THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1255 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week ending Oct. 8, 1915. 
The commercial values of farm pro¬ 
ducts are what they sell for—not neces¬ 
sarily their food value or what some one 
thinks or wishes they were worth. Hence 
representative sales rather than opinions, 
even though unbiased, are the correct 
basis for quotations. Except in cases 
where quality is standardized by scoring, 
the term “best” refers to the best on sale 
at the time. The best sheep, lambs, ap¬ 
ples, pears, etc., one week may be much 
better or poorer than the next. 
Live Stock and Dairy Markets. 
MILK. 
The Borden contract prices for the six 
months beginning with October are based 
on the fat content of the milk, there being 
a difference of 60 cents per 100 pounds 
between three and five per cent. fat. The 
price increases uniformly three cents per 
100 pounds for every tenth of one per 
cent, fat increase. Following are the 
prices within the 100-mile shipping zone. 
Outside points receive 10 cents per 100 
pounds 
less. 
3% 
3.5% 
4% 
4.5% 
5% 
Oct. . 
....$1.70 
$1.85 1 
$2.00 
$2.15 
$2.30 
Nov. . 
_ 1.80 
1.95 
2.10 
2.25 
2.10 
Dec. . 
_ 1.80 
1.95 
2.10 
2.25 
2.-10 
Jan. . 
_ 1.70 
1.85 
2.00 
2.15 
2.30 
Fob. . 
_ 1.65 
1.80 
1.95 
2.10 
2.25 
March 
_ 1.60 
1.75 
1.90 
2.05 
2.20 
BUTTER 
Prices have advanced two cents on the 
upper grades of creamery and dairy. 
With the coming of cooler weather and 
the return of vacationers to the city, the 
demand has increased, and considerable 
storage is being worked out. Some ex¬ 
port business is noted, though prices are 
rather high to encourage much business 
in this line, and suitable steamer space 
is scarce and uncertain. 
Creamery, best, above 92 score, lb. 29>^j@ 3(1 
Extra, 92 score . 2S)4® 29 
Good to Choice . 24 @ 26 
Lower Grades. 21 ® 23 
State Dairy, best. 2S @ 2SHa 
Common to Good. 21 @ 25 
Ladles . 19 @ 22 
Packing Stock. 17 ® 21 
Process . 21 @ 21 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 26 cents. 
Philadelnhia. western creamery. 29 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 28^. 
Chicago creamery. 24@27. 
Kansas City, 24@26. 
CHEESE. 
There has been an advance of one- 
fourth cent on the better grades of whole 
milk, but business is only moderate in 
volume, and price cutting is common 
where stock must be cleared out. Re¬ 
ports from the up-State sections indicate 
excellent producing conditions, and a 
high quality in the cheese now offered. 
Whole Milk, State specials. 1514® 15M 
Average fancy . 14 @ 149i 
Under grades. 12 ® 13 
Daisies, best. 15 @ 15^4 
Young Americas. 15^@ 15% 
Skims, special. .. 11 ® 12 
Pair to good. 7 ® 9 
PRIMARY MAItKETS. 
Watertown, N. Y., 1514&H. 
Utica. N. Y., 13K@14. 
Little Falls, N. Y., I3J4@14. 
EGGS 
New-laid are scarce and two cents 
higher. Eggs gathered by country stores 
must be classed as uncertain rather than 
strictly fresh. Some of them may be, 
and some the findings in “stolen” nests 
or held at the producers in an unsuitable 
place—too warm or in a damp and 
moldy smelling spot. A good many ship¬ 
pers appear to think that a few off 
grades can be put in a case without be¬ 
ing noticed. This is not true. No com¬ 
plaint may be made to the shipper but 
the price returned will be according to 
quality, and note made of the shipper as 
a good man to look out for. 
W hite. choice to fancy, large . 48 ® 50 
Medium to good. 35 ® 45 
Mixed colors, best. 36 ® 38 
Common to good. .. 24 @ 28 
Storage, best, . 24 @ 26 
Common. 19 @ 22 
St. Louis, gathered. 19@21. 
Chicago, 23@24t6. 
Kansas City, 2U@23. 
Indianapolis, lud., 21@22. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Receipts are in surplus of current 
needs and two to three cents lower on 
most stock except choice fowls. 
® 
15 
16 
($ 
12 
. 15 
@ 
19 
Geese. 
@ 
16 
Chicago. Chickens 13@13J 4 
Kansas City. 13@15. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Roasting chickens, fowls, and choice 
small broilers are rather scarce, but bus¬ 
iness is light and very little price change 
noted. 
Turkeys, choice, lb .•... 20 ® 21 
Common to good. 14 ® IS 
Chickens choice broilers, lb.. 24 ® 26 
Broilers, common to good . 21 ® 23 
Squab broilers, pair. 50 @ 60 
Roasters . 23 ® 25 
Fowls. 14 & IS 
Spring Ducks. 17 ® 1"M 
Squabs, doz. 1 25 @ 3 75 
WOOL. 
The market is unsettled, and some cuts 
from former prices made, though on the 
whole values remain unchanged. Recent 
sales at Boston have been at the follow¬ 
ing figures: New York and Michigan un¬ 
washed Delaine, 26 to 27; half blood, 31 
to 32; three-eighths blood, 36 to 36%; 
Ohio half blood combing, 33 to 34; De¬ 
laine, 30. 
LIVE STOCK. 
Receipts of steers larger and market 
generally dull. Calves weak and lower. 
Sheep and lambs selling at about pre¬ 
vious figures, some Canada bringing $9. 
Native Steers.. 6 00 @9 40 
Bulls. 4 75 ® 6 25 
Cows. 3 00 @ 6 25 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 9 00 @13 20 
Culls. 7 00 @8 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3 00 @5 75 
Lambs . 7 00 @ 9 35 
Hogs. 7 50 @ 8 60 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. 
Medium . 
Pgii 
Red Kidney. 
Yellow Eye. 
Lima, California 
7 90 @8 00 
5 90 @ 6 00 
5 60 @ 5 70 
6 65 @6 70 
4 90 @5 00 
5 20 @ 5 25 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Fancy apples of such varieties as Mc¬ 
Intosh and Jonathan have continued sell¬ 
ing at $4 to $4.50, but medium grades 
and ordinary quality kinds average low¬ 
er. Some shipments are sent to commis¬ 
sion dealers accompanied by a letter in¬ 
timating in tone the shipper’s expectation 
that the fruit will sell for less than it is 
worth, and that he will get the raw end 
of the deal. It is a mistake to write 
such a letter in the hope of spurring the 
commission man up to get a better price. 
No one likes to be nagged—not even a 
commission man. The good will of an 
honest dealer is worth having and it is 
well to remember the old saying about 
the good and ill will of a dog, if one is 
so unfortunate as to send goods to one 
of that type. The peach rush is over, the 
two heaviest days bringing less than 50 
cars, as compared with 125 previously. 
Prices have held to about the same fig¬ 
ure as last week, as the demand is light¬ 
er. Pears are bringing high prices when 
choice, Seckel up to $8; Bartlett, $5; 
Sheldon, $4.50; and Bose and Anjou, $4. 
But these figures are above the average 
of sales. 
A pples—Duchess, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 00 
N. W Greening, bbl. 2 50 @ 3 50 
Alexander, bbl. 2 50 @4 25 
Gravenstein. 2 00 @4 00 
Blush . 2 00 @ 3 00 
Wealthy . 2 00 @4 25 
Fall Pippin. 2 00 @ 3 75 
Twenty-ounce . 2 00 @ 3 25 
McIntosh . 2 50 @ 4 75 
Jonathan . 3 00 @ 4 75 
Greening . 2 00 @ 3 50 
Baldwin. 2 00 @3 00 
King. 2 00 @4 00 
Culls, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Crab Apples, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 00 
FI irs. qt. 4 @ 12 
Grapes. 181b case. 40 @ 75 
41b. bkt.. . 8 @ 10 
Plums, 81b. bkt. 20 @ 36 
\4 bu. bkt. 40 @ 60 
Pears—Bartlett, bbl. 2 50 @5 00 
Clapp bbl. 2 50 @ 4 60 
Seckel, bbl. 5 00 @ 8 00 
Bose. 2 50 @ 4 50 
Anjou . 2 00 @ 3 50 
Sheldon. 3 00 @ 4 00 
Peaches, State, 16 qt. bkt. 30 @ 50 
State, 24 qt. carrier. 50 @ 90 
State, bu. bkt. 65 @ 90 
Muskmelons, bu . 60 @ 2 00 
Chicago. Apples, bbl., 2 00@3 25. 
St. Louis, 1 50@2 50 
Pittsburg, 2 00'tt4 60. 
Cincinnati. 2 00@3 50. 
Buffalo. 2 00@4 00. 
Boston, 2 00@4 00. 
VEG ETABLES. 
Potatoes are higher, some Long Island 
having brought $2.75 per barrel, and 
Maine nearly as much. Onions going at 
all sorts of prices, owing to irregular 
quality. Sound desirable .stock is held 
above $1 per bushel. Cauliflowers in 
large supply and lower except for fancy. 
Lima beans very dull. Lettuce and Ro- 
maine running pool - . 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 2 35 @ 2 50 
Jersey . 2 00 @ 2 50 
Maine . 2 25 @ 2 40 
Sweet Potatoes. Jersey, bu. 75 @100 
Southern, bbl.. . 1 50 @ 2 25 
Beets, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 8 @ 13 
Carrots, bbl . 75 @ 1 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 50 @ 1 25 
Cabbage. 100 . 2 00 @ 4 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket .. 25 @ 75 
3 doz. late_.... . 50 @ 1 50 
Onions. Orange Co.. 100 lb. bag . 1 00 <§) 1 75 
Jersey, white, bu. 75 @ 2 60 
Long Island, bbl. 1 60 @ 2 50 
Peppers, bbl. 50 © 75 
Peas, bu. 75 @2 00 
String Beans, bu. 50 @ 1 00 
Lima Beans, bu. 60 @ 1 00 
Celery, doz. 25 @ 40 
Okra, >4 bu.1 25 @2 26 
Turnips, white, bbl.1 00 @ 1 60 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 1 50 @ 5 00 
Squash, bbl. 75 @125 
Sweet Corn, 100 . 50 @ 1 26 
Egg Plants, bbl. 50 @ 1 00 
Tomatoes, Jersey, bu. box... 75 @2 00 
Chicago. Potatoes, bbl., 1 20@1 40. 
Cincinnati, 1 25@1 50. 
Pittsburg, 1 30® 1 90. 
Denver, 1 00@1 10, 
Indianapolis, 1 25@1 50. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Supplies are large and market weak 
except on the highest grades. 
Hay. new, Timothy, No. 1. ton ... 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
Clover mixed. 
8traw, Rye,. 
...21 50 
@24 00 
@22 00 
@19 00 
@17 00 
@15 00 
MILLFEED. 
Bran, car lots. 
Middlings. 
Red Dos' . 
.. .34 00 
@27 (10 
@34 00 
@36 00 
@34 00 
Corn meal. 
GRAIN 
Prices on wheat have been advanced 
seven to 10 cents because of heavy specu¬ 
lative buying. Corn and oats slightly 
higher and cash demand active. 
W heat. No. 1. Northern Spring, new.. 1 20 @ 
No. 2. Red, new . 127 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 72 @ 73 
Flour, carlots, at N. Y. bbl. 5 90 @ 5 85 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 38 @ 40 
Rye, free from onion. 1 00 @ 1 05 
RETAIL PRICKS AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
figures noted here but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying oppor¬ 
tunities of at least half of New York’s 
population. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 50 @ 55 
Mixed colors, new laid. 40 @ 45 
Ordinary grades. 30 @ 35 
Butter, fancy prints, lb.. 34 @ 35 
Tub. choice. 30 @ 33 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 28 ® 30 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 30 @ 33 
Squab Broilers, pair.1 00 @ I 25 
Fricassee, lb. 18 @ 20 
Fowls . 20 @ 22 
Leg of lamb. 18 @ 20 
Lamb chops. 18 @ 20 
Roasting beef. 20 @ 24 
Pork chops . 18 @ 20 
Loin of pork . 17 @ 20 
Lettuce, head. 3 @ 6 
Radishes, bunch . 2 @ 3 
Cucumbers, each. 2 @ 5 
Sweet corn, doz. 15 @ 20 
Cabbage, head . 5 @ 8 
Muskmelons. each. 5 @ 10 
Potatoes, peck . 40 @ 50 
Receipts at New York for nine days 
ending October 6: Butter, lbs., 5,596,- 
740; eggs, doz., 3,213,060; cotton, bales, 
71,100; apples, bbls., 132,955; potatoes, 
bbls., 105,117; onions, bu., 59,536; oats, 
bu., 1,632,400; rye, bu., 199,000; wheat, 
bu., 3,867,669; hay, tons,- 12,176; straw, 
tons, 440. 
Government Crop Report. 
The latest figures indicate a wheat 
yield of 1,002,029,000 bushels; corn, 3,- 
026,159,000; oats, 1,517,478,000; rye, 
44,179,000; barley, 236,682,000; buck¬ 
wheat, 16,738,000; potatoes, 368,151,- 
000 bushels; apples, 71,632,000 bushels; 
hay, 80,983,000 tons. 
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Sept. 30. All late potatoes through 
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Crop about one-half. Beans, where pods 
touched ground, sprouted in pods. Very 
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