Stbathroy, Ont., Canada.— This is an off year 
with us; the hot spell of early spring only hastened 
growth, to have it blasted by frost, causing a 
total failure of all tree fruits. The drought has 
been unprecedented, and still continues. Land 
plowed after May 15, has not received enough 
moisture to germinate corn. French millet has 
been sown to offset the shortage in the hay crop, 
but, in many cases, growth is impossible. Mead¬ 
ows are very light—no $7 hay this year. Winter 
wheat is below the average, still it is fair in many 
places. Oats are generally thin and short, and 
much damaged by the grasshoppers. Potatoes 
were largely planted and average good, but need 
rain at once. Corn, on sand and sandy loam, is 
a good stand; otherwise, spotted, late and un¬ 
certain. The frost of July 12 played havoc with 
buckwheat, and damaged corn and potatoes in 
some parts. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Onions. Md. and Va., potato, per basket. 75@1 00 
Bermuda, per crate.1 00@1 25 
Egyptian, per 110-lb bag.1 25@1 76 
Kentucky, per bbl.2 00@2 25 
Jersey, white, per basket.1 00® 1 25 
Jersey, yellow, per basket...1 00@1 25 
PepDers, Jersey, per bushel box.1 25® 1 75 
String beans, Jersey, wax, per basket. 40® 00 
Long Island, per bag. 35® 50 
Squash, Marrow, per bbl-crate.1 00@1 50 
Turnips, Jersey, white, per 100 bunches.1 00® 1 50 
Tomatoes, Fla., fancy, per carrier. 50® 75 
Maryland, per carrier.1 00® 1 60 
Charleston, per carrier. 50@1 25 
Savannah, per carrier. 60@1 00 
Mississippi, per case. 70@ 80 
Jersey, per box. 75@1 00 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total daily supply has been 21,850 cans of milk, 
189 cans of condensed milk and 740 cans of cream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been $1.10 a can of 40 quarts. 
Hay prices are being elevated. 
The market for dry beans is dull. 
Clapp’s Favorite pears are selling well. 
The celery in market is mostly of small size. 
Green corn is in large supply for the season. 
Peas are not plentiful, and bring good prices. 
Tomatoes are mostly poor, and prices are low. 
Receipts of watermelons'last week were 203 
car-loads. 
The Boston egg market is slightly higher than 
New York. 
The demand for dressed calves is light, as is 
the supply. 
The demand for live poultry is light and the 
market weak. 
Small fruits are gradually giving place to the 
larger tree fruits. 
Onions meet a good demand, if choice, which 
many of them are not. 
The trade in agricultural chemicals is quiet, 
and the demand moderate. 
The cheese market is dull, as exporters are 
slow in making purchases. 
The market for seasonable game is dull, and re¬ 
ceipts are ample for all demands. 
Much damage by blight is reported among the 
pears in many parts of New York. 
Grasshoppers are reported numerous and de¬ 
structive in some parts of New York. 
Small lots of Southern new dried cherries have 
been offered for about nine cents per pound. 
Blackberries have been almost a glut on the 
market and prices have ruled low in consequence. 
Some new hay has arrived, though not in very 
large amounts. Prices rule about the same as 
for old. 
Sweet potatoes have begun to arrive from North 
Carolina, and bring $4 to $5 per barrel if of prime 
quality. 
From appearances, most of the apples received 
are windfalls, and of little value. Some lots have 
sold for 75 cents to $1 per barrel. 
Considerable quantities of pears have been ar¬ 
riving from nearby points, but they are mostly 
green and small, and sell for low prices. 
Strictly fancy butter is scarce, and sales are 
readily made at outside quotations. All other 
grades dull and slow, and receipts large. 
Receipts of Southern potatoes last week via the 
Old Dominion Line were 40,000 barrels, and about 
60,000 barrels by the Pennsylvania Railroad. 
Some very fine egg plant sold for as high as $5 
per barrel, but a larger part of the offerings are 
not good enough to bring anywhere near that 
price. 
The Colorado beetles are still “aknawing” the 
vines, and annoying the growers, especially in 
those districts where there has been a lack of 
rain. Wet, cold weather discourages them. 
Eggs are dull, and quoted prices are extreme. 
Many are arriving in poor condition. At the same 
time, fancy strictly fresh eggs are scarce, and 
readily bring several cents more per dozen than 
our highest quotations. 
Some of the watermelons arriving have been so 
overripe and heated and in such poor shape that 
thev have not brought enough to cover the cost 
of transportation, and such stock has to be sold 
for what it will bring toward freight charges. 
Cucumber pickles have commenced to arrive, 
but generally very small in size, and with a mod¬ 
erate demand and cucumbers plenty and cheap, 
low prices have had to be accepted, and sales 
have been made as low as $1.25 to $1.50 per 1,000. 
The market for dressed poultry has been dull, 
as large quantities have been recently taken from 
cold storage, some of it having been put away 
months ago. This is taken out whenever the mar¬ 
ket seems to demand it, but efforts are made to 
get the stock pretty well cleaned up before the 
fall arrivals. 
During the week ending Saturday, July 6 , the 
Health Department of New York City examined 
1,659 samples of milk, and analyzed 20, of which 
two were found to be watered, four skimmed, 11 
both skimmed and watered, and only three were 
normal. Of fruits, vegetables and canned goods, 
3,063 samples were examined, and 146,447 pounds 
condemned and destroyed. Some root beer ex¬ 
amined was found to contain 4.27 per cent of 
alcohol. 
40 Bushels i! 
Wheat ,| 
per Acre, i 
Potter, N. Y., Oct. 19/94. I 
/ used two hundred pounds 
per acre of Bradley's Phos¬ 
phate and secured forty 
bushels fine wheat per acre. 
It was the best piece of 
wheat grown in this section, 
and the finest I ever raised. 
I have used many other 
fertilizers, but none that will 
compare with Bradley's, 
and now use no other. 
Yours truly, 
K. S. Dinehart. 
Pisscrltnncous’ gulvcvtisinfl. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
Poultry, Fruits and all Produce 
sold at top prices. Dally returns. 
For stencils, prices and references, 
write F. I. SAGE k SON, 
183 Reade Street. New York. 
MARKETS 
BUTTER—NEW. 
Creamery, State and Penn., extras . 
Elgin and other Western, extras 
Western, firsts. 
Western, seconds. 
Western, thirds. 
State dairy, half tubs, extras. 
Firsts . 
Seconds . 
Welsh tubs, extras. 
Welsh tubs, firsts. 
Welsh tubs, seconds. 
Tubs, thirds. 
Western dairy, firsts. . 
Seconds . 
Thirds. 
Factory, extras. 
Firsts . 
Seconds. 
Thirds. 
Western imitation creamery, firsts. 
Seconds. 
Thirds. 
WANTED—Triumph Potatoes. September delivery 
Address COMMISSION, care The R. N.-Y. 
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DO YOU WANT TO SHIP YOUR 
to responsible parties who will get you highest market 
prices for fine goods ? Choice Creamery Butter and 
Fancy Leghorn Eggs a specialty. Apply to 
GARNER & CO., 32 Little 12tli St., NewYork, 
before shipping elsewhere. Ref.: Gansevoort Bank. 
ESTABLISHED IN 1876. 
SOMERS, BROTHER & OO. 
HEADQUARTERSFOR 
Fruits and Produce 
Receive and soil, in car load lota and smaller 
EGGS. 
New-laid, fancy (nearby), at mark.... 
N. Y. State, country marks. 
Pennsylvania, country marks. 
Northern Indiana and Ohio, choice ... 
Western, northerly sections, choice... 
Western, southerly sections, choice .. 
Southwestern, fair, 30-36 doz per case 
Western culls, per 30-doz case. 
Dairy, Hennery antlFarm. 
Market Reports, Special References, Stencils, etc., furnished 
free on application. 
611 Liberty Street, PITTSBURGH, PA, 
C7*lr.quirles and Correspondence Invited. 
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Mr. Dinehart is only one of 
thousands of farmers who 
always use Bradley’s Ferti¬ 
lizers on Wheat, Oats, and 
Barley. For full information, 
write Bradley Fertilizer Co., 
Boston 
or 843 Granite Building, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
is the Farmers 
Gold Mine 
Corn Fodder 
this year. Cut it quick 
The Scientific 
Corn Harvester 
FRUITS—GREEN 
Apples, Md. k Del.. Red Astrachan. per crate. 50@ 75 
Near-by, Sour Bough, per bbl.1 50@2 00 
Near-by. Sweet Bough, per bbl.1 50@1 75 
Md. and Del., green, per crate. 40@ 60 
Near-by, windfalls, per bbl. 75@1 25 
Currants, Up-River, cherry, per lb. 6 ® 8 
Up-River, small, per lb. 5® 6 
Grapes. Fla., Niagara, per 8 -till case.1 50@3 00 
Huckleberries, N. C., per quart. 4@ 6 
Delaware and Maryland, per quart. 4@ 6 
Jersey, per quart. 5@ 8 
Pocono Mt., per quart. 6 @ 9 
8 hawangunk, Mountain, per quart. 6 @ 9 
Pears, Ga., Le Conte, per bbl . 1 50@2 50 
Per crate. 60® 75 
Peaches, Ga. & S. C., Tlllotson. per carrier..1 25@ 
Georgia, per flat case. 60@1 25 
FI. Rivers, per carrier.1 25@ — 
St. John, per carrier.1 25@l 50 
Amelia, per carrier. 1 50@2 00 
Elberta. per carrier. 1 75@2 25 
Crawford, per carrier.1 50® 1 75 
Belle of Ga., per carrier. . . 1 25® 1 50 
Michigan, per carrier.1 25@1 50 
Chinese Free, per carrier. 1 25® 1 50 
N. C. and S. C., per carrier. 1 00@2 00 
N. C. and S. C.. per flat ease. 50@1 00 
Del. and Md.. Hales, per crate. 50® 60 
Del. and Md., Hales, per basket. 25® 40 
Del. and Md., Itivers, per crate. 60® 80 
Del. and Md., Rivers, per basket. 40® 60 
Defective, per carrier. 60@1 (Ml 
Plums, Ga., per 5-lb basket. 15® 25 
Botan, per carrier. 1 50@2 50 
Ga. and 8 . C., Wild Goose, per carrier ...1 00@1 75 
Robinson, per carrier.1 00® 1 75 
Raspberries, Up-River, red. per pint. 2)4® 6 
Red, per )4 cup. 2® 4 
Red. per 14 cup. 2@ 3 
Blackcap, per J4 cup. 2® 3 
Jersey, red, per pint. 2® 5 
Jersey, blackcap, per pint. .... 2@ 4 
Mu 8 kmelons. Southern, per bush basket_ 75@2 00 
Florida, per bbl.1 00@4 00 
Florida, per )4-bbl basket. 50® 1 00 
Watermelons, Florida, per 100 . 15 00® 18 00 
Georgia., per 100 . 18 00® 25 00 
Florida and Georgia, per car-load... .100 00@175 00 
Safety Shafts 
Safety 
Seals 
Adjustable 
Because It Is ^ 
EASIEST to HANDLE, 
SAFEST to OPERATE, 
HANDIEST to STORE AWAY. 
Will save many times cost in one season. We 
have several styles, prices just right. Sendforcata. 
THE FOOS MFC. CO., Springfield,©. 
Tbe Standard 
BEST AND 
MOST ECONOMICAL 
A I P P Poli/QC of best St. Lambert butter 
> Ji U< Ui UUltuO blood; also a young hull 
very cheap. Bulls sold from our herd have sired 
cows testing up to 21 pounds 12 ounces of 
butter In seven days for Messrs. Miller & Sibley. 
E. L. CLARKSON. Tivoli, N. Y. 
Refer by permission to The Rural New-Yorker. 
CORN HARVESTER 
I HORSE AND 2 MEN WILL CUT 
5 TO 8 ACRES IN A DAY. 
All metal with SAFETY GUARDS. It will pay 
you to write us for circular and prices. 
THE STANDARD HARROW CO.. 
UTICA, N. Y. 
TO FIGHT INTEMPERANCE 
Why not fight it (l. e., license and the fellowship 
thereof) religiously and politically, publicly and pri¬ 
vately. seven days In the week ? Are we not stulti¬ 
fying ourselves as friends of temperance by support¬ 
ing pro-license oiganizations- alas ! the only kind 
I know of among us. Never a great evil so easily de¬ 
stroyed when its opponents unite against it. Anyone 
person solid for temperance Is so far a saving, re¬ 
deeming nucleus to gather around. It is awful to 
have to say, but 1 must believe our total abstinence 
Christian women the strongest supporters of the 
present utterly pro-license and pro-ever social organ¬ 
ization of all Christendom. F. K. I’UOKNTX. 
DeLAVAN, Wis., July 11, 1895. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
Shipping. 
Clover, mixed 
Clover. 
Salt. 
Straw, long rye .. 
Short rye. 
Oat. 
Wheat. 
OTP A W/berry plants in July $1 per 100. August and 
o I flrt I » September at lower rates, by mail. 
Kansas. Black Ras., etc., in season. 
R. JOHNSTON, Shortsville, N. Y. 
POTATOES. 
Long Island, in bulk, per bbl. 
Jersey, prime, per bbl. 
Southern, Rose, prime, per bbl. 
Chili red, prime, per bbl. 
Fair to good, per bbl. 
Seconds, per bbl. 
Culls, per bbl. 
North Carolina, sweet, prime, per bbl 
2 00@2 25 ---— 
2 00@2 25 
1 75@2 25 
i||i6o More Oats and Straw, 
!Ii“ More Corn and Stalk, 
More Luscious Fruit, 
13 @ 16 
13 @ 15 
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7 @ 7)4 
® gj* Made by THE CLEVELANI 
60 @ 70 Fertilizers for different soils am 
40 @ 50 Soda—Sulphate Potash—Murlat< 
1 qq %\i 2 -Acid—always on hand for those i 
: 20 1 25 THE CLEVELA1 
More Large Potatoes, 
More Vegetables, 
More Growth of Young Trees and Shrubs 
FOLLOW THE JUDICIOUS USE OF THE 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Williamson County, Tenn.— The potato season 
is about over here for the first crop, and was the 
poorest in 20 years—from 10 to 20 barrels per acre. 
From the tuber of Carman No. 1, I had 13 hills, 
producing about one-half peck. I did not weigh 
them; they are nothing extra; quality good. It 
does not suit this market. * j. b. 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, local, per lb. 
Western, per lb. 
Southern, per lb. 
Fowls, local, per lb. 
Western, per lb. 
Southern, per lb. 
Roosters, per lb. 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 
Ducks, local, per pair. 
Western, per pair. 
Southern, per pair. 
Geese, fancy fattened, per pair. 
Western, per pair. 
Southern and S’westem, per pair... 
Pigeons, per pair. 
VEGETABLES. 
Beets, L. I. and Jersey, per 100 bunches 
Cabbage, L. I., per 100. 
Celery, Michigan, per doz . 
Jersey, per doz roots. 
Cucumbers. Jersey, per bushel box_ 
Jersey, per half-bbl basket. 
Maryland, per crate. 
Norfolk, per basket . 
Egg plant. Fla., per bbl. 
Jersey, per basket.. 
Charleston, per bushel-basket. 
Green corn, Jersey, per 100. 
North Carolina, per 100. 
Green peas. Jersey, per basket. 
Long Island, per bag. 
1 00@3 00 
1 00@2 50 
25® 40 
• 12J4@ 25 
. S0@ (3) 
. 65® 75 
. 40® 50 
. 25@ — 
2 00@4 00 
.2 00@2 50 
75® 1 25 
75@1 25 
25@1 00 
50@ 75 
. 76ffil 25 
CANADA 
UNLEACHED 
HARDWOOD 
ASHES 
Supplied in carload lots, in bulk, sacks, or 
barrels, direct from Canadian storehouses. 
Bone Meal, Bone ami Blood, etc., shipped 
direct from the immense slaughter houses 
of Armour & Co., Chicago. For prices, pam¬ 
phlets, etc., address MUJiROE, LABOR <fc 
CO., 32 Arcade Building, OSW ECO, N. Y. 
General Eastern Agents for Armour & Co., 
of Chicago, 
The records show this Threshing -machine to be the 
easiest running and the greatest grain saver of all. 
Requires only about \% 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, Land-rollers and Dog-powers, send 
ror 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, MIXAUB HARDER, Cobleskill, N. Y. 
BONE FERTILIZERS 
