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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 9 
MARKETS 
HINDSIGHT. 
The grain market made something of an 
advance about the middle of the week, but 
weakened afterwards, closing at somewhat 
lower prices. The market is generally sub¬ 
ject to depressions at the end of the month, 
in anticipation of settlements, so that the 
condition then is hardly a safe guide to 
follow. Current reports are to the effect 
that the present season’s crop, bol h of 
Winter and Spring wheat, is considerably 
smaller than last year. There is a wide 
divergence of opinion about this. Export 
sales of wheat have been quite largo as 
well as domestic sales. Trade In corn has 
been quiet, and the market easier in sym¬ 
pathy with wheat. The export business has 
been good, and the clearances for the week 
have been large. Oats have been very quiet 
during the week and prices a shade easier: 
export sales are small. Rye is steady with 
little business doing, and the same is true 
of barley. Receipts of butter have been 
considerably heavier, but dealers have 
shown little disposition to lower prices and 
have stored a considerable amount in con¬ 
sequence. The market is not so strong as 
one week ago, in spite of the high prices. 
Export sales have been considerable, large¬ 
ly, if not wholly, for the English markets. 
Receipts of cheese have been ample,but the 
demand is not very active, and exporters 
seem to be slow to buy at present rates. 
Receipts of eggs are moderate, and prices 
higher for good stock. The market on the 
whole is strong. Strictly fancy eggs are 
scarce. Chicago reports butter 20 cents, 
eggs 131/2 cents. Philadelphia reports but¬ 
ter at 21 cents and eggs 16% cents. In 
Boston, butter is reported steady at 21% 
cents, cheese firm at 10% cents and eggs at 
16 cents. Receipts of potatoes have been 
heavy, but very largely of inferior quality. 
Those grading as strictly fancy are in very- 
light receipt, and held steadily at outside 
quotations. Receipts of sweet potatoes are 
heavy. Receipts of live poultry have been 
heavy, but the market is firm. Ducks are 
in large supply, and there is considerable 
accumulation. Receipts of dressed poultry 
have been good, and the market has de¬ 
veloped an easier tone; still, buying has 
been liberal, and a large business has been 
done. In fruits fancy red apples are in 
good demand, but green or light-colored 
move slowly at low prices. It is reported 
by dealers that white varieties cannot be 
sold at any price. Pears are plentiful and 
go very slowly, except for fancy. Peaches 
are dull and prices low for a year when the 
crop has failed so generally as it has this 
year. Plums are not in very large supply, 
and prices are fair. Muskmelons are sell¬ 
ing better than last week, especially for 
fancy stock. The watermelon season is 
pretty nearly over for the best qualities, 
but there is still a large accumulation of 
low-grade melons that can hardly be given 
away. _ 
The Week’s Quotations. 
Saturday, September 2, 1899. 
BEANS AND PEAS. 
Beans, Marrow, 1898, choice, bu. 
Medium, 1898, choice. 
Pea, 1S9S, choice. 
Red Kidney, 1898, choice. 
Red Kidney, poor to good. 
White Kidney, 1898, choice. 
Yellow Eye, 1898, choice. 
Black T. S., 1898, choice. 
Lima, California. 
Peas, bbls., per bushel. 
Bags, per bushel. 
Scotch, bbls., per bushel. 
Scotch, bags, per bushel. 
1 55 @ — 
— @1 37% 
— @1 37% 
1 65 @1 70 
1 40 @1 60 
1 85 @1 90 
1 35 @1 40 
1 65 @1 70 
2 77%@2 80 
— @1 12% 
— @1 07% 
— 101 12 % 
1 05 @1 07% 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, Western, extra, per 
pound . 
Firsts . 
Seconds . 
Thirds . 
State, extra. 
Firsts . 
Thirds to seconds. 
June, extra . 
June, iirsts . 
State, dairy, half firkin tubs, 
fancy . 
Firsts . 
Welsh tubs, fancy. 
Firsts . 
Tubs, thirds to seconds. 
Western imitation creamery, 
extra . 
Firsts . 
Seconds . 
Factory, June, extras. 
June, firsts . 
Current packed, finest. 
Seconds to firsts. 
Lower grades .. 
- @ 
21 
19%@ 
20 
18 @ 
19 
16%@ 
37% 
20%@ 
21 
19%@ 
20 
16%@ 
19 
20%@ 
21 
IS @ 
20 
19 @ 
_ 
17%@ 
18% 
— @ 
18% 
17%@ 
18 
15 @ 
17 
16%@ 
17 
15 @ 
16 
14 @ 
14% 
15%@ 
— 
14%@ 
15 
15 @ 
■— 
14 @ 
14% 
13 @ 
13% 
CHEESE. 
State, f. c., small colored, fancy — @ 11% 
White, fancy . — @ 11 
Good to choice. 10%@ 10% 
Common to fair. 9 @ 10 
Large, colored fancy. 11 @ 11% 
Colored, choice . 10%@ — 
Colored, good to prime. 10%@ 10% 
White, fancy . 10%@ 11 
White, good to choice. 10%@ 10% 
Common to fair. 9 @ 10 
Large skims, small, choice_ — @ 9% 
Light skims, large, choice. 9 @ 9% 
Part skims, small, choice. 8%@ 9 
Large, choice . 8%@ 8% 
Good to prime. 7%@ 7% 
Common to fair. 5 @ 6% 
Full skims . 3%@ 4 
EGGS. 
State & Pa., average best, per 
doz., loss off. 
Western, firsts, loss off... 
Seconds, loss off. 16 
Fancy, candled, at mark.. 
Seconds and low grades, 
doz. case . 
Dirties, per case 30-doz.2 40 
Checks, per case.2 25 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, Twenty-ounce, per bbl..l 
Orange Pippin, per bbl.1 
Codling, per bbl.1 
Alexander, per bbl.2 
Fall Pippin, per bbl.1 
Pears, Bartlett, Jersey, large 
barrels .1 
Up-river, large barrels.1 
Clapp’s Favorite, up-river,bbl.2 
Seckel, per barrel.2 
Plums, State, com. gr'n sorts, 
8-lb. basket . 
Large, blue table sorts, 8-lb. 
basket . 
Peaches, Md. and Del. per car’erl 
Jersey, extra, per basket. 
Common to prime, per basket. 
Grapes, up-river, Del., per case. 
Up-river, Niagara, per case. 
Up-river, Moore’s Early, per 
case . 
Hartford, per case. 
Southern, black, per case. 
Muskmelons, Hackensack, Nut¬ 
meg, per bbl. 75 
Monmouth Co., Jenny Lind, 
per bbl. 50 
Md., Rocky Ford Seed, per crt.2 50 
Watermelons, car-loads, by rail20 00@100 00 
Va., large, per 100 . 5 00@ 10 00 
Va. and Jersey, small to 
medium, per 100.3 00® 8 00 
Md., large .5 00® 10 00 
FRUIT—EVAPORATED. 
. — 
@ 18 
, . *— 
@ 17 
. 16 
@ 16% 
@ 17 
.3 45 
@4 20 
.2 40 
@3 60 
.2 25 
@3 00 
.1 25 
@1 75 
.1 00 
@1 25 
.1 00 
@1 25 
.2 00 
@2 50 
.1 25 
@1 50 
.1 75 
@2 75 
.1 75 
@2 50 
.2 00 
@2 50 
.2 00 
@2 50 
»» 
. 10 
@ 25 
io 
@ 25 
rl 00 
@2 00 
. 75 
@1 50 
. 35 
@1 00 
:. 50 
@ 75 
. 50 
@ 75 
40 @ — 
35 ® 40 
40 ® 50 
@1 50 
@1 25 
®3 00 
Apples, choice . 8%@ 9 
Prime . 8%® 8% 
Low grades . 6 @ 7 
Chops . 1%@ 2% 
Cores and skins. 1%@ 1% 
Apricots, Cal., boxes, per lb... 11%® 13% 
Peaches, Cal., unpeeled, boxes. 8 @ 9 
Bags . 8 ® 9 
Raspberries . 11%@ 12 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red elevator. 73 @ — 
No. 2, red delivered. 74 @ — 
No. 1, hard Duluth, f. o. b. 
afloat . 81%@ — 
No. 2, Northern, f. o. b. afloat. 76 @ — 
Corn, No. 2, delivered. 38 @ — 
No. 2 in elevator. 37%@ — 
No. 2 white, f. o. b., afloat. 39%@ — 
No. 2 yellow, f. o. b., afloat— — @ — 
Oats, No. 2, white. 28 @ — 
No. 3 white. 27 @ — 
No. 2 white clipped. 28 @ — 
No. 3 white clipped. 27%@ — 
No. 2 mixed. 26 @ — 
No. 3 mixed. 25 @ — 
Rejected .. 24 @ — 
Rejected white . 26 @ — 
No. 2 mixed. 26%@ — 
Track mixed . 26 @ 27% 
Track white . 27 ® 33 
Rye, No. 2 Western, c. i. f., Buf. 58 @ — 
No. 2 State, f. o. b. 61%@ — 
State and Jersey, c. i. f., track 57 @ — 
Barley, malt, fair to choice, 
Western, delivered . 48 ® 55 
Feeding, c. i. f., Buffalo. 39%@ 42 
POTATOES. 
Potatoes, East end L. I., fancy, 
per barrel . — @1 62 
L. I., common to prime, in 
bulk, per barrel .1 25 ®1 50 
South Jersey, fancy, per bbl.. — @1 37 
Up-river and Jersey, average 
lots, per barrel.1 12 @1 25 
Jersey, Inferior, per bbl. — ®1 00 
Sweets, Cumberland County..2 50 ®2 75 
South Jersey, d.-h. bbls.1 75 @2 50 
N. C. and Va., yellow, per bbl.l 00 ®1 50 
Culls, sweet, per bbl. 50 @ 75 
POULTRY—DRESSED. 
Turkeys, average grades, hens 
and toms .. 11 @ 12 
Spring chickens, Pliila., large, 
pound ... 16 @ 17 
Mixed weights . 13 @ 15 
Western, dry picked, fancy, 
per pound . 12%@ 13 
Prime, per pound. — @12 
Scalded, prime, per pound. — @12 
Scalded and dry picked, fair 
to good . 11 @ 11% 
Fowls, State & Pa., good to 
prime . ll%@ 12 
Western, dry picked, prime_ — @ 11% 
Southwestern, dry picked, avg. 
prime . 11 @ 11% 
Western, scalded avg. prime.. 11 @ 11% 
Old cocks . — @ 7% 
Ducks, East’n & L. I., Spring, 
per pound . 16 @ — 
Western, Spring . 7 @ 11 
Geese, Eastern, Spring, select¬ 
ed. white . 16 @ 17 
Dark, per pound . 13 @ 14 
Ducks, old ... 6 @ 7 
Squabs, choice, large, white, 
per doz. — @2 25 
Small and dark, per doz.1 25 @1 50 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, per pound. 10 @ — 
Southern . — @ 9% 
Fowls, per pound. — @ 11 
Roosters, old, per pound. — @7 
Turkeys, mixed, per pound_ — @10 
Ducks, per pair. 40 @) 60 
Geese, per pair.1 00 @1 25 
Pigeons, per pair. 20 @ 25 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, Timothy, No. 1. 80 @ — 
No. 2 . 70 @ 75 
No. 3 . 55 @ 65 
Clover . 45 @ 50 
Clover, mixed . 55 @ 60 
Straw, Rye . 45 @ 55 
Oat . 30 @ 35 
PRICES OF FEED. 
City bran, per ton.15 00 @16 50 
Spring bran, 200-lb. sacks, 
per ton .14 00 @15 00 
Spring bran, to arrive, bulk...14 00 @14 50 
Middlings, per ton.15 00 @18 00 
Sharps, per ton.17 50 @18 50 
Red Dog . 17 35 @18 00 
Linseed oil meal to arrive 
and spot .24 50 @25 00 
Cake . 23 75 @ — 
Cotton-seed meal .21 00 ® — 
BUSINESS BITS. 
If you propose to do any tile draining 
this year, or have any land that seems to 
require it, you will get much helpful in¬ 
formation in a little book sent free by Mr. 
John H. Jackson, Albany, N. Y. 
Dairymen who are preparing for the 
comfort of their cows, will be interested 
in looking into the advantages of the New¬ 
ton cow-tie. These have been in use for 
many years, and are in great favor with 
many careful breeders. E. C. Newton Co., 
Batavia, Ill., will send particulars. 
Everyone agrees that hand digging of 
potatoes is hard work. It is quite as gen¬ 
erally admitted that it is expensive. When 
a machine can be had to do the work, the 
hand digger has little show of competing 
for profitable sales in the open market. 
The saving in digging alone by the machine 
over the hand work makes a nice profit for 
the man with the machine. The Cummings 
digger is handled by two horses, and is 
said to dig five acres in 10 hours. The con¬ 
ditions of ground will, of course, make 
some difference. This digger is made by 
the Standard Harrow Co., Utica, N. Y. 
Messrs, Letts & Whittier, Sandusky, 
O., write that they have been using the 
Charter gas engine for pumping water into 
a tank 60 feet high and at a distance of one- 
half mile, pumping 20 barrels an hour, be¬ 
sides running a two-revolution Taylor 
Cylinder press, and one 17x24 Jobber at the 
same time. Their first order for repairs, 
after five years’ use, accompanied this let¬ 
ter, and amounted to about $5. The makers 
are the Charter Gas Engine Co., Box 26, 
Sterling, Ill. _ 
NEW YORK STATE F/UBS. 
The attitude of New York State toward 
the various agricultural fairs that are held 
within its borders, has been very liberal. 
The State Society has generally received 
liberal appropriations for the improvement 
of its grounds at Syracuse, and has, in ad¬ 
dition, received $20,000 a year to be expend¬ 
ed in premiums. The county and town fair 
societies have shared in different appro¬ 
priations to the extent of the premiums 
paid by each. Some of the societies have 
become such large and successful institu¬ 
tions that the amount received by each is 
quite a large item, and forms an important 
receipt in the fair’s finances. This season 
the fairs have received a larger sum than 
ever before. The State Department 01 
Agriculture, some time ago, apportioned 
$86,000. Of that sum, the State Society re¬ 
ceived $22,000, the flornellsville Farmers' 
Club $2,000, and the Cambridge Valley So¬ 
ciety and Stock Breeders’ Association, 
$2,000. Of the remaining $60,000, the county 
societies received 70 per cent, or $42,000, and 
the town fair association 30 per cent, or 
$18,000. Last week Commissioner Wieling 
made the final apportionment. The sum is 
$97,773,91, and is derived from Chapter 479, 
Laws of 1887, which is the old Ives’ pool 
law. This law was amended, however, in 
1894, and again in 1895. The method of 
making the apportionment of these moneys 
was amended by the Legislatures of 1898 
and 1899. As there is a dispute in Rens¬ 
selaer County as to which of the two socie¬ 
ties is the county society, the commissioner 
has withheld an amount from both appor¬ 
tionments that is sufficient to meet what 
will be due those two societies when the 
attorney-general shall have rendered a de¬ 
cision in the matter. Of the $97,773,91, the 
county societies receive 70 per cent, or $68,- 
411.73; and the town association 30 per cent, 
or $29,332.18. 
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For Sale— 100 bushels Winter Seed 
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Orcharding in Virginia. Salary paid; bouse fur¬ 
nished. Highest-priced apples in World grown. 
Party must have some capital and take interest. 
Best of land furnished. For particulars address 
Box 282, Lynchburg. Va. 
FARMERS 
For 10c. we send, postpaid, 
package Un.versal Tin¬ 
ware Mender, a seif-tlux- 
ing solder. One package 
will mend 50 common holes in tinware. No acid, 
resin or soldering iron needed. Any child uses It 
after reading instructions. No fake. Agents Wanted. 
E. E. HARRINGTON & CO., Caion, Ohio. 
POULTRY NETTING pilce^ 
1%-luch mesh. No. 19 wire, galvanized, in bundles of 
1,000 square feet, for l$3.50; three bundles, t§9. 
Stock limited, order to-day. Our circulars give net 
prices of Poultry Netting. 
JAMES S. CASE, Colchester, Conn , 
New England Agent for M. M. S. Pou try Fencing. 
GEO. I>. HAMMOND. E 8 T. 1875 . FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO.. 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds ol 
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. 
JELLIFY, WRIGHT & OO., 
Produce Commission Merchants, 
BUTTER, ECCS AND POULTRY, 
284 Washington 8treet, New York. 
Dressed Meats: 22, 24 and 26 Grace Avenue, West 
Washington Market. 
Live Stock: Union Stock Yards, foot of West 60th St. 
Refer to Irving National Bank. 
APPLES, PEARS 
Highest Prices obtained. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray Street, New York 
EGGS m.™™ BUTTER 
G A I? A ( ER C O., 
844 Washington Street, New York. 
Send us your Butter and Eggs. Highest Prloes aud 
prompt remittances. Refer to Gansevoort Bank. 
SHIP YOUR PRODUCE 
FRUITS, VEGETABLES, POULTRY, PORK, 
CALVES, to the old Reliable Commission 
House (Established 1865). 
S, H. & E. H. FROST , 
319 Wasliington St., cor. Jay, New York. 
Stencils, Shipping Cards, etc., furnished on applica¬ 
tion. References: Irving National Bank, or any of 
the Commrrcial Agencies. 
120 Liberty Street, New York. 
COMMISSION HAY and STRAW 
Write for Quotations. 
