1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Dry Times in Southeastern Pennsylvania.— 
Our strawberry crop was an utter failure with 
drought last fall and this spring; the streams are 
lower than I ever remember at this season of the 
year (June 14). A rain yesterday morning wet 
the ground furrow deep, the first since early 
April. e. t. i. 
Otsego County, N. Y.—Owing to copious rains 
(June 8 to 10., the grass crop will be better in 
some localities than last year. As a general 
thing, however, the hay crop will be light, and it 
will consist chiefly of weeds and daisies. A very 
large amount of corn has been planted, but it 
does not look at all well, though the most of it 
came up all right. The weather has been against 
it, for June has been characterized by very cool 
nights. Hops, as a general thing, also look 
poorly, and they have, for the most part, tilled 
poorly. Grasshoppers are not so thick as they 
were a year ago, which does something towards 
counterbalancing the dampened prospects of so 
many other things. Moreover, oats are looking 
exceptionally well, being of good height and of a 
dark, rich green color. Fruit trees look promis¬ 
ing, and there is an abundance of field straw¬ 
berries; some meadows are literally red with 
them. Thousands of quarts have been picked, a 
large per cent of which have found their way 
into the local markets. They brought, at first> 
15 cents a quart when looked over, but of late, 
only 10 cents have been paid. The cultivated ber¬ 
ries are just beginning to get ripe. The vines, in 
most cases, are well loaded with the developing 
fruit. F. o. s. 
Steuben County, N. Y.—A four-acre field of 
oats, “ rnudded in” about the middle of April, on 
rather poor soil, now look as though they would 
by far outyield those sown when the ground be¬ 
came dry enough to harrow well. I feared the 
hot, dry weather which immediately followed, 
would bake the ground and ruin the crop. The 
field was pasture sod turned under in December 
last; the catch of clover and Timothy is fine. A 
surplus of large tomato plants were plowed in; 
the plants were dropped in every fourth furrow, 
so as to leave six or eight inches above ground. 
The ground was leveled and firmed with a two- 
horse land roller. A neighbor did a first-rate job 
covering potatoes with an Iron Age cultivator, 
using the leveler attachment in the rear, which 
regulates the depth, and takes the weight from 
the operator’s arms. He talks of putting in a 
rigid pole for two horses. Carrots, sown May 20, 
made a poor stand; some were washed out and 
others washed in by dashing showers. The Sweet 
German turnips, under the same conditions, stood 
this severe treatment all right. The carrots were 
harrowed up and the ground sown to turnips 
June 12. June 16 we had a shower which swept 
away bridges and washed out roads, but the tur¬ 
nips came up in good shape. w. b. 
Encouraging Prospects in Western New York. 
—We had severe winter weather all through the 
month of March and the beginning of April; then 
summer weather came with a rush. We had no 
spring, and no frosts through the last half of 
April and the first of May, as is usual in this lati¬ 
tude. The soil was in fine condition during seed¬ 
ing time (a little dry). All vegetation is fully 10 
days ahead of the average season. Haying is 
well under way. With the frequent rains of the 
past three weeks, the hay crop has made a won¬ 
derful growth; fully 75 per cent of an average 
yield will be cut. With no grasshoppers to eat up 
the second crop, and the present growth lodged in 
places, it begins to look like farming again. A 
large acreage of oats was sown, and they never 
looked better. Clover and grass seed are a good 
catch; with sufficient rain, we are in hopes to 
see a tine stand again. Corn is a much better 
stand than last year, very little troubled with cut 
or wireworms, is good color, and promises a big 
harvest. Fully 25 per cent more than an average 
acreage of potatoes has been planted, which is 20 
to 30 per cent less than last year. Early-planted 
are in excellent condition; they came up quickly, 
and have not been checked in their growth. New 
potatoes are reported large enough to eat. 
Beetles have been very numerous, but for some 
reason unknown to me, there have been no slugs. 
I do not know of any one having to spray this 
season. When we think of the two past years, 
with drought, grasshoppers, and potato bugs, 
and contrast them with the present year, it begins 
to look more encouraging for the future, l. d. gale. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Dressed calves are in large supply, and prices 
tend lower. 
Maple sugar is selling at seven to eight cents 
per pound. 
New potatoes are selling at ruinous prices, 
while old ones can hardly be given away. 
The acreage of wheat and barley in California 
is said to be considerably larger than last year. 
The Chicago market for bran is reported very 
dull, fine bran selling at $7.50, and coarse at $7.25. 
Shorts at about the same figure. 
The big hay warehouse of the Lehigh Valley 
Railroad, which was burned last month, is to be 
rebuilt and with double the capacity of the old 
one. 
The peach crop in Maryland and Delaware is 
likely to be a heavy one this year. The peach 
basket business is having a boom in consequence 
W. H. Jordan, of the Maine State College and 
Experiment Station, has been elected Director of 
the New York Experiment Station. Charles D. 
Woods, of the Storrs (Conn.) Experiment Station, 
has been elected Professor of Agriculture of the 
Maine State College, and Director of the Experi¬ 
ment Station. Hereafter the address of Mr. Jor¬ 
dan will be Geneva, N. Y., and of Mr. Woods, 
Orono, Me. 
The area devoted to oats last year in the United 
States was 27,878,106 acres ; number of bushels 
raised 824,443,537, against 662,086,928 the previous 
year. 
Galveston, Tex., is fast becoming a great grain 
exporting port. Two new elevators with a total 
capacity of 600,000 bushels are now being con¬ 
structed. 
The old bugaboo of an inspection law for ex¬ 
port meat, has again been laid on the shelf by a 
further postponement of its provisions until 
March 15, 1897. It isn’t likely ever to be put in 
force. 
Reports from Minneapolis and. the Dakotas, in¬ 
dicate that the outlook for the spring wheat 
crop is good. The acreage is about up to the 
average. It is said that 7,000,000 to 8,000,000 
bushels of last year’s crop are still in the farmers’ 
hands. 
It is said that the acreage of cotton this year, 
is larger than that of last year, though less than 
that of 1895. The number of acres planted, accord¬ 
ing to reports, approximates 20,000,000. The crop 
is well advanced for the season, and is, gener¬ 
ally, in excellent condition. 
Shipments of wheat and corn to South Africa, 
which have been a feature of the export grain 
trade from New York for some time, have been 
exceptionally heavy during the past few weeks. 
Over 1,000,000 bushels of corn have been shipped 
since June 1, and several steamers are now load¬ 
ing or chartered to sail within the next few 
weeks. The bulk of the grain shipped has been 
corn. There has been considerable wheat, how¬ 
ever, and several car-loads of this grain have 
also recently been shipped from San Francisco. 
The cause of these heavy shipments is the short¬ 
age of the wheat crop in Australia and Argentine, 
and the failure of the corn crop in Africa. This 
condition of affairs is thought to be only tempor¬ 
ary, and is not likely to continue in its present 
proportions. 
Officials of the Southern Railroad estimate the 
Georgia peach crop to be moved during June and 
early July, at 5C0 car-loads, each containing 550 
three-fourths-bushel crates; one-fourth of this 
entire output is expected to come from the great 
Hale orchard at Fort Valley. This orchard has 
over 100,000 trees in one solid block. It has 17 
miles of drives through its straight rows of well- 
kept trees, and its own railroad direct from the 
packing sheds in the center of the orchard. It 
also has a hotel to accommodate 200 extra people 
during the rush of the fruit season, when over 
500 people are employed, and is the largest peach 
enterprise anywhere in the world. ,T. H. Hale, 
the Connecticut peach man, is president and gen¬ 
eral manager, and the entire crop will be mar¬ 
keted in New York, Hartford, Springfield, Provi¬ 
dence, Worcester and Boston, none going to west¬ 
ern points. 
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BEANS AND PEAS. 
Beans, Marrow, 1895, choice.1 15@ — 
Medium, 1895. choice.1 05@1 07 
Pea, 1895, choice .1 05@1 07 
Medium or pea, common to good. 90@l 00 
White Kidney, 1895, choice.1 25@ — 
Red Kidney, 1895. choice .1 00@1 02 
Red Kidney, common to good. 80(g) 95 
Black Turtle soup, 1895. 1 20@1 25 
Yellow Eye 1895, choice.1 20@1 25 
Lima, Cal., 1895 160 lbs).1 80@ — 
Green peas, bbl., per bushel. 72@ 75 
Bags, per bushel. 67® 70 
8 cotch, bags. 70@ 72 
BUTTER—NEW. 
Creamery, Western, extras .15 @15)4 
Western, firsts.14 @14)4 
Western, seconds.12)4 @13 
Western, thirds. 11 @12 
State, fancy.15 @15)4 
Common to prime. 11 @14)4 
State dairy, half-firkin tubs, fancy.14)4@15 ~ 
Firsts. 13 @14 
Seconds. 11 @12 
Welsh tubs, fancy.14 @14)4 
Welsh tubs, firsts.13 @14 
Welsh tubs, seconds.11 @— 
Tubs, thirds.10 @10)4 
Western imitation creamery, firsts.12 @12)4 
Seconds.io @11 
Western dairy, firsts. 11 @12 
Seconds.9 @10 
Thirds. 8 @9 
Factory, fancy. 10 ) 4@11 
Factory, firsts. 9)$@10 
Factory, seconds. 9 @— 
Factory, thirds. 8 @ 8)4 
Old butter. 7 @10 
CHEESE—NEW. 
State full cream, large, colored, fancy. 6%®— 
Colored, good to choice. 6)4@ 6)4 
Fair to good. 5 @3 
Fancy white. 694@ 6 % 
White, choice. 6 )i@ 6)4 
Small, colored, fancy. 7 @— 
Small, white, fancy. 7 @— 
Small, good to choice.6)4@ 6 % 
Small, common to fair. 5)4@ 6)4 
Light skims, choice. 5 @ 5)4 
Part skims, good to prime... 4 @ 4)4 
Part skims, common to fair. 2 @3 
Full skims. 1 ) 4 @ 2 
EGGS. 
Near-by, new laid, fancy, per doz. 13 @ 13)4 
State, fresh gathered. 12 @ 12)4 
Penna. and Md.. country marks, fancy.. 11 ) 4 @ 12 
Western, closely graded, fancy. 11)4® 12 
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N. Ohio Ind., Ill. and Mich., prime . 11)4© 12 
Other Western,northerly sections, prime 11 ) 4 © 12 
Western, fair quality. 10)4@ 11 
Southern,fresh collections.good to prime 9 © 10 
Western and Southern, poor, per case...2 40 @2 85 
FRUITS—DRIED. 
Apples, evaporated, 1895, fancy, per lb.6)4@ 6)4 
Choice, 1895, per lb.. h%® 594 
Prime, 1895, per lb. 5 @ 5)4 
Common to good, per lb. 3 @494 
N. C., sundrled, 1895, sliced, fancy. 3)4@ 394 
Southern, sundried, common to choice ..2 @3)4 
State, sundried. quarters, bbls. 2)4@ 3)4 
Western, sundried, quarters, bbls.2)4® 3)4 
South-West’n, sundried, quarters, bbls. 2)4© 294 
Southern, sundried, quarters, bbls. 2 @ 2)4 
Southern, sundried, quarters, bags. 2 @ 2)4 
Chopped, 1895. per lb. 2 @ 2)4 
Cores and skins, 1894, per lb.2 @ 2)4 
Peaches, Sundried, 1895, peeled, per lb. 3 @6 
Cherries, 1895. per l'o.9 @10 
Blackberries, 1896, per lb. 5)4@ 6 
Raspberries, evaporated. 1894, per lb.16 @— 
Sundried, 1895, per lb.15 @— 
Huckleberries, 1895. per lb. 5 @5)4 
Plums Southern Damsen, 1895, per lb. 4 @4)4 
FRUITS—GREEN 
Apples, Va„ green, per half-bbl basket.. ..1 00@l 50 
Md. and Del., pc crate. 75@1 25 
Blackberries, N. C., large, sound, per quart. 10@ 12 
Small or soft, per quart... 7@ 9 
Md. and Del., cultivated, per quart. 13® 15 
Md. and Del., small early, per quart. 9@ 11 
Cherries, extra large, dark, per lb. 9@ 10 
Medium, dark, per lb. 7@ 8 
Medium, light colored, per lb. 8@ 9 
Small and Inferior, per lb. 3@ 5 
Currants, per quart. 6@ 7 
Per lb . 5 @ — 
Gooseberries, green, per quart. 3® 4 
Prime green, per bushel.1 00@1 25 
Extra large, per quart. 6@ 10 
Grapes, Fla., Niagara, per case. 76@1 26 
Huckleberries. N. C., per quart. 9@ 10 
Md. and Del., per quart. 9@ 11 
Jersey, per quart. 10@ 11 
Mountain, Penn, and State, per quart... 11@ 12 
Muskmelons, Charleston,per bushel-basket. 60@1 25 
Florida, per half-bbl. 50@1 00 
Peaches, N. C.. early sorts, per carrier.1 26@2 50 
S. C., early sorts, per carrier.1 60@2 25 
S. C.. early sorts, per flat case. 75@1 25 
Georgia, Tillotson, per carrier.2 25@2 75 
Georgia, Early Rivers, per carrier.1 50@2 00 
Georgia, unsound, per carrier.1 OOfel 25 
Md. and Del., per basket. 30@ 75 
Md. and Del., per crate . 50@1 00 
Florida, as to size, per carrier.1 00@4 00 
Plums, S’n, Wild Goose, per carrier.1 75@2 00 
Wild Goose, per flat case.1 00@ — 
Chickasaw, per 6-till carrier. 75@1 25 
Botan. per carrier.2 00@2 50 
Pears, LeConte, per bbl. 3 00@5 00 
Raspberries, blackcap, per pint. 3 @ 6 
Blackcap, per quart. 6@ 9 
Red, Up-River, per )4 cup . 6@ 7 
Red, Md. and Del., per pint. 5® 7 
Strawberries, Hilt’n & Irv.,ex. fancy, per qt. 15@ 16 
Hilton & lrv.. fair to choice, per quart.. 10@ 14 
Up-River, per quart. 10® 18 
Western New York, per quart. 8® 18 
Watermelons, choice, large, per 100 .20 00@23 00 
Small to medium, per 100 .13 00@18 00 
Per car-load. 175 0C@225 00 
GRASS SEED. 
Clover, per 100 lb. 6 75© 8 25 
Timothy. 3 50@ 4 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat.68 @83 
Rye.39 @45 
Barley. 38 @41 
Buckwheat, silver. 40 @42 
Buckwheat, Japan.— @— 
Corn.. @38 
Oats.23 @28 
nAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1 Timothy. go@ — 
No. 2. 75@ 85 
No. 3. 60@ 70 
Clover, mixed. 65@ 70 
Clover. 55 @ 60 
Salt... 45@ 50 
8 traw, long rye. 85®1 10 
Short rye. 70@ 76 
Oat. 50@ 60 
Wheat... 45® 50 
HONEY. 
State, white clover, comb, per lb.— @— 
Buckwheat, comb, per lb. 7 @8 
White clover, extracted, per lb. 5 @6 
Buckwheat, extracted, per lb . . 4 @ — 
California, comb, fair to prime, per lb.10 @12)4 
Extracted, per lb. 5 ) 4 ® 6 
Southern, In bulk, per gallon.45 @55 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, crop of 1895, choice.. 
Medium to prime. 
Crop of 1894, fancy. 
Prime. 
Medium. 
Common. 
Old olds. 
Pacific Coast, crop of 1895, choice 
Prime. 
Medium. 
Crop of 1894, common. 
German. 
MEATS—DRES 8 BD. 
Veals, oountry dressed, prime, per lb.... 
Fair to good, per lb. 
Com. to med., per lb. 
Small, per lb. 
Buttermilks. 
Pork, country dressed, light, per lb. 
Medium, per lb. 
. 7 @ 8 
5 @ 6)4 
4 @ 4)4 
3)4@— 
3 @— 
2 @ 2)4 
1)4@ 2)4 
6 @ 7 
5)4®— 
4H@— 
2 @ 2)4 
14 @20 
6 @ 6)4 
4)4® 5)4 
4 @ 4)4 
4 @ 5 
4 @ 4)4 
6)4@ 6 
4)4@ 5 
457 
Ducks, local, per pair. 80 @1 CO 
Western, per pair. 70 @ 90 
Southern, per pair. 60 @ 65 
Geese, local, per pair.1 25 @ — 
Western, per pair. 1 00 @1 25 
Southern, per pair. 75 @ 85 
Pigeons, old, per pair. 35 @ — 
Young, per pair. 20 @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, average, hens, per lb. 10 @ 11 
Average toms, per lb. 9 @ 10 
Chickens, Phil., broilers selected, per lb. 22 @ — 
Phila., broilers, ordinary, per lb. 16 @ 20 
L. I., broilers, scalded, per lb. 16 @ 18 
Pennsylvania, broilers, per lb. 18 @ 20 
Western, dry-picked, broilers,per lb. 15 @ 17 
Western, scalded broilers, per lb .... 15 @ 16 
Western, small, per lb. 13 @ 14 
Fowls, Western, dry-picked, choice. 10 @ 10)4 
Dry-picked, fair to good, per lb. 9 @ 10 
Scalded, choice, ner bbl. 9)4® 10 
Old cocks, per lb. 5 @ 6)4 
8 pring ducks, Eastern, per lb. 15 @ — 
Spring ducks, L. I., per lb. 15 @ — 
Squabs, tame, white, per doz.2 25 @ — 
Dark and poor, per doz.125 @ — 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, extra, per doz bunches.1 50@1 75 
Prime, per doz bunches. 60@1 26 
Culls, per doz bunches. 26® 50 
Beets, per 100 bunches.1 00@1 50 
Cabbage, L. I., per ICO.2 50@3 60 
Carrots, per 10U bunches.1 00@1 25 
Cauliflower, L. I. ana Jersey, per bbl.I 00@3 00 
Celery, fancy, large, per doz. —@ — 
Average, prime, per doz. 40@ 50 
Small, per doz. 20@ 30 
Cucumbers. Charleston, per basket. 40@ 50 
Savannah. per crate. 20@ 25 
N. C. and Norfolk, per basket. 25® 40 
Egg plant. Southern, per bbl.3 00@3 60 
New Orleans, per box.1 60® — 
Charleston, per basket.1 50® — 
Green corn. N. C., per 100. ?5@1 00 
New Jersey, per 100. 15@1 00 
Green peas, Jersey, per basket. —@ — 
Jersey, per bag. —@ — 
Long Island, per bag.1 50@2 00 
Lettuce, per bbl. 50@ 75 
Onions, Bermuda, per crate. 75@ 85 
Egyptian, per bag. 1 00@1 10 
New Orleans, per bbl.1 75® — 
New Orleans, per bag. 70® 75 
Southern potato, per basket. 50® 75 
Radishes, per 100 bunches. 25@ 75 
Rhubarb, per 100 bunches.1 00@1 26 
Spinach, per bbl. 26@ £0 
Squash, Southern, white, per bbl crate. 75@1 00 
Southern, yellow, per bbl crate. 76@1 00 
Southern marrow, per bbl-crate. 76@1 00 
String beans, Jersey, per basket.I 00@ — 
Maryland, per basket. 75@1 00 
Baltimore, per bushel basket. 60@ 75 
Norfolk, wax, per half-bbl. 50® 85 
Norfolk, green, ner half-bbl. 50® 80 
Tomatoes, Fla., prime to extra, per carrier. 75@ 85 
Florida, poor to good, per carrier. 40® 60 
Mississippi, per case. 60@ 90 
Savannah, per carrier. 75@1 10 
Norfolk, per carrier. . 50® 75 
Turnips, new, white, per 100 bunches.1 00@2 00 
Watercresses, per 100 bunches.1 00@1 60 
WOOL. 
XX and above, Ohio.18 @19 
X, Ohio.lft @16 
Other grades.20 @22 
Washed combing and delaine.18 @23 
Unwashed combing. 17 @20 
Texas, medium to choice. 10 @13 
Fine and medium, fall clipped, Texas. 9 @10 
California. 9 @15 
Oregon. 12 @ 13)4 
Territory. 7 @14 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total daily supply has been 19,676 cans of milk, 
206 cans of condensed milk and 2,077 cans of cream. 
The average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been 31.10 a can of 40 quarts. 
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Established 1875. 
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COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter. Eggs, Cheese, 
Poultry. Foreign and Domestic Fruits. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 3tt Little 12th St., New York. 
GARNER & CO., 
Produce Commission Merchants, 
51 LITTLE 12th ST., NEW YORK. 
More room and a better location enable us to handle 
to better advantage, CHOICE CREAMERY BUTTER. 
CHOICE CHEESE, FANCY LEGHORN EGGS, 
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NUTS. 
Peanuts, Va., h. p., fancy, per lb. 4 ^® — 
H. p„ extra, per lb. 3^@ — 
Shelled, No. 1, per lb. 5 @ 5 u 
No. 2, per lb. 3-J(® 4 
Spanish, shelled, No. 1, per lb. 6 @ 6 )f 
No. 2, per lb. 414 ® _ 
Pecans, ungraded, per lb. 3 ) 4 @ 4 
POTATOES. 
Southern Rose, fair to prime, per bbl. 1 00@1 50 
Chili red, fair to prime, per bbl. 87@1 12 
Seconds, per bbl. 50 ® 75 
Culls, per bbl. 30 @ 40 
Old, per barrel or sack. 35 ® 50 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, per lb. 12)4® 16 
Fowls, local, per lb. n @ _ 
Western, per lb. 11 @ _ 
Southwestern, per lb. li @ _ 
Southern, per lb. 11 @ _ 
Chickens, yearlings, per lb. 11 @ — 
Roosters, old, per lb. 6 @ 7 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 8 @ 9 
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