June 25, 
boo 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MARKETS 
Prices obtained during week ending June 
21, 1904 : 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. J, Northern, Duluth 
inspection, $1.07%. Corn, 5514 . Oats, 48. 
Kye, 70. Barley, 47. 
FEED.—Spring bran, 200 lb sacks, $22@ 
25; red dog, $28@30; standard middlings, 
$23©26. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, prime, 97% 5 
No. 1, 92 y,j (hi95 ; i\o. 2, 80@85; No. 3, 65@ 
75. Clover, mixed, 65@75; clover, 60@70. 
Marsh, 50@55. Straw, long rye, $1.20@1.25. 
Oat, 55©60. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price two 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent freight 
zone. 
BUTTER.—Creamery, 13@18>4 ; State 
dairy, 13@17% ; factory, 11%@14; imita¬ 
tion creamery, 13@15; renovated, 10@15; 
packing stock, 10@12i4. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, 6©7% ; skims, 
2@5. 
EGGS.—Fancy selected, white, 20@21; fair 
to prime, 18@19; Western and Southern sec¬ 
onds to firsts, 15©17; checks, 13. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 4© 
7; sun dried, 2%@4; chops, 100 lbs, $2© 
2.25; cores and skins, 100 lbs, $1.50@1.70. 
Raspberries, 25. Huckleberries, 13@14. Black¬ 
berries, 4 ©5. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice to fancy, 
$2.25©2.75; fair to good, $1.25©2. Plums, 
Georgia, crate, $1©2. Peaches, carrier, $1© 
2.25. Strawberries, qt, 4©10. Blackberries, 
10©15. Huckleberries, 7©14. Gooseberries, 
6©8. Red raspberries, pt., 10@15. Cherries, 
qt., 508. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, Bermuda, $3© 
5 ; Southern, $1.50@4.50 ; State and Western, 
$3.2504; sweets, bu., $1@1.50. Asparagus, 
prime, doz. bunches, $2.2503; short and 
culls, 75©$1.50. Beets, new, 100 bunches, 
$1.5003. Carrots, new, 100 bunches, $1© 
1.50. Cabbage, new, bbl. crate, $1.50@2. 
Green corn, Fia., 100, $1@3. Mushrooms, 
hothouse, lb, 30005. Egg plants, bu. box, 
$1.50@2.25. Horseradish, 100 lbs, $305. 
Kale, bbl., 40050. Lettuce, bbl., 500 75. 
Onions, Texas, bu., $1.50. Peppers, bu. car¬ 
rier, $1.5002.50. Peas, 1-3-bbl. basket, 750 
$1.50. String beans, %-bbl. basket, $101-50. 
Radishes-, 100 bunches, 50 0 75. Spinach, bbl., 
50O00. Squash, Summer, $102.50. Turnips, 
ruta baga, bbl., $1.2501-50; white, 100 
bunches, 50O$l- Tomatoes, bu. box or car¬ 
rier, $102.75. Watercress, 100 bunches, 50 
0$1.25. 
HOPS.—New York State, 1903, 20035; 
Pacific coast, 1903, 24030; olds, 9014; Ger¬ 
man, 1903, 57O0-L 
BEANS.—Marrow, bu., $2.50@2.90; pea, 
$1.5001-35; red kidney, $2.5002-90; white 
kidney, $2.8502.90; yellow eye, $2.00; lima, 
('alifornia, $2.3502.40. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Fowls, lb, 12% ; chick¬ 
ens, 20025; roosters, 8%; turkeys, 12; 
ducks, pair, 40030; geese, pair, 90@$1.25; 
pigeons, pair, 35040. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 12015; 
broilers, fancy, lb, 35040; ducks, 14010% I 
fowls, 11012; squabs, doz., $1.5002.75. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—Calves, G 
08; pork, 007'/). 
TOBACCO.—Seed leaf, Connecticut fillers, 
5010; fine wrappers, 50070; New York 
State fillers, 8@5; Virginia shipping, com¬ 
mon to good lugs, 607; medium to good leaf, 
9011; good to line leaf, 11%©12%; Louis¬ 
ville hurley, common to good lugs, 9%@14. 
BARKS, ROOTS AND IIERBS.—Elm, lb, 
30; wild cherry, lb, 50 6; sassafras, lb, 70 
10; cascara sagrada, lb, 11 Old I sage, lb, 30 
5; ginseng, lb, $4.7507; Virginia snake 
root, lb, 43. 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices on fertilizing 
chemicals are intended to cover the range 
from single ton to carload lots f. o. b. New 
York: Nitrate of soda, ton, $48052; dried 
blood, $53056 ; ground bone, $250 28; muri¬ 
ate of potash, $36045 ; sulphate of potash, 
$44©50; kainjt, $11013; acid phosphate, 
$12015; copper sulphate, in bbl. lots, lb, 5% I 
sulphur flour, in bbl. lots, lb, 3; liver of sul¬ 
phur, in 50-lb lots, lb, 14 ; water glass (sill- 
cale of soda), small lots, lb, 15030. 
LIVE STOCK.—Steers, $5.7000.60. Milch 
cows with calves, $25057.50. Ca'lves, $3.50 
©5.75. Sheep, $3©5. Lambs, $6.75 08.40. 
Hogs, $5.40. _ 
MARKET NEWS 
Bunching Vegetables. —“Is the bunching 
of radishes, onions, beets, carrots and other 
vegetables all done by hand, or is machinery 
used?" m. 
Minnesota. 
There are machines for bunching aspar¬ 
agus, and tlie same idea might be applied to 
some other long-handled vegetables, though 
in many cases it would be more bother than 
doing the work entirely by hand. The aspar¬ 
agus bunches are quite large and need to be 
pressed together with some force before tying, 
but other vegetables are put In small bunches, 
which are easily compressed and handled. 
One tie near the bulb is enough for radishes 
and small carrots. Onions and beets if the 
tops are very long should have two ties to 
keep the ends from sprawling around and get¬ 
ting ragged. Borne have used rubber bands 
for asparagus ties. This makes a very quick 
job. The same plan might be used with rad¬ 
ishes, etc. Bands of various sizes may be 
had at from $i'.50 to $3 per pound, and after 
a little experimenting one could get just the 
right size to hold the bunch without cutting 
into it. This would save time, but probably 
would not pay except for large operators. The 
loose-twisted twine used makes a better job 
after it is done. We shall be glad to hear 
from any who have found ways of lessening 
this burdensome hand labor in preparing veg¬ 
etables for market. 
Fbuits. —The variety offered is increasing 
daily and almost everything in the list is on 
hand now. The supply of strawberries is 
large, but the fruit averages better than the 
previous week, and prices are accordingly im¬ 
proved. The peach market is iirm for any¬ 
thing desirable. The few eastern cherries re¬ 
ceived have sold well. Huckleberries are 
poor.. The muskmelon market is swamped 
with poor stuff, and there is nothing for 
which there is much less demand than a poor 
muskmelon. Watermelons are working out 
at lower prices, as the week has been too cool 
for a brisk trade. 
Apple Package Dimensions. —What is the 
size of the standard boxes for shipping 
apples? This is an apple country and bar¬ 
rels are too costly. How do they pack apples 
in boxes? Do they press them in? Give 
thickness of board to make boxes. 
New' York. l. s. 
'I here are several standard sizes and shapes 
of apple boxes. Two popular sizes are 22 
inches long, 11 wide and 9% deep, and 20% 
x 11 x 9%, inside measurement. Another 
form used to some extent is a little deeper 
and not so wide, but with about the same ca¬ 
pacity. Usually the ends are made of one- 
lialf or three-quarter inch material, and sides, 
top and bottom one-quarter inch. The heavy 
ends make it possible to use thin stuff for the 
rest of the box, and yet nail very firmly. 
The South Side Mfg. Co. makes a box with 
panel ends which give a good hand hold, is 
light, strong and reasonable in price. It is 
desirable to wrap all high-grade apples for 
box packing. Not tissue, but paper with some 
body, like that used for newspapers, is best. 
There are two general methods of packing. 
One is in layers with a strip of pasteboard 
between each layer. The apples are of uni¬ 
form size, and each layer has the same num¬ 
ber. With this method of packing of course 
the apples cannot be forced in, but the card¬ 
board between the layers prevents any great 
amount of shaking about. The other method, 
which seems best for general purposes, is to 
pack the box as full as possible regardless of 
layers. The apples are wrapped, but may 
vary somewhat In size. They are pressed in 
firmly, iue effort being to fill every crevice 
and bulge the sides a trifle. The top is 
rounded up a little. Then when the cover is 
nailed down all four sides press on the apples 
and take up the slack in shaking. These 
methods of packing may seem like too much 
bother to those accustomed to putting in bar¬ 
rels without much sorting, but culls or mixed 
up apples will hardly sell for what they are 
worth in boxes, as they seem to look much 
worse than in barrels. Boxes are to be rec¬ 
ommended only for high-grade apples, and 
unless the price of barrels is prohibitive they 
are more suitable for lower grades. Pacific 
coast growers have set a pattern in boxed 
apples that cannot at present be lived up to 
by any great number of eastern farmers ex¬ 
cept in a few strictly apple sections. In some 
of the far western States very severe laws 
afe enforced regarding insect pests in fruit. 
Apples showing any signs of codling moth 
damage are seized and destroyed, and the 
same is true of other pests. This in effect 
makes spraying compulsory. Harbors of the 
vermin are destroyed, and it is thus possible 
to market thousands of bushels of apples 
minus the worm holes so common in much 
otherwise fine eastern fruit. No such strin¬ 
gent insect law would be tolerated in New 
York State, for instance, It would require so 
much clearing out of old trees and bushes 
that it would about stop other farm work in 
some sections. w. w. h. 
Ohio Prospects. —It has been raining 
about one inch per week since May 1; but 
little corn planted and considerable corn 
ground to plow yet. This is the fourth wet 
season in succession. Fruit is looking well, 
but peaches are scarce except on high loca¬ 
tions. My Elbertas have set just about right, 
but most other varieties are pretty well 
thinned. If nothing happens this year's crop 
will be uouble last year’s; no curl to speak 
of. Green aphis not so numerous as last 
year, nor are Potato beetles as yet. Iron and 
steel are our principal manufactured prod¬ 
ucts, and times are rather dull at present. 
Trumbull Co., O. e. t. 
HOW WE MAKE CLOVER HAY. 
First, have all tools in good working order. 
We use mower, tedder and a steel-tooth rake; 
a double harpoon fork at barn to unload. 
We begin cutting when from one-half to two- 
thirds of the heads have turned brown. When 
we can we cut in the forenoon and put up in 
the afternoon. To do this the weather has 
to be just about right, and the ground dry. 
We start tedder as soon as the hay begins to 
wilt well and keep It going until ready to 
rake. We can make 20 acres of hay in three 
days, including cutting, with three hands in 
the forenoon to cut, tedder and rake, and 
eight hands in the afternoon. We use two 
wagons, keep one in field loading and one at 
barn unloading. We do not grow any other 
grass for hay; it will not pay to grow clover 
hay to sell in this part of the State. Usually 
it sells for from $1 to $3 per load out of the 
field, and from $4 to $8 per ton out of the 
mow delivered. We find that clover hay is 
the cheapest feed we can grow. We can har¬ 
vest 30 tons for about $20. We feed it to 
horses, cattle and sheep, feeding to horses 
through the Winter, using Timothy to work 
our horses on. We feed corn and oats with 
clover hay to sheep and young cattle. 
Glenwood, Inu. j. k. f. 
Duties of Stewardess. —As far as this 
line is concerned all employees on our steam¬ 
ers are engaged at Liverpool. The services 
of a stewardess consist of waiting on a cer¬ 
tain number of female passengers, making up 
their rooms, assisting them when ill and see¬ 
ing that they are properly attended to and 
have necessary meals in case of being confined 
to their berth or room by sickness. The 
wages received are £5 per month, but of 
course a stewardess will receive considerable' 
in the way of tips, especially during the Sum¬ 
mer months, when travel is heavy. Steam¬ 
ship companies as a rule prefer to engage 
only those who have had experience on the 
water, for they must be good sailors in all 
kinds of weather, and prepared for duty at 
all times. 
THE CUN A HD STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. 
Lime Sulphur Wash. —In more than 
30 years’ experience growing peaches in this 
locality we have never had enough leaf-curl 
in our orchards to amount to anything,. In 
sections where the leaf-curl is prevalent and 
this wash has been used 1 am told the diffi¬ 
culty has been overcome. My experience in 
the use of the lime sulphur and salt wash 
has been such as to lead me to believe that 
the wash will prove an infallible remedy 
for this disease, as it appears to be just as 
valuable as a fungicide as it is an insecti¬ 
cide. My orchards that were badly infested 
with San Jos6 scale, and that have had three 
annual treatments of the wash are not only 
free from the scale, but present a healthful- 
ness and vigor and a freedom from the vari¬ 
ous diseases which the peach is usually 
affected with that is extremely gratifying. 
If I were troubled with leaf-curl I would 
treat my orchards with this wash in March 
each year. If this would not wholly pre¬ 
vent it I should use the Dixon lime oil method 
as a Summer treatment, or kerosene emulsion. 
Delaware. a. n. brown. 
Connecticut Note. —With the advance of 
Spring the damage to fruit trees and shrub¬ 
bery by the coldest Winter on record here 
in 50 years, both as to mean and low-point 
temperature, becomes more apparent. Prac¬ 
tically no peach trees have blossomed, and 
most of them show oniy a few scattered 
leaves. Abundance and Burbank plum seem 
all right, Red June and Chabot but little af¬ 
fected, while the Hale is killed to the ground. 
Quince trees were hard hit—one man reports 
only six showing life out of 75. Hawthorn 
hedgerow's all kitted to the ground. The 
( Syringas, Spiraea Van Houttei and Berberis 
appear all right, while most other shrubs 
seem to be “done for.” Agawam, Snyder 
and Wachusett blackberries not much hurt— 
other varieties badly. It is some compensa¬ 
tion that we have got through the month of 
May without a frost, which has not happened 
before for several years. The season is yet 
somewhat backward, but all farm crops are 
promising well—much better than a year ago 
at this time. n. h. b. 
Jewett City, Conn. 
nAHTNEK WANTED with $3,000 cash capit 1 for 
* purpose of advanclug an established paying Plant 
Business. Situated 30 miles South of Charleston. 
Healthy,desirable winter home. Good fishing and 
hunting. Coast country. First-class local references 
to right man. Elderly gentleman desired. Business 
opens up September, closes In July. For further 
information, address “X,” Young’s Island, S. C. 
OLD AGE PENSIONS. 
Soldiers and sailors of the warof 1801-1806. who served 
90 days, were honorably discharged, who are now 02 
years of age or over, if not receiving $12 per 
month, write at once for information, as to the new 
ruling of the pension department, to 
E. r*. KEKraDRICK, 
Attorney-at-Law and Pension Attorney, Springfield, 
Mass. State date of birth, services, and if now in 
receipt of a pension, the rate. Twenty-five years’ 
experience. No charge unless successful. 
Oil G A perfect steel frame silo with guar- 
wlI"WO(:anteed workmanship and material. 
10x20 silo $78.37. Special terms to Farmer’s Clubs 
& Granges. The International Silo Co., Jefferson, O. 
YOUNG PLYMOUTH ROCK CHICKS. 
Special low r prices for June. 20 Eggs, $1.00. 
EMPIRE POULTRY FARM, Seward, New York. 
SPRINGDALE FARM 
HERDS OF RED 
_ -____ . „»««.. POLLED CATTLE 
and O. I.C. SWINE. Spring Pigs. Bull Calves and 
other stock lor sale. Write your wants and get my 
prices. E. J. ADAMS, Adams Basin, N. Y. 
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 12th St.. New York. 
Oldest Commission 
House In New v York. 
Est.1838. Butter,cheese. 
eggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, etc. Fruits. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Stroet. New York. 
ATTENTION WitiS 
favor us with your orders. Mall orders a Specialty. 
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