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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 18 
MARKETS 
THE WEEK'S QUOTATIONS. 
WHOIiKSALK PRICKS. 
New York, July 10, 1903. 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 1, northern Chi¬ 
cago, 90%: No. 1, hard Duluth, 93; No. 2, 
red, 82%. Corn, No. 2, mixed, 58%. Oats, 
No. 2, white, 45%. Rye, State and Jersey, 
58. 
PEED.—Western Spring bran, $19. Red 
Dog, $23.50. Linseed meal, $24.50. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Market not so Arm 
on account of crop improvement. Hay, 
new, 100 lbs., prime $1,20@1.25; No. 1, $1.05® 
1.15; No. 2, 95®$1: No. 3, 80@90; clover, 
mixed, 75@85; clover, 50@70; no grade, 50@ 
60: salt, 50@65; long rye, 85@$1; short rye, 
45(g.'55; oat and wheat, 45@50. 
MILK.—Exchange price 2% cents to ship¬ 
pers In 26-cent freight zone 
BUTTER.—Creamery, extras, 20%; firsts, 
19@20; seconds, 18@18%; thirds, 16%@17%; 
State dairy, half-tubs, extras, 19%@20; 
firsts, 18%@19; seconds, 17@18: lower grades, 
15%®16%; western imitation creamery, ex¬ 
tras, 18%@19; firsts, 17%®>18: seconds, 16@17; 
lower grades, 15@15%; western factory, ex¬ 
tras, 16%@16%: firsts, 15%@16; seconds, 14% 
@15; thirds, 13%@ 14; renovated, extras, 
18; firsts, 17@17%; seconds, 15@16: thirds. 
13@14: packing stock, No. 1, 15; No. 2, 14@ 
14%; No. 3, 13@13%. 
CHEESE.—State, f. c., small, fancy, 10%; 
fair to prime, 8%@10; large, colored, fancy, 
10; white, fancy, 10; fair to prime, 8%@9%; 
light skims, choice, 8%; part skims, choice, 
6%@7; skims, prime, 6@6%; fair to good, 
5@5%; common, 3; full skims, 2. 
EGGS.—Nearby, fancy, selected, white, 
19@19%: fresh-gathered, extras, 18%; sec¬ 
onds to firsts, 15%@17; W’n, fresh-gath’rd, 
extras, 1S@18%; firsts, 16@17; seconds, 14%@ 
15; thirds, 13@14; W’n, fresh-gathered, 
dirties. No, 1 (candled), 12%@13; No. 2, 11@ 
12; checked eggs, 10@11; inferior culls, 
dozen, 6@9. 
BEANS.—Marrow, choice, bushel, $2.80@ 
2.85; common to good, $2.20@2.75; medium, 
choice, $2.27%@2.30; pea, choice, $2.30@2.32%; 
medium and pea, common to good, $2@2.25; 
red kidney, choice, $3.15; common to good, 
$2.50@3.10; white kidney, best, $2.60@2.65; 
black turtle soup, choice, $2.60@2.70; yel¬ 
low eye, choice, $2.60@2.65; Lima, Califor¬ 
nia, $2.60. 
HOPS.—N. Y. State, 1902, choice, lb, 21%@ 
22%: medium to prime, 20@21; ordinary, 
17@T9: N. Y. State, 1901, 13@16; olds, 6®8; 
German, crop 1902, 36@42; Pacific coast, 
1902, choice, lb, 21@22; medium to prime, 
19%@20%: ordinary, 17@18%; Pacific coast, 
1901, 13@16: olds, 5@9. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS —Calves, 
veals, 9; fair to good, 7%@8%: poor, 6@6; 
pork, Jersey, light, 9@9%; medium, 8%@9. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Sp’ng chickens, near¬ 
by, lb, 15; Western, 15; Southern, 14; fowls, 
12; roosters, 7%; turkeys, 12; ducks. West¬ 
ern, pair, 75@90; Southern and South west¬ 
ern, 60@70; geese. Western, pair, $I.12@1.25; 
Southern and Southwestern, 90@$1; live 
pigeons, old, pair, 20; young, 25. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Tui’keys, young 
hens and toms, average best, 13@15; old, 
14@15; broilers, Phila., 2 lbs. average to 
pair, pair, 40@45: 3 to 4 lbs. to pair, lb, 
24@25; mixed sizes, 22@23; State & Penn., 
3 to 4 lbs. to pair, lb, 18@19; mixed sizes, 
lb, 16@17; small, 13@14; Baltimore, dry-pkd, 
mixed sizes, 17@18; Western, dry-picked, 
lb, 15@16; scalded. 14; Southern, scalded, 
small, lb, 11@12; fowls. Western, scalded, 
fancy, 11%; dry-picked, fancy, 12; South¬ 
ern & Southwestern, dry-picked, 12; scald¬ 
ed, 11@11%; ducks, L. I., Spring, lb, 17%@ 
18; Eastern Spring, 17%@18; Jersey, Pa. & 
Va., 17@17%; Western, 10@13; geese. East¬ 
ern, Spring, 20; squabs, prime, large, white, 
dozen, $2.50@2.75; mixed, $2.25; dark, $1.50. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, L. I., prime, 
$2@2.75: Southern, Rose, prime, $2@3; white 
Chilis, prime, $2@2.75; red Chilis, prime, 
$1.75@2.50; seconds, $1@1.25; culls, 75@$1; 
sweet potatoes, Va., bbl., $1@2; Jersey, 
basket, $1@1.25; beets, 100 bunches, $2; car¬ 
rots, 100 bunches, $1; celez-y, State & Mich., 
dozen, 15@40; corn, Jersey, 100, 75@$1.25; 
Southern, 100, 25@$1; cabbage, Baltimore, 
crate, $1.50@1.75; L. I., 100, $4@6; cucumbers, 
Baltimore, basket, 25@35: Norfolk, 25@50; 
bbl., 75@$1: Jersey, %-bbl. basket, 75; bu.- 
box, 50@75; eggplants, Norfolk, $2@3; Fla., 
box, $1@1.50; lettuce, western N. Y., dozen, 
40@60; onions, Egyptian, bag, $1.90@2.10; 
Texas, crate, $1@1.75; Ky., bbl., $2@2.25; 
bag, $1.10; Va., yellow, bbl., $1.50@2; S’n, 
Potato, basket, 50@75; Jersey & Southern, 
yellow, basket, 75@$1; white, 75@$1; okra, 
carrier, $1@2; peppers. Southern, carrier, 
$1®1.50; Jersey, box, $1.50@2.50; peas, w’n 
N. Y., Telephone, bushel-basket, 75@$1.25: 
small, bushel-basket, 75@$1.25; L. I. and 
Jersey, bag, 75@$1.25; radishes, nearby, 100 
bunches, 75@$1; rhubarb, 100 bunches, $1.50 
@2; string beans, Baltimore, wax, basket. 
25@50; green, $25@50; Norfolk, wax, 25@50; 
green, 25@50; Jersey, wax, 40@50; green, 
40@75; L. I. & Jersey, bag, 25@50: squash, 
Southern, white, bbl.-crate, $1@1.25; yel¬ 
low, crook-neck, $1@1.25; marrow, $2@2.50; 
Jersey, white, %-bbl. basket, 60@65; bushel- 
box, 40@50; spinach, w’n N. Y., bbl., $1.50@ 
2.50; turnips, white, 100 bunches, $1@1.50; 
nearby, Russia, bbl., 75@$1: tomatoes, Fla., 
carrier, 15@60; Savannah, carrier, 25@50; 
N. C., carrier, 25@75; Va., carrier, 25@50: 
Del. & Md., carrier, 25@50: Monmouth Co , 
N. J., box, $2@2.50: South Jersey, box, 75@ 
$1; Mississippi, case, 25@40; Texas, case, 
20@50. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evap., fancy, 
6%7%; choice, 6; prime, 5%@5%; common, 
4@5%; sun-dried, quarters, 3%@4%; chops, 
100 lbs., $2.75@3; cores and skins, $1.50@1.75; 
raspberries, evaporated, 23@24; huckle¬ 
berries, 15; blackberries, 8; cherries, 18@20. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, Va. & N. C., 
bbl., $1@2; %-bbl. basket, 75@$1.25: Md. & 
Del., %-bbl. basket, 60@$1.25; crate, 50@$1: 
small basket, 30@75; pears, Ga. & Fla., Le 
Conte, bbl., $2@4; peaches, Ga., Elberta, 
carrier, $1.75@2.50: Early Belle, $1.75@2.25: 
Chinese Free, $1.50@2; Lady Ingold, $1.25@ 
1.75; Mt. Rose, $1@1.50: J^orth Carolina, 
$1@1.75: plums, N. C., Red June, carrier, 
$1.50@2; Ga., Burbank, carrier, $1.75@2.50; 
Botan, $1.75@2.25: Abundance, $1.75@2; Rob¬ 
inson, 75@$1.25; cherries, w’n N. Y., black, 
8-lb basket, 30@50; red and white, 30@45: 
sour, 30@45; up-river, sour, 30@60; currants, 
cherry, qt., 9@10; small, 6@8; strawberries, 
up-river, 8@12; w’n N. Y., 8@16: black¬ 
berries, Md. & Del., large, qt., 2@6; small. 
2@4; Jersey, Wilson, 5@8; Early Harvest, 
4@6; raspberries, up-river, red, pint, 4@7: 
Upper Jersey, red, 4@6; South Jersey, red, 
3@5; Del. & Md., red, 3@4; blackcap, pint. 
3@5; huckleberries, N. C., qt., 5@9; Md. & 
Del., 6@8; Jersey, 6@9; Pa. & N. Y., Moun¬ 
tain, 9@12; gooseberries, large, qt., 7@8; 
small, 4@6: muskmelons, Fla., crate, $1@ 
2.50; Georgia, $1.50@4; California, $8@9; 
watermelons, Fla. & Ga., carload, $150@300. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK—Steers, $4.20@5.20. Oxen, 
$3@4.80. Cows, $1.70@3.75. Calves, veal, 
$4.50@7. Buttermilks, $2.50@3.25. Sheep. 
$2.75@4.^. Lambs, $5@6.75. Hogs, State, 
$6.15@6.45. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Butchers’ steers, $3.85 
@4.75. Stockers and feeders, $3@4.15. Cows 
and heifers, $2.50@4.35. Calves, $5.25@6.50. 
Hogs, mixed, $5.70@5.80. Yorkers, $6. 
Sheep, $2@4.25. Lambs, $4@6.25. 
WORK ON JERSEY TRUCK FARM. 
Will G. M., page 421, tell how he manages 
ripening those tomatoes under glass? 
Ohio. M. 
The glass is used only for those that are 
not ripe when frost comes. The best are 
gathered, put into cold frames six or eight 
inches deep, and covered with sash. In 
sunny weather those on top ripen quickly 
and are removed. Of course they are not 
equal to those ripened on the vines, and a 
good many rot, but so late in the season 
they sell for more than enough to pay for 
the extra work. 
I now have between 8,000 and 9,000 tomato 
plants out. Most of those set during the 
drought lived and made a fair growth. The 
heavy dews and the few misty showers, 
though scarcely enough to moisten the 
dust, were a great help, as nearly everj’ 
morning the leaves were wet, and a few 
drops of water ran down the outside of 
the stems to the roots. The constant cold 
rains during June were very hard on to¬ 
matoes, potatoes and corn, except on my 
high ground. Newly-set plants were 
whipped and beaten down by the heavy 
showers, so that the tops had to be 
loosened from the earth, and the constant 
soaking seemed to rot the small roots of 
the older plants. I found both corn and 
tomatoes in this condition. Now that the 
sun is shining again new rootlets are shoot¬ 
ing out from the root stalk. Muskmelons 
acted in much the same way. Formerly I 
had quite an acreage of melons, and one 
year sold 1,000 barrels, but for several 
years blight has ruined them. I plant a 
few hundred hills each season, and usually 
manage to ripen a few barrels before they 
go. The most promising field I have at 
present is a two-acre patch of sweet corn. 
Through drought and flood it has kept go¬ 
ing, and now stands three feet high, with¬ 
out lifting the leaves, and is a healthy dark 
green. It was planted on heavy sod and 
the land is well drained. 
The work crowding us most at present is 
cultivating. We have been at it between 
showers, but the rain at once undid all 
our work, pounding down the ground hard 
as road bed. This makes hard cultivating 
and hoeing. I hill the tomatoes up very 
high. As the vines grow and hang over 
this mound in all directions, the sun has 
a better chance to get at the fruits than 
when the vines lie flat, and they are 
less likely to rot if rainy at ripening time. 
Mosquitoes are quite an element in our 
farming. The early crop was short on ac¬ 
count of the drought, but they are now on 
hand in swarms. They stay with us dur¬ 
ing the day, biting through any ordinary 
thickness of clothing, so that considerable 
time and energy are used in fighting them. 
One of my men ties netting over his straw 
hat, shirring it around his neck. This 
helps a little, but is hard on the eyes. 
I keep about 100 hens, which run at large, 
and have corn and oats for grain. A large 
White Leghorn rooster was apparently 
well one day. In the morning his comb was 
black as stove blacking; he moped around 
during the day, not eating, but drinking 
nearly all the time, and died that night. 
There were no marks of outward injury. 
I should like to know what ailed that 
rooster, and whether anj'one else has had 
a similar case. g. m. 
New Jersey. 
FRUIT NOTES. 
White Strawberries.— I see that J. W- 
L., Pennsylvania, page 484, has a white 
strawberry. I found one here growing wild. 
1 set the plants in the garden and had a 
lot of nice ones; they were bisexual, fruit 
medium to small, fine aroma, no core. 1 
put them on the wagon, and sold a few as 
a novelty; no demand for them, so dropped 
them. w. L. H. 
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Strawberry Notes.— My late berries 
have been fine and prices from six to 15 
cents per quart. I have sold over 4,661 
quarts from less than three-fourths of an 
acre, and some of the rows were early 
kinds and badly damaged by frost. I still 
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$472.85; berries sold and not paid for, and 
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irrigate); then too much wet made us lose 
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injure the new growth, and are especially 
severe on young trees. Corn is very back¬ 
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a great many fields. The recent heavy 
rain has delayed work very much. But 
very few cabbages are set yet, and some 
beans are not planted. Wheat is looking 
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BY T. J. DWYER. 
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