364 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 29, 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending April 22, 1005 : 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern, Duluth — 
No. 2, red 
Corn, No. 2, mixed 
Oats, mixed . 
ltye . 
Barley . 
BEANS. 
Marrow .2.50 
Medium .1-75 
Pea .1.50 
Red kidney .2.70 
White kidney . — 
Black turtle soup. — 
Yellow eye .2.05 
FEED. 
Wholesale. 
Spring bran . — 
Flour middlings . — 
Red dog . — 
Ilominy chop . — 
Retail Western New York. 
Spring bran .22.00 
Winter bran .22.00 
Middlings .23.00 
Red dog .26.00 
Gluten feed .28.00 
Gluten meal .30.00 
Oil meal.33.00 
SEEDS. 
Timothy, 100 lbs. — 
Red top, 100 lbs. — 
Blue grass, 100 lbs. — 
Orchard grass, 100 lbs. — 
Awnless brome, 100 lbs. — 
Alfalfa, 100 lbs. — 
Alsike, 100 lbs. — 
Clover, medium red. 100 lbs.. — 
Crimson clover, 100 lbs. — 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Ilay, No. 1 . 75 
No. 2 . 65 
No. 3 . 50 
Clover and clover mixed. .. 60 
Straw, long rye. .’. 80 
Short and oat. 50 
M’ILK. 
New York Exchange price 
quart in 26-cent freight zone. 
BUTTER. 
Scarce and two cents higher. 
Creamery, extra . 83 @ 33% 
Firsts . 32 (5! 32 % 
Seconds . 30 @ 31 
Thirds . 26 @ 28 
State dairy, extra. 31 @ 32 
Lower grades . 23 @ 28 
Imitation creamery . 24 @ 28 
Factory . 10 @ 25 
Renovated . 18 @ 27 
Packing stock . 17 © 21 
@1.09% 
@1.09 
@ 53 
@ 35 
@ 75 
@ 53 
@2.95 
(a 2.25 
(a 1.75 
(a 2.75 
@3.10 
@3.25 
@2.10 
@18.00 
@20.75 
@23.25 
@19.75 
@23.00 
@ 23.00 
@26.00 
@27.00 
(a 29.00 
@ 3 1 .00 
@34.00 
@ 6.50 
<a i4.oo 
@ 12.00 
@17.00 
@15.00 
@18.00 
01 ^ 7.00 
@17.00 
@ 8.50 
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77% 
70 
60 
70 
90 
65 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, small, fancy. — @ 14% 
Small, fine . •— @ 13% 
Small, choice . — @ 13% 
Small, fair to good. 12 @ 12% 
Small, poor . 10% @ 11% 
Light skims, choice. 10% @ 10% 
Full skims . 4%@ 5% 
EGGS. 
White, good to choice. .. . 
Nearby, mixed . 
Duck eggs . 
Goose eggs . 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apnles, evaporated, fancy... 
Evaporated, choice . 
Evaporated, com, tb good.. 
Sun dried . 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs. .. 
Cherries . 
Blackberries . 
Huckleberries . 
Raspberries . 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, cold storage, Spitz. . . 
Ren Davis . 
Greening . 
Baldwin . 
Spy . 
Common storage stock 50 
per barrel less. 
Cranberries, ch. to fey., bbl. 
Strawberries, Florida, qt. ... 
Charleston . 20 
North Carolina . 14 
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VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, State & W’n, 180 lbs.1.00 
Maine, 165-lb. bag.1.00 
Long Island. 180 lbs.1.75 
Jersey. 180 lbs.1.00 
Bermuda, bbl.3.00 
Florida, new, bbl.3.00 
Southern, 2d crop, bbl.2.50 
Sweet potatoes .2.50 
Asparagus, fey., doz.3.50 
Extra fey., green.7.00 
Poor to fair .1.50 
Brussels sprouts, qt. 10 
Beets and carrots, new, 100 
bunches .1.00 
Cabbage, red, ton.20.00 
White .5.00 
Celery, dozen . 20 
Chicory and escarol. N. O., bbl.3.00 
Horseradish, 100 lbs.3.00 
Kale, bbl. 50 
Lettuce, %-bbl. basket. 50 
Onions, yellow, bbl.2.50 
Red .2.25 
White, bushel crate. 50 
Peppers. Fla., 20-qt. carrier... 1.25 
Peas, 1-3-bbI. basket. 75 
String beans. 1-3-bbl. bkt.1.50 
Spinach, bbl. 40 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl.1.25 
Turnips, ruta baga, bbl. 50 
Tomatoes, Fla., 20-qt. carrier. 1.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, dozen . 40 
Lettuce, dozen . 25 
Rhubarb, lb. 4 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Market for fowls good. 
Chickens, lb. — 
Fowls . — 
Old roosters . — 
Ducks, pair . 60 
Geese, pair .1.25 
Pigeons . — 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, fancy veal. — @10 
Fair to good. 7 @ 9% 
Lambs, hothouse, head.4.00 @8.00 
Hogs, choice . 7%@ 8% 
Roughs . 4 @ 5 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 14 @ 18 
Chickens, extra choice. 35 @ 40 
Fair to good. 15 @ 20 
Fowls . 13% @ 14 
Squabs, dozen .1.50 @2.75 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.00 @6.65 
Bulls .3.00 @5.00 
Cows .1.75 @5.40 
Calves .4.00 @7.50 
Sheep .3.00 @5.40 
Lambs .7.75 @8.25 
Hogs . — @6.00 
ESSENTIAL OILS. 
Wholesale selling price here. 
Peppermint .3.00 @3.50 
Wintergreen . 1.85 @2.10 
Tansy .4.00 @4.25 
Spearmint .,.4.75 @5.00 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots f. o. b. New York. Single 
bag lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of soda. — @52.00 
Muriate of potash. — @43.00 
Acid phosphate . — @12.50 
Kainit . — @12.00 
Dried hlood . — @45.00 
Tankage . — @35.00 
Bone meal . — © 25.00 
Peruvian guano . ... — @37.00 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots, lb. — @ 2% 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb. — @ 6% 
2% cents per 
@3.00 
@2.50 
@3.00 
@2.50 
@3.00 
to $1.50 
@6.00 
@ 22 
@ 23 
@ 18 
@1.25 
@1.20 
@2.00 
@1.25 
@7.00 
@6.25 
@4.00 
@4.00 
@5.00 
@7.50 
@3.00 
@ 20 
@4.00 
@30.00 
@10.00 
@ 90 
@4.00 
@ 6.00 
@ 75 
@1.50 
@3.50 
@3.25 
@2.00 
@2.00 
@1.25 
@2.75 
@ 1.00 
@1.75 
@ 90 
@4.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 75 
@ 8 
@ 30 
@ 12 
@ 15 
@ 10 
@ 80 
@1.62 
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MILK AND COW NOTES. 
The cows, as a rule, are in good condi¬ 
tion, owing to the large amount of grain fed 
this Winter. Hay is from 812 to $15. 
Nearly everyone has enough hay to last 
until grass time, but it has been a pretty 
close shave for the majority. The price for 
grain at the present time is as follows: 
Gluten, $26; middlings, $26; bran, $24; 
mixed feed, $24 and $25; Ajax feed, $26; 
oil meal (old process), $30; cotton seed, 
$28; cornmeal, $24. The average price of 
milk for the next six months is $1.10, which 
is the same as last Summer. The Bordens 
did not shut out any patrons this Spring, 
as they did last year, owing to a rival com- 
pan.v offering to take all such milk. 
M't. Upton, N. Y. o. B. M. 
. Five or six years ago the farmers of east¬ 
ern Connecticut commenced sending milk to 
Boston. Within a year or two past the Bos¬ 
ton shipment has somewhat decreased, while 
the local and creamery demand has increased. 
Some who formerly shipped all of their 
milk to Boston now send only one-half, it 
paying better, all things considered, to work 
up the local trade. Quite a number have in¬ 
creased their stock of cows—some double the 
number formerly kept. While the hay crop 
last year was rather larger than usual, it 
was inferior in quality, and the use of silage 
has materially increased. Prices have not 
varied, much in the past two years, although 
higher than five years ago. Last August the 
writer, while visiting the central part of 
Vermont, found that some of the small farm¬ 
ers who formerly got along with half a dozen 
cows were now milking a dozen, the creamery 
taking the milk at the door. With hired 
help at prohibitive prices, the saving of labor 
was no small item. H. H. B. 
Connecticut. 
The cows through this county are looking 
well, having come out of the hard Winter in 
good condition. The demand for cows is only 
moderate, the average price at public sales 
being about $40 to $45, or from $30 to $65 
apiece. ITay is quite plentiful, selling for 
$10 to $14 per ton. Feed is high in price; 
the greater part of feed used for cows is 
western feed, high in price and poor in qual¬ 
ity. J'here is quite a demand for milk 
throughout the county. The Bordens have 
two large plants within a few miles of this 
place, and there is a shinping plant at nearly 
every cross-roads. The Bordens’ prices are a 
little higher than last year; what the Ex¬ 
change price will be is hard to tell. 
New York. M. n. 
WANT TO KNOW. 
Squirrel Killer Wanted.—I am one of 
several land owners on a reclaimed island of 
about 3,000 acres. We are overrun with 
squirrels, and want to know how to get rid 
of them. We have tried poison and shoot¬ 
ing, but there seem to be as many as ever. 
We have spent many dollars for poison, and 
have hired experts to shoot them, or rather 
have given them five cents a tail for killing 
them, and still they multiply. We will give 
$1,000 cash to anyone who will rid our 
island of the squirrels. 
Santa Rosa, Cal. J. i. p. 
Express Companies and Egos. —I re¬ 
ceived the other day a box of eggs from a 
fancier. When opened the 200 eggs were 
found to be well packed, and should have 
come through all right, but evidently the 
box had been dropped from car or truck on 
end, as 47 of the eggs were simply crushed, 
and the express company refuses to pay dam¬ 
ages, as the box outside was not injured. 
j. w. G. 
R. N.-Y.—That is a not uncommon experi¬ 
ence with express companies. In Europe 
eggs are safely carried by mail. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
SEED POTATOES 
Early Michigan and Banner. Pure, sound 
sorted stock. Sacks free. Also seed corn 9vv 
for grain or ensilage, at farmer prices. Per Bu 
HENRY FIELD, Box 36, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
Ceed Potatoes—’’Early Surprise,” Maine's earliest 
Potato; marketed in six weeks, $1.10 large; 90c. 
smaller per bush. M. A. Fogg, Route 2, Skowhegan.Me 
HI [II [A C H11 from a vigorous growing field of 
HLlMLlH OUIL Alfalfa, three years old, $1 per 
hundred pounds; 10 per cent discount on 500 pounds 
or over. R. I). BUTTON, Canastota, New York. 
RUBEROID 
' ‘ - ’iT£*£l> 
OOFING 
TRAPl MARK ReOUTlRg o 
STANDARD 
FOR 14 YEARS 
The only prepared roofing which outlasts metal 
or shingles. Costs much less to buy and apply 
than either. Sold ready for application by any 
handy man. No experience required. Nails, tin 
caps and lap-cement shipped with every rod. No 
tarring or graveling necessary. 
Ruberoid Roofing is positively weather-proof and 
fire-resisting. Contains no tar or paper. Will not 
melt, rot or tear. Practically indestructible. 
An excellent roofing and siding for barns, poultry 
houses, etc. You ought to have a roll of it, contain¬ 
ing 216 square feet, constantly on hand for repair 
work. 
Accept none which does not bear the regis¬ 
tered trade mark “KUBEROID” on the 
undersid**, every four feet. We are the 
sole manufacturers. Send for sam¬ 
ples and Booklet K. 
THE STANDARD PAINT CO. 
100 William St., N.Y. 
ORNAMENTAL FENCE 
at an economical price. 
Handsome designs; strong 
and durable. 
Write for catalogue “D.” 
ANCHOR FENCE & 
MANUFACTURING CO., Cleveland, Ohio. 
A GOOD THING 
^FROST,, 
[BEST. 
(cheapest 
is always cheap at a fair price, while a poor article is 
dear at any price. We make and sell a fence that will 
last a life time. New catalogue of new system. 
THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO„ Cleveland, Ohio. 
PRESS HAY 
Profitably for yourself and your neighbors 
with the Double Stroke, Full Circle 
RED RIPPER HAY PRESS. 
One and two horse sizes. Large capacity. 
Simple In construction. 
Half the Weight, Half the Price, 
of others of same capacity. Bales all kinds of 
hay and straw. Send for catalogue. 
Harder Mig. Co., Box 11, Cobleskill, N.Y. 
CRE OF CORN 
i "Corn Is King." Its wonderful possibilities practical- 
I ly developed in the newest and latest Silage work; 
} “MODERN SILAGE METHODS.” 
• An entirely new and practical work on Silos, their con- 
I struction and the process of filling, to which is added 
complete and reliable information regarding Silage and 
I its composition; feeding and a treatise on rations, 
being a Feeders’ and Dairymens’ Guide. 
i I—Advantages of the Silo. IV—How to Make Silage. 
I II—Building the Silo. V—Feeding Silage. 
J III—Silage Crops. VI—A Feeder’s Guldt. 
I 212pages of plain, practical Information for 
• practical men. Contains just the things 
I you have wanted to know and could not fintielBe- 
I where. Copyrighted 1903. Postpaid for 10 
cent8, stamps or coin. 
THE SILVER MFC. CO., 
Salem, Ohio. 
One of the best dairy farms in Western N. Y. 210 
acres. Rents for $500.00 per year and taxes. Price 
$8,000 cash, A. W. GRAHAM, Castile, N. Y. 
5' a f»rws, SI00 
WEST EGG HARBOR, N J 
$5 DOWN $5 MONTHLY 
RICH, LOAMY SOIL, free from rocks and 
stones; especially adapted for truck, vegetables, 
fancy-priced strawberries and other early fruits, 
poultry and squab-raising. Almost perfect cli¬ 
mate—no severe heat nor cold. Plowing generally 
begins in February. Level country—high, dry, 
healthy. No swamps, no malaria. Pure water, 
pine air, ocean breezes. 
LOCATED on two railroads—main lines of the 
Pennsylvania and Reading, between Philadelphia 
and Atlantic City. Only 17 miles from Atlantic 
City—the greatest seashore resort in the world, 
and a high-priced market all year round. Other 
good markets near by. Within gunshot of Egg 
Harbor City, with good seliools, churches, stores, 
bank, newspapers. 
TITLE INSURED and guaranteed free and 
clear. Immediate possession. If you wish, we’ll 
build you a house and take payment monthly, 
like rent. 
FIVE ACRES, $100—and thousands of men in 
this part of South Jersey make handsome in¬ 
comes from these five-acre plots. Garden plots, 
containing one acre, $35. And the terms are very 
easy—only $5 down and $5 monthly. 
AS A ftEAL ESTATE INVESTMENT this is 
unequaled. Buy the land, even if yon don’t want 
to live on it, and hold it for the rapid increase 
in value which has already begun. 
MAP AND BOOKLET sent free. Write to-day 
DOBBS & FRAZIER, 
630 Bailey Building, Phila., Fenna. 
LAMBS, CALVES. 
We have a large trade in Dressed Lambs, Calves, 
Hothouse Products, Fancy Eggs, Fruits and Vege¬ 
tables. Top prices secured for choice products. Write 
us what you nave for sale. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., lOO Mlurray St., N.Y. 
GMO. P. HAMMOND. KST. 1876. TRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds ok‘ 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Bpeoialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 A 86 Little 12th St.. New York. 
Oldest Commission 2^5u2£ciE2 
eggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, etc. Fruits 
K. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Street, New York 
VIRGINIA FARMS 
COST $10 
Income $30 
ache 
per Aero 
Virginia Land 1. doing this for Its farmer, every year, and 
we provo It to you by Binned statements. Long Summers, 
mild Winters. Best shipping facilities to great eastern 
markets at lowest rates Best church, school and social advan 
tages. For list offarms, excursion rates and what others have 
accomplished,write to-day to V. H. LABAUMK, Agr. and Iud. Agt. 
Norfolk and Western By., Bo* 17 Koauoke, Vs. 
90 Acre Farm, % mile from town school, church, 
shipping, water, ’phone, etc., rural delivery at door, 
ten acres devoted to dairy, five acres ,in dewberries, 
ten acres in strawberries, orchard of choice fruit 
trees, apple and peach. Soil in high state of culti¬ 
vation; 20 acres in fine timber and wood, worth one- 
third of farm. Comfortable dwelling, large barn, 
lovely shade trees and flowers. Finest climate in the 
world, no exception. Fine drinking water at door. 
We get better prices for our produce than Delaware, 
for we ship one week ahead of them. Price of farm, 
$2,500. 32-page book on Maryland free. Address, 
Dr. J. L. Woodcock, 406 Camden Ave., Salisbury. Md. 
MONEY-MAKING farm, 110 acres, overlooking 
nearby land; 2Hs miles from R. R. village; neat 7- 
room house, furnace heated; good barn. To settle 
estate quickly will include three cows, a horse and 
all farming tools and machinery for only $1,500: no 
mortgage. Full details and “Strout’s Spring List,” 
(Illustrated), describing 200 other farm bargains with 
reliable information of soils, crops, markets, climate, 
etc., mailed free. E. A, STROUT, Farm Dept. 42,150 
Nassau St., N. Y. City, or Tremont ’Temple, Boston. 
New Mexico Ranching-Healthy Country 
Young Englishman, 17 years active experience sheep¬ 
raising in Australia, but without capital, can 'pur¬ 
chase fine ranch where he is now, $25,000. Profits 12 
M APS, Reports.Descriptive Lists, Prices, Illustrated 
Book about Delaware Farms, Cheap Lands.Best 
Markets. State Boaud of Agriculture, 
Dover, Delaware. 
50 DELAWARE & MARYLAND FARMS 
For Sale. Circular free. W. H. Hayman, Delmar, Del. 
For rich farming and fruit growing. 
Write J. D. 8. HAN86N, Hart, Mich. 
FARMS_ 
ATTENTION St 
favor us with your orders. Mall orders a Specialty. 
1. HEKZ, Genl. Mgr., 99Moutgoiuery St., Jersey City, N. J. 
Ill r n i v $07 A WCCIT And ex P enses to men 
fit f AT pUI A WCtlV with rigs to introduce 
Poultry Compound. InternatlonalMfg.Co.,Parsons, Kan. 
Net Price Farm Implement Catalogues 
Containing over 550 illustrations, sent free on appli¬ 
cation. Robt. C. Reeves Co., 187 Water St., N.Y. City 
150 Envelopes and 150 Letter Heads, neatly 
printed, for 75 cents, postpaid. Address 
THOMPSON. The Printer, R. 8. Oswego. N. Y. 
W ANTED—A Hollander as Herdsman on a Dairy 
Farm. Single man and best of references re¬ 
quired. Address H. O. Remsen, Supt., Homestead 
Dairy Farm, Coleman’s Station, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
Made by 30-year old company 
Pratts Hog Cholera Cure. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
