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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 13 
The Week’s Quotations. 
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1899. 
BEANS AND PEAS. 
Beans, marrow, 1898, choice, per bushel..1 50 @ — 
Medium, 1898, choice.I '15 @1 87 
Pea, 1898, choice.1 30 @1 35 
Bed Kidney, 1898, choice.1 72 @1 75 
White Kidney, 1898, choice.1 80 @1 85 
Yellow Eye, 1898. choice.1 3794@1 40 
Black T. 8., 1898, choice.1 70 @1 72 
Lima, California.2 55 @ — 
Green Peas, bbls., per bushel.105 @ — 
Bags, per bushel.1 00 @ — 
Scotch, bbls., per bushel.1 07 @ — 
Scotch, bags, per bushel.1 02 @1 05 
BUTTER— NEW. 
Creamery, Western, extras, per lb. 17 @ — 
Western, firsts. 10 @ 1014 
Western, seconds. 15 @ 15*4 
Western, thirds. 1494® — 
State, extras. 1694® 17 
State, firsts. 10 @ 1014 
State, thirds to seconds. 1494@ 1514 
State, dairy, half-tubs, fancy. 10 @ — 
Firsts. 1514® — 
Welsh tubs, fancy. 10 @ — 
Firsts. 15 @ 1514 
Seconds. 14 @ 1414 
Western, imitation creamery, fancy. 15 @ 1594 
Seconds to firsts. 14 @ 15 
Factory, finest. 14 @ — 
Seconds to firsts. 13 ® Vi% 
JjOwer grades. 11 @ 12 
Rolls, poor to fancy. 12 @ 14 
CHEESE—OLD. 
State, f. o., Fall made, large, col'd, fancy. 12 @ — 
Fall made, white, large, fancy. 12 @ — 
Large, choice. 1114® 11?4 
Large, good to prime. 1014® 11 
Large, common to fair. 9 @ 10 
Fall made, small, colored, fancy. 1214® 12 H 
Fall made, small, white, fancy. 1294@ 1214 
Fall made, good to choice. 1194® 12 
Common to fair. 9 @ 11 
CHEESE-NEW. 
State, f. c., large, choice. 914® 8 96 
Igirge, good to prime. 9 @ 914 
Small, colored, choice. 9 @ — 
8mall, white, choice. 9 @ — 
Small, good to prime. 894@ 814 
Common to fair. 714® 8 
Light skims, small, choice. 754® — 
Light skims, large, choice. 794@ — 
Part skims, small, choice. 7 @ — 
Part skims, large, choice,. 7 @ — 
Part skims, good to prime. 6'A® 614 
Part skims, common to fair.. 5 @ 6 
Full skims. 3 @ 4 
EGGS. 
State and Penn., average best, per dor... 1394® 14 
Western selected for storage. 1394@ 14 
Western, northerly sections, reg. pack's.. 1394® — 
Other Western, regular packings. 1314® 1314 
Kentucky, fresh, choice. 1294@ 13 
Tennessee, fresh, prime. 12*4® 1294 
Virginia, fresh, prime. 12l4@ 1294 
Dirties, per 30-doz case.3 60 ®3 75 
Duck, per doz. 13 @ 17 
Goose, per doz. 20 @ 22 
EVAPORATED FRUIT. 
Apples, fancy, per lb. 10 @ — 
Choice, per lb. 9 @ 914 
Prime, per lb. 1%® 814 
Low grades, per lb. 6 @ 71* 
Chops, per lb. 214@ 294 
Cores and skins, per lb. 114® 194 
Raspberries, per lb. 10 @ — 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, 8py. 3 50 @ 5 50 
Baldwin, State. 3 75 @ 5 00 
Ben Davis. 3 75 ® 5 00 
Russet. 2 75 @ 4 00 
Oranges, California Navels. 3 25 @3 50 
Choice to fancy. 3 50 @ 3 75 
Extra fancy. 4 00 @ 4 75 
Seedlings. 2 00 @ 3 25 
Strawberries,North Carolina, per quart. 5 @ 16 
Charleston, per quart. 9 @ 30 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 2 Red elevator. 7914® — 
No. 2 Red, delivered. 8014® — 
No. 1 Nor. N. Y., f. o. b.. afloat. 8194® — 
No. 1 hard Duluth, f. o. b., afloat. 8514® — 
Corn, No 2 delivered. 43 @ 44 
No. 2 In elevator. 4214® 4i 
No. 2 White In elevator. 12 @ — 
No. 2 Yellow In elevator. 42 @ — 
Oats, No. 2 White. 3594@ 36 
No. 3 White. 35 @ — 
No. 2 mixed. 33 @ 3314 
No. 3 mixed. 31!4@ 33 
Rejected. 3094@ 34 
Rye, No. 1 Western, f.o. b. — @ — 
No. 2 Western, f. o. b. 60 @ 62 
No. 2 State, f. o. b. 87!4@ 68 
State and Jersey. 63 @ — 
Barley, malting, fair to choice, West. del. 52 @ 55 
Feeding, New York. 43 @ 44 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1, per 100 lbs. 75 @ 80 
No. 2, per 100 lbs. 70 @ 75 
No. 3, per 100 lbs. 55 @ 60 
Clover, mixed, per 100 lbs. 45 @ 65 
Clover, per 100 lbs. 50 @ 55 
No grade, per 100 lbs. 30 @ 45 
Straw, long rye, per 100 lbs. 37 @ 40 
Oat, per 100 lbs.. 30 @ 36 
HOPS 
New York State, orop of 1898, ohoioe. 16 • — 
Prime. M ® 16 
Low to medium. 9 ® 11 
New York State, orop of 1897 . 7 @ 9 
Olds. 2 ® 5 
Paoiflo Coast, orop of 1898. ohoioe. 17 a 18 
Prime. 16 ® 17 
Low to medium. 11 ® 15 
Paoiflo Coast, orop of 1897 . 6 ® 12 
Olds. 2 a 5 
German, etc., orop of 1898. 62 a 60 
MEATS—COUNTRY DRESSED. 
"Spring” lambs, eaoh.2 60 a6 60 
Veals, prime, per lb. 7 
Fair to good, per lb. 514® 
Common to medium, per lb. 4 ~ 
Pork, light, per lb. 6 
Medium, per lb. 5*4® 
Heavy, per lb. 4 ~ 
NUTS. 
Peanuts, Va., hand-ploked, fanoy, per lb. ■« >*» 
Va.. hand-ploked, extra, per lb. 394® 
Shelled, No. 1 Spanish. 6 ® 
Shelled, No. 2 Spanish. 294® 
Shelled, No. 1 Virginia. 49s® 
Shelled, No. 2 Virginia. 294® 
Hlukorynuts, per bushel of 50 lbs. 2 CO ®3 
Butternuts, per bushel.1 00 @ — 
Pecans, round, ungraded, per lb. 3 @ 4 
POTATOES. 
7 a 
794 
. 594® 
694 
. 4 a 
5 
b a 
694 
5M® 
6 
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5 
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694 
. 294® 
3M 
494® 
694 
m® 
394 
2 CO @3 00 
Bermuda, per bbl. 4 00@ 7 50 
Florida, per bbl. 2 50@ 6 50 
German, per 110-lb sack. 1 75@ 2 00 
Scotch, per 168-lb sack. 2 26@ 2 35 
Maine Rose, per sack. 2 75@ — 
Maine Hebron, per sack. 2 60@ — 
State & west’n, round, in bulk, per 180 lbs. 2 12@ 2 25 
Long, in bulk, per 180 lbs.2 12® — 
Per sack.2 12@ — 
Poor to good. 1 50@ 2 00 
Sweets, Cumberland Co., N. J., per bbl.1 50@ 2 50 
Swedesboro, N. J., per bbl. 1 00® 1 75 
POULTRY—DRESSED—FRESH KILLED. 
Turkeys,average grades,mixed weights 
Old toms. 
Broilers, Phila., 2 to 294 lb to pair, per lb 
Phila., 3 lb to pair, per lb. 
Phila., 4 lb to pair and over. 
Chickens, Phila., good to choice, per lb 
Phila., fair to good. 
Fowls, State and Penn., good to prime. 
Western, dry picked, fancy. 
Southwestern, dry picked, fanoy... 
Western, scalded, fancy. 
Iced, prime. 
1194® 
1294 
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40 
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45 
30 
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35 
22 
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28 
18 
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20 
13 
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15 
10 
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994@ 
1094 
994@ 
1094 
994® 
1094 
994@ 
10 
Capons. Phila., fancy. 20 @ 22 
Western, fancy. 18 @ 20 
Western, small and slips. 16 @ 17 
Ducks, L. 1., per lb. 20 ® 22 
Squabs, choice, large white, per doz.... 2 25 ® 2 50 
Small and dark, per doz. 1 25 @ 1 50 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, per lb. 25 @ — 
Fowls, per lb... 1094® — 
Roosters, old, per lb... 5 @ 694 
Young, per lb. 10 @ 1094 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 9 @ 10 
Ducks. 50 @ 80 
Geese. 75 @1 25 
Pigeons, per pair. 25 @ 35 
SEEDS. 
Clover, per 100 lbs.4 50 @7 00 
Timothy, per 100 lbs.2 50 @3 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, extra, doz. bunch. 2 00 ®2 50 
Prime, per doz. bunch. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Culls, per doz. bunches. 50 @ 1 90 
Beets, Fla., per crate. 1 25 @ 1 50 
Southern, per 100 bunches. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Cabbage, N. C., per bbl. 1 50 @ 3 00 
Charleston, per bbl crate. 2 00 @ 3 50 
Carrots, old, per bbl. 1 76 @ 3 00 
Bermuda, per box. 1 00 @ — 
Celery, California, per dor. 50 @ 1 25 
Florida, 4-5 doz bunches, per box.. 2 50 @ 3 00 
Florida. 6-8 doz bunches, per box.. 2 00 ® 2 50 
Florida, 9-12 doz bunches, per box. 1 00 @2 00 
Cucumbers, Fla., per crate. 2 00 ® 3 00 
Egg plant, Fla., per orange box. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Kale, L. I., per bbl. 50 @ 75 
Lettuce, N. C., per bushel basket. 50 @100 
Nearby, per bbl. 1 50 @ 2 50 
N. C., per bushel basket. 75 @ 1 25 
Onions, Bermuda, per crate. I 00 @ 1 15 
Egyptian, per bag. 1 75 @ 2 00 
Peas, Savannah, per basket. 50 @ 1 00 
Florida, per crate. 76 @ 1 25 
Charleston, per bushel basket. 50 @ 1 25 
Spinach, Norfolk, per bbl. 40 @ 50 
Nearby, per bbl. 50 @ 75 
Radishes, Norfolk, per basket. 30 @ 60 
Poppers, Florida, per oarrier. 75 @ 1 50 
String beans, Fla., wax, per crate. 75 @ 1 50 
Green, per crate. 75 @ 1 60 
Squash, Fla., Yellow, per crate. 1 00 ® 1 50 
Tomatoes, Fla., per carrier. 1 50 @ 3 50 
Havana, per carrier. 2 00 @ 5 00 
Turnips, Canada Russia, per bbl. 90 @ 1 00 
Jersey, Russia, per bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
WOOL 
Toxas, fine and fine medium, 12 mos .16 @17 
Medium, 12 mos.18 @19 
Fine and fine medium Spring. 6 to 8 mos.12 @14 
Fine and fine medium Fall. 11 @13 
Western States, fine choice.13 @15 
Fine medium choice.15 @16 
Medium ohoice.15 @16 
Quarter.15 @17 
Fine average.12 @13 
Medium average. 14 @16 
Quarter average.:.14 @16 
California, Northern, Spring free.i« @17 
Middle County Spring.13 @14 
Southern Spring.1294@13 
Burry and defective. 9 @10 
Northern Fall, free.14 @15 
Southern Fall.10 @12 
Fall defective. 7 @9 
Oregon, Eastern choice.14 @— 
Eastern average.12 @13 
Eastern heavy. 10 @11 
Valley No. 1.16 @18 
Valley No 2.18 @20 
Valley No. 3.16 @17 
Valley lambs.16 @17 
Territory, fine choice.14 @16 
Fine average: .13 @15 
Fine medium choice .16 @17 
Fine medium average .14 @15 
Medium choice.17 @18 
Medium average.15 @16 
Quarter. • .16 @17 
MISCELLANEOUS- 
Beeswax, per lb. 26 @ 2794 
Maple Sugar, tubs, new, per lb. 9 @ 10 
Maple 8yrup, new, per gallon. 85 @ 1 00 
PRICE OF FEEDS. 
City bran, per ton.16 50 @17 00 
Spring bran, 200-lb sacks, per ton.16 76 @17 00 
Spring bran to arrive.15 50 @16 00 
Middlings, as to quality, per ton.... 15 25 @18 00 
Sharps, per ton.17 50 @18 50 
Red dog, per ton.17 00 @17 25 
Linseed oil meal, to arrive and spot.. .24 00 @ — 
Cake.23 00 @ — 
Cotton-seed meal.21 00 @ — 
Brewers’ meal and grits, per 100 lbs.... 1 05 @ 1 15 
Hominy chops. 75 @ 80 
Coarse meal, western. 83 @ 87 
BULLETINS BOILED DOWN. 
The Maryland Experiment Station (College 
Park) in Bulletin 60, gives an account of some 
diseases of the sweet patato, and how to treat 
them. 
Destroying Tent Caterpillars —In the 10th 
annual report of the New Hampshire Experiment 
Station (Durham), it is stated that the Village 
Improvement Society,of Newflelds, N. H., anxious 
to destroy the Tent caterpillars, offered the 
children in the public schools 10 cents a hundred 
for all the egg masses or caterpillar belts that 
they would bring in. The result was that 8 250 
of these egg masses were collected, which made a 
pretty good investment for $8.25. This is a good 
plan for other improvement societies to follow. 
This report, among other things, also states 
that Crimson clover has not beeD able to pass 
through the Winter. An occasional plant of the 
sowings made in June or early July came 
through, but it cannot be said that this clover 
is a success so far north. 
Experiments were also tried at this Station 
with a modification of Mr. Clark’s famous sys¬ 
tem of grass growing, the 9eed being sown with¬ 
out any grain crop. The Station did rot fertilize 
or seed as heavily as Mr. Clark did, and they con¬ 
clude that, for the usual New Hampshire condi¬ 
tions, it is better to use a grain crop in connec¬ 
tion with the grass. 
Experiments with lime at thiB Station show, en 
the whole, considerable benefit from this appli¬ 
cation. Experiments were made with the use of 
the bine litmus paper in testing soils, which have 
been generally accurate in showing that the 
land was acid. Another test recommended by 
Prof. Wheeler is to stir a teaspoonful of soil into 
a glass of water, to which a few drops of am¬ 
monia water have been added, the whole set 
aside for several hours. Where lime and mag¬ 
nesia are lacking in the soil, the liquid has 
usually a dark brown or black appearance, be¬ 
ing darker where more lime is needed. 
TnE United States Department of Agriculture 
has issued Bulletin No. 14, which gives the ac¬ 
count of some of the investigations of the alkali 
land in the Yellowstone Valley. As probably 
most of our readers know, many of the lands in 
the Far West are filled with what is known as 
alkali, various salts, chiefly of soda, which make 
the land unfit for producing large crops It seems 
that, where irrigation is practiced extensively, a 
good deal of this alkali flows in with the irrigat 
ing water, and thus poisons or injures the soil. 
This pamphlet describes the ingenious methods 
taken to measure the alkali, and learn how best 
to get rid of it. Among other things, Prof. Whit¬ 
ney Pied to find out how much of these alkalies 
tjesoil will stand. He says it depends on the 
character of the salt, the character of the soil, 
and the kind of plant. About 3 500 pourds per 
acre of carbonate of soda to the depth of one 
foot, are about all most plants can stand. Of 
common salt, about twice as much may be used 
with safety, and sulphate of soda about four 
times as much. In some cases, It was found that 
even more than this amount of alkali had been 
drained into the soil by the irrigating waters 
Sugar Beets. —Most of the experiment stations 
have been doing more or less work with sugar 
beets, and nearly all of them have issued bul¬ 
letins describing experiments conducted during 
1898 We have just received sugar-beet bulletins 
from the Arizona Station (Tucson), and the Cor¬ 
nell Station, at Ithaca, N. Y. This indicates the 
wide range of experiment that is going on re¬ 
garding this crop. We do not remember any¬ 
thing since the experiment stations were started 
that has appealed so strongly to our scientific 
men as this question of producing an American 
supply of sugar. We still believe that the proper 
place for the production of sugar in this country 
is on the western plains, where irrigation is pos¬ 
sible, and where the farmers need a new money 
crop. We think the chances are that, in the end, 
the production of American sugar will be con¬ 
centrated in this dry western country. 
Genuine 
Peruvian Guano. 
We have received two lots of genuine Peru¬ 
vian Guano from the English agents who con¬ 
trol the island deposits, and offer it in its natur¬ 
al state as it comes from the islands, sifted of 
all foreign material. 
These lots are small and will be quickly sold; 
therefore application should be made early. Send 
for circular, or if you wish to make sure of a quan¬ 
tity send a money order for $5 and we will ship a 
224 -lb. bag by first freight. Remember this is the 
genuine Peruvian Guano, and is sold under our 
guaranteed analysis. 
Bowker Fertilizer Company, 
43 Chatham St., Boston, 68 Broad St., N. Y. 
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A Watch for a Dollar. 
During the month of May for the last 
two years, we furnished our old sub¬ 
scribers a Watch for $1. It is giving so 
much for a little that we could not 
afford to do it continuously, but to keep 
up the record for new subscriptions for 
the month, we will repeat the offer for 
May this year. The Watch is fully war¬ 
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jeweled, stem-wind and set. Any time 
during the month of May, you may send 
us one new subscription and $2, and 15 
cents extra for postage and registering 
Watch, and we will send you the Watch 
by return mail, and the paper for a year 
to the new subscriber. Of course, you 
get the dollar for the new subscription, 
so the Watch will cost you only 81, be¬ 
sides the postage. If you are not satisfied, 
we will return you all the money. The 
Watches are actually worth $5 at retail. 
Remember this is only for the month 
of May. Last year, we were obliged tc 
return several orders in June. If you 
want the watch on these terms, send 
during May—the earlier the better. 
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