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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 1(5 
MARKETS. 
HINDSIGHT. 
The wheat market has been very quiet 
during the week, although growing a little 
weak towards the end. Reports are that 
receipts are likely to be tolerably heavy, 
and this has the effect of lowering prices 
slightly and causing a weaker feeling. Oats 
have been firmer on a heavy export de¬ 
mand, and this demand is expected to be 
one that will continue for a long time to 
come. Some of the dealers here say that 
it will continue for at least a year. It is 
said that the British crop for 10 years has 
ranged from about 162,000,000 to about 190,- 
000,000 bushels. The estimate for the pres¬ 
ent year's crop is for 151,700 bushels, the 
smallest since 1887. Barley is more than 
8,000,000 bushels under the average. This 
will help American oat growers. Rye is 
firm, prices well up, but the offerings con¬ 
tinue small. Barley is firm but very little 
trading. The market for dairy products 
has been well maintained with an advance 
in price over one week ago. Receipts have 
been lighter than during the previous week, 
and the market is in good condition. Re¬ 
ceipts of cheese have been lighter, and al¬ 
though the export demand was not large, 
there have been good sales and the market 
is firm. Receipts of eggs are about equal 
to the previous week, and the market 
shows little change, although strictly fancy 
are very scarce. The demand for game is 
now on. There is a scarcity of venison, 
partridges, woodcock, fancy snipe and 
plover. The potato market is steady with 
a fair movement, but prices show little 
change. Sweet potatoes move slowly. 
There are liberal receipts of onions, but a 
fair demand, and the market firm. Toma¬ 
toes are a shade firmer; cucumber pickles 
in light supply; green corn, cabbage, celery 
and most other vegetables plentiful. There 
is a liberal supply of apples of ordinary to 
fair quality, fine red fruit being the only 
one that is not plentiful. There is a mod¬ 
erate supply of pears, plums and peaches; 
a liberal supply of grapes, and plenty of 
cranberries with a limited demand at this 
season. Receipts of live poultry have been 
heavy but have sold well at fair prices. 
Dressed poultry has been in heavier sup¬ 
ply and dull for ordinary stock. Fancy, 
large chickens and choice fowls are in good 
demand. _ 
The Week’s Quotations. 
Saturday, September 9, 1899. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, Western, extras, per 
pound . 
Firsts . 
Seconds .. 
Thirds . 
State, extras . 
Firsts . 
Thirds to seconds. 
June, extra . 
Seconds to first. 
State dairy, half firkin tubs, 
finest . 
Firsts . 
Seconds . 
Thirds . 
Western imitation creamery, 
extras . 
Firsts ... 
Seconds . 
Western factory, June, extras.. 
June, seconds to first. 
Current packed, finest. 
Seconds to firsts. 
Thirds . 
Fourths . 
CHEESE. 
State, full cream, small, colored, 
fancy . 
White, fancy. 
Good to choice. 
Common to fair. 
Large, colored, fancy. 
Choice . 
Good to prime. 
White, fancy . 
Good to choice. 
Common to fair. 
Light skims, small, choice. 
Large, choice . 
Part skims, small, prime. 
Large, prime . 
Fair to good. 
Common . 
Full skims . 
EGGS. 
QUOTATIONS LOSS OFF. 
State, Pa., and near-by, average 
best, per doz. — @ 1S% 
Western, fresh gathered, firsts — @ 17% 
Seconds . 16%@ 17 
QUOTATIONS AT MARK. 
Western, candled extras. — @ 17% 
Candled, fine . 16%@ 17 
Seconds, per 30 doz. case.4 05 @4 20 
Lower grades, 30 doz. case_3 40 @3 90 
Candled dirties, prime, 30 doz. 
case .3 60 @3 75 
Uncandled dirties, per 30 doz. 
case .2 70 @3 30 
Checks, good to prime, candled2 85 @3 00 
Poor to fair, per 30 doz. case...2 25 @2 70 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, Alexander, per d.-h. bbl.l 50 @2 50 
King, per d.-h. barrel.1 50 @2 50 
Gravenstein, per d. h. barrel..1 50 @2 25 
Strawberry, per d.-h. barrel..1 50 @2 00 
Twenty-ounce, per d.-h. bbl.,.150 @2 00 
Maiden Blush, per d.-h. bbl_1 25 @1 75 
Culvert, per d.-h. barrel.1 00 (5)1 50 
Holland Pippin, per d.-h. bbl.l 00 @1 50 
Fall Pippin, per d.-h. barrel..1 00 @1 50 
Codling, per d.-h. barrel.1 00 @1 50 
Red sorts, per open head bbl.. 75 @1 50 
Green sorts, per open head bbl. -75 @1 00 
Common & windfalls, per bbl. 50 @ 75 
Crab apples, small, per bbl...2 00 @2 50 
Large, per barrel.1 00 @1 50 
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Pears, Bartlett, poor to fancy, 
large barrels .2 00 @4 00 
Short barrels .2 00 @3 50 
Seckel, per barrel.3 00 <34 50 
Sheldon, per barrel.1 75 @2 00 
Clairgeau, per barrel.. .1 75 @2 00 
Anjou, per barrel.1 75 <5)2 00 
Other table sorts, per bbl.1 50 @2 00 
Cooking sorts, per barrel.1 00 (gil 50 
Plums, State, Reine Claude and 
fancy green, basket. 25 @ 30 
Egg, per 8-lb. basket. 25 (5) — 
Common, green sorts, per 8-lb. 
basket . 10 @ 20 
Large blue table sorts, 8-lb. 
basket .1. 25 @ 30 
Damson, per 8-lb. basket. 20 @ 25 
Geuii, per 8-lb. basket. 20 @ 25 
Lombard, per 8-lb. basket. 15 @ 20 
Common, blue sorts, per 8-lb. 
basket . 10 @ 15 
Peaches, Jersey, per 6-basket 
carrier .1 75 @2 75 
Extra, per basket.1 25 @1 50 
Fair to prime, per basket. 60 @1 00 
Common, per basket. 35 @ 50 
State, per basket . 50 @1 00 
Western, per bushel basket_1 00 @1 75 
Per %-bushel basket. 50 @ 80 
Grapes, up-river, Del,, per case. 60 @ 85 
Niagara, per case. 50 @ 75 
Brightoft, per case. 50 @ 60 
Black, per case. 40 @ 50 
Black, per small basket. 6 @ — 
Western N. Y., Delaware, 
Fancy, 10-lb. basket case.1 25 @1 50 
Fancy Keuka, 4-lb. basket__ 12 @ 15 
Other western N. Y., Del., 
per 4-lb. basket. 9 @ 11 
Western N. Y., Niagara, per 
4-lb. basket . 7 @ 10 
Wyoming Red, 4-lb. basket_ 7 @ 8 
Black, 4-lb. basket . 6 @ 8 
Muskmelons, Rocky Ford, Colo¬ 
rado, per case. 50 (32 50 
Md. Rocky Ford seed, per case 25 @1 50 
Jersey, per barrel. 25 @1 00 
Michigan, per %-bushel handle 
basket . 30 @ 40 
Watermelons, fancy, per 100_14 00(316 00 
Fair to prime, per 100 . 8 00(3)12 00 
Culls, per 100 . 4 00(3 6 00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, per bbl.4 00 (35 00 
Cape Cod, per crate.1 00 @1 75 
POTATOES. 
East end L. I., fancy, in bulk, 
per barrel . — @1 62 
L. I. fair to prime, in bulk, 
per barrel .1 25 @1 50 
Albany, in bulk, per barrel_1 25 @1 37 
Jersey, round sorts, prime, 
per barrel .1 25 @1 37 
Giant, per barrel.1 12 @ — 
Prime to choice, per bag.1 15 @1 25 
inferior, per barrel. 90 @1 00 
Sweets, Cumberland County, 
cloth tops .2 00 @2 25 
South Jersey, double heads—1 75 @2 00 
Va., avge. prime lots, per bbl..1 12 (yl 25 
PO ULTRY—DRESSED. 
Turkeys, young, dry-picked, 
good to prime. 18 @ 22 
Young, dry-picked, poor to f’r 12 @ 15 
Young, scalded, fair to good.. 12 @ 15 
Old hens and tome. 11 @ 12 
Spring chickens, Phila., large, 
per pound . 16 @ I s 
Mixed weights . 13 @ i5 
Penn., mixed weights.. 13 @ 11 
Fair quality . 11 @ 12 
West’n, dry-picked, fancy. 11%@ 12 
West'n, dry-picked, avge. p’me — <3 11 
West’n, scalded, avge. prime.. - @ 11 
West’n, fair to good. 10 @ 10% 
Western, poor . 8 @ 9 " 
Fowls, State and Penn., good 
to prime . 11 <3 ll% 
West’n, dry-pieked, prime. — @ 11 " 
Soufhw’n, dry-picked, prime... 10%@ 11 
West'n, scalded avge. prime.. 10%@ 11 
Western, poor to fair...... 9 @ 10 
Old cocks. Western, per lb. 7 @ — 
Ducks, Eastern, Spring, per 
pound . 15 @ — 
L. I. & Jersey, Spring, per lb. 15 @ — 
West’n, young and old, mixed, 
per pound . 8 @ 10 
Old, per pound. 7 @ 9 
Geese, Eastern Spring, select¬ 
ed, white, per pound. 16 @ 17 
Dark, per pound. 13 @ 14 
Squabs, choice, large, white, 
per doz. — <f>2 25 
Small and dark, per doz.1 25 @1 50 
POULTRY—LIVE 
Spring chickens, West’n, per lb. — @ 12 
Southern, per pound. — @11 
Fowls, per pound. — @11 
Roosters, old, per pound. — @7 
Turkeys, mixed, per pound. — @ 10 
Ducks, Western, per pair. 35 @ 40 
Southern, per pair. 35 (3 40 
Geese, Western, per pair.1 12 @1 25 
Southern, per pair... — @1 00 
MEATS AND STOCK. 
Live veal calves, prime, per lb.. 8*4® — 
Fair to good, per pound. 7 @ 8 
Poor to medium, per lb. 5%@ 6% 
Culls, per pound. 5 @ 5% 
Buttermilks, per pound. 3%(3 354 
Grassers, per pound. 2%@ 3% 
Calves, country dressed, prime, 
per pound . 10%@ 11 
Fair to good, per pound. 9 (a) 10 
Common to medium, per lb... 5 @ 8 
Buttermilks, per pound. 5 @ 7 
Grassers, per pound. 5 @ 6 
Live lambs, fair to choice, per 
Live sheep, fair to choice, per 
Hogs, country dressed, light, 
per pound . 7 @ 7% 
Medium, per pound. 6 @ 6% 
Live hogs, per 100 pounds.4 70 @4 80 
GAME. 
Venison, fresh saddles per lb... 22 @ 24 
Frozen saddles, per lb. 18 @ 20 
Partridges, prime, per lb.1 50 @2 00 
Grouse, prime, per pair.1 00 @1 25 
Woodcock, prime, per pair. — @1 25 
English snipe, per dozen. — @2 50 
Grass plover, per dozen.1 00 (32 00 
Reed birds, per dozen. 50 @ — 
VEGETABLES. 
Celery, State, fancy ‘large white, 
doz. roots . 30 @ 35 
Michigan, common to good, 
doz. roots . 10 @ 25 
Cucumbers, Shelter Island, per 
barrel .2 50 @3 00 
Pickles, Rockland Co., 1,000...1 50 @2 75 
L. I., per 1,000.1 00 @2 00 
Jersey, per 1,000 . 75 @1 25 
Cabbages, L. I., per 100.2 00 @3 50 
Cauliflowers, L. I., fancy, per 
barrel .3 00 @3 50 
Poor to fair, per barrel.1 50 @2 50 
Egg plants, Jersey, per bbl. 60 
Green corn, Hackensack, per 
100 . 60 
Monmouth County, per 100. 50 
Lima beans, Hackensack, Po¬ 
tato, per bag. — 
So. Jersey, flat, per bag. 40 
Onions, Orange County, red, 
prime, per bag. 80 
Red, poor to fair, per bag. 60 
White, per barrel.1 25 
Yellow, per bag. 75 
Eastern red, per barrel.1 00 
White, per barrel.2 00 
Yellow, per barrel.1 25 
Shelter Island, yellow, per bbl. — 
State and Western, yellow, 
per d.-h. barrel.1 12 
Yellow, in bulk, barrel. — 
Western, yellow, per bu. crate. — 
State & West’n red, per bbl... 75 
Peppers, Jersey, red, per bbl_ 75 
J’y, Bullnose, green, per bbl.. 50 
Jersey, long green, per bbl. 50 
Peas, L. I., per bag.2 50 
String beans, L. I., and Jersey, 
per bag . — 
Squash, Marrow, per barrel.... 50 
Hubbard, per barrel. 75 
Tomatoes, Jersey, per box. 15 
Turnips, Jersey, Russia, per 
barrel . 40 
MILK AND CREAM. 
@ 75 
@1 00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@ 60 
@ 90 
@ 75 
@1 75 
@1 25 
@1 25 
@2 50 
@1 50 
@1 50 
@1 25 
@1 25 
@ 35 
@1 00 
@1 00 
@ 75 
@ 65 
@3 00 
@ 75 
@ 60 
@1 00 
@ 30 
@ 65 
The total daily supply has been 23,987 cans 
of milk, 219 cans of condensed milk, and 
715 cans of cream. The Milk Exchange 
price has been 2% cents a quart net to the 
shippers since September 1. 
SUFFOCATION IN A SILO. 
How It Happened. 
There has just occurred at Wausau, Wis., 
an accident, the cause of which should be 
cioarly understood, as it might be repeated 
whenever conditions are favorable. Three 
of the inmates of the county asylum went 
into the silo in the morning for the pur¬ 
pose of spreading and tramping the en¬ 
silage, but were at once overcome by the 
carbonic acid gas which had been gener¬ 
ated during the night, but which could not 
escape on account of the position of the 
lowest open door. Mayor J. IL Reiser, 
trustee of the Marathon County Asylum, 
writes me: 
Our silo is 25 feet inside diameter, and 
28 feet to the top of the plates, with one 
two feet eight inches by five feet opening 
in the roof for the cutter elevator. We 
have three openings, three feet by four feet 
six inches on the side leading to the barn; 
the first opening is 10 feet from the bot¬ 
tom, and the other openings about six feet 
apart. We had our silo filled about the 
second opening, and about six feet below 
the upper door. We had been cutting six 
days in filling the silo, and the day before 
the accident occurred, had been filling all 
day. The opening in the ceiling had been 
left open all the time, and the doors in the 
sides were left open until after we got up 
to them in filling. 
With this statement of the conditions, 
the cause of the accident is clear: 1. When 
green material is cut fresh into a silo, car¬ 
bonic acid gas is generated at once and 
rapidly by the living cells, until they die, 
and it is this respiration of the living but 
mutilated plant cells which is at once the 
source of the first heating of the ensilage, 
and of the carbonic acid gas given off. 
2. When this silo was left at night with the 
ensilage six feet below the open door, the 
stillness of the night, the rapid generation 
of gas, and its heavier weight than the air, 
caused it to accumulate to a depth of six 
feet in the silo. 
3. When the men entered the silo, they 
were at once submerged beneath the car¬ 
bonic acid gas in which they drowned as 
quickly as though they had been beneath 
water. 
Had the doors been closer together so 
that, when the men entered the silo their 
heads were above the opening, they would 
not have experienced any difficulty. Had 
the night been windy so as to produce more 
draught in the silo, it is not likely that the 
accident would have occurred. Had the 
men not entered the silo until after the 
machine had started and the ensilage had 
begun to fall, the accident would not have 
occurred, because in a very few minutes, 
the stirring of the air would have so much 
diluted the carbonic acid gas that no in¬ 
convenience would have been experienced. 
It is also probable, too, that, had the men 
been of sound mind and vigorous, the acci¬ 
dent would not have occurred, as they 
would have realized the difficulty quickly 
enough to have saved themselves. 
The lesson to learn from this sad acci¬ 
dent is that, when a silo is being filled, 
the machinery should be started before the 
men enter the silo after it has been stand¬ 
ing for several hours, unless an open door 
is so near the ensilage that a man’s head 
is above it. The carbonic acid gas is not 
a poison, but in it a man will drown as he 
will in water, and care must always be ex¬ 
ercised in sending children and incom¬ 
petent people into a freshly-filled silo, or 
one which is being filled, if it has stood 
some time under conditions where the per¬ 
son’s head would come below an open door. 
The danger largely disappears a few days 
after filling in a good silo, because as soon 
as the cells of the plants are dead, the 
respiration stops, and the carbonic acid 
gas is no longer rapidly generated. 
F. H. KING. 
Wisconsin Experiment Station. 
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Bend us your Butter and Eggs. Highest Prices and 
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5,000 Bbls. of Apples 
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OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game 
■ Poultry, 
1 Mushrooms, 
Furs, 
I Calves, 
I Nuts, 
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I Soring Lambs, 
I Live Quail. 
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Write for Quotations. 
v 
Seth Thomas Watch. 
This is one of our best bargains in 
cheap wlitches. It is seven-jeweled move¬ 
ment, straight line lever escapement, 
cut compensation balance, safety pinion, 
white bard enamel dial. The case is 
dust-proof, polished silveroid (that looks 
like silver and wears better). Has gold 
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