238 
March 31 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MARKETS. 
REVIEW AMD OUTLOOK. 
EGGS.—The demand Is active, and ar¬ 
rivals of stock for the past week have been 
quite closely cleaned out. More liberal sup¬ 
plies are reported on the way, but at pres¬ 
ent the market is very firm. 
APPLES are in moderate supply. Most 
of the offerings are not good enough to 
reach top quotations. A few fancy lots 
have sold at high prices, thus showing that 
it pays to sort carefully and keep inferior 
stock separate. 
HOPS.—The situation of the market Is 
gradually becoming stronger. The stock 
on hand in California is estimated at 3,000 
bales; Washington, 6,000; Oregon, 23,000, and 
interior New York, 6,000. Much of the stock 
remaining in the last-named State is said 
to be somewhat injured by blue mold. The 
highest figures quoted are 12% to 13% cents 
for State and Pacific Coast crop of 1899. 
GRAIN.—Wheat is dull. French markets 
were a trifle higher, owing to reported 
damage to growing crops iji that country. 
The Australian exportable surplus is esti¬ 
mated at 6,200,000 bushels. The corn market 
is weak with but little export inquiry. 
Trade in rye and oats is very dull. Sales of 
buckwheat flour and grain are light. Out 
of town buyers seem to have lost all inter¬ 
est in the market. 
LIVE STOCK.—Receipts for the first three 
days of this week were 7,534 cattle; 175 
cows; 5,411 calves; 12,937 sheep and 18,95ft 
hogs. Steers were in light supply and firm 
at $4.50 to $5.40 per 100 pounds; choice, fat 
bulls, $4 to $4.75; cows, $2 to $4. Trade in 
milch cows was a little slow, most of the 
sales ranging from $30 to $45. Calves were 
dull. Veals sold at $3.50 to $7.50, and barn¬ 
yards $2 to $3.25. Prime sheep were scarce 
and prices firm. Receipts of lambs were 
moderate, and the better grades 10 to 20 
cents higher. Sheep sold at $4.50 to $5.bo 
per 100 pounds and lambs $5 to $7.90. 
The Week’s Quotations. 
Saturday, March 24, 1900. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, West., extras, per rb. — @ 25 
Western, firsts . 24 @ 24$ 
Western, seconds . 
Western, thirds . 21 @ “ 
State, extras . — @ 25 
State, firsts . 24 @ 24% 
State, Sds to 2ds. 21 @ 22 
State dairy, tubs, fancy . — @ 24 
Common to good . 19 @ 23$ 
West., im. creamery, extras. — @ 22% 
Firsts . 20 @ 21 
Lower grades . 18%@ 19% 
Factory, fresh, extras . — @ 20 
Factory, fresh, firsts. 19 @ 19% 
Factory, 3ds to 2ds. @ 18% 
Rolls, fresh, choice . 19%@ 20 
Fresh, common to prime . 18 @ 19 
CHEESE. 
State, full cream, small, colored, 
fancy . io%@t 1.}% 
Small, fancy, white . — @ 13% 
Large, colored, fancy . — @ 13% 
Large, white, fancy . — @ J" 
Good to prime. 12%@ 12% 
Common to fair . U @ J 2 
Light skims, large, choice — 9%@ 10 
Part skims, small, prime . 9%@ 10 
Part skims, large, prime . 8%@ 9 
Part skims, fair to good . 7 @ 8 
Part skims, common . 5 @ 6 
Full skims . 4 @ 4% 
EGGS. 
Penn., fresh, fancy, per doz. — @ 16% 
And State, average best. lo%@ 16 
West., fresh gathered, firsts — 15%@ 16 
Kentucky and Tenn., fresh 
gathered, firsts . 15%@ 15% 
Other Southern, fresh, fair to 
good . 15 @ 15% 
Western and Southern, fresh, 
dirties, 30 doz. cs.3 90 @4 20 
Duck eggs, Baltimore, per doz.. — @ 27 
Western . — @ 26 
Virginia, per doz. 24 @ 25 
Southern, per doz . 23 @ 24 
FRUITS. 
Apples, Spitzenburg, per bbl....4 00 @6 00 
Ben Davis, good to fancy.3 00 @4 50 
Ben Davis, fair to good .2 50 @3 00 
Spy, fancy, per bbl.4 00 @4 50 
Spy, fair to prime.2 50 @3 50 
Baldwin, choice to fancy .3 50 @4 00 
Baldwin, fair to good .2 50 @3 25 
Greening, ice house .2 75 @4 50 
Greening, common storage.2 50 @3 00 
Poor to fair grades .1 50 @2 25 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, per bbl. 11 00 @13 00 
Jersey, per bbl .9 00 @9 50 
Jersey, per crate .2 50 @3 00 
Strawberries, Fla., ch to f’y, per 
quart . 30 @ 35 
Fla., common to good . 20 @ 25 
GRAIN. 
Wheat.—No. 2 red elevator. 76%@ — 
No. 2 red delivered. 78%@ — 
No. 1 hard Duluth, f. o. b.. 
afloat . 81%@ 
No. 2 Northern, f. o. b., afloat. — @ — 
Corn.—No. 2 delivered . 44%@ — 
No. 2 in elevator . 44 @ — 
No. 2 white, f. o. b., afloat.... 44%@ — 
No. 2 yellow, f. o. b., afloat— 44%@ — 
Oats.—No. 2 white. 31%@ — 
No. 3 white . 31%@ — 
No. 2 white clipped . 32 @ — 
No. 3 white clipped . 31%@ — 
No. 2 mixed . 29 @ — 
No. 3 mined . 28 @ — 
Rejected .?. 27 @ ' 
Rejected white . 30%@ — 
No. 2 mixed, delivered . 29%@ — 
Track mixed . 29 @ 30 
Track white . 31 @ 35 
R ye._No. 2 West., c. i. f., N. Y. 61 @ — 
State & Jersey, c. i. f., track.. 60 @ 61 
Rye flour, fair to choice.3 00 @3 60 
Barley.—Malt, fair to choice, c. 
L f.. N. Y. 49 @ 54 
Feeding, c. i. f., N. Y. 43 @ tf 
HAY AND STRAW. 
These quotations are for large bales. 
Small bales sell for 50 cents per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1 . 82%@ 85 
No. 2 . 77%@ 80 
No. 3 . 70 @ 75 
Clover . 70 @ 72% 
Clover, mixed . 72%@ 75 
Straw, long rye . 65 @ 75 
Oat . — @ 45 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Lettuce, fancy, per doz .1 00 @1 12 
Common to good, per doz. 40 @ 90 
Cucumbers, No. 1, per doz .1 12 @1 25 
No. 2, per doz . 60 @ 75 
Mushrooms, fair to choice, per 
lb . 25 @ 50 
Tomatoes, per lb . 10 @ 25 
Radishes, per 100 bunches.2 00 @3 00 
Asparagus, West’n., per doz. 
bunches . — @3 00 
Rhubarb, Western., per doz. 
bunches . 40 @ 50 
POTATOES. 
Bermuda, per bbl .3 00 @6 00 
Havana, per bbl .3 00 @4 00 
Florida, per bbl .2 50 @3 50 
Maine, Rose, per bbl .2 50 @ — 
Hebron, per bbl.1 75 @2 25 
L. I., In bulk, per bbl .1 50 @1 87 
State and West., in bulk, 180 lb. .1 50 @1 87 
Jersey, prime, per bbl .1 25 @1 75 
Sweets, Cumberland Co., cloth 
tops .2 75 @3 25 
South Jersey, double heads—2 25 @2 75 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Fowls, Ohio & Ind., heavy, per 
lb . — 
Average Western, per lb . 9 
South & Southwest, per lb.... — 
Chickens, per lb . 9 
Roosters, old, per lb. 5 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 9 
Ducks, Western, per pair . 60 
Southwestern, per pair . 55 
Southern, per pair . 50 
Geese, Western, per pair .1 25 
Southwestern, per pair .1 12 
Southern, per pair .1 00 
Pigeons, per pair . 30 
@ 9 
@ 10 
@ 6 
§ 10 
70 
@ 65 
@ 60 
@1 50 
@1 25 
@1 12 
@ 35 
POULTRY—DRESSED. 
The Chicago Flexible Shaft Co., 158 Huron 
St., Chicago, Ill., will be glad to furnish 
full information. 
We have often seen cows slip and fall in 
reaching for food when tied with the old- 
fashioned stiff stanchion. Veterinarians at¬ 
tribute one cause of abortion among cows 
to this slipping and reaching for the 
neighbor’s food. This danger is entirely 
removed when the Willard Knapp cow tie is 
used. It has many other points ofr excel¬ 
lence. A catalogue, showing photographic 
views, will be sent free on request. Write 
Willard H. Knapp Co., 404 Groton St., Cort¬ 
land, N. Y. 
Fruit Fertilizers. —We made an error in 
referring to the Mapes fertilizer recently. 
The article we had in mind is found on 
pages 121 and 122. It tells how Mr. J. A. 
Davis, of Maryland, grows 50 acres of 
strawberries—using only the Mapes man¬ 
ures. He buys the plants—about as a west¬ 
ern stock feeder buys “feeders”—and then 
crowds them with heavy dressings of fer¬ 
tilizer. A fertilizer mixture must possess 
strength and “staying qualities” to carry 
the crop through to perfection. If those 
strawberry plants could talk they might 
perpetrate the following: 
M stands for merit—well earned in the field, 
A is the argument for a good yield; 
P is the profit for which farmers look, 
Easy to find in his fat pocketbook. 
S is the strawberry plant big and strong, 
Mapes is the fellow who helps it along. 
The Fertilizer Business.— The Bradley 
Fertilizer Co., of Boston, Mass., has a long 
and prosperous record. The older Mr. 
Bradley started years ago in a small shop. 
At his death he left the largest and most 
FRESH KILLED. 
Turkeys, young hens, av’ge best 11%@ 12 
Mixed, average best . 10%@ 11 
Young toms, av’ge grades. 9 @ 10 
Old toms . 8%@ 9 
Poor . 7 @ 8 
Philadelphia broilers, 2% to 3 lb. 
average to pair . 25 @ 30 
Three to 4 lb. to pair. 20 @ 24 
Spring chickens, Phila., large, 
per lb. 15 @ 16 
Spring chickens, Phila., mixed 
weights . 12 @ 14 
Fowls, State and Pa., good to 
prime . — @ 9% 
Western, dry-picked . — @ 9 
Western, scalded, per lb. 9 @ 9% 
Southern and West., iced, per lb — @ 8% 
Capons, Phila., fancy, large, per 
pound . 17 @ 18 
Phila., medium weights . 14 @ 16 
Other Phila., small & slips...,. 12 @ 13 
Ohio, fancy, large . 14 @ 15 
Western, large . 13 @ 13% 
Western, small and slips . 11%@ 12% 
Ducks, good to prime . — @ 10 
Poor . 7 @ 8 
Geese, good to prime. — @ 8 
Poor . 6 @ 7 
Squabs, choice, large, white ,per 
Dark, per dozen .1 25 @1 50 
Culls, per dozen . 50 @1 00 
FROZEN. 
Turkeys, young hens, No. 1. 12 @ 12% 
Mixed, young hens and toms, 
No. 1 . 11 @ 12 
Young toms, No. 1 . 11 @ 11% 
No. 2 . 8 @ 10 
Broilers, fancy, drypicked . 15 @ — 
Fancy, scalded . 13%@ 14% 
Chickens, fancy, soft-meated— 12 @ 12% 
Average, No. 1 . 10 @ 11 
No. 2 . 7 @ 9 
Fowls, dry-picked. No. 1. — @ 9% 
Plain . — @ 9 
Ducks, fancy . 12 @ — 
Average, No. 1 . 10 @ 11 
Geese, average, best . 9 @ 10 
COUNTRY—DRESSED MEATS. 
Veals, prime, per lb . 9%@ 10 
Fair to good, per lb. 8 @ 9 
Common to medium, per lb— 6%fd) 
Small, per lb. 5 @ 6 
Calves, barnyards, per lb. 5 @ 7 
“Spring” or Winter lambs, each.3 00 @6 00 
Pork, light, per lb. 7 @ 7% 
Medium, per lb . 6%@ 7 
Heavy, per lb . 5%@ 6% 
Rough, per lb . 4%@ 5% 
Tenderloins, fresh, per lb. 20 @ 21 
BUSINESS BITS. 
Why should women work and drudge over 
a washboard when there are so many labor- 
saving machines to do the washing—inex¬ 
pensive ones, too? The “Busy Bee Wash¬ 
er,” it is claimed, will turn out 100 pieces 
an hour, and no hard work. Write Lake 
Erie Mfg. Co., 51 E. 13th St., Erie, Pa. 
Farm implements as a rule are higher this 
year than formerly, owing to the increased 
cost of raw material. The weeders, how¬ 
ever, are an exception. Those Universal 
weeders offered In our advertising columns 
seem to be real bargains. Write The Uni¬ 
versal Weeder Co., 32 So. Market St., Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., for full information. 
Worms kill more sheep than dogs do; 
more colts than barbed wire, more pigs 
than cholera; is the announcement of F. S. 
Burch & Co., 68 Murray St., New York, and 
178 Michigan St., Chicago, and there is 
much truth in the statement. If you will 
write the above firm you will receive free 
information on how to eradicate this evil 
from your stock. 
It is said that 1,000,000 sheep were shorn 
by machinery last year. This seems to have 
been the latest hand-labor job on the farm 
to give way to quicker and improved meth¬ 
ods. There is no longer any doubt as to the 
practical utility of sheep-shearing ma¬ 
chines, and wool-growers can hardly afford 
t® be without one. The manufacturers, 
complete fertilizer business in the world. 
The work of mixing and manufacturing 
was carried out on an enormous scale. It 
was natural that when the American 
Chemical Company was formed, the Brad¬ 
ley Company should take a leading part— 
in fact Mr. Robert L. Bradley is at the head 
of the combination. This is well, because 
it gives farmers who have dealt with the 
old company a fair idea of the future. We 
can well understand that a combination of 
fertilizer makers may make possible many 
economies in buying, mixing and handling. 
It will also result in killing off many of the 
useless and confusing brands with v.-hieh 
the trade has been cursed. That is easily 
seen, but the question for a paper like The 
R. N.-Y. to answer is—What are the farm¬ 
ers to gain by it? Time alone will deter¬ 
mine that. We are assured by leading of¬ 
ficials in the combination that all they want 
is a fair dividend on the invested capital. 
That being so, with the great economies 
which they claim, the concern will not only 
be a shining light among similar organiza¬ 
tions, but a great business help to the 
farmer. 
JEL.LIFFE, WRIGHT & CO., 
Produce Commission Merchants, 
BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY, 
284 Washington Street, New York. 
Dressed Meats: 22, 24 and 26 Grace Avenue, West 
Washington Market. 
Live Stock: Union Stock Yards, foot of West 60th St. 
Refer to Irving National Bank. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
ns and 231 Washington Street, New York 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game 
■ Poultry, 
■ Mushrooms, 
Fura, 
1 Calves, 
1 Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
| Spring Lambs, 
| Live Quail. 
Brass Band* 
Instruments, Drum., I nlforms, 
A Hupp Acs. Write for catalog, 445 
illustrations, FKKK; it gives in¬ 
formation for musicians and new 
bands. LYON & HEALY, 
BO Aduma Sts® CHICAGO. 
How to Grow Good Fruit. 
The Superintendent of the Lenox 
Sprayer Company of Pittsfield, Massa¬ 
chusetts, has delivered an address before 
the Lenox Horticulture Society, at Len¬ 
ox, Mass. The address bore chiefly upon 
spraying and general culture of orchard 
and field crops, how to do it, do it cheaply 
and good, and how to obtain the most 
profit from your labor in the easiest 
manner. The address is quite lengthy, 
about an hour’s talk. Owing to other 
matters ahead of it we cannot publish it 
in this issue. Had this address been 
placed on the market in book form it no 
doubt would have sold at a good price. 
The full address, profusely illustrated, 
in pamphlet form was intended to be 
sent to fruit growers and owners of es¬ 
tates, free for the asking, but to prevent 
imposition by the curious and disinter¬ 
ested, the book will be sent compli¬ 
mentary to any one enclosing ten cents 
for postage, to the Lenox Sprayer Com¬ 
pany, 420 West St., Pittsfield, Mass. 
If not more than pleased, return the 
hook to our editor and you mil receive your 
ten eents hack. 
Wants, For Sale or Exchange 
Fertile Valley Farm.—Desirable loca¬ 
tion. Bargain. PAINE, South Randolph, Vt. 
5,000 Acres Stock and Timber Land 
for Sale. FRANK DOERRE, Seigers, Miss 
As good a farm as there is in Vermont 
of its size on shore of Lake Champlain, opposite 
Port Henry, only a few miles to good markets. 
Splendid home. Brick house cost $6,000 to build, will 
sell it very low and only small payment down. Ad¬ 
dress B. L. HURD, Whallonsburgh, N. Y. 
FIELD GLASS—$10: originally cost $30; very pow¬ 
erful: scarcely used; not a cheap affair, but best 
French make; will send it for examination, by ad¬ 
dressing P. O. Box 392, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
WE CIO A WEEK AND EXPENSES to men with 
PAY 01 Urigs to introduce our Poultry Compound 
Send stamp. Javelle Mfg. Co., Dept. 26, Parsons, Kan 
R a u||. of plank save timber and cash. Best, 
DOIIlS cheapest, strongest, most desirable. Book 
for stamp. Shawvkr Brothers, Beliefontaine. O 
Kentucky Aluminum Stock Label. 
The Best, lightest, Most Secure. Easiest Put On 
and the Cheapest. For description and sample 
address F. H, JACKSON & CO., Winchester, Ky. 
Finanm Don ’t go broke. Don’t live on 
1 IlullRXo. the ‘’ragged edge” all your 
life. There is more money in eggs than in grain, 
vegetables or cattle. Less work, quicker returns and 
bigger profits. Try a nest full. We have the greatest 
laying strain of WHITE WYANDOTTKS In America. 
They surpass all other breeds for eggs and meat. Send 
$1.50 for setting of eggs. We guarantee good results. 
Write it you desire particulars. 
QUILLHURST POULTRY FARM, Elyria, Ohio. 
Live Broilers Wanted.—Delhay’s Poul¬ 
try Yards, Woodridge, N. J. 
Wyandottes, Golden, Silver and White. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorn. Eggs $1 per 15, $1.50 per 
30. Catalogue free. CARSON & SONS, Rutland, O 
Q n Varieties Choice Poultry Eggs. All Pigeons and 
DU Ger. Hares. All described and prizes in colored 
60 page book mailed, 10c. J. A. Bergey, Telford, Pa. 
CRD QAI E — ’50 Barred and BulT Plymouth Rock, 
rUn CALL Light Brahma and Wyandotte Cock¬ 
erels, and 200 hens, purebred, vigorous breeders, at 
farmers’ prices. Dr. S. C. Moyer, Lansdale, Pa. 
New Laid Eggs.—Market for the prod¬ 
uct of my White Leghorn hens. 
D. H. COGGSHALL, West Groton, N. Y. 
Blanchard’s White Leghorns. 
The Leading Strain of Heavy Layers. Cockerels 
for sale. Eggs for hatching. Illustrated Circular 
free. H. J. BLANCHARD, Groton, N. Y. 
nr I f*|AM UADCC and Barred Plymouth 
DbLUinil nflllCd ltock Eggs, for sale by 
G. W. HOLLINGSWORTH, Lansdale, Pa. 
Large English Berkshires 
We offer 30 choice youngsters bred by our Im¬ 
ported Lord Oxford 415474 prize winner at the 
Great Royal show, England. Also winner of many 
American prizes on himself and his get. Dams im¬ 
ported or from prize winners. Price and pedigrees 
cnti«! fn ct/i rv 
RICHARD H. STONE, Trumansburff, N. Y. 
PIGS. POTATOES. POULTRY. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing 
Valuable Hints and Methods. 
Orphan, Carman Nos. 1 and 3, and Rural No. 2, and 
S. C. W. Leghorn Eggs; laying strain Chesbires. 
Fine stock. Fair prices. 
T C. E. CHAPMAN, Peruvllle, N. Y. 
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FUMA 
IVkills Prairie Dogs, 
w ' Woodchucks, Gophers 
andGraln Insects.“The 
wheels of the Gods 
grind slow but exceed¬ 
ing small.” So the weevil, but you can stop their 
^th “ Fuma Carbon Bisulphide ” aso aSin g . 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
FiRE, WEATHER, 
and Lightning Proof 
Black, painted, or galvanized metal ROOKING 
ana siding; (brick, rock or corrugated) 
Metal Ceilings and Side Walls 
in elegant designs. Write for Catalogue. 
The Penn Metal Ceiling and Booting Co., Bid., 
23d & Hamilton Sts.,Phila.,Pa.,or 24 Harcourt St.,Boston,Mass. 
Designed expressly for Farmers, Thrashers, Well- 
Drillers. Simple, Strong, Durable—Absolutely Safe. 
Mention this paper. Manufactured by The Bing¬ 
hamton Gas Engine Co., Binghamton, N. Y 
LIGHTING WEED 
" HARD WORK, TO BE SURE ., 
You want the best tools—those., 
which will save time, labory 
and backache. Here they are. 
Perfect Construe* 
tlon. 
Everyway Adjust - 1 
able. All Kinds ’ 
ftof Attachments. 
NEW UNIVERSAL: 
SINGLE AND DOUBLE WHEEL HOES. 
Send for book descriptive of many new styles out this 
year. New Universal Model Hand Seeders are the 
standard of America. Our Combination Drill and 
Cultivator is the only 1 and 2 wheeler made. Tough 
oak bent handles used on all our tools. Popular 
prices to early purchasers. 
AMES PLOW CO., BOSTON AND NEW YORK. 
