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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 9 
MARKETS. 
REVIEW AMD OUTLOOK 
HOPS.—According to reports from the in¬ 
terior and Pacific coast, the stocks on hand 
are low. Prices for desirable grades are 
firm, but apparently not up to the point 
that the scanty supply would seem to in¬ 
dicate. The highest figures named are 13 
to 14 cents for choice 1899. Common and 
medium run from five to 10 cents, and 1898 
five to eight. 
EGGS.—Total receipts at this market for 
the five days ending May 29 were 70,353 30- 
dozen cases, or 25,327,080 eggs. The local 
demand is rather light, and large quanti¬ 
ties of these have gone direct to cold stor¬ 
age. Some of the western shipments 
showed damage by heat. The highest figure 
named is 14 cents, but this is excej)tional, 
the bulk of the choice marks going at 13% 
or 13. Under grade eggs are very dull. 
LIVE SI ^CK.—Receipts for the first four 
days of this week were 8,851 cattle, 280 cows, 
11,610 calves, 21,479 sheep, and 18,183 hogs. 
Steers sold at $4.60 to $5.50; fat oxen, $5.30; 
bulls, $3.25 to $4.40, and cows, $2.25 to $3.75. 
Milch cows with calves brought $35 to $45. 
Calves are dull. Veals sold at $4.50 to $6, 
and buttermilks, $3.50 to $4.25. Sheep were 
firm for high grades. Sales ranged between 
$3.50 and $5.25 per 100 pounds. Good to 
choice lambs brought $7.80 to $8.40. Prime 
State hogs sold at $5.75. 
FRUIT—GREEN. 
Apples, Ben Davis, prime to fey.4 00 
Baldwin, choice to fancy.4 00 
Russet, Roxbury, per bbl.3 50 
Poor to fair grades.2 50 
Strawberries, N. C., prime, qt.. 8 
N. C., prime to fair, per qt_ 5 
Md., fancy varieties. 8 
Md. and Del., prime, per qt_ 6 
Md., poor to fair. 4 
Jersey, per qt. 5 
Huckleberries, N. C., per qt. 12 
Cherries, N. C., per 8-lb. basket. 50 
Peaches, Georgia, per carrier.. .1 50 
Florida, per carrier.1 50 
Muskmelons, Fla., fancy, case..3 00 
Fla., common, per case.1 50 
Watermelons, Fla., each. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red elevator. 
No. 1, Northern Duluth. 
No. 1, hard Duluth. 
Corn, No. 2 in elevator. 
No. 2, white. 
No. 2, yellow. 
Oats, No. 2, mixed, in elevator.. 
No. 3, mixed. 
No. 2, white, in elevator. 
Track and ungraded white_ 
Track and ungraded, mixed... 
Rye, No. 2, West’n, c. i. f., Buf. 
State & Jersey, c. i. 1'., track. 
Barley, feeding, c. 1. f., N. Y_ 
Malting, c. i. f., N. Y. 
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These quotations are for large bales. 
Small bales sell for 50 cents per ton less: 
Hay, No. 1. 85 @ 87% 
No. 2 . 80 (ft) 82% 
No. 3 . 75 @ 77Va 
Clover . 70 ®) 75 
Clover, mixed . 77%®) 80 
Straw, rye, long. 65 @ 75 
Oat ... 40 @ 45 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
BUTTER receipts May 29 were very 
heavy, being over 19,000 packages. This 
was due to the extra efforts made by the 
transportation companies to get stock on 
the way delivered before the holiday, May 
30. The extra supply did not demoralize 
the market, however. Extra creamery has 
advanced % cent since last report, with an 
occasional lot going a fraction higher. 
Storage buyers are quite active. Fancy 
imitation creamery is firm, but few lots 
grade up to this mark. The call for factory 
butter is moderate. 
GRAIN.—There is a slightly better feeling 
in wheat. Liverpool and the Continent re¬ 
port higher prices on account of alleged 
damage to the French crop. It is said that 
there have been some rains in the Red 
River Valley, but the drought in a large 
part of North Dakota still continues. Corn 
is quiet and speculation limited, with but 
little export trade. The oat market is 
steady, and crop reports are favorable. 
Rye and barley are dull. The feed market 
is also at a standstill, especially on heavy 
goods. A consignment of 7,500 sacks of 
flour for export arrived via Erie Canal May 
29. This is said to be the flrst flour ship¬ 
ment of any size over the Canal for three 
years. _ 
The Week’s Quotations. 
Saturday, June 2, 1900. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, Western, extras, lb.. — @ 20% 
Western, firsts . 19%® 20 
Western, seconds . 18%® 19 
Western, thirds . 16%® 17% 
State, extras . — @ 30% 
State, firsts . 19%® 30 
State, thirds to seconds. 16%® 19 
State, dairy, half firkins, extra. 19 @ 19% 
Welsh tubs, extra. — ® 19 
Firsts . 18 @ 18% 
Thirds to seconds. 16 ® 17% 
West., imitation creamery, exs. 18 <g> — 
Firsts . 10V2@ 17 
Lower grades . 15 ®) 15% 
Western, fresh, firsts. 16 @ 16% 
Thirds to seconds. 14 @ 15% 
Old Western, factory. 14 @ 15 
CHEESE. 
State, f. c, clean, white, finest.. 9%®> 9% 
Grass tinge, white, finest. 9 @ 9% 
Colored, large, finest. 9%@ — 
Large, fair to good. 8%@ 9 
Finest, colored . 8%@ 8% 
Small, white, finest. 8%@ 8% 
Small, good . — & 8% 
Small, poor . 7%®) 8 
State, light skims, small, choice. 6%# 6% 
Light skims, large, choice. 6 ® 6 l / 2 
Part skims, small, prime. 5 @ 5% 
Part skims, large, prime. 5 @ 5% 
Part skims, fair to good. 4 @ 4% 
Part skims, common. 2%@ 3 
Full skims . 1 @ 1% 
EGGS. 
QUOTATIONS LOSS OFF. 
Penn, and State, prime per doz. — <§> 14 
Western, reg. packings, north¬ 
erly sections, firsts. — @ 13% 
Northerly sections, fair to 
good . 13 @ 13% 
Southerly sections, fair to 
good . 13 @ 13% 
QUOTATIONS AT MARK. 
State & Penn., prime, per doz... — @ 13% 
Western, storage, packed, lsts. 12%@ 13 
Reg. packed, prime to choice. 12 @ 12% 
Southwestern, common to fair. 10%@ 11% 
Kentucky, good . — @ 11% 
Ky., Tenn. & Va., fair quality.. 10%@ 11 
Southern & S'western, inferior. 8 @ 10 
Western, dirties, 30-doz. case — 2 70 @3 00 
Checks, inferior, 30-doz. case..2 00 @2 40 
FRUIT—DRIED. 
Apples, evap., 1899, fancy, lb... 7 @ 8 
Choice, per lb. 6 @ 6% 
Prime, per lb. 5%®) 6 
Common to good, per lb. 4 @ 5 
Sun-dried, S’n sliced, 1899, lb.. 4 @ 5 
Sun-dried, State and Western, 
qrs., per lb. 4%@ 4% 
Sun-dried, S’n, qrs., per tb— 3%® 4% 
Chops, 1899, per 100 lbs.1 00 @1 50 
Cores and skins, 1899, 100 tbs.. 50 ®1 00 
Raspberries, evap., 1899, per lb.. 14%@ 15 
Cherries, 1899, per lb. 15 @ 16 
Calves, average, prime. 8%® 9 
Fair to good. 7 ® 8 
Common to medium. 5%® 6% 
Small . 5 @ 6 
POTATOES. 
Bermuda, per bbl.2 00 @4 50 
Southern, Rose, prime, per bbl..2 25 @3 00 
Seconds, per bbl.1 25 @1 75 
Culls, per bbl. 75 @1 00 
Domestic, old, prime, per bbl_1 25 @1 50 
Old, common . 75 @1 00 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, W’n & nearby. 20 ® 22 
Southern, per lb. 18 ®) — 
Fowls, per lb. 10 ® 10% 
Roosters, old, per lb. 6 @ 6% 
Turkeys, mixed, per tb. 7 @ 8 
Ducks, Western, per pair. 50 @ 60 
Southern, per pair. 40 @ 45 
Geese, Western, per pair. 75 @1 00 
Southern, per pair. 70 ® 80 
Pigeons, prime, old, per pair_ — @35 
Young, per pair. 25 @ — 
POULTRY—DRESSED. 
Iced. 
Turkeys, hens, average, best— 8 ® 10 
Toms, average grades. 7 ® — 
Toor . 5 @ 6 
Philadelphia broilers, 3 to 4 lb., 
2 to 3 lb. to pair. 20 ® 25 
Western broilers, 3 lb. and over 
to pair . 17 @ 19 
Under 3 lb. avge. to pair. 12 @ 16 
Fowls, State & Pa., good to pr. 9%® 10 
Western, dry-picked, per lb... — @ 9% 
Western, scalded, per lo. — @ 9% 
Southern & S’western, pr. 9 @ 9% 
Ducks, L. I. & East., Sp'g., lb. — @ 15 
Squabs, choice, large, white, dz.2 25 @2 50 
Small, dark, per doz.1 00 @1 25 
Culls, per doz. 50 @ 75 
Frozen. 
Turkeys, young hens, No. 1. 12 @ 12% 
Mixed, young hens and toms, 
No. 1 . 11 @ 12 
Young toms, No. 1. — ® 11 
No. 2 . 8 @ 10 
Broilers, fancy, dry-picked. 14 @ 15 
Fancy, scalded . 13 ®) 14 
Chickens, fancy, soft-meated— 12 @ 12% 
Average, No. 1. 9 @ 10 
No. 2 . 7 @ 8% 
Fowls, dry-picked, No. 1. 9 @ 9% 
Plain . 8 @ 8% 
Ducks, fancy . 10 @ 11 
Average, No. 1. 8 ®) 9 
Geese, average, best. 8 ®) 9 
Capons, medium weights. 13 @ 14 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, Charleston, ex. large.4 50®6 00 
Extra, per doz.3 00®4 00 
Prime, per doz. bunches.1 50@2 50 
Culls, per doz. bunches. 75@1 25 
Beets, Charleston .1 00®4 00 
Long Island, per 100 bunches_1 00®;4 00 
Cabbage, Charleston, crate.1 25® 1 50 
Norfolk . ..1 00@1 50 
North Carolina . 75@1 25 
Florida, per bbl.1 00® 1 25 
Cucumbers .2 50® 3 00 
Charleston, basket .2 00@2 50 
Savannah .1 50®>2 00 
Florida, per crate. 75@1 75 
Florida, per basket.1 00@)2 50 
Eggplants, Florida .1 00®>2'00 
Kale, Long Island. 25® 50 
Onions, Bermuda, crate.1 25® — 
Havana, crate . —(1/1 35 
New Orleans, per bbl.2 00@)2 25 
New Orleans, per bag.1 00@1 10 
Egyptian, per bag.2 25@ — 
Pepper, Florida, per bbl.1 00®1 50 
Peas, Florida, basket. 50@1 00 
Maryland, per basket.1 25®1 50 
Eastern shore, per %-bol.1 00®1 50 
Baltimore . 75@>1 00 
Norfolk, per %-bbl. 50@1 00 
Norfolk, per bushel basket. 50®) 75 
North Carolina . 50®> 75 
North Carolina, per bushel. 40® 65 
Peppers .1 00®2 00 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches.1 00@1 50 
Spinach, Long Island. 50® 75 
North Carolina, green.1 25@1 50 
North Carolina, wax.1 25® — 
String beans, wax, Fla., crate. 75@1 25 
Florida, wax, per basket. 75®)1 25 
Charleston, per basket. 75@1 00 
Charleston, wax, per basket. 75®1 25 
Florida, per crate. 50@ 75 
Savannah . 50®1 00 
Squash, Southern, crook-neck. 50@1 00 
Barrels . 75®1 25 
Tomatoes .2 50®3 50 
Poor to good. 1 00@2 25 
BACKYARD GARDENS. 
In every city and town are to be 
found good backyard gardeners. Very 
often they are workingmen who spend 
the day toiling in shop or factory, and 
have been able to buy, out of their sav¬ 
ings, a small piece of ground somewhere 
in the suburbs. After putting up a 
little house, they proceed to make their 
small bit of soil useful and ornamental. 
We have been talking with such a man 
who lives in one of the suburbs of Bos¬ 
ton. He says he has 3,137 square feet in 
his little garden. 
“Do you raise much in the way of 
fruits and vegetables?” 
“Why, I can raise peas, beans, beets, 
parsnips, carrots, sweet corn, cucum¬ 
bers, lettuce, radishes and tomatoes. I 
raise my own plants, and lalst Spring I 
sold $3 worth, besides what I needed, 
an'd could have sold many more.” 
“How do you raise these plants?” 
“I have a cold frame with five sashes 
three by six, and start my plants in my 
attic, and put them out in the cold 
frame in April.” 
“Do we understand that you start the 
plants in the attic?” 
“Yes, I cut a skylight in my roof, and 
started up there a little greenhouse 
which serves my purpose well.” 
"Of course you raise strawberries?” 
“Yes, I took 72 quarts last Spring 
from a patch 12 by 20 feet. They were 
Belmonts, but I have now planted Mar¬ 
shall, and have increased my bed. I 
have also gooseberries, currants and 
raspberries. We have plenty of rhu¬ 
barb, and I am even trying the plan of 
forcing the roots in the house. We have 
four pear trees and three apple trees in 
the garden.” 
“When do you get time to do all this 
work?” 
•“I do not have much time, it is true. 
My daily work lasts from 7 A. M. until 
5.30 P. M., and I have to leave home an 
hour earlier and get home an hour later. 
I have what time is left of the working 
day, the regular holidays, and the Sat¬ 
urday half-holiday. In this time I do 
the best I can and make my little gar¬ 
den pay. I know that many farmers 
would laugh if they saw the way I have 
to plant and care for my garden; yet, 
I think I could teach some of them a 
few tricks in the art of supplying my 
family with fruit and vegetables. I sow 
radishes between the rows of beets, and 
double things up all through the garden. 
I love to work at the garden, and some 
day, if my life is spared, I hope to leave 
my present job and work at gardening 
or farming for goon. I often think to 
myself that if the people in the country 
only could realize how much they have 
to be thankful for, how much there is 
about them to see and enjoy, they would 
not want to come and crowd into the 
city. For my part, I would gladly 
change places with some of them.” 
Texas Farm and Ranch says that the 
man who shoots a bird and thus saves a 
berry perpetuates a thousand bugs good 
for several berries each. 
The Springfield Republican tells the story 
of a scythe which is now imbedded in a 
pine tree at Warwick, Mass. About 38 
years ago a young man named Bliss was 
cutting brush on his father’s farm, and at 
night when he finished, hung his scythe on 
a pine tree. He never went back to work, 
but enlisted as a soldier, and was killed at 
the front. The scythe was never taken 
from the tree, but still hangs there, mute 
testimony to the soldier’s duty. The tree 
has now grown practically around the 
scythe, and it is proposed to keep it there 
now as long as the tree stands, and there 
is no doubt but that this pine tree will die 
a natural death. 
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the 
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EO. D. HARDER, Manufacturer,Cobleskill.N.Y 
Horse Powers. Ensilaae Cutters. Round Silos. Ac 
Wants, For Sale or Exchange 
5,000 Acres Stock and Timber Land 
for Sale. FRANK DOKRRK, Selgers, Miss 
Georgia Farms for Sale. From 5 to 
100 acres cleared and fenced, with 50 to 400 acres 
timber, on each farm. Garden and Sugar-Cane Belt, 
*2 to $0 per acre. RUSK1N LAND AGENCY, Ruskin, 
Ware County, Ga. 
ATTENTION, LAND SEEKERS! 
Why spend valuable time and money looking up 
the West, the land of tornadoes aud grasshoppers, 
that carry death and destruction in their tread, when 
you can buy better land cheaper and nearer home 
and close to flourishing cities? I have for sale Im¬ 
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purchaser; vou now buy while it is cheap. 
J. It. McAItTHUR, Cheboygan, Mich. 
FIVE FARMS FOR SALE. 
Rare chance to buy such nice Farms and Houses at 
a low price, in such desirable neighborhoods, and on 
the Eastern Hhore of Maryland, which Is called by 
many travelers the Garden Spot of the World. 'I hese 
farms range in site from 85 to 400 acres, and are well 
adapted to fruit, truck, grain, grass and stock-raising. 
The quality of the land is unsurpassed, and most of 
these farms have salt-water fronts, and oysteis, flsh, 
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map, price and terms, address 
WM. 8. RICHARDSON, Marion Station, Md. 
Splendid position for Experienced 
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STEEL TANK CO., Buffalo, N. Y. 
WE CIO A week and expenses to men with 
»AY V I Orlgs to Introduce our Poultry Compound 
lend stamp. Javelle Mfg. Co., Dept. 26, Parsons, Kan 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
1X9 and 231 Washington Btreet, New York 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game 
■ Poultry, 
■ Mnshrooma, 
Furs, 
I Calves, 
1 Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
I Spring Lambs, 
I Live Quail. 
JELLIFFE, 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: Onion Stock Yards, foot of West 60th St. 
Refer to Irving National Bank. 
New York State Veterinary College 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Free tuition to New York State students. Ex¬ 
tended announcement. Address 
Prof. JAMES LAW. F. R. C. V. S., Director. 
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NEW YORK. 
