1911. 
THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER. 
795 
Crops and Markets 
Wholesale at New York, 
Week Ending July 21, 1911. 
BUTTER 
Frice of the better grades is a cent above 
last week. 
Creamery, fancy, lb.... 
® 
.26 
Good to Choice. 
@ 
.24 
Lower Grades . 
@ 
.21 
Stale Dairy, best. 
® 
.24 
Common to Good. 
@ 
.22 
Factory. 
© 
.19 
Pack! ng Stock. 
@ 
.18 
Elgin 111. butter market firm at 24 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 25*s cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 2(5 cents. 
CHEESE 
Bulk of present receipts is under prime. 
Trade in white is dull. 
Full Cream, best, new.11 @ .12 
Common to Good .09 @ .lo 
Skims. 05 © .10 
Old, common to good.11 @ .1316 
EGG8 
Fancy grades are very scarce, a good 
many receipts supposed to be good to fancy 
show heat damage. Some storage stock is 
being moved, prices having reached a point 
where holders can take a profit. The mar¬ 
ket on medium and low grades is in bad 
shape. 
White, good to choice. 2.5 © .29 
Mixed Colors, best.22 © .25 
Common to Good. 15 © .18 
Western, best.17 © .20 
Under grades.12 @ .16 
Checks and dirties.06 IS) .10 
BEANS 
Market on Marrow and Pea firm. White 
Kidney very scarce. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 3.25 ® 3.90 
Medium.3.15 ® 3.75 
Pea... 3.15 @ 3.95 
Yellow Eye. 3.50 ® 3.60 
Bed Kidney.6.00 ® 6.45 
WhiteKidnoy.6.10 ® 5.25 
Lima, California.6.70 © 6.75 
HOPS 
The present scarcity of the old crop, 
both in this country and Europe is the 
greatest on record. 
Prime to Choice.31 @ .32 
Common to Good.29 @ .30 
Pacific Coast.29 @ .32 
CIDER VINEGAR 
New York jobbing prices for single bar¬ 
rel lots. Very little vinegar good enough 
for top quotations is offered. 
Extra Choice Old, gal.22 ® .24 
Standard Grade.13 © .15 
DRIED FRUITS 
Old apples are so scarce that quotations 
are largely normal. The future market in 
Western New York is very strong. 
Apples, evap. prime.14 ® 15 
Evap., com. to good.06 @ .13 
Cores and Skins.07 ® .0716 
Raspberries.29 © .33 
Cherries.16 ® .18 
FRESH FRUITS 
Choice new apples are scafce. Windfalls, 
if not badly bruised, bring fair prices. A 
few South Jersey peaches are arriving, 
bringing up to .152 per crate. Pears from 
the South lower. 
Apples, Astrachan, bbl.2.50 © 3.50 
Sweet Hough, bbl.2.50 ® 3.25 
Windfalls, bbl. 1.25 ® 1.75 
Various, *6-bbl.-bkt.75 @ 1.00 
Pears, Southern, Be Conte, bbl. 4.00 @ 8.50 
Kleffer.3.50 ® 4.50 
Sand. 5.00 ® 6.50 
Peaches, Ga., carrier. 1.25 ® 3.75 
Jersey, crate. 2.00 ® 2.50 
Cherries, lb.06 la) .10 
Muskmelons, Southern, crate. 1.25 @ 1.50 
Maryland, crate.75 ® 1 50 
Arizona, crate. 1.75 Id 3.00 
California, crate. 2.00 ® 3.75 
Watermelons, Southern, 100.10.00 ®25.00 
Huckleberries quart.06 ® .13 
Blackberries, qt.07 ® .12 
Raspberries, red, pint...05 @ .08 
Currants, qt.13 @ .14 
VEGETABLES 
Southern potatoes running largely poor; 
Long Island and Jersey selling well. Trade 
in sweet corn active. Onion market firm. 
Tomatoes in good demand when above me¬ 
dium quality. 
Potatoes, Jersey, bbl. 3.50 @ 3.87 
Southern, No. i, bbl.3.50 ® 4.00 
Southern, No. 2, bbl.2.00 @ 2.25 
Long Island, bbl. 3.75 @ 4.00 
Beets, new, 100 bunches. 1.00 ® 2.00 
Carrots, new, 100 bunches.1.00 ® 2.00 
Cabbage, Long Island, bbl.75 @ 1.25 
Sweet Corn, Jersey, 100.50 ® 1.50 
Cucumbers, bu.60 © .75 
Celery, Jersey, bunch.10 @ .40 
Cauliflower, L.I., bbl. 1.50 @ 2,50 
State, bbl. 3.00 ® 4.00 
Lettuce, *6-bbl. bkt.60 @ 1.75 
Peppers, Southern, bu.1.00 ® 1.75 
Jersey, bu.90 @ 1.50 
Horseradish, 100 lbs.3.00 @ 6.00 
Okra. Jersey, bu. 1.00 © 2.00 
Onions, Long Island, bbl.2.00 ® 3.00 
Egyptian, bag. 2.00 @ 2.50 
Jersey, bu. 1.25 @ 1.50 
Peas. State, bu.75 ® 1.75 
Radishes.100 bunches.35 ® .75 
String Beans, bu...75 @ 1.25 
Lima Beans, bu. 1.60 © 2.00 
Spinach, bbl.50 ® 1.00 
Squasn. Marrow, bbl.60 @ .75 
Crook Neck, bbl .:.50 @ 1.00 
Tamms, Rutabaga, bbl.76 @1.00 
White, bbl. 1.00 IS) 2.00 
Leeks, 100 bunches. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Egg Plants, Southern, bbl. 1.75 @ 2.26 
Jersey, bu.90 @ 1.12 
Tomatoes, Del. and Md. crate.40 @ .80 
Jersey, box. .75 @ 2.50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, Broilers, lb.20 ® .21 
Fowls.14 @ .15 
Roosters. .08 @ .09 
Ducks. 11 © .12 
Geese.08 @ .09 
Turkeys.10 @ ,12 
DRESSED poultry— Fresh Killed 
Turkeys, best.14 ® .15 
Common to Good.12 @ .13 
Chickens, fancy broilers, lb. 25 @ .27 
Broilers, common to good.20 @ .24 
Fowls. 13 @ .16 
Spring Ducks, lb.13 © .15 
Squabs, doz.. 1.00 @ 3.50 
DRESSED POULTRY-Frozen 
Turkeys, best.22 ® .23 
Chickens, milk-fed broilers.18 @ .22 
Corn-fed broilers.15 @ .18 
Milk-fed roasters.17 @ .1816 
Corn-fed roasters.15 @ .16*6 
Fowls. 11 @ .16 
HAY AND STRAW 
Market steady on Timothy. Low grades 
are working out fairly well on a lower 
price basis. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.27.00 © 28.00 
No. 2.24.00 © 26.00 
No. 3.18.00 @ 20.00 
Clover Mixed. 18.00 © 22 00 
Clover.16.00 @ 18.00 
Straw, Rye.11.00 @ 12.00 
Oat and Wheat.8.00 @ 9.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 4 25 @ 6.10 
Bulls.3.50 @ 4.55 
Cows. 2 00 © 5.00 
Calves, Piime Veal, 100 lbs.6.5J © 9.60 
Culls . 5 00 @ 6.00 
Sheep, 10t> lbs.....'.2.50 @ 3.75 
Lambs. 6.25 ® 7.75 
Hogs.6.60 @ 7.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1.08 @ .. 
No. 2, Red.97 @ ... 
No. 1 Macaroni.98 © .. 
Corn, ns to qnality, bush.60 @ .70 
Oats, as to weight, bush.4S @ .62 
Rye, No. 2, Western.85 ® .90 
MILL FEED 
Spring Br3n.ton. 25.53 @ 26.50 
Standard Middlings. 26.85 ® 29.00 
Red Dog. 28.00 @ 30.00 
Hominy Chop. 25.00 ® 26.20 
Linseed Meal. 33.00 @ 34.50 
Corn Meal. 27.00 ® 28.00 
COTTON 
New York, Middling Upland. 13.45 
Middling Gulf. 13. 0 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 13.75 
Good Middling. 14.80 
WOOL 
NewYork Fleeces. Fine,unwashed. 18 @ .19 
Ohio half blood combing.25 @ .26 
Kentucky, three-eighths blood.23 © .24 
Micnigan. halt blood.23 @ .25 
TOBACCO. 
Conn, broadleaf-illler.08 ® .10 
Fine wrappers .60 @ 75 
N. Y. State Fillers.05 @ .06 
Fine and Selections.12 @ .16 
Ohio Zimmer s Spanish.19 @ .20 
Virginia Dark Lugs.0T*6@ *09 
Dark Leaf.10 ® .20 j 
Bright Cutters. 12 @ .30 
Penn, broad leaf fillers.10 @ .12 
CHICAGO 
Butter, creamery.20 © .24 
Eggs, good to prime firsts.11*6© .16*6 
Live Turkeys.10 © .12 
Fowls.11 @ 12*6 
Chickens.18 @ .22 
Potatoes, new, bbl.5.00 @ 6.25 
Blackberries, quart.05 @ .07 
Sheep, 100 lbs.. 2.50 @ 4.65 
Lambs, 100 lbs.4.00 @ 7.00 
Hogs.6.00 @6 95 
BUFFALO 
Butter, creamery.23 @ .26 
Eggs, State.18 © .24 
Live Chickens.16 @ .16*6 
Fowls. 12© .16 
Potatoes, new, bbl.4.50 @ 5.00 
Calves, live, 100 lbs.5.50 @ 8 76 
Sheep, 100 lbs.1.60 @ 4.26 
Lambs, 100 lbs.5.00 @ 8.00 
Hogs.6.35 @ 7.00 
Wheat, No. 2, Red. @ .89 
Corn.64 @ .68 
Oats.42 @ .45 
Hail has caused serious damage to corn 
and tobacco iu Lancaster county, Penn. 
Indiana has 2,450 acres in onions. The 
crop is expected to be 1,250,000 bushels. 
The hay crop in the Ottawa Valley, Can¬ 
ada, is reported to be very large and har¬ 
vested in good condition. 
Damage amounting to $1,500,000 has been 
caused by floods and winds in the tobacco 
sections of the Philippines. 
Cotton picking is progressing rapidly in 
southwest Texas. A 4,000,000 bale crop 
for the State is predicted. 
Rains in Kansas have greatly improved 
the crop outlook, which now promises to 
be not far from the average. 
Government Cotton Report. —The condi¬ 
tion on June 25 was 88.2 per cent of a nor¬ 
mal crop for the whole country. This is 
8.2 per cent above the 10-year average at 
this date. Figures for the various cotton 
States follow: California, 100 per cent; Vir¬ 
ginia, 98; Florida, 90; Georgia, 94; Ala¬ 
bama, 93; Missouri, 90; North Carolina, 
Louisiana and Arkansas, 89; Mississippi, 
Oklahoma and Tennessee, 87 ; Texas, 85; 
South Carolina, 84. 
The Agricultural Department gives the 
following average prices of various crops 
throughout this country the latter part of 
June, 1911: Corn, GO cents bushel; wheat, 
84.3; oats, 37.5; hay, $13.99 ton; cotton, 
14.4 cents pound; apples, bushel, $1.35; 
onions, bushel, $1.34 ; clover seed, bushel, 
$8.80; Timothy seed, bushel, $5.24; beef 
cattle, 100 pounds, $4.43; calves, $5.72; 
lambs, $5.51 ; hogs, $5.66; wool, pound, 
.155; milk, gallon, .200; bran, per ton to 
feeders, $25.87. 
Foreign Crops. —Hungary will produce 
about 163,000,000 bushels of wheat and 
50,000,000 of rye. Crops in Spain are un¬ 
usually good, the prospect for wheat being 
157,000,000 bushels. Grain conditions in 
France and Germany are medium or below. 
Egypt has 1.250,000 acres in wheat, which 
promises to be above the average. Argen¬ 
tina has about 15,600,000 in wheat, oats 
and flax, weather conditions being favor¬ 
able. 
Well, it sure has been hot, one of the 
hottest spells for years. Pastures are all 
drying up around Washington, so we got 
a note from our milkman saying he must 
increase his price from eight cents to nine 
cents a quart. I do not think he will get 
rich at nine cents, judging by my experi¬ 
ence in running a dairy pack in Michigan. 
The weather in Washington is hot, but the 
political pot is boiling, and the President is 
in hot water, what with the Dr. Wiley af¬ 
fair, the Dick-Dick letter, and the Wicker- 
sham investigation likely to develop next. 
Then, too, Congress is very busy these days 
and is getting ready to wind up the special 
session. f. n. c. 
Washington, D. C. 
Prices are very good here, for we have 
for a market the Thousand Islands. Cheese 
(Yankee) sold for 12 cents per pound this 
week at wholesale, but I cannot buy a 
pound at the store for less than 20 cents. 
Strawberries are 15 cents per quart. I 
take my crop to an honest merchant who 
sells for one cent per quart more than he 
gives me. If there is any loss of unsold 
fruit, I stand it. New potatoes sell at 60 
and 70 cents per peck. I cannot get but 
50 cents a peck, and my new potatoes are 
extra good size. Eggs are 18 cents per 
dozen from the farmer and sell out of the 
Store for 25 cents. Green peas bring me 
$1.25 per bushel and sell for $2. Butter 
brings 25 cents and sells for 28 and 30 
cents. e. u. f. 
Clayton, N. Y. 
Cattle Markets. —The poor pastures and 
uncertain outlook for corn and other fodder 
has hurried an unusual number of thin 
cattle to Chicago and other Western markets 
during the past week. Low prices have pre¬ 
vailed, especially for this class of stock. 
Cotton Outlook. —The drought in the 
Southwest is broken, and the crop appears 
to be out of danger for some time. Specula¬ 
tive markets both in this country and 
Europe have been decidedly lower, most re¬ 
cent sales of middling grade being under 
15 cents. 
I have never seen such a drought as 
now prevails in this immediate neighbor¬ 
hood. The drought has been broken all 
around us, but here we have had only 
three or four light showers since the mid¬ 
dle of April, and it is pitiful to see the re¬ 
sult. Our garden corn has simply dried up. 
Our green peas died too, and only a few 
things that I can reach daily with the hose 
are living at all. This, with the intense 
heat and high winds has given us a scene 
of desolation equal to a sagebrush plain. 
My neighbor, W. F. Allen, says that he can 
get but half a dozen baskets of cucumbers 
at a picking from 10 acres and many of 
these are worthless. He has about 100 
acres in cantaloupes, but they are wither¬ 
ing. And yet within a few miles there have 
recently been heavy rains. The only thing 
in my garden that has paid is a plot of 
Candidum lilies, 25x40 feet, from which the 
cut flowers sold in Philadelphia for $44.52, 
and I have the bulbs yet. I have shown 
the trade that we can grow better bulbs of 
this lily here than they import from France, 
and I am going to increase my stock, de¬ 
pending on the flowers for profit till I get 
enough of the bulbs to put them too on the 
market. w. F. M. 
Salisbury, Md. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Pittsburg is to have a $5,000,000 cold 
storage plant for the handling of farm 
produce. 
A One-Year-Old gold mine owned by a 
butcher at Calgary, Alberta, was recently 
sold for $8,000,000. 
During May, 59 of the principal rail¬ 
roads of this country had a gross income 
of $163,725,625, or $1,121 per mile. Total 
expenses were $111,933,524; income per 
mile, $309. 
Greece is to have a new line of fast 
steamers direct to American ports. The 
Increase in trade between this old time 
democracy and the United States is suffi- 
cient to warrant this increase in shipping 
facilities. 
During the 12 months ending June 30 
we exported 58,429,541 bushels of corn, 
worth $32,257,894 ; 23,388,619 wheat, $21,- 
696,330; 10,095,983 barrels flour, $49,224,- 
350; 4,028,959,070 pounds cotton, $584,- 
651,675; 1,499,744,090 gallons petroleum, 
$92,148,924. The total value of all exports 
was $927,289,704, about $140,000,000 in ex¬ 
cess of the previous year. 
The sentiments of Texas toward trusts 
are well understood from the fact they have 
all been kicked out of the State. But an 
interesting exception favoring a monopoly 
has been made in a village in northern 
Texas. The local authorities passed a law 
that no one shall be allowed to sell peanuts 
on the streets unless both of his legs have 
been cut off. The object of this ordinance 
is to prevent any able-bodied man from 
competing with the present peanut merchant 
of the town, a negro who has lost both his 
legs. Unlike some laws this one tests 
high in the cream of human kindness. 
The endorsement of Dr. Wiley by the 
wholesale grocery trade is interesting. There 
may possibly be some people, doing an 
honest business, not detrimental to public- 
health or purse, who want to have the 
Chief Chemist put out of his office. But 
so far as has been learned this demand 
comes solely from those who want to put 
formaldehyde, salicylic acid, benzoate of 
soda, or similar delicate condiments into our 
food, or fill their pockets by stuffing drugs 
and foods with worthless, though perhaps 
harmless, adulterants. The howls that Dr. 
Wiley’s attitude is “detrimental to busi¬ 
ness” can easily be traced to their sources 
—those who make adulterants and those 
who can make money by using them. 
Live Poultry Prices. —“I see that live 
broilers are quoted at ?0 cents, and fowls 
12 .cents. Will you give me the address 
of some one who sells at these prices?” 
New York. h. m. 
The name of a dealer who has got even 
higher prices than those named has been 
sent the inquirer, but no guarantee can be 
given as to what future lots will bring. 
Market quotations are not necessarily proph¬ 
ecies of future prices. They are ordi¬ 
narily records of sales, except in cases 
where the demand is so slack that the ask¬ 
ing price is used as a basis for the quota¬ 
tion. To bring best prices the chickens 
should weigh 1% to 1% pounds each. 
Coops must have solid bottom and be 
slatted on sides and top, so as to give 
plenty of air, and be high enough that the 
chicks can stand upright. The live poultry 
market fluctuates. considerably but as a 
rule nice chickens sell well if they arrive 
in good condition. 
Package Laws. —The New York City 
Commissioner of Weights and Measures 
states that beginning with August 1 he 
will enforce the various laws with regard 
to short fruit and vegetable packages. 
Some of these regulations have been “dead 
letters” for several years and others are 
of more recent passage. In order to be 
safe shippers should use only full size pack¬ 
ages as follows: A barrel of apples, pears, 
quinces or potatoes must contain 100 quarts 
dry measure. Where potatoes are sold by 
weight, a “barrel” shall be 174 pounds. 
A quart berry basket must contain 67.2 
cubic inches and a pint 33.6 cubic inches. 
There has been some difference of opinion 
as to whether short packages could be used 
if marked “short.” The State law apparent¬ 
ly permits this, but the following New York 
City ordinance seems to bar out these short 
packages: 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 29, 1911. 
FARM TOPICS. 
“The Land of Heart’s Delight”.. .781, 782 
The Value of Hen Manure. 782 
Preparing Sod for Wheat. 782 
A Review of “Clark Grass Culture”... 783 
The Cost of Harvesting Hay. 784 
Hoeing Potatoes While Wet.. 784 
Is Asparagus Poisonous. 784 
The Cornstalk Borer. 785 
“Blister Beetle”; Old-fashioned Potato 
Bug . 785 
The Web Spinner. 7S5 
Hope Farm Notes. 786 
Farm Diary . 789 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Beef Cattle in Ohio. 792 
Milk . 792 
Hurrah for the Holstcins. 792 
Damaged Barley for Poultry. 793 
Blood Spots in Eggs.. 793 
How to Kill Lice on Chicks. 793 
Summer Silage for a Few Animals.... 793 
HORTICULTURE. 
Let ’Em Alone! Galled Trees. 782 
An Order for Nursery Stock. 783 
Mixing Varieties of Fruit. 784 
That Florida Strawberry Story. 784 
Some Strawberry Questions. 784 
Trees Hurt by Kindness. 785 
The St. Regis Raspberry. 787 
A New Tropical Fruit. 787 
In Memory of W. N. Irwin. 787 
Thrips and Slugs on Roses. 787 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 790 
The Rural Patterns. 790 
A Tennessee Country Club. 790 
The Carpet Beetle. 790 
Crab Apple Preserves. 790 
An After-Dinner Rest. 791 
Substitutes for Fruit. 791 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Philosopher on Plain Living. 782 
Wholesale and Retail Prices. 784 
Engine Power and Fuel. 785 
When to Kill Timber... 785 
Untwisting a Rope. 785 
A Sucker Among Real Estate Agents.. 785 
Editorial . 788 
Other People's Money. 789 
Publisher’s Desk . 794 
“Sec. 395a. No person shall manufacture, 
construct, sell, offer for sale, or give away, 
any dry measure or liquid measure, nor any 
barrel, pail, basket, vessel, container, in¬ 
tended to be used in the purchase or sale 
of any commodity or article of merchandise 
which shall not be so constructed as to 
conform with the standards provided by 
statute. Nor shall any person use any bar¬ 
rel, cask, pail, basket, vessel or container 
in the purchase or sale of any commodity 
or article of merchandise which does not 
conform to the standards provided by law, 
under a penalty of one hundred dollars for 
each offense.” 
When It is necessary to ship for sale in 
New York barrels of fruit or vegetables 
partly full, the net weight of the contents 
should be marked plainly on the outside. 
It is understood that this complies with the 
law. 
Pear Prices. —Le Gonte pears from the 
South have sold unusually well iu New York 
this year. From the middle of June until 
early July prices ranged from $6 to $8 per 
barrel, and in some cases $10 for extra 
choice. The Le Conte is not a pear of high 
quality, but is usually free from knots, 
worms or other blemishes, and as grown in 
Georgia it arrives here at just the right 
time, before the rush of California Bart- 
letts and long enough after the last of the 
stored Winter pears are gone to make peo¬ 
ple hungry for them. All growers have not 
got these high prices, however, some ship¬ 
ments in uniced cars having arrived in 
condition that made immediate sale neces¬ 
sary. Some of these lots have sold down 
to $3.50. But even with uniformly good 
fruit a marked difference in prices secured 
by dealers in the same part of the city has 
been noted. In one instance a carload was 
sold at an average of $8 per barrel, while 
a dealer less than a block away got only 
$6. Both of these houses have a reputa¬ 
tion for ability in selling fruits and square 
dealing, but one is not necessarily able to 
duplicate the sales of another, because the 
supply of customers is limited. The condi¬ 
tions might easily be reversed the next day. 
Thousands of similar complaints are received 
by produce dealers yearly. Some pay little 
attention to the kicks, others answer with 
more or less tact and truth, and still others 
please the shipper by giving him an artificial 
price the next time, the artificial part being 
a few dollars stolen from another shipper 
and given to the dissatisfied one. And so 
the robbing of Peter and paying to Paul 
goes on. Discrepancies like the pear prices 
noted above may indicate crookedness, but 
not necessarily so. The writer would not 
condemn a concern hitherto considered re¬ 
liable because it sold one or two lots of 
produce lower than its neighbor, but a con¬ 
tinuation of this would show crookedness 
or incompetency, either being disastrous to 
the shipper. w. w. h. 
pi.lCASK send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
* mission House in New York. list. 1H38. Butter. 
Eggs, Poultry, I’ork, Calves, Hay, Grain, Beans, 
Appies, etc. K. It. WOODWARD, SOU (ii eemvich bl., >.Y, 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT 8 CO., Com¬ 
mission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us for information. A trial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE 6 COUGHLAN, 
164 Duane Street, : : New York 
Boston Produce Go. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-85 South Market St., - Boston. 
