1911 . 
THR RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Crops and Markets 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending September 15, 1911. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.26 © .27 
Good to Choice.28 © .25 
Lower Grades . :.18 @ .22 
State Dairy, best.24 © .25 
Common to Good.15 © .28 
Factory.17 @ .20 
Packing Stock..16 © .18 
Elgin, 111., butter market tirm at 26 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 27% cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 28 cents. 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best,.12 @ .13% 
Common to Good.09 @ .11 
Skims.05 @ ,io 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.28 @ .35 
Mixed Colors, best.26 © .27 
Common to Good.20 © .24 
Western, best.23 © .26 
Under grades.14 © .20 
Checks and dirties.II © .15 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4.00 © 4.45 
Medium.3.75 © 4.05 
Pea. 3.85 © 4.05 
Yellow Eye. 3.50 © 3.60 
Bed Kidney. .6.25 © 5.75 
WhiteKidney.4.75 © 5.10 
Lima. California.6.60 @ 6.65 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 56 © .58 
Common to Good...,.50 @ .55 
Pacific Coast.40 © .45 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap., choice, 1911. .10%© 11% 
Common to good. 08 © .10 
Sun dried.07 @ .08 
Chops, new.02 © .02% 
Cherries. 14 © .18 
Raspberries.30 © .31 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Wealthy, bbl.2.0(1 & 2.75 
Alexander. . 2.50 © 3.50 
Wolf River . 2.50 © 3.50 
Twenty Ounce. 1.75 @2.25 
Maiden Blush. 1.50 © 2.25 
McIntosh.2.00 © 3.0(1 
Gravenstein. 2.00 @ 2 75 
Duchess. 2.U0 (a 3.00 
Nyack. 1.50 @2.25 
Greening. 1.25 ® 2.00 
Kim;. 2.25 © 2.75 
Dubbardston.1.50 @ 2.50 
Fall Pippin. 1.50 @ 2.60 
Windfalls, bbl. 1.00 © 1.50 
Various, %-bbl.-bkt.75 @ 1.25 
Crabapples, bbl.' 2,00 @ 7.00 
Pears. Seckel, bbl. 2.50 w 3.50 
Flemish Beauty, bbl. 1.50 © 2.25 
Bartlett, bbl. 2.25 © 5.50 
Sheldon. 1.75 @ 2.50 
Kielfer. %-bbl. .30 © .55 
Peaches. Elberta. bkt.4(1 © .80 
Klberta, carrier. 1.25 © 1.75 
Other Yellow, bkt.35 @ .75 
Western, bu. 75 © 1.00 
Muskmelons. Colorado, crate. 1.00 © 2.0U 
Maryland, crate.50 © 1.00 
Jersey, bkt.25 @ .70 
Watermelons. Southern, carload....100.011 ©175.00 
Cranberries Cape Cod, bbl. 4.50 © 6 25 
Plums, 8-lb. bkt...10 © .30 
Grapes, Concord. 18-lb. case.40 © .55 
Black, 1-lb. bkt.08 @ .09 
Delaware. .. .08 @ .09 
Niagara...'..06 © .OS 
Figs, qt.06 @ .12 
Citron, bbl.75 © 1.00 
V EG ETA BT.ES 
Potatoes, Jersey, bbl. 2.00 @ 2.35 
Maine, bag... 2.IK) © 2.25 
Long Island, bbl. 2.25 © 2.50 
Sweet PDtatoes. bbl...2.00 © 3.60 
Beets. 100 bunches... 1.00 ® 1.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.. .06 @ .12 
Carrots, bbl.. .. 1.00 © 1.25 
Cabbage, Long Island, bbl.50 @ 1.00 
Cauliflowers. L. 1., bbl.75 © 1.75 
Sweet Corn, choice. 100. 1.10 © 1.25 
Common to Good.50 @ 1.00 
Cucumbers, bbl.50 © 1.50 
Pickles, bbl.75 @ 1.25 
Celery, Jersey, bunch.10 @ .35 
Lettuce, %-bbl. bkt. 1.00 © 2.00 
Peppers, Jersey, bbl.75 © 1.00 
Okra. Jersey, %-bu.25 © .30 
Onions. Long Island, bbl....-.2.00 © 2.25 
Orange Co., bag.2.00 @ 2.50 
Jersey, bu. 75 @ 1.25 
Conn. Yellow, 100-1 b. bag. 1.50 ® 2.00 
Peas. State, bu.75 © 2.00 
Radishes.100 bunches.75 © 1.25 
String Beans, bu.35 © 1.00 
Lima Beans, potato, bu.75 @1.25 
Flat kinds.50 @ 1.00 
Spinach, bbl. 1.00 © 1.50 
oquasn. Marrow, bbl.50 © .75 
Crook N eck. bbl.75 ® 1.00 
Turnins. Rutabaga, bbl.75 © 1.00 
White, bbl. 1.00 © 1.50 
Kgg Plants, Jersey, bbl.75 © 1.25 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box. 25 © .75 
Up-River, bu.30 @ .60 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, Broilers, ib.14 © .14% 
Fowls.13 © .U 
Roosters. 08 @ .09 
Ducks.12 © .13 
Geese. .lu © ,u 
Turkeys.12 ® .13 
Guineas, pair.60 © .75 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys. Spring, best.25 © .28 
Old Common to Good.12 © .18 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 21 © 23 
Broilers, common to good.18 © .20 
Fowls. 14 © .17 
Spring Ducks, lb . . 16 @ .17 
Squabs, do/.. 1.00 @ 3.50 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb.13 @ .14 
Common to good.10 © .12 
Buttermilks.08 @ .09 
HAY AND STRAW 
Bay, new No. 1, ton.24.00 © 25.00 
No. 2.22.00 @ 23.00 
No. 3.18.00 © 2O.U0 
Clover Mixed. 16.00 © 22 00 
Clover....15.00 © IS.00 
Straw, Rye.14.00 © 16.00 
Oat and Wheat.8.00 © 9.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 5.00 © 7.65 
Dulls.3.00 © 4.65 
Cows. 1.75 © 5.00 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs. 7.00 @10.25 
Culls . 5.00 © 6.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.2.50 © 4.00 
Lambs. 4 75 © 6.50 
Hogs.:. . 6 50 @7.80 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring. 1.11 ® .. 
No. 2. Red.99 @ 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.04 © 
Corn, as to quality, bush.70 © .75 
Oats, as to weight, bush.45 @ .50 
Rye, No. 2, Western.88 © .90 
MILL FEED—CAh LOTS 
Spring B,ran,ton... 24.40 @ 26.00 
Standard Middlings. 28.00 © 31.00 
Red Dog. 31.00 © 32.00 
Hominy Chop. 25.00 ® 26.70 
Linseed Meal. 37.00 © 37 50 
Corn Meal. 27.00 © 28.00 
COTTON 
New York, Middling Upland.. 11.85 
Middling Gulf. 12.10 
New Orleans, Low Middling ..,. 11.06 
Good Middling... 11.95 
WOOL 
NewYork Fleeces, Fine, unwashed. 19 © .20 
Ohio half blood combing.25 © .26 
Kentucky, three-eighths blood.24 © 25 
Michigan, half blood.24 © . 24 % 
TOBACCO. 
Conn, broadleaf-flller.03 ©' .10 
Fine wrappers.6(1 © 75 
N. Y. State Fillers..05 © .06 
Fine and Selections... .12 © .16 
Ohio. Zimmer's Spanish.19 © .20 
Virginia Dark Lugs.0T%@ .09 
Dark Leaf. . 10 ' l @ ‘ .20 
Bright Cutters.12 © .30 
Penn, broad leaf fillers.10 © .12 
CHICAGO 
Butter, creamerj.22 © .26 
Eggs, good to prime firsts.15 @ 18% 
Live Turkeys.10 @ .14 
Fowls. 12 © 13 
Chickens.12 @ .12% 
Potatoes, bbl.2.25 c« 3.00 
Apples, bbl.1.50 © 2.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs .2.50 © 4.00 
Lambs, 100 lbs.4.25 @ 5.15 
Hogs.0.80 © 7 75 
BUFFALO 
Butter, creamery-. 27 © .2.3 
Eggs, State.21) © .24 
Live Chickens.15 @ .16 
Fowls.14 © .15 
Potatoes, bbl.2.50 ft 3 00 
Calves, live, 100 lbs.5.511 @10.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.1.50 © 4.00 
Lambs, 100 lbs.4.oO @ 6.40 
Hogs.7.00 © 7.6(1 
Wheat, No. 1 Spring. 'a 1.07 
Corn.68 © .70 
Oats. ... .45 © .48 
Crops in La Crosse County, Wis., and 
Hennepin County, Minn., have been serious¬ 
ly damaged by bail. 
The Cape Cod cranberry crop is likely 
to be considerably cut by work of the fruit 
worms, which have been unusually numer¬ 
ous this year. 
Farmers in the Miami section of Florida 
are now making seed beds for eggplants, 
peppers and tomatoes. Many farmers will 
plant heavily of potatoes and raise fewer 
tomatoes than usual this year. 
Cotton growers throughout the South 
feel that the crop estimates given out thus 
far have tended to depress the price more 
than the facts warrant. A large number 
of growers met at Montgomery, Ala., Sep¬ 
tember 12, to make plans for holding cotton 
and correcting erroneous crop reports. It 
was decided the crop should bring 15 cents, 
and arrangements will be made to finance 
the crop on this basis. 
Fruit growers intending to exhibit at the 
show of the State Horticultural Association 
at Duquesne Garden, Pittsburg, January 
15-20, 1912, should pack the fruit in a 
good, substantial box or barrel, each speci¬ 
men carefully wrapped in paper. The apples 
should be laid firmly in the box and if the 
space is not entirely filled, it should he 
filled up with crushed paper or excelsior, 
so as to hold apples perfectly tight and 
avoid bruising. Each package should be 
carefully marked with the name of the ship¬ 
per and with the name of the va-dety or 
varieties contained therein. This informa¬ 
tion should be on the outside of tna -box 
and it is quite advisable to have it repeated 
on the inside. Apples for storage should 
be picked before they become soft, but al¬ 
lowed to color as much as possible without 
destroying their firmness. After picking, 
they should be placed in cold storag > with¬ 
out delay. Ship to T. D. Herman, Jr., care 
Union Storage Company, Second and Liberty 
avenues, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Prices for 1910 and 1911. 
The Government report on comparative 
prices shows that potatoes average 56 per 
cent higher than last year, barley 34.6 per 
cent higher; hay. 23.1 per cent higher; oats, 
5.2 per cent higher; rye, 3.8 per cent 
higher; clover seed, 28.2 per cent higher; 
corn, .6 per cent lower; chickens, 6.7 per 
cent lower; flax, 7.5 per cent lower; but¬ 
ter, 8.3 per cent lower; eggs, 10.3 "«r cent, 
lower; wheat, 11.5 per cent lower, and cot¬ 
ton. 18.1 per cent lower. Cabbage, 30.7 per 
cent higher; sweet potatoes, 29.1 per cent 
higher; cloverse , 'd, 28.2 per cent higher; 
onions. 16.2 per cent higher; honev. .7 per 
cent higher; milk, .5 per cent higher- ap¬ 
ples, 1.1 per cent lower; milk cows, 10.2 per 
cent lower; beans, 3.1 per cent lower; 
horses, 4.6 per cent lower; beef cattle, 5.4 
per cent lower; veal calves, 5.7 per cent 
lower; lambs, 7.9 per cent lower; sheep, 
14.9 per cent lower; hogs, 15.9 per cent 
lower, and wool, 17.9 per cent lower. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
The pack of canned salmon in British 
Columbia will be about 750.000 cases. 
New Bedford whaling vessels are having 
a prosperous season. A fleet of nine vessels 
reports over 0,000 barrels of sperm oil and 
$30,000 worth of ambergris. 
The extensiv use of concrete is making 
havoc with the brick business, the past 
season having been so poor that some brick 
makers are to close their yards. 
Wheat flour to the amount of 16,000 
tons will be shipped from this country to 
North China within the next two months, 
owing to short crops in that country. 
Broom Corn is having one of its periodi¬ 
cal price booms. Sales of the new crop at 
$160 per ton have been reported and many 
expect it to reach $200 before the season 
closes. 
Heavy cotton shipments from Savannah 
have recently been made, four British 
steamers sailing from that port recently 
having taken 41,000 hales, the bulk going 
to Liverpool. 
According to Government statistics apple 
production in the United States dropped 
135,000,000 bushels in the 12 years follow¬ 
ing 1896. owing to frost damage and the 
work of fruit pests. 
Wool trade is dull, though prices remain 
on about the same basis as for some time. 
One reason for the slack business is the 
uncertainty as to what the next Congress 
may do with the wool schedule. 
Rice growers in Louisiana have' organ¬ 
ized a $9,000,000 corporation to handle 
the rice industry of this country. Efforts 
will be made to increase the demand by 
advertising and working various economies 
in production and marketing. 
The sugar trust gives three reasons for 
the present high prices; last year's short 
crop; drought this year, aud speculation by 
gamblers who think they can force prices 
still higher. A prominent sugar official 
says he looks for lower prices within six 
months. 
The potato market is very weak and 50 
cents per barrel lower. Large numbers are 
being shipped from tbe field as dug. The 
rains came in time to help much of the 
late crop north of N. Y. City, so that the 
crop will total somewhat better than at 
first was expected-. 
New York City has an association for 
improving the condition of the poor. Since 
.Tune 1. 1,600 needy families have been re¬ 
ferred to it. an unusually large number. 
Investigations showed that sickness and lack 
of work were the chief causes, intemperance 
being responsible for only two per cent of 
the trouble. 
New Express Company. —The “Chinese 
Express Company” was recently incorpor¬ 
ated in California. Only Chinese are 
on the board of directors. They will do 
an express business between the United 
states and China and act as commission 
agents for those wishing to ship goods to 
China. 
It will not be tactful to make remarks 
about “sweet home” to those New Orleans 
people Who were caught in the molasses 
flood when a large storage tank burst re¬ 
cently. Near the burst warehouse the mo¬ 
lasses river was 10 feet deep, and many 
houses and shops had two feet of molasses 
in the basements. 
New York State has a law forbidding 
the manufacture or sale of any product re¬ 
sembling butter, but not matie from pure 
milk. This has been held to bar out oleo¬ 
margarine unless white, even though offered 
for sale under its proper name. The New 
York Supreme 4 ourt has now decided in a 
test case that oleo may be sold as such, 
even though its color resembles butter, pro¬ 
vided the color results from the natural 
ingredients used, and not from artificial 
substances. The next necessary step would 
appear to be a court ruling as to what are 
the necessary natural ingredients of oleo, 
a matter which the manufacturers them¬ 
selves have not decided, as there are many 
formulas. Until the courts decide that oleo 
must be made from such and such sub¬ 
stances and no others, we see nothing to 
hinder the makers from using as a “natural” 
ingredient practically any harmless oil that 
will give the desired color. 
But the thing of most importance to 
dairymen and consumers is: Shall oleo be 
retailed for what it is, or under the guise 
of butter? During the past two or three 
years considerable display has been made of 
selling oleo openly on stands in markets 
and retail stores in cities. The oleo is 
properly labeled and signs and booklets tell 
of its food value very frankly. These places 
all have an air of : See how honest we are. 
Taste it and buy it for just what it is. 
The writer has closely watched these 
places but has failed to sec many sales. 
People come along, look at it. and perhaps 
sample it, then “move on” without buying. 
To those who have looked into the matter 
at all it is evident these open sal-s are 
largely bluffs, and that most of the oleo is 
retailed as butter and at butter prices. If 
the large quantities made were sold honestly 
retail stores would have to be many times 
as plentiful as now and doing a rushing 
business. w. w. h. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
Ohio State Horticultural Society. Torch 
Hill, September 19. 
Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hart¬ 
ford, September 19-20. 
Vermont State Fair, White River Junc¬ 
tion, September 19-22. 
Michigan State Fair, Detroit, September 
18-27. 
Apple Carnival, Martinsburg, W. Va., Sep¬ 
tember 27-29. 
Illinois State Fair, Springfield, Septemh(4- 
20-October 7. 
^Ncw Jersey Fair, Trenton, September 25- 
^ Connecticut State Fair, Berlin, September 
Connecticut Bornological Society, Berlin, 
September 26. 
Good Roads Convention, Roanoke, Va., 
October 4-5. 
Virginia State Fair, Richmond, October 
9-14. 
Massachusetts Poultrv Association, Am¬ 
herst, October 11-12. 
New England Fruit Show, Boston, Mass., 
October 23-28. 
National Dairy Show, Chicago, Ill., Oc¬ 
tober 26-November 4. 
National Creamery Butter Makers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Chicago, November 1-3. 
Indiana Apple Show, Indianapolis, No¬ 
vember 6-11. 
Massachusetts Corn Show, Springfield, 
Mass., November 11-18. 
Boston Chamber of Commerce Agricul¬ 
tural Exhibit, October 2-31. 
American Road Congress, Richmond, Va., 
November 20-23. 
National Apple Show, Spokane, Wash., 
November 27-30. 
Conventions Pennsylvania Live Stock and 
Horticultural Associations, Duquesne Gar- 
dan, Pittsburg, January 15-20. 
FflR ^ Al F— 80-Acre Jersey Poultry, Hog. Fruit 
IUII uHLL and Vegetable Farm; 10c. milk route; 
popular summer resort : location is beautiful. 
$5,000 cash. J. C. AVERY, Lake Sunapee, N. II. 
WANTFD —^ country girl to do plain cooking 
tt nil i luu an< j cleaning in a private New York 
city home. No washing required. A permanent 
place and good wages to a person who can furnish 
satisfactory references. State age, experience and 
wages expected. Address HOME, care Rural New- 
Yorker, 409 Pearl Street, New- York City. 
FARMER WANTED“S^”i 
who with his family can operate farm of one hun¬ 
dred and sixty acres within twenty-five miles of 
New York. Farm is equipped with necessary live 
stock, machinery, buildings, for successful opera¬ 
tions. Will pay cash salary and give interest on 
profits to the right man. Address A. B. C., care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE or RENT““;S« P S ; 
monthly. Henry C. Carter Winsted, Conn., Riverton Sicqe. 
A Lauson engine comes that 
way and stays that way because 
exceptional care in materials 
and workmanship is shown thruout. 
LAUSON"FROST KING 
GASOLINE AND OIL ENGINES 
are guaranteed O. K. or money back. Made in 
sizes 1 H. P. to 50 H. P. and every engine develops 
more than its rated II. P. No blockingor bracing is 
needed when running, as each engine is balanced 
and carefully tested before shipping. Write for cat¬ 
alog. State power needed. 
I THE JOHN LAUSON 
MFG. CO. 
218 Northwest St. 
New 
‘Holstein, 
Wis. 
ssmscl <? 
SELF RAISING GATES t 
is the result of 15 years sue 
cessful gate making. 
Expert gate builders and high grade materials 
are combined to make the PEERLESS gate right. 
Big, extra size frames; filled with the famous 
Peerless all No. 9 wire fencing, crossbars 6 inches 
apart. Se.f-raising, no dragging over snow, ice, 
rubbish or grass-it lifts itself. 
But this is not enough; we are now installing, at 
enormous expense, equipment to galvanize our 
gates. Every part will be 
HEAVILY GALVANIZED 
will be rustproof, will look better and last longer than 
a painted gate, without raising the cost to the user. 
Your dealer can get Peerless Gates. If he will not- 
write to us. 
Peerless Wire Fence Co. .SiSSA 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produc e. Shipments Solicited. 
D LEASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
1 mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter. 
Eggs, Poultry. Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain. Beans 
Apples, etc. E. n. Woodward, soc ur >n »i>i, st., ,\.v, 
EARLY CHESTNUTS & SHELLBARKS 
wanted. \\ in. 11. C'olien A- Commi-tulon Mer¬ 
chants* - - - 2-9 WaHhiiiKton fct., New York. 
JOHN C. QUICK CO. 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 34 JAY STREET, HEW YORK 
POULTRY FARM EGGSoUR SPECIALTY. 
QUICK Returns Our Motto. Established 1855 
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 & COUGHLAN. 
172 Duane Street ; ; New York 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., - Boston. 
W ANTFfl—Market for Fancy Christmas Trees by 
TT nil ILL! carload. D. R. Wood, Morrisville, Vt. 
CHESTNUTS AND HICKORY NUTS 
Please send to E. B. Woodward, 302 Greenwich St.. N. Y. 
FARM FOR $2,500 
Sullivan County, New York State Farm in good 
state of cultivation, well fenced and watered; apple 
orchard, maple orchard, small fruit. Large 13-room 
house, large barn and wagon-house, granary and 
outbuildings. One mile from post office, stores 
and State road; in the heart of the popular summer 
boarding section. It contains about 13(1 acres; to 
close the estate it will be sold for $2,5(10, less than 
the cost of the buildings. It has been used as a 
dairy and grain farm; creamery one mile. Address 
FARM, care Rural New-Yorker, 409 Pearl St., N.Y. 
Buy a farm in Virginia. We have 
many excellent bargains in Grain, 
Stock, Fruit, Trucking and Poultry 
Farms. Write for list, describing 
t Q T R1 0 :nul ot farnl you want. 
I U I III 0 VENABLE & FORD . . . LYNCHBURG, VA. 
FAQUC Circular free. Dept. 161. Belauds’ 
I HI1HIO 1-arm Agency, 31 Milk St., Boston 
|Kf| FjH'lTlQ t"OR SALE CHEAP, in fertile 
I vMJ I UllllO Delaware Valley. New catalogue 
and map tree. Horace <7- REEDEB, Newtown. Pa, 
FDR <\AI F~ If y° u w ant the best farms for the 
l Ull OnLL money, send for our large free catalog. 
H ALI/S FARM AGENCY. Owego, Tioga Go.. N.Y. 
New York State Farms „ v ‘i rl y aTi parts ot 
the State. Catalog free to parties intending to buy. 
NORTHERN REALTY CO., Syracuse, New York. 
FOR QAI C -homestead farm in hunt 
run OHLt COUNTY, N. J. 10 S acres; fertile 
soil; good neighbors; pure water. Brick mansion 
house of 14 rooms and all necessary outbuildings. 
Five miles from Hopewell on P. & ft. R. R., and 2 
miles from Ringoes on Penn. R.R. Must lie sold to 
close estate. Inquire Georoe Whitenack, Skillman, N. J. 
