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September 2 fi 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MARKETS 
THE WEEK’S QUOTATIONS. 
WHOLESALE PRICES. 
good to fine leaf, light, Seed leaf: 
Connecticut filler.?, 8(g'10; average lot?. 20f? 
26; fine wrappers, 50@70; New York State 
fillers, 6(g/8; average lots, 12@18; fine wrap¬ 
pers, 40@50; Ohio fillers, 6@7; average lots, 
13@15; fine wrappers, 14@20; Pennsylvania 
Prices obtained during the week ending fillers, 7@10: average lots, 12@17. 
September 18, 1903: 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2. red 8814; No. 1, 
hard, Manitoba, 95%; No. 1, Northern, New 
York, 941A. Corn. 58%®60. Oats, 40@43. Rye, 
State, 56@!B7. Barley, 65@62. 
GRASS SEKDS.— Retail prices, clover, 
best medium red, bu., $9; prime Timothy, 
$2.70. 
PEED.—Coarse Spring bran, $19.50; city 
feed, $20; standard middlings, $22. 
BEANS.—Marrow, bu.. $2.40@3; pea, $2® 
2.27y2; red kidney, $2.60(g;3.20; white kidney, 
$2.65@2.75; yellow eye, $2.85@2.90. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, No. 1, 85(8) 
871,^; No. 2, 80@82%; No. 3, 65(870; clover, 
mixed, 65(8»70; clover. 60(860; marsh, 45@50. 
Straw, rye, 75<8$1; oat, 46@50. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price 2% 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone. Receipts for week ending 
September 12 were 195,997 cans milk and 10,- 
2:12 cans cream. The greatest quantity, 36,- 
470 cans, came by Susquehanna Railroad. 
BUTTER.—Creamery, 15(820%; State 
dairy, 15@19%; Western factory, 13%@16. 
MARKET NOTES 
SIZE OF PACKAGES.—"In market quo¬ 
tations I notice grapes, so much a carrier; 
muskmelons, so much a crate. How much 
does a crate or carrier hold? Are onions, 
apples, potatoes, carrots, peppers, squash¬ 
es, etc., put up in the same size barrels? 
If not, how large is each?’’ s. 
Connecticut. 
The grape package referred to is the up¬ 
river carrier, made to hold eight small bas¬ 
kets called “three-pound,” but really 2% or 
less. The carrier is 20x7x9% Inches, inside 
measurement. This carrier is only a ghost 
of its former size. Dry weather, or some 
other cause, has shriveled it up, and year 
after year it keeps getting smaller; while 
nominally holding 24 pounds of grapes it 
contains anywhere from 18 to 20, depending 
upon the generosity of the packer. Grow¬ 
ers and commission men both acknowledge 
that this constant shrinkage Is a bad 
thing, but each lays it to the other. We 
have heard the matter discussed at fruit 
CHEESE.—Full cream. 8%(811%; skims, 2 meetings and elsewhere, and believe that 
@8. Fancy cheese, Swiss, Summer, Ib, 24@ it Is largely the fault of a certain class on 
26; Winter, 23(825; domestic, new. 14>/4@16%; each side, viz., the grower who thinks to 
sap sago, lb, 16@17; Roquefort, 30%(834; Gor- get the best of his neighbor by making his 
gonzola, 21(823; Parmesan. 24@26; Reggairo, package a trifle smaller, and the commis- 
28tfe(830; Brie, in glass, doz., $2.60; Neuf- sion man who expects to capture some of 
chatel, box. No. 1, 80890; No. 2, 65@75; Stil- his neighbor’s customers by selling a pack- 
ton, blue, lb, 44(845. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy 22@27; lower 
grades 13@20. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 4@ 
71 j; sun-dried, 3%!@4^^; raspberries, 17@20; 
huckleberries, 14(814%; blackberries, 5%®6; 
cherries, 20, 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$2@3; under grades, 75(8$1.75. Pears, bbl., 
$1.50(83. Plums, 8-lb. bskt, 12@25. Peaches, 
16-qt. basket, 50(8$1.25. Grapes, 4-lb. bskt, 
12(814; 24-lb. carrier, 40@90; bulk, ton, $35®) 
40. Muskmelons, 40-qt. crate, 50@$2. Water¬ 
melons, carload. $50(8150. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $1.65@1.87; lower grades, $1.37@1.50; 
sweets, yellow, $2.75(83.25. Carrots, bbl., 
75(8$1.25. Celery, doz., 10(840. Com, 100, 60@ 
$2. Cucumbers, bbl., $2@4.50; bu. bskt, 50@ 
$1. Egg plants, bbl., $1.25(81.75. Onions, 
bbl., yellow, $1.60(82.25; red, 75(8$1.75; white, 
$2(83. Peppers, bbl., 75(8$1. Peas, bu. bskt, 
508$1.50. String beans, bu. basket, 60#$1.26. 
Squash, marrow, 75(8$1. Hubbard. $1(81.25. 
Turnips, white, bbl., $1(81-25; rutabaga, 
bbl., $1. Tomatoes, bu. box, 25@$1. 
HOPS.—State, choice, 1903, 29@30; fair to 
prime, 26(828; common, 21@23; olds, 10(813. 
GINSENG.—Choice dry roots in good 
demand. Northern and Eastern, $5.5086.50; 
Western, $586; Southern and Southwest¬ 
ern, $4.5085. 
COUNTRY - DRESSED MEATS.—Veal, 
calves, good to prime, 9811% buttermilks, 
4^/6. Pork, light, 8%89% medium, 888%. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Chickens, 13813%; 
fowls, 13%; turkeys, 13; ducks, pair, 40875; 
geese, pair, 908$l-25; pigeons, pair, 20. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 15820; 
chickens, 14822; fowls, 12814; ducks, 15817; 
geese, 17; squabs, doz., $L5082.75. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, native, $3.6585.20; 
bulls, $2.50(84.20; cows, $1.3083.60; calves, 
veals, $588.75; lower grades, $484.50. Sheep, 
$2.5083.75; lambs, $4.5085.90. Hogs, $6,258 
6.50. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Butchers’ steers, $5.35 
85.50; Stockers and feeders, $384; calves, 
$5.2588.25. Sheep, $1.5084; lambs. $4.25(85.60. 
Hogs, $6.4086.55; pigs, $6.1586.25. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $5,408 
6; Stockers and feeders, $2.4084.15; Texans, 
$384.40; cows. $1.50(84.60. Sheep, $2.2583.25; 
lambs, $3.5086. Hogs, mixed and butchers’, 
$5.6586.30. 
MISCELLANEOUS WHOLESALE 
PRICES.—Paints and colors: White lead, 
lb, 7%. Zinc, dry, 4%. Prussian blue, 288 
.32. Vandyke brown, 2%83. Ochre, French, 
washed, 1%82%; Turkey red, 7%810. Ve^ 
netian red, 100 lbs., 808$1.10. Turkey burnt 
umber, lb, 2%83%. Chrome yellow, 10825. 
Vermilion, 80890. Whiting, 100 lbs., 48855. 
Putty, 100 lbs., $1.60. Oils: Linseed, raw, 
Calcutta, gallon, 65. American, 39840; 
neats foot, white, 868$1. Lard oil, 65(870. 
Whale oil, bleached, 49. Sperm, 69(872. 
Lumber: Spruce lumber, 1,000 feet, $18822. 
Hemlock boards, $19.,'>0. White pine, dress¬ 
ing boards, $33835. 
TOBACCX).—Virginia shipping, common 
lugs, 5%86%: good lugs, 6%87: common to 
medium leaf, S%89: medium to good leaf, 
dark, 9810; medium to good leaf, light, 
K*#!!; good to fine leaf, dark, n% 812 %: 
age apparently as large for a trifle less. 
The difference is very small on the start, 
and the supposition is that it will not be 
noticed. Where such a thing is started 
most growers and sellers seem to think 
that they must follow the fashion or lose 
trade, and the fashion changes about as 
often as that of the swell hatter. Now and 
then a grower sticks to the old full-size 
packages, and if he has backbone and 
standing among buyers, he does not lose 
by it. An extensive grower of small fruits 
told us a short time ago: “I never sell 
anything but full quarts of berries and 
three and five-pound baskets of grapes, and 
don’t believe I ever lost anything by it.” 
He has a name which is worth dollars 
when stamped on packages. A standard 
size of muskmelon crate, in which the Col¬ 
orado product Is shipped, is 22xlzxl2 inches 
inside. The barrel, as we ordinarily see 
it used for potatoes, carrots, squashes and 
onions is the same size as the common flour 
barrel, in fact, many are old flour barrels. 
These hold about 100 quarts, and are sup¬ 
posed to be the correct size for apples. We 
have heard much about the standard pack¬ 
age, legal package, etc. There are several 
tons of laws on this subject salted down, 
somewhere, but no one seems to know or 
care where or what they are. So a barrel 
of apples may mean almost anything from 
2% to three bushels. Quotations a.s usually 
given are based on the flour barrel .size. 
The peppers that we have observed have 
been in old sugar barrels. Squashes, car¬ 
rots and peppers are usually covered with 
jute bagging, instead of a tight head. As 
a rule, the "pony” package, whether barrel, 
box or basket, sells for a pony and not the 
full size. Now and then a retail buyer is 
buncoed into paying full price for the small 
size, but he is the exception. The small 
package is desirable for many kinds of 
fruits, when It is made small to accommo¬ 
date the small buyer, but the small size 
once adopted should be stuck to year after 
year, after the custom of Pacific coast 
growers, so that buyers may know what 
to expect, and not have to be on the look¬ 
out to avoid being cheated by a shrunken 
package. 
THE BIRD QUESTION. 
Friends of the Birds Speak Up. 
Birds Werh Starved Out.—I find sev¬ 
eral notes in The R. N.-Y. that are calling 
out spite and revenge upon our birds. A 
great many of the human family lose their 
heads at the first shot; do not stop to look 
or investigate for the cause. I know that 
birds have been more destructive to fruit, 
etc., this season than usual, and I do know 
there is a cause for It; they are starving. 
The martin usually makes its appearance 
here from April 8 to 16, and leaves from 
August 10-16. I have martin boxes on my 
place, and so do some of my neighbors. 
They came in usual numbers this Spring 
and went to nesting. There came upon us 
a cold storm that lasted about three weeks, 
ending June 25 with us. There have been 
no martins seen since June 22. I know 
they were starved out, for one of my 
neighbors who has several boxes upon 
poles for their accommodation always takes 
them down after they leave and cleans 
them out. He found they had left, had 
the boxes taken down to clean out and 
discovered 15 half-grown dead In them, and 
also three upon the ground, starved to 
death. There will be no young martins 
grown in New England this season. There 
are very few of our common barn swallows 
around this year, not over 20 per cent of 
the usual number, and not over 15 per 
cent of chimney swifts. Birds that are 
entirely insectivorous are nearly starved 
out, and birds that are partially insectivor¬ 
ous have been driven in upon fruit planta¬ 
tions and habitations by hunger to find 
food to exist upon. Aphids, both black 
and green, have been uncommonly abun¬ 
dant this season, much more so than I 
have ever known them before, and winged 
insects have been very few and far be¬ 
tween; none to speak of. I have no doubt 
the cause is our cool wet Summer; there¬ 
fore our birds that are entirely insectivor¬ 
ous have had a slim chance to exist. Man 
is the most cruel and wicked parasite 
upon the face of the earth; he kills for the 
pleasure of gratifying a morbid blood¬ 
thirsty desire of saying "I have killed.” 
Stratford, Conn. r. w. c. 
Don’t Get Your Gun Yet.—I have been 
greatly interested in the articles upon the 
bird or the fruit. I will say by way of 
explanation that I was a naturalist for a 
dozen years, and ornithology my special 
study, and my advice to your readers is 
go slow. This is a very aggravating sea¬ 
son in many ways, and the reason why the 
birds have been so troublesome to fruit 
may be scarcity of their usual food, and 
they must eat something. I am a general 
market gardener. I have lots of cherries; 
planted them largely to bring the birds, 
and when the crop is light I don’t expect 
to get many. I believe the farmer who 
does not encourage the birds to breed about 
his place makes a great mistake. Nearly 
all birds feed their young with insects, 
even though they are ordinarily gram- 
nivorous, and a nest full of young birds 
gets away with an immense amount of 
food. It is fair to suppose that the old 
birds will take those insects from the near¬ 
est supply, and that takes a large amoimt 
of Insects from your trees and shrubs. The 
cherry cron is nowhere more valuable than 
here, rarely bringing less than $1 per peck, 
and good ones higher, but it is costly to 
gather and often rots, and really is the 
best crop to pay the birds with. To be 
sure they pick a few strawberries and 
eat a few currants, and this year I found 
apples and pears picked into. Crows and 
Crow blackbirds 1 have no use for; I be¬ 
lieve they are more harm than good. I 
wish to relate how the much-despised 
English sparrow has been beneficial to me. 
Three or four years ago the Pea louse 
appeared and made widespread ruin. Late 
in the season I noticed redstarts, Maryland 
yellow-throats and some of the other 
small warblers quite numerous among the 
peas, and I found they were after the Pea 
lice; later quite a large flock of English 
sparrows (perhaps a naturalist should say 
European House sparrows) upon the peas. 
I had head of their opening peas after the 
manner of the Crow blackbirds and crows, 
but thought before getting the gun I would 
see what they were doing, and to my sur¬ 
prise they were after Pea lice, and they 
have frequented the peavines ever since, 
and so close they keep the lice under that 
I seldom see one. Another year may bring 
to the birds their usual food, so they will 
not pillage us so badly, and none of us 
want to square accounts with our beau¬ 
tiful feathered friends through Ignorance, 
when if we balanced accounts with them 
we might find ourselves in their debt. 
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