1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
585 
Winter Feed m New York State. 
( CONTINUED.) 
of Jerseys going to Iowa, shipped about two 
weeks ago, which were bought for from $13 to $20, 
but part of them were farrow, and no telling 
when they were coming in. I do not hear of any 
silos being built around here; I think that the 
silo craze has entirely died out. I know of some 
who have them that do not use them now. Most 
of the farmers who have corn fodder cure it in 
the field. o. m. 
Delaware County. 
The hay crop was short in our county. The 
grain crop was immense, and there is a much 
larger acreage and growth of corn than ever be¬ 
fore. Many new silos have been built, particu¬ 
larly in our immediate vicinity and among our 
cheese factory and creamery patrons who have 
an opportunity to produce profitable winter 
milk. About two-thirds of the number will feed 
ensilage this winter. Our locality has been 
favored with rains, and crops here are above the 
average of northern New York. All stock will be 
kept and more purchased. h. e. c. 
Ulster County. 
Hay will average about one-third of a crop. 
Winter grain was almost a complete failure, 
while corn and oats are fully 100 percent. I think 
that farmers will try to keep the stock they have, 
unless it be some worthless ones, and not buy 
any more until spring. The farmers In this im¬ 
mediate vicinity, sell their milk to the Reid Ice 
Cream Company, which pays within one-quarter 
of a cent of the New York price for the entire 
year. There is not much demand for silos, not 
over seven or eight in the township. There is 
talk of building more this summer. Those who 
have silos, won’t do without them. Alex. Decker 
built one last fall; he says that it paid for itself 
in one year. It cost $60, and is a round one, 
which is, undoubtedly, the best shape. Apples are 
a good crop this year. Pears, peaches and plums 
a failure. j. u. c . 
Orange County. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Receipts of milk and cream continue heavy. 
The trade in canned goods is extremely dull. 
Grapes are in large supply and prices are 
lower. 
Pears are in lighter supply, and fancy fruit is 
higher. 
The export price of barbed wire is to be ad¬ 
vanced. 
Considerable butter in boxes is arriving from 
the West. 
Arrivals of plums are small, and the quality, 
generally, poor. 
Bogus commission merchants are thicker than 
ever. Beware of them ! 
The market for dried beans grows duller and 
duller and prices lower. 
What kind of eggs must they be which sell for 
50 cents per 30-dozen case ? 
Choice muskmelons sell readily, but there are 
many poor ones in market. 
Arrivals of peaches have been quite large, but 
not excessive, and the demand is good. 
Trade in all kinds of dried fruits is extremely 
dull, and prices are tending downward. 
The use of parchment paper is said to lessen 
materially the loss of butter by evaporation. 
Many farm buildings have been destroyed by 
lightning, and some of them were uninsured. 
Watermelons are dull and sales slow. The 
weather the past week has been too cool for this 
fruit. 
Choice apples are in good demand, but poor 
stock is in little demaud, and prices rule low and 
irregular. 
Beeswax has gone lower under pressure to sell, 
and sales have been made at 23J4 to 24% cents 
per pound for pure. 
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has 
issued a series of regulations to cover the manu¬ 
facture and sale of filled cheese. 
The hot weather heated plenty of butter in 
spite of refrigerator cars and all other cooling 
devices for shipping and handling. 
The ocean steamers are now carrying quanti¬ 
ties of butter to the other side. They are fitted up 
with refrigerators for the purpose. 
The fruit growers of Pasadena, Cal., have, it is 
reported, organized a protective association to 
oppose the consignment of dried fruits. 
The New England cranberry crop has been 
ravaged by worms, and reports place the yield at 
75 to 80 per cent of that of last year, which was a 
light one. 
Receipts of butter are unusually heavy for the 
time of year, but prices have shown a slight ad¬ 
vance for the best qualities. Stocks of the latter 
are extremely light. 
It is said that meat is now being cured by forc¬ 
ing the brine into it by hydraulic pressure, thus 
accomplishing in 20 seconds what usually re¬ 
quires several weeks. 
The cheese market has been in pretty good 
shape. Supplies have been moderate, consider¬ 
able has been bought on speculation, and foreign 
prices have been higher. The hot weather affected 
the quality of some of the arrivals, but not so 
much as with the butter. 
At the recent meeting of the Cape Cod Cran¬ 
berry Growers’ Association, the following officers 
President, A. D. Makepeace, West 
Barnstable; vice-presidents, Emulous Small, 
Harwich ; George R. Briggs, Plymouth ; secretary 
and treasurer, Franklin Crocker, Hyannis. 
The Secretary of Agriculture has received a 
communication from a Greek resident of Asia 
Minor, who desires a commission for the cultiva¬ 
tion, propagation aDd fishing of sponges on the 
shores of the United States. He is confident of 
his ability to develop a profitable industry. 
The recent egg market has been the worst ever 
experienced. The loss from heat has been large, 
and many eggs have become absolutely worthless. 
One car-load was sold for $100. The situation 
is somewhat improved, but the effect of the heat 
is likely to be apparent in the receipts for some 
time to come. 
Denmark is one of the leading butter exporting 
countries. The New York Produce Review prints 
the following from Copenhagen : “ We have had 
some rain, but far from sufficient to improve the 
condition of the pastures to any great extent. 
Grass is very scarce and in many places the 
cattle have to be stall fed. The production of 
butter is steadily decreasing, at any rate, the 
.arrivals to the Copenhagen market were, this 
week, much smaller than usual. At the same 
time, the demand is excessively large from all 
parts, and the exporters had to divide their but¬ 
ters proportionately between their customers, as 
it was quite impossible to give every one full 
quantity. Second ary butters were in even greater 
demand, taking the place of finest in the local 
consumption. The cellars are swept of butter of 
all kinds but decided confectionery stuff, and the 
tendency is to an equally brisk market again 
next week.” The United States would’nt have 
any trouble in making up this shortage. 
Geo. A. Cochrane, a Boston apple exporter, 
recommends boxes for shipping some of the more 
delicate varieties that do not carry well in bar¬ 
rels. He has been experimenting for several 
years, and claims to have demonstrated its prac¬ 
ticability during the past two years. The box he 
recommends, is in shape and style similar to the 
orange box now in general use, but somewhat 
different in measurement and construction. It 
can be made of any kind of wood that does not 
warp. The ends and middle piece should be 
made of %-inch wood, and be cut just 12% inches 
one way, and 13 inches the other. This will 
make two compartments 12%xl2%xl3 inches. The 
pieces for forming the ends should be planed on 
the outside, but the rest of the wood for the case 
may be made of fine sawed lumber. The pieces 
forming the sides should be of %-inch wood, and 
consist of, at least, two pieces and not more than 
three to a side. When nailed up, there should be 
a space of at least one-fourth inch between each 
strip to admit air. Use two-inch wire nails in 
putting together. The outside dimensions of the 
case are exactly 28% inches long, 13*4 inches wide 
and 13*4 inches deep. 
This box is intended to cater to a better class of 
trade than the barrel generally invites, and the 
higher the selection as to quality, the greater 
will be the price for the fruit. Fall fruit, such as 
Oldenburg, St. Lawrence, Alexander, Graven- 
stein, Fameuse, Wealthy, and, in fact, any kind 
of a red apple that will not carry safely in bar¬ 
rels, except Astrachan and Williams, are claimed 
to carry perfectly well in these cases. 
In packing, care should be used not to bruise or 
injure in any way, and in selecting, throw but 
any wormy, bruised or defective apples. Each 
apple must be wrapped in paper somewhat after 
the style in which oranges and lemons are packed. 
Pack snugly and carefully, but do not use any 
force sufficient to bruise the fruit. Any slack 
space fill up with excelsior or crumpled balls of 
paper. Keep the fruit in a cool place and out of 
the sun after picking and packing. Avoid leav¬ 
ing the fruit on the grass overnight. When winter 
fruit comes along, any day will do for shipment, 
but fall fruit should b^handled quickly, and 
must be shipped as late as possible and catch the 
steamers 
CHEESE—NEW. 
State full cream, large, colored, fancy. 8 %® 8 % 
Colored, good to choice. 8 @ 8 % 
Fair to good. . 7 @ 7 a* 
fancy white. 8 -k;®— 
White, choice. 8 @ 8 % 
Small, colored, fancy. 7 w® 7 'u 
Small, white, fancy ... 8 @- 
Small, good to choice. 7!4@ 794 
Small, common to fair. (j @7 
Light skims, choice. 6 @— 
Part skims, good to prime. 4 
Part skims, common to fair. 2 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, average, hens, per lb. 
full skims 
1 
17 
16 
16 
13 
50@ 75 
40® 50 
75@1 00 
75@ 90 
80@1 00 
EGG8. 
Near-by, new laid, fancy, per doz. 16 ® 
State, fresh gathered, average receipts . 14 @ 
Penna., country marks, average best.... 14 @ 
N. Ohio. Ind., 111. and Mich., prime . 12 @ 
Other Western, prime .. 13 @ _ 
Western, fair to good. n @ 12 
Western ASouth’n, poor to fair, per case.l 75 @2 40 
Western culls, per case. 50 ®l 00 
FRUITS—DRIED. 
Apples, evaporated, 1895, fancy, per lb.5%® 6 
Choice, 1895, per lb. 494® 5U 
Prime, 1895. per lb. 4%@ 4% 
Common to good, per lb. 3 ® 4 
N. C., sundried, 1895, sliced, fancy. 3%@ 3% 
Southern, sundried, common to choice ..2 @3 
State, sundried, quarters, bbls. 2%® 3% 
Western, sundried, quarters, bbls.2%@ 3% 
South-West’n, sundried, quarters, bbls. 2%@ 3 
Southern, sundried, quarters, bbls. 2 ® 294 
Southern, sundried, coarse cut bags. 2 @ 234 
Chopped, 1895. per lb.. 
Cores and skins, 1894, per lb.”_ @_ 
Peaches, 8undrted, 1895, peeled, per lb. 3 @6 
Cherries. 1895. per l'o.9 ® i)u 
Cherries, 1896, per lb...." 9U®i(/‘' 
Blackberries, 1896, per lb. 6%@ 6 
Raspberries, evaporated. 1896, per lb.16 ®— 
Huokleberries, 1895, per lb. 7 ® 7U 
1896, per lb . 7U@ 8 
Plums, Southern Damson, 1895, per lb.4 ®— 
FRUITS—GREEN 
Apples, 20-Ounce, perbbl.1 26@1 76 
Alexander, per bbl.. 25@2 00 
Gravenstein, per bbl.1 2502 00 
Ball Pippin, per bbl . .1 25@1 75 
Holland Pippin, per bbl.1 59®! 75 
Oldenburg, per bbl. 76@1 75 
Nearby, Nyack Pippin, per bbl.1 25@1 75 
Nearby, other k’ds, h’d-pick’d, per bbl.. .1 00@1 50 
Nearby, windfall, r>er bbl. 26@ 75 
Blackberries, fine and large, per quart. 7@ 8 
Soft and poor, per quart. 4® 6 
Grapes, Md. & Del.. Moore’s Early, per car’r. 60@ 76 
Md and Del., Concord, per carrier. 
Up-River, Champion, per 25-lb carrier.. 
Up-River, Wyoming, per 25-lb carrier... 
Up-River, Moore's Early, per 25-lb car’r. 
Up-River, Worden, per 25-lb carrier .... 
Up-River, Niagara, per 25-lb carrier_1 25@1 75 
Up-River. Delaware, per 25-lb carrier... 1 25@1 75 
Huckleberries. Jersey, per quart. 6® 7 
Mountain, Penn, and State, per quart... 6@ 8 
Peaches, Md. and Del., fancy, large, per bkt. 70@1 00 
Md. and Del., poor to fair, per crate. 30@ 60 
Bair to fancy, per carrier.1 5o@2 60 
Common, per carrier. 76®l 25 
Muskmelons. Baltimore, per basket. 75@1 00 
Md. and Del., per carrier. 75@l 50 
South Jersey, per bushel-crate. 25® 50 
South Jersey, per bbl.1 oo@3 00 
Anne Arundel, perbbl.1 oo@2 00 
Hackensack, per bbl.. 00@3 00 
Plums, Green, per 10-lb basket. 20@ 25 
Ordinary Blue, per basket. 20@ 30 
Extra fancy blue, per basket. 35® _ 
Pears, LeConte, Southern, per bbl.1 00@2 00 
Keiffer, Southern, per bbl.1 00@1 60 
Bartlett, per bbl.. 50@4 00 
Bartlett, per keg.. 25@1 75 
Clapp s Bavorjte, per bbl.2 50©3 25 
Clapp s Favorite, per keg.1 25@1 50 
Nearby, Scooter, per bbl.2 00@2 50 
Nearby cooking, per bbl.1 75®2 25 
Watermelons, choice, large, per 100 .16 00@25 00 
Small to medium, per 100 . 6 00@20 00 
Per car-load.. 00@175 00 
GAME. 
Woodcock, choice, per pair. 90@1 00 
1 artridges, choice, per pair. 75@l 00 
Grouse, choice, Der pair. 75@l 00 
English snipe, choice, per doz.1 75@2 00 
I lover, golden, choice, per doz.i 75@2 00 
Grass, choice, per doz.1 oo@i 50 
HONEY. 
8tate, 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 
Extracted, per lb. 51Z® 
Southern, in bulk, per gallon.45 @551^ 
„ „ „ HOPS. 
N. Y. State, crop of 1895, choice.7 @ 7% 
Medium to prime. 51Z® 
Crop of 1894, fancy.....!!!. 4 ® 
Prime. “ 
Medium..'.'.".W"' 3 ®— 
Common. 2 © 2U 
Pacific Coast, crop of 1895, choice...." 6 @ 6U 
Er ‘“ e . . 
Medium. 4U®_ 
Crop of 1894, common. •> ® 2 Lc 
German. \\{ 4 I20 
MEATS—DRESSED. 
BEANS AND PEAS. 
Beans, Marrow, 1895, choice. .1 12® 1 15 
Medium, 1895, choice. 97@1 00 
Pea, 1895, choice .1 00® — 
Medium or pea, common to good. 85® 95 
White Kidney, 1895, choice.1 20@1 25 
Red Kidney, 1895. choice .1 05@ — 
Red Kidney, common to good. 90@1 00 
Black Turtle soup, 1895.1 45@i 50 
Yellow Eye 1895, choice.1 I7@i 20 
Lima, Cal., 1895 160 lbs).1 65@ _ 
Green peas, bbl., per bushel. 72® _ 
Bags, per bushel. 67@ — 
Scotch, bags. 70@ 72 
BUTTER—NEW. 
Creamery, Western, extras .16 @— 
Western, firsts. @15 
Western, thirds..11?®12 
State, fancy....15%@16 
Common to prime.11%@16 
State dairy, half-firkin tubs, fancy.14 "@15 
|' lrsts -.13 @14 
Welsh tubs, fancy. 14 @141^ 
Welsh tubs, firsts.. @131^ 
Welsh tubs, seconds.11 @_ 
Tubs, thirds.19 @10% 
Western Imitation creamery, firsts.12 @— 
Seconds. @n 
Western dairy, firsts. @12 
Bactory, fancy.11 @— 
factory, firsts.. @iou 
Bactory, seconds. 9 @ 91^ 
B’actory, thirds. 7%@ 8 2 
Old butter. 9®® 9* 
Veals, oountry dressed, prime, per lb... 
Fair to good, per lb. 
Com. to med., per lb. 
. 10 @ 
. 9 @ 
7 & 
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Small, per lb. 
Buttermilks. 
Grassers. 
. 5 @ 
. 5%@ 
7 
Pork, country dressed, light, per ii>. 
Medium, per lb. 
. 6 @ 
POTATOES. 
Long Island, in bulk, per bbl. 
Jersey, per bbl. 
Phila., ordinary, per lb. 
L. I., scalded, per lb. 
Pennsylvania, per lb. 
Western, dry-picked, per lb. 
5 
@ 3 
@ 1 % 
8pring ducks, L. I. 
Squabs, 
, 10 
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11 
9 
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15 
. 10 
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12 
. 10 
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. 10 
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12 
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9 
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6 
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VEGETABLES. 
Beets, per 100 bunches. 75® _ 
Cabbage, L. I., per 100.2 00©2 50 
Carrots, per 100 bunches. 75@ _ 
Cauliflower, L. I. and Jersey, per bbl.1 50@2 50 
Celery, fancy, large, per doz. 40® _ 
Average, prime, per doz. ]5@ 25 
Small, per doz. j 0 
Cucumbers, Jersey, per box. 20@ 30 
Long Island, per 100. 40@ 50 
Pickles, L. I„ per 1,000 .1 00@2 25 
Pickles, Jersey, per 1,000.1 00@2 00 
Egg plant. Monmouth County, per bbl. 50® 75 
Jersey, per bbl. 49® 
Green corn, Hackensack, per 100. jg® 75 
Other Jersey, per 100 . 25® 60 
Green peas. Western N. Y., per bag. 50@1 75 
Long Island, per bag.1. 76@1 00 
Lettuce, Boston, per doz. 35® 49 
Lima beans, Hackensack potato, per bag... 75@i GO 
Jersey flat, per bag. 49® 99 
Onions, Southern, potato, per basket. so® 60 
Southern, potato, per bbl. 1 12@1 26 
Orange County, red, per bbl. 75@i 09 
Connecticut, red, per bbl.1 25® _ 
Connecticut, white, per bbl.1 75@2 00 
Connecticut, yellow, per bbl.1 25@1 50 
State, Multipliers, per bbl.1 25® _ 
Long Island, yellow, per bbl.1 25@1 50 
Long Island, Red, per bbl.1 00@1 25 
Peppers, S. Jersey, per bbl. (;g@ 73 
Spanish, per bbl. 75@1 99 
Spinach, per bbl. _@ _ 
Squash, marrow, per bbl . 75® 
White and yellow crook, per bbl. 59® 
String beans, Jersey, per basket. —® 
Long Island, per bag. 75® 
Tomatoes, Monm'th Co.,J’y. fancy,per crate. 20@ 
Monmouth Co.. Jersey. Grant, perorate. 20@ 
South Jersey, per crate. io@ 
Turnips, new, white, per 100 bunches.1 5002 
Russia, per bbl. 60@ 
WOOL. 
XX and above, Ohio.18 @19 
Washed combing and delaine.18 @23 
Unwashed combing. 17 @29 
Texas, medium to choice.._.__ !! 10 @13 
B’ine and medium, fall clipped, Texas. 9 @10 
California. 9 ® 16 
Oregon. . ® 13 ^ 
Territory. . 7 ®pi 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total dally supply has been 22,689 cans of milk, 
188 cans of condensed milk and 978 cans of cream 
fihe average price paid for the surplus on the plat¬ 
forms has been $1.25 a can of 40 quarts. 
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IN writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
0LDMBIA 
BicrciEs 
POPE MANUFACIIRINOCO 
HARTFORD,CONN. 
Established 1875. 
Sweets, yellow, per bbl.. 12@1 50 
Jersey, yellow, per half-bbl basket.1 00@1 25 
Sweets, red. per bbl... 75®! 2 5 
POULTRY—LIVE. 
Spring chickens, per lb. 9u® 
Fowls, local, per lb. 9 ® 
Western, per lb.' 9 ® 
Southwestern, per lb. g ® 
Southern, per lb." 9 S! 
Chickens, yearlings, per lb. 10 
Roosters, old, per lb.”” 5 
Turkeys, mixed, per lb.9 
Ducks, local, per pair.79 
Western, per pair.”” 99 
Southern, per pair.59 
Geese, local, per pair. 99 
Western, per pair. 99 
Southern, per pair.75 
Pigeons, old, per pair.20 
Young, per pair. 15 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO. 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in alT kTni?s nt 
n°VE NTlt JL PRODUCE. Butter? Kggs Cheese 
Poultry, lorexan and Domestic Fruits. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little 12th St., New York. 
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GARNER & CO., 
Produce Commission Merchants, 
51 LITTLE 12th ST., NEW YORK. 
More room and a better location enable ns to handle 
to better advantage, CHOICE CREAMERY BUTTER 
am OI F B EUEESE > FANCY LEGHORN EGGS, 
Shipping Cards and Stencils on application. 
Reference; Gansevoort Bank. 
W. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
29 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game, 
I Poultry, 
Mushrooms, 
Furs, 
I Calves, 
Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
| Hothouse Lambs, | 
Live Quail. 
were elected 
GRASS SEED. 
Clover, per 100 lb. 6 75® 8 25 
Timothy. 3 59® 4 99 
show , ttl i 3 Threshing-machine to be the 
and th <> greatest grain saver of all. 
only about miles travel per hour. For full 
° n Ai an( ^ J or to® best Straw-preserving Rye- 
thresh ere. Clove r-hullers, Fanning-mills, B’eed-mills, Cir¬ 
cular-saw Machines, Land-rollers and Dog-powers, send 
*7 r Fearless Catalogue. For Fodder-cutters, Car- 
w” Machines, and for information show¬ 
ing Why Ensilage Pays,” send for Ensilage Cata¬ 
logue. Address. HHUKI) HAKUkK. CobleekilL N.' Y. 
SOMERS, BROTHER & CO. 
PITTSBURGH, PA. 
Fruits and Produce 
Receiv e and sell, in oar load lots and smaller 
quantiti es, all Products of tne OrcharTTTiSWiW 
Dairy. Hennery and Farm. --— 
Send for our little book, "Suggestions to Shippers,” Market 
Reports, Specm. References, Stencils, cto.Tall free. 
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