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Wtt RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 10, 1922 
Market News an 
P 
rices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
Freight not delayed much by strikes; 
MARKET WKI.J. SUPPLIED; POTATOES 
am) some fruits i.owkb; plenty of 
fruit; time for farm improvements. 
TIu> railroad strike* scums to have had 
no special effect on the produce market. 
Perishable stuff was given precedence, 
and no scarcity ol’ empty cars was re¬ 
ported at shipping points. The city mar¬ 
kets were so well supplied the first week 
in August that prices were inclined down¬ 
ward on potatoes and most of the fruits. 
potatoes low. 
In some country shipping points po¬ 
tato growers were getting less than 50c 
per bn. for potatoes, a price seldom 
reached in August in recent years. It is 
a large crop of early potatoes, and the 
markets will take only about 40.000 cars 
at a fair price. Any large surplus affects 
the price, because early potatoes cannot 
he stored for long keeping. The main 
crop is coming along pretty well, although 
too much rain mav favor a lot of blight 
and rot in the blast. 
plenty of fruit 
It is proving a big season for fruit, 
especially when compared with last year's 
general shortage. The Southern peach 
crop was not up to expectations, either 
in quantity or grade.- Last year half the 
peaches sold came from that section in 
July and August ; but this rear Septem¬ 
ber will he the month when New York. 
Michigan. Ohio and a few other Northern 
States get to market. The abundance of 
peaches and melons is checking the de¬ 
mand for early apples., which, as usual, 
are not much for size and looks. They 
bring 50c to $1.50 per Ini. What little 
good barrel stock offered is selling around 
$4. 
Sometimes the price in August is about 
the same as the opening price for late 
apples This year the early crop is con¬ 
sidered a better yield than the late va¬ 
rieties. Government field agents say the 
set was not very heavy for* Baldwins. hut 
size of fmit is generally large in the East. 
The melon and cantaloupe season has 
passed its height, leaving growers without 
much net cash and with less enthusiasm. 
Neither yield, quality nor price was up 
to hopes. Some sections producing hun¬ 
dreds of cars shipped hardly a car. 
A WET REASON 
Onions have suffered from wet weather 
in some of the same sections that were 
damaged by drought last season, hut there 
will be a much larger total crop this year, 
probably, and of cabbage, too. 
The bay crop is large, but was poorly 
cured because of the showers which were 
a ilailx feature in some Eastern sections. 
HELP NOT TOO PLENTIFUL 
Farm labor is in fair supply, but talk 
of shortage is heard once more in parts 
of the Central Northwest. When the big 
strikes are over and the industries reach 
good-times basis, then will be felt the full 
effect of the cut-down in immigration. 
Quite likely farm help will he short next 
Spring, and probably the present is as 
good as any time to complete the same i 
old jobs that have been hanging over ; 
most farmers for half a dozen years past. ( 
G. B. F. 
• l 
Local Up-State Prices '• 
( 
JOHNSON CITY-KN DICOTT MARKETS j 
Hamburg, lb.. Sc; boneless roasts, lb., 
8 to 20c; kettle roasts, lb., 8 to 14c; i 
porterhouse steak, lb.. 25c; round steak. 1 
lb.. 22 to 24c; lamb chops, lb., 20 to 25c; I 
mutton, lb.. 10 to 25c; sausage, lb., 18c; i 
sail pork, lb., 20c; pork chops, lb.. 22c; .' 
porkloin. lb.. 27c; sliced ham. lb., 20 to 
25c; Hold bacon, lb., 20c: veal loaf, lb., i 
35c; veal cutlets, lb.. 35c; six-week pigs, jj 
each. $15. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, lb., 28c; old 
roosters, lb.. 25c; geese, ducks, lb., 30c; 
broilers, lb.. 40c; chicks, each, 15c. 
Dressed Poultry—Chickens, lb., 38c; 
fowls. lb., 35c; geese, ducks, lb., 32c; 
broilers, lb.. 45c. 
Eggs, extra, white or brown. 44c; ordi- * 
nary. 32c; dllck eggs. 40c: milk. qt„ 9c; 
buttermilk, ski in-in ilk. qt.. 5c; cream, qt... 
75c; butter, creamery, prints. Ib.. 43c; 
dairy, best, 43c; cheese, cream. Ib.. 28c; < 
skim. 17c; cottage cheese, roll, 5c; pi¬ 
mento cheese, roll, 10c. 
Popcorn, shelled. Ib.. 0c: bread, 17-oz. 
loaf. 5c; new maple syrup, gal.. $1.75; 1 
clover honey, card. 25c; apple vinegar, * 
gal.. 45c. 
Huckleberries, q!., 20c; red raspberries, 
qt . 30c; black raspberries, qt., 18c; Co- I 
lull!bias. qt.. 28c; apples, qt.. 7c; beets, - 
bunch, 5c; beans. Ib.. 8c; celery.* 12 , / 4c: 
cabbage, while, lb.. 4c; carrots, bunch, 
5c; cucumbers, each. 3 to 1<*; currants, 
15c; greens, per peck. 15c; horseradish, 
bottle. 10c; lettuce, large head-. 5c; Pos¬ 
ton. head. 10c; onions, lb„ Sc; -icon, 
hunch, 5c; potatoes, new peck. 45c; pens, 1 
2 qts., 17c; rhubarb, lit. 5c; radishes, 
bunch. 5c; sweet corn. ear. 2c: string 
bean*, qt.. 7c; spinach, peck. 15e; ruta- s 
bagas. bunch. 7c. 3 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Pork, light, lb.. 14c; heavy, lb., 12c; 
Spring lamb, lb.. 30 bo 35c; beef. II).. 7 2 
to 9c; veal. lb.. 12 to 15c. n 
Live Poultry Ducks. II).. 20 to 25c; $ 
broilers, live, 20 to 28c; fowls, lb., 20 to 
2 qts., 
hunch. 
beans. 
Sc; -Teen, 
45c; pens, 
: radishes. 
3c; siring 
15c; ruta- 
12c; 
lb.. 7 
-*><•; geese, lb.. .!Uc; guinea bens, each, 
$ 1 . 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb.. 40 to 55c ; 
broilers. 45 to 55c; fowls, 38 to 45c; 
geese. 40 to 45c. 
Butter. Ib.. 40 to 45c; eggs. 32 to 3C>r; 
duck eggs. 40 to 45c; Italian cheese. 35c. 
Apples, bn., 50c to. $1 ; cherries, qt., 
40 to 15c: per crate.' $3 50; Columbia 
berries, crate. $6; gooseberries, qt.. 15c; 
red raspberries, crate. $8 to $9; black¬ 
berries, crate. $4.50 to $5; currants, qt., 
10c; per crate. $2.75 to $3; huckleber¬ 
ries, crate. $7.50; long blackberries, crate, 
$ 8 . 
Beans. Italian. Im.. $3; beets, doz. 
bunches. 40 to 50c; cabbage, doz. heads, 
50 to 75c; carrots, doz. heads, 25 to 30c; 
celery, doz. bunches. 50e to $1.25; en¬ 
dive, doz. heads, 50e ; gr°en peppers, bn, 
$3; garlic. II).. 20 to 25c; honey, pt.. 30 
to 35c; per cap, 30c; lettuce, leaf, per 
doz.. 75c; Boston, doz. 50 to 75c; onions, 
green, doz. bunches. 25c; per loi.. $2.50; 
new potatoes, bit., $1.35 to $1.75; peas, 
bu.. $1 to $1.50; rhubarb, doz. bunches, 
25c; romaino, dnz. 50 to 75c; radishes, 
doz. bunches, 40c; string beans. 1)11., 
$1.25; wax beaus, bu.. 8150 to $1.75; 
tomatoes, qt.. 20 to 25c; per bu., $1.25 
to $5; turnips, doz. hunches. 40 to 50c; 
cauliflower, head. 20c; corn, per doz.. 20 
to 35c; cucumbers, bu.. $3 to $4. 
Hay. No. 1. ton. $22; No. 2. $18; 
No. 3, $15; Timothy, ton. $20; straw, 
ton. $10 m $20. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 14 to 17c; 
forequarters. II).. $ to !)<■; hindquarters, 
lb., 19 to 21c; dressed hogs, light, 12 to 
15c; heavy. 10 to 12c; Spring lambs. II)., 
28 to 30< ; yearling lambs, lb, 14 to 18c; 
mutton. Hi.. 10 to 12c; veal. lb.. 17 to 18c. 
Live Poultry—Broilers. 25 to 30c; 
fowls, lb., 24 to 27c; roosters, old. lb.. 
13 t<> I5e; guinea fowl, each. 15 to 55c; 
ducks, lb.. 20 to 22c; geese, lb.. 18 lo 20c; 
turkeys, lb., 30 to 40c; pigeons, each. 
15 to 18e. 
Eggs. 28 to 30c; butter, country, crock, 
lb.. 32 to 35c. 
Apples. 14-qt. basket. 15 to 50c; per 
bu.. 75<* to $1 ; currants, red. 10 to 12c; 
black. 18 to 20c; cherries, sour, 9 to 10c; 
gooseberries, Hi.. 5 to Oc; peaches, bas¬ 
ket. (.)<• to $1: Lawton berries, box.. 
18 to 20c; per crate. $(i to $7; raspber¬ 
ries, purple. $5.2.) to $3.75; red. per pt.. 
12c; watermelons, each. 35 to 40c. 
Beets, per doz. bunches. 25 to 30c; 
pickling. 14-qt. basket, 40 to 50c; beans, 
wax. 14-qt. basket, l.» to 50e: green. 14- 
qt. basket. 45 to 50c; carrots, doz. 
bunches. 20 to 25c; cabbage, doz.. 
10 to 50c; celery, doz. bunches 75c 
to 90c; encumbers, doz,. 75c to $1; 
to 40c 
■; luittci 
basket. 
pigeons, each. 
Country, crock, 
green 
$2 50 
tuce. best. doz. heads. 25 to 10c; bead 
lettuce, doz, 60 to 75c; mint, green, doz. 
bunches, 20 to 25c; onions, per bu., $1.50 
to $2; green, doz. bunches. 20 to 25c; 
potatoes, new basket. 60 to 70c; per bu.! 
$1.30 to $1.10; pieplant, doz. bunches, 
30 to 40c; sweet corn. doz. cars, 30 to 
45c; Summer squash, doz., 50 to 75c; 
tomatoes. 12'/j-lli. basket, 70 75c; tur¬ 
nips. 14-qt. basket. 40 to 5(lc; watercress, 
doz. hunches, 40 to 50c 
Beans, per 100 lbs. hand-picked, red 
marrow. $8; white marrow. $7.50; red 
and white kidney. $8; pea. $7.50; me¬ 
dium, $<,i>0; yellow-eve, $8; Imperials 
$ 6 . 
Hides. No. 1. steers. Sc; No. 2. 7c; 
Cows and heifers. No. 1. 8c; No. 2, 7e • 
hulls and stags, 5c; borsch ides, each, $2 
to $3; Spring lambs, each, 75c to $1; 
fleece. 
calf. Ifo. 1. 13c; No. 2. 12c; fleece, lb.’. 
32 to 34c; unwashed; 30 to 32c. 
U heat, per bu.. 81; corn, bu., 70 to 
<_c; oats, 4 4c ; rye. 95c to $1 ; bay. ton. 
$25 to $2i : straw, ton, $14 to $18. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BEANS 
88-o't 1( *n lbs n I 'k*cl kidney, 
88..(0 to .80; yellow eye, $8.25 to $9. 
BITTER 
Creamery, best. 35 to 35%c; good to 
choice, 32 to 34c; dairy. 25 to 30c 
Nearby 
choice. 33 
to 30c. 
Apples, 
berries, q 
82.50 to 8 
hennery, 
■to 36c; 
EGGS 
. 44 to 4 
; common 
46c; gathered, 
a to good, 24 
Fowls. 25 
roosters. 15 
FRUITS 
new. bu„ 50c to $1.75; lnicklc- 
L. 10 to 25c; peaches, crate. 
3; pears, bu.. $1 to $1.50. 
ROTATORS 
$2.25 to $2.75. 
LIVE POULTRY 
t*i 26c; broiler) 
s. 25 to 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 29 to 32c; roosters. IS to 20c 
squabs, doz.. $3.50 to $5; ducklings, lb., 
27 to 28c. 
VKlIKTAItl.ES 
Cabbage, bbl.. $1.50 to $2; lettuce, bu., 
25 to 50c; radishes, bu., 50 to 75c: to¬ 
matoes. bit.. $3 to $4 ; string beans, bit., 
$1 to $1.50; spinach, box. $1 to $1.25. 
Philadelphia Produce Market 
(Supplied by Now Jersey Stiite Department of 
Agriculture Bureau of Markets) 
As supplies of nearby commodities have 
been very heavy receipts front distant 
points have necessarily been light. The 
average quality of the apples offered has 
improved and the demand for fancy stock 
has been a littb* better. The season for 
Yellow Transparent has. gone by. and 
such varieties as the Star. Gravonstein. 
Wealthy and llagloe are now coining in. 
These apples have been wholesaling gen¬ 
erally from 10 to 75 cents per % bushel 
basket for hand-picked tipples, with occa¬ 
sionally $1 being received for some extra 
fancy Starr or Graven stein, Poor stock, 
however, continues to be druggy. About 
August 1 cantaloupes were selling well, 
with Delaware. Maryland, New Jersey 
and California supplying the Philadelphia 
market. Supplies increased so rapidly 
and prices slumped so badly, however, 
that within a week’s time cantaloupes 
sold at about one-third of their former 
prices, New Jersey pink meats wholesal¬ 
ing at 30 to 50 cents per % bushel bas¬ 
ket. while tile market for Maryland can¬ 
taloupes ticca me practically demoralized. 
Carman peaches will soon be off the mar¬ 
ket, and 11 iley Belle is already coming 
in. The pencil market has been in poor 
shape. New Jersey growers supplying 
most of the trade, although North Caro¬ 
lina and Virginia growers contributed 
comparatively few. mostly Belle and EI- 
beria. Carman ranged 20 to 75 cents for 
good stock, prices as a rule averaging 
low, while 11 iley Belle sold 75 cents to 
$1 per bushel basket. Elber'a from 
North Carolina brought tip to $2.50 per 
6-bnskel carrier during the first week in 
August. 
The potato market was generally slow. 
New Jersey supplying most of the de¬ 
mand, with Irish Cobblers (best) selling 
40 to 50 cents per % bushel basket. 
Eastern Shore of Virginia shipped 13.444 
carloads to August 7. compared with 
total shipments of 13,018 carloads last 
year. New Jersey growers are well 
started with their harvesting, over 3.400 
carloads having been shipped to August 
1. according to tin* United States Bureau 
of Agriculture Economics. New Jersey 
growers are reporting excellent yields, 
and the August 1 report by the United 
States Department of Agriculture show 
that increased yields of nearly 2.000.000 
bushels is expected in New York State. 
Aroostook County potatoes are, at Ibis 
writing, going through a critical period, 
and much depends on future weather con¬ 
ditions, but the commercial estimate for 
August 1 is about 12.200.000 bushels less 
than the final figures for last year and 
about 3,000,000 bushels more than for 
the final figures for 1920. 
Supplies of Lima beans have been 
heavy, and prices declined to as low a 
range as 35 to 50 cents per %-hushel 
basket. <'oi*n has been dull and druggy, 
while cabbage and peppers were ranging 
10 to 20 cents per %-bushel basket. 
• >nions moved slowly, mostly at 55 to 65 
cents, few 85 cents per %-biishel basket, 
Eggplants were irregular, but cucumbers 
and pickles lmd a fair demand. New 
York State lettuce and peas were steady 
to firm, lettuce selling up to $2,25 per 
crate. Tomatoes were fairly active for 
good stock. Grapes and crabapples are 
coming in from New Jersey, and sweet 
potatoes are increasing in supply, while 
receipts of S' iithent stock is getting 
lighter. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
Receipts of fresh eggs have been de¬ 
creasing and fancy stock lias recently ad¬ 
vanced about 1 *4 cents a dozen, with 
some put up in cartons advancing 2 cents 
a dozen. Nearby extra first were quoted 
on August 8 at 26 to 26*4 cents a dozen, 
and the fancy selected eggs in cartons 32 
to 33 cents a dozen for sales direct to 
retailers. According to the preliminary 
report issued August 1 by the United 
States Bureau of Agriculture Economics, 
there were 10.133.000 eases in cold stor¬ 
age. compared with 7.005.000 cases on 
August 1 last year, and 7.158.000 cases 
the five-year average. The balance of 
the storage movement was a little in 
favor of withdrawals in Philadelphia for 
week ending August 7. 
Supplies of live poultry have not been 
heavy, hut were adequate to meet de¬ 
mands. aud prices changed hut little. 
Fancy heavy fowl were wholesaling gen¬ 
erally around 25 cents per lb., light 
weights going as low as IS cents. Spring 
chickens bad a fair demand if of desir¬ 
able size, colored stock ranging 22 to 34 
cents during the first week in August, 
while lighter seldom exceeded 25 cents, 
and some of the smaller sizes sold at 18 
to 20 cents. Dressed fowl were about 
steady, selling up to 29 rents, but broilers 
weYe weak, best stock being quoted at 32 
to 34 cents per lb. 
BALED HAY 
Very little really good old hay was of¬ 
fered and poor and medium qualifies were 
little wanted. New hay has been arriv¬ 
ing in small lots, and sold at $18 to 819 
per ton if in good condition, while No. 1 
Timothy old hay was quoted chiefly 823 
to $21 ton, b w. s. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
August 10. 1922 
MILK 
ciation. Inc., price for 
fluid milk. 3 per cent, 
zone. $2.69 per 100 lb 
cream and ice cream. $2. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, Ib. 
Good to choice.... 
Lower grades. 
City made . 
Dairy, best . 
Common to good.. 
Packing slock . 
CHEESE 
Wh. milk, new, fey. 
Average run ...... 
Utica. N. V., market 
EGGS 
l lu* top prices on wh 
New Jersey Association 
White, choice to fey. 
Medium to good.. 
Mix'd eols. n’by, h’st 
Medium to good. . 
Gathered, host. 
Medium to good. 
Tul'keys. best...... 
Common to good. 
I 'biekens. choice. 11 
Fa it* to good.... 
Fowls . 
Roosters . 
Ducks . 
Geese . 
o-operativi 
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August ( 
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.34 Co 
.34 V-i 
.31 Ca 
.27 (a 
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.26 (a 
.29 
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.27 Ca 
.30 
.22 (a 
.26 
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.21 
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.20 
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ite eggs refer to 
candled. 
.52 Cn 
.42 Ca 
.48 
.38 Oi 
.39 
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.30 (a 
.31 
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.25 
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.50 (ill 
.55 
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.45 
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.40 
.30 Or 
.35 
.20 Ca 
.29 
.17 Ca. 
19 
.20 (a) 
.25 
.15 Cd) 
.18 
Fowls . 
Broilers . 
Roosters . . . . 
Turkeys .... 
I Hicks . 
Steers . 
Bulls •. 
Cows ....... 
Calves, p'me v 
Culls . 
Dogs . 
Sheep, KH) 11,s 
I .ambs .... 
LIVE POULTRY 
.21 
.27 
.15 
.30 
.20 
LIVE STOCK 
. 0.15 
. 3.50 
.. 1.50 
v'l. cwt. 12.00 
. 5.00 
. 11.00 
1. 3.00 
. 11.50 
10 90 
5 15 
5,10 
13 00 
8.00 
11.25 
6.00 
14.50 
BEANS 
Marruw, loti lbs.... 9.00 
Medium . 9.25 
Pea . 
Red kidney 
White kid'ne 
Yellow eve 
Apples, bu. 
Bears, bbl. 
Muskmolons. bu. 
Watermelons, ear. 
lVaehes, \'n.. crate 
Jersey, crate . . . 
Jersey, 14-qt. bk 
Huckleberries. (( t.. 
Blackberries, qt.. 
Raspberries, pt... 
- 9.25 
- 8.75 
.... 9 25 
- 7.50 
fruits 
.50 
- 3.50 
• • • .45 
r. . . 100.00 
te.. 2.00 
. 1,00 
• bkt . .40 
qt.10 
qt.10 
>t. .05 
VEGETABLES 
0/600 00 
(h 3.25 
Beets, bu.60 0 
t arrots, Ini. 75 ^ 
Gabbage. TOO . 3.00 0 , 
Eggplant, l)tt.50 f( 
Lettuce, bit. 50 ^ 
Onions, hi,. loo 0 
I eppers, bu.35 $ 
Radishes. 100 h'ches. 1.50 (\ 
Spinach, bu. . U50 ( { 
Squash, bu.50 ( u 
String beans, bu.... .50 0 . 
ruinators. 6-till crate .50 0 , 
Turnips, bbl. 1J)0 Co 
< ueumbers. Ini.50 ( n 
Lima beans, bu.50 m 
Pgis. hit. 1.50 Co 
POTATOES 
Eastern Shore, bbl.. 150 (0 
Jersey, 150 lbs. 1 50 
Norfolk, bbl. 1.50 % 
Long Eland, bbl.... 2.00 (a 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.. 3.50 Ca 
GRAIN 
Gash quotations at New York 
Wheat. No. 2. red. 
No. 1. Northern. 
No. 2. Durum. 
Corn. No. 2. yellow. 
Gats. No. 2. white. 
Rye . 
Bariev . 
.60 
@ 
.75 
.75 
Ca 
1.25 
3.00 
Ca 
6.00 
.50 
Ca 
1.00 
.50 
(ft 
1.00 
1.00 
(if 
2.25 
.25 
(a 
.50 
1.50 
(a 
2.50 
1.50 
Ca 
2,00 
.50 
(a 
.75 
.50 
(a 
1.50 
.50 
(a 
1.50 
1.00 
Ca 
3.00 
.50 
Ca 
2.00 
.50 
Ca 
1.00 
1.50 
Of 
3.00 
KS 
1.50 
Ca 
2.25 
1.50 
Oi 
1.85 
1.50 
Cif 
1.75 
2.00 
Ca » 
2.50 
3.50 
(ft 
6.50 
$ 1.21 
1.45 
1.25 
.79 
.40 
,8s 
Retail Prices at New York 
I ■ mile hot 1 led. qt. . 
.18 
Grade B. bottled, qt. . 
.15 
< jrndc B. bottled, pt.. 
.10 
1 >rmh* 15. loose, qt. .. 
1 t 
< ’ertilied, qt. . . 
.28 
Certified, pt. 
.17 
Buttermilk, qt. 
.10 
Cream, heavy. *4 pt. 
.30 
Butter, best . 
( 'll Ct's-G 
.46 
Oft 
Iff) 
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Eggs Best, doz. 
,_1 > 
.55 
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(a 
.60 
Gathered . 
.35 
C(C 
.42 
Fowls. Ib. 
.40 
Ca 
.45 
Chickens. Ib. 
.48 
(it 
.50 
Potatoes, Ib. 
.0214 
(a 
.03 
Onions, Ib. 
.05 
Ca 
.10 
Lettuce, head . 
.10 
(ft 
.15 
Cabbage, head . 
.05 
(ft 
.10 
Pearlies, doz. 
.30 
(ft 
.60 
