THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
733 
1889 
to prove its efficiency.A movement 
is on foot to secure the opening of two ag¬ 
ricultural schools in Tasmania. 
At a New York county fair a novel contest 
was held between young women to see who 
could harness, hitch to the wagon, drive a 
certain distance, unhitch and unharness a 
horse in the shortest time. Some remark¬ 
ably quick time is reported.. 
A Western farmer is reported to have sold 
100 bushels of corn for $30, and the cobs for 
$27. There is quite a demand in some lo¬ 
calities for bright, clean cobs, for the man¬ 
ufacture of corn-cob pipes. A lot have been 
exported to England and they were re¬ 
ceived with great favor. .A single 
steamer brought over 4.000 bags of Italian 
beans into this port this week. This will 
have a tendency to keep down the price of 
home-grown beans.The Egyptian 
cotton crop which is now being gathered is 
reported to be yielding very poorly.. 
The Corn Palace festival at Sioux City; 
Iowa, was a great success, and was visited 
by immense crowds. The idea was original 
with Sioux City, and was designed to show 
the decorative value of the .agricultural and 
natural products of the upper Mis¬ 
souri River. The cost of tne palace 
was $57,(XX), and 10,000 bushels of corn were 
used in its decorations.Prof. C. 
Y. Riley, who had charge of the agricultural 
exhibits at the Paris Exposition has recently 
received the official list of the awards given 
exhibits under the auspices of the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. These include five 
grand prizes, 37 gold medals, 55 silver and 
39 bronze medals, besides 38honorable men¬ 
tions. This does not include agricultural 
machinery. In 1878 the exhibit received 
one grand prize and two gold medals, and 
others in proportion.Some large 
farms are reported from Manitoba. Tne 
“ Bell Farm 1 ’ 314 miles west of Winnipeg 
embraces 100 square miles or 64,000 acres. 
It is inclosed with a post and wire fence. 
In some of the fields the furrows are four 
miles long, a “bout” being a half day’s 
work for a man and team. Another land 
owner has 11 farms each containing 10,000 
acres. The work on these farms is done 
with military precision... 
Walter A. Wood, president of the mower 
and reaper manufacturing company at 
Hoosick Falls, N. Y., that bears his name, 
has won fresh laurels during the past sum¬ 
mer at the Paris Exposition. We referred 
several weeks ago to the degree of success 
already attained with his straw-binder, 
which was there exhibited. Mr. Wood has 
achieved the greatest success ever achieved 
at a World’s Fair by any harvest-machine 
manufacturer. He has been honored with 
several decorations of the Legion of Honor, 
and has also had the degree of LL.D. con¬ 
ferred upon him by Hobart College. He is 
of New England birth, has always evinced 
great mechanical genius, and has achieved 
great successes wherever his harvesting 
machinery has been exhibited, and has 
carried off highest honors in the most 
stubbornly contested trials. His life is an 
exemplification of the possibilities open to 
“persevering labor in this country. Ameri¬ 
cans, and especially American farmers, 
should be proud of such a man. 
Craps & iHarkfls. 
Saturday, October 26,1889. 
St. Louis reports a stock of 1,811,819 
bushels of wheat against 4,089,701 bushels 
one year ago. Reports from Minneapolis 
say that that the amount stored in eleva¬ 
tors there and in the surrounding country 
is 10,000,000 bushels less than one year ago. 
Chicago reports a lighter stock of wheat 
than they have had for years. Reports 
from other markets are all in the same, 
tone. The amount of wheat in producers’ 
hands iu the winter-wheat belt is no larger 
than it was one year ago. The exports of 
wheat have been'light, but exports of flour 
have been heavy. 
Butter is very slow of sale. Prices are 
very weak and unusually heavy receipts 
cause a downward tendency. Fancy cream¬ 
ery is the only grade selling readily. State 
creamery pails have become unpopular, 
and are not wanted. Tubs holding 50 to 60 
pounds are most in demand. 
Cheese lias dropped somewhat in price 
under heavy receipts and light export dej 
mauds. 
EGGS are a little firmer in price for strict¬ 
ly fresh, as the receipts have fallen off con¬ 
siderably. Other grades show little change. 
APPLES are firmer in price, Western lots 
having fallen off considerably. Good fall 
varieties fit for table use, Kings and Green¬ 
ings, are most in demand. 
Pears, if choice sell well, Beurre Bose 
bringing highest prices. Sheldon, Anjou 
and Duehesse also sell well. Kegs holding 
one-third of a barrel, commonly called 
“ thirds,” are the most desirable packages. 
Grapes are plenty and sell slowly. The 
principal source of supply is Western New 
York. Concords, Delawares and Catawbas 
are the principal varieties with a few 
Niagaras. Five and 10-pound baskets are 
the favorite packages. 
QUINCES have been very scarce and sell 
well if choice. The Orange is the principal 
variety. 
Cranberries are plenty and the market 
is very quiet. 
Evaporated fruits are generally strong, 
especially apples. Stocks are well cleaned 
up, and prices are likely to be well sus¬ 
tained. Fifty-pound boxes nicely faced 
and packed are the favorite packages. 
Hops are very low and dull. This is due 
mainly to a very light export demand, and 
the probability of heavy supplies from the 
Pacific coast. The crop has also been 
heavier in this State than was anticipated. 
Poultry is on the down grade. Receipts 
have been very heavy, and stock that is not 
prime sells very slowly. Fancy stock, well- 
fattened, and arriving in good order will 
sell readily at outside quotations. Choice 
venison is wanted. 
Potatoes have come in from the West in 
large quantities and the supply exceeds 
the demand. The choicest lots sell readily, 
but poor stock goes very slowly. The pros¬ 
pect is that prices will not go to either ex¬ 
treme. 
Onions are somewhat lower, but there is 
no accumulation of stock, and choice, dry 
lots rule firm. 
Cauliflower is not plenty, and choice is 
in demand at $5 per barrel. 
Celery is plenty. Long Island sells for 
60 to 75 cents per dozen, while western is as 
low as 20 and 25 cents. 
Squash from Long Island are plenty. 
Marrows are worth 75 cents, and Huobards 
$1.25 per barrel. 
Turnips are plenty and of good quality 
at $1.00 per barrel. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, October 26 , 1889 . 
Beaks.— Marrows—New, $2 45382 55; New Mediums, 
choice. *1 1 A«l$22u; Pea. $2 150*2,0. Red Kidney, *3 7ft; 
White Kidney, choice,82 60®$2 70 ; Foreign Mediums, 
81 3ftto $1 55; California Lima, 83 50@$-Italian, $1 85 
@82 00. Green Peas. 81 20i»$l 25. 
Butter—N ew—Stateand Pennsylvania, best, 24®24f4, 
Elgin, best, 25c; Western, best, 23J4@24c; do prime. 
1H'«22c; do good, 15018- do poor, 12 (a 14; State, Dairy. 
half-Mrklns, tubs, best, 23@~e ; do do prime. 19021; 
do do line, 15,,17; Welsh tubs, line, I9<s2lc; do do, 
good. 15017; ttrkins, best, —0-e; do prime, - @—c; 
do tine—@—c. Western Imitation Creamery, best. 
I 6 <al 8 ; do tine, 12015; Western dairy, fine. 12(&15e; 
dc falr.lOJ^toile; do poor,9®10c; do factory,fresh, best. 
1201.3c, do prime, 110UH: do good, 9t*l0 ; do poor. 7 
@9c. 
cheese.— State factory, fancy. 10 Hc ; do do line, 
91* a 10c; do do. prime. 9@10c; do do, fair to good. 
8-k®9)$c: Ohio, flat, prime, 7)$01Oo; do good, -0—c; 
do. good. Skims, Ugnt, 7@8e; do medium. 
804c; do full. 20 4c. 
Koos,—Near-by. fresh, 21 X® 22c; Canadian. 200 
21hjc; Southern.i9@20c; Western, best, J0*21^c; limed, 
17c; Ire house, 15@16c. 
Fruits.—Fresh.— Apples, per bbl. 81 5U®*3 75 
Pears, per bbl. 82 0u*> 85 00; do per keg. 81 500.3 50; 
Grapes, best perlb.3v*7e.do.good 2@3c. Cranberries, 
C. C . per bbl, 85 wXa$7 75 ; do. per crate, $2 25082 50; 
.lersev, oo, $i 25 0 $2 5(t. Quinces, per bbl, *8 00's$6 00. 
Lemons, per box, $8 50@$? 00. 
Domestic Dried - Apples—Evaporated, old. 5@7Kc; 
do choice, new. 8^09Hc ; prime,* 08 ^ 0 ; sliced, new. 
4@5c; do Old. , 3039 ic: Chopped. 24v«—c, Cores and 
skins, 20 * 0 - 0 . Cherries new, 9012c; do, old,8010c. 
Raspberries new. 42025c; Blackberries, 5H'®54*c. 
Peaches, Delaware evaporated, peeled, 15019c, dodo, 
nn peeled, 8@10c; Georgia, evaporated, peeled, new. IS 
@!5c ; do do do, uupet led. 7^»10c ; do do, sundrled. 9 
@9Mie. Huckleberries, new. l201.3c.Plums, new, 7® 9c. 
Game.— Plover, per doz, $1 25081 50 : Snipe do, do, 
81 v 5 @$l'- 0 , Woodcock, per pair. $0 90081 00; Grouse, 
dodo. 75090c; Partridges, do, $650*81 20. Duck, Mal¬ 
lard. 50075c; do, Teal. 25050 c; do. Redhead,$1 100 $; 50; 
do Canvas-hack, $2 50083 00, Grouse, per pair, 75090c; 
Veuison, per lb„ 5@22c. 
Hay and Straw, Timothy, best. 800—c; do good, 
65070c; do medium. 40050c: Clover, mixed, 4505cc; 
shipping. 40^4'c. Straw— No. l rye, 60070c; short 
rye, 4 U 05 Oc; oat, 30® 35c. 
Honky—I n oue-pound boxes. White Clover, 14015c; 
Buckwheat, 10012c; Beeswax. 22@2Sc. 
Hors.- State. New, 120—c; do, good, 10011c; do 
common, 7@9c; do lr- 88 . oeat. Ilk 12c; no do prime, 90 
10c; do do. common, 60Hc: California New. best, 120 
— c; do good to prime, ]O0Uo; do Old, best, 120 —c, 
do common and fair, 709c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet. Fancy, had picked, quoted 
at 74£<x8c, and farmers’ grades at 6 ® 6 J$c: Pecans, 5^0 
6 t*c. Chestnuts. $5 uo<t$o oo per bushel; Hickory Nuts. 
$1 25081 50 per bushel. 
Poultry,— Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 6@ 
ISc; Fowls, western, choice, 9®9We ; do common to 
good, 7@9c: Ducks, spring, gcod. 14018; Squabs, 
white, per dozen, 4300083 50; do dark. do. $2 oo.<i$2 22; 
Chickens, spring, 9016c; Fowls, near by, U@12c. 
Poultry—Live,— Chickens—Spring, per lb, 9010c. 
Fowls near-by. per lb, 9 a 9.4c, do Western, per lb. 8 * 
@9hc: roosters, per lb, 5J*<a 6 e ; Turkeys, per lb, 80 
lie; Ducks,Western, per pair, 60075c; Geese,W’estern, 
per pair. $1 40081 65. 
Seeds. -Clover Is hard to sell; exporters quiet New 
prime,future deliveries offered at 6 Q and cnolce ,6 qjc. 
with fancy at 6 S*e. Timothy quoted at $1 5 O 0 $l 60. 
Canary, 204c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes—Jersey, per bbl. 81 25081 50 
Long Islaud do, $2: State do, $1 500*1 75. Western, do. 
$i 00a$' 75; Sweets do, $1 50@$2 75. Cabbage, per loo. 
$3 50:08111*5 Turnips, per bbl, $1 00 Onions—Orange 
Countv Red. $1 00082 25; Eastern White, 82 00083 00; 
Eastern Red, $2 00*$2 50, State, Yellow, $1 5o@$2 (4). 
Wool.— Spring Texas, 17023c. and Fall do 2O'025c; 
Fall California, !5 018c, and Spring do 19025; Scoured 
Texas. 52«53c; Delaine. 36o; Indiana, 29c; Scoured 
Territory. 55e; Donskoi, 24Wc; XX Ohio, 34c; Scoured 
Colorado, 53c; Australian, 38c. 
Communications Received for the Week Ending 
October 26 , 1889 . 
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G.—H. O.—J. D.—P G.-W. H. W.-G. B.- T. H. H.-C. 
P. J.—C. W. R.—S. M. R.-F. S. W -O. W.—E. L. W.- 
R. S —J . H. T.-R H. T.-C. E. R.-A. J. P.-K. MeF.- 
R. K. S.-T. K. A.B.-O. V. K , in time—J. N. B.-L M. 
Y.-K. R.-M A. A —S. B. D —L. G.—J. F„ thank you. 
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