74o 
MARKETS 
l’rices obtained during week ending October 
3, 1904: 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, hard, Winter... 
X’o. 1, Northern Duluth. 
Corn, No. 2, yellow. 
Oats, No. 2, white. 
Rye, No. 1, Milwaukee. 
Barley, malting. 
Timothy seed, retail, bu. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, prime . 
No. 1 . 
No. 2 . 
No. 3 . 
Clover and clover mixed., 
Straw, long rye. 
Short and oat. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 8, 
@1.15% 
@1.23% 
@ 01 
(n 30 
@ 80 
@ 49 
@2.85 
70 
05 
50 
40 
80 
50 
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80 
75 
70 
00 
00 
90 
75 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.31 per 40- 
quart can, netting 2% cents in 20-cent freight 
zone where there are no station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extras 
20% i 
Firsts . 18% (a) 
. ' ‘ @ 
19 
State dairy, half-tubs, extras 
Tubs, seconds . 14 _ 
Western imitation creamery, 
firsts . 16 @ 
Western factory, current make, 
firsts . 13% @ 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, small, colored, f'cy — @ 
Small, white, fancy.. — @ 
Small, good to prime. 9%@ 
Small, poor to fair. 7%@ 
Large, colored, fancy. — "@ 
Large, colored, good to prime 9%@ 
Large, white, fancy. — @ 
Large, white, good to prime 9%@ 
Large, poor to fair. 7%@ 
Light skims, 
Prime 
small, choice. 
8 % «J> 
7 % @ 
EGGS. 
Nearby, fresh gathered, fancy, 
white . 
Good to choice. 
Fresh gathered, extra, mixed 
Western, fresh gathered, extras 
Western, candled and graded.. 
Fresh gathered, seconds.... 19 @ 
Fresh gathered, thirds. 18 @ 
Kentucky, fresh gathered. 
West’n, fresh gathered, dirties 
28 @ 
25 @ 
23 @ 
-'2 % (a 
21 % @ 
18 
14 
21 
20 % 
19% 
15 
17 
14 
10 
10 
9% 
9% 
9% 
9% 
9% 
9% 
9 
8 % 
7 % 
30 
27 
24 
23 
22 % 
20 
18% 
20 
17% 
15 
20 
(<H 
_ @ 
('hocked eggs . 13 @ 
Refrigerator, April packed.... 19%@ 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Alexander, bbl.1.75 @2.75 
Wealthy .1.50 @2.50 
King .1.50 @2.25 
Duchess of Oldenburg.1.50 @2.25 
(iravensteln .1.50 @2.00 
Jonai.ian .1.25 @1.75 
Twenty Ounce .1.25 @1.50 
Baldwin .1.25 @1.50 
Maiden Blush .1.25 @1.75 
Fall Pippin .1.50 @2.00 
York Pippin .1.50 @ 2.00 
Pound Sweet .1.25 @1.75 
Greening .1.00 @1.50 
Windfalls . 50 @ 75 
Pears, Bartlett, bbl.2.00 @4.25 
Seek el .2.00 @>3.50 
Beurre Clairgeau .2.25 @3.25 
Beurre d’Anjou .2.00 @3.00 
Beurre Bose .2.50 @3.50 
Louise Bonne.2.00 «/2.50 
Duchess .2.00 @>3.00 
Lawrence .2.00 @3.00 
Flemish Beauty.1.25 @2.25 
Kieffer. per bbl.1.00 @2.00 
Plums, large, 8-th basket. 30 
German prunes. 40 
Grand Puke. 
Iteine Claude . 20 
Green Gage .. 
Pamsen . 15 
Peaches, Va., IV. Va., Md. & 
Del., per carrier... 
Jersey, basket . 40 
Up-river, basket . 40 
W’n N. Y., pony basket.... 
W'n N. Y., carrier.1 
W'n N. Y.. 2-ponv bkt. crate 
Michigan, bushel-basket .... 1 
Oregon, case . 
Grapes. black, carrier. 50 
Delaware . 7 
Niagara . 60 
Other white . 50 
Delaware, 4-Hi basket. 13 
Common red .. 
Niagara . 12 
Common white . 10 
Black, 8-lTi basket. 
Black, 4-lb basket. 
riinton, in bulk, ton. 
Common red, in bulk, ton. 
White, in bulk, ton. 
Black, in bulk, ton. 
Cranberries, Cape Cod. bbl....4.50 @ 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fancy, lb. 
Common to good.!. 
Sun dried, sliced. Southern. 
Canadian, quarters. 
State and Western, quarters 
Chops, 100 lbs.1 
!.75 
@ 3 
.25 
30 
@ 
50 
40 
@ 
50 
35 
(ft) 
30 
20 
@ 
30 
20 
@ 
25 
15 
@ 
25 
75 
@i 
.25 
40 
(ft) 
85 
40 
@ 
85 
40 
(ft) 
65 
.00 
«j i 
.50 
75 
@i 
.25 
.25 
@i 
.75 
50 
@i 
.00 
50 
@ 
60 
75 
@i 
.00 
60 
@i 
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50 
@ 
65 
13 
@ 
16 
10 
@ 
11 
12 
@ 
15 
10 
@ 
11 
18 
@ 
20 
9 
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11 
60.00@ 
70.00 
40.00@ 
— 
40.00 
40.00 
6 % @ 
4 @) 
3 @ 
3%@ 
3 @ 
10 
7 
5 
4 
4% 
4 
Cores and skins. 100 lbs... .1.25 @1 
Huckleberries. 1904. lb. 13 @ 
Blackberries. 1904, IT). 6 @ 
Cherries, 1904, Tb. 12%@ 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, L. I., in bulk, 180 lbs. 
State, bbl. 
Jersey, in bulk. ISO lbs. ... 
Sweet potatoes, South’n, prime. 
bbl. 
Jersey, per basket. 
Brussels sprouts, quart. 
Carrots, nearby, bbl. 
Citron, bbl. 
Cabbage, 100 . 
Cauliflowers, L. I., bbl. 
State, bushel-basket . 
Cucumbers, nearby, bbl. 
Cucumber pickles, bu.-basket... 
Celery, fancy, large, bunches... 
Egg plants, per barrel. 
Lima means, Potato, bag. 
Flat, bag . 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 
Onions, nearby, yellow, bbl.... 
Nearby, red ... . 
Conn. E'n. white. 
Conn. & E’n. yellow. 
Conn. & E’n. red. 
Orange Co., N. Y„ white, bag. 
Orange Co., yellow, bag.... 
Orange Co., red. bag. 
State and Western, white, 
bushel-crate . 
White pickle, bbl. 
@1.75 
65 
13% 
6 % 
13% 
1.50 
@1.87 
@ 1.62 
@1.75 
@1.37 
60 
@ 90 
5 
@ 10 
75 
@1.00 
50 
@ 75 
2.00 
(a 3.00 
2.00 
@3.00 
1.00 
@ — 
1.00 
@2.00 
1.50 
@ 2.50 
35 
@ 50 
75 
@1.25 
75 
@1.25 
50 
@i 75 
50 
@1.00 
1.50 
@2.00 
@1.75 
2.00 
@4.00 
@2.00 
@1.75 
1.50 
@3.50 
1.25 
@2.00 
@1.75 
@1.37 
@5.00 
Peppers, red, bbl. 75 @1.25 
Green, bbl. 50 m 90 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Squash marrow, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Hubbard, bbl.... 75 @1.00 
Turnips, mta baga, bbl. 40 @ 60 
'tomatoes, Jersey, bushel-box.. 35 @ 75 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices cover range of ton to car lots: 
Nitrate of soda.48.00@ 52.00 
Dried blood . 50.00@ 64.00 
Kainit . 10.00@ 12.00 
Muriate of potash. 38.00@J 44.00 
Acid phosphate . 12.00@ 16.00 
Ground bone . 23.004/ 30.00 
Do You Know How to Raise Chickens? 
Our plant is all complete. It wants on|y a manager. 
Close to New York. A grand opportunity for a prac¬ 
tical man. Would sell cheap or arrange most favor¬ 
able terms. Andress, 
POULTKYMAN. care Of KURAI. Nkw-YOukf.R. 
WANTED IMMEDIATELY. 
Dairyman wanted for large Jersey herd. Must be 
thoroughly experienced in every branch of the work, 
and able to get very best results. State full par¬ 
ticulars as to experience; whether married or single, 
and wages expected. Address 
WILCOX, care RURAL NKW-YORKEn. 
m 'IT PI II 00 PEliCHERON AND FRENCU- 
w! l I /I A ,\,i Coach Stallions & Scotch Collie 
Ill VLHlWJkJ Pups. K.S. AKIN.Auburn, N. Y. 
For the next 30 days we will sell 
Thoroughbred English Berkshire Pigs 
three monthsold for$l: under that age $3. Crated f.o.b. 
LOCUST OUOVK, STOCK FA KM. Antwerp, N. Y. 
M OiI p —Two good Holsteln-Frieslan Cows. 
OilLui Also purebred White Wjandottes. 
Golden Polish-and Black Houdans, at reasonable 
price. “ E,” Box 34,Mamaroneck, New York. 
WE CAN DIG AND SHIP AT ONCE 
SENATOR DUNLOP 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
25c. per doz. prepaid; 75c. per 100 by express. Also 
KANSAS RASPBERRY TRANSPLANTS, 
75 cents per dozen prepaid; $2.00 per 100 by express- 
CENTRAL MICHIGAN NURSERY. 
Kalamazoo, Midi. 
U SB our Loader for hauling nn nil CflnnEQ 
Hawkeye Co., Ia. City, la. UUllIl lUUULn 
FEED n Cooker «»lvanlzod Steel Tanks - Tank 
T III m” for stock & storage j| Heater 
Lowest Prices 
Highest Quality 
300 Sizes Tanks l 
Any size mado to B L 4 !#£ 
order EH#! 
2 Styles Cookers 
2 Styles Heaters 
A postal will bring Cat. of entire lino 
B* F# Freeland Sons Co., Box ‘230 Sturgis, ltich, 
THE HESSLER 
Best and cheap¬ 
est Rural Mail 
Box on the Mar¬ 
ket. Fully ap¬ 
proved by Post¬ 
master General. 
Big protits for 
agents. We want 
an agent in every 
town. Souvenir 
Buttons free on 
application. A 
large, strong box 
Rural Box. and a small price. 
H. E. Kessler Co., Factory 8, Syracuse, N.Y. 
FARMERS’ HANDY WAGON 
with four inch 
steel wheels. 
Saves labor, 
horse flesh 
and repairs. 
Tires neither 
swell, shrink 
nor run off. 
STEEL WHEELS 
Straight or Staggered Spoke*. 
The best repair for your old wagon. 
Made to lit any axle. All sizes. 
Any width of tire, 'i’hey earn their 
cost on any farm. Catalogue free. 
EMPIRE MFC. CO., 
Box 70-q Quincy, 111. 
BALES 
4°04V HAY 
Our catalogue gives valuable pointers about Press construc¬ 
tion and operation. Our 37 years' experience make the Gem 
and Victor Presses most durable, easily operated and least ex- 
pensive. Send postal for book. GEO. KRTKLCO., Qnlney, 111. 
BUY DIRECT FROM FACTORY, BEST 
MIXED PAINTS 
AtWHOLESALE PRICES, Delivered FREE 
For Houses, Barns, Roofs, all colors, and SA VK Dealers 
profits. In use 61 years. Officially Endorsed by the 
Orange. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samples. 
0. W. INQERSOLL. 246 Plymouth St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
ACTllUA and HAY FEVER cured to stay CURED. 
MO I II mi** Book 5.F FKEE. P. Harold Hsyss. W.. 
..ffsln, N. Y. 
ARE YOU ABREAST OF THE TIMES 7 
'Then buy your faithful wife a modern Alcohol Gas 
Stove. A recent invention, costs two cents per hour. 
Safe, odorless, no repairs. Guaranteed. Thousands 
in use. Prepaid for $1. Circulars free. 
L H. BALDWIN. ( Dept. It.), Wilton, N. H. 
TO SEE ONE OF OUR 
GRANITE HITCHING-POSTS 
is to want one; they are handsome, convenient and 
everlasting. Five and a half feet long ; eight inches 
square ; ring in top orslde as preferred. Price. $3.50. 
THE SHEPHERD-BAYUSS GRANITE Co., 
Relic Mead, N. J. 
IT WILL PAY YOU 
r FR05T* 
I BEST. 
Cheapest 
to buy ana erect your fence now. while the prices are 
low Thousands of farmers are taking advantage 
Of this opportunity. The Frost will last three times 
as long as woven wire fabric. Try it. 
THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Cider Machinery—Send for Catalogue to Boomer & 
Boschert Press Co., 118 West Water St., Syracuse>N.Y. 
A GOOD NAME IS BETTER 
THAN PROMISES. Buy the 
Waterloo Gasoline 
Engine 
and you will have reliable, 
safe and economical power, 
lll’d Catalogue mailed free. 
Waterloo (iasoline 
Engine Co., 
Waterloo, Iowa. 
WE LEAD THE WORLD 
We are the largest manufac¬ 
turers of Grooved and Plain 
Tire Steel Farm Wagon 
Wheels in America. W* 
guarantee our patent 
Grooved Tire Wheel* to 
be the best made by anybody 
anywhere. Write us. 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO. 
60X 17 HAVANA, ILL 
HORSE POWERS, 
THRASHERS 
and CLEANERS 
One&two-horse Thrashing Outfits. Level PIITTCDQ 
Tread-PcrfectGovernor, Feed & Ensilage ulll I LUO 
Write for catalogue. 
ELLISKEYSTONEAGB’LWORKS.Pottstown.Pa 
Return This Mill 
if it fails to grind ear and shelled 
corn, all grains and mixed feed 
stuffs easier, faster and better 
than any other. 4 
sizes and 3 styles. 
Small size for hand 
power. 1 style with 
elevator & bagger. 
New Holland Wood Saws 
save time and labor, 3 
size*, 1 to 12 h. p. Write 1 
for free circulars. 
New Holland Mch.Co., Box I IS , New Holland .Pa. 
[FREEMAN 
Ensilage 
Cutters 
are m- % in eleven 
sizes, hand cutting 
or belt power, with 
[capacity from 5 to 24 tons per hour. Traveling 
| force feed. Cut clean and j>er!ect. Shredder attach- 
[meat it desired. Catalog 102 describes fully. Free 
S. Freeman & Sons Mlg. Co., Racine, WIs. 
Also make Windmills, Cum Shelters, Wood Saws, etc. 
The judicious and timely use of S. P. F. CAR BOLIN EUIVI will make 
Any Leaky Shingle Roof Permanently Waterproof 
rtOREHEN MONEY 
5 
25 Yoars Record. 
B. GROSCHE & CO., 27 William St, NEW YORK. 
MANN’S 
Latest Model 
Bono Cutter 
gives hens food which makes them lay. 
Cuts all bone, meat and gristle; neverclogj. 
Ten Days’ Free Trial. 
No money until satisfied that it cuts easiest 
and fastest. Return at our expense it net 
satisfied. Catalogue free. 
f.V. MANN CO., BOX 15 BILFOID, IASS. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game, 
■ Poultry 
Mushroom*, 
Furs, 
1 Calves 
1 Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
1 Hot House Lambs,I 
1 Fancy Eggs. 
SHIP YOUR 
Apples, Pears, Poultry, But¬ 
ter and Kggs, to K B. WOOI)- 
WAKD.302Grecnwich Street, 
New York. Established 1838. 
RAW FURS AND GINSENG WANTED. 
For reliable prices send two-cent stamp. 
LEMUEL BLACK, Exporter of Raw Furs and 
Ginseng, Lock Box 4£. Hightstown, N. J. 
Learn Telegraphy and R, R. Accounting. 
$50 to $100 per month salary. Endorsed by all rail¬ 
roads. Write for catalog Morse School of Tele¬ 
graphy, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Elmira, N. Y. 
Y 
OUNG MEN WANTED, RA1LWA 
Train service, experience unnecessary. 
Prepare you at home by Mail Send 
stamp for application blank and booklet. 
j, P. Railway Institute, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Y 
PENLAY 
A Cure for Dyspepsia. 
In private use for tio 
yrs. Bottle mailed 50c. 
F. P.RAYMOND&CO 
545 549 W.22d St.,N. V. 
Boston Art Picture Go.. 
A Limited Supply of 
the beautiful and or.lv ini 
Ration Oil Portrait in 
different colors and 
shades of President 
ROOSEVELT. 
Large 0 in. face on II x 14 in. 
heavy stock.imitation rot e- 
wood frame. Woidscannot 
do it justice. The presi¬ 
dent’s favoril e plei u re. 
Portrait sells a t fight. 
Agents easily makef to$15 
a day. Special terms to 
agents and dealers with 
each picture. Sent postpaid 
for 25c., no stamps. Don’t 
delay and regret it later 
152 and 154 Pearl 8tk, 
Boston, Mass. 
WANTFn~ An experienced gardener and trucker: 
Vi Hll I LU to take charge of a small truck and fruit 
farm. Liberal arrangements will be made. Address 
W. 8. MATHEWS, Big Stone Gap, Va. 
ATTENTION 
Cavor ns with your orders. Mall orders a Specialty 
I. HERZ, Labor Agency, 2 Carlisle St., New York 
VIRGINIA FARMS AND TIMBER, send for 
* catalogue. A. L. ADAMSON, Manchester, Va. 
For rich farming and fruit growing, 
r AtlnlO Write J. D. s. HANSON, Hart, Mich. 
CALT WATER FRONT FARM.— 250 acres, 100 
under plow for $4 000; 135 acres, one-half cultivated 
for $1,200; two miles from county seat, Catalog free. 
O. M. PURNELL, Snow Hill, Md. 
BUSINESS MANAGER WANTED 
I want a reliable and trustworthy man in every 
county to manage a branch office. No canvassing re¬ 
quired. Gentleman with some experience in fmit 
growing preferred. Can easily be managed with other 
business or work of any nature Small capital re 
quired. Full particulars upon application. Give two 
business references and present occupation. Address 
MARTIN WAHL, Nurseryman, 
_ROCHESTER, N. Y._ 
TEXAS FARMS in a GENIAL CLIMATE. 
Fruits, vegetables and farm crops can be grown to 
perfection, near good markets in Limestone Co. Prices 
from $15 to $30. Rice and Grazing lands in large 
bodies. Write for what you want. F. C. W KTHKltli Y, 
AgentM. K. and!’. Land Bureau. 304 Schultz Build¬ 
ing. colnm bus, Ohio. 
Farm, Stock and Tools. 
Attractive little farm of 165 acres; easily worked 
fields; keep 10 cows; 1,000 cords hard wood. 10,000 
spruce and hemlock; only 4 miles from market ; 50 
thrifty fruit trees, apples, pi mis, pears and cherries; 
only 1>4 miles from cars; neat 9-room house: send for 
photo; large barn, 26x44, small barn 20x20, witli cellar, 
shop and tool house, lsxl8, hen house, carriage house, 
etc.; running spring water to buildings from never 
failing source; owner wants a smaller farm and will 
include 8 cows, 2 horses, farming tools and machinery: 
harnesses, wagons, sleighs, and sugar tools for 200 
maples; there is a good butternut orchard besides the 
maple sugar orchard; taxes are low, as town has use 
of theannualinterest from$50,000: priceonlv $1,800 for 
farm and everything, with $1,200 down and $50 a year, 
with Interest. Illustrated lists of other New England 
farms, with reliable Information of soils, crops, 
markets,climate. &c., mailed free. E. A. STKOU1’. 
Farm Dept, 42, 150 Nassau St,, New York City, or 
Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. 
I ifjiiiiimiiiiiiH! I 
uiniii 
SSI 
lisPS 
NEED A NEW ROOF 
For old or new buildings of any kind use 
PAROID ROOFING 
The roof with quality and durability in it. You’ll be surprised at Its low costand 
longlife. Any one can apply it. Contains no tar. Slate color. Bach roll contains 
a complete roollng kit. Don’t take an imitation; get the gepuine. Send tor 
Free Sample and book on “Building Economy." Established In 1817. 
F. W. BIRD & SOU. East Walpole, Mass., or Monadnock Bldg., Chicago. 
JAYNE’S EXPECTORANT 
CURES THE WORST COLDS. 
For 73 years the Standard Cough Remedy. 
