Oft* RURAL. NEW.YORKER 
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t News and 
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Countrywide Produce Situation 
SUPPLIES HEAVY POTATOES AND PERRIES 
LOWER—THE BUSY BACK-TO-THE-LANDER 
The April upturn in the potato market 
soon lost much of its force, because of 
the incredible persistence of the potato 
(low fl‘Om Maine and the Northwest and 
the rapid inerense of new supplies from 
the South. The country is using all 
these potatoes somehow, but there is 
little expectation of high prices while 
shipments approach 1,000 cars a day. 
Nobody expected such a sustained all- 
season movement from the Northwest, or 
even from the great potato States of 
Minnesota and Maine. 
SURPRISES IN CHOPS 
Something will need to be'done to get 
a line on the Northwestern crops in fu¬ 
ture. New shipping sections have a way of 
springing up in a single season in sections 
where crop reporters are scarce, and the 
first thing anyone knows the fanners in 
some fertile neck of the woods are tilling 
;i11 the cars in sight with apples, potatoes 
or grain. With all the general need of 
cutting expenses it would doubtless pay 
to station more trained reporters in the 
Northwest, and get the facts in time. 
With correct reports available everybody 
knows how he stands and can buy or sell 
with confidence. The price tends to even 
up throughout the season, and the 
grower, not the speculator, gets what¬ 
ever there is in it. This year the dealers 
as a class got the worst of it from the 
apparent under estimate of the crop in 
half a dozen States. 
BERRY PRICES SLASHED 
Strawberry prices were cut in half the 
first week in May, when the great Ten¬ 
nessee section began to add hundreds of 
cars daily to the already liberal supply. 
Every shipping section thus far is set¬ 
ting out to heat the record. There was 
some damage by frost from the Eastern 
Shore section, northward and westward, 
blit plenty of hlossoms were left, and 
nobody would be surprised if the berry 
crop of the country heats the past season 
by 50 per cent. Prices are running lower 
than last season. It takes pretty good 
stuff to bring more than 20c wholesale in 
Northern cities, and there are plenty 
selling at 10 to 15c. 
MELONS TO LOOK AT 
The first Florida watermelons sold 
from 50c to $2, according to size. Ap¬ 
parently nobody ate them, but the res¬ 
taurant keepers bought them for window 
display. The melon output will be heavy 
if the big acreage all fruits out, but 
often there is quite a shrinkage, which 
lets the rest of the crop sell at a profit. 
THE RESTLESS SEASON 
The usual crop of unrest and longing 
appears about this time of the year. A 
famous poet of the Middle Ages observed 
in bis time That pilgrimage* usually 
started in the Spring along with the 
Mayflowers. The modern Spring pilgrim 
may be an immigrant, a “bnek-to-the- 
lundcr," an Eastern man who wants to 
go West, a Northern farmer looking for 
a location iu the South, a foreigner who 
would like to learn farming in America, 
or an American farmer who feels crowded 
out and wishes to go far North or far 
South to grow up with a thinly settled 
region. 
Here is a letter from a type that is 
always with us. A city clerk whose 
healh is breaking down asks for a whole 
library of information on what to do and 
jus: how to do it. lie wants to learn the 
a-b-e’s. and planting time is well along. 
Most people seetn to think that the other 
fellow’s job will be a line thing to take 
up when one is not feeling quite fit for 
real work. What most of them need is 
a change and a vacation, not a real farm 
with it 1 - year’s round of care and worry. 
Very often the man who tries it is ready 
to go back to the old job in a couple of 
years. 
It is better to rent than to buy. One 
should not have too much land and worry 
when moving to the country. Plenty of 
fruit already on the place will give a 
green farmer the most for his labor. 
Probably be will keep a horse, a cow. a 
flock of chickens, and perhaps some bees, 
lie should plant a big garden with a sur¬ 
plus and succession of a few standard 
vegetables rather than too great variety 
of crops, each requiring a different method 
of care. The surplus, especially early 
stuff, should find a ready sale almost any¬ 
where near n town or city. Success for 
a green hand depends much on keeping 
expenses down and buying nothing that 
can be obtained from the place, o. u. f. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENPICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb., ISe: boneless roasts, lb., 
22c; kettle roasts, lb,, 8 to lie; neck 
cuts, lb., 8e; porterhouse steak, lb.. 25c; 
round steak, lb.. 22 to 24e; lamb chops, 
lb., 30 to 35c; mutton, lb., 10 to 25c; 
salt pork, lh., 20c; sausage, lb. 20c; 
pork chops, lb., 32c; pork loin. lb.. 27c; 
sliced ham, lb., 30 to 35c: Hold bacon, 
lb., 20c; veal cutlets, lb., 35c; veal loaf, 
lh.. fl-'c; rabbits, live, lb., 25e: dressed, 
lb., 30e: eels, river, lb., 30c; bullheads, 
river lb. 30c. 
Live Poultry—Chickens, lb., 33c; fowls, 
lb., 33e; old roosters, lb., 25c; geese, 
ducks, lb., 32c. 
Dressed Poultry — Chickens, lb., 38c; 
fowls, lb.. 38c; geese, ducks, lb., 34c. 
Eggs, fancy white, 28c; brown, 28c; 
duck eggs, 35c; milk. qt.. 8c; buttermilk, 
skim-milk, 5c; cream, qt., 70c; butter, 
creamery, fancy prints, lb./ 45c; best 
dairy, 45c; cheese, cream, lh.. 30c; skim, 
17c; cottage cheese, lb., 10c; pimento 
cheese, lb., 15e. 
Popcorn, shelled, lb., 6c; buckwheat 
flour, lb., 4c; bread. 17-oz, loaf, 5c; new 
maple syrup, gal., $2; new maple sugar, 
lh., 20 to 25c: clover honey, card, 23c; 
apples, tin., ,$2.40: cider vinegar, gal., 40c. 
Asparagus. 15e; beans, qt.. 10c; cab¬ 
bage. white, lb., 4c; carrots, bu.. $1.50; 
cucumbers. 5c; horseradish 10c; celery, 
10c; dandelion greens, peck, 25c; lettuce, 
large heads, 10c. 3 for 25c; onions, lb.. 
15c; grpen, hunch. 5c; potatoes, bu., $1 : 
parsnips, bu., $1.35; peas, qt., 20c; pep¬ 
pers, each, 3c; radishes, hunch, 5c; rhu¬ 
barb. bunch, 12c; spinach, 15c; squash, 
Hubbard, lb., 5c; strawberries, qt., 25 to 
32c; sauerkraut, qt., 15c; rutabagas, bu., 
80c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Pork. lb. 15c; heavy, lb., 11 to 12c: 
lamb. Spring, lb., 30 to 50c; beef, lb., 
7 to Sc; veal, lb., 11 to 13e, 
Live Poultry—Ducks, Spring, lb.. 30c; 
ebb-kens. lb.. 30 to 30c; fowls. 30 to 35c; 
geese, lb.. 35c: guinea hens, each. $1. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lh., 40c; 
chickens, lb., 40 to 45c; fowls, lb.. 40 to 
45c; geese, lh., 40c. 
Butter, lb.. 40 to 45c; eggs, 28 to 30c; 
duck eggs. 35 to 40c; Italian cheese, lb., 
32 to 35c. 
Apples, bu., $1.50 to 82.75; asparagus, 
doz. bunches. $1.40 to $1.50; beans, bu., 
$3 to $4.50; beets, bu., 90c to $1 ; celery, 
doz. bunches. $120 to 81.50; cowslips, 
bu.. 65 to 70c; endive, doz. heads. 75c; 
garlic. lb„ 20 to 25c: honey, pt. 30 to 
35c: kobl-rabi, doz.. 60c; lettuce, leaf, 
crate, $1.20 to $3.50: maple syrup, gab. 
$1.50 t<> $2; onions, bu., $2.50 to $4.75; 
green, doz. bunches. 25 to 35c: potatoes, 
bn., 75c to $1.10; rhubarb, doz. bunches. 
35 to 40c. 
ITay. No. 1. ton. $20 to 22; No. 2. $17 
to $19; No. 3, $15; Timothy hay. ton. $20 
to $22; rye straw, ton. $10 to $12. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed heef, carcass, lb.. 10 to 15c: 
forequarters, lb., 8 to 10c: hindquarters, 
lb., 1(5 to 20c: dressed hogs, light lb.. 
12 to 15c; heavy, lb.. 10 to 12c; Spring 
lambs, lh„ 30 to 32c: yearling lambs, lb., 
14 to 16c: mutton, lb.. 10 to 12c; veal, 
lb.. 12 to 16c. 
Live Poultry—Broilers, lb.. 55c; stags. 
Lb., 22 to 24c: fowls, lb., 28 to 30c : roost¬ 
ers. old, lb., 18 to 20c; eninen fowl, each. 
50 to 60c; ducks, lh., 25 to 28c; geese, 
lb., 18 to 20c: turkeys, lb., 30 to 35c. 
Eggs. 28 to oOo; butter, country, crock, 
lb.. 32 to 35c. 
Strawberries. Southern, crate, 24 qts., 
$3.25 to $4; asparagus, large, doz. 
bunches. $3.50 to $5; small, dog. bunches. 
81.20 to $1.35; beets, new. doz. bunches, 
81.05 to $1.75: licet, greens, bu., 81.25 
to $1.50: cabbage doz. heads, 75c to $1 : 
carrots, bu., $1.50 t<> $1.05; celery, doz. 
bunches, 90c to $1; cucumbers, doz.’, $1.75 
to $2; lettuce, best, doz, heads. 50 to 60c; 
mint, green, doz. bunches. 30 to 35c; 
onions, dry. bu.. 81.50 to $2; green, doz. 
hunches. 18 to 20c; potatoes. hu„ 90c 
to $1 : pieplant, doz. bunches. 40 to 50c : 
radishes, doz. hunches, 25 to 30c; spinach, 
bu.. 81 to $1.35; tomatoes, lb., 00 to 65c; 
watercress, doz. bunches. 40 to 50o. 
Beans, hand-picked, per 100 lbs., red 
marrow. $7.50; white marrow. $5 50; red 
kidney. $7.50; white kidney. $8; pea, 
$5.50: yellow-eye. $6; Imperials. $5. 
Hides, steers. No. 1. 6c; No. 2, 5c: 
cows and heifers. No. 1. 5c; No. 2, 4c; 
bulls and stags. 4c; horsehides. each. $2 
to $3: lamb skins, each. $1 to $150: 
calf. No. 1, lie; No. 2. 9c; wool, fleece, 
lh.. 25 to 28c; unwashed, medium, 28 to 
30c. 
Wheat, bu.. $1 23 *to $125; com. 
shelled, bu.. 75 to 77c; oats, 48 to 49c; 
rye. $1 05 to $1.10. 
Seeds, clover, large, bit . $15 to $16; 
medium, bu.. $14.50 to $15.50; Timothv 
$4.25 to $4.75; Alsike, $12 to $13; Al¬ 
falfa. $13 to $14. ’ 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
I he > growing season is only fair, as 
there is lack of rain, but the markets are 
full of produce. Butter has been up and 
gone down again. Prncticallv everything 
is easy. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—ECUS 
Butter, lower: creamery. 34 to 38c; 
dairy, 30 to 36c; crocks. 211 to 35c; com¬ 
mon. 21 to 26c. Cheese, quiet; flats. IS 
to 25c; daisies and longhorns. 19 to 26c; 
limburger. 28 to 29c; wheel Swiss. 35 tn 
60c. Eggs, easy; hennery, 28 to 30e; 
State and Western candled, 27 to 28c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkey, 45 to 
52c; fowl. 22 to 33c; broilers. 38 to 44c; 
chickens, 20 to 34c; old roosters, 24 to 
25c; ducks, 30 to 36c; geese, 24 to 25c. 
Live poultry, market overstocked; fowl, 
26 to 27e; broilers, 40 to 50c; old roost¬ 
ers, 19 to 20c; ducks, 25 to 32c; geese, 
IS to 20c. 
. APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, steady; best named varieties, 
bu., $2,50 to $2.75: seconds, $1.75 to 
$2.25; common, $1.25 to $1.50. Pota¬ 
toes. easy; host homegrown, bu., 90c to 
$1.15; seconds. 50 to 65c; Bermuda, bbl., 
$8.50 to $9; Florida, $4 to $6.25; sweets, 
hamper, $2.50 to $2.75. 
BERRIES 
Strawberries, fair supply and demand; 
Tennessee, fancy, 24-qt. crate, $3.75 to 
$4 ; fair to good, $2 to $3. 
BEAN S—O NIO N S 
Beans, unsettled; kidney, ewt., $8 to 
$10; marrow. $7 to $7.50; pear and 
medium, $6.50 to $7. Onions, quiet; 
Texas, yellow, crate, $2.50 to $3; Ber¬ 
muda, $3.25 to $3.75; sets, bu., $3 to $4. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, steady. Asparagus, home¬ 
grown, lb. bunch. $2 to 82.50; beans, 
green and wax. hamper. $3 to $3 50; 
beets, bn.. 80c to $1; doz. bunches. 50 to 
75c; cabbage, new. bu., $2315 to $3; 
cauliflower, crate. $2 to $2.25; celery, 
Florida, crate. $3 75 to $4.75: cucumbers, 
hothouse, basket, $1.75 to $2.25; lettuce, 
California Iceberg, crate, $2 to $3; curly, 
lb., 14 to 15c; parsley, doz. bunches. 90c 
to $1.25; peas, hamper, $2 to $3; pep¬ 
pers. box, $3 to $4.50; pieplant, doz. 
hunches, 25 to 50c; spinach, bu., $1 to 
$1.25; radishes, doz. bunches. 25 to 30c; 
tomatoes. Florida, crate, $3 to $4.50; 
turnips, white and yellow, bu., 35 tn 65c; 
watercress, doz. bunches, 35 to 50c. 
SWEETS 
Honey, dull ; light comb, lb., 16 to 24c; 
dark. 10 to 12c. Maple products, ijuict; 
sugar, lb., 10 to 16c; syrup, gal., $1.25 
to $1,75. 
FEED 
Hay, firm; Timothy, track, ton, $20 to 
$23; clover mixed, $21 to $22; oat and 
wheat straw. $17 to $18; rye straw, $18 
to $19; wlc'tit bran, earlot, ton. $24.50; 
middlings, $24.50; red dog, $34.50; cot¬ 
tonseed meal. $51: oil meal, $52 ; hominy, 
$28.50; gluten. $36.50; oat feed. $12; 
rye middlings, $25. .r.w.c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Baldwin, bbl., $6 to $8.50; Spy, $5 to 
$7: Ben Davis, $4 to $5; bu. box, $1.50 
to $3.50. 
BEANS 
Pea, 100 lhs., $7 to $8; red kidney, 
$7.50 to $8.75; yellow eye, $8 to $8.25. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best. 37 to 37%c; good to 
choice, 33 to 35c; dairy, 27 to 34c. 
EGOS 
Nearby hennery, 33 to 34c: gathered, 
choice. 29 to 31c; common to good, 24 
to 27c. 
MILL FEED 
Spring bran, $29 to $29.75; middlings, 
$30 to $33; red dog. $39; mixed feed. $34 
to $38: gluten feed. $40: cottonseed 
meal. $50 to $60; linseed meal. $55. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1 Timothy. $33 to $34 ; No. 
2. $31 to $32; shipping. $21 to $22. 
Straw—Rye. $36 to $37 : oat. $19 to $20. 
POTATOES 
Green Mountain. 100 lhs.. $1.40 to 
$1.50; new, bbl., $4 to $6.50. Sweet 
potatoes, bbl.. $3.50 to $5. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Native roasters. 34 to 35c; fowls, 30 
to 36c; roosters, 23 to 24c; squabs, do., 
$7 to $9. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage, bbl.. $2 to $2.75; celery, bu. 
box. $3 to $3.25: lettuce, bu., $1 to 
$1.50: radishes. $1.50 to $2; tomatoes, 
lb., 25 to 35c; rutabagas, 140 lbs., $2 to 
$2.75. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
May 18, 1922 
MILK 
The directors of the Dairymen’s League 
Co-operative Association, Inc*., at a meet¬ 
ing in its offices in New York City de¬ 
cided that the May price for milk should 
be continued for June. Class 1, for 
liquid consumption. $1.75; Class 2. for 
cream and ice cream. $1.50: Class 3, for 
condensed milk, a differential of 20c over 
butter prices; Class 4. for butter and 
cheese, price based on butter and cheese 
quotations. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
.37 0 
.37% 
Good to choice... 
.34 0 
.36 
Lower grades .... 
.31 U 
.33 
City made .. 
.22 0 
.27 
Dairy, best . 
.35% 0 
.36 
Common to good.. 
.30 0 
.34 
Packing stock . 
.16 0 
22 
CHEESE 
Vliole milk, held, fey 
.23% 0 
.24%, 
New, fancy. 
.1714 0 
• 17% 
New, average run.. 
.10% 0 
.17 
EGGS 
White, choice to f’ev 
.38 0 
.39 
Medium to good.. 
.33 0 
.37 
Mix’d col’s, n’bv. b’st 
.32 0 
.34 
Medium to good.. 
.25 tfi) 
.30 
Gathered, best .... 
.30 0 
.31 
Medium to good.. 
.24 0 
.28 
Prices 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best .... 
.49 
0 
.52 
Common to good.. 
.42 
0 
.47 
Chickens, choice, lb. 
.42 
0 
.45 
Fair to good. 
.30 
0 
.40 
Broilers, lb. 
.40 
0 
.70 
Fowls . 
.25 
0 
.33 
Roosters . 
.18 
0 
.20 
Ducks . 
.20 
0 
.25 
Geese . 
.15 
0 
.18 
Squabs, doz. 
4.00 
0 
10.00 
Capons, best . 
.47 
0 
.48 
Medium to good.. 
.32 
m 
.45 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers . 
7.75 
0 
8.60 
Bulls . 
5.00 
0 
6.25 
Cows . 
1.50 
0 
5.75 
Calves, pr’e v’l, ewt. 
8.00 
0 
11.50 
Culls . 
5.00 
0 
6.00 
Hogs . 
10.00 
0 
11.75 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
6.00 
0 
7.00 
Lambs . 
15.00 
0 17.00 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. . .. 
7.50 
0 
8.00 
Medium . 
7.00 
0. 
7.75 
Pea . 
7.50 
0 
8.00 
Red kidnev . 
7.75 
0 
S.75 
White kidney. 
9.75 
0. 
10.00 
Yellow eye . 
6.50 
0 
7.00 
FRUITS 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl. 
4.50 
0 
8.00 
Ben Davis . 
4.00 
0 
6.00 
Spy . 
5.00 
0 
10.00 
Russet. 
4 00 
Cal 
6.50 
Western, box .... 
2.00 
0, 
5.00 
Oranges, box . 
4.00 
0 
9.50 
Strawberries— 
Jersey, qt. 
.20 
0 
.28 
Delaware and Md.. 
.18 
0 
.23 
Eastern Shore . . . 
.15 
0 
.20 
Virginia . 
.05 
0 
.18 
Avocados, doz. 
4.00 
m 
7.00 
Mnskmeloris, bu. 
4.00 
0. 
6.00 
Watermelons. 100.. 
60.00 
01 
25.00 
Peaches. Ga.. crate. 
3.00 
0 
6.00 
Huckleberries. North 
Carolina, qt. 
.35 
0 
.40 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz. b’s. 
.75 
0 
6.00 
Berts, bu. 
1.00 
0 
2.50 
Carrots, 100 lbs. 
2.00 
0 
3.00 
Cabbage, bu. 
1.00 
0 
2.00 
Eggplant, bu. 
1.75 
0 
2.25 
Lettuce, bu. 
.50 
0 
3.00 
Onions, bu. 
1.50 
((f) 
2.00 
Peppers, bu. 
2.00 
0 
3.25 
Radishes. %-bbl. bkt. 
.50 
0 
1.50 
Spinach, bbl. 
1.50 
0 
2.50 
Squash, bu. 
2.25 
0 
3.00 
String beans, bu.... 
1.25 
0 
2.00 
Tomatoes. 0-bkt. c’te 
1.00 
0 
4.00 
Watercress. 10O b’s. 
2.50 
Rhubarb. 100 bnehs. 
2.00 
0 
4.00 
Cucumbers, luv. 
.75 
0 
3.50 
Dandelions, bbl. 
1.00 
0 
1.50 
T.ima beans, bu. 
6.00 
0 
9.00 
Parsley, bbl. 
4.00 
0 
6.00 
Peas, bu. 
2.00 
0 
4.00 
POTATOES 
I.ong Island. ISO lbs. 
3.50 
0 
3.75 
Maine, 180 lbs. 
2.25 
0 
3.00 
State. 1.80 lbs. 
2.25 
0 
3.00 
Florida, bbl. 
2.50 
0 
5.75 
Sweet potatoes, bu.. 
2.75 
0 
3.00 
HAY AND 
STRAW 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1 
31.00 
0 
32.00 
No. 2. 
2.8,00 
0 
30,00 
No. 3. 
25.00 
0 
27.00 
Shipping . 
22.00 
0 
23.00 
Clover mixed .... 
22.00 
0 
30.00 
Straw, rye . .. 
35.00 
0 
36.00 
Oat and wheat. . . 
16.00 
0 
laoo 
GRAIN 
Cash quotations at New York: 
Wheat. No. 2 red. . 
. SI .56 
No. 1. Northern. 
1.61 
No. 2 Durum. .. . 
1.47 
Corn. No. 2. yellow. 
.80 
Oats, No. 2, white. . 
.50 
R ve . 
1.23 
Barley . 
.. .. 
.7S 
Retail Prices 
at New 
York 
Ffcutfpr—"Rust 
$ 46 
.8 48 
Fair to good. 
.40 
to 
.44 
Milk—Loose, at stores. 
.08 
Bottled. Grade A. 
.17 
Bottled. Grade B. 
.14 
Certified . 
.28 
Heavv cream. % 
pint.... 
.28 
Cheese, lb. 
.30 
to 
.35 
Eggs—Best . 
.45 
to 
.48 
Fair to good. 
.30 
to 
.42 
Fowls . 
.45 
to 
.50 
Chickens . 
.45 
to 
.55 
Lamb chops . 
.50 
to 
.65 
Potatoes, lb. 
.03 
to 
.04 
Apples, doz. 
.50 
to 
.75 
Onions, lb. 
.10 
to 
15 
Lettuce, head. 
.10 
to 
.15 
Old-time Markets 
The following quotations appeared in 
The Rural New-Yorker May 30, 1850: 
Flour, hhl., $5,50 to $5.75 ; butter, lb., 
10 to 12%e; cheese, lb.. 6 to 7%e: tur¬ 
keys, ll>., 7 to Sc ; chickens, lb., 7 to 8c; 
wheat, bu., $1.37% to $1.45; corn, bu., 
50 to 62c; rye. bu.. 56c: oats, bu., 44 to 
46c: potatoes, bu.. 25 to 31c; eggs, doz., 
9 to 10c; beans, bu., 75e to $1.13; hay, 
ton, $9 to $12; smoked hams, lb., 7 to 
7%c; beef, ewt., $3.50 to $4.50: hides, 
ewt., $3.50 to $4; whiskey, gal., 23% to 
24c. 
