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Excellent Fruit Farm near Shippensburg, Pa. 
at Public Sale Oct. 5th, 1917, at 2 P. M. 
195 Acre farm, 95 acres in fruit, 7,000 Peach and 4,000 
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Notes from Department of 
Foods and Markets 
* 
204 Franklin Street, New York City 
September 20, 1017. 
Eggs, —Xe.irby hennery eggs firm and 
liighcr, l')xtra fancy large white, 5Cc to 
.70c; hennery, brown, 47c to .70c; nearby 
gathered white, 4.3c to 40c. To avoid 
breakage, nse new cases with No. 1 flats 
and fillers. Place excelsior on top and 
bottom of case. Always candle yonr eggs 
before shipping, and do not i>ack cracked 
oggs. 
Buttf.r. —Market higher. Best cream¬ 
ery, 44 ^/^e to 4.71/4 c; prime to fancy. 43e 
to 4414 c; fancy Eastern dairy, 41c to 
44c; Eastern dairy in mixed packages, 
40c to 43c. 
Tave roi'LTKY.—In liberal supply; 
market firm. Fowls, 25%c to 2Sc; old 
roosters. 18c to 20c; Ivcghorn broilers, 
20c to 2Sc; colored broilers, 28c to 32c; 
State ducks. 20c to 23c; Ixing Island 
ducks, 25c to 20c; live rabbits wanted, 
2r)c. 
Live C.m.ves and Hogs. — Fancy calves, 
10c to 17c; goiKl to prime. 15i4c to IGc; 
common, 1.3i4e to 14%c; buttermilks, 
.$0.75 to .$10; yearlings, .$8.50 to $0; live 
hogs, 18c to 10c. 
Dre.ssed Calves and Dressed Pork. 
—In light supply, and limitf^ demand. 
Fancy white-meated calves, 2.7c to 20c; 
good to prime. 23c to 25c; common. 18c 
to 10c; buttermilks. 1.7c to 10c. Dressed 
bogs, 24%c to 25%c; roasting pigs, 24c 
to 27c. 
Pe-VCHES. —In moderate supply. Jer¬ 
sey Elberta. .$L.70 to .$2.25 per carrier: 
Belle of (leorgia. .$1.25 to .$1.75 per car¬ 
rier. Best Delaware and Maryland sold 
at $1.75 to $2. New York State Car¬ 
man, in baskets. 50c to 75c; State Craw¬ 
ford, 00c to 00c a basket; State Elberta, 
$1 basket. 
Pears. —Clajip's Favorite, fancy, $5 to 
$6.25 bbl.; Bartlett, arriving ripe. $1.50 
to $2 basket; Bartlett, $4.50 to $6 bbl.; 
Kieffer, Sonthern, $2 to $.3; Beuri'e 
Clairgeau, $3.50 to $5.50. 
Orates. —('hainpion, orate. 00c to 75c; 
Moore’s early, 75c to 85c; Worden, 75c 
to 85c; Delaware. 75c to $1; black, 4-lb. 
basket. 10c to 11c; black, per 20-lb. bas¬ 
ket, 70c to 80c. 
Apples. —.\pples in fair supply and 
good fruit selling freely. Oood demand 
for crab apples. Wealthy, bbl., $3 to $5; 
Duchess, $.3 to $4.75; Gravensteiu, $3 to 
$0; Pippin. $3.50 to $0; Northwestern 
reening, $3.50 to $5.50; green cooking 
apples, $i to $1.75 ba.sket. Large crab 
apples, bbl.. $4 to $8. Small cherry 
crabs, in half barrel hamper, $8. 
Potatoes. —.Jersey round, bbl., $3.75 
to $4; .Tersey Ivong, $2.85 to $2JK) 150-lb. 
bags; I./ong Island No. 1, $.3.75 to $4 ; 
Maine, $3.75 bag. 
Onions. —In good supply, moderate de¬ 
mand. Jersey white and yellow. $1 and 
.$2 bn. bskt. Jer.sey red, $1 to $1.25; Or¬ 
ange County r«'d, lOO-lb. bag, $2 toj'2.50: 
Orange County yellow. $2 to $2.75; Or¬ 
ange County white. $1 to $1.75 basket; 
State and Western white, 100-lb. bag, 
$3.25 to $3.50, 
Be.ans. —There is some demand for 
new crop at these prices. White beans in 
demand. Bed kidney. ll%c to 12c lb.; 
white kidney, 13%c to 14%c lb.; pea, 
13V.C to 14c lb.; white marrow, 14e to 
14y2C lb. 
CoMR Honey. —Demand for new crop 
honey, 14c to ICe per lb. 
VkgeT-'LRLES. — Beans in moderate sup¬ 
ply. Few fancy. Green. $1.50 to $2215 
biLshel; .Jersey wax, .$1..70 to $2 basket; 
Ivong Island Avax and green. $1 to $1.50 
bag. Cahha^e, 75c to ,$1.25 bbl., Long 
Island. Carrots, bbl.. $1.75 to $2.25. 
CcJcrij, New York State. $2 to $3.50 
crate. Cueumhers, bbl., $L.70 to $2..70; 
75c to $1.50 per bushel. Lettuce. 2-doz. 
crate, $1 to $2.50. Lima Beaus, Jersey, 
$1.50 to $2 per basket. Peas, bushel, 
$1.75 to .$2.50. 
Boston Produce Markets 
VEGETARLE SUPPLIES MODER.ATE, WITH 
STE.ADY DEMAND AND STRONG PRICE TONE, 
Garden truck has been selling briskly, 
and there is no great oversupply. Even 
cabbages and green tomatoes are doing 
better although still about the cheapest 
lines in the market. While the bulk of 
ari'ivals was reduced on account of several 
frosts, the market value of what remains 
was helped and demand has been stimu¬ 
lated by the colder weather. Trade, how¬ 
ever. has been unsteady. The .Jewish feast 
days afl'ect the food trade to a greater 
extent than is geuorally known, since 
those who take part nre mostly city 
dwellers and therefore buy all they con¬ 
sume, the purchases being of the Thanks¬ 
giving and Christmas kind. During the 
week i>receding each of the several series 
of holidays at this time of year there is 
active buying of poultry, vegetables and 
fruit. Then during the holiday.s and the 
next few days there is a lull in the 
market causing dealers to speak of slow¬ 
ness of trade, although in a season like 
the present values may not fall off; and 
the tone of the market quickly recovers. 
Prices in the long run have tended up¬ 
ward. Good shell and string beans are 
scarce and sell at $2 or more a box. and 
good Limas $2..70. Frosted beans are hard 
to sell at any price. Small bloml beets 
are 8.7c to $I box; big blood beets, the 
size of small cocoannts, bring 00 to 05c, 
but white or pink beets of that size are 
hard to sell. Cabbage, hard, clean, uni¬ 
formly graded and not too large brings 
75c per bbl., others 60 to 65c; Savoy 
$1 bbl., and red cabbage $1 to $1.25 a 
box. Carrots a little higher, $1.50 to .$1.75 
box. Good corn, frost free, brought $1.50, 
other lots 85c to $1 box; cukes. No. 1, 
$4; lettuce, S5c; onions, $2; peppers, 
$2.50; tomatoe.s. poor to fancy, -$1.50 to 
.$vl; radishes, 75c; parsnips, $2; green 
tomatoes, 75e; egg plant, $2; cauliflower, 
$2; spinach, 75c box. Celery is 75c 
doz., marrow squash. $1.50 bbl.; Hubbard 
and Bay State squash, $.35 to $40 ton. 
A receiver of Canadian yellow turnips 
qnoto.s at $2 per bbl. and remarks that 
the siipply from the large crop up there 
will be reduced because of heavy buying 
from the growers on the part of fac¬ 
tories which are drying them for export. 
Field beaus hold finnly at $8.25 per bn. 
for N. Y. pea, and .$8 for yellow eyes. 
Native onions seem to average rather 
small, also the Conn. Valley receipts and 
yield is reported very moderate. 
POTATO TRADE EXHIBITS GOOD TONE. 
The market is kept fairly well supplied, 
but demand is active and the trend of 
prices still upward. Values seem inclined 
to work higher not only here, but in the 
potato .sections South and West, with an 
advance of 10 to 15e per bu. in price 
paid to growers. The Boston market is 
.$1.15 to $1.17 at the yards or .$2.40 to 
$2.50 per 2-bn. bag. While some dealers 
look for steady or higher prices, others 
expect a decline. Said J. Herbert Mead : 
“I am one of the few receivers ventur¬ 
ing to predict a drop to 75c per bushel 
by Oct. 1 . 5 , in Boston. .Inst now the 
.season is midway; New .Jerseys are done 
and the western digging hardly com¬ 
menced. The large available supply West 
is likely to off.set the somewhiit dis- 
.appointing crop in Maine. The yield up 
there appears to be only 50 bbls. per 
acre, in gome localities at least, and 
with costs of at loa.st $100 per acre, the 
present net to growers of about .$2.50 
per bbl. is hardly sati.sfaetory. But I 
fear prices may go lower. There are 15 
to 2() cars of New Brunswick potatoes 
coming daily, and there would be more 
if they could get the cars. The New 
Brunswick potatoes seem larger than the 
Maines at present and are selling about 
2c higher than Maine here. Freight is 
2c per bn. higher this year. Canadian 
starch and drying factories are reported 
paying $1.75 per bbl. for No. 2’s, with 
a good demand for such uses. They sort 
by machine.” 
MORE APPLES COMING. 
The scarcity of Fall apples becomes 
less extreme with the arrival of late kinds, 
but prices are holding well. About the 
lowest figure noted for sound, smooth 
apples was .$1.25 for small unnamed 
sweetings. A good many Duchess are 
small and bring only $1.50 to $1.75 box. 
Any standard large red apple. Graven- 
stein, Wealthy. Duchess, Alexander, 
brings around $2 box or $4 to $0 bbl. 
Crab apples range from $3 to $0. Some 
Hubbardstons from N. .T. were held at 
$2 per bu. basket. 
BITYEBS LOO"ING FOB WINTER CROP. 
The whole New England apple section 
has been covered earlier than usual by 
agents of Boston firm.s. Various prices 
and terms are reported, but a range of 
$.3 to $3.25 bbl. seems to cover a great 
many of the sales of Baldwins orchard 
run delivered at shippers’ station, and 
shippers furnishing barrels. Some are to 
be packed “A” and “B” grade without ex¬ 
tra charge for the work. A few buyers sent 
out men to pick and pack the fruit, paying 
about $2.50 bbl. Probably the majority 
of nearby orchards will pack in boxes 
and be trucked in. A common range is 
$1 for “A” grade and 75 to 85c for “B” 
grade. Sometimes $1 or a little more for 
orchard run. Buyers usually furnish 
boxes, but not always, and buyers pay 
trucking charges. There is a good deal 
of grumbling and shaking of beads at the 
high price compared with last year, but 
those who have hesitated are finding mo.st 
of the desirable orchards taken. A few 
are reported asking as high as $4 for 
their crop. “The crop is in sections.” 
commented one buyer who has travelled 
about considerably. “Some apple towns 
have hardly an orchard with a decent 
crop, other towns 25 to 50 miles away 
have jilenty of good fruit. The crop is 
clean and good color, but it is surely 
smaller in size of fruit and will tliere- 
fore have a large proportion of “B” or 
No. 2 grade. Some old and neglected 
orchards will not have much but No. 2’s. 
There are not many drop.s, but a wind 
may take them yet.” 
PEACHES DISAIH’OINTING. 
The prevailing opinion among dealers 
is that the Northern peach crop is far 
short of the big yield predicted. A large 
proportion of the fruit seems to be late 
and poor. Conn., N. Y'. and Mich, are all 
shipping less here than expected, and 
receipts of natives are small so far. 
Prices of good peaches are t)u a basis 
equivalent to about .$2 per bushel and 
the market is firm at this level. Frosts 
seem to have nearly ruined the local 
September 29, 1917 
cranberry crops, but some growers have 
escaped, or had the water on their bogs. 
Price $2.50 per crate. Good, large, bright 
Bartlett and Clapp pears sell around $2 
box. Wild grapes range from $2 to $3 
box, and Concords, $2, receipts increasing 
and market weak. Wild barberries are 
wanted and should bring good price when 
received. Grapes in pony baskets sell at 
14 to 17e, 
BUTTER AND CHEESE VERY FIRM. 
Demand for butter is only fair, but 
supply being rather light, values are firm¬ 
ly held. The official quotation for tub 
creamery extras remains 44%, but some 
choice stock is held higher. L. Mears & 
Co., “The general market here is un¬ 
changed although other cities have ad¬ 
vanced a fraction. . Trade has slowed 
down, but fancy grades are in good de¬ 
mand. Quality is good for the season. 
The outlook is for steady values for some 
time to come. The strong feature of the 
situation is that the market has been fair¬ 
ly well cleared of low grade stock on 
account of the search for something that 
could be .sold nearer the views of consum- 
ei's. This clearance of low grades has 
removed what is always a drag on the 
market. The weak point is that prices 
are high.” According to I. H. Ballou: 
“There is a lull in the market. Buyers 
have taken on stock during the advance 
and are supplied for a time. The market 
has acted well, not as yet showing the 
reaction that usually follows a prolonged 
advance. Quality of receipts is good, 
without much frosty flavor. Regular 
frost flavored butter has to be sold for 
what it will bring. CluM'se has shown 
an advancing tendency and 26c is quoted 
here, following a rise in the country 
markets. It appears as if certain in¬ 
terests were holding it until export de¬ 
mand appears. The expected reduction 
in ocean freight rates may start exports 
of both cheese and butter.” 
MAY ADVANCE IflLK PRICE AGAIN. 
There is a good prospect that milk 
will go up again Oct. 1. An adv.ance 
to a ba.sis of 8c per qt. delivered in 
Boston is advocated, but at time of writ- 
ting no deal had been announced. This 
would mean 1 cent more for producers.. 
The plan is to make a trade for one 
month only, in order to see whether the 
Government food control succeeds in 
bringing down the price of mill feed, in 
which event the pre.sent price might be 
resumed for milk. The Association now 
includes fully 12.000 members and is rais¬ 
ing its funds by tax of one-half of one 
jier cent on the monthly milk bills, the 
amount being deducted by the contractors 
and forwarded to the As.sociation by 
authority of a standing order given by 
the shipper. 
HIGH PRICE FOR FEEDS. 
The grain market affords little relief 
for feedei-s, as the trend of most feeds 
has turned upward once more. Said C. 
M. Cox & Co.: “We do not look for low 
priced feeds so long as the war lasts. In 
the civil war the high price of wheat 
was not reached until very late. We 
could sell a great deal of wheat feed for 
advance delivery, bei-anse so many believe 
it will go higher, but the Government 
does not permit sales for more than 30 
d.'iys ahead. The proposed plan to mill 
all our grain here and to export only 
flour would increase the supply of feed 
but probably some entire wheat will hr 
exported.” 
SLOW SALE FOB MILCH COWS. 
Arrivals of milch cows at Brighton 
ai'e mostly of low grade, hut prices are 
high, $60 to $75 for anything fairly good. 
Northern farmers have plenty of hay and 
are not selling many except the poorest 
milkers. Buyers are not taking hold of 
such stock eagerly, and drovers find it 
hard to make any money lately. Young 
fancy milkers sell as high as $150, but 
they have been very .scarce for some 
weeks past. Live hogs hold at 18%c; 
calves, choice. 14 to i.7c; lambs, 12 to 
14c; sheep, 0 to 8c; beef cattle, 11 t-' 
12c; cows, 7 to Oc; poor cows, 4 to ”< 
_ G. B. F. 
Coming Farmers* Meetings 
Agricultural Society of Queen.s Nassau 
Counties, seventy-sixth annual exhibition. 
Mineola, N. Y.. Sept. 25-20. 
Dairy Cattle Congress, Waterloo. 
Iowa. Oct. 1-7. 
Inteniutional Wheat Show, Wichita. 
Kan., Oct. 1-1.3. 
Eastern States Agricultural and lr- 
dustrial Exposition, Springfield, Mass., 
Oct. 12-20. 
New Y'ork State Guernsey Breeders’ 
Association, annual field day. Harbor 
Hill, Roslyn, Long Island, Saturday, Oc¬ 
tober 1.3. 
Sheep show, under auspices of New 
York State Agricultural Society. Utica, 
N. Y.. Oct. .30-31, Nov. 1. 
American Pomological Society, regular 
biennial meeting, Boston, Ma.ss., Oct. 31- 
Nov. 4. 
Winter short courses in agriculture. 
State College, Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 7-Feb. 
15. 
Northwest Live Stock Exiiosition, 
Lewiston, Idaho, Nov. 8. 
National Farm and Live Stock Show, 
New Orleans, La.. Nov. 17. 
Pacific International Live Stock Ex| o- 
sition. Noi'th Portland. Ore.. Nov. 10-21. 
Short courses in agricnlture. Itiitgers 
College. New Brunswick. N. J.. open 
Nov. ‘ 20. 
National Dairy Show. Columbus. <».. 
Oct. 18-27, 
