1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
465 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Peanuts continue to advance. 
Mississippi tomatoes have been of fine quality, 
and sold well. 
Pennsylvania huckleberries have come in lib¬ 
era quantities. 
Wisconsin cranberries are reported in bloom 
and looking' well. 
The watermelon season opened nearly a month 
later this year than last. 
The Baltimore pack of Marrowfat peas is said 
to be the lightest on record. 
The first string beans from New Jersey brought 
$2 per basket for choice wax. 
The pack of Oyster Bay asparagus is reported 
to be somewhat below the average. 
The first pears came in from Georgia early in 
the week; variety, LeConte; quality poor. 
Currants have been in moderate receipt, and 
have sold for fairly good prices. Cherry have 
sold best so far. 
Some small, green onions from New Jersey were 
received, but such stock is not wanted, and sells 
only at low prices. 
Exporters have recently purchased Red Kidney 
beans quite extensively, and the market has im¬ 
proved in consequence. 
A few Niagara grapes came in from Florida 
Tuesday, the first of the season. They were of 
poor quality, and realized low prices. 
The quality of recent arrivals of watermelons 
has been much better, and prices are correspond¬ 
ingly higher. This fact is worth noting. 
Many New Jersey strawberries—and perhaps 
those in other places—were left unpicked because 
prices realized were so low as to prove unprofit¬ 
able. 
Botan plums are arriving freely from Georgia. 
But few if any of this variety are said to have 
been received from there previously. Extreme 
prices were realized. 
California growers are being advised not to 
make any shipments of peaches to the East this 
year, on account of the heavy crop in most pro¬ 
ducing sections here. 
Georgia ranks first in the watermelon industry; 
its average acreage is about 30,000 acres, which 
are said to net the growers about $500,000, and the 
transportation companies. $1,000,000. 
Inquiries have been made of dealers here as to 
the prospect of shipping potatoes from Alabama. 
Under present market conditions, shipments 
would probably prove very unsatisfactory. 
Four car-loads of onions were received from 
Tennessee, which cost here about $3 per barrel. 
Under present demand, shippers will be fortu¬ 
nate if they realize enough to cover the cost. 
Later arrivals of strawberries have been small 
and poor as a rule, owing to hot, dry weather, 
and buyers have not taken so many, stocking up 
rather with other berries, which are coming in 
quite freely. 
Several auction sales of Connecticut tobacco 
have been held, and this method has been satis¬ 
factory to the Connecticut Valley Tobacco Grow¬ 
ers’ Association, as the growers believe that they 
can realize more in this manner than if sold by 
the old method. 
Some very poor green corn has arrived from 
North Carolina, and sold at very low prices. 
When will shippers learn that such stuff not only 
sells for unremunerative prices, but injures the 
market for better goods that arrive later ? It’s 
unprofitable business. 
Apropos of eggs, an English paper has the fol¬ 
lowing, some of which, at least, is quite as true 
of this country : “ A great deal is being said at 
present on the subject of selling eggs by weight. 
Nothing of a practical nature has been done by 
shopkeepers to encourage the proposal, which is 
eminently a reasonable one. Seven or eight good 
sized eggs will turn the scale with a pound weight 
upon it, and 16 ounces of eggs are said to be equal 
in food value to the same weight of beefsteak. 
Eggs at 16 to 18 for a shilling—the country market 
price of to-day—are surprisingly cheap. Twenty- 
five years ago the best of fresh-laid eggs could be 
bought at farmhouses by any one who went for 
them at 36 for a shilling, but the consumption of 
eggs since that time has more than doubled. A 
recent calculation, based on imports and home 
production of this valuable food, placed the con¬ 
sumption per head in 1872 at 17, whereas, now it 
is 35. The foreign supplies account for this enor¬ 
mous difference, and the greater apjjreciation of 
eggs as an article of diet suggests the question, 
What price would the English egg have reached 
but for the industry displayed by the small poul¬ 
try farmers of France and Belgium ? To the con¬ 
noisseur, a cooked foreign ‘box’ egg is nauseous, 
and experts say that an English egg, to be at its 
best, ought to be eaten within three days. Our 
system of marketing and collection is at fault. 
There should be a more rapid transference of the 
The records show this Threshing-machine to be the 
easiest running and the greatest grain saver of all. 
Requires only about 1%* miles travel per hour. For full 
description, and for the best Straw-preserving Rye- 
threshers, Clover-hullers, Fanning-mills, Feed-mills, Cir¬ 
cular-saw Machines, I.and-rollers and Dog-powers, send 
for Fearless Catalogue. For Fodder cutters, Car¬ 
riers and Drag-saw Machines, and for information show¬ 
ing “ Why Ensilage Days,” send for Ensilage Cata¬ 
logue. Address, MlSAItB HARDER, Coblesklll, N. T, 
egg from the nest to the dealer’s shop, and in time 
the housewife would appreciate and demand 
really fresh eggs, and be well content to pay a 
better price for them, whether offered for sale by 
weight or by number.” 
An exhibition of cotton-seed oil products will be 
made by the N. K. Fairbanks Co., at the Cotton 
States and International Exposition which opens 
at Atlanta, Ga., September 8, and continues the re¬ 
mainder of the year. Cooking will be done on the 
spot with these products, and the samples dis¬ 
tributed. 
Russia has trouble in finding a foreign market 
for her cattle, and is trying to overcome the 
obstacles in the way of exporting her meats to 
European markets. No Russian cattle are ad¬ 
mitted into England, Austria, France or Germany, 
her cattle export being confined to Turkey, Italy, 
Greece and the Island of Malta. Russian sheep 
are not admitted into Germany, Austria or Eng¬ 
land, and hogs are exported only to Germany. In 
regard to Russian meat, it seems that Germany 
places impediments in the way of its import. 
England admits it, but the quality of it does not 
suit the taste of the English consumer. A com¬ 
mission has been appointed to work out a project 
for the improvement of the export trade. It is 
known to the Russian dealer that the foreign 
buyers lack confidence in Russian meat, and to 
overcome this it is recommended to bring live 
cattle to the ports and frontiers and establish 
slaughter houses at those places, so that foreign 
buyers may see for themselves the kind of cattle 
brought and slaughtered, and thus feel satisfied 
as to the quality of the meat offered for sale. 
According to reports from the Agricultural 
Department, the prospect for the exportation of 
live cattle from Argentina to Great Britain is de¬ 
cidedly discouraging to that industry. The cattle 
imported from Argentina are reported as “coarse, 
rough, unfinished and very wild.” Their weight 
is from 1,100 to 1,200 pounds, and they cost in 
Argentina from $25 to $35 per head. Ocean 
charges increase this cost as follows : Freight. 
$22.50; feed and attendance, $15 per head, and the 
price realized in Great Britain is only from $70 to 
$80 per head. The voyage lasts about 30 days. 
Butchers report the meat as flabby and hard to 
“set” after slaughter, and unsatisfactory as to 
color, not being as bright as that of United States 
cattle. The Bureau’s representative also reports 
upon some shipments from Australia and New 
Zealand, which brought prices equal to those 
paid for American cattle. There seems, however, 
to be no reason to apprehend a great increase in 
this trade on .account of the great length of the 
voyage. The same restrictions as to slaughtering 
which exist in the case of American cattle are 
enforced against those from other countries. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Livingston County, N. Y.—The crops are drying 
up. Farmers say their crop of peas will be 
scarcely worth harvesting. There has been no 
rain in 60 days. c. j. 
Ramsey County, Minn. —Crops of all kinds never 
looked better here. We have had rain, on the 
average, every third day, and the ground that was 
so well dried out last year, is being well soaked. 
No Colorado beetles here this year, and the pros¬ 
pect for cheap potatoes and active starch fac¬ 
tories is good. j. M. D. 
Greene County, N. Y.—Haying has commenced 
here in earnest. It is necessary to save what 
little hay there is. > The three months’ drought is 
ruining the farmers’ chances in these parts. The 
fruit prospect is very limited. Strawberries just 
dried away, and the outlook is that all other 
small fruits will be spoiled. G. c. M. 
Connecticut.— Ordinarily, haying is hardly be¬ 
gun by July 4, excepting a few fields of daisies or 
June grass, but now already a good many fields 
have been mowed. The grass is literally drying 
up in the fields, and what is true of this neighbor¬ 
hood is true generally throughout western Con¬ 
necticut and Westchester County at least. Mead¬ 
ows that bore heavily last year, now show many 
places not worth cutting. The late grasses, Tim¬ 
othy and Red Top, are making little show, and 
the early grasses seem to shrivel up and die. 
Many farmers say there is less grass to-day than 
two weeks ago. There is not probably one-half 
the crop of last year. Y. 
Douglas County, Kan.— The continued drought 
that has held swav over the larger portion of the 
West for the last two years, has been broken by 
copious rains lately, and all crops yet to grow 
have taken a wonderful start. Grass and wheat 
suffered most this year, and only on cultivated 
ground was there sufficient moisture to germin¬ 
ate seeds, and keep up the growth. The farmers 
on bottom land from Kansas City to Topeka are 
largely growing early potatoes instead of corn as 
a few years ago, and already are beginning to 
dig for shippers; there is a fair yield of excellent 
quality. Other garden truck, as radishes, lettuce, 
etc., is grown in small quantity for nearby mar¬ 
kets. The fruit crop in this region is the best ever 
grown. Insects, scab and fungus are very rare ; 
a wormy cherry to a tree is not often found. 
Apples and jiears of most kinds are bearing full 
crops, so that those who had their crops cut off 
by frost can find a full supply here. The frost 
here was very light; and our sunshine and fertile 
soil will produce the showy fruits and golden 
grain that have made this fickle State famous in 
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BEANS AND PEAS. 
Beans, Marrow, 1894, choice. 
Medium, choice, 1894. 
Pea, 1894, choice. 
White Kidney, 1894, choice. 
lied Kidney, 1894, choice. 
Black Turtle soup, 1894. 
Yellow Eye, 1894, choice. 
Lima, Cal., 1894 (60 lbs). 
Medium, foreign, 1894. 
Marrow, foreign. 
Pea, foreign, 1894. 
Green peas, bbl., per bushel. 
Bags, per bushel. 
Scotch, bags. 
.2 50662 52 
.2 00 ( 3)2 02 
,2 15(3)2 17 
.2 25@2 30 
.2 05(3)2 07 
.1 40(3)1 50 
.2 15662 20 
.3 25@3 35 
.1 75661 85 
.2 25662 35 
. 1 85661 95 
.1 05661 07 
1 0066 — 
. 97© 1 00 
BUTTER—NEW. 
Creamery, State and Penn., extras.1794@1894 
Elgin and other Western, extras.18 661»94 
Western, firsts.16 @17 
Western, seconds.14 6615 
Western, thirds.12 @13 
State dairy, half tubs, extras. 1694@17 
Firsts.15 @16 
Seconds. 13 @14 
Welsh tubs, extras.17 @— 
Welsh tubs, firsts.15 @16 
Welsh tubs, seconds.13 @14 
Tubs, thirds.11 @12 
Western dairy, firsts.12 @13 
Seconds.10 @11 
Thirds. 9 @10 
Factory, extras.12 @— 
Firsts.11 @1116 
Seconds. 994@10 
Thirds.8 @9 
Western imitation creamery, firsts.14 @15 
Seconds.11 @12 
Thirds. 8 @10 
CHEESE—NEW. 
State, full cream, large, colored, fancy . 
Large, white, fancy. 
Large, white (natural color), fancy 
Prime to choice. 
Fair to good. 
Common. 
Small, white, fancy. 
Small, colored, fancy. 
Small, good to choice. 
Small, common to fair. 
Part skims, Chen. Co., etc., best. 
Fair. 
Common. 
Full skims. 
EGGS. 
8 @— 
8 @— 
7«@ m 
734® m 
(>34@ 7 
6 @ 094 
8 @— 
8 @ 8 94 
794® 734 
6 @ 7 
5 @ 516 
316® 416 
2 @ 3 
l @ 116 
New-laid, fancy (nearby), at mark. 14 @ 1416 
N. Y. State & Penn., fresh collections.... 1216® 1316 
Northern Indiana and Ohio, choice. 12}6@ — 
Western, northerly sections,choice.... 12 @ 1216 
Western, southerly sections, choice. 11 66 12 
Western culls, per 30-doz case 1 .1 75 @2 50 
FRUITS—DRIED. 
Apples, evaporated, 1894, fancy. 
Choice. 
Prime. 
Common . 
Sundried, sliced. 
Chopped, 1894, per lb. 
Cores and skins, 1893-4, per lb ... 
Apricots, Cal., 1894, boxes, per lb ... 
Bags, per lb. 
Peaches, Cal., unpeeled. 1894, per lb 
Peeled, per lb. 
Plums, State. 
Cherries, 1894, per lo . 
Blackberries, 1894, per lb. 
Raspberries, evaporated. 1894 . 
Sundried. 
7 @ 716 
. 69 i® 7 
, 616 ® 
. 51666 6l| 
5 @594 
. 2 © 216 
16@ 1 
616@ 9 
. 6 66 816 
. 51666 816 
12 6615 
. 316® 4 
.11 ®— 
316® 4 
,18 @— 
.— @— 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, Ga., Red Astrachan. per carrier ....1 50@2 00 
N. C., green, per bbl. 75@1 50 
Cherries, fancy, large, per lb. 7@ 8 
Good to prime, per lb. 5® 6 
Poor to medium, per lb. 265 4 
Sour, prime, per lb. 3@ 5 
Currants, Up-River, cherry, per lb. 7@ 8 
Up-River, small, per lb. 6@ 7 
Gooseberries, green, per quart . 466 6 
Grapes. Fla., Niagara, per 8-till case.3 00664 00 
Huckleberries, N. C., per quart. 466 9 
Delaware and Maryland, per quart. 4@ 8 
Jersey, per quart. 866 10 
Pennsylvania, per 10-quart basket. 50@ 75 
N. Y., Mountain, per quart. 9@ 10 
Pears, Ga., Lo Conte, per bbl .4 00@6 00 
Per crate.1 25@2 25 
Peaches, Georgia, per 6-basket carrier.1 00@2 25 
Georgia, per fiat case. 75@1 25 
N. C. and S. C., per carrier.I 00@2 50 
N. C. and S. C., per fiat case. 75@1 25 
Plums, Ga. Beach, per 0-basket carrier.1 00®1 50 
Botan, per carrier.2 00653 00 
Ga. and S. C., Wild Goose, per carrier ...1 50662 00 
Raspberries, Up-River, red. per pint. 8@ 10 
Red, per 96 cup. 5® 7 
Red. per 94 cup. 466 5 
Blackcap, per 96 cup. 3@ 5 
Jersey, red, per pint. 8@ 9 
Del. and Md., red, per pint. 6@ 8 
Del. and Md., blackcap, per pint. 3@ 4 
Del. and Md., blackcap, per quart. 666 7 
Jersey, blackcap, per pint. 466 5 
Strawberries, Upper Jersey, f’cy, l’ge, per qt. 966 10 
Upper Jersey, fair to prime, per quart... 4@ 8 
Staten Island, per quart. 6@ 10 
Up-River, fancy, large, per quart. 9@ 10 
Up River, fair to prime, per quart. 4@ 8 
Western N. Y., fancy, per quart. 10® — 
Western N. Y., fair to prime, per quart.. 5@ 9 
Muskmelons. Ch’n Gem. per bush basket_1 00@1 50 
Florida, per bbl.1 00@3 00 
Florida, per 96-bbl basket. 50@1 50 
Watermelons, Florida, per 100 . 14 00@ 20 00 
Georgia., per 100 . 18 0066 25 00 
Florida and Georgia, per car-load.... 150 0066225 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat.70 @85 
Rye.70 @75 
Barley.— @— 
Buckwheat, silver.60 @65 
Buckwheat, Japan.65 @70 
Corn.53 @61 
Oats.32 @42 
GRASS SEED. 
Clover, per 100 lb. 9 00@10 50 
Timothy. 5 80® 6 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1.75 @80 
No. 2. 6,5 @70 
No. 3.50 @60 
Shipping.45 @— 
Clover, mixed.55 @— 
Clover.50 @55 
Salt.50 @60 
Straw, long rye.60 @65 
Short rye.45 @50 
Oat.40 @50 
Wheat.40 @50 
MEATS—DRESSED. 
Veals, country dressed, prime . 8 @ — 
Fair to good, per lb. 7 @ 794 
Com. to med., per lb. 6 @ 7 
Buttermilks, per lb. 594® 614 
Small, per lb. 5 @. 6 
Pork, country dressed, light, lean, per lb. 7 @ — 
Medium, per lb. 6 @ 694 
Heavy, prime, per lb. 5 @ 594 
POTATOES. 
Eastern Shore Rose, prime, per bbl.2 00@3 00 
Norfolk Rose, prime, per bbl .2 25663 Oft 
N. C. Rose, per bbl. 2 00(3/2 75 
Chili red, prime, per bbl.2 00662 75 
Charleston Rose, prime, per bbl.2 50@3 00 
Chili red, prime, per bbl.t.2 00@2 75 
White, prime, per bbl.2 00@2 50 
Savannah Rose, prime, per bbl.2 25653 00 
Chill red, prime, per bbl.2 00@2 75 
Southern, fair to good, per bbl.1 50661 75 
Seconds, per bbl.1 00@1 25 
Culls, per bbl. 50@1 00 
Old, per bbl or sack.1 0066 1 75 
POULTRY—FRESH KILLED. 
Turkeys, clear hens. 9 @ 10 
Young toms. 8 @ 9 
Chickens, Phila., 3 to 4 lbs. to pair, per lb. 28 @ 30 
Phila., mixed weights, per lb. 23 65 26 
L. I. broilers, scalded, per lb. 22 @ 25 
Western scalded, per lb. 13 @ 20 
Western, dry-picked, per lb. 20 @ 22 
Fowls, Western, scalded, choice. 109465 11 
Dry picked, choice. 11 @ — 
Common to fair . 9 65 10 
Old roosters, per ib. 5 @ 6 
Ducks, L. I., spring, per lb. 17 @ — 
Eastern spring, per lb. 17 @ 18 
Squabs, tamo, white, per doz.2 00 @2 25 
, mixou lots, per uoz. 1 ro @z Oil 
I Dark and poor, per doz.1 60 @ — 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, local, per lb. 15 @ 20 
Western, per lb. 14 @ 18 
Southern, per lb. 13 @ 14 
Fowls, local, per lb. 10 @ — 
Western, per lb. 10 @ — 
Southern, per lb. 10 @ — 
Roosters, per lb. 594@ 6 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 8 @ — 
Ducks, local, per pair. (X) 66 80 
Western, per pair. 60 @ 70 
Southern, per pair. 40 66 50 
Geese, fancy fattened, per pair.1(H) @1 25 
Western, per pair. 80 @112 
Southern and S’western, per pair. 60 @ 80 
Pigeons, per pair. 15 @ 30 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, per doz bunches. 50@1 00 
Beets, L. I. and Jersey, per 100 bunches. 3 00665 00 
Cabbage, L. I., per 100 . 75@1 25 
Norfolk, per bbl . 4066 75 
Cucumbers. N. C., per basket. 75661 00 
Charleston, per basket. 4066 76 
Norfolk, per basket . 75@1 00 
Egg plant. Fla., per half-bbl basket.I 50@2 00 
New Orleans, per case.1 75@2 00 
Green peas, Norfolk, per half-bbl. 2065 30 
Maryland, per basket. 80® 50 
Jersey, per basket. 50@ 75 
Long Island, per bag. 75661 25 
Eastern Shore, per basket. 25® 40 
Onions, Md. and Va., potato, per basket.1 00® — 
Bermuda, per crate.1 25@I 35 
Egyptian, per 110-lb bag.2 0066 — 
String beans, Md., wax. per basket.1 75® — 
Green, round, N. C.. per bushel. 75@1 26 
Norfolk, wax, per half-bbl basket.1 00@1 50 
Norfolk, green, per half-bbl basket. 75@1 25 
Jersey, wax, per basket.1 75® — 
Long Island, per bag.1 00661 25 
Squash, Marrow, per bbl-crate.1 00««1 25 
Turnips, Jersey, white, per 100 bunches.1 00® I 50 
Tomatoes, Fla., fancy, per carrier. ...1 00@1 75 
Florida, poor to good, per carrier.1 00661 60 
Charleston, per carrier.1 26@1 75 
Savannah, per carrier.1 00661 50 
Mississippi, per case.I 0066 — 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total dally supply has been 22,904 cans of milk, 
215 cans of condensed milk and (107 cans of cream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been $1.10 a can of 40 quarts. 
IN writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Tue Rural New-Yorker. 
Poultry, Fruits and all Produce 
sold at top prices. Daily returns. 
For stencils, prices and references, 
write F. I. SAGE & SON, 
183 Reade Street. New York. 
PALMER & FROST, 
Successors to 
G. 8. PALMER and PALMER, RIVENBURG <k CO., 
Established 1869. 
Wholesale Commission Merchants. 
POULTRY AND CALVES A SPECIALTY 
Also Butter, Eggs, Apples, Potatoes and Oranges. 
166 Reade Street, New York. 
Reference: Chatham National Bank. 
DO YOU WANT TO SHIP YOUR 
BUTTER and EGGS 
to responsible parties w ho will get you highest market 
prices for fine goods ? Choice Creamery Butter and 
Fancy Leghorn Eggs a specialty. Apply to 
GAKNEK & CO., 32 Little 12th St., New York, 
before shipping elsewhere. Ref.: Gansevoort Bank. 
Shippers and Producers 
af Fruit, Vegetables, and all kinds of Produce, desir¬ 
ing a good market to ship to. will do well to correspond 
with G. G. WETTERAU, General Commission Mer¬ 
chant, Hazleton. Pa. 
ESTABLISHED IN 1376. 
SOMERS, BROTHER & CO. 
HEADQUARTERS U’OIt 
Fruits and Produce^ 
Receive and sell, in car load lota and smaller 
quan tities, all Products of the Orchard, Garden . 
Dail y. Hennery and Farm7~ 
Market Reports, Special References, Stencils, etc., furnished 
free on application. 
611 Liberty Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
(t^lr.Quiries and Correspondence Invited. 
Easy Money Making. 
No trouble—little work—no capital—all profit—the 
exclusive agency for the Famous Americus Brand of! 
Fertilizers is yours if you want it—Write to Williams 
& Clark Fertilizer Co., New York Citv. 
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