THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 3 
868 
MARKETS 
Wholesale prices at New York. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red. 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth.... — 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. 
Oats, mixed . 
'Rye . 
Harley ... 
PEED. 
City bran . . 
Middlings . 24.00@ 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, prime. 16.50@ 
No. 3 to No. 1. 
Clover and clover mixed.. 
Straw, long rye. 
Short and oat. 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price 3% cents per 
quart to shippers in 26-cent freight zone, in 
effect November 23. 
BUTTER. 
©1 
• 18% 
— (a 1 
• 32% 
— @ 
56 
— @ 
36 
@ 
82 
— © 
46 
22.00© 
24 no 
24.00@ 
26.00 
16.50@ 
17.0U 
12.50 @ 
16.00 
13.00© 
15.' 
18.00© 
22.00 
12.00 <a 
13.50 
25 
@ 
25% 
Thirds to firsts. 
17 
© 
24% 
Imitation creamery. 
15 y 2 «i 
19 
State dairy. 
14 
@ 
23 
Factory . 
13 
@ 
@ 
16 % 
Renovated . 
13 
19 
Packing stock . 
13 
© 
15 
CHEESE. 
Full cream . 
10 
@ 
11 % 
Skims . 
7 
@ 
9% 
EGGS. 
Fancy selected white. 
36 
@ 
38 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, choice table varieties.. 
•> 
,00 
@4, 
.00 
Lower grades. 
T 
.25 
© 1. 
.75 
Pears, Seckel, bbl. 
3 
.00 
©0 
.00 
Clairgeau . 
DO 
© 5 
.00 
Kieffer . 
I 
0(1 
© 2. 
.25 
Quinces, bbl. 
•J 
.00 
@4 
.00 
Grapes, Delaware. 4-lb bkt.... 
13 
© 
16 
Niagara . 
10 
© 
15 
12 
Black . 
10 
(ft) 
Cranberries, bbl. 
©7. 
.50 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evaporated . 
3%@ 
3 @ 
6% 
4 
Raspberries . 
21 
© 
22 
Huckleberries. 
12 
© 
T2% 
Blackberries . 
6% © 
7 
Cherries . 
13 
© 
14 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, bbl .. 
@2, 
.25 
Sweet potaioes . 
•) 
.00 
© 3, 
.50 
Beets and carrots, bbl. 
75 
(a 1 , 
.00 
Citron, bill . 
50 
© 
75 
Cabbage, 100 . 
Caulitlowers, bbl. 
Celery, dozen . 
Chicory, bbl. 
Egg plants, half 1)1)1. bkt 
Lettuce, 1)1)1. 
Onions, white, bbl. 
LOO 
.1.30 
. 25 
.2.00 
. 2.00 
75 
. 2.00 
Yellow .2.00 
Red 
1.50 
© 3.50 
(a 3.50 
(a 4 0 
@3.00 
©3.00 
<0 1.25 
<>i 6.50 
(a 2.50 
©2.00 
Parsnips, bbl.1.00 © 1.25 
10 
3.00 
75 
50 
Peppers, nearby, bbl 
Radishes, Southern, bbl 
Spinach, bbl. 
Turnips, ruta baga . .. . 
Watercress, 100 bunches.1.00 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bushel .2.00 
liickorynuts, bushel .1.50 
Peacans, TT> . 7 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, choice. Hi. 37 
Common to prime. 31 
Olds . 14 
German crop, 1004. 02 
LIVE POULTRY. 
@1.50 
@5.00 
(,i 1.00 
fa 90 
(<J 2.00 
@3.50 
(a 2.50 
@ 8 
© 
@ 
@ 
('hickens 
@ 
39 
.44 
18 
74 
11 
11 
Roosters . 
_ 
7% 
Turkeys . 
. . 
© 
15 
Ducks, pair . 
@ 
80 
Geese, pair .. 
.1.12 
@ 1 
.50 
'Pigeons . 
@ 
20 
DRESSED 
POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 
. 17 
© 
22 
Chickens, choice .... 
. 19 
@ 
20 
Lower grades. 
. 13 
© 
17 
Fowls . 
. 11 
@ 
12% 
Ducks . 
. 14 
@ 
18 
Geese . 
. 13 
@ 
1 7 
Squabs, dozen . 
.1.75 
m 
1.75 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, prime. 11 © 
Grassers .. 4 @ 
Hogs . 7 @ 
Roasting pigs. 11 @ 
GAME. 
Quail, dozen.3.50 
Woodcock, pair .1.00 
Partridges, pair.1.50 
Ducks, Canvas, pair.1.00 
Rabbits, pair . 25 
LIVE STOCK. 
Calves, veal .5.00 
Grassers .2.75 
Sheep .3.00 
Lambs .5.50 
Hogs . — 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
All ammoniates higher. 
Nitrate of soda. 49.00® 
Dried blood. 56.00@ 
Muriate of potash. 38.00© 
Kainit . 9.75@ 
Acid phosphate .. 10.00@ 
11 % 
6 
7% 
12 
(<j 4.00 
@ 1.25 
@ 1.75 
@2.00 
© 35 
@8.50 
@3.00 
@4.25 
(<j 0.30 
@5.00 
54.00 
02.00 
44.00 
12.00 
15.00 
MARKET NEWS 
Butter. —While not quotabiy higher than 
last week, the butter grades are scarce and 
the market decidedly firm. Outside custom¬ 
ers are paying more than quoted prices in 
order to get choice goods. As is usually the 
case with the coming of cold weather the per¬ 
centage of defective butter has increased, but 
this will not continue after the cows, feeders 
and handlers become adjusted to Winter con¬ 
ditions. Considerable experience is needed to 
slide from Fall pasture to Winter conditions 
without disturbing the quality of the butter, 
and those who do not acquire this knack lose 
money every year. In grades below extras 
some of the trade is taking storage in prefer¬ 
ence to fresh made, the latter showing more 
defects. 
Milk Advanced. —At a special meeting the 
New York Milk Exchange increased the price 
to producer one-fourth cent, in effect Novem¬ 
ber 23. It now stands $1.71 per 40-quart 
can or 3% cents net to shippers in 26-cent 
freight zone, at places where no station 
charges are made. This does not mean that 
every producer in the zone named gets this 
price or that no one gets more. This is a 
sort of general basis on which dealers oper¬ 
ate. In sections where competition is slight 
or the production particularly heavy, they 
may be able to buy at quite a reduction. The 
pith of the agreement among exchange mem¬ 
bers seems to lie that the price shall not, as 
a rule, go over the figure named. It may be 
as much less as the bargaining of dealers may 
be able to obtain. 
Fruits. —At,this writing reports from ship¬ 
ments to Europe are unfavorable, and the 
market is accordingly weak, though prices 
are not specially changed. McIntosh still 
leads in retail price, as the regular Winter 
sorts are hardly fit for consumption yet. 
There is but little business in pears at pres¬ 
ent. Choice Sockets have advanced, selling in 
a small way at $5 to $6 per barrel. Grapes 
have been doing very well, the retail price 
remaining practically unchanged from week 
to week. Some time ago large quantities of 
four-pound baskets of grapes were peddled out 
at 10 cents per basket. I have seen very lit¬ 
tle of this in the past two years, not because 
of short crops, but on account of better meth¬ 
ods of distribution here, which have avoided 
the gluts that made so many of these clear¬ 
ing out sales necessary. Comparatively few 
of these four-pound baskets have retailed for 
less than 15 cents this season, and with eight- 
pound 20 or 25 cents has been about the bot¬ 
tom. 
Poultry. —The Thanksgiving market start¬ 
ed off with a whoop, but eased down very 
much toward the end. The wholesale price 
on fairly good turkeys ranged anywhere from 
18 to 25 cents, and at retail they went from 
23 to 33. Some lots of mixed, old and young, 
received the latter part of the week preced¬ 
ing Thanksgiving, sold for 25 cents straight. 
Some fresh killed nearby birds brought even 
more than 25 cents wholesale, high-class deal 
ers taking them for a trade that demands the 
best regardless of price. A few bargain stores 
sold at retail as low as 18 or 20 cents, but 
these were either off color or genuine scrubs. 
I never saw more thin, bony turkeys in a hol¬ 
iday market. All that most of them needed 
was a little corn, which might have been fed 
at a good profit this year. Early in Thanks¬ 
giving week receipts of turkeys increased so 
much that buyers became frightened and re¬ 
fused to do anything except at: reduced prices, 
which receivers soon saw that they must 
grant, so that even choice birds which got in 
late sold for several cents under top prices 
at the start. The market for choice chickens 
held very good on account of high price and 
poor quality of turkeys. The weather was a 
little too mild for dry picked poultry, many 
long distance lots of which came more or less 
damaged. w. w. H. 
THE FIRST KEROSENE EMULSION 
In the editorial department of the Septem¬ 
ber issue of the New York Independent, under 
the caption, “Farmers’ New Problems,” is a 
brief summary of the steady march of prog¬ 
ress and changes along agricultural lines, and 
a few words in regard to the many insect and 
fungoid pests with which the farmer has had 
to contend, and the methods used to control 
or exterminate them. To quote: “Whoever 
made the first gallon of kerosene emulsion, 
whether Riley or Cook, was worthy to be 
classed among the world's great benefactors.” 
Now, that this credit may be rightfully 
placed, and in justice to one of the oldest 
well-known gardeners in New England, I 
quote from the Yearbook of Agriculture for 
1899, page 150, in an article on kerosene 
emulsion: “George Cruickshanks of Whitin- 
ville, Mass., used a mixture of kerosene and 
whale-oil soap as early as May, 1870, prac¬ 
tically producing an emulsion. ... In 
1878 A. J. Cook recommended a mixture of 
kerosene oil and soap suds. ... In 1SS1-2 
II. G. Hubbard, working for the Division of 
Entomology, made a stable milk emulsion 
with condensed milk, and in 1884 the same 
investigation originated by experiment the 
standard kerosene-soap emulsion now com¬ 
monly known as the ‘Riley-IIubbard’ formula.” 
Thus it will be seen that by authentic record 
Mr. Cruickshanks discovered and used the 
kerosene emulsion eight years previous to its 
adoption by Mr. Cook. A further record of 
this discovery may be seen in a communica¬ 
tion from Mr. Cruickshanks over date of 
.lune 3, 1870, in “Tilton’s Journal of Horti¬ 
culture’’ of that year, in which the wriler 
describes his experience with this emulsion 
and gives his formula for making it. These 
authorities establish beyond question the fact 
of Mr. Cruickshanks’ prior claim as the orig¬ 
inator of this emulsion. H. w. h. 
Fitchburg, Mass. 
Birds and Potato Beetles. —In the second 
item on page 768 you ask, “What bird eats 
the Potato beetle?” You appear to believe 
that no birds do this. There is a kind of 
bird in this part of the country which I have 
noticed several seasons eating the young Po¬ 
tato beetles. The birds were so plentiful 
some seasons as to make spraying or picking 
of beetles unnecessary. I am unable to give 
(he name of these birds. One of the mates 
is gray, about like a sparrow, the other black, 
with some white marks, and they are about 
the size of a robin or slightly smaller. There 
are not so many of the birds seen here the 
last two or three seasons as formerly. 
E. L. 
The jar, jar, jar of constant coughing! 
Hammer blows, steadily applied, break the hardest rock. Cough¬ 
ing, day after day, jars and tears the throat and lungs until the 
healthy tissues give way. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral stops the 
coughing. Nature repairs the damage. You are cured. i 
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too William Street, New York. 
Chicago Offices : 1 PS-100 Madison Street. 
Save K the Feed 
Original Eureka Steam Feed Cooker will cook 
a barrel of Feed in one-half hour. Requires 
but little fuel. Saves labor. Tested to one 
hundred pounds' pressure. Been on the 
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Price No. 1 with 9 Flues.$19.50 
“ “ 2 “13 “ .20.50 
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KETTLE COOKERS 
Actual gals. 
15 
20 
30 
40 
55 
65 
75 
price, as there 
Price 
HingedCovcr ext ra$. 3 O 
$4.90 
5.40 
7.20 
8.30 
9.50 
10.60 
11.80 
is nothing 
Coal Grate extra. .1.85 
1 elbow, ) 
1 length pipe, > free. 
1 damper, ) 
You could not buy better 
kettle cookers at any 
better manufactured. 
Farmers’ Favorite Feed Cooker 
NO. 
GALS. 
SIZE 
LENGTH 
PRICK 
CAPACITY 
HOII.KR FIRE IlOX 
1 
25 
22x22x12 
24 in. 
$7.65 
2 
30 
22x23x1254 
24 in. 
8.65 
3 
40 
22x30x14 
30 in. 
10.10 
4 
60 
22x36x15 
36 in. 
10.75 
5 
15 
22x48x17 
4S in. 
11.90 
6 
100 
22x60x17 
90 in. 
13.25 
Grate for Coal extra. 
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Ho. Lengfh Capacity Price 
0 0 ft. 6J4I1I1U. $12.00 
1 5 ft. 4 bbls. 10.25 
2 4 ft. 3 bbls. 0.00 
3 4 ft. IS*bbls. 8.50 
Elbow, length of pipe 
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RAW FURS AND GINSENG WANTED. 
For reliable prices send two-cent stamp. 
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1 Calves 
1 Nuts, 
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