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June 6 
MARKETS 
THE WEEK’S QUOTATIONS. 
WHOLESAM PRICES. 
New York, May 29. 1903. 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red, 84^; No. 1. 
Northern, Spring:, 89]^; No. 1, hard Duluth, 
90%. Corn, No. 2, yellow, 65. Oats, No. 2, 
mixed, 39%. Rye, No. 2, Western, 53. 
BEANS.—Marrow, ch’ce, $2.75@2.80; com¬ 
mon to good, $2.10@2.70; medium, choice, 
$2.30; pea, choice, $2.30©'2.35; medium and 
pea, common to good, $20;2.25; red kidney, 
choice, $2.95@2.97%; common to good, $2.40@ 
2.90; white kidney, best, $2.70@2.75; black 
turtle soupj choice, $2.65(S/2.75; yellow eye, 
choice, $2.40(g;2.45; Lima, California. $2.65® 
2.70. 
FEED.—City bran, $20.50; middlings, $21® 
23. Linseed meal, $22.50. Cottonseed meal, 
$27®28. 
hay and straw.—H ay, prime, 100 lbs. 
$1.05@1.10; No. 1, 95®$1; No. 2, 80®87%; No. 
3, 70®76; clover, mixed, 70®76; clover, 65®65; 
no grade, 45®55; salt. 50®65. Straw, long 
rye, 65@85; short rye, 50@55; oat, 45@50. 
MILK.—Ebcchange price 2% cents per 
quart to shippers in 26-cent freight zone. 
Receipts for week ending May 23 were 236,- 
032 cans of milk and 14,723 of cream. 
BUTTER.—Creamery, extras, 22; firsts, 
21@21%; seconds, 19y2@20%; thirds, 18@19. 
State dairy, half-tubs, extras, 21; tubs, 
firsts, 19%@20%; seconds, 18@19; thirds, 16® 
17. Western imitation creamery, firsts, 19; 
seconds, 17@18; lower grades, 15@16. West¬ 
ern factory, firsts, 15%®16; seconds, 14%@ 
15; thirds, 13@14. Renovated, extras, 18; 
firsts, 17@17%; seconds, 15®16; thirds, 12@14; 
packing stock, 13®15; Polls, common to 
prime, 13@16. 
CHEESE.—State, f. c., small, fancy. 11%; 
fair to prime, 9@11; large, colored, fancy, 
11%; white, fancy, 11; fair to prime, 9%@ 
10%; light skims, choice, 9; part skims, 
prime, 6@7; fair to good, 6®6; common, 3; 
full skims, 2. 
EGGS.—State & Penn, fancy, selected, 
white, 18%@19; fresh-gathered, firsts, 17® 
17%; storage packed, western, fancy, 17; 
seconds, 15%@16%; western, fresh-gathr’d, 
firsts, 17; seconds, 15@15%; thirds, 14® 14%; 
Ky., fresh-gathered, seconds, 14%@15; 3rds, 
13%@14; Tenn. and other Southern, fresh- 
gathered, 13%@14; Western, fresh-gather’d, 
dirties. No. 1, 13%®14; No. 2, 13; checks, 
11 @ 12 . 
HOPS.—N. Y. State, 1902, choice, lb, 23® 
24; medium to prime, 21@22; ordinary. 17® 
20; N. Y. State, 1901, 15@18; olds. 6@10; Ger¬ 
man, crop 1902, 36@43. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 
fancy, 6%@7%; choice. 6%®6; prime, 5%® 
6%; common, 4@5; sun-dried, quarters, 
3%@4%; chops, 100 lbs, $2.50@2.75; cores and 
skins, 100 lbs, $1.50@1.65; huckleberries, 15; 
blackberries. 8; cherries, 18®20. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, N’th’n Spy, 
fair to prime $1.50@3; Ben Davis, fair to 
prime, $1.50@2.50; Baldwin, fair to prime, 
$1.60®2.50; Russet, fair to prime, $1.50®3; 
all sorts, common, 75®$1.25; peaches, Fla., 
Peen-to, carrier, $1.50@2.25; Fla., Honey, 
$1.50@2.60; Georgia, Alexander, $1®2; cher¬ 
ries, Southern, quart, 10@15; strawberries, 
N. C., quart, 1@6; Norfolk, 3®6; Mary¬ 
land & Delaware, 2@10; Jersey, 3®9; up¬ 
river, 6®10; blackberries, N. C., qt., 6@15; 
huckleberries, N. C., qt., 12@15; goose¬ 
berries, small green, qt.. 6@6; muskmelons, 
Fla., crate, $1@2.50; watermelons, Fla., 
each, 25@65. 
V EGE TABLES.—Potatoes, Bermuda, 
new* prime, $3.50@4; Southern, Rose, prime, 
$2.25®3; white Chilis, $2®2.75; red Chilis, 
$2®2.50; seconds. $1.50®1.75; culls, $1®1.25; 
old, prime, in bulk, 180 lbs, $1.75@2; com¬ 
mon, bbl. or sack, $1.25®!.50; Sweets, Jer¬ 
sey, basket, $1®1.50. Asparagus. Colossal, 
doz. bchs, $3.50@4.50; extra, $2.50®3. prime, 
$1.50®2.25; culls. 75®$1.25. Beets, 100 bchs, 
$1®3. Carrots, 100 bchs, $1®2; old, bbl. $1® 
2.50. Cabbage. Charleston, bbl. crate. $1® 
1.50; N. ^C., bbi-crate, $1@1.60; Norfolk, 
barrel or crate, $1.25®!. 50. Cucumbers, 
Fla., basket, $1.25®2; crate, $1®1.75; Ch’n 
& Savannah, bskt, $1.75@2.50 Cauliflowers, 
Norfolk, bskt, $1@1.50; hothouse, doz, $1® 
1.75; celery, Fla., case, $1.50@'2.50; egg¬ 
plants, Southern, box, $1@3; green corn, 
Fla., baskt or crate, $2.50@3; kale, nearby, 
bbl, 30@40; Lima beans, Fla., crate. $1®2; 
lettuce, nearby, bbl, $1@1.75; onions, old, 
red, bag, $1.50@2.50; yellow, bbl, $1.50@3; 
Egyptian, bag, $2.50@2.65; Bermuda, crate. 
$1.50@1.85; New Orleans, bag, $1.25@1.35; 
Charleston, basket, $1@1.25; okra, carrier 
$2@2.50; peppers, Fla., carrier, $1.50®2.25: 
peas. North Carolina, basket, 50@$1; Va., 
75®$1.25; Baitimore, $1.25®1.50; Eastern 
Shore, $1®1.50; Del. & Md., $1.25@1.50; Jer¬ 
sey, $1.50@1.75; Phila., $1.37®1.50; parsnips, 
old, bbl., 75; radishes, nearby, 100 bchs, 
50@75; rhubarb, 100 bchs, $1@1.75; spinach, 
nearby, bbl., 75®$1.25; string beans, Sav., 
baskt, 50®$1.25; Charleston, bskt, 50@$1.50; 
N. C., flat wax, bskt, $1@1.50; round green, 
bskt, $101.25; flat green, bkt, 75@$1; squash, 
Fla., white, bbl-crate, $1@2; yellow crook- 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
neck, bbl-crate, $1@2.25; marrow, bbl-crate. 
$2®3; turnips, Russia, bbl., $1.50@1.75: 
white, 100 bchs, $1@3; tomatoes, Fla., car¬ 
rier, $1@2.50. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS—Lambs 
are practically out of the market. Calves, 
veals, prime lb, 9; fair to good, 7%@8%; 
poor, 6@7; pork, Jersey, light, 8%@9; me¬ 
dium, 8%®8%. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Sp’ng chickens, near¬ 
by, lb, 25; Western, 25; Southern, 20; fowls. 
14; roosters, 9; turkeys, 10®11; ducks, W'n, 
pair, 80@$1; Southern & Southwestern, 70® 
80; geese. Western, $1.1201.25; Southern & 
Southwestern, 90®$1; live pigeons, old, 35; 
young, 25. 
DRESSED POULTRY.-Fresh-killed — 
iced.—Turkeys, young hens & toms, avge, 
best, 15; fair to prime, 13014; old, 14015; 
broilers, Phila., 3 to 4 lbs. to pair, 35040; 
State and Pa., 3 to 4 lbs. to pair, 30035; 
Baltimore, dry-picked, 2 lbs. avge to pair, 
per pair, 40060; Western, dry-picked, lb, 
28030; fowls. Western, small, fancy, 12 V 2 ;. 
heavy, 12; Southern and Southwestern, 
12012%; ducks, L. I., Spring, lb, 19; East¬ 
ern Spring, 19; Jersey, Pa. and Va., 18; 
squabs, prime, lai-ge, white, dozen, $2.75; 
mixed, $2.25; dark, $1.50. Frozen—Turkeys, 
young hens. No. 1, 19; toms. No. 1, 19; 
mixed. No. 1. 19; average, 17%018; old toms, 
18019; broilers, dry-picked. No. 1, 19021; 
scalded. No. 1, 16018; chickens, roasting, 
large and soft-meated. 16017; average. No. 
1, 15015%; No. 2, 10012; capons, choice, 
large, 20022; medium size, 18019; old roos¬ 
ters, 9%; ducks. No. 1, 16017; geese. No. 1. 
11012 . 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Native steers, $4.6505.40. 
Oxen, $204.65. Cows, $1.7504.05. Calves, 
veal, $407; buttermilks, $3.7504.25. Sheep, 
$2.5004.75. Lambs, $709. Hogs, State, 
$6.3006.50. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Calves. $4.5006.50. 
Sheep, $3.7504.25. Lambs, $407.15. Hogs, 
heavy, $6.3006.35; Yorkers and pigs, $6.25® 
6.30; roughs, $5.3005.50. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $4.85® 
5.40; stockei's and feeders, $304.75; Texans, 
$404.60; canners, $1.5002.75. Hogs, mixed 
and butchers, $5.7006; good to choice, 
heavy, $6.0506.35; light, $5.4505.80. 
A MEETING AT THE HlTChlNQS 
ORCHARD. 
The Onondaga Farmers’ Club held a field 
meeing under the auspices and with the 
help of the New York Farmers’ Institute 
at the farm of Grant G. Hitchings. South 
Onondaga, on May 20. Superintendent F. 
E. Dawley provided the speakers, and the 
members of the club arranged for a picnic 
dinner in the usual happy way in which 
such things are enjoyed by the counti'y 
people. The day was a very pleasant one, 
and there was a large attendance of the 
farmers and their families, there being 
about 300 present. The meeting was held 
in the apple orchard of Mr. Hitchings, 
which is famous as being one that is 
grown by the grass-mulch method. In¬ 
deed, it was a most delightful place to hqld 
an outdoor meeting, the spreading trees 
furnishing ample shade and the soft grass 
a carpet of living green under foot. 
The main purpose of the meeting was to 
discuss the subject of spraying apple or¬ 
chards and to show the new power sprayers 
at work. Mr. Dawley had arranged with 
several of the makers of power sprayers 
to send sample machines and agents to 
show their merits while at work, but all 
of them failed to be there, owing to the 
urgent calls for the machines from custo¬ 
mers. One that was packed ready for 
shipment to the meeting was finally taken 
home by a man who had come 200 miles to 
be sure to get one that had been ordered 
by him loqg before. However, the WiOrk- 
ing of the hand machine owned by Mr. 
Hitchings was shown. 
Prof. S. A. Beach, of the Geneva Ex¬ 
periment Station, explained in a most lucid 
way the right and wrong ways of prepar¬ 
ing Bordeaux Mixture, doing the work in 
the presence of the audience while he 
talked about it. The point is not only to 
dissolve the sulphate of copper and lime 
separately, but to dilute the solutions with 
water to the full extent before putting 
them together. This prevents the settling 
of the chemicals for a very much longer 
time than would be the case if the solu¬ 
tions were diluted after being mixed. 
Prof. Beach also stated that the time had 
come when pumping the sprayers by hand 
should stop, excent in very small orchards, 
and the steam or gasoline engines be used; 
because their power is much cheaper and 
more effective than hand power. Prof. W. 
G. Johnson talked of the necessity of do¬ 
ing the spraying in the most thorough 
manner; because many who only gave a 
touch of poison to the trees and could see 
but little effect from it might think they 
had done their duty and found the reme¬ 
dies of little or no value. He also spoke 
of the good effects of the larger power 
sprayers in some of the big commercial 
orchards of the western and southern 
countries lately visited by him. He said 
that in one apple orchard in Delaware it 
had been found that the owner could do 
much better work -with a sprayer run by 
a 2% horse-power gasoline engine and two 
cheap colored boys to help than when he 
formerly used four white men and the hand- 
power machine. Big tanks and plenty of 
cheap power to spray their contents on 
the trees is what is needed. Mrs. B. B. 
Lord, of Sinclairville, H. W. Collingwood 
and H. E. Van Deman spoke in the after¬ 
noon. 
But the most interesting feature of the 
meeting was the opportunity to see the 
Hitchings orchard. It is on a north slope 
that is not too steep to run a wagon over 
easily, and not very stony on the surface. 
The subsoil is said to be clay underlaid by 
stone. The trees are of various ages, from 
a few that seemed to be 50 or more years 
old to those that were set within a year, 
but most of them about 12 to 15 years, 
apparently. All of them seemed to be in 
fairly thrifty condition, even to the small 
replants that stood between the very large 
trees, the latter being quite surprising to 
me; although there had been no tillage 
whatever, unless a light mulching with 
grass might be so considered. The grass 
forms a solid sod, with some perennial 
weeds evidently gaining a foothold. The 
mowing machine is run over the entire 
surface once during the Summer. All the 
trees, except some of the very old ones, 
are headed low and their lower branches 
evidently lie on the ground when loaded 
with apples. No commercial fertilizers 
have ever been applied to the soil of the 
orchard, so Mr. Hitchings told me, and 1 
saw' no evidence of stable manure, except 
about a few of the small trees. The 
larger trees had jusi set a fair percentage 
of fruit, and are evidently preparing for 
another good crop. If it is as large and 
highly colored as that which I have seen 
from the same trees in former years it 
will surely be first class. Whether others 
can attain the same results by the same 
system on other kinds of land, or even on 
the same kind of land, is a question that 
seems to me reasonable to ask. My be¬ 
lief is that it should be tried in a small 
way, but to practice the thorough tillage 
system for the main part of the orchard, 
until the grass-mulch plan has proved itself 
safe and profitable. This was my belief 
before seeing this orchard, and is now con¬ 
firmed. Mr. Hitchings is trying the plan 
on several young apple orchards and one 
peach orchard, to the amount of about 
15,000 trees on different slopes and on flat 
land as well; and he told me that he was 
not sure of its success in all of them, but 
on the north slopes and in the same moist 
soil as that of the old orchard he feels 
confident it is entirely practical. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Early Lambs.— We shipped a lot of 
lambs the past Winter, 50 this week, and 
still think the Tunis half-bloods are the 
best. Last Winter my man bought some 
lambs that averaged 44 pounds at 10 cents 
per pound, and shipped with them two 
half-blood Tunis that weighed 38 pounds. 
Those he bought did not sell for as much 
as he paid, and my two 38-pound Tunis 
sold for $11 per head. Later in the Spring 
a Shropshire grade that weighed and 
looked as good as the Tunis went to Bos¬ 
ton and the Tunis sold for $10 per head 
the entire lot. and the Shropshire sold for 
$5. CLARK AT.T.T H- 
Married man, with family, wants 
work. Am a fanner. Address 
C. C., Box 36, Bamegat, N. J 
Wanted—Nursery Stock Salesmen; big 
pay weekly. Great chance for gilt-edged men. 
PRUDENTIAL ORCHARD CO., Shermansvllle, Pa 
Wanted—Farm hand; must milk well, 
be capable teamster, and care for farm horses. State 
experience and wages wanted. 
JOHN 8. WALSH, Mont Clare, 111. 
ATTEWTIflM I’oultry Farmers.—Young man of 
H I I Uil Mull brains will Invest $.50 and services 
for fair wages and chance to learn. Improves every 
opportunity: worker. Country experience. 
Address N. F., care The Rural New-Yorker. 
IH A MTCn—-^Konts with rig to sell stock food. 
If nil I LU B. J. WORST, Ashland, Ohio. 
F 
OR Farms, Colonial Homes, Orchards, best 
climate and water, good transportation, write 
ALBEMARLE IMMIGRATION SOCIETY, Char¬ 
lottesville, Va. Sam’l B. Woods, President. 
N orth Carolina farm 1,000 acres. Grass, grain 
and tobacco land, high, healthy section, on rail¬ 
road and telephone line, can be cut in several small 
tracts. It is a bargain; only $8,000. 
Address OWNER, Box 21, Oxford, N. C. 
For Sale.—Chicken Farm, near Ilicks- 
vllle, L. I ,N. Y., comprising 48 acres. Seven-room 
house with bath; barn, engine house, tank tower, 
four chicken houses and outbuildings. Artesian 
well. 600 fruit trees. Price, $6,000. 
Address Box 191, Hlcksvllle, N. Y. 
FARMS FOR SALE 
The safest place to buy a farm Is near a growing 
olty. The last census made Toledo the fastest-grow- 
g city In the United States. I have farms for salt 
irithin 20 miles of the olty llnutii from $40 to I1S6 psi 
aore. Address W. L. HOLBROOK, 201 & 202 Gardaii 
Building. Toledo, Ohio, for oiroular. BeferenoMi 
hlo Savings Bank and National Bank cf Comineroa 
REAL ESTATE WANTED 
For Hundrodm of Camh Buyora. 
The names and addresses of these Cash Rajers you can get In full In 
ounmonthlv C. S. REAL ESTATE JOURNAL. These cash buyers are 
located throughout the United States and Canada. Qet onr Journal 
and write to them, and sell your property yourself. If the buyers' 
addresses are not Incur Journal,we will refund your money. Yearly 
aubsoriptlons $1.00. The first Journal may make or save you many 
dollars In buying or selling. Sample Journals 25 cents enoh, 
U . S. Real Estate Journals 52 House Block, lUon, N. Y. 
CASH FOR YOUR 
farm, home, business, or other 
propierty (no matter where located 
or how large or small) may be ob¬ 
tained through me. Send descrip¬ 
tion, state price, and get full par¬ 
ticulars free. Est’d 1896 . Highest 
references. Offices in 14 atiea, 
from Boston to Ban Frandsco. 
W. M. OSTRANDER 
N. A. Bnlldlng, Philadelphia 
Oldest Commission 
3gg8, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game,etc. Fruits. 
M. B. WOODWARD, 802 Greenwich Street, New York. 
WANTED 
Hay of AN Grades, 
F. D. HEWITT, 
l/tO Liberty Street, New York, N. Y. 
/ Fearless 
Thre 
Best for sinjjle farmer 
several neighbors, 
tread power it’s all indoors. 
Suitable for either horse power or engine. Threshes and 
cleans perfectly. Runs easy. Also lioise Powers, En¬ 
gines, Feed Cutters, Wood Saws, Silos, etc Send for 
catalogue. 
HARDER MFG. CO., Cobleskiil, N. Y. 
“Free from the care which wearies and annoys 
Wliere every hour brings Its several Joys." 
^‘AMERICA’S 
SUMMER 
RESORTS’^ 
This is one of the most complete 
publications of its kind, and will 
assist those who are wondering 
where they will go to spend their 
vacation this summer. 
It contains a valuable map, in 
addition to much interesting in¬ 
formation regarding resorts on or 
reached by the 
NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES 
A copy will be sent free, postpaid, to any 
address on receipt of a two-cem. stamp, by 
George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, 
New York Central &, Hudson River Rail¬ 
road, Grand Central Station, New York. 
FITTING CH ART FREE! 
SAVE YOUR 
EYES. 
We save you SZ to S8 on a pair of glasses. Fit guar* 
antood by mail by graduate optician. 
Warranted German Silver Spectacles, - tl.OO. 
Warranted Gold Spectacles, • - - 2.00. 
DIAMOND OPTICAL CO. 1112 Adams Street, Toledo,Ohlcx 
For C.lub of 10 or 12. 
If you want a good Shotgun you need 
not pay fancy jirices for it. There is 
none better made than the Stevens. No. 1 
has top snap, low rebounding hammer, 
special “electro steel” choke bored for 
niti’o powder, walnut stock, inibher butt, 
plate case-hardened frame. Forearm 
attached to barrel, and fitted with metal 
joint. Price, $5..50. No. 2, in addition to 
No. 1, has automatic shell ejector, check¬ 
ed ijistol grip and forearm. Price $6.50. 
These guns are 12, 16 or 20-gauge, 28, 30 
and 32-inch barrel, and weigh about 6X 
pounds. We will send No. 1 free for a 
club of 10 subscriptions, or No. 2 for a 
club of 12 at $1 each. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
409 Pearl Street, New ^ ork. 
