THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 16 
338 
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BILL 
PASSED. 
As we go to press word 
comes from Albany that the 
Senate has passed the bill 
appropriating $250,000 for an 
agricultural college building at 
Cornell University, and it now 
only waits the Governor’s sig¬ 
nature. _ 
MARKETS 
Prices obtained during week ending 
April 8 , 1904. 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, re@, for export, 
$1.05; No. 1. Northern, Duluth inspection, 
$1.03%; corn, 57; oats, 48; rye, 83; Parley, 
55® 65. 
SEEDS.—Retail prices f. o. b. New York; 
Clover, 100 lbs., $14016; Timothy, 100 lbs., 
$2.7503.50. 
PEED.—Retail prices: Spring bran, $22®, 
25; middlings, $24028. 
BEANS.—Marrow, bu., $2.6003: pea, $1.80 
@1.96; red kidney, $2.7503.10; white kidney, 
$303.10; yellow eye, $2.6002.65; Dima, Cali¬ 
fornia, $2.40 02.45. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, No. 1, 87%@ 
92%; No. 2, 80085; No. 3, 60070; clover, 
mixed, 70077%; clover, 60070; marsh, 50060; 
straw, long rye, $ 101 . 20 . 
MILK.—New York exchange price, 2% 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone in effect April 1. 
BUTTER. — Creamery, 13023%; State 
dairy, 13(021; factory, 12014%; imitation 
creamery, 14017; renovated, 10(017%. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 9%@12; skims, 3 
@ 8 . 
EGGS.—Choice to fancy, 18%@21; lower 
grades, 16017. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated. 4 
@7%; sun dried, 3(04%; chops, $2.5002.55; 
cores and skins, $1.40(01.60; raspberries, 23 
@24 5 blackberries, 5. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, good to 
choice, $2.75@3.25; lower grades, $1.25(02.50; 
oranges, box, $2(03.50; strawberries, qt., 15 
(025. 
VEGETABLES—Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl.. 
$5@10; southern, $3(06; Maine, $3.50@4; Dong 
Island, $4(04.25; State and Jersey, $3.2504; 
foreign, 168-lb. sack, $3.2503.50; sweets, 
bbl., $104.50; asparagus, Colossal, doz. 
bunches, $4; short and culls, $1.25@2.25: 
artichokes, California, doz., $1(01.25; beets, 
old, bbl., $2.50(03; New Orleans, 100 bunches. 
$2.50(03; carrots, old. bbl., $1.50(02.25; new, 
100 bunches, $1@2; celery, doz. roots, 10(075; 
cabbage, Danish, seed, ton, $40(055; new, 
bbl., $3.50(03.75; cucumbers, southern, 100, 
$5(07; chicory. New Orleans, bbl., $3@6; egg¬ 
plants, Florida, bu. box, $3(03.50; horse¬ 
radish, 100 lbs., $4(07; kale, southern, bbl., 
$1.75(02; lettuce, southern. 1-3-bbl. bkt., $10 
3; leeks, 100 bunches, $306; onions, white, 
bbl., $2.5005; red and yellow, bbl., $20)4; 
peppers, Florida, bu. carrier, $1(02; peas, 
southern, 1-3-bbl. bkt., $1.5004; radishes, 
southern, bbl., $2@4; Romaine, bbl., $203; 
string beans, southern, 1-3-bbl. bkt. $20 
3.25; squash. Marrow or Hubbard, bbl., $2 
02.50; spinach, bbl., $101.75; turnips, ruta¬ 
baga, bbl., $101.25; watercress, 100 bunches, 
$203. 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. — Cucumbers, 
doz., $1.2501.50; lettuce, doz., 50@$1: mush- 
rooms, lb., 25@50; radishes, 100 bunches, $3<§) 
4; rhubarb, doz. bunches, 25@75; tomatoes, 
lb.. 10020 . 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS.—Calves, 
prime, 8%09%; fair to good, 7%@8; lambs, 
hothouse, head, $408; pork, 608. 
HOPS.—New York State, choice. 34036: 
ordinary, 27030; Pacific Coast, choice. 29 
@31. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Chickens, lb., 13; 
fowls, 15; turkeys, 16; ducks, pair, 80@90; 
geese, pair, 90@$1.26. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 12@16; 
capons, 18@20; broilers, fancy, pair, 30040; 
chickens, 12013; fowls, 13014; squabs, doz., 
$203. 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices on ammo- 
niates and other fertilizing materials are 
intended to cover the range from single 
ton to car lots: Nitrate of soda, ton, $460 
50; dried blood, $50@65; ground, bone, $240 
28; acid phosphate, $12015; kamit, $11@13; 
muriate of potash, $36045; sulphate of pot¬ 
ash, $ 44050 ; copper sulphate, in bbl. lots, 
lb., 5%; sulphur flour, in bbl. lots lb., 3; 
sulphide of potash (liver of sulphur), in 
cans of 50 lbs., lb., 14; water glass (silicate 
of soda), small lots, lb., 10@25. 
TOBACCO.—Seed leaf, Connecticut fill- 
ers, 406; fine wrappers, 50070; New York 
State fillers. 305; Virginia shipping, com¬ 
mon to good, lugs, 506%; medium to good, 
leaf, dark, 8@9; light, 10@1L 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, $4.6505.20; milch 
cows with calves, $25@55; calves, $407.50; 
sheep, $306; lambs, $5.50@6.60; hogs. $5.65 
06 . 75 ; 
EAST BUFFALO. — Steers, $40510; 
calves, $5@7; sheep, $3.2505.15; lambs, $50 
6.25; hogs, $5. 6O05.tO. _ 
M_AR_KE_T IVEffS 
DRESSED LAMBS.—The market for the 
common run is lower but holds up well on 
fancy grades. We saw one lot that were 
bringing $7.50 to $9 per head. They were 
not only fat and well dressed, but the wool 
was surprisingly clean, showing that the 
lambs had been kept in a dry place with 
plenty of bedding. This little extra care 
netted the grower 75 cents or a dollar. 
POTATOES.—Prices hold up to a high 
figure, though the market is weaker than 
a week ago, owing to the heavier arrivals 
of foreign stock. Some prime Bermuda 
are bringing as much as $10 per barrel, 
and No. 1 Florida have reached as high as 
$ 6 . Fancy German have ranged from $3.50 
to nearly $4 per bag of 168 pounds. From 
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At The Post 
Up and doing, to live and help 
to live, the old reliable 
St. Jacobs Oil 
la an universal benefactor 
In the cure of 
Hurts, Sprains 
and Bruises 
Price. 25c. *n«l 50c. 
WELL 
DRILLING 
MACHINES 
the moderate receipts of domestic potatoes j 
it is fair to assume that the stocks avail¬ 
able for shipment are not so large as have 
been estimated. 
BOOMING THE PRODUCE BUSINESS. 
—Attention has often been called in this 
column to the methods of commission mer¬ 
chants who report the market for certain 
lines of produce in a much more favorable 
condition than the facts warrant. They 
are at this misrepresentation all the time, 
to the detriment of both shipper and trade. 
It would injure them also were it not that 
they have so many schemes on hand that 
one can be dropped temporarily as soon as 
it has gone as far as seems wise to them. 
They get the name of some grower at a 
distance and send him a telegram similar 
to this, which we just saw: “Lettuce 
bringing $3.50 basket; market strong.” This 
was $1 to $1.50 more than the general run 
of the market at the time warranted, and 
75 cents more than the very top notch of 
selected stuff would bring. As was in¬ 
tended this wire stirred up the man who 
received it. He felt that the man who had 
been selling his stuff was beating him and 
pocketing part of the sales. In all proba¬ 
bility he will try the new man. Returns 
for the first shipment or two will corre¬ 
spond with his telegrams, but he will be 
sure to have the market “go to pieces” on 
a lot of stuff so big that he will make 
more than the cost of telegrams and the 
bonus paid on the returns made first, so 
that at the end of the season the shipper 
will be more out of pocket than the extra 
profit he had anticipated. Here is another 
similar case. We saw a letter from a 
shipper of green beans. He was sure they 
ought to have brought $3 per crate. We 
saw the beans, which were an inferior lot 
as they reached here. They might have 
been better when shipped, but certainly 
were never prime, and were of a grade 
that is an injury to any market, so tough 
that they could be twisted into ropes with¬ 
out breaking the pods. Yet one of these 
boomers told the shipper that he ought to 
have had $3 or more per crate. In many 
cases there is neglect on the part of com¬ 
mission men to get what stuff is worth. 
We often see such misuse of shipments 
through laziness or bad judgment of re¬ 
ceivers, but the above cases are mentioned 
as showing the other side and illustrating 
the difficulties under which the well-dis¬ 
posed commission man labors. w. w. ti. 
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 oan 
onerate them easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, N. I. 
Your grandmother’s doctor ordered Ayer’s Sarsaparilla 
for your father. It’s the same Sarsaparilla today, 
er Co., 
Mass. 
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FREE. 
Book 54F 
I*. Harold Hayes, Buffalo, JS.D 
®,H0W LARGE SQUASHES ARE 
GROWN. 
Mr. J. A. Wilson, of Amesbury, whose 
large collection of vegetables at the Ames¬ 
bury Fair was the center of interest, has 
this to say about raising large squashes, 
and Incidentally his letter shows how large 
crops of squash are grown. He says; “This 
year I had in my collection one squash 
which weighed 120 pounds. I have made a 
specialty of squashes for several years 
Five years ago I raised 30 tons of squashes 
on three acres, using no manure. I thor 
oughly mixed two pounds Bradley’s Com¬ 
plete Fertilizer with the soil of each hill, 
of which there were 1,000 to the acre. It 
was a handsome crop and much admired 
by all who saw It. Squashes will mature 
two weeks earlier on fertilizers than on 
stable manure, which Is an important con¬ 
sideration where seasons are short.”— Ado. 
SPRING LAMBS 
C-lves: Fancv Eggs: Ginseng- Etc. Top Prices. 
WM. H COHEN'S. CO.,uommiss'on Merchant*. 
° 9-231 Washington St r eet, New York 
Oldest Commission House in New York. 
V7IUCSI cummissiun Kst.1838.Butter.cheese, 
eggs, p irk. pou try. dressed calves, g.ime, etc 1 rults. 
E. a WOODWAKU, 3U2 Greenwich Strict, New York. 
GEO P. HAMMOND. E8T. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN- 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers In all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs. Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 & 36 Little 12tli St., New York. 
sss: 
CALVES & LAMBS 
Hothouse products: Fruits; Vegetables; Fancy 
Eggs. etc. Consignments solicited. Top prices se¬ 
cured for choice goods. Write us what you have to 
sell ARCHDEACON & CO , 100 Murray St. N. Y. 
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 GO. 
BOX 1 7 HAVANA, ILL. 
rEUREKA WIND MILLS] 
\ are strong, durable and light j 
] running. Will not buckle or I 
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I Mills, Tanks, Towers, Feed Grinders, Saw l 
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1 SMITH & POMEROY WIND MILL CO. 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 
AMERICAN SAW MILLS 
j have the approval of the world. The modem mill at 
| the right price. Portable Mills, Edgers, Trim- 
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Drag Saws,_Rip Saws, Engines. Free cata¬ 
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AMERICAN SAW MILL 
MACHINERY CO., 
610 Engineering Bldg., 
New York City. 
KEYSTONE 
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Flat 
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Gultivatoi* and Weeder 
The perfect cultivating Implement. Kills weeds, mel- 
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lock flat tooth patent manufactured under license. 
Narrows to 30 In., widens to 7J4 ft. Catalogue free. 
Also book of field scenes with half tones, showing 
weeder at work. Ask for them. 
Keystone Farm Machine Co., 
1 547 M. Beaver St. York, Pa. 
275 ACRES, STOCK AND TOOLS. 
Pleasantly located New England home¬ 
stead, on main road; 40 acres In smooth, 
pretty fields, cutting 50 tons hay; rich, 
loamy soil, on which great crops of pota¬ 
toes, oats and com are grown; spring 
watered pasture for 30 cows; cream sold at 
door to creamery; estimated to be 2,000 
cords hard wood and 160,000 spruce, hem¬ 
lock, etc.; only four miles to good market; 
200 young apple trees; comfortable 8 -room 
house; 2 good barns, with silo, cellars and 
power forks; spring water at buildings; 
near lake; maple shade; grand views; 
owner has other business, and to get quick 
sale includes 22 cattle, horse, farming tools, 
machinery, wagons and all household fur¬ 
niture: 8 acres all plowed and manured 
for corn or other crops; $3,200 takes every¬ 
thing: part cash and easy terms; perfect 
title; take vour trunks, hang up your c'oat 
and go to milking In the morning 
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List of 200 improved New England Farms, bar¬ 
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AGENCY, Dept. 42, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City. 
FARMS 
For rich farming and fruit growing. 
Wiito .1. D. S. HANLON. Ha t Mich. 
FARM FOR SALE. 
m miles from Rapid (Electric) Railway at New 
Baltimore, Michigan; 100 acres improved; 69 acres 
woodland; well watered; barn with stone basement 
50 by 100 feet, wlio outbuildings and 4 ton platform 
scales. Good house; flue spring piped to house and 
burn; windmill 
M \RK NORRIS, Grand Rapids. Michigan. 
AT T E NT IO N">Zww 
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I, HERZ, Labor Agency, 2 Carlisle St.,New York. 
AN ORCHARD FARM 
440 acres, 1,500 young apple, six to thirty years old, 
mostly Baldwins, 1.500 barrels in one season; main 
road; low tax rate; cuts 75 tons hay; spring fed 
pasture of 101 acres: cream sold at door; near good 
neighbors; only two miles from railroad centre and 
live manufacturing town; 1,000 cords wood; 50.000 
iiine and hemlock; good two-story, 12-room house, 
painted and blinded; ample barns, stable and out¬ 
buildings; abundance running spring water; grand 
maple shade; broad views overlooking lake; one of 
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towns in New England. To settle estate quickly 
price only $4,500, part cash and easy terms; perfect 
title; stock and tools at low price if desired. For 
further details and illustrated free list of 200 im¬ 
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*5 to $29 an acre, with reliable Information of sells, 
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Farm Agency, Dept 42.150 Nassau St , New Y’urk City, 
or 24 Franklin St.. Boston, Mass. 
STEEL ROOFING. 
100 SyUAKE FRET.»2.00 
We Pay Freight East of Colorado. 
Strictly new, perfect, semi-hardened 
steel sheets, 6 and 8 foot long, the best 
roofing, siding or celling you can use. 
Nails free. Painted two sides. Flat, cor¬ 
rugated or V crimped. Write for free 
catalog on material from Sheriffs’ 
and Receivers’ sales. 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING Co. 
West 85th A- Iron Sts., CHICAGO. 
WATER TANKS 
MADE OE 
ABE THE 
RALPH B. CARTER CO., 26 Cortlandt St,, N-V 
SURE CURE* 
Brooks’ Appliance. New 
discovery. Wonderful. No 
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Automatic Air Cushion. 
.Binds and draws the 
broken parts together 
1 as yon would a broken 
limb. No salves; no lymph- 
ol; no lies. Durable, cheap. 
Pat. Sept. 10,1901. Sent on 
trial. Catalogue free. 
Brook* Appliance Co., Box 965, Marshall, Mich, 
$53.00 TO CALIFORNIA , OREGON 
* AND WASHINGTON. 
Via the Chicago, Union Pacific and North- 
Western Line. Daily from Chicago, March 
1 to April 30. Correspondingly low rates 
from all points. Pullman tourist sleeping 
cars Chicago to San Francisco, Los Atv^ 
geles and Portland daily. Double bertTf 
rate from Chicago only $7.00. Daily and 
personally conducted excursions. Three 
fast trains daily to the Pacific Coast. The 
only double track railway to the Missouri 
River. All agents sell tickets via this 
route. For full information, time sched¬ 
ules, maps and book on California write 
to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic 
Manager, C. & N. W. Ry. Chicago. 
AN OLD LEAKY SHINGLE ROOF 
repaired and ^ F. CARBOLINEUM watenfrooffcosts 6 one-tenth (1-10) of a 
new one and will twice outlast it. BRUNO GROSCHE &. CO., 108 Greenwich St., N.Y. 
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A two-cylinder gasoline engine superior lo all one-cylinder engines. 
Costs less to bay and less to run. quicker and easier started^bas a 
wider sphere of usefulness, 
irrigation In connection “ 
and Pumping purposes 
