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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 25, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, August 25, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Woman on Farm Labor. 040 
Harvesting Onion Sets. 646 
Wheat In the West. 047 
Death to “Live-forever”. 047 
Hope Farm Notes. 651 
Crop Prospects . 656 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Cosgrove's Poultry Account for July. .. 657 
Barn Pasture for Cows. Part II...... 658 
Plan for Doghouse. 658 
Cow with Injured Udder. 659 
Injury Following Dishorning. 659 
A Sheep Man Talks.659 
Notes on Silo Building. 659 
The Cow Pea Problem. 659 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Box of Fine Apples.645, 646 
Rigs for Hauling Barreled Apples.646 
Notes on Melon Blight. 648 
Cover Crop in Nursery. 648 
Fruits for Indiana. 648 
Peaches in Northern Illinois. 648 
Greenhouse Plan . 649 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 650 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 654 
Salted Corn . 654 
Canning Uncooked Corn. 654 
Health Suggestions for Midsummer- 655 
Soapsuds for Roses. 655 
The Rural Patterns. 655 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Stupid and Indifferent Birds. 647 
Making Sorghum Syrup. 647 
Cannon to Prevent Hailstorms. «. 047 
The Pecan Crop. 647 
Cellar Ventilation . 648 
A Question of Line Fence. 649 
Editorials . 652 
Events of the Week. 653 
Business Bits . 653 
Products, Prices and Trade. 657 
Humorous . 660 
markets 
Prices current at 
ending August 18, 
otherwise specified, 
butter, cheese and 
transactions of tlie 
exchanges, with such 
deals noted appear to 
New York during week 
1906, wholesale unless 
The prices of grain, 
eggs are based on the 
Produce and Mercantile 
revision as outside 
warrant. Prices of 
other products are from reports of 
inquiries and observations of sales 
various market sections. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat lower on account of favorable 
outlook. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, for export — 
No. 
Corn. 
Oats 
Rye 
1. Northern, Duluth 
No. 2, mixed. 
No. 
No. 
HAY. 
ins — 
.19.00 
.17.00 
@ 
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@ 
@ 
@ 
crop 
77% 
84% 
56% 
43 
56% 
020.00 
018.00 
015.50 
016.00 
013.00 
@ 12.00 
@ 8.00 
0 — 
@2.90 
@ — 
@ 
@ 
@ 
17 
12 
30 
no 
Exchange 
40 quart 
to 26-cent 
extra station 
No. 3 .14.00 
Clover, mixed .13.00 
Clover .11.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye .11.00 
Short and oat. — 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice, bushel.2.95 
Fair to good.2.50 
Medium, choice . — 01.80 
Common to good.1.50 @1.75 
Pea, choice . — @1.60 
Fair to good.1.45 @1.55 
Red kidney, choice.3.10 0 — 
Fair to good.2.75 @3.00 
White kidney, choice.3.05 @3.15 
Yellow Eye, choice. — @1.55 
Lima. California .2.90 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 15 
Common to fair. 10 
German crop . 27 
MILK. 
In effect August 12tli N. Y. 
price was increased to $1.41 per 
can. netting 2% cents per quart 
zone shippers who have 
charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, fancy . 23% 
Seconds and firsts. 19 
State dairy, best. 
Lower grades . 
Factory ... 
Renovated . 14 
Packing stock . 14 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Fair to good . 11 
Inferior . 
Half skims . 
Full skims . 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy... 
White, good to choice. 22 
Mixed colors, extra... 
Lower grades . 15 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens . 
Fowls . 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 13 
Spring Ducks, lb. 
Ducks, pair . 
Geese, pair . 
Pigeons . 20 
DRESSED : 
Turkeys . 11 
Spring chickens, fancy. 22 
Fair to good. 14 
Fowls . 12%@ 
Ducks. Spring . 10 
Geese . 
Squabs, best . 
Lower grades .1-25 
DRIED FRUITS. 
But little new dried small 
arrived, and values are unsettled. 
Apples, evap.. 1905, fancy.... 12 
Evaporated. 1905, choice 
Evaporated. 1905, prime... 11 
Chops, 1905, 100 lbs.2.30 
Cores and skins, 1905, 100 
lbs..2.25 @2.30 
Cherries, 1906, lb. 14 
Raspberries, State, evap., 1905, 
lb. 26 
Blackberries, 1906, lb. — 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Duchess, choice, bbl,.2.25 
Alexander .2.50 
Maiden Blush .2.25 
Holland Pippins .2.50 
23 % 
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fruit has 
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11 % @ 
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11 % 
11 % 
2.50 
0 14% 
0 27 
0 10 
@3.50 
@3.50 
@3.00 
@3.00 
Orange Pippin.2.2.> @2.oO 
Bough .2.00 @2.50 
Astrachan .2.00 @2.50 
Double heads, com. to fair. 1.25 @1.75 
Open heads, good to choice. 1.50 @2.50 
Open heads, poor to fair... 75 @1.00 
Jersey, half-bbl. bkt, fancy.. 1.50 @1.75 
Pears, S'u Le Conte, prime, 
bbl. ..2.50 @3.50 
S'n lie Conte, poor to fair. .1.00 @2.00 
Southern Kieffer, bbl.1.00 @2.25 
Clapp's Favorite, bbl.2.00 @3.25 
Bartlett, bbl .1.50 @3.50 
Bartlett. Md. and Del., half- 
bbl. basket . 75 @1.25 
Flemish Beauty, bbl.1.25 @1.50 
Tyson, barrel.1.50 @2.00 
Nearby, other early sorts, 
barrel .1.25 @1.7;> 
Plums, Summer varieties, car.. 50 @1.00 
10-lb. basket . 12 @ 16 
Quart . 3 @ o 
Peaches, Western, Md. & W. 
Va., carrier .1.25 @2.20 
Western Md. & W. Va., bkt.. 50 @1.00 
Other Md., & Del., carrier. .1.00 @2.25 
Md. & Del., basket. 40 fa)!.00 
Jersey, basket . 30 @ 90 
Grapes, Up-river, Champ., car.1.00 @1.25 
Maryland and Del.. Moore’s _ 
Early, carrier . — @1.00 
Maryland and Del., Champ- 
ion, carrier . — ® <•> 
Blackberries, Jersey, quart... 3 @ 10 
Up-river . 6 @ 12 
Huckleberries. Jersey, Delaware 
and Maryland . 5 @ 10 
N. Y. & Pa., Mountain. 9 @ 12 
Muskmelons, Jersey, crate or ... 
basket .. 30 @1.00 
Norfolk, barrel . 40 (a 75 
Norfolk. 60-quart crate. ... 40 @ 75 
Md. & Del., standard crate.. 25 @1.25 
Md. & Del., standard crate. 25 @1.25 
Watermelons, 100 .8.00 @20.00 
Carload .150.00 @260.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Long Island, bbl... 1.50 
Jersey .. 'js-yxx 
Southern .1.25 @l.->0 
Seconds. 75 @1.00 
Sweet Potatoes, South’n, yellow 
barrel .3.00 
Beets, 100 bunches. — 
Barrel . — 
Carrots, 100 bunches. — 
Cabbage. L. I. & Jersey, bbt.. 50 
Cucumbers, Norfolk, bbl. 50 
Jersey & L. I.. bbl.1-00 
Cucumber Pickles. 1,000. 
Corn, Hackensack. 100 
,1.25 
@1.75 
@1.50 
. 1.00 
. 1.00 
dealers. 
In the 
.Tersev, Del. & Md.. 100. 50 
Celery, Michigan, dozen. 
Jersey, dozen stalks. 
Cauliflower, L. L, barrel. 
Eggplants. Norfolk, large crate 
Jersey, box . 
Lima Beans, bag . 
Half-bbl. basket .. 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl 
Onions, Conn., while, bbl 
15 
10 
50 
75 
30 
50 
75 
50 
3.00 
@3.50 
@1.00 
@ 1.00 
@1.00 
@1.00 
@1.00 
@2.50 
@3.25 
@1.50 
@1.00 
@ 40 
@ 35 
@ 2.50 
@1.00 
@ 40 
@1.50 
@1.50 
@1.00 
@4.00 
Connecticut, red bbl.1.75 @2.00 
State white crate.1.25 @1.75 
L. I. & Jersey, red bbl.... 1.75 @2.00 
L. I.. & .Tersev yellow, bbl.-.1.75 @2.25 
Orange Co., white, bag.... 1.75 @3.00 
Orange Co., red. bag.1-00 @1.50 
Peppers, Jersey, box. 30 @ 40 
Jersey half-bbl basket. 40 @ 60 
Jersey, barrel . 75 @1.00 
Norfolk carrier . 25 @ 40 
Peas, Western N. Y.. bkt.... 60 @1.25 
Western N. Y., bag. 40 @1.00 
String Beans. Jersey, wax, bkt 60 @ 75 
Jersev green, basket. 60 @ 85 
Long'Island & Jersey, bag.. 50 @1.00 
Western N. Y.. wax, bkt... 75 @1.12 
West'n N. Y.. green, basket.1.00 @1.37 
Squash, marrow, bbl-crate. . . 75 @1.00 
White, bbl-crate . 50 @ 75 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl...... — @ 75 
Tomatoes, up-river, box. 60 @ 80 
Jersey, box . 25 @ 65 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.90 
Bulls .2.50 
Cows .100 
Calves .600 
Sheep .3.00 
Lambs .6..»0 
Hogs . — 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots, smaller quantities pro¬ 
portionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. — 
Muriate of potash, 2,016 lbs. . — 
Sulphate of potash. 2,016 lbs. — 
Dried blood . — 
Kainit . — 
Acid phosphate . — 
Basic slag. 2,016 lbs. — 
Peruvian guano, Chinch a.... — 
Lobos . — 
Ground bone . —* 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb. — 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots.... — 
Water glass, bbl. lots. — 
@6.05 
@3.60 
@3.75 
@ 8.00 
@5.10 
@9.00 
@6.75 
@51.50 
@41.85 
@48.15 
@53.00 
@ 11.00 
@11.00 
@17.55 
@40.50 
@30.00 
@ 28.00 
@ 6 % 
@ 2 % 
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