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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 10, 1922 
Market News 
and Prices 
Review of New York Produce Market 
(Supplied by New .Tersey State Dcpnrtliiont ol' 
Agriculture, liuroan ol Markets) 
There seems to hove been a much more 
liberal movement of tin* more important 
fruits and vegetables this season than in 
1021. According to the reports of the 
Bureau of Agriculture Economics, the 
total shipments to about December 1 this 
season arc considerably heavier on bar¬ 
reled apples, grapes, cabbage, pears, 
onions and tomatoes tlmu last season to 
the same date, while lettuce, celery and 
sweet potatoes also showed some gains. 
The total shipments of white potatoes 
are about equal to a year ago, but boxed 
apples only about one-half as large. The 
production of practically all these crops 
was heavier than last year, and it is not 
surprising that prices <>n many arc much 
lower ibis season. In the New York 
wholesale market Danish cabbage was 
selling >*ti December l.<t petty at *22 to 
*25 a ton. which was an advance of *5 
a ton within a week and $10 a ton since 
November 1. but a year ago best Danish 
cabbage ranged $42 to $50 a ton. Yel¬ 
low onions are now selling at about one- 
half the prices received a year ago, and 
goon K. I. Greening apples in about the 
same proportion. Potatoes are also 
averaging lower, but it isn’t likely that 
prices will rule quite as low in New York 
as in the \Y«sti-rr markets. The high 
freight rates, car shortage and the com¬ 
parative lighter production of the East 
will tend to keep price levels above the 
Western markets. Onions have been sell¬ 
ing on a stronger market than formerly, 
with Indiana leading at $2.00 to $2.75 
per cwt. on December 1 for the best 
suck. Early estimates by the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture indicate that the 
acreage .of Bermuda onions in Texas next 
season will be about 10 per cent less than 
last year's plantings. Sweet potatoes 
have been in rather poor demand, and 
although there was some improvement in 
values the demand is not strong enough 
tu withstand any great increase in re- 
eeipts without another slump in prices. 
More and inure Southern products arc 
coming in as the season progresses, espe¬ 
cial].! green vegetables and fruits. A few 
freezers of Florida strawberries came lust 
weak, which is unusually early in the 
season, and the first receipts sold as high 
as S3 per quart, although later sales were 
made at one-half that price. Florida 
is also sending lettuce, peas, cucumbers 
and peppers Virginia is still marketing 
spinach and kale, I Ik practical!) 
through with string and Lima beans. 
Cauliflower. mostly from Long Island, 
las been in fairly good demand, and 
prices on York State celery have showed 
some improvement during the past two 
weeks. Florida is now one of the loading 
Slate, in supplying the New York trad' 1 
with lettuce, although New Jersey shipped 
the equivalent of about 40 carloads to 
this marker the last week in November 
and the Western States about 50 car¬ 
loads. 
poultry 
The market on live turkeys was a firm 
one right up to Thanksgiving, when the 
usual drop in prices came after the holi¬ 
day. Keccipts of chickens were excep¬ 
tionally heavy, and although the demand 
was good too many were offered if a 
weak market was to be prevented. Fat 
heavy fowl have had' bi;ood sale. Sup¬ 
plier were moderate and the market held 
fairly steady. Dressed turkeys were also 
firm up to Thanksgiving, after which very 
little trading was reported. Dressed 
chickens were ill good demand, but the 
market weakened a little after the holi¬ 
day. and fowl, excepting the very fancy, 
did likewise. 
EGGS 
Receipts of egg*, as reported by the 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics, were 
only 45,0(40 cases for the week ending 
December 4, as compared with 5(1,000 
cases for the week previous. These lighter 
receipts did not, however, prevent quite 
a drop in the prices on fresh gathered 
eggs, as there were some accumulations, 
and dealers preferred t«• move their 
slocks, even if a lower Jigure was neces¬ 
sary to clear their holdings. Nearby eggs 
also declined, although there was a good 
demand for pullet eggs, both nearby and 
Pacific coast. What was considered an 
excessive amount of eggs were put into 
storage this year, but the reduction of 
this stock seems to be progressing fairly 
satisfactorily. According to Government 
reports there were 994,520 cases on hand 
in New York storage bouses on November 
4. and 038.500 on December 4. or a re 
dllCtion of about 55(1.000 cases in one 
month. A year ago there were 520.000 
cases on hand oil December 4. 
IIAV AND STRAW 
There has not been much change in the 
hay and straw market during the past 
week. Good hay has held about steady, 
but the market lias been oversupplied 
with poor slock and som« price-cutting 
resulted in order to move this class of 
stock. Brooklyn prices have averaged a 
little higher than at Manhattan mar¬ 
kets. H. w. s. 
Local Up-State Markets 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
JOHNSON <11 V-l NPK'OTT PUBLIC MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb., lSe; boneless roasts, lb.. 
S to 20c; kettle roasts, lb., S to 14c; por¬ 
terhouse steak, lb.. 25c; round steak, lb.. 
20c; lamb chops, lb.. 50 to 55c: mutton, 
lb., 10 to 25c; sausage, lb.. 25c; salt 
pork, lb.. I*e; sliced bain. lb.. 50 to 55c; 
bacon, sliced. 50c; pork chops, lb., 50c; 
pork loin. lb.. 50c; pork steak, lb., 55c; 
veal eullets, lb.. 55c; veal loaf. lb.. 55c; 
rabbits, live. lb.. 25c; dressed. Ih.. 30c; 
pigs, six weeks old. each, $5. 
Live Poultry Fowls, lb.,, 25c; old 
roosters, lb., 15c; geese and ducks, lb.. 
50c. 
Dressed Poultry Fowls, lb., 54c; 
geese and ducks, lb.. 5Op. 
Eggs, extra, white and brown, 75c; 
fresh, ordinarv, 72c; duck eggs. Site; 
milk. qt., Oc; buttermilk and skim-milk, 
qt„ 5c: cream, qt.. 75c; butter, cream¬ 
ery, fancy prints, lb.. 55c; best dairy, 
52c: cheese, cream, lb., 51c; skim. 17c; 
cottage cheese, roll. 5c: pimento cheese, 
roll. 10c. 
Apples. Ini., $1.25; peck, fancy. 40c; 
beets, bu., $1.25; beans, dry. lb.. Sc; 
celery, bunch. 10e; cabbage, white, 11).. 
2c; carrots. Ini.. $1; greens, peek, 15c; 
lettuce, per bead. 7c ; onions, bu.. $1.25; 
green, bunch, 5c; potatoes, bu.. $1; rhu¬ 
barb. lb.. 5c; parsnips, bit., $1.25: pump¬ 
kins, each, 15 to 20c; spinach, peck, 15c; 
shell beans, 10c; vegetable oysters, bunch, 
10c. 
Bread. 17-oz. loaf. 5c; clover honey, 
card, 25c; cranberries, qt.. 10c; butter¬ 
nuts. bn., $1.50: popcorn, shelled, lb.. Oc; 
maple syrup, gal.. $1.75 to $2 ; cider vin¬ 
egar. gal.. 40c. 
SYRACUSE riTBLlC MARKET 
Fork, light, lh.. 14c: heavy, lb.. 12c; 
veal, II).. 10c; million, lh.. IS to 20c. 
Live Poultry Ducks, lb.. 25 to 25c; 
chickens, lb.. 20 to 25c; fowls, lb.. 20 to 
25c; geese, II).. 28 lo 50c; guinea hens, 
cadi, 75c; turkeys, lb.. 05 to 75c. 
Dressed Poultry — Ducks, lb.. 45c; 
chickens, lit.. 55 to 40c; fowls, lb.. 55 to 
10c; geese. II).. 40 to 50c; turkeys, II).. SO 
to 05c; rabbits. II)., 55 to 40c. 
Eggs. SO to S5c ; duck eggs, 75c ; but¬ 
ter. II).. 50 to 55c; Dalian cheese, lb.. 55c. 
Apples, bu.. 50c to $1; grapes, lb.. 5c; 
hickorynnts. bu.. *2.50 to $5; honey. >0 . 
75c; cap. 25c; beaus. Lima, bit.. *5.25; 
dry. bu., $4 to $0: beets, doz. bunches, 
50c; Ini., 75c to *1.25; estbbilge. doz. 
beads, 50 to 50c; carrots, doz. bunches, 
5(lc; bu.. 50 to 05c; celery, doz. hunches. 
50 to (iOc; endive, doz. heads. 55 t■ > 75c; 
garlic, lb.. 15c: lettuce, leaf, per box, 
$2; Boston, doz.. 50 io 75c; onions, 
greet), doz, hunches, 25c; dry. bit., 70c to 
*1 ; pofaloes. bu.. 70 to 75c; small, bit., 
50 to 45c; parsnips, bu., *1; per doz. 
bunches. 50c; romaine. doz. beans. 40 to 
05c; radishes, doz. bunches. 50c; ruta¬ 
bagas. bu.. 00c to *1 : pumpkins, crate, 
$1 to $1.25: Hubbard squash, each. 10 
to 20c; lb.. 2 to 5c. 
11av. No. 1. ton. $20 to $22; No. 2, 
$17; No. 5. $14; Timothy, ton. $20; 
straw, ton, $10 to $1S. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 12 to 16c; 
forequarters, lb., 10 to 12c; hindquar¬ 
ters. lb.. 12 to INc; dressed bogs, light, 
lb., 12 to 14c; heavy, 0 to 10c; Spring 
lambs, lb., 24 to 20c; yearling lambs, lb., 
12 to 14c: mutton, lh.. 10 to 12c; veal, 
lb., IS to 20c. 
Live Poult ry Broilers, light, lb.. 18 
to 21c; heavy. 11).. 20 to 22c; fowls, lb.. 
IS to 25c; roosters, lb., 15 to I5e; 
gii'uea fowl, each, 50 to 40c; turkeys, lb., 
10 io 50c; pigeons, each. 15 to 18c; 
ducks, lb., 22 to 24c; geese, lb.. IS to 
22c. 
Eggs, 75 to S0c; butter, country, 
crocks lb., 40 to 45c. ^ 
Apples, best, l.'.i.. 75c to $1.25; seconds, 
bu.. 10 to 50c; bbl., $2 to $4; chestnuts, 
lb.. 25 to 50c; grapes, lb.. 2%<\ 
Beets. 14 qt. basket, 55 to 45c; Brus¬ 
sels sprouts, qt.. 25 to 28c; cabbage, red, 
doz, beads. 05 to 75c; doz.. white. 55 Ip 
50c; 100 beads. *2.25 to $2.75; carrots, 
bu., 1)0 to 75c; ton. $12 to $15; celery, 
doz. bunches. 10 to 00c; Iluhbard squash, 
lb.. 2 to 2%c; lettuce, good. 40 to 50c; 
Boston, doz. heads. $1.25; onions, dry, 
bu., 75 to 00c; potatoes, best, bu.. 05 to 
70c; seconds. 55 to 00c; pumpkins, doz.. 
50 io 75c; parsnips. 14-qt. basket. 10 t<> 
50c; bu., $1 to $1.25; radishes, doz. 
bundles, 20 to 25c; spinach, bu.. $1 to 
$1.25; turnips, bu., 05 to 75c, vegetable 
oysters, doz. bondics. 55 to 40c; water¬ 
cress, doz. bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Beans, 100 lbs., hand-picked, white 
marrow, $0; red marrow, white kidney, 
red kidney, $7; pea, medium, yellow eye. 
Imperials, $0. 
Hides, Steers, No. 1. lb.. 11c; No. 2. 
10c: cows a ii.l heifers, 11c;, No. 2. cows 
and heifers, 10c; bulls and slags, lb., tic; 
horsehides. each. *2 to $5; sheepskins, 
each. 75c to $1.75; call'. No, 1. 15c; No. 
2, 14c; wool, fleece, lb. 52 io .‘14c: un¬ 
washed mrilinm, 50 Io 52c; unwashed 
fine. 55 lo 5Sc. 
Wheat, bu.. $1.20 to $1.25; corn, 
shelled, bu., 00 to 02e; oats, No. 2. 52c; 
r.ve. Im.. 05c to $1. 
Timothy hay, ton. $20 lo *22; straw, 
ton, *11 .o $10. 
BEANS 
Pea. 100 lbs., *7 to $7.75; red kidney, 
*7.50 to *N.50; yellow eye, $7 to $8.25. 
MUTTER 
(Teanicry. best. 55 to 54 c; good to 
choice, 40 to 50c ; storage. 40 to 4Nc. 
ECUS 
Nearby hennery, 00 to 70c; gathered, 
choice, 02 to 05c: storage. 50 to 54c. 
APPLES 
Greening, bbl.. $2.50 to $4; McIntosh. 
$4 to $0; Baldwin, $2.50 to $5; King. $2 
lo $4 ; boxes. $1 to $2.50. 
CRANBERRIES 
Early black. % bbl.. $5 to $5.50; late 
varieties, bbl., *7 to $1 1. 
POTATOES 
Maine. 100 lh. bag. $1.25 to $1.35; 
sweet potatoes, bbl., $1.75 to $2. 
dressed Poultry 
Turkeys, 15 to 50c. fowls. 28 to 52c; 
roosters. 10 to 21 ; squabs, doz., $3.50 to 
$8; ducklings, lb.. 31 to 32c. 
\ eoetaui.es 
_ Cabbage, bbl.. $1 to $1.75; lettuce, bu.. 
55 to 75c; tomatoes, lb.. 25 to 30c; string 
beans, bu., $2 to $5 ; spinach, box. 50 to 
75c; carrots, bu.. *1: beds. bu.. $1.50; 
onions. 100 lbs., $1.25 to $2; radishes, 
bu.. $1.5) to $1.75; squash, bu.. 2Vo 
to 3c. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
December 7. 1022 
Milk 
Dairymen’s League Co-operative Asso¬ 
ciation, Inc., price for December Class 
1 (laid milk. 5 per cent, in 201-210-mile 
zone. $3.37 per 100 lbs.; Class 2. for 
cream and ice cream, $2.00. 
PUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
.54 
Ov 
.55 
Good to choice. . . 
.50 
m 
.53 
Lower grades .... 
. It) 
Of 
.42 
Dairy, best . 
.52 
@ 
.53 
Common to good.. 
.40 
Of 
.51 
Racking stock . 
.50 
(a) 
.3(3 
cheese 
Whole milk, specials .28 
Average run.27 
Skims .21 
Ecus 
White, ch, to f’ev. . 
.74 
Medium to good.. 
.(i5 
Mix’d col’s, n’by. h'st 
e(>7 
Fair to good. 
.50 
Gathered, best . 
.00 
(‘oinmnn to good . . 
,35 
Storage . 
.25 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best . 
.50 
Common lo good.. 
.35 
Chickens, choice, lb. 
.30 
Fair to good. 
.30 
Fowls .)• • 
.18 
Roosters . . 
.10 
.20 
Geese . 
.20 
Guineas, pair. 
1.00 
Squabs, white, doz.. 
4.00 
Dark . 
2.50 
RABBITS 
Cottontails in large 
supply 
55 to 45c pair. Jacks rather 
to $1.10 pair. 
Beans 
Marrow. 100 lbs.... 
0 50 
Red kidney. 
8.00 
White kidney . 
10.00 
Yellow eye . 
7.50 
Black turtle soup... 
7.00 
FRUITS 
Apples, bu. 
. < o 
Baldwin, bbl. 
2,7. > 
Bell 1 lavis . 
2 25 
Greening .. 
3.00 
N W. Greening. • 
2 5() 
King . 
2.50 
McIntosh . 
4.00 
Russet . 
2.< M) 
Snow . 
2.50 
Twenty Ommco... 
2.50 
Wealthy . 
2.50 
Winesap . 
2.00 
York . 
2.00 
Fears. Kiefi'er. bbl... 
1 25 
(’ra nberries, bbl .... 
8.00 
VEGETABLES 
1 Seets. 100 bunches. . 
5 00 
(’armts. 100 lbs. 
1.25 
Cabbage, ton ...... 
22.00 
Eggplant, bu. 
1.00 
Lettuce, bu. 
50 
Onions. 100 lbs. 
1 25 
Peppers. bu. 
1 00 
Radishes, b’clies .... 
2.50 
Sninneh. bu. 
,5( 1 
Scuasli. bbl. 
1.50 
String beans, bu. 
4.00 
('niili(lower, bbl. 
4.00 
Ch’rv & Escarol. bbl. 
2.50 
Brussels sprouts, qt. 
.12 
Celery, binre crate.. 
5 50 
Tc)*"atoP8, 0-till crate 
5.00 
Hothouse, lb. 
.20 
Turnips, bbl. 
1.25 
Cucumbers, bu. 
0.00 
Kale, bbl. 
.50 
Watercress, 100 belts. 
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fit 
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selling at 
scarce, $1 
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10.00 
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8.25 
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11.00 
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8.00 
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7.50 
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5.00 
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8.00 
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1.50 
2.50 
POTATO i:s 
Jersey 
150 lbs... 
1.00 
Of 
1.25 
Long 
Island. ISO 
lbs. 
2.75 
Of 
3.00 
S weot 
potatoes, 
bbl. 
1.50 
@ 
2.25 
CHAIN 
Cash quotations at New York: 
Wheat, No. 2. red.$1.32 
No. 1. Northern . 1.20 
Corn, No. 2, yellow... 
.8,8 
Dais. No. 2, white.... 
.55 
Rve . 
.07 
Bariev . 
.83 
Buckwheat, cwt. 
2.10 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, No. 1, Timothy.. 
24.00 
No. 2 . 
. . . 20.000/ 
21.00 
So. 3 ... 
. . . 10.000/ 
10.00 
Clover mixed . 
. .. 10.000/ 
22.00 
Straw, rve . 
. . . 23.000/ 
25.00 
Retail Prices at 
New York 
Milk— 
Grade A. bottled, qt. 
*0.19 
Grade B, bottled, <]t. 
.10 
Grade l>. bottled, pt. 
.10 
Grade B, loose, qt... 
.12 
Certified, qt. 
.28 
Certified, pt. 
.17 
Buttermilk, qt. 
.10 
Cream, heavy, % ot. 
oo 
••>« 
Butter, best . 
.<12 
Cheese . 
.320’i) 
• >" 
.* > 1 
Eggs—Best, doz. 
...... .050/ 
1.00 
(lathered . 
.550/’' 
.73 
Fowls . 
.35© 
.45 
< ’hirkens, lb . 
.450/ 
.50 
Turkeys, lh. 
.000/' 
.70 
Fotatoes, lb. 
.02 Oi 
.03 
< inions, lb. 
. 050/ 
10 
Lettuce, head . 
. U)0f 
.15 
Cabbage, head . 
.100/' 
.12 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Dec. 13-10 Middlesex County Poultry 
Association, annual show. Middletown, 
Conn. 
Dec. 18-10 Ridgewood. N. .L. Ponltrv 
Slmw, North Jersey Poultry Breeders’ 
Club. S. .1. Ilammerstein. Hillsdale, N. 
.1 secretary. 
Dec. ls-21 Winter Farmers’ Week, 
Pennsylvania State College, State Col¬ 
lege P. t).. Pa. 
Dec. 10-21—Illinois State Horticultural 
Society, Winter convention. Champaign. 
111. Secretary. W. S. Brock, University 
of Illinois^ ITbaua. III. 
Jan. l-.i, 1923—Boston Poultry Show, 
Boston. .Muss. 
Jan. 2-Fdi. 25. 1025 New York State 
School of Agriculture, (’obleskill. short 
course in agriculture and ice cream milk¬ 
ing. 
Jan. 10-12, 1023 New York State 
Horticultural Society. Winter meeting, 
Exposition Park, Rochester, N. Y. 
Jan. 10-12, 1025—Maryland Horticul¬ 
tural Society and affiliated associations, 
annual meeting. Frederick. Md. 
^ Jail. 10. 1025—New York Ilolstein- 
Friesian Association, annual meeting, 
Yiites Hotel, Syracuse, N. Y. 
J a ti. 10-10, 1025 — Farm Products 
Show. New Jersey Fanners’ Week, Sec¬ 
ond Regiment. Armory. Trenton. N. J. 
Jan. 10-20. 1028 Agricultural Week, 
New Jersey State Board of Agriculture, 
Trenton. N. J, 
Jan. 18-20, 1025—New Haven County 
Poultry Club, Inc,, annual show. New 
Haven, Conn. Secretary, E. A. Todd. 
301 Federal Building, New Haven. Conn. 
Jan. 23-27, 1023—Connecticut Poultry 
Association, annual show. Hartford, 
(Vmn, 
.Tan. 23-27. 1023—Connecticut Winter 
Fair and Agricultural Exposition, Hart¬ 
ford. Conn. 
.Tan. 24-28. 1023—Madison Square 
Garden Poultry Show. New York City. 
Feb. 21-23. 1023 — Eastern meeting. 
New York State Horticultural Society, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Canadian Crop Prospects 
The Canadian Agricultural Depart¬ 
ment gives the following summary of 
commercial crop prospects: 
Saskatchewan. Potatoes. — 05 per 
<• 011 ) of average crop -approximately 
10.000,000 bushels. 
Manitoba. Potatoes. Yield per acre 
lower than Inst year. Quality fair. 
Ontario. l /<);/<•.>.— Equal to last 
year, or SN5.005 barrels. Baldwins very 
light. Greenings. Spies light consider¬ 
able fungus. Pcochei . Full crop, 50 
per cent heavier than 1021. Putin*. 
Full crop. 200 per cent heavier than last 
year. Poors. —!W) per cent of full crop— 
20 per rent heavier tint!) Iasi year. Pota- 
lor G<>nd average crop, slightly in ex¬ 
cess of last year. Onions. Total crop 
100 per cent larger than 1021. Quality 
excellent. 
Quebec. 1 ii/ilrs .—75 per rent in ex¬ 
cess of 1021. or 01,000 barrels. Early 
varieties heavy. Potatoer. Average 
yield fair quality. 
New Brunswick, t pities.- 25 per 
rent in excess of 1021, or 41.250 barrels. 
Potatoes ,— Slightly less than last year— 
much damage by excessive ruins. 
Prince Edward Island. Pototoe:.- 
Normal yield—considerable certified. 
Nova Scotia. I pples. 80 per cent of 
1021, or about 1,628.(800 barrels. Pota¬ 
toes. — Good average crop, but affected by 
excessive rains. 
