1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
AS WE GO TO PRESS. 
(continued.) 
the day your club of subscriptions 
reaches this office, and a great big chance 
to walk off with $50 or less on November 
1. It almost makes our head ache to see 
how slow some of you people are to take 
advantage of these offers ; but there is 
nothing hungry about the ache. Oh, 
yes, there is—we are hungry for the 
name of your neighbor. We need it to 
fill out an empty line on our subscription 
list, and you can tell him for us that if 
he isn’t satisfied, we will stop his paper 
and send his dollar back at once. Now 
and then a man comes up smiling. Here, 
for example, is a good letter : 
Yours with a remittance of $1 was received 
Accept my thanks. I do do not feel as though I 
was entitled to that dollar, as I obtained the sub¬ 
scriptions without very much effort on my part; 
one came into the field where I was digging Rural 
New-Yorker No. 2 potatoes, which have paid me 
enough over and above .any other potatoes I have, 
to pay for The R. N.-Y. for the next 20 years. The 
subscriber was glad to get two bushels of Rural 
New-Yorker No. 2 potatoes for 10 cents per bushel 
more than other potatoes are selling for. I shall 
do all I can for The R. N.-Y. Thanks. T. z. m. 
Polo, Ill. 
There’s nothing hungry about that man’s 
headache—in fact, his head doesn’t ache 
at all. If he keep on, his pocketbook 
may ache carrying his profits ! And here 
are six more people who ought not to 
complain much about the treatment they 
are receiving. These men won the dollar 
prizes last week. Sorry your name isn’t 
there : 
Oct. 14.—Chas. Gaylord, Morgan Co., O. 
15. —R. R. Gage, Hamilton, Ont. 
16. —Walter Johnson, Middlesex Co., Conn. 
17. —A. Chamberlain, Grafton Co., N. II. 
18. —E. M. Parsons, Bay Co., Mich. 
19. —Hiram Cole, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Cheese prices are climbing upward. 
Butter is selling well under lighter receipts. 
A few limed eggs have made their appearance. 
Many recent arrivals of grapes have been more 
or less frosted. 
Santa Barbara County, Cal., has a crop of more 
than 1,000,000 pampas plumes this year. 
Brussels sprouts are plentiful, and selling at 
prices much below those usually received. 
Some new peanuts have arrived, but the qual¬ 
ity is mostly poor, and there is little demand for 
such. 
Nearly 10,000 tons of tea from two Chinese ports, 
were recently landed at Tacoma, Wash., in a 
single day. 
The Boston Chamber of Commerce is striving 
to secure action from the Treasury officials that 
shall increase its cattle export trade. 
Reports from western New York are to the 
effect that apples are selling higher in proportion 
than in this market, especially fall varieties. 
A few green peas from Norfolk arrived in poor 
order and sold for $2 to $2.50 per basket, about 
one-half what good ones would have brought. 
Several car-loads of Hebron potatoes were re¬ 
ceived from Maine, and are held at $1.20 to $1.25 
per sack. The crop in that State is very heavy, 
but some rot is reported. 
English apples are said to have sold lower dur¬ 
ing August and September, than ever before. 
Winter fruit has ripened a month earlier than 
usual, owing to unusual weather conditions. 
In response to requests from boards of trade 
and wheat dealers in all parts of the country, the 
Dominion Government has passed an order pro¬ 
hibiting the mixing of No. 1 hard wheat with 
scoured grain. 
A quantity of string beans have been received 
from Norfolk, Baltimore and Charleston. Those 
from the first place were of fine quality, and sold 
well at good prices. Those from the other two 
cities were inferior, and prices realized were low. 
The regular duck raisers on Long Island no 
longer feed fish to their young stock, or at least, 
not during the last few weeks before sending 
them to market. Yet some one has been sending 
ducks from there that have a suspicious fishy 
flavor, and such sell at extremely low prices, as 
well as cast suspicion on the others. 
Chestnuts are of unusually small size this year, 
and the only large nuts to speak of are arriving 
from southern parts of Pennsylvania and Con¬ 
necticut. Northern Pennsylvania, New Jersey 
and State nuts are small, but usually in good con¬ 
dition. Delaware and Maryland arrivals show 
fair size, but are more or less heated and unat¬ 
tractive. 
•Our Readers who are in want of a Thresher, 
Horse-power, Engine, Dog-power, Ensilage-cutter, Saw 
machine, Feed mill, Fanning-miil or Land-roller, will, 
we believe, be sure to yet the best, and at the 
lowest price consistent with quality and value of 
goods, if they deal with the old and reliable manufacturer, 
HINARD HARDER, Cohleskill, New York j who sends free 
his beautifully illustrated and plainly and clearly descrip¬ 
tive catalogues to all applicants mentioning this paper. 
72 1 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Suffolk County, L. I., Notes.— The money crops 
of the farmers of this locality, are potatoes and 
cauliflowers. The show of potatoes at the Suffolk 
County Fair was good, some of them being of 
immense size; but the show of cauliflowers, as I 
had expected from my observations, was poor— 
few heads and they of an inferior quality. By a 
curious coincidence the premiums were taken by 
a Mr. Worm. There was a good collection of 
other vegetables and fruits, cattle, swine, etc. ; 
but I noticed that the crowd was not giving atten¬ 
tion to these, but mostly to the horse trot. It 
must have been very good, I suppose, as they say 
that the track record was broken. I wanted to 
find out how the farmers felt with potatoes at 30 
cents per bushel ; so I asked one farmer who had 
35 acres, and who had on hand 6,500 bushels, how 
many he expected to plant next year. He said, 
“Not more than four acres.” I asked four other 
farmers who were together, and whose combined 
acreage was about 70 acres. After a little, they 
said that they thought they would have to keep 
at it with about three-quarters the acreage. On 
the north side of the Island, the potato crop is 
pretty good; but on the south side, they blighted 
early and rotted badly, so that one prominent 
farmer told me that 100 bushels was a big crop 
there this year. I asked quite a number of farm¬ 
ers how much their potatoes cost them per 
bushel, but found none of them who could give 
me exact figures. I had figured out my own, and 
found that they had cost me 31 cents, allowing the 
land at $100 an acre. p. e. t. 
Juab County, Utah. —Our spring was very cold, 
and the late frost hurt the early vegetables and 
fruit. We have not had enough rain for three 
months to lay the dust; we depend on irrigation 
to raise our crops. Small grains have been very 
good. Little corn is raised in this country. The 
potato crop is very light. We had a heavy snow 
storm September 20, which wound up with a frost 
which destroyed our late peaches, tomatoes, etc. 
A good deal of Lucern seed is raised in this 
county; we cut the first crop about June 10, and 
let the second crop go to seed. The seed is selling 
for 4J4 cents per pound. d. s. 
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BUTTER—NEW. 
Creamery, State and Penn., extras.22)6@23 
Elgin and other Western, extras.23 @— 
Western, firsts.20 @21)6 
Western, seconds. 16 @18 
Western, thirds. 14 @15 
8 tate dairy, half tubs, fresh, extras. 20 @21 
Firsts. 18 @19 
Seconds. 14 @19 
Welsh tubs, firsts. 17 @19 
Welsh tubs, seconds.14 @p; 
Tubs, thirds. 12 @13 
Western imitation creamery, firsts.15 @17 
Seconds. 11 @13 
Thirds. 10 @ 10)6 
Western dairy, firsts.12 @14 
Seconds. .10)6@11 
Thirds. 9*4 j@10 
Factory, firkins, June extras.12)6@13 
Firkins, current make.10)6@11)6 
Tubs, June, extras.13 @13^ 
First. 11 @12 
Current make, extras.— @— 
Firsts. 11 @12 
Seconds. 10 @10)6 
fourths to thirds. 8 @10 
EGGS. 
New-laid, fancy (nearby). 22 @ 23 
N. Y. State, country marks. 20 %% 21)6 
Pennsylvania, country marks. 20)6® 21 
Western fancy. 20 @ _ 
Other Western, good to prime. 18 @ 19 
Western, refrigerator, choice. 16 @ 17 
West’n. refrigerator,defective, per case.3 00 @4 25 
West'n dirties, candled, per 30-doz case..3 50 @4 00 
Western checks, candled, per case. 2 75 @3 50 
Western culls, ungraded, per case.2 00 @3 25 
FRUITS—GREEN 
Apples, Alexander, per bbl.2 50@3 00 
Fameuse, per bbl. 3 00@3 75 
Ben Davis, per bbl. 1 75^2 25 
Jonathan, per bbl.2 00@3 00 
Blush, per bbl. 1 7a@2 25 
Codling, per bbl. 1 25@1 50 
20 -oz., per bbl . 1 60@2 00 
Orange Pippin, per bbl. 1 00@1 25 
Holland Pippin, per bbl. 1 25@1 50 
Fall Pippin, per bbl. 1 50@2 00 
King of Tompkins, per bbl.. 1 75@2 50 
Baldwin, per bbl.. 1 ao@2 00 
Greening, per bbl. .1 25@1 76 
Common, per bbl. 50@1 00 
Grapes, Up-River. Concord, per case. 50@ 75 
Concord, per 10-lb basket. 16@ 18 
Concord, per 5-lb basket. 8 @ 9 
West’n N. Y., Delaware, per5-lb basket.. 10 ® 16 
West’n N. Y., Niagara, per 5-lb basket... 8 @ 14 
West’n N. Y., Catawba, per 5-lb basket. 8 @ 12 
West’n N. Y.. Concord, per 10-lb basket. 16© 20 
West’n N. Y., Concord, per 5-lb basket .. 8 @ 10 
Niagara, in trays, per lb. 2 @ — 
Catawba, in trays, per lb. 1%® — 
Concords, in trays, per lb. l%® — 
Concords, in bbls., per lb. 1 ) 6 ® — 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, fancy, late, per bbl..7 00@8 25 
Fancy, early, per bbl.7 25@7 50 
Prime, per bbl. 6 75@7 00 
Medium, per bbl. 6 25@8 50 
Light, per bbl.. 00® — 
Soft, per bbl. 4 00@5 50 
Soft, per crate.2 00@2 50 
Peaches, Pa. and Md., average, per carrier.. 50@1 75 
Jersey, extra, per basket. —@ — 
Prime, per basket. —@ _ 
Jersey, plain, per basket. 60® 90 
Jersey, small and poor, per basket . 25@ 60 
Pears. Bartlett, per bbl.2 00@5 00 
Bartlett, per keg. 1 00@2 50 
Boston Bartlett, per bushel box. 1 75@2 75 
Boston Seckel. per bushel box. 1 75@2 75 
Boston other late. 1 00@1 50 
Anjou, per bbl.2 00©2 50 
Bose, per bbl'.... . 3 00@4 00 
Clairgeau, per bbl. .2 00@3 00 
Louise Bonne, per bbl. 1 75@2 50 
Sheldon, per bbl.2 00@3 00 
Keiffer, per bbl. 1 50@? 60 
Flemish Beauty, per bbl. 1 00@3 00 
Lawrence, per bbl.2 00@3 00 
Near-by, common, per bbl. 75@1 25 
Seckel. per bbl. 3 00@5 00 
Quinces, apple, per bbi. 3 00@4 50 
Orange, per bbl. 3 00@4 00 
GAME 
Woodcock, near-by, fresh, per pair. 75® 1 00 
Western, fresh, per pair. 75@1 00 
Quail, frozen, per doz.2 00@2 26 
Partridges, near-by, fresh, per pair. 75@1 00 
Western, fresh, per pair. 40@ 60 
Frozen, undrawn, per pair. 50® 60 
Frozen, drawn, per pair. 40® 50 
Grouse, fresh, per pair. 1 O0@l 12 
English snipe, fresh, per doz. 1 00@2 00 
Golden plover, fresh, per doz. 1 00@2 00 
Grass plover, fresh, per doz. 1 25@1 60 
Snipe, small, yellow leg, fresh, per doz. 40® — 
Sand snipe, fresh, per doz. 30@ 40 
Blackbirds, per doz. 15 @ 20 
Reed birds, per doz. 36 ® 60 
Wild ducks, mallards, per pair. 50® 76 
Canvas, per pair.1 50@2 00 
Blue wing, teal, per pair. 40® 50 
Green wing, teal and common, per pair . 25® 30 
Red heads, per pair..1 00@1 50 
Venison, saddles, fresh, per lb. 20® 22 
Fair to good, per lb. 15® 18 
Frozen, per lb. 16® 20 
Whole deer, per lb. 12® 14 
Rabbits, per pair. 80® 40 
GRAIN. 
Wheat.61 @68 
Rye.42 @48 
Barley.40 @60 
Buckwheat, silver. 40 @43 
Buckwheat, Japan.— @— 
Corn. 36 @39 
Oats.24 @29)6 
MEATS—DRESSED. 
Veals, country dressed, prime . 10 @ 10)6 
Fair to good, per lb. 9 @ 9)6 
Com. to med., per lb. 7 @ 8)6 
Buttermilks, per lb. 5 @ 6 
Small, per lb. 6 @ 6 
Grassers, per lb. 3>6@ 5 
Pork, country dressed, 40 to60 lbs., per lb. 6)6@ 7 
60 to 80 lbs, per lb. 6 @ 6)6 
80 to 120 lbs., per lb. 5)6® 6 
120 to 180 lbs., per lb. 5 @ 6)6 
200 lbs and up, per lb. 4)6® 5 
POTATOES. 
Maine Hebron, per sack.1 20@1 25 
Long Island, in bulk, per bbl. 1 00® 1 12 
State Rose and Hebron, per 180 lbs.1 00@ — 
Burbank, etc., per 180 lbs. 90® 1 00 
Northern N. Y., per bbl. 90@1 10 
Jersey, prime, per bbl. 75@1 00 
Seconds, per bbl. 50® 75 
Sweets. Vineland, fancy, per bbl.2 50@3 00 
South Jersey, per double-head bbl .2 00@2 25 
South Jersey, per cloth-head bbl.1 75@2 25 
Virginia yellow, per barrel.1 75@2 00 
Per small barrel.1 50@1 02 
POULTRY—FRESH KILLED. 
Turkeys, old hens, per lb. 11 @ 12 
Old toms. 10 @ 11 
Spring, dry picked, good to prime ... 10 @ 12 
Spring, scalded, good to prime. 9 @ 11 
Inferior. 4 @ 7 
Chickens, Phila., large, per lb. 16 @ 18 
Phila., mixed weights, per lb. 12 @ 16 
Western scalded, per lb. 8 @ 9 
Western, dry-picked, per lb. . 8 @ 9)6 
Fowls, Western, scalded, choice. 8 @ 8)6 
Dry picked, choice. 8)6® 9 
Common to fair . 7 @ 8 
Old roosters, per lb. 5 @ 6)6 
Ducks, L. I., spring, per lb. 12 @ 16 
Eastern spring, per lb. 16 @ 16 
Western, fair to good . 7 @ 11 
Squabs, tame, white, per doz.2 60 @2 75 
Mixed lots, per doz.2 00 @2 25 
Dark and poor, per doz.1 50 @1 75 
Geese, Eastern, per lb. 16 @ 17 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, local, per lb. 8 @ 8)6 
Western, per lb. 8 @ 8)6 
Southern, per lb. 8 @ — 
Fowls, local, per lb. 8)6® 9 
Western, per lb. 8)6® 9 
Southern, per lb. 8)6® — 
Roosters, per lb. 5 @ — 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 7 @ 8 
Ducks, local, per pair. 60 ® 80 
Western, per pair. 60 @ 75 
Southern, per pair. 50 @ 00 
Geese, fancy fattened, per pair.1 25 @1 37 
Western, per pair.100 @125 
Southern and S’western, per pair. 100 @ — 
Pigeons, per pair. 20 @ 30 
VEGETABLES. 
Cabbage, L. I. & Jersey, Flat Dutch, per 100.3 00@4 00 
State, per 100. .2 00@3 00 
Cauliflower, L. I and Jersey, per bbl.1 00@3 60 
Celery, State and Western, per doz. 10® 60 
Jersey, per doz roots. 10 ® 40 
Egg plant. Jersey, per bbl.1 00@2 60 
Green peas, Norfolk, per basket..2 00@3 00 
Lima beans, Jersey flat, per bag.2 00@3 00 
Onions, L. 1. and Jersey, per bbl. 75@1 25 
Orange County, red, per bbl . 60® 90 
Orange County, yellow, per bbl. 70@1 00 
Eastern, white, per bbl.1 25@2 00 
Eastern, yellow, per bbl.1 12@1 25 
Eastern, red, per bbl.1 00® — 
State and Western, yellow, per d. h. bbl.l 12@1 25 
Peppers, Jersey, per bbl. 1 00@1 60 
Pumpkins, per bbl . 50® 60 
Squash, Marrow, per bbl. 50@ 60 
Hubbard, per bbl. 60® 76 
String beans, L. I., per bag.1 80@2 00 
Norfolk wax, per half-bbl basket.1 00@2 00 
Norfolk green, per half-bbl basket.1 00@2 60 
Baltimore, per basket. 60@1 50 
Charleston, per basket.1 60@2 50 
Spinach, L. I. and Baltimore, per bbl.1 00@1 25 
Turnips, Jersey, Russia, per bbl. 65® 80 
Tomatoes, Jersey, per box. 25@ 50 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total dally supply has been 20,167 cans of milk, 
182 cans of condensed milk and 342 cans of cream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been $1.50 a can of 40 quarts. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
It will cost you only 
ONE GENT 
to send your address on a pos¬ 
tal and receive free by return 
mail copy of THE OHIO FARMER, 
clearly the leader of the Agri¬ 
cultural Press of America. 
“Up to date” in every way. 
Helps make the farm pay. 20 
pages every week in year. All 
original matter Offers great 
bargains with other papers. 
address THE OHIO FARMER, Cleveland. O. 
R EGISTERED Duroc-Jersey March Pigs, the 
FIRST-PRIZE YOUNG HERD at N. T. STATE 
FAIR, for Sale. E. L. CLARKSON, Tivoli. N.Y. 
Refer by permission to The Rural New-Yorker. 
A. J. C. C. St. Lambert Calves for Sale. At 
NewYorkState Fair, 1895, we showed two calves 
in a class of 22, one took prize, the other was 
Highly Commended. Young Hulls sold from 
our herd have sired Cows testing up to 37 lbs. 
13 ozs. Butter in seven days for Messrs. Miller & 
Sibley. Extra good young Hulls and Heifers 
at low prices. E. L. CLARKSON, Tivoli, N Y. 
Your Butter, Eggs. 
Poultry, Veal,Beans, 
Potatoes, Hides, 
Pelts, Wool, Hay, 
Grain. Green ami 
ANYTHING YOU MAY 
ales at the highest 
market price and prompt returns made. 
Write for prices or any Information you may want. 
SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO •) Merchants, 
174 South Water St., Chicago, Ill. 
RKFKRicNcifi—Metropolitan National Bank, Chicago 
PALMER & FROST, 
Successors to 
G. S. PALMER and PALMER. RIVENBURG & CO., 
Established 1869. 
POULTRY AND CALVES A SPECIALTY 
Also Butter, Eggs, Apples, Potatoes and Oranges. 
166 Kcade Street, Now York. 
Reference: Chatham National Bank. 
CHIP 
Dried Fruits,or 
HAVE to us. Quick si 
DO YOU WANT TO SHU* 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., 33 Little 13tli St., NewYork, 
before shipping elsewhere. Ref.: Gansevoort Bank 
WILLIAM H. COHEN & CO., 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 
Our Specialties aro 
GAME, FURS, GINSENG, POULTRY, NUTS, Etc. 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
Also Packers of First-class Canned Goods. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT Sc CO.. 
Produce Commission Merchants, 
BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY, 
284 Washington Street. New York. 
Dressed Meats: 22. 24 and 26 Grace Avenue West 
Washington Market. Live Stock: Union Stock 
Yards, foot of West 60th Streot. 
Refer to Irving National Bank. 
ESTABLISHED IN 1876. 
SOMERS, BROTHER & OO. 
HEADQUARTERS FOR 
Fruits and Produce. 
Recoive and sell. In car l o ad lots an d s maller 
quantities, all Products of the Orchard, Garden, 
Sairy, Hennery and FarmT~ 
Market Reports, Special keferonocs, Stencils, cto., furnished 
free on application. 
611 Liberty Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
and Corre«pondonoo Invited. 
ippers and Producers 
if 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. 
Apples and Poultry 
for BOSTON and ENGLISH markets. Consignments 
solicited; advances made. Full information given by 
LAWRENCE Jfc CO., 
20 North Side, Faneull Hall Market, Boston. Mass. 
USE CI I VUI A CARB °N- 
TAYLOR'S ■ w Iwl Bisulphide. 
For killingWoodchucks, Prairie Dogs,Gophers 
and Rats, Insects in Grain, Seeds, etc. Shipped 
In 50-pound cans by the manufacturer. 
HOWARD R. TAYLOR, Cleveland,Ohio. 
You Don’t Know What a Peach Crop Is 
until you see the two-year-old Peach Trees with all 
other California Fruits and Alfalfa on the Dos Palos 
Colony. B. MARKS, Box 175, Omaha, Neb. 
SEED POTATOES 
The cut shows a peck basketful of the wonderful new 
“SIR WILLIAM” 
potato. Ideal shape, color and quality; medium- 
late, so as to follow with wheat; far the heaviest 
ylelder of all on my farm for three years; best all- 
around main-crop potato 1 know. Send for descrip¬ 
tive circular and price list. Mention this paper, and 
refer to its editors as to my responsibility. 
W. I. CHAMBERLAIN, Hudson, Ohio. 
VALUABLE FARM AT AUCTION 
OCTOBER 31, 1895. 
Splendidly located in Peterboro’. N. H. Well adapted 
for Stock or Fruit. Unsurpassed for Gentleman’s 
Summer Estate. Finest views in Monadnock Moun¬ 
tain region. With it arc sold stock, tools, etc. Good 
reasons for selling. Write Box 132, Peterboro'. N. H. 
F ARM for SALE, ICO acres; good location; 
part Alfalfa; yields three crops a year; splendid 
place for hogs and bees; home market; costs 1)6 cent 
a pound to ship butter to NewYork; spring water; 
apples, peaches, plums and other fruit. $2,000 takes 
it. “ WIDOW,” Box 595, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. 
