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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 18, 
MARKET 
Prices obtained during week ending June 
14, 1904: 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 1, Northern, Duluth 
Inspection, $1.08. Corn, 60. Oats, 48. Rye, 
55. Barley, 48. 
FEED.—City bran, 200-lb sacks, $25(028; 
red dog, $27(030. 
SEEDS.—Retail prices f. o. b. New York. 
Timothy, bu., $3. Clover, bu., $9. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, prime, 90@ 
92 y 2 ; No. 1, 82y 2 <087y 2 ; No. 2, 75(080; No. 
3, 05@70. Clover, mixed, 65(075; clover, 
50(060. Marsh, 50(055. Straw, long rye, 
$1.20(01.30. Oat, 55@60. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price two 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent freight 
zor e. 
BUTTER.—Creamery, 13(018 *4 ; State 
dairy, 13(017 % ; factory, 11*4(014; imitation 
creamery, 13(015; renovated, 10@14^ ; 
packing stock, 10@12. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 6(07% ; skims, 2 
@5. 
EGGS.—Fancy selected white, 20(021; fair 
to prime, 18(019; Western and Southern sec¬ 
onds to firsts, 16(018; checks, 11(013. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 4(0 
7; sun dried, 2% <04; chops, 100 lbs, $2(0 
2.25; cores and skins, 100 lb, $1.62@1.70. 
Raspberries, 25. Huckleberries, 13 % @14. 
Blackberries, 5(05%. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice to fancy, 
$2.75(03.50; fair to good, $1.25(02.50. 
Peaches, Fla., carrier, $1(01.75. Strawberries, 
qt., 2(09. Blackberries, 8(010. Huckleberries, 8 
<010. Gooseberries, 8. Watermelons, 100, 
$25(040. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, Bermuda, $3(0 
5.25; Southern, $2(04.75; State and Western, 
$3(03.50; foreign, 168-lb sack, $3(03.25; 
sweets, bbl., $3(05. Asparagus, prime, doz. 
bunches, $2(02.50; short and culls, 75@$1.25. 
Beets, new Southern, 100 bunches, $2(03. 
Carrots, old, bbl., $2.50(03.50; new Southern, 
100 bunches, $2(04. Cabbage, new -Southern, 
bbl. crate, .$1(01.50. Egg plants, bu. box, 
$1.50(02.50. Horseradish, 100 lbs, $4(06. 
Kale, bbl., 40(060. Mushrooms, hothouse, lb, 
35(050. Lettuce, bbl., 75(01.50. Onions, 
Texas, bu., $1.40(01.50. Peppers, bu. car¬ 
rier, $1(02. Peas, y 2 -bbl. basket, 25<0$1.25. 
String beans, %-bbl. basket, 50@$2.50. Rad¬ 
ishes, 100 bunches, 25(050. Spinach, bbl., 
50@75. Squash, Summer, bbl., 50@$1.50. Tur¬ 
nips, ruta baga, bbl., $1.25(01.50. Tomatoes, 
bu. box or carrier, $1@2. Watercress, 100 
bunches, 50@$1.25. 
HOPS.—New York State, 1903, 30 
Pacific coast, 1903, 26(030; olds, 9 
German, 57(064. 
BEANS.—Marrow, bu., $2.50(02.90 ; 
$1.50(01.87% ; red kidney, $2.50(02.90; white 
kidney, $2.80(0^.90; yellow eye, $2.60; lima, 
California, $2.35(02.40. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Fowls, lb, 14; chickens, 
23(025; roosters, 9 % ; turkeys, 12; ducks, 
pair, 40(090; geese, pair, 9O<0$1.25; pigeons, 
pair, 35(040. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 12(016; 
broilers, fancy, lb, 45(050; fowls, 12@13; 
squabs, doz., $1.50(02.50. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—Calves, 6 
@8%. Demand light and most arrivals in 
poor condition. 
TOBACCO.—Seed leaf, Connecticut fillers, 
4(06; fine wrappers, 50(070; N. Y. State fill¬ 
ers, 3(05 ; Louisville Burley, common to good 
lugs, 914(014; medium leaf, 14y,@17y 2 ; fine 
and selected, 21@26 ; Virginia shipping, com¬ 
mon to good lugs, 6(07; medium to good leaf, 
9(011; good to une leaf, ll%(012y 2 . 
BARKS, ROOTS AND HERBS.—Elm, lb, 
30; wild cherry, lb, 5(06; sassafras, lb, 7(0 
10; cascara sagrada, lb, 12(016; sage, lb, 
3@5; ginseng, lb, $6(07; Virginia snake 
root, lb, 40(043. 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices on fertilizing 
chemicals are intended to cover the range 
from single ton to carload lots f. o. b. New 
York. Nitrate higher; nitrate of soda, ton, 
$49(0)53; dried blood, 53(056; ground bone, 
25(028; muriate of potash, $36(045; sul¬ 
phate of potash, $44(050; kainit, $11(013; 
acid phosphate, $12(015; copper sulphate, in 
bbl. lots, lb, 5% ; sulphur flour. In bbl. lots, 
lb, 3; liver of sulphur, in 50-Ib lots, lb, 14; 
water glass (silicate of soda), small lots, lb, 
15 @30. 
LIVE STOCK.—Steers, $5(06.35; milch 
cows, with calves, $25(055; calves, $3.50(06; 
sheep, $3(05; lambs, $6.50(08. 
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M_AR_K_EJT NE_W S 
Potatoes. —Old stock, both northern grown 
and foreign, continues high. Some new po¬ 
tatoes from as far north as Norfolk have ar¬ 
rived, and brought $5.25, which is the top 
price for Bermudas. The receipts from the 
Carolinas and far South are running to small 
and inferior stuff, evidently the last run and 
culls. 
Watermelons. —The recent boiling weather 
has been just the thing to make watermelons 
go, and prices are now in reach of almost 
everyone. A good many are cut up and sold 
on the streets in penny slices. A thrifty 
fruit vender will make a fair-sized melon cut 
into nearly a dollar’s worth of slices. One 
day during this week 20 carloads arrived by 
rail and boat This would have swamped 
the trade in a cool June like last year. 
Peaches and Plums are here in quantities 
large enough to deserve mention. The peaches, 
Waldo, Honey and Bidwell’s Early, are from 
Florida, selling at $1 to $2 per crate. The 
plums, Georgia Burbank and Early June, are 
small, but sell for $1.50 to $2 or a little bet¬ 
ter per carrier. All reports indicate a heavy 
crop of Georgia peaches. Many of these will 
reach a class of trade which has formerly de¬ 
pended on the less expensive northern basket 
fruit for preserving, as Connecticut and New 
Jersey peach trees are badly hurt. 
Cheese. —There is plenty of the new make 
on hand, and though retail prices are some- 
what lower, 15 cents per pound is too high 
to encourage heavy buying. The retail price 
about the city runs from 15 to 20 cents* dur¬ 
ing the year, but it is uouotful whether this 
price is so much the cause of scanty buying 
as the poor navor of much that is offered. 
Something is wrong with the making or rip¬ 
ening, and one who has not acquired much 
of an appetite for cheese is easily discour¬ 
aged when he gets some of this ill-flavored 
stuff. I have heard this complaint made by 
a good many and have found enough cheese 
of this type to know that it is a serious 
drawback to the trade. 
Strawberries. —The market has been badly 
upset on account of heavy arrivals of in¬ 
ferior stuff. Part of it went for one cent a 
quart, and the Board of Health seized quite 
a large quantity. Some of the fruit has been 
cooked by the excessively hot weather, some 
damaged by rain, anu some has had a dose of 
both heat and rain. All that could pass for 
choice sold well, and this is quite sure to be 
so all the season. Such fruit seldom goes 
lower than nine cents, and usually sells high¬ 
er. The birus are the most active bidders 
for the crop in small garden patches. An 
effective means of heading off the birds in a 
small way, without interfering with their life 
or liberty or the laws of the land, is to cover 
the bed with cloth mosquito netting of a 
coarse mesh. This is cheap when bought by 
the piece, and 50 cents’ wo.rth will take care 
of at least 200 square feet if distributed 
about where the ripest berries are. The net¬ 
ting comes in pieces eight yards long and 
about two wide. By cutting on the creases 
as the piece is opened, strips of convenient 
size, a yard wide and two long, are made. A 
weight, such as a little piece of lead or iron, 
tied to each corner will hold it down. If 
carefully handled these strips will last for 
five years or more, making a very cheap pro¬ 
tector. If one does not have enough to cover 
the whole patch the strips may be moved 
about where most needed. 
The Apple Market is decidedly easy, the 
abundance of other fresh fruit having re 
duced the demand somewhat. Spy, Baldwin, 
Ben Davis, Greening and Russet are the chief 
sorts offered. Spy is the best seller. Rus¬ 
sets are never popular here. The Ben Davis 
seems to be losing its grip in the retail trade. 
I do not see a tenth of the places selling them 
now that did two years ago. This is merely 
because retail buyers will not have them. A 
great many Baldwins show serious defects. 
Though fair and firm outside they are full 
of brown patcnes. I have cut open some that 
were entirely brown inside with the excep¬ 
tion of an eighth of an Inch next to the skin. 
It is probably caused by some mismanage¬ 
ment in cold storage, as I have never seen 
anything like this discoloration in cellar- 
stored Baiuwins. w. w. h. 
THE COOPER SALE OF JERSEYS 
The sale of imported Jersey cattle at Coop 
ersburg, Pa., the home of the owner and 
veteran importer, T. S. Cooper, May 30, at¬ 
tracted an audience of the best breeders and 
fanciers of Jerseys in the United States. 
When the sale began about 600 people were 
present. This number was greatly increased 
as the day advanced. The sale was opened 
by Col. Edmonson, of Wisconsin. . Leander 
F. Herrick, of Worcester, Mass., announced 
the pedigrees and dilated upon the individual 
merits of the offerings, assisted by Auction¬ 
eers Bailey, of Illinois, and P. J. Casey, of 
Springfield, Mass. The highest priced animal 
in the sale was the 14-year-old cow Imp. 
Blue Belle, which brbught $3,600. The bid¬ 
ding was spirited and competition keen for 
the possession of every animal in the sale. 
It was generally considered the most suc¬ 
cessful sale neld in recent years. The 91 
head brought a total of $44,460, an average 
of $488.50 per head. Of these, 42 cows, 
three years and over, sold for $26,900, an 
average of $621; 24 heifers one year and 
under three, brought $11,920, an average of 
$495.67; nine heifer calves two to 11 
months, $2,630, an average of $292.25. Two 
matured bulls brought an average of $687.50, 
one of them selling for $1,200, and nine bulls, 
one year and under two, averaged $292, while 
seven bull calves, two to 11 months, brought 
$1,180, an average of $147.50. A strong un¬ 
satisfied demand was apparent at the close 
of the sale, indicating the healthy tone of 
the present market, and this sale brings the 
Jersey closer to the “boom” times back in the 
eighties than any sale held since those days. 
There was much regret over the absence of 
the veteran auctioneer, Peter C. Kellogg, who 
has done much for the Jersey interests. 
Thirty-one buyers secured the 91 head. 
Among them Dr. C. E. Still, Ivirksville, Mo., 
leads in point of number secured. He took 
11 home at an average of $400 each, and 
stood to get the cow Blue Belle at $3,500; 
Gedney Farm (H. Willets), White Plains, 
N. Y., bought eight (including the $3,600 
cow) for $6,965, an average of $870; Mark 
W. Potter took the same number to Charle- 
mont, Mass., at an average of $308 each; 
H. C. Hoskier, So. Orange, N. J., eight at 
$508 each, or $4,065 for the lot; William I*. 
Clyde, Jr., New Hamburg, N. Y., obtained 
seven at an average price of $541; Bowmont 
Farms (A. M. Bowman), Salem, Va„ also se 
cured seven at $3,835, an average of $548; 
B. M. Wilson, Columbia, S. C., paid $3,725, 
an average Ox $621 for six head, while the 
next largest buyer in point of numbers was 
William Zigler, of New York, who laid a good 
foundation for a herd by taking five choice 
animals at $3,205, an average of $641; N. F. 
Berry, Goldmont Herd, took three to Lexing¬ 
ton, Ky., at an average of $440 each; Thos. 
Devlin, Philadelphia, Pa., three at $1,160, 
$386 each ; J. A. Middleton, Shelbyville, Ky., 
two at an average of $310 each; E. R. Trox 
ell, l’ittston, Pa., two at an average of $225 
each; S. II. Olin, Perry, N. Y., two at $327.50 
each, and Messrs. T. B. and C. L. Ilomer, 
Edgewood Farm, Willow Grove, Pa., two at 
$900, or $450 each. The remainder went 
singly to “Dreamwold” (farm of T. W. Law- 
son), Scituate, Mass., whose representative 
secured a superbly-bred two-year-old heifer 
at $1,600; Miss G. H. B. Roberts, of High¬ 
land, N. Y.; W. J. Morris, Trenton, N. J. ; 
Hon. J. 11. Walker, Worcester, Mass.; Messrs. 
Sears & Nichols, Chillicothe, Ohio; George 
Allbright and John W. Eckert, of Allentown, 
Pa.; G. A. Nuzum, McAlpin, W. Va.; J. L. 
Robinson, So. Windham, Me.; George W. 
Sisson, Potsdam, N. Y. ; Messrs. Clark & 
Gannell, Honesdale, Pa.; Dr. J. II. Cooley, 
Plainfield, N. J.; George Wheqtley, Green¬ 
ville, Mass.; F. L. Jane, Mt. Morris, N. Y.; 
Ed. Walters, West Chester, Pa.; J. C. Talbot, 
Crandall, Ind.; Thos. J. Hand, New York 
City, each took one at prices ranging from 
$1,600 down to one, a suckling bull calf, sold 
at $50. K . 
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