L 895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
6o9 
Virginia. He sent a goodly list of trials: 
You will doubtless be surprised to find a few 
subscribers scattered over two States, and some 
of them 300 miles apart; but all of them are rail¬ 
road men, and some of them are young men send¬ 
ing the paper to their fathers, who are farmers 
in the country. I have not been as much as one 
hour getting this list, and think that I will send 
more soon. I have seen almost all classes of 
farmers, except the railroad farmer, represented 
in The R. N.-Y., but that is no sign that the rail¬ 
road men are not interested in farming, as we 
have quite a number of them that own small 
farms. I have a nice little place of 20 acres, one 
mile from a town of 18,000 inhabitants, which I 
am improving. I have 15 nice Jerseys, and find 
ready sale for all of my milk and butter at very 
good prices. I feel much better satisfied than I 
did before I bought my place, as I would not be 
entirely flat if I should be so unfortunate as to 
lose my position on the road, which I have held 
for 16 years with satisfaction to all concerned. 
But I must not stop without thanking The R. N.- 
Y. for this, as it was through them that I was 
persuaded to buy my place. Since I commenced 
this, one more young man has come to send the 
paper to his father. 
Now you see these railroad men are not 
so much troubled with that left hand. 
They have seen enough of the world to 
know that since a farmer’s products 
come in contact and competition with 
products from hundreds of other points, 
that farmer's mind must rub up against 
the minds of other producers or he will 
he left. That’s the point in a nutshell. 
Enough said on that line. 
The winners of the $1 prizes last week 
were : 
Aug. 26.—R. R. Gage, Hamilton Co., Ont. 
27. —Jid. Wheatley, Lambton Co., Ont. 
28. —C. D. Carpenter, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 
29. —A. H. Yeager, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
30. —S P. Bell, Washington Co., Md. 
81.—Fred’k H. Johnson, Worcester Co., Mass. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Fall work is now in order. 
Hog prices are lower in the West. 
Muskmelons are in very large supply. 
A very few pineapples are in market. 
Arrivals of bananas have been heavy. 
Lima beans are in fairly good demand. 
Hot weather makes the lemon trade brisk. 
Clapp’s Favorite is a favorite market pear. 
Arrivals of plums are small; demand ditto. 
The first frosts have made their appearance. 
Dressed calves spoil very quickly this weather. 
Stock cattle are somewhat higherthan one year 
ago. 
New cane syrup is on the market in New Or- 
prices. The market has been very satisfactory 
on prime fruit. 
The market is almost bare of fancy Bartlett 
pears, as the most of them have been put into 
cold storage. 
Fine large apples, both red and green, are in 
good demand, and sell readily, but all ordinary 
stock is neglected. 
The last New York State crop bulletin reports 
a slight increase in potato blight. In Westchester 
County rot is reported. 
A western New York farmer is reported to have 
cleared about $800 net from 10 acres of peas, 
grown for a canning factory. 
Grasshoppers are reported to be eating cloth¬ 
ing, boots and shoes, and even tools and tinware, 
in some parts of New York State. 
The first cranberries appeared early in the 
week—a very few packages. There is little de¬ 
mand for this fruit until cool weather comes. 
The fair is abroad in the land, but anything 
more unfair than the fare at some of these fairs, 
so far as awards are concerned, would be hard 
to find. 
Fancy muskmelons have been scarce, and some 
few have sold for high prices. The most of the 
stock sold low, much of it for hardly enough to 
pay freight. 
The first grapes from western New York ar¬ 
rived the first of the week, mostly Delaware and 
Wyoming Red. They were mostly poor, and sold 
very slowly. 
Southern New Jersey has been experiencing a 
very severe drought, and the earlier promises of 
abundant harvests are likely in many eases to 
fail of fulfillment. 
The total overland shipments of fresh fruits 
from San Francisco from August 1 to August 20 
amounted to 2,311 cars, against 3,435 cars for the 
corresponding period last year. 
Some weeks since, The R. N.-Y. mentioned the 
suspension temporarily, of the butter and egg 
call on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The 
experiment proved so satisfactory that it has 
been decided to continue it indefinitely. 
The fruit growers in Ulster County are reported 
to be organizing, the main object being to improve 
the methods of marketing fruit. A most commend¬ 
able object, and one worthy of iftiitation in other 
places. It is said that 50 per cent of the pear 
crop of that county has not been gathered. 
Don’t be in too much of a hurry to ship apples 
to England this fall. In any event, don’t ship fall 
varieties, and of winter, only the best, well 
assorted and packed. Dealers there say that 
they should also be in lots of not less than 25 bar¬ 
rels of one variety to sell to the best advantage. 
New honey arrives sparingly, and fancy clover 
is firm in anticipation of a very light yield. No 
new buckwheat here as yet. Sales about as fol¬ 
lows: New white clover, in pound sections, 14 to 
15 cents per pound; buckwheat, nominal, 10 to 11 
cents per pound ; California, 5*4 to 6*4 cents per 
pound; Southern 50 to 55 cents per gallon. 
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BEANS AND PEAS. 
Beans. Marrow, 1894, choice.1 90® — 
Medium, choice, 1894 . 1 70@1 75 
Pea. 1894. choice .1 85® 1 90 
White Kidney. 1894, choice.2 10®2 15 
Red Kidney, 1894, choice. 1 65@1 60 
Black Turtle soup, 1894. 1 65@1 75 
Yellow Eye, 1894, choice.2 20@2 25 
Lima. Cal., 1894 (60 lhs).3 50®3 60 
Medium, foreign, 1894. 1 65@1 65 
Marrow, foreign. 1 75@1 85 
Pea. foreign, 1894. 1 «5@l 75 
Green peas, bbl., per bushel.1 02*4® — 
Bags, per bushel. 95@ — 
Scotch, bags. 95® — 
BUTTER—NEW. 
Creamery, State and Penn., extras.19)4@20 
Elgin and other Western, extras.20 @— 
Western, firsts.17 @18 
Western, seconds.15 @16 
Western, thirds. 13 @14 
8 tate dairy, half tubs, fresh, oxtras.18)4@— 
Firsts.16 @1714 
Seconds. 14 @15 
Welsh tubs, firsts.16 @17 
Welsh tubs, seconds. 14 @15 
Tubs, thirds. 12 @13 
Western Imitation creamery, firsts.14 @15 
Seconds. 11 @12 
Thirds. . 9J4@10 
Western dairy, firsts.12 @14 
Seconds.10J4@11 
Thirds. 9)4@10 
Factory, firkins, June.11)4@12)4 
Firkins, current make.10)4@11)4 
Tubs, June, extras.11J4@12 
First. 11 @ 11)4 
Current make, extras.— @— 
Firsts.10-y@ll 
Seconds. 10 @10)4 
fourths to thirds. 8 @ 9)4 
CHEESE—NEW. 
State, full cream, large, colored, fancy.7 @7)14 
Large, white, fancy. 714®— 
Prime to choice. 7)4® 734 
Fair to good. .6)4® 7 
Common. 6 @ 6 '4 
Small, white, fancy. 8 !4@— 
Small, colored, fancy. 834 @— 
Small, good to choice. 7)4® 8)4 
Small, common to fair.6)4® 7)4 
Part skims, Chen. Co., etc., best . 534@ 6)4 
Fair. 3)4® 6 
Common. 2)4® 3 
Full skims. i)4@ 2 
EGGS. 
New-laid, fancy (nearby) . 16)4® 17 
N. Y. State, country marks. 15J4@ 16 
Pennsylvania, country marks. 15 @ 15)4 
Northern Indiana and Ohio, choice. 15 @ — 
Western, northerly sections,choice.... 14)4® 15 
Western, southerly sections, choice. 13 @ 14 
Southwestern, fair, 30-36 doz per case. ..2 70 @4 00 
Western culls, per 30-doz case.2 50 @2 85 
Ungraded, Der 30-doz case . .1 50 @2 00 
FRUITS—DRIED. 
Apples, evaporated, 1894, fancy. 7 @7)4 
Choice. 6J4@ 7 
Prime. 6 ) 4 @ 6)4 
Common. 5 @6 
Sundried, sliced. 3 @4)4 
Chopped, 1894, per lb. 2 @ 2)4 
Cores and skins, 1893-4, per lb. J4@ 1 
Apricots, Cal., 1894, boxes, per lb.— @— 
Bags, per lb.— @— 
Peaches, Cal., unpeeled. 1894, per lb.— @— 
Georgia, sundried, per lb. 6 ) 4 ® 7)4 
N. C., sundried, peeled, per lb.7 @ 8)4 
Huckleberries, per lb. 8 @— 
Plums. State. 3 ) 4 ® 4 
Cherries, 1895, per lo . 9 @— 
Blackberries, 1894, per lb. 3 @ 3)4 
Raspberries, evaporated. 1894 .18J4@18)4 
Sundried. 17 @— 
FRUITS—GREEN 
leans. 
The market for dry beans is getting worse and 
worse. 
The biggest corn crop ever known is the pres¬ 
ent prospect. 
Get the poultry ready for the Jewish New Year, 
September 19. 
The hop prospect seems to be getting worse, 
instead of better. 
Potatoes are arriving very freely, and the price 
is extremely low. 
Your brand ou a package should be a guar¬ 
antee of good goods. 
Receipts of poultry have been large, and sales 
slow at lower prices. 
Most of the Jersey peach baskets are smaller 
than those of Delaware. 
Eggs continue dull under heavy receipts, and 
with extremely hot weather. 
Watermelons are running small, and are not 
selling at very high prices. 
It’s been a long time since a little money would 
buy so many vegetables as now. 
Some new Michigan evaporated apples are re¬ 
ported on their way to this market. 
There is a good, strong demand for fresh game 
of all kinds. Hurry the stock along. 
Haying in Manitoba has been greatly inter-, 
fered with on account of wet weather. 
The acreage of raisin grapes in Fresno County, 
Cal., is said to have decreased 25 per cent. 
Myriads of blackbirds are reported to be devas¬ 
tating the corn fields in the vicinity of Mt. Morris, 
N. Y. 
Cloudbursts and floods in some localities, 
droughts in others, forest fires in others; variety 
surely. 
Peaches have been selling well at fairly good 
Large numbers of barns have been struck by 
lightning in different parts of the country this 
summer. Reports of a number of them say, “No 
insurance.” In other cases, the insurance was 
but a small part of the cost. Business men don’t 
take such risks; why should farmers ? Why are 
barns struck by lightning more frequently than 
other buildings, anyway ? 
The wool market is very quiet, and there seems 
little likelihood of immediate activity. Receipts 
have been heavier so far this year than for the 
corresponding period last year. A market report 
says: “The preponderance of sales of foreign 
wool is due largely to the light offerings of strictly 
desirable domestic. The prices of domestic, how¬ 
ever, are quite well Sustained and current sales 
are at full prices.” 
The R. N.-Y. of August 10, in an article on 
produce packages in New York, spoke of the 
small-sized or “ pony” barrels used by so many 
shippers. The use of these is the most short¬ 
sighted policy imaginable. Buyers will not only 
not pay so much per barrel for produce so packed, 
but the deduction made is larger in proportion 
than the difference in the contents of the two 
sizes. So that the man who uses a small-sized 
barrel, thus thinking to deceive some unsuspect¬ 
ing buyer, is himself cheated, and loses far more 
than he gains. The worst sinners in this respect, 
according to the marketmen, have been the apple 
growers of the Hudson River Valley. Now com¬ 
plaint comes that sweet potato shippers have be¬ 
gun using undersized barrels, holding, perhaps, 
20 pounds of potatoes less than they should. This 
has made a great deal of trouble for produce 
men, especially when they have shipped these 
barrels to out-of-town buyers. When the market 
is glutted, these small-sized barrels are the last 
ones that a buyer will take, and they are some¬ 
times unsold for this reason. The persisting in 
the use of these small barrels, means not only a 
loss in money returns, but often a loss from the 
delay in sales. 
Apples, Near-by, Gravenstein, per bbl. 1 25@1 75 
Near-by, Alexander, per bbl. 1 50@2 00 
Near-by, Duchess of O., per bbl . 1 25® 1 75 
Nearby, Blush,, per bbl... 1 25@1 75 
Near-by, Codling, per bbl. 1 00@1 50 
Near-by, 20-oz., per bbl . 1 25@1 75 
Near-by, Orange Pippin, per bbl.1 00@1 50 
Near-by, Holland Pippin, per bbl.1 00@1 50 
Near-by, Summer Pippin, per bbl.1 00@1 25 
Near-by, windfalls, per bbl. 40® 50 
Grapes. J'y, Md.ADel.,com’n black, per case 50@l 00 
Up River, Moore’s Early, per case. 50@1 00 
Up-River. Champion, per case. 40® 50 
Up-River. Delaware, per case. 75@1 25 
Up- River, Niagara, per case. ?5@1 00 
Up River, Moore’s Early, per 10 -lb bkt... 15® 20 
Up-River. Ives, per 10-lb basket. 10@ 12 
Up-River, Delaware, per 5-lb basket. 15@ 20 
West’n N. Y., Delaware, per 6 -lb basket.. 15® 20 
Wyoming Red, per 5-lb basket. 10@ 20 
Moore's Early, per 10-lb basket. 10® 12 
Peaches, Del. and Md., per crate. 75@1 75 
Del. and Md., yellow, extra, per basket..1 00@1 25 
Del. and Md., yellow, prime, per basket.. 70@ 99 
Del. and Md., red & white, extra, per bkt. 85@1 12 
Del. and Md., red & white, plain, per bkt. 65® 80 
Del. and Md., poor, per basket. 40@ 60 
Jersey, extra, per basket. 85® 1 26 
Jersey, plain, per basket. 60® 80 
Jersey, small and poor, per basket. 35® 50 
Pears. Bartlett, per bbl. 1 50@2 55 
Bartlett, per keg. 75@1 20 
Buerre d'Anjou, per bbl. 1 25@1 75 
Clapp’s Favorite, per bbl. 1 25@2 25 
Clapp’s Favorite, per keg. 75@1 00 
Flemish Beauty, per bbl.1 00® 1 50 
Lawrence, per bbl. 1 00@1 25 
Near-by, common, per bbl. 50@1 25 
Seckie, per bbl. 1 50@2 50 
Muskmelons. Md., prime, per bbl. 50@1 25 
Md., prime, per carrier. 25@ 75 
Jersey, nutmeg, per bbl. 50@1 25 
Upper J’y, Gem and Jenny Lind, per bbl. 75@1 50 
Hackensack, per bbl. 1 00@2 25 
Watermelons, choice, per 100 . 12 00® 15 00 
Poor to good, per 100 . 5 00@ 10 00 
Per car-load. 60 00® 150 00 
GAME 
Woodcock, fresh, per pair. 90@1 00 
Quail, frozen, per doz.1 75@2 25 
Partridges, Fresh, per pair. 1 00® — 
Frozen, undrawn, per pair. 85@1 00 
Frozen, drawn, per pair. 50® 75 
Grouse, fresh, per pair. 60@1 25 
Frozen, dark, per pair. 1 25@1 35 
Frozen, piD-tail, per pair. 1 00@1 25 
English snipe, frozen, per doz.1 75®2 25 
Golden plover, frozen, per doz. 1 75@2 25 
Grass plover, frozen, per doz. 1 00@1 25 
Small snipe, frozen, per doz. 25@ 30 
Blackbirds, per doz. 15 @ 20 
Venison, saddles, per lb. 14 @ 16 
The records show this Threshing -machine to lx 
easiest running and the greatest grain saver of 
Requires only about 1 Jf mile 3 travel per hour. Foi 
description, and for the best Straw-preserving 
threshers, Clover-hullers, Fanning-mills, Feed-mills, 
cular saw Machines, Land-rollers and Dog-powers, 
for Fearless Catalogue, For Fodder cutters, 
riersand Drag-saw Machines, and for information s 
mg “Why Ensilage Fays,” send for Ensilage Cs 
lOgue. Address, iUNAlU) 1‘ARDEIl, Cobleskill, i 
The Mt. Gretna Agricultural, Mechanical and 
Industrial Exposition held August 19-24, has 
proved one of the most successful ever known in 
the history of the association. The display of 
farm implements embraced the manufactures of 
the leading firms throughout the country, in addi¬ 
tion to which might be added a number of new 
inventions, calculated to improve greatly the con¬ 
dition of the progressive farmer. A new and 
attractive feature was the appearance of the live 
stock, there being good herds of Jersey and 
Guernsey cattle, English Shire horses and sev¬ 
eral pens of swine. The poultry and pigeon ex¬ 
hibit was very large and creditable, there being 
over 1,400 entries. The officers congratulate them¬ 
selves also on the financial success of the expo¬ 
sition, X. C. F. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. 
Rye. 
Barley. 
Buckwheat, silver. 
Buckwheat, Japan. 
Corn. 
Oats. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
Shipping. 
Clover, mixed. 
Clover. 
Salt. 
Straw, long rye. 
Short rye. 
Oat. 
Wheat. 
.66 @72 
.48 @55 
.- @- 
.57 @60 
.60 @65 
.43 @51)4 
.23 @32 
.. 80@ 85 
.. 75@ — 
.. 65@ 70 
.. -@ — 
.. 55@ 60 
.. 50® 55 
.. 50® — 
.. 50@ 60 
.. 40@ 45 
.. 40® — 
..35 @ 40 
GRASS SEED. 
Clover, per 100 lb. 8 50@10 00 
Timothy. 5 00@ 5 75 
MEATS—DRESSED. 
Veals, country dressed, primo . 10)4® 11 
Fair to good, per lb. 9 ) 4 ® 10 
Com. to med., per lb. 7 @ 9 
Buttermilks, per lb. 6)4® 7 
Small, per lb. 5 @ 7 
Grassers, per lb. 4)4® 6 
Pork, country dressed, light, lean, per lb. 734 ® 8 
Medium, per lb... 7 @ 7)4 
Heavy, prime, per lb. — @ 
NUTS. 
Peanuts, Va., h. p., fancy, per lb. 4%® 4)4 
H. p., extra, per lb. 354 ® 394 
Shelled, No. 1, per lb. t-1f@ 5 
No. 2, per lb. 23.|@ 3 
Spanish, shelled, No. 1, per lb. 6 @ 6)4 
No. 2, per lb. 3 J 4 @ 4 
Pecans, ungraded, per lb. — @ — 
POULTRY—FRESH KILLED. 
Turkeys, clear hens. II @ 12 
Clear toms. U @ — 
Chickens, Phlla., large, per lb. 18 ® IS) 
Phtla., mixed weights, per lb. 13 @ ir> 
L. I.. scalded, per lb. 14 @ p; 
Western scalded, per lb. 10 ) 4 ® II 
Western, dry-picked, per lb. Ill'® II 
Fowls, Western, scalded, choice. 10 @ — 
Dry picked, choice. 10 @ 10 )4 
Common to fair . 8 @ 9 
Old roosters, per lb. 5)4@ 6 
Ducks, L. I., spring, per lb. 14 @ 15 
Eastern spring, per lb. 15 @ — 
Squabs, tame, white, per doz.2 (10 @2 25 
Dark and poor, per doz.1 37 @1 60 
Geese, Eastern, per lb. 15 @ 16 
POTATOES. 
Long Island, in bulk, per bbl. 1 00@1 12 
Jersey, prime, per bbl. 7601 00 
Seconds, per bbl. 50 ® 75 
N. Carolina, red, sweet, prime, per bbl..l 0()@1 50 
Jersey, yellow sweets, per bbl. 2 25® — 
Virginia yellow, per bushel basket. 90® — 
Per barrel. 1 75@2 25 
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'western, per pair. 
Pigeons, per pair. 
VEGETABLES. 
11 @ 12 
11 @ 11)4 
11 @ — 
10 ) 4 @ — 
10 @ 10)4 
10 @ — 
6 @ 6)4 
9 @ 10 
60 @ 75 
50 @ 65 
50 @ — 
..1 00 @1 50 
..1 00 @1 25 
75 @1 00 
20 @ 30 
Cabbage, L. I., Flat Dutch, per 100. 1 00@2 00 
Cauliflower, L. I and Jersey, per bbl. 60@1 25 
Celery, Michigan, per doz . 6 ® 40 
Jersey, per doz roots. 5 ® 30 
Cucumbers. Jersey, per bbl. 60 ®i 00 
Long Island, pickles, per 1,000. 75@1 00 
Jersey, pickles, per 1,000. 50 @ 75 
Egg plant. Jersey, per box. 20 ® 30 
Jersey, per bbl. 50 ® 75 
Green corn, Jersey, per 1,000.2 00@5 00 
Lima beans, Jersey fiat, per bag. 50@l 00 
Jersey, potato, per bag. 75 ® _ 
Onions. L. 1 . and Jersey, per bbl. 1 25@1 50 
Fer basket. 50@1 00 
Orange County, red, per bbl . 1 00@ — 
Orange County, yellow, per bbl. 1 00® 1 12 
Eastern, white, per bbl. 1 50@2 25 
Eastern, yellow, per bbl. 1 50 ® 1 75 
Eastern, red, per bbl. 1 25® 1 50 
Peppers, Jersey, per bbl. 50 ® 60 
Squash, Marrow, per bbl. 40® 60 
Hubbard, per bbl. 76®1 00 
Turnips, Jersey, Russia, per bbl. 40® 60 
Tomatoes, Southern Jersey, per box. 10® 15 
Upper Jersey, Acme, per box. 20 ® 25 
WOOL. 
XX and above, Ohio. 
X, Ohio. 
Other grades. 
Washed combing and delaine. 
Unwashed combing. 
Texas, medium to choice. 
Fine and medium, fall clipped, Texas 
California. 
Oregon. 
Territory. 
MILK AND CREAM. 
18 @19 
.17 @18 
20 @22 
.18 @22 
.17 @20 
.11 @13 
8 (» 1(1 
. 9 @13)4 
12 @13)4 
. 9 @15 
The total dally supply has been 20,584 cans of milk, 
2.18 cans of condensed milk and 586 cans of cream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been $1.35 a can of 40 quarts. 
^lisrcllancous gUmti.oinij. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Tub rural New-Yorker. 
old Reliable Commission Houses. (Est. 1865.) 
S. H. & E. H. FROST, 100 Park Place, New York 
Stencils,Shipping Cards, &c., furnished on application 
References: Irving Nat. Bank or any of the Com. Ag’s. 
DO YOU WANT TO SHIP YOUR 
BUTTER and EGGS 
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 12th St., NewYork, 
before shipping elsewhere. Ref.: Gansevoort Bank 
WILLIAM H. COHEN & CO., 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 
Our Specialties are 
GAME, FURS, GINSENG, POULTRY, NUTS, Etc. 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
Also Packers of First-class Canned Goods. 
ESTABLISHED IN 137S. 
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HEADQUARTERSFOR 
Fruits and Produce 
Hecowo and B ell, in car load lots and smaller 
quantities, all Productsot theOrciiard, Garden , 
2)alry, Hennery and~Farm. " 
Market Keports, Special References/ Stencils, etc., furnished 
free on application. 
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