1911. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1247 
Crops and Markets 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending December 22, 1911. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.38 @ .39 
Good to Choice. .33 @ .36 
Lower Grades .25 @ .30 
Storage.27 ® .36 
State Dairy, best.35 @ .37 
Common to Good.24 ® .33 
Factory. 20 @ .23 
Packing Stock..17 @ .22 
Elgin, 111., batter market firm at 35 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 36 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 39 cents. 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.15 @ .16 
Common to Good.12 ® .14 
Skims.06 @ .13 
EGG8 
White, good to choice.48 @ .50 
Mixed Colors, best.42 ® .44 
Common to Good.35 @ .40 
Western, best.40 @ .42 
Under grades.18 @ .25 
Checks and dirties.14 @ .20 
gtorage, prime. .24 @ .26 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs.4.15 @ 4.65 
Medium.. 3.90 @ 4.15 
Pea. 3.90 @ 4.20 
Yellow Eye.4.25 ® 4.30 
Bed Kidney. .5.00 ® 5.30 
Lima, California.6.50 ® 6.60 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.54 © .56 
Common to Good.52 @ .53 
Pacific Coast. 45 @ .50 
German Crop, new.93 @ .98 
DU1EO FBUIT8 
Common to good.07 @ .09 
Sun dried.06 ® .08 
Chops. 02 \&(a) .03 
Cherries.19 ® .21 
Raspberries. .26 @ .27 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Spy,bbl.2.00 @ 4.00 
8pitzenburg .2.00 @ 3.25 
Twenty Ounce. 2.25 @ 3.50 
Ben Davis. 1.50 @2.50 
Baldwin.2.00 @ 3.00 
Greening... 1.75 @ 3.25 
King. . 2.25 @3.00 
Uubbardston.1.50 @ 2.50 
York Imperial. 1.50 @ 3.00 
Western, box. 1.25 @ 3.00 
Pears, Kieffer, bbl. 1.00 @ 2.75 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl.6.00 @10.50 
Jersey, bbl.7.00 @ 8.25 
Grapes, Concord, 4-lb. bkt.12 @ .14 
Catawba.10 @ .14 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—N. Y. State, bbl.2.65 @ 2.85 
Maine, bag. 2.75 @ 2.90 
Long Island, bbl.3.25 @ 3.50 
Foreign, 168-lb. bag.2.25 @ 2.40 
Bermuda, bbl.4.00 @6 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.2.00 @ 3.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.05 @ .08 
Beets, bbl. 1.00 ffl 1.50 
Carrots, bbl. 1.00 @ 1.75 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton.20.00 @25.00 
Domestic seed, ton.14.00 @19.00 
Cauliflowers, L. 1., bbl. 75 @ 6.00 
Cucumbers, Southern, bu. 2.00 @ 3.25 
Kale, bbl.55 @ .75 
Chicory, bbl. 2.00 @ 3.00 
Endive, French, lb. .15 @ ... 
Lettuce. !4-bbl. bkt. 75 @2.25 
Onions, 8tateand Western, 100 lbs... 2.00 @ 2.25 
Orange Co., bag. 2.00 @ 2.75 
White, bu. 1.50 @ 2.25 
Peppers, Southern, carrier.2.00 @ 3.50 
Peas. Southern, bu. 3.00 @ 9.00 
Btnng Beans, bu.2.00 @ 6.00 
Spinach, bbl.75 @1.00 
Squash, Marrow, bbl. .60 @ .75 
Hubbard, bbl.60 @ .75 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl.90 @1.00 
White, bbl. 1.00 @1.50 
Egg Plants, Fla., box.:.3.00 @ 5.00 
Tomatoes, Fla. Carrier. 2.00 @ 4.00 
HOTHOU8K PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz. 1.00 @ 1.25 ~ 
No. 2, box. 3.00 @ 4.00 
Tomatoes, lb.15 @ .35 
Lettuce, doz.75 @1.00 
Mushrooms, lb.15 @ .40 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.50 @ 2.50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.11 @ .U14 
Fowls.7.13 @ .13*6 
Roosters.07 @ .08 
Ducks.12 @ .13 
Geese.12 @ .13 
Turkeys.13 @ .14 
Guineas, pair. A0 @ .50 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, Spring, best.21 @ .22 
Common to Good.14 @ .20 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.22 @ 25 
Broilers, common to good.18 @ .21 
Roasters.15 @ .20 
Fowls. 12 ® .16 
8pring Ducks, lb.16 @ .19 
Geese.12 @ .16 
Squabs, doz. 150 @ 4.50 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb.12 @ .13 
Common to good.09 @ .11 
Buttermilks. .07 @ .08 
Lambs, hothouse, bead.8.00 @11.00 
Roasting Pigs, lb..04 @ .07 
Pork. Light.08 @ .09 
Heavy.07 % .07^ 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy No. 1, ton.25.00 @ 26.00 
No. 2 .23.00 @ 24.00 
No. 3.2O.00 @ 21.00 
Clover Mixed.19.00 @ 24 00 
Clover.20.00 @ 24.00 
Straw, Rye.17.00 @ 18.00 
Oat and Wheat. .10.00 @ 11.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.5.50 @ 7.20 
O-ven.3.20 @ 5.00 
Cows. 1.75 @4.50 
Calves, Prime Yeal, 100 lbs.6.50 @ 9.75 
Culls.4.50 @ 6.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.2.00 @ 4.00 
Lambs.51)0 @ 6.75 
Hogs.5.25 © 6.40 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring.1.12 @ ... 
No. 2, Red.95 ffi ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter.1.08 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.65 © .69 
Oats, as to weight, bush.50 @ .55 
Rye, No. 2, Western.95 @ .97 
Barley, choice. 1.15 @1.25 
MILL FEED—Car LOTS 
Spring Bran, ton. 26 00 @ 27.00 
Standard Middlings. 27.60 @ 30.00 
Red Dog. 31.00 @ 32.00 
Hominy Chop. 29.00 @ 30.20 
Linseed Meal. 39.00 @ 39.50 
Corn Meal.31.00 @ 32.00 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland.. 9.65 
Middling Gulf. 9.90 
New Orleans, Low Middling.8.40 
Good Middling.. .... 9'. 50 1 
Prices in Hardin County, Ohio. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
When you write advertisers mention Titb 
The Sharpies 
Mechanical Milker 
has been installed and is giving 
The Utmost Satisfaction 
in many of the 
Most Modern Stables of 
High Priced Pure Bred Cows 
Information, References and Catalog “ E ” showing all details. 
DAIRY SPECIALTY COMPANY 
_ West Chester, Pa. 
As to the prices of live stock, horses are 
about the average. Good farm mares weigh¬ 
ing from 1,300 to 1,000 popnds in foal 
will bring $150 to $225. A team of well- 
mated mares will command a price of $500 
to $600. The market for driving horses 
is slow and they are not much in demand. 
There are practically no heavy beef cattle 
in the market here now. Calves weighing 
from 350 to 450 pounds are easily sold 
at four to five cents per pound as feeders. 
Steer calves are more in demand than 
heifers. Milk cows with calf at side, if 
registered stock, bring $60 to $100; if 
mixed breeds, from $40 to $60. Calves 
eight to 10 weeks old sell for $8 to $12 
per head to be used as veal. Just now 
there is much cholera in this section, yet 
hogs—especially if purebred, are bringing 
excellent prices. Only yesterday Mule-foot 
sows sold at public auction from $40 to 
$90: Poland Chinas. Chester Whites, etc., 
if the host breeding, bring same prices; 
if cross-breeds, sows due to farrow in 
March and April, sell for $20 to $40. Sheep 
are very low. I saw sheep sell last year, 
September, 1910. for $5.50 to $6 per head, 
that this Fall when placed on the market 
brought $2 to $3 per head. Yet the sheep 
raisers are getting all they can feed at 
these prices, and seem eager buyers. Hens 
for breeding purposes being only the aver¬ 
age in breeding—sell for 50 to 75 cents, 
pullets from 40 cents to $1. November 25 
I bought 30 Barred Rock pullets, April and 
May hatched, fairly well developed only, at 
51 cents per head. I brought them home 
and put in one of my laying houses, where 
I have installed trap-nests, and received 
my first egg December 14. These are from 
an average farm strain. Eggs to-day are 
bringing 38 to 40 cents at the retailers, the 
highest price the retail merchant has paid 
for years in this community. No silage, or 
manure is sold here. There are only two 
or three silos in this locality. Yesterday 
good Timothy hay sold for $20.05 in the 
mow, the buyer to move same. In this 
ease the buyer intends threshing, before 
feeding the hav. The seed will bring him 
about $8 per bushel. Extra good clover 
hay brought $17.10, bought to feed sheep 
and yearling calves. Corn in shock sells 
for an average of about $1 per shock, and 
will yield from 1 V 2 to two bushels per 
shock. Fodder sells for 10 to 15 cents a 
shock, corn here being cut 12 hills square. 
Many of our farmers are now using separa¬ 
tors and are selling only the cream, feeding 
the skim-milk to the pigs. A man calls 
at the door for the cream, which is now 
worth about 31 cents per pound, butter fat. 
I have here given you truly rural prices, 
as our little town is six miles from a rail- 
road, and trust they may help , you reach 
the general average you are seeking. Being 
Isolated as we are naturally we are very 
much interested in and in favor of the 
parcels post, as expressage and cost of the 
six miles drayage leaves us but little for 
our labor. °- M - 
Roundhead, Ohio. 
The Kansas State Assessor finds that the 
valuation for that State is $1,642.30 per 
head. This is the highest per capita assess¬ 
ment value shown by any State. 
Potato arrivals at New York from 
British ports are large, one day’s steamers 
bringing 150,000 bushels. Prices have 
been high enough to net a fair profit to 
the foreign shippers, about $2.30 per sack 
of 168 pounds, though some German po¬ 
tatoes of low quality went at $1.50. 
Consul Dunning, of Havre, reports that 
the French crop, though larger than in 
1910. is still considerably short of home 
requirements and quite large supplies will 
be drawn from the British Isles, Belgium, 
Germany and Northern Africa. During 
1910 imports amounted to 220,053 tons, at 
an average value of $25 per ton. 
Greens for holiday decoration sold low 
except for some lots of specially fine holly. 
Large quantities of holly scant of berries 
and badly dried before packing brought 
barely enough to pay freight. Choice could 
be had for $1 to $1.25 per case. Wreaths 
sold better, 50 cents to $1 per dozen, and 
roping one cent per yard. 
Sales in our neighborhood are as fol¬ 
lows : Wheat, 85 to 90 cents per bushel; 
corn, 50 to 60 cents; oats, 45 to 50 cents; 
potatoes, $1 to $1.25; hay, $18 to $20 per 
ton; straw, $8 to $10; horses, $100 to $200 
per head; cattle, three cents to five cents 
per pound; sheep, $2 to $3 per head; hogs, 
six cents per pound; chickens, eight cents 
per pound, live weight; turkeys, 14 cents 
per pound, live weight; eggs, 30 cents per 
dozen; butter, 35 cents; milk, five to six 
cents per quart. No silage sold-. 
Brownsville, O. g. w. r. 
Winter Short Courses, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y., November 28-February 23. 
N. Y. State Fruit Growers’ Ass'n, Ro¬ 
chester, N. Y., January 3-5. 
Farmers’ Week, Kingston, R. I., Decem¬ 
ber 25-30. 
Farmers’ Short Course, Burlington, Vt., 
December 26-February 24. 
State Farmers' Institute, Manhattan, Kan¬ 
sas, December 26-30. 
Farmers’ Week, New Brunswick, N. J;, 
December 25-.Ianuary 1. 
Farmers’ Week, State College, Pa., De¬ 
cember 27-.Tanuary 3. 
American Breeders’ Ass’n, Washington, 
D. C., December 28-30. 
Farmers’ Short Course, Ames, Iowa, Jan¬ 
uary 2-13. 
Ayrshire Breeders’ Meetings, New York, 
January 11. 
Farmers’ Short Course, Columbus, O., Jan¬ 
uary 2-Fcbruary 23. 
Kentucky Horticultural Society, Lexing¬ 
ton, January 4. 
Farmers’ Short Course, Amherst, Mass., 
January 2-March 8. 
Farmers’ Short Course, Durham, N. II., 
January 4-March 8. 
Farmers’ Week, Purdue University, La¬ 
fayette, Indiana. January 8-13. 
Virginia Horticultural Society, Harrison¬ 
burg, January 10. 
Vermont Dairymen’s Ass’n, Burlington, 
January 9-11. 
Farmers’ Week, College Park, Md., Janu¬ 
ary 8-15. 
Corn Growers’ and Stockmen’s Conven¬ 
tion, Urbana, Ill., January 15-27. 
Live Stock Week, East Lansing, Mich., 
January 16-18. 
New Hampshire Dairymen's Ass’n, .Jan¬ 
uary 17-18. 
Connecticut Dairymen’s Ass'n, Unity Hall, 
Hartford, January 17-18. 
Conventions, Pennsylvania Live Stock and 
Horticultural Associations. Duquesne Gar¬ 
den. Pittsburgh. January 15-20. 
Livingston County, N. Y., Poultry Show, 
January 16-19. 
School for Honsekeepcrs, Urbana, Ill., 
January 15-27. 
N. ,T. State Board of Agriculture, Tren¬ 
ton, N. J., January 17-19. 
Farmers’ Week, Canton. N. Y.. School of 
Agriculture, January 22-27. 
Alabama Horticultural Society, Jasper, 
Ala., January 25-27. 
Ohio Apple Show, Marietta, O., January, 
23-20. 
Minnesota Short Course, Minneapolis, 
Minn., January 23-February 17. 
Farmers’ Week, Durham, N. II., January 
20-February 3. 
St. Lawrence Poultry Show, Ogdensburg, 
N. Y., January 30-February 2. 
N. Y. State Grange, Auburn, N. Y., Feb¬ 
ruary 6-9. 
Ohio Dairymen’s Ass'n, Columbus, Feb¬ 
ruary 8-9. 
Connecticut Pomological Society, Hart¬ 
ford, February 7. 
Farmers’ Special Course, Morgantown, W. 
Va., February 1-16. 
Poultry Week, East Lansing, Mich., Feb¬ 
ruary 12-17. 
Farmers’ Week. State School, Lyndon Ctr., 
Vt.. February 12-17. 
Farmers’ Week, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y., February 19-24. 
Farmers’ Week, Burlington, Vt., February 
19-24. 
Poultry Convention, Amherst, Mass., 
March 5-8. 
Farmers’ Week, Amherst, Mass., March 
11-15. 
Farmers’ Short Course. Madison, Wis., 
January 30-February 9. 
New York State Dairymen. 
The annual convention was held at 
Olean, N. V., December 12-13. Addresses 
were made by Dr. II. J. Webber on breed¬ 
ing ; • cooperative tests, by Helmer Rabild ; 
animal nutrition, by Dr. W. II. Jordan; 
milk in the diet, by Prof. Flora Rose; cer¬ 
tified milk, by W. E. Miller; and market 
defects in butter, by C. W. Fryhofer, dairy 
expert at New York. Resolutions were 
passed denouncing the adulteration of 
dairy products in any manor whatever; 
recommending that the use of the word 
“Butterine,” as used by oleomargarine 
makers, be made unlawful; against the pro¬ 
posed Canadian reciprocity act; and en¬ 
dorsing the work of cow-testing associa¬ 
tions. 
Officers elected were: E. H. Dollar, Heu- 
velton, N. Y., president; H. S. Elwood, 
Buffalo, N. Y., vice-president; W. E. Grif¬ 
fith, Madrid, N. Y., secretary; M. C. Greg¬ 
ory, Unadilla, N. Y„ assistant secretary; 
R. R. Kirkland, Philadelphia, N. Y., treas¬ 
urer ; directors, R. A. Pearson, F. N. God¬ 
frey, O. F. Ross, H. C. Lange, W. N. 
Giles, L. C. Merrill. _ 
There will be an important hearing on 
parcels post matters in Room 201, Senate 
Office Building, Washington, D. C., January 
12, at 11 a. m. 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
White Holland Turkeys g|’ s e Prized 
Prices low. Mbs. Robt.T. Davis, Tally, Virginia. 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
Walnut Hill Stock Farm 
NATHANIEL BACON, Manager Talcott, W. Va. 
PULLETS and YEARLING HENS SS 
dottes, single and rose comb; Brown and W Leg. 
horns, R. I. Reds; from 80 cents per head up. Write 
for just what you want and how much you wish to 
invest. Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R. 24 Athens, Pa. 
& WHITE LEGHORNS 
get some of our superior strain of Cockerels. 
1 o introduce this strain and move them quick, 
83.66 each: two or more 81.56 each. 
WILLIAM H. PARSIL, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 
\A/ANTFn- iIARRIEI) COUPLE—Man for gen¬ 
ii Mil I LU eral farm, good with team,$30month; 
wife to board help, 20e. meal; March 1st. Give 
reference, as only responsible parties considered 
SHELDONCROET, Silveb Lake, Pa. 
P LEASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com 
mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter. 
Eggs, Poultry, Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain, Beans, 
Apples, etc. E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., N. Y 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELUFFE, WRIGHT S CO., Com¬ 
mission Merchants. 284 Washington St., New York. 
POULTRY AND HOTHOUSE LAMBS 
Ship to WM, II. COHEN A* CO., CommUkion Mer> 
chuntH - - - - 22J> \Vaisliinjrtoti St., New York 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., - Boston. 
The Rochester Produce 
& Commission Company 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
Highest Prices Paid for Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Lard, 
Poultry, Calves, Beans, Potatoes, Etc. 
244-246 Clinton Avenue. North ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
your Dressed Turkeys, Ducks and Geese 
-to- 
GEO. OLIVER «& COMPANY 
1 I Established 1850 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
West Washington Market New York, N. Y. 
PROMPT RETURNS 
HANDY BINDER 
TUST the thing for preserving files of 
The Rural New-Yorker. Durable 
and cheap. Sent postpaid for 25 cents. 
<Ihe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
409 Pearl Street New York City 
TWIN CYLINDER 
Runs Laroe Corn Shelters Full Blast All Day Lono 
Gentlemen:—M y twin cylinder “NEW-WAY” shelled 52 
bushels in 14 minutes. Alwuys starts easy, gives steady 
power. The best engine made for heavy work. 
Ocheyedan, Iowa. Clauss Jess, Jr. 
Makes a Remarkable Saving in Fuel and Oil 
WRITE US NOW FOR OUR CATALOG NO. 6 
Tzs TNeteWa Y Mom Company ho 
Lakswg, krcerfGAK U.S.A. Sheridan st. 
CHOOSE THE SIZE 
