1889 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
749 
Craps & fUarkats. 
Saturday, November 2, 1889. 
We are constantly in receipt of inquiries 
from friends- asking our advice as to the 
advisability of selling or holding certain 
products, and as to prospective prices. 
While the R. N.-Y. is willing and anxious 
'to furnish all the information obtainable, 
it must be excused from giving advice re¬ 
lative to the disposal of produce. Left to 
the unobstructed working of the natural 
laws of supply and demand, it would be 
comparatively easy to foretell the approx¬ 
imate prices of staple farm procfucts. 
Knowing the usual consumptive demand, 
the amount on hand, and the probable 
supply, it becomes a very simple problem. 
But there are many things to disturb the 
equilibrium of trade, to which we have be¬ 
fore referred in these columns, such as the 
operations of the gamblers ki produce, the 
supply of certain products from unusual 
and unexpected quarters, the unreliability 
of furnished reports, and, sometimes the oc¬ 
currence of destructive calamity, like the 
potato blight, untimely frosts, or a watery 
deluge. These and other similar condi¬ 
tions make it extremely problematical as 
to the wisest course to pursue in regard to 
holding or marketing crops. For example, 
one subscriber writes us that he has a 
car-load of potatoes, that he can sell them 
for 35 cents at his railroad station, but he 
thinks it is not enough. He asks whether 
he had better sell, ship them himself, or 
store them until spring. Let us do a little 
figuring. New York State and Western 
potatoes are quoted to-day at from §1.25 to 
$1.75 according to variety and quality, 
Rose and Hebron bringing higher prices, 
and Burbanks and Stars, lower. Suppos¬ 
ing our friend ships his potatoes to a com¬ 
mission merchant in this city; he must 
pay five cents per barrel cartage ; five per 
cent, commission for selling, besides trans¬ 
portation charges, and the chanc» is that 
his potatoes which he thinks the finest ever 
grown will be graded perhaps about me¬ 
dium, and sell accordingly. Then there is 
some risk from shrinkage, etc. But, sup- 
I iose our inquirer concludes to store 
lis potatoes until spring. We think 
no one who has had experience in 
handling potatoes will deny that 
under ordinary conditions, 35 cents per 
bushel in the fall right from the field, 
is as good as, or better than 50 cents in the 
spring. Is there a probabilit y of the price be¬ 
ing enough higher to warrant storing them? 
The day is past when excessively high 
prices may be expected in spring. The new 
crops from Bermuda and the South are put 
down here so early and so cheaply, and for¬ 
eign potatoes are brought here at freight 
rates that will barely pay the cost of hand¬ 
ling, whenever the price is likely tobemod- 
erately high, that only fair prices can be 
counted on. These remarks will also apply 
to many other products. Our own impres¬ 
sion is that the man who Inis good potatoes 
or onions, and has facilities for storing 
them safely, will not lose anything by so 
doing. The Government crop report for 
October places the potato crop about eight 
or nine points lower than one year ago. 
We believe that potatoes will be worth con¬ 
siderably more money at some time be¬ 
tween now and spring than they are now, 
but this is simply an opinion, and must be 
taken at its face value. 
The Cuban crop of sugar promises well, 
and stocks on hand are nearly 20 per cent, 
heavier than last year. 
Butter of the best grades is active, and 
in good demand. Lower grades are dull, 
ana the market is overstocked. 
Beans have probably reached about the 
top notch in price. New lots arriving are 
of poor quality, and large arrivals of foreign 
will prevent any extravagant prices. 
Eggs are advancing for strictly fresh, 
prime, clean stock. Limed, held, and ice¬ 
house show little improvement. 
Fruits show little change, except that 
choice grapes are somewhat higher. The 
auction sales of California and Eastern 
fruits continue, and several lots of Florida 
oranges have been disposed of at satisfac¬ 
tory prices. Mr. Goousell has obtained 
for California fruit the highest prices 
ever realized in the United States. 
As high as $6 was received for a 
single crate of 20 pouuds of Morocco 
Grapes, while a car-load averaged 15 cents 
per pound. Concord Grapes shipped by 
the Chautauqua Grape Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion sold for 31 and 32 cents per nine-pound 
basket, and the manager of this associ¬ 
ation says that this method has brought 
them more money than any other, and 
they have shipped 100 cars. He says: 
“ We begin to think that this is the proper 
way to sell grapes.” The K. N.-Y. was the 
first to publish a full account of this sys¬ 
tem of selling fruits, and the confidence 
then expressed in the system has been 
strengthened by the results of recent sales 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, November 2 , 1889 . 
Beans.—M arrows—New. $2 75(2$-; New Mediums, 
choice, *2 15082 20; Pea. $2 1008-; Rod Kidney, *3 4C; 
White Ivlduey. choice,§2 60@$2 70: Foreign Mediums, 
$1 35® $1 55: California Lima, *3 50®$— Italian, 81 85 
®$2 oo. Green Peas. $1 20&81 25. 
Hottkb—N ew—stateaud Pennsylvania, best, 240241$; 
Elgin, best, 35c; Western, best. 23}^®24c; do prime, 
19 6422c; do good, 154418- do poor, 12(214; State, Dairy, 
half-flrkins, tubs, best, 28®—c ; do do prime 19021; 
do do Hue, 15® 17: Welsh tubs, Hue, 19021c; do do, 
good, 15® 17; tlrklns, best, —®-e; do prime, — 0—o ; 
do tine,—®—e. Western Imitation Creamery, best, 
16®18; do flue, 12015; Western dairy, flue, 12® 15c ; 
do fair, 10*4<alie: do poor,9®10c; do factory,fresh, best, 
126418c. do prime. 110UH: do good, 9®10 ; do poor, 7 
@9c 
% 
Chickse.—S tate factory, fancy. 10He ; do do fine, 
im-a 10c; do do. prime. 9®10e; do do. fair to good. 
8<q®9t6c: Ohio. flat, prime, 7ttj®9*^c ; do good,—0—c; 
do. good, —®—; Skims, light, 7@8c; do medium 
5®7c; do full. 2@4c. 
Eoas,—Near-by. fresh, 2351026c : Canadian. 22® 
24c; Southern, 2oa22c; Western, best, 22»24c; limed, 
17c; Ice house, 16020c. 
Fruits.—Fresh.— Apples, per bbl. 81 59®*3 75 
Pears, per bbl, 82 oe@$6 00 ; do per keg. $2 0002 50; 
Grapes, best per lb. 8v 7c. do. good 2@8e. Cranberiles, 
C. C , per bbl, 84 U0®$7 50; do. per crate, 82 25&S2 50; 
Jersey, do, $t 25®$2 50. Quinces, per bbl, *2 50*85 oil. 
Lemons, per box, $3 50087 60. 
Domestic DRiEn-Applcs—Evaporated, old. 5®8>-^c; 
do choice, new.9j4®loc; prime, 8@sj$e; sliced, n- w. 
4@5c; do old. 3@3?4c: Chopped, 2JTaSc, Cores and 
skins, 2ttj@—c. Cherries, new. 9@12c; do, old,8@10c. 
Raspberries, new. 22025c; Blackberries, 514 * 54 , 0 . 
Peaches, Delaware, evaporated, peeled, 15® 20c, do do. 
unpeeled, 8@l0c; Georgia, evaporated, peeled new. 13 
® 15c; do do do, unpeeled, 7J6®10c ; do do, sundried. 9 
@9^c. Huckleberries, new, i2@l3c.Piums, new, 7i* 9c. 
Game.— Plover, per doz, 81 25081 50 ; Snipe do, do, 
81 25@81 50, Woodcock, per pair. 80 90081 00; Grouse, 
do do. 60@85c: Partridges, do, $75®81 15. Duck, Mal¬ 
lard. 60®75e; do, Teal. 25050c; do, Redhead,SI 00®8* 50; 
do Canvas-back, $2 50083 00, Venison, per lb., 5@20c. 
Hay and Straw. -Timothy, best, 800—c; do good, 
65@70c; do medium, 40@50e; Clover, mixed, 45050c; 
shipping, 40®45c. Straw—N o. 1 ryo, 60®70c; short 
rye, 35040c; oat, 30® 35c. 
Honky—I n one-pound boxes. White Clover, 14@15c; 
Buckwheat, 10@12c; Beeswax, 22®23e. 
Hops.- State. New, 12®—c; do, good, 10011c; do 
common, 7@9c; do lf88. oesi. ll®12e; no do prime, 9@ 
10c; do do, common, 6@8c; California, New, best, 120 
—c; do good to prime, 10011c; do Old, best, 120—c, 
do common and fair, 7@9c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet. Fancy, had picked, quoted 
at 7J4®8c. and farmers’ grades at 606>$c; Pecans, 5J4@ 
6RK. Chestnuts. 84 00085 50 per bushel; Hickory Nuts. 
$1 50«e$i 75 per bushel. 
Poultry.- Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 6® 
ISc; Fowls.western, choice, O^aiO^c; do common to 
good, 7®9c: Ducks, spring, good. 14017: Squabs, 
white, per dozen, 830008-; do dark, do, $2 oU.a$2 25; 
Chickens, spring, 9@15c; Fowls, near by, ll@12c. 
Poultry—Live.— Chiekens-Sprlng, per lb, 9@10c. 
Fowls near-by, perlb,9®l0c, do Western, per lb, 9 
09Hc; roosters, per lb, 5tv®6c; Turkeys, per lb, 80 
11c; Ducks.Western, per pair, 60075c; Geese,Western, 
per pair, 81 40081 65. 
Seeds. -Clover Is hard to sell; exporters quiet. New 
prlme.future deliveries offered at 6H and choice,6 )^c, 
with fancy at 6^c. Timothy quoted at 81 50®$1 60. 
Canary, 2@4c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes—Jersey, per bbl. 812508150 
Long Island do, 82; State do, 81 25081 65: Western, do, 
81 00081 75; Sweetsdo.Sl 75®$3l/0. Cabbage, per loo. 
83 5008150. Turnips, per bbl,90®95c Onions—Orange 
County Red, 81 00083 00; Eastern White, 82 50083 25; 
Eastern Red, 82 00082 50, State, Yellow, 81 50081 75. 
Wool.— Spring Texas, 17023c. and Fall do 20®25c; 
Fall California, 15018c, and Spring do 19025; Scoured 
Texas. 52053C; Delaine, 36c; Indiana, 29c; Scoured 
Territory. 55c; Donskoi, 24)tfc; XX Ohio, 34c; Scoured 
Colorado, 53c; Australian, SSc. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT —Sales—No 1 Northern spring, 9OJ409O64C, 
afloat, closing at 9044c; Ungraded Winter Red at 7694® 
90c; latter faucj for milling. RYE.—Quiet and more 
or less nominal. Western quoted 51®52Hc; State, 55 
056c. BARLEY.—Unchanged In price a d dull. 
COHN.—Sales—Ungraded Mixed and White, 4O042tte; 
No. 2 Mixed, 41J4 (sj41Hc, elevator, 42@424tic afloat. 
OATS —Sales—No. 3. 25c ; No. 3 White, 27®2iV.»c : No. 2, 
2.*>9i®26c. elevator, 2.'c, delivered ; No. I White, 28We ; 
No 1 White. 34o ; Mixed Western, 24027c; WDite do, 
27034c. FKKD.-Quoted : 40 lbs at 65070c; 60 lbs, 6<J« 
65c; 80 lbs, 65®70c; 100 lbs, 80@90c; Sharps, 9O0»5c; Rye 
Feed, 70e. 
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LIVE-STOCK MARKETS. 
New York. Saturday, November 2, 1839. 
BEEVES.—Sold at 83 4O0$5 per 100 lbs; ordlnary 
Texus do 83 300 83 40 per IU0 lbs, and native cows 
and bulls at from 82 tp $2 70 per 100 lbs. Abetbr 
demand for American cattle and Amerleau refri¬ 
gerated beef In London and Liverpool Is reported by 
cable, but quotations are not given. 
CALVES.—Veals sold at from 4 to 7t$c per lb. 
Grassers and ordinary western calves sold at 2®3Hc. 
per lo. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.-Sheep sold at 83 50085 40 
per 1< 0 lbs ; lambs at $5086 85, a small bunch going 
to 87. 
HOGS.—The strall number offered for sale alive 
changed hands at 84 20084 75 per iOO lbs. 
Communications Received for the Wiek Ending 
November a, 1889 . 
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