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CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Ireland is reported, through English 
papers, to be exporting potatoes. 
Many millers report the consumptive 
demand for flour larger than a year ago, 
owing to the scarcity of potatoes and the 
high price of corn meal. 
Reports from southern Iowa on corn show 
very little old corn, as compared with last 
year. The demand for new corn is so great 
that so far little has been cribbed. 
Eastern buyers have created great ex¬ 
citement in the tobacco market in Wiscon¬ 
sin. The price has gone up with a big 
jump, and the impression seems to be that 
the buyers are trying to corner the market. 
Throughout the corn-growing States, 
little of the new crop is being marketed. 
Feeders are buying most of what is offered. 
Grain dealers report that for many seasons 
they have never seen old corn so thoroughly 
cleaned up as it is now. 
Raisias continue to arrive from the Pa¬ 
cific coast in large quantities, but the de¬ 
mand is small on account of the generally 
unsettled condition of business and the 
damaged state of many of the arrivals. 
Upwards of 100,000 boxes have reached here 
thus far this month. 
It is said that there are relatively larger 
quantites of poor grades of domestic beans 
upon this market than at any time within 
years, and on account of the heavy rains 
which set in with the maturing of the 
crop. There is an average loss on most of 
the under grades of 25 to 50 cents per 
bushel as compared with prime stock. 
Reports from the Pacific coast say that 
young wheat has made a good growth and 
looks vigorous and healthy. Farmers are 
reluctant sellers of wheat at the low prices 
now prevailing. The export movement has 
been greatly retarded for want of tonnage. 
Millers are well stocked with wheat and 
have a good trade in flour, especially to 
Chinese ports. 
The hop situation in the interior is said 
by the Waterville Times of December 17, 
to be somewhat peculiar at present. One 
day growers will appear anxious to sell, 
and when a dealer gets an order to buy 
these anxious sellers are seen, but they are 
then found to be stiff holders. Last week 
several growers were in town with samples 
and offering to sell at 30 cents, but when 
seen at their homes later by a dealer, 
who had in the meantime an order to buy, 
they were not ready to sell at 30 cents, or 
even a little better. As a general thing 
growers are determined to see tho thing 
through. They say if the prices can be 
made to rule low this year, when there is a 
known shortage all over the world, they 
can always be manipulated and there is no 
hope for the grower. For this reason those 
growers who are not compelled to sell are 
holding with a determination to see higher 
prices or those very much lower. About 
100 bales were sold on the market there on 
Tuesday for from 30 cents to 32 cents. For 
the past few days there has been a little 
more demand. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The country’s supply of hogs is said to 
be the largest in many years, while prices 
are the lowest in 10 years. The packers 
are making the most of the situation. 
A discovery in sorghum sugar making is 
announced from the chemical division of 
the Department of Agriculture, which is 
said to greatly increase the amount of 
sugar obtained. 
The Treasury Department has decided 
that under the provisions of paragraph 237 
of the Tariff Act such portions of machinery 
only as are exclusively adapted for use in 
the construction of apparatus for the pro¬ 
duction of sugar from beets will be entitled 
to the privilege of free entry. 
Nelson Morris says he has no fears of 
the results of a boycott by farmers and 
local dealers at Terre Haute, Ind., because 
of the ruin of their local trade by the great 
packing houses. He says the packers can 
afford to undersell these small dealers, be¬ 
cause they utilize every bit of the animal, 
a thing a small dealer cannot do. 
The manufacture of twine will be com¬ 
menced in the Minnesota State Prison 
about the 1st of January, but some of the 
inspectors are not so sanguine as they 
might be about the success of the venture. 
The twine, they say, will cost more to make 
than farmers paid for their twine last sea¬ 
son. The new agricultural implement 
combination promises to force the binding 
twine manufacturers to sell their goods at 
lower prices next season; but farmers 
“ out West ” think the new trust is merely 
seeking to divert attention from its own 
operations, designed to keep up or raise the 
prices of its wares. 
Bekcham’s Puls act like magic on a Weak Stomach 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, December 22 , 1890 
Beans are selling moderately at easy prices. 
Marrows—New. $2 00®$'.’90, New Mediums choice. 
$2 25; Pea, $2 25 ; Red Kidney, $3 25®$3 30. White 
Kidney, choice, $2 4ll@$2 50 ; Foreign Mediums. $1 75® 
$2 05; do Marrow, $2 65® $2 85; Green Peas. $1 C0@81 f5 
Butter has accumulated somewhat, and trading is 
dull, though there is little change in prices. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best 29@3<!c; State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 20®29c; Western, best, 29a29J4c; do prime, 
26®27%c; do good, 23@25c ; do poor 20322c; West¬ 
ern Imltatiin Creamery, prime. 22«.25c- do fine, 
18321c ; do po' r, 13@15c. Dairy.- State, best 24@25c ; 
do prime, 22®23e; do good, 19@2!c: do poor. 14318c : 
Western, prime, 19a21e ; do fair, 13®15c ; do poor 1*. 
@•.20: do factory, best, 21®23 do prime 16@18c.do 
good, 10313c. 
Cheese Is unchanged. Sales are moderate. 
Fancy, Sept..9%@-c:fine 9%®9%e; good, S@8*4; fair. 
7@7%c ; light skims, 6%® 6%c; skims, 2@2*4c.; Ohio, 
Flat, 6*4® 9c. 
Egos are dull, though receipts are moderate. 
Prices have declined slightly. 
Near by fresn. 27@—o, Canadian. —c; Southern, 
23 324c: Western best. 25@26e; Ice-house. 18®20c; 
Limed, 2132114c ; Fall packed, 23®25c. 
Fruits.- Choice apples have advanced. Cape Cod 
cranberries are also a trifle nlgher. Florida oranges 
are mostly of very good Quality, and sell readily at 
satisfactory prices. There is a moderate, steady de¬ 
mand for dried fruits, with little change in prices. 
Apples-N. Spy $33$5 00 ; Snow, $3 50@$5 50 ; King, 
$4 0U@$5 CO; Baltwin, 82 50®$5 00: Grefn. $3 50 3 $6 00; 
Ben Davis, $4 C0@$5 25 : common t good, $1 00 i$3 50; 
Lemons, per box, $3 00@$4 CO; Pears, Cooking per 
bbl., $4 00®$5 00; Seckel, per keg, $4® $5; Anjou, do, 
$2 25@$3 00; Duchess, per bbl., $5®$6; Shel J cn per 
keg $3@$4 Cranberries, Cape Cod, $10 50®$12 50 per 
bbl.; $3 75@$4 00 pel c rate; do Jersey $2 75 7 $3 50 per 
crate; Grapes, Conccrd, 14@3Jc per basket. Catawba, 
14@S0c per basket. Florida Oranges, $2 25®$:: 50 per 
box. 
Domestic. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy 
1314® 16c; poor, 12® 12>4c; coarse cut, 8%@9c; sliced, 
8@Uc; do old. 3*4@8%c: Chopped, 4®4%c; Cores and 
skins, 4@4%c. Cherries, new, 29®31c; do, old, 8@lUc. 
Raspberries. 27 329c; Blackberries, 8®9c; Huckle 
berries, new, 18®19c; Plums, new, 10@12c: Peaches, 
California peeled, 80®83c; do unpeeled. 16@19c. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 6%@7c; Apricots, California, I7@2('c; 
Plums, Cal., 15®17c. 
0,mg is steady with the market moderately sup¬ 
plied. Wild ducks are somewhat higher. 
Quail, prime, per doz, 81CO@$140; English snipe, 
fresh, per do*. 81 25@$150; Golden plover, prime, 
p'r doz., $1 25 a $1 50: Sand snipe, per doz. 20@25c; 
Par ridges, State, per pair, $11!0®$150: do Western, 
p r par. $l@$125, Grouse. Western, per pair, 80c3 
$1 CO; Woodcock, per pair, 60®75c; Venisru, fresh sad¬ 
dles, per lb. ll@14c; do frozen, 10314c Wild Ducks, 
Western, Canvass, per pair, $3 5 ’@$6 00; do, do, Red¬ 
head, per pair, $1 50@$3 CO; do, do, Mallard, per pair, 60 
@ 85c ; do, do. Teal Blue wing, per pair. 40.6 50c; do, do, 
common, per pair, 20@25c; Rabbits, jer pair, 15®S0e. 
Hay.— Arrivals are moderate and the market 
steady. 
Choice, (i'@75c, Timothy. No. 1, 65@70c; do No. 
2, 50®60c: shipping. 40®45c; Clover Mixed, 45® 50c 
Straw—N o 1 rye. 85a90.\: short rye, 45@55c. oat and 
wheat 30 40e. 
Honey —California ext-acte i dull at6%@7c. Comb 
honey qu’et at 16318'' for white clover in 1 lo box s 
15®lfc for 2-lb boxes; buckwheat quoted, ’. 2 ®lie. 
Hops are,unchanged In price, and there is little 
trading. 
State, ’90 crop, 33®40c; do, prime and choice, ’89,26 
Cc 28c, do good, 24 325c do common, 13@22c; do H>88, 
good anl prime, 16&2Cc; do do, common, 18®22c; 
Pacific Coast, 1SS9 crops, 18®26c; do, 1890 crop, 33®36c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 4*4@4%c, and farmers’ grades at 8®3%c; 
Pecans, 11® 12c; Chestnuts, $2 00@$5 50 per bushel; 
Hickory Nuts. $1 75@g2 15 per bushel. 
Poultry.— Live is considerably higher under small 
arrivals, while dressed fowls and chickens have 
declined. 
Poultry—Live.— Chlckens-Sprlng, per lb, 8@8%c 
Fowls near-by, per lb, 10!4@llo, do Western, per lb, 
10J4® 11c; roosters, per lb, 5® 6c; Turkeys, per lb, 10® 
12c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 50380c; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, 90o@$l 25. 
Poultry.— Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 9® 
16c; Fowls, western, choice, S*9e; do common to, 
good, 7@8c; Ducks, spring, good. 10®V5; Squao; 
white, per dozen, $2 50®$2 75; do dark, do, $150; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia 12®14c.; Western, 8 
®9c ; Fowls, near by, S»9c. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes hnveadvauced on all grades 
of domestic stock. Onions are also higher. Receipts 
are extremely moderate. String beans, tomatoes 
and cucumbers are in market at good prices. 
Potatoes Long Island, per bbl. $3 25®$3 50 Jersey, 
per do., $1 25®83 to; State, do., 83313 25; Maiue. do.. 
$8 00 $3 25; Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, $2 75® 
$3 00: Sweets, do , $1 00®$S 50. Onions —Western New 
York. $3 00®$415), Connecticut Red, $8 25083 50 do 
White, $4 00®$6 00; do yellow, $3 50®$-U0; Western, 
$3 00@$3 25 ; Jersey, $3 00@$3 50; Cabbage, L. I., per 
100, $4 00®$6 00; Squash, per bbl , 75c®$l 25; Turnips, 
per bbl. 85® 90c, Egg Plant, per bbl., $1 50@ 83 00; Cauli¬ 
flower, per bbl., 81@83 50, Celery, per doz.. 15c $1 : 
String Beans, per crate, *82® $2 50; Cur umbers Fla.. 
per crate, $1 50 -$1 75. Tomatoes, per box, $'@$1 7 s . 
GRAIN MARKETS 
WHEAT.—On the spot there was an unsettled mar 
ket, but the close was weaker, owing to the decline 
in options. Sales-Ungra-led Winter Red at 81® 
$1 06*4: No. 2 Red afloat, $1 05%@$l 06; do in store 
quoted, $1 04% : No. 1 Hard spring, Nominal, 81 1214® 
1 12%; No. 1 Northern, $1 07%®$l 10%; No. 2 December, 
$1 04%® $1 04J4; do January, $i 04%@#1 05%; do Feb 
ruary, 8105%; do March, $1 06%?$1 07%: do May, 
$1 06%® 8' 0”%; do July, $l 00%3$1 01%: do August, 
9S%c. RYE.-Qulet and firm, but more or less nom 
inal. Western, in boat loads, quoted at 77® 80c; Canada, 
73 374c; State, 783 80c. BARLEY.—Dull and unchanged. 
Sales— No. 2 Milwaukee quoted at 30®82e; Ungraded 
Western, 75386c; No. 2 Canada, 87c; extra No 2 do, 
90c: No. 1 Canada 95c, CORN.—Also ruled irregular, 
but the variations were mainly the result of the 
fluctuati''ns In wheat. Trading was only moderate 
and chiefly of a local character. Receipts continued 
light, and the foreign accounts were stronger, but 
tta-y bal no material influence. Sales—Ungraded 
Mixed and White, 61@67c; steamer mixed, 61362, 
elevator. 62@63c afloat; No. 2 Mixed, 63 64c elevator _ 
64@65c afloat No. 2 December, 62*4@6Sc; do January," 
61 r 61%c; do May. 60%®61c. OATS.-Llghter receipts 
ani renewed offerings had a strengthening on spot 
lots and prices advanced %3%c. Sales—No. 3 mixed. 
48c elevator; No. 3 white, 49c elevator; No. 2 mixed, 
49%® 49*4c elevator; ?.0%®50*4c afloat; No. 2 white. 50 
@50%c elevator. No. 1 White, 52c elevator; Ungraded 
mixed Western, 46@5( c, do white, 49 356c; No. 2 Decem¬ 
ber, 49%c; do January, 49%@49%c do May, 50%®5)%c; 
No. 2 White January, 50<4@51c: do February, 51%c. 
Good Rural Books. 
The following books are selected from 
our extended list as the most desirable on 
the subjects of which they treat. Sent by 
mail po3t paid on receipt of price. A com¬ 
plete list of books on rural subjects sent on 
request. _ 
Fruits, Etc. 
American Fruit Culturist. Thomas 
(593 p. ; illustrated). $2.00 
A. B. C. of Strawberry Culture. 
Terry (140 p.; ill.) Paper.40 
Apple Culture, Field Notes on. 
Bailey (90 p. ; ill.).75 
Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 
Downing (1,500 p.; ill.). 5.00 
Fruit Garden. Barry (500 p.; ill.)_ 2.00 
Grape Culturist. Fuller (283 p.; ill.). 1.50 
Peach Culture. Rutter. Paper, 50cts.; 
Pear Culture for Profit. Quinn 
(136 p.). 1.00 
Propagation of Plants Fuller 
(350 p.: ill). 1.50 
Propagation, Art of, Jenkins, (pap r; 
30 p.; ill.).30 
Small Fruits, Success with. Roe. 
(380 p.). 1.50 
Small Fruit Culturist. Fuller (325 
p. ; ill.). 1.50 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES -Sales were at 83 75®$5 25 per ICO pounds, 
for common to extra steers. Two car loads sold at 
the outside figure. Feeling firm. City dressed beef 
firm at 6®8c for common to choice sides, and some 
extra and premium carcasses are selling at higher 
figures. Cable advices show that the European mar. 
ktt ru'es steady at 4%d, or^%e, for refrigeratel beef 
and 11*4® 13c for American steers, estimatad dressed 
weight. Some of the steamers reported to sail on 
Wednesday did not get away on account of the 
storm, 
CALVES —There is a continued dull feeling for live 
calves of all descriptions, but the light arriva’s keep 
prices just about steady. Quotations based on actual 
transactions are 82 842 50 for barnyard calves and 
.yearlings, 82 50@$S 25for Western calves, and $5 3$7 
for veals. Dressed calves had a light inquiry with a 
little more firmness for prime country dressed in 
good condition. Dressed barnyard ealvesand West 
eras sold at 436c; city dressed veals at7@l0c (extra 
10!4@llc): country dressed do at 6®9e (littla calves 
ranging from 3 to 5c). 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—There was a moderate in¬ 
quiry for both sheep and lambs, with no quotable 
Improvement in prices. No choice or exira stock 
sold. Poorest to best sheep ranged in price from 84® 
$535; and good to prime lambs sold at §6 35®" 6 55. 
Dressed mutton was in rather more active demand 
at 7%® 9c per pound, and dressed lambs sold at 8%® 
10c, with the bulk of the sales at 9-9V*c. 
HOGS.—Nominally steady at 83 25 3 83 70 per 1 0 
pounds. Country dtessed have been badly dem ral 
ized the past week, but the feeling is steadier and 
good heavy to light are selling at 435%c per pound. 
Rough heavy bogs go as low as 34c. 
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amd sample of Meal sent free. 
FLOUR MILLS BUILT 
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275 ACRE FARM. 
Fertile, warm early soil. 
Good Grass Land. 
Good Butter Farm. 
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Good Fruit Farm. 
Good Poultry Farm. 
Deposit of Pink Granite. 
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Twenty seven miles from Boston. Six good manu¬ 
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Address “FARM, ’ care The Rural New Yorker. 
Vegetables, Etc. 
Celery Manual. $0.25 
Cabbages. Gregory (25 p.1.30 
Carrots and Mangold-Wurtzels. .30 
Gardening for Profit. Henderson 
(350 p.; ill.) . 2.00 
Gardening for Young and Old. Harris 
(190 p. ; ill.). 1.25 
Garden and Farm Topics. Henderson. 1.50 
Gardening, Success in Market. Raw- 
son (p. 210.; ill.). 1.00 
Garden—How to make it Pay. 
Greiner (260 p.; ill.). 2.00 
How Crops Feed. Johnson (400 p : ill.) 2.00 
How Crops Grow. Johnson (375 p ).. 2.00 
Mushroom Culture for Amateurs. 
May (Eug.; 50 p.; 111.) paper.50 
Money in the Garden. Quinn (150 p.). 1.50 
Truck Farming at the South. Oemler 
(265 p. ; ill.). 1.50 
Floriculture. 
Azalea Culture. Halliday (110 p.; ill.) 
Special price. $0.75 
Bulbs. Rand (350 p. ; ill.). 2.50 
Every Woman Her Own Flower Gard¬ 
ener. Daisy Eyebrlght (130 p.)... 1.00 
Gardening for Pleasure. Henderson 
(400 p.; ill.). 2.00 
Hand-Book of Plants. Henderson 
(520 p.: 111.). 4.00 
Home Florist, The. Long.. . 1.50 
Practical Floriculture. Henderson 
(320 p. ; ill.). 1.50 
Rose, The. Ellwanger (290 p.).. 1.25 
General Agriculture. 
Agriculture. Storer (2 vols ). $5.00 
Ensilage and Silos. Colcord. 1.00 
The Silo. A. J. Cook.25 
Grasses and Forage Plants. Flint. 2.00 
Row the Farm Pays. Henderson and 
Crozier. 2.50 
Irrigation for Farm, Garden and Or¬ 
chard. Stewart. 1.50 
Manures, Book on. Harris (350 p.)... 1.75 
Culture of Farm Crops. Stewart_ 1.50 
Live Stock, Poultry, Etc. 
Cattle Feeding, Manual of. Armsby 
(500 p.).$1.75 
Feeding Animals Stewart. 2.00 
Milch Cows and Dairy Farming. Flint 
(450 p.). 2.00 
Dairyman’s Manual. Stewart. 2.00 
Practical Poultry Keeper. Wright 
(236 p.; ill.). 2.00 
Poultry Culture. I. K. Felch . 1.50 
Harris on the Pig. Joseph Harris_ 1.50 
Veterinary Adviser. James Law_ 3.00 
Miscellaneous. 
Annals of Horticulture. Bailey. 
Paper, 60 cts.; cloth. $1.00 
Botany, Lessons in. Gray (226 p.; ill.). 1.50 
Botany, Manual of. Gray (S00 p. ; 
plates.).. 2.50 
Botanist and Florist. Wood (431 p. ; 
ill.). 2.00 
California Views (in color). Nutting.. .50 
Forestry, Piactical. Fuller (2S0 p.; ill.) 1.50 
Home Acre. Roe (252 p.). 1.50 
Horticulturists’Rule Book. Bailey.. 1.00 
How Plants Grow. Gray (216 p.; ill.). 1.00 
Insects Injurious to Plants. Saunders 
(425 p. ; ill.) . 2.00 
Insects, Injurious. Treat (270 p ; ill ). 2.00 
Nature’s Serial Story. Roe. 2.50 
Ornamental Gardening. Long. 2.00 
Rural Essays. Downing. 3.00 
Suburban Homes. Scott. . 2.50 
Talks Afield. Bailey. 1.00 
The Garden’s Story. Ellwanger. 1.25 
Woods ot the United States. Sargent. 1.00 
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