THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December H) 
876 
MARKETS 
General Review. 
The potato market is firm, the bulk of 
sales being made at ?2 or over. Cabbage 
is selling at four times the price at this 
lime last year, Danish seed being $30 to 
$40 per tun. C'auhnov.-ers are rather scarce 
and high. Onions very dull for anything 
but choice. 
Prices obtained during week ending De¬ 
cember 10, 1903: 
GRAIN.—Wheat. No. 2, red, 92; No. 1, 
Northern, Duluth, 9414: No. 1, Northern, 
New York, 9414- Corn, 50@53. Oat.s, 41(h43 
ICye, State, 56®59. Parley, y3S60, 
FEED.—Retail prices; Winter bran, %22<a) 
24; middlings, $221126. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, No. 1, STVif/ 
SO; No. 2, 82i4'5:S5; No. 3, TOfS'SO; clover, 
mixed, 70@77i4; clover, 57^,4(f/;62%; marsh. 
.BOCaSS. Straw, rye, $14/1.20. 
MILK.—New Y’ork Exchange price 3Vi 
cents per quart to .shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone. 
BUTTER,-Creamery, 18025^!: State 
dairy, 15ST22; W'estern factory, 13*/4(?<15’/2: 
lenovated, 13@18V2; packing stock, 12i/4(f?1.7. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 10@12: skims, SiffS. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 30@40; lower 
grades. 201728. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated. 
4®7; sun-dried, 3'/4@4; chops, 100 lbs., $2,401/- 
2.50; cores and skins, $1.35471.50; raspberries, 
22<g23; huckleberries, 131ilil4: blackberries, 
5144751 / 2 . 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$2,754/4; under grades, 75@$2.50. Grapes, 4-n> 
basket, 124718; cranberries, bbl., $6478.50. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $2472.37; lower grades, $1.50471.87; 
sweets, yellow, 5047$!. Carrots, bbl., $1471.25. 
Celery, doz., 154750. Cabbage, ton, $ 204 ' 740 . 
Cauliflower, bbl., $2(5'6. Onions, bbl., yel¬ 
low, $1.25@2; red, $1.50472; white, $2475.50. 
Squash, marrow, bbl., 754/$l. Hubbard, $1 
471.25. Turnips, rutabaga, bbl., 754785. 
COUNTRY'-DRESSED MEATS.—V e a 1 , 
calves, good to prime, 84710; buttermilks, 
S®!. Pork, light, 6?4477t4; medium, Gi.i4;(:s.i 
IHVE POUI.TRY/—Chickens, lOVs; fowls, 
111^: turkeys, 12; ducks, pair, 804790; geese, 
pair, $1.50@1.62; pigeons, pair, 204725. 
DRESSED POULTRY".-Turkeys, 154720; 
chickens, 12@18; fowls, 114711’4; ducks, 104i'16; 
geese, 10@12; squabs, doz., $1.75473. 
HOTHOUSE PRODI"C"rS.—Cucumbers. 
,doz., $1@1.12; lettuce, doz., .304775; mush¬ 
rooms, lb., 254760; radishes, 100 bunches, 
$x.5047'2: tomatoes, lb., 1047-18. 
FARM CHE'MICA1,S.—Prices given are 
for single ton to carload lots f. o. b.. New 
Y'ork: Nitrate of soda, ton, $424746. Dried 
blood, 12 to 13 per cent ammonia, $504756. 
Concentrated tank.age, $154/20. Ground 
bone, $ 224727 . Actn phosphate, $104715. Mu¬ 
riate of potash, $404745. Sulphate of pot¬ 
ash. $424748. Kainit, $10@12.50. Sulphate of 
Copper, per barrel of about 300 pounds, 6V>> 
t c nts. 
FURS.—Black bear, $204730; cubs and 
yearlings, $5(§'15; badger, $1471.50; otter, $74/> 
15. Be.aver, large, $6479; medium, $5476; 
small, $3@4. Fox, silver, $5047300: cross, 
$84725: red, $2@4; grey, 75@'$1. Fisher, t 
10. Wolf, prairie, $1471.50; timber, $2474. 
Wolverine, $4@S: lynx, $4478; wild cat, 5047 
$1; civet cat, 254730. House cat, black, 25; 
colored, 84710. Marten, dark, $54715; pale, 
$.3475. Skunk, black. $1.25471.40; half-striped, 
804790; long-striped. 804790; striped, 404750; 
white. 204730 . Raccoon, 7547$!.40. Opossum, 
large, 504760; medium, 204730; small, 104715. 
Rabbit. KSW.--, mink, $1.50475. Muskrat. 
Winter. 20@25; Fall, 134718: kits, 4@5. 
TOBACCO.-Seed leaf. Conn, fillers, 6478; 
a%g. lots, 20473 O: fine wrappers, 50075. N. Y". 
State fillers, 507; average lots, 15020; fine 
wrappers, 25035. Ohio fillers, 6477; average 
lots, 12^4014; fine wrappers, 15018. Penn¬ 
sylvania fillers, 7010; average lots, 1301,5. 
Y"irginia shipping, common lugs, 505Vi>: 
good lugs, 5180614; common to medium leaf. 
708; medium to good leaf, dark, 809; light, 
10011; good to fine leaf, dark, 1114012’;..; 
light, 1214014. 
LWE STOCK. 
NEW Y"ORK.—Steers, native, $3.5004.90; 
bulls, $2.5003.35; cows, $1.1003; calves, veal, 
$508; lower grades, $203.50. Sheep, $2.5u 
3 75; lambs, $506. Hogs, $4.6004.75. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Butchers’ steers, $50 
5.65; calves, $507. Sheep, $1.,5003.75; lambs, 
$405.90. Hogs, $4.6004.65; pigs. $4.2504.35. 
CHICAGO.— Steers, good to prime, $50 
5.85; Stockers and feeders, $1.7504; cow.s, 
$1.5004.15. Sheep, $303.75; lambs, $405.90. 
Hogs, mixed and butchers’, $4.2004.55. 
MARKET NEWS 
FRUITS.—The list of varieties in com¬ 
mercial quantities is narrowing down to 
apples, oranges, cranberries, pears and 
gnipes. In the two last named business is 
quite limited. The grapes on h.and are held 
firmly, cut-price offers not being consid¬ 
ered. I just saw a sale of 20 four-pound 
baskets of Catawbas made at 17 cents, 
something above the quoted price, yet the 
buyer took them without protest. The 
usual range of Winter apples is on hand 
Spitzenburg brings highest price, as much 
as $4 for choice, which are always scarce. 
There aj/i/ear to be few localities where 
this variety does itself full justice. On 
the I’acilic. coast it grows to enormous 
size and is beautiful to look at, but is only 
a withered parody in quality compared to 
those that have been grown in its native 
T'lstcr County, N. Y'. Y'ork Imperial is 
standing up very well as a commercial va¬ 
riety. Vermont growers have been ship- 
l)ing some Northern Spies that are pretty 
near the top notch. I saw a barrel of 
these that had been re-packed and was go¬ 
ing to be expressed to France. It was 
supposed to be sold for very near $10 plus 
expressage. A small business is commenc¬ 
ing in I'lorida s. rawberries. 
MAKING SAUERKRAUT.—A reader who 
has a surplus of cabbage this Fall wishes 
to know how this edible is made. In previ¬ 
ous years I have taken an active part in 
the manual labor of transforming the inno¬ 
cent cabbage into the fragrant and self- 
asserting esculent known as “kraut.” Our 
plan was to lake a clean cask or keg, the 
size depending upon the dimensions of the 
cabbage crop and the appetite of the house¬ 
hold, and on the bottom put a layer of 
sliced cabbage three or four inches thick. 
Over this we sprinkled four to eight ounces 
of salt, depending on the size of the barrel. 
'Phen a thorough job of pounding was done; 
more cabbage and salt added, and so on. 
A wcll-wa.shed ax makes an effective 
pounder. Hold the handle perpendicularly 
and bring the head down with considerable 
force. The object is to crush the cabbage 
thoroughly. Weight the mass with a 
board and heavy stone and let it stand in 
a moderately warm place to ferment for 
a. few days. Then store it in a cool place 
and it is ready for use. The weight should 
bo kept on .so that the top is always under 
the liquid. During fermentation the odor 
may be rather insistent, and the cask 
should not be set in the neighborhood of 
milk, butter or other things susceptible to 
odors. For commercial making on a large 
scale tln ro is special machinery, but where 
one wi.shes only a half-barrel or so, the 
old and well-tried plan given above will be 
found satisfactory. 
“STRAW ” BUSINESS.—Are all of the 
transactions reported as taking place on 
the various exchanges genuine? That is, 
do they represent actual buying and sell¬ 
ing? No. while the exchanges have strict 
laws forbidding bogus irans.actions, with 
heavy penalties for violation, there are 
.schemes for getting around these rules 
which cannot be avc 'led. A .system of 
matching oixlers may be got up so that I 
sell a certain amount of stock to you; you 
sell to some oho else, etc., the last man 
selling back to me again. 'I bis may be 
so handled that no one but those in the 
game can trace out its workings. But 
what sense is there in such actions? iVhy 
does anyone wish to appear to be buying 
or selling when he really is not? 'Phis is 
one form of .stock manipulation by which 
prices are forced up or down, and people 
are scared into selling or enticed into buy¬ 
ing because they think certain stocks are 
going to iileces or will double in value. 
In these stampedes the uninitiated “Lambs” 
are the ones soi'o to suffer. When the 
excitement is o\er those seeing the actual 
results would know that some clique had 
got control of certain desired stocks, or 
that others had been unloaded just before 
a collapse, This is only one of a score of 
stock-jobbing tricks illustrating what a 
hopeless goose chase an outsider takes up 
when he considers seriously the tips about 
"sure things,” getting in on the “ground 
floor,” etc., given by those w’ho wish to 
start him on the short-cut road to w'ealth. 
These abuses which have crept into 
financial trading are as injurious to fair 
and square business as to those who are 
buncoed by such dishonesty. w. w. h. 
Teacher (opening (second object les- 
ison on the cat): “Can you tell me to 
what family the cat belongs, Jones?” 
Jones (after a little hesitation): “I 
think it belongs to the family that owns 
it.”—Credit Lost. 
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, 
and Swine. 
We have some volumes of this book 
that have become slightly shelf soiled 
on one end. You would hardly notice 
it, but we cannot send them out at the 
regular $2 price of the book. As long 
as they last we will mail them prepaid 
to subscribers only on receipt of $1. 
This is Prof. Geo. W. Curtis’s great 
live stock book, with nearly 100 full- 
page engravings. It is used as a text 
book in most of the agricultural coV 
leges of the United States and Canada. 
Orders at this price will not be accepted 
from dealers or schools. Orders with 
$1 will be accepted as long as the soiled 
edition lasts from subscribers only. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
Work kor thk rARi'Ri.s 1 ’ost.— 'rhe 
Postal Progres.s League will hold it.s an¬ 
nual meeting next February. The league 
is working for a parcels post, such as 
<4reat Britain has. The 35 countries of the 
International I‘arcels Post Union have 
long desired that the United Stales estab¬ 
lish a parcels post. The league asserts 
that the inerease of business would more 
than overbalance the increase in expenses. 
I.ouis H. Ayme, recently United States 
Consul in Guadeloupe, has estimated that 
this country is losing $2,000,000 a year in 
small mail orders from the West Indies by 
its refusal to enter the International Par¬ 
cels Post Union. The league has issued an 
appeal for contributions to help its cause. 
Contributions may be sent to the treasurer, 
William B. Howland, No. 287 Fourth Ave., 
New Y^ork. 
Shrinkage of Potatoes.—I have read 
with interest the discussion in regard to 
the shrinkage of potatoes during Winter 
and the experience of some who have 
handled them in large quantities, who state 
that they find a shrinkage of about 10 per 
cent, but think they cannot be kept in a 
farmer’s cellar without a very much 
greater loss. About September 10, 1902, I 
weighed 334 barrels of potatoes, placed in 
a tight box, nailed on the cover, and put 
the box in a dark corner of my cellar. The 
cover was not removed until shortly after 
the first of April, 1903, when I again weighed 
the potatoes, and to my surprise found 
they had not lost over five pounds. W'eigh- 
ing both times was carefully done; variety 
of potato Early May; my cellar is quite 
cool, in very cold w-eather almost reaching 
freezing point. Would like to hear from 
other fa.rmers who have made similar ex¬ 
periments. R. B. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 409 Pearl Street, New York. 
