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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 5 
MARKETS 
General Review. 
The leading feature is the big jump in 
all grains. This brings up feed also. Eggs 
are more plentiful and dropping slowly. 
Apples are moving freely. A brisk trade 
in all fruits may be expected with the 
breaking up of zero weather. 
Prices obtained during week ending Feb¬ 
ruary 26, 1904: 
GRAIN.— Wheat, No. 2, red, $1.08; No. 1, 
Northern, Duluth inspection, $1.10y 2 . Corn, 
GO. Oats, 58. Rye, State, 72^. Barley, 
555*35. 
BEANS—Marrow, bu., $2.60@2.90. Pea, 
$1.7552.05; Red kidney, $2.6052.90; White 
kidney, $2.7552.85; Yellow eye, $2.60. 
FEED.-Retail prices, Spring bran, $245 
27; middlings, $27@30. 
HAY AND STRAW.— Hay, No. 1, 90; No. 
2, 80585; No. 3, 65570; clover, mixed, 60570; 
clover, 50560; marsh, 50560. Straw, rye, 
$1@1.15. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price three 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone. 
BUTTER .—Creamery, 15@26%. State 
dairy, 14522; Western factory, 12515%; 
renovated, 12518%; packing stock, 12@15. 
CHEESE—Full cream, 9@12; skims, 357. 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 30535; lower 
grades, 2452S. 
DRIED FRUTTS.—Apples, evaporated, 
4(111 ; sun-dried, 314@5; chops, 100 lbs., $2.25?/ 
2.55: cores and skins, $1.2551.50; raspberries, 
22523; huckleberries, 13%5l4; blackberx'ies, 
555%. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice, bbl., 
$2.5054; under grades, $1.2552; cranberries, 
bbl., $559; strawberries, Fla., qt., 10540. 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. — Asparagus, 
doz. bunches, $356; beets, 100 bunches, $45 
5; cucumbers, doz., 37@$1.37; lettuce, doz., 
10560; mint, doz. bunches, 25@75; mush¬ 
rooms, lb., 10540; radishes, 100 bunches, 
$1.5053; rhubarb, doz. bunches, 30575; toma¬ 
toes, lb., 10520 . 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, good to ch., 
bbl., $2.50(7/3.50. Sweets, yellow, $1.5054; 
carrots, bbl., $1.5052.25; celery, doz., 10550; 
cabbage, Danish seed, ton, $25(7755; domestic 
seed, $20(7735; lettuce, bbl., $2@3; onions, 
bbl., yellow, $2.50(53.50; red, $2.50(53.5''; 
white, $2.50@5.50; spinach, bbl.. $357; squash, 
Marrow, $1.5051.75; Hubbard, $1.7552.25; 
turnips, rutabaga, bbl., $1.5051-75. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—V e a 1 , 
calves, good to prime, 10511 %; buttermilks, 
5<57. Pork, light, 6%@7%; medium, 6%57%. 
Lambs, “hothouse,” head, $4@I0. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Chickens, lb., 12; 
fowls, 13; roosters, 8%; turkeys, 15. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 12(519; 
chickens. 12520; fowls, 10@14; ducks, 9@16; 
geese, 8514; squabs, doz., $2.50@3.50. 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices given are 
for single ton to carload lots f. o. b. New 
York: Nitrate of soda, ton, $46(548. Dried 
blood, 12 to 13 per cent ammonia, $50(556. 
Concentrated tankage, $15(520. Ground bone, 
$22527. Acid phosphate, $11515. Muriate 
of potash, $35(545. Sulphate of potash, 
$42548. Kainit, $10(512.50. Copper sulphate, 
per pound in barrel lots, 6*4 cents. Sul¬ 
phur flour, per pound in barrel lots, 2% 
cents. Sulphide of potash (liver of sul¬ 
phur), in cans of 50 lbs., per lb., 14 cents. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, $4.15(55.30; calves, 
$5(59.50. Sheep, $3@4; lambs, $6.2557. Hogs, 
$5.50(56.05. 
EAST BUFFALO.—Steers, $5(56.25; Stock¬ 
ers and feeders, $2.7554; calves, $6.5058. 
Sheep, $2.5054.50; lambs, $5(56.60. Hogs, 
$5.5556.10. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, $3.5054.60; calves. $35 
7.25. Sheep, $3.7554; lambs, $456. Hogs, 
$555.55. _ 
carriers are durably made and meant to 
be returned. Others mainly for long-dis¬ 
tance shipment, are not intended to be re¬ 
turned. They are made as cheaply as pos¬ 
sible. There is a growing demand for the 
package that goes with the produce, to 
avoid the bother and expense of returning 
extras. The problem is to get up a pack¬ 
age strong enough to stand the several 
handlings necessary before getting to the 
end of its journey, and yet at such small 
cost that one can afford to throw it away. 
The cost of many of these intended-to-be 
gift packages is still above the limit of 
profit. Some are made better than is 
necessary to do the work required. Lighter 
and cheaper material can be worked in 
without making the package look ragged. 
Of course these should be sold as low- 
grade packages, and they -would help out 
some shippers whose goods do not get ex¬ 
tensive or severe handling. Nearly all of 
these crates, carriers and boxes can be 
bought in shooks, and any man or bov who 
can handle hammer and nails skillfully 
can put them together. Getting out the 
material from the log is not so easy a job 
unless a first-class power sawing plant is 
at hand. No one can make a crate from 
roughly-got-out lumber that will hold its 
own in competition with factory work, 
but with shooks prepared in the factory 
the matter is a simple one. w. w. H, 
For the land’s sake. Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
Fiftyyears of success. 
The simplest and best 
remedy for Coughs 
and Throat Troubles. 
Sold in Boxes only. 
Avoid imitations. 
COOK YOUR FEED and 8ATB 
Half the Cost—with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron,. ‘Empties it* 
kettle in one mlnnte. The simplest 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy «* 
Laundry Stoves, Water and Steam 
Jacket Kettles, Hog Soalderg, Cal¬ 
drons, etc. ear Send for circulars. 
D. B. SPEBRX A CO- Batavia, Ilk 
going to buy a HARROW 
Want Best for least CaBl) 
U/C make that kind. 
If E PAY FBKIUHT.Cat, 
aloguefree. Write foi 
price. G.H. FOUNDER 
N” 17 Ft Atkinson,Wis 
TREES 
and PLANTS at Wholesale Prices. 
Cat. Free. Reliance Nursery, Geneva,N.Y 
DEFENDER 
SPRAYER 
Powerful, all brass, 
easy to use. Quick 
sellers. Treatise on 
Spraying & Catalog 
of Spray Pumps free. 
Write to-day. Agents 
wanted. 
J. F. GAYLORD, 
Box 78, Catskill, N. Y. 
RIPPLEY’S 
Compressed Air Sprayers. 
Fine brass pump, safety valve, fine 
vermorel spray nozzle, 3 feet nose. 
Will spray 25 foot trees, by using rods 
to elevate spray. Ibices, A gal. galva¬ 
nized, 85; 5 gal., $5.50; i gal.copper. *7; 
5 gal., 88. 4 ft. Bamboo rod. 75e; 6 ft., 
81,8 ft., 81.25. Add 50c to prices and we 
will pay express. Copy of our 100-page 
catalog of Sprayers, Prepared Spray¬ 
ing Mixtures, Cookers for boiling 
spraying mixtures, mailed free. All 
sizes large orchard sprayers. 
.RIPPLET HDW. UL. Box 223^Grafton, Ills. 
PACKAGE NOTES. 
This question was more than usually 
troublesome last year. The excessive price 
asked for barrels made it necessary for a 
good many growers to look about for 
something besides this old standard pack¬ 
age. A shortage of barrels affects more 
people than could the scarcity of any 
other package, because it is most conve¬ 
nient for a variety of products. It is handy 
to pack and quickly and easily handled 
and stored. A box big enough to hold a 
barrel of apples or potatoes would have to 
contain three times as much lumber to 
make it strong enough to hold together, 
and a truck would be needed to move it. 
The bushel box as an apple package got 
a big send-off among eastern fruit growers 
last year. Its utility for the better grades 
of apples is undoubted. Its misuse as a 
package for inferior fruit is quite sure to 
result in loss to the shipper arid discredit 
to the box. A number of boxes holding 
about a bushel, but of various forms are 
seen. A standard size and shape is 2*4 inches 
long, 11 wade and 9% deep inside. The 
material for the four sides is about one- 
fourth inch; ends five-eighths or three- 
fourths. Some are made with a simple 
panel end, which gives a good hand 
hold. In large producing sections, where 
cars of uniform size are used, a little dif¬ 
ferent form of box might have to be used 
to occupy the space to advantage. Baskets 
of the inverted bell type are largely used 
and come in a great variety of sizes, from 
one-half barrel down to a peck. The half 
and third barrel sizes are used for lettuce 
and similar light stuff. Unless these large 
baskets are very strong they are not suit¬ 
able for shipment of apples and heavy 
vegetables. A specially strong basket is 
made for apples, but is not so satisfac¬ 
tory as the bo’x or barrel. Large quantities 
of medium and low-grade peaches from 
nearby arrive here in 16-quart baskets of 
this type, but the carrier holding six four- 
quart baskets is becoming increasingly 
popular, and it would seem a paying In¬ 
vestment to use them for anything better 
than ordinary peaches," except in cases 
where wagon delivery is possible, shipment 
by rail or boat not being necessary. Some 
nr 
SPRA’ 
EMPIRE KING. 
The only hand pump having a me¬ 
chanical automatic agitator with a 
brush for keeping the suction strainer 
clean. Also the Uarlleld Knapsack and 
Orchard Monarch. Canfurnish the New 
Process Lime, which requires no slack- 1 
lng or ^training. Valuable book free. No I 
“awindlcd feeling” i f you use our pumpB. | 
FIELD FORCE PUMP CO., 
6 11th St., Elmira, N.V. I 
WE LEAD THE WORLD 
We are the largest manufac¬ 
turers of Grooved and Plain 
Tire Steel Farm Wagon 
Wheels in America. We 
guarantee our patent 
Grooved Tire Wheels to 
be the best made by anybody 
anywhere. Write us. 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO. 
HAVANA, ILL 
Green Mountain 
and Nat-Li-Mah 
SILOS 
lead all others in preserving and 
convenience. Rightly curved 
perfect fitting staves, tongued 
and grooved, extra strong 
hoops, new patent door. Also 
handle Creamery Supplies, En¬ 
silage Machinery, Gasoline En¬ 
gines, etc., everything the best. 
Books free. Write for a copy 
today. 
STODDARD MFC. CO., Rutland, VU 
I COME PEOPLE care more ' what they pay” than “what they 
^ get.” Price is to be considered always hut quality should I 
govern. With us quality and price are both right. [ 
I CLEVELAND ANCHOR FENCE CO., Dept. A, Cleveland, O. I 
A GOOD FENCE 
like a good wife should he itrong, handsome and 
economical. We can supply you with the right 
kind of fencing. Write for free sample. 
The Trass A Cable Fence Co., 612 Cuyahoga Bldg.,Cleveland,O 
THOUSANDS DO IT 
r FR05T fl 
I BEST. 
CHEAPEST 
Purchase and erect the Frost Fence because it has 
the weight, strength and wearing qualities to last a 
lifetime. Will the flimsy woven wire fence do so? 
Catalogues free. 
THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO., Cleveland, Ohio 
WIRE HENCE 
Before you buy WIRE FENCE write us 
for information that will save you from 30 
to 50 percent. We tell it FREE. 
KITSELMAN BROS. Box 83, Munoie, Ind. 
BR miVikl ■ ■! k 
ES , Write our house nearest you for prices | 
on wire lence, plain and barbed wire. — — 
Shipments prompt, freight rates low, 
goods guaranteed. IBfiSi 
CYCLONE FENCE CO. 
tegan. Ill, HOLLY, MICH. Cleveland, O. 
PAGE HOG FENCES 
hold the whole Utter BECAUSE they are woven 
closer at the bottom. Write for descriptions. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO.. Adrian, Michigan. 
UNION LOCK Poultry 
Fencing 
has been fully tested 
and found superior 
to all others. 
Has Fine Mesh at 
Bottom forSmall 
Chicks. 
This feature adds greatly to the value of the 
fence, and places it in a class by itself. 
Every Part Stretches Perfectly ; 
does not sag between posts, and will fit uneven 
ground without cutting. _ 
UNION LOCK POULTRY FENCING 
Is made at mills i n Connecticut, Illinois and Cali¬ 
fornia. We pay freight, and allow 30 days free 
trial. Send for FREE catalogue of Farm, Lawn 
and Poultry Fencing. Do it to-day. 
CASE BROS., COLCHESTER, CONN. 
WELL 
DRILLING 
ID YOU EVER 
WAKE UP O 
To Find it Wasn’t So f 
That’s exactly what you are going to 
do some day, if you are Dreaming that you 
can get along without a “Lou Dillon” 
Cultivator, the greatest time saving gar¬ 
den tool ever invented. Built for more 
speed with better work. 
Teeth changed from 8 to 12 inches or 
18 inches in an instant. Shallow, medium 
or deep cultivation obtained from a sim¬ 
ple movement of the foot. Works the 
soil at an even depth all down the row. 
No hit and miss. And keeps going. No 
more armache from having to hold the 
machine up and push it too. 
At least ONE-THIRD QUICKER tlmn any 
other garden cultivator on earth. Easier to 
push than a lawn mower. SIMPLE. 
liuilt for the big gardener, the little gardener 
and the suburbanite. Used for any garden crop. 
NO WRENCH NEEDED. Ask for descriptive 
catalog aud order direct, or of your local dealer. 
Cope-Schaible Mfg. Co., 
Dept. C, Elyria, Ohio 
/I Savings Bank on Wheels 
HAMM0NT0N, 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, elect-lc lights, etc. 
One of the largest fruit centers in this country, bend 
2c stamp to Board of Trade, Hammonton, N. J., for 
descriptive booklet containing nearly 100 illustrations 
UAQPdP, ADD II I— First-class Managers and Gar- 
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recommendation. The Science Agency, Durham, N.H 
FARMS 
For rich farming, fruit growing, fins 
oum.t.,j.D.s.miisoN, PAN' 
write 
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climate,products, fruits, berries,cultivation, prices, 
etc. by reading Virginia Farmer. Send 10c for3 
months’ sub. to Box 603, Farmer Co., Emporia, Va. 
DRESSED LAMBS 
Calves, Hothouse Products, Fruits,Vegetables 
Top prices for choice goods. Write us what you 
have to sell. 
100 Murray Street 
New York 
ARCHDEACON & GO., 
Oldest Commission 
m. ~ 
MACHINES! 34 & 36 Little 
CltONK’S 
Improved 
<s, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, eto. Fruit*' 
B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Street, New York - 
GBO. P. HAMMOND. E8T. 1876. FRANK W. GODWIN- 
• GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO.. 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinas ok 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
12th St. “ “ " 
St.. New York, 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
on wheels or on sills. With engines or horse powers. 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, N. Y. 
ATT E N TIO N'KwIfi 
favor us with your orders. Mail orders a Specialty. 
I. HERZ, Labor Agency, 2 Carlisle St., New York. 
Staple Puller" - " 11 in. long 
18 AT THE FRONT. Ask your dealer to show 
it. Three wire cutters, two hammers, two splicing 
clamps—all In one tool. A Staple Puller that will 
pull staples when no other make will. A cutter that 
will reach wire when the button cutter will not. One 
day’s use will save the cost of it. 81 .OO, postage paid 
CRONK & CARRIER MFG.CO., Elmira.N. Y. 
Local agencies and complete repair stocks everywhere 
MCCORMICK 
HARVESTERS 
International Harvester Co. of America, Chicago, U. S. A. 
Ask for 
Booklet R 
6$ 
GEORGIA 
Lands grow wheat, corn, oats,' 
hay as well as cotton. Wonderful 
pasturage ten months of the 
year. Cattle, hogs, sheep, all stock thrive at least cost. 
Factories of all kinds abound. People are hospitable, 
educated, religious. Schools and churches everywhere. 
Climate is healthful, not too hot nor too cold. Water 
good and abundant and water power waiting for you 
Low price and easy terms for fine land. Learn about 
Georgia. Write us. 
GREATER GEORGIA ASSOCIATION, • Atlanta, Georgia. 
