Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, JANUARY 2.°,, lino. 
i'hf’se prices and mites arc believed to 
be fairly representative of the current of 
trade here: 
BUTTER. 
Prices have declined heavily—about 12 
cents on top grades The drop is less on 
lower qualities. as they were not so high 
proportionately. Consumption has been 
falling off and th< 
tute.s increasing. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
Good to Choice . 
Cower Grades. 
City made. 
J>airy. best . 
Common to good ... 
1‘acKing Slues. 
Process . 
Whole. Milk, oid. fancy 
Good to choice. 
Cower grades. 
New .Make . 
Ski ms. nest. 
Fair to good . 
use of butter substi- 
. 
.... 55 
@ 
56 
. 
52 
51 
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to 
51 
. 
.. 43 
<g> 
44 
... 
.... 53 
@ 
54 
.. 
48 
to 
52 
. 
... 37 
ft* 
42 
. 
... 42 
@ 
52 
.SE. 
... 37 
•B) 
36 
... 
.... 35^ 
•2 to 
36 
. 
... 32 
to 
34 
... 32 
to 
3(i 
28 
24 
to 
fcGGS. 
1 lie market is fairly strong and a 
trifle higher than last reported. The 
mild weather is encouraging production, 
and unless some real Winter arrives soon 
larger receipts and lower price, would 
quickly be here. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 70 @ 72 
Medium to good . t:( <& ijy 
Mi*eo colors, nearby nest. o; ,<* 68 
Common to good. 02 @ 65 
Gathered, best, white. on .* 7.1 
Medium to good, niixeil colors ... .is «* <>.< 
Cower grades. 45 «* .,2 
Storage. -to n, 53 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.10 MJ @17 uO 
Bulls . 6 00 («,11 00 
Cows . 4 85 ,** <)5u 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lbs . 15 00 ft* 17 00 
Culls.1U00 @13 UU 
•logs. 10 00 @18 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 0 50 & 9 00 
Cambs .12 00 -a 10 50 
PRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, choice. 21 @ 22 
Common t • good. l(j @ 20 
I’ork . 20 @ 28 
Lambs, hothouse, head .lo 00 @15 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
l“i ices reported are: Fowls. 27 to 30c; 
chickens. 24 to 27e; roosters. 20 to 21c; 
ducks. 33 to 3Se ; geese, 20 to 28e. 
if. T. 
PRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 43 ^4 
Medium to good. :jti y* 4 •_> 
Chickens choice in. .. 5 :; «* 50 
Fair to Good. 32 @ 44 
Fowls. 31 35 
Roosters. 24 45 25 
Oucks. 35 @ 40 
Gieese, . 29 @ 35 
Squans. doz . 2 00 @10 00 
Uahuits. pair. 15 @ yu 
BEANS. 
Marrow. 100 lbs. .. 10 00 @12 00 
Pea. 9 50 ( 1 * 9 75 
Medium . 9 50 @9 76 
Red wlduey. 9 75 @13 25 
White Kidney.13 50 @13 75 
Yellow Eye. 8 75 @ 9 00 
Lima. California. 11 yu iu.il 75 
Bruits. 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. 5 00 @ 7 50 
York Imperial . 6 00 @ s no 
Ben Davis . 4 50 @ 5 75 
King . 5 yy @ 7 to 
Greening . 5 00 @ 7 50 
• s P.v .1. 6 00 w 8 UO 
Petit s. K letter, bbl. 5 no uu s t it 
Crunuei ries. .. ou (a 24 on 
Strawberries, qt . tie 8 * sj 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes a re a little higher. Cold 
weather has hindered movement of stock 
and some lias been frozen. Cabbage and 
onions higher on some grades. 
Potatoes—L. 1 . bbl. . 5 00 @5 50 
State, 18,i Ins. 4 yy «* 4 25 
Maine, 190 1 is . 1 25 «* 4 50 
Virginia, late crop, bbl. 3 50 «* 3 75 
Bermuda, bill . y ny <#, 7 sy 
Hwobl I’otalues. hit 1 Su „ 2 ,5 
Beets, bnl. | ns 225 
Carrots, bbl . . i 25 <* 2 25 
Cahuauu. ton .20 10 35 uO 
Lettuce, linlt-bbl. basket. 2 00 6 00 
Onions, lyy lbs. 1 5y <<* t uu 
String Beans on. I 50 £ 4 00 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl,. 1 50 u* 2 25 
Kgg Plants, ou . 3 00 ft* 5 00 
Spinacti. bbl . loo @ 3 50 
Turtnps rutabaga bbl. 1 25 8* 1 75 
P.ir.sn ps. nbl . 1 50 (£6 2 50 1 
Salsify. lou bunches . 3 00 @ 5 00 
Kuie. bul . I oy @1 J 5 ' 
Chicory, bbl. . 4 00 to 5 50 
HAT AND STRAW. 
U», Timothy, No. 1. ton . 33 00 @34 00 
No. 2 . ./.30 00 @32 00 
No. 3 . 26 UU k*29 00 
Clover mixed.26 00 @31 00 
Straw. Rye. 15 00 8*16 00 
Retail Prices at New York 
These are not the iiighest or lowest 
prices noted here, but represent produce of 
good quality and the buying opportunities 
nl fit least halt i.t New \ ork’s popula¬ 
tion : 
Rutter Best prints .....(is to 70c 
Tub, choice .lili to One 
Medium to good.55 to (iOc 
Cheese .40 to 43c 
Eggs Rest nearby .73 to SOe 
• lathered, good !o choice.... 03 to 70c 
Potatoes, Hi . 3 to 4c 
Uybbage. head . 10 to 15e 
I.cl luce, head . 10 to 13c 
<Inioii.s. lb. 5 to Oe 
Die sed fowls, lb.40 to 43c 
( htokens, lb. ...30 to 52c 
Turkeys, Ih. 45 to 30c 
l.eg of lamb, lit.40 to 48c 
Apples, do/. .30 to (jQg 
Ghe RURAL N 
Philadelphia Markets 
Butter. 
Best creamery prints, 62 to 64c; tub, 
choice, 59 to 61c; packing stock, 40 to 
42e. 
Eggs 
Nearby choice, 70 to 72c; gathered, 
best, 64 to 6Sc; lower grades, 33 to 5Sc. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, 28 to 31c: chickens. 26 to 28c; 
roosters, 20 to 21c; ducks, 32 to 38c; 
guineas, pair, 75c to $1. 
PRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, 44 to 43c; chickens, 35 to 
38c; fowls. 28 to 32c; roosters, 27c; 
ducks. 38 to 40c; squab*?, do/., $6 to 
$8.25. 
Bruits. 
Apples, bbl., $4 to $7.30; cranberries, 
bbl., $15 to $22; strawberries, qt., 30 to 
65c. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. No. 1_. bbl., $3 to $3.75; %- 
bu. bkt.. 30 to 85c; sweet potatoes, bn.. 
81 to $1.75; cabbage, ton. $20 to $28; 
onions, 100 lbs., $1.25 to $2. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. No. 1. $31 to $32; No. 2. $20 to 
$•>0; No. 3, $2.) to $26: clover mixed. 
$23 to $30. Straw, rye. $14 to $13; oat 
and wheat, $11 50 to $12.50. 
CRAIN. 
Following are the Government prices 
on No. 2 red wheat at various markets: 
New York. $2.37 , 3 ; Chicago, $2.23; St. 
Louis. $2 21. No. 3 Yellow corn at New 
York. _$1.48. <)ats._ No. 3 white. New 
York. 74c; rye. $167; not much sale for 
buckwheat grain here, nominally $3 to 
$3.25 per 100 lbs. Producing points in 
Pennsylvania and New York report buck¬ 
wheat as selling from $3.25 to $3.50 per 
100 lbs. Buckwheat flour at New York 
wholesales around $6. 
E W-Y O R K E R 
Cumberland County is a long valley. 41 
miles long and from eight to 15 miles 
wide, mostly limestone land, also slate 
and gravel. My farm contains 240 acres, 
about 100 acres is timber land running 
up the mountain side. I have 140 acres 
tillable, 12 acres in fruit. 400 apple trees, 
1*400 peach. A State highway runs 
through my _farm. Wheat. $2 15; corn, 
$1.30; oats, 70e; buckwheat, $1.50; pota¬ 
toes. from $1,50 to $2. Ilay. $25 to $30 
per ton; dressed* pork, 20c; live hogs, 
iLc; calves, loc; lambs. 11c; beef cattle, 
12c. Pigs, five to six weeks, sell for $5 
each, but are slow sale. Fresh cows from 
$75 to $100. Horses are not much in 
demand. Hay was rather a light crop 
and not very much for sale; wheat and 
oats about normal. Corn was not quite 
as good as last year, but better in quality. 
Cumberland County on its best farms 
raises as high as 100 bushels of shelled 
corn per acre in good seasons. Potatoes 
were poor, many farmers have to buy 
them. They yielded from almost nothing 
to 100 bushels per acre. The Winter 
wheat is looking fine, never looked better, 
and about 10 per cent more sown than 
usual, but quite a number of fields have 
the fly in it. I have a 20-acre field that 
certainly looks fine. Our county agent 
asked me to try different kinds of wheat, 
so we have a plot of experimental wheat. 
10 varieties, five varieties of smooth and 
five bearded. He had a man who is work¬ 
ing for the F. S. Government to examine 
it. and it ran from six to 22 per cent in¬ 
fested by the Hessian fly, some varieties 
much more than others. It was sown 
September 27. I sowed part of the field 
September 25. and it ran as high as 35 
per cent infested, yet the field is looking 
well. Many farmers sowed earlier in the 
season than I did. It will depend ou the 
weather in the Spring. Last Spring I 
experimented with lime on corn. One 
acre I used 1.400 lbs. pulverized lime¬ 
stone. one acre 800 lbs. burnt lime, pul- 
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verized, and one acre 1,100 lbs. hydrated 
lime. I received the lime through our 
county agent from the U. S. Govern¬ 
ment. c> j B> 
Cumberland Co., Pa. 
Associa- 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Ohio Milk Producers’ Association,. 
Columbus, Jan. 30-31. 
Holstein-Friesian Breeders’ 
tiou, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 31. 
Ohio Swiss Cheese Association, Colum¬ 
bus, Jan. 31. 
Massachusetts Dairymen’s Association 
annual meeting. Horticultural Hall, Bos¬ 
ton, week of Feb. IQ. 
Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion, annual meeting, Horticultural Hall, 
Boston. Feb. 11-12. 
Union meeting, agricultural organiza¬ 
tions of Massachusetts, IIorfiF-qltural 
Hall, Boston, Feb. 11-14. 
California International Live Stock 
Show, San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 8-15. 
Omaha Inter-State Land Show. Muni- 
cipal^ Auditorium, Omaha, Neb., Feb. 
Meeting of the Massachusetts State 
1 egetable Growers’ Association, to be 
held iu Horticultural Hall, Boston. Feb 
12 . 
Farmers’ Week. New York Agricultural 
College. Ithaca. N. Y., Feb. 10-15. 
Hudson River meeting. New York 
State Horticultural Society, Poughkeep¬ 
sie, Feb. 39-21. 
Ressie was attending her first class in 
domestic science, and was asked to tell 
briefly the surest way to keep milk from 
souring. Bessie. _ who was an exceeding¬ 
ly practical _ child, gave this recipe: 
leave it in the cow.”—Melbourne 
Leader. 
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