940 
■Che r: u n A L n e vv- yo r ic e r 
August 4. iSlT. 
Notes from Department of 
Foods and Markets 
204 Franklin Street, New York City 
July 20, 1917. 
Eggs. —New laid henneries continue in 
light supply, quality variable. Fancy 
State and nearby hennery whites, 4‘Ae to 
4r>c; State and nearby gathered white.s, 
.‘{9c to 41c; fancy State and nearby hen¬ 
nery browns, 42c to 44c; State and near¬ 
by hennery brown and mixed gathered, 
.‘{8c to 40c. Candle your eggs before 
shipping. Don’t wash the eggs in warm 
weather. 
IlUTTER.—Fancy Western creamery 
butter, 401/^0; extras, HO^^c; firsts, .‘{8c; 
best Eastern dairy in tubs, .‘{4c to .‘{Oc. 
Eastern dairy in prints not wanted; 
Eastern dairy in mixed packages, {{Jc to 
.‘{Oc. 
IvivE PoTJi.TKY.—Fowls, 18c to 27c; 
old roosters, 10c; live rabbits firm, 2.‘{c to 
25c per pound; I>eghorn broilers lo'.er, 
24c to 20c; colored broilers, 28c to .30c, 
State ducks, 18c; old ducks, 20c; Spring 
ducks, 22e to 2.‘{c. 
Live Calves. —^Fancy calves, 1,5b to 
45l^«; gowl to prime, 14i^c to 1.5Vic; 
common, l.‘{i/4c to 14%c; buttermilks, 
10c to 10%c; yearlings, 8^/^c to 9c 
DuESSFJi Calves and Dressed Pork. 
—Market steady, receiiits light. I'^niey 
white-meat calves, 20c to 2ic; good to 
prime, 19e to '20%c ; common, 17c; 
dressed pork firm, l(>c to 21c. 
Peaches. —Georgia Elberta, .$2.75 to 
$,'{. Georgia Early P.ells, ,$2.25 to $.3. 
STKAWiHmRiES.—Peccipts, light. T’p- 
Kiver in light supply, 8c to 12c; Westei-u 
New York, 10c to 14c quart. 
Plackrerries. —.Jersey, 8c to 12c; 
Delaware, 7c to 12c per quart. 
Cherries.—U p-River, black, 8-lb. 
Up-River sour. 
bas- 
8-lb. 
Oc to 8c. 
blackcaps, 
IGc per 
9c 
ket, 40 to 85c 
basket, 40 to 00c. 
Rasprerries. —.Jersey, pint, 
Up-River, Oc to 8c. .Ter.sey 
8 c to 10c pint. 
IIUCKI.EREERIES. —lOc to 
quart. 
Currants. —^Up-River large, 8 c v 
per quart; f.iall 3c ‘■o 8c o' uart. 
G 00 SERERRIE.S. —Small, green, Oc to 
8 c; large, green lOe o 1. , , large green, 
$1 to $1.2,5 pel Glima;, bask t. Small 
75c ■‘lo .',1 ner Clim ;x ’^aske:. 
Vegetarles. —Potatoes, Norfolk, $.3 to 
$.3..50; Jersey, .$.3.50 to $4 Eastern 
Shore, $4 t<. v4.,5C barrel; T.ong Island 
.$.3.25 to $4 barrel. Onions —.Jersf 7,5c 
to $1 baske:. Delaware and Maryland, 31 
to $1.25. Asparagiij —31 ,0 ;.3..50 per 
dozen. Pea. -State, $1.50 to $2.25 per 
basket. Peans—Weak, 50.i to 75e per 
basket. Carrots —Southern, $1.50 to $2 
per IW bunches. Corn —.Jersey, $1.25 to 
.$2 crate. Cahhage —Weak, Long Island 
and Jersey, 50c to 75o per barrel. Let¬ 
tuce —Weak, 2,5c to .$1 per basket. 
Cukes —75c to $1 per basket. 
Note. —When making consignments to 
the Department of Foods and Markets, al¬ 
ways send a shipping notice with each 
consignment. When shipping live poul¬ 
try, use well-ventilated coops, and do not 
overload them, as this will aid to reeduce 
the shrinkage. If you have made con¬ 
signments to the Department and did not 
receive your check and sales, kindly ad¬ 
vise us. Many times consignments ar¬ 
rive here without tag or any identifica¬ 
tion marks. 
Boston Produce Markets 
GARDEN TRUCK IS MOVING WELL RUT NO 
AlORE FANCY I’RICES. 
Most lines (if green vegetables are sell¬ 
ing lower, some very much lower, and 
there is naturally a good deal of com¬ 
plaint among the producers. Lettuce has 
been 10 to 20c per box for a long time, 
and quite a lot of it was plowed .under 
rather than bother with it and some of 
the other soft stuff at such values. Cab¬ 
bage was as low as .50c a bbh at one 
time. It was rumored that certain late 
settings and idantings of cabbage, beets 
and celery were also plowed down by 
disgusted gardeners. Yet jirices are not 
so very low as yet. laist year, issue of 
Aug. 7, quotations in this column were 
.$2 for peas and beans, 75e per bbl. for 
cabbages, $1.50 per box for onions, $1 
for corn, 75c for 'Summer squash, .35c 
for carrots, $.3.25 for cucumbers. Ex¬ 
cept for string beans, these figures would 
nearly serve to quote the market a year 
later, and yet it was a very poor crop 
year in New England, while this year the 
yield is good. Yet prices, in one sense 
iire low. not only compared with those 
of Winter and Spring, but esiiecially 
when placed beside costs. “’Ten years 
ago we got better help for .$1..5() a day 
than we now have at ,$2.50 to $2.7,5,” 
complained Frank Wyman of Arlington, 
“while for some crops we are being paid 
even le.ss. Our onions .stand us over 
$200 per acre cost, and I doubt if we 
can get our money back.” C. F. Crosby 
reckons he must get 8c per lusid for e.arly 
cabbage to make any money, but had 
to sell at 4c. “We have nothing great 
to complain of,” observed a iv^presenta- 
tive of the Allen Farm. “I h.ave just 
sold a load. Two more will Come in to¬ 
day and they will clean up. Cabbages 
and beans are hard hit, but other things 
are doing pretty well. Demand is good. 
The Southern truck skimmed the crearai 
of the high prices, and some things we 
Tai.se do not pay^ cost. We have sold 
good cabbages at .50c bbl. when we ought 
to have .$1.50, and wouldn’t get fat at 
that, but we hope to average the season 
all right.” Referring to local quotations 
of “ten years ago,” i„ appears th.at beans, 
peas, lettuce were higher then, beets were 
lower, while potatoes, carrots, squashes, 
radishes, cabb.ages, turnips, etc., were 
selling about the same <as now. In gen¬ 
eral, the figures support Mr. Wyman’s 
claim th.at the uigher costs of today are 
not being pai(. for. 33io average returns 
are about the .‘'amo for vegetables and 
also foi small fruits, while as compared 
with te years ago there is an advance 
of 75 to I(K) ner cent, on butter, cheese, 
eggs, poultry, meat.;, etc. Beets are 40c 
box bunches and .?1 cut-off. Carrots .50e 
box, tring bean .50c, cukes .$.3, onions 
$1 to $1.50, hubarl) 50 to 05, turnips 
50 to 30c, lettu-^e 15 to 25c, peas .$1.50 
to $2 bov Co. . is 20c doz. The first 
native tomatoes brought .$5 box. Pota¬ 
toes are gradually working lower and 
good average stock sells around $4 per 
bbl. 
SMALL FRUITS IN GOOD DEMAND. 
At the dealers’ auctions of berries there 
is a brisk demand. “They seem crazy 
after ’em,” remarked an auctionher. “’rhe 
public is hungry for- fruit and not very 
much is coming.” Competition ran the 
price up to 12c (pints) boxed raspber¬ 
ries sometimes, but most sales of good 
lots were around 10c. Native blueber¬ 
ries are a short crop and bring 18c qt., 
currants 9 to 10c, blacks 10 to 18c, 
gooselierries 8 to l.‘{c, sour cherries 8 to 
10c. A carload of fine strawberries from 
Nova Scotia sold around 18c box. Best 
N. J. apples sell at $2.50 basket. 
RUTTER MARKET FIRM. 
Values are strongly maintained around 
40c for best tub creamery butter. Ilairy 
ranges from .‘{4 to .37c. The feeling is 
general that the market has turned the 
corner and that prices have seen low 
point for the season. Receipts are about 
normal for the time of year. Buyers are 
taking hold with more confidence and 
the movement is active. Total receipts 
since May 1 are much less than a year 
ago. There is talk of army buying but 
ajiparently sales were not from this city. 
The cheese market is draggy around 2.3c. 
or. A. Cochrane, the veteran exporter, 
said: “It looks as if we ivould have no 
export trade under present restrictions, 
for an indefinite time or until the Can¬ 
adian and New Zealand cheese -is gone, 
^’lie cheese must be taken care of in our 
home markets.” Some speculative luiy- 
, ing is reported in anticipation of Govern¬ 
ment purcltases for army use,^while'other 
dealers think such buying will • not in¬ 
crease the total demand to any great ex¬ 
tent. 
NEARRY EGGS SEELING WETX. 
It is a typical hate 'Summer m.arket 
with heat damage in Western eggs im¬ 
proving the position of the gradually de- 
cre.asing'output of nearbys. Said I. II. 
Ballou": “Hennery eggs are shrinking in 
receipt and these are the only ones sell¬ 
ing well, with the market strong .at 42c. 
•Gther grades show effect of heat.” West¬ 
ern prime firsts are steady at 3Cc, but 
lower grades drag at uncertain figures 
with slack dtmand. 
POULTRY DOING A LTTTI.E RETTER. 
After weeks of the worst degree of 
dullness the poultry trade seems to be 
getting out of the dumps and talk is 
more cheerful. Summer resort trade is 
taking a good many broilers. A good 
deal of held poultry was cleared out at 
some price, while new receipts are 
lighter. There is talk of better markets 
from now on. Live broih'rs bring 25c 
and dressed 28 to 29c. Live fowls 20 to 
21c and dressed 25 to 20c. There is 
some complaint of trouble from hot 
weather and poor packing. ‘.‘Shippers 
should be urged strongly to use plenty 
of ice,” said S. L. Burr, “or the lot will 
arrive out of condition in hot weather. 
Pack tightly and ice both ends and mid¬ 
dle of package.” Said T. II. Wheeler & 
Co.: “Even the nearby shipments should 
be iced. It should not be headed nor 
drawn. 1‘oultry used to be shiiiped 
drawn for this market, but the fat would 
ooze from the cut, sour and start de- 
c.ay. In the same way with headed 
stock the blood .around the neck starts 
decay even if the neck is tied. They 
used to ship Kentucky turkeys drawn 
with <a bent wire, not requiring a cut, but 
that practice has been left off. Poultry 
should not be scalded except for local 
market, yet we have a shipper in Maine 
who collects and ships as much poultry 
as most Western killers, and he scalds 
it all and gets full price, althoiigh it is 
.a little softer stuff than if drv picked. 
He regulates the time and hear so w»ll 
that the scalding hardly shows. Most 
scalded poultry arrives off condition or 
at least has to be sold quickly and lower 
than dry iiicked. Native poultry comes 
in all kind of packages; buyers are used 
to it .and expect it that way. But West¬ 
ern poultry is from shipping concerns 
that collect by auto truck, kill, pack and 
ship in uniform style. Poultry within 
moderate distance comes mostly alive. 
It seems a pity this hot weather. But 
shippers .are not now allowed to over¬ 
crowd nor use low coops for large birds. 
nor to ship by freight unle.ss with a care¬ 
taker. Live poultry dressed in the city 
usually shrinks 10 to 1.5 per cent. A 
lot of fowls the other d.ay shrank only 7 
per cent. If they are given plenty of 
water before killing and plumped in ice 
water after killing, they take up weight 
to partly offset loss of blood and feath¬ 
ers.” 
AVERAGE HAY HARD TO SELL. 
Very little demand is reported except 
for best Timothy which holds at .$21, but 
ordinary grades of mixed and stock hay 
are being offered at almost any price. ; 
t)ne sale as low as $0 is rumored and i 
m.any at $10 although the asking prices I 
are around $12 or $13 for such grades 
Dealers .are so overloaded with stocks 
that they sometimes take any offer ft 
clear the tr.acks and stop car storagi. 
charges. “The hay m.arket is demoral¬ 
ized,” declared a leading Chamber of 
Commerce firm. “There is too much of 
it to sell and no outlet. About 20 per 
cent, of the old crop is left over and the 
new crop is large. The West seems to 
have a large yield. I’lie price may go 
lower, as it is next to impossible to sell 
hay now. In this section, loose hay and 
standing grass has been hard to dispose 
of. We have advised distant shippers to 
hold their hay out of tlris market, or sell 
it locally if possible.” 
SENSATIONAL ADVANCF..S IN FEEDS. 
With cornmeal above $4.,30 per bag by 
the carload and other feeds jumping one 
to $.5 per ton the situation is cruel for 
the stock feeders. Careful study and 
active .search for lowest values seems 
only hope of present relief. C. M. Cox 
& Co. comment as follows: “The corn 
feed.s, gluten, hominy, etc., have made 
sensational advances caused by reduced 
output because manufacturers find dif¬ 
ficulty in getting .supply of corn. Wheat 
feeds also advanced sharply from lack 
of output due to uncertain milling. The 
great mills are not running becau.se they 
can get no wheat. Cottonseed meal is 
selling around $.50 to $.55 aqcoialing and 
sales for delivery in Oct., Nov., and Dec., 
look attractive. But only a limited 
amount can be fed. Hominy feed is 
better than cornmeal every way and 
is $25 a ton cheaper because not so well 
known. County bureau.s, etc., should 
start a campaign to get it into every feed 
store and push its sale. 3'here is hoiie 
in the continuation of good pasturage 
which limits use of grain. Milling may 
come back to its normal output and con¬ 
ditions may improve after the food legi.s- 
lation is out of the way, leaving a less 
aggravated situation.” Gluten feed is 
.$.55, linseed .$.3.3, ■ hominy $58.50, mid¬ 
dlings $50, cottonseed $52 per ton. 
LIVE STOCK FAIRLY STEADY. 
Beef cattle sell about the same at 
Brighton stock yards, quoting 11c for 
best fat steers and oxen and 7%c for 
fair to good. Fair to good cows ..ell from 
.514 to 7%c and canning _ stock around 
.5e. (Jood native cow beef is 10c. Calves 
are in light supply at 15c for best an’ 
fair to good lots at 11 to 14. Fancy 
dressed veals are 20e in Bo.ston. Hogs 
are a little off from the highest and 
15%c is close to top for ri'cent sales 
although a few fancy still bring 10c, bu 
demand is not so strong because some 
local packers claim to be .a little over¬ 
stocked. Milch cows are in fairly good 
demand at recent range mostly $50 to 
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“How are you getting along with your 
new efliciency expert'/” “Remarkably 
well,” the head of a large business firm 
answered. “In fact, we are still quite 
friendly, although he has di.scharged sev¬ 
eral members of my family.”—Melbourne 
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