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Self Explanatory. Seattle, Wash, June 1, 1902. Editor The Ranch: We desire to in form you that we have this day in creased our capital stock to $100,000.00, and changed the name of our corpo ration to Meadow Brook Company, Inc. "Yours respectfully, CHAMBERLAIN, HAMILTON & CO. The potato market is demoralized, and people are now tumbling over each other to get rid of their spuds, at any price they can get, where if they had parted with them a short while ago they would have realized handsomely for them. Quotations are ranging from $20 to $30 per ton. The remarkable advance of 2 cents at this time of year in the price of butter is one of the most interesting features of the trade this week. It is hard to conjecture how long the pres ent price will be maintained . The dairymen should have no complaint over the outlook for their business this soason. Dr. James Withycombe, director of the United States Agricultural experi ment station at Corvallis, has writeen Industrial Agent Judson, of the O. R. & N. a cordial indorsement of his efforts to get more pure-bred cattle in the Pacific Northwest. "I was pleas ed," wrote DV. Withycombe, "to note the successful sale of Shorthorns at Colfax, and also that the remainder of the Herefords were disposed of there at satisfactory prices. The farmers and stockmen will appreciate the good work you have done for them niore forcibly three or four years hence than they do at the pres ent time. I also predict that the freight department of the line you represent will note the effect of this work about the same time." This tes timony from so high an authority upon all questions of animal industry confirms Mr. Judson's judgment in a manner that is highly satisfactory to him. No man can work around stock for even a short time without having his hands become more or less dirty, and yet how many ever think of having a wash basin and towel befoi'e sitting down to milk? Milking with wet hands usually transfers the dirt from the hands and teats into the milk pail, and where a cow's side and udder are not carefully brushed or wiped with a damp cloth, a great deal of hair and loose dirt is worked off and falls into the pail. SPECIAL RATES EAST will be made by the Northern Pacific on June 28th, July Ist and 3rd, to St. Paul and return, $52.00; to Chi cago and return, $72.00. Tickets good lor stopover, with final limit f sixty days. For all information and tick etc call on or write to I. A. Nadeau, Genl. Agent, Seattle. $52.00 Round trip rate to St. Paul, and $72.00 to Chicago. These reduced rates will be made by the Northern Pacific Ry. account of Eagles meet ing at Minneapolis. Tickets on sale May 25th and 29th. Your ticket should read good on the famous North Coast Limited. Because a scrub cow occasionally proves to be a fine milker, don't jump to the conclusion that 'scrubs are just as good as any." What Is desired is certainty all the time as to what you will get. A NEW THRESHER. A great deal of luterest is being manifested on account of the introduc tion in this territory of the Livermore Self-Feeder made especially for thresh ing machines. It is such a simple ar rangement that wherever grain is cut by headers it is safe to say no thresher will be running with anything but a Livermore Feeder before many months pass by. It practically does away with nearly the entire item of expense in keeping up the feeder in repairs. It uandles all kinds of grain. Baker & Hamilton of San Francisco, who first introduced the Benicia Rotary Disc Plow into this territory are the sell ing agents and are ready to give full particulars regarding same. fBIG Bargain Sale! We have about 600 Washington Ce dar Bee Hives that we are going tr sell as long as they last at the fo' lowing prices: BELOW COST. 1-story 8-frame hives, either flat or gable covers, packed in crates of & for $3.75 per crate, all complete. Supers, 8-frame, packed in crates of 5 for $1.50 per crate, all complete. Order at once; they will not last lccg. PHENICIE MFG. CO., 2422 Pacific Aye.. - - Tacoma, */¥»»•*• > OUR MARKET REPORT < PURCHASING PRICES. The following prices are being of fered to the producer by the local dealers for delivery in round lots on the dock and in the car at Seattle: Grain—Oats, $31; barley, $22@22.50; wheat, chicken feed, $22@22.50; bran. $16; shorts, $17. Hay—Puget sound, $11@12; Eastern Washington timothy, $18@18.25; al falfa, $11 per ton. Eggs —Strictly fresh ranch, 18@18VL-. Poultry —Live hens, 13@14c; old roosters, B@9c; ducks, 13c; spring chickens, $3.50@ 4.50 per doz; extra large, $5; geese, B@loc. Live Stock —Choice beef cattle, sows, 3i/>@4c; steers, 4V->@sM>c; choice sheep, 4c; hogs, live, 6%06%c; calves, s@7c; spring lambs, sc. Hides, Pelts and Wool—Heavy and salted steers, over 60 lbs, 8c; medium, sound, per lb, 7^c; light, sound, under 60 lbs, 7c; cows, sound, all weights, 7c; stags, bulls and oxen, sc; salted kips, 7c; calves, per lb, 8c; green hides, lc less than salted; dry hides, per lb, 13c; dry culls, summer deer, per lb, 20®25c; winter deer, dry, 14 @20c; paper deer, 12@16c; dry elk, 8@10c; green elk, 4@6c; sheep pelts, 25c@$l; shearlings, 15@40c; Eastern Washington wool, 7@9c; Western Washington wool, 13c; dirty or timber stained, 10@llc; tallow, 2%@4%c; grease, l%@2c. JOBBING QUOTA I IONS. ton creameries, 1-lb prints, 20c; East ten creameries, 1-lb prints, 22c; East ern, 21c; California, 19c. Cheese —Native Washington, 13 @ 14c; Eastern, 14@15c; half-skim, 7@ 8c; California, 12c. Eggs—Strictly fresh ranch, 19 Comb Honey—California comb, 12*6 c; 2 lb frames, 12% c; strained, 6@6%c Poultry—Live hens, 14® 15c; ducks, 14c; geese, 10@llc. THE RANCH Strawberries, $l@1.50; gooseber ries, $1@1.25. Vegetables. Potatoes, old. $20@30; new, 2 1L-@3c; beets, $l(g/1.25 per sack; rutabagas, 75 @85c per sack; turinps, 75@90c per pack; cabbage. 214 c; garlic, 8c; rad ishe\ 10c; green onions, 10c per doz; pqua^li, $1.50; celery, 60@75c; cauli flower, $1.10@1.25; new onions, $1.25 per sack; spinach, 25@40c per box; let tuce, $1.60: head lettuce, per doz, 30c; green pean >, 3@Gc; asparagus, native, $1.25 case; tomatoes, $2.50; rhubarb, native. 2@3c; wax beans, 10@12c.; Lake Washington peas, 5@6. Send -the Names Of nny persons whom you know may have the Western fever, with any knowledge you have regarding them, and I will gladly see that they receive information about the Northwest and its future possibilities, and the low rates now prevailing to all points in the Northwest. For further in formation address any agent of the North crn Pacific Uy.. or No stockbreeder can be successful without adverti sing. Classified Wants Wanted —A position as assistant in milk dairy supplying city trade, or in creamery. Understand the dairy bus iness, including pasteurizing, bottling, etc. Address A 8., Care The Ranch, Seattle. FOR SALE—No. 5 Empire Separator. 55 v lbs. per hour capacity ; 60-gal. churn, all in good condition, and will be sold on terms to suit. Ward T. Smith, Tacoma, Wash. WANTED —Position as butter or cheese maker. Can take full charge ; first-class references; had long experience. Ad dress, A 3, The Ranch. fcOR SALE—Pure bred Jersey bull calf. Sired by King of the Ledges. This ani mal is of the finest breeding. Price $50.00. C. M- Smith, Beacon Place, Seattle. WANTED —Local agents in every county In Eastern Washington to sell the new Improved REID SEPARATOR. Good commission allowed. Address Fred Red ig, General Agent, 908 West St., Seattle, Wash. {Satisfaction from cattle raising. — Send to L. K. Cogswell, Chehalis, Wash., for a start in Red Polls. They are gentle, hardy and profitable In every way. A dozen bulls now for Bale : prize winning stock. Orders taken for heifers. Send at once for Red Polled pamphlet. .'—-j__ -, WEST COAST VP^illiii INCUBATORS. f iwsiiiiSliui Bid by Tes! and Hade in thWest li >*SS3'i#*WflwUaff* CO-Egg Size, 8 7.00 _P^sssaM§P 100-EggSize, 10.00 rfl S£3S**|jlP' Best Ventilation and Heat. fL^" fill §= Best Moisture System. ij PJll- Send for catalogue. If # TACOMA INCUBATOR FACTORY W" 3004 Alaska Menus, TACOMA, WASH Bad Eggs That's about all you have left when you depend on a fussy old hen. You want to use APRAIRIESTATE You remember it. It's the one that has taken 342 first premiums—more than all other incubators combined. Used exclusively by the Department of Agriculture, at Washington. Write for the large 150 page cata logue, No. 555. LILLY BOCAHDUS 8. G PACIFIC COAST AGENTS, SEATTLE, - - WASH. Let your chickens and hogs sleep at night on a board, roost, clean floor, or straw bedding, sprinkled or painted ■with Lee's Lice Killer. Next morn ing you will find all body-lice lying dead on the painted floor. Lee's Lloe Killer it a liquid lice and mite-killing paint which kills not only all insects that it touches but also forms a gas which penetrates the rate, from uce. ' feathers of fowls and bristles of hogs, killing all insects on their bodies. It I is the easiest to use, least expensive, strongest, safest, and best— death to all insects. Sold at all im portant towns. Send for catalogue of poultry and stock supplies and name of nearest agent. Lee's Lice Killei is never sold in bulk. See that I every can bears above trade-mark I with our name and address. ■ CEO. H. LEE CO.. Omaha, Neb. A LILLY, BOGARDUS & CO., Agents. ILLMAN'S Eggs—Balance of season $1.00 and $1.50 per 15. Twenty pens of White Rocks for sale, after May 15. Pens to consist of 4 good breeders and 1 cock, a full bro ther to Highland Snowflake. Ist prize bird at Seattle show. Price of pens, $10 and $12. Also a few Barrea Rock Cocks at $2.50 to $3.00 each. MAN'S pr ~i NELSON'S m~ LIGHT BRAHMAS • BARRED P. ROCKS Win at any show. Eggs from the best yard of Bar red Plymouth Rocks $3 a setting: Light Brnliraas, *2 a setting. Eggs from good breeders of Barred Ro<: Bor Brown Leghorns $ 1 a setting. HENRY NELSON ma 3ad Street, ; Everett. Wash- A. M. CALE. North Yaklma, Wash. Breeder of pure bred Black Minorcas, White Rocks, S. C. Brown, White and Buff Leghorns. Golden and Silver Laced Wyan dottes, Anconas, S. L. Hamburgs and P. Cochins. Eggs $1.50 for 13. or $2.50 for 26 : Bronze turkey eggs $1.50 for 10. ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS. Eggs for hatching $1.50 per 13 ; best layers, hardy, farm-bred stock for gal*. FI. Ualston, Leavenworth, Wo. Catalogue free of the best Brown and White Leghorns, Minorcas, Brahmas, B. P. Rocks, White Crested Polish. FRED A. JOHNSON, 518 S. 35th St., Tacoma, Wash. White and Buff Wyandottes Good farm raised birds that have plenty of range. Strong, vigorous stock that lay eggs and win prizes. Young stock for sale. Eggs in season at $3.00 per setting of 15. E. P. SAN FORD, North Yakima, Wash. BLANCHARD'S STOCK. Eggs for hatching from hens that aver age upwards of 180 eggs per year S. Brown Leghorns; White Plymouth Rocks : Barred Plymouth Rocks. Price, $2.00 per setting of 13; $3.50 per 2 settings; $5.00 per 3 settings. Orders booked any tli»* and flllod in. order from and after February Ist. H. L. BLANCHARD, Hadlock, Wash. Eggs for Incubator hatching: 50, $8.00 ; 100. $5.00. Black Minorcas—l3 eggs. $2; two sit tings. $3.50. FREE —Blanchard's Poultry Book with each order of eggs., Plymouth : Rocks BARRED. BUFF AND WHITE EGGS from my prize winners $2 a sitting two sittings for $3 ; eggs from the best laying strain of Plymouth Rocks on the Pacific Coast, $1.50 a Bitting; two lit tings for $2; Incubator stock for sale. $5 per 100. LR. SCHOTT, North Yaklma, Wash 11