RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1019 
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( Boston Produce Markets 
(Continued from page 1004.) 
tions. The fanners seem to have re¬ 
duced their price expectations to about 
$1 per bushel. The yield of the whole 
country promises large, but we do not 
look for extreme low prices for any great 
length of time.” A. F. Heald reports 
.Jersey stock .$1.1.5 at shipping ])oints 
and the market here steady and fairly 
active. 
APPLES LOWER. 
Most of the stock is small and poor, 
inferior Astrachan and Duchess, selling 
at $1 to $1.25 box. Good Williams bring 
.$2. Said a Concord gi’ower who brought 
in a mixed load : “Yellow Transparent is 
our best early apple. It is large, attrac¬ 
tive and easily sells for .$1.75 a box. As- 
trachans are too uncertain in crop and 
with too m'any culls. Williams are not 
very good for cooking and Duchess runs 
small on old trees.. The apple crop is 
light in our section.” W. Benjamin & 
Co.. “We have just had an agent through 
the apple section nearby and in New 
Hampshire, but couldn’t find early apples 
anywhere^ in quantity to be worth while. 
Winter kinds seem to be a light crop in 
most places. We have not heard much 
about prices for them as yet.” The crop 
as a whole seems less than last year, but 
the shrinkage is partly offset by less of 
export trade. The light crop of oranges 
may help demand for apples if the pub¬ 
lic does not cut down too hard on lux¬ 
uries. We judge the outlook somewhat by 
the prices of early apples which are 
rather high for good stock. We have 
found no growers ready to sell their 
Winter fruit yet and not many dealers 
are ready_ to buy.” We would pay 75c 
per box if the fruit were good. Last 
year’s figures at picking time were 50 
to (i5c net to grower.” Hall & Cole re¬ 
port apples dull and lower. “The crop 
of Fall and Winter fruit is reported light 
in New England, perhaps about 50 per¬ 
cent. We expect the market for Bald¬ 
wins, etc., to start at .$2 to $2..50 per 
barrel.” 
Berries of all kinds continue scarce 
and high. Good blues are 20c or more, 
blacks 15 to 20, red currants 12 to 
15c and black 15 to 20, gooseberries 12 
to 20c. qt., peaches $8 to $4 per carrier. 
A few late cherries sold at 12e lb. sour, 
and 15c sweet. 
BUTTER AND CHEESE FIRM. 
There is a well sustained trade in 
butter and a tendency to lighter receipts. 
Price of best grades is firm at 40 to 41c., 
inferior 88 to 39c and dairy 34 to .38%c. 
Toj) scoring lots sell promptly. I. H. 
Ballou reports, “Some improvement in 
quality over receipts in hottest weather, 
but the make has been cut down to stay; 
prices are pot likely to go lower, but 
probably will stiffen gradually. Cheese 
has been showing hot weather quality, 
but is now coming better, the best sell¬ 
ing at 23c.” A Blackstone Street receiver 
mentions considerable buying of cheese 
here and in country markets, apparently 
in expectation of advancing prices. Re¬ 
marked another dealer, “One of our large 
creamery men writes us he is losing 
money shipping us butter because it is 
too low compared with price of milk or 
of cheese. There is still much selling 
of herds. In one town there were over 
a dozen auctions of herds ranging from 
14 to above 100 cows in each.” 
FRESH EGGS IN SCANT SUPPLY. 
Receipts are more than seasonably 
light, running considerably below last 
year’s very moderate figures for the 
corresponding time. Nearby eggs are 
wanted, as shown by the advertising and 
offei-s of special prices for desirable reg¬ 
ular shipments. The standard price for 
nearbys is 50c, Eastern Extras 48 and 
Western prime firsts, ,38 to 30c. Sales 
of aU grades are prompt, except those 
showing bad heat defects. Rumors of 
general selling of flocks cause predic¬ 
tions of still further reduction in sup¬ 
plies. 
POULTRY MARKET STEADY. 
Live fowls hold steady at about 21e. 
Some heavy, plump ones sell at 22e. 
Broilers are 2.3c. Firms like Batchelder 
& Snyder buying on no-commission basis, 
quote live fowls at 20c net, broilers, 21c; 
roasters, 25e to 28; dressed fowls, 26c; 
broilers, 28c. Live ducklings are 20 to 
22c; dressed, 25c; old live ducks, 15 to 
17c; Pigeons are $2.25; squabs, from 
,$2.50 doz. up. Green goslings are dull, 
also young guineas, and In fact, all food 
luxuries. Shippers should be careful 
about crowding coops of live poultry in 
hot weather.” 
MEATS IN GOOD DEMAND. 
With choice western beef close to 20c, 
the market has become very firm in other 
lines. Young cow beef brings 15c; good 
mutton and yearlings 18 to 20c, Spring 
lambs 23 to 26c, choice veal 20c. A 
good deal of veal is coming rather poor 
and some is injured by heat. There is 
a wide range of 14 to 20c. 
LTV'E STOCK SHIPMENTS LIGHT. 
With arrivals at the rate of less than 
w ears a week at Brighton and Water- 
town, the situation is in sellers’ favor 
and prices have tended higher. Hogs 
seem to be getting scarce according to 
fight supplies in face of extreme prices. 
Ihe rather light average wei'iht suggests 
that the herds are being sold down 
closely, or shipped early for lack of 
feed. Exports of pork products from 
Boston were about .$4,000,000 worth the 
past seven months. Live hogs sell at 
17 to 17^^c for good stock and IdV^c if 
rough and thin. Choice beef cattle bring 
nine to 10c mostly, but a few sell as 
high as lie, fair to good dairy breed 
cows 5 to 6c and canning stock 4^c., 
common bulls mostly 6 to 7c. Fancy 
calves sell at 14 to 14%e and mixed lots 
as they come at 12 to 13e. Milch cows 
seem in light supply, but prices hold 
about the same, with a range of $40 to 
$125 covering most sales. But there 
are cows _ nearly every week that sell 
from $125 to $150 large, handsome, 
young and heavy milkers, often pure¬ 
bred. 
HAY MOVING BETTER. 
_ The market is acting better for the 
time being and dealers are holding firm¬ 
ly to quotations. Anderson & Co. com¬ 
ment as follows: “Conditions have 
changed on account of light receipt and 
there is a firmer feeling on all grades 
No. 2 or better, but poor grades are 
still dragging. The improvement seems 
temporary. It is between hay and 
grass. The season was late and the new 
crop will not arrive so early as usual. 
Some will never be cut on account of 
scarcity of labor. Prices were not high 
enough to induce holders to resume 
shipping the old crop in the busy sea¬ 
son. Much of the old crop is number 2 
or 3, but the new crop averages better. 
A member of the firm lately through 
the hay shipping sections of New Eng¬ 
land and Ne_w Y^ork, reports the new cut 
late in Maine and New York and a 
great quantity of old, low grade hay 
carried over. He found the crop excel¬ 
lent in central and southern New Y’ork. 
We quote, as for the Chamber of Com¬ 
merce, No. 1, .$21 to .$22 in large bales; 
No. 2, $18 to $19; stock hay, $11 to 
$13; Eastern coarse. $17 to $19; me¬ 
dium, .$12 to $14; light mixed, ,$15 to' 
$17; No. 1 clover, $1.3 to ,$15; No. 2, 
clover nominal, damaged hay, $9 to $10; 
swhle, $10; rye straw, $14 to $15; oat, 
.$9 to $10.” 
FEEDS LOWER. 
It is possible to make some saving by 
careful study of the feed market from 
week to week in these times when spe¬ 
cial conditions seem to count more than 
actual feeding value. Wheat feeds are off 
about .$.3_ a ton and hominy has lost 
some of its advance, while most other 
by-product feeds hold about the same, 
including lifnseed, cottonseed and dis¬ 
tillers grain.s. Said O. M. Cox & Co., 
“We do look for much change in price 
of concentrates for some time, but we 
are not urging dealers to take on large 
stocks of general feeds, because the 
market seems weak at these prices. The 
new crop of wheat is coming in and 
some mills are grinding it. Wheat feeds 
should go lower. Hominy at $69 seems 
a good purchase compared with com 
meal at .$85 to $90. G. B. F, 
Buffeilo- Markets 
The pi'oduce markets are well stocked 
up, but prices are rather high, looked at 
from the standpoint of the consumer. 
The early Fall fruits, peaches and rasp¬ 
berries, with huckleberries and blackber¬ 
ries, are fairly plenty and vegetables are 
in good supply, though cut down some by 
the dry weather. The only article that 
steadily refuses to come down from the 
high last-year level is dry beans, which 
are still quoted at $9 to $9.50. Potatoes 
show some disposition to advance, in 
spite of the reports of great crops. The 
crop here is backward and not much 
available yet. Bushel prices are $1.50 to 
$1.60, and new No. 1, $5.50 per bbl. 
There are now new apples in plenty, at 
$1.50 to ,$2.25 per hamper. 
Peaches are holding up in price till the 
big local crop is ready, $2 to $3.50 per 
bushel for Southern; pears, $2 per bu.; 
cherries are about gone, but plums are 
just coming in; currants. 12c to 16c per 
qt.; raspberries, 12c to 29c for all colors; 
blackberries, 16c to 18c per qt.; huckle¬ 
berries, fine, at 18e per qt. 
Watermelons continue high priced and 
scarce at 35c to 75c, according to size; 
muskmelons, $3.75 to $4.25 per crate; 
honeydew melons, $1.25 to $2 per flat. 
Southern fruit are practically all high 
except oranges and limes. Lemons are 
.$9.50 to $10 per box for Californias; or¬ 
anges, $3.25 to $4.50 per box; limes, 90c 
to $1 per 100; pineapples, $4.50 to $5 
per box; bananas, $1.25 to $3.25 for yel¬ 
low ; $5 for red per bunch. 
The vegetable market is in good quality 
at firm prices. Dry beans are hard to get, 
but green beans are 75e to $1.25 per bu.; 
beets, 15c to 20c; carrots, 15c to 20c; 
onions, 12c to 15c; radishes, 20c to 25c, 
all per doz. bunches. Cabbage promises 
to be a big crop and is down to $3 to 
$.3.50 per 100; cucumbers, home grown, 
40c to 50c per dozen; lettuce, 70c to $1 
per 2-doz. box; parsley, 20c to 2.5c per 
doz. bunches; celery, 20c to 50c per 
bunch; peas, $2.25 to $2.50 per bag; to¬ 
matoes, very late here, 45e to 50c for 7- 
Ib. basket and 12e to 15c per lb. for hot¬ 
house. 
The dairy ^ market is sti-ong, butter 
prices advancing slowly, being up to 42c 
for extra creamery; .38c to 39c for best 
dairy; 36c to 37c for crocks and 32c to 
3.3c for low grades. Cheese is steady at 
24_c for best domestic and 21c to 22c for 
fair to fancy. Eggs are advancing, best 
hennery being 42c to 45c; candled, 36c 
to 40c. Farmers cannot afford to buy 
grain to feed laying fowls. 
The poultry market is strong, about 
everything offered being taken each day. 
The frozen poultry list is the most com¬ 
plete, as certain fowls are not much of¬ 
fered alive in Summer. Frozen turkey, 
.33c to .34c; fowl, 22c to 24c; chickens, 
24e to 27c; broilers, 24c to 29c; capons, 
.33e to .34c for heavy; ducks, 2.3c to 24e; 
geese, 18c to 19c per lb. Dressed fowl is 
about 2e higher than frozen and live a 
cent or two lower. 
Hay is firm in spite of the big crop, as 
the old crop is about out. Quotations run 
about $20 for No. 1 timothy down to $17 
for No. 2 and .$15 for No. .3. The weath¬ 
er is excellent for the gathering of the hay 
crop and fine, quality is assured. 
J. w. c. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER. 
Receipts light and market strong and active. 
Best prints, 45@46; good to choice tub, 32@ 
44. 
. EGGS. 
Fancy stock free from heat damage is very 
scarce. Medium grades selling slowly. Fancy 
candled, 47@48; good to choice gathered, 35@ 
42. 
LIVE rOULTRY. 
Fowls and chickens firm and active. Fowls, 
23@24; roosters, 1G@17; chickens, 22@2C; 
ducks, 17@10; pigeons, pair, 20@25. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Broilers (full; squabs in fair demand. Fowls, 
24@20; roosters, 18@19: broilers, 30@36; ducks, 
21 @22squabs, doz., 82@.?4.50, 
LIVE STOCK, 
Steers strong and higher; sheep and lambs 
firm. Steers, $11@.'(;12.50; bulls, .‘i!7.75@.’i!9.75; 
cows, $5.50@$7.25: sheep, wethers, .'?7@.$11; 
fat ewes, lambs, hogs, $1G.50 
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FRUITS. 
Apples seying well and slightly higher; 
other fruits moving at generally fair prices. 
Apples, %-bkt., 2,')@.?1; peaches, bu.-bkt., .$1,50 
@.$2.50; muskmelons, bu., G5@$l. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes in good demand; onions doing bet¬ 
ter. Potatoes, Delaware and Maryland, bbl., 
$3..50@.$4.25; nearby, %-bkt., G0@.$1; sweets, 
bbl., $4@.$7; onions, %-bkt., 75@$1. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay market dull. No. 1 Timothy, $20.,50@ 
$21; No. 2, $17.50@.$18.50; No. 3, .$15@.$16.50; 
straw, .$12@$13.50. 
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. 
The August estimates give the following total 
yields and yields per acre: 
Total Yield'. 
Bu. per Acre. 
Wheat . 
14 
Corn . 
26.4 
Oats . 
33.7 
Barley . 
24.3 
Rye . 
. 56,000,000 
14.9 
Rice . 
35.7 
Potatoes . 
107.5 
Sweets . 
. 86,400,000 
95.6 
The hay crop is put at 100,000,000 tons, or 
10,000,000 tons less than last year, the yield 
per acre being 1.48 tons. The probable com¬ 
mercial apple crop is 22,000,000 barrels. 
Peaches, 42,700,000 bushels. 
All grain yields except rice are in excess of 
last year. Wheat overruns 13,000,000 bu,; 
corn, 608,000,000; oats, 204,000,000; barley, 22,- 
000,000; rye, 9,600,000; potatoes, 172,000,000; 
sweets, 15,41)0,000; rice, 6,100,000 less... 
In Winter wheat Kansas leads all States with 
51,094,000 bu. Other States with 10,000,000 bu. 
or more are: Ohio, 38,786,000; Oklahoma, 31,- 
659,000; Indiana, 31,588,000; Illinois, 28;398,000; 
Missouri, 26,995,000; Pennsylvania, 24,482,001); 
Virginia, 19,348,000; Texas, 15,252,000; Michi¬ 
gan, 14,127,000; Maryland, 11,271,000; Nebraska, 
10,932,000, and Washington, 10,858,000. New 
York Is put at 8,248,000. In Spring wheat. 
North Dakota stands highest, 60,900,000; South 
Dakota, 41,715,000; Washington, 20,304,000. 
Illinois stands at the head in corn, 420,189,- 
000; Iowa, 417,346,000; Missouri, 232,2.55,000; 
Nebraska, 227,802,000; Indiana, 213,608,000; 
Ohio, 166,513,000; Kentucky, 129,588,000; Ten¬ 
nessee, 113,002,000, 
Iowa leads in oats, 209,016,000; Illinois, 201,- 
842,000; Minnesota, 121,329,000; Nebraska, 97^ 
338,000; Wisconsin, 87,602,000; Ohio, 74,775, 
000; Indiana, 73,710,000. 
In barley California leads with 38,387,000; 
Minnesota, 37,807,000; North Dakota, 27,391,000; 
South Dakota, 22,601,000. 
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