556 
August 1 
MARKETS 
THE WEEK’S QUOTATIONS, 
WH0LB8ALE PRICES. 
New York, July 24, 1903. 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red, 81%; No. 1, 
northern Duluth, 92%. Corn, No. 2, mixed, 
56%. Oats, No. 2, mixed, 40%. Seeds, To¬ 
ledo, clover, $5.40. Timothy, $1.60. 
BEANS.—Marrow, choice, bu., $2.80@2.85: 
common to good, $2.30(8)2.75; medium, choice, 
$2.30; Pea, choice, $2.30; medium and pea, 
common to good, $2.05(8)2.25; red kidney, 
choice, $3.25; common to good, $2.60(8)3.20; 
white kidney, best, $2.65@2.70; black turtle 
soup, choice, $2.60@2.70; yellow eye, choice, 
$2.65(8)2.70; Lima, California, $2.55. 
FEED.—Standard middlings, $17. Red 
Dog, $24.60. Canadian bran, $22. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, new, 100 lbs., 
prime, $1.15; No. 1, $1@1.(K; No. 2, 87%(S)92%; 
No. 3, 70(8)75; clover, mixed, 72%(8«0; clover, 
65(8)70; no grade, 50(8)55; salt, 45(8*60. Straw, 
long rye, 80@85; short rye, 45®50; oat and 
wheat, 40©^. 
MILK.— Exchange price remains at 2% 
cents per quart. 
BUTTER.—Creamery, extras, 20; firsts, 
18%©19%; seconds, 17@18; thirds, 15@16%: 
State dairy, half-tubs, extras, 19; firsts, 
17%(8)18%; seconds, 16®17; lower grades, IW 
15; Western imitation creamery, extras, 
18@18%; firsts, 16%©17%; seconds, 15@16; 
lower grades, 14@14%; Western factory, 
current make, firsts, 15%; seconds, 14%@16; 
thirds, 13%(8)14; renovated, extras, 17%; 
firsts, 16@16%; seconds, 16©15%; thirds, 13@ 
14; packing stock. No. 1, 14%; No. 2, 13@13%; 
No. 3, 12@12%. 
CHEESE.—State, f. c., small, fancy, 10%; 
fair to prime, 8%(8'10; large, colored, fancy, 
10; white, fancy, 10; fair to prime, 8%©9?4; 
light skims, choice, 8%; part skims, choice, 
6@6%; prime, 5%@5%; fair to good, 4%(8)5; 
common, 2%(©3; full skims, 1%@2. 
EGGS.—Nearby, fancy, selected, white, 
19(8)20; fresh-gathered, extras, 18%; seconds 
to firsts, 16%(8)17; Western, fresh-gathered, 
extras, 18@i8%; firsts, 16@17; seconds, 14(8)15; 
thirds, 12@13; very inferior, 9(811; dirties. 
No. 1. (candled), 12(812%; No. 2, 10(811; 
checked eggs, 7(89; inferior culls, 6(87. 
HOPS.—N. Y. State, 1902, choice, 20%@21%; 
medium to prime, 18@19%; ordinary, 15(817: 
N. Y. State, 1901, 10(816; olds, 4<87: German, 
crop 1902, 36(8)42. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, L. I., bbl., 
$2.25(82.50; Jersey, $2.25; Southern, $2@2.25; 
seconds, 758$1.25; Sweet potatoes, Va., red, 
bbl., $3@3.50: Jersey, basket or crate, 75© 
$1.50; white yams, Va. and N. C.. bbl., $3© 
3.25; beets, 100 bunches, $1@1.25: carrots, 100 
bunches, 75@$1; celery, dozen, 10(850; corn. 
So. Jersey, 100, 76@$1: Hackensack, 100, $1.25; 
Southern. 100, $1@1.50; cabbage, Baltimore, 
crate, $1(81.25; L. I., 100, $680; cucumbers, 
Baltimore, basket, 50(860; Norfolk, basket, 
40850; bbl., $1.2581.50; Monmouth Co., Jer- 
.sey, crate, 75811; So. Jersey, crate, 60875; 
eggplants, Norfolk, large crate, $388.50; 
Pla,, box, $181.50; Jersey, crate, $1.2581.50; 
lettuce, western N. Y., dozen, 50(865; Bos¬ 
ton, 50(876; Lima beans, N. C., %-bbl. bskt, 
$383.60; onions, Egyptian, bag, $1.50®1.76; 
Kentucky, bbl., $1.7582; bag, 908$!; Vir¬ 
ginia, yellow, bbl., $1.5082; white, $1.5082; 
Southern, Potato, basket, 60880; Jersey and 
Southern, yellow, basket, 768$1: white, 75© 
$1; okra, carrier, $1©2; peppers. Southern, 
carrier, 60©$1.25; Jersey, box, 758$1.25; peas, 
western N. Y., Telephone, bushel basket, 
908$1.12; L. I. and Jersey, bag, 908$!; string 
beans, western N. Y., bushel basket, $181.26; 
Boston, box, $181.25; L. I. and Jersey, bag, 
758$1.25: Jersey, Md. and Del., basket, 50® 
$1; squash, white, bbl., 60®$1; yellow, crook- 
neck, 50(8$!; marrow, 908$1: turnips, white, 
100 bunches, $1.50(83.60; nearby, Russia, bbl., 
$1.2581.50; tomatoes, Va., carrier, 308$1; Del. 
and Md., 408$!; Monmouth Co., N. J., box, 
$1.5082; So. Jersey, box, 768$1.25: Texas, 
case, 10®50. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 
fancy, lb, 6%(87%; choice, 6%®6%; prime, 
5%@6; common to good, 485%; sun-dried, 
quarters, 3?i®6; chops, 100 lbs., $2.50®3; 
cores and skins, $1.4581.75; huckleberries, 
15; blackberries, 1902, 787%; cherries. 1902, 
18. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, Jersey, bbl., 
$1.50®2.60; up-river, $1.60(82; Va., Md. and 
Del., %-bbl. basket, 60(8$1: crate, 50®$1; 
pears, Ga. and Fla., Le Conte .bbl., $183.50; 
plums, Md. and Del., Burbank, qt., 4(86; 
6-tlll case, 65®$1; 8-lb basket, 15820; Wild 
Goose, qt., 3(85; peaches, Ga., fancy, carrier, 
$3.25; average prime, $3; Md. and Del., $1.60® 
2.50; basket, 76(8$1.25; Jersey, common, bskt, 
50®75; currants, cherry, qt., 10811; small, 
qt., 7(89; blackberries, Md. and Del., qt., 
488; So. Jersey, Wilson, 6(89; Monmouth 
Co., Jersey, 7810; up-river, 8810; raspber¬ 
ries, up-river, red, pint, 6®12; Upper Jer¬ 
sey, 5®8; So. Jersey, 4®6; huckleberries, N. 
C., qt., 688; Md. and Del., 688; Jersey, 688; 
Pa. and N. Y., Mountain, 7®11; gooseber¬ 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
ries, large, qt.. 8810; small to medium, 6®8; 
muskmelons, Fla., crate, 60(8$1.76; South 
Carolina, 50®$2; Georgia, $1®2.50; North 
Carolina, $183.60; Texas, $2.25®2.75: Cal., 
$6(87; watermelons, Ga., carload. $758175. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—Calves, 
veals, prime, lb, 9%®10: fair to good, 8%(89: 
poor, 6(88; pork, Jersey, dressed, light, lb, 
8%(88%: medium, 8%88%. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Spring chickens, near¬ 
by, lb, 19; Western, 19; Southern, 18; fowls, 
14%® roosters, 9; turkeys, 11; ducks. West¬ 
ern, pair, 75(8^; Southern & Southwestern, 
60870; geese. Western, $1.12®1.25: Southern 
and Southwestern, 90®$!; live pigeons, old, 
pair, 30; young, 25. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, young 
hens and toms, average best, 13®15; old, 
14815; broilers, Phila., 3 to 4 lbs. to pair, 
lb, 25826; State and Penn., 3 to 4 lbs. to 
pair, lb, 22823; mixed sizes, lb, 18®20; small, 
15816; Western, dry-picked. 20; scalded, 18; 
small, 15816; Southern, scalded, small, 13© 
14; fowls, Western, scalded, fancy, 13%; dry- 
picked, 14; Southern and Southwestern, dry- 
picked, 13%®14: scalded, 13®13%: ducks. 
Eastern Spring, 17%; Jersey, Pa. and Va., 
16817; W’n, 10®13; geese. Eastern Spring, 
20; squabs, prime, large, white, dozen, $2.50© 
2.75; mixed. $2.26; dark, $1.60. 
TOBACCO.—Ky., light, common lugs, 
3%®7; common leaf, 6%(88%: medium, 8%@ 
9%: good, 10®11; fine, 11%®12. Virginia Ship¬ 
ping, common lugs, 6%®6%; good lugs, 6%© 
7; common to medium leaf, 8%(80; medium 
to good leaf, dark, 9®10; light, 10811; good 
to fine leaf, dark, 11%®12%; light, 12%814. 
Seed Leaf, Connecticut fillers, 8®10: aver¬ 
age lots, 208K; fine wrappers, 60®70; New 
York State fillers, 6®8; average lots, 12@18: 
fine wrappers, 40(850; Ohio fillers, 6®7; aver¬ 
age lots, 13815; fine wrappers, 14820; Penn¬ 
sylvania fillers, 7®10; average lots, 12©17. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Native steers, $5®6.65. 
Bulls, $384.40. Cows, $1.7084.10. Calves, 
veal. $5®8. Culls, $3.60(84.50. Sheep, $3(84.60. 
Lambs, $5(87. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Butchers’ steers, $4.26 
84.80. Stockers and feeders, $3(84.26. Calves, 
$5(86.26. Sheep, $2(84.50. Lambs, $4.60(86.60. 
Hogs, Yorkers, $6.25®6.35. Pigs, $6.40(86.50. 
Heavy and mixed, $686.05. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $6.25© 
6.60; poor to medium, $4.2686.25; Stockers and 
feeders, $2.5084.40. Sheep, $3(83.60. Lambs. 
$3.2586.40. Hogs, mixed and butchers, $6.40 
©5.75. Good to choice, heavy, $5.60(85.76. 
THAT CANAL APPROPRIATION. 
Rally To Deteat It. 
The anti-barge canal meeting held under 
the auspices of the Rochester Chamber of 
Commerce was a success, so far as the 
representation and subject matter given 
by the speakers were concerned. Forty 
counties sent over 200 delegates. These 
were sturdy honest-looking men, who 
came either as delegates from some local 
organization or from a personal desire to 
aid by their presence in supporting the 
opposition to an undertaking without merit, 
and also to assist in perfecting a perma¬ 
nent State organization. It is true that 
the greater number were from rural sec¬ 
tions, and that the management was partly 
at least under State Grange direction. The 
Albany Chamber of Commerce sent its 
secretary, and many of the manufacturing 
interests of the State were represented. 
Senators Raines and Lewis spoke earnest¬ 
ly for the defeat of the scheme. John I. 
Platt, of Poughkeepsie, as temporary chair¬ 
man, and James Wood, of Mt. Kisco, as 
permanent chairman, laid bare the schemes 
of the canal advocates, and made clear, if 
there were any doubts, that our great State 
cannot afford to undertake such a tre¬ 
mendous task, the cost of which no one 
can approximately compute. State Grange 
Secretary Giles made one of the most ef¬ 
fective and convincing speeches of the con¬ 
vention. 
It would be useless and out of place to 
undertake in a brief space to give any of 
the arguments and figures of the meeting. 
These will come through their proper 
channel. I believe, however, that we are 
warranted In drawing conclusions. In the 
first place, the barge advocates are pretty 
thoroughly organized with abundant means 
to finance their efforts, and they are using 
these funds freely. The opponents cannot 
expect in any way to match them. There 
is a fundamental principle that the right 
of a question can be exploited with much 
less expenditure of money. Those who ob¬ 
ject to the scheme are right from every 
point of view that is based upon justice 
and the greatest good to the greatest num¬ 
bers. It seems to me, therefore, that we 
may expect results from an organization 
made complete from the central State to the 
counties and down to each election district; 
making it a campaign of education, and 
not one of lavish expenditure of money. 
It is a simple question of getting people 
to see the facts, and they are then bound 
to vote right. Personally, I have been in¬ 
different, believing that in no possible way 
could the scheme be defeated. During the 
past four weeks I have been over a portion 
of our State, and find the sentiment 
strongly against the proposition, but hav¬ 
ing been told repeatedly that the cities of 
New York and Buffalo were solid for the 
plan they have said, “It’s no use.’’ Once 
establish confidence among these people 
that their sentiment needs only crystal¬ 
lizing into an organization, and, in my 
judgment, no amount of canal money could 
save the proposition from defeat. Let 
every man therefore who believes the 
scheme wrong, consider himself a commit¬ 
tee and begin at once this campaign of 
education. I feel now that there is a good 
fighting chance to defeat it, and shall there¬ 
fore consider It a duty to throw aside 
apathy and go to work. h. e. c<X)k. 
MILK NOTES. 
The farmers in this section are in favor 
of the contract entered into by the F. S. 
M. P. A., and if the People’s Pure Milk 
Co. can dispose of the milk there Is no 
reason whatever why this scheme will not 
succeed. Our station at North Towanda 
is owned by the farmers, and the output 
will be easy to secure. w. t. h. 
Towanda. Pa. 
Milk producers of this section think very 
favorably of the contract made by the com¬ 
mittee of the F. S. M. P, A. with the People’* 
Pure Milk Co. It Is a gigantic undertaking, 
but the officials of the People’s Pure Milk Co. 
are men of ability, who apparently stand 
financially strong and command respect; 
also those who have made the sale are 
men of standing, esteemed by every mem¬ 
ber of the F. S. M. P. A., as far as 1 
know. Producers are jubilant, and with 
few exceptions wish to encourage and ap¬ 
plaud the gallant fight of the F. S. M. P. 
A., ending so successfully by the terms of 
sale and schedule of prices recently pub¬ 
lished in The R. N.-Y. w. j. w. 
Coblesklll, N. Y. 
The contract with the Pure Milk Co., 
taken as a whole, is very satisfactory. We 
are and always have been In sympathy 
with the F. S. M. P. A. Our section (Klll- 
awog Section, No. 63, Eugene Hall, presi¬ 
dent; W, C. Ensign, secretary), was a 
pioneer in the movement. We patronize 
a creamery at present which is in its sec¬ 
ond year of operation, and are much better 
pleased with it than with the Exchange, 
drawing milk once a day, getting from six 
to 16 cents more per can (always six), and 
they at times paying 10 cents per can more 
than Exchange in order to hold what little 
milk they do get. We get over 100 cans 
per day, while they get about 45. e. h. 
Killawog, N. Y, 
A Blight on UHes. 
IT. M., Simcoe, Canad<i .—We have a lot of 
white lilies in the garden which are being 
ruined by some kind of blight. Can The 
R. N.-Y. give us a remedy? The lilies are 
of the common kind which bloom in July 
and die down and show again in the Fall. 
Ans. —The lily disease you mention 
seems to be the very dangerous leaf 
blight, suppo(sed to be a bacterial affec¬ 
tion of Lilium candidum and several 
other lily species. In our present state 
of information there Is absolutely no 
cure for this disease where infection has 
taken place. It is now very prevalent, 
both in Europe and America, and also 
seems to be affecting some of the spe¬ 
cies imported from Japan. The only 
way to avoid this disease is to plant 
sound healthy bulbs in fresh uninfected 
soil, using little or no animal manure. 
Soil from old fence corners is the best 
kind to plant these lilies In, but so far 
people have not always been able to 
procure bulbs already free from this 
trouble. Clumps of healthy lilies of this 
species may be found in many old gar¬ 
dens, and divided in the Fall or early 
Spring. If planted in uninfected soil 
they may get along for many years 
without showing the disease, but lily 
culture of late years has become very 
uncertain. 
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Accidents and Emergencies.10 
Errors About Plants.25 
The Caulifiower .26 
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How to Plant a Place.10 
Country Roads.10 
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Milk Making and Marketing.10 
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1902. Write JOHN M. HAAS, Sturgis, 8. D. 
WISCONSIN FARM LANDS FOR SALE 
Choice hardwood timber land.s, close to railroads and 
good markets. In Chippewa and Gates Counties. Write 
for particulars. KEITH BROTHERS, Eau Claire.Wls. 
Wanted—Farm hand; must milk well, 
be capable teamster, and care for farm horses. State 
experience and wages wanted. __ _ 
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several neighbors, 
tread power it's all indoors. 
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G.YKDKNKK WANTED.—A good position for an 
experienced gardener and trucker t"* manag'J small 
truck farm. W. 8. MATHEWS, Big Stone Cap Va. 
4 Darning Machine. 
This is the only successful darning 
machine we ever saw. We have tried 
others that were absolutely of no value. 
This one is little short of perfect. It 
enables you to mend underwear, stock¬ 
ings, curtains, table linens, clothing, and 
does an endless variety of art and fancy 
weaving better, easier and quicker than 
by any other way. Full directions ac¬ 
company each machine. When a lady 
has once used this little machine, she 
would not do without it for any con¬ 
sideration. We will send it postpaid for 
$1, or for two new yearly subscriptions 
at $1 each. All money returned if not 
satisfied. 
For Club of 10 or 12. 
If you want a good Shotgun you need 
not pay fancy prices for it. There is 
none better made than the Stevens. No. 1 
has top snap, low rebounding hammer, 
special “electro steel” choke bored for 
nitro powder, walnut stock, rubber butt, 
plate case-hardened frame. Forearm 
attached to barrel, and fitted with metal 
joint. Pi'ice, S5.50. No. 2, in addition to 
No. 1, has automatic shell ejector, check¬ 
ed pistol grip and forearm. Price 50. 
These guns are 12, 16 or 20 -gauge, 28, 30 
and 32-inch barrel, and weigh about 
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. 
