1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
745 
Market Briefs. 
We are here in this great market. You ship goods 
here. You can ship to better advantage if you know¬ 
how and when to do It. We will try to tell you. 
We must know what you want. Ask questions. ‘We 
will try to answer them. 
PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. 
WINTERGREEN BERRIES.—I saw a 
half bushel or more of these, which were 
selling for 10 cents a quart. These are not 
usually found in sufficient quantities to 
pay for picking. This lot came from the 
vicinity of Rochester, N. Y. 
PERIWINKLES.—These may be classed 
among the odd foodstuffs. They are small 
shellfish and look very much like snails. 
After being cooked in boiling water, the 
meat is easily removed from the shell, and 
is said to be very good. They sell for 25 
cents a quart. 
GRAPES.—Large quantities of these have 
been received, which show the effect of the 
recent severe frost. This damaged stock 
is used for wine, and is also worked up 
into jellies and preserves. The demand for 
table grapes is good, and there has been a 
Slight advance in price. 
PICKLES.—It is said that this crop is 
the smallest for 20 years. The causes are 
dry weather, blight and frosts. Prices 
have advanced, and it is probable that 
they will reach $8 per barrel or more be¬ 
fore the close of the season. Last year, 
at this time, they were selling at $5 to $6 
per barrel. 
GINSENG.—Good roots are now worth 
$6.50 per pound. This plant grows in the 
woods from Canada to the Gulf States, 
and as far west as the Mississippi. In the 
South it is found on high ground, where 
the temperature is comparatively low, and 
in the North in the lowlands. It grows in 
moist, but not muddy,- soil, and always in 
the shade. Maple, oak and beech forests 
are favorite places. The leaves are oval, 
with saw-tooth edges and abrupt point. 
The roots resemble irregular parsnips. 
They vary in weight from two to three 
ounces to nearly half a pound. Care 
GINSENG ROOT AND PLANT. Firi. 272. 
should be taken in digging not to break 
the roots, as this injures their market 
value. They should be washed thoroughly 
and then dried. If the drying be done in 
an oven, care should be taken not to burn 
them. Ginseng is slightly bitter, with a 
taste resembling licorice. For the con¬ 
venience of those not familiar with this 
plant, a picture is shown at Fig. 272. 
HONEY.—A dealer says that the crop 
from Maine to California is the shortest 
it has been in 15 years. Extremes of wet 
and dry weather are largely responsible 
for this. Dry weather cuts the flowers 
short, and bees do not work in rainy 
weather. Pennsylvania is about the only 
State that has a fair crop. New York is 
very short. 
HOPS.—Dealers have reported a little 
more business of late, but the demand has 
not developed much force. The highest 
quotations are 14 cents, and extra quality 
is required to reach anything outside of 
this. The recent reports of a complete 
failure in parts of England were exagger¬ 
ated. The later pickings* were somewhat 
damaged by blight and vermin, but the 
crop as a whole is fair. 
GREEN FIGS.—Now and then a fancy- 
fruit store has a few of these. In shape 
and color they resemble small Seckel pears. 
The inside is a red pulp, and the taste is 
slightly different from the dried fig. They 
sell at about two cents each. Most of 
them come from California or the South. 
One of the employees of this office, who 
spent some time in Australia, says that 
green figs are highly esteemed there as a 
breakfast dish. 
CANDLED EGGS.—Some readers may 
not understand this term, as used in mar¬ 
ket quotations. Candled eggs are those 
that have been examined in a dark room 
by the light of a candle. This is a regu¬ 
lar trade, and men work at it for weeks at 
a time, in cellars and dark rooms. The 
eggs are held before the light one by one, 
and an experienced hand can instantly de¬ 
tect any that are at all stale. Eggs are 
looked over in this way before being put 
into cold storage, and are again candled 
when taken out for market. 
COLD STORAGE.—A large quantity of 
produce is kept in cold storage. Part of this 
is stuff received at unfavorable times, and 
which would be sold at a loss unless held, 
and part has been shipped with the pur¬ 
pose of having it on hand to put on the 
market at once, when there is a shortage 
in the regular supply. The cost of cold 
storage for a small package like a barrel 
of apples or a case of eggs, is 15 to 25 
cents per month, or 60 cents for the sea¬ 
son of six or seven months. The rate for 
large quantities, say 4,000 barrels or more, 
is about 10 cents per barrel per month or 
35 cents for the season. Commission men 
have special arrangements with the stor¬ 
age people, and it is to the interest of all 
concerned to hold good produce that has 
struck a bad market. 
APPLE BARRELS.—Last week reference 
was made to the scarcity of apple barrels. 
Cooperage houses say that there is so much 
uncertainty about this trade that they 
never know how to prepare for it. Storms 
may come, and cut down what promised 
to be a large crop. Made-up barrels are 
hard to store, and expensive to ship any 
great distance; the sizes vary also. At 
one time small barrels were used for ap¬ 
ples in New York State, but by a recent 
law, they must be of the same size as 
flour barrels. If many barrels are needed, 
the cheapest way is to get the shooks from 
some large dealer in cooperage stock, and 
have a local cooper put them together. 
This makes a big saving in freight. It 
would not pay, however, for a farmer to 
try to put up the barrels himself, unless 
he had learned the trade. w. w. h. 
HAY AND GRAIN PRICES. 
The price on grain and wheat bran will 
depend entirely upon the export demand. 
If it holds up well, prices will be no less, 
in our way of thinking. Of course this is 
something nobody can tell about in ad¬ 
vance. Other feeds will be governed ac¬ 
cordingly. Regarding hay, we are looking 
for a good market, with prices no lower 
than at the present time. 
HUMPHREY & CORNELL. 
Providence. R. I. 
Our business is chiefly hay and straw. 
We can’t see how the grain market can 
advance much, with the enormous crop in 
the West. The grain crop this year was 
very different from the hay crop. There 
is a shortage of hay in every State, and 
the market to-day is $3 per ton higher for 
the same quality of hay than last year at 
this time. Our representative was through 
the West and Canada, and found the best 
crop in Canada, but the quality is not extra 
good. Jefferson County, N. Y., is shipping 
some very good hay, but central New York 
does not report so good a crop. Michigan 
and Ohio have two-thirds of a crop. 
Boston. TUCKER, SANBORN & CO. 
THE CLOVER-SEED CROP. 
Clover-seed crop for Montgomery County, 
Ill., is the poorest in years, not over 25 per 
cent of an average yield. Those who have 
seed to sell this year will realize at least 
$7 per bushel, while last year’s price was 
$4. Clover seeded last Spring makes a 
very poor showing, caused by severe 
weather in early Spring and by long-con¬ 
tinued drought during the early Summer 
and Fall. Timothy sown last Fall looks 
well, especially that which was sown with 
wheat. The Winter seemed to kill the 
wheat out, and gave the grass a chance to 
grow. Some Timothy sown last Fall made 
good hay this year. a. t. c. 
Raymond, Ill. 
Clover as a hay and seed crop was about 
a failure this year, principally by being 
winterkilled. The few fields that stood 
the Winter have made small growth and 
no seed since harvest, owing to dry hot 
weather and grasshoppers. The acreage 
of Spring seeding was very short. Clover 
is usually sown in wheat in March or April. 
That crop winterkilled, so with the late 
wet Spring there was little sown. Some 
seeding was done at last cultivation of 
corn, but grasshoppers have destroyed the 
young plants, so there will be no seed this 
year, with a very poor prospect for any 
next season. f. c. 
Lee Co., Iowa. 
The acreage to clover seed was about 
average, but the crop was light; the big 
English clover made from two to four 
bushels, and the little Red one to two 
bushels per acre. There are no other 
kinds raised here. I think the majority 
of the seed was better in yield, and much 
better in quality, than last year; I also 
think that the majority of the crop has 
gone into the hands of the shippers, on 
account of the failure of the wheat crop. 
Through this failure the acreage sown to 
clover last Spring was somewhat smaller 
than usual, but the catch is good. The 
Timothy meadows were fine this year; 
that is, the hay was fine in quality, but it 
did not grow so rank as in some years. 
Jamestown, Ind. j. r. c. 
Clover in this locality is about one-half 
of a crop, a severe drought just at the 
period of filling and ripening cutting the 
average down. The quality is good— 
rather above the average. In some fields 
midge almost ruined the crop, while in 
others it did not seem to damage it so 
much. The weather has been ideal for 
saving the crop, and it is being harvested 
in excellent condition. The facilities for 
saving the crop now make it an easy one 
to care for. Seed is being generally mar¬ 
keted at $3.75 per bushel. Fields seeded to 
clover and Timothy the past season made 
great promise. The dry weather commenc¬ 
ing in early June, has ruined the crop, 
especially clover, and hundreds of acres 
were plowed up; sown to wheat, to be re¬ 
seeded to clover. It is the usual practice 
here to sow Timothy when sowing wheat, 
and in most instances the Timothy is 
fair, the Fall of 1898 being very favorable 
for starting the young plant. Clover here 
is the main hay crop, being especially use¬ 
ful as forage and a fertilizer. o. a. h. 
Logan Co., Ohio. 
The crop of apples in the vicinity of 
Youngstown, on the Niagara River, has 
been sold usually for $2.25 a barrel for 
firsts, extra No. 2 the same price; $2.50 for 
No. 1, $1.50 for No. 2, in some instances. 
About one-half go into cold storage, the 
remainder in Winter storage, none held by 
farmers. Our farm has grown and shipped 
about 1,100 barrels of quinces this season. 
Niagara Co., N. Y. w. hopkins & sons. 
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To Club Raisers. 
Why is it that no one is yet 
working for those cash prizes for 
clubs sent during October. The 
month is well advanced, and no 
one working for the prizes. There 
are seven of them. The first, $50, 
second, $-.0, and so on. Besides, 
a dollar bill goes back every 
night to the club-raiser who sends 
the largest club for that day. But 
there are no clubs yet. Just a 
name or two sent at a time. We 
are willing to pay for work done. 
We believe in honest pay for 
honest work. We are going to 
pay liberally just as long as the 
work is performed. Heretofore 
the results have always been sat¬ 
isfactory. This time it looks as 
if there would be very small re¬ 
turns for the expenditure. Still 
there is time enough yet to make 
the work successful for October. 
Get up a club, even though it be 
small. Small clubs are going to 
win prizes this month. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
New York. 
A Carving Set. 
Every family needs a carving set three 
times a day. This set consists of a Shef¬ 
field caxver with eight-inch handmade 
steel blade, buckhorn handle, fork and 
steel. Price, $1.90; or we will send it for 
a club of two new subscriptions at $1 
each and $1.25 extra money, or free for a 
club of six at $1 each. 
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the largest watchmakers in the 
country. It is full size, stem wind 
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is just the kind of watch to carry 
at any kind of work. We will 
send it postpaid and one new 
yearly subscription for $1.90; or 
we will send it free for a club of 
four yearly subscriptions at $1 
each. Any boy can get up a club 
of four yearly subscriptions 
among his friends in a short time 
and get the watch absolutely free. 
The. Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
