1913. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKEE 
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chops 
Early cherries sold at average $2 per 
bushel, sour, .$1.75 to $2. Apples, $1 a 
bushel ; peaches, a failure this year. Last 
year they brought $2 a bushel. Pears, $1. 
The apple crop was very poor this year; 
plums brought $1.50 to $2; strawberries 
from $2 to $2.50; raspberries, $1.50. Cab¬ 
bage, three cents a head, and the stores, 
sell them at one and two cents a pound; 
onions, about $1 ; potatoes, from GO to 90 
cents per bushel; stores sell them at 20 
cents on the bushel over what they give 
the farmer. Oats brought from 40 to GO 
cents; wheat, 90 cents to $1.05 ; corn, 80; 
hay, $14 to $18 per ton; wheat and oat 
straw from $7 to $10; corn fodder, three 
cents a bundle. Milk, five cents a quart, 
just as it comes from the cows; butter 
ranges from 20 to 40 cents, 20 in midsum¬ 
mer and 40 in Winter. Eggs from 1G to 
40 cents, according to the supply, sold in 
local stores; same stores sell at advance 
of four cents over what they give for them, 
and butter also. Poultry, old, 12 cents a 
pound; broilers, 35 to 40 cents apiece; 
dressed, 20 cents a pound. Cows, fresh, 
$35 to $G0, according to age, breed and 
size. Beef cattle, young, seven to eight 
cents; old cows, from $5 to $20; hogs, 
fat, 7i% cents a pound; young pigs, $4 to 
$5 a pair, eight weeks old. h. l. d. 
Darlington, Pa. 
Wheat, Bed Winter, 97 cents; flour, 49- 
pound sack, retail, $1.40; middlings, per 
100 pounds, $1.50; bran, $1.50; corn, per 
100, 53; cornmeal, bolted, $1.75; oats, 
bushel, 29; retail, 35; rye, 54; flour, per 
49-pound sack, $1.40; barley, 50; clover 
seed, Bed, $8.50; retail, $9.50; Alsike, 
$10.25; Timothy seed, prime, $1 ; retail, 
$2; Timothy hay, ton, $15, loose; baled, 
$12 to $13; clover hay, $10, loose; baled, 
$11.50; fodder, loose, ton, $G; shredded, 
baled, no demand. Steers, 800 to 900 
pounds, $4.50 to $5.50; beef, per pound, 
retail. 17 to 20 cents; heifers, $4 to $4.50 
per 100; hogs, live, five to seven cents; 
dressed, nine cents; retail, 15 to 18; 
calves, live, five to eight cents; dressed, 
14 ; retail, 15 to 20 ; sheep, live, four cents, 
no demand ; mutton. 17 ; Iambs, five cents, 
no demand : retail, 20. Milch cows scarce, 
selling at $50 to $75. Not much dairying 
done here, only one or two silos in this 
township and the owners feed that to 
steers bought at Chicago. Those that milk 
from four to six cows sell cream to cream¬ 
ery, wagon collects and ships to Lima. We 
have a creamery in Delphos, but ownership 
changed so often that they don't get much 
cream. Eggs, 31 cents; retail, 35 ; butter, 
20 to 25; butter fat. 28 cents; retail, 35 
to 40; lard, 10; retail, 1.7; potatoes, 35 
to 40 cents per bushel of 60 pounds; re¬ 
tail, G5 to 70; fowls, live, 11 cents; retail, 
13; turkeys, 13; retail, 15 to 20; ducks, 
11; retail, 13 to 15; geese, 10; retail, 11 
to 13 ; apples, bushel, GO ; retail, 80 to $1; 
pears, no demand. Very little done by gar¬ 
deners or truckers, not much demand for 
vegetables, as this is a German settlement 
and most every family has a garden in the 
back yard and raises enough for the family, 
and surplus is sold or traded to grocery; 
the grower gives what he can't sell to 
neighbors for nothing. m. m. 
Delphos, O. 
BOSTON MARKETS. 
Boston market prices have changed some 
in the last week; prices on some things 
have moved up, while others have dropped 
slightly. Apples are selling slightly better 
on all grades. McIntosh is the leader in 
prices, bringing around $5 per barrel; King 
comes next at $3.50 and $4; Baldwin, Spy, 
and Greening go at $2 to $3.50 per barrel. 
Near-by box fruit brings 75 cents to $1.50 
in some cases. Western box fruit, $1.75 
up; pears about the same, $3.50 to $5 for 
Anjou and Bose. Cranberries have moved 
up in price in expected demand for Christ¬ 
inas trade. The largest part of these are 
now held by the big growers, who will 
hold for firm prices; $7 to $10 is asked 
and expected with crates at $3 to $3.50. 
New York grapes are held at 13 to 15 cents 
per basket; California. $1.75 to $2.50 per 
crate. Lemons, $0 to $7 per box ; oranges, 
$4 per box; Florida, $3 and $3.50 to $4 
for tangerines. Bananas, $1 to $3 a 
bunch. Cabbage, 50 to 75 cents per bar¬ 
rel ; squash, $1.50 to $2 per barrel; spinach, 
35 cents per box; turnips, yellow, $1 per 
barrel; eggs, white flat, 50 cents per box : 
carrots, 75 cents per box, parsnips, 75 
cents; parsley, 50 to 75 cents per box; 
radish, $1 per box; lettuce, 40 cents per 
box; celery, $1 to $1.25 for Pascal and 
$1.50 and $1.75 for Boston market. Hot 
house cucumbers, $2 to $G per box of 100; 
tomatoes, 10 to 15 cents per pound ; South¬ 
ern string beaus, $2.75 to $3.50 per basket. 
The main potato growers are now holding 
their stock for better prices and as cars to 
ship in are not too plentiful the effect is 
felt in Boston and $1.50 per bag is asked. 
Southern sweets bring $1.50 per basket. 
Onions are still coming poor as the rule, 
and go at 75 to 85 cents per 100 pounds 
for average and $1 for best. 
Eggs are dropping owing to various rea¬ 
sons ; hens and pullets have in many cases 
started in to make good after their Fall 
vacation, also the agitation for lower 
prices in different cities has had an effect, 
and as it is stated that larger amounts 
than is usually the case are held in storage, 
those people, seeing they are going to get 
left are selling, while the prices are up 
all they can be. Best fresh are now sold 
at 40 to 42 cents per dozen ; Westerns, 33 
to 38 cents and storage 20 cents up. 
Butter holds linn at from 33 to 38 cents 
according to quality; cheese the same, 18 
to 21 cents per pound is the price. Bak¬ 
ing beaus are high. Medium and peas 
bring $2.75 to $2.90 per bushel; Yellow 
eyes, $3 and Kidney, $3.25. Hay is easy 
an medium grades, which go at $10 to 
$20 per ton, but fancy choice horse hay 
brings $21 to $25, and is held firm at 
these prices. Corn brings from $1.15 to 
$1.40 per two-bushel bag; oats, 75 to 80 
‘■ents; cotton-seed meal, $31 a ton, linseed, 
$32; gluten, $28; bran, $23 and $24. 
Meats still hold linn at good prices. 
Best*steer dressed beef, 14 cents for sides, 
17 for hind quarters and 11 for fores; cow 
beef about 10 cents for good. Best lamb 
about 12 cents per pound ; mutton, six to 
eight; best veal, 15 cents; other grades 
10 to 12 cents per pound. Dressed hogs 
are held around 10 cents per pound, while 
live ones at Brighton bring around eight 
cents for good ones. Live beef from $8.50 
per hundred pounds down to $3 for bologna 
stock; live veal calves average about $7. 
Poultry trade is lively getting ready for 
holiday trade; live hens and chickens, 14 
and 1G cents per pound; dressed fowls, 19 
cents for large best, others, 14 to 17 cents, 
according to grade and condition. Large 
chickens. 20 to 22 cents, others 17 to 19 
cents. Ducks, 18 to 20 cents; geese, 16 
cents for good stock; turkeys, best, 27 to 
30 and Western, 22 to 24 cents per pound. 
1 A. k. p. 
North Dakota Corn. —The contest an¬ 
nounced last Spring to produce the best 
yield of mature corn per acre was en¬ 
tered by 513 North Dakota farmers. The 
results have not only shown the mistake 
of those who said corn could not be grown 
successfully in North Dakota, but have sur¬ 
prised even the advocates of diversified 
farming and corn growing in that State. 
Among the 23 winners in the Statewide 
contest the average amount of mature corn 
produced on an acre was 52.2 bushels, a 
figure which compares favorably with the 
results achieved in any of the older corn¬ 
growing States. Corn was not only grown 
successfully in the southern counties, but 
excellent yields were produced within 25 
miles of the Canadian border and three 
prize-winning fields were within a GO-ndle 
limit of the Canadian line. The biggest 
yield of mature corn to the acre in the 
entire State was grown by a 12-year-old 
boy. Master Harper Brush, ofi Bansom 
County. Master Brush was the youngest 
farmer entered in the contest and he not 
only outdistanced all his older and more 
experienced competitors, but he has 
achieved the distinction of being the young¬ 
est farmer who has ever won such an im¬ 
portant contest. On a four-acre plot of 
ground he grew an average of 71.7 bushels 
of mature, hard, shelled corn to the acre, 
and accomplished this result by his own 
persevering efforts. For the purposes of the 
contest the State was divided into northern 
and southern divisions by a line drawn east 
and west through the central counties. 
Eleven prizes, ranging from $5 to $50 in 
gold, were given in each district and a sil¬ 
ver cup valued at $100 was presented by 
an agricultural paper as the sweepstakes 
prlfce to be awarded for a field of not less 
than five acres. Special prizes were pro¬ 
vided by a lumber company for the boys 
and girls under 18 years growing the best 
yields of mature corn in Ward, Barnes 
and Wells counties. Entries were received 
from all parts of the State, and when the 
corn matured the fields were judged by the 
representatives of* the Better Farming As¬ 
sociation. All awards were made on the 
basis of hard shelled corn. 
I have read in the magazines of Western 
States, that several arguments arose re¬ 
garding the farms in New Y'ork State; 
that is to say. that they were neglected. I 
have lived in New Y'ork State and wish to 
say that these aforesaid papers are very 
much mistaken. It is true that we had a 
severe Winter and a late Spring, but never¬ 
theless we had pretty good crops. In this 
part of the State hay was pretty fair, rye 
20 bushels per acre ; oats 30 to 35 bushels 
per acre; buckwheat 20 bushels per acre; 
corn 50 to GO bushels-per acre; potatoes 
150 to 160 bushels; beans and tobacco 
were also very good crops. In these parts 
the milk is mostly hauled to the creamery. 
Several farmers have come here in this 
State to settle, and I’m sure they have not 
found the farms neglected, as the papers 
have asserted. f. z. 
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