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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 2‘J 
MARKETS 
THE WEEK’S QUOTATIONS. 
WHOLESALE PRICES. 
New York, November 20, 1902. 
GRAIN.—"Wheat, No. 1, hard Duluth, 85%; 
No. 2, red, to arrive, 78%; No. 1, northern 
Chicago, to arrive, 82%. Corn. No. 2. 
mixed, elevator, 66. Oats, No. 2. mixed. 
35%. Rye, No. 2, Western, c. i. f., Buffalo, 
53. Barley, malting, 504760'; feeding, 41. 
BEANS-Marrow, 1902, choice, bu., $2.75; 
medium, 1902, choice, $2.40472.45; pea, 1902, 
choice, $2,357(2.40; red kidney, 1902, choice, 
$3; white kidney, 1902, choice, $2.70472.75; 
black turtle soup, choice, $2.30@2.35; yellow 
eye, choice, $2.75472.80. 
PEED.—Choice middlings, $204724: city 
bran, $17; Winter bran, $184720; linseed 
meal, $26.50; cottonseed meal, $264727. 
HAY.—Prime, $1; No. 1, 90@95; No. 2, 8047 
87%; No. 3, 604770; clover, mixed. 654770; 
clover, 60@65; no grade, 40@55; salt, 45@50. 
STRAW.—Long rye, 70@82%; short rye, 
50@60. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price. $1 61 
per 40-quart can, or 3% cents per quart to 
shippers in the 26-cent freight zone. 
BUTTER.—Creamery, extra, lb , 28; firsts, 
264727%; seconds, 234725; lower grades, 20@ 
22; held, extras, 25; held, firsts, 23%4£24%; 
held, seconds, 22@23; State dairy, half tubs, 
fancy, 254726; firsts, 23@24; tubs, seconds, 
21@22%; thirds, 194720; tins, etc., 194725; 
Western, imitation creamery, finest, 20%@ 
21; fair to good, 1S'@19; lower grades, 17@17%; 
Western, factory, June make, fancy, 18V 2 
@19; fair to prime, 17%@18; current make, 
best, 18; seconds, 17@17%; renovated, fancy. 
21; common to prime, 17%@20; packing 
stocl^, 16@17. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, small, September, 
fancy, 12%@13; late made, choice, 12%; good 
to prime, 12%@12%; common to fair, 10%@ 
12; large, September, fancy, 13; choice, 12%; 
light skims, small, choice, 114711%; large, 
10%@10%; part skims, fair to good, 8%@ 
9%; common, 6@7. 
EGGS.—Nearby, fancy, selected, white, 
30@32; mixed, 28@2S%; State and Pa., fair 
to good, 24@26; held .and mixed, 214723; 
Western, fresh-gathered, fancy', 26@27; 
average best, 25; fair to good, 234724; in¬ 
ferior, 21@22; Kentucky, fair to prime, 21 Q> 
24; fresh-gathered dirties, 164719; checks, 
150-17; Spring packed, good to prime, 2047 
20%; limed, 19@20. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Spring chickens, 11; 
fowls, 11%; old roosters, 7%; turkeys, 12; 
ducks, Western, pair, 754780; Southern and 
Southwestern, 65@70; geese, Western, pair, 
$1.371/l.o0; Southern and Southwestern, pair, 
$1.12@1.25j live pigeons, pair, 15@20. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, dry- 
picked, fancy, 14; average grades, 134713%; 
fair to good, 11@12; common, 8@10; chick¬ 
ens, Fhila., broilers, lb., 21@23; roasters, 
18; mixed sizes, 144716; Penn., fancy broilers, 
li>4720; roasters, 15@16; fair to good, 12@14; 
Western, fancy, 13%@14; ordinary, 10@12; 
fowls, Western, 12@12%; Southwestern, 12; 
1S@2„; roasters, 154716; fair to good, 124714; 
fancy, 14@16; fair to good, 10@12; Spring 
geese, Eastern, 15@16; Maryland, 124713; 
Western, 8@11; squabs, prime, large, white, 
doz., $2.75473; mixed, $2.25472.50. 
GAME.—Quail, doz., $2.50@3; partridges, 
fresh, pair, $1.25@1.75; frozen, $1.25471.50; 
grouse, frozen, pair, $2.50472.75; woodcocks, 
pair, $1@1.40; English snipe, doz., $2472.50; 
wild ducks, canvas, pair, $2@3; Mallard, 
75@$1. 
GINSENG.—Market quiet, Northern and 
Eastern, lb., $5@5.50; Western, $4@4.50; 
Southern and Southwestern, $3.75@4.25. 
HONEY.—N. Y. State, clover, comb, 
fancy, 154716; fair to good, 12@14; buck¬ 
wheat, comb, 12@14; extracted clover, lb., 
7@7%; buckwheat, 6%@7. 
HOPS.—N. Y. State, 1902, choice, 36@3S; 
medium, 334735; ordinary, 294732; olds, 7@ 
12%; Pacific coast choice, 30@32; ordinary, 
26@2S. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evap., 1902, 
fancy, 7; choice, 6476%; prime, 5%@5%; com¬ 
mon, 5475%; sun-dried, 1902, 4%475%; chops, 
100 lbs., $2.50@2.75; cores and skins, $1.40@ 
1.50; raspberries, evap., 1902, 22; huckle¬ 
berries, 1902, 17@18; blackberries, 1902, 8478%; 
cherries, 1902, 20@22. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, fancy red, 
table, bbl,, $2473.50; Snow, $1@2.25; Ben 
Davis, $1.50@2; King, $1.50@3; Hubbardston, 
$1.25@1.75; Baldwin, $1@2.25; Spitzenberg, 
$1.50@3; Spy, $1@2; Greening, $lto2.50; Pound 
Sweet, $1@1.75; common grades, d.-h. bbl., 
75471; open heads, 75471.50. Pears, Bose, 
$2474; Clairgeau, $2@3; Anjou, $2@2.50; Shel¬ 
don, $2@3; Lawrence, $1.50472; Louise Bonne, 
$1.50@2; Kieffer, $1@1.50; common cooking, 
$1471.50. Quinces, bbl., $3475.50. Grapes, up¬ 
river, Concord, case, 604775; western N. Y., 
Delaware, small basket, 10@20; Niagara, 
104718; Catawba, 104)14; Concord, in bulk, 
ton, $354745; Clinton, $604765; Delaware, 
$75@S0. Cranberries, Cape Cod, large, 
fancy, bbl., $8@8.50; common to prime, $5477; 
Jersey, crate, $2.25472.40. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, L. I., bulk, 
bbl., $2@2.25; State, Pa. and Mich., 180 lbs., 
$1.75472; Wis. and other Western. 180 lbs., 
$1.50@1.S7; Jersey, bbl., $1.75472; sack, $1,754) 
1.90; Va., second crop, bbl., $1.75; Maine, 
sack, $1.75@1.87; Belgium, 168-lb. sack, $1.75 
@2; Sweets, So. Jersey', bbl., $1.50472.75; 
S’th’n, yellow, $1.25@1.75. Brussels sprouts, 
per quart, 44710. Beets, L. I. and Jersey, 
100 bunches, 75Cql. Cabbage, Danish seed, 
red, ton, $7@8; white, $6@8; domestic, white, 
$4476. Cauliflowers, fair to fancy, bbl., $1@ 
2; culls, 504775. Celery, prime, large, doz., 
304740; small to medium, 54725. Cucumbers, 
Florida, crate, $1.25@2.25; basket, $1.50472.50; 
Boston, hothouse, doz., 75@1. Chicory, N. 
Orleans, bbl., $3474. Escarol, New Orleans, 
bbl., $3474. Eggplants, Florida, box, $1471.75. 
Kale, Norfolk. Scotch, bbl., 304750. Lettuce, 
Boston, doz., 30@60; North Carolina, bskt., 
$17/1.75; Norfolk, basket, 50471.50; New Or¬ 
leans, bbl., $3@4. Lima beans, Jersey, Po¬ 
tato, bag, $1472. Mushrooms, hothouse, lb., 
254735. Onions, L. I. & Jersey, red, bbl., 
$1.50471.75; yellow, $2472.25; white, 75472.50; 
y r ellow, bag, $1.75472.25; Connecticut, white, 
bbl., $2.50@5; yellow, $2472.50; Western, yel¬ 
low, bag, $75422.25; white pickle onions, bbl., 
$3@6; basaet, $1.@2. Okra, Florida, carrier, 
$1.25472. Peppers, Jersey, bbl., 75471.25 
Parsnips, bbl., $1.25. Pumpkins, bbl., 604775. 
Peas, Southern, basket, $1,472. Radishes, 
Norfolk, basket, 25@75; hothouse. 100 bchs., 
504775. Romaine, New Orleans, bbl., $5@7. 
Spinach, Norfolk, bbl., 75471.2o; Baltimore, 
bbl., $1471.12. String beans, Va., basket, 
75471.50; Charleston, wax, basket, 75471.50; 
Florida, basket, $1471-75; crate, 50471-25. 
Squash, Marrow, bbl., 75; Hubbard, bbl., 
$1. Turnips Canada, Russia, bbl., 704780; 
Jersey, Russia, bbl., 604770; white, bbl., 
$1@1.25. Tomatoes, Florida, carrier, $1.25@ 
2.75. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW Y ORK.— Steers, $4.15@6.30; oxen, 
$2@4.65; bulls, $2.50@3.65; cows, $1.40@4; 
calves, veal, $4.50479; little calves, $4474.50. 
Sheep, $2473.50; lambs, $3.50@4.50. Hogs, 
State, $6.50476.55. , 
EAST BUFFALO.—Steers, $5.25476.50; 
heifers, $3.25474.75; Stockers, $3.25(^4. Calves, 
$5.5047S.50. Sheep, top, mixed, $3.15473.25; 
culls, to good, $1.75472.10; lambs, $3.75475.15. 
Hogs, Yorkers, $6.30476.35; roughs, $5.80@6; 
pigs, $6.25476.35. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $647 
7.05; poor to medium, $3.25475.75; Texas, 
$3474; Stockers and feeders, $2474.65; can- 
ners, $1.40472.40; calves, $3.50477. Sheep, fair 
to ch'ce, mixed, $2.50473.50; lambs, $3.50@5.50. 
TOBACCO. 
SEED LEAF.—Connecticut fillers, 84710; 
average lots, 204725; fine wrappers, 504770; 
N. Y. State fillers, 6@8; average lots, 124718; 
fine wrappers, 404750; Ohio fillers. 6477; aver¬ 
age lots, 134715; Pennsylvania fillers, 74710. 
VIRGINIA SHIPPING.—Common lugs, 
5%476%; good lugs, 6%@7; common to me¬ 
dium leaf, 8%479; medium to good leaf, 
dark. 97710; light, 104711; good to fine leaf, 
dark, 11%@12%; light, 12%@14. 
KENTUCKY LIGHT.-Common lugs, 
5%@7; common leaf, 6%@8%; line, 11%@12. 
^ Friend or the Robin Stands Up. 
The writer has watched the discussion of 
the robin question in your paper with much 
interest, and is disappointed to have you 
say as you did on page 644 that you con¬ 
sider it “one of the most useless birds,’’ 
and that “as a matter of business—all sen¬ 
timent aside—we believe fruit farmers 
would be better off if the robin were driven 
away.” While here and there they make 
havoc with a quantity of choice fruit, to 
the serious financial loss of the grower, 
still the fact remains that the robin be¬ 
friends the vast multitude of fruit grow¬ 
ers and farmers, from whom y r ou never 
hear, and to an extent so far overbalancing 
the damage they do in isolated instances, 
that there is no comparison left. Like all 
other good and valuable things there are 
times and places when the robin is appar¬ 
ently not needed, and is sometimes really 
a nuisance. But nevertheless he does a 
great work and it would be a sorry day for 
American horticulturists, and agriculturists 
as well, if the robin were driven from our 
orchards and farms. How many of your 
correspondents who have spoken against 
this tireless insect destroyer, have made a 
business of watching him and knowing 
what he eats and the vast quantity of it? 
When insects begin to De active in early 
Spring the robin is on hand to checkmate 
them. With the first peep of aawn he is 
abroad and keeps up his foraging all day, 
and day after day all Summer. It is well- 
known that cutworms do their work in the 
night. The robin begins flying in the morn¬ 
ing while it is yet dusk, and the writer 
knows from personal observation that a 
pair of robins in feeding their young, make 
trips ranging from two to 10 minutes apart, 
bringing in from one to five cutworms 
at a time, and keep it up for two hours at 
a stretch. There are many other kinds of 
destructive insects w'hich the robin takes 
care of on sight, but if he never ate any¬ 
thing but cutworms we w'ould consider 
that ample reason for holding him as one 
of the most valuable birds. Further, he 
destroys untold millions of larvte in prema¬ 
turely ripened fruit, which no other bird 
does to much extent. Should the robin be¬ 
come too numerous in somebody’s cherry 
trees it would be better to use the shotgun 
on them for a few days, than to wage an 
indiscriminate war on them at all times 
and under all circumstances, as if they 
were really “one of our most useless 
birds.” In all that has been published in 
The R. N.-Y. against the robin I have not 
seen one good reason advanced for de¬ 
nouncing him. Good things cost their price 
and are worth w'hat they cost. Long live 
the robin! edwin m. haven. 
Van Buren Co., Mich. 
Wauls, for Sale or Exchange 
For Sale—216 acres in Lackawanna 
County, good for grain, fruits, vegetables or dairying, 
would cut to advantage into small farms. For par¬ 
ticulars address P. SUTTON. Exeter, Pa. 
Fok Sale— 800 acres of wild land, Sec¬ 
tion 23, Tp. 127, R. 61, on S. W., one-quarter of Sec. 13. 
cornering Brown County. S. lluk. In the best grazing 
section of the United States. $20 per acre; $10,000 
cash. Inquire of W. S. SMITH, Pleasant Valley, ill. 
One of the most desirable fruit farms 
in Virginia. In splendid order. Will pay 10 per cent 
on price asked and profit will increase steadily. Near 
great markets, fine transportation facilities, and mild 
climate In most healthful belt in United States. 
Albemarle Immigration Society, Charlottesville, Va. 
# Cam SeH Your Farm 
no matter where it is. Send description, state price and 
learn how. Est. ’96. Highest references. Offices in 14 cities. 
We Me Ostrander, istiN. A. Bldg., Philadelphia 
Virginia Lands 
Productive soil, delightful climate. Free catalogue 
it. 15. CHAFFIN & CO., Incorp., Richmond, Va. 
Lice on Hogs.— Soap suds, one gallon; 
kerosene, one-half pint; crude carbolic 
acid, two tablespoonfuls; keep well stirred 
while using. Wash the hogs thoroughly 
two or three times at intervals of four or 
five days. Dissolve one-eighth pound of 
hard soap in one quart of boiling water. 
Remove from the fire when boiling hot 
and add two quarts of kerosene and agitate 
briskly for 10 minutes, when the whole 
should be a frothy creamy mass. This is 
kerosene emulsion. When cooled this will 
be a gelatinous mass. Add one pint of this 
and two tablespoonfuls of crude carbolic 
acid to one gallon of water. Wash with 
this as directed to kill lice. For affections 
of the skin wash the hogs occasionally with 
a solution of nitrate of lead, one ounce to 
a gallon of water. It should first be dis¬ 
solved in boiling water and added to the 
water for washing. If a large number of 
hogs are to be treated a vat or large trough 
should be used and the hogs put through 
one at a time, giving each one a good wet¬ 
ting. Nitrate of lead is poisonous, and care 
should be taken that the hogs do not drink 
the wash water, though they might not 
get enough to hurt them. The solution 
should not be put in anything but a 
wooden or iron vessel. It attacks galvan¬ 
ized iron. No soap should be used with 
this. In washing the hands after working 
in the lead water use vinegar instead of 
soap. A rubbing post wrapped with gunny 
sacks and saturated with kerosene is 
recommended to keep the lice in check. 
Crude petroleum is also recommended to 
be sprinkled over the hogs occasionally 
and around their sleeping quarters. 
Newton, Iowa. o. w. browning. 
Wanted—Back numbers of The R. N.- 
Y., 1896, January IS, October 17, December 12 and 19. 
1897, want 17 numbers. 1899. September 2; 1900, April 
14 . State price. F. E. Sears, Director School of Hor¬ 
ticulture, Wolfville, N. S. 
WANTED. 
Ten good and young SHROPSHIRE EWES, by 
W. H. Palmer, Canaan ICorners, N. Y. 
\JA1 EU! T ET Ten live hustling agents 
W w B w I Era D in the State of New York 
to canvass for a well-known article. Must have 
good reference. Salary and expenses paid weekly. 
Address EMPLOYER,care The Rural New-Yorker, 
New, York. 
Oldest Commission 
eggs. pork, poultry, dressed calves,game, etc. Fruits, 
E. B. WOODWARD. 302 Greenwich Street, New York. 
GEO P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. PRANK W. GODV*IN. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & 00., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers In all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs. Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 & 36 Little 12th St., New York. 
WIVJ. H . COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants. 
No. 229 Washington Street, New York. 
our specialties: 
Game, 
I Poultry, 
i Mushrooms, 
Furs, 
B Calves, 
j Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
E Hot House Lambs, | 
| Live Quail. 
Poultry, Game, * 
Dressed Calves, Hothouse Products, 
Fruits and Vegetables. 
Consignments solicited. Top prices secured for 
prime stock. Market Info lunation and 
Packing Instructions on request. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New York. 
BOOKS WORTH BUYING. 
The Soil. F. H. King.$0.75 
How Crops Grow'. S. W. Johnson. 1.50 
How Crops Feed. S. W. Johnson.. 1.50 
Modification of Plants by Climate.10 
Fertility of the Land. Roberts. 1.25 
Fertilizers. Voorhees . 1.00 
Talks on Manures. Harris. 1.50 
Manures, Making and Handling. 
Sempers .40 
Garden Making. Hunn and Bailey. 1.00 
Horticulturist’s Rule Book, Bailey.75 
Forcing Book. Bailey. 1.00 
Nursery Book. Bailey. 1.00 
Young Market Gardener. Greiner.50 
New Rhubarb Culture. Morse....50 
Asparagus Culture. Hexamer.....50 
The Cauliflower. Crozier. 1.00 
Cabbages. Gregory .30 
Onions. Gregory . 30 
The New Horticulture. Stringfellow... .50 
Ginseng. M. G. Kains.35 
Farm Poultry. G. C. Watson. 1.25 
The Domestic Sheep. H. Stewart. 1.50 
Feeds and Feeding. Henry. 2.00 
Feeding of Animals. Jordan. 1.25 
Animal Breeding. Thomas Shaw. 1.50 
Farmers’ Veterinary Adviser. Law_3.00 
Milk and Its Products. Wing. 1.00 
Milk Making and Marketing.10 
Harris on the Pig. 1.00 
Swine Husbandry. Coburn. 1.50 
Soiling and Ensilage. Peer. 1.00 
A B C of Bee Culture. Root...1.25 
Life of the Bee. Maeterlinck. 1.40 
Principles of Fruit Growing. Bailey_1.25 
American Fruit Culturist. Thomas. 2.50 
Pruning Book. Bailey. 1.50 
Bush Fruits. Card. 1.50 
Plums and Plum Culture. Waugh.1.50 
Field Notes on Apple Culture. Bailey.. .75 
Fruit Harvesting and Marketing. 
Waugh . i.oo 
Canning and Preserving. Young.10 
How to Plan the Home Grounds. Par¬ 
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All COUNTRY DEALERSandTRAPPERS 
will do well by writing for reliable prices before sell¬ 
ing. Honest dealings and correct grading my motto 
Reference: First National Bank of Hightstown. 
LEMUEL BLACK, Exporter Raw Furs and Dealer 
in Ginseng, Hightstown, Lock Box 48, N. J. 
WF PAV ^ WEEK and expenses to men 
’' f al with rigs to introduce Poultry Com¬ 
pound. International Mfg. Co., Parsons, Kan. 
Cider Machinery.—Send for catalogue to Boomer & 
Boscliert Press Co., 11S West Water St.. Syracuse J4. Y. 
RUPTURE 
CURED while tou work. You pny 
$4 when cured. No cure no pay. 
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/I Banting Rfflachine. 
This is the only successful darning 
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This one is little short of perfect. It 
enables you to mend underwear, stock¬ 
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does an endless variety of art and fancy 
weaving better, easier and quicker than 
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by any other way. Full directions ac¬ 
company each machine. When a lady 
has once used this little machine, she 
would not do without it for any con¬ 
sideration. We will send it postpaid for 
$1, or for two new yearly subscriptions 
at $1 each. All money returned if not 
satisfied. 
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