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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 23 
MARKETS. 
REVIEW AND OUTLOOK. 
BUTTER.—Trade is rather dull. Deal¬ 
ers report that since the recent advance in 
price consumption has fallen off some¬ 
what. Prices hold up to last quotations, 
but buyers are critical, and a good many 
marks are rejected that have formerly 
been graded as prime. Storage creamery 
and State dairy are scarce and in but little 
demand. Imitation creamery is firm. 
EGGS.—The local demand is mainly for 
the best grades, of which there are but 
light supplies. Secondary qualities drag, 
and quotations are largely a matter of ne¬ 
gotiation. The situation in cold-storage 
stock has been discouraging to holders, 
owing to the mild weather. A few fancy 
lots brought 16 to 17 cents at mark, but 
sales at these figures were scarce, most of 
the business being in firsts at 15 cents. 
FRUITS.—There is a fair demand for 
good and fancy grades of apples, but con¬ 
siderable urging is required to clear out 
the poor stock. Grapes are in very light 
demand. The best qualities are likely to 
command better prices during the holiday 
trade. The yield for western New York has 
been generally unsatisfactory, as the 
drought and early frost did great damage. 
Cranberries sell well if fancy, but there is 
a large amount of poor stock, which goes 
at a low figure. 
GRAIN.—Wheat is firm at a slight ad¬ 
vance. Great Britain’s crop is reported 
to be 65,529,325 bushels, 7,501,531 less than 
for 1898. Receipts of corn are moderate, 
and there is a good foreign demand. The 
Illinois State report makes the crop for 
1899 259,619,000 bushels, or 37 bushels per 
acre, and 44,396,000 bushels larger than the 
1898 yield. The oat market is quiet, with 
a small local demand. Rye is dull, west¬ 
ern being one cent lower with liberal offer¬ 
ings. Barley is strong and % to one cent 
higher. Trade in buckwheat is light. 
The total exports from New York from 
January 1 to December 11 of this year were 
valued at $438,502,794. The value of cotton 
goods exported during this time was $14,- 
385,768. _ 
The Week’s Quotations. 
Saturday, December 16, 1899. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, Western, extras, lb.. 
Western, firsts . 
Western, thirds to seconds_ 
State, extras . 
State, firsts . 
State, thirds to seconds. 
June, extras . 
June, firsts . 
Held, thirds to seconds. 
State dairy, half firkin tubs, 
fresh finest . 
Half firkin tubs, firsts. 
Tubs, seconds . 
Thirds . 
Firkins, finest . 
Firkins, seconds to firsts. 
Western, imitation creamery, 
firsts . 
Seconds . 
Factory, June, extras. 
Factory, held thirds to firsts.. 
Factory, fresh, fancy. 
Factory, fresh, second to firsts 
Factory, lower grades. 
Rolls, Western . 
CHEESE. 
State, full cream, small, Sept., 
fancy . 
Small, Nov., finest. 
Small, good to choice. 
Small, common to fair. 
Large, Sept., fancy. 
Large, Nov., choice. 
Large, good to prime. 
Large, common to fair. 
Light skims, small, choice_ 
Light skims, large, choice. 
Part skims, small, prime. 
Part skims, large, prime. 
Part skims, fair to good. 
Part skims, common. 
Full skims . 
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QUOTATIONS DOSS OFF 
State, Pa., and nearby, average, 
best, per doz. 
Western, fresh gathered, best.. 
Fresh gathered, good quality. 
Kentucky, fresh gathered, ch.. 
Tenn., N. C. and Va., fresh 
gathered, best . 
QUOTATIONS AT MARK 
Western, good quality, 30-doz. 
case .4 80 @5 40 
Poor to fair, 30-doz. case.4 20 @4 65 
Refrigerator, early packed, lsts. — @ 15 
Fair to good, 30-doz. case.4 20 @4 35 
Inferior, per 30-doz. case.3 60 @3 90 
Fresh dirties, prime, 30-doz. cs.3 60 @4 00 
Limed eggs, prime, per doz. 15 @ 16 
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FEED. 
City bran .17 50@18 25 
Spring bran, 200-lb. sacks, ton..17 00©17 50 
Spring bran, to arrive, bulk—16 50(5)18 50 
Middlings, as to quality, ton—17 00©20 50 
Sharps, ton .17 00(5)20 00 
Red Dog .18 50@20 00 
Mixed feed, 200-lb. sacks, ton...18 00@19 15 
Linseed oil meal to arrive and 
spot .27 50(g) — 
Cake .27 25(5)27 50 
Cottonseed meal .26 00© — 
FRUIT—EVAPORATED. 
Apples, extra fancy. 11 @ 12% 
Fancy . 8%© 9% 
Choice . 7%© 8 
Prime . 6%© 7 
Low grades . 5 (g) 6 
Chops . 1%© 1% 
Sun-dried, quarters . 5%© 6 
Sun-dried, sliced . 5 © 6 
Apricots, boxes, per lb. 11%@ 18 
Bags, per lb. 13 @ 15 
Peaches, Cal., unpeeled, boxes. 8%@ 10 
Bags . 8 © 2% 
Peeled, per lb. 17 © 25 
Raspberries . 13 © 14 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl.1 50 @3 00 
Spitz, bbl.2 50 ©3 50 
Snow, bbl.2 00 ©3 50 
Ben Davis, bbl.1 50 ©2 75 
King, bbl.2 50 ©4 00 
Winesaps, bbl.2 50 ©3 50 
Smith, cider, bbl.1 25 @1 75 
Greening, bbl.1 50 @3 00 
Spy, bbl.1 50 ©3 00 
Grapes, Black, basket. 6 © 10 
Catawba, 4-lb. basket. 6 © 12 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, fancy, 
per bbl.4 50 @7 50 
Early black, bbl.5 00 @6 50 
Crate .1 50 @2 00 
Jersey, per crate.1 25 @1 75 
GAME. 
Quail, avge., fresh, per doz.1 50 @1 75 
Partridges, prime, per pair.1 50 ©1 60 
Grouse, prime, undrawn, pair..l 00 @ — 
Prime, drawn, per pair. — ©1 00 
English snipe, per doz. — ©2 50 
Grass plover, per doz.1 00 ©2 00 
Woodcock, prime, per pair.1 00 © — 
Ducks, canvas, 6-lb. av. to pair.2 50 ©3 00 
Canvas, lightweights, pair_1 25 @1 50 
Redhead, 5-lb. avge. to pair..l 75 @2 00 
Redhead, lightweight, pair... 75 @100 
Ruddy . 25 © 75 
Teal, blue-wing, per pair. 40 © 50 
Common, per pair. 25 @ 30 
Rabbits, per pair. 20 @ 25 
Jack Rabbits, per pair. 50 © 60 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2 red elevator. 72%© — 
No. 2 delivered. 73%@ — 
No. 1 hard Duluth, f. o. b., 
No. 2 Northern, f. o. b. afloat. 77%© — 
Corn, No. 2 delivered. 40 © — 
No. 2 in elevator. 39%© — 
No. 2 white, f. o. b., afloat. 41%© — 
No. 2 yellow, f. o. b., afloat 41%© — 
Oats, No. 2 white. 31 © — 
No. 3 white. 30 © — 
No. 2 white clipped. 31%© — 
No. 3 white clipped. 30%© — 
No. 2 mixed. 29 © — 
No. 3 mixed. 28 © — 
Rejected . 27 @ — 
Rejected white . 29 © — 
No. 2 mixed, delivered. 29%© — 
Track, white . 29 © 30 
Rye, No. 2 Western, c. i. f., Buf. 55 © — 
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Rye flour, fair to choice.3 10 @3 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
These quotations are for large bales. 
Small bales sell for 50 cents per ton less. 
Hay, Timothy, prime. 85 © 87% 
No. 1 . 80 © 82% 
No. 2 . 72%@ 77% 
No. 3 . 65 © 70 
Clover . 65 © 75 
Clover, mixed . 70 © 75 
Straw, rye . 70 © 75 
Oats . 45 © 50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Lettuce, fancy, per doz. 75 @1 00 
Poor to fair, per doz. 20 © 40 
Cucumbers, No. 1, per doz. 60 ©1 00 
No. 2, per box.1 50 ©2 00 
Mushrooms, fair to choice, lb... 30 © 60 
Tomatoes, per lb. 8 @ 15 
Radishes, round, p. 100 bunclies.l 00 ©2 00 
Asparagus, per dozen bunches..2 00 @3 50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Milch cows, per head.25 00@62 50 
Calves, veals . 6 @ 8 
Grassers . 2%© 3 
Sheep . 2%© 4% 
Lambs . 4%© 5% 
MEATS—COUNTRY DRESSED. 
Calves, prime. 10 @ — 
Fair to good. 8 © 9% 
Common . 5 © 7 
Grassers . 4 © 6 
POTATOES. 
L. I., in bulk, per bbl.1 50 @2 00 
State and Western, in bulk, 
180 lbs.1 25 @1 75 
Jersey, round, sorts, prime, bbl.l 37 ©1 62 
Giant, prime, per bbl.1 37 @1 50 
Inferior, per bbl.1 00 ©1 25 
Sweets, Cumberland Co., cloth 
tops .2 50 @3 00 
South Jersey, double heads...2 25 ©2 75 
Va., fair to choice, bbl.1 75 ©2 25 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, per lb. — @ 8% 
Fowls, per lb. 9%© 10 
Roosters, old, per lb. 5%@ 6 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 8 © — 
Ducks, per pair. 40 © 60 
Geese, per pair.1 00 ©1 37% 
POULTRY—DRESSED. 
Dry Packed. 
Turkeys, nearby, fancy, per lb. 11%@ 12 
Nearby, fair to good. 10 © 11 
Ohio and Michigan, fancy. — @ 11 
Ohio and Mich., fair to good. 8 © 10 
Other Western, fancy. 10%@ 11 
Other West’n, fair to prime.. 8 © 10 
Poor . 5 @ 7 
Spring chickens, Phila., large, 
per lb. 15 @ 16 
Mixed weights . 11 @ 12 
Chickens, Western, dry-picked, 
prime .. 10 @ — 
Western, scalded, prime. 10 © — 
Western, poor . 6 © 8 
Fowls, Western, good to prime. 9 © 9% 
Western, poor . 6 © 8 
Ducks, nearby, prime. 10 © 11 
Western, prime . 9 © 10 
Western, poor . 5 © 8 
Geese, nearby, prime. 9 © 10 
Western, prime . 8 @ 9 
Western, poor . 5 @ 7 
Squabs, choice, large, white, 
per doz. — ©2 25 
Dark, per doz.1 25 @1 50 
Culls . 50 © 75 
FRESH KILLED—ICE 
Turkeys, Western, fancy, dry- 
picked . 
Western, fancy, scalded. 
Western, fair to good. 
Young, poor to fair. 
Dry-picked, fancy, per lb. 
Scalded, prime, per lb. 
Scalded and dry-picked, fair 
to good . 
Fowls, State and Pa., good to 
prime . 
Western, dry-picked, prime. 
Southwestern, dry-picked, 
average, prime . 
Western, scalded, avge., pr... 
Western chickens and fowls, pr. 
Old cocks . 
Ducks, Western, Spring, prime, 
per lb. 
Geese, Western, Spring, prime, 
per lb. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
Animal meal is a thoroughly-cooked, 
easily-digested preparation of fresh sweet 
bone, and meat dried and ground to a fine 
powder, for mixing with other foods in a 
mash. It is always put up in yellow bags, 
and yellow packages. Cards for keeping 
daily egg record are furnished free by the 
makers of animal meal, The Bowker Co., 
43 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 
Every person interested in poultry sub¬ 
jects will find matter of great value in the 
poultry manual or catalogue for 1900 of 
Cyphers Incubator Co., Wayland, N. Y., 
who have recently opened offices at 34 Mer¬ 
chant’s Row, Boston, Mass., and 323 Dear¬ 
born St., Chicago. The book seems to 
cover every feature of poultry industry, 
and the aim of it seems to be to point the 
way to successful poultry keeping by both 
natural and artificial means. A copy may 
be had by application at any of the offices. 
Southern Small Grains.— Bulletin 44, of 
the Georgia Experiment Station (Experi¬ 
ment), discusses the culture in the South 
of the small grains, wheat, oats, rye and 
barley. It seems that there is something 
of a revival of wheat culture in Georgia, 
many farms in the northern and middle 
parts of the State being apparently well 
adapted to its growth. It is well known 
that the southern people import a very 
large proportion of their wheat flour from 
other States, while much of this could be 
produced at home. Director R. J. Redding 
tells the Georgia farmers in this bulletin 
how to grow wheat in the South. Some 
of our northern farmers will be interested 
in the fertilizer suggestions. For Georgia 
an ideal fertilizer formula for wheat is 
given as follows: In the Fall when the 
wheat is sowed, Prof. Redding advises an 
application of 200 pounds of muriate of 
potash and 350 pounds of cotton-seed meal. 
In the Spring, usually during the last week 
in March, he suggests 75 pounds of nitrate 
of soda. This, he thinks, will be sure to 
give good results on ordinary Georgia 
soils. In our experience, the plan of sep¬ 
arating nitrate of soda from the other in- 
redients, and using the nitrate in the 
pring, is good advice. Speaking of oats, 
Prof. Redding calls attention to the fact 
that the value of this grain for food has 
never been properly appreciated in the 
South. Farmers there feed mostly corn, 
although the superiority of oats as a food 
for work animals is generally admitted. 
He says that southern farmers do not give 
the oat crop a fair chance. They under¬ 
stand when and where to plant corn or 
cotton, but they think that any time or 
any place will do for the oats. They un¬ 
derstand that they must select their seed 
corn and pick out their best cotton seed, 
but anything in the way of an oat is ap¬ 
parently good enough to produce a crop. 
This is one reason why oats are held in 
low repute by many southern farmers. 
Prof. Redding suggests the following ro¬ 
tation on a Georgia farm: First year, corn 
and cow peas, the cow peas being planted 
in the cornfield. Next year, oats and 
wheat, followed by cow peas, and the lat¬ 
ter made into hay. Third year, cotton. 
This locates the oat crop after the coi, 
and cow peas, and also brings the cotton 
after another of the cow-pea crops. Prof. 
Redding’s ideal fertilizer formula for oats 
is a trifle different from that of wheat. 
We must remember that in the South, the 
best oats are those sown in the Fall. The 
month of October or even November, in 
the southern part of the State, is the best 
oat-seeding time. For an acre of oats, we 
are told to use 200 pounds of acid phos¬ 
phate, 50 pounds of muriate of potash, 25 
pounds of nitrate of soda, and 200 pounds 
of cotton-seed meal. This is to be plowed 
in at the time of sowing the oats. In the 
Spring 75 pounds more of nitrate of soda 
should be used. It will be noticed that 
more nitrate is suggested for the oats than 
for the wheat, and that seems to be good 
advice when we consider the feeding habits 
of the two crops. The oats are more sur¬ 
face feeders than the wheat. They make 
a quicker and usually a more vigorous 
growth and it is necessary to have soluble 
food where they utilize it at once. 
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1 Mushrooms. 
Furs, 
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I Nnts, 
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Dressed Meats: 22, 24 and 2(i Grace Avenue, West 
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