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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 10, 
MARKET 
ITices obtained during week ending Sep- 
leuiber 3, 1904 : 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern, 
lutb inspection. 
No. 2, bard Winter. 
Corn . 
Du- 
@1.25% 
@1.12 
@ 60 
@ 40 
@ 70 
@ 15 
@2.85 
Oats . 
Rye . 
Clover seed, retail, lb. 
Timothy, choice recleaned, 
bu. — 
FEED. 
City bran, 200-lb sacks. 22.00® 
Middlings . 25.00® 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, prime . — 
No. 1 . 80 
No. 2 . TO 
No. 3 . 50 
Clover .. 40 
Clover, mixed . 50 
Straw, rye . 80 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price increased to 2% 
cents per quart to shippers in 20-cent freight 
zone, in effect September 1. 
BUTTER. 
24.00 
28.00 
90 
85 
75 
00 
50 
00 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
<ill 
@ 
@1.00 
Creamery, extras. 
. 19 
@ 
19% 
Firsts . 
@ 
18% 
Seconds . 
. 14 %@ 
16% 
State dairy, half-tubs, extras. 
. 17% @ 
18 
Tubs, firsts . 
16% 
Western factory, firsts. 
• 13 %@ 
13% 
Lower grades. 
@ 
12 
l’acking stock, No. 1. 
. 12% @ 
— 
No. 2 . 
• 11%@ 
12 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, small, fancy. 
. s%@ 
-- 
Fair to good. 
@ 
8% 
Large, fancy . 
@ 
8% 
Fair to good . 
%@ 
8% 
EGGS. 
Nearby, fancy, selected, white. 25 
@ 
20 
Good to choice. 
@ 
24 
Extra, mixed . 
22 
@ 
23 
Lower grades. 
. 15 
@ 
18 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice . 
@2.85 
Common to good. 
.2.30 
(ut 2.80 
Medium, choice . 
. 1.90 
@ 
— 
l’ea, choice . 
@ 
— 
Unite kidney, choice. 
.2.80 
@2.90 
5 el low Eye, choice. 
@2. 
.75 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, per 180 lbs.1.25 @1.02 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.75 @2.50 
Brussels sprouts, quart. 0 @ 8 
Beets, nearby, 100 bunches_ 50 @1.00 
Carrots, nearby, 100 bunches.. 50 @ 75 
Cabbage, L. I. & Jersey, 100... 1.50 @2.50 
Cucumbers, barrel . 50 @1.00 
Cucumber pickles, 1,000. 50 @2.00 
Celery, fey, large, doz. bunches 40 @ 00 
Egg plants, barrel. 50 @ 75 
Green corn, 100. 50 @1.50 
Lima beans, Potato, basket_ 75 @1.50 
Flat, basket. 50 @1.00 
Lettuce, Boston, per dozen.... 50 @ 05 
Onions, nearby, white, lialf-bbl. 
basket .1.00 @1.25 
Nearby, yellow, bbl.2.00 @2.25 
Conn. & E'n, white.2.00 @3.00 
Yellow .2.00 @2.25 
Red . 
@2.00 
Orange Co., N. Y., white, bag. . 
1.25 
@ 
2.50 
\ ellow, bag. 
1.25 
@ 
2.00 
I’eppers, barrel . 
50 
@ 
75 
Peas, W. N. Y., bushel-basket.. 
50 
@ 
75 
String beans, State, basket.. .. 
50 
@ 
1.25 
Squash, yellow crook-neck, bbl. 
25 
@ 
50 
.Marrow . 
50 
@ 
75 
Hubbard . 
LOO 
@ 
Turnips, ruta baga, barrel.... 
50 
@ 
05 
Tomatoes, nearby, Jersey, bu.- 
box . 
10 
@ 
40 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, 1903, choice. 
33 
@ 
35 
Medium to prime. 
30 
@ 
32 
Ordinary . 
27 
@ 
28 
N. Y. State, ’02. Nominal olds. 
7 
@ 
13 
German, crop 1903. 
55 
@ 
58 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Spring turkeys, fair to fanev, 
lb . 
25 
@ 
35 
Turkeys, old, Western, hens, 
average run . 
14 
@ 
15 
Spring chickens, 4@5 lbs to 
pair, lb . 
21 
@ 
22 
Mixed sizes .. 
17 
19 
Western, dry picked, fancy.. 
15% @ 
16 
Mixed sizes . 
14 
@ 
15 
Fowls, average best. 
14 
@ 
—— 
Spring ducks . 
@ 
15% 
Spring geese, white. 
17 
@ 
18 
1 )n rk . 
14 
@ 
16 
Squabs, prime, large, white, 
dozen . 
@ 
— 
Mixed, per dozen. 
2.00 
@ 
— 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Alexander, bbl.1.25 @2.00 
Duchess of Oldenburg.1.50 @1.75 
Gravenstein .1.50 @1.75 
Twenty Ounce .1.50 @2.00 
Wealtny .1.50 @1.75 
Maiden Blush .1.25 @1.50 
Codling .1.25 @1.75 
Fall Pippin .1.25 @1.75 
Nyack Pippin .1.25 @1.50 
Orange Pippin .1.25 @ •— 
Open head barrel.1.00 @1.75 
Windfalls, per bbl. 50 @1.00 
Crab apples, small.4.00 @6.00 
Large .1.50 @2.50 
Pears, Bartlett, bbl.3.00 @4.50 
Flemish Beauty .1.50 @2.25 
Common .1.00 @2.00 
Plums, carrier . 40 @ 75 
Eight-lb basket . 10 @ 25 
Peaches, W. Va. and W. Md., 
carrier .1.00 @1.50 
Basket . 40 @ 75 
Jersey, basket. 35 @ 85 
Grapes, Champion, up-river, 
carrier . 50 @ 65 
Moore’s Early . 65 @ 85 
Worden . 65 @ 75 
Delaware .1.00 @1.25 
Niagara .1.00 @1.25 
Huckleberries, large, blue. qt.. 5 @ 9 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl....4.50 @6.00 
Muskmelons, per bushel box... 35 @ 65 
Rocky Ford, Colorado, crate. 1.75 @2.25 
Watermelons, carload 
50.00@175.00 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated fancy, 11>.. 7 
Common to good, lb. 4 
Sun dried, sliced, lb. 2 
Chops, 100 lbs.1.50 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs. . . .1.25 
@ 7% 
§ 5% 
1.75 
@1.65 
Raspberries, evaporated, 1904. 19%@ 20 
Huckleberries, 1904 . 13%@ 14 
Blackberries. 1904 . 6 to) — 
Cherries. 1904 . 13 @ 13% 
TOBACCO.—Connecticut broad leaf fillers, 
5@10; seconds* 25@30; wrappers, 30@70. 
New York State tillers, 3@5 ; average running 
lots, 5@12. Pennsylvania fillers, 3@6; aver- 
lots B's, 14. Virginia shipping tobacco, com¬ 
mon lugs, 6@6% ; good lugs, 6%@7; com¬ 
mon to medium leaf, 7%@8%; good to fine 
leaf, dark, 11%@12%. 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices on fertilizers 
cover the range from ton to car lots f. o. b. 
Nitrate of soda, ton, $45 @50; dried blood, 
high grades, fine ground, ?53@56; kainit, ton, 
$10@12; muriate potash, SO per cent, $38@ 
44; acid phosphates, .$12@16; copper sul¬ 
phate, in bbl. lots, lb, 5% ; water glass (so¬ 
dium silicate), in small lots, lb, 15@30. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, $3.50@5.80; bulls, 
§2.25@3.60; cows, ?1.20@3.40; calves, $4@ 
8.50; sheep, $2.50@4.25; lambs, $5@7; hogs, 
State and Pennsylvania, $6.10@6.25. 
BUFFALO.—Prime steers, $5.40@5.90 ; 
stockers and feeders, $2.75@3.85; calves, 
$4.50@8.25; sheep, $2@4; lambs, $4.50@ 
6.60; hogs, ?5.90@6. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $5.40@ 
6; stockers and feeders, $2@3.75; calves, 
#3.50@6.25; sheep, $3@4 ; lambs, $4@5.75; 
hogs, $5.10@5. 60. _ 
MARKET NEWS 
Buttek. —Since last report the price has 
been up one cent. Slack arrivals and a good 
trade demand have made a firm market, but 
at this writing business is more quiet and 
buyers critical. State dairy, except really 
fancy, has been selling slowly. 
Chinese Foddering Customs. —Below is 
part of a bill of fare in a Chinese restaurant 
where 1 have eaten. Tne names of some ot 
these dishes are scarcely intelligible to most 
Americans, and the dishes themselves are still 
more strange to the American palate. Con¬ 
siderable faith in Chinese judgment is needed 
to launch out very deeply into Ibis menu, but 
a conservative trial is safe and one experi¬ 
menting thus is likely to be agreeably disap¬ 
pointed. 
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Chicken Chop Suey. 
Main extra with Boneless 
Chicken. 
Mushroom Chop Suey... 
Mushroom Egg Broth.. 1 
Ya Ko Main . 
Rice per Bowl .. 
Green Vegetable Soup. 
Chow Main with Boneless 
Chicken. 
Beef with Onions. 
Pork with Onions. 
Chinese Green Sprouts.... 
Pine Apple Chicken .. $((!’(& 
Mushroom Chicken— 
Sweetand Pungent Chicken 
BokNuQuaiChow. 
Sai Wu Arp Spring Duck^^'^jj ^ 
But Bow Spring Duck.... 
Fruit Chicken. 
Fruit Duck. 
Edible Birds’ Nest. 
Sharks' Fins. 
Yellow Fish Brain. 
Chicken Salad . 
Chestnut Chicken. 
Boiled Pure Mushrooms 
Almond Chicken . 
Walnut Chicken. 
5& 
Chop Suey is a dish in which the various 
ingredients lose their identity almost as effec¬ 
tively us do me components of American hash. 
It may contain chicken, beef, mushrooms, 
onions, celery, and a largely used vegetable, 
which looks like potato sprouts, all liighlj 
flavored with curry sauce. Rice is served in 
the place of bread, and is cooked to perfec¬ 
tion, tender, yet with the grains whole, not 
mushy, but just moist enough. The shark's 
fins, edible birds’ nest and yellow fish brain 
has to be ordered the day before; probably 
they have to catci. tne shark, etc. These res¬ 
taurants are a striding contrast to the “quick 
lunch” plan. The Chinaman is in no hurry. 
What is the use? The waiter takes his time, 
hut he brings what you order. He does not 
hang around waiting a tip. If you want any¬ 
thing more you may have to get up and go 
and look him up. lie may be in another 
room eating his own dinner. What is the 
use of standing around and watching people 
when they are all busy eating? No price 
check is given. When through you sauntei 
out to the cashier. In a book on his desk 
an entry in Chinese characters has been made. 
He looks at you and at once knows which 
entry is yours. Evidently it contains an 
identifiable description of your personal ap¬ 
pearance. 
Potatoes. —Receipts are moderate and 
market firm, although prices are no higher 
than last week. That worst of all potato 
pests, rot, is quite plentiful. There is noth¬ 
ing that makes buyers more particular than 
here and there a case of soft rot. Those 
who try to market potatoes thus affected are 
likely to lose the whole shipment. Anyone 
who lias had experience with this disease can 
detect it at once by the odor, even though the 
bin contains only two or three bad ones. Part 
of this loss may often he avoided by critical 
sorting at digging time. Some men save 
everything that is not rotten, even though it 
may have the distinct marks of the unde¬ 
veloped disease, the peculiar white spots, and 
slightly different odor. Every one of these 
tubers will make trouble if it is not removed. 
Apples. —About all the Fall kinds are on 
hand and in large supply. Prices of even 
the better grades have dropped, yet the fruit 
is selling at a figure that will net a fair 
profit to the grower. The Fall apple is an 
eutirely different affair from Winter varieties, 
being so much more perishable. Like the peach 
it cannot be held long, and hence it is often 
necessary to take a lower price than could 
be had for Baldwins or 8 pies. Most Winter' 
varieties also have an added advantage in be¬ 
ing of higher quality than earlier sorts. 
Tumatoes are very low. There is good 
profit in them for the grower if they whole-' 
sale at an average of 50 cents per busliei 
box for the season, but a good many are now 
being sold for 10 cents and are a hard bar¬ 
gain at that. The vines have not blighted so] 
badly as last year, but the Potato beetles 
are making up lor any lack of blight and are' 
also attacking egg plants and peppers. A 
truck farmer who tries most new varieties 
got a gold brick this year. The seed cata¬ 
logue showed it to be a large, smooth tomato 
with every desired quality for commercial 
growing. Plants enough for three rows about 
200 feet long were raised. The vines are 
now loaded with the most wrinkled, ill-shaped 
tomatoes I ever saw. It appears to be a de¬ 
praved strain of the old Ponderosa type. It 
is hollow and the stem is set in so deeply 
tiiat it is impossible to get an eatable slice 
across it. They would not bring five cents a 
bushel, and are left to rot on the vines, which 
they appear quite ready to do before ripening. 
Rank Robbery. —I was recently asked to 
ship a basket of peaches about 100 miles by 
express. The basket and cover arrived safely 
and part of the fruit, one-third having disap¬ 
peared. The basket was well packed and the 
cover fastened down firmly. It would seem 
(hat a transportation company with any re¬ 
gard for its patrons or desire to get business 
might make an effort to deliver a single 
package intact. But why did not the receiver 
refuse to pay the expressage and make claim 
against the company? Because he knew that 
it would cost more than 10 times the value 
of the fruit to collect a claim from this ex¬ 
press company, which has the name of being 
the meanest of all expresses to deal with. 
Men have shown me claims that have been 
standing for three years, with a mass of cor¬ 
respondence about them big enough to give 
one a headache. In some cases the claim was 
very small, but it seems to be the policy ol 
the company to take forever to “look it up,” 
thus finally tiring out the claimant. Here is 
a common carrier that positively refuses to 
transport a basket of fruit without stealing a 
third of it. A bank teller would have as 
much right to put an occasional wad Into his 
own pocket as these irresponsible employees 
had to rob thi 3 peach basket. In England 
and other countries where the parcels post 
system is well developed this package could 
have been sent under Government control, and, 
barring a railroad accident, would have ar¬ 
rived safely, for one might as well rob the 
Treasury as disturb a package in Government 
custody. w. w. h. 
A Duty Whim uwe i hemselves. 
"Good actions speak louder than word®," 
80 toe does the testimony of many thou¬ 
sands of women during a 
third of a century speak 
louder than mere claims 
not backed by a guarantee 
of some kind. That is 
the reason why the pro- 
.piietors of Dr. Pierce’s 
Favorite Prescrip¬ 
tion are willing to 
offer $500 reward 
for women who can¬ 
not be cured. Such 
1 a remarkable offer 
■is founded on the 
long record of cures 
" F of the diseases and 
weaknesses pecu¬ 
liar to women. If 
there is an invalid 
woman, suffering from female weakness, 
prolapsus, or falling of womb, or from leu- 
corrliea who has used Dr. Pierce’s Favorite 
Prescription without complete success, ths 
proprietors of that medicine would like to 
hear from such person—and it will be to 
her advantage to write them as they offer, 
in perfect good faith, a reward of $500 
for any case of the above maladies which 
they cannot cure. No other medicine for 
woman’s ills is possessed of the unparal¬ 
leled curative properties that would war¬ 
rant its makers in making such an offer. 
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd, at tlielr 
convent, "Our Lady of the Woods,” Carthags 
Ohio, use a great deal of Dr. Pierce’s medicines: 
they say, in a recent letter to Dr. Pierce: "We 
beg to assure you' of the great benefit these 
medicines give our ailing ones. We cannot 
sufficiently recommend their excellence.” 
When the druggist says he has some¬ 
thing that is as good as Dr. Pierce’s Favor¬ 
ite Prescription, just tell him, "There’s 
nothing just as good.” He says so because 
lie hopes to make a better profit but his 
own mixtures have not stood the test of 
long experience and success that Doctor 
Pierce’s medicines have. Then, too, many 
patent medicines advertised as tonics, con¬ 
tain large quantities of alcohol. Dr. Pierce 
guarantees that his "Prescription” does 
not contain a particle of alcohol. 
Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Ad¬ 
viser-sent on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps 
for a copy in paper; 31 stamps in cloth bind¬ 
ing. Address Dr. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. 
It is a good thing to keep Dr. Pierce’s 
Pleasant Pellets in the house. One Pellet 
is a laxative, two a mild cathartic. 
UAV CCUCD and ASTHMA cured to stay CURED 
nA I ILV Ln BOOK 64 F. Fmkk. F. Harold Hayes, Buffalo N. Y 
Union Lock 
tyultry 
Anting 
As It Looks When Erected. 
Strongest and Best 
By Every Test. 
Has been fully tested by leading 
poultrymen. All heights (12 in. to 
7 ft.) Has fine mesh for small 
chicks. Over 1,000 rods of this fence 
used on Lakewood Poultry Farm, 
New Jersey. Yon will be pleased 
with it. 
Our Low Price Will Surprise 
You. 
We will ship from mills in Connect¬ 
icut, Illinois and California, and 
guarantee prompt delivery. Cat¬ 
alogue of Farm, Lawn and Poultry 
Fencing sent free. 
Write Us What You Want. 
Do it To-Day. 
CASE BROTHERS, 
16-22 Main St., Colchester, Conn. 
EUREKA INDESTRUCTIBLE FENCE POSTS. 
Cheap as cedar. Made where used. No freitrht to 
pay. Great Inducements to Agents to work territory. 
For terms, etc., add-ess. with stamp, 
J. W. WYNKOOP, R. R. No. 4, Erie, Pa. 
35 Years Experience 
in making grinders. Result, 
THE STAR LIKE 
best and cheapest. Grinds ear corn 
or any kind ofsmall grain. Sweeps, 
Simple and Geared for horses. 
Belt Powers tor Steam or Gaso¬ 
line. Sold on Guarantee, Get our 
^Booklet. 
THE STAR MFCTCO., 13 Depot St., Now Lexington, O. 
oil a perrect sieei irameslio with gnar- 
OlfciV/O anteed workmanship and material. 
10x20 silo $78.37. Special terms to Farmer's Clubs 
A Granges. The International Silo Co., Jefferson. O 
APPLE BARRELS. —Buy now and save money 
i Robt. Gillies, Medina,N. Y. 
SPECIAL OFFER. 
FOR A FEW 
_DAYS ONLY 
We win iuruisu 10 youngs. C. Brown Leg. Hens and 
one Cockerel for $8.50. all standard bred. Also, 
Cocks, Cockerels, Pullets nnd Hens, Trios, etc., of 
ALL liKKEDS at extreme low prices, as we have 
to make room. 'Why wait until you have to have 
them and pay double our prices now. 
MT. BLANCO POULTRY FARM. Mt. Blanco. Ohio. 
Cf|D 0 A I C—Two fine Brown Mares; one for light 
rUn oHLL driving; 15-1 in height; speedy and 
safe. Has been driven by a lady lour years. One for 
family and farm use. Just 10 hands: seven years old. 
a quick walker, well-trained and reliable, witli some 
speed and strong. Both are well-bred and would be 
valuable on u stock farm for breeding. Address. 
OWNER, Box 34. Mamaroneck, N. V. 
Farm, Crops, Stock and Tools 
Here is a chance to make a good living raising small 
fruits, early vegetables, and keeping liens and a few 
cows: pleasantly located in good neighborhood, near 
schools and church; 54 acres; 3 miles to railroad 
village; 50 good apple trees; 30 barrels last year; 
valuable sugar orchard of 100 trees; 1*4 story house, 
7 rooms; barn 30x36. with cellar and tight walls; 
owner to get quick sale will include 4 cows. oO hens, 
farming tools, machinery, wagons, sleds and all the 
nay and crops, consisting of coni, potatoes, beans 
and oats; $050 takes everything: half cash and easy 
terms; illustrated lists of other New England farms, 
with reliable information of soils, crops, markets, 
cllmute, etc., mailed free. K. A. STROUT, Farm 
Dept. 42, 150 Nassau St., New York City, or Tremont 
Temple, Boston, Mass. 
TO LET—Dairy or truck farm; good roads: best mar- 
* kets. Warren B. Mitchell, R.F.D.l. Paterson N.J. 
FARMS 
For rich farming and fruit growing. 
Write J. D. 8. HANSdN, Hart, Mich. 
ATT E NT IO 
favor us with vour orders. Mail orders a Specialty 
I. HER/. Labor Agency, 2 Carlisle 8t., New York 
Oldest Commission*2: 
eggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, gome, e e Fruits. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Street, New York. 
RAW FURS AND GINSENG WANTED. 
For reliable prices send two-cent stamp. 
LEMUEL BLACK, Exporter of Raw Furs and 
Ginseng, Lock Box 48, Hightstown, N. J. 
5TON WAGON SCALE $35, 
SENT ON TRIAL FREE. 
BALL BEARINGS. 
U.S STANDARD - COMPOUND 
BEAM-CATALOGUE FREE 
AMERICAN SCALE COMPANY, 
162 Am. Bank Bldg., KANSAS CITY MR. 
PEERLESS SCALES, $29.00 
“PEEKLESS” i» a 6-ton Compound Beam, Wagon and Stock Scale. Its 
material and workmanship is of the best obtainable, and each Scale is guaran¬ 
teed for 6 years. This Is not an inferior Scale and in order to con¬ 
vince, will send it on 30 days’ trial. Send for our catalogue. Address 
PEERLESS SCALE-COMPANY, 
Milwaukee and Ft. Scott Aves. Dept. Z, Kansas City, Al«. 
JAYNE’S EXPECTORANT 
CURES THE WORST COLDS. 
For 73 years the Standard Cough Remedy. 
