tTAc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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roTATOES HIGHER, WITH ACTIVE, EXCITED 
MARKET AXD EIGHT SUPPLY. 
Since the decline to about .$3,25 per bag, 
the market has been showing a steadily 
i-allying tendency and the price has 
ciinibed upward as if it had the .$4 mark 
ill view. At time of writing it is strong 
aronnd .$3.75 for Aroostook Green Moun¬ 
tains. Most dealers expect the market to 
eontinue uneven with sharp ups and 
downs, but o])inions differ about whether 
nr not prices will go much higher. 
Said A. F. Heald: “The market is 
strong and shows general improvement, 
.lust now. demand exceeds supjily. The 
old advance to about .$4. together with 
the newspaper talk, scared buyers away, 
and caused the decline. Iluyei's bought 
from hand to mouth. M’hen tlicir old sup- 
idy had been worked off. they had to come 
into the market. Their buying moved 
ju'ices up and there was a scramble to buy 
liefore prices went higher still. 'We look 
for that sort of thing to continue. Prices 
may be carried to the .$2 mark. At pres¬ 
ent we fpiote .$1.7o to .SI.SO per bushel for 
carload lots in bulk. The shortage* of the 
reserve suiiply may be expected to show 
more strongly by the middle of February.” 
Said Tt. G. McT.atchy Go.: “To us the 
car situation seems to conti’ol. New 
llrunswick shiiipers want to load cars, 
but they can’t get them. "We believe 
there are plenty of potatoes, but a scar¬ 
city of cars. Shipment of seed potatoes 
South is u.sing about 11 the cars just 
now. The red sec'd is sidling for about .$4 
to S4.50 per barrel-sack.” Said P. L. 
Itobinson : “We do not see much pros¬ 
pect of definite jirice clianges. 'Phero are 
potatoes enough to take care of the de¬ 
mand. Tteceipts at Boston since Septem¬ 
ber 1 h.ave been larger than for .he cor- 
resi)onding time last year, which shows 
that high )>rices haven’t kept the public 
away in the long run. But there is 
almost no speculation, on account of the 
high lU'ices. Farmers are strong in their 
views, however, and don’t seem to care 
whether they sell or not.’’ 
ITIOr VAI.I’ES FOR A'EGETARLE.S. 
Suiiply of vegetables in general con¬ 
tinues light and staple lines are mostly 
firm or higher. Some things are too 
high, said Adams & Go., “but how can it 
be any other way? The crop was siioi-r. 
and the luiblic kept on buying. Tliere is 
no relief in sight until the new crop, al¬ 
though the Southern growers may be ex- 
l)ected to raise all they can down there, 
but labor is scarce, same as with farmers 
here. C’abbage keeps going up. Tt is $.S5 
per ton in the growing .sections. Squaslies 
are .jiSO to .$00 per ton. Onions are firmly 
I'leld in the Connecticut Valley at .$4.2."') 
])('!• b.ag. Turnij s at .$2 a bag here and 
03 to O.oc jier bushel in the jn-oducing sec¬ 
tions. seem about the only thing that is 
cn’iimiratively cheap.” Beets hold at $2 
lie” box. .and carrots at .$1.50 to .$2. jiars- 
"ips at .$1,25 to .$1.50. Hothouse letfue-' 
is .50c t(i S.5c. cucumbers, ,$(! to .$7.50. 
Celery is .$1.25 to .$2 ^ 
lb.; tomatoes. .30c lb.< 
barrel. 
dozen, sprouts, 
cabbage is .$.5 
15c 
lier 
APPLE MARKET STEADY AXD DI’LL. 
The demand for apples appears less 
active, and dealers blame the usual dull 
streak which jiervades the first few 
weeks after the holidays. “Prices are 
about the same,” said a Faneuil Hall 
market receiver, “but it is harder to al¬ 
ways get the top figure. See those boxes 
of Baldwins. They are dark, uneven, 
smoky, undersized and ungrach'd. Abmit 
three-fourths of (he apjdes are somefh.iug 
like that, and they sell hard. ’Phose 
Sines are in the same line ; they ar ■ rot 
attractive, no style to them. Here is .a 
lot of pretty good ungraded Baldwii's 
with raisers on the boxes. T .sold them 
fur .$1.25. box included. Fancy would sell 
highi'f.” Said a dealer who handles fiincy 
apnles only: “Fancy Baldwins Avill bring 
S''4..50 to $.5. and they are not v('"'' f ■ . 
eith(‘r. T wondc'r if growers wool '>’'1 f '*'- 
more out of the crop this year to sort out 
the fancy apph's. 3'hey are scarce. I 
don’t know but it A\ould jiay with even 
two barrels out of eight.” Grade A’s hold 
at ,$.3 to ,$.3.50. B’s. .$2 to ,$2.50; poor un¬ 
laded, .$1.50 to .$2. Some good ungraded 
in boxes sell about with A’s. Few Ben 
Havis are good enough to sell above .$2.25. 
Fa.st(>rn box apples range from 75c to 
$1..50 for standard "Vrinter kinds. Cran¬ 
berries^ are still dull at a range of ,$5 to 
.S7. Florida strarvlierries have been in 
heavy supply and down to 25c at times. 
EGO SUPPLY STILL LIGHT FOR SEASOX. 
T’l'ices have he’d no better than usually 
at tliis season, owing in part to the light 
geiH'ral supply. Ni'arby heunerii's have 
bobbed up repeatedly, well above the 50- 
cent line. Said O. W. Mead & Co.: “Fggs 
are firm at c|uotations. Supply is light. 
Fggs from the 4Vest show frost injury 
during transiiortation. on ai'count of train 
delays in delivery. Nearbys are more 
plentiful, but jirices have held longer 
than usual on account of the shortage of 
Western.” Hennery are 52, lilastern 45 
to ooc; Western, 40 to 49c; storage, 3.”.^, 
to 34 c. 
RUTTER AXD CHEESE MARKET FAIRLY 
STEADY. 
I he usual .January dullness makes but- 
t 'l; sales harder to effect at top market 
prices, but dealers quote 39 to 40c un¬ 
changed on Northern tub creamery; firsts 
are 37^/4, seconds .’>0, and dairy has a 
range of 32 to 30; storage, 30 to 37i/^c. 
The market is quiet and uninteresting, 
(’heese values are also steady, but demand 
is restricted by the high prices. Bange on 
choice is still 24 to 24i/^c. 
POULTRY IX LIGHT RECEIPT. 
Prices show little change in the dressed 
poultry market. Supply is light of East¬ 
ern poultry. 3'urkpys are quiet at 20 to 
35: choice broilers, 20 to 2Sc; fowls. 20 
to 22c; geese. IS to 22c. Live poultry is 
rather scarce and higher. Said Amos 
Keyes & Co.: “It is a 20-cent market for 
live fowls and chickens. Some bring 21c, 
but much of the stuff coming in is not 
choice and worth not over 19c. A he i 
that stops laying now is not fat and the 
farmers don't like to feed them 2-cent 
corn to finish them off. Chickens are 
likely to be hard and staggy now, and no 
better than fowls. They ought to have 
been marketed earlier. A good many 
inillets are coming, ff’hey sell around $1 
and demand is a little sIoav.” 
LIA’E STOCK AT FTRAI PRICES. 
Fancy calves at Brighton sell at 12 to 
12i^c; hog values are linn at l(>i/>c. 
Sheep hold at 5 t< 7c. lambs 10 to lO^r*. 
Best steers and oxen bring 8 to 8J£>c. f'ir 
to good 0 to 7c. CoAvs are mainly (> to 7c, 
canners 4c. The milch coav trade has 
been in the ruts for some time. Fancy 
milkers sell easily at .$100 or more anil 
good ones around .$75, but the common 
COAVS. drag every Aveek at a range of .$40 
to ,$05. G. R. F. 
Buffalo Markets 
The poultry market appears to have 
been under the hardest fire of an.v during 
the holidays, as is usually the case, but it 
came out pretty aa'pII. 3’lie surplus aagts 
not big enough to cause a break and the 
neAV year opens Avith the demand equal t«f 
the supply and prices strong at 30 and 35 
cents for all grades of live turki'y, 19 and 
22 cents for foAA’l, 20 and 25 for chicken, 
17 and IS cents for old roosters, 24 and 
25 cents for ducks and 22 and 24 cents 
for geese. Ilressed iioultry is 2 and .3 
cents higher than li\'e. The AA'(>ather Avas 
(‘iitirely faA’orable to the keeping of all 
poultry and meats. 
’The toji ])rice of creamc'ry butter is 42 
cents. Avith market firm, but not a heavy 
demand ; best dairy butter is 37 and .3.S 
C(‘!’ts, Avith crocks 34 and 38 cents, 
ai'd poor butter .“0 and 31 cents, 
(’heese is steady. Avitli a range of 22 and 
20 cents from fair grades up. AA’ith no 
further adA'ance in sight. The sensa¬ 
tional egg prices did not develop, top 
lirices for all Avhite hennery are 55 ami 57 
<-ents, Avith 50 and .52 cents for fresh 
State and .3.5 and .37 cents for storage 
candled. 
1‘otatoes have gone un again, Avith high¬ 
est grades .$2 per bushel ar.d nothing be- 
loAV .$1.70. The AA'cather he.s be 'ii jiretty 
cokl for safe shioment latch', it is soft¬ 
ening noAV ai d lower iirices are looked for. 
SAA^eets are .$1.50 and .$1.90 jier hamper. 
.\pples do not yet run above .$5.5() per 
barrel for No. 1. anl a"e ,$:! and .$4.25 for 
No 2. Brices per bushel are 50 cents for 
culls to ,$2 for fancy red. Beans are 
commonly called lower, but quotations re¬ 
main at much the former figures. .$0.50 
for pea to .$7..50 for m-,rroAV and kidney. 
Farmers are getting .$.5,25 and ,$0. Onions 
are sonu'AA'hat firmer at .$1.80 and .$2..50 
per bushel for home groAvn yelloAV and 
.$1.00 per crate for Spanish. 
Vegetabh's are strong, but there are 
string beans retailing as low as 10 cents 
a quart and a fcAV sfr.-nvberrii's sell for 
05 cents per quart. The hamper price 
of beans i.s_.82.75 and .$4. ’riiere an* dcav 
beets for 50 and 75 cents per dozen 
buiudie.s and shallots for 40 cents same. 
Old beet.s__are .$1.75 per bushel, Avhite tur¬ 
nips^ .$1 .oO. and yellow turnips, .$2 and 
.$2.25. Cabbage is down to .$,‘‘,.50 and $4 
jier 100 lbs., and Brussi'^s spi'outs. 1.5 
cents jier quart.^ (^’arrots and parsnips are 
$1.40 and $1.05 per bu.shel, retailing at 
10 cents a small measure, and salsifv. 
Avhich is not .sold by the bushel, is 7 and 
8 cents per bunch, retail. There is plenty 
of celery of many grade.s, prices runnin'*-- 
from $4.50 and $5 per case California to 
40 and (>5 cents per dozen bunches. East¬ 
ern. I.ettuce again retails at 5 cent i»er 
good head and Avholesales at $.3 per ham¬ 
per or .$0 per barrel. Hothou.se cucum¬ 
bers anj $1 and .$2 per dozen, and toma¬ 
toes. 15 and 10 cents per pound. 
Be.st cranberries retail at 12 cents per 
O’HUff, AA’ith Avhole.sale price easy at .$8 and 
■$'3.7o per barrel. IMalaga grapes are 
.$,1.1)0 and .$8 per keg for AA'idi'Jv A’arA’ing 
jiroduct. A feAV purple toliays retail at 
15 cents per pound ' .i. av. c. 
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