January 30 
82 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MARKETS 
General Review. 
Another week of zero weather and slip¬ 
pery pavements has made fruit handling 
and trucking in the market districts slow 
and difficult work. Onions, cabbage and 
southern salads are badly frosted. The 
market for choice potatoes is very firm. 
Prices obtained during week ending Jan¬ 
uary 22, 1904: 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red, 99; No. 1, 
Northern, Duluth, $1.01%; No. 1, Northern, 
New York, $1.01%. Corn, 54@56. Oats, 45. 
Rye, State, 58@60. Barley, 46@59. 
HAY AND STRAW.-Hay, No. 1, 85; No. 
2, 75@80; No. 3, 65@70; clover, mixed, 60@70; 
clover, 60@65; marsh, 50@60. Straw, rye, 
$ 1 . 10 @ 1 . 20 . 
MILK.—New York Exchange price three 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
fi eight zone. 
BUTTER—Creamery, 14@22%; State dairy, 
14@19; Western factory, 12@14%; renovated, 
12@16%; packing stock, 12@14%. 
CHEESE!.—Full cream, 9@12; skims, 3@8. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 30@35; lower 
grades, 19@28. 
FEED.—Retail prices. Spring bran, $22@ 
24; middlings, $25@27. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 4 
@7; sun-dried, 3*4@4; chops, 100 lbs., $2.45@ 
2.55; cores and skins, $1.25@1.50; raspberries, 
$22@23; huckleberries, 13%@14; blackberries, 
5@5y 2 . 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$2.50@4; under grades, $1@2; cranberries, 
bbl., $4.5008; strawberries, Florida, quart, 
25@50. 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS.—Aspara gus, 
doz. bunches, $3@6; cucumbers, doz., 25@$1; 
lettuce, doz., 20@60; mushrooms, lb., 10O30; 
radishes, 100 bunches, $1.50@3; rhubarb, doz. 
bunches, 50@75; tomatoes, lb., 10@20. 
VEGETABLES.—Pototoes, good to choice 
bbl., $2.2502.75; Sweets, yellow, $1.5005.50; 
carrots, bbl., $1.7502.50; celery, doz., 10O40; 
cabbage, Danish seed, ton, $25@50; domestic 
seed, $15030; lettuce, bbl., $1.5003; onions, 
bbl., yellow. $202.50; red, $202.50; white, $2 
@5.50; spinach, bbl., $5@6; squash, Marrow, 
$101.25; turnips, rutabaga, bbl, $1@1.50. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. — Veal, 
calves, good to prime, 10O12; buttermilks, i 
@5. Pork, light, 7@7%; medium, 6%@7. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 12@19; 
chickens, 12019; fowls, 12013; ducks, 9@16; 
geese, 11014; squabs, doz., $2@4. 
FARM CHEMICALS—.Prices given are 
for single ton to carload lots f. o. b., New 
York: Nitrate of soda, ton, $44047. Dried 
blood, 12 to 13 per cent ammonia, $50@56. 
Concentrated tankage, $15@20. Ground bon*', 
$22@27. Acid phosphate, $10015. Muriate of 
potash, $34@45. Sulphate of ootash, $42048. 
Kalnit, $10@12.50. Copper sulphate, accord¬ 
ing to quantity, lb., 6@9. 
FURS.—Black bear, $20030; cubs and 
yearlings, $5@15; badger, $101.50; otter, $7@ 
15. Beaver, large, $6@9; medium, $5@6; 
small, $3@4. Fox, silver, $50@300; cross, $8@ 
25; red, $204; grey, 75@$1. Fisher, $510. 
Wolf, prairie, $101.50; timber, $2@4. Wol¬ 
verine, $4@8. Lynx, $4@8. Wild cat, 50@$1; 
civet cat, 25@30. Marten, dark, $5015; pale, 
$3@5. Skunk, black, $1.25@1.30; half-striped, 
80090; long striped, 80090; striped, 40050; 
white, 20@25. Raccoon, 75@$1.40. Opossum, 
large, 50@60; medium, 20@30. Rabbit, 1@1%. 
Mink, $1.50@5. Muskrat, Winter, 20025; 
Fall, 13018; kits, 4@5. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, native, $4.1005.10; 
bulls, $2.75@4.25; cows, $1.5003.60; calves, 
veal, $4.50@8.50; lower grades, $3@4. Sheep, 
$304.50; lambs, $5@6.60. Hogs, $4.50. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Butchers’ steers, $4.50 
@5; Stockers and feeders. $2.7504; calves, $6 
@7.75. Sheep. $2.50@4.40; lambs, $5@6.35. 
Hogs, $5.20@5.25. 
CHICAGO.— Steers good to prime, $5@5.90; 
Stockers and feeders. $2.25@4; cows, $150@ 
4 50. Sheep, $3.50@4.25; lambs. $4.25@5.85. 
Hogs, mixed and butchers', $4.75@4.95. 
Cunard Line, removes from active service 
a man who for nearly a third of a century 
has contributed largely to the trade of 
this and other Atlantic ports. He has 
commanded vessels going to Europe, Asia, 
Africa and Australia, and it is said that 
he never lost a ship, and never had a col¬ 
lision or ran aground. 
BOILED HAMS in large numbers are 
sold in this city. Even a small sandwich 
place can use three or four hams a week, 
and the larger places and restaurants 
known as “beaneries,” handle several a 
day in supplying that combination of ham 
and beans briefly but comprehensively de¬ 
scribed as “ham and-.” The bone is re¬ 
moved and the ham wound with heavy 
twine to keep it from falling apart. These 
hams, as I have tested them in various 
parts of the city, are well boiled and pal¬ 
atable, but somewhat bleached and lack¬ 
ing in flavor as compared with home-pre¬ 
pared ham. A German invention recently 
exhibited provides for the use of hot air 
instead of steam or water for cooking 
hams. This will lessen the waste and give 
all the advantages of roasting, with some 
of the drawbacks to this mode of cooking 
removed. 
PEAR PRICES.—“I would like to know 
what price per barrel Bartlett pears sold 
at last year. Are there any other varie¬ 
ties of pears that sell better?” J. R. 
New York. 
Bartlett pears brought all the way from 
$1 to $4 per barrel during the past season. 
Looking over the records for previous 
years about the same range is found. 
Probably $2.75 to $3.25 would cover most 
sales of prime pears. Of course much de¬ 
pends on the size of crop and abundance 
of other fruit. Choice Bartletts have sold 
for $1.50 and less in seasons of heavy yield. 
Seckel pears usually go higher and may 
pay better in localities where the trees do 
well. Where it thrives the Kieffer is most 
profitable, but the quality is far from good, 
and this makes one feel doubtful about 
planting it largely, as buyers may not al¬ 
ways be willing to take large quantities 
at prices that make production and mar¬ 
keting profitable. Some excellent records 
have been made with Bose, but it is hardly 
to be recommended 'as desirable for an 
amateur to take up as a main crop va¬ 
riety. There is no doubt about the profit 
after one gets the knack of growing and 
putting it on the market in proper condi¬ 
tion, but I have eaten Bose that was as 
poor as second-grade Kieffer, and the same 
is true of Anjou, which when properly 
handled is melting and delicious. No gen¬ 
eral purpose peai superior to Bartlett for 
home use and commercial purposes has 
been brought to public notice. 
THE COMMISSARY of the large book 
bindery or factory starts out shortly be¬ 
fore the noon hour to buy the lunches of 
•those employees whose incomes do not 
warrant a 15 or 20-cent lunch at some 
nearby restaurant. He is a boy, usually 
one of the workmen, detailed for this pur¬ 
pose, but sometimes an outsider under 
legal age for regular factory work. The 
bakeries and restaurants of these secti ms 
have a large counter trade of this kind 
About eleven o’clock the “rush” com¬ 
mences. Tea, coffee, milk, soup, sand¬ 
wiches, cakes, pies, Napoleons, pretzels, 
herns and numerous other products of the 
doughman’s skill are being dealt out by 
the nimble fingers of those behind the coun¬ 
ter. The largest order I ever saw one boy 
get amounted to $2.78, all in small items 
from two to 10 cents. Each order was 
written on a separate slip. As fast as fill¬ 
ed the boy pinned it to the package and 
laid it in the basket. He had about 35 of 
these bundles, and thus labeled they could 
be distributed quickly at lunch time, which 
in many places is only half an hour. A 
skillful boy can handle a basket with one 
hand and four pails containing drink or 
soup with the other. When large quanti¬ 
ties of liquid are wanted, the paiis are 
strung on sticks three or four feet long. In 
seme places the soup is a mongrel affair 
alwayg about the same every day. In oth¬ 
ers it is different every day in the week. One 
place was noted where the following rou¬ 
tine was carried out: Monday, pea soup; 
Tuesday, vegetable, comprising at least 10 
varieties of “soup greens”; Wednesday, 
split pea; Thursday, plain bean; Friday, 
clam chowder; Saturday, rice or barley. 
This programme was carried out with such 
regularity that one could be certain of the 
day of the week by the kind of soup. 
w. w. H. 
Free Hides and Poor Leather.— The 
National Provisioner prints the following: 
“The hide dealers have met in convention 
and voiced their troubles, also their love 
for free hides. The main trouble in the 
tannery business is to make one dollar in 
cash pay a big dividend on the ten-dollar 
face of stock. That freak effort is called 
financing. It costs less in time and ma¬ 
terial to tan leather now than it did in 
“the good old days” of which our fathers 
are wont to tell us. Tannins and chemicals 
generally have largely displaced both the 
bark and the face of the clock on its long 
run. Yet leather is dearer than formerly, 
and hides are not any dearer. The whole 
bent of the tanner is to force rules for 
buying upon the farmer and other small 
skinners for getting his green stuff below 
par, and then whine at the Congress elected 
by these same skinners asking for a re¬ 
peal of the hide and skin duty so as to let 
in the foreign skins for nothing. Yes, 
shoes are cheaper. They are also more 
trifling. The uppers are so burnt with 
acid and sliced to multiply slats out of one 
hide, that the new shoe will seldom stand 
to wear out the first sole, much less a 
second life in a half sole. In the olden 
time the workman’s brogan for $2 stood 
him in good stead. Now a split hide is its 
new chemical wreck under the name of 
‘box calf.’ ” 
Practical Poultryman Wanted. 
I have a position for such a man. Must have 
working experience in producing eggs aud grow¬ 
ing broilers for critical family trade. Able and will¬ 
ing to work. Established Poultry Plant which must 
be self-supporting in every respect—no frills or 
theory connected with it. Give full particulars about 
yourself, where last employed, references and salary 
expected. GERALD HOW ATT, White Plains, NY. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE - ™,;,. 
and Shredder combined, in good repair; write for 
particulars. R. W. McALLEN, Fannettsburg, Pa. 
HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY. 
A Famous Location for the Production of 
Choice Fruits, Vegetables & Poultry 
In the heart of the Pine Belt, and south of Mason 
and Dixon’s line. Salubrious climate, tonic water 
and within half an hourof Philadelphia and Atlantic 
City. Excellent location for home, factory or horti¬ 
cultural enterprise. Population 5000, two railroads, 
seven churches, eight schools, gas, electric lights, etc. 
One of the largest fruit centers in this country. Send 
2c stamp to Board of Trade, Hammonton, N. J., for 
descriptive booklet containing nearly 100 illustrations 
Money-makers al Low Cost. 
Prize-winners for cream, fruit, vege¬ 
tables, dairy, stock and poultry; local 
creameries, canning factories, manu¬ 
facturing towns and summer boarders 
make home cash markets; no liquor, no 
malaria, no destructive storms; charm¬ 
ing scenery; abundance wood and tim¬ 
ber. Now is your opportunity insecure 
productive New England farms. Improved, with com¬ 
fortable buildings, near railroads, schools, churches, 
and friendly Yankee neighbors, at $5 to 120 an acre. 
Illustrated list of 100 bargains, 1 to 1000 acres with re¬ 
liable information of our soils, products, markets,cli¬ 
mate, etc., free. A few with stock and tools included 
on easy terms.Write E. A. 8TROUT, 642 Union Mutual 
Building, Portland, Maine. 
ATTENTIO NtSKVI S... 
favor us with your orders. Mall orders a specialty. 
Labor Agency, 2 Carlisle 8t., New York. 
WANTED—A loan of $4,500 on Real Estate 
1 valued at $12,500. Will pay 5 ner 
cent, per annum net. B. E. OMAN, Harrison, Ida. 
per 
iho 
WANTFH Man ( an<1 ^ife) having expe- 
x-a.iv a rienceln caring for ORCHARD. 
To competent man will give an interest, Poultry in 
connection. GEO. P. HOLMES, Commerci..l Bldg., 
St. Louis, Mo. 
CREAMERY FOR RENT. 
The East Springfield Creamery Co. of Erie Co . Pa. 
offers its plant for rent to the highest bidder. Bids to 
close March 1. A first-class plant in every respect. 
Address communications to 
J. P. MARTIN, East 8prlngfleld,Pa. 
SAWS 
Circular and Drag Saw Machines.’-Also 
horse powers, silos, cutters, engines. 
Harder Mfg Co.,CoblesklH,N. Y. 
SEPARATOR FREE 
This is a genuine ■ _ I m ■■■ 
offer made to introduce the Peoples 
Cream Separator in every neigh¬ 
borhood. It is the best and simplest 
in the world. We ask that you show 
it to your neighbors who have cows. 
Send your name and the name of 
the nearest freight office. Address 
PEOPLES SUPPLr CO. 
Dept. 86 KANSAS CITY, MO. 
.Virginia Farms 
Productive soil, delightful climate. Free catalo 
R- B. CHAFFIN & COt lucorp^ Richmond,Vs. 
ALIFORNIA FOR 25<t 
m 
All about the land of Bimslflne, fruit* aud flowart. 
Resources and romance. Illus. Mag. 1 yr. trial, 26c, 
The Western Empire, 76 Times Block, Los Angele* 
FARMS 
For rich farming, fruit growing, fins 
write ’J ■ D,S. HANSON, 
TO EXCHANGE FOR FARM. 
Frame House, 12 rooms, plumbed for gas and water, 
cellar, large lot; two squares from Court House. 
Address Lock Box No. 303, New Martlnsvllle,W.Va. 
William H. Cohen & Co. 
Commission Merchants. 
229-231 Washington 8treet, New York. 
Pe want Furs, Ginseng;, Poultry, Calves, and 
Spring (Hothouse) Lambs. Top Prices. 
Oldest Commission 
«ggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, etc. Fruits’ 
ft B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Street, New York’ 
HAWKSWOOD HALL ESTATE 
FOR SALE OR RENT. 
Situated at Ballstou Lake, Saratoga County, New York. 
Two Hundred and Fifty Acres; Colonial Mansion; Large Farm House ; large 
well-built barns. Suitable for private estate, Dairy Farming or Stock Raising. 
Full description and particulars on application to 
GERALD HOWATT, 18 LAKE STREET, WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. 
Mich# 
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OHIO 
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LAND BARGAINS 
in the Heart of Old Ohio. 
Look at these: 
1H1 Aern ofw ® n level, productive soil. 4 miles 
iu i nwi vo f rom Marysville, on good road. Substantial two- 
itory fratro house. Barns, sheds, corn cribs,etc- Prioe $6000. 
C nr Qfl Rich corn farm, 213 acres, 2 miles from town 
IU OU U JQ on a good road. Nearly all drained. Orchard. 
Two story frame house. Barn, sheds, ate. for $14,900. 
$23 000 * or ^ cn Btoc ^ farm, well drained, fertile and level. 
«? o,uuu Two-story frame house, 10 rooms, tenant house, 6 rooms* 
Three large barns. Well watered. Near Marysville. 
Write for catalog describing these and other bargains in 
the state where farming pays. Write today. 
Bell Bros. & Stevenson. Department F. Marysville, Ohio, 
MA RKET N EW S 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—Calves 
that have arrived in good condition have 
sold well. More of this kind could be 
handled to advantage. Those that are 
frozen hard as rocks are not wanted by 
the retail butchers at anything like full 
prices. Hothouse lambs bring anywhere 
from $5 to $10. Pork is very low. 
AN UNUSUAL RECORD.—The retire¬ 
ment of Captain Alexander McKay, of the 
One-ilorso Corn, Beat 
and Garden Seeder. 
Drops in hills and drills 12 
acres a day. Fertilizer extra 
Calu¬ 
met 
check 
row 
planter wi’h auto.uau 
and 80 rods wire. 
forthis Cem 
GardenDrill 
With 11 tools complete$8.50 
20 for Wol v eri ne 
Garden Cultivator. 
We have complete line gar¬ 
den tools. Seed Drills66 c. 
CUT THIS AD OUT 
Steel lever harrow; cuts 
10 ft; 60 teeth; two sec¬ 
tions. 
80 cts. 
buys this 
seeder. 
Our No. 
1428 
Genuine 
Otis 
«j?^crank 
^'seeder, 
sows wheat, oats, grass 
seed etc. Retails at 
$3.00, our price $1.25. 
Michigan Wheelbarrow 
Made 
in 6 
sizes 
01.50 for Fanning 
W I Mill with grain 
outfit for cleaning 
wheat, rye, oats, 
corn, barley, beans 
etc. board for cheat 
and cockle. Clover, 
rass sieves extra, 
.rehouse Mills $23.50. 
6*0.50 buys 
$0 perfect ICO 
egg incubator com¬ 
plete. $4.35 for&0 Egg 
Wolverine. Jr. Incu¬ 
bator. Brooders $3.15 
and up. Handy egg 
carrier 28c,holds 1 to 12 
doz. Root Cutter $3.25. 
Steel Cultivator, Seeder 12 ft. $4.95, 14 ft. 
plain, with 5 shovels, J 5 - 25 - End Gate Seeder, 
spreads to 33inches. Umprovedpattern,$5.35. _■ __ _ 
and send it to us and we will mail you our Agri- M A DI/IM CM ITU Bft AfwO 
cultural and Farm Machinery Catalogue FREE. ITIft IIWIH wIII I I 11 Wa vIlWMlHUl 
For this 12-16 all steel 
disc harrow. Frame is 
made ofbest angle steel. 
Axle of cold rolled pol¬ 
ished steel. Discshignest 
grade tempered steel 
Spring seat. Draft is di 
rect from axle. Guaran¬ 
teed in every way. 
two section steel land 
roller. 7 ft. 3 section- 
$17.50. 8ft. $18.75. Light 
running.strongest.best. 
©LOWS. 
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and 
$ 1 . 
up 
The N ew Walter A. Wood Book for 1904 
“Will give yon complete information on the newest improvements in Grain Binders, Reapers, Mowers,' Rakes, Tedders and 
Knife Grinders. It contains a detail description of the “ New Century ” Binder, a machine which has made a sensational record 
abroad. This binder will be generally sold in America for the first time this season, and is attracting much attention among 
progressive farmers. To be up-to-date on Harvesting Machines, you must know the “ New Century.” 
A postal card to any of our Branch offices, or direct to the factory, will bring you, free of charge, 
this handsomely illustrated, 32 page hook. Please mention this paper when you write. 
During its 51 years of business, the Waiter A. Wood Co. has never been 
able to offer a line of machines as strong as that presented for 1904. 
Repairs furnished for Walter A. Wood machines of any date, no matter 
how ancient. Stocks carried at all central points. : : : : 
Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co., Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 
