299 
IShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Current wholesale prices at Xew York and 
other cities noted. 
NEW YORK, FEB. 1.^, 1917. 
BUTTEB. 
Sales of the better grades of creamery are only 
moderate, owing to the high prices prevailing, 
racking stock antf city made have been in 
stronger demand. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 46 47 
Good tolChoice ... 43 45 
Lower Grades. 34 % 38 
Dairy, best. 44 @ 44^ 
Common to Good. 30 @ 40 
City made. 27 @ .30)^ 
Hacking Stock. 26 @ 29 
Process . 30 ® 34 
UIgin, 111., batter market 43 cents. 
CHEESE. 
Held stock of good quality is fractionally 
liigher. Prices on new make without special 
<'hange. Export demand is good, buyers taking 
all that they can get shipping space for. 
Whole .Milk, fancy. 2.1 (a 26 
Good to choice. 24 @ 24J4 
Lower grades. 22 % 23 
Daisies, best. 25 @ 26 
Young Americas. 25 @ 25^ 
Skims, beet. 20 @ 2i 
Fair to good. 12 ® 18 
EOGf?. 
The market is easier than last week, as rather 
large supplies have come from the far West. 
The zero weather nipped many unprotected 
shipments. 
White, choice to fancy. 47 © 4y 
Medium to good. 42 @ 46 
Mixed colors, best. 46 @ 47 
Common to good. 42 @ 45 
Storage . 39 @ 42 
Gathered, best. 47 43 
Medium to good . 44 @ 46 
Lower grades. 40 ® 42 
HAT AND STRAW. 
Business is very dull on grades running me- 
<Tlum and below. Choice Timothy rather scarce. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 20 00 @21 00 
No. 2.17 50 @19 00 
No. 3 .14 00 @15 00 
Clover mixed.10 00 @18 00 
Straw, Rye.1100 @14 00 
GRAIN. 
The export movement of grain continues large. 
Some of it reaches the other side and. some feeds 
tlie vegetarian fishes. The wheat market is 
fairly strong at a few cents above last week’s 
lu'ices. Reports of damage to Winter wheat are 
frequent, but this cannot be judged with cer¬ 
tainty at present. 
W heat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 2 13 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 1 13 @ 1 15 
Flour, carlots, at N.T. bbl. 9 75 @10 25 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 70 @ 71 
Kye. free from onion. 1 55 ® L50 
FEED. 
City Bran .38 (10 ® .39 00 
Middlings. 39 00 40 00 
Red Dog. 46 00 48 00 
Corn Meal . 43 00 45 00 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest prices 
noted here, but represent produce of good quality 
and the buying opportunities of at least half of 
New Y’’ork’s population. 
Eggs—Fancy, white, large, doz. 54 ® 55 
Mixed colors, new laid. 50 .53 
Ordinary grades. 40 (@ 45 
Butter, fancy prints.lb.. 48 @ 49 
Tub. choice. 44 @ 48 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 36 @ 38 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 40 @ 55 
Fricassee, lb. 22 @ 26 
Fowls . 25 @ 30 
Turkeys, . .34 @ 39 
Leg of lamb. 25 (3 28 
Lamb chops. 25 @ 30 
Roasting beef. 25 @ 28 
Pork chops. 24 @ 26 
Loin of pork . 22 @ 25 
Lettuce, head. 10 @ 15 
Cabbage, head . 35 ® 40 
Potatoes, peck . 1 00 @ 1 25 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.. ... 23 @ 24 
Ducks, lb. 21 @ 22 
Fowls . 23 @ 24 
Boosters . 15 @ 15 ^ 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best Ib. 33 @ 34 
Common to good . M @ 32 
Chickens choice broilers. Ib. 48 @ 60 
Broilers, common to good . 35 @ 45 
Roasters .:. 30 @ 32 
Capons. 8 to 91 bs.,. 36 @ 38 
6to81bs. 28 @ 34 
Small and Slips. 25 @ 27 
Fowls. 18 @ 24 
Roosters. 17 @ 18 
Ducks. 21 @ 25 
Squabs, doz. 125 @5 75 
Guineas, pair . 1 00 @ 1 50 
LIVE .STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 75 @ 9 00 
Bulls. 6 00 @ 7 90 
Cows . 4 50 @ 8 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 11 00 @15 50 
Culls. 6 0(1 @ 9 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 8 00 @10 50 
Lambs .15 50 @15 65 
Hogs.12 00 @12 50 
DRES.SED MEATS. 
Hothouse Lambs eacli. 
Calves, cbolce . 
Fair to good. 
Pork, light . 
Heavy . 
0:00 @14 00 
20 @ 21 
14 @ 19 
16 @ 17 
13 @ 14 
WOOL. 
The market is more aetive and four or five 
cents higher. Recent Imsiness at Boston has 
been: New York and Aliclilgan unwaslied De¬ 
laine. 4i) to .")0; half blood, 48; tliree-eighths 
blood. .■)! to .'2. Oliio and Pennsylvania lialf 
Idooif eoinliing, 53 to .'>4; three-elghtlis blood, 
.52 to 53. 
BEANS. 
Marrow. 100 lbs.11 00 
Pea. 
Medium. 11 ^ 
White Kidney. 11 25 
Bed.'.'Kidney. 
Lima, Ciilitornia. 9 00 
FRESH FRTTrS. 
Sound iiiiples are very ill] 
has been of small volume owing to tin* cold 
weather. Open crate shipments of strawberries 
in larger supply, Init selling mainly at low 
prices owing to frost damage or otlierwise poor 
quality. 
00 
@12 
25 
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@12 
25 
00 
@12 
00 
25 
@12 
00 
....11 
00 
@12 
•25 
00 
@10 
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tlioiigh 
business 
Apples, Spy, bbl. 3 50 @ 7 00 
Winesap. 3 00 @ 0 00 
York Imperial. 3 50 @5 25 
Hubbardston. 3 00 @4 00 
King . 3 00 @ 6 00 
Baldwin . 3 00 @ 5 50 
Greening . 4 00 @ 7 00 
J5en Davis. 3 00 @ 3 75 
Western, box. 1 25 @ 2 50 
Oranges. Fla., repacked, box. 3 25 @ 4 00 
California. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Grape Fruit. . 3 00 @ 5 00 
Strawberries, qt. 12 @ 35 
Cranberries, bbl. 2 00 @7 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Receipts! at New York during week ending 
February 14: 
Rutter, lbs.. 1,097,(140 
Eggs, dozen.1. 905,880 
Dressed poultry, packages. 10,586 
Live poultry, crates . 0,412 
Cotton, bales . 31,449 
.\pples, barrels . 35,454 
Lemons, boxes . 2,909 
Onions, sacks . 11,800 
Oranges, boxes . 120,279 
Potatoes, barrels . 20,5.58 
Corn, bush. 371,000 
Hay, toils . 3,470 
Oats, bush. 348,000 
Rye, bush. 8 7.50 
Wheat, bush. 1,030,000 
Rosin, barrels . 8,653 
Spirits Turp., barrels . 1,178 
Tar, barrels . 157 
CHICAGO WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter, be.st creamery .. 
Eggs . 
Live steers . 
Feeders . 
Calves . 
Sheep . 
l.ambs . 
I logs . 
Cabbage, ton . 
Potatoes, bu. 
Onions, 10(1 ll>s. 
.\pples, bill. 
llotliouse Cueumbers, doz. 
Radishes, doz. bunches . 
Tomatoes, lli. 
Mushrooms, 11). 
. .(fi) 
42 
38 (S! 
42 
7.88rffi 
10.2.5 
6.28® 
9.25 
10.00 (fl) 
14.25 
8.40(® 
12.00 
12..50(fi) 
15.00 
ii.irm 
12..50 
100.00(®125.00 
2.40(5) 
2.55 
8 . 00 (® 
9.00 
4.50(5) 
6.00 
.50(5) 
1.25 
2.5(5) 
40 
15(5) 
20 
40@ 
55 
T TK’A, N. Y.. WHOLESALE MARKETS, 
Butter . 
. 41^ 
44 
no 
Apples, bbl. 
I’otntoes. bu. 
. 2. .50(5) 
4.00 
2.()0 
Live poultry. 
lb. 
. 20 (® 
oo 
Dressed hogs, 
Hay, ton ... 
lb. 
. 12(5) 
14 
16.00 
COLD STOR.VGE HOLDINGS. 
The U. S. D<‘partment of Agriculture gh’es the 
following report of foods in cold storage. As 
many warehouses do not make tlieir holdings 
public. This is only a partial report: 
Butter, lbs. 30,281,472 
Clieese. lbs. 20,320 702 
Eggs, doz. 4,4.30,700 
Fresh Beef, lbs. 389,138.2.53 
Cured Beef, lbs. 34,4.59.080 
I'resh I’ork. Il)s. (!.5!92(!i244 
Dry Salt Pork. lbs.! i 217!29o!fi42 
Pickled Pork, lbs. 323,075.096 
I.amb and Mutton, llis. 5,800,457 
TOLEDO SEED .MARKET. 
Timothy, hu. 
Clover, bu. 
Alsike, bu. !!!!!!!!! 
..'i!2.45(® 2.50 
n.0()(?i|11.75 
11.35(^11.75 
Improving-Unbalanced Ration 
Sound potatoes are held 25 to 50 cents per 
l)aiTel higher, and Imyers very cautious owing to 
the large percentage of frosted or frozen stock. 
Onions are .$1 to .$2 per 100 pounds higher. Cab¬ 
bage Is a luxury at 7 to 8 cents per pound whole¬ 
sale. String beaus, peas and all Sontliern tender 
vegetaliles showing frost damage. Very high 
prices prevailing for anything sound. 
t'olatoes-Maine. lOolb. bag. 
Slate. 165 lb bag . 
Long Island, 1651b. bag . 
Bermuda, bbl. 
Soulliern, iate crop, bbl. 
Sweet Potatoes. Jersey, bu. 
Brussel Sprouts, qt. 
Celeriac, 100 bunches. 
Beets, bbl. 
Carrots, bbl.. 
Cabbage, ton..’.’l 
New, bbl. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Onions, State and W'n White, bu_ 
State and Wn. red and yel, 100 lbs 
Peppers, bu. 
String Beans bu.i 
Turnips, bbl. 
Squash, bbl . 
Parsley, bbl... 
Kgg Plants, bu. 
Okra, bu. 
Kale, bbl.' 
Peas, bu. 
Spinach, bbl. 
Tomatoes. 6-l)kt crate. 
Chicory, bbl. 
Horseradish, lOOlbs. 
Lima Beans, bu. 
Parsnips, bbl. . 
7 25 
7 00 
6 50 
4 00 
4 00 
1 00 
8 
3 00 
3 00 
2 00 
25 00 
2 50 
2 00 
4 50 
9 00 
2 00 
3 00 
2 75 
3 00 
6 00 
2 00 
1 50 
2 25 
2 00 
I 00 
1 50 
2 50 
7 00 
2 00 
3 00 
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@ 7 50 
® 7 2a 
® 9 50 
@ 6 75 
@ 2 00 
@ 16 
® 4 00 
@ 4 00 
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@ 6 00 
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® 3 00 
® 4 00 
@ 7 00 
@ 3 50 
@ 3 00 
® 2 75 
@ 9 00 
@ 5 00 
@300 
@ 3 50 
@8 00 
@ 4 00 
@ 4 00 
HOTHOUSE VEGETABLES. 
Tomatoes, lb. 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Cucumbers, doz. 
Radishes, 100 bunches,. 
Rhubarb, doz. bunches... 
10 
20 
75 
2 00 
50 
@ 25 
@ 50 
@ 2 00 
® 3 50 
@ 75 
I have a dairy of about 2 cows. I 
.sell milk iit pre.sent. I am feeding eight 
quarts of cobmeai and wheiit bran mixed 
with Timothy hay and corn fodder as 
roughage, about 100 lbs. hraii, four 
bushels cobmeai mixed. I h.ave been 
wondering whether there would be any 
improvement by feeding something else 
with that ration. L a A 
ew Jersey. 
The ration you are feeding is de¬ 
cidedly unbalanced. To get the maxi- 
muni milk production you are “up 
against it,” with Timothy hay and corn 
stover as the only roughage. Unless it 
is pos.sible for you to sell some of your 
Timothy and buy some Alfalfa or clover 
hay, it is impossible to balance a ration 
for you unless yon feed almost entirely 
of cottonseed meal. Presumably you 
have a lot of cobmehl on hand, raised on 
the farm, so that I doubt if it is ad¬ 
visable at the present feed prices for 
you to aim to get the maximum produc¬ 
tion by feeding a balanced ration. If 
you had the Alfalfa hay the cobmeai 
Avould work in nicely. Your ration will 
be helped if you use about 1 part cob- 
meal, 2 parts cottonseed meal, 1 part 
gluten feed, 2 parts dried brewers’ 
grains or dried distillers’ grain. Add 
1% salt to mixture in making it up. 
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