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Prices obtained during week ending August 
8, 1904 : 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Duluth — @1.12 
No. 2, red, N. Y. — @1.02 
Corn . 57 %@ 59 
Oats . 41 @ 45 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Spring bran, 
Middlings . . 
FEED. 
200 lb sacks. 
.22.00@24.00 
• 24.00@26.00 
IIAY AND STRAW. 
I lay, prime 
No. 1 ... 
No. 2 ... 
No. 3 . . . 
Clover, mixed . 
S.raw, rye . 
. .. 90 
@ 
95 
. . . 85 
@ 
90 
@ 
80 
@ 
00 
@ 
55 
. . . 50 
@ 
70 
@ 
95 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price 2% cents per 
quart to shippers in 20-ceut freight zone. 
H UTTER. 
Creamery, extras . — @ 17% 
Firsts .. 10 @ 1J 
Seconds . 11 @ 15% 
Thirds . 13 @ 13% 
Slate dairy, half-tubs, extras. . — @17 
Tubs, firsts . 15 @ 10 
Tubs, seconds. 14 @ 14% 
W’n imitation creamery, extras — @ — 
Firsts . 15 @ 
Seconds . 13 @ 14 
Western factory, lirsts. 13%@ 15% 
Seconds . 12%@ 13 
Lower grades . 11 @ 13 
Renovated, extras . 15 @ — 
Firsts . 14 @ 14% 
Seconds . 12%@ 13 
Lower grades . 10 @ 12 
Racking stock, No. 1. 12%@ — 
No. 2 . 11 % @ 13 
No. 3 . 10 @ 11 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Fair to good. 
Skims . 
EGGS. 
Nearby, fancy, selected white.. 
Fresh gathered, good to choice 
Fresh gathered, extra, mixed 
Fresh gathered, firsts. 
Western, northerly sections, se- 
Fresh gathered, average best. 
Kentucky, fresh gathered, av- 
Tennessee and other Southern. 
Southern, inferior . 
Western, fresh gathered, dirties 
Checked eggs . 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fancy, lb.. 
t % @: 
8 
0%@ 
7 
3 @ 
5 
24 @ 
_ 
21 @ 
23 
21 %@ 
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19 @ 
19% 
19 % @ 
20% 
18 %@ 
19 
10% @ 
17% 
15 %@ 
10 
10 @ 
17 
15 % @ 
10% 
14 @ 
15 
12 @ 
15% 
9 @ 
12% 
7 @ 
0 Vi @ 
5%@ 
@ 
@ 
@1 
@1 
Choice 
Prime 
Common to good. 4 
Sun-dried . 
Chops, 100 lbs.1.50 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs.... 1.25 
Raspberries, evaporated, 1904. 20 @ 
Huckleberries, 1903 . 13 @ 
Blackberries. 1903 . 5 @ 
Cherries, 1904 . - <0 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Duchess of Oldenburg, 
bbl.1-50 @2 
Red Astrachan, hand-pkd. .. 1.2.> @2 
Sour Bough, hand-pkd.1.25 @2 
Nyack Pippin .1.50 @2 
Sweet Bough, lmnd-pkd.1.25 @1 
Windfalls . 50 @1 
Pears, Le Conte, Southern, bbl. 1.00 @4 
Kiefrer, Southern .2.00 @2 
Clapp's Favorite .3.00 @4 
Plums, Md. & Del., Abundance 
and Burbank, carrier.... 40 @ 
Md. & Del., Wild Goose, qt.. 3 @ 
Up-river, 8-lb basket. In @ 
Peaches, Ga., Elberta, carrier. 1.00 @1 
Md. and Del., basket. 25 @ 
Grapes, N. C., Del., carrier-2.00 @2 
Currants, lb . 5 @ 
Raspberries, Red, pt.. .. 4 @ 
Blackcap, pt. 3 @ 
Blackberry, qt. » @ 
Huckleberries, large blue, qt.7 @ 
Ordinary . 0 @ 
Muskmelons, Jersey, basket... 40 @ 
Jersey, bushel box . 25 @ 
Maryland, basket. 50 @ 
Georgia, crate . 25 @1 
Arizona, crate .LOO @3 
Watermelons, carload .75.00@1 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, 1903, choice. 32 
Medium to prime 
Ordinary . 
N. Y. State, 1902. 
Olds. 
German, crop 1903 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chicken, nearby, lb.... — @ 
Southern and Southwestern. — @ 
Fowls . — @ 
Roosters . — @ 
Turkeys . 
Ducks, Western, average, pair. 
Southern and Southwestern. 
Geese, Western, average, pair.. 1.00 
Southern and Southwestern.. 90 
Live pigeons, pair. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, Western, hens, average 
run . 
Western, toms . 14 @ 
Common . 12 @ 
Broilers, Phila., 3% @4 lbs to 
pair, lb. 21 @ 
Phila., mixed sizes, It). 17 @ 
l’a., 3% @4 lbs to pair, 
fancy, IT). 1 § 
Pa., mixed sizes. 15 
Pa., under 3 lbs to pair, lb. . 
Western, dry picked, large, lb 
Western, scalded, large, lb.. 
Western and Southern, small 
Fowls, Western, dry picked, 
average best . 
Southern and Southwestern, 
dry picked, best. 
Western and Southern, fair 
to good . 
Old cocks, lb. ■— @ 
Spring ducks, Long Island.... 15 @ 
Eastern . — @ 
Jersey, Pa. & Virginia, fair 
to fancy . 13 @ 
Spring geese. Eastern, white.. 17 @ 
Eastern, dark . 14 @ 
Squabs, prime, large, white, doz. — @2, 
Mixed . — <®2, 
Dark . — @1 
7 % 
0 % 
0 
5% 
5 
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21 
14 
5 % 
14 
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70 
40 
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13 @ 
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13 @ 
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12 %@ 
15 
10 
14 
14 
9 
12 
80 
60 
25 
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20 
15 
15 
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19 
19 
17 
14 
16 
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13% 
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15% 
15 
15 
IS 
10 
50 
00 
.50 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice .2.85 @2.90 
Common to good.2.30 @2.80 
Medium, choice .1.95 @ — 
Pea, choice . — @1.80 
Common to good...L50 @1.75 
Red kidney, choice.2.90 @3.00 
Common to good.2.50 @2.85 
White kidney, choice.2.80 @2.90 
Black turtle soup, choice.2.80 @2.85 
Yellow Eye, choice.2.55 @2.60 
Lima, California .2.45 @2.47% 
Marrow, imported, duty paid..2.25 @2.50 
Medium, Italian .1.75 @1.82% 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, L. I., in bulk, 180 lbs.1.25 @1.75 
J’y, Del. & Md., prime, bbl..1.25 @1.75 
Southern, prime .1.25 @1.50 
Common .-. 75 @1.00 
Sweet potatoes, Southern, bbl..3.50 @4.50 
Yams, Southern, white, bbl....2.50 @3.50 
Southern, red .2.25 @3.25 
Beets, 100 bunches. 75 @)1.00 
Carrots, 100 bunches. 50 @ 75 
Cabbage, L. I. & Jersey, 100.. 1.00 @2.00 
Cucumbers, Jersey, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Jersey, half-bbl basket. 40 @50 
Jersey, bushel box. 30 @ 40 
Cucumber pickles, 1,000.1.50 @2.00 
Celery, Jersey, dozen bunches. . 20 @ 60 
State and Michigan. 10 @ 30 
Egg plants, Jersey, %-bbl. has. 50 @ 75 
Bushel box . 25 @ 50 
Green corn, Jersey, 100. 50 @1.25 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Boston, dozen . 50 @ 75 
Onions, Kentucky, bbl.3.00 @3.25 
Southern, Potato, bbl.3.00 @3.50 
Eastern Shore, bbl.3.50 @4.00 
Nearby, white, %-bbl. bkt. ..1.25 @1.75 
Nearby, yellow, bbl.3.00 @3.50 
Nearby, red, bbl.3.00 @4.00 
Orange Co., N. Y., bag.2.50 @2.75 
Peppers, Jersey, bbl.1.25 @1.50 
Peas, Western N. Y., bu-bkt. .. 50 @1.12 
Western N. Y., bag. 40 @ 75 
String beans, State, wax, bkt.. 25 @ 75 
State, green, basket. 25 @ 75 
Boston, bushel box. 50 @ 75 
Nearby, bag . 25 @ 65 
Squash, yellow crook-neck, bbl. . 25 @ — 
White . 25 @ ■— 
Marrow .. 50 @ 75 
Hubbard . 75 @1.00 
Turnips, ruta baga, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Tomatoes, upper Jersey, Acme, 
bushel box.1.00 @ — 
Upper Jersey, common. 25 @ 50 
South Jersey, Acme. 75 @1.00 
South Jersey, Stone. 50 @ 75 
South Jersey, Grant. 15 @ 35 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, veals, heavy, lb. 9 @ 9% 
Veals, poor to fair, lb. 7 @ 8 
Pork, Jersey, dressed, light, lb. 8 @ 8% 
Medium, IT). 7%@ 7% 
BOTANIC DRUGS.—Prices paid the pro¬ 
ducer for stuff of fair quality property cured: 
Ginseng, IT), $3@6; blood root, 5@0; poke 
root, 4: cascara sagrada, 7@10; wild cherry 
bark, 3@5; prickly ash. 7@10: sassafras, 
4@5; white pine, 2@3; slippery elm, 10@20. 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices on fertiliz¬ 
ing materials cover the range from ton to 
carload lots. Nitrate of soda, ton. $44@48 ; 
ground bone, $25@2S : dried blood, $54@57 : 
muriate of potash, $36@45 : sulphate of pot¬ 
ash. $44@50; kainit, $11@13; acid phos¬ 
phate, $12@16; copper sulphate in bbl. lots, 
5% : water glass (silicate of soda), in small 
lots. lb. 15@30. 
TOBACCO.—Louisville Burley, common to 
good lugs, 10%@15; common to good leaf, 
10%@20%, Virginia shipping, common to 
good lugs, 6@7; common to tine leaf, 7%(</ 
12%. Seed leaf, Connecticut tillers, 5@10: 
wrappers, 30@70. New York State fillers, 3 
@5. Pennsylvania tillers, 3@6. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, $4.60@ 0.15 ; oxen, 
$4@5 ; cows, $1.50@4; calves, veal, $5@8; 
lower grades, $3.65@4.25; sheep, $4.30@ 
4.75; lambs, $5.50@7.50; hogs, $4.90@5.90. 
BUFFALO.—Steers, ?4.75@6 ; stockers and 
feeders, $2.75@0: calves, $5 (d 7.25; sheep, 
82@4.50 : lambs, $5@0.75 : hogs, $4.50@5.80. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, $4@0.25) calves, $2.50 
@0; sheep, $3@4.15; lambs, $4@7; hogs, 
$4.80@5.55. 
MARKET NEWS 
Potatoes.- —The market continues in good 
shape. Arrivals are light. The extreme early 
nearby crop is disposed of and considerable 
of the next run is not dug. No doubt there 
will be a drop a little later when the big 
bulk of second early comes in. 
Apples.- After the usual Summer dearth 
of choice sorts the offerings are beginning 
to improve. Oldenburg is the best on hand 
now, and it is not a bad variety any time. 
A few barrels have sold as high as $2.50. 
Astrachan, Sour Bough and Nyaclc Pippin all 
go at about the same price. Sweet Bough 
sells lower. As offered here it is green and 
starchy. It is never of much account unless 
dead ripe. 
Eggs. —The effects of hot weather are 
shown in many shipments. This makes choice 
and fancy selected firm and in increased de¬ 
mand. Some people are not specially critical 
about eggs. Ordinarily they use what pass 
as firsts or average best. So long as nothing 
wrong can be detected by the average nose 
or palate they see no reason for paying five 
or 10 cents per dozen additional for eggs 
known to be only a week old. Unless one 
is finicky eggs a month old or well stored 
eggs nine months old are perfectly satisfac¬ 
tory. But when a hot spell or some other 
disturbing cause upsets the uniformity of 
these average best eggs, so that once in a 
while one of minus quality is found, these 
people begin to look for “guaranteed” eggs 
and stick to them for some time. 
The Biggest Humbug of all is the man 
who is trying to get farmers to handle “green 
goods.” A letter containing propositions of this 
sort sent to a reader in Minnesota is at hand. 
It differs from most of these circulars in 
omitting the statement that the bogus money 
is made by a former 'Treasury employee, who 
on resigning pocketed a few note plates and 
set up in business on his own hook. This 
man does not state how or where his brand 
of long green is thrashed out, but says that it 
cannot be told from the real thing. The way 
lo get the stuff is to send a cipher telegram 
worded exactly according to directions and 
then wait developments. These will consist 
of an invitation to send a few dollars for a 
“wad” of bogus big enough to scare away 
work for the rest of one’s life. Of course 
this man has no bogus money, and the inves¬ 
tor would merely learn of a new way of being 
buncoed, which he would deserve for any at¬ 
tempt at such shady business. 
Chinese Supplies. —Where can I get 
Chinese potatoes and other fresh and pickled 
vegetables, etc. ? s. 
Vermont. 
Short sections of Mott and Pell streets in 
this city contain the most extensive stores 
dealing in these goods. This is the section 
known as the New York Chinatown. Most of 
these merchants are of an altogether different 
class from the average Chinese laundryman. 
They speak good English and many are 
wealthy men carrying in a small space stocks 
valued at thousands of dollars. Those mak¬ 
ing a specialty of groceries have various kinds 
of yams and other roots that take the place 
of potatoes; also some sort of pickled cab¬ 
bage, which probably answers for sauerkraut. 
There is a great variety of dried meats, fish 
and vegetables. One of the large express 
companies has an office in this Chinese sec¬ 
tion, and it is well patronized by merchants 
who send Chinese supplies to smaller towns. 
The yams and coarse fleshed tubers, dried 
fish, dried duck, pickled cabbage, etc., from 
China may seem like poor stuff to American 
taste, but the Chinaman will have it if pos¬ 
sible. 
Selling Sweet Flag. —“Is there any mar¬ 
ket for preserved sweet flag, and how should 
it be prepared?” keadbk. 
New Hampshire. 
It is sold in a limited way by confectioners 
and druggists, but it is doubtful whether 
much demand could be worked up, as many 
do not care for its peculiar pungent flavor. 
After washing and trimming the root is cut 
across the grain in thin slices. A cabbage 
knife does this nicely. If a mild flavor is 
desired, the sliced root may be first cooKeu 
for a few minutes and the water thrown 
away, but usually this is not necessary. Then 
it is put into a mixture of sugar and water, 
about the same proportions as for homemade 
candy and cooked until the syrup is ready to 
sugar off, when it is stirred dry and spread 
on plates. Quick work is needed to get it out 
of the vessel when stirred nearly dry, or it 
will harden in big lumps, which would spoil 
it for sale, as for this purpose the chips 
should be stuck together as little as possible. 
Put up in neat paper boxes, like those used 
for cough drops, etc. Your druggist or fancy 
grocer might be sufficiently interested to give 
it a trial. The whole process takes so much 
time that the maker ought to get at least 25 
cents per pound wholesale to make any profit. 
Perhaps it might be put up in the same way 
as cocoauut or peanut brittle, in which case 
the labor would be less. w. w. ii. 
SOME ACTUAL RESULTS. 
The Other Side. 
The theory has been forced upon me that 
my only financial salvation lies in excessive 
liberality in the application of fertilizers. 
I say "forced” advisedly, for my taxes, in 
terest and other "fixed charges” amount to 
between $900 and $1,000, and it is “root, 
little pig, or leave the swamp,” with me. 
Now, as a theory, I think my theory is all 
right, for no farmer could expect to get 
along if his hired man turned up at 10 A. M.. 
and after a few hours' shiftless work depart¬ 
ed, and drew full pay for such labor. But my 
farm of 170 acres is the biggest hired man 
that 1 have; that is, it is the biggest factor 
for making money, and for the past five or 
more years it has theoretically got to work 
at 10 A. M. and quit at one, as far as pro¬ 
ductiveness is concerned. Now isn't my the¬ 
ory that the farm must be compelled to do 
its full share of work, or in other words, be 
liberally fertilized, a good theory? 
Well, here is the result of my first trial. 
Year before last I had more lettuce than we 
could use, and the surplus sold readily for 
35 cents a dozen heads, so this year I planted 
an acre and three-quarters of lettuce. 1 got 
the best fertilizer 1 could, costing $32 a ton, 
and set the drill to sow all it would, about 
700 pounds per acre, and went over the land 
three times, making about 2,100 pounds per 
acre. And how that lettuce-grew ! It was 
a caution to beholders ,and I saw myself get¬ 
ting rich, and saying: “Behold, is wisdom not 
justified of her children?” So as soon as I 
could gather a load I sent it into my commis¬ 
sion man, and he promptly sent it back, say¬ 
ing that there was a glut in the lettuce mar¬ 
ket, and the best brought only 10 cents a box 
(bushel), while mine could not be sold at any 
price! I had planted curled leaf lettuce for 
a market that demanded smooth-leaf lettuce. 
So I hustled around, visited stores and hotels, 
and in a week or so the price of lettuce 
started up and my commission man sent word 
that he could do‘ something with my lettuce, 
and the next day it hailed for one-half an 
hour, and my lettuce crop was only fit to be 
August 13, 
plowed under, which was promptly done. 
Well, life is not all beer and skittles, so 
there is no use getting discouraged over one 
failure, and I am in no wise divorced from 
my theory. But the carrying out of my the¬ 
ory; there's the rub! It is easy enough for 
a man with $1,000 or $500 in bank to say 
that he will do this, and then do it, but for a 
man who has only notes in bank, and notes 
that are rapidly trotting to maturity at that, 
with the sheriff behind them, for such a man 
to buy fertilizers with excessive liberality, 
and give more notes for them ! Well, it’s no 
picnic! trucker. 
THE HESSLER IS THE BEST. 
Price, 
$1 EACH. 
Discount Dozen 
Lots. 
Simple, Durable, 
Economical. 
Hound,strong, 
Heavy. 
Lowest in price, 
highest in quali¬ 
ty. A sample best 
evidence. Reap¬ 
proved Jan. 25th, 
1903. Orders 
Circular 
sent Free 
Rural mail box. 
promptly shipped. We sell direct to the farmer. 
Brass loess with chain, 35 cents each. 
Beautiful souvenir button mailed freeon application' 
H. K. HESSLER CO., Factory No. 8, Syracuse, N. Y. 
T HREE .JERSEY HULLS,3.11 and 12monthsold. 
Solid cob. r. St Lambert, strains; good and cheap 
J. ALDUS HERR, R. R. 4, Lancaster, Ha. 
S ITUATION WANTED—As gardener and florist. 
German, married, age 38. 23 years experience in 
greenhouses, vegetables, in and out doors, lawns, 
shrubs, herbaceous plants and mushrooms. Ab.e to 
take full charge of gentleman's place. Best refer¬ 
ences. Address, P. O. Box 57, Great Barrington, Mass. 
\WANTFn~ Few cases Strictly Fresh Eggs weekly. 
VVrtll I LU Direct from poultry yards preferred. 
Also. Hens and Chickens for stock and market use. 
Good prices given. Address, J. W., The Cottrell 
Poultry Yards, P. O. Box 414, Westerly, R. 1. 
T HE OWNFR of a well improved stock and dairy 
farm of 220 acres, live miles lrorn Topeka, the 
capital of Kansas, wishes to correspond with an in¬ 
telligent, capable farmer, who understands farming, 
dairying, and the rearing of purebred Shorthorns and 
Berkshire Hogs. A good proposition to a thoroughly 
competent man. Full information on application. 
References given and requi r ed. Address. 
DAVID G. PAGE, Box 731, Sta. A, Topeka, Kan. 
BORDERING BEAUTIFUL LAKE 
Here is one of the prettiest places in New England; 
beautiful view of lakes and mountains; splendid 
salmon Ashing in lake which this farm holders for76 
rods; very neatl2-room house, stable40x5O,withcellar; 
clapboarued walls; good henhouse; Immense elm 
shade and fine lawns; located only a few steps to 
neighbors and schools; the soil is a rich dark loam, 
with clay subsoil, naturally udapted to t he raising of 
fruit, corn, grain, potatoes, and hay; cuts25 tons hay; 
50U cords of hard wood, 1,590 spruce and hemlock 
timber; 100 young apple trees, 75 barrels in season: >4 
acre in strawberries; abundance of grapes and pears; 
owner has another farm and will sacrifice for only 
$1,800, part, cash and easy terms. Write us for travel¬ 
ling instructions, so that you can go to see it at once. 
Illustrated lists of other New England farms, with 
reliable information of soils, crops, markets, climate, 
etc., mailed free. E. A.STROUT, Farm Department 
42, 150 Nassau St..New York City,or Tremont Temple. 
Boston. Mass. 
Ilf ■ |L|¥g n—Two good men, single or married. 
TV All I CU One to run separator and work in 
Creameiy. other to drive Milk Wagon. First-class 
men wanted. 
W. U. S MINER, 70G Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 
i—Man and wife on small farm near 
_I Troy,N. Y. Good p 
Address, X, Box 739, New York City. 
WANTED Troy. N. Y. Good place for workers. 
FARMS 
For rich farming and fruit growing. 
Write J. D. S. HANSON, Hart, Mich. 
ATTENTION - 
favor us with your orders. Mall orders a Specialty 
I. HKRZ. Labor Agency, 2 Carlisle St., New York 
HAY FEVER 
and ASTHMA cured to stay CURED 
BOOK S4F. Fuss. P. Harold Hayes, Buffalo N. Y 
^|| perfect sreei irame sLo witn guar- 
31 LvO anteed workmanship and material. 
10x20 silo $78.37. Special terms to Farmer’s Clubs 
St Granges. The International Silo Co., Jefferson, O. 
Oldest Commission Sa/SuSlrTehe^;! 
eggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, etc. Fruits i 
E B. WOODWARD. 302 Greenwich Street. New York ( 
Fruits. Vegetables. 
Apples, Pears, Plums. Peaches, Berries, Pota¬ 
toes, Onio s, Peppers, etc . wanted. Highest 
market prices obtained for choice products. 
Write us what you have to offer. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray Street, New York. 
PINELAND 
INCUBATORS 
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Box R Jamesbtirj N. J., U. S. A. 
UNION LOCK POULTRY FENCING 
is strongest and best by every test. Our low prices 
will surprise you. We ship from mills in Conn., 111., 
Calif . and guaiantee prompt delivery. Write to-day 
for FREE catalogue of Farm. Lawn and Poultry Fence. 
CASK BROS., 12-18 ftlalu St., Colchester, Ut. 
Aye 
9 Sarsaparilla. We put the best in. You 
/S get the best out. Economical. Lowrif, Mass. 
TILE DRAINED LAND IS MORE PRODUCTIVE 
Earliest ami easiest worked. 
Carries off surplus water; 
admits air to the soil. In- 
creases the value. 
Acres of swampy land reclaimed and made fertile. 
Jg) Juekson's Round Drain Tile meets every requirement. We also make Sewer 
j m Pipe, Red anil Fire Brick, Chimney Tops, Encaustic .side Walk Tile, etc. Write 
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