1912 
THE NEW-YORKER 
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Crops and Markets 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending December 30, 1911. 
, BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. -37 @ .38 
Good to Choice. -33 @ .36 
Lower Grades.25 @ .30 
Storage.27 @ .36 
State Dairy, best.35 @ .36 
Common to Good.24 ® .33 
Factory. 20 @ .23 
Packing Stock..17 @ .22 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 36 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 36 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 38 cents. 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 
Common to Good. 
Skims. 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.. 
Mixed Colors, best . 
Common to Good. 
Western, best.. 
Under grades. 
Checks and dirties. 
Storage, prime. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Medium.... . 
Pea. 
Yellow Eye. 
Bed Kidney. 
Lima. California. 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.. 
Common to Good. 
Pacific Coast. 
German Crop, new. 
DIUED FUUIT8 
Apples, evap., choice, 1911. 
Common to good. 
Sun dried. 
Chops. 
Cherries. 
Haspberries. 
.15 
.16 
.12 
@ 
.14 
.06 
@ 
.13 
.40 
@ 
.42 
.35 
@ 
.37 
.30 
® 
.33 
.34 
@ 
.36 
.18 
@ 
.25 
.14 
@ 
.20 
.24 
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.26 
@ 
4.65 
ffl 
4.15 
3.90 
4.20 
4.35 
@ 
4 40 
5.00 
@ 
5.30 
6.50 
@ 
6.60 
.54 
@ 
.56 
•4S 
@ 
.53 
.45 
@ 
.50 
.93 
@ 
.98 
•095|@ 10kf 
.07 (4) .09 
.07 @ .Osjtf 
02}4@ .03 
.19 @ .21 
.27 @ .28 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Spy,bbl.2.00 @ 3.50 
Spitzenburg .2.00 @ 3.50 
Twenty Ounce. 2.25 @ 3.50 
Ben Davis. 1.50 @ 2 75 
Baldwin.2.00 @ 3.00 
Greening. 1.75 @ 3.25 
King. 2.25 @ 3.50 
Dubbardston.2.00 @ 2.50 
York Imperial. 1.75 @3.00 
Western, box. 1.00 @ 3.00 
Pears, Kieffer, bbl. 1.00 @ 2.50 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl. 6.00 @11.00 
Jersey, bbl.7.00 @ 8.00 
Strawberries, Fla., qt.50 @ .75 
Calif., pt.20 @ .40 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—N. Y. State, bbl. 2.65 ® 2.35 
Maine, bag. 2.75 @ 2.90 
fjong Island, bbl. 3.25 @ 3.50 
Foreign. 168-lb. bag.2.10 @ 2.40 
Bermuda, bbl.4.00 @ 6 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.2.00 @ 3.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.08 @ .12 
Beets, bbl. 1.00 @ 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.2.00 ® 8.00 
Cucumbers. Southern, bu. 
. 2.00 
@ 
3.25 
Kale, bbl. 
. .65 
@ 
.75 
Chicory, bbl. 
. 1.50 
@ 
2.50 
Endive, French, lb. 
. .15 
@ 
Lettuce. Hi-bbl bkt. 
1.50 
Onions, State and Western, 100 lbs.. 
. 2.00 
@ 
2.25 
Orange Co., bag. 
@ 
2.75 
White, bu. 
(3> 
2.25 
Peppers. Southern, carrier. 
c« 
4.00 
Peas. Southern, bu. 
@ 
4.00 
String Beans, bu. 
@ 
5.00 
Spinach, bbl. 
@ 
1.25 
Squasn. Marrow, bbl. 
@ 
.75 
Hubbard, bbl. 
© 
.75 
Turnips. Rutabaga, bbl. 
. .90 
@ 
1.00 
White, bbl. 
@ 
1.50 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. 
@ 
3.00 
Tomatoes, Fla. Carrier. 
. 2.00 
@ 
3.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz. 1.00 @ 1.25 
No. 2. box. 3.00 @ 4.00 
Tomatoes, lb.15 @ .30 
Lettuce, doz.50 @ .75 
Mushrooms, lb.10 @ .25 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 2.00 @ 3.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.12 @ .12^ 
Fowls . 13 @ .14 
Boosters. ,07 @ 08 
Ducks.12 @ .13 
Gleese.10 @ . 11 % 
Turkeys.17 @ .18 
Guineas, pair.40 @ .50 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys. Spring, best.23 @ .24 
Common to Good.14 @ .21 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.22 @ 25 
Broilers, common to good.18 @ .21 
Roasters.15 @ .16 
Fowls. 12 @ .16 
Spring Ducks, lb.16 @ .20 
Geese.14 @ .18 
Squabs, doz. 1.50 @ 4.50 
COUNTRY DRE8SED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb.12 @ .13 
Common to good.09 @ .11 
Buttermilks.07 @ .08 
Lambs, botbouse, head.4.00 © 7.00 
Roasting Pigs, lb.10 @ .12 
Pork. Light.OS ® .09 
Heavy.07 @ 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.25.00 @ 25.50 
No. 2.23.00 @ 24.UO 
No. 3.20.00 @ 22.00 
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 @ 7.00 
Oxen.3.20 @ 5.00 
Cows. 2.00 @ 4.60 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.8.00 @10.26 
Culls. 4.50 @ 5.00 
Sheep. 100 lbs.2.00 @ 4.60 
Lambs. 5.00 @ 6.75 
'Hogs.5.25 @ 6.40 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring.1.18 @ ... 
No. 2, Red.98 @ ... 
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 @ 1225 
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 @ 40.00 
Corn Meal.31.00 @ 32.00 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland. 9.35 
Middling Gulf. 9.60 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 8.40 
Good Middling. 9.10 
BOSTON MARKETS. 
Christmas trade in Boston market was 
not as rushed as usual on any line of 
goods. Stocks of Christmas trees and 
greens was large and moved slowly with 
prospects of a supply left over. Trees 
brought from 25 cents to $2, according to 
size and condition. Wreaths retailed at 
15 to 25 cents for best. Fancy fruits sold 
well but others were not in much demand. 
Apples were $5 to $4 per barrel for red 
fruit of best quality : green, from $2 to $3. 
Second quality went slow and hard at 
buyers’ prices; box apples, fancy, .$1.75 to 
$2.75; cooking, 75 cents to $1.25. Storage 
pears, Bose and Anjou, $2.50 to $3.25; 
Sheldon. $2. Cranberries are in good sup¬ 
ply, being rushed on the market because 
not keeping well at all, and many are 
soft; best hard bring $8 and $9 per barrel; 
others at catch prices of $5.50 to $7 per 
barrel, crates $1.75 to $3, according to 
condition and quality. 
Supply about equal to demand in most 
cases, and prices very good. Cabbage Is 
slow, as demand at this time is not heavy, 
$1.25 to $1.60 per barrel for drumhead, 
75 to 90 cents for Savoy; red, per box, 
$1.25. Celery, Pascal, $1.75 to $2 and 
Boston Market $2 to $2.25 per dozen 
bunches. Lettuce, 75 cents and $1 per box. 
Tomatoes. 30 cents per pound for 
best hothouse. Beets, 75 cents to $1 per 
box; carrots. 75 cents; parsnips, $1 to 
$1.25. Radishes about $1 per box in 
bunches. Turnips, rutabagas, $1.35 per 
barrel; flat, 75 cents per bushel, White 
Egg, short and sell around $1 per box. 
Squash in demand just now at from $20 to 
$30 per ton or $1 to $1.50 per barrel. But¬ 
ter is very high, and much poor is being 
worked off wherever possible. Best at 
wholesale, 36 to 38 cents per pound in 
tubs and prints. Good, which is in many 
cases sold as best, brings 34 to 35 cents, 
while cooking brings around 32 cents in 
quantities. Retail prices in general are 
from 35 to 42 cents. Cheese is short and 
high at from 16 to 19 cents per pound 
for best cream, and 11 to 12 cents for skims. 
Beef is high, best hindquarters bringing 
14 to 15 cents wholesale per pound, whole 
sides go at 11 and 12 cents, with poorer 
grade and cuts at from eight to 10 cents. 
Veals are steady at 12 and 14 cents per 
pound wholesale. Lamb is reasonable at 
10 cents for best and seven and eight 
for second grades. Pork is a grain lower, 
eight cents being top figure per pound. 
Many are being killed at this time on ac¬ 
count of feed expense, which explains the 
market. Poultry is of course in good de¬ 
mand at this time and prices are up. 
Live fowls bring 14 cents for plump heavy 
ones, light chickens 12 and 13 cents per 
pound. Dressed fowls bring 18 cents per 
pound wholesale for best and 16 cents for 
fair. Chickens to roast 19 and 20 cents 
per pound wholesale, 26 to 28 cents retail 
in stores. One local country dealer pays 14 
cents for chickens, sells for 28 cents in 
a retail market, pretty good profit that. 
Turkeys, best, 28 and 30 cents wholesale, 
seconds, 24 and 25 cents, poor, 22 cents 
per pound. Eggs are easier in local mar¬ 
kets with more coming in. Some dealers 
only allowing 38 and 40 cents per dozen. 
In Boston supply not heavy and prices 
hold about same; best at wholesale 50 
cents per dozen; good, 40 and 42 cents; 
storage, 25 to 30 cents per dozen. Baking 
beans, Pea and medium, $2.60; yellow 
eye, $2.75; kidney, $3.50 per bushel. Po¬ 
tatoes are a little easier at 95 cents to 
$1.05 per bushel ; about $2 per bag; sweets, 
$1.50 to $1.75 basket. Maine shipments 
are light, but foreign stock evens up tho 
supply. Onions are on the up grade at 
$2.50 to $2.75 per 100-pound bag, both for 
Western and Massachusetts stock. 
A. E. P. 
The cold storage warehouses of London, 
England, hold 800,000 carcasses. A new 
plant to house 84,000 more will soon be in 
operation. 
Extensive plantings of almonds are being 
made in Colusa County, California, 80,000 
trees being under way. The commercial 
almond is the kernel of the fruit, which re¬ 
sembles an unripe peach. The outer pulp 
is tough and inedible, but many fruit stores 
in New York carry almonds with their coats 
on as a curiosity. 
Potato trade at New York during the 
past week has been rather quiet. Strictly 
choice go at $1 per bushel or a little more. 
Arrivals from Europe have been moderate, 
but there appears to be plenty of stock 
over there, and any price approaching $1 
per bushel makes a strong bid for these 
foreign shipments. The problem with manv 
farmers just now is whether to sell or hold 
for $3.50 to $4 per barrel | The latter 
figure looks extremely doubtful. Some who 
have choice potatoes and good storage may 
get $3.50 by keeping close watch of the de¬ 
mand and taking advantage of any tem¬ 
porary scarcity. 
Cows sell from $40 to $60. according to 
quality; horses, $175 to $200. Pork, $7 
to $9 per 100; fat cattle. $5 to $6 per 
100. ITay, $20 per ton; no silage sold 
here; not much manure, it generally brings 
about $1 per load. Milk, $1.80 per 100; 
corn, new, 75 cents per bushel. Wheat, 
90 cents; rye, 80 cents; oats, 60 cents. 
Little York, N. ,T. w. m. d. 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, January 6, 1911. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Story of a Farmer’s Wife Who Helped 
Make the Home.1, 
Fodder Corn and Alfalfa. 
Frost-proof Farm Storage. 
How I Raise Alfalfa. 
Building Up Poor Soil. 
Potato Tops and Tubers. 
Crops for Peat Bog. 
Adapting Grasses . 
Old Question About Lime. 
The Farm Storage Problem. 
Stone Ditches . 
Fertility in Wastes . 
Farm Foreman’s Perquisites. 
Life in Southern Texas. 
Keeping Carrots . 
Best Way to Sell Hay. 
Old Hay as Fertilizer . 
Hope Farm Notes . 
N. Y. State Agricultural Society. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 
Crops and Prices. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
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Mules In Alabama. 2 
About Photographing Live Stock. 3 
The Egg-laying Contest. 3 
Selecting the Dairy Bull. Part II.16 
A Concrete Floor “Wrinkle”. 18 
Does This Mean You?. 18 
Weak Back . 19 
“Hollow Horn” . 19 
Garget; Stifle Lameness. 19 
Swollen Membranes . 19 
Feeding Ration for Cows. 20 
Milk Ration . 20 
Rations for Cow and Heifer. 20 
Ration for Grade Jerseys. 20 
Hens as a Side Line. 21 
A Balanced Hen Ration. 21 
Cockerel With Imperfect Tall. 21 
Cutting Wing Feathers. 21 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Late Peach Discussion. 
Parsley Under Glass .. 
Growing the Ontario Apple.. 
Worms in Flower Pots. 
Sowing California Privet. 
The Anjou Pear. 
Bartlett on Garber Stock. 
Poisonous Honey Pasture. 
Mildew on Lilac . 
Apple Roots With Bunches. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Hot Mayonnaise . 
The Rural Patterns . 
Pins—Tacks—Potatoes . 
Steamed Chocolate Pudding. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
What About Vinegar?. 
Commission Man’s Share. 
Yours for Parcels Post. 
Redemption of Paper Money. 
Cellar Walls That Leak. 
How to Feed Young Fish. 
Frog Culture . 
Another Great Agriculturist Gone... 
Events of the Week. 
Publisher’s Desk .•. 
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The Rochester Produce 
& Commission Company 
The sugar crop of Cuba promises to be 
unusually large this year, about 1,850,000 
tons. Weather has been very favorable for 
growth of the cane. 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
Highest Prices Paid for Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Lard, 
Poultry, Calves, Beans, Potatoes, Etc. 
244-246 Clinton Avenue. North ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
More than half yonr poultry troubles are caused 
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irom the contamination of the chickens them¬ 
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S. C. W. L. 
Bred from hens that 
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Will make great foundation stock. Write for free 
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PEERLESS FARMS, R. F. D. 10, Northport, Long Island, N.V. 
DURE BRED WHITE H0LIAND TURKEYS FROM PRIZEWINNERS 
r Mrs. K. J. Rider, Rodman, New York 
PULLETS and YEARLING HENS 
dottes, single and rose comb; Brown and W. Leg. 
horns. R. I. Reds. Write for just what you want 
and how much you wish to invest. MAPLE 
COVE POULTRY YARDS, R. 24, Athens, Pa. 
n I n »q OF SUPERIOR QUALITY— Aug. & Sept. Pigs, 
Ui it u. o pairs and trios, not akin. Registeredin 
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W ANTED—One Black Shell.nd Pony, fonlecl fall of 1909; 38 Inch 
high. Address Michigan, care of liUKAL Nkw-Yokkkr. 
You can buy your winter homesite 
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THE ALLANDALE COMPANY, Daytona, Florida 
HELP WANTED 
Man and Wife for Country Place 
No children. Man must be Thoroughly Experi¬ 
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W ORKING MANAGER, married, graduate of Agricultural High 
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work; open for engagement: At references. 
HENRY W. D1EFKNE, Gardiner, N. Y., Ulster County. 
C OUNTRY BOARD WANTED-Young writer desires 
country board, private family, $12 amonth. Par¬ 
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POULTRY AND HOTHOUSE LAMBS 
Ship to \VM. II. COHEN & CO., ComiailMMion Mer¬ 
chant* - - - - 229 W unhinirtoii St., New York 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited 
youk Dressed Turkeys, Ducks and Geese 
-TO- 
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Established 18S0 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
West Washington Market New York, N. Y. 
PROMPT RETURNS 
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Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., - Boston. 
P UK ASK send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com¬ 
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COUNTRY PKODUCK. Apples, Peaches, Ber 
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and Hot house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 <& 36 Little lath St.. New York' 
