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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 29 
MARKETS 
THE WEEK’S QUOTATIONS. 
WUOI.KSALE PRICES. 
Prices obtained at New York during 
week ending August 21, 1903. 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red. N. Y., 87?'*; 
No. 1, hard, Chicago, 94%. Corn, 58@5». 
Oats, 39@42. Rye, State, 58@o9^; barley, 
52 ^ 7 . 
BKANS.—Marrow. $2.30@2.85: pea, $2@2.15: 
red kidney, $2.60@3.30; while kidney, $2.65@ 
2.75; yellow eye, $2.75@2.80. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, No. 1, 97^@$1; 
No. 2, 85@95; No. 3, 65@75; clover, mixed. 
65@70; clover, 50<g:62i4. Straw, rye, 75@$1. 
MIDK.—New York Exchange price 2% 
cents per auart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone. Receipts for week ending 
August 15 were 201,^ cans milk and 9,582 
cans cream. The greatest quantity, 36,520 
cans, came by Ontario and Western. 
BUTTER.— Creamery, 15@19%; State, 
dairy, 14@18; Western factory, 13@16; reno¬ 
vated, 13@17; packing stock, 12@15. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 8@10%; skims, 
IVzm. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 20@26: lower 
grades, 11@19. 
HOPS.—N. Y. State, 1902, choice, 23(S>24: 
medium to prime, 21'^@^2%\ ordinary, 20^^ 
@21; N. Y. State, 1901, 14@17: olds, 7@9; Ger¬ 
man, crop 1902, 36@42. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evap., fancy, 
6%@7i4: choice, 6%@6V^: prime, 5%@6; com¬ 
mon to good, 4@,V^; sun-dried, 3%@4%: 
chops, 100 lbs, $2.75@3; cores and skins, 100 
lbs, $1.50@1.75; raspberries, evaporated, 1903, 
lb, 22@22i4: sun-dried, 20@21; huckleberries, 
1903, 14@15: blackberries, 1903, 6@7; cherries, 
1902, 18. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, fancy, red, 
table sorts, $2.50@3; Astrachan, choice, 
large, $2.60@2.75; average prime, $2@>2.25; 
Nyack Pippin, $2@2.25; Codling, $2@2.25; 
Twenty-ounce, $2@2.25; Maiden Blush, $2® 
2.25; Duchess of Oldenburg, $2@3: Graven- 
stein, $2.25®2.75; poor to fair, $1@1.75; Jer¬ 
sey, y 2 -bbl basket, 50@80; Md. and Del., 
crate, 30@50; pears, Southern, Kieffer. bbl, 
$1@2.25; Clapp’s Favorite, $3@3.75; Bell, $2.25 
@2.75; Bartlett, Md. & Del., %-bbl basket, 
$1.25@1.75; Jersey, bbl, $3@4; up-river, $2.50@ 
4; Catherine, $2.75@3; Flemish Beauty, $2.25 
@2.75; near-by, common, $1.25@2; plums, 
Japanese varieties, S-lb basket, 18@20; car¬ 
rier, 60@$1.25; Egg, 8-Ib basket, 20@25; Dam¬ 
son, 30@35; large, table blue, 30@35; 
table blue, ordinary, 20@26; Bradshaw 
& Morris, 20@25; Green Gage, 20@25; 
Blue Gage, 20; common, 15@18; peaches, 
Md. & Del., carrier, $1@3; basket, 75@$1.50; 
Jersey, common to good, 50@$1.25; Pine 
Island, 60@$1.25; grapes, N. C., Delaware, 
24-rb. carrier, $1@2: N. C., Niagara, 24-n>, 
$1@1.50: Md. & Del., Moores Early, 75@$1.12; 
Champion, 75@90; common, white, 75@$1.25; 
up-river, Del., $1.75@2; Mooi’e’s Early, $1; 
Champion, 60@90; huckleberries, Md. and 
Del., quart, 6@8; Jersey, 6@9; Pa. & N. Y., 
Mountain, 7@10; muskmelons, Balt., selects, 
basket, $1@1.25; general offerings, 75; Md. 
& Del., crate, 75@$2.50; Norfolk, bbl or bbl- 
crate, 75@$1; South Jersey, box, 40@GO; far 
Western, crate, $1.50@4; watermelons, Ga. 
& S. C.. carload, $100@175. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $1.50@1.87; lower grades, $1.25@1.75; 
sweets, yellow, $2@2.50; red, $1.50@2. Car¬ 
rots. 100 bunches, 60@$1.75; bbl, $1.50@‘’. 
Celery, doz, 10@40. Corn, 100. $1.25@2.75. 
Cucumbers, bbl, $3@4; crate, $1@1.50; egg 
plants, bbl, $2; bu crate, 60@75. Lettuce, 
case, $1@1.50. Onions, red, $1.50@2; white, 
basket, $1.25@1.75. Peppers, bbl, $1.50@1.75. 
Peas, bu. basket, $1.75@2. String beans, bu 
basket, $1@1.50. Squash, crook-neck, bbl, 
50@$1; marrow, 75. Turnips, white, 100 bchs, 
$3@4; rutabaga, bbl, $1.75. Tomatoes, bu 
box, 40@80; crate, 75@$1. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. — Veal, 
calves, good to prime, 10@lli/4: buttermilks, 
6i4@8. Pork, light, 9@9i4: medium, 8V^@9. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Chickens, 12@13; fowls, 
1214; turkeys, 11; ducks, pair, 40@75; geese, 
pair, 90@$1.25; pigeons, pair, 25@35. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 13@15; 
chickens, 14@19; fowls, 1114@>1214: ducks, 
13@17; geese, 18@20; squabs, doz, $1.25@2.50. 
TOBACCO.—Common lugs, 10@12; fine 
wrappers, 20@30; Wisconsin Havana seed, 
average,. 10@15; good, 6@7; common leaf, 
71.4@9; medium, 9@10i4: good, 11@12; fine, 
]3y2@i4. 
FOREIGN.—Havana, common fillers, 85 
@$1.10; fair, $1.05@1.20; fine. $1.25@1.85; Yara, 
I cut, 90@$1; H cut, $1@1.25. 
VIRGINIA SHIPPING.—Common lugs, 
514@614: good lugs, 6V4@)7; common to me¬ 
dium leaf, 814@9; medium to good leaf, 
dark, 9@10; medium to good, lie-ht 10@n; 
good to fine leaf, dark, 1114@1214: good to 
fine leaf, light, 1214@14. 
SEED LEAF.—Connecticut fillers, 8@10; 
average lots. 20@25; fine wrappers, 50@70; 
New York State fillers, 6@8; average lots. 
12@1S; fine wrappers, 40(&50; Ohio fillers, 6@ 
7; average lots, 13@15; fine wrappers, 14@20; 
Pennsylvania fillers. 7@10; average lots, 
12@17. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, native, $4.50@5.50; 
bulls, $2.50@3.50: cows, $1.50@3.25; calves, 
veal, $5@8.25; lower grades, $3.50@4.75. 
Sheep, $2.50@3.75; lambs, $4.25@6.75. Hogs, 
$6@6.40. 
BAST BUFFALO.— Butchers’ steers, $4@ 
4.70; Stockers and feeders, $3@3.85; calves, 
$5.70@7.70. Sheep, $3.25@4.26; lambs, $4.25@6. 
Hogs, $5.70@6.40; pigs, $6.25@6.40. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $5.10@ 
5.60; Stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.20; Tex¬ 
ans, $3@4.40; cows, $1.50@4.50. Sheep, $2.25 
@3.60; lambs, $3.25@5.65. Hogs, mixed and 
butchers’, $4.90@5.70. 
MISCELLANEOUS WHOI. ESALE 
PRICES.—Cottonseed oil, crude, 31; white, 
45. Linseed oil. raw, American seed, 38; 
Calcutta, 65; sperm oil, bleached, 78; oleo 
oil, 5@7i4. Refined sugar, standard granu- 
latedi $5@$5.15; cubes, $5.'25@5.40; confec¬ 
tioners’, $4.85@5.; raw sugar, 3 13-16; rice, 
domestic, fiar to choice, 4%@5%; Pepper, 
Singapore, 13@13%; cloves, 8i4@14%; ginger, 
Afiican, 7@714; Mackerel, Norway, No. 2, 
bbl, $25; Halifax, No. 2, $22; Herring. Lab¬ 
rador, bbl., $4.25; Scotch, $12@12.50; Cod, 
Grand Banks, cwt., $5.50; lemons, fancy, 
300s, $3@3.15; 360s, $2.45@2.50; limes, bbl. $5@ 
6; garlic, lb, 4%. 
WORK ON A JERSEY TRUCK FARM. 
We are now busy with sweet corn and 
early tomatoes. The latter are a disap¬ 
pointment. They lived through the drought 
and subsequent fioods. but some sort of 
disease attacked the vines before the toma¬ 
toes were half grown. The leaves wilt, 
turn black and drop off, leaving little but 
the stems and undeveloped fruit. Under 
favorable conditions we would have pick¬ 
ed 100 crates from this field where we are 
getting 25. Lack of sun, as well as defo¬ 
liated vines, further hinders ripening. 
Some of the later tomatoes are looking 
well, although traces of the same disease 
are seen here and there. The complaint 
is general among growers in this section. 
In spite of the bad weather sweet corn 
is proving our most profitable crop this 
season. The yield is not large, but there 
is no trouble to get from $1 to $2.50 per 100 
for any that is fair. It is something of 
a task to prepare a load of corn and haul 
it to market. It must be picked when just 
right. An experienced hand can tell this 
by the black and matted appearance of 
the silk and the hardness of the ear when 
slightly pinched. Then it must be piled 
on the market wagon so that it will not 
shake off in a 15-mile trip over some rough 
road. It takes between four and five 
hours to make the trip. Our produce is 
handled by a commission man below 
Franklin Street, and we arrange to get 
unloaded a little after dark, arriving at 
home not far from midnight. 
In our vicinity the birds do but littie 
damage compared with the reports of oth¬ 
ers. I think the reason is that, while 
everyone has some fruit, there are no 
large plantations in this section. The 
heavier the plantings of fruit the more 
birds proportionately are attracted. This 
year they helped themselves quite freely 
to cherries and strawberries, but scarcely 
touched currants, raspberries and other 
small fruit. Usually the crows damage 
our tomatoes a little, but we have no oc¬ 
casion to complain of robins, catbirds or 
any of the other sorts that work such 
havoc elsewhere. q m 
HOW TO KILL SPROUTS. 
Some time ago I noticed in The R. N.-Y. 
that some one wished advice on killing 
stumps. You advised a bush hook. The 
right thing to do is to take an old ax along 
in August, after the sprouts have had 
their second growth, and knock every 
sprout clean from the stump. Use your 
bush hook and bush scythe on the small 
bushes and weeds, that is if the land Is in 
a good place to burn, and lots of stuff on 
it that will burn. For instance, say the 
wood was cut off last Winter. There art 
lots of old branches, tops, etc., that are 
dry by this time, so sprout your stumps 
with an ax, as there will be lots of stuff 
to burn; never mind the bushes. In a 
couple of weeks sprouts will be in good 
condition to burn, so run a fire over the 
piece; with the sprouting and the burning 
you will kill some of the stumps, perhaps 
a pile of them. Next year in August go 
at them again with an ax. If you take 
the time to knock or pull off every sprout 
the second year you stand a good chance 
of killing most of them. o. p. 
Yaphank, L. I. 
“Ep folks would cheer a man as loud 
foh a long distance act wif a pick an' 
shovel,” said Uncle Eben, “as dey does 
foh slidin’ to fus’ base, I specs maybe 
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U. S. CREAM SEPARATORS 
This seems a great number of separators. Does it not? 
It is a great number, but these figures are as easy to make 
[as smaller ones—and, as our “would-be competitors 
'make their figures 
400,000 
and we sell three separators to their one, the reader can see 
our figures are within the FACTS— 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March i, 1902. 
Fifteen year.'? atro last October we started our creamery on 
the co-operative plan recommended by your agent, fitting the 
building with machinery from your Company, and using the 
Cooley Creamers for the patrons. We have run on this same 
plan for all these years until Sept. 1899, when we put in 
separators. Our patrons are using more than three to one of 
the U. S. Separators over all other makes, and w’e believe the 
U. S. Separator to be the best on the market 
We are still working the cream gathering plan, and believe 
it to be the best for the rural districts, where unavoidably 
some of the pafrons are a long distance from the creamery. 
We are satisfied with it, because we believe it to be the best 
and the cheapest. No farmer can afford to hitch up and carry 
his own milk, even if he live within half a mile of the creamery, 
if he can get it done, as w’e have this year, at the average cost 
to each patron per day of 9 cents, and some years for less. 
H. R. IlOYT, President La Grange Creamery. 
Bear in mind that the main factory of the De Laval Co. 
is at Poughkeepsie, and that that company boasted that no 
.other separator could be sold in their county 
Send for illustrated circulars. 
For Western Customers, we transfer our separators from Chicago, La Crosse, 
Minneapolis, Sioux City, and Omaha. Address all letters to Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
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