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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 24 
MARKETS. 
HINDSIGHT. 
REVIEW OF THE WEEK’S MARKETS. 
The grain market opened dull early in the week, 
but a little higher In price for wheat because 
of foreign buying and cables of higher prices 
abroad. Receipts, also, have been very moder¬ 
ate. There is a regular grain blockade at Buffalo, 
as a large number of vessels are ice-bound and 
unable to make the harbor or to get near the 
elevators. The probability is that many of them 
will not be able to unload before Spring. The 
market continued dull during the week, but at 
the end was stronger and prices materially 
higher. Considerable wheat has been sold for 
the Continent, and corn for the United Kingdom. 
Chicago quotes No. 3 Spring wheat, 62 to 64*4c.; 
No. 2 red wheat, 67 to 68c.; No. 2 corn, 34*4 to 
34%c.; No. 2 oats, 2694 to 27c.; No. 2 barley, 39 
to 50*£c. 
The market for dairy products has developed 
more firmness owing to light receipts. In fact, 
arrivals are abnormally small, especially of 
butter. The demand is only moderate, but still 
sufficient to absorb all the fresh receipts, and 
also to draw on some of the accumulations. The 
prices on best grades are somewhat higher. Bos¬ 
ton quotes butter steady at 21 to 21*4c. for north¬ 
ern, 20*4 to 21c. for western, 14c. for ladles. Cheese 
firm at 10 to 1054c. for northern, 10*4 to 1094c. for 
western. Chicago reports creamery butter steady 
at 14 to 1954c., dairy 13 to 18c., cheese 8% to 10*4c. 
Cincinnati reports cheese firmer at 10 to 1054c. 
for good to prime Ohio flat. In Philadelphia, 
butter is firm at 15c. for fancy western cream¬ 
ery, 24c. for prints. In St. Louis, butter is steady 
at 17 to 20c. for creamery, 13 to 18c. for dairy. 
Supplies of dressed poultry are liberal, and 
considerable accumulation is reported of most 
grades, while the general demand is light. Still 
the weather is very favorable, and market steady. 
Of the very best grades, there is not an over¬ 
supply, but of inferior stock, the supply is large, 
and prices very irregular. There is a large 
accumulation of live poultry, especially of fowls. 
For choice turkeys, ducks and geese, there is a 
good demand, though there is any quantity of 
poor stock that is dragging at very low figures. 
Egg receipts are very light, reported shipments 
and collections small, and the market strong. 
Some lots are being held off the market at pres¬ 
ent prices, in anticipation of much higher prices 
next week. __ 
THE WEEK'S QUOTATIONS. 
Saturday, December 17, 1898. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, Western, extras, per lb. 
Western, firsts. 
Western, seoonds. 
Western, thirds. 
State, extras. 
State, firsts. 
State, thirds to seoonds. 
Western, June extras. 
Western, June, seconds to firsts. 
State dairy, half-firkin tubs, finest. 
Half-firkin tubs, firsts. 
Welsh tubs, fancy. 
Welsh tubs, firsts. 
Tubs, thirds to seconds. 
Firkins, fancy. 
Firkins, firsts. 
Western imitation creamery, finest. 
Firsts . 
Seoonds. 
Western factory, June extras. 
Seconds to firsts. 
Current make, finest. 
Seconds. 
Thirds. 
Rol’s, fresh, fancy. 
Fair to good. 
CHEESE—NEW 
S ate, f. c.. Sep. St Oc., col’d, large, f’cy. 
Sep. & Oc., white, large, fancy. 
White or col'd., Nov., large, choice.. 
Large, good to prime. 
Large, common to fair. 
Sep. & Oc„ small, colored, fancy. 
Sep. &Oc., small, white, fancy. 
Small, Nov., good to choice. 
Small, common to fair. 
Light skims, small, choice. 
Light skims, large, choice. 
Part skims, small, choice. 
Part skims, large, choice. 
Part skims, good to prime. 
Part skims, common to fair. 
Full skims. 
ECUS. 
Nearby White Leghorn, fanoy, new laid. 
Nearby mixed stock, fancy per do*. 
State and Penn., average best. 
Held and mixed, case count. 
Western, fresh gathered, firsts loss off... 
Fair to good.. 
Southern, fresh gathered, good to prime. 
W’n&S’n, defective, per30-doz case.5 
Refrigerator, fall packed, f’y- case count 
Fall packed, fair to prime, case count 
Early packed, prime to choice. 
Fair to good. 
Poor to fair, per dot. 
Limed, western, per doz. 
FRUIT8—GREEN 
20 ® 
21 
19 @ 
20 
i7 @ 
18 
15 @ 
16 
19 @ 
19*4 
17)4® 
18*4 
14fc@ 
17 
18*4@ 
19*4 
16 @ 
18 
18 ® 
— 
16 @ 
17 
17*4® 
18 
16 ® 
17 
13 ® 
15 
17 @ 
17*4 
15 @ 
16 
16*4® 
17 
14 @ 
15*4 
13 ® 
13*4 
14 ® 
14*4 
13 @ 
13*4 
14 @ 
15 
12*4® 
13*4 
11*4® 
12 
14 @ 
1<*4 
12*4® 
13*4 
10 *4® 
10*4 
10*4® 
10*4 
9>*@ 
10 
9*4@ 
9*4 
7 @ 
9 
1094® 
11 
1094® 
11 
994@ 
10*4 
7 @ 
9 
794® 
8 
7 @ 
7*4 
6*4® 
7 
6 ® 
6*4 
6*4® 
694 
3*4® 
4*4 
3 ® 
— 
30 ® 
31 
26 @ 
27 
26 ® 
27 
19 @ 
2 1 
25 ® 
26 
24 ® 
25 
23 @ 
25 
40 @6 
30 
20 ® 
22 
17 @ 
20 
17 ® 
18 
16*4® 
17 
14 @ 
16*4 
15 ® 
17 
Apples, Northern, Greening, fancy, per bbl 4 00@5 00 
Baldwin, fancy, per bbl.4 00@4 50 
8now, fancy, per bbl.4 00@5 50 
Fair to prime grades, per bbl.2 00@3 25 
Western New York, Baldwin, per bbl.2 50@3 50 
Greening, per d.-h. bbl.3 00@3 75 
Spy, per d.-h. bbl.2 50®3 50 
Pacific Coast, boxes.1 25@2 50 
Oranges, Fla., bright, per box.3 50@4 00 
Russet, per box.3 50 
Grape fruit. Florida.6 0008 00 
Mandarins, Fla., per strap.™ 
Tangerines. F)a., per strap. •••••••• 5 
Grapes, West’n N. Y. Niagara, per basket... 10@ 17 
Catawba, per basket. 11@ 1* 
Cranberries. C. Cod,extra f’cy vari’s,per bbl.7 60@8 50 
Cape Cod, usual kinds, per bbl.6 50@7 50 
Cape Cod, usual kinds, per crate.1 50®2 00 
Jersey, per bbl .5 60@5 75 
Jersey, perorate.1 5U@1 80 
GRAIN 
Wheat. ™ ® 
Corn. f? ® 42 
Buckwheat. ® 
Oats. U ® 37 
Bye.. ,.•••••• ... @ 01 
Barley malting. 30 @ 60 
Feeding. 42 ® 44 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, prime, per doz.1 00@1 50 
Mushrooms, choice, per lb. 4l)@ bo 
Tomatoes, choice, per lb. *o® du 
Common to fair, per lb. 10® 20 
Lettuce, fancy, per doz. »0@ 75 
Common to fair, per doz. 40 
MEATS-COUNTRY DRB8BHD. 
Veals, prime, per lb. 954® 
Fair to good, per lb. 8 ® 
Common to medium, per lb. 6 @ 
Grassers, per lb. 454® 
Pork, light, per lb. 494® 
Medium, per lb. 4 l 4® 
Heavy, per lb. 354® 
Roasting pigs, per lb. 6 @ 
Pork tenderloins, per lb. 13 @ 
10 
9 
754 
6 
554 
m 
4 
8 
14 
POULTRY—DRESSED—DRY PACKED. 
Turkeys, Md. & Del., choice to f'y. per lb. 
State and Penn., fancy, per lb. 
8tate and Penn., good to prime, p. lb. 
Ohio and Mich., scalded, fancy, p. lb. 
Other Western, av’ge finest, per lb 
Other Western, good to prime, p. lb. 
Other fair to good. 
'Hher inferior. 
Chickens. Phila., broilers, per lb. 
Phila., prime straight lots, ber lb 
Phila., poor to fair, per lb. 
Jersey and nearby, prime. 
Jersey and nearby, fair to good... 
State and Penn., "good to prime... 
State and Penn., fair to good. 
Western, good to prime. 
Western, fair to good. 
Fowls, Jersey, good to prime. 
8tate and Penn., good to prime.... 
Western, good to prime. 
Western, fair to good. 
Dicks, nearby, prime to choice. 
Western, good to prime. 
Western, fair to good. 
Geese, Western, prime. 
Fair to good. 
Eastern Spring, per lb. 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Fowls, per lb. 
Chickens, Spring, nearby AWest’n.per lb 
Southern, Der lb. 
Roosters, par lb. 
Turkeys, per lb. 
Ducks, average Western, per pair. 
Average southern, per pair..* - . . 
Geese, average Western, per pair.1 00 
Average Southern, per pair. 
Pigeons, per pair. 
!. 13 @ 
14 
. 13 @ 
14 
. 10 ® 
12 
. 11*4® 
12 
. 11 @ 
12 
. 10 @ 
11 
. 8 @ 
9*4 
6 @ 
7 
. 16 @ 
18 
. 13 @ 
14 
. 9 @ 
11 
. 9 @ 
10 
. 8 @ 
8*4 
• 7*4® 
8 
. 6*4® 
7 
. 7 @ 
8 
. 6*4® 
7 
. 8 @ 
8*4 
7*4® 
8 
. 7 @ 
8 
. 6 @ 
6*4 
8 @ 
9 
, 7 @ 
8 
. 4 @ 
6 
. 7 @ 
8 
. 4 @ 
6 
. 13 @ 
14 
) 6 ® 
8 
. 6 ® 
6 
. 4 @ 
5 
. 8 ® 
9 
. 50 @ 
60 
. 40 @ 
— 
.1 00 @1 37 
. 75 @1 00 
. 10 ® 
20 
POTATOES. 
Long Island, in bulk, prime, per bbl.1 75@2 00 
Maine Hebron, per sack.1 50@1 75 
8tate, round, in bulk, per 180 lbs.1 37@1 62 
Long, per 180 lbs.1 25@1 50 
Jersey, round, in bulk, per bbl.1 26@1 50 
Long, in bulk, per bbl.1 12@I 37 
German, per 112-lb bag. —@ — 
Curn'd Co., N. J., sweets, per bbl.1 50@2 50 
Swedesboro, N. J., sweets, per bbl..1 25@1 75 
Southern sweets, prime, per bbl. 60® 75 
Christ mas Pr esents. 
We offer a few watches that would make nice holiday 
presents. If needed for Christinas, hut if you have not time to 
make up a club now, send the money, and get up the club after¬ 
wards. We will refund the money when you send the club. 
Gent’s 14-k. gold hunting-case watch, with 
10-year guarantee, engraved or engine 
turned. Nickel movement, seven jewels, 
cut compensation balances, patent safety 
pinions, enam¬ 
eled dial, de¬ 
pressed circle 
for second 
hand, with 
black marginal 
figures. Price, 
$7.50. With one 
year’s subscrip¬ 
tion to The R. 
N.-Y. $8, or will 
be sent free for 
club of 20 sub¬ 
scriptions. 
The lady’s 
watch corre¬ 
sponds in all particulars to the gent’s, except in size. Price, $7.50; or with one 
year’s subscription, $8. It will be sent free for club of 20 yearly subscriptions at 
$1 each. These are reliable timekeepers, and satisfaction is guaranteed or money 
returned. THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
SEEDS. 
Clover, per 100 lbs.-.6 00 @7 75 
Timothy, per 100 lbs.2 50 @3 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Beets, Long Island, per bbl. 75 @1 00 
Brussels sprouts, per quart. 7 @ 10 
Carrots, Long Island, per bbl. 75 @ 90 
Cuoumbers, Florida, per crate.1 00 @2 50 
Cabbages, per 100.2 00 @4 00 
Cauliflower, Long Island, per bbl.1 60 @4 59 
Egg plant, Florida, per bbl.2 00 @4 00 
Florida, per box.1 00 @2 00 
Green peas. Fla., per 54-hbl basket.1 50 @2 50 
Lettuce, Florida, per basket.1 00 @3 00 
Okra, Florida, per carrier.1 00 @1 50 
Tomatoes, Florida, per carrier.1 00 @3 00 
Peppers, Florida, per carrier.1 00 @1 25 
Spinach, Norfolk, per bbl.1 25 @1 50 
Squash, Hubbard, per bbl. 50 @ 75 
Marrow, per bbl. 50 @ 60 
Yellow, per bbl. 26 @ 60 
String beans, Fla., express, per basket. .2 00 @3 50 
Express, per crate.2 00 @3 26 
Freight, perorate.1 00 @2 00 
Turnips, Canada Russia, per bbl. 75 @1 00 
Jersey Russia, per bbl. 60 ® 80 
Onions, Conn, and Eastern, Red, per bbl.l 50 @2 00 
White, per bbl.3 00 @5 00 
Yellow, per bbl.I 25 @1 76 
Orange Co., yellow, ner bag .125 @1 75 
Orange Co., N. Y., white, per bag....2 00 @4 00 
Orange Co., N. Y., red, per bag .1 50 @2 00 
Western, per bbl.1 25 @3 60 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total daily supply has been 22,878 cans of milk, 
169 cans of condensed milk and 467 cans of cream. 
The Milk Exchange price is 3 cents a quart net to 
the shipper _ 
Cheshire Swine-Breeders' Association. 
Notice is hereby given that the annual 
meeting of the above-named Association 
will be held at the law office of Lyon, 
Painter & Hinman, in the city of Bing¬ 
hamton, N. Y., on the second Tuesday of 
January, 1899, at 10 o’clock A. m., for the 
election of directors and officers of the 
We have always regarded the Seth Thomas as the best bargain ever secured 
for a cheap watch. It has all the latest improvements in movement. The case is 
dust-proof, polished silveroid, which looks like silver, and wears better. It has 
a gold crown. It would easily cost $5 at a local jeweler’s. We send it postpaid for 
$3.50; or with one 
subscription for $4 ; 
vYiYS|^ M or sent free for club 
0 f 10 subscriptions 
at $1 each. 
For a real low- 
priced watch for 
man or boy, this is 
the only one we 
would offer our sub¬ 
scribers. It is a 
nickel case and 
movement, jeweled, 
stem-wind and set, 
and fully warranted 
Price, postpaid, $2; 
or sent for a club of 
six subscriptions, at 
$1 each. 
“ A book which should be in the hands of every farmer, and should be read especially 
by the farmer's sons.'’’ 
$2 Book for $1. $2 Book for $1. 
We have several hundred copies of Prof. CURTIS’S book, 
Association and for the transaction of 
such other business as may come before 
the meeting. 
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Dated Ouaquaga, N. Y., November 15, 1898— Adv. 
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Produce Commission Merchants, 
BUTTER, ECCS AND POULTRY, 
284 Washington Street, 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. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game 
■ Poultry, 
1 Mushrooms, 
Furs, 
1 Calves, 
1 Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
1 8pring Lambs, 
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CHOICE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Hothouse Products, Mushrooms, Fancy Poultry and 
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HORSES, CATTLE SHEEP AND SWINE, 
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Nearly 100 full-page engravings, after sketches from life by the best artists, 
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