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Sheep 
Operator 
Installer 
Lineman 
Clerk 
Products,  Prices  and  Trade. 
Wholesale  Prices  at  New  York. 
Week  ending  Jan.  28,  1916. 
The  commercial  values  of  farm  pro- 
duets  are  what  they  sell  for— not  neces¬ 
sarily  their  food  value  or  what  some  one 
thiuks  or  wishes  they  were  worth,  lienee 
representative  sales  rather  than  opinions, 
even  though  unbiased,  are  the  correct 
basis  for  quotations.  Except  in  cases 
where  quality  is  standardized  by  scoring, 
the  top  grade  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. 
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  <50  cents  per  100  pounds 
between  three  and  live  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  an  agreed  amount 
less. 
3% 
3.5% 
4% 
4.0% 
5% 
Oct.  . 
- $1.70 
$1.85 
$2.00 
$2.15 
$2.30 
Nov.  . 
_  1.80 
1.95 
2.10 
o  25 
2.40 
Dec.  . 
....  1,80 
1.95 
2.10 
2.25 
2.40 
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 
BETTER, 
Market  much  easier  and  two  to  three 
cents  lower  on  nearly  all  grades.  There 
is  plenty  of  choice  creamery  at  .11  cents, 
and  fair  to  good  from  25  to  20.  Busi¬ 
ness  in  storage  is  light,  as  few  holders 
care  to  take  out  supplies  on  a  declining 
market  so  early  in  the  season.  The  drop 
may  be  only  temporary,  but  will  proba¬ 
bly  continue  until  some  of  the  surplus  of 
medium  grades  has  worked  out. 
Cri-amury,  host,  above  1)2  score,  lb .  31*6®  33 
Extra,  92  score  .  30*6®  31 
Good  to  Choice  .  28  @  30 
l.nwnr  Uriules .  23  @  20 
Storage  .  24  @  30 
8l»te  Dairy,  ben . . .  20  @  80 
Common  to  Good... .  23  @  27 
Ladles  .  18  @  22 
Packing  Stock .  16  @  21 
Process  . . 21  @  24 
Elgin,  111.,  butter  market  31  cents. 
Philadelphia,  western  creamery.  32*6  cents. 
Boston,  western  creamery,  32. 
CHEESE, 
Prices  remain  as  last  reported — too 
high  to  interest  exporters  and  compelling 
local  trade  to  buy  sparingly.  Holders  are 
very  firm,  however,  and  not  inclined  to 
cut  prices. 
Whole  Milk.  State  specials .  18  @  18R 
Average  fancy  .  17J4«a>  17:q 
Under  grades . . . .  13  @  10 
Daisies,  best .  18  @  18M 
Voting  Americas  . .  19  @  191-4 
Skims,  special . . . .  15  @  10 
Fair  to  good  .  U>  @  13 
ECUS 
Receipts  of  fresh  gathered  are  large, 
and  the  season  is  approaching  when  cold 
storage  stocks  must  bo  cleared  out.  There 
is  no  surplus  of  nearby  white  of  good  size, 
but  the  market  is  weak  on  mixed  sizes 
and  medium  quality  of  nearby.  Iu  fact 
many  gathered  eggs  from  the  Middle 
West  or  Southwest  sections,  where  a  bus¬ 
iness  is  made  of  this  work,  are  better 
than  some  of  the  nearby,  which  are  held 
too  long  before  shipping  or  not  collected 
promptly  from  the  nests.  Prices  are  run¬ 
ning  four  to  live  cents  under  last  week. 
White,  choice  to  fancy,  large  .  35  @  30 
Medium  to  good .  ......  30  @  34 
Mixed  colors,  best .  32  @  33 
Common  to  good .  27  @  29 
Storage,  best,  . . 19  @  20 
Common .  14  @  10 
LIVE  POULTRY 
Supplies  are  not  large,  but  business  so 
light  that  prices  on  chickens  and  fowls 
are  lower. 
Chickens,  lb . . . . .  15  @  16 
Fowls  . . .  16  @  17 
Roosters . 3  11  @  12 
Ducks . . .  18  @  19 
Geese . . . . . .  14  &  15 
DRESSED  POULTRY. 
Receipts  of  fresh-killed  stock  con¬ 
tinue  small,,  so  that  speculators  having 
frozen  supplies  are  taking  them  out  at 
high  figures.  Fresh  fowls  and  choice 
chickens  are  especially  scarce,  and  scarce¬ 
ly  enough  turkeys  and  ducks  to  warrant 
mention.  Prices  as  a  rule  are  running 
a  little  above  last  year. 
Turkeys,  choice,  lb .  27  @  28 
Common  to  good .  20  @  25 
Chickens  choice  broilers,  lb . .  80  @  32 
Broilers,  common  to  good  .  24  @  28 
Squab  broilers,  pair . 75  @100 
Roasters  . 23  @  25 
Capons,  best  .  29  @  30 
Common  to  good  .  22  @  27 
Fowls..,.,. . 14  @  p.) 
Spring  Ducks .  18  @  20 
Squabs.  Uciz . . .  1  25  @5  5(1 
Guineas,  Spring,  lb . 28  @  32 
VAKIOUS  DRESSED  MEATS. 
Hothouse  lambs  in  strong  demand  when 
in  good  order  and  well  fattened.  Imita¬ 
tions  usually  bring  from  about  one-third 
to  one-half  the  price  and  real  hothouse. 
Calf  market  firm  at  last  week’s  prices. 
The  weather  has  bceu  bad  tor  these 
classes  of  dressed  meats,  as  well  as  rab¬ 
bits,  many  of  which  arrive  iu  poor  condi¬ 
tion. 
Calves .  10  @  16*6 
Lambs,  hothouse,  head .  5  00  @12  00 
fork . 7  @  11 
Rabbits,  cottontail,  pair .  15  @  30 
Jacks,  pair  .  65  @  80 
,  LIVE  STOCK. 
Prime  beef  stock  in  strong  demand ; 
other  grades  slow;  native  steers  scarce. 
calves  dull  and  somewhat  lower, 
and  lambs  lower,  except  on  fancy. 
Native  Steers., .  7  00  @9  00 
Bulls .  4  50  @  6  2i> 
Cows . . .  3  00  @  6  00 
Calves,  prime  veal,  100  lb .  8  00  @12  75 
Culls .  G  00  @  7  50 
Sheep.  100  lbs .  4  00  @  6  00 
Lambs  .  8  00  @  9  60 
Hogs  . . . . .  575  @  6  60 
WOOL. 
Demand  from  the  mills  has  been  good, 
and  the  market  in  generally  strong  posi¬ 
tion.  Recent  sales  at  Boston  have  been  : 
New  York  and  Michigan  unwashed  De¬ 
laine,  29  to  30;  half  blood,  83  to  34; 
three-eighths  blood.  38  to  38^4.  Ohio  and 
Pennsylvania  half  blood  combing,  35 ; 
three-eighths  blood,  38  to  39. 
BEANS. 
0 
Marrow,  100  lbs. .  7  45  @  7  80 
Medium  .  6  25  @  6  70 
Pea  . .  6  60  @6  75 
Red  Kidney.,,;., .  820  @  8  70 
White  Kidney  .  9  25  @975 
Yellow  Eye  . . .  5  95  @  6  00 
Lima,  California .  5  25  @5  30 
DRIED  FRUITS. 
Trading  continues  slow  in  both  spot 
and  future  apples. 
Apples— ICvap..  choice  to  fancy .  8*$@  9*6 
Lower  grades  .  6*^®  7 
Sun  dried . 5  @  6*6 
Prunes,  lb . 4  @  12*6 
Apricots .  8  @  14 
Peaches . .  4*6@  14 
Currants  .  9  'rt>  10*6 
Raspberries .  23  @  25 
FRESII  FRUITS. 
There  is  a  heavy  surplus  of  poor  apples, 
largely  from  frost  damage.  Anything 
choice  brings  the  previous  high  figures, 
occasionally  up  to  84.50,  but  the  major¬ 
ity  of  good  to  choice  go  between  $3  and 
$4,  and  others  down  to  $2.  As  a  whole 
the  market  is  as  strong  as  could  he  ex¬ 
pected,  considering  the  amount,  of  apples 
that  open  up  more  or  less  frosted.  There 
is  perhaps  nothing  that  takes  the  keen 
edge  from  the  apple  market  quite  like  a 
cold  snap  lasting  three  or  four  days.  Buy¬ 
ers  are  afraid,  and  dealers  do  not  know 
just  how  much  their  stock  should  be  dis¬ 
counted  in  price,  in  order  to  move  it. 
There  are  times  when  repacking  barrelled 
apples  would  make  profit  for  the  dealer, 
as  the  proportion  of  sound  could  then  be 
definitely  known,  but  as  so  many  apples 
are  sold  in  crowded  space  on  the  docks, 
there  is  no  opportunity  for  this. 
Apples— Ben  Davis,  bbl. 
@ 
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75 
Newtown,  bbl.  . 
.  2  00 
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3 
60 
Hubbardston,  bbl.  . . 
@ 
3 
no 
YVinesap.  ..  . 
. 2  50 
@ 
1 
50 
Wealthy . . 
. 2  00 
@ 
8 
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Twenty-ounce  .  . 
@ 
2 
75 
Jonathan  . . 
@ 
4 
50 
Greening  . . 
Hi 
3 
50 
Baldwin . 
.  2  00 
3 
£0 
King . . . 
@ 
3 
60 
York  Imperial . 
. 2  00 
@ 
3 
25 
Hpy . 
@ 
1 
50 
Culls,  bbl  . 
@ 
1 
25 
Pears— K letter,  bbl . 
@ 
2 
50 
Cranberries,  Cape  Cod  bbl . 
. 7  00 
@11 
00 
Jersey,  bbl . 
.  6  60 
@!U 
50 
Long  Island,  bbl . 
.  8  00 
toll 
00 
Strawberries.  Fla.,  qt . . 
@ 
60 
VEGETABLES, 
Potatoes  are  25  to  50  cents  per  barrel 
lower,  as  supplies  are  large,  demand  light 
and  reports  from  interior  markets  weak. 
Considerable  damage  from  frost  is  noted 
in  the  cars  now  being  opened.  Although 
the  freezing  may  not  have  been  severe 
enough  to  cause  softness  or  rot,  there 
may  have  been  chilling  enough  to  give 
the  potatoes  that  sweetish  taste  disliked 
by  many,  so  buyers  are  afraid  to  take 
more  than  enough  for  immediate  needs. 
A  little  fancy  stock  is  bringing  $3.75  per 
barrel,  but  most,  of  the  good  potatoes  are 
going  between  $3  and  $3.50.  There  is  a 
large  surplus  of  poor  onions,  some  going 
at  50  to  75  cents  per  100  pounds.  Really 
choice  arc  wanted,  at  three  to  four  times 
this  price.  Cabbuge  market  weak,  with 
fairly  huge  supplies  of  new  Southern, 
which  occasionally  brings  $1.25  per  bar¬ 
rel.  Green  beans  and  peas  dull ;  spinach 
kale  and  the  green  salads  generally  plenty 
and  low — some  in  bad  condition. 
Potatoes- Long  Island,  bbl .  3  50  @3  75 
Jersey  .  2  75  @3  25 
Maine .  3  00  @8  75 
State . . .  3  25  @360 
Bermuda,  bbl .  4  00  @6  50 
Sweet  Potatoes.  Jersey,  bu .  75  @100 
Southern,  bbl .  1  00  @  2  25 
Beeis.  bbl .  1  25  @  1  5U 
Brussels  Sprouts,  qt, . . .  7  @  12 
Carrots,  bbl. ...  . . .  100  @150^ 
Cucumbers,  bu .  2  00  @  3  00 
Hothouse,  tlo7,  . .  60  @126 
Cabbage,  ton . . . . 8  00  @12  00 
New  Southern, bbl .  100  @  125 
Lettuce,  half-bbl.  basket .  50  @  2  00 
Hothouse,  doz. . . . .  ..  40  @  55 
Onions.  State.,  100  lb.  bag  .  0  50  @  2  50 
Conn.  Valley,  bag  .  2  00  @2  75 
Peppers,  bu . 1  00  ©  1  75 
Peas,  bu . . .  150  @3  00 
Radishes,  bbl .  2  00  @  3  60 
Hothouse,  100  bunches .  1  50  @  3  00 
Spinach,  bbl  .  25  @  1  00 
Kale,  bbl  .  30  @  60 
Leeks.  100  bu  uohes  . . .  1  50  @  2  00 
Parsnips,  bbl . .  1  0U  @  1  25  • 
Romaine,  bbl . . . 1  00  @  150 
String  Beans,  bu.  ... .  100  @2  50 
Turnips,  white,  bbl . .  1  00  @125 
Rutabaga, . 75  @125 
New.  S'n  bbl .  1  25  @2  25 
Cauliflowers.  bbl .  1  50  @6  00 
Salsify,  100  bunches . .  4  00  @  5  00 
Squash,  old,  bbl .  176  @2  00 
New,  bu  . ; .  1  00  @  1  26 
Tomatoes,  6-bkt,  crate .  50  @  1  50 
Hothouse,  lb .  10  @  30 
Water  Cress.  100  bunches  . .  100  ®  176 
Rhubarb,  hothouse,  doz.  hunches _  40  @  1  00 
Mushrooms,  lb,  . .  20  @  40 
Parsley,  bbl .  4  00  @  8  00 
HAY  AND  STRAW. 
llay  market  is  weaker,  though  prices 
running  about  the  same  as  last  week. 
Hay.  Timothy,  No.  1.  ton  .....  .  25  00  @25  50 
NO.  2 . . . . .22  00  @23  50 
(Continued  on  page  220.) 
“For  the  Land’s  Sake,  use  Bowker’s 
Fertilizers;  they  enrich  the  earth  and 
those  who  till  it.’* — Adv. 
The  Picked  Army 
The  whole  telephone-using  pub¬ 
lic  is  interested  in  the  army  of 
telephone  employees — what  kind 
of  people  are  they,  how  are  they 
selected  and  trained,  how  are  they 
housed  and  equipped,  and  are  they 
well  paid  and  loyal. 
Ten  billion  messages  a  year  are 
handled  by  the  organization  of  the 
Bell  System,  and  the  task  is  en¬ 
trusted  to  an  army  of  160,000 
loyal  men  and  women. 
No  one  of  these  messages  can 
be  put  through  by  an  individual 
employee.  In  every  case  there 
must  be  the  complete  telephone 
machine  or  system  in  working  or¬ 
der  with  every  manager,  engineer, 
clerk,  operator,  lineman  and  in¬ 
staller  co-operating  with  one  an¬ 
other  and  with  the  public. 
The  Bell  System  has  attracted 
the  brightest,  most  capable  people 
for  each  branch  of  work.  The 
training  is  thorough  and  the  worker 
of  the  Telephone 
must  be  specially  fitted  for  his 
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Workrooms  are  healthful  and 
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mote  efficiency,  speed  and  comfort. 
Good  wages,  an  opportunity  for 
advancement  and  prompt  recogni¬ 
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An  ample  reserve  fund  is  set 
aside  for  pensions,  accident  and 
sick  benefits  and  insurance  for  em¬ 
ployees,  both  men  and  women. 
“Few  if  any  industries,”  reports 
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women  workers  as  is  found  among 
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These  are  some  of  the  reasons 
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