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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 2? 
HINDSIGHT. 
The grain market here has become quite strong 
and active, although with no great advance in 
prices. The strike, at Buffalo has interfered 
seriously -with the trade here, especially with ex¬ 
port sales, as receipts have been curtailed. There 
have been reports of damage to the growing 
crop, which have helped to strengthen the situa¬ 
tion. The butter market is firm, and prices have 
advanced materially, just at the season of the 
year when we usually look for a decline. Still, 
at the end of the week, the market is not so firm, 
and there was a disposition on the part of some 
to shade prices. This would indicate that there 
will be no f.urther advance, and possibly a slight 
decline. The cheese market is slightly easier, on 
good receipts and limited export demand. Re¬ 
ceipts of eggs have been large, but great quan¬ 
tities are now being put into cold storage, and 
this keeps the market in good condition at prices 
somewhat higher than last week. The prevail¬ 
ing cool weather has been very favorable for 
handling both eggs and dairy products. The 
market for potatoes is dull under large receipts, 
those from the 8 outh being on the increase. Old 
potatoes must now be sold at very low prices, 
and the season for them is practically over. Re¬ 
ceipts of strawberries have been very heavy dur¬ 
ing the week, and prices have gone to a very low 
figure. The large supply at low prices has in¬ 
creased the consumption to an enormous extent. 
This has operated to curtail the consumption of 
other fruits. The few old apples arriving meet 
a limited demand, and prices have declined. The 
season is now practically ended for these. Re¬ 
ceipts of southern vegetables are increasing and 
prices are diminishing. The assortment in the 
markets is now very good at prices that insure 
large consumption. 
The Week’s Quotations. 
8ATCTKDAT, MAY 20, 1899. 
BRANS AND PEAS. 
Beans, marrow, 1898, choice, per bushel.. 1 50 @ — 
Medium, 1898, choice.185 @ — 
Pea. 1898. choice.1 80 @1 32 
Red Kidney, 1898, choice.1 75 @1 80 
White Kidney, 1898, choice.1 80 @1 85 
Yellow Rye, 1898, choice.1 37^@1 40 
Black T. 8 ., 1898, choice.170 @ — 
lAma, California.2 50 @2 55 
Green Peas, bbls., per bushel.1 02 @ — 
Bags, per bushel. 97 @ — 
Scotch, bbls., per bushel.105 @ — 
Scotch, bags, per bushel.100 @ — 
BUTTER-NEW. 
Creamery, Western, extras, per lb. 19 @ — 
Western, firsts. 18 @ 18 }4 
Western, seconds. WM® 17 M 
Western, thirds. 15 @ 10 
State, extras. 18}jj@ 19 
State, firsts. 17 M® 18 
State, thirds to seconds. 15 @ 17 
State, dairy, half-tubs, fancy. 17 M® — 
Firsts. 10 @ 17 
Welsh tubs, fancy. 17 @ YiM 
Firsts. 16 @ 1C>M 
Seconds. 14 @ 15 
Western, Imitation creamery, fancy. 14 @ 15 
Seconds to firsts. 12 M® 14 
Factory, finest. 13 @ — 
Seconds to firsts. 12 @ 13 
Bower grades. 11 @ 12 
CHEESE-NEW. 
State, f. c., large, white, choice. 'AM® 9% 
Barge, white, good to prime. 9 @ 9 J 4 
Large, colored, choice. 9 @ - 
Barge, colored, good to prime. b}4® 8 % 
Small, colored, choice. 9M® 994 
Small, white, choice. 'AM® 994 
Small, good to prime. 9 @ 9J4 
Common to fair. 8 @ 894 
Bight skims, small, choice. 794® 8 
Bight skims, large, choice. ?94@ — 
Part skims, small, choice. 7}|@ 7M 
Part skims, large, choice,.. 7 @ 7}4 
Part skims, good to prime. 6}4@ AM 
Part skims, oommon to fair. 5 @ (i 
Full skims. 3 @ 4 
EGGS. 
State and Penn., average best, per doz... 
Western seleoted for storage. 
Western, northerly sections, reg. pack’s.. 
Other Western, regular packings. 
Kentucky, fresh, choice.:. 
Tennessee, fresh, prime. 
Virginia, fresh, prime. 
Dirties, per 30-doz case. 
Checks and cracks, per 30-doz case. 
EVAPORATED FRUIT. 
Apples, fancy, per lb. 
Choice, per lb. 
Prime, per lb. 
Bow grades, per lb... 
Chops, per lb. 
Cores and skins, per lb. 
Raspberries, per lb. 
— 
14 Mi® 
— 
14 ® 
— 
1AM® 
1 94 
12J4@ 
13 
12 ! 4 @ 
12 H® 
r-r-H 
3 30 @3 
45 
.3 00 @3 
I 15 
'AM® 
10 
9 @ 
'AH 
8 }£@ 
m 
6 ® 
7M 
2M® 
294 
1M® 
194 
9 @ 
10 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, 8 py. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Baldwin, State. 3 75 @ 4 00 
Ben Davis. 3 75 @ l 00 
Russet. 2 75 @ 3 75 
Oranges, California Navels. 3 75 @ 4 00 
Choice to fancy. 4 25 @ 4 50 
Extra fancy. 5 00 @ 5 60 
Seedlings. 2 50 @ 3 25 
Strawberries, Delaware, per quart. 8 @ 18 
Maryland, per quart. 5 ® 6 
North Carolina, per quart. 3 @ 5 
Norfolk, per quart. 3 @ 5 
Eastern Shore, per quart. 3 @ 5 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 2 Red elevator. 82 ® 83 
No. 2 Red, delivered. 83 @ 84 
No. 2 Nor. 81 @ 82 
No. 1 hard Duluth, f. o. b., afloat. 84M® 85 
Corn, No 2 delivered. ilM@ 4194 
No. 2 In elevator. 40 M® 4094 
No. 2 White In elevator. — ® — 
No. 2 Yellow In elevator. — ® — 
Oats, No. 2 White. 35 ® 35J4 
No. 3 White. 31 ® 35 
No. 2 mixed. 31 'A® 'A2M 
No. 3 mixed. 'A0M@ — 
Rejected. 30 ® 'AIM 
Rye, No. 1 Western, f. o. b. — ® — 
No. 2 Western, f. o. b. 6054® — 
No. 2 State, f. o. b. 05 M® — 
State and Jersey. . 6 l*^@ — 
Barley, malting, fair to choice, West. del. 52 @ 55 
Feeding, New York. AIM® — 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, No. 1, per 100 lbs. 80 @ 85 
No. 2, per 100 lbs. 67 ® 76 
No. 3, per 100 lbs. 57 @ 05 
Clover, mixed, per 100 lbs. 00 @ 65 
Clover, per 100 lbs. 42 ® 50 
No grade, per 100 lbs. 30 @ 45 
Straw, long rye, per 100 lbs. 35 @ 40 
Oat, per 100 lbs. 30 @ 35 
HONEY. 
State, clover, comb, fancy, per lb. 11 @ 12 
Clover, comb, fair, per lb . 10 @ 11 
Buckwheat, comb, per lb. 7 ® 8 
Clover, extracted, per lb. 6 ® AM 
California, extracted, per lb. 7 @ 3 
Southern, new, in bulk, per gallon. 55 @ GO 
HOPS. 
New York State, crop of 1898, choice. 16 © — 
Prime. 14 & 15 
Bow to medium. 9 © 11 
New York State, crop of 1897. 7 © 9 
Olds. 2 ® 5 
Pacific Coast, crop of 1898, choice. 17 @ 18 
Prime. 16 @ 17 
Bow to medium. 11 @ 15 
Pacific Coast, crop of 1897... 6 © 12 
Olds. 2 © 5 
German, etc., crop of 1898. 52 @ 60 
MEATS—COUNTRY DRESSED. 
“Spring” lambs, each.2 00 @6 50 
Veals, prime, per lb. 9 M® 10 
Fair to good, per lb. 8 @ 9 
Common to medium, per lb. 6 @ 7M 
Pork, light, per lb. 6 @ l>M 
Medium, per lb. b'H® 6 
Heavy, per lb. 4 @ 5 
NUTS. 
Peanuts, Va., handpicked, fancy, per lb. 4 @ 4!4 
Virginia, handpicked, Jumbo. 5 @ 5)4 
Virginia, extra. 'AM® — 
Shelled. No. 1 Spanish. 5 ® b'H 
No. 2 Spanish. 3>4@ — 
No 1 Virginia. 5 @ 5 H 
No. 2 Virginia. 'AH® — 
Pecans, ungraded. 3 ® 4 
Extra. 5 @ 6 
Hickorynuts, per bushel of 60-lbs.2 50 ©3 00 
Butternuts, per bushel.1 00 @ — 
POTATOES. 
Bermuda, No. 1. per bbl. 4 00@ 6 00 
No. 2, per bbl. 2 00@ 3 00 
Southern, fair to prime, per bbl. 2 75® 4 00 
Seconds, per bbl. 1 75@ 2 50 
Culls, per bbl . 1 00® 1 10 
Scotch, per 168-lb sack. 1 00® 2 00 
German, per 168-lb sack. 1 00@ 1 50 
Domestic, old, per 180-lb sack. 1 00® 1 75 
Old, per sack. 1 00® 1 50 
Sweets, Jersey, per bbl. 1 00® 2 00 
PO UBTR Y—DRESSKD-FRESH KI BLED. 
Turkeys,average grades,mixed weights 11 @ 12 
Old toms. 10 @ — 
Broilers, Phila., 2 to 31b to pair, per lb.. 35@ — 
Phila.. 3 to 4 lb to pair, per lb. 30 @ 35 
Bong Island, scalded, per lb. 28 @ 30 
Western, dry picked, per lb. 20 @ 30 
Western, scalded, per lb. 20 ® 25 
Fowls, State and Penn., good to prime. 1 114® 12 
Western, dry picked, fancy. IIM® — 
Southwestern, dry picked, fancy... 11 ® HM 
Western, scalded, fancy. IIM@ — 
Iced, prime. 11 @ HM 
Old roosters, per lb. 7 @ 1M 
Ducks, B. I., per lb. 18 @ 29 
Eastern, per lb. 20 @ 21 
Squabs, choice, large white, per doz.... 2 75 @ 3 00 
Small and dark, per doz. 1 50 @ 1 75 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, per lb. 20 @ 25 
Fowls, per lb. 1114® 13 
Roosters, old, per lb. 8 @ SM 
Young, per lb. 11 @ - 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 9 @ 10 
Ducks. 50 @ 75 
Geese. 75 @1 25 
Pigeons, per pair... 25 @ 35 
SEEDS. 
Clover, per 100 lbs.4 00 @6 75 
Timothy, per 100 lbs.2 50 ®3 25 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, extra, doz. bunch. 2 50 @ 3 00 
Prime, per doz. bunch. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Culls, per doz. bunches. 50 @ 1 '90 
Beets, Southern, per 100 bunches. 1 00 @ 5 00 
Cabbage, N. C., per bbl. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Charleston, per bbl crate. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Celery, Fla., 4-5 doz bunches, per dox.. 2 00 ® 3 00 
Florida, 6-8 doz bunches, per box.. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Florida, 9-12 doz bunches, per box. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Cucumbers, Fla., per crate. 60 ® 1 25 
Egg plant, Fla., per orange box. 1 00 @ 3 00 
Kale, B. I., per bbl. 50 ® — 
Lettuce, N. C., per bushel basket. 50 ® 1 25 
Nearby, per bbl. 50 @ 1 25 
Onions, Bermuda, per crate. 1 30 @ 1 35 
Egyptian, per bag. 2 00 @ 2 15 
Bong Island, per doz bunches. 25 @ — 
Peas, Baltimore, per bushel basket..... 1 00 @ 1 25 
Norfolk, per half bbl. 1 75 @2 25 
York River, Va., per bushel. 75 @ 1 25 
North Carolina, per half bbl. 1 00 @1 75 
Radishes, Norfolk, per basket_'.. 25 @ 50 
Rhubarb, nearby, per 100 bunches. 50 @ 1 00 
Coppers, Florida, per carrier. 1 00 @ 1 75 
String beans, Fla., per basket. 50 @ 1 00 
Savannah. 1 00 @ 1 75 
Squash, Fla., Yellow, per crate. 1 00 @2 00 
White, per crate. 40 ® 60 
Tomatoes, Fla., per carrier. 2 25 ® 3 25 
Turnips, N. C., white, per bbl crate.... 25 @ 1 00 
WOOL 
Texas, fine and fine medium, 12 mos.^5 ®17 
Medium, 12 mos.18 @1S 
Fine and fine medium 8 prlng ,6 to 8 mos.12 @14 
Fine and fine medium Fall. 11 @13 
Western 8 tates, fine choice.13 @15 
Fine medium choice. 15 @16 
Medium choice. 15 @10 
Quarter. 15 @17 
Fine average. 12 @13 
Medium average.14 @16 
Quarter average.14 @16 
California, Northern, Spring free.16 @17 
Middle County Spring. 13 @14 
Southern 8 pring. 12M®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. 10 @18 
Valley No 2.18 @20 
Valley No. 3.16 @.7 
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. 20 @ 27M 
Cotton, Middling Uplands, per lb. (>H® — 
Cotton, Middling Gulf, per lb. AM® — 
Maple Sugar, tubs, new, per lb. 9 @ 10 
Maple Syrup, 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 75 @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 08 
Hominy chops. 75 @ 76 
Coarse meal, western. 83 @ 87 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total daily average supply last week was 24.995 
cans of milk, 198 cans of condensed milk and 959 cans 
of cream. The Milk Exchange price since April 1 has 
been 2*4 cents a quart net to the shipper 
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HOW THE FRUIT LOOKS. 
Backward Season.— Raspberry canes suffered 
severely during the Winter, and the crop will be 
light. Peaches, in most places, are a complete 
failure, though I saw some at J. R. Cornell’s, 
near Newburg. His place has a southern ex¬ 
posure, and is well protected from the northwest 
winds. Currants are backward, and promise a 
light yield. A block of Fay at T. J. Dwyer’s, at 
Cornwall, were the most forward and promising 
that I saw. At Middle Hope, W. D. Barns had 
some good canes of Wilder and Fay; but the fruit 
was not forward. The Currant worm had begun 
to work in both Mr. Dwyer’s and Mr. Barns’s 
currants. Mr. Dwyer simply dissolved Paris- 
green in hand sprinklers, and the men went 
along the rows sprinkling the bushes just as one 
would water a flower bed. Mr. Barns put on 
both Bordeaux Mixture and Paris-green with the 
spray pumps. He says in this way he succeeds 
in killing two crops of worms with one spray. 
The Bordeaux Mixture colored the foliage while 
there was nothing but dead worms to show that 
Mr. Dwyer’s bushes had been gone over. 
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Pears and Strawberries.— Mr. Cornell runs 
largely to pears. If one may judge from present 
appearances, he will have a big crop, especially 
of Bartlett and Seckel. These two and the Bose 
are all the varieties he wants. He does not want 
pears closer than from four to six inches apart 
for Bartletts. Mr. Cornell Bhowed me the disas¬ 
trous result of hi j experience with kainlt. He 
succeeded in killing his trees off entirely with it. 
lie has some Pear midge, but where he pruned 
severely he has a nice set of fruit. His receipt 
for midge is fertility and culture. He wants 
some of the scientists to tell him why it is that 
Bose grafted on Angoulcme kills the tree. It in¬ 
variably does with him. Of strawberries, the 
Marshall showed the most promise for this year. 
He says it was the best field berry he had last 
year. The William Belt in the adjacent block 
is nearly, if not quite, as promising. The Mar¬ 
shall also looks promising on Mr. D wyer’s place. 
Mr. Cornell is quite an extensive apple grower, 
also. He has the promise of a good crop of Bald¬ 
wins. 
Raspberries and Cherries —Mr. Barns thinks 
it pays to lay raspberry canes down in the Fall. 
If it should cost more, he c ills it a cheap insur¬ 
ance. He showed me where he set Elkhorn and 
Windsor cherries, alternating one with another 
six years ago. The Elkhorns are all dead, while 
the Windsors are large and vigorous He has a 
large planting of Japan plums, and if one may 
judge from present appearances, he will have a 
full crop. But he never feels certain of plums 
until he sees them in the basket. In the straw¬ 
berry fields he has an endless variety. The 
Brandywine, Michel and Early Sunrise are most 
developed and promising at this time. Mr. Hd. 
Barns depends on Alaska peas for the home 
table. He makes about four plantings at inter¬ 
vals of two weeks or more. He does not use 
brush Mr. Dwyer, on the other hand, depends 
on Champion, and brushes them in order to get 
a later picking. 
At Mountainville, Mr. Cyrus Shaw is going to 
reap the result of care and culture in his pear 
and apple orchards. In pears, he runs to the 
Bartlett and Anjou, and his principal crop of 
apples will be Baldwins and Pippins. His bear¬ 
ing apple orchard is now grown to sod, but he 
top-dresses it every year. His young orchards 
are cultivated thoroughly; and his best peach 
orchard is underdrained. All the growers that 
I have mentioned put great stress on thorough 
cultivation, and keep the surface of the ground 
almost constantly stirred in the growing sea- 
sen. u. 
Cows’ Summer Resort. —Last Summer, the Kan¬ 
sas Agricultural College herd was pastured one- 
half mile north of the College barn, and in order 
to furnish protection from the hot sun and the 
flies, a small thicket in the lower end of a draw 
was opened up. The cows ignored this, and 
betook themselves to the top of the highesjbluff, 
where the cool breezes would strike them. The 
stiff breezes, usually found on such high spots, 
drove away many of the flies. Any dairyman 
having a high knoll or bluff accessible to his 
cow pasture, would do well to fix it as a Summer 
resort for his cows. If possible, select a bluff 
where trees will furnish plenty of shade. 
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