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N.  Y.  Wholesale  Markets 
September  21,  1916 
BUTTER. 
Prices  are  oue-fotirtb  to  one -half  cent  higher, 
business  active  and  market  firm,  even  on  me¬ 
dium  grades.  Inquiry  for  export  business  is 
finite  large,  particularly  on  city-made  butter  at 
28  cents  or  a  little  less.  More  retail  business 
than  usual  is  noted  in  artificial  butter.  Pound 
brinks  of  good  grades  are  available  at  23  cents. 
This  is  a  sound  and  good-flavored  product, 
Creamery,  fancy  lb . 
Good  to  Choice  . 
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Klgiu,  111.,  butter  market  IP!1/.,  cents. 
CHEESE. 
Whole  milk  grades  are  one-half  emit  higher, 
sales  are  of  only  moderate  volume,  prices  being 
too  high  to  attract  much  speculative  or  export 
business. 
Whole  Milk,  fancy .  20 
Good  to  choice .  IS  @  10 
Lower  grades . 15  @  17 
Daisies,  best . 20  @  2(>’i 
Young  Americas .  20  @  21)1$ 
Skims.  best .  15  @  16 
Fair  to  good .  6  @  11 
Salamanca.  10 
Watertown  N.  Y  .  1S;« 
*  Cuba.  N.  T..  19 
Little  Falls.  N.  Y'.  18L( 
Plymouth,  Wis.,  18@19 
EGGS. 
Choice  white,  above  medium  size,  are  in 
strong  demand.  On  most  other  grades  the 
market  is  irregular  and1  weak.  The  weather  is 
now  so  cool  that  there  is  no  good  reason  for 
the  rather  large  proportion  of  defectives  in 
many  shipments.  There  are  two  methods  of 
handling  such  mixed  lots.  One  is  to  candle 
them  carefully  aud  make  two  grades  of  a  ship¬ 
ment,  discarding  those  seriously  unfit.  This 
takes  time  uud  labor,  and  the  results  are  often 
unsatisfactory  to  the  (shipper.  The  other  plan 
is  to  sell  the  eggs  just  as  they  are  and  let  the 
buyer  discount  the  irregularity.  Much  better 
than  either  of  these  plans,  however,  is  for  the 
shipper  to  sort  tile  eggs  before  sending  them. 
If  he  does  this  persistently  he  Is  quite  sure  to 
adopt  better  methods  of  handling,  so  tfiat  the 
Jiercelltuge  of  defectives  Will  lie  lessened.  Some 
receivers  complain  to  the  shippers  about  defects 
and  others  do  not,  but  In  either  case  the  price 
paid  is  aeeording  to  the  quality.  It  is  seldom 
that  a  defective  lot  slides  through  at  a  dis¬ 
proportionate  price.  It  costs  less  to  discount 
eggs  at  the  producing  end,  and  If  the  shipper 
himself  does  the  discounting  and  does  a  little, 
thinking  at  the  same  time  the  necessity  for 
this  discounting  will  rapidly  decrease. 
White,  choice  to  fancy,  large  .  46  @  43 
Medium  to  good... .  38  @  42 
Mixed  colors,  best.  . .  42  @  44 
Common  to  good .  30  @  35 
Storage  .  26  @  31 
LIVE  POULTRY 
Broilers,  lb .  22  @  23 
Ducks,  lb .  19  @  22 
Fowls  . 18  @  22 
Boosters  .  13  @  14 
Geese  . .  13  &  |14 
DRESSED  POULTRY. 
Turkeys.  Spring,  lb .  30  @  35 
Old  .  25  @  28 
Chickens  eboioe  broilers,  lb .  31  @  32 
Broilers,  common  to  good  ........  27  @  29 
Fowls, .  18  &  23 
DOCKS,  Spring . 20  @  22 
Squabs,  uoz ....  ,  .  . .  1  25  @  5  50 
LIVE  STOCK. 
Native  Steers . 6  50  @UT20 
Bulls .  5  t'0  @  6  73 
Cows  . . 4  00  @  6  75 
Calves,  prime  veal.  100  lb .  18  00  @14  00 
Calls . . . 5  011  @  8  50 
Sheep.  100  lbs .  5  00  @  7  69 
Lambs  . 10  00  @12  00 
IIors .  9  50  @11  40 
WOOL. 
Business  is  active,  for  both  mill  and  specula¬ 
tive  demand.  Recent  prices,  at  Boston  have 
been:  New  York  and  Michigan  unwashed  De¬ 
laine.  35  to  to  35 VL> ;  half  blood,  3d  to  37:  tlireo- 
elghths  blood,  41  to  42.  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania 
half  blood  combing.  39  to  40;  three-eightlis 
blood.  42 Vi. 
BEANS. 
Marrow.  100  lbs .  8  90  @  9  45 
Medium  .  8  30  @6  90 
Pea  . .  8  75  ®  9  40 
Bed  Kidney .  ....  8  85  @  9  50 
White  Kidney  .  .  8  90  @9  50 
Yellow, Eye . . .  7  25  @  7  50 
Lima,  California . . . 6  10  @6  25 
DRIED  FRUITS. 
Apples— Evap..  choice  to  fancy .  7  @  7*4 
Lower  grades .  5W@  6^ 
Sun  dried .  5  @  6 
Prunes,  lb . 7k!@  ll}<j 
Prunes,  lb .  82®  So 
Apricots .  12  @  13 
Peaches .  6  @  >44 
Currants  .  12  @  14 
FRESH  FRUITS. 
The  peach  market  is  decidedly  improved  on 
good  to  choice  quail  lies.  Klbcrtus  in  bushel 
baskets  are  arriving  from  Michigan  and  West¬ 
ern  New  York,  and  briuglng  $l..ln  for  good 
quality.  Small  or  poorly  colored  sell  down  to 
(50  cents.  Apples  arc  bringing  fancy  prices, 
when  sound  and  well  grown  for  the  variety. 
McIntosh,  .louiithan,  Wealthy,  N.  W.  Greening 
and  Full  Pippin  arc  all  high  class  varieties, 
bringing  $4. oft  to  $J5.  New  plan  tings  of  Wolf 
River  arc  evidently  coming  into  bearing,  as 
receipts  are  larger  than  usual.  Its  enormous 
size  gives  If  u  fair  sale,  but  it  is  not  even 
tolerable  in  quality,  being  poor  for  cooking  amf 
worse  for  eating  out  of  band.  The  peas  market 
is  stow,  owing  to  the  large  amount  of  poor  and 
overripe  Bartlett  offered.  Plums  selling  well — 
in  some  cases  higher  than  last  week.  Grapes  in 
larger  supply  ami  market  dull. 
Apples.  Wealthy,  bbl .  2  50  @  4  50 
N.  W.  Greening .  3  00  @  i  75 
Oldenburg  . 2  00  @  5  00 
Graven  stein  .  2  00  @3  76 
Alexander .  2  50  &  150 
York  Imperial .  2  75  @  3  25 
Blush  .  2  00  @  4  (10 
Fall  Pippin  . 2  50  &  4  5U 
Twenty-ounce  . .  .  2  00  @  4  01) 
Utibbardston .  2  00  @3  50 
Western,  box .  2  00  @  2  50 
Windfalls,  bbl .  76  @125 
Pears— Bartlett,  bbl .  3  00  @6  01) 
K  Letter,  bbl.  . . 2  00  @  8  00 
Seckui,  bbl .  3  00  @5  50 
Clapp  .  2  50  @  4  50 
Anjou .  2  00  @3  50 
Blackberries,  qt .  10  @  20 
Lluekelberries,  qt .  10  @  20 
Raspberries,  red.  pint .  6  @  7 
Musktnckms,  bu.  crate .  50  @  2  00 
fseptember  30,  191G. 
Watermelon*,  carload  .  .  50  00  @  200  00 
Peaches,  nearby,  carriers  .  75  @  2- 011 
Nearby.  16-qt.  bkt .  35  @  75 
State  Carrier  . .  75  @  1  50 
Fresh  Figs,  qt .  5  @  14 
Grapes.  1-lb.  bkt . 8  fa  10 
Plums,  8Lb.  bkt.  ..... . 15  @  40 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes  temporarily  scarce  and  market 
strong,  with  some  sales  above  last  week.  Cab¬ 
bage  exceptionally  high.  Sweet  corn  mainly 
poor  and  low.  Lima  beans  plentiful,  blit  in  good 
demand.  Tomatoes  averaging  poor.  Peppers 
higher.  Red  Cheese  having  brought  83.2."  per 
barrel,  and  green  upwards  of  82.  ••uions  doing 
l  ratter. 
Potatoes  Maine.  ISOlbs .  8  30  @  3  40 
Jersey,  bbl .  2  75  @  3  25 
Long  Island.  ISOlbs .  3  40  @3  50 
Sweet  Potatoes.  Jersey,  bu .  1  00  @  1  35 
Beets.  100  bunches  . . .  2  00  @335 
Cartels.  100  bnnebes .  1  50  @  2  00 
Cauliflower,  bbl .  2  00  @  4  00 
Cucumbers,  bu  . .  7a  @  1  25 
Pickles,  bbl., . 5  on  @  8  on 
Cabbage.  100  .  7  00  @10  00 
Sweet  Corn,  nearby.  100  .  1  00  @  2  00 
Lettuce,  half-bbl.  basket .  75  @  1  75 
I  Tn.-I  l?c;in=-_  b«.  .  . .  75  @  1  25 
Onions.  Orange  Co..  1001b.  bag .  1  00  ®  2  2.1 
Jersey,  bu .  75  @  1  on 
Conn..  1UU  lb.  bag .  2  00  @  2  50 
Peppers,  bbl.  . . 1  50  @>3  25 
String  Beans,  bu . . . 75  @  175 
Tat  nips,  bbl .  2  50  @2  75 
Squash,  bbl  . .  1  50  in  2  011 
Tomatoes.  6- bkt.  crate . .  60  @  1  25 
Nearby,  3-pk.  box .  75  @  1  On 
Parsley.  100  bunches .  .  1  00  @  1  25 
Egg  Plants,  bu  .  60  @  90 
Okra,  bu .  50  @  2  00 
HOPS. 
State,  prime  to  choice . 48  @  52 
Medium  to  good .  U  @  47 
Old  stock .  4  @  6 
Pacific  coast,.... .  16  @  18 
HAY  AND  STRAW. 
Uay.  Timothy,  No.  1.  ton  . 21  no  @22  00 
No.  2 . 18  00  @20  00 
No.  3  . 16  00  @17  00 
Clover  mixed . 12  00  @20  00 
Straw,  Rye, .  . ..13  00  @16  00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat.  No.  i.  Northern  Spring .  179  @ 
Corn. as  to  quality,  bush .  96  @  97 
Flour,  earlots,  at  N.Y.  bbl. . .  7  50  @  8  45 
Gats,  as  to  weight,  bush. .  51  @  52 
Bye.  free  from  onion . .  .  1  23  @  1  29 
Buenos  Ayres,  wheat . . .  1  20 
Corn.. .  66 
Oats .  31 
Paris,  wheat . 175 
Boston  Produce  Markets 
(Continued  from  page  12G0) 
tains,  is  $1  to  $l.t)6  per  bu.  Maine 
stock  in  two-bushel  bags  is  $-.-0  at  the 
yard  and  in  150-lh.  hags  $2. To.  Sweet 
potatoes  sell  lower  than  white  and  are 
being  substituted  to  a  moderate  extent. 
FRESH  .MEATS  IN  MODERATE  DEMAND. 
Veals  continue  to  sell  at  He  for 
choicest  lots;  fair  to  good  1”  to  15c. 
Eastern  Fall  lambs  have  been  in  more 
liberal  supply  and  dealers  find  it  hard  to 
get  above  15c.  Yearlings,  good  to  choice, 
tire  1”  to  14c,  and  mutton  42  to  13c. 
Choice  Western  beef  sells  at  1o  to  T>^Ao, 
and  country  dressed  cow  beef  11  to  1  'lx/»e. 
APPLES  IN  LIBERAL  SUPPLY. 
Apples  are  weaker,  $3  per  bbl.  is  t-  n 
for  liravenstein  and  McIntosh;  Wealthy 
$2.50;  Port*TS  selling  around  $1.50. 
Duchess  range  from  $2  to  $2.75.  Peach¬ 
es  are  in  larger  supply  and  lower;  C’oti- 
ie‘crioTit  and  native  range  from  05  to  00c 
per  basket  orate;  York  State  Elbertas 
$1  to  $1.50.  Pears  average  poor  and  the 
range  is  from  50c  to  $1.25,  The  bulk 
are  BnrtWts.  which  do  not  sell  above 
$1  unless  fancy,  and  many  are  too  small 
and  rusty  to  bring  noire  than  GO  to  75c 
per  box.  Damson  plums  tire  0  to  4c  per 
lb.  Cranberries  are  still  rather  poor  but 
fairly  good  ones  bring  $5  per  bbl. 
IIAY  TRADE  DULL. 
Heavy  receipts  give  the  market  an  ap¬ 
pearance  of  dullness  and  stocks  are  re¬ 
ported  accumulating  in  the  freight  yards. 
Deceivers  are  inclined  to  cut  prices  and 
force  sales.  Top  price  for  No.  1  is 
$20.  Good  coarse  Eastern  bay  is  $17  to 
$1N  and  No.  1  clover  mixed  $14  to  $15. 
Demand  is  slow  for  all  grades  except  the 
best  and  the  situation  seems  to  be  in 
buyers’  favor. 
GRAIN  HOLDS  ADVANCE. 
Buyers  seem  inclined  to  hold  off  large 
purchases  in  hope  of  lower  prices,  but 
large  dealers  offer  no  encouragement  in 
view  of  the  short,  grain  crop,  ('ornmeal 
holds  at  $1.00  to  $1.02  per  bag:  bran  in 
sacks  $20.50  per  ton;  cottonseed  $38; 
linseed  $38.50;  gluten  feed  $31.78 ;  hom¬ 
iny,  $35.50  per  ton. 
LIVE  HOGS  SELLING  HIGHER. 
The  leading  feature  of  the  Brighton 
livestock  markets  has  been  the  advanc¬ 
ing  tendency  of  live  bogs.  Although  re¬ 
ceipts  were  large,  demand  has  been  active 
and  the  price  advancing  in  response  to 
higher  Western  quotations.  Best  lots 
have  sold  in  Brighton  at  $11.50  per  100 
lbs.,  which  is  about  50c  above  recent 
quotations.  Even  at.  these  prices  East¬ 
ern  bogs  are  a  better  purchase  than  those 
from  the  West.  Veal  calves  have  also 
sold  at  good  prices,  fancy  lots  bringing 
13c.  and  mixed  shipments  1*)  to  12c. 
.Sheep  sold  at  5  to  7c  and  lambs  9  to 
10c.  Beef  cattle  show  about  the  same 
rang0  as  in  recent  weeks;  with  steers  at 
7  to  714c;  cows  G  to  014c;  and  canning 
stock  about  3*4e.  Milch  cows  were  in 
rather  slow  demand.  The  milk  situation 
is  unsettled  and  buyers  may  be  holding 
off  on  that  account.  Demand  seems  most¬ 
ly  for  heavy  milkers  yielding  15  quarts 
or  more.  The  range  for  choice  to  fancy 
cows  is  $75  to  $100.  The  greater  num¬ 
ber  ottered  lately  have  been  of  a  very 
ordinary  grade  and  the  price  obtained 
$40  to  $05.  G.  B.  F. 
