1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
183 
MARKE T NOTES 
EGGS.—The market is badly broken, a 
drop of nine cents being noted. The decline 
at western points is said to be still greatei. 
Fresh stocks will soon De on the increase, 
and it is doubtful whether any further ex¬ 
cessive prices are obtained unless there 
should be a temporary scarcity for Easter 
trade. 
POULTRY.—Receipts of live chickens 
are moderate, and more or less mixed with 
coarse and stags. Prime ducks and geese 
are scarce. The dressed poultry market is 
dull, with large accumulations of fowls, the 
best of which are offered at 11 cents. 
Prime chickens are scarce. Most of the 
stock is so poor that few buyers care for it. 
The wet and sticky weather has a bad ef¬ 
fect on all kinds of dressed poultry. 
DRESSED CARVES AND LAMBS.—The 
market is weak and unsettled, owing to the 
large supply. Many calves were carried 
over from last week, and 11 cents is the top 
price at present. The storms and conse¬ 
quent wretched condition of the streets in 
the market district have kept buyers away, 
and many consumers have eaten other 
meats, which their butchers had on hand 
or could get more easily. Streets are get¬ 
ting in fair condition again, and with a 
change in the weather, increased trade may 
be expected. 
APPLES.—The excessive cold of Feb¬ 
ruary held back shipments. Now many 
holders seem to be unloading their stocks, 
and a weak market Is the result. The 
strongest item on the list is the Greening, 
for which as much as $7 are paid. A dealer 
who is just closing out his holdings said 
that he would have made more by selling 
them last Fall. Ben Davis retail on the 
street stands and push carts for about half 
the price of Baldwin and Spy. Now and 
then a peddler gets hold of a lot of sweet 
apples, but they usually go slowly at cut 
prices. People appear to care little for a 
sweet apple, although this might be 
changed if well-kept specimens of the 
greenish-white variety generally known as 
Pound Sweet were offered. 
NOTES ON SUNDRY PRODUCTS.—Dur¬ 
ing the past season the 20 vessels compris¬ 
ing the Middle Atlantic fleet secured 12.500 
barrels of sperm oil. The catch of the Arc¬ 
tic fleet was much less. Prices for sperm 
oil at present are 75 to SO cents, and com¬ 
mon whale oil 46 to 50 cents.Ex¬ 
tensive auction sales of ostrich featheis 
have been held in London. About 77.000 
pounds were offered, valued at $750,000. 
The long period of unfavorable 
weather has greatly reduced the business 
in lead and oil for outside work. Prices of 
lead run from 6 to 7% cents. Tn dry colors 
are noted: Burnt umber, P /2 to 3%; Vene¬ 
tian red. American, S to 11. English, ll 1 /? to 
20; burnt Sienna. 3 to 5; chrome yellow, 10 to 
25; zinc, to 9%. Domestic linseed oil 
runs from 62 to 66 cents per gallon, and 
Calcutta as high as 85 cents.The 
market for chicory is quiet. Domestic, in 
bags, is quoted at 3% cents, and best Eng¬ 
lish 5% to 714.Trade in starch is 
reported fair. Prices are: Corn, 3% to 
3 %; potato. 3% to 4%. and wheat, 4% to 6. 
. . The latest estimates place the 
southwestern rice crop at about 150,000 tons, 
and of Georgia and the Carolinas, 28,350 
tons. An increased acreage is expected for 
the coming season. Prices have been well 
sustained all of the season. Tn fact, there 
is no reed for any disastrous glut in the 
market, as well-cured rice is not perishable, 
and can be held for a. long time. Prices are 
31 /, to 6 V> for domestic, and 2 to 5Y. for Ron 
goon and Japan. w - n - 
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We will 
build a buggy 
to your order 
during this 
winter and 
ship it to you 
next spring. 
$5.00 depot* 
it. Write for 
circular. 
Ever Meet a Jahberwoc? 
We hope you never will. Our artist also has in his menagerie several 
other queer animals, among which are the Willywoss and the Wazzle* 
tailed Spingo. We will probably show them later. 
DO YOU BUY WHERE YOU CAN BUY BEST? 
THIRTY YEARS OF HARD WORR —Thirty years in the same 
business attending strictly to its details, thinking, planning, 
y l \ selecting goods, learning to select the wheat from the chaff this 
A \ is why our business has grown from nothing to millions a year. 
/*! \ Honest goods—no trash. Lowest whole• 
sale prices. Ho one allowed to under* 
sell us on the same quality of goods. 
Two million customers buy of us right 
along. Are you one of them? We have 
special catalogues on almost every line 
you can think of. Tell us what kind of 
.goods you are interested in and we will 
send you, absolutely free, a handsome. 
Illustrated catalogue quoting wholesale 
prices. Be sure and mention the one 
you want. 
Carpets and Rugs — Underwear — 
Groceries — Bicycles — Baby Car• 
riages—Dry Goods—Photographic 
Goods — Hotions — Books — Shoes — 
Millinery—Cloaks—Shirts —Furs — 
and Men’s and Boys’ Suits ( both 
Ready-Made and Mude.to.Order) 
including Samples. 
Montgomery Ward Sr Co. 
Chicago 
THE BEST 
MADE. 
GREEN MOUNTAIN 
SILOS 
And 
“superior” dairy 
Goons. 
THEY LOOK BETTER, 
THEYWEAR BETTER, 
THEY ARE BETTER 
BECAUSE 
BETTER MADE 
OF 
BETTER MATERIAL 
AND OF 
BETTER DESIGN 
Get our free. Catalogs 
and Prices before buy 
f*~~p*miTFn aug. BTnaadi./ L inp- elsewhere. 
MOSELEY & STODDARD MFG. CO., 
Agents Wanted. | llutland, Vermont. 
'END 10c, FOR 40-PAGE BOOKLET 
Q...... 
Tells how to grow seven tons of sorghum bay 
per acre. Chapters on Boy bean, cow pea, beet 
and strawberry culture. All about cement laying. 
Illustrated plan of hog-house. Price-list free. 
Box 6. WAI.DO F. BllOWN. Oxford. Ohio. 
LIGHTNING WELL MACHY 
IS THE STANDAR D, 
STUM PUMPS. AIR LIFTS J 
GASOLINE ENGINES S i's* 
WRITE FOR CIRCULAR 
THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS -mi 
AURORA. ILL.-CHICAGO- DALLAS TEX. 
WELL 
DRILLING 
Over TO sires and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soli or ro~k. Mounted 
on wheels or on sills With engines or horse powers. 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BKOS., Ithaca, N. Y. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
A farmer was shocking a field of corn 
with one of those new-fangled machines, 
known as a "Deering Corn Shocker,” when 
an Fnglishman who was playing golf In 
an adjoining field called the attention of 
his companion to the queer 
“What is that over there?” he asked. Oh. 
don’t look!” his comnanion replied, its 
simply shocking, don’t you know; ana It 
is further related that the inquirer is still 
trying to fathom his companion’s mean- 
ink. 
The Field Force Pump Co.’s catalogue 
is an excellent one. These people make an 
original and complete line of spray pumps 
and machinery. Each pattern is presented 
in order by a large and well engraved Il¬ 
lustration, accompanied by the required 
descriptive text, which Is clear and force¬ 
ful. For painting or whitewashing build¬ 
ings, fences, barns, etc., this line is un¬ 
surpassed. The chapter In catalogue, 
“When to Sprnv and Why.” Is of excep¬ 
tional value. Write to-day to Field Force 
Pump Co., Lockport, N. Y. 
The Havana Metal Wheel Co.. Havana. 
Ill., send the following interesting advice: 
“We make TO kinds of wagons, some all 
steel, and some part wood. We can fur¬ 
nish them for one horse or two. The 
grooved tire is one of the main features 
of our wheels, though we also make flat- 
tire wheels if they are preferred. Not 
only are the spokes protected by the 
grooved tire, but the wheels do not slip 
so much on hilly ground. Then. too. the 
brake Is used to better advantage on these 
wheels.” 
THE MIETZ & WEISS 
Kerosene Engines. Sizes, 1 to 60 H P 
Cheapest and Safest Power 
Known. For pumping and 
electric lighting, grinding 
corn, separating cream, 
Sawing wood, and all power 
purposes. Awarded Gold 
Medal Pan American Exp 
Buffalo, 1901 8end tor Cat 
A. MIETZ, 
128 Mott Street. New York 
CHARTER 
Gasoline Engine 
USED 
Any Place 
By Any One 
For Any Pnrpone 
[Stationaries, Portables, Engines 
and Pumps, Holsters, 
Sawing Outfits, 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and 
Testimonials, state your Powei Needs. 
Charter Gas Engine Co., Box 26, Sterling, ill. 
YOU REED i HARROW? BUY k VICTOR. 
Unlike any other Disc Harrow. Leaves no mark be¬ 
hind it. but instead, leaves a good impression. It consists 
of thirteen discs, six on one side and seven on the other; 
thus, the thirteenth overlaps and pulverizes the center, 
that all others leave untouched. Discs are 16 in. Frame 
Is all steel. Ball bearings, adjustable scrapers for moist 
and sticky soils. Two levers thatangle the discs, (a great 
advantageon side hills). Not liable to break or get out of 
order. If interested, send for large catalogue of farm 
implements and seeds. Itis free. 
BOSS BROTHERS, 
Worcester, llfaa*. 
SHARROW 
On Wheels 
LlghtcHt Draft Harrow made. Saves at least 
a half horse power over other makes. Adapt¬ 
ed to nny soil. Seat ad¬ 
justed without bolts. Used 
either as walking or riding 
harrow. Teeth controlled 
by lever. Easily cleared 
of rubbish. Made 
of very best ma¬ 
terials. Write 
for free cat¬ 
alogue. 
The Hench & 
Dromgold Co., Mfrs., 
York, Pa. 
Set with the 
NAGLEY TRANSPLANTER 
save the grower expense. Abso¬ 
lutely guaranteed to do the work. 
Circulars free. Agents wanted. 
Pruning Shears also a Specialty. 
NAGLEY MFG. COMPANY, LYONS, N. Y. 
HAVE YOU SEEN THE 
Jack 
of All 
Trades? 
PUMPS 
WATER¬ 
SHEDS 
CORN- 
GRINDS 
FEED- 
CHURNS 
BUTTER- 
—and hundreds of other |obs with the 
strength of 15 men. Most Convenient and 
useful power ever invented. Costs only TWO 
cents per hour to run. Especially adapted 
to farm work. 
IT ISA NEW ENGINE MADE BY 
Fairbanks «Tui clly 
f> Chicago Minneapolis 
morse Otf Cleveland Omaha 
Cincinnati Denver 
Detroit Salt Lake City 
Louisville San Francisco 
Indianapolis Los Angeles 
St. Louis Portland, Ore. 
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HARVESTING “SUCCESS 
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN WITH DEERING HARVESTERS 
THE DEERING LINE OF LIGHT DRAFT IDEALS 
is recognized as the embodiment of the best and most advanced ideas in harvester con¬ 
struction. It is an invariable rule that where a Deering machine is once used it is per¬ 
manently installed with the regular farm equipment. Generation after generation have 
used Deering Harvesters without departure from their allegiance to the products of the 
big Deering works, the largest harvester plant in the world. It requires genuine merit 
to win such recognition. 
DEERING HARVESTER COMPANY 
CHICAGO, U. S. A. 
World’s Greatest Manufacturers of Binders, Headers, Mowers, Reapers, Corn Binders, 
Com Shockers, Huskers and Shredders, Rakes, Twine and Oil. 
$18.50 
for this team harness* 
cut from select oak-tanned 
leather, traces 6 ft. long. 13 ^ 
in. wide, with cockeye, 13-ft 
lines; Hook & Twit pads, 
pole and breast Btrapa 1 % 
Jlilc Rareraln. All kinds 
of single and doable barn* 
For 1JJ-16 
BALL BEARING. 
All steel disc harrow,easiest 
running A best made. 8 
sizes, discs 16 or 20 in. in 
diameter. Pay double 
you get no better* 
SH50 
for sit e! lever harrow J 
cuts 10 ft; 60 teeth, 2 nee., 
tions; also 3 & 4 sections. 
!VI 
Cultivator, plain, with 6 
shovels* Spreads to 33 in. 
$15.05 
BUYS 
this 8-ft. steel mill; guar- 
antecd easiest running 
* strongest made; pump- 
ing and power mills. 8 to 
lt-ft.; .Iso tanks,pumps, 
pipe a all pumping sup- 
piiea We furnish com¬ 
plete outfits. Price* all 
reduced. Catalogfn*. 
Don’t tail to send for it- 
$28.75 
Cts. 
Scud ior our Free 336-Page Agricultural Catalogue. 
for Calumet check row corn 
ptanter with automatic reel and 
80roda of wire. Never misses, 
drops in hills and drills. We 
challenge the world with this 
planter. Will ship it on trial In 
competition with all others. We 
have 95 styles of Planters and 
Drills for held ami garden. 
&& 
Crank Seeder 
Sows wheat, oats, grass 
seeds, etc. 4 to 10 acres 
hour. Works perfect. 
Usually retailed lot $2. 
All Kinds Seeders. 
Prices Low 
for this 
Oue-horne 
corn, bean, pea and ^ 
Garden seeder. Prop3 
in hills and drills. 12 ac. a day.) 
Fertilizer extra. Handles all' 1 
kinds of seed perfectly. 
Also I'lows,Cultivators,Scales,Hay 
Tools,Carpeuter <k Blacksmith Tools, 
Washing Machines, W'ringers, etc. 
MARVIN SMITH C0„ 55-57-59 Jefferson St., Chicago, Ills. 
