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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
SATURDAY, March 29, 1890. 
The Edmunds Meat Exportation bill 
which requires all meats exported to be 
inspected at ports of shipment, is meeting 
with opposition on the grounds that, if it 
becomes a law, such inspection would add 
much to the cost of meats, delay them in 
transit, and cause deterioration due to 
opening and rehandling the packages. 
Various interests propose different com¬ 
promises, and it is to be hoped that some 
means will be devised to insure the health¬ 
fulness of all animals and meats exported, 
as the greatest need of this country is an 
unrestricted foreign market for its abun¬ 
dant products.A peach exchange 
has been formed at Lebanon, Hunterdon 
County, New Jersey, and all the principal 
fruit growers of that section are connected 
with it. The farmers say that, barring 
future cold snaps, they will have a fair crop 
of fruit this season. The peach trees look 
remarkably well, considering the season... 
“ An Honest i>Ian is the Noblest Work 
of God,” and vice versa. 
We can bear philosophically the annoy¬ 
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“perfected” by one unscrupulous persen, 
ignorant of our formulas, and so with 
really nothing to perfect; or our testimo¬ 
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success. We content ourselves with caution¬ 
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are known only to ourselves, and it is im¬ 
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or dishonest, to obtain them, either by 
fraud, as one claims to have done or other¬ 
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County Red. $3 5<)®$4 00: Eastern White,#3 fHxa#10 00 ; 
Eastern Red, $5 00®$-; 8tate, Yellow, $3 50®$4 50. 
Cauliflower, per bbl.. $8 00®$3 00; Squash, Marrow, 
$1 75®$2 00; do Hubbard. #2 00 a $2 25; Celery, per doz. 
bunches, 20e®$l 50. Tomatoes, per crate, SI 50® $3 00. 
Beefs: per crate, 75e@$i 50: Asparagus, per bunch, 
SO 60®$0 75: Egg Plant, per bbl., S3 Oo®$8 00: Kale, per 
bbl , $1 00<a$l 50; Spinach, per bbl. S2 00«$3 00 ; Peas, 
per crate, #2 00®$5 0U; String Beans, per crate, $2 0O@ 
$7 00. 
HORTICULTURIST’S 
RULE-BOOK. 
Communications Received for the Week Ending 
March 29 , 1890 . 
BY L. W. BAILEY, 
Corresponding Editor of The American Garden, Horticulturist of the Cornell Experiment Station 
and Professor of Horticulture in Cornell University. 
F. H. O. B.—L. H P.-A. H. V. D.—T. H. H.—F. E. L. 
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COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, March 29 1890 . 
Beans.— Marrows—New', $2 45®$2 50; New Mediums, 
choice, *1 70®$175; Pea. $1 70®$175; Ked Kidney, $4 15; 
White Kidney, choice,$2 50®$2 55; Foreign Mediums, 
$1 50®$1 ;t>5 California Lima, $3 40®$3 45: Italian,$1 60 
®$1 75. Green Peas, $0 95<®$1 00. 
Buttkb—N ew—State and Pennsylvania, best, 2S®24c; 
Elgin,best, 2614®27c: Western.best,24t$®25e; do prime, 
20 <4 22c: do good, 17®19- dopoor, 12® 15; State, Dairy, 
balf-tlrklns, tubs, best, 23®—c ; do do prime, 20®22; 
do do hue, 16®18; Welsh tubs, line, 20®22c; do do, 
good, 15®18; Ilrklns, best, —a-c; do prime, —0—c, 
do tine,—®—c. Western Imitation Creamery, best, 
19®21; do flue, 14al6; Western dairy, One, 16al8c; 
do falr,Ui®13c; do poor. 6®6>6c; do factory,fresh, best, 
18@19e do orlme. 15017: no good, 1 U« 12 : do poor,6 
<®9c; Old butter from 3 to 7c. per pound less. 
CHttKstt.—state factory, fancy, 10H<®llj{c; do do fine, 
93i@H>^c; do do. primed® 10c; <10 do. fair to good, 
bj*(®9>4c: Ohio, flat, prime. i0@l0V$c; do good,—®—c; 
do, good, —<®—; Skims, light, 7&®8J4c; do medium, 
6®7c; do full, 2®4c. 
Eaos.—Near-by fresh,15®-c; Canadlan.l4J^®14Jic 
Southem.lSM'au^c: Western, best, 14Hj®14£tc; Duck, 
26®8l)c. Goose, 50®60c. 
Fruits.—Krksh.— Apples, per bbl. $3 00®$5 00; 
Pears, per bbl, $2 (XK<d$8 50; do per keg, $2 00@2 75 ; 
Grapes, best, per lb, 5® He, do, good. 3@4e. Cranberries, 
C. C., per bbl, $11 uKn»$l t; do per crate, $2 75:di$4 25 ; 
Jersey, do, $3 50 a$5 00. Lemons, per box. $2 50®$4 00; 
Oranges, Florida. $2 00®$3 00. Strawberries, 20®50c. 
Domestic Dried -Apples—Evaporated, old, 5®8c 
do choice, new.8>$®i0c; prime, 9®91-ic: sliced, new, 
3t6@5e; do old. 3^®844;c: Chop;ied.4®4;<e, Coresand 
skins, 2<®214o. Cherries, new, 8(®12c: no, old, 8<®10o. 
Raspberries, new. 22®27c ; Blackberries, I'atkiC. 
Peaches, Delaware, evaporated, peeled, 13020c; do do, 
unpeeled, 6®9c; Georgia, evaporated, peeled, new, 13 
<®15o: do do do, uupeeied,7tn®10c;do do, sundrled, t>kj 
«9tsc. Huckleberries, new, 10>£®ilc. Plums,new, 5hj® 
6«C. 
Gamk.— Plover, per doz, $1 25®$l 50 : Snipe do, do, 
$1 20 r®$ 200 ; Woodcock, per pair, $-<®$-; Grouse- 
do do. —®— ; Partridges do, $-to8- Duck, Mai; 
lard. 65@75o; do, Teal. 20@40c; do, Redhead,$0 30®$1 uo : 
do Canvas-back, $1 U0®$200. 
Hay and Straw. -Timothy, best. 80®85c; do good, 
7074750; do medium. 50<i$0 60 : Clover, mixed, 45@60e; 
shipping, 30® lOo. Straw— No. 1 rye, 80®S5e ; short 
rye, 40®50c, oat and wheat, 30®40c. 
Honey—I n one-pound boxes. White Clover 11® 12c; 
Buckwheat, 10® 11c; Beeswax 22®23c. 
Hops.— State. New, 18®19c; do, good, 16®17e; do 
common, 13® 14c; do 1388, oesi.l2al3c; dodo, prime,10® 
lie; do do, common, 7®Sc ; California, New, best, It)® 
17c; do good to prime, 12® 14c; do Old, best, ll®l2e; 
do common and fair, 7®9e. 
Nuts.— Peanutsarequlct. Fancy,hand-picked.quoted 
79408c. and farmers' grades at 6®7!®c, Pecans, 6^,® 
9c. Chestnuts, $4 00®$6 00 per bushel; Hickory Nuts, 
$1 25.14$ 1 75 per bushel. 
Poultry.-Drksskd— Turkeys, mixed, per lb 12® 
17c; Fowls, western, choice, 12®13c; do common to 
good, 11012c; Ducks, spring, good, 10® 16; Squab, 
white, perdozen, $2 50®$4 00, do dark, do. $2 oo*u$2 75; 
Chickens, spring, 13®22c: Fowls, near by, 12<<4ISe; 
Capons. 14®22c; Slips, 16®18e, Broilers, heavy, 25®8>c; 
do. light, 35®43c. 
Poultry—Live. —Chickens—Spring, per lb,- 
Fowls near-by, per lb, I3®i3k,c, do Western, per lb,pju 
®13e; roosters, per lb, 7®7j*e ; Turkeys, per lb, ®i,3 
14c, Ducks, Western, per pair, 75®$1 00; Geese,West¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 35®$ 1 60. 
Skedh. -For clover, the best lots. In an export way, 
are at 6c., white there are some common grades as 
low as 5c Timothy quoted ut $1 50w$l 60. Canary, 
2® 4c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes—Maine, per bbl. $190®$2 65; 
Long Island do. $2: Statedo,$l 25®$2 25; Western, do, 
$1 00®$2 25; Bermuda, do, $6 00®$10 11 O; Florida, do, 
$3 5l)®*ti 00; Scotch Magnum, per 163 1b. sack, $175 
04 $I 90, Sweets do, $3 25®$ I 75. Cabbage, per 100, 
$10 00®$15. Turulps,perbbl,90®$100; Onions—Orange 
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