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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 29 
THAT $1,000. 
Here are the names of the first four 
winners in our subscription contest end¬ 
ing- January 15, 1898 : 
F. H. JOHNSON, Massachusetts.$200 
W. S. MOORE, New York.. 125 
W. J. BILLS, New Y'ork. 75 
W. R. CURTIS, New York. 50 
These have already received their checks. 
The remaining $550 has been divided 
among the agents who sent clubs of 10 
or more, in proportion to the number 
of names sent by each. As we have 
said all along, the leading clubs were 
small compared with the amount of the 
premiums, but the work, as a whole, was 
highly satisfactory. We never received 
more subscriptions from all sources dur¬ 
ing the same time than during this con¬ 
test—never quite so many. 
We want our friends now to remember 
that the largest club received by March 1 
will receive a check for $50; and that 
$100 extra will be divided among those 
who send five or more names. This will 
give the leader a nice thing, and with 
our guarantee that the $100 will give a 
premium of $2 and clubs of 20 a premium 
of $5, every agent will receive a good re¬ 
ward for the work that he does. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
MARKETS. 
HINDSIGHT. 
REVIEW OF THE WEEK’S MARKETS. 
The grain market ojiened tolerably firm at the 
beginning of the week, especially for wheat and 
corn. There was a considerable demand for corn 
for shipment to Liverpool, but it was reported 
here that other ports were underselling New 
York. Later in the week, reports of rains in Ar¬ 
gentina, dry weather in India, and an increased 
Continental demand served to strengthen the 
markets still further. Oats, also, are wanted, 
and the market at the close of the week is strong 
on all the grains, with prices tending upward. 
The butter market contimies quiet and dull on 
most grades. Receipts have not been excessive, 
but the demand has not been heavy, although in¬ 
creasing toward the end of the week. Receipts 
of cheese are light, but prices in foreign markets 
are lower, hence exporters do not care to buy. 
The market, however, is well cleaned up, and is 
in fairly good shape. 
Supplies of potatoes are liberal, the demand 
slow, and the market weak. It takes the best 
qualities to bring outside quotations. Bermuda 
potatoes are coming in now, and the demand for 
them is good if choice. There is only a moderate 
supply of onions, and the quality is very irregular 
and the market only fairly steady. There is a 
good supply of celery, but most winter vegetables 
are doing well. There is a scarcity of southern 
vegetables, especially from Florida, and many of 
those received are of poor quality. One feature 
of the vegetable market during the week was the 
sale of a car-load of California cauliflower at $4 
per case. 
The weather has been very unfavorable for the 
handling of dressed poultry, and only a moderate 
trade has been done. There is a light supply of 
choice turkeys. Strictly fancy chickens are in 
good demand. Live poultry has come in in moder¬ 
ate quantities, and has sold fairly well. The 
tendency of egg prices is downward, and receipts 
continue ample for all demands. A large part of 
these, however, are of refrigerator or limed eggs, 
but as these supply a certain demand at a lower 
price than strictly fresh laid, they serve to de¬ 
preciate prices. 
Receipts of apples have been light, and the 
market is in good condition for fancy table fruit. 
Outside quotations, however, are realized only 
for the very best table qualities. There is a light 
stock of cranberries, but they are moving slowly 
at fair prices. Choice Florida oranges are in 
good demand, but many of the arrivals show the 
effects of frost, and for such, values are very un¬ 
certain. Dried fruits are doing fairly well at 
unchanged prices. 
THE WEEK’S QUOTATIONS. 
Saturday, January 22, 1898 
BUTTER 
Creamery, Western, extras, per lb. 20 @ — 
Western, firsts. 18 @ 19 
Western, seconds. 10 @ 17 
Western, thirds. \i)4® 15J4 
State, fancy. 19 @ — 
State, firsts. 17 @ 18 
State, thirds to seconds. 14 @ 10 
June make, extras. 18 @ 18J^ 
June make, firsts. 16J^@ 1736 
June make, seconds. 14 @ 10 
State dairy, h. f., tubs, fall ends, fancy.. 18 @ — 
Half-firkin tubs, firsts. 10 @ 17 
Half-firkin tubs, seconds. 14 @ 15 
Welsh tubs, fancy. 18 @ — 
Welsh tubs, seconds to firsts. 14 @ 17 
Tubs, thirds. 18 @ 18)6 
Firkins, fancy... 17)6@ 18 
Firkins, fair to choice. 14 ® 17 
Western imitation creamery, fine. ll‘^@ 17 
Firsts. 14)6® 15 
Seconds. 18 ® 14 
Western factory, June, extras. 14 @ — 
Held, thirds to firsts. 11 ® 13)6 
Fresh, extras. 14)6® — 
Fresh, firsts. 13)6® 14 
Fresh, seconds. 13 @ — 
Lower grades. 11 @ 12)6 
Rolls, fresh, choice. 13)6@ 14 
Fresh, common to prime. 11 @ 13 
CHEESE 
State, full cream, large, fancy. Sept. 8)6® 834 
Large, late made, average fln’t. 8)4® 8)6 
Large, fair to good. 7)6@ 8 
Large, common. 6)6® 7 
Small, colored, fancy, September— 9)4@ 9)6 
Small, white, fancy. September. 9)4@ 9)6 
Small, late made, finest. 8)6® 834 
Small, common to good . 7)6® 8 
State, Light, skims, choice. 6)6® — 
Part skims, small, choice. (i @ 6)4 
Part skims, good to prime. 434® 5)4 
Part skims, common to fair. 314® 4 
Full skims. 2 ® 3 
EGGS. 
Nearby, fancy, strictly new laid, per doz. 23 @ — 
State and Penna., fancy. 21 @ — 
Fair to good quality. 20 @ — 
Western, fresh gathered, firsts... 20® — 
Fair to good. 19 @ 19)6 
Southern, fresh gathered, good to choice 19 @ 19)6 
Refrigerator, fall packed. 15 @ 16)6 
Early packed, prime to choice. 15 @ 18 
Fair to prime, case count. 14 @ 15 
Early packed, inferior, case count... 12 @ 13 
Limed, Western, per doz. 14 ® 15 
FRUITS—GREEN. 
Apples. Newtown Pippin, per bbl.3 00®5 50 
Fancy red, per bbl.4 00®5 00 
Jonathan, per bbl.4 00®5 00 
King, per bbl.3 00®4 25 
Ben Davis, per d. h. bbl.2 50®4 00 
Spy. per d. h. bbl. 2 50®3 50 
Baldwin, per d. h. bbl.2 50®3 75 
Greening, extra fancy, per bbl.3 50®4 00 
Greening, fair to choice, per d. h. bbl_2 50(8.3 25 
Common to fair grades.1 50®2 00 
Grapes, State. Catawba, per small basket— 8(8 10 
Cranberries, Cape Cod. fair to fancy, perbbl.O 50(8 8 00 
Fair to choice, per crate.2 00®2 25 
Jersey, per crate.1 76©2 25 
Jersey, per bbl.6 00®8 60 
Oranges, Indian River, per box.,3 50@5 50 
Other Fla., per box.2 50®4 50 
Grape fruit, Fla., per box.5 (XK87 00 
Mandarins, Fla., per half-box....1 60®2 00 
Tangerines, Fla., tier half-box.2 50®4 50 
Pineapples, Fla., per box.2 0U®3 00 
Strawberries, Fla., per quart. 60® 75 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Asparagus, per dozen 1-lb bunches.4 00® — 
Cucumbers, good to fancy, per doz.1 00®2 00 
Seconds, per doz. 30® 75 
Mushrooms, ordinary to fancy, per lb. 10® 40 
Tomatoes, fair to fancy, per lb. 10® 25 
Lettuce, Eastern, fancy, per doz. 75® 1 00 
Common to fair, per lb. 10® 35 
Radishes, per 100 bunches.1 00®2 00 
Rhubarb, per lb... 12® 15 
Grapes, imported, per lb. 25c</. 1 25 
Domestic, per lb. —@ — 
(Continued on next page.) 
Irritation of the Throat and Hoarseness 
are immediately relieved by “ Brown’s Bronchial 
Troches.” Have them always ready.— Adv. 
Dr. Hunter's Book on the Lungs 
Progress of Medical Science. 
A little book, published by Dr. Robert Hunter of 
117 West 45th Street, New York, gives all the latest 
discoveries and improvements in the theory and 
treatment of lung diseases. Asthma, Bronchitis, 
Catarrh and Consumption are fully explained, their 
differences shown, and their cure by medicated air 
inhalations pointed out. 
Dr. Hunter is the oldest lung specialist in America, 
having devoted his life, since 1851, to the special 
study and cure of Lung Complaints. He was the first 
physician to proclaim the local nature of Consump¬ 
tion, and to prove that it, Bronchitis. Asthma and 
Catarrhal Phthisis, endanger life solely by stran¬ 
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Dr. Hunter’s treatment is applied directly to the 
bronchial tubes and air cells of the lungs by inhala¬ 
tion. He was the father and founder of this treat¬ 
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anoints the chest with antiseptic oils, which sur¬ 
round the body with a zone of medicated air, and 
charges the chamber in which the patient sleeps 
with purifying antiseptics, thus keeping up a heal¬ 
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This is what is meant by inhalation treatment 
scientifically applied to the cure of weak and dis¬ 
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direct, commonsense and successful. It is not sold 
as a nostrum, but prescribed for each case according to 
the nature of the disease and state of the patient. 
Dr. Hunter’s book contains many letters from 
prominent people all over the country, who have 
been successfully treated by him, and will be sent 
free to readers of The Rural New-Yorker inter¬ 
ested for themselves or friends by addressing him at 
li7 West 45th Street, New York.—Adv. 
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FRUITS 
VEGETABLES, 
PRODUCE. 
We reoelve and sell, in oar-loads or smaller lots, all 
Products of the GARDEN, ORCHARD, DAIRY, 
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SOMERS, BROTHER & CO. 
Corn 
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We have an extra demand for CHOICE CREAMERY 
BUTTER, CHOICE CHEESE and FANCY LEGHORN 
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tilization. 
Larger crops, fuller ears and 
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Produce Commission Merchants, 
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Dressed Meats: 22, 24 and 28 Grace Avenue West 
Washington Market. 
Live Stock: Union Stock Yards, foot of West 60th St 
Refer to Irving National Bank. 
Established 1875. 
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Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
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A De Laval Separator for Sale. Has been used, but 
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from a liberal use of fertilizers 
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93 Nassau St., New York. 
SUCCESS 
with Fertilizers. 
To use fertilizer successfully and 
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