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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 21 
Those Cash Prizes 
are booked for February 1. You see the 
time is short—about two weeks. Time 
enough, however, to earn one yet, if you 
start right out now and hustle every 
day. The first prize is 8100 ; second, $75; 
third, $50 ; and others on down the list. 
A little work will make you sure of some 
of them. We want to remind you, too, 
that the $2 cash prize goes out every day. 
This usually goes to a small club, be¬ 
cause most of the returns come in in 
small orders. This is a good month for 
subscription work. If you start in now, 
you can yet come in for a good prize 
February 1. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
THE WEEK’S QUOTATIONS. 
Saturday, January 14, 1899. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, Western, extras, per lb. 20 ® 21 
Western, firsts. 19 @ 20 
Western, seoonds. 17 ® 18 
Western, thirds.... 16 ® 10 
State, extras .. 19)fi@ 20 
State, firsts. 18 @ 19 
State, thirds to seoonds. 14)£® 17 
Western, June extras. 18 @ 18*6 
Western. June, seconds to firsts. 16 @ 17H> 
State dairy, half-firkin tubs, finest. 18 @ — 
Half-firkin tubs, firsts. 10 @ 17 
Welsh tubs, fanoy. 17)6® 18 
Welsh tubs, firsts ... . 16 ® 17 
Tubs, thirds to seconds. 13 ® 16 
Firkins, fancy. 16 ® 17 
Firkins, firsts... 16 @ 16 
Western Imitation oreamery, finest. 16^@ 17 
Firsts. 14 @ 15)4 
Seconds. 13 @ 13)6 
Western factory, June extras. 14 ® — 
Seconds to firsts. 13 ® 13)4 
Current make, finest. 14 ® 14)4 
Seoonds. 12)4® 13)* 
ThlTd» . 11X® 19 
Rol’s. fresh, fancy. 14 @ 14)4 
Fair to good. 12)4® 13)4 
EGOS. 
Nearby White Leghorn, fanoy, new laid. 23 @ 24 
Nearbv mixed stock, fancy per doz. 22 @ 21 
State and Penn., average best. 21 @ — 
Held and mixed, case count. 17 @ 18 
Western, fresh gathered, firsts loss oft... 21)6® — 
Fair to good ... 20 @ — 
“outhern. fresh gathered, good to prime. 28 @ 20)4 
Refrigerator, fall packed, f’y, case count 17 @ 18 
Fall packed, fair to prime, case count 15 @ 16 
Early packed, prime to choice . 16)4® 17)4 
Fair to good. 15 ® 16 
Poor to fair, per doz. 12 @ 14)4 
Limed, western, per doz. 16 ® 17 
FRUITS—GBEKN 
Apples, Northern, Greening, fancy, per bbl.4 60@5 50 
Baldwin, fancy, per bbi.4 00@4 50 
Snow, fancy, per bbl.4 00®5 00 
Fair to prime grades, per bbl.2 00@3 25 
Western New York, Baldwin, per bbl.2 60@3 75 
Greening, per d.-h. bbl.3 00®4 00 
8py, per dH-h. bbl.2 50®4 00 
Pacific Coast, boxes.1 C0@2 50 
Oranges, Fla., bright, per box.3 50@4 60 
Russet, per box.3 00@3 50 
Grape fruit. Florida...4 0066 00 
Mandarins, Fla., per strap.3 00@5 00 
Tangerines, Fla., per strap.4 00®7 00 
Grapes, Catawba, per Dasket. 10@ 15 
Cranberries, C. Cod,extra f’cyvari’s,per bbi.7 00@7 60 
Cape Cod, usual kinds, per bbl.5 00@7 00 
Cave Cod. usual kinds, per crate.1 50®2 00 
Jersey, per bb' 
.5 00® - 
Jersey, per crate 
. 1 25@1 6 n 
FURS AND SKINS. 
Nor. West. 
Southern and 
No. 1 Quality. 
and Eastern. 
South Western 
Black bear. 
15 00 
@ 
25 00 
12 00 
@ 20 00 
Cubs and yearlings.. 
5 00 
@ 10 00 
3 00 
@ 8 00 
Otter. 
. 7 00 
® 
9 00 
5 00 
@ 8 00 
Beaver, large. 
6 00 
® 
7 00 
5 00 
@ 6 00 
Medium. 
, 4 00 
® 
5 00 
3 00 
@ 4 00 
Small. 
. 2 00 
® 
3 00 
1 50 
@ 2 50 
Silver Fox... 
.25 00 
@1C0 00 
— 
@ — 
Cross Fox. 
. 5 00 
® 
10 00 
— 
@ — 
Red Fox. 
. 1 60 
Co) 
1 80 
1 20 
@ 1 40 
Gray Fox. 
60 
® 
75 
40 
@ 50 
Wolf, prairie. 
. 65 
@ 
75 
50 
@ 60 
Timber. 
. 1 50 
® 
2 00 
1 00 
@ 1 50 
Wolverine. 
. 4 00 
® 
5 00 
— 
@ — 
Lynx. 
. 1 50 
® 
2 £0 
— 
@ — 
Wildcat. 
. 35 
® 
50 
20 
@ 30 
House Cat, black... 
25 
® 
— 
20 
@ 25 
Colored. 
. 7 
@ 
9 
5 
@ 8 
Marten, dark. 
. 5 00 
® 
8 00 
— 
@ — 
Pale. 
. 2 (HI 
@ 
3 00 
— 
ffl — 
Skunk, black. 
. 1 25 
@ 
1 35 
1 10 
@ 1 20 
Half-striped.... 
. 80 
@ 
90 
65 
@ 75 
Striped. 
. 40 
@ 
45 
35 
@ 40 
White.. 
12 
@ 
15 
10 
@ 15 
Raccoon. 
. 76 
@ 
90 
6) 
@ 75 
Opossum, large. 
. 20 
® 
22 
18 
@ 20 
Medium. 
. 10 
@ 
12 
9 
@ 11 
Small. 
5 
@ 
6 
4 
@ 5 
Trash or summer 
Worthless. 
Mink. 
. 1 69 
® 
2 00 
1 00 
@ 1 50 
Muskrat, Fall. 
11 
® 
12 
10 
@ 11 
Winter. 
14 
® 
15 
13 
@ 14 
Kits. 
3 
@ 
4 
3 
@ — 
GAME. 
English snipe, prime to choice, per doz.l 50 
Plover, golden, prime to choice, per doz.2 00 
Grass, prime to choice, per doz.1 00 
Wild ducks.canvas,6 lbs & over to p’r,p pr2 00 
Red heads, 5 lbs & over to p’me, p. pr.l 25 
Canvas and red head, light, per pair. 60 
Mallards, per pair . 60 
Teal, blue wing, per pair. 35 
Teal, green wing, per pair. 25 
Common, per pair. 20 
Rabbits, per pair. 8 
Jack rabbits, per pair. 40 
GRAIN 
Wheat. 
Corn. 
Buckwheat. 
Oats. 
Rye. 
Barley malting. 
Feeding. 
76 
40 
56 
32 
60 
54 
45 
@2 00 
@2 50 
@1 50 
@2 50 
@1 75 
@1 00 
@ 75 
® 40 
@ 30 
® 25 
® 10 
® 45 
@ 85 
@ 44)4 
@ 60 
® 38 
@ 65 
@ 62 
® 51 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Asparagus, prime, per doz. bunches.1 50@3 00 
Cucumbers, prime, per doz.1 00@1 50 
Mushrooms, fair to choice, per lb. 25® 50 
Tomatoes, choice, per lb. 20@ 30 
Common to fair, per lb. 10® 15 
Lettuce, fancy, per doz. 50® 60 
Common to fair, per doz. 20® 35 
MEATS-COUNTRY DRESSED. 
“Bpring” lambs, each. 
Veals, prime, per lb..... 
Fair to good, per lb. 
Common to medium, per lb, 
Grassers, per lb. 
Pork, light, per lb. 
Medium, per ’b . 
Heavy, per lb... 
Roasting pigs, per lb. 
Pork tenderloins, per lb. 
.4 CO @8 00 
,. 10 ® 10)4 
.. 8)4® 9Xs 
. 7 @ 8)4 
. 7 @ 8 
. 5 ) 4 ® 6 
. 5 @ 5)4 
,. 4 ® 4-\ 
. 8 ® 10 
. 13 ® 14 
NUTS. 
Peanuts, Va., hand-pioked, fanoy, per lb. 3J4® 4 
Va., hand-picked, extra, per lb. 2)4® 3 
Shelled, No. 1 Spanish. 394® * 
Shelled, No. 2 Spanish. 2)4® — 
Shelled, No. 1 Virginia. 394 ® 4 
Shelled, No. 2 Virginia. 2)4® — 
Chestnuts, per bushel of 60 lbs .1 00 @2 00 
Hlukorynuts, per bushel of 50 lbs.2 50 @3 00 
Butternuts, per bbl .100 @ — 
Pecans, round, ungraded, per lb. 4 @ 5 
POULTRY—DRBS8KD-DRY PACKED. 
Turkeys, selected young hens, fancy— 11)4® 12 
Mixed young hens and toms, fancy. 10)4® 11)6 
Selected young toms, fancy, per lb.. 10 @ 11 
Fair to good. 8 @ 9 
Chickens. Phila., broilers, per lb. 18 @ 20 
Phila., prime straight lots, ber lb .. 14 @ 15 
Phila., poor to fair, per lb. 11 @ 13 
Jersey and nearby, prime. 12 ® 13 
Jersey and nearby, fair to good. 10 @ 12 
8tate and Penn., good to prime. 11 @ 11)4 
State and Penn., fair to good. 8 ® 10 
Western, good to prime. 1C)4@ 11 
Western, fair to good. 8 @ In 
Fowls-Jersey, good to prime. 10)4® 11 
8tate and Penn., good to prime .... 10 @ 11 
Western, good to prime. 10 ® — 
Western, fair to good. 8 ® 9 
Ducks, nearby, prime to ohoice.... 9 @ 10 
Western, good to prime. 8 @ 9 
Western, fair to good. 5 @ 7 
Geese, Western, prime. 7 @ 8 
Fair to good... 4 @ 6 
Eastern 8prlng, per lb. 12 ® 13 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Fowls, per lb. 10 ® 10)4 
Chickens, Spring, nearby AWest’n,per lb 9 @ 9)4 
Southern, per lb. 7 @ 9 
Roosters, per lb. 5 ® 6 
Turkeys, per lb. 9 @ 10 
Ducks, average Western, per pair. 50 @ 65 
Geese, average Western, per pair.1 00 ®1 37 
Pigeons, per pair. 20 ® 26 
POTATOES. 
Bermuda, No. I per bbl. 4 50@5 50 
No. 2. per bbl. . 2 5C®3 10 
Long Island, in bulk, prime, per bbl.1 75®2 Oo 
Maine Hebron, per sack.1 75@i 91 
State, round, in bulk, per 180 lbs.1 37@1 62 
Long, per 180 lbs.1 25®1 60 
Jersey, round, in bulk, per bbl.1 25® 1 50 
Long, in bulk, per bbl.1 12@1 37 
Cuin’d Co.. N. J., sweets, per bbl.1 50@2 60 
Swedesboro. N. J., sweets, per bbl.....1 25®2 00 
SEEDS. 
Clover, per 100 lbs.6 75 @7 76 
Timothy, per 100 lbs.2 50 @2 75 
VEGETABLES. 
Beets, Long Island, per bbl. 75 @1 00 
Brussels sprouts, per quart. 5 @ 15 
Carrots, Long Island, per bbl. 75 @1 00 
Cucumbers. Florida, per crate. — @ — 
Cabbages, per 100.2 00 @4 00 
Cauliflower. Long Island, per bbl.2 00 ®6 0'J 
Egg plant, Florida, per bbl.2 00 @5 00 
Florida, per box.1 00 @2 60 
Green peas. Fla , per )4-bbl basket.1 00 @4 00 
Lettuce. Florida, per basket.1 00 @3 50 
Okra, Florida, per carrier.4 00 @6 0) 
Tomatoes. Florida, per carrier.1 00 @4 00 
Peppers, Florida, per carrier.1 00 @1 50 
Spinach, Norfolk, per bbl.1 25 @2 00 
Squash. Hubbard, per bbl. 50 @ 75 
Marrow, per bbl. 60 @ 60 
Florida, white, per crate.1 00 @1 25 
String beans. Fla., green, per crate. 1 00 @2 60 
wax. perorate.1 00 @2 50 
Turnips. Canada Russia, per bbl. 75 @ 85 
Jersey Russia, per bbl. 60 @ 76 
Onions, Conn, and Eastern, Red. per bbl.l 50 ®2 25 
White, per bbl.3 00 @5 50 
Yellow, per bbl.I 00 @2 25 
Orange Co., yellow, per bag .1 00 @2 10 
Orange Co., N. Y. t white, per bag—2 00 @4 00 
Orange Co.. N. Y., red, per bag .1 25 @2 00 
Western, per bbl.1 00 @3 50 
The annual meeting of the New York State 
Agricultural Society will be held in Agricultural 
Hall, Albany, N. Y.. January 18, at noon. 
The State Horticultural Association of Penn¬ 
sylvania will hold its fortieth annual meeting at 
Harrisburg, Pa., January 18 and 19. Cyrus T. 
Fox, of Reading, Pa , is secretary. An excellent 
programme has been prepared, and it will be 
seen from the following list of topics that a wide 
and varied discussion may be expected. There 
is no doubt about the value to be derived in at¬ 
tending such a meeting: The Future of Apples, 
with Cold Storage Facilities; Persimmon Cul¬ 
ture; Culture of Mistletoe and Holly; Does it 
Pay to Crop Strawberry Beds Two Years ? Can 
Parts of Celery once Green be Blanched to White¬ 
ness, Fit to Eat? Utility of Trolley Roads in 
Transporting Fruit to Market; Business Apples 
for Pennsylvania; Stringfellow’s Method of 
Planting Trees in Pennsylvania; Most Desirable 
Size of Trees to Plant; Observations on Pollina¬ 
tion of Apples. 
FREE BOOK ON DRESSMAKING. 
How to Dye and Make Over Old Dresses, 
Wraps, etc., In the Latest Styles. 
An edition of Home Dressmaking for 1899 has 
just been published, and The Rural New-Yorker 
has made special arrangements to give a copy 
of the book to any of its readers who send the 
attached coupon with a two-cent stamp to 
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. 
Home Dressmaking is 
a 32-page book written 
by an expert dressmaker, 
fully illustrated, and 
telling how fashionable 
dresses, wraps, and suits 
for women and children 
can be made from old 
garments that are out of style. Send the coupon 
at once, and get the book by return mail. 
With this book will be sent without charge, 
an instruction book for home dyeing, which will 
show you how to make your old clothing look 
like new by using Diamond Dyes. 
COUPON K 
Send this coupon 
with a two-cent 
stamp to W e 11 s, 
Richardson & Co., 
and receive free, 
by mail, one copy 
of Home Dress¬ 
making. 
THE KEYSTONE 
RIVETING MACHINE 
’Tis the 
savings, 
(not the 
winnings) 
that 
makes 
the 
farmer 
rich. 
This 
riveter enables you 
TO REFAIR HARNESS, PUT ON A KEEPER OR 
BUCKLE. Rivets are countersunk. Has punch attachment 
HARTMAN MFG. CO., Box 19, Eliwood City. Pa. 
AGENTS WANTED. or Kooni '?0 / 277 Kroadway, New York. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
The article last week on rural telephones has 
created considerable interest. One man writes 
that he has been looking for advertisements of 
houses that furnished the supplies. He thinks 
the one advertised two weeks ago not suited to 
long distances. It is true that this was a pony 
telephone for half-mile distances, but the same 
house supplies material and transmitters for any 
distance. For particulars, write the National 
Telephone Mfg. Co., 620 (R) Atlantic Avenue, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 
That is qtiite an original way of selling goods 
advertised by the Granite State Evaporator Co , 
9 Beekman Street, New York, on the outside page 
of The R. N.-Y. for January 7. The plan is to let 
you see and examine the feed cooker before pay¬ 
ing for it. You send the name of your hardware 
dealer and $1. The cooker is then sent to the 
dealer. You examine it, and if satisfactory, pay 
the dealer the difference. If you are not satisfied 
with it, notify the Company, and your dollar is 
returned. You could have the cooker held until 
the dollar is returned. The cookers are, how¬ 
ever, in general use. One on Hope Farm is used 
every day. _ 
The third annual meeting of the Vermont Hor¬ 
ticultural Society will be held February 21-22, in 
Williams Science Hall, University of Vermont, 
Burlington, Vt. Among other speakers will be 
Prof. F A. Waugh and Prof. J. L. Hills. 
THE PONY ELECTRIC 
This Telephone will talk 
from Boston to Chicago. 
It is fitted with an Elec¬ 
tric Bell, which, how¬ 
ever, limits its usefulness 
to short )4 mile lines, 
as House to Barn, Pri¬ 
vate or Interior Systems. 
With Magneto Bells at- 
tached, the Telephone Is 
good for any distance. 
Complete Sketch is 
furnished with every set^ 
to enable any boy to set 
them up. The “PONY’’ 
is mounted on an ebonized 
backboard, 8x4 inch hard 
rubber Receiver and 
Transmitter, nick¬ 
eled parts, and will 
adorn any parlor or 
office. 
Every Instrument is 
carefully tested, and 
guaranteed thorough¬ 
ly efficient. Weight, 
2)4 pounds. 
Price, $5 each, cash, 
or $6 including 500 feet 
Copper Wire, Batter¬ 
ies, etc. 
NATIONAL TELEPHONE MFG. CO., 
620 (R) Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass. 
No Catalogue. No goods shipped C. O. D. 
If the Damp and Chill penetrate, look out for an attack of 
St. Jacobs Oil 
will penetrate and 
quiet its racking pain. 
Wants, For Sale or Exchange. 
Subscribers who have something to sell or buy or 
exchange, new or old, are invited 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 who use it and watch it. 
For Exchange — Cannon Corn Sheller, 
nearly new, for purebred sow (any breed) coming 
into profit, or purebred Guernsey Cow. JOSEPH 
C. W1NSOR. Farmlngdale. N. J. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 
one of the finest hotels, situated in one of the most 
desirable Summer resorts in the State of New York, 
containing 300 rooms, all furnished ready to open at 
the beginning of season, the same is for sale or ex¬ 
change for good farm property. Address A. S. C., 
care The Rural New-Yorkf.r, New York City. 
n A|PY C A Dll to rent, good location. Milk sold 
UAInl In ll In to the consumer direct. Particu- 
ars address M., Box 2600, New York City. 
R AW FURS.—I pay highest prices. 8end for list. 
J. C. DILLIN, West Philadelphia, Pa. 
X WIND MILLSSSSS 
Farmers’ Central Supply Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 
® lr Walter Raleigh. Karly Rose, Ohio, 
1 U lnlurjvjc arn j aDj Uncle Sam.Rural New-Yorker. 
85 kinds. What kinds and how many do you want ? 
Prices fair. Cbas.W.Ford &Co., Fishers, Ont.Co., N.Y. 
F rk liC 111 ITT 120 LIBERTY STREET, 
■ III lit VT I I I 9 NEW YORK. 
COMMISSION HAY and STRAW 
Write for Quotations. 
CHOICE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Hothouse Products, Mushrooms, Fancy Poultry and 
Eggs sold for Highest Prices by 
ARCHDEACON & CO.. 100 Murray 8t., New York. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game 
■ Poultry, 
| Mushrooms, 
Furs, 
1 Calves, 
1 Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
| Spring Lambs, 
| Live Quail. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Jan. 21, 1899. 
farm TOPICS. 
Tubercles on Plant Roots.35 
Fertilizer Analyses.36 
An Illinois Institute.36 
A Short Agricultural Course.37 
Onions on Sod.38 
The Value of Packinghouse Waste.38 
A Farm in Partnership.38 
Hope Farm Notes.39 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The “ Big Four ” Jerseys.41 
The Dual-Purpose Cow.4! 
Dairy Form; Dairy Performance.41 
High-Scoring Cows.41 
Producing Guaranteed Milk.42 
Dairy Conference in Maine.42 
New York Milk.43 
Life of the Milk Bottle.43 
Sanitary Milk Tickets..43 
Artificial Legs for Animals.43 
New York Meat.43 
Cheese Law Needed.43 
Better to Bottle Milk.43 
New Jersey Milk.43 
Feeding the Dairy Cow.44 
Frauds and Factories.44 
When to Feed.41 
Alfalfa and Bran.44 
The Sucking Cow.44 
A Veterinary Surgeon.45 
Work of “ The Creamery Shark ”.45 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Forcing Rhubarb in the Dark.33 
Grafting Old Plum Trees.34 
Tree Fruits for Small Place.34 
Two-Year Seedling Apple Trees.34 
Apricots and Lady Apples.34 
Long-Keeping Apple for Washington State.34 
Seeding An Apple Orchard.34 
Planting Plum and Apple Suckers.34 
Freaks Among Small Fruits. 34 
Buds.34 
The Best Apple Stocks.34 
Grafting'Gooseberries.34 
A New Fruit Law.34 
The Aristocracy of Plants.37 
Suckers on Celery.38 
Tip-Rooted Blackberries ..40 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.48 
What They Eat in Hawaii.48, 49 
Pocket-Handkerchief Farms.49 
“ Help ” Question in Calcutta.49 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
An Anti-Cider Man.36 
Dynamite in a Well.36 
“ Fighting the Desert ”.36 
Scions.36 
Insects that Like Whisky.38 
Ruralisms.40 
Editorials.46 
Brevities.46 
Possibilities of Porto Rico.47 
Events of the Week. 47 
Business Bits.50 
Markets.50 
Among the Marketmen.51 
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"PLANET JR.” CHAPTERS-m. 
A PAIR OF MANITOBA QIRLS. 
|NE of the interesting pictures in the new “Planet Jr.” catalogue for 1899 shows 
* the prize farming operations of two live Manitoba girls. All their cultivating 
was done with the “Planet Jr.” Combined Drill and Wheel Hoe—an “all- 
round-tool,” whose various attachments will do very nearly all the work in small 
crops from beginning to end of the season. 
This new catalogue is more interesting to a farmer than the latest magazine. It not only de¬ 
scribes all the “Planet Jr,” horse and hand tools, the Horse hoes, the Pivot-wheel Cultivators, the 
new Beet Cultivator that works four rows at once, etc., but ithas also 16 full pages of fine photo¬ 
graphic views, field scenes in America, France, New Zealand, Australia, etc., showing the ’Planet 
Jr.” tools at work. Write us for a copy, it’s free. 
S. L. ALLEN & CO., 
Box 1107 V, Philadelphia. 
Chapter IV will tell about the “Tool-of-all-work,” 
the Combined Seeder and Wheel Hoe. 
