74 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, January 27, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Farmer from Town, Part 1.57, 58 
A Biff Stack of Alfalfa. 58 
Fertilizer Farming for Potatoes. 59 
Why Did the Alfalfa Fail?. 59 
Manure on Frozen Ground. 60 
Hope Farm Notes. 65 
Pennsylvania Fnrm Notes. <1 
Clover With Oats in Indiana. 71 
Notes from Montana ............ . 71 
Winter in California..... j 1 
So. Dakota Notes... 71 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Year’s Poultry Record... 59 
Shearing Sheep by Machinery. 66 
Winter Lamb Feeding. ................ 66 
Keeping Turkey Eggs. ................. 67 
A Cow 'That Won’t Stand. ............. 68 
A Ration With Alfalfa. . ... 68 
A Ration With Timothy Ilay...... 68 
value of Buckwheat Hulls............. 68 
Short: Talk, on Silos. ............... .68, 69 
Balanced Ration for jersey CowS, ...... 69 
Wheat Bran for Young Stock.. 69 
Sheep With Cold in Head. 69 
A Good Cow’s Daughter. 75 
Shipping Live Stock. 75 
HORTICULTURE. 
Cost of Growing Tomato Plants. 58 
Fighting the Scale- <. 58 
Hdw to Save.,Girdled Trees.. 58 
Sheep in a Brush Orchard.. 58 
Ro't in Lettuce. . .. 60 
Pruning and Handling Young Trees. .... 60 
Trimming Young Apple Trees........... 60 
Wflltliits from Seed. 60 
A Correction Regarding Spraying Oils. ... 61 
Nhw Ydfk Fruit Growers' Association. . . 6>1 
? fbppdr Sulphate Adulterated?... 62 
Building a Small Greenhouse. 62 
Notes from, the Rur.al Grounds. 64 
Wants to Buy Good Apples. 71 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 72 
Household Notes. 72 
Charity Sweetheart's letters. 73 
The Rural Patterns. 73 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
IIow to Deal With Criminals. 59 
Exposing Cistern Wall. 61 
About Blanket Sheets. 63 
Products. Prices and Trade. 63 
Editorials . 70 
Pure Food in Minnesota. 71 
New York State Fair Buildings. 71 
Publisher’s Desk. 75 
MARKET 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending January 20, 1906, wholesale except 
otherwise noted. The prices of grain, butter, 
cheese and eggs are based on the official fig¬ 
ures of the Produce and Mercantile Ex¬ 
changes, with such revision as outside deals 
noted appear to warrant. Prices of other 
products are from reports of dealers, inqui¬ 
ries and observation of sales in the various 
market, sections. Where possible these fig¬ 
ures are the average of several sales. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2, red. 
No. 1. Northern Duluth. 
trti 
@ 
921/ 4 
97'4 
Coin, No. 2. 
mixed. . . . 
. • , - 
@ 51 % 
. 
. . 
@ 36 
live . 
— 
@ 72 
Barley .... 
11AV AND 
STRAW. 
@ 46 
Hav, No. 1. 
No. 2_ 
.16.00 
@ 16.50 
@15 00 
No. 3 . . . 
@12.50 
Clover, mixed. 
.10.00 
@12.50 
Clover . . . 
...... 
.10.00 
@12.00 
Straw, lone 
rye. 
@14.00 
Short and 
oat. 
. 8.00 
@10.00 
Kpring 
Ni ir 
FEED. 
Bran. — @20.00 
iddlings . — @22.00 
Red Dog. — @23.00 
Oil meal. — @31.50 
Cottonseed meal. — @30.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quart 
can. netting 3% cents to 26-cent zone ship¬ 
pers who have, no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best. 
27 
@ 
27 V 
Lower grades. 
18 
@ 
25 
State Dairy, best. 
— 
@ 
25 
Lower grades. 
17 
@ 
23 
Imitation Creamery. 
18 
@ 
22 
Factory . 
15% 
(8) 
19 
Packing Stock. 
15 
@ 
18 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
— 
@ 
14% 
Choice . 
— 
@ 
13% 
Fair to good. 
11 % @ 
12% 
Part skims. 
10 
@ 
11 
Full skims. 
3%@ 
4% 
EGGS. 
Six cents lower. 
Fancy, white. 
27 
m 
28 
Choice, white. 
25 
@ 
26 
Extra, mixed colors. 
23 
@ 
24 
Lower grades. 
18 
@ 
22 
Western and Southern. 
18 
@ 
09 
Storage ... 
14 
@ 
18 
HOI’S. 
Prime to choice. 
16 
@ 
19 
Common to fair. 
12 
@ 
13 
Olds . 
5 
@ 
8 
German, 1905. 
30 
@ 
40 
BEANS. 
.50 
@3.10 
Medium .2 
.05 
@2 
.10 
Pflfl . 
— 
@ 1 
.75 
Red kidney. 
— 
@2 
.75 
White kidney. 
— 
@3 
.50 
Black Turtle Soup. 
— 
@3.50 
Yellow Eye. 
— 
@1 
.80 
Lima, California.. 
— 
@3.45 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap.. fancy. 
— 
@ 
11 
Evap. choice. 
— 
@ 
10 
Evap. prime. 
9 
@ 
9 Vi 
Evap. common. 
7 
@ 
8 
Sun-dried . 
4 
@ 
7 
Chops. 100 lbs. 
— 
@2.00 
Cores and skins. 
— 
@2 
.20 
Raspberries .. 
— 
@ 
27 
Blackberries . — @ 10 
Cherries . — @ 14 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. Bermuda, bbl.3.00 @4.50 
Long Island. 180 lbs.2.25 @2.50 
State and Jersey.2.00 @2.25 
European, 168-Ib. bag.1.50 @2.00 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.50 @3.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 8 @ 15 
Beets. 100 bunches.1.00 @5.00 
t>bl.1.00 @1.25 
ton.13.00 @28.00 
.. 15 @ 50 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl.3.00 
Eggplants, box.1.50 
Kale, bbl. 50 
Lettuce, bbl.3.00 
Onions, white, bbl.3.00 
Yellow .2.00 
Red .1.00 
Peppers, 24-quart carrier.1.50 
Peas, Fla., hkt.2.00 
String Beans.1.50 
Spinach, bbl. 60 
Squash, bbl.1.00 
Turnips, bbl. 50 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 
Watercress, 100 4-inch bchs..l.00 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Ben Davis & Baldwin. 2.50 
McIntosh, Spitz and King..3.00 
Spy, York and Greening. ... 2.50 
Ilubbardston and Russet. .. 2.50 
Strawberries, qt. 40 
Cranberries, bbl.15.00 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Cucumbers, dozen.1.00 
Lettuce, dozen. 40 
Mushrooms, lb. 10 
Radishes, 100 bunches.2.00 
Rhubarb, dozen,... 60 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers .. 
Bulls .3.00 
Cows .1.80 
Calves . 4.50 
Sheep . 
Lambs ..6.50 
Hogs . 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
Calves .. 10 
Lambs, hothouse, each... 
Pork .. 
Roasting pigs, lb. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens. — 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks, pair. 60 
Geese, pair.1.25 
Pigeons, pair. — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 16 
Chickens . 15 
Fowls . 10 
Ducks . 14 
Geese . 12 
Squabs, dozen.1.75 
FURS. 
Black Bear. 
Cubs and yearlings. 5.00 
Badger . 60 
Otter .15.00 
Beaver . 5.00 
Red Fox.. 
Fisher . 6.00 
Wolf. Timber. 3.00 
Wolverine .6.00 
Lynx . 
Wild Cat. 
Marten, dark.10 
Skunk, black. 1.50 
1.25 
50 
25 
60 
25 
00 
@5.00 
@3.00 
@ 60 
@ 4.00 
@ 8.00 
@ 2.50 
@1.75 
@3.50 
@4.50 
@4.50 
@ 90 
@1.25 
@ 1.00 
@3.50 
@1.25 
@4.00 
@5.00 
@ 4.50 
@3.75 
@ 65 
@ 20.00 
.1.00 
(a) 1 75 
. 40 
@ 75 
. 10 
@ 60 
.2.00 
@3.00 
. 60 
@ 75 
. 10 
@ 25 
@5.80 
@4.40 
.1.80 
@3.75 
.4.50 
@9.75 
@5.50 
@8.20 
. — 
@6.00 
MEATS. 
. 10 
@ 13 
.7.00 
@10.00 
7 
@ 8 V 
. 12 
@ 14 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
12 
1414 
10 
14 
85 
@1.75 
@ 25 
@ 22 
@ 20 
@ 15 
. 14 
@ 16 
@ 15 
@4.25 
15.00 
@20.00 
@10.00 
60 
@ 1.00 
15.00 
@20.00 
5.00 
@ 9.00 
, 2.00 
@ 4.00 
6.00 
@ 8.00 
3.00 
@ 5.00 
. 6.00 
@7.00 
@ 8.00 
50 
@ 80 
10.00 
@25.00 
Half striped. 
Striped . 
White . 
Raccoon . 
Opossum . 
Mink . 3 
Winter. 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
i 
1.75 
1.40 
65 
30 
1.40 
45 
6.00 
16 
10 
Muskrat, Winter. 15 
Fa 11 . 8 
TOBACCO. 
Connecticut broadleaf filler... 5 @10 
Wrappers . 35 @ 75 
N. Y. State fillers. 5 @ 7 
Fine and selections. 20 @ 25 
Pennsylvania broadleaf. 7 @ 9 
Ya. shipping, com. lugs. 6 @ 6% 
Good lugs. 6%@ 7 
Com. to med. leaf. 7%@ 8% 
Good to fine leaf. 10 @ 12 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for car lots; single bag 
lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton..., . — @52.00 
Muriate of Potash. — @42.00 
Dried Blood. — @55.00 
Ivainit . — @12.00 
Acid Phosphate. — @14.00 
WILD GINSENG. 
Northern .6.75 @7.25 
Southern .6.25 @6.50 
Strawberry Plants Sbb^f«n 1 <Tsi.oo 
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Our specialties are choice Hothouse Lambs, Calves, 
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Write us what you have to sell. 
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