February 1. 
Open season on woodcock. August 15 to January 1; 
except In Kings, Queens and Suffolk Counties, where 
the season Is from August 1 to January 1. Possession 
and sale of legally killed permitted until February 1. 
Grouse and partridge, open season August 15 to 
January 1, except In Kings, Queens and Suffolk Coun¬ 
ties from November 1 to January 1. Possession and 
sale of legally killed permitted up to Februaryl. 
Snipe and plover, open season September 1 to Mav 
1, except In Kings, Queens and Suffolk Counties, 
where It Is from July 1 to January 1. 
Deer can be legally killed and sold from August 15 
to November 1, and legally killed stock will be per¬ 
mitted to be sold up to November 15. 
r .he open season on black and gray squirrels and 
rabbits is from September 1 to January 1, except In 
Kings, Queens and Suffolk Counties, where It Is from 
November 1 to January 1. 
The open season on hares In Kings, Queens and 
8uffolk counties Is from November 1 to January 1; 
Other counties are unprotected. 
MARKETS 
POTATO DIGGER 
BBAN 8 AND PEASE. 
Beans, marrow, choice, per bush. 
Medium, choice, per bush. 
Foreign, Medium. 
Foreign, Pea. 
Pea, choice. 
Red Kidney, choice. 
White Kidney. 
Lima, California (60 lbs). 
Green pease, bbls., per bush. 
Bags, per bush. 
Southern, Biackeye, per bag. 
BROOM CORN. 
Green hurl. 
Green self working. 
Common hurl. 
Common self working .. 
Inside and covers green. . 
Inside and cover, common. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, State, extras, per lb. 
Western, separator, extras. 
Western, first. 
Western, seconds... 
Western, thirds. 
State dairy, half-firkin tubs, extras.. 
First . 
Seconds. 
Thirds. 
Welsh tc.bs, firsts. 
Welsh tubs, seconds. 
Tubs, thirds. 
Western Imitation creamery, firsts... 
Seconds . 
Thirds . 
Western dairy, firsts. 
Seconds. 
Thirds. 
Western factory, extras. _ 
Firsts.15 @’5* 
Seconds.14 @14)6 
Thirds.13 013)6 
CHEESE—NEW. 
State factory, fall cream, l’ge, col’d, fancy 9)6® 9* 
Full cream, large, colored, choice. 8 *@ 9 
Full cream, large, colored, good. 8 *@ 8 * 
Full cream, large, white, choice. 9 @ — 
Full cream, large, white, fair. 84f @ 
Full cream, Urge,common. 8 @ 8)6 
Full cream, small, fine wnlte. 9 @ — 
Full cream, small color d. 9 @ — 
Full cream, good. 8 ) 6 ® 
Skims, choice. 7 @7* 
Skims, fine. 5 ) 4 ® 6)6 
Skims, good. 3*® 5)4 
8 kims, poor. ) 6 @ 3 
EGGS. 
New-latd, fancy (nearby), at mark. 17@ — 
N. V. State and Prnn. 16 @ 17 
Michigan fancy. 18 @ — 
Northern lnd., N. Ohio & N 111. 15 @ 16 
Other Western and No thwestern. 14 @ 14)6 
Southwestern. 14 @ 14)6 
Western seconds, per case.1 5U <rol 50 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, Md. & Del., Astrachan, per crate. 60® 1 00 
Green, per crate. 50® 75 
Up-River, Astrnenan, per bbl. 100® 175 
Uo-Klver, Sweet Bougn, per Dol. 1 0J@ 1 75 
Jersey, AsUachan, per box. 30® 40 
Jersey, Sweet, oer box. 30@ 40 
Jersey, Sweet Bongh, per bbl. 1 25 1 75 
Jeisey, Sour Bough, per bbl. 1 25® 1 75 
Jersey, early varieties. Door, per obi .. 1 00® 1 25 
Jersey. Astrachan, h pk’d. per d h. bbl 1 2a® 1 75 
Blackberries, Jersey, per quart. 10® 11 
Cherries, black, fancy, por lb. 1 < 1 @ 12 
Fancy. Red and White, per lb. 8 ® 9 
Fair to good, per lb. 4® 7 
Prime sour, per lb. 3@ 6 
Currants, cherry, per lb. 3)4® 4 
Cherry, per quart. 5© 6 
Gooseberries, per quart. 4® 7 
Prime, per oush. 1 50© 2 00 
Grapes, Ga. Delaware, 5-lb basket. 16® 30 
Ga Champion, 10-lb basket. 25© 39 
S. C , Moore's Early, per lo. 5® 8 
8 . C., Delaware, per lb. 8 ® 10 
Huckleberries, Soawangunk Mt., per quart 8 ® 11 
Penn., per basket. SO® 75 
Jersey, per quart. P@ 11 
Jersey, per box. £0® 75 
Md., per quart. 7@ 9 
Musk-melons, Southern, Christina, per bbl 1 60® 2 25 
Southern, other varieties, per bDl. 100® 150 
Southern, fancy, per basket.1 00® I 25 
Soutnern, poor to fair, per basket. 75@ 1 00 
Southern, prime, per crate. 1 750 2 25 
Southern, poor per crate. . 1 00® 1 £0 
Southern, Golden Gem, per bbl. 2 25® 3 00 
Southern, Anne Arundle, per bbl .... 1 75@ 210 
South Jersey, Jenny Lind, per bbl ... 2 26® 210 
Peaches, Del and Md . Troth, per crate... 1 00® i 50 
Del and Md., Mt. Rose, per crate. 1 2f@ 1 75 
Jersey, per basket. 40® 75 
Pears. Ga., Le Conte, per crate. 1 00® 1 25 
Le Conte, per bbl.... 2 00® 4 00 
Bartlett, Ga , per box. 1 00® 1 25 
Bartlett, per basket. 50® 75 
Scooter, per basket.. 1 75® 2 0i 
Bell, per basket. 1 60® 2 25 
Plums N. C., wild goose, per basket. —0 — 
Georgia, wild goose, per carrier. — @ — 
Md. A Del. Beach, per quart. 4® 5 
Water-melons, prime, per 100.15 000 17 00 
Florida, fair to good, per 100.13 00015 00 
Poor, per 100.10 00@17 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat.70 ®73 
Rye...54 ®59 
Barley.— @— 
Buckwheat.— @— 
Corn.40 ®52 
Oats.36 @47 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, No. 1. 90 @ 95 
No. 2. 80 @ 85 
No 3. 70 @ 80 
Shipping. 70 @ 75 
Clover, mixed. 70 @ 80 
Clover. 70 ® 75 
Salt. 45 0 60 
Straw, long rye. 60 ® 65 
No. 2 rye . 55 @ 60 
8 hortrye. 50 @ 55 
Oat. <0@ — 
Wheat.. 40 @ 
HONEY 
White clover, boxes, per lb. 10 @ 13 
Buckwheat, boxes, per lb. 9 0 11 
Extracted S ut!:ern. per gallon. 60 @ 70 
California, light amber, round lots, 
per lb. 8 @ 10 
MEATS AND STOCK. 
Beeves, live—Best native steers.5 00 @5 80 
Poor.3 00 @3 75 
Texans.300 04 25 
Bulls and dry cows.1 50 @4 30 
Live veal oalves, prime, per lb. 6 @ 6 * 
Fair to good, per lb. 5)6® 6)4 
Common to medium, per lb. 5 @5)6 
Live Calves, Western, per lb. 3 @3)6 
Buttermilk, per lb. 3 ® 3 -* 
Grassers, per lb. 3 @3)6 
Calves, city dressed, per lb. 10 @ - 
Country dressed, prime. 9 @ 9)6 
Country dressed, fair to good. 8 @ 8)6 
Country dressed, common to medium.. 7 ® 7)6 
Dressed buttermilk, per lb . 5)6® 6)6 
Dressed grassers, per lb. 6 @ 5)6 
Cows, M'llch. choice.50 00 @— 
Poor to fair...20 00 @46 00 
Lambs, dressed, near-by per lb. 8 @11)6 
Alive, poor to good, per lb. 6 @ 6 $^ 
Sheep, alive, good to prime, per lb. 4 @5 
Alive, poor to fair per lb. 3 @ 4 
Gogs, Live, per 100 lbs.5 20 @6 00 
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Canning and Preserving 
Fruits and Vegetables, and Pre¬ 
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The experience of practical workers. Hun¬ 
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Also a chapter on evaporation of fruits on a 
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POT-GROWN STRAWBERRIES SUB 
Handsome Catalogue of the Best varieties (old and new) ; also list o( Holland Bulbs and Specialties for 
Fall Planting, mailed ELL WflNGER & BARRY, Mount Hope Nurseries, 
free on application, 
f 0 pr* m 
ROYAL CHURCH 
NEW RED 
RASPBERRY 
Prof. W. J. Green, of the Columbus (O.) Experl- Mathew Crawford, of Ohio, says: “Royal Church 
Tnent station savs- “Koval Ohnreh Is larvp and of bore the best arid most beautiful berries I ever saw 
ment Station, says. Royal Church is large and of u u yery ]arge Qf a beautlfuJ) brlfht color , bavor 
fine quality.” In his bulletin for 189’, he says: good, aroma line, canes perfectly hardv, vigorous 
“Plants vigorous and productive. Berries large, and productive.” 
dark crimson, moderately firm, excellent quality. A p r0 f L. K. Taft, of the Michigan Agricultural Col- 
very promising variety.” lege, In his bulletin savs; “Of the red varieties, 
Prof. H. E. Van Deman, United States Pomologlst R°y al t ch, ‘ rc *i 18 °, ne ot tbe , ln08t Promising. It Is 
of Washington. D C.. says: “ Royal Church U one of hard y t0 tbe ll P«- 1 well pleased with it. 
the best red varieties. The fruiting branches are Geneva (N. Y.) Experiment Station says: “ It Is 
long and heavily loaded with green and ripe lruit. earlier than Culbbert, more productive, hardy. As 
Berry large, round, juicy and of rich flavor.” good as Brlnkle s Orange In quality.” 
Over 150 berries have been counted on a single branch. Tho size of the berries is seven-eighths of an 
Inch to an inch In diameter. One hundred berries weigh 11 ounces. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
