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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 3 
MARKETS 
General Review. 
There is a surplus of poor apples. Pears 
largely poor and low. Peaches scarce and 
a trifle higher. The plum glut is over and 
prices improved. Grape market weak. 
Choice muskmelons higher. Receipts of 
onions have been large with many of 
irreguiar quality. The crop in Ohio is re¬ 
ported less than last year; Orange County, 
N. Y., and New England considerably less. 
More favorable reports come from the 
Middle West. A good many poor potatoes 
are seen. Choice in good demand, occa¬ 
sional sales being made above quotations. 
Hop trade is quiet. Growers Arm in their 
views. Buyers waiting until new crop is 
baied. Sales as high as 31 cents are re¬ 
ported. 
THE WEEK'S QUOTATIONS. 
WHObKS.MvE PUICE8 
Prices obtained during week ending Sep¬ 
tember 25, 1903: 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red, 83%: No. 1, 
hard, Duluth, 92; No. 1, Northern. New 
York, 90. Corn, 55@60. Oats, 41@43. Rye, 
State, 59@60. Barley, 52@60. 
GRASS SEED.—Retail prices, prime, 
'I’imothy, bu., $3.25; medium red clover, 
$ 10 . 20 . 
BEANS.—Marrow, bu., $2.50@3; pea, $2.35@ 
2.40; red kidney, $2.60(g)3.15; white kidney, 
$2.65@2.75. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, No. 1, 80@85; 
No. 2, 75(§/77%; No. 3, 65(g>70; clover, mixed, 
65@70; clover, 50@60: marsh, 46@50. Straw, 
rye, 75@$1: oat, 45@50. 
PEED.—Retail prices, middlings, $20(&25: 
Spring bran, $19@20. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price raised 
to 2% cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone, taking effect September 21. 
Receipts for week ending September 19 
were 209,178 cans milk and 10,654 cans cream. 
The greatest quantity, 41,201 cans, came by 
Ontario and Western. 
BUTTER.—Creamery, 17@17%: State dairy, 
15(8)20; Western factory, 13%@16: renovated, 
150117; packing stock, 1^15. 
CHEESE.-Pull cream, 9%@11%: skims, 
3(09. 
BGGS.—Choice to fancy, 25(gi28; lower 
grades, 15@24. 
GINSENG.—Northern, llj, $5.60(§;6.50; W’n, 
$5(g)6: Southern, $4.50@5. 
DRIED PRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 
4<g:7%: sun-dried, 3%(g)4%; raspberries, 17021; 
huckleberries, 13%(g)14; blackberries, 5%@6; 
cherries, 20. 
PRESII PRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$2.50@3.50; under grades, 50@1.25. Pears, 
bbl., $1.60(04.60: 1-3 bbl-keg, $1.25@1.50. 
Quinces, bbl., $2.25@3. I^Iums. 8-lb. basket, 
1540. Peaches, 16-qt. bskt, 50(O)$1.25. Grapes, 
4-lb. basket, 10@14: 24-rb. carrier, 50@$1; 
bulk, ton, $40. Muskmelons, 40-qt. crate, 
$2.50(03. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $1,750)1.87; lower grades, $1.37(01.62; 
sweets, yellow, $2(02.75. Carrots, bbl., 75(0 
$1.25. Celery, dz, 10@25. Corn, 100, 50@$1.60. Cu¬ 
cumbers, bbl., $2(03. Pickles, 1,000, $2©5. Egg 
plants, bbl., $1#1.50. Lettuce, doz., 20050. 
Onions, bbl., yellow. $1.5002.25; red, 60©$1.75: 
wh., $204. Peppers, bbl., 760?L Peas, bu. bkt. 
$1(02. String beans, bu. basket, 50O$l- 
Squash, bbl., marrow, 750$1; Hubbard, $10 
1.25. Turnips, white, bbl., $1(01.25; rutabaga, 
bbl., $1. Tomatoes, bu. box, $25050. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—V e a 1, 
calves, good to prime, 10012; buttermilks, 
5(06. Pork, light, 8?409%: medium, 808%. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Chickens, 14014%; 
fowls, 14; turljeys, 13; ducks, pair, 40075; 
geese, pair, 9uO$1.25: pigeons, pair, 20©25. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 15020; 
chickens, 12022; fowls, 12%14; ducks, 13017; 
geese, 17; squabs, doz., $1.50©2.76. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, native, $405.45; 
calves, veal, $5.5009.25; lower grades, $4©5. 
Sheep, $2.5004; lambs, $4.7506.25. Hogs, 
$6.6006.75. 
EAST BUPPALO.—Butchers* steers. $5 25 
©5.60; Stockers and feeders, $4(05.10; calves, 
$6.2508.75. Sheep, $1.5u(L/4; lambs, $4.75 05.60. 
Hogs, $6.5006.70; pigs, $6.15©8.25. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $5.50© 
©5.50; Stockers and feeders, $405.10; calves, 
ans, $2.85©4.40; cows, $2.4004.50. Sheep, $2.25 
©3.25; lambs, $3.50(05.50. Hogs, mixed and 
butchers’, $5.70©6.35. 
NATIONAL FARMERS' CONGRESS. 
The twenty-third annual session was 
opened September 22 at Niagara Palls. N. 
Y., by President George L. Flanders. 
About 300 delegates were present. Gov. 
Odell gave the opening address. He em¬ 
phasized the duty of the Government to 
the tiller of the soil, in giving farmers the 
same measure of protection granted other 
artisans. Speaking of the need of foster¬ 
ing good citizenship he said: 
"A good citizen is a product of the 
greatest value to the country. His culture 
and development are as necessary as the 
cultivation of our fertile fields and vallevs. 
Rapacity and greed for wealth are the 
weeds which bring discontent just as the 
failures to cultivate the fields bring dis¬ 
aster and ruin to the shiftless. Commen¬ 
dation of the efforts of those who w'ork 
for the public good is always to be de¬ 
sired. It is an encouragement to self-reliant 
manhood. On the contrary, unjust criti¬ 
cism, whether by the individual or by the 
press, has Its deterrent effect and is a hin¬ 
drance to good government. Honest criti¬ 
cism is always desirable and ofttimes pre¬ 
vents abuses, and is a corrective form In 
the body politic. A good citizen is a man 
who respects the laws, who performs every 
function of the Stale which has been com¬ 
mitted to his charge, and whose action is 
based upon the princlide of the general 
good. The citizen who is carping in his 
criticism, who believes that a politician Is 
naturally a dishonest man because he is a 
politician, and that public officials cannot 
be true to themselves is an obstacle in the 
path of advancement.” 
Major D. G. Purse, of Savannah, Ga., 
spoke on The Sugar Supply of the United 
States; Timothy L. Woodruff on Agricul¬ 
ture in Our Insular Possessions, and O. 
P. Austin, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics 
of the Department of Commerce and Labor, 
made an address on ‘‘Farm Products in 
the Markets of the World.” From 1870 to 
1900 the population has increased 100 per 
cent and agricultural exports 130 per cent, 
but the increase in the number of people 
engaged in agricultural work lias increased 
only 75 per cent. As prices are now lower, 
a greater per cent in bulk is exported. Of 
wheat, the United States produces 49 per 
cent of the world’s production, against :17.9 
jier cent in 1875. The United States also 
produces three-fourths of the world’s corn, 
three-fourths of the world’s cotton and 40 
per cent of the provisions used in inter¬ 
national commerce. 
Secretary Cortelyou, of the Department 
of Labor and Commerce, explained the 
purposes of the new Department to the' 
farmers. Hon. James Wood spoke on “How 
we can enlai’ge our foreign markets for 
farm products,” and National Grange Mas¬ 
ter Aaron Jones, on “Extension of the 
facilities of our mail system.” Resolutions 
were adopted asking Congress to enact a 
law for a graduated income tax; favoring 
the election of United States Senators by 
the people; ui-ging the establishment of a 
parcel post, postal telegraph service and 
savings banks; favoring State and National 
laws to regulate and control trusts; dis¬ 
approving the ticket certificate plan of rail¬ 
roads; favoring reasonable rates and stop¬ 
over privlllges for convention delegates; 
thanking Secretary of Agriculture Wilson 
for the good work of his Department; 
urging extension of rural free mail deliv¬ 
ery; favoring the referendum; favoring 
Statehood for Oklahoma; favoring the 
taking of an agricultural census in 1906 and 
every 10 years thereafter in addition to the 
census now required by law. 
THE FRUIT CROP. 
Apples are very scarce In our section, 
.about 25 per cent of a full crop, I should 
judge; very little damage from disease. I 
doubt whether much fruit will be held for 
higher prices. Cleveland will probably take 
most of the fruit, as it ripens, at fair prices. 
Klrtland, O. e. m. w. 
The apple crop in this section is in bad 
condition, the largest half on the ground, 
caused by insects and high wind. Those on 
the trees are not good quality. Other 
fruits are medium crop in fair condition. 
No buyers in this section. e. t. j. 
Boonville, Ind. 
The apple ci’op in this section of Mont¬ 
gomery County is very small. Only a few 
of the apple growers spray their orchards 
systematically, and there are only a few 
first-grade apples. This is certainly an off 
year for apples here. Most of them are 
scabby and wormy. From 25 to 60 cents 
per bushel is being paid by buyers. Quite 
a number of farmers are selling. 
Irving, Ill. E. M. M. 
We estimate the apple crop in our section 
to be about two-thirds as large as last 
year, and of better quality. TJie warm 
weather is improving them very much, 
giving a fine color. More wormy apples 
than last year, and they are fast falling 
to the ground. Buyers are not making 
many offers yet for Winter stock. They 
are buying some early fcult for $1.25 per 
barrel. Growers are expecting about $2 for 
good Fall and Winter fruit. Pears are a 
good crop and of good quality. Duchess 
selling for $2 per barrel. b. w. b. 
Hilton, N. Y. 
The apple crop is a hard matter to de¬ 
cide, as some few farmers here have more 
than they had last year, and some less. 
As a whole, in this immediate vicinity I 
think we have 75 per cent as many as last 
year, running more Greenings and Russets 
and less Baldwins, but of a great deal bet¬ 
ter quality; in fact, the quality is fine. 
Buyers have bought up most of the best 
lots at Si.75 to $1.85 per barrel for No. 1 
fruit, taking the whole orchard, and some 
have bought the Greenings at $1.75 to $2 
for No. 1. w. p. R. 
Williamson, N. Y. 
I am sorry to report our crop is very 
short, not over 25 per cent and of poor 
quality. There is a good local demand for 
apples, but buyers will not try to buy here. 
I was offered $1.50 for No. 1 Jonathan. S. G. 
Thornton, of Blackwater, Mo., was offered 
$2 per barrel some time ago. ’Phere will 
not be enough apples in Missouri to supply 
our people. I learn from buyers that the 
crop in New York and the East is fine; 
they say they can buy fine apples at from 
60 cents to $1.25 per barrel. I am sure the 
buyers have overrated the crop. I am put¬ 
ting my crop in cold storage; am selling 
Jonathans at 50 cents to $1 per bushel, 
locally. D. A. R. 
Columbia, Mo. 
Cross? 
Poor man I He can’t help it. 
He gets bilious. He needs a 
good liver pill—Ayer’s Pills. 
They act directly on the liver, 
cure biliousness. LwiirMaBB: 
Want your moustache or beard 
a beautiful brown or rich black ? Use 
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE 
nm CIS. OF DRUGGISTS OR R. P. IIA U. k CO., NASHUA, M. H. 
FflP QAI C—I’lircl'ie*' Holsl<‘in-Krli'.s!!iii hulls 
run uALL from 5 to 18 months olrt Improved 
Chester White Pigs of the be.st brec'ding ut reasonable 
prices. CHAKLKS KECOHIl, Peterboro, N. Y. 
Rubber Goods Repaired. 
Coats, Boots. Kubbers, Blankets, So es, Ileeis. and 
Patches Yon can do't. Ontflt.25c. Agents wanted. 
CONNECTICUT KUBBKB CO., Hartford. Conn. 
When you write advertiser.s mention Thk 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
F arm for sack. i).s acres, 28 in cultivation. 
New two-story house, othei*necessary buildings. 
4)4 miles from Thayer, in Oregon Co.. Mo. Good 
market. A bargain. Address H. AllNDT, Hardy. Ark. 
?oiink\Uer 
PERRV DAVIS’ 
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TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS’ 
worth of Page Fence in Bronx Park, N. Y. Why? 
PAGE WOVK.N IViUE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 
UNION LOCK 
Poultry 
Fencing 
Has been fully test¬ 
ed and found supe¬ 
rior to all others. 
Will fit uneven 
ground without 
cutting. 
Every Part Stretches Perfectly. 
Made of high grade galvanized steel wire. All 
horizontal lines are cables, making it stronger, 
Hols fine mesh at bottom for small chicks. 
We also make extra heavy for gardens, lawns, 
etc. The largest poultry farms are using this fence— 
orer 700 rods by Lakewood (N. J.) Farm Co. We pay 
freight and satisfy every one or no sale. Can ship from 
New York, Philadelphia or Pittsburg. 
Write for free catalog of Farm, Lawn and Poultry Fencing. 
CASE BROS.. Colchester. Conn. 
WISCONSIN FARM LANDS FOR SALE 
Choice hardwood timber lands, close to railroads acc 
good markets. In Chippewa and Gates Counties Wnu 
:’t»r particulars. KEITH BBOTHEitS. Eau Claire Wt 
FARMS 
For rich farming, fruit growing, fine 
F 
OU Farms, Coloxiai, Ho.mes, Orchards, best 
climate and water, good transportation, write 
AUBEMARUE IMMIGRATION SOCIETY, Char¬ 
lottesville, Va. Sam'i, B. Woods, President. 
IOWA FARMS 
. .. ■ Per Acre. 
we ®fler Improved Iowa farms close to church, school ia.L 
tewS; with, local telephone and mraS mail delivery, soil rtc* 
black loam, and level, at f45 to $45 fer acre. We also tosevi 
special bargains in Nortn and South Dakota and jg 
yoe wish to buy or sell Ksnd or city property anywhere, wrila 
to ns fos con6dentia: terms. We make a specialty of long 
range sales, so no matter how tar away you live, if InteiestM, 
write ns. We refund railway fare to parties who buy of ns. 
Send for price list with pictures ot farms. 
THE JOHN M.CANNON LAND AGENCY, CRESCO, IOWA. 
Oldest Commission 
House in New York. 
Est.18.38. Butter.cheese 
eggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, etc. Fruits' 
B B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Street, New York 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1876. PRANK W. GODWIN. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & 00., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in ail kinds of 
COUNTRY FKODl CK, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs. Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 & 36 Little I3tti Ht., New York. 
Box 90(J Atlanta, On. 
114 Liberty Bt., N. T. 
Straight Straw, Rye andWheatThrasher 
Combined with Spike-Tooth Oat 
and Wheat Thrasher. 
Our Machine will 
thrash Rye or Wheat 
without bruising oi 
breaking the straw, and 
tie It again in perfect 
bundles-Can be changed 
in fifteen minutes to a 
spike-tooth Oat, Wheat, 
Buckwheat, Barley and Corn Thrasher with stacker 
attached. Will thrash more grain with less power 
than anv Thrasher built. Send for catalogue B to 
the GKANT-FERRIS COMPANY. Troy, N. Y. 
FRUITS. VEQETABLES. 
Apples, Pears, J^otatoes, Onions, 
Egg-s, etc. We have a large trade 
in choice country produce. Write 
us what you have to offer. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., New York 
llbArllbdd UUlibU Ive hearing, send me 
a hl.story Of your case; I will inform you how It can 
be helped or restored at small expense. 
DR 0. R. JORDAN, 144 West 104 St., New York City. 
CHARTER 
Gasoline Engine. 
For Grinding, Shelling, Fodder Cutting, 
Threshing, Pumping, Sawing, etc. 
STATIONARIES. PORTABLES. SAWINB 
AND PUMPING OUTFITS. ETC. 
Send for Blast’d Catalog dt TestlmonlaU 
Stmtm Yoar Powp Kmma*. 
eiAITEI eiS ENOINE C0.| Boi 26 STEILINI, ilk 
{OR OTHER REAL ESTATE) 
NO MATTER WHERE IT IS. 
If I did not have the ability and facilities to sell your property, I 
certainly could not afford to pay for this advertisement. This “ad” 
(like all my other ads.) is practically sure to place on my list a number 
of new properties, and lam just as sure to sell these properties and make 
enough money in commissions to pay for the cost 
of the “ad ” and make a good profit besides. That 
is why I have the largest real estate business in the 
world to-day. Why not put your property among 
the number that will be “ listed ” and sold as a re¬ 
sult of this “ad.’? I will not only be able to sell it,— 
sometime—but will be able to sell it quickly. 1 am 
a specialist in quick sales. I have the most com¬ 
plete and ujj-to-date equipment in the world. I 
have branch offices throughout the country, and 
field force of more than 2,500 men finding buyers 
I do not handle any of the side lines usually carried 
by the ordinary real estate agent. 1 do not make 
any money through renting, conveyancing, insur¬ 
ance, etc. I must sell real estate—and lots of it, or 
go out of business. 1 can assure you I am not going 
out of business. On the contrary, 1 have already 
sold twice as many properties this year as 1 did dur¬ 
ing 1902, and I e.\pect to sell SEVERAL TIMES as 
many next year Itdoesn'tmatterwhetheryouhave 
a farm, a home without any land, or a business. It 
doesn’t matter what i t is worth or w here it is located 
If you will send me a brief description of your 
property, including your lowest cash price, I will 
tell you how and why I can quickly convert it into 
cash, and will give you my complete plan (free) 
aud terms for handling it. The information I will 
give you will be of great value to you even if you 
should decide not to sell. You had better write 
now, before you forget it. 
if you want to buy any kind of a farm, home or 
business in any part of the country, tell me your 
requirements. 1 will guarantee to fill them promptly 
and .save you some money at the same time. 
W. Af. OSTRANDER, 
Suite 367, IVoi^tb Jlmerican Building, 
PH/LaOELPHia. 
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