28 
January i) 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
M A R H E T S 
Prices obtained during week ending De¬ 
cember 31, 1903: 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red, 94; No. 1 
Northern, Duluth, 95^4; No. 1, Northern, 
New York, 95^. Corn, 51@54. Oats, 42@44. 
Rye, State, 664*58. Barley, 42(g>53. 
FEED.—Retail prices. Spring bran, $22@ 
.24; middlings, $24@26. 
BEANS.-Marrow, $2,404*2.65; pea, $2.Uo; 
ired kidney, $2.40@2.65; white kidney, $2.76; 
yellow eye, $2.75@2.80. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, No. 1, SU@82M>; 
No. 2, 704*76; No. 3, 654*67&; clover mixed, 
604*62^; clover, 604*65; marsh, 454i.aU. Straw, 
rye, 904*$1.20. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price 314 
cents per quart to shippers in 2ti-cent 
ireight zone, 
BUTTER.—Creamery, 15@2314; State dairy 
14«^f/20; Western factory, 13@15 1 /, : ; renovated, 
13(i#lS J /a; packing stock, 12@15. 
CHEESEi—Full cream, 94*12; skims, 34*8. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 374*45; lower 
grades, 234*35. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 4 
@7; sun-dried, 3V 2 @4; shops, 100 lbs, $2,404* 
2.50; cores and skins, $1.40@1.50; raspberries, 
224*23; huckleberries, 13 Vu 4*14; blackberries, 
5»A@6%. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$2,754*4; under grades, $1,504*2.50. Grapes, 4- 
lb. basket, 104*15. Cranberries, bbl., $34*8. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, good to choice 
bbl., $2,124*2.37; lower grades, $1,874*2; 
sweets, yellow, $1,504*3.50. Carrots, bbl., $1 
4*1.05. Celery, doz., 104*50. Beets, bbl., $2.50 
4*3. Cabbage, Danish, ton, $354*45; domes¬ 
tic, $154*25. Onions, bbl., yellow, $1,504*2.50; 
red, $1.4*1.75; white, $24*5.50. Squash, Mar¬ 
row, bbl., $ 14 * 1 . 25 ; Hubbard, $1,254*1.60. Tur¬ 
nips, rutabaga, bbl., 754*$1. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. — Veal, 
calves, good to prime, 10^4*11; buttermilks, 
34*4. Pork, light, 6%@7&; medium, 6 1 / 44*6 1 /i. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Chickens, 11; fowls, 
114*12; turkeys, 13; ducks, pair, 804*90; geese, 
paii', $1,504*1.62; pigeons, pair, 20. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 124*20; 
chickens, 114*16; fowls, 104*11; ducks, 114*16; 
geese, 104*16; squabs, doz., $1,754*3. 
FURS.—Black bear, $204*30; cubs and 
yearlings, $54*15; badger, $14*1.50; otter, $74* 
15; beaver, large, $64*9; medium, $54*6; 
small, $34*4; fox, Silver, $504*300; Cross, $84* 
25; Red, $24*4; Grey, 75@$1; fisher, $54*10; 
wolf, Prairie, $14*1.50; timber, $24*4; wolver¬ 
ine, $44*8; lynx, $4*8; wild cat, 604*$1; Civet 
cat, 254*30; house cat, black, 25; coloied, 84* 
10; marlen, dark, $54*15; pale, $34*6; skunk, 
black, $1,254*1.40; half-striped, 804*90; long 
.striped, 804*90; striped, 404*50; white, 204*30; 
raccoon, 754*$1.4U; opossum, large, 604*60; 
medium, 204*30; small, 104*15; rabbit, 14*1%; 
mink, $1,504*5; muskrat. Winter, 204*25; Fail, 
124*18; kits, 44*6. 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices given are for 
single ton to carload lots f.o.b.. New York: 
Nitrate of soda, ton, $434*46. Dried blood, 
12 to 13 per cent ammonia, $504*56. Concen¬ 
trated tankage, $154*20. Ground bone, $224* 
27. Acid phosphate, $104*15. Muriate of pot¬ 
ash, $344*45. Sulphate of potash, $424*48. 
Kainit, $104*12.50. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, native, $4,404*5; 
calves, veal, $54*8; lower grades, $34*4; 
sheep, $2,504*4; lambs, $5.50@6.50. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Butchers’ steers, $3.60 
@4.90; stockers and feeders, $2,504*4; calves, 
$G@8.50; sheep, $2.25@; lambs, $5@6.15; hogs, 
$5.10@5.15. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $4.90@ 
5.65; stockers and feeders, $1.75@4; sheep, $3 
@3.75; lambs, $4.25@6.10; hogs, mixed and 
butchers’, $4.45@4.75. 
MARKET NEWS 
PIGS IN DISGRACE.—A New York 
saloon has taken a unique method to draw 
a crowd. In the window, between the 
screen and the glass, are two real live 
young porkers, about 15-pounders. A supply 
of straw litter on the floor, a genuine 
trough with swill and grain and plenty of 
opportunity lor rooting, keep them busy 
in happy ignorance of their surroundings. 
COTTON during the past week reached 
the top notch since 1878, 15 cents. Specula¬ 
tion of the genuine cut-throat variety was 
responsible for this. A somewhat unique 
feature of the bubbling and boiling of the 
cotton market during the past year has 
been the fact that all of the money has not 
been made by middlemen, the growers act¬ 
ually got a slice and consequently feel well 
disposed toward the unreasonable prices 
that have been made. This has been the 
only •’mitigating circumstance” of the 
whole affair, and there is some doubt 
whether it will turn out to be an unalloyed 
beneiit in the end. The price dropped $4 
per bale after the 15-cent boom, but 12 
cents is too high for manufacturing in tno 
present state of the cotton goods business. 
REFERENCES AND RATINGS OF 
COMMISSION MEN.—We are often asked 
to give information about the standing of 
produce commission receivers in this city, 
in a town of modei'ate size it would not be 
difficult to keep a quite close personal 
watch of the methods of the 40 or 50 men 
engaged in this business, but this is out of 
the question in New York and vicinity, 
where the business is scattered, and new 
men are constantly starting in. A refer¬ 
ence may or may not be of any value. Even 
the endorsement of a bank may not be. 
worth as much as one might imagine, as a 
concern may keep a clean record so far as 
its connection with the bank is concerned, 
and still be defrauding its patrons. The 
R. N.-Y. has several times referred to so- 
called “bankers” who make a business of 
giving references for a consideration. The 
principle is the same as the chewing gum 
machine; drop in your money and take out 
your reference. Only a short time since 
the writer found one of these concerns 
v'hicli, after undergoing various transloi- 
mations of name, etc., made necessary by 
the visits of irate people demanding satis¬ 
faction for losses through references given 
unreliable persons, is still in the business. 
Perhaps, like the 17-year locusts, they may 
emerge after a long period under their 
NEW FRUITS AND MONOPOLY. 
In your December 19 issue, page 872, we 
note you say: “The man who produces a 
new r fruit has as much right to a monopoly 
as he who invents a new machine.” This 
is just and right when he is the real origi¬ 
nator (mark the distinction) and not a re- 
namer of a variety already known. Now 
the case In point in the instance referred 
to is, that the nursery firm was not the 
originator of the varieties in question. 
They, however, obtained trade-marks on 
them under the renames, and sought to re¬ 
strain other nurserymen. In our catalogue 
we were merely calling attention that oth¬ 
ers were offering old varieties under new 
names. While we believe the real origi¬ 
nators should have some protection as in 
patents, say for six years on labels and 17 
years as on patents, the present trade¬ 
mark laws if held good on organic articles 
would give the originator a monopoly of 30 
years, or nearly twice as many as if it 
were on a patent. To grant such a very 
long term of exclusive possession would be 
detrimental to the public; as it may not re¬ 
quire more skill or ingenuity to originate 
a new variety of fruits than to invent a 
useful article. We would say give the one 
who originates a new fruit ample protec¬ 
tion, but to the renamer none whatever, 
and thereby stop this kind of piracy. 
Missouri. J. b. wild & bro. 
Fall Plowing Preferred.— Is it best to 
plow under clover sod in the Fall or 
Spring for a corn crop? I would prefer 
plowing in the Fall for corn in this section 
of the country, for in the Spring it is 
usually wet, making it late before we could 
get in the crop, and as a general thing the 
earlier a crop is put out the better it is. 
It also makes the ground better to culti¬ 
vate; the freeze and thawing during the 
Winter make the ground solid and keep it 
from drying out so much during the Sum¬ 
mer, while Spring plowing leaves the 
ground loose, which causes it to be rough 
and dry during the Summer. The majority 
of the farmers plow their corn ground in 
the Fall for the reasons stated. c. e. 
Borden, Ind._ 
Mr. T. A. DeLancey. Prop, of DeLancey 
Poultry Farm, and breeder of thoroughbred 
poultry, ducks, bantams and guineas at 
Scriba, New York, writes: 
One year ago this month I began feeding 
Bowkers Animal Meal to my bens, and in 
two weeks they were laying, and laid well 
all winter. Last Spring I fed it to my 
ducklings and chickens with excellent results. 
This fall I began with my hens earlier, when 
they were moulting, and they are laying now 
splendidly. I would not keep poultry without 
Bowker’s Animal Meal.—Adv. 
original name again. But why cannot such 
people be jailed? This matter is all figured 
out in advance, and they are shrewd 
enough to keep within strict legal limits. 
They do enough straight business for pro¬ 
tection and handle the dishonest part on a 
sort of “side-door” basis. Ratings given 
by the commercial agencies are not always 
what they seem. We should not care to say 
that any of these ratings are the result of 
bribes or special influence, but it is a fact 
that men do manage in some way to get 
ratings higher than their affairs warrant. 
These facts emphasize the care that one 
must use in dealing with strangers of ap¬ 
parently high standing. While some pro¬ 
duce commission men have actual capital 
of $100,000 or more, invested in stores, ac¬ 
counts or goods, it is possible to do busi¬ 
ness, for a time at least, with a typewriter, 
and a supply of stationery and circulars, 
and a “straw” reference. There are plenty 
of commission men who are doing a square 
business. Part of them do it all the time, 
and some only a part of the time. The 
safest way is to stick to the honest man 
when found. There may be time when his 
sales will not be at as high prices as those 
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nal on silos and silage and |( A] fl \Al 
many things you should l\ II w II 
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The thresherman has many reasons, too many to 
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Coats, Boots, Rubbers, Blankets, Soles, Heels, and 
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We Want Furs, Ginseng, Poultry, 
Calves, Spring (Hothouse) Lambs. 
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GEORGIA offers the greatest opportunities to settlers 
and investors to be found in America to-day. It 
has been overlooked in the rush to less favored but 
better advertised sections. It is the ideal place for 
Northern farmers and their sons to locate. Grows 
all kinds of crops, make permanent and profitable 
moderate cost. The climate of Georgia is perfect, neither too hot mor too cold 
and is diversified as the land rises from the sea-level to an altitude off 5,000 feet. 
No blizzards, or violent extremes of weather. The best climate, intact, to be 
found anywhere on the continent, for health and comfort with pnmt. Coal 
Is cheap and abundant, educational and church advantages the very best, water plentiful, transportation facilities Igood 
More than one-half the deposits in State Banks are owned by Georgia farmers. 
LANDS in the most desirable sections of this wonderful state can be purchased onlong time and atfc 1 
far lower prices than are asked in northern states. There is no more beautiful or fertile land out- | 
doors than Georgia possesses in abundance. •Ten months in the year there is open pasturage for 
cattle So rich and fertile is the soil, so early and convenient the market, that farms here yield annu¬ 
ally 40 percent of their valuations. Failure of crops is almost unheard of in the entire state of 
Georgia,, and where diversified crops are grown nothing like an unprofitable year was ever known. 
No better opportunity exists for poultry and dairy farming, cattle, hogs and 
stock breedinggenerally. Smallfruits and in fact all fruits grow to perfection. 
GROW any crop here that grows in your state, and others that you cannot 
grow to profit. Ten cent cotton is like dollar wheat. Georgia peaches sell 
for millions. Finest grasses and open pasturage ten months yearly make 
dairy farming and cattle raising profitable. Don’t 
_ Unnna.r'A All IrM AtTT Ilf tin T* 
homes, andl all' at a very 
GREATER GEORGIA ASSOCIATION, Atlanta, Georgia, 
Grow 
Ever 
misjudge Georgia just because you know little or 
nothing about it. Find out. Lay aside any 
prejudice you may possess and ask for facts, and 
then investigate for yourself. 
they 
will tell 
thing 
