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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
score. I was advised to use Moore Bros.’ 
“ General Cow Drink.” It comes in tin 
cans, has only to be mixed with a quart of 
water to be ready for use. I use it very 
freely: if a cow is ailing and I can not tell 
what the trouble is, I give half a dose of 
the G. C D., and, 19 times in 20, it set,s the 
machine running again. In severe cases of 
milk fever, I use aconite freely in addition 
to this medicine, and it is astonishing how 
much medicine it takes to affect a sick cow: 
The G. C. D. is coming into very general 
use, and is very handy. While on the cow 
subject, I will give another pointer to those 
who may want it. If you have a cow which 
does not *• clean ” well after calving, wait 
12 hours; then throw down the throat about 
a table-spoonful of common gun-powder. It 
will not blow her up, but it will fire out the 
afterbirth. F. C. 
Grain with Pasture.— The question of¬ 
ten presents itself as to whether it pays or 
is best to feed grain to cows while on pas¬ 
ture. I believe it pays to feed cows grain 
all the year round, except, possibly, for a 
month or six weeks during the flush of the 
grass. Generally speaking, it is advisable 
to feed a cow all she will eat clean above 
six quarts a day, so long as each additional 
quart of feed gives an additional quart of 
milk. I am inclined to use corn and oats 
ground together, half and half, as a basis 
for feeding, and use, in addition, old-process 
linseed meal and wheat bran or middlings, 
according to price. F. M. C. 
“ Sanded” Fowls.— During the past year 
a good many poultrymen have advocated 
the mixing of sand with soft food given 
poultry. Tt Is claimed that this answersevery 
purpose of the broken shells or lime so fre¬ 
quently given to “ make shells.” A writer 
in the Florida Dispatch thinks this advice 
is bad for sandy regions like Florida. He 
says :—“ I have known at least one instance 
where a hen died from ‘sanding’as un¬ 
mistakably as a horse I once had; her craw 
was half full and weighted down with it, 
so that all movement or action was appar¬ 
ently destroyed.” 
A Silo Enthusiast.— Mr. J. E. Rogers 
is an earnest advocate of ensilage. He has 
doubled the amount of stock kept and 
trebled his net income'by adopting it. He 
plants a kind of corn that will mature to 
roasting ears as early as possible; but 
never after June 1. He does not want the 
corn to glaze before it is put in the silo. 
The cost of raising it last season was 38 
cents per ton to the time of cutting, and it 
cost 39 cents per ton' additional to cut and 
put it in the silo. The amount raised was 
nearly 18 tons per acre; 20 tons can be 
grown ; but any good land will produce 15 
tons. This amount, with a proper grain 
ration, will keep a cow and a half 
a year. The old method required five acres 
for keeping one cow. He does not grow 
grain, as he lost money by raising 30-cent 
oats. He has raised corn continually on one 
piece for six consecutive years. He spreads 
manure from the stable and plows it under 
to a depth of five inches. He uses about 
nine quarts of seed per acre; but would use 
less were it not for wire-worms which cause 
some trouble. The drills are 35 inches apart. 
Sweet corn is best for feeding first; but not 
for silage. His silo is of masonry for a 
depth of 15 feet, and has a cement bottom. 
When it is full, he places a layer of tar 
paper upon its contents and covers it with a 
foot ana a-half of sawdust. He feeds no 
hay except to dry cows; but he feeds silage 
the year through. He would be afraid to 
use a bay for a silo, as air must be kept 
from the silage. In 1888 he obtained 3,041 
quarts of milk per cow; in 1S89, 3,175. The 
yield of milk is greatest when it is most 
wanted, and least in hot summer weather 
when it is not desired. H. H. L. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
The “ Murray Beauty Phaeton.” 
The above picture represents a carriage 
made by the Wilbur H. Murray Manufac¬ 
turing Co., of Cincinnati, O. As our 
readers well know, this firm manufacture 
about everything in the way of horse and 
carriage furnishings. We know that their 
sales have been large, and it is evident that 
purchasers are very generally satisfied. 
The Murray people have, as we understand, 
done away with all middlemen. Send for 
their catalogue and see what they offer. 
AGRICULTURAL HEWS. 
SATURDAY. July 5, 1S90. 
Dispatches from New Orleans say that a 
new and very destructive cotton pest has 
appeared in Madison Parish in that State, 
doing great harm to the young cotton 
plant. The insect, which has never been 
seen before, is a small beetle, about an inch 
long, very acQpe on the 'ving, and able to 
hop about like a flea. It has devoured every¬ 
thing green wherever it has appeared, but 
particularly the young cotton, which it 
totally destroys, while other plants look as 
though they had been frost-bitten. The 
cotton beetle is as yet confined to only a 
portion of Madison Parish, and an attempt 
Is being made to exterminate it with Paris- 
green. .-pecimens will be sent to the United 
States Entomologist at Washington for 
classification. 
A prominent fruit commission man Bays 
that lemons have not been so scarce and 
high for years as they are at present. He 
says that the hot weather in the West is the 
cause of this, as there is an increased de¬ 
mand for the fruit there. In this city on 
last Tuesday and .Wednesday two cargoes 
of lemons, comprising 50,000 boxes, sold at 
auction, brought over $200,000. 
A New Jersey farmer is cultivating 9,000 
Chinese silk worms. 
For a disordered liver try Beecham's Pills. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Butter and Cheese.— The butter mar¬ 
ket is quiet, but there is a demand for the 
best grades of creamery and dairy, and 
strictly prime stock will sell quickly at 
outside quotations. The market is over¬ 
stocked with the lower grades, and sales of 
such must be made at low prices if at all. 
The offerings of cheese exceed the de¬ 
mand and the tendency of prices is down¬ 
ward. 
Fresh Fruits. —There is little change 
since last week, except that strawberries 
have become very much poorer and scarcer, 
and apples and blackberries more plentiful. 
The supply of apples comes mostly from 
Virginia, and very few of them are choice. 
They come in barrels and bushel crates. 
The latter sell more readily. Blackberries 
are very good and sell readily, but at lower 
prices. Gooseberries are scarce and wanted 
at good prices. Currants are a little lower, 
but the supply is not large. Sweet cherries 
are worth 12 to 16 cents per pound, if fine, 
and sour eight to 10 cents. . Raspberries are 
quite plentiful at lower prices, but many 
of them are of poor quality. Some are too 
ripe when picked, and consequently are 
very soft when they reach here. Huckle¬ 
berries are in good demand, and are taken 
quickly at good prices if in good condition. 
There has been a sale of California fruits, 
consisting of peaches, apricots, prunes and 
plums nearly every morning during the 
week. They sell readily at high prices. 
From present appearances we shall have 
very little cheap fruit this season. 
Michigan Fruit Prospects.— With the 
exception of small fruits, the crop promises 
to be below the average. The West Michi¬ 
gan Fruit Growers’ Society had reports at 
a recent meeting from nearly all the 
counties along the lake shore. The best 
report on apples indicated only a fair crop, 
while most of the counties reported very 
poor crops, and some of them nearly entire 
failures. A peculiar feature of the reports 
is that while some of them say Baldwins 
and some other varieties are failures, others 
report those same varieties as promising 
full crops, while other varieties are failures. 
Peaches and pears give promise of a very 
light crop, although an occasional orchard 
promises a good crop. In many cases, 
where the trees blossomed full, they either 
failed to set any fruit or else the fruit has 
dropped badly since. A new peach disease, 
said to be a fungus, and which is fatal in 
its effects, has made its appearance near 
Grand Rapids. Cherries and plums gener¬ 
ally promise fair to full crops, but in 
some cases light crops or failures are re¬ 
ported. Probably the whole State will not 
average more than one-half a full crop. 
Grapes are not so generally cultivated as 
other fruits, but the prospect is good for a 
fair to full crop. 
Dried Fruits.— The trade in dried 
fruits is always quiet during the summer 
months. While fresh fruits are plentiful, 
there is little call for dried. There is little 
change in prices, as the limited offerings 
about equal the demand. California dried 
fruits are becoming quite an important 
factor, and the most of them are of such . 
quality as to be very desirable. Some re¬ 
tailers claim that they do not keep well on 
account of a deficiency of sugar, but this 
must be because of improper drying, as the 
green fruits analyze high in sugar. 
The Vegetable Market.— Although 
last week’s receipts of potatoes exceeded 
80,000 barrels, the price has not declined, 
but, on the contrary, has advanced some¬ 
what. This is accounted for by the fact 
that stocks had been well cleaned up pre¬ 
viously, thus insuring a good demand, and 
also by the good quality of most of the 
receipts. The supply comes mostly from 
Norfolk, with quite a supply from North 
Carolina. Long Island beets are plentiful 
and sell from $1 to $2 per 100 bunches ac¬ 
cording to quality. Quite a good many 
onions come from Maryland and Virginia, 
but the quality is not high. Florida 
Marrow Squashes sell at 50 to 75 cents per 
barrel, at which price there can be little 
money for the grower. Tomatoes come 
from nearly every State on the coast, from 
New Jersey down to Mississippi. The best 
ones now arriving come from New Jersey 
and Maryland. Asparagus is practically 
out of market, the supply and demand both 
Deing limited. Green pease are higher, the 
best Long Island selling for $1.50 per bag. 
Wax beans come from Maryland and Nor¬ 
folk in one-half barrel baskets and crates at 
$1 to $1.75 per package according to qual¬ 
ity. String beans from Jersey bring $2.50 
to $3 per barrel. Cabbages are plentiful 
from Long Island and Jersey and the qual¬ 
ity is good. Cucumbers from Norfolk and 
Charleston are plenty and cheap. 
Grain Crops. —The past mvo weeks have 
been favorable to the winter wheat harvest 
in the Middle West, and harvesting is well 
under way as far north as Southern Michi¬ 
gan. The quality of the wheat is reported 
good, and tne yield will be about equal to 
lormer reports. Farmers, it is said, will 
be slow to sell at present prices, while 
millers are anxious to lay in heavy stocks. 
From all we are able to gather it seems 
evident that the tendency of prices will be 
upward instead of downward. Consider- 
aDle damage has been reported to spring 
wheat, by the hot weather, but this has 
probably been exaggerated, though any 
material injury will help to sustain prices. 
Oats show little improvement over pre¬ 
vious reports, and it seems evident that the 
crop will be the lightest harvested for sev¬ 
eral years. The hot weather has been very 
favorable to corn, which was backward, 
and it has made rapid growth. The pros¬ 
pect from present aDpearances is for a good, 
average crop. 
Numerous reports from North Carolina 
upon the condition of the cotton crop show 
that from five to six per cent, less cotton 
has been planted than last year. The con¬ 
dition is about 44 per cent, better than last 
year. The crop is two or three weeks 
earlier. The weather has been all that 
could be desired. The crop is clean and 
clear of grass, labor being abundant. 
Poultry and Eggs.— Large receipts of 
poultry have depressed prices somewhat, 
and our National holiday, which is also 
continued through Saturday by many busi¬ 
ness houses, has disturbed trade somewhat 
and made prices dull. This depression is 
not likely to be long continued, as the re¬ 
ceipts of poultry during the months of 
July and August are not usually very 
heavy, and those months are good ones in 
which to work off the old stock. Fat them 
well, ship alive In roomy coops and send, if 
possible, so that they will not arrive later 
in the week than Thursday—Tuesday or 
Wednesday would be still better. Eggs 
are dull for everything but strictly fresn, 
first-class stock. Present prices are not 
likely to rule much longer, however. 
A MODEL RAILWAY. 
The Burlington Route, C., B. & Q. R. R., 
operates 7,000 miles of road, with termini 
in Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul, Omaha, 
Kansas City and Denver. For speed, safety, 
comfort, equipment, track and efficient ser¬ 
vice it has no equal. The Burlington gains 
new patrons, but loses none.— Adv. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PEICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, July 5, i8go. 
Beans.—M arrows—New, $2 45; New Mediums choice. 
$190; Rea, «1 90; Red Kidney, 81 i0; White Kidney, 
choice, $2 850*2 40 ; Foreign Mediums, *1 500*1 65 ; 
California Lima, S3 600*3 TO; Italian, $1 650*1 75. 
Green Reas, 95c.0*l 05. Scotch Pease, $1.10. 
Butter— New—Elgin, best, 160017c; Western, best 
160160c; do prime, 14® 15c; Uo good, 12018' do poor, 
8011; State, Dairy, half-ttrKlns, tubs, best, 15015C0; Uo 
prime, 13014; do line, 11012; Welsh tubs, nne, 13®Hc; 
do good. 11012c. Western imitation Creamery, best, 
12013; do nne, 9@10; Western dairy, nne, lO0Uo ; 
do fair. 309c; do poor. 6«7c; do factory, fresn, best, 
9010c, do prime, 80090c, do good, 70S ; do poor, 5 
0616c. 
Cheese.—F ancy White, 80c: fancy colored, 896080c.; 
fair, 70w79ie ; light skims, 60®c6»$; skims, 3004^0. 
Kuos. — Near by, fresn, 15c ; Canadian. 140015c.; 
Soutnern, 140140c: Western, best, 1400140c. 
Fruits.— Fresh.— Apples, per obi. $2 000*3 50; Lem¬ 
ons, per box, *2500*4 50; Strawberries,60lac. Goose¬ 
berries, per quart, S0IOC. Cherries, Sweet, 12t»lbe. 
Raspberrlt s, ted a0iuc: Blackcaps, 4*60 ; Huckleber¬ 
ries, 10016c; Blackberries, 6010c; Currants, 6iy»sc. 
per lb.. Reaches, $2083 50 per crate; Water-melons, 
Florida, *150*26 per mo; Musk-melons. *20*4 per 
obi.. 
Domestic DRikD-Apples—Evaporated, old, 70316c.; 
doeholee, new. 10011c; prime, 900994c; sliced, new, 
40060c; do old, 300394c, Chopped, -t<040c, Cores and 
skins, 19402c. Ctiernes. new. 3012c, do, old, 301bc. 
Raspberries, new. 26030c; Blackberries, 30040c. 
Readies, Delaware, evaporated, peeled, i6022c, do do, 
unpeeled, 7010c; Georgia, evaporated, peeled, new, 13 
0iac ; do do do, uupeeied,7i©90c; do do, sundrled, 30 
He. Huckleberries, new, 3010c. Plums, new, 506c. 
Game.— Plover, per do*, si 000*1 75 ; Snipe do do, 
*1 000*2 U0. 
Hay and Straw, -ilmotny, best, 35090c; do good, 
6O0iOc; do medium, 5OC06O; Clover, mixed, 40045c; 
snipping, 30036c. Straw— No. 1 rye, 90c.; short rye, 
46060c, oat aud wheat, 30036c. 
Honey— In one-pound boxes. White Clover 11012c; 
Buckwheat, 10011c; Beeswax 22023c. 
Hoes.—State, New, 2u®21o; do, good, 13019c; do 
commou,15017c; do 1333, oeai, 10®11 c; dodo, prime, 90 
10c, do do, common, 703c; CaUforula, New, best, 190 
2.c; do good to prime, 16013c do Old, best, 11012c; 
do common and fair, 709c. 
N uts.—P eanuts are quiet. Fancy, baud-picked, q uo ted 
800344c, and farmers’grades at i03.Se, Pecans, 90ioc 
Poultby. Dressed —lurneyo, mixed, per lb. 120 
18c; Fowls, western, choice, 120:20c; do common to, 
good, 10011c; Ducks, spring, good, 14017; Squau; 
white, per dozen, *2 500*2 75, do dark, do,*l 500*1 75; 
Chickens, spring, li023c; Fowls, nearby, 12013c ; 
Broilers, heavy, 25032c; do. light, 35037c. 
Poultry—Live. —Cnlckens-Spring, per lb, 13021c; 
Fowls near-by, per lb, 120016c, do W esteru, per 10,120 
0l8o; roosters, per lb, 6001c; Turkeys, per lb, 9 3 
lUc , Ducks, Wescern, per pair, 55075c ; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, *1 120*1 25. 
Vkoktahles.— Potatoes—North Carolina per bbl. *2 75 
0*8; Norfolk do, *2 <5<0$3 ; Charleston do, *2 750*3; 
Savannah do, *2 <5.3*3 ; Soutu, poor to fair, do, *i m0 
*2. unions-Bermuda, per crate, *20*2 2 j ; Egyptian, 
per case, *202 25; Egyptian, per bag. *20*2..a. cab¬ 
bage, L. L, per 100, *2 500*4 , Corn, per loo, <5C0*i; 
Tomatoes, pe< crate, *10*2 50; Peas, per bag, '<600*1; 
string Beaus, per bbl., *2 250*2 75; cucuiuuers, per 
crate, 45C05OC, Squash, per bbl, 65c.0*i 75; Turutps, 
per bbl. 75C0*l 50, Egg Plant, per bbl., *4 000*6 uo. 
Wool.— No change of Importance has transpired on 
this market. Holders are not entirely satisiled with 
the outlooK, but refrain from grumbling, aud do not 
believe that domestic fleeces or flue stocks can be 
bought for less money than a fortnight ago. sales, 
150 bags super pulled, 3a0C.; 20 ,im) lbs. Eastern Oregon, 
19c.; 20,0.0 lbs. New-York Slate, 23c.; 10,000 lbs. do fat 
sheep’s wool. 19c. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.-Clearances were more moderate, while 
receipts were rather small at all points. General 
selling by ” lougs.” both here aud at the West, addeu 
to the late weakness. Bra.street reports a decrease 
of l.aoS Dusnels for the week in available stocks east 
of the Rockies. Sales — Cngraded Chicago spring to 
arrive, 940c.; No. 1 Hard. 9900* 1, afloat, spot ana to 
arrive: Cngraded Winter Red, 900 970c.; No. 2 Red, 
afloat. 959*c.; do In store, quoted 9400940c., No. 2 
July, 9S94s.9494c., do August, 930<*94s,io.; do Septem¬ 
ber, 920 ©9394c.; do October, 930c.; do November, 9ic ; 
do December, 940*95 7-16. RYK—quiet auu nominal. 
Western, in Boatloads quoted at 55056c.; Canada, ao0 
0570c.; State, 67053c. CORN.—Better prices were re 
alized, with reserved offerings. Exporters were free 
buyers, and the clearances were liberal, both of which 
had a stimulating Influence. Sales Ungraded Mixed 
and White, 400(a)4394c.; No. 2 Mixed, 410c. store and 
elevator. 4204296c. delivered spot and special, July. 
4294c. f. o. b.; Steamer Mixed quoted, 410,. 4194c. afloat; 
No. 2 July, 4100410c. do August, 41%(a420C.; do 
September. 4296<s420c.; do October, 43004396c. 
OATS.—Pri< es ruled about steady. Only small lots 
were taken for export. Clearances were unimportant. 
Sales—No. 3 Mixed, 3 jc. elevator; No. 3 White, 340c. 
elevator , No. 2 Mixed, 84c. elevator, 35c. delivered; 
No.2 White. 35a350e.; No 1 White, 360860c elevator, 
Ungraded Mixed Western, 32035c.; White do, 34 a 40c.; 
No. 2 July, S4c.; do August. 3300330c.; do September, 
31940320c.; No. 2 White, July, 350850c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—The supply exceeded the demand,and em - 
braced a wide range of quality, wit some fine corn 
and starch factory fed steers from Indiana, and there 
were a few carloads of good " Stillers ” from Ken¬ 
tucky. Trade was slow and dragging, and prices 
were generally rated I0@i5c. lower than Monday. 
Common grass-fed cattle sold possibly at even a 
greater decline Reported transactions were at the 
range of *3 40 for Texans , *3 350*4 85 for still-fed 
steers ; and $3 <5®*5 lor poor to choice grass and 
corn-fed do. Oxen sold at *3 75 ; bulls at $2 45@f 3 50 ; 
and a few still cows aod heifers also brought $3 50. 
Private cable advices quote refrigerated beef slow at 
394U. or scant 70c. per lb., and Amtricansteers selling 
at 9001 <c , dead weight. The prospects for shippers 
the next four or five months are not very encourag¬ 
ing. Freights are much lower and the contracts 
made for July and 4ugustrangefrom40 to48shillings 
per head. Insurance rates are also at the minimum. 
TUese are the apparently favorable features in the 
trace On ihe other hand the increasingly heavy 
dressed beef shipments this year leave a smaller 
margin to be filled with live cattle. The long con¬ 
tinued heavy rains In 1 he British Isles have proved 
disastrous to the crops, and shrewd observers look for 
a repetition of what happened In 1879. The farmers 
having nothing to feed their eattle through the 
winter will be forced to throw their half fat stock on 
the market In toe autumn, and this will keep down 
prices for American cattle and beef. It is a good 
lime to go slow, and exporters may In this way pre¬ 
vent losses, and possibly make a little money. 
MILCH COWS—Receipts, 61 head. Demand mod¬ 
erate at previous quotations, or at *250*45 per head. 
CALVES.—The market ruled dull at a reduction of 
000c. per lb. Common to choice veals sold at 400 
594c. per lb., mixed buucoes of calves at 3040c., but¬ 
termilks at 20@294 c. (few selected 20c.) 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Sheep were In moderate re¬ 
quest and steady, with sales at *4 250*5 65 per 1110 lbs. 
for common to prime stock, and 50 (selected for ex¬ 
port) brought $5 75. The demand for Lambs was 
active, and prices Arm ; but taking Into consideration 
the exceptionally good quality of the offerings, the 
market was not much higher. Poorest to best South¬ 
ern Lambs sold at 6@8c. per lb., and all tne Mary- 
lands and Jerseys Drought 8c. At the outside figure 
2,053 head altogether were sold. Three decks of 
Western winter fed lambs (clipped) sold at *5 80. 
HOGS.—Feeling weak. Nominal quotations *40 
*4 25 per 1U0 lbs 
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