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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 10, 
MARKETS 
General Review. 
Feed is firm and high, caused in part by 
the stoppage of Minnesota mills owing to 
strikes. The trouble appears to be about 
over, but prices will drop slowly if at all. 
Speculation in clover seed has put an al¬ 
most prohibitive price on it, compared 
with a month ago. Timothy also shows 
some advance. 'J'he corn crop is coming 
out better than was expected. Koports of 
damage were exaggerated, and the market 
is easy at slightly lower figures. Potatoes 
are on the gain, with good demand and 
some sales above prices named below. 
Cabbages dull and weak. The cause of 
the low figures for tomatoes is not a sur¬ 
plus. but the miserable quality. The al¬ 
ternate droughts, floods and cold, cloudy 
days have given tomato plants a hard 
struggle. In some places there is a very 
scanty .setting, owing to rains at bloom¬ 
ing time, and what fruits there are ripen 
slowly. The apple situation has improved, 
although considerable damaged stuff is 
still seen. As usual at this season there 
are a good many small and anyemic-look- 
ing poaches. The better grades are at a 
premium. The indications for hops are 
that prices will go above 30 cents. Chest¬ 
nuts are scarce and bringing $10 to $12 at 
present. It is a little early yet for the 
general crop. A sudden drop may occur 
at any time. It is advisable to ship as 
soon as possible. Hickory nuts are scarce. 
Prices obtained during week ending 
October 1. 1903: 
THE WEEK'S QUOTATIONS. 
WHOLESALE PRICES. 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, rod, 82%; No. 1, 
hard, Uuluth, 91; No. 1, Northern, New 
York, 89. Corn, 53@5>. Oats, 42@43. Rye, 
State. 57(^158. Barley, 52@58. 
GRASS SHEDS.—Ret.ail prices, prime, 
medium red clover, bu., $10.20. Timothy, 
$3.25. 
BEANS.—Marrow, bu., $2.50®3; pea, 
$2.37%'&2.10; re<l kidney, $2.70^3.25; white 
kidney. $2.(!5(52.q0. 
FEED.—Retail prices. Western Spring 
bran, $201721; middlings, $23^24. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, No. 1, 80@S5; 
No. 2, 751777^2: No. 3, 051/70; clover, mixed, 
65(fl70; clover. 59@60; marsh, 451750. Straw, 
rye, 60@$1. oat, 45@50. 
MIEK.—New York Exchange price 2% 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone. 
BUTTE R.—Creamery, 17<g:21%; State 
dairy. 15Vil/20; Western factory, 14(glG; 
renovated, 14'!717; paCKing stock, 13@15. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 11@12%; skim.s, 
3@9. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 251728; lower 
grades, 131722. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 
5%@7Vf:: sun-dried, 3V^174Vii; raspberries, 17@ 
21; hucklebei-ries, 13Vi;@ 14; blackberries, 
5M!@6; cherries, 20. 
GINSENG.—State and Northern, $5.60@ 
6.50; Western. $.5@6; Southern, $4.50@5. 
HOPS.-Choice, State, 1903, 30@32; me¬ 
dium to prime, 28@29; common, 211722. 
FRE-SH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$1.50@3.50. under grades, 75(g$1.25. Pears, 
bbl., $1.50@4; 1-3 bbl.-keg, $1@1.50. Plums, 
S-lb. basket, 251740. Peaches, 16-qt. basket, 
5017$1.25. Grapes, I-Ib. basket, n@15; 24-lb. 
carrier, 5017$1; bulk, ton, $401745. Musk- 
melons, 40-qt. crate, $1.50(0:2.50. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $1.751t2; lower grades, $1.50171.02; 
sweets, yellow, $1.25171.75; carrots, bbl.. $1S> 
1.25 Celery, doz., 101740. Corn, 100, 25@ 
$1.75. Cucumbers, bbl., $2173.25. Egg plants, 
bbl., $2(5:2.50. Lettuce, doz., 20@50. Onions, 
bbl., yellow, $1.50(02.25: red, $1.5O'02.59; 
while. $2(04. Peppers, bbl., 75@$1.75. eas, 
bu. basket, $1@2. String beans, bu. basket, 
750$1.25. Squash, marrow, bbl., $1(§:j.25. 
Hubbard, $1171.50. Turnips, w'hite, bbl., 
$101.25: rutabaga, bbl., $1. Tomatoes, bu. 
box. 25075. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—V e a 1 , 
calves, good to prime, 12012V^; buttermrdts, 
506. Pork, light, 8%09%; medium, 8%@8%. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Chickens, 14014V2; 
fowls, 14%; turkeys, 13014; ducks, pair, 
60075: geese, pair, .$1.2501.37; pigeons, pair, 
18020. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 15020; 
chickens, 13022; fowls, 13014; ducks, 130 
17%; geese, 17; squabs, doz.. $1.5502.75. 
TOBACCO.—Common lugs, 10012; fine 
wrappers, 20030; Wisconsin Havana seed, 
average, 10015; good, 607; common leaf, 
7%@9: medium, 9010%; good, 11012; fine, 
13%014. Foreign, Havana, common fillers, 
85@$1.10. fair, $1.0501.20; fine, $1.2501.35; 
Yara, I. cut, 9O0$1; II. cut, $101.25. Vir¬ 
ginia shipping, common lugs, 5%06%; good 
lugs, 6%07: common to medium leaf, 8%0 
9; medium to good leaf, dark, 9010; light, 
10011; good to fine leaf, dark, 11%012%; 
light, 12%014. Seed leaf, Connecticut fill¬ 
ers, 8010; average lots, 20025; New York 
State fillers, 60S; average lols, 12018; fine 
wrappers, 40050; Ohio fillers, 607; average 
lots, 13015; fine wrappers, 14020; Pennsyl¬ 
vania fillers, 7010. average lots^ 12017. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, native, $3.6005.40; 
bulls, $2.5003.25; cows, $1.2503.50; calves, 
veal. $509; lower grades, $304.50. SJieep, 
$2.5004. lamb.s, $506. Hogs, $0.6006.85. 
E A S r BUFFALO.—Butchers’ steers, 
$4.1004.85; Stockers and feeders, $2.850 3.90; 
calves, $6.2,50 8.50. Sheep, $1.5004; lambs, 
$1.5005 85. Hogs, $6.50(P6.80; pigs, $0.500 6.85. 
tillICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $5,350' 
0; Stockers and feeders, $2.2504.25; Texans, 
$2.7505.75; eows, $1.2503.30. Sheep, $2,250 
3.25; lambs, $3.5005.90. Hogs, mixed and 
butchers’, $5.0006.30. 
THE LAND OF THE RED OXEN. 
The tow’n of Lyme, Conn., is famous for 
its red oxen. There are probably more 
working cattle in this township than in 
any other town in the United States. This 
town lies at the mouth of the Connecticut 
River—a rough and rocky section -which 
has been farmed for over 250 years. The 
Lyme Grange is a strong and lively insti¬ 
tution, which holds an annual fair on its 
own grounds in the town of Hamburg. 
’Phese grounds are beautifully located and 
the fair this year called out a large crowd. 
It was a typical country gathering from 
the hill towns—removed from railroads and 
with few natural advantages of soil or 
markets. It was a gathering of shrewd, 
kindly New England folks, and a striking 
example of the wholesome work done by 
the Grange among the New England hills. 
'Phere was a fair display of fruit and 
vegetables. These farmers take great 
pride in the work of their school children, 
and the Grange Hall was well filled with 
specimens of school -work. The crowning 
glory of the fair, however, was the great 
display of red cattle. There were some 
125 yoke on exhibition—ranging all the 
way from young calves to 10-year-old oxen. 
'Phey were all yoked and exhibited in long 
rows fastened together by chains and held 
to trees. I was told that there are prob¬ 
ably 400 yoke in the township. I^ey were 
nearly all Devon grades. A few were of a 
lighter red, or with a little white or roan, 
showing Short-horn blood. The Devons 
are liked best because they are quick and 
lively and show most “stylo”—though it 
may surprise some of our western readers 
to learn that there is any style about a 
working ox. I have seen men exhibit and 
sing the praises of their horses, sheep and 
cattle, but I never saw men take greater 
pride in any live stock than these Yankees 
did in their beautiful red cattle. And they 
jnay well do so, for in spite of all that is 
said about his slow pace and dull patience 
the ox is a most useful citizen on these 
rocky farms. He will not try to beat Lou 
Dillon on the race track, but he will do all 
the farmer’s work except mowing, culti¬ 
vating or driving on the road with little 
or no cost for grain—just pasture in Sum¬ 
mer and hay in Winter. He will work in 
rough, stony land where a horse would kill 
himself. A yoke of five-year-old steers 
will bring from $125 to $175. They can bo 
worked if need be till nine years old, and 
then fattened so as to make good beef. 
“If you had a good yoke of oxen for 
•working on those stony hillsides you -would 
do much better!” 
Several of these farmers volunteered that 
information, and when I saw' these oxen 
work I began to believe it. A m.an mu "A 
know' his oxen, though, and know how to 
handle them. To many of us, driving oxen 
seems like a stupid performance—just a 
whip with “haw and gee,” but when you 
see a Connecticut boy guiding a pair of 
young steers about and making them obey 
him like a trained horse you will see that 
it is clearly a case of mind mastering mat¬ 
ter. I w’as told of a man who bought a 
pair of fine oxen, hitched them to a log 
and found that they could not pull it. He 
complained to the man who sold them, but 
this man came and with a word got the 
oxen to haul the log w'ith ease. 
I w'ish that some of our Western cattle 
grow'ers could go to Lyme and see these 
working oxen. They have no idea of the 
ox as a beast of burden—for all they know 
of him is a lazy creature that eats and 
makes beef. Their ancestors went West 
behind just such cattle, and some of the 
money that gave the West its start was 
earned on these very hills by the work of 
oxen. Farms on these rocky hills are 
quite large in area, but as a rule only 
five to 10 acres are plowed and cultivated. 
The rest of the farm is left in pasture or 
woodland. Each farm will have one or 
more yoke of cattle and usually one or 
tw'o horses. Plowing, hauling manure or 
stones, breaking roads and all such heavy 
work is done by the oxen, while the horse 
does no menial service. Our western 
friends might call this crude and slow 
farming, but there is good sale for the 
steers, and farmers seem generally hatiuv 
and prosperous. h. w. c. 
Fall I’laxting.—I have never had any 
experience in planting bush fruits in the 
P'all. While Wayne County, N. Y., has 
raised more black raspberries than any 
other county in the State, I never knew 
a grower to set in the Fall; in fact, I do 
not believe it could be done successfully, 
as the sets are propagated from the tips, | 
and seldom make roots enough to set out j 
before frost. Red rasj)berrles and black¬ 
berries being propagated from suckers or 
root-cuttings might succeed; but the cus¬ 
tom here is for Spring setting. Currants 
from one or two-year-old rooted cuttings, 
if set late, i. e., -when growth has ceased, 
or when dormant, could be set with a fair 
chance of success, if on high ground whore 
they would not bo lifted out -with frost, 
but I much prefer Spring plasting. 
Newark, N. Y. c. e. r. 
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