October 29, 
788 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
markets 
WHOLESALE PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, "North’n, Duluth 
No. 2, red, new. 
Corn, No. 2, export grade.... 
Oats, mixed . 
Itye, dull here. No. 2 Western. 
Barley, feeding .. 
Timothy seed, choice, bu. 
@1.23% 
@ 1 . 20 % 
Oil 58 
@ 35 
@ 81 
@ .39% 
@2.85 
FEEDS. RETAIL PRICES. 
Coarse Spring bran. 22.00@ 24.00 
Standard middlings . 24.00@ 20.00 
Flour middlings . 27.00@ 30.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay No. 1 to prime. 70 @> 80 
No. 3 and No. 2. 55 @ 65 
Clover and clover mixed.... 55 @ 70 
Straw, prime rye. 90 @1.05 
Low grade and oat. 55 @ 75 
MILK. 
Exchange price increased to $1.51 per 40- 
quart can, netting three cents per quart to 26- 
cent freight zone shippers 
no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Extra creamery . .. 
Under grades . 
State dairy, extras, 
bower grades . . . 
Factory . 
Packing stock . 
Imitation creamery 
where 
there are 
.. 21 
@ 
21% 
. . 15 
Oil 
20 
_ - 
@ 
20 
.. 13 
@ 
18 
@ 
14 
. . 11 
@ 
13 
. . 14 
@ 
17 
. . 11 
@ 
17 
CHEESE. 
Full cream . 
Skims . 
9%@ 10 
5 @ 8 % 
EGGS. 
Fancy selected white. — @ 30 
Fresh gathered, fair to choice. 25 @ 29 
Refrigerator, Spring pack.... 19 @20 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated . 4 
Sun dried . 3 
Chops, 100 It)S. 1.50 
Cores and skins.1.25 
Cherries . 12 
Huckleberries . — 
Blackberries . 6 
Raspberries . — 
@ 6% 
@ 4 % 
@1.75 
@1.65 
@ 13 
@ 13 
@ oy 2 
@ 19 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, choice Fall varieties. . 1.25 @3.00 
Winter sorts .1.25 @2.50 
Pears, Bartlett and Seckel... 2.50 @5.00 
Aniou, Clairgeau and Bose..2.00 @4.00 
IvieTer . 50 @1.50 
Quinces .2.75 @4.00 
Peaches, poor and dull. bkt. . . 25 @ 75 
(trapes, Delaware, 4-Ih bkt. . .. 14 @ 10 
Niagara . 8 @ 15 
Black . 10 @ 11 
Bulk, ton ._4_5.00@ 65.00 
Cranberries, fancy .5.50 @6.25 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bushel .3.00 @3.75 
Hickory nuts, new.2.50 @3.00 
Pecans, lb . 7%©, 9 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, com. to ch. 32 
Pacific coast. . 30 
Olds . .14 
German crop. 1904. 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, prime, bbl.2.00 
Lower grades .1.50 
Sweets .1.50 
Beets, bbl.1.00 
Carrots . 75 
Citron, bbl. 50 
Cabbage, 100 .2.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.1-00 
Celery, doz. bunches. 2ft 
Egg plants, bTil.2,(to 
Lettuce, bbl. 40 
Onions, white .2.00 
Yellow .1.75 
Red .1-25 
Peppers, bbl. 50 
Spinach, bbl. 75 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. 75 
Turnips, ruta baga, bbl. 50 
Tomatoes, husJlel . 40 
Hothouse, lb. 15 
@ 38 
@ 36 
@ 18 
@ 08 
@2.25 
(a 1.75 
<g 2.00 
<a 1.25 
@1.25 
@ 7 5 
@4.00 
@ 1.75 
@ 50 
@3.00 
@ 75 
(a 7.(to 
@2.50 
@2.(t(l 
@ LOO 
(a 1.00 
@ 1.00 
(a 85 
@ 75 
@ 18 
GAME. 
English Snipe, doz.2.00 @2.50 
Woodcock, pair .1.50 @2.50 
Grouse, pair .2.00 @2.75 
Partridges, pair .2.00 @2.50 
Wild ducks, Canvas, pair.1.00 @3.00 
Mallards . 75 @1.25 
Venison, lb. 18 @ 25 
Rabbits, pair . 30 @ 35 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves . 
Hogs . 
Roasting pigs ....% . 
8 @ 12 
8 @ 8 % 
10 @ 12 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . 
. 11%® 
. 12 @ 
12i/. 
13 
. 12 
@ 
@ 
14 
. 50 
80 
Geese, pair . 
Pigeons, pair . 
.1.12 
Or 1 
@ 
.50 
15 
DRESSED 
POULTRY. 
@ 
@ 
23 
t'hickens, fair to fanev 
. 16 
24 
Lower grades . 
. 11 
.. . 1 
@ 
@ 
14 
1214 
. 15 
@ 
18 
. 14 
@ 
17 
Squabs, dozen . 
@2 
.75 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.90 @5.00 
i o on 
@8.75 
@4.25 
@6.35 
@5.55 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Ton to car lot prices. All ammoniates 
higher. 
Nitrate of soda. 48.00@ 52.00 
Dried blood . 56.00@ 60.00 
Cotton-seed meal . 30.00@! 35.00 
Kainit . 10.00@ 12.00 
Muriate of potash. 38.00@ 44.00 
Acid phosphate . 12.00@ 16.00 
MARKET NEWS 
Jamaica Oranges. —Receipts at this port 
for the season up to the middle of October 
were 7,340 barrels and 6,098 boxes. The 
proportion boxed is four times that of last 
year. The prices realized are a little higher 
than a year ago, barrels having sold for $5 
and boxes $3. These oranges come at a fav¬ 
orable time, when both Florida and California 
fruit is practically off the market. The qual¬ 
ity is only fair. 
Cheese is down one-half cent, owing to 
heavy arrivals with large stocks on the way* 
and very slow trade. For some time the 
price lias been too high for speculative buy¬ 
ing, but it is possible that this reduction may 
stir up a little interest. The demand is al¬ 
most entirely for small sizes. The large 
cheeses are from one-lialf to one cent less 
and hard to sell at that. The supply of 
skims is only moderate, but the call for them 
is very light. Some prefer a good skim 
cheese to the best full cream, but it is hard 
to get a fair grade at retail. The few deal¬ 
ers who handle it usually have a chunk well 
dried on the outside and tough enough for 
boot heels. Of course few will buy such 
stuff. I knew one grocer who for a time had 
a large trade in choice skims. He kept them 
in good condition and they went like hot 
cakes. The name “skims" is a rather unfor¬ 
tunate one anyway, as people discount the 
quality more than is deserved. 
Grapes are selling well. As usual Dela¬ 
ware brings most. Niagara is close to it. but 
there is a wide range of value in Niagara, 
some selling the lowest of any on this mar¬ 
ket. A good many Niagaras are picked too 
green. After standing awhile they become 
poor and watery, and no one cares Tor a sec¬ 
ond basket. This variety has none too much 
flavor when at its best, and but for its flue 
appearance would not rank so high as Con¬ 
cord. Niagaras ought to be greenish white 
rather than the grass green often seen. When 
properly handled these fully ripe white grapes 
keep well. I have had them from storage at 
New Year's equal in every respect to any I 
ever ate from the vines. They retailed at 30 
cents for a three-pound basket. Large quan¬ 
tities of bulk grapes in boxes and 20-pound 
baskets are arriving. These are made into 
wine, jams, etc., and the condirion into which 
some of them get by the time they reach the 
east side wineries ought to be enough to 
make any looker-on a total abstainer. Rotten 
grapes worked up in dirty cellars by people 
who apparently never bathe is a fair de¬ 
scription of some of the places seen. 
Squab Guineas. —A short time since a 
reader asked regarding the sale for young 
guinea fowls here. They are used to some 
extent by hotels as a substitute for grouse 
and other game, which it is difficult to get on 
account of the stringent laws forbidding ship¬ 
ment from one State to another. For this 
purpose the young guineas must be less than 
one pound in weight and in good condition. 
The name of a first-class dealer in game and 
similar products was given the inquirer, and 
after some correspondence and an interview 
by long-distance telephone he shipped about 
190 birds. The price received was 75 cents 
a pair, and the sender was very much disap¬ 
pointed. I saw the birds on the day of their 
arrival. Some of them were too large, and 
could not in any way pass for squab guineas. 
They brought down the average price of the 
lot,* but the dealer insisted that the 
buyer should take them all, as he was afraid 
that if the large ones were left they would 
have to go very low. Under the circum¬ 
stances the sale seemed to be about as good 
as could be expected. 
Apples.— The market lias not improved 
specially except that it is a little less bur 
dened with windfalls. Some of the best 
apple men are doing very little buying, as 
they are afraid to lay in stocks at the prices 
asked, and will depend on commission re¬ 
ceipts to supply their trade. The prices at 
which apples are retailing in barrel lots in 
this city apparently do not warrant field 
buyers bidding very high. During the past 
week I have seen single barrels of fair Bald¬ 
wins offered for $1.75. After deducting the 
cost of barrels, freight and handling and 
storage expenses, the bare fruit would net 
quite a little under $1. But it must be re¬ 
membered that there is practically no con¬ 
sumptive demand for Winter apples now. 
These apples must be held until fit to use 
before anywhere near their actual value can 
be obtained. It is clear that the argument 
used by many buyers, that $1 per barrel is 
ail the market will stand, is not strictly ten¬ 
able. Field buying of Winter apples is neces¬ 
sarily a speculation, based on what consumers 
will pay three months afterward. Whether 
a grower should sell at $1 or a little above, or 
not, depends entirely on his facilities for 
holding. Where help is scarce and distance 
from adequate storage, considerable, early 
selling at going prices to some one who would 
do all the hand work, might be better than 
$2 later. If one is situated so that he can 
hold the apples, and has a commission man 
whom he can depend upon, he may clear at 
least one-third more than by selling early. 
Some of the trade papers periodically make 
a hard luck wail about tHe poor apple buyers. 
One might think that the farmers exacted a 
high bid at the point of a deadly weapon. 
Those buyers who two or three years ago 
lost so heavily had only themselves to blame. 
Part of them were of a type that are an in¬ 
jury to both trade and growers, and quite a 
heavy per cgnt of their losses actually fell 
on the farmers who were unjustly docked for 
low quality or beaten out of the last few 
deliveries. Now and then a farmer may make 
more by selling to a speculator who takes all 
sorts of risks, but for a term of years a bet¬ 
ter average will be had by dealing with con¬ 
servative buyers who expect to pay their bills 
and hope to’do business with the same grow¬ 
ers more than one season. _ w. w. H. 
Visitors to the St. Louis Exposition for 
November will have an opportunity to see 
two speed exhibitions by Dan Patch, the 
world’s champion harness horse, record 
1.56%, owned by M. \Y. Savage, of Minne¬ 
apolis, Minn. These exhibits will be given 
at the Delmar Race Track, opposite the ad¬ 
ministration entrance, on November 5 and 
10. at two I’. M. 
SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR 
NEW SPRAYING 
MIXTURES. 
See October numbers of RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
One Barrel Makes 500 Gallons. 
Delivered any R. R. Station East Missis¬ 
sippi River for $5.00 in advance. 
CHARLES WARNER COMPANY, 
WILMINGTON, DEL. 
ATTENTION KSS 
favor os with your orders. Mail orders a Specialty 
I. HERZ. Labor Agency, 2 Carlisle St., New Yori 
JF fit cured to STAY CURED. No 
medicines needed afterwards 
Book 64F Free. Dr. P. Harold Hayes, Buffalo, N. Y. 
HOLSTEINS. 
High-Class Advanced Registry Stock only. Best 
butter families. Stock for Sale. 
WOODSIDE FARM, 
Princeton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. 
JOHN B. MARCOr. 
a 
QUALITY.” 
rnn 0A| C I Jersey Bull Calf,double grandson 
rUn oALl ■ of Emma's Pearl57485; best 21 lbs. 
butter In 7 da vs, from 365 lbs. of milk; 87 lbs. butter 
in 30 days, from 1522 lbs. milk. The greatest Jersey 
cow that ever lived Aiso heifer calves, grand 
daughters of Emma's Pearl; dams giving over 8,000 
lbs. milk a year, and making over 400 lbs. butter. 
No fancy prices. Everything guaranteed. Address, 
E. W. MOSHER, Aurora, N. Y. 
THE FAMOUS 0. I. C. SWINE. 
Fall Pigs, service Boars: best strains; all bred 
from recorded stock. Prices reasonable. 
S. T. WITHER, Union Deposit, Pa. 
Chester Whites and Cheshires 
Choice in quality and breeding; also Hampshire 
Sheep. E. S. HILL. Freeville, N. Y. 
CCDDCTC —Good Rat and Rabbit Hunters at 
iXIfllE I Oi Shady Lawn Ferret Farm. Price 
list free. W. J. WOOD, New London,Ohio. 
SQUABS PAY HENS 
Easier, need attention only part of 
time, bring big prices. Raised In one 
month. Money-makers for poultry- 
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APPLES, 
Pears, Grapes, Potatoes, and all fruits 
and vegetables. Fancy Eggs, Game, etc. 
Highest market prices obtained for choice 
products. Write us w hat you have to sel 1. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray Street, New York 
Apples, Pears, Poultry, But¬ 
ter and Eggs, to E. B. WOOD¬ 
WARD. 302 Greenwich Street, 
New York. Established 1838. 
GUO. P. HAMMOND. KST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO.. 
Commission Merchants and Dealers In all kindB oi 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty, a Consignments solicited. 
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lUfl itCI* I ■ able for Onions or Celery. 
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