THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 10 
178 
MARKETS. 
REVIEW AND OUTLOOK. 
Rye, No. 2, Western, c. 1. f., N. Y. 69%@ — 
State and Jersey, c. i. f., track.. 56 @ 57 
Rye flour, fair to choice .3 25 @3 60 
Barley, Malt, fair to choice, c. 
i. f., New York . 49 @ 54 
Feeding, c. i. f., New York. 43 @ 46 
EGGS.—The market is Arm and one cent 
higher. Trade has been active for several 
days, and dealers have been able to clear 
out much of the surplus stock. Limed eggs 
are dull. 
BUTTER.—Trade is active, and a few 
fancy marks have sold % to % cent above 
quotations. Out-of-town business has been 
good. Medium grades have received better 
attention than for some time, and in gen¬ 
eral the market is in a healthy condition. 
FRUITS.—Much damage has been caused 
by the cold weather to apples in transit, 
and at present trade is anything but en¬ 
couraging. Cranberries are firm with an 
upward tendency in price. Strawberries 
are scarce and the quality poor. 
GRAIN.—Business in wheat has been 
quiet. It is reported that the damage to 
the crop in central and northern France is 
greater than was anticipated. Foreign in¬ 
quiry for corn was fair. Chicago receipts 
were below the average, and heavy snows 
are expected to restrict the interior move¬ 
ment. Trade in oats is confined to local 
needs, which are quite urgent. Rye and 
barley are dull. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—The market was 
decidedly quiet. Turkeys showed very ir¬ 
regular quality. The top price was 10 to 11 
cents. A few Philadelphia broilers have 
been received. Pairs weighing two to three 
pounds brought 24 to 28 cents. Fancy chick¬ 
ens were in demand, and as high as 13 cents 
was offered. Frozen poultry was urgently 
offered for sale, and some dealers showed a 
disposition to shade prices. 
LIVE STOCK.—Total receipts for the first 
three days of this week were: 7,289 cattle; 
151 cows; 4,476 calves; 13,281 sheep; 21,844 
hogs. Steers sold at $4.60 to $5.45 per 100 
pounds, and fat cows $2.40 to $3.75. Dressed 
beef was in moderate demand at seven to 
nine cents for ordinary to choice native 
sides. The calf market was dull. Veals 
sold at five to eight cents, and barnyards 
three to 3% cents. Trade in milch cows 
with calves was rather slow, most of the 
sales being at $35 to $50 per head. Sheep 
sold at $4 to $6 per 100 pounds, and lambs $7 
to $ 8 . 12 %. 
The total value of the merchandise sent 
from the United States to Cuba for the year 
1S99 was $20,687,140. Of this, $196,751 was for 
agricultural implements; $2,422,518 for cat¬ 
tle; $1,189,570 for wheat flour; $686,331 for 
eggs; $1,240,226 for lard and tallow, and 
$632,737 for shoes and sandals. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
These quotations are for large bales. 
Small bales sell for 50 cents per ton less. 
Ilay, No. 2.76@?7 
No. 3 .70@72% 
Clover .65®70 
Clover, mixed .70@75 
Straw, rye, long.70@80 
Oat .—@45 
POTATOES. 
Bermuda, per barrel .3 50@6 00 
Havana, per barrel .3 00@4 00 
Florida, per barrel .2 50@3 50 
Maine, Hebron .1 75@2 00 
L. I., in bulk, per barrel .1 50@2 00 
State and Western, in bulk, 180 lbs..l 50@1 75 
Jersey, round sorts, pr., per barrel..1 25(0)1 50 
Giant, per barrel .1 25@1 37 
Sweets, Cumberland Co., clothtops.2 75@3 25 
South Jersey, double heads.2 25@2 75 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, per pound . 
Fowls, per pound . 
Roosters, old, per pound .. 
Turkeys, mixed, per pound 
Ducks, per pair. 
Geese, per pair . 
Pigeons, per pair. 
30@ 
9 
10 
6 
10 
80 
50 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Fresh Killed. 
Turkeys, young hens, average, 
best. 
Mixed, average best . 
Young, average grades . 
Old hens . 
Old toms . 
Poor . 
Philadelphia broilers, 2% to 3 
lbs. average to pair. 
Three to four pounds per pair. 
Spring chickens, Philadelphia, 
large, per pound . 
Philadelphia, mixed weights.. 
Chickens, State and Pa., prime.. 
Western, dry picked, av. best.. 
Western, scalded, av. best.... 
Western, good to prime. 
Fowls, State & Pa., good to 
prime . 
Western, 3% to 4 lbs. average, 
prime. 
Western, heavy . 
Old rooster, per pound . 
Capons, Philadelphia, fancy, 
large, per pound . 
Philadelphia, medium weights 
Other Phil., small & slips. 
Ohio, fancy, large . 
Western, large . 
Western, small and slips. 
Ducks, fancy . 
Good to prime . 
Poor . 
Geese, good to prime. 
Squabs, choice, large, white, per 
dozen . 
Dark, per dozen . 
Culls, per dozen . 
- @ 
10 @ 
7 @ 
16 @ 
13 @ 
11 @ 
14 @ 
13 @ 
10 @ 
- @ 
3 50 
1 75 
50 
11 
10 
9 
9 
9 
8 
28 
24 
16 
13 
12 
11 
11 
9% 
11 
11 
10 % 
7% 
17 
14 
12 
15 
13% 
12 
10 
8 
§ 3 75 
2 00 
1 00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, prime 
Fair to good 
10' 
8 @ 9% 
MARKET BRIEFS. 
The Week’s Quotations. 
Saturday, March 3, 1900. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, Western, extras, per 
pound . 
Western, firsts . 
Western, seconds . 
Thirds . 
State, extras . 
State, firsts .• •. 
State, thirds to seconds . 
June, extras . 
June, prime . 
Held, thirds to seconds . 
State, dairy, half firkin tubs, 
fresh, finest . 
Tubs or firkins, prime. 
Common to good . 
Western, imitation, extras . 
Firsts . 
Low grades . 
Factory, held, finest . 
Factory, held, thirds to firsts... 
Factory, fresh, extra . 
Factory, fresh firsts . 
Factory, held, low grades . 
Rolls, Western, common to 
choice . 
EGGS. 
24 
@— 
23 
@23% 
22 
@ 22 % 
19 
@21 
24 
23 
@23% 
19 
@ 22 % 
22 
@ 22 % 
21 
@ 21 % 
19 
@20 
_ 
@23 
21 
@22 
18 
@20 
21 
@22 
19 
@19% 
17%@18 
— 
@17% 
16%@17 
1S%@19 
— 
@18 
16%@17% 
lf,%@18% 
QUOTATIONS AT MARK. 
State and nearby, fancy.......... 
Western, fresh gathered, firsts.. 
Kentucky, fresh gathered, firsts 
Tenn. and Va„ best . ••••••• TL. 
Other Southern, average, best.. 13% 
Southern, poor to good, 30 dozen 
case .........3 60 
Western and Southern, dirties, 
30 dozen case .3 15 
Refrigerator, choice, 30 dozen 
case .jj Vx 
Poor to fair, 30 dozen case....2 10 
Limed eggs, prime, 30 doz. case..2 40 
@3 90 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red elevator. 
No. 2, delivered .••• 
No. 1, hard Duluth, f. o. b., 
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 . 
Rejected . 
Rejected, white .•. 
No. 2, mixed, delivered . 
Track mixed . 
Track, white . 
73%@ - 
74%@ - 
80 @ — 
74%@ - 
42% @ - 
42 @ — 
42%@ - 
42%@ - 
31%@ - 
30%@ - 
31%@ - 
30%@ — 
28%@ - 
28 @ — 
27 @ — 
30 @ — 
29 @ - 
28 @ 29 
31 @ 35 
NTEJRPRISE 
“6-power 
1 fg~ Please 
For full information 
about this, also best 
Horse-power, Thresher, 
Clover-huller, Fanning- 
mill. Feed-mill. Rye 
Thresher and Binder, 
Saw-machine (circular 
and drag). Land-roller, 
Steam-engine, Ensilage 
& fodder Cutter. Round- 
silo. Address, Ceo. D. 
Harder* Cobleskill, 
what you wish to purchase. 
Picked Up Here and There. 
IMMIGRANT FARM LABOR.—We often 
have inquiries from people who wish to 
know how to get immigrants—or “green¬ 
horns,” as they are commonly called—for 
farm laborers. A very good employment 
agency for this sort of help is the Labor 
Bureau, 45 Pearl st., W. H. Meara, super¬ 
intendent. This is maintained by the Ger¬ 
man Society of the City of New York, and 
the Irish Emigrant Society, and no charge 
is made to either employers or employees. 
It furnishes agricultural and domestic help, 
mechanics, artisans and other skilled labor¬ 
ers. Employers must give satisfactory ref¬ 
erence, and provide transportation for em¬ 
ployees to their place of work. The best 
plan for anyone wishing this sort of help 
is to come here, pick out what is wanted, 
make all arrangements in regard to wages, 
etc., and take back the help, thus avoid¬ 
ing all possible misunderstandings. In 
cases where this is not convenient, if 
money for traveling expenses is sent, and 
full particulars in regard to the kind of 
help needed, wages, etc., are stated, the 
Superintendent will do the best he can to 
fill the employer’s wants. In sending em¬ 
ployees, the baggage is checked through to 
destination wherever possible, and the 
checks sent by mail or express to the em¬ 
ployer. Where baggage cannot be checked 
through, it is forwarded by express. Where 
employees are furnished in this way, only 
those are sent who have sufficient baggage 
to offset the cost of their carfare, thus 
thoroughly protecting the employer. 
NOTES ON SUNDRY PRODUCTS.—In 
1896 the entire pack in the Puget Sound sal¬ 
mon canning business was 213,700 cases. 
I.ast year it reached a total of 871,500 cases. 
Part of this increase is due to improved 
ithods of catching, some of the fish traps 
w operating at a depth of 65 feet. . . . 
ere is a good business in white lead, both 
y and in oil. The best American lead in 
gs in 500-pound lots is quoted at 6 % cents. 
ie market for dry colors is steady. Fol- 
ving are quotations on some of the colors 
mmonly used: Venetian red, per 100 
unds, 80 cents to $1.10; Turkey burnt um- 
r, 2 % to four cents per pound; chrome 
llowf 10 to 25 cents; vermilion, English, 
to 90 cents; ochre, French, washed, 1% 
2% cents; Paris-green in bulk, 12% to 13 
nts; Prussian blue, 28 to 32 cents; whit- 
y 45 to 55 cents per 100 pounds. . . . 
iir sales of rubber have been made at 
nerally steady prices. Advices from 
ira Brazil, state that receipts at that 
irket for February were 3,600 tons. Prices 
nge from 60 cents to $1 per pound. • • • 
i February 26, 600 bales of Sisal hemp 
were sold here at 8 % cents. Jute rope is In 
good demand at seven cents per pound. 
Manila rope is dull, 7-16 inch being quoted 
at 15% cents. . . . Business in pig iron is 
booming. A trade paper states that the 
amount produced during January was 18,400 
tons more than in December, and that the 
average output can be safely estimated at 
305,000 tons per week, or 15,860,000 gross tons 
for the year. 
FLOUR EXPORTED FROM THE 
SOUTH.—The railroads leading to Galves¬ 
ton and New Orleans have been giving 
special encouragement to exporters, and 
nearly all of the Kansas and Oklahoma 
shipments of flour, which formerly came to 
New York for export, are going to these 
southern ports. Mills in the Kansas wheat 
belt are very busy turning the surplus 
wheat into flour. It is said that a barrel 
of flour can now be shipped to Havana, 
Cuba, as cheaply as to New York, and that 
five cents per barrel more will take it to 
London, England. w. w. H. 
Clark’s 4-Foot Right Lap 
Cutaway Disk Plow and 
Send for Catalogue and prices to 
The Cutaway Harrow- Co., Higganum, Conn. 
S. & B. 
EARTH AUGER 
Works in all kinds of 
soil. Has no equal. 
Fence Machines 
85, 810 and 815 
Write for Circulars. 
EITRKKA FENCE 
MFG. CO., 
Box Y. 
RICHMOND, INI). 
Twentieth Century Rock Turnip. 
Produced by Years of Careful Selection. 
A Valuable Improvement for the 
Farmer and Market-Gardener. 
Three weeks earlier than the “Budlong”, and 
can, therefore, be planted later and insure a crop. 
Fine shape, and quality unsurpassed. As a long 
keeper it has no equal. 
Price, per pound, postpaid, $1. 
W. E. Barrett & Co., Providence, R. I. 
P OTATOES—Early Astonisher, Harvest, Fortune, 
Rose, Hebron. Puritan, Queen, King. Bovee. Sir 
Walter Raleigh, Cobbler, Carman, Good News, Uncle 
Sam, Thoroughbred, Stump the World. 85 kinds. 
C. W. FORD & CO.. Fishers. Ont. Co., N. Y. 
DOTATflCC You Want Seed? Low Freight? 
ill I A I ULu Maule's Commercial? Queens? Six 
Weeks, and Catalogue Describing 40 Varieties? 
Spring Shipments tTuberand Sample White Star Oats 
Postage 6c.) Rurals *1.95. Write Now. Barrel or Car 
Lots. SMITH S POTATO FARM, Box E, Man¬ 
chester, N. Y. 
1900 
THE SOUTH SIDE 
FRUIT CARRIERS AND BASKETS 
PETERSBURG, VA 
Write for Catalogue and Prices 
BERRY BOXES and BASKETS 
Peach Packages— 
Grape Baskets— 
Fruit and Vegetable 
Packages of every kind 
Send for catalogue. 
NEW ALBANY BOX & BASKET CO., 
New Albany, Ind 
HAMMOND. E8T. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
EO. P. HAMMOND & CO.. , 
ission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
ITKY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Eggs. Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot- 
Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
36 Little 13th St., New York. 
Wants, For Sale or Exchange 
Subscribers who hare 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 
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Wanted— Position by a first-class 
buttermaker. Graduate of Penn. State College. 
Good references. MR. D. A. ELY, Chittenango.N. Y 
Pure Seed Potatoes.— All the high- 
grade varieties. For circular address 
S. M. POTTER. Holland Patent, N. Y. 
To buy Farm. 50 to 100 acres. Good 
fruit locality In New York or Connecticut. Either 
good orchard and improvements or run down so it is 
good fruit land Address 
FARM, care of Rural New-Yorker. 
Great Bargain. 136 acres, 60 in fruit; 
fine condition: good market; three houses. Box 17, 
Holliday’s Cove. West Va. 
A BARGAIN.—For Sale. 140-acre farm, Similes 
from train and station, 2,000 sugar trees, all sugar 
tools, 500,000 feet timber, new 12-room house good 
barns. Price, $1,050. Send for photo. 
GUNN & CO., Brattleboro, Vt. 
Early Black Cow Peas. C. C. Brown, 
BridgcvUle, Del. 
Stock and Grain Farm 
700 acres, new buildings and fences. Good location 
for store. Address J. O. FITCHETT, Ruffins, Va. 
5,000 Acres Stock and Timber Land 
for Sale. FRANK DOERRE, Seigers, Miss 
Splendid fruit Farm For Sale m Vir¬ 
ginia. about 7 miles from Richmond. This tract 
contains 100 acres in tine state of cultivation. w,th 
a modern dwelling bouse, seven rooms, large new 
barn, 50x50. with basement for storing apples cloer, 
etc., and equipped with steam power feed cutter and 
hay carrier. Barn is well built, painted, metal rcof. 
Engine house. 2ix30, with large feed boiler bricked 
in and a four (4) horse-power engine for cutting feed 
and run cider mill. Hen house and tool house. This 
farm is well fenced, supplied with fine spring water 
In each field. Bounded on the sou'h bv Eal tng 
Creek, which forms a rond or lake half mile long, on 
the bank is a nice three-room pleasure house for 
fishing and hunting parties. Deer, Wi’d Turkey, 
etc. furnish fine sport. All the Improvements are 
new and built within the last four years, costing over 
$3,000. The greatest attraction this place presents 
is the fine orchard ot over 3.500 fruit trees, consist¬ 
ing of apple, pear, cherry and plum, in full vigor 
and bears plentiful crops, also6 acres in Early Har¬ 
vest blackberries. This handsome farm can be 
bought for the sum of 85,500. half cash, the ba'- 
ance upon long payments. If any party wants a 
larger place any part of the adjoining farm of 1.000 
acres can be bought on easy terms. Apply to 
II. E. HARNISII. P. O. Box 241, Manchester, Va. 
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Established m*^**^^’ 
1867. 150.1*6 W. Mud Ison SL, 
)rder StyleNo.il. C_ CHICAGO, ILL. 
AW UTTPC—1 pay highest prices. Send for list. 
All rlftO j. c. DILL1N, West Philadelphia,Pa. 
RAW FURS—I pay highest prices. Write for 
rice List. 3. I. GLEED, East Aurora. N. Y. 
M Mkills Prairie Dogs, 
' ' Woodchucks, Gophers 
and G rain Insects.“The 
wheels of the Gods 
grind slow but exceed- 
5 small.” So the weevil, but you can stop their 
“ Fuma Carbon Bisulphide Mas aXing. 
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FUMA 
Hay Wanted 
All grades In strong demand. 
High prices can be realized 
on quick shipments. 
F. D. HEWITT, 
120 Liberty Street, New York. 
References: Citizens Bank of Locke, N. Y., and 
Liberty National of New York. 
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. 
tUBHAlBI 1111 SOT6I8 & iMY 81119 
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