RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Products, Prices and Ti'ade 
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 18, 1017 
BTJTTEB. 
The price of best creamery is Ic higher, 
as this grade is comparatively scarce. 
The cold weather and rush of other work 
on the railroads make deliveries very 
slow. Business in storage creamery is 
active. The market tone is slightly bet¬ 
ter on city made and packing stock. 
Creamery, fancy ib. -SO @ 51 
Good to Choice . 45 @ 49 
Lower Grades. 39 @ 4.3 
Storage, good to choice, . 40 @ 46 
Dairy, best. 48 ® 49 
Common to Good. 35 @ 43 
City made. 32 & 35 
Packing Stock. 30 @ 34 
Process . 35 & 42 
CHEESE. 
Trading continues very light and main¬ 
ly at the price range recently noted. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 24 ® 2i]4 
Good to choice. 22 @ 23^ 
Lower grades. 17 @ 21 
Skims, best. 16 @ 20 
Fair to good. 9 ® 12 
EGGS. 
Supplies are lighter than llast week, 
and prices of desirable grades of both 
storage and fresh stock slightly highei*. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 68 @ 70 
Medium to good. 60 @ 65 
Mixed colors, beet. 60 @ 62 
Common to good. 50 ® M 
Gathered, best, white. 60 ® 65 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 50 ® 55 
« Lower grades. 40 ® 45 
Storage, best. 38 ® 42 
Medium to Good . 26 ® 36 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 15 00 @16 00 
Pea.12 25 @14 75 
Medium.12 75 @14 75 
White Kidney.13 25 @14 50 
Bed Kidney.15 00 @15 50 
Lima, California.13 00 @13 75 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, 1b. 22 @ 23 
Ducks, lb. 24 @ 25 
Fowls . 24 @ 26 
Roosters . 17 ® 18 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys are higher and the better 
grades held high for the coming holiday 
trade. Market on fowls and chickens is 
very firm and 1 or 2e higher. 
Turkeys, best lb. 36 @ 37 
Common to good . ,30 ® 35 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 38 @ 40 
Roasters . 28 ® 32 
Fowls. 25 @ 28 
Roosters. 20 @ 21 
Ducks. 27 @ 28 
Geese . 23 @ 26 
Guineas, pair. 75 ® 90 
Squabs, doz. ... 1 50 @ 6 50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 8 50 @13 35^ 
Bulls . 6.50 @10 00 
Cows . 4 50 @ 9 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 ibs. 15 00 @17 00 
Culls. 8 00 @12 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 7 00 @11.50 
Lambs .13 00 @15.50 
[logs.17 00 @17 7.5 
WOOL. 
Business is rather light and prices 
show but little change over recent quota¬ 
tions. Sales at Boston have been: New 
England, half blood, 70 to 72; three- 
eighths laiood, 74 to 75; New York and 
Michigan^ unwashed Delaine, 72 to 73; 
half blood, 75 to 70; three-eighths blood, 
70; Ohio and Pennsylvania, half blood 
combing, 75 to 77; Texas, fine scoured, 
!P1.55 to $1.70. 
FRUITS. 
The cold snap has done considerable 
damage to shipments of both fruits and 
vegetables, and made handling and deliv¬ 
ery from cars and docks slow. Prices of 
apples x’emain without special change, 
though buyers are critical and not dis¬ 
posed to take risks with frosted stock. 
Cranberries are held high, though busi¬ 
ness is light. Dessert pears are on the 
market in small quantities; desirable 
grades of Anjou and Bose have brought 
$7 or upwards. Kieffers rather slow in 
sale. 
Apples, Albemarle, bbl. 4 00 @ 5 .50 
McIntosh . 4 30 ® 7 oo 
Ben Davis. 3 00 @3 .50 
Winesap . 4 00 @5.50 
Twenty-Ounce . 3 .50 @ 6 00 
Greening . 4 00 @ 6 50 
Baldwin. 2.50 @5 25 
King. 4 00 @5 50 
Jonathan .. 4 00 @6 50 
Spy . 4 00 @ 5 50 
Pears. Anjou, bbl. 2 .50 @ 5 00 
Kieffer, bbL. 2 00 @ 3 .50 
Cranberries, mM. . 8 00 @14 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potato value^ are somewhat uncertain, 
owing to the amount of frost damage in 
many shipments. Southern sweets are 
row in comparison with other vegetable 
prices- Cabbage market strong and high¬ 
er. Green beans and peas from the South 
and far West bring high prices when 
sound. Kale lower, spinach higher. 
Potatoes—Long Island, 180 lbs. 4 00 @ 4 50 
Maine, 168 lbs. 4 00 @ 4 60 
Jersey, 1681bs. 3 00 @3 50 
State and Western, 180 lbs. 3 75 @ 4 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1 25 @ 3 00 
Beets, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Carrots, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Cabbage, bbl. 125 @2 00 
Ton .25 00 @40 OO 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 25 @2 50 
Onions, white, bu. 100 @150 
State and W’n., 100 lbs. 2 OO @ 2 50 
Peppers, bu. 3 00 ® 7 00 
String Beans bu. 3 00 @7 00 
Turnips, bbl,. 1 25 @ 2 00 
Squash, bbl. 1 00 @ 2 00 
P#as. bu. 3 00 @8 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 3 .50 ® 4 00 
Tomatoes, Greenhouse, lb. 15 @ 20 
Brussels Sprouts, qt . 10 rd) 18 
Leeks, 100 bunches ... . 1 00 @ 1.50 
Mushrooms lb . 25 @ 50 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. 3 00 ® 7 50 
Cucumbers, Southern, bu. 3 00 @ 4 00 
Okra, bu. 3 00 ® 8 00 
Salsify, 100 bunches . 5 00 @ 7 00 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Kale, bbl. j 50 @ 2 25 
Cauliflower, bbl. 1 50 @ 6 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 29 00 @30 00 
No. 2.26 00 @28 00 
No. 3 . 22 00 @23 00 
Clover mixed.23 00 @26 00 
Straw, Rye,. 1700 @18 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2, red, . 2 25 ® 
Corn, new. 1 9,5 @ 2 00 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 88 @ 89 
Bye, free from, onion. l 88 @ 1 90 
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RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK 
These are not the highest or lowest 
prices noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying opportuni¬ 
ties of at least half of New York’s popu¬ 
lation : 
Butter—Best prints..$0..55 .$0.56 
Choice tub.52 .53 
Medium to good.48 .51 
Eggs—Fancy .72 .76 
Gathered good to chotce. .65 .70 
jMedium grades.55 .60 
Potatoes, lb.03 .03^.^ 
Cabbage, head.10 15 
Turkeys, lb..35 .38 
Eowls, lb.30 .32 
Sausage, lb.45 .48 
Bacon, lb..48 .50 
Boston Markets 
BUTTER 
_ Market stronger and prices 2 to 3c 
higher on the better grades. Best cream¬ 
ery, 46 to 47c; good to choice, 44 to 45c; 
storage, 42 to 4.3 ^/^c. 
EGGS 
The supply of nearby is slightly higher 
and the market a trifle easier. Be.st near¬ 
by, 69 to 70c; gathered good to choice, 60 
to 65c; medium grades, 54 to 56c; stor¬ 
age, 33 to 35c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, .33 to 40c; fowls, 2.3 to 28c; 
chickens, 25 to 32c. 
FBLTTS 
Apples, standard varieties, best, .$4 to 
.$4.50; medium qualities, .$2 to .$3.50; 
cranberries, bbl., $7 to .$8. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 100 lbs., .$2..35 to ,$2.60; cab- 
bbl., .$2.25 to ,$2.50; onions, 100 
,$3.25; squash, ton, $25 to 
.$40; turnips, 100 lbs., 90c to $1, 
BEANS 
lbs., ,$14.25 to $14..50; 
pea, ,$14^0 to $14.75; red kidney, $13.50 
to ,$14.50. 
LIVE STOCK 
.$6.o0; bulls, ,$6 to $8; calves, $10 to $14 ; 
1^7 'lift'' bogs, 
$17 to $18; milch cows, $100 to $175. 
Wood Compared with Coal 
Some of our people are turning to wood 
as a fuel this Winter, after using coal 
for a good many years. Others of course 
have never used anything except wood 
as fam fuel. They will all be interested 
m a few fuel facts. 
The Forestry Service says that on the 
average two pounds of well seasoned 
wood are equal to one pound of coal in 
fuel value. Different kinds of wood have 
different fuel values, but the greater the 
dry weight the more heat it will give out 
when burned. A cord of wood of hickory, 
oak, birch, or other hard timber will weigh 
about 4,000 lbs., and is equal to a ton 
of coal. The softer woods, like pine, 
hemlock or soft maple, weigh about .3,000 
lbs. to the cord; while White pine, poplar, 
cedar and similar woods weigh about 
w.OOO lbs. to the cord. Pound for pound 
there is very little difference in fuel value 
between different kinds of wood. The heat 
value, however, depends on the amount of 
moisture present. When green wood is 
burned, a part of the heat is needed to 
drive off the moisture, and this heat is 
lost for fuel purpose.s. _ A cord of wood 
will vary a good deal in the amount of 
solid wood' it contains. It is possible to 
make up a cord of crooked knotted sticks 
so as to have less than 75 cubic feet of 
wood in the entire cord. 
This Winter a good deal of wood will 
be used in the furnace or house heaters. 
In this case the grate should be partly 
covered with sheet iron or fire brick, anil 
it sometimes pays to mix in part green 
wood with the dry wood to deaden the 
fire. Hickory is most in demand when 
wood is solid, with oak next. In many 
parts of the country groves of chestnut 
have been ruined by blight, and farmers 
cut them off for fuel. For home burning 
this gives fair satisfaction, but when such 
fuel is sold customers are inclined to 
fight shy of dead chestnut. It holds too 
much water, and when thoroughly dried 
burns away too rapidly. In almost every 
large town or city there is a good demand 
for wood to be_ burned in open fire-places. 
This demand is constantly growing, and 
many farmers with_ a wood lot might 
develop a good business in advertising 
fireplace wood, and make ready for a good 
supply. _ Wood from old apple or pear 
trees is in gneat demand for this fireplace 
burning, as it snaps or pops and makes 
a very cheerful fire. 
“How did you get rid of the trouble 
.you were having with your automobile?” 
“I sold the car.”—Detroit Free Press. 
Anna Dean Farm 
loHIO C. BARBER 
Barberton, 
DEAN KNICKERBOCKER 
1 Owner 
Ohio 
Manager 
WILL SELL AT THE FARM ON 
Wednesday, January 16,1918 
IMPORTED and HOMEBRED 
200 GUERNSEYS 200 
Anna Dean Farm is celebrated as the home of three World’s 
Champion Guernsey cows— 
Murne Cowan 19697 
Spotswood Daisy Pearl 17696 
Jehanna Chene 30889 
and the offering" will include many splendid heifers descended 
Horn these Dairy Queens, along with a large number of Advanced 
Register cows and some superbly bred bulls. 
A beautiful yearling son of the W^orld’s Champion 
MURNE COWAN 19697 
and a yearling heifer out of the champion three-year-old Guernsey 
JEHANNA CHENE 30889 
WILL BE OFFERED 
Both these animals are sired by the great bull Imp. Goldseeker of 
Anna Dean Farm, a prize winner on the Island, who has some 
young cows now on A. R, test. He is also a brother to the dam of 
the champion Guernsey cow in Class F., Langwater Hoiie, 27946 
who has produced 1,003.17 lbs. fat in Class A. 
Por Catalog Address 
LEANDER F. HERRICK, Worcester, Mass. 
60 HOLSTEINS 60 
OF QUALITY 
Comprise the Barber herd of Registered Black and White Cattle, 
all to be sold, without reserve, on 
Tuesday, January 15,1918 
commencing at 10 a. m. at the main barn on the 
ANNA DEAN FARM 
Barberton, Ohio 
The herd includes: 
20 or more daughters of EMPEROR PONTIAC KORNDYKE, 
who will also be sold, ibis bull has 93^% the same blood 
as King of the Pontiacs. 
12 or more daughters of MAPLECREST DE KOL, full brother 
to the former World’s Champion, Daisy Grace De Kol (321^ 
lbs. butter m 7 days, 1,213lbs. in one year). 
A splendid lot of Cows, Heifers and Calves, individually fine and 
in breeding good enough for foundation purposes; all old 
enough tuberculin tested under Federal supervision. 
A Qualify Sale for Buyers 
who want the best 
Send for Holstein Catalog to 
E. M. HASTINGS CO., Holstein Sale Managers 
LACONA, N. Y. 
