386 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 6, 
MARKETS 
Prices current in New York for week end¬ 
ing April 20, 1905 : 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 1, Northern, Duluth — 
No. 2, red. — 
Corn, No. 2 mixed. — 
Oats, mixed . — 
Rye . — 
Barley . — 
FEED. 
Wholesale prices. 
Bran . — 
Middlings . — 
Cotton seed meal . — ; 
Linseed meal. — 
Retail western New York. 
Bran . 22.00 
Middlings .24.00 
Red dog . — 
Gluten .26.00 
Oil meal . — 
Oats and corn 
@ 1.01 
Co 96% 
@ 52 
@ 35 
Co) 80 
@ 46 
@10.50 
@21.50 
@26.00 
@30.00 
@23.00 
@26.00 
@27.00 
@28.00 
@34.00 
@26.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Market dull. 
Hay, No. 1. 75 @ 80 
No. 2 . — @ 65 
No. 3 . 50 @ 60 
Clover and clover mixed. .. 70 @ 75 
Straw, long rye. 85 @ 90 
Short and oat. 40 @ 65 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price 2% cents per 
quart in 26-cent freight zone. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra . 
Kirsts . 
30 
20 
@ 
@ 
30% 
20 % 
Seconds . 
27 
0 
28 " 
Thirds . 
25 
@ 
26 
State dairy, half-tubs, extras. 
28% @ 
20 
Tubs, firsts . 
25 
@ 
26 
Tubs, seconds . 
25 
@ 
26 
Fresh, lower grades. 
22 
@ 
24 
Western imitation creamery, 
extras . 
— 
@ 
28 
Firsts . 
25 
@ 
27 
Seconds . 
22 
@ 
24 
Western factory, firsts. 
24 
@ 
25 
Seconds . 
21 
@ 
22 
Lower grades . 
10 
@ 
20 
Renovated, extras . 
— 
@ 
28 
Fi rsts . 
20 
@ 
27 
Seconds . 
22 
@ 
25 
Lower grades . 
18 
@ 
20 
racking stock, No. 2. 
20 
@ 
21 
No. 3 . 
17 
@ 
19 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, small, fancy. 
— 
@ 
14% 
Small, fine . 
— 
(fi! 
13% 
Small, late made, choice. . .. 
— 
@ 
1 3 % 
Small, late made, fail' to gd 
1 2 % @ 
12% 
Light skims, small, choice. . . 
1 o y, @ 
10% 
Light skims, prime. 
!) % @ 
0% 
Full skims . 
4 % @ 
5% 
EGGS. 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice, bu. 
Common to good. 
Medium, choice .:. 
Common to good. 
Pea, choice . 
Common to good. 
Red kidney, choice. 
Common to good. 
White kidney, choice. 
Black turtle soup, choice. 
Yellow eye, choice. 
— 
@2.90 
@2.85 
.2.10 
@2.12% 
@2.05 
— 
@1.75 
@1.70 
.2.67% @2.70 
@2.65 
@ — 
— 
@3.25 
@2.10 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
FRESH KII.LED-ICED. 
Turkeys, Western, average best — @ 18 
Western, mixed, fai rto good 15 @ 17 
Chickens, Phila. broilers, 3% 
@4 lbs. to pair. 35 @ 40 
Phila., mixed sizes, lb. 17 @ 20 
Penna., mixed sizes. 15 @ 17 
Western, coarse and staggy. 10 @12 
Fowls, Western, medium size. — @ 13% 
Western, heavy weights.... — @13 
Fowls and chickens, poor to 
fair . 10 @ 1^2 
Squabs, pme., large, white, doz. — @2.75 
Mixed . — @2.25 
Dark .1.50 @1.75 
FROZEN’. 
Turkeys, Toms, No. 1, lb.... 22 @23 
lien's. No. 1. 21 @ 22 
No. 2 . 16 @ 18 
Capons, choice, large, lb. 20 @ 22 
Broilers, dry picked. No. 1. . . 20 @ 23 
Scalded, No. 1. lb. 18 @ 20 
Chickens, roasting soft-meated, 
lb.. —@ 17 
Roasting, average No. 1.... 15 @ 16 
Medium grades . 13 @ 14 
Fowls, No. 1, lb. — @ 13% 
No. 2 . 10 @ 12 
Old roosters, lb. 10 @ 10% 
Ducks, No. 1, lb. 15 @ 16 
Geese, No. 1, lb. 12 @ 13 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Dressed calves, fancy veals, lb. — @0 
Fair to good. 8 @ 8% 
Poor . 6 @ 7 
Dressed Spring lambs, earcass.4.00 @6.00 
Dressed hogs. Jersey, light, lb. 7%@ 8i/, 
Jersey, heavy . 5%@ 6 
Roughs . 4 @ 4% 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.75 @6.40 
Bulls .3.00 @4.75 
Cows . 1.75 @4.25 
Calves .3.00 @6.50 
Sheep .3.0 @5.00 
Lambs .5.50 @6.50 
Hogs . — @5.75 
ESSENTIAL OILS. 
Wholesale selling price here. 
Peppermint .2.00 @3.25 
Wintergreen .1.85 @2.10 
Tansy .3.75 @4.25 
Spearmint .4.50 @4.75 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Nearby, fancy, selected, white 
Selected, white, good to oh 
Fresh galhered, extra mixed 
Fresh gathered, firsts. 
Western, storage packed, first 
Western, fresh gathered, 2ds 
Kentucky, fair to prime. 
Southern poor to fair. 
Duck eggs. Baltimore, dozen. 
Goose eggs, dozen. 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fancy, lb. 
Evaporated, choice . 
Evaporated, prime . 
Sun dried, Canadian, quar¬ 
ters, lb. 
State & W'n, quarters,... 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
Cores and skins. 100 lbs. 
Raspberries, evaporated, lb. 
Huckleberries, 1004 . 
Blackberries. 1004 . 
20 @ 
— @ 
— @ 
17% @ 
— @ 
— @ 
16% @ 
14 % @ 
FRESH FRUITS 
Spitzenburg, com. stg. . . 
Ben Davis, com. storage... .1.5 
Greening, com. storage. 
Russet, bbl. 
No. 2 stock, bbl. 
Cranberries, Jersey, bbl. . 
Strawberries, Florida, qt. 
North Carolina . 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, State & W'n, 180 lbs. 
Maine, 65-lb. bag. 
Bermuda, No. 1 . 
No. 2 . 
Florida, new, No. 
Florida, new. No, 
Southern, 2d crop. 
Southern. 2d crop. 
Sweet potatoes. Jersey 
1, 
9 
bbl. 
No. 1, 
Asparagus, 
Extra 
Colossal, 
Culls .„. 
Artichokes, California, dozen. 
Brussels sprouts, quart. 
Beets ,old. bbl. 
New Orleans, 100 bunches. 
Florida, bbl.-crate . 
Carrots, old, bbl . 
New Orleans. 100 bunches. 
Charleston, 100 bunches... 
Cabbage, old. ton. 
Florida, bbl.-crate . 
Florida, red, bbl.-crate... . 
Celery, State & W., doz. stalks 
Chicory, New Orleans, bbl. . . 
Escarol. New Orleans, bbl... 
Kale, Norfolk, bbl. 
Baltimore, bbl. 
Lettuce. Florida, %-bbl. bkt. 
Leeks, Southern. 100 bunches 
Onion, old, yellow, bbl. or ba; 
Old, red, bbl. or bag. 
Oysterplants. 100 bunches... 
Parsnips, bbl. 
Peppers, Fla.. 20-qt. carrier. 
Peas. Ga. & S. C.. 1-3-bbl. bk 
Radishes, New Orleans, bbl. . 
String beans, Fla., green, 1-3- 
bbl. basket . 
Florida, green, crate. 
Spinach, Norfolk, bbl. 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl. 
Turnips, ruta baga, bbl. 
New, white, 100 bunches. . 
Tomatoes, Fla., 20-qt. carrier 
HOTHOUSE PROD 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz. 
No. 2 . 
— 
@ 28 
45 
1 
@ 50 
7 
@ — 
6 
@ 6 
5 
@ 5 
3 
@ 4 
o 
% @ 3 
@ 1.50 
95 
@1.00 
24 
@ 25 
10 
@ 11 
6 % @ 7 
13% @ — 
i 
2.00 
@3.00 
1.50 
@2.00 
2.00 
@3.00 
@2.50 
1.25 
@2.00 
@2.50 
1.25 
@1.75 
2.00 
@4.00 
1.00 
@ 2.00 
@2.00 
50 
@1.00 
@ — 
0 
@ 13 
10 
@ 18 
8 
@ 12 
1.00 
@1.12 
00 
@1.10 
@6.00 
3.00 
@4.50 
4.50 
@ 5.50 
@4.00 
@4.00 
1.00 
@2.50 
2.50 
@4.00 
@6.00 
@ 4.50 
@3.50 
@ 2.00 
75 
@1.00 
10 
@ 20 
1.00 
@1.25 
1.00 
@4.00 
1.00 
@2.00 
@2.00 
1.00 
@3.00 
.2.0 
@3.00 
0.00 
@20.Of 
1.00 
@2.00 
3.00 
@3.50 
20 
@ 00 
3.00 
@4.00 
@4.00 
50 
@ 75 
60 
@ 75 
50 
@1.25 
1.50 
@4.00 
1.50 
@3.50 
@3.00 
2.00 
@4.00 
1.00 
@1.25 
1.25 
@2.00 
1.00 
@1.50 
1.00 
@2.00 
@2.50 
1.00 
@2.25 
— 
@ 75 
1.25 
@1.75 
50 
@1.00 
2.00 
@3:00 
1.50 
@4.00 
'CTS. 
75 
@ 1.00 
40 
@ 60 
15 
@ 50 
. 30 
@ 60 
1.00 
@2.00 
10 
@ 30 
21 
10 
18% 
18 
18 
17 
17% 
15% 
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 .oo 
Dried blood . — @50.00 
Tankage . — @35.00 
Bone meal . — @ 25.00 
Peruvian guano . — @37.00 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots, lb. — @ 2Y. 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb. — @ 6% 
PRODUCTS , PRICES AND TRADE. 
Hothouse Tomatoes are selling poorly, 
some as low as 10 cents per pound. 
Eoos have got, down to a figure that is at- 
tracfing storage speculators, and a good 
many are being put away at 17 to 18 cents. 
Strawberries are getting very plentiful 
and prices for ordinary to fair fruit have 
dropped to about the level at which much of 
the northern grown fruit is sold in the flush 
season. 
Wood trade is active, with prospects of 
higher prices. Following are figures of some 
recent Boston sales : Michigan fine unwashed. 
22 to 23: Ohio and Pennsylvania unwashed 
delaine. 27 to 28 : Territory, fine, choice, 20 
to 21 cents. 
The Potato Market continues in very 
poor condition and prices for ordinary old 
stock are very low, many going for one 
dollar a barrel. The southern second crop 
now coming to hand are of poor quality 
and sejl slowly. Bermuda and Florida new 
stock is so plentiful that none but the 
choicest bring the customary high prices. 
Apples. —I have noticed a good many stor¬ 
age scalded apples lately, which shows that 
there is much yet to be learned about keep¬ 
ing fruit in cold houses. A scalded apple 
is a miserable looking affair. No one wants 
it except at a discount, even though the bulk 
of it may be all right. If there are varie¬ 
ties that will not stand storage, they ought 
to be disposed of earlier. The probability is. 
however, that such kinds as Greening and 
York Imperial can be stored safely for a time 
at least when more is learned about their 
peculiar needs. Cold storage is rather severe 
freatment. and all varieties cannot be run 
through (he same mill any more than all 
school children can be handled just alike. 
The market here continues in poor condition. 
Arrivals are heavy and quality irregular. 
Butter has taken a drop of three cents 
from the high figures given last week. It is 
.seldom that there are so many violent price 
changes in a short time, as the last few 
weeks have shown. This jumping up and 
down is confusing to the retailer, as without 
warning he may find that the stock he laid 
in yesterday is three cents or more lower to¬ 
day. I know one man who was caught this 
way with 11 tubs, which he had to sell at 
retail for just what if cost wholesale. That 
was pretty near like working for nothing, 
but it happened that a rise of three cents 
struck him on another lot of about the same 
quantity, so that the average was all right. 
He sells four grades of butter. The first is a 
labeled brand (Rockdale) : the others are tub 
stock, the cheapest being cooking butter, not 
the. rank stuff often sold as such, but off in 
texture or with some similar defect. He does 
not consider strong butter fit to use, and will 
not handle it. Under similar circumstances 
a goon many retailers would mark the sec¬ 
ond grade tub butter up to first, thus making 
their profit in spite of being caught in a 
falling market, and few customers would 
know the difference. But this man is hon¬ 
est, and says that even though his cus¬ 
tomers cannot tell second grade from first, 
he is going to sell it for what it is. Possi¬ 
bly his customers know more about it than 
he thinks, as I notice that his stall in the 
market is usually a busy place, while his 
neighbor, whom I know by experience has 
fewer scruples regarding sharp practice, does 
not do nearly so much business. h. 
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What a 
CHATHAM 
The Chatham Fanning Mill has such a wide 
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It is u seed-cleaner, a seed-separator and a 
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Run through the list in all the seed catalogues 
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chufas, pecans, peanuts, rice, cotton seed, kaffir 
com, broom corn, tobacco seed, alfalfa, all grass 
seeds, cranberries, etc., etc. 
It is a timothy seed saver. Its grading is abso¬ 
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Capacity of the Chatham, 40 to 80 bushels per 
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Every Chatham is guaranteed for five years— 
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Price as described, ^ $55.00 
We will furnish the additional trim- 
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glass shelf—bath seat and soap cup, for 
$7.00. We have other bath room outfits, , 
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Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. 
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ENSILAGE CUTTERS 
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r manufacture 
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r ranging in ca¬ 
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r to twenty tons of 
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L&rgent Manufacturers of Ensilage Machinery in the World. 
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Oldest and Best Grinding Mill 
Made. Will crush and grind 
corn and cob and all kinds of 
mixed or separate, 
faster, finer and with 
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Are built strong, well made of 
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WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
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„ FOR SALE 
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. 
Farm of 86 3 4 acres, Berkeley Co., West Va., head of 
Shenandoah Valley. Price $13,000 
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CONNKCTICUT farm of 120 acres; cuts 25 tons 
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season; 1,500 cords hard wood; 11 room house, new 
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splendid market; valuation on town books, $1,700; 
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