THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 6 
io4 
M A RK'ETS 
General Review. 
The egg market has hardened consider¬ 
ably, owing to cold weather in all produc¬ 
ing sections. The butter situation is not so 
favorable, particularly with medium and 
under grades. Domestic potatoes are firm, 
some extreme prices being paid for choice 
Dong Island. Cabbages very high. 
Prices obtained during week ending Janu¬ 
ary 29, 1904: 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red, 97; No. 1, 
Northern, Duluth, 99%. Com, 54@56. Oats, 
45. Rye, State, 68@60. Barley, 50@59. 
BEANS.—Marrow, bu., $2.50@2.70. Pea, 
$1.95@2. Red kidney, $2.40@2.62%. White 
kidney, $2.75. Yellow eye, $2.65@2.70. 
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(31.20. 
MIDK.—New York Exchange price three 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone. 
BUTTER .—Creamery, 14@22%; State 
dairy, 14@19; Western factory, 12@14%; reno¬ 
vated, 12@16%; packing stock, 12@14%. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 9@12; skims, 3@7. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 35@42; lower 
grades, 25@30. 
FETED.—Retail prices, Spring bran, $22@ 
24; middlings, $25@28. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 4@ 
7; sun-dried, 3%@4; chops, 100 lbs., $2.45@ 
2.55; cores and skins, $1.25@1.50; raspberries, 
$?2@23; huckleberries, 13%@14; blackberries, 
6@5%. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$2.50@4; under grades, $1.25@2; cranberries, 
bbl., $4.50@8; strawberries, Fla., qt., 25@$1. 
HOPS.—Medium to choice, 34@37; ordi¬ 
nary, 28@30. 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS.—Asparagus, 
doz. bunches, $3@6; cucumbers, doz., 25@$1; 
lettuce, doz.. 20@50; mushrooms, lb., 10@40; 
radishes, 100 bunches, $1.50@3; rhubarb, doz. 
bunches, 50@75; tomatoes, lb., 10@18. 
VEGETABLES.-Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $2.25@2.75; Sweets, yellow, $1.50@3.76; 
carrots, bbl., $1.75@2.50; celery, doz., 10@40; 
cabbage, Danish seed, ton, $25@50; domestic 
seed, $20(335; lettuce, bbl., $1.50@2.50; onions, 
bbl., yellow, $2@3; red, $2@3; white, $2@6.50; 
spinach, bbl., $2@5 squash, Marrow, $1<@>1.25; 
turnips, rutabaga, bbl., $1@1.50. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—V e a 1 , 
calves, good to prime, 10 @ 12 ; buttermilks, 
4<36. Pork, light, 6%@7%; medium, 6 %@ 6 %. 
Dambs, “hothouse,” head, $5@11. 
DIVE POUDTRY.—Chickens, lb., 11%. 
Fowls, 14. Roosters, 9. Turkeys, 14. 
DRESSED POUDTRY.—Turkeys, 120)19; 
chickens, 12@19; fowls, 12@>13; ducks, 9@16; 
geese, 8@10; squabs, doz., $2@4. 
FARM CHEMICADS—Prices given are 
for single ton to carload lots f. o. b., New 
York: Nitrate of soda, ton, $45<3>47. Dried 
blood, 12 to 13 per cent ammonia, $50@56. 
Concentrated tankage, $15@20. Ground bone, 
$22@27. Acid phosphate, $11(315. Muriate 
of potash, $35@45. Sulphate of potash, $42@ 
48. Kainit, $10(312.50. Copper sulphate, 
per pound in barrel lots, 6 % cents. Sulphur 
flour, per pound in barrel lots, 2 % cents. 
FURS.—Black bear, $20@30; cubs and 
yearlings, $5@15; badger, $1@1.50; otter, $7@ 
15. Beaver, large, $G@9; medium, $5@6; 
small, $3@4. Fox, silver, $50(3300; cross, 
$S@25; red, $2@4; grey, 75@$1. Fisher, $5(310. 
Wolf, prairie, $1@1.50; timber, $2@4. Wol¬ 
verine, $4@8. Dynx, $4@8. Wild cat, 50@$1; 
civet cat, 25@30. Marten, dark, $5(3)15; pale, 
$3(35. Skunk, black, $1.25(31.30; half-striped, 
80@90; long striped, 80@90; striped, 40(350; 
white, 20@25. Raccoon, 75@$1.40. Opossum, 
large, 50@60; medium, 20(330. Rabbit, 1(®1%. 
Mink, $1.50(g®. Muskrat, Winter, 20@25; 
Fall, 13@18; kits, 4 ( 3 ®. 
DIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, native, $4.40@5.45. 
Veal calves, $5@9.50. Buttermilks, $3.50(3 
4.50. Sheep, $3.50@4.50. Dambs, $6@7. Hogs, 
State and Pennsylvania, $5.40(3)6.60. 
EAST BUFFADO.—Calves, $ 6 @ 8 . Sheep, 
$2.50@4.55. Dambs, $5@6.65. Hogs, $5.30@5.4O. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $4.75(3 
5.60. Stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.15. Cows, 
$1.50(34.25 Calves, $5.50@6.75. Sheep, $3.25@4. 
Dambs, $i.25@6. Hogs, $4.65@5.15. 
MARKET NEWS 
WOOD.—Trade has been brisk during the 
past week, most business being done in 
medium, but no special advance In prices 
is noted. The following figures give an 
idea of representative current sales: Michi¬ 
gan No. 1 to X, 20 to 30 cents; Ohio and 
Pennsylvania, X to XX, 30 to 34; fine un¬ 
washed, 23 to 24; Idaho and Wyoming, fine 
medium, 15 to 17 cents. 
to go endwise in another, and there should 
be from one-quarter to one-half-inch play 
that they may fit without friction, which 
would cause loss of time in nesting. 
RABBIT TRADE.—“Do you know of any 
market for tame rabbits? If so, where 
and what are they worth?” s. t. 
New York. 
Almost any rabbit, whether wild or tame, 
will sell in this market at some price. 
During the season every kind is seen, from 
Belgians to Jack rabbits, and prices range 
from 10 to 50 or 60 cents per pair; 20 to 30 
cents would cover most sales of good 
quality. From the standpoint of actual 
food value the tame rabbit does not bring 
the price that he ought as compared with 
the wild one. Those who want the gamey 
flavor at its highest pitch are not satisfied 
with tame rabbits, and those who do not 
care for game can get tame meat that 
they prefer to rabbits. Any reliable poultry 
or game dealer in this or other markets 
will take the rabbits and give what they 
are worth. 
APPDE trade is rather quiet, the weather 
continuing cold and unfavorable for open- 
air handling of the fruit. Reports from 
Germany state that the imports of Ameri¬ 
can apples exceed all previous years, not 
far from 7,000 tons, retailing at five cents 
per pound, one or two cents less than na¬ 
tive fruit. This refers not to the highest 
grade of wrapped apples, such as in France 
and England bring excessive prices, but to 
what is known as cooking fruit. These 
figures represent but a small fraction of 
the apples imported by Germany, probably 
not more than six or seven per cent, so it 
is easily seen that there is room for a 
large increase in our trade with that 
country. 
COTTON.—A new price record was made 
the past week, 16.80 cents. The conserva¬ 
tive element in the cotton trade has been 
having uphill work during the last year. 
Prices have been forced to figures that 
appear to have no warrant in size of crop 
or manufacturing demand. Manufacturers 
have been spectators rather than active 
factors in many of the market operations. 
The activity has consisted of warfare be¬ 
tween speculators, a series of struggles 
that have made and upset fortunes. Re¬ 
tail prices of many manufactures of cot¬ 
ton have long been at or below figures 
that cannot well be advanced. Such goods 
as threads, calico, etc., at the prices usu¬ 
ally charged, can be made at a fair profit 
from seven or eight-cent cotton, but to 
make such materials from 15-cent cotton 
would be a doubtful experiment unless 
every mill and merchant in the business 
would agree to raise the price. Any such 
effort would be quickly upset by competi¬ 
tors who, to draw trade, would sell thread, 
etc., at or below cost. It is a good thing 
for consumers that a check is sure to be 
sprung on the advancing price of at least 
some household necessities. w. w. h. 
Wood Saws 
will both make and save money at the pres¬ 
ent high price of coal. We have them in 
circular and drag of all kinds. Also powers 
to run them. Dog Powers, Rye Thresher and 
Binder, Fanning Mills, Ensilage and Fodder 
Cutters and Shredders and a full line of 
Farm Machinery. Send for free catalog. Ask 
especially for catalog of Hound Silot. 
HARDER MFG. CO., COBLESKiLL,N.Y. 
FOR SALE CHEAP TO CLOSE ESTATE 
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E. PACKARD. Dover, Del. 
1CSCCVC Five Reg Bulls: 7 Reg. Heifers; Solid 
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Old. J ALDUS HERR, Lancaster, Pa. 
PATENTED INVENTION. 
Agents can make money selling to Dairymen and Far¬ 
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sale. For terms, address P.O. Box fid, Montgomery.Ia. 
WANTED—Situation as Foreman or General Man¬ 
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Address G. D. W.. Box 162, Pawling. N. Y. 
A BUSHED CRATE.—“How large do 
crates have to be made to contain one 
bushel? I have two different makes. One 
is 12x13x16 inches in side; the other 12%x 
13%xl6. I wish to make some so I could 
stand one on end in the other when empty. 
The first is a little shy of a bushel to set 
a full one on top Give the right size to 
make these.” h. k. 
Pennsylvania. 
As the capacity of the two crates men¬ 
tioned is 2,496 and 2,648% cubic inches, re¬ 
spectively, it is evident that what is known 
as the heaped bushel crate is wanted, con¬ 
taining 2,564 cubic inches. In order that 
one empty may stand on end in another 
it is necessary that the width shall be 
enough greater than the height, plus the 
thickness of bottom that the crate may 
drop in easily. This could be obtained by 
a crate 12 inches deep, 13 wide and 16 17-39 
(or approximately 16% scant) long, inside 
measurement. If any of these dimensions 
is not satisfactory the others may be ad¬ 
justed proportionately to correspond with 
whatever change is desired, hut the width 
must be greater than the depth if one is 
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he East Springfield Creamery Co. of Erie Co .Pa 
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Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
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DRESSED LAMDS 
Calves, Hothouse Products, Fruits,Vegetables 
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HAY AND STRAW 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
F. D. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St„ N. Y. 
HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY. 
A Famous Location for the Production of 
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In the heart of the Pine Belt, and south of Mason 
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Stock Form 
BARGAIN. 
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Good 2 story frame house, 10 rooms, tenant 
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BELL BROS. & STEVENSON, Dept. F, Marysville,O. 
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Frame House, 12 rooms, plumbed for gas and water, 
cellar, large lot; two squares from Court House. 
Address Lock Box No. 303, New Martinsville,W.Va. 
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HA WKSWOOD HALL ESTATE 
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Situated at Ballstou Lake, Saratoga County, New York. 
Two Hundred and Fifty Acres; Colonial Mansion; Large Farm House ; large 
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