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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER: 
February 10 
MARKETS. 
REVIEW AND OUTLOOK. 
EGGS.—Arrivals are rather large, but re¬ 
ports Indicate severe weather through the 
producing sections of the West, and ship¬ 
pers are holding more or less of the stock 
off the market. A slight premium Is re¬ 
ported on prime refrigerator eggs. 
GREEN FRUITS.—Apples are In light re¬ 
ceipt and of ordinary quality. Strictly 
fancy fruit Is firm, but the general range of 
values Is unchanged from last week. Cran¬ 
berries are very firm. Florida strawberries 
are quiet. Reported cold weather in the 
South Indicates lighter receipts. 
SEEDS.—Clover and Timothy are firm, 
clover being quoted at >6 to $9.50 per bushel, 
and Timothy $2.60 to $3.35. Exports from 
New York for the last week of January 
were 5,500 bags of clover, and 1,600 of Tim¬ 
othy. Large dealers and speculators have 
most of the stock here, and many who 
could sell at a fair price now are holding 
it for the Spring demand. 
BUTTER.—The demand for extra fresh 
creamery Is good, and buyers are taking a 
little more than Is required for present 
needs. An occasional extra lot goes at a 
trifle above 25 cents. Firsts are keeping 
close to extras. There is not much business 
in storage creamery. State dairy Is In light 
receipt. Imitation creamery of fancy qual¬ 
ity Is steady and has some call. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—The supply of 
western stock is comparatively small, and 
nearly all grades are firm. On account of 
the cold weather, most of the receipts have 
arrived In good order. A few lots of iced 
southwestern poultry are arriving, but sell 
slowly. There is a quiet trade In refriger¬ 
ator stock, but the demand for frozen is 
not general as yet. 
GRAIN.—Wheat advanced slightly, owing 
to reports of severe weather in the Winter- 
wheat belt, with but little protection of 
snow. Some trade in Northern No. 1 was 
reported from Chicago for export via Bos¬ 
ton and Portland. A large cash trade in 
corn is reported. Exports for the week are 
light. Oats are dull and neglected. Rye 
is weak, with no export demand. Barley 
is quiet, and buyers have the best of the 
market. There is but little demand for 
either buckwheat flour or grain. 
LIVE STOCK.—The total receipts for the 
first three days of this week were 7,607 
cattle; 145 cows, 2,851 calves, 19,022 sheep, 
22,032 hogs. Steers were steady at $4.56 to 
$5.76 per 100 pounds; oxen, $4.60 to $5.05; 
bulls, $3.35 to $4.36; cows, $2.05 to $4.10, with 
two extra fat cows at $4.12 to $4.20. Dressed 
beef sold at seven to nine cents for native 
sides, and 9*4 to 9% for extra. Milch cows 
with calves are in demand at $25 to $60 per 
head. Trade in live calves was brisk, and 
the supply soon disposed of. Veals sold 
at $5.50 to $9, and barnyard and southern 
calves $3.50 to $4.50. Sheep and lambs were 
10 to 16 cents higher. Sheep sold at $3.62 to 
$5.60, and lambs $6.25 to $7.75. Hogs are 
steady at $5.10 to $5.25. 
The Week’s Quotations. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1900. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, West., extras, per lb.. — @26 
Western, firsts . 24 @24% 
Western, seconds . 22 @23 
Thirds . 20 @21 
State, extras . 24%@25 
State, firsts . 23%@24 
State, thirds to seconds. 20 @23 
June, extras . — @23 
June, prime . 21%@22 
Held, thirds to seconds. 19 @21 
State dairy, half firkin tubs, fresh 
finest . — @24 
Tubs or firkins, prime. 22 @23 
Common to good . 18 @21 
Western, imitation, extras. 21 @22 
Firsts .. 39 @20 
Low grades . u 
Factory, held, finest . 17%@18 
Factory, held, thirds to firsts— 16 @17 
Factory, fresh, extra . 18 @18% 
Factory, held, low grades........ 16 @17 
Rolls. West’n, common to choice. 16 @18 
CHEESE. 
State, full cream, small, Fall 
made, fancy . , 
Small, Fall made, choice. 12%@12% 
Small, good to prime .. 11%@12 
Small, common to fair . 11 @u% 
Large, Fall made, fancy. 12%@13 
Large, Fall made, choice. 11%@12% 
Large, good to prime... U%@11% 
Large, common to fair. 10 @11 
Light skims, small, choice. 10%@10% 
Light skims, large, choice. 
Part skims, small, prime. 
Part skims, large, prime . 9 @ 9% 
Part skims, fair to good . 7%@ »% 
Part skims, common. & @ 6 
Full skims . * ® 
EGGS. 
quotations loss off. 
State, Pennsylvania and nearby, 
average best, per doz........ 18%@ — 
Western, fresh gathered, prime. — @ 18% 
Fresh gathered, fair to good.. 17%@ 18 
Kentucky, fresh gath’d, prime.. 18 @ — 
Tenn., Va. and N. C. prime.... 17%@ 18 
QUOTATIONS AT MARK. 
Western & Southern, poor to 
good, 30 doz. case.4 20 @4 80 
Dirties, 30-doz. case..... — @3 00 
Refrigerator, choice Fall packed. 
30-doz. case .3 60 @4 20 
Early packed, prime, 30-doz. 
cage ... w 
Good, per 30 doz. cases.3 00 @3 30 
Poor to fair, per 30 doz case.2 66 @2 85 
Poor culls, 60 doz. case.1 50 @1 75 
Limed eggs, prime, per *0 doz.I 
Fair to good, 80 doz. case.2 70 
FRUIT-EVAPORATED. 
Apples, extra fancy . 9 
Fancy . 8 
Choice . 7 
Prime . 6%<^ 
Low grades . 5 
Chops .1 25 
Cores and skins .1 00 
Sun dried, quarters . 6 
Sun dried, sliced . 6 
Apricots, boxes, pound . 13 
Bags, pound . 13 
Peaches, Calif., unpeeled, boxes. 8%^ 
Bags . 8 
Peeled, per pound . 17 
Raspberries . 13 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, Baldwin, barrels.2 
Spitz, barrel .2 
Ben Davis, barrel .2 
Winesaps, barrel .2 
Greening, barrel .2 
Spy, barrel .2 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, fancy, bbl..6 
Early black, barrel .6 
Jersey, per crate.2 
Barrel .6 
Strawberries, quart . 
GAME. 
English snipe, per dozen.2 
Grass plover, per dozen.1 
Ducks, Canvas, 6 lb av. to pair.2 
Canvas, It. wghts., per pair.1 
Red Head, 6 lb. avge. to pair.1 
Red Head, lightweight, per pair.. 
Ruddy, heavy, per pair .. 
Ruddy, lightweight, per pair. 
Mallard, per pair ... 
Teal, blue-wing, per pair. 
Teal, green-wing, per pair. 30 
Common, per pair ... 
Rabbits, undrawn, per pair. 
Drawn, per pair. 
Jack rabbits, per pair. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red elevator. 
No. 2, delivered . 
No. 1, hard Duluth, f. o. b., 
afloat .. — •••••••• 
No. 2, Northern, f. o. b., afloat.. 
Corn, No. 2, delivered. 
No. 2, in elevator . 
No. 2, white, f. o. b., afloat. 
No. 2, yellow, f. o. b., afloat.... 
Oats, No. 2, white . 
No. 3, white . 
No. 2, white clipped . 
No. 3, white clipped . 
No. 2 mixed . 
No. 3, mixed . 
Rye, No. 2, Western, c. i. t., 
^ufTalo . ••••••••••••• — 
No. 2, Western, c. i. f., N. Y.... 
State and Jersey, c. 1. f., track.. 
Flour, fair to choice .3 
Bariev, Malt, fair to choice, c. 
i. I, N. .. 
Feeding, c. 1. f., N. Y. 
00 
10 
50%@ - 
69%@ - 
66 0 - 
25 @3 60 
50@ 63 
42%@ 45 
HAY AND STRAW. 
These quotations are for large bales. 
Small bales sell for 60 cents per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1 . 75 @ 80 
No. 2 . 
No. 3 . 
Clover . 
Clover, mixed . 
Straw, rye, long . 
Oat . 
70@75 
.65@70 
.65@70 
.70@80 
.70@76 
.—@45 
12 
11 
8 
8 
7 
6 
20 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Lettuce, fancy, per dozen. 60@ 65 
Fair to good, per dozen . 30@ 40 
Inferior, per barrel ..1 00@1 60 
Cucumbers, No. 1, per dozen.2 00@2 75 
No. 2, per dozen .••••• 60@1 00 
Mushrooms, fair to choice, per lb. ..20@ 
Tomatoes, per pound .. 10@ 
Radishes, per dozen bunches .1 
Asparagus, per dozen bunches.l 
MEATS, COUNTRY—DRESSED. 
Veals, prime, per pound... 11%@ 
Fair to good, per pound. 9 @ 
Common, per pound ... 6 @ 
Calves, barnyards, per pound..... 6 @ 
"Spring” or Winter lambs, each...4 00@8 00 
Roasting pigs, per pound . 8 @ 12 
Pork, light, per pound . 7%@ — 
Medium, per pound . 6 %«fl 
Heavy, per pound .. » @ 
Tenderloins, fresh, per pound... — @ 
POTATOES. 
Bermuda, per barrel .5 00@6 00 
Maine, Hebron ...1 90 
L. I., in bulk, per bbl.................l 50@2 00 
State and Western, in bulk, 180 lbs. 1 62@1 87 
Jersey, round sorts, pr., per bbl....l 37@1 6 - 
Giant Der bbl.3 25@1 50 
Sweets,’ Cumb’land Co., cloth tops..2 75@3 25 
South Jersey, double heads .2 25@2 75 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Chickens, per pound . —@ 9 
Fowls, per pound . —@ 
Roosters, old, per pound. —@ 6 % 
Turkeys, mixed, per pound . 8 @ 9 
Ducks, per pair . 60@ 80 
Geese, per pair . 1 25@1 60 
Pigeons, per pair . 20@ 25 
POULTRY—DRESSED. 
Dry Packed. 
Turkeys, young hens, fancy.... 
Mixed, fancy . 
Young toms, small, fancy. 
Young toms .heavy . 
Old hens . 
Old toms . 
Poor ... 
Broilers, 2 to 4 lbs. to pair. 
Spring chickens, Phila., large, 
per pound . 
Phila., mixed weights . 
Chickens, State and Pa., prime. 
West., dry picked, fancy. 
West., scalded, fancy . 
West., good to prime.. 
Fowls, State & Pa., good to 
prime . 
Western, prime . 
Western, fair to good . 
Old roosters, per pound. 
Capons, Phil., fancy, large, per lb 
Phil., medium weights . 
Phil., small and slips . 
Western, large . 
Western, small and slips . 
Ducks, fancy . 
Good to prime . 
Poor . 
Geese, fancy . 
Good to prime . 
Poor . 
Squabs, choice, large, white, per 
dozen .3 
Dark, per dozen . 
Culls, per dozen ... 
10 
7% 
10 %@ 11 
10 %@ 11 
7 @ 
16 @ 17 
13 @ 15 
11 @ 12 
13 @ 14 
10 @ 11 
— @ 12 
10 @ 11 
6 @ 8 
10 @ — 
8 %@ 9 
6 @ 7 
25 @3 50 
— @2 00 
60 @1 00 
FRESH VEGETABLES. 
Brussels sprouts, quart . 4@ 10 
Celery, California, dozen . 30@ 70 
State . 15@ 16 
Cauliflower, L. I., barrel.1 00@4 00 
Florida, half barrel.1 00@2 00 
California, case .2 00@2 25 
Cabbage, State, 100 . 6 00@9 00 
Long Island, 100.4 00@6 00 
Carrots, washed, barrel .1 00@1 25 
Chicory, New Orleans, barrel .3 00@5 00 
Escarole, New Orleans, barrel —3 00@5 00 
Egg plant, Fla., half barrel box—3 00@4 00 
Kale, Norfolk, barrel . 60@ 75 
Lettuce, Fla., half-barrel basket— 75@2 50 
New Orleans, barrel .2 50@5 00 
Onions, Bermuda, crate .1 75@2 00 
Havana, crate .1 75@1 85 
Orange County, yellow, bag.1 00@1 25 
Orange County, red, bag . 75@1 12 
Eastern, white, barrel.1 75@2 25 
Eastern, yellow, barrel .1 12@1 37 
Eastern, red, barrel .1 00@1 25 
State and Western, white, barrel.1 50@1 75 
State and West’n, yellow, barrel..1 25@1 40 
State and Western, red, barrel..1 12@1 25 
Okra., Fla., carrier .2 00@3 50 
Peas., Fla., basket .1 00@5 00 
California, flat case .1 75@2 25 
Peppers, Fla., carrier .1 50@2 50 
Havana, crate .1 60@1 75 
Parsley, Bermuda, case .2 00@2 50 
Romaine. New Orleans, barrel.3 00@6 09 
Bermuda, crate . 75@1 00 
Rhubarb, Cal., doz. bchs. 50@1 00 
String beans, Fla., express, crt.1 00@3 50 
Fla., steamer, crt.1 M@2 50 
Spinach, Norfolk, barrel .1 00@1 75 
Squash. Hubbard, barrel . 75@1 00 
Marrow, barrel . 60™ Tjj 
Florida, white, bu. crt. 75@1 00 
Tomatoes. Fla., carrier .. 50™1 75 
Turnips. Canada Russia, barrel. .. 70@ sn 
Jersey and L. T., Russia, barrel.. 60@ 75 
BUSINESS BITS. 
If you have a maple orchard or even a 
few maple trees, and wish to make a little 
syrup or sugar, you will want to know 
something about the Post Improved Eureka 
sap sprout. You will never use the home¬ 
made kind after once using this. You can 
get a catalogue from C. C. Stelle, 81 5th 
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., or send five cents 
for two samples. 
We would like to suggest to our women 
readers, who live at a distance from large 
shopping districts, to keep watch of the 
attractions that are offered every week by 
Boggs & Buhl, of Allegheny. Pa., in their 
advertisements on the Woman and Home 
page. They send a large catalogue on ap¬ 
plication, and are having an extensive 
trade with R. N.-Y. folks. This is bring¬ 
ing the department store attractions right 
up to the country fireside. You will get 
the goods at the same price exactly as if 
you stood at their counter in the store. 
The new catalogue of the Des Moines 
Incubator Co. is Just out. This company 
manufactures both hot-air and hot-water 
machines and in all sizes from the little 
64-egg Crescent, to the 800-egg machine de¬ 
signed for extensive broiler establishments. 
The catalogue is quite as much a poultry 
book as a catalogue. It treats of the sub¬ 
ject from the production of the egg to the 
hatching of the chick in the Incubator, and 
on to the marketing of the fowl. It is 
edited by successful practical men. Send 
six cents for it to the Company as above. 
The address Is Box 90, Des Moines, Iowa. 
D D fl Uf U 3 C Bronchial 
DilUWn O Troches 
the popular cure for 
IRRITATED THROATS. 
Fae-8imlle 
Signature of 
on every 
box. 
P HAMMOND. EBT. 1876. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
3E0. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
nlssion Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
NTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries, 
sr, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot- 
SPRING LAMBS 
We have a large trade on fancy LAMBS, CALVES 
ind POULTRY throughout the winter; also, HOT¬ 
HOUSE PRODUCTS. We solicit your consignments, 
ind can guarantee top prices for fancy stock. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray Street, New York. 
WANTED 
Nos. 2 and 3 Hay. 
Having contracts with several large stables to sup¬ 
ply them with Hay through the months of January, 
February and March, I am in a position to get my 
shippers the highest market price. Will honor drafts, 
with Bill of Lading attached, for a reasonable 
amount, drawn on arrival of car. 
F. D, HEWITT, 120 Liberty St„ New York. 
Al 
Strawberry Plants.—Excelsior, Gibson, Johnson 
Early. List free. P. Speer, Passaic, N. J. 
“Strawberry Plants That Grow/^ 
Standard Sorts. 81.50 to 82.50 per M. Descriptive 
Cat., with “Instructions How to Grow,” sent free. 8 
THE C.E. WHITTEN NURS'Y CO., Bridgman, Mich, 
EACH TREES 
First site cents; 3 to 4 
feet, 3J4 cents; 2 to 3 feet, 
2>4 cents each, all one year 
omhnd.healthyandthrifty; no scale. Official certi- 
iate with each shipment. Sample by exp. if wanted, 
dp any time. Trees kept dormant until May 10th. 
R. g. JOHNSTON, Box 4, Stockley, Del. 
Wants, For Sale or Exchange 
Subscribers who have something to sell 
or buy or exchange, new or old, are in¬ 
vited to make their case known in this 
column. Help and Situation Wants will 
also be inserted here. The cost will be 
four cents a word, each insertion; cash 
should accompany the order. This column 
will make and save money for the farmers 
who use it and watch it. 
To exchange for printing press, or first 
decent cash offer, complete Graphaphone Exhibition 
Outfit. Almost new. Cost 860. Inventory particulars 
THOMAS GILLILAND, Sharon, N. Y. 
Wanted— By a young American man 
(married) strictly temperate, a position as foreman 
on a farm or gentleman’s country residence; or would 
hire farm with eight or ten cows on it. 
Box 61, Mahopac, Putnam Co., N. Y. 
Seedsmen, Attention !— For sale new 
main crop potato. Heavy ytelder. Address 
GEO. P. MOHR, Litzenberg, Pa. 
157-acre Farm, nice buildings, fine 
water, stock, tools, bay, good sugar lot. 81,000. Send 
for listof 100 bargains. GUNN & CO., Brattleboro,Vt. 
Pure Seed Potatoes.— All the high- 
grade varieties. For circular address 
S. M. POTTER, Holland Patent. N.Y. 
Fertile Valley Farm at Bargain.— 
PAINE, South Randolph Vt. 
I have complete Volumes of The R. N.- 
Y. since 1880, bound In paper covers. Will box and 
ship all f. o. b. at 75c. per volume. Address BACK 
NUMBERS, care The R.N.-Y. 
WE OlQ A w eek and expenses to men with 
PAY VI Qrlgs to introduce our Poultry Compound 
Send stamp. Javelle Mfg. Co., Dept. 26, Parsons, Kan 
STANDARD BEET SUCAR COMPANY. 
Farmers who would like to move to Nebraska can 
get information of farms to rent or lease by corre¬ 
sponding with STANDARD CATTLE CO.. Ames, Neb 
S EED POTATOES.—Best pure stock, leading 
early and late varieties, cheap. Illustrated cata¬ 
logue free. A. O. ALDRIDGE, Fishers, N.Y. 
NEW BECKER 
Washing Machine. 
A fair trial will convince the most 
skeptical of Its superiority over all 
other Machines. County rights for 
sale. Agents Wanted. Circulars free 
N. G. BAUGHMAN, York, Pa. 
A YEAR. 176 MORTHLY. 
>11 1DV 
IrlLMFI f STRA|CHTOlJTSALARY - 
QQ 80HAFIDE SALARY. 
R0M0RE.N0 LESS SALABY 
Peroral trustworthy gentlemen or ladles wanted In each 
state to manage our business In thoir own and nearby 
counties. It Is mainly office work oonduoted at home. 
Salary straight 8900 a year and •xpnnses- 
deflnite, bonafldo, no commission, easy to understand. 
ni_ V _ * — a J AAmnalla/l ■ OAtlrS 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Feb. 10, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Tapping the Sugar Bush. 81 
Hill and Level Culture.82 
Economical Handling of Manure .... 83 
Dried Blood and Potato Fertilizer. ' 85 
Manure for Potatoes . 86 
Powdered Phosphate of Lime . "‘86 
Broadcasting Potash in Winter .86 
Lime or Wood Ashes . g6 
Reducing Carcasses on the Farm 86 
Hope Farm Notes . 87 
Cow-Pea Growing . 87 
A Stump Burner .87 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Value of Grain Hulls . so 
The Best Cow Ration . g 9 
Hominy Chop and Cotton-Seed Meai"!!i 89 
Milkers from Berkshire . 8 » 
Raising a Calf Without Milk. 90 
Silo and Milk Can . | 90 
The New York Poultry Show. 9 ] 
Cheshire Swine . 91 
Connecticut Dairymen’s Association. 
Part II. Q 2 
Rape in Iowa Cornfields.. 92 
Good Milk; How It Varies . 92 
Cows Do not Come to Their Milk. 93 
Impaction in a Cow . 93 
Chronic Indigestion from Wind-Sucking 
in a Horse . 93 
The Fat Hen and Her Laying. 93 
The Pullet’s Maiden Egg. 93 
HORTICULTURE. 
Anxious Florida Days . 82 
Upland Cranberries .!.!!!!!!.. 82 
The Use of Hydrocyanic Acid Gas......82, 83 
Peas for Near-by Markets . 83 
A “Conserveranda” . 83 
The Western New York Horticultural 
Society .84 85 
Rust on Celery . ’ 86 
Best Temperature for Greenhouse Water. 86 
List of Fruits for Tennessee . 86 
Pseonies . 88 
The Datota Fig . 88 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day . % 
Domestic Science at Farmers’ Institutes. 96 
A Woman’s Trip to Alaska. Part 1.97 
Rural Recipes . 97 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Anti-Freezing Tanks . 82 
State Seed Distribution . 82 
Learning the Canner’s Trade. 86 
Editorial . 94 
Events of the Week . 95 
The N. Y. State Agricultural Society.... 95 
Markets . 98 
Business Bits . 98 
Publisher’s Desk . 99 
Market Briefs . 99 
Humorous . ,,,,,.100 
