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Oie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 23, 1917i 
Notes from ^ partment of 
Foods ana Markets 
204 Franklin Street, New York City 
Jl-NK 34, 1017* 
Eggs. —Market lower and weak. Fancy 
State and nearby hennery whites, .‘14%c 
to 05c; State and nearby gathered whites, 
.OOc to 04c; fancy State and nearby hen¬ 
nery brow'iis, 00c to 04c; State and near¬ 
by hennery brown and mixed gathered, 
.02c to 0.0c. Duck egg.s, 08c. Be very 
careful to ship only fi’esh eggs. From now 
on it is advisable to candle your eggs be¬ 
fore shipping. 
Butter. —Dower. Fancy Western 
creamery butter, 40i/^c; extras, .OOc to 
42c; firsts, 08c. Dairy butter lower. 
Best Eastern daii’y in tubs. .07c to .08c; 
in })rints. 06c to OSc; in mixed packages, 
06c to .08c. 
(’iiEKSE.—Best large and small white 
and colored sold generally at 24c. Held 
cheese. Xew York State large white and 
<‘olored. 24^c to 24%c. New cheese. 
State large white and. colored, 24c to 
2414 c. Skims. 18c to 20c. 
Dive I’oi ltky. —Fowls firm, 25e to 
26c; old roosters. 36c to 37c. Dive rab¬ 
bits wanted selling 2,5c per pound. Deg- 
horn broilers. 3% pound and up, 20c 
to 04c: colored broilers, .00c to .06c; 
ducks. 38c. Do not shij) broilers weigh¬ 
ing less than 314 lbs. They are not 
wanted and no demand. 
Dive Oai.ves. —Fancy calves, 1514c to 
36c; good to itrinie, 14c to 34%c; "com¬ 
mon. 3014c to 30%c; buttermilks, lOc to 
3614c; yearlings. 814c to 9c. 
Dressed Calves & Damrs.— Market 
lower. Fancy white meated calves, 23c 
to 22cgood to prime, 20c to 21c; com¬ 
mon. 37c to 18c; dressed hothouse Iambs 
steady, ,$7 to .$10 each. 
DrvE I.AMRS & Dressed Fork.—I. ive 
clip lambs firm. $16.25 to $16.50 per 
cwt.; live .Spring lambs. $16 to $17.75 
per cwt. Country dressed pork in light 
sMipply and firm, 16c to 2.0c. 
Apples. —Fancy apples wanted. Be- 
ceipts light and mai'ket firm. Fancy 
Baldwins. .$6; Baldwins, $4 to .$5: Ben 
Davis, ,$0 to .$5; Spys, $6 to $8.50; 
Kings, $4 to .$6. 
Strawherries.—I n (lilm-al supply. 
Quality generally poor. Maryland and 
Delaware, 4c to 7c quart; .Jersey Klon- 
dykes, 6e to 12c. .Jersey Missionaries, 
4c to 7c per quart; Chesapeakes. 8c to 
Itlc per quart. Huckleberries, 10c to 35c, 
Blackberries. 30c to 32c. 
Vegetables. —Maine Cobblers, $9.50 to 
$10 per 165-lb. bag; Southern, .$9.50 to 
$11 per bai’rel. Onions, lower. Texas, 
<*rate. $1 to $1.50. Bermuda, crate. $1.2.5 
to $1.50. California yellow. 100-lb. bag, 
.$5 to .$.‘1.50. Asixirauus, $3 to$2.75 dozen ; 
Rhnharh, slow. 75c to $1 hundred bunch¬ 
es. Pens, 7.5c to $3.25 per basket. 
licnns. 75c to $2 per basket. 
Beans. —Market firm and unchanged. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. $16 to $17; pea, $15 
to $36; red kidney, $14; white kidney, 
$15 to $15.75. 
Honey & Maple Syiu p & Maple 
Si'GAR.—No. 1 Clover Comb honey, 
j)ound. 14c to 1.5c: lower grades, l.'lc to 
34c per pound. Maple syrup, .$1.10 to 
$1.25 per gallon; maple sugar, 34c to 
3.5c per j)ound. If maple sugar or syrup 
is scorched or burned in the making, it 
will sell lower. 
Hiuf:s. —Do not ship your hides to this 
Department. We haA’e discontinued the 
sale of them and advise selling them to 
your lo(>al buyei'. 
Boston Produce Markets 
trend of prices doavnward in several 
important lines. 
The list of farm produce shows many 
declines and but few advances this week. 
In some lines, like poultry, beans and 
.some green vegetables, values have merely 
eased off a little. In others, like butter, 
eggs, cheese, beaus, the market has been 
weak and unsettled, with sharp declines 
in certain cases. The firmness of the ha.v, 
grain and meat sections are bright spots, 
provided one has these things to sell and 
not to buy. Dealers explain the declines 
in two general ways. Some insist the 
market as a wiole has passed the turning 
point, “Did you ever see a time of ex¬ 
treme high prices that was not followed 
by a big decline?” observed a leading 
member of the local Chamber of Com¬ 
merce. “I expect to see all commodities 
as a class sell low^er before long, and I 
shall be glad of it. DoAver prices ai’e 
needed to keep things moving.” Others 
make light of the weak spots as merely 
temporary. “Receipts tend to become 
larger in many lines as the season ad¬ 
vances,” a South Market street dealer ob¬ 
served. “Warmer weather makes receiv¬ 
ers anxious to sell at once and keep goods 
cleared away. When prices are high, re¬ 
actions are likely to be sharp, but the.v do 
not necessarily mean lower prices riglit 
along. That will depend on many things 
which cannot be foi’cseen, such as the 
condition of general business, the season, 
Govern men t buying and the exports.” 
BETTER AVEAK AND UNSETTLED. 
In response to larger receipts and dull 
trade the butter market has been AAorking 
dowiiAvard. and at times could be bought 
well beloAV the 40-cent level, and resting 
somewhat uncertainly at around .59c for 
tub creamery extras, Avhile diiiry lots 
ranged from .5.‘{ to .‘I7c. according to 
grade; but very little butter of this class 
is being shipped. Butter receipts of all 
kinds can hardly be termed excessiv’e. the 
total since May 1 being only about three- 
fifths that of the corresponding period 
last ..vear, but prices shoAA' the receipts 
have been in excess of demand Avhile the 
prcA'ailing and continued dullness at the 
loAver level reached, causes dealers to see 
possibilitiCvS of further decline before the 
market settles. Said I. 11. Ballou : “The 
high prices checked consumjition and 
forced holders to reduce. Butter has 
been too high.” ' Green & Co.: “The 
make does not seem to be A-ery large. 
Farmers are not feeding so much grain, 
many none at all. But the price had to 
come doAvn to clear off the receipts by 
tempting buyers to come into the mai’ket. 
('heese has acted like butter, and for the 
same general reasons. Export demand 
has stojiped for a Avhile. The allied Gov¬ 
ernment ageiK’ies haA’e it in close control 
and can force doAvn the jirice by not buy¬ 
ing. AVhen it sags Ioav enough they step 
in and take Avhat they can get, and then 
out again.” 
EGGS DECLINE. 
Trade in eggs has been sIoav on account 
of rc'duced consumption, the end of stor¬ 
age buying season and other causes, 
“Eggs are selling loAver because the jieo- 
)de are not buying freel.A',” said a large 
receiver. “When eggs arc 2.5c a dozen I 
Avould eat tAvo eggs for breakfast, uoav I 
eat but one. and other peoiile are doing 
the same. It is the average people that 
‘make the market, not the fcAV Avho never 
look at prices. It is becoming a kind of 
religion to eat less of many things, and 
others find it a necessity.” Remarked an¬ 
other dealer: “Dower egg prices Avere the 
only salAuition. We ahvays get a bad 
market later on, Avhen prices are too 
high early in the season. I have eggs in 
storage, but I am glad the market Avent 
off a little in order to start the public to 
buying again.” Another blamed private 
storage. “Every one of them has .some 
eggs in Avater glass, and they use these 
before they Avill stand an advance.” 
Forced selling to meet payments on stor¬ 
age stocks, is another cause assigned for 
market Aveakness, also the arrival of 
quite a number of lots- damaged by heat. 
POULTRY MARKET EASY. 
Trade in imultry has been in a narroAv 
position for some time, with light busi 
ness because both general supply and de¬ 
mand are limited. Dive foAvls sell better 
than dressed, the last mentioned being de¬ 
pressed by rather urgent selling of West- 
eni cold stored stock. Fresh receipts are 
still mostly foAvls, but broilers are in¬ 
creasing in number. Darge Eastern foAvls 
dressed are 27 to 28c, small inferior, 25 
to 24c. Dressed broiler chickens are ,'15 
to 40c; roasters, 52 to 55c. The leading 
receiver quotes ducklings at 25 to 2(!c. 
Dive fowls are 24c, live broilers 50 to 
82c; live roosters, 16c. 
VEGETABLE SUPPLY INCREASING. 
More truck and in greater variety is 
coming Aveek by week, and some lines are 
loAA-er, but the market acts about as well 
as could be expected. Adams & Dodge 
(‘oinment: “The produce market is in 
fairl.v good shape. Native truck is mov¬ 
ing Avell, although at loAver prices for 
the soft stuff. Southern tomatoes are 
cleaning up. Cabbages hold Avell. 
Onions have been a Avi'ak spot and 
draggy, but are improving. I’otatoes are 
lower, as Avould be looked for, but old 
ones are .rtill in demand and will be as 
long as they last because some trade jire- 
fers them.” A_ Clinton Street linn pre¬ 
dicts a disi)osition of amateur gardeners 
to ship their surplus to Boston and ad- 
vi.ses care in learning Iioaa' to grade and 
pack : “In times of heavy supply, buyers 
are fus.sy and .some of the poorly packed 
stuff goes to the dum]), unless at the end 
of the Aveek Avhen the pushcart nnui are 
looking fou bargains. It is better to 
haVe the vegetables tnul fruit trucked in 
if possible. The truck should be able to 
make an early start and get hei-e in the 
morning which is the time most of our 
real buying demand appears, and the 
stuff will be looking nice and fi-esh. If 
.shipped by the expre.ss. it gets here late, 
meets a slow market and probably can¬ 
not be sold till next day. The city mar¬ 
ket is more particular about Avashing, 
grading and packing, and unless a man 
learns hoAV. he Avould better sell in the 
nearb.v imirket.” vVsparagus is quoted at 
$5__to $5 _ ])er box; cucumbers, $5 to 
$5.50 ; radishes, ,50c ; lettuce, 55c to 50c ; 
beet greens. 55c; si)inaeh and kale, 55c; 
scullions, 75c; rhubarb, 55c per box. 
Hothouse beets are $1 per doz. bunches; 
carrots 75c doz. bunches; hothouse toma¬ 
toes. 121c lb. Potatoe.s are $|f>.25 to 
,$6.50 per 2-bu._ bag. Apples are closing 
out at firm prices Avith a general range 
of ,$5 to $7 per bbl. One of the feAV 
dealers venturing to talk about the com¬ 
ing crop, said: “There Avill be plenty of 
apples. If the.v SAvamp us Avith niimber 
tAAms, apples Avill sell as Ioav as 75c to 
$1.50, but if such .stuff could: be kept 
back, apples Avould sell at $1.50 to $2.50. 
If the foreign markets .should be ojicu 
to our apples these, figures are too Ioav, 
but otherAvise, Avho is going to eat all the 
fruit'?” This is about the usual line of 
opinion expressed by dealers early every 
seas()n and n(>ed not be taken too serious 
l.A’. Those Avho investigate the most care¬ 
fully are not ready to report. 
THE PLANT AND TREE TRADE. 
The zeal of plant buyers this season 
has been all for useful plants. “FIoav- 
ers and bedding i)lants are hard to sell.” 
complained one dealer near Fanueil Hall 
“but Ave couldn't get half tomato jilants 
enough.” In fact there Avas a shortage 
of tomato and other vegetable plants all 
through this section and prices were 
double usual figures in Boston, at a 
range of $4 to $5 per box of 32 doz. It 
may be a like active demand Avill soon 
develop for cabbage plants, celery, etc. 
Trees of all kinds seem to have met light 
demand. 
AIU'SES OF THE PRODUCE TRADE. 
On account of the lighter A’olume of 
trade, Avholesale dealers have more time 
to Avorry over the abuses of the trade. 
Said ,1. Herbert Mead: “In justice to 
the shipper it must be acknoAvledged that 
many receiA’ors take undue adAmntage in 
refusing shipments on technical grounds 
if the market turns against them, espe- 
cialy if the shipper is located at some 
gi’eat distance and has no personal rep¬ 
resentative on the spot to protect his in¬ 
terest. As there is no scA’cre penalty in 
force at the present time for such action 
on the part of the consignee, some meas¬ 
ures must be taken to prevent a continu¬ 
ance of such practices, either by estab¬ 
lishing a heaA’y fine or jail sentence. 
Many concerns spring up over night like 
mushrooms, hang out a shingle under a 
good-sounding American name, gamble 
heavily in the purchase of foodstuffs. 
They disappear like a flash of lightning 
if market conditions tend to show an.v 
considerable loss on the aridval of their 
good.s. Others bu.v more than needed and 
try to secure discounts on arrival of cars, 
Avithout any idea of accepting their pur¬ 
chases unless the same happened to shoAv 
a profit. All sense of honor seems to be 
lacking and no protection is afforded the 
reliable dealer who has to contend Avith 
such competition. On the other hand, 
just as severe a penalty should be meted 
out to shippers who habitually overbill 
their cars, who refuse to pay just claims 
for shortages or damaged stock, who fail 
to fulfill their obligations Avhen the mar- 
ket_ price adA-ances, AA’ho Avilfully deacon 
their shipments in order that drafts may 
be paid before the customer can ascer¬ 
tain the actual concealed contents, or Avho 
fail to make shipments Avithin the sjieci- 
fied time. It seems to be bumaii nature 
for many shippers to decline their obli¬ 
gations after once getting the mone.v in 
their fists. At the present time Ave have 
many jokers in our hiAvs as well as loop¬ 
holes of escape from punishment, but if 
more severe penaltie.s can be established 
these practices Avill be stopped and con¬ 
fidence increased betAveen shippers and 
receivers.” 
H.\Y AND FEED. 
The hay trade shoAvs the usual Summer 
quietness, but choice Timothy holds the 
improvement noted last Aveek. Stock 
hay is A’ery dull, and some damaged lots 
are 'being forced on sale at Ioav prices. 
R.to straAA^_ is a brisk feature at .$36 to 
,$17. Grain feeds seem ti> be Avorking 
higher again, Avith cornmeal close to 
$5.50. Soper & Co. call attention to the 
relative cheapness of hominy feed at $54 
per ton and gluten feed at .$45, compared 
Avith cornmeal at .$65 to $70. Said Gat¬ 
lin Bros.: “Demand i,s strong, and the 
market on Avheat feeds is $1 to .$2 high- 
<'r i)er ton. Cottonseed is higher at near¬ 
ly $50 for best grade.” • g. b. f. 
“For the Dand’s Sake, use BoAvker's 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those Avho till it.”— Adv. 
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Not • mere Plow with a rake attachment, but a 
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