THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1387 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week ending Nov. 12, 1915. 
The commercial values of farm pro¬ 
ducts are what they sell for—not neces¬ 
sarily their food value or what some one 
thinks or wishes they were worth. Hence 
representative sales rather than opinions, 
even though unbiased, are the correct 
basis for quotations. Except in cases 
where quality is standardized by scoring, 
the terni “best” refers to the best on sale 
at the time. The best sheep, lambs, ap¬ 
ples, pears, etc., one week may be much 
better or poorer than the next. 
Live Stock and Dairy Markets. 
MILIC. 
The Borden contract prices for the six 
months beginning with October are based 
on the fat content of the milk, there being 
a difference of 60 cents per 100 pounds 
between three and five per cent. fat. The 
price increases uniformly three cents per 
100 pounds for every tenth of one per 
cent, fat increase. Following are the 
prices within the 100-mile shipping zone. 
Outside points receive 10 cents per 100 
pounds less. 
3% 3.5% 4% 4.5% 5% 
Oct ..$1.70 $1.85 $2.00 $2.15 $2.80 
Nov. 1.80 1.95 2.10 2.25 2.-10 
Dec. 1.80 1.95 2.10 2.25 210 
Jan. 1.70 1.85 2.00 2.15 2.30 
Feb. 1.65 1.80 1.95 2.10 2.25 
March- 1.60 1.75 1.90 2.05 2.20 
BUTT1CU. 
Prices are one cent higher on creamery 
and one-half cent on dairy, and market 
decidedly strong on all of the better 
grades. The choicest held stock is not 
moving to any great extent, as it cost 
too much to put out at present prices. 
Creamery, best, above 1)2 score, lb. 31J^@ 32 
Extra. 92 score . 29t*j@ 30 
Good to Choice . 24 @ 27 
Lower Crudes. 21 @ 23 
State Dairy, best. 29 @ 30 
Common to Good. 23 @ 2(i 
Ladles . 19 @ 22 
Packing Stock. 17 @ 21 
Process . 21 @ 25 
lCIgin. Ill., butter market 29 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 3 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 29. 
Chicago creamery. 25@3Q. 
Kansas City, 27@29. 
CHKICS K. 
Trading is light, and some pressure to 
sell the lower qualities. Dealers holding 
the best grades are not disposed to cut 
prices. There is moderate export buying 
of Western towns and State skims. 
Whole Milk. State specials. 16 
Average fancy . 15 @ I5hi 
Under grades. 12 @ 14 
Daisies, best. 16>^'@ 11 % 
Young Americas. 15 @ lt% 
Skims, special. 12 @ 13 
Fair to good . 7 @ 1U 
PRIMARY MARKETS. 
Watertown, N. Y.. Ut,;@14J.{. 
Utica. N. Y., 1»@U>'. 
Little Falls, N. Y., 14<»UJ 4 . 
EGGS 
There has been another advance of 
three cents on best white and two on 
brown. New laid of both colors are 
scarce. Gathered eggs averaging fairly 
good, wholesale from 31 to 35 cents. By 
careful candling from 80 to 50 per cent, 
tit for high class trade can be taken out 
and retailed profitably at about 40 cents. 
White, etioice to fancy, large . 57 @ 63 
Medium to good. 45 @ 50 
Mixed colors, best. 42 @ 45 
Common to good. 30 @ 35 
Storage, best. 21 @ 25 
Common. 19 @ 22 
St. Louis, gathered, 24@26. 
Chicago. 28®S0. 
Kansas City. 25@28. 
Indianapolis, lnd , 25@27. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Turkeys scarce and 
fowls in some surplus, 
good demand. 
Chickens, lb.. 
Fowls . 
Roosters. 
Ducks. 
Geese. . 
higher. Light 
Heavy fowls in 
14 ® 15 
13 @ 15 
111 @ 11 
15 @ 21 
14 @ 16 
Kansas City. Chickens 12@13. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Business is slow and quality of cur¬ 
rent receipts only medium or below, espe¬ 
cially turkeys, as at this writing Thanks¬ 
giving shipments are not arriving. Spring 
ducks quite scarce. In frozen poultry 
there is considerable stock of turkeys, but 
very little other poultry remaining. 
Turkeys, choice, lb . 22 @ 25 
Common to good. 14 @ 20 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 25 @ 27 
Broi Iers. common to good . 20 @ 23 
Squab broilers, pair. 50 @ 60 
Roasters . 23 @ 25 
Fowls.13 @ 17 
Spring Ducks. 19 ® 20 
Squabs, doz. . 125 @4 25 
Guineas, Spring, lb. 20 @ 25 
WOOL. 
Reports from the London, Australian 
and South American markets indicate ac¬ 
tive trade and higher prices. Not much 
change yet noticed in domestic prices. 
Recent Boston figures are: New York 
and Michigan unwashed Delaine, 26 to 
27; half blood, 31 to 32; three-eighths 
blood, 35% to 36% ; Ohio and Pennsyl¬ 
vania half blood combing, 32% to 33; 
three-eighths blood, 36 to 37. 
LIVE STOCK. 
Market on steers and other beef stock 
dull ; calves lower; sheep and lambs in 
good demand. 
Native Steers. 
Bulls. 
Cows. 
.. . 4 75 
@ 9 00 
@ 6 60 
@ 6 00 
@11 00 
@ 7 00 
@ 5 75 
@9 70 
@ 8 10 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 
Culls. 
Sheep. 100 ibs. 
Lambs . 
... 900 
Hogs. 
BKANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Medium . 
@ 8 25 
@ 6 50 
@6 50 
@ 8 50 
@ 5 70 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
Lima, California. 
.... 840 
DRIED FRUITS. 
For several months very little business 
hiis been done in dried apples and at pres¬ 
ent the market is weak on both spot de¬ 
livery and futures. 
(Continued on page 1391.) 
Garget. 
I have a large Holstein cow that fresh¬ 
ened May 27. She is 12 years or older 
and troubled with garget. I wish to dry 
her up as quickly as possible so as to fat¬ 
ten her for beef. Are there any external 
remedies that can be used on the udder 
to hasten the drying-up process? 
Montana. l. m. s. 
If pus is present in the affected quar¬ 
ters or the fluid is clotted and very diffi¬ 
cult to remove it would be best in such a 
case to slit the ends of the teats open or 
to amputate them before starting to fatten 
the cows. This allows the fluid to drain 
away without milking or stripping. The 
cow should be isolated, as such diseases 
often prove contagious. A mixture of 
equal parts of fluid extract of belladonna 
leaves and camphorated oil rubbed in 
twice daily will help to dry off milk flow, 
but not pus. a. s. A. 
Cowpox. 
What are the symptoms of cowpox, 
and what remedies may be applied? Is 
this disease contracted by humans? 
Maryland. e. h. 
Cowpox is characterized by the appear- 
nace of little, hard nodules upon the teats 
and udder of a cow. These nodules are 
round or oval and in a few days change 
into blister like eruptions containing 
watery fluid; subsequently they scab 
over, dry up and fall off. They may be 
transferred to the hands of milkers who 
then contract the disease. Cowpox is 
harmless in cattle or humans and needs 
little, or no, treatment. Cleanliness 
should be observed and the eruption may 
be anointed with some simple antiseptic 
ointment, such as carbolized vaseline. It 
was the observation of Jenner, and 
others, that those who contracted cowpox 
became immune to smallpox that led to 
the use of vaccination as a preventive of 
the latter disease. Vaccination is sim¬ 
ply artificially inoculating human beings 
with cowpox; a disease, in itself, mild 
and harmless. m. b. d. 
Mange; Hard-Milking Cow. 
1. Tell me what will cure mange in a 
dog? 2. Is there anything I can do for 
n cow that milks hard in the two front 
teats? j. l. r. 
New York. 
1. The term mange is applied to several 
different conditions of the skin in dogs, 
and before we can give confident advice it 
will be necessary for you to give us a 
clear description of the symptoms shown 
by the dog you wish to treat. Mange is 
parasitic and not so common as forms of 
eczema, which are not parasitic, but due 
to errors of diet and management. 2. 
Sterilized dilators or teat plugs may be 
tried for a time, and if they do not im¬ 
prove matters a graduate veterinarian 
should be employed to slit through the ob¬ 
structions at the tips of the teats by 
means of a sterilized teat bistoury. The 
instruments may be bought from any 
dealer in veterinary supplies. A. s. A. 
Blood in Milk. 
I have a three-year-old heifer that 
freshened last April, for the first time. 
Until about three weeks ago, her milk 
was all right, but since that time, she 
has given bloody milk from her right 
hind quarter. She has been on grass 
since April 25, without any grain. There 
is always clean salt in her manger. She 
does not appear to be as bright as she 
ought to. She is not with calf as yet. 
Can you tell me what to do for her? 
New York. w. c. b. 
If growths are present at the tip of 
the teat they may be removed by opera¬ 
tion, but if such growths are far up in 
the teat it would be best to dry off milk 
secretion in that quarter. The growths 
tend to bleed from the irritation of milk¬ 
ing. If no growths can be found, garget 
(mammitis) no doubt is causing the 
bleeding and such a condition would be 
practically incurable. If but one quar¬ 
ter is affected the secretion should be 
dried off. If all quarters are similarly 
affected the cow should go to the butcher, 
or be fattened for slaughter if you think 
that will pay. It should be remembered 
that red discoloration of milk sometimes 
is caused by the micro-organism known 
as bacillus prodigiusus present in the 
milk utensils, so that great care should 
be taken to perfectly cleanse, scald and 
sun dry the milk vessels. Keep separate 
samples of milk from each teat, to see 
which is affected, or if the trouble really 
is due to the bacillus mentioned. 
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