December 5 
844 
tHE rural KEW-VORKER. 
MARKETS 
General Review. 
There is plenty of apples, but the price 
holds up flrmly, and in some cases there 
Is a higher range than has been noted be¬ 
fore. The top figures are for Spitzenburg 
and Snow, some of which have sold for 
$1 to $4.50 per barrel. Cranberry trade is 
large, but supply so large that market 
weakened. The receipts of game are very 
light, hardly warranting a quotation. The 
business is so hedged about with legal re¬ 
strictions that a good many former hand¬ 
lers have dropped it. Reports from the 
Pacific coast are that hop buying is active, 
dealers being disposed to stock up freely. 
A considerable movement at about 30 cents 
is reported in Otsego County. N. Y. 
Prices obtained during week ending No¬ 
vember 25. 1903: 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red. 88%; No. 1, 
Northern, Duluth, 90%; No. 1, Northern, 
New York, 90%. Corn, 50(g>52. Oats, 42(g>43. 
Rye, State, 56(6)58. Barley. 48@62. 
FEED.—Retail prices. Spring bran, $20(g; 
22; middlings, $23(g)26. 
BEANS.—Marrow, $2.75(^.95; pea, 
2.15; red kidney, $3.10; yellow eye, $2.90. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay. No. 1, 82%S> 
87%; No. 2, 76<@80: No. 3. 67%(g)72%; clover, 
mixed, 65@70; clover, 60(g»62%; marsh, 50. 
Straw, rye, 80@$1.06. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price three 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone. 
BUTTER .—Creamery, 18@24%; State 
dairy, 15@21; Western factory, 13%<g)15%; 
renovated, 13@17%; packing stock, 12%(g>15. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 9(g)12; skims, 3(g>7%. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 35(g>45; lower 
grades, 25@32. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Annies, evaporated, 
4<Si7: sun-dried, 3%4; chops. 100 lbs., $2.50g) 
2.75; cores and skins, $1.62^1.75; raspberries, 
22@22; huckleberries, 14(g)14%; blackberries, 
5%(g:5%. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$2.50@3.50; under grades, $1.75(§)2. Cran¬ 
berries, bbl., $5<g>8.50. Grapes, 4-Ib. basket, 
12(g)20; bulk, ton, $50@65. 
VEGETABLEjS.—Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $2@2.37; lower grades, $1.75(g)1.95; 
sweets, yellow, $1.60(g;3. Carrots, bbl., 75(0) 
$1.25. Celery, doz., 10(840. Cauliflower, bbl., 
$1.50@4.50. Spinach, $1.75(82. Lettuce, bbl., 
$1(81.25. Onions, bbl.. yellow. $L25@2; red, 
$1.50(82; white, $2(85. Squash, bbl., marrow, 
75@$1; Hubbard, $1@1.25. Turnips, white, 
bbl., 76(8$1: rutabaga, bbl., 75@85. 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS.—Cucumbers, 
doz., 75@$1.25; lettuce, doz., 50(875; mush¬ 
rooms, lb., 25@50; radishes, 100 bunches, 
$1.25(81.75; tomatoes, lb., 15@25. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Chickens. 12%; fowls, 
12%; turkeys, 15; ducks, pair. 80@90; geese, 
pair, $1.50@1.62; pigeons, pair. 20@25. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 19(823; 
chickens, 14@18; fowls, 12(812%; ducks, 15@ 
19; geese, 11(813; squabs, doz., $1.75(83. 
GINSENG.—Northern, $5.50@6.50; West¬ 
ern, $5(85.50; Southern, $4.50(85. 
HOPS.—State, good to choice, $24(832. 
FURS.—Black bear, $20(030; cubs and 
yearlings, $5(015; badger, $1@1.50; otter, $7@ 
15. Beaver, large, $6(09; medium, $5(06; 
small, $3(04. Fox. silver, $50(0300; cross, 
$8@25; red, $2@4; grey, 75@$1. Fisher. $5(010. 
Wolf, prairie, $1(01.50; timber, $2(04. Wol¬ 
verine, $4(08; lynx, $4(08. Civet cat, 25@30. 
House cat, black, 25; colored. 8@10. Mar¬ 
ten, dark, $5@15; pale, $3®5. Skunk, black. 
$L25@1.40; half-striped, 80890; long striped, 
80(090; striped, 40@50; white, 20@30. Rac¬ 
coon, 75(0$1.4O. Opossum, large, 50860; me¬ 
dium, 20(030; small, 10816. Rabbit, 101%; 
mink, $1.5085. Muskrat, Winter, 20025; 
Fall, 13018; kits, 4(06. 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices given are 
for single ton to carload lots f. o. b.. New 
York: Nitrate of soda, ton, $41(045. Dried 
blood, 12 to 13 per cent ammonia, $50055. 
Concentrated tankage, $15020. Ground 
bone, $22027. Acid phosphate, $10015. Mu¬ 
riate of potash, $40045. Sulphate of potash, 
$42048. Kainit, $10012.50. Sulphate of cop¬ 
per, per barrel of about 300 pounds, 6% cents. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Calves, $4.6009. Sheep, 
$2(03.50; lambs, $5.2006.75. Hogs, $4.85. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Calves, $608. Sheep, 
$1.5003.75; lambs, $4.5005.60. Hogs. $4,300 
4.35; pigs, $4.50. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $5,100 
5.65; Stockers and feeders, $204.10; Texans, 
$2.7503.50; cows, $1.2504. Sheep, $2.75(03.60; 
lambs, $3.50(05.50. Hogs, mixed and butch¬ 
ers', $4.10(04.40. 
MARKET NEWS 
BULK APPLES.—The scarcity of bar¬ 
rels has led to some bulk shipments to this 
market, but as a rule they are not looked 
upon favorably by receivers. The cars 
come to Thirty-third Street and similar 
points accessible to trucks. The way in 
which they are handled depends upon the 
quality and the kind of trade which the 
receiver has. If the car is good or choice 
he may go there with men. trucks and 
empty barrels, pack the fruit in the regu¬ 
lar way and haul it to his store. Carloads 
of other grades may be disposed of to the 
wagon peddlers, shoveled into baskets and 
poured into the wagon box. These ped¬ 
dlers go through the thickly-settled tene¬ 
ment section and also the better residence 
district selling at so much a measure, usu¬ 
ally a wooden pail holding about four 
quarts. Two men go with the wag^)n and 
the horse, generally an animal that has 
seen better days does his own driving. 
They take turns in calling out their wares, 
one on each side of the street. The con¬ 
stant yelling puts a raw edge on the voice, 
and a more ridiculous and excruciatingly 
inharmonious effect can scarcely be im¬ 
agined. Another, thoueh not large demand 
for these bulk apples, comes from bakers, 
who can quickly use any that are bruised 
in shoveling. In smaller places, or loca¬ 
tions where there is plenty of railroad 
siding accessible to wagons car lots of 
potatoes are often brought in for supply¬ 
ing a town or several dealers, and it would 
seem that better resultls could be had 
from shipments of bulk apples there than 
to this market, where cars have to be 
moved quickly and dealers can hardly 
afford to take men some distance from 
store to handle the fruit. But where pack¬ 
ages can be had at a reasonable price, 
loose car shipment of good apples is a 
doubtful experiment. 
BUTTER.—It is seldom that so strong 
a contrast as at present is seen in market 
condition of the different grades. There 
is a real scarcity and consequent firmness 
for extra creamery, but anything under 
this is very dull, renovated and packing 
stock worst of all. Some of this packing 
stock is stuff that never should get nearer 
market than the soap grease tub. Butter 
of this type is being discounted more and 
more every year, which is a good thing 
for the dairy business. Everyone is not 
so situated as to make the highest grade 
of butter, but there is no excuse for the 
filthy, rancid, greasy stuff one sometimes 
sees. A Chicago live stock paper, com¬ 
menting on the recent ruling of an Iowa 
court that the use of any substance to 
give artificial butter the color of genuine 
yellow butter subjects the product to a 
10-cent tax, says 
"The question now arises as to what is 
genuine yellow butter. As it comes from 
the churn, butter is of every hue and 
shade. Without artificial coloring it would 
present as unpalatable an appearance as 
uncolored oleo.” 
From this somewhat libelous statement 
about the cow one might assume that dye¬ 
stuffs are a necessary accompaniment of 
every churning. The fact is that tons of 
butter other than the grass product never 
see a bit of coloring except what the cow 
works into it. There is almost no un¬ 
colored butter that anywhere approaches 
oleomargarine in appearance, and this is 
usually the product of cows of the sky- 
blue type, never intended by nature for 
butter making, or the result of gross mis¬ 
management in feeding. The argument 
that oleomargarine is colored out of con¬ 
sideration for the aesthetic tastes of the 
consumer, has been thrashed over and 
over, but continues to be trotted out at 
intervals. There could be no objection to 
this if the consumer actually knew that 
he was eating oleomargarine, but he does 
not; that is, not one in a hundred does, 
and probably not one in a thousand. The 
wholesaler knows it, and the retailer 
knows it, but the man who eats it, who 
certainly has a right to the same informa¬ 
tion, does not. He pays 10 cents a pound 
more than it is worth and is thus cheated 
all around. It is this deception, which is 
as truly counterfeiting as the making of 
bogus money, which the law aims to over¬ 
come. 
TURKEY was a thing to talk about 
rather than eat the past Thanksgiving un¬ 
less one cared to spoil a five-dollar bill to 
get the turkey alone minus the trimmings. 
The retail price for fresh turkeys ranged 
from 25 to 35 cents a pound. People who 
were looking for bargains got them in the 
shape of very thin birds or those that had 
been kept frozen for a year. The latter 
may be all right or they may not. That 
is, one may eat frozen turkey for years 
and suffer no ill effects, or he may run 
across one that has undergone some chemi¬ 
cal change that will be injurious to health. 
This is more often the case with frozen 
fish, but is not unknown with poultry. The 
Dizzu? 
Appetite poor?^ Bowels 
constipated? Tongue coated? 
Head ache? It’s your liver! 
Ayer’s Pills are liver pills, all 
Bold fop J, C. AyopCo.* 
VId UIC# sixty years. Lowon, Macs 
Want your moustache or beard 
a beautiful brown or rich black? Use 
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE 
TIfTY CT8. 0PDRDG018TB OR R. P. HALL k CO., WASHUA. X. H. 
pliccs asked cut out a good many buyers, 
who conscientiously set a limit beyond 
which they will not go. According to an 
item which is traveling around in the 
papers such a scarcity of turkeys is in¬ 
excusable. It is stated that 100 pounds of 
turkeys can be raised as cheaply as the 
same weight of pork, taking all expenses 
of time, labor and food into consideration. 
Farmers are exhorted to raise more turkeys 
and less pork, because pork is seldom over 
seven or eight cents, while turkeys are 
always 10 or 15 cents. There may be cases 
where turkeys get their living so cheaply 
and hogs are fed so expensively that some¬ 
thing like this might be true, but as a 
general statement it is far from correct. 
After turkeys get one-third grown, they 
need but little care and will pick up a 
large part of their living if they have free 
range and the bug and grasshopper crop 
is good, but the uncertainties of bringing 
them to six weeks of age are great and 
the labor of chasing after them before 
thunder showers is greater. The little 
turkey is provokingly indifferent to life, 
and in spite of all that can be done some¬ 
times makes up his mind to give it up as 
a bad job, but a pig starts in with a de¬ 
termination to live, and keeps marching 
porkward if he has half a chance. Broiled 
Spring turkey is served at some of the 
high-grade hotels, but is a dish indulged 
in only by the opulent, a portion for two 
costing $4.50. They are cooked about the 
same as broiler chickens and are said to 
be very fine. They are not seen in the 
general market here, as most people who 
have raised them to broiling age prefer to 
keep them still longer. w. w. h. 
LAMBERT GASOLINE ENGINES 
are the result of 13 years conscientlouB work of gaa-engloe 
building. In running qualities, simplicity and ease of band- 
ling. they are apjiroached by few and excelled by none. Ab¬ 
solute safety dtHtlngulshes all. We make 8TATIC)NARY AND 
POKTABLK powers. Stationary from 1 1-2 to *0 H. P., Port¬ 
able from 2 to ir> H. P. Electric Shark Igmtkr, Superior 
Governor. Kkliek Lever to Secure Kaky Starting, Au¬ 
tomatic KKLiKK Valve, are some distinctive features. All 
parts removable without disarranging others. Kvery engine 
receives hard working test before leaving factory. Catalogue 
free. See our low prices before buying. 
A. Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Co., 
ANDERSON, IND. 
REPAIRS cost time and money. 
FENCEPOSTS, CELLAR AND STABLE FLOORS, SILOS, 
SILLS, GUTTERS AND PLANK WALKS, PORCH-TIM¬ 
BERS, ETC.. WILL NEVER ROT IF PAINTED WITH 
S. F=>. F*. CARBOL.IIMEI-IIV'I. 
GIVES A HANDSOME DURABLE BROWN COLOR. 
SOLO BY 
BRUNO 6R0SCHE & CO., 108 Greenwich St., New York, 
U 'PsB'vci 
* STOCK FOOD 
if you own one of our 
Eonomical Feed Cookers 
The best and most durably made 
Cooker on the market. Best for boil¬ 
ing sap, soap, lard; scalding^, etc. 
Uses little fuel and holds fire longer than 
others, dsiies.froml bbl.to 2^ bbL Guar¬ 
anteed full capacity ;Jacket of high carbon 
; oold-rolled steel; large fire door takes in 
cbunks;kettle ofbest quality new oast Iron 
(no scrap), smoothly finished. Free circular 
gives many other good points. Write now. 
TOLEDO PLOW CO.. Deut. K, Toledo, O- 
COOK YOUR PEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the t' 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron.-^Emptie8 itt 
kettle in one minnte. The eimplest 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy and 
Laundry Stovaa. Water and Steam 
Jacket Kettlea, Hog Soaldera. Cal. 
drons. etc. aa- Send for oircnlare. 
D. B. SPEBB; a 00.. Batavia. lU. 
WATER TANKS 
MADE OF 
ABE THE 
RALPH B. CARTER CO., 36 Cortlandt St., N.Y 
SAWS 
ANY WOOD 
IN ANY POSITION 
ON ANY GROUND 
4 in. to S ft. Through 
RCITQ O men with a 
DCA I w An Cros8.cntSaw 
I MAN with a fold¬ 
ing 8AW1NG BACHINB___ 
6 to 9 cords daily is the usual average for one man. 
• sens KART fA— - gA ^ SAWS DOWn 
S_ A®. A arH xbebs 
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Our 1901 Model Machine saws faster, runs easier & will 
last longer than ever. Adjusted In a minute to suit a 
18-year-old boy or the strongest man. Send for catalog 
showing latest imnrovementa. First ordgrgets atrenev. 
0. 55 N.■■ .. 
Folding Sawing Mach. Co. 
. Jefferson St., Chicago, III. 
S CIENTIFIC GRINDING i’\IIL..S fcnud Corn 
In the ear, or Grain In any form. Strong, exact, 
reliable. Catalogue D mailed free. 
FOOS MFG. CO., Springfield, Ohio. 
p ■ Ul Clip C—Send two-cent stamp for rel iable 
HA Iff rUHO prices on Uaw Furs and Ginseng. 
No curiosity seekers answered. LEMUEL BLACK, 
Exporter and Dealer in Haw Furs and GinsengJEIights- 
town, N. J., Lock Box 48. Reference: First National 
Bank of Hightstown. 
^Huni 
WL 300 1 
Hunters’ & Trappers’ Guide '.’S’’ 
300 paces, cloth bound, illustratinp all fur anlmala. 
All about Ir.apping, Trappers’ Secrets, all kinds of 
traps, decoys, &c. .Special Price ^1, tofiir shippers 
piwtpaid. We buy Kaw Furs, Hides. Price List free. 
INDKKSCII BROS., Dept. 69, JHnneapolIs, Ulna. 
BEST REPEATING SHOT 
e,e?rt8men writs: ‘‘Sp.nt.r . , 
world.•• No more after present lot sold. Oritrinal 
lerer (run made of beat fonred steel. ene.t e^orwS 
barrol. Doabir rrtrm«tor«. Tsk. down .ratFia. Sli oboti 
Strongest repeater made. Send $5; ,nn .ent r, o. D., balanee 00 .V 0 
ItDdexpreeaage,examination shewed. V. Bunorman, Std Brondwn/, B.T.. 
If I UU nLHLlLLU representative in New York 
who can secure what you need for household, personal 
and agricultural use to vour best advantage, you would 
write us at once. Your funds and goods returnable 
always. Dry Goods etc. bought by experienced 
women. Dealers ship c. o. d.. with their hill. Kefer- 
ence: Pres Globe & Itutgers Fire Ins. Co., N. Y. Out- 
of-Town Purchasers’ Agency, (Whol. & Ket. Buyers) 
E. F. DUVIVIER, Prop., (» Barclay St.. N. Y. 
nnPlfCDCI C—Choice W. Wyan., P. Rocks, 
UUUnkllCLv Brahmas, Cochins, Leghorns, 
from prize-winning stock. 23 varieties of land and 
water fowls. Satisfaction guaranteed. Big catalqrae 
free. PINE TREE FAIiM, Box X, Jamesburg, N. J. 
POSITION WANTED us Farm Manager or Superin- 
I tendent of large estate by a middle aged single man. 
with practical and educational experience In farm¬ 
ing, dairying, cattle, sheep, swine, horticulture and 
poultry culture. Eugene Bayer, Charlottesville, Va. 
Oldest Commission KsTim BuSch^eele 
eggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, etc. FrulU’ 
& B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Street, New York' 
POULTRY. 
We want Turkeys, Chickens and other Poultry for 
the Holiday Trade. Also Choice Dressed Lambs. 
Hothouse Products, Fruits and Vegetables. Write 
us what you have for sale. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray Street' New York, 
FARMS 
For rich farming, fruit growing, fine 
climate, | 
write 
J.D.S.HANSON.St^S: 
ALIFORNIA FOR 25f 
All alMiut the land of RuiiRlffne, fruits aud (lowern. 
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SEPARATORS 
FOR SALE. 
We offer, while they last, a few Sepa¬ 
rators, De Laval and other makes, at low 
prices. Some of the machines have never 
had milk run through them, others liave 
been taken in exchange. All are in fine 
working order. Full information will 
be given upon request. 
STODDARD MFG. CO., 
^ RUTLAND, VT. 
The Fearless lallway 
Horse Powers 
run easier and yield more power than any other. 
Suited to Cuttinff,Satoinff,J^umpinfff 27lre«V 
inp—all farm uses. Also Threshers, Engines, 
Cutters. Saw Machines, Round Silos, sto. Oa^ 
free. 
BF6. CO., CoblesbUl, H. Y, 
behave the best and cheapest iron, 
l#WwCMU9 w steel, lumber and the cheapest labor, live can 
and do make the best Saw Mills on earth. 4b. p.(8t'ecut.) Cute 2,000 
ft. a day. All sixes. Planers, Shingle Mills and Edgers with our Pat¬ 
ent Variable FrictlonFeed; Portable Grinding M Ilia, Water Wheels, 
Lath Mills, etc. Our catalog shows all. Sandforit. tewest freights. 
Do Loach Mill MIg. Co., Box 900, Atlanta, Cs. 
114 Liberty St., New York. 
ARROW BRAND 
Asphalt 
Ready Roofing 
can be very 
advantageous¬ 
ly applied on 
81LO% Farm 
Ruilulngs or 
Sheds by any 
■ASPHALT READY ROOFING CO. 
83 Pine St., New York, samples. ■ 
MM CTMeelm. by UBing our ACRICOLTURAL DRAIN 
IVIdKG aLai IV tile. Everyman of experience knows that 
UJ land that is tile drained may be worked weeks 
in advance of that which is undrained. We make all kinds of tile and 
Sewer Pipe, Red Pressed Brick, Fire Brick, Chimney 
Tops, Flues, Encaustic Side Walks, etc.A."'>ite for what 
you want. JOHN H. JACKSON, 76 Third Ave.T Albany, N.Y. 
