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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 24 
MARKETS 
General Review. 
Recent foreign shipments of apples from 
Atlantic ports have been heavy: 135,000 
barrels to England; 28,500 to Scotland, and 
14,000 to Germany. Conditions in the local 
market are a trifle weaker than last week, 
there being a surplus of poor fruit cau.sed 
by the recent storm. Delayed lots of 
di-essed poultry are arriving, some in bad 
condition. Choice eggs continue scarce. 
Chestnuts have made a heavy' drop; $3.50 
to $4 being top price now for wild nuts 
and cultivated in about the same range. 
A Tennessee tobacco expert has the fol¬ 
iowing note in an exchange: “We will 
have this year the biggest crop in years. 
It will also be the best crop for years in 
point of quality' unless all signs fail. It 
will not be confined, as the tobacco crop 
sometimes is, to one or two varieties prin¬ 
cipally, but will be an all-round crop. 
There will be an abundance of fine, stem¬ 
ming tobacco. The Bremen types, short, 
fat tobaccoes. alternate with the Italian 
types and spinners, and there will be no 
end of the African tobacco, heavy black 
styles that come in long leaves and are 
measured in value by' the depth of the 
color and tfl,® length of the leaf. There 
will be all kinds and grades of tobacco in 
this year’s crop.” The potato market 
seems to be on the edge of a drop. Rot 
damage makes buyers careful about over¬ 
stocking. Red onions have shown some 
little advance in price, others about as 
previously reported. 
Prices obtained during week ending Octo¬ 
ber 15, 1903: 
GRAIN.—Wheat. No. 2, red. 86’?^; No. 1, 
Northern Duluth, 90%; No. 2, hard. New 
York, 84%. Corn, 53@55. Oats, 41@43. Ry'e, 
State, 56@58. Barley, 47@55. 
FEED.—Retail prices, standard mid¬ 
dlings, $22; city bran. $21.50. 
BEANS.—Marrow, $2.50@2.95; pea, $2,300 
2.35. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, No. 1. 85087%; 
No. 2, 80082%; No. 3, 70075; clover, mixed, 
70080; clover, 65070; marsh. 45050. Straw, 
rye, 750$1; oat, 45050. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price 2% 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone. 
BUTTER.—Creamery', 17021; State dairy, 
15%019; Western factory. 14015%; reno¬ 
vated. 14017; packing stock, 12%015. 
light, 10011; good to fine leaf, dark, 11%0 
12%; light, 12%@14. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, native, $4.0505.40; 
bulls, $2.2503.75; cows, $1.2503.45; calves, 
veal. $508.75; lower grades, $2.7504.50. 
Sheep, $2.5004; lambs, $5.4006.12%. Hogs, 
$606.40. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Calves, $608.25. Sheep, 
$1.5004; lambs. $4.5006. Hogs, $6.1006.45. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $5,100 
5.85; Stockers and feeders, $2.2504.15; Tex¬ 
ans, $2.7503.75; cows. $1.4005. Sheep, $20 
4.25; lambs, $3.5006. Hogs, mixed and 
butchers’, $5.4506.20. 
UNDERGROUND OR PIT SILOS. 
A recent bulletin from the Hawkes- 
bury Agricultural College, New South 
Wales, contains an account of old-fash¬ 
ioned silos, which were pits dug in the 
ground and finished as described. Such 
methods are now, of course, out of date, 
but they show what the pioneers went 
through before they learned how to give 
us good silage: 
Our underground pit silos were 40x12x15 
feet deep, divided into two, each 20 feet 
long. These were strongly timber-lined with 
upright ironbark planks, 2% inches thick, 
secured to heavy' framework to withstand 
the pressure both from the loose ground 
they were excavated out of and the 
silage when full. The excavation was about 
11 feet deep, four feet being over the sur¬ 
face of the ground, banked up as shown in 
Fig. 276. To keep back any soakage, a six- 
inch drain was laid seven feet deep all 
around, and a clay' puddle placed against 
the planks. The roof was semi-circular, 
and continued over the ends to provide 
cover for the drays when being loaded, and 
each pit was provided with heavy' chains, 
anchored to bottom logs, and brought up 
through the silage to the top over trans¬ 
verse beams laid across top decking, and 
pulled together by double-ended screw 
ratchets which pressed the whole down. 
A carrier on T-iron rails, hung under the 
crown of the roof, served to take the bags 
of silage to the drays at each end. 
The cost of constructing these pits was 
equal to about $10 per ton of capacity. 
No doubt they are strong and will last a 
lifetime, but we have proved they are not 
the best, although the most expensive. 
tomatoes like former shipment.” And the 
trade was continued through the entire 
season. 
Apples in New Mexico.— Prof. Van 
Deman’s answer to A. F. A.’s inquiry, page 
70S, about apple growing in New Mexico, 
is certainly wrong. I spent considerable 
time in the Mesilla Valley four years ago, 
and again two years ago. The apple busi¬ 
ness there is very discouraging on account 
of Codling moth, which in that climate 
breeds five broods a year. Several years 
ago, before the advent of the Codling 
moth, they grew fine apples, but of late 
years hardly one can be obtained free 
from worms. The trees also are short¬ 
lived, being very subject to blight. I was 
also in the Pecos Valley, where they are 
producing fine apples successfully, as they 
have no Codling moth there, but it seems 
to me only' a question of time when they 
too. will get the pest and be put out of the 
apple busine.ss. w. d. Cellar. 
Kansas. 
Apple crop is medium and spotted, old 
orchards doing best that are located in sod. 
The wet years make many orchard men 
seriously think of seeding well cultivated 
orchards, as the tree growth is too strong 
and soil washing has moved much fertility 
out of them. Good prices are secured for 
apples and there are some good returns 
from many plots of fruits, but good con¬ 
ditions are not general and there is much 
scab, and rust and fungus. The last two 
years have been very' unfavorable for 
spraying; constant showers and rains 
causing fungus trouble and rusts, and the 
constant downpour hindering spraying. 
Yet in some sections where rains were 
locally not so bad, the greatest advantages 
are shown from thorough spraying. A 
great corn crop is in sight, but will be low 
in quality'. Small grain nearly' worthless, 
but good in Dakotas and elevated sections 
of Nebraska and Kansas. w. n. b. 
Iowa. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
CCDAD ATflD~^ Laval Baby No. I for 
Okl llllll I Un sale, orwUl exchanee for best 
offer of Pullets that are ready to lay. Also a Bradley 
Road Cart; 2 wheels; nearly new; fresh from palm 
shop For particulars, address 
BBADFOKD CLARK, Box 613, Wobum, Mass. 
W ANTED.—Agents to sell Nursery stock Whole 
or part time ; fast selling specialties; choice 
territory. PROTECTIVE NURSERIES, Geneva, N.y. 
Ill who gather or cultivate GINSENG will do well 
ALL to write for prices before selling. Address, 
LEMUEL BLACK, Exporter of Raw Furs and Dealer 
in Ginseng, Hightstown. N J . Lock Box 48. Refer¬ 
ence: First National Bank of UUghtstown. 
For rich farming, fruitgrowing, fine 
t'r-’J.D.S.HAHSON.a®. 
WISCONSIN FARM LANDS FOR SALE 
Choice hardwood timber lands, close to railroads and 
good markets, in Chippewa and Gates Counties. Write 
I particulars. KEITH BROTHERS. Eau Claire.WU 
m 1 charge of small 
If An I LU farm. Send full particulars to J., 1132 
Broad-Exchange Building, New York City. 
ILL BUY anything' York at reduced 
prices: no extra charge Send explicit in¬ 
structions or for particulars and references. 
Out of Town Purchasing Bureau, 
E. F. DUVIVIER, Prop , t>:i Barclay St , N. Y. 
\A/A give “the right place to the right 
If An I LU man "to manage my Hardin Co., Ohio, 
Big Meadow Farm, Grazing, Grain and Dairying. In 
enquiring state number in family, experience and 
give reference. Write to GEO. W. GlLL, Columbus, 0 
I Can Sell 
Your Farm 
or other real e.statc, no matter where it is or what 
it is worth. Send description,state price, and learn 
my wonderfully successful plan. W. M. Ostrander, 
367 North American Building, Philadelphia, 
INCREASES EGG YIELD. 
Bowker’s Animal Meal is the nicest of 
anything we ever had for our poultry. 
Since the first of February our hens have 
laid twenty-five dozen; they lay' from ten 
to twenty'-one every day, whereas, before 
we got Bowker’s Animal Meal, our hens 
did not lay an egg. I cannot praise it high 
Oldest Commission Bsi. BuSh^S 
eggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, etc. B^rults’ 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Street, New York' 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants,' 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES; 
enough. I shall 
send after more as 
soon 
Game, 
1 Poultry 1 
Mushrooms, 
as this is gone. 
Furs, 
1 Calves 
Nuts, 
Sebec, Me. 
W. H. DOWN.- 
-Adv. 
Ginseng, 
1 Hot House Lambs,' 
Fancy Eggs. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 10011%; skims, 
2081 / 4 . 
E’GGS.—Choice to fancy', 25030; lower 
grades, 17022. 
NLTTS.—Chestnuts, w’ild, bu., $3.5004; 
cultivated, $305; hickory nuts, $202.25. 
GINSENG.-Northern, $5.5006; Western, 
$505.50; Southern, $4.5005. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 
5%@9; sun-dried, 3?4@4%; chops, 100 lbs., 
$2.4002.50; cores and skins, $1.5001.75; rasp¬ 
berries, 21022; huckleberries, 13%@14; black¬ 
berries, 5%05%; cherries, 20021. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$203.50; under grades, 5O0$1.75. Pears, bbl., 
$1.5004. Peaches, 16-qt. basket, 5O0$1.5O. 
Grapes, 4-Ib. basket, 14020; 24-rb. carrier, 
80@$1.50; bulk, ton, $45050. Muskmelons, 
40-qt. crate. $202.50. 
HOPS.—State, choice, 31032; medium, 
28030. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $202.25; lower grades, $1.5001.87; 
sweets, yellow, $1.2502.50. Carrots, bbl., 
750$1.25. Celery', doz., 15040. Corn, 100, 
250$l.i5O. Cucumbers, bbl., $2.5005. Eigg 
plants, bbl., $203. Lettuce, doz., 25050. 
Onions, bbl., yellow, $1.2502; red, $101.75; 
■W’hite, $103.50. Peppers bbl., 750$1.5O. 
Peas. bu. basket, $103. String beans, bu. 
basket, $102. Squash, bbl., marrow, 50075; 
Hubbard, 750$1. Turnips, white, bbl., $1; 
rutabaga, bbl., 90@$1. Tomatoes, bu. box, 
350$1. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—V e a 1 . 
calves, good to prime, 9012; buttermilks, 
805. Pork, light, 8%09; medium, 808%. 
GAME.—English snipe, doz., $1.7502; 
plover. Golden, $2.5003; venison, lb., 15035. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Chickens, 9%; fowl.s, 
13; turkeys, 11; ducks, pair, 40075; geese, 
pair, $101.37; pigeons, pair, 18020. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys. 12016; 
chickens. 10018; fowls, 9012; ducks, 9017%; 
geese, 17; squabs, doz., $1.7503.50. 
TOBACCO.—Kentucky, light, common 
lugs, 5%@7; good, 505%; common leaf. 6%0 
8%; medium, 8%@9%; good, 10011; fine, 
11%012. Foreign, Havana, common fillers, 
85@$1.10; fair, $1.0501.20; fine, $1.2501.35; 
Yara, I. cut. 9O0$1; H. cut, $101.25. Seed 
leaf, Connecticut fillers, 8010; average lots, 
20025; fine wrappers, 50070; New York 
State fillers, 608; average lots, 12(!?1S; fine 
wrappers, 40050; Ohio fillers, 607; average 
lots, 13015; fine wrappers, 14020; Pennsyl¬ 
vania fillers, 7010; average lots, 12017. 
Virginia shipping, common lugs, 5%06%; 
good lugs, 6%07; common to medium leaf, 
8%09; medium to good leaf, dark, 9010; 
DANBURY FAIR AND CATTLE SHOW 
The 35th annual fair and cattle show of 
the Danbury Agricultural Society was held 
on their grounds near Danbury. October 
5 to 10. The fair was one of the largest 
and best ever given hv the society'. The 
exhibits were very full in all departments, 
but especially in carriages, automobiles 
and farm implements. A noticeable feature 
Of the fair was the large showing of motors 
for farm use. It is evident that the time 
is fast arriving when the greater part of 
farm work will be done by' these small 
motors. It will probably' be only a step 
from stationary motors to farm automo¬ 
biles, and possibly motors for drawing plow, 
harrow, etc..This fair is especially strong 
in its cattle and swine dej^artments. The 
dog, poultry and pet shows were tTie largest 
ever held in the State and were crowded 
nearly all the time, from the opening to 
the closing of the fair. No records were 
broken in the matter of attendance, hut the 
fair was in all respects a big success. G, 
FRUIT NOTES. 
Does Quality Count?— The Grape Belt 
prints this little story: 
“I want to send y'ou some tomatoes.” 
“We don’t want any'; just see the lot we 
have on hand in the store, and there are 
more down cellar rotting. Tomatoes are 
very slow sale.” 
“I see where the trouble is; your toma¬ 
toes are common inferior stock and folks 
are tired of them. I will make y'ou this 
proposition—I will send you a shipment at 
my own risk as to sale of smooth, sound 
tomatoes, averaging about a half pound 
each, and I believe they will sell.” 
“All right, on those conditions, but I 
don’t have much confidence in their sale.” 
The conversation was between a North¬ 
ern Chautauqua fruit grower and a James¬ 
town grocer. The fruit grower went home; 
he shinned the tomatoes. They were beau¬ 
ties of the Stone variety, handsome as a 
picture and neatly packed. Did they sell? 
Of course they did. Good fruit always 
sells. Absolutely perfect fruit rarely 
knows a glut. People admired, commented 
and bought. An early mail brought this 
letter from the grocer:—“Dear Sir. Please 
send me by first freight 20 baskets more 
“Millions for Farmers 
EX AS 
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PACTS 
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Exhaustive tests 
prove that the 
finest grade of.. 
CUBAN LEAF 
So Says Secretary Wilson 
U. S. Dep’t of Agriculture 
Filler and Wrapper 
can be grown in East 
Texas on line of the 
I Write for Full informa¬ 
tion to.... 
SOUTHERN PACIFIC 
Soils and Climate similar to the famous Vuelta Abajo District of 
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T. <J. ANDERSON, General Passenger Agent, Houston, Tex. 
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