1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
353 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
The best is good enough 
Wheat flour is considerably higher. 
Hops are lower and the market dull. 
Prices of canned goods are extremely low. 
The first Norfolk strawberries came in May 6. 
The dried fruit market is dull and sales slow. 
Beeswax is firm at 3114 to 32*4 cents per pound. 
Honey is in light supply and the demand small. 
Bermuda onions are much lower, but selling 
well. 
California fruits will soon have their innings 
here. 
A few apples have been imported from Nova 
Scotia. 
Much of the corn received is of very poor 
quality. 
Old potatoes will soon be a back number in this 
market. 
The pork trade amounts to little during the hot 
weather. 
The season for Florida strawberries is prac¬ 
tically over. 
Spinach and kale have begun to arrive from 
Long Island. 
The new crop of California wheat is reported in 
fine condition. 
Live poultry are in light supply, market dull 
and demand small. 
Only about half as many Egyptian onions have 
arrived as last year. 
The season for snipe, plover, and all kinds of 
wild ducks, closed on May 1. 
The market for dry beans is extremely dull, sup¬ 
ply small and demand light. 
The condition of Michigan wheat is reported 
as 80 against 90 one year ago. 
The wool trade seems very quiet, and buyers do 
not favor much higher prices. 
Arrivals of strawberries are large, and the mar¬ 
ket is rapidly growing weaker. 
There has been a big drop in nearly all vege¬ 
table prices since our hast report. 
The South American trade in canned fruits and 
vegetables is said to be increasing. 
Many recent shipments of Southern produce 
haven’t sold for enough to pay the freight. 
The demand for green apples is good, and read¬ 
ily absorbs the somewhat limited receipts. 
So far, arrivals of onions from Bermuda have 
been somewhat less than to the same date last 
year. 
The low price of evaporated apricots makes 
them formidable competitors of our evaporated 
apples. 
The Delaware school children have by a large 
majority selected the peach blossom as the State 
floral emblem. 
Many recent arrivals of dressed veals and 
lambs have been in very bad condition, and sold 
for low prices. 
The endeavor of the Germans to create a preju¬ 
dice against American evaporated apples, has 
been a failure. 
Maple sugar is in demand at six to seven cents 
for old, and eight cents for new. Syrup is 60 to 80 
cents per gallon. 
Eggs are plenty, sales slow, and quoted prices 
extreme. Hereafter sales will be made “ inspec¬ 
tor’s average off.” 
Some transportation companies compel receiv¬ 
ers to receive and pay freight on all goods, 
whether worth the freight or not. 
Large quantities of wheat are being shipped 
direct from San Francisco to Liverpool, and every 
available vessel is being pressed into service. 
The average cost of hogs in the West during the 
past winter, showed a decline of 98 cents per 100 
pounds as compared with the previous season. 
Shippers should use more uniform packages ; 
the great variation in size is a constant incon¬ 
venience to dealers, and a source of loss to ship¬ 
pers. 
Secretary Morton has refused to modify the 
regulations issued February 11, restricting the 
exportation of Canadian cattle to the single port 
of Portland, Me. 
The raising of restrictions against Mexican 
cattle has not affected the sales of beef cattle, the 
number coming over being almost entirely in¬ 
tended for grazing. 
Evaporated apricots are gaining favor in the 
English market. Prices have been low for the 
quality of the goods, and this is said to be one 
reason for their attractiveness. 
The first North Carolina peas came May 6, but 
might better have had a couple of day’s more 
growth before shipping. Packages, also, were of 
all sizes and hence made great confusion in sales. 
The cause of an outbreak of typhoid fever at 
Stamford, Conn., has been traced to a farmer 
who supplied the families with milk. The trouble 
was in the water used—for watering the cows, of 
course ! 
Our Readers Who are ill want of a Thresher, 
Horse-power, Engine, Dog power. Ensilage-cutter, Saw- 
machine, Feed mill, Fanning-mill or Land-roller, will, 
we believe, be sure to get the best, anil at the 
lowest price consistent with quality and value of 
goods, if they deal with the old and reliable manufacturer, 
SINARD HARDER, Cohleskill, New- York; who sends free 
his beautifully illustrated and plainly and clearly descrip¬ 
tive catalogues to all applicants mentioning this paper. 
That black bug which so alarmed Georgia 
watermelon growers, has been investigated by 
the Department of Agriculttire, and proved an in¬ 
offensive insect. The damage done was due to 
cut-worms. 
Cranberries are still found in market, but are 
very poor. The receipts for the season were 24,- 
629 barrels and 45,730 crates, against 51,406 bar¬ 
rels and 42,605 crates last year and 52,249 barrels 
and 45,008 crates the previous year. 
During the 12 months ending March 1, Western 
packers paid out for hogs, $172,679,000. Eastern 
slaughterers paid about $60,000,000, an aggregate 
amount of $232,000,000 for the hogs of the country, 
or about three-fourths of a million dollars per 
day; quite an item. 
Jonas Martin, one of the largest grape growers 
in the Chautauqua region, has just finished tying 
up 150 acres of vines with wire instead of with 
twine. Many growers are using No. 19 annealed 
wire cut 3*4 inches long, and say that it is cheaper 
than twine, and that twice as much ground can 
be covered in a day as when twine is used. Grape 
growers need to do some close figuring the way 
grapes have been selling for two or three years 
back. 
The cheese market seems to be completely de¬ 
moralized. Many of the arrivals are in bad con¬ 
dition, and it is simply a question of selling re¬ 
gardless of price. Full cream cheese have sold 
for as low as three cents per pound, but were, of 
course, not in good order. Export demand is 
small, and demand from other sources seems to 
be in much the same condition. The outlook is 
anything but encouraging. Skim cheese is hardly 
wanted at any price. 
The statement of the winter pork packing in 
the West, shows the total number of hogs packed 
to have been 7,191,000, an increase of 2,307,000; the 
average weight of the hogs was 232.73 pounds, a de¬ 
crease of 15.47 pounds. This total has been equaled 
in but two previous winter seasons ’90-’91 and 
’91-’92, and then prices were much lower than dur¬ 
ing the past winter. The total pack shows a gain 
of 258,000,000 pounds of meat, and 65,000,000 pounds 
of lard. The exports for the same period showed 
a gain of 4,000,000 pounds of meat, and 32,000 
pounds of lard. 
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1MARKETS1 
OOOOOOOOOOOOGOO OOOOOOOOGOOGGGO 
BEANS AND PEAS. 
Beans, Marrow, 1894, choice. 
.. .2 50@ — 
Medium, choice, 1894 . 
... 1 95®) 2 Of 
Pea, 1894, choice. 
...2 00@2 05 
White Kidney, 1894, choice. 
...2 30@2 35 
Red Kidney, 1894, choice. 
...1 90®l 95 
Black Turtle soup, io94. 
...1 65® 1 70 
Yellow Eye, 1894, choice. 
...2 20@2 25 
Lima, Cal., 1894 (60 lbs). 
.. .3 00® — 
Medium, foreign, 1894. 
...1 80@1 85 
Marrow, foreign. 
. .2 20@2 40 
Pea, foreign, 1894. 
... 1 85@1 90 
Green peas, bbl., per bushel. 
... 1 05® — 
Bags, per bushel. 
.. 97@1 00 
Scotch, bags. 
...1 00@1 20 
BUTTER—NEW. 
Creamery, State and Penn., extras. 
...18 @— 
Elgin and other Western, extras. 
...18 @— 
Western, firsts. 
...16 @17 
Western, seconds. 
...14 @15 
Western, thirds. 
...12 @13 
8tate dairy, half tubs, extras. 
...17 @— 
Firsts . 
...15 @16 
Seconds. . 
...13 @14 
Welsh tubs, extras. 
...16 @ 10 % 
Welsh tubs, firsts. 
...144@154 
Welsh tubs, seconds. 
...13 @14 
Tubs, thirds. 
...10 @12 
Western dairy, firsts. 
...11 @12 
Seconds . 
...8 @9 
... 7 714 
Factory, extras. 
...- @-'~ 
Firsts . 
...10 @n 
Seconds. 
... 8 @9 
Thirds. 
...7 @8 
Western imitation creamery, firsts. 
...12 @13 
Seconds. 
... 8 @10 
Thirds. 
... 7 ® 7% 
CHEESE—NEW. 
State, full cream, large, colored, choice... 
... 64@ 7 
Large, white, choice. 
... 64@ 7 
Fair to prime. 
...6 @7 
Small, choice. 
... 5 @6 
Small, fair to good. 
... 4 @ 5% 
Light skims, Central N. Y.. choice. 
... 4%® 5 
Common to fair. 
...2 @4 
Part skims, Chen. Co., etc., best. 
...4 @— 
Fair. 
...2 @3 
Common. 
.. 1 m 1 % 
Full skims. 
... 1 @ 1 % 
EGGS. 
New-lald, fancy (nearby), at mark. 
14 @ 14% 
N. Y. State & Penn., fresh collections.... 
13%® 134 
Northern Indiana and Ohio, choice. 
13*4® 134 
Western, fresh collections, choice. 
12-4® 13 
Nashvilles, fresh collections, choice. 
124 ® — 
Tennessee & Va.,fresh collections,choice 
12 @ 124 
Southern, fresh collections, prime. 
114® 114 
Duck eggs. Md., per doz. 
16 @ 17 
Southern, per doz. 
13 @ — 
Western, per doz. 
13 @ 14 
Goose eggs, per doz. 
20 @ 24 
FRUITS—DRIED. 
Apples, evaporated, 1894, fancy. 
...7 @74 
Choice. 
... 64® 64 
Prime. 
... 64@- 
Common. 
...5 @6 
Sundried. sliced. 
... 54® 6 
Chopped, 1894, per lb... 
...2 @24 
Cores and skins. 1893-4, per lb. 
.. 4® 1 
Apricots, Cal., 1894, boxes, per lb. 
...7 @94 
Bags, per lb. 
...6 @9 
Peaches, Cal., unpeeled, 1894, per lb. 
...6 @9 
Peeled, per lb. 
..12 @16 
Plums, State. 
... 44® 5 
Cherries, 1894, per lb . 
...12 @— 
Blackberries, 1894, per lb. 
.. 44® 5 
Raspberries, evaporated. 1894 . 
...20 @— 
Sundried. 
...— @- 
Money-Saving Catalogue of Buggies, Car¬ 
riages, Wagons and Harness mailed free to 
applicants. $51.50 buys the best Top Buggy 
built anywhere; freight paid. $32.00 buys 
a reliable Open Buggy. All warranted two 
years. Highest references. Address the 
Miami Manufact’ing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
FRUITS—GREEN 
Apples, Baldwin, per bbl.4 00@4 76 
Ben Davis, per bbl.4 00@5 00 
Greening, per bbl.3 00(414 00 
Russet, per bbl.2 60@4 50 
Spy, per d. h. bbl.3 50®4 60 
Poor to good, per bbl. .1 50@2 60 
Strawberries, Norfolk, prime, per quart. 15® 20 
Charleston, fancy, per quart. 22® 26 
Charleston, fair to good, per quart. 15® 20 
N. C., fancy, per quart. 18® 20 
N. C., fair to good, per quart. 12® 16 
N. C., poor, per quart. 6@ 10 
FURS AND SKINS. 
North’n, West’n 
Southern and 
No. 1 Quality. 
and Eastern. 
Southwestern. 
Black bear. 
.18 00 
© :«) 00 
10 (X) 
@20 
(X) 
Cubs and yearlings., 
. 5 (HI 
@ 
15 (X) 
4 (X) 
@10 
(X) 
Otter. 
. 6 00 
@ 
10 (X) 
5 (X) 
@ 7 
00 
Beaver, No. 1, per lb 
. 3 00 
@ 
3 50 
2 25 
@ 3 
(X) 
Silver fox.. 
.25 00 
@100 (X) 
— 
@ 
— 
Cross fox. 
. 3 (K) 
@ 
8 00 
— 
@ 
— 
Red fox. 
. 1 25 
@ 
1 65 
1 00 
@ 1 
25 
Gray fox. 
. 50 
@ 
60 
35 
@ 
50 
Wolf. 
. 1 25 
@ 
1 75 
75 
@ 1 
25 
Prairie. 
. 60 
@ 
90 
30 
@ 
50 
Wolverine. 
. 3 50 
® 
5 00 
3 (X) 
@ 4 
(X) 
Lynx. 
. 1 50 
® 
2 00 
— 
@ 
— 
Wild cat. 
. 40 
@ 
75 
— 
@ 
— 
House cat, black ... 
. 20 
@ 
40 
— 
@ 
— 
Colored. 
5 
® 
10 
— 
@ 
— 
Marten, dark. 
. 2 50 
® 
7 (X) 
— 
@ 
— 
Pale. 
. 1 00 
® 
1 50 
— 
@ 
— 
Skunk, black. 
. 1 10 
® 
1 26 
«K) 
® 1 
10 
Half-striped.... 
. 60 
@ 
80 
60 
@ 
65 
Striped. 
. 35 
@ 
40 
30 
@ 
35 
White. 
. 10 
@ 
20 
10 
@ 
15 
Raccoon. 
. 50 
@ 
7a 
30 
@ 
46 
Opossum. 
. 15 
@ 
25 
10 
@ 
20 
Mink. 
. 50 
® 
1 75 
40 
@ 
80 
Muskrat, fall. 
6 
® 
8 
5 
@ 
6 
Winter. 
9 
® 
12 
8 
@ 
10 
Spring. 
. 14 
® 
17 
10 
@ 
13 
GRASS SEED. 
Clover, per 100 lb. 8 50® 10 26 
Timothy. 5 80® 6 50 
GRAIN. 
Wheat.63 @744 
Rye.50 @58 
Barley.60 
Buckwheat, silver.45 @50 
Buckwheat, Japan.65 @58 
Corn.49 @66 
Oats.324@41 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1.75 @80 
No. 2.65 @70 
No. 3.55 @60 
Shipping.45 
Clover, mixed.55 @60 
Clover.50 @65 
Salt.45 @55 
Straw, long rye.55 @65 
Short rye.46 @50 
Oat.35 @45 
Wheat.35 @45 
HONEY. 
White clover, 1-lb boxes, per lb.12 ®— 
2-lb boxes, per lb.11 @— 
Buckwheat. 1-lb boxes, per lb.10 @— 
2-lb boxes, per lb. 8 @ 9 
Extracted, California, per lb. 64® 7 
State, per lb. 5 @ 6 
Southern, per gallon.40 @55 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, crop of 1893, choice. 5 @— 
Crop of 1894. fancy. 9 @— 
Prime. 8 ®— 
Medium. 6 @ 7 
Common. 3 @ 5 
Old olds. 2 @ 3 
Pacitlc Coast, crop of 1894, choice. 9 @— 
Prime. 8 @— 
Medium. 6 @7 
Crop of 1893, choice. 5 @— 
Bavarian and Bohemian.22 @26 
Altmarks.18 @20 
MEATS—DRESSED. 
Veals, country dressed, prime . 
Fair to good, per lb. 
Com. to med., per lb. 
Barnyard, per lb. 
Small, per lb. 
Spring lambs, dressed, prime, each. 
Fair to good, each. 
Pork, country dressed, light, lean, per lb. 
Medium, per lb. 
Heavy, prime, per lb. 
NUTS. 
Peanuts, Va., h. p., fancy, per lb. 
H. p., extra, per lb. 
Shelled, No. 1, per lb. 
No. 2, per lb. 
Spanish, shelled, No. 1, per lb. 
No. 2, per lb. 
Pecans, ungraded, per lb. 
64® 
7 
54® 
6 
3 ® 
6 
3 © 
34 
3 @ 
4 
4 50 @5 00 
2 00 @4 00 
7 @ 
7% 
6 @ 
64 
5 @ 
54 
34® 
34 
24® 
24 
3 @ 
34 
2 @ 
24 
44® 
6 
24® 
3 
44® 
6 
POTATOES. 
Florida, prime, per bbl.3 50@5 00 
Seconds, per bbl.2 75@3 (Ml 
Culls, per bbl.2 00@2 50 
Bermuda, prime, per bbl.4 50@5 50 
Seconds, per bbl. 3 00@3 60 
Scotch, per 16o-lb sack.2 00@2 25 
Maine Rose, per d. h. bbl.2 00@2 25 
Maine, Hebron, per sack.1 90@2 00 
Canada. Der 180 lbs. 2 00@2 12 
Jersey, per 180 lbs. 1 76®2 00 
State White kinds, per 180-lbs.2 00@2 12 
Jersey sweets, fancy Vineland, per bbl.2 00@3 50 
Double-headed bbls.2 00@2 50 
POULTRY—FRESH KILLED. 
Turkeys, clear hens. 12 @ 
Young toms. 10 @ 
Chickens, Phila., 3 to 3% lbs. to pair, per lb 35 @ 
Phila., 3% or over lbs. to pair, per lb . 30 @ 
L. I. broilers, scalded, per lb. 30 @ 
Fowls, Western, scalded, choice. 10 @ 
Dry picked, choice. 10 @ 
Common to fair . 9%@ 
Old roosters, per lb. 6 @ 
Ducks, L. I., spring, per lb. 25 @ 
Squabs, tame, white, per doz.2 50 @3 
Mixed lots, per doz.2 00 @2 
Dark and poor, per doz.1 50 @1 
13 
11 
40 
33 
35 
7 
28 
00 
25 
75 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, per pair. 60 @1 00 
Fowls, local, per lb. 104@ — 
Western, per lb. 104@ — 
Southern, per lb. 10 @ 10% 
Roosters, per lb. 54@ 6% 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 9 @ — 
Ducks, local, per pair. 70 @ 90 
Western, per pair. 60 @ 80 
Southern, per pair. 50 @ 60 
Geese, fancy fattened, per pair.1 00 @1 12 
Western, per pair. 80 @100 
Southern and S’western, per pair. 60 @ 75 
Pigeons, per pair. 25 @ 45 
Cheap Excursions to the West. 
On May 31 and June 11 The North¬ 
western Line (Chicago & Northwestern 
Railway) will sell excursion tickets at 
very low rates to a large number of 
points in the West and Northwest. For 
full information apply to ticket agents 
of connecting lines, or address H. A. 
Gross, G. E. P. A., 423 Broadway, New 
York ; E. B. Spain, T. P. A., 46 Exchange 
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.— Adv, 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, Colossal, per doz bunches.2 00® — 
Extra, per doz bunches. 1 60@1 76 
Prlmo, per doz bunches. 75@1 25 
Culls, per doz bunches. 25@ 50 
Beets, Bermuda, per crate.2 00@2 50 
Florida, per crate....2 00@3 00 
Cabbage, Florida, per bbl crate.2 75@3 00 
Charleston, per bbl crate.2 75@3 00 
N. C., per bbl crate.2 5(j@2 75 
Norfolk, per bbl crate.1 00@2 00 
Celery, Southern, per doz roots. 25® 1 50 
Cucumbers. Fla., per crate.1 50@3 00 
Charleston, per crate.2 00@5 00 
New Orleans, per doz. 60® 1 00 
Green peas, Charleston, per basket. 50® 1 50 
Savannah, per basket. 25@1 00 
Savannah, per crate. 26® 75 
N. C., per basket.1 50(4 3 00 
N. C., perorate.1 00@2 00 
Horseradish, per lb. 1® 2 
Kale, Norfolk, sprouts, per bbl. —@ — 
Baltimore, per bbl. —@ — 
Long Island, per bbl. 50® 75 
Lettuce, Norfolk, per basket. 30® 50 
New Orleans, per bbl.1 00@3 00 
Nearby, per bbl.1 00@2 00 
Onions. Havana, per crate. —@ — 
Bermuda, per crate.1 00@ — 
Egyptian, per 110-lb bag.1 50® 1 65 
Radishes, Norfolk, per bbl. 25® 75 
L. I., per 100 . 40® 50 
Rhubarb, L. I. and Jersey, per 100.1 00@2 00 
String beans, Fla., wax. per crate. 50@1 25 
Green, Fla., per crate. 25@1 00 
Spinach, Norfolk per bbl. —@ — 
Baltimore, per bbl. —@ — 
Long Island, per bbl. 75@1 00 
Squash. Florida, yellow, per crate. 25® 75 
White, per crate. 25® 60 
Turnips, Jersey, ltussia. per bbl. 75@1 00 
Canada, Russia, per bbl. 75@1 00 
Tomatoes, Fla., per carrier.2 00@4 00 
Key West, per carrier.1 60®3 00 
Key West, per box. 60@ 75 
Bermuda, per box. 50® — 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total daily supply has been 21,498 cans of milk, 
190 cans of condensed milk and 537 cans of cream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been $1.20 a can of 40 quarts. 
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183 Reade Street. New York. 
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Butter in tubs and prints a specialty. Live and 
Dressed Poultry and Eggs, Hogs, etc. Stencils, etc., 
on application. GARNER & CO.. Produce Commis¬ 
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