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q?HE RURAB NEW-YORKER 
1103 
PRODUCTS, PRICES and TRADE 
Prices current at Hew York during weekending 
December 16. 1910, wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
a rule, cover either the highest or lowest sales, but 
show what the bulk of consumers of moderate 
means pay for small quantities of produce bought 
in Fulton, Washington, Jefferson Markets, etc., 
and up-town grocery stores. “Retail” is rather 
an indefinite word, but in this column it means 
less than barrel or other original package lots of 
fruits and vegetables, less than tubs of butter, 
cases of eggs, etc. The trade of commission mer¬ 
chants is strictly wholesale. The retail prices 
given are those secured by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
GRAINS. 
The prices given are for large sales of No. 2 
quality in the cities named: 
—'WHEAT.- 
.17 
.13 
.12 
.50 
.47 
.35 
.26 
Retail 
.34® .30 
30 .32 
24® .28 
.30® .33 
.25® .28 
.24® .26 
.17® .20 
.14® .16 
.10@ .14 
.60® .58 
.46 .55 
.30® .40 
.15® .17 
,09@ .13 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
Creamery, fancy, lb... .31 @ .32 
Good to Choice.26 @ 
Lower Grades.23 @ 
Storage.25 ® 
State Dairy, best.28 ® 
Common to Good.23 @ 
Factory.22 @ 
Packing Stock.20 @ 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.15 @ 
Common to Good.12 @ 
Skims.05 @ 
EGGS 
White, good to choice. .45 @ 
Mixed Colors, best.43 ® 
Common to Good.25 ® 
Storage.,.19 @ 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 2.35 ® 2.40 qt 
Medium.... .2.20 @ 2.25 
Pea.2.25 @ 2.30 qt 
Yellow Eye.2.15 @ 2.20 
Red Kidney.2.75 ® 2.80 
WbiteKidney.3.16 ® 3.20 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.22 @ .23 
Common to Good.18 @ .20 
Pacific Coast.14 @ .17 
Geiman Crop, 1910.41 @ .44 
CIDER VINEGAR 
Prices charged in N.Y T . 
by wholesale dealers 
for single barrel lots: 
Extra Choice Old, gal. .22 @ .24 
Standard Grade.13 @ .15 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... .12 ® 14 
Evap., com. to good. .06 @ .11 
Sun Dried.04 © .06J^ 
Raspberries.25 ® .27 
Cherries.12 © .16 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, Ben Davis, bbl. 2.00 @4.00 
Spy. 3.00 @4.00 
King. 2.00 @ 6.00 
Greening. 2.00 @ 5.00 
Jonathan. 3.00 @ 5.50 
York Imperial. 3.00 IS 4.75 
Baldwin. 2.00 ffl 4.75 
Western, box. 1.25 @ 2.25 
Cranberries, bbl.8.00 @11.00 
Pears, Kieffer, bbl. 1.50 <a 3.50 
Strawberries, Cal., pt.. .45 @ 
HONEY 
White Clover, lb.12 @ .16 
Buckwheat, lb.09 @ .10 
Extracted, lb.07 @ .09 
VEG ETABLES 
Potatoes. 
N. Y. State. 180 lbs.. 1.25 © 150 
Long Island. 180 lbs.. 1.50 @ 2.00 
Bermuda, bbl. 5.00 @ 7.00 
Maine. 1.40 'S 1.62 
Sweet, Jersey, bbl... 1.00 @ 2.00 
Southern, bbl.35 @ .76 
Brussels Sprouts, qt... .06 @ .12 
Beets, Southern, bbl.. 3.50 <8> 
Carrots, bbl. 1-00 @ 1.50 
Southern, bbl.2.75 @ 3.25 
Cabbage, ton. 15.00 @18.00 
Southern, bbl.2.75 @ 3.25 
Celery, doz.25 @ .60 
Chicory, bbl. 2.25 @ 3.00 
Escarol. bbl.2.50 @ 3.50 
Endive, French, lb.15 @ 
Cauliflowers, bbl.2.00 @ 7.50 
Kale, bbl.90 @ 1.00 
Kohlrabi, South’n. bbl. 4.00 @ 5.00 
Lettuce, !4-bbi. bkt_ 1.25 @ 4 00 each .03® 6.0 
Peppers. Southern, bu. 4.50 @ 6.00 
Onions, OrangeCo., bag 1.50 @ 2.25 
Conn. White, bbl... 2.50 @ 4.00 
White pickle, bu.75 @1.25 
Peas. Fla., bu.2.00 @ 6.00 
Romaine, South’n, bbl. 3.50 @ 6 00 
String Beans, bu.2.00 @ 5.00 
Spinach, bbl. 3.00 @ 3.50 
Squasn, bbl.76 @ 1.25 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl .75 @ 1.15 
White, bbl.1.00 @1.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, best, doz.. 1.00 @ 1.25 
Mustirooms. lb.20 @ .35 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.50 @ 2.75 
Tomatoes, lb.15 @ .27 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.13 @ .14 
Fowls.14 @ .15 
Roosters.08 @ .10 
Ducks.15 @ .16 
Geese.13 @ .14 
Turkeys.14 @ .18 
2.00@3.00 
DRESSED POULTRY 
.25® .28 
.18® .23 
.19@ .22 
•15@ .18 
15@ .22 
.18® .23 
Steei-s. 
Best. 
Poor. 
Sheep. 
Lambs. 
Hors 
. 6.00 
11.00 
6.50 
4.00 
0.75 
8.00 
,. 6.50 
11.00 
0.75 
' 4.00 
6.00 
7.90 
. 6.25 
9.00 
4.26 
6.25 
7.85 
. 6.00 
3.05 
5.90 
7 60 
. 7.00 
9.00 
7.00 
4.25 
6.30 
7.50 
. 9.00 
8.25 
4.00 
3.50 
6.25 
7.55 
Hard 
Win- 
Bar- 
Spring. 
ter. 
Corn. Oats. Rye. 
ley. 
New York.$1.16 
1.02 
.54 
.38 .80 
.90 
Boston. 
. . 
.64 
.40 
.. 
Philadelphia.. 
.94 
.50 
.38 
.. 
Baltimore. 
.95 
.51 
. . . . 
. . 
Buffalo. 1.13 
.97 
.50 
.36 
.88 
Chicago. 1.06 
.93 
.50 
.33 £1 
.82 
Minneapolis.. 1.01 
. , 
.42 
.30 .76 
.80 
Duluth. 1.01 
. . 
. . 
.32 .74 
.73 
Kansas City.. 
.97 
.46 
... 
.. 
Winnipeg. .90 
• • 
• • 
.. 
•• 
TOBACCO. 
Conn. Broad Leaf Filler.... 
.10 
W rappers . 
.60 
N. Y'. State Fillers_ 
.06 
Peun. Broad Leaf B.15 — .17 
Virginia Dark Leaf.10 — .20 
Western Burley Lugs.10 — .13 
STAPLES IN VARIOUS CITIES. 
The figures 
given are the wholesale prices cur- 
rent in the markets 
named 
. for medium 
to good 
quality. 
Pota- 
Tur- 
Butter, 
Eggs, 
toes, 
keys, 
Apples, 
lb. 
doz. 
bu. 
lb. 
bbl. 
Boston. 
. 29-31 
44—46 
35-40 
24-27 
3.00-5.00 
Philadelphia 
. 30-32 
37-40 
50-60 
23-24 
3.00-4.50 
Baltimore.... 
35-37 
80-50 
22-24 
2.25-6.00 
Buffalo. 
. 30-31 
32-34 
35-50 
20-22 
2.50-4.60 
Cincinnati... 
. 30-8i 
32-34 
40-50 
17-18 
3.00-4.50 
Indianapolis. 
. 31-32 
32-33 
50-55 
17-18 
3.75-5.00 
Chicago. 
. 26-28 
31-33 
40-45 
15-17 
2.50-5.50 
St. Louis .... 
. 28-30 
28-30 
45-50 
18-20 
4.00-4.50 
New Orleans. 
. 30-32 
32-34 
60-65 
17-19 
4.00-5.60 
Turkeys. Fey.22 @ 
Common to Good.16 @ 
Chickens, roasting.17 @ 
Common to Good.13 @ 
Fancy broilers, lb... .23 @ .25 
Fowls. 12 @ .17 
Ducks, Spring.10 @ .18 
Geese, spring.15 @ .18 
Squabs, doz.2.00 @ 4.25 
Guineas, spring, pair.. .65 @ 1.10 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, good to prime. .12 @ .15 
Common.08 @ .10 
Lambs, hothouse, head 8.00 @11.00 
Pork, light.10«@ .11 
Medium to heavy ... .U9 @ .10 
Roasting Pigs, lb.14 @ .17 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to 11.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.21.00 @ 22.00 
No. 2.19.00 @ 20.00 
No. 3.16.00 @ 18.00 
Clover Mixed.14.00 @ 20 00 
Clover.13.00 @ 18.00 
Wild Hay.9.00 @ 10.00 
Straw, Rye.10.00 @ 11.00 
Oat and Wheat. 8.00 © 9.00 
MILL FEED. 
Spring Bran, ton. 25.50 
Standard Middlings. 26.25 
Red Dog. 28.35 
LIVE STOCK 
Prices given are for top market grades per 100 
pounds in the markets named. 
-Calves- 
Stecrs. I 
New York 
Ruffalo .. 
Pittsburgh 
Cincinnati 
Chicago.7.00 
Kansas City 
VARIOUS NOTES. 
Silver Is worth 54.S8 cents per ounce, 
according to a sale of 100,000 ounces to 
the United States Government for use at 
the Denver, Col. Mint. 
Virginia Tobacco. —On December 18, 
300,000 pounds of sun-cured Virginia to¬ 
bacco was sold on the exchange at Rich¬ 
mond. The price ranged from .$5 to $20 
per 100 pounds. 
According to the law pure ground corn 
and oats is rated a “mixed feed,” and can¬ 
not be shipped out of New York State 
unless the seller has a license to sell mixed 
feed, and the bag is branded with the 
analysis. 
Dressed Poultry. —rrices for Christmas 
trade promise to be lower than at Thanks¬ 
giving. There have been some sales of 
choice turkeys at 25 cents wholesale, but 
at this writing 24 cents is the top and 
rather slow at that. 
In the Fur Business. —The United 
States is to sell the skins from 14,000 seals 
the Government has taken on the Pribilof 
Islands, off Alaska. These sealskins will be 
sold at auction in London, the world’s 
great fur market, and are expected to bring 
towards half a million dollars. 
Large Cattle Shipments. —Three steam¬ 
ers sailing from Boston for Liverpool, Man¬ 
chester and London, November 19, took 
2,000 head of fat cattle for the British 
Christmas trade. Seventy-five men were 
shipped to feed, water and clean the sta¬ 
bles of these animals. The job of stable 
man ofl a cattle steamer is not a sedentary 
one, especially in heavy weather, when the 
cattle are plunging about crazy with fright, 
yet a good many men take this method of 
“working their passage” over. 
Potatoes in New York continue low, 
few sales above $2 per barrel being noted 
for high quality. Ordinary stock runs 
down to $1.30. Conditions with Southern 
sweets are very bad, a good many having 
been abandoned by the receivers as not 
worth the 30 cents per barrel freight. Part 
of this trouble is caused by over supply 
and part by poor quality and rot. When 
refused by the receiver the railroad com¬ 
pany sells them, or if much rot is found, 
they may be dumped from the cars—a total 
loss. This wholesale throwing away of 
food, while there are, within three miles, 
thousands of people who would be glad to 
have it, and some of them able to pay a 
fair price for it, shows a decidedly dis¬ 
jointed state of affairs. To those un¬ 
familiar with conditions governing the dis¬ 
tribution of food in New Y'ork it seems 
incredible that potatoes, cabbage, fruit or 
anything fit to eat should be thrown away. 
The location of the city, with its produce 
business concentrated in sections where the 
land is immensely valuable, puts a high 
price on all produce handling. Rents of 
stores and stables; wages of truckmen and 
salcsmou ; blacksmith and repair bills; the 
crowded condition of streets, docks and 
freight yards from which goods are trucked, 
make the work expensive. These are, per¬ 
haps, excusable reasons. But there is one 
reason, perhaps greater than any other, and 
inexcusable. It is easily understood by one 
who has seen it work out, but rather 
hard to define in words. Perhaps an at¬ 
mosphere of disinclination to be accommo¬ 
dating or do anything that you are not 
paid for iu actual dollars and cents des¬ 
cribes it as well as anything. There aie 
truck drivers, freight handlers, railroad 
men and produce dealers who are care¬ 
ful aud have economical ways of handling 
their work, honestly trying to do it with 
as little waste as possible, hut about 10 
years’ observation of the way the produce 
business is carried on in New York have 
convinced me that it is not handled with 
due consideration for the man who pro¬ 
duces the goods or the one who finally 
buys them. If the market is slack, sell 
the goods for any price; if they begin to 
decav, throw them away. This spirit is 
not confined to the sharks in the com¬ 
mission business. Some of the meanest ex¬ 
amples of it have been noted in large 
concerns with a very high business stand¬ 
ing. If New Y’ork ever gets the water 
front railroad for handling freight, either 
on elevated or subway tracks, that has 
often been talked about, produce will be 
put much nearer the consumer, w. w. h. 
rrices of grain and mill feed are as 
follows: Wheat bran, “regular mill run,” 
$26 per ton ; bran and middlings separate 
sell at the same price: cotton-seed meal, 
$38 per ton; very little used, only by 
dairymen. Corn at elevator is worth 46 
to 48 cents per 100 pounds. Retails in 
from one to live bushel lots at 50 cents 
per bushel. Corn has been selling at public 
sales for from 41 to 45 cents per bushel 
in crib. Oats not fed much, and price de¬ 
pends on how badly one wants them. 
Yorktown, Ind. o. M. K. 
Foster is Willing to Help 
Beginners in 
Egg Raising 
"^TOT all poultrymen 
would do it. They . f 
~ Gathering the Eggs in the early afternoon 
argue that it is not to their 
interest to develop future competitors in the business. But Foster is 
broader than that; he says there is plenty of room for all, and the market 
for fresh eggs can never be oversupplied. lie has no secrets that are not 
freely at the disposal of every egg-farmer. And J. M. Foster is an au¬ 
thority on winter eggs—one of the greatest in the country. His “Million 
Egg Farm” at Brown’s Mills, New Jersey, earned a net profit of 
819,484.83 A YEAR 
according to the audit made by Bybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, 
the well-known certified public accountants. This was during the 12 
months from August, 1909, to July, 1910, with an average of 7,000 laying 
liens. He marketed 577,604 eggs and sold a large number of day-old 
chicks and other stock. This winter he has nearly 20,000 layers, and 
will sell 
BETWEEN 2,000,000 and 2,500,000 EGGS 
an astounding total. What his profits will be we do not know—no one 
does. Perhaps $25,000.00 would be a conservative guess. 
Foster began with $300 and no experience. All he had was an 
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