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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 17 
MARKETS 
Genera! Review. 
Receipts at this market for the week 
ending October 7 were: 45,506 tubs butter; 
37,629 boxes cheese; 1,379,400 dozen eggs; 
78,446 barrels apples; 38,587 barrels pota¬ 
toes; 10,555 barrels onions; 68,750 bushels 
barley; 731,750 bushels corn; 770,800 bushels 
oats. 593,000 bushels wheat; 975 bushels rye; 
7,602 tons hay; 890 tons straw; 11,937 barrels 
rosin, and 1,785 barrels turpentine. The 
dressed poultry market is upset. A com¬ 
bination ot increased shipments, slack de¬ 
mand and warm weather have caused an 
accumulation of ordinary stuff which is 
being disposed of as quickly as possible 
at almost any price. Chestnuts have been 
arriving freely and prices have dropped 
$2 or |3 per bushel since last report. The 
onion market is dull for any but the finest. 
Sweet corn is very weak. The frost has 
held off so that considerable of the late 
crop is maturing. Celery very dull. Po¬ 
tato market firm, but rot damage is quite 
prevalent, making buyers cautious and 
critical. Ginseng market is weaker on 
account of unfavorable advices from China. 
There is no weakening of the feed situa¬ 
tion. Hay and straw quiet. 
THE WEEK'S QUOTATIONS. 
WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Prices obtained during week ending Oc¬ 
tober 8, 1903: 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red, 82%; No. 1, 
hard, Duluth, 90%; No. 1, Northern, New 
York, 88%. Corn, 52@54. Oats, 40@42. Rye, 
State. 57<S58%. Barley, 52@58. 
GRASS SEEDS.—Retail prices. Clover, 
bu., $10.25. Prime Timothy, bu., $3.25. 
BEANS.—Marrow, bu.. $2.60@2.95; pea, 
C2 35@2.40; red kidney, $2.75@3.30; white kid¬ 
ney, $2.65@2.70. 
FEED.—Retail prices. Western Spring 
bran. $20@22. Standard middlings, $24^25. 
HAY AND STRAW.— Hay, No. 1, S0@S5; 
No. 2, 72J4®77%; No. 3, 65@70; clover, mixed, 
65070; clover. 50060; marsh, 45@50. Straw, 
rye, 60095; oat, 45050. 
MILK.—New Y'ork Exchange price 2% 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone. 
BUTTER.—Creamery, 16%@20%; State 
dairy, 15019; Western factory, 13%@16: 
renovated, 13017; packing stock. 13M:@15%. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 9%@12%; skims, 
409. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 25028; lower 
grades i8023. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 
407; sun-dried, 3%@4%; cores and skins, 
1%; raspberries, 17021; huckleberries, 13%0 
14; blackberries, 5V206; cherries, 20. 
GINSENG.—Northern, $5.5006.50. West¬ 
ern, $505.50. Southern, $4.5005. 
NUTS.—Chestnuts, small, bu., $608; large, 
cultivated, $305. Hickorjmuts, bu., $2@2.25. 
BROOM CORN, ton, $800110. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$203.50; under grades, 750$1.75 Pears, 
bbl., $1.5006; 1-3 bbl.-keg, $1.2501.50. Quinces, 
bbl., $305. Plums, S-lb. basket 25040. 
Peaches, 16-qt. basket, 5O0$150. Grapes, 
4-lb. basket, 11018; 24-lb. carrier, 5O0$1.25: 
bulk, ton, $40045. Muskmelons, 40-qt. crate, 
$1.5002.25. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $1.8702.12; lower grades, $1.5001.75; 
sweets, yellow, $1.2502.25. Carrots, 'bbl., 
$101.25. Celery, doz., 10045. Cauliflower, 
bbl., $102.75. Corn, 100, 25@$1.75. Cucum¬ 
bers, bbl., $204. Pickles, 1,000, $205. Egg 
plants bbl., $202.75. Horseradish, It), 507. 
Lettuce, dcz., 25050. Onions, bbl., yellow, 
$1.5002.25; red, 750$1.5O; white, $204. Pep¬ 
pers, bbl., 75@$1.75. Cabbage, while, ton, 
$10012. Peas, bu. basket, $1.2502. String 
beans, bu. basket, 750$1.5O. Squash, bbl., 
marrow, 50075; Hubbard, $1. Turnips, 
white, bbl., $1; rutabaga, bbl., $1. Toma¬ 
toes, bu. box, 25075. , 
COUNTRY' - DRESSED MEATS.—Veal, 
calves, good to prime, 11%; buttermilks, 
7011. Pork, light, 8%09; medium. 8%08%. 
LIVE POULTRY'.—Chickens, I 21 / 2 : fowls, 
13; turkeys, 13; ducks, pair, 60075; geese, 
pair, $101.37; pigeons, pair. 18020. 
DRESSED POULTRY'.—Turkeys, 15020; 
chickens, 10020; fowls, 12013; ducks, 11017; 
geese, 17. squabs, doz., $1.5002.75. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK .—Calves, veal, $4.5009. 
Sheep, $304; lambs, $5.6006. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Butchers’ steers, $40 
4.90; Stockers and feeders, $2.7503.85; calves. 
$608. Sheep, $1.5004; lambs, $4.5005.80. 
Hogs, $6.2506.50; pigs, $606.15. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $5,350 
6; Stockers and feeders, $2 2504.15; Texans, 
$2.7503.50; cows, $1.5004.75. Sheep, $3.3504; 
lambs, $3.5004.65. Hogs, mixed and butch¬ 
ers’, $5.6006.30. 
TOBACCO.—Heavy Western and Clarks¬ 
ville, common lugs, 10012; fine wrappers. 
20030; Wisconsin Havana seed, average, 
10015; good, 607; cbmm'on leaf, 7%09; me¬ 
dium, 9010%; good, 11012; fine, 13%@14. 
Foreign: Havana, common fillers, 850$1.1O; 
fair, $1.0501.20; fine, $1.2501.35; Y'ara, I. cut, 
90@$1; II. cut. $101.25. Seed leaf: Connecti¬ 
cut fillers, 8010; average lots, 20025; fine 
wrappers, 50070; New Y'ork State fillers, 
608; average lots, 12018; fine wrappers, 400 
50; Ohio fillers, 6@7; average lots, 13015; 
fine wrappers. 14020; Pennsylvania fillers, 
7010; average lots, 12017. Virginia ship¬ 
ping: Common lugs, 5%06%; good lugs,6% 
07; common to medium leaf, 8%@9; medium 
to good leaf, dark, 9010; light. 10011; good 
to fine leaf. dark. 11%012%; light, 12%014. 
MILK NOTES. 
The partial failure of the corn crop in 
this neighborhood, not only in the growth 
of silage corn, but the failure of almost 
all corn to ear so as to yield a Crop to 
grind is a very serious loss to New Eng¬ 
land farmers, and the cost of making 
Winter milk will be greatly increased. A 
good per cent of farmers in this vicinity 
have silos, but I hazard the opinion that 
less than 75 per cent of them will be filled. 
Good cows bring $50, extra $60 or more. I 
send you with this a contractor’s circular 
which will show you prices paid last year 
for milk, and may interest you. We ex¬ 
pect the contractors to do better by us 
in the future. I do not predict a strike, 
as I am no prophet, but we .shall see what 
we shall see. a. c. w'hite. 
Worcester Co., Mass. 
The milk producers in this section are 
determined to have a fair price for their 
product or keep the milk at homo. It will 
cost more to make milk the coming Win¬ 
ter than it ever has a Winter before. 
There is but very little corn to husk, and 
corn for the silo is in many cases a total 
failure. Meal and feeds that we get from 
the M’'est are high, and the prospect is 
that they will be higher still. The hay crop 
is about an average one, but secured in 
rather bad condition; most of it grew 
after the first of June and in the shade, 
so there Is not nearly the milk in it that 
there would have been if it had grown 
more in the sun. Quite a number of the 
farmers have silos and depend upon silage 
for their Winter feed. Some of the silos 
will not be filled at all, others only par¬ 
tially filled. Good new milch cows bring 
from $45 to $60, and they are not very plen¬ 
tiful at that. The contractors in Boston 
do not offer any more for milk than they 
paid last W'inter, which was 3S% cents. 
Most of the farmers think they ought to 
have 40 cents to get a fair living out of 
the business. It seems very strange to 
me that the farmers are not more alive 
to their own interests. While the Milk 
Producers’ Union is doing good work they 
could, if they were a little more united, 
do much more. Boston has got to have 
milk and there Is no way to produce it 
but by the cow, and we might just as 
well have a living price as to take up with 
just what the contractors are disposed to 
offer. H. p. A. 
Massachusetts. , 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y'. and ijou will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
WAI\ITFn~®^ teacher of sewing, a position as 
mother’s helper. Good housekeeper. 
Can teach English branches, elementary music and 
languages. lBox 292, Deep River, Conn. 
IOWA FARMS 
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we en» improved Iowa farms close to churchy school teifi 
towae vithlocal tel^hoce aad rural mall delivery, soil glck- 
team,andLcvc!,at|46to|«6 per acre. We also him 
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yoe wish tc buy ot sell land or city property anywhere, write 
Bo os for confidentia! terms. We make a specialty of lonf 
sales, to no matter how fax away you live, If mtereste<^ 
TOtens. We refund railway fere to parties who buy of as. 
Send for price list with pictures of farms. 
THE JOHN MI.CANNON LAND ACENCYt CRESCO. IOWA. 
CCpIpMTnn—A De Laval Baby No. I for 
I UH sale, or will exchange for best 
offer of I'liilets that are ready to lay. Also a Bradley 
Road Cart; 2 wheels; neariy new; fresh from paint 
enop For particulars, address 
BRADFORD CLARK, Box 613, Woburn, Mass. 
WISCONSIN FARM LANDS FOR SAI 
Choice hardwood timber lands, close to railroads a 
good markets, in Chippewa and Gates Counties. Wi 
for particulars. KEITH BROTHERS, Eau Claire.W 
FARMS 
For rich farming, fruit growing, fine 
climate, 
write 
J.D.S.HANSON.Sl^S: 
F arm for sale.— 58 acres, 28 in cultivation. 
New two-story house, other necessary buildings. 
04 miles from Thayer, in Oregon Co., Mo. Good 
market. A bargain. Address H. ARNDT, Hardy. Ark. 
HARD FACTS 
ABOUT CR EAM SE PARATORS. 
Tlie HARD FACTS which concern the in¬ 
tending purchaser of a cream separator—^whether 
for factory or farm use—are briefly these: 
That a BE LAVAL Cream Separator is as 
much superior to imitating machines as such other 
separators are to gravity setting systems. 
That protecting patents make and keep them so— 
together Yvith far greater experience and superior facili¬ 
ties in every way for cream separator manufacture. 
That every big and experienced user of cream 
separators knows this and uses Be Laval machines 
exclusively—both in factory and farm sizes. 
That it is as foolish to-day to buy other than 
a Be Laval ■'■eDnrator '^'s it v/ould he to buy an 
old-fashioned reaper if an up-to-date self-binding 
harvester could be had for the same money. 
The De Laval Separator Co, 
Randolph & Canal Sts., 
CHICAGO . 
1213 Filbert Street, 
PH ILADELPH IA. 
9 & 11 Drumm St., 
SAN FRANCISCO. 
General Offices: 
74 CORTLANDT STREET, 
NEW YORK. 
121 Youville Square, 
MONTREAL. 
75 & 77 York Street, 
TORONTO. 
24S McOermot Avenue, 
WINNIPEG. 
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HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
AT PUBLIC SALK, THUIISDAY, OCl'OBEU 22,1993, at 10.30 A. M. 
Pleasant Valley Stock Farm, Clean, N. Y. My entire hen! of 
FOKTY-FIVE Head Thoroughbreds, conKistingof 24 choice cows, 
10 of them in their first season—none older than H yeans. All per¬ 
fect and in excellent health ; nicely marked. A practical w’orking 
herd of great butter producers, of my own selection. Some to come 
fresh this Fall, No ABORTION «)r DISEASE ever in my herd. 
Five Yearling Heifers, 12 Heifer Calves, 6 Bull Calves, and my 
Stock Bull, Wing Vergius 2d'K Netheiiand Paul 2341.^), son of rauliiie 
Paul’s De Kol 21490. The Mature Cows are sired by Sir Jewel 
Onouis Ibl-iH Hud De Kol'sButter Boy 19210. 
F. N. GODFREY, Clean, N. Y* 
IJarred Plymouth Rock Cockerels and Pullets, leading 
^ strains, nicely barred,75c. up. C White and Berk¬ 
shire Pigs. Price right. D. D.Rhlnesmith, Lack, Pa. 
—Sow bred. R C. B. Leg¬ 
horn Cockerels, $1 SARA 
A. LITTLE, Clyde, N. Y. 
H olstein calves—B oth sexes. Chester 
WHITE PIGS, COLLIE PUPS. Find individ¬ 
uals and well bred. 
H. M. LYON & SONS, Spring Hill, Pa. 
WM. H. COHEN ac CO., 
Commission Merchants,'' 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game, 
1 Poultry 1 
1 Mushrooms, 
Furs, 
1 Calves 1 
Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
1 Hot House Lambs,! 
1 Fancy Eggs. 
APPLES PEARS 
We are Commission Receivers of Fruits, 
Vegetables and general Country Produce 
Highest Prices for Choice Goods. Pro mpt 
Returns. Correspondence invited. 
Archdeacon & Co, 100 Murray Street, N, Y 
Wilder’s Stanchion 
—b e i n g an improvement 
over Smith’s. Lightest, 
strongest, qnichest. safest 
Stanchion made. Has steel 
latch and automatic lock. 
Becomes stationary when 
open. Animal cannot turn 
it in backing out. Made of 
best seasoned bard wood. 
Pi ns for f asteningwlth every 
Stanchion. Send for testi¬ 
monials. WlLUJSB—STiioxa 
Implement Co., Box 20, Monroe, Mich. 
Rubber Goods Repaired. 
Coats, Boots, Rubbers, Blankets, 8o.es, Heeis. and 
Patches. You can do <t. Outfit, 26c. Agents wanted, 
CONNECTICUT RUBBER CO., Hartford. Conn. 
GUT AND SHRED. Vi'll 
ail kinds of erreen and drv fodder 
with the WOLVERINE CUTTERS 
AND SHREDDERS. Ro machines 
ot thlskindhave 
ever been made 
which will 
more good work 
with less power than these. 
They have knives with i 
cutting edges—a measure 
of economy. VVe have de¬ 
vised a special 
SHREDDER HEAD 
which fits any of these machines, being interchangeable 
with the same size of knife head. It makes two com¬ 
plete machines out of one. Each machine is equipped 
with a safety fly-wheel which Insures the machine 
against breakage. Equipped with safety stop feed lever 
which insures the feeder against accident. 
CUfllfCI OADDICDC whichwilldeliverthefeed 
vlIlfCL uHnniCnd straight away or to right 
or left, can be supplied wltn these cutters in any length 
desired. Our large sized machines are mado with or 
without traveling feed tables. Cuts k to 1}^ inches long. 
58 STYLES AND SIZES 1 chines in all these 
styles and sizes and can supply anything which any¬ 
body could possibly want. Tliey range in price from 
•1.90 up. Our largest machine will cut a ton ot feed in 
6 minutes. Every machine is guaranteed as to quality 
of material, workmanship, capacity and quality of work. 
m TUIC in filIT send it to us and we will 
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and farm machinery catalogue. It gives lowest prices 
on ail kinds of Improved machinery. 
MARVIN SMITH CO. CHICAGO. 
THE STORY OF PHOEBE SNO'W. 
If you have ever taken a Summer rail¬ 
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of dainty pictures the experiences of a 
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the Lackawanna Railroad has made so 
familiar in the last few months. The 
booklet has a particularly pleasing cover 
and will afford considerable amusement 
beside giving Information which every 
traveler ought to know. It will be sent in 
response to request accompanied by two 
cents in stamps to T. W. Lee, General 
Passenger Agent, New York City. 
Oldest Commission ^sLim^uftlrTch^eese 
eggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, etc. Fruits’ 
JE. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Street, New York’ 
QBO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. PRANK W. GODWIN. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 & 36 Little fstli St., New York. 
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NEW YORK. 
WINDMILLS 9 PUMPS 
Water Puri¬ 
fying Pumps 
Iron Pumps 
Wood Pumps 
of every 
Description. 
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