1914. 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
MILK. 
The Borden milk schedule to producers 
for the six months beginning with April 
is as follows, compared with last year. 
This is per 100 pounds in he 26-cent 
zone. For the 29 and 32-cent zones the 
schedule is 10 cents less for all months: 
1914 1913 
April .$1.40 $1.50 
May .1.15 1.25 
June . 1-10 1.10 
July . 1-25 1.35 
August . 1-40 1-45 
September . 1.50 1.55 
Figuring 86 pounds to the 40-quart 
can the per quart price is as follows: 
April, 3.01 cents; May, 2.47; June, 
2.36; July, 2.68; August, 3.01; Septem¬ 
ber, 3.22. 
Last year the following premiums oyer 
contract prices were paid high scoring 
dairies: April, May and June, seven 
cents per 100 pounds; July, eight; Aug¬ 
ust, 10 ; September and October, 11; No¬ 
vember, five. 
Miscellaneous wholesale prices at New 
York are mainly as previously reported, 
$1.81 and $1.71 per 40-quart can for B. 
and C., though less of the latter is arriv¬ 
ing because of health board restrictions. 
Restaurants using two to three cans 
per day now pay 5% to 5% cents for B. 
grade. 
PRODUCE RECEIPTS AT NEW YORK. 
Weok ending March 27. 
Butter, lbs. 2,876,000 
Eggs, doz. 4,830,150 
Apples, bushels .. 90.900 
Potatoes, bushels . 
Hay. tons. t.KSi 
Wheat, bushels . 308,800 
Corn, bushels. 13-250 
Oats, bushels . 322,775 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Mar. 27,1914. 
BUTTER. 
Receipts are heavy and the market 
dull, though prices on all grades remain 
about on the same basis as last week. 
Good storage stock is getting scare, sell¬ 
ing from 19 to 22 cents. There is a lit¬ 
tle export business in medium qualities 
at 18 to 19 cents. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 25 @ 26 
Good to Choice . 22 @ 24 
Loner Grades. 19 <3 21 
Storage . 17 @ 23 
State Dairy, best. 23 @ 24 
Common to Good. 18 @ 22 
Factory. 15 @ 19 
Packing Stock. 13 @ 17 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at269fj cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 27 cents. 
CHEESE. 
Receipts are light and business slow, 
owing to the high prices asked. The new 
make is selling quite readily but mainly 
in small lots at 17 to 17% cents. 
Whole Milk, new, best. 17 @ 17^ 
Old, best. 19 @ 1914 
Common to good .. 16 @ 16 
EGGS. 
Receipts are very heavy on three re¬ 
cent days totaling 4,800,000 dozen. Some 
speculative demand has developed at the 
lower range of prices offered, on what 
are known as fresh gathered and firsts 
at 19 to 21 cents. A few nearby fancy 
white bring 25 cents, but they must be 
uniformly large and pure white. Here 
and there a retailer whose trade will 
stand it pays a cent or two more. Brown 
and mixed fancy sell mainly at 21 to 22 
cents. Trade in white duck eggs is in¬ 
creasing, as buyers find that under mod¬ 
ern methods of handling the eggs are free 
from the strong fishy taste of old-fash¬ 
ioned pond or puddle ducks. Prices ou 
white Indian Runner range from 33 to 
38 cents, unless under size. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 24 @ 25 
Common to good . . 18 @ 22 
Mixed colors, best. 21 @ 22 
Common to good. 17 @ 20 
Western fresh, white. 22 @ 24 
Lower grades. 17 @ 19 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apple trade has been active on stock 
free from scald, but considerable damage 
of this sort is noted. A range of $4 to 
$5 covers most sales of good barrel ap¬ 
ples. Receipts of strawberries from the 
South are increasing. Some very fine 
Nic Ohmer sold up to 50 cents, but most 
business is from 25 to 30 cents. 
Applet—Spitsenburg, bbl. 4 00 @ 5 50 
Spy. 4 CO @ 6 50 
Ben Davis. 4 00 @ 5 00 
King. 4 00 @ 5 50 
Greening . 4 Oo @ 0 00 
Newtown. 6 00 @ 7 60 
Baldwin. 4 00 @ 5 50 
Western, box. 1 50 @ * 00 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 25 @ 60 
BEANS. 
Market is firm on choice marrow; 
medium and pea selling slowly; red 
kidney, dull; strong demand for Yellow 
eye. The California Lima situation is 
very strong, with holders refusing to sell 
under $7 per 100 pounds. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4 20 a 5 40 
Medium . 3 45 a 3 55 
Pea . 3 15 a 3 50 
Red Kidney. 5 20 a 5 25 
WhltoKidney. 5 75 a 5 60 
Yellow Eye . 5 00 a 6 10 
Lima, California. 6 85 a 6 90 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 43 a 44 
Common to good. 38 a 41 
Pacific Coast . 20 a 23 
Old stock. 15 a 18 
German crop. 67 a 72 
VEG ETABLES. 
The potato market is very weak, except 
on new Bermuda. Large quantities of 
old are wholesaling at from one to 1% 
cent per pound. In spite of the excep¬ 
tionally low prices there are increasing 
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shipments from European countries 
where the quarantine has been lifted. 
The sweet potatoes offered are running 
mainly poor in quality and selling low. 
New cabbage in surplus and low; old 
soiling fairly well at $25 to $27 per ton 
if sound. The onion market on good 
whites is firm ; medium grades of red and 
yellow selling slowly. Southern tomatoes 
in heavy supply and mainly low. 
Beets, bbl. 
Kale, bbl. 
Lettuce, h; 
Onions— 
Shallots, bbl. 
Salsify, 100 bu 
Spinach, bbl. 
Squash. Marrow, bbl 
New, bu. 
Tomatoes, Southern, 6 bkt. crate 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Tomatoes, lb. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
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DRESSED POULTRY. 
Receipts of fresh killed are light, but 
demand slow, the market being well sup¬ 
plied with frozen stock of all grades, 
which were bought cheap enough to sell 
at lower figures than most fresh offerings. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 30 @ 35 
Squab broilers, pair. 90 @ 1 00 
Broilers, common to good . 24 @ 28 
Roasters, fancy. 24 @ 25 
Fowls. 14 9 18 
Ducks. 12 @ 17 
Geese ....,. 12 @ 16 
Squabs, doz.. . 2 50 6 450 
HAY ANI) STRAW. 
The hay market continues dull on all 
but the highest Timothy. Good straight 
rye straw is still scarce, and selling up 
to $19 for best. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 20 50 @21 00 
Standard. 19 50 @20 00 
No. 2.17 00 @18 50 
No. 3 .14 00 @16 60 
Clover mixed.12 00 @18 00 
Straw, Rye .17 00 @19 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. . 6 50 @8 50 
Bulls. 6 00 @ 7 50 
Cows. 4 00 @ 7 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 7 00 @11 50 
Culls. 6 00 @6 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 4 00 @ 5 50 
Lambs . 8 00 @ 8 50 
Hogs. 9 00 @ 9 40 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat Bran, ton. 27 00 @29 00 
Middlings .28 00 @30 00 
Red Dog.29 00 @31 00 
Corn Meal.29 00 @30 00 
Linseed Meal.31 00 @31 50 • 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, best.14 @ 15 
Fair to good.11 @ 13 
Buttermilks.....09 @ 10 
Lambs, Hothouse, each . 5 00 @ 7 00 
Pork, light .11 @ 12 
Heavy...08 @ 09 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 1, Northern Spring. 1 03 @ 
No. 2, Red . 1 04 @ .. 
No. 2, Hard Winter. 1 1)2 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 71 @ 76 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 43 @ 46 
Rye . 65 @ 68 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest current 
prices, but are fairly representative of what the 
majority of New York consumers pay; 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 30 @ 35 
Mixed colors, new laid. 28 @ 30 
Ordinary grades. 23 @ 25 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. ... 31 @ 33 
Tub. choice. 27 @ 29 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 27 @ 30 
Fowls. 22 @ 25 
Turkeys. 28 @ 32 
Extreme Prices. 
The following figures represent a small 
volume of wholesale business handled 
by concerns having exceptionally high- 
class trade. Fruits and vegetables re¬ 
ferred to are repacked, and culls sold 
at a nominal price; eggs are candled for 
blood spots as well as age defects; and 
poultry and meats are only the best 
obtainable. These prices are print¬ 
ed as showing one phase of the 
produce trade worth considering, but we 
cannot guarantee to give the names of 
dealers who will handle farmers’ ship¬ 
ments on this basis. 
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