UAe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1223 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Current prices and news at New York and 
otlier places notecT. 
NEW YORK, OCTORElt 11, 1917. 
BUTTER. 
The recent advance in price checked buying 
for several days, so that the market became 
decidedly dnll. Prices were dropped 1 to 1% 
cent, and some improvement in trade resulted. 
Butter substitutes are being used to an increas¬ 
ing extent, being handled by most retail butter 
dealers. Tliey arc straight oleo, colored and un- 
colored, and there are vegetable products made 
of cocoanut oil, etc. When sold white, a small 
capsule of coloring matter is given to the buyer 
to be worked in if desired. These substitutes 
now retail 15 to 20 cents t)elow the price of best 
butter. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
Good to Choice . 42 & 41 
bower Grades. 40 @ 41 
Storage, good to choice, . 41 @ 43 
Dairy, best. 44 & 44^ 
Comnion||to Good. 30 @ 43 
City made. 37 ® 391-2 
Packing Stock. 35 ® 39 
Process . 38 @ 43 
Elgin, Ill., butter market, 435^ cents. 
CHEESE. 
Tlie up-Stute markets are 1% to 2 cents lower, 
and prices in the city have dropped slightly. 
In some of tlie New York State dairj* sections 
the cheese make has increased, owing to the 
shutting down of many milk shipping stations. 
Whole .Milk, fancy . 
Good to choice. 
Lower grades. 
Bkim’s, best.... 
Fair to good. 
Watertown, N. T. 
Utica, N. y. 
Plymouth, Wis. 
EGOS. 
25 ^® 
24 & 
19 ® 
19 9 
9 @ 
23H® 
23 ^® 
25 ® 
26 
25 
23 
20 . 
16 ; 
23 J 3 
26 H 
Fancy white of uniformly good size are verv 
scarce and 3 cents higher. The market as a 
whole has been quite unsettled, owing to the 
large proportion of medium grades offered. 
White, choice to fancy. 62 @ 66 
Medium to good. 62 @ 68 
Mixed colors, best. 60 @ 62 
Common to good. 42 @ 46 
Gathered, best. 58 ® 60 
Medium to good . 45 & 52 
bower grades. 30 @ 35 
Storage, best. 42 @ 43 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 25 @ 26 
Spring Ducks, lb. 22 ® 23 
Fowls . 25 @ 26 
Roosters . 19 ® 20 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best lb. 36 ® 38 
Common to good . 22 @ 30 
Chickeiis choice broilers, lb. .. 36 ® 38 
Roasters . 28 ® 33 
Fowls. 24 @ 29 
Roosters. 20 ® 21 
Spring Itucks. 23 (3 26 
Squabs, doz. 160 @6 60 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 50 @16 10 
Bulls. 6 00 @10 00 
Cows . 4 50 @ 9 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 15 00 @17 00 
Culls. 8 00 @12 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 7 00 @1160 
I.ambs .16 00 @17 00 
Hogs.19 00 @19 75 
WOOL. 
The market is very firm, and prices on some 
grades of scoured are several cents higher. 
Not much change in greasy is noted. Recent 
business at Boston has been: New York and 
Micliigan, unwashed Delaine, 73 to 74; three- 
eighths blood, 75 to 70; fine unwashed, 60 to 
02. Ohio and Pennsylvania, half blood combing, 
70 to 77; washed Delaine, 82 to 83. Average 
New England, half blood, 70 to 72; tliree-eighths 
blood, 73 to 74. 
FRUITS. 
The apple market is very irregular, owing to 
the heavy proportion of ungraded fruit received. 
.Many of tliese apples sell down to $1.50 a bar¬ 
rel, while McIntosh and otlier special varieties 
have brought $7 or better. Peaclies have been 
in very large supply and lower. Bushel baskets 
ami carriers averaging about $1.25, and IC-quart 
lin.skets 50 to 75. Pear market strong on the 
better grades. Under qualities, specially Kief- 
fer, hard to sell. Plums in large supply, but in 
fair demand. Grapes doing a little better. 
Apples, Wealthy, bbl. 
@ 
6 00 
Holland I’ippin. 
d 
550 
Mclntosll. 
& 
7 00 
Wolf River. 
@ 
5 00 
Alexander . 
@ 
5 00 
Y ork . 
@ 
4 50 
Twenty-Ounce . 
.2 50 
@ 
600 
Greening . 
® 
5 00 
Baldwin. 
4 00 
King... 
. 2 60 
® 
5 60 
Jonathan . 
.3 00 
@ 
7 00 
Gravensteln . 
.3 00 
@ 
5 00 
Blush . 
@ 
4 50 
Fall Pippin . 
& 
5 50 
N. W. Greening. 
@ 
6 75 
Drops and Culls, bu. 
. 75 
@ 
1 25 
Crabapp es, bbl. 
@10 00 
Muskmelons, bu. 
. 1 25 
@ 
2 00 
Peaches, State, 16 qt. bkt,. 
. 30 
@ 
75 
Bu.-bkt . 
@ 
1 50 
Grapes, 201b. bkt. 
@ 
75 
Bulk, ton . 
@80 00 
Pears, Seckel. bbl. 
@ 
7 60 
Kieffer, bbl. 
4 00 
Bartlett, bbl. 
7 00 
Clalrgeau, bbl . 
. 3 00 
@ 
6.50 
Bose, bbl. 
@ 
8 00 
Anjou, bbl.. 
@ 
4 50 
Plums, 81b. bkt. 
. 25 
60 
Cranberries, bbl. 
@i0 5(r 
Fresh Figs, qt. 
. 10 
® 
20 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes 50 cents per barrel higher on round 
stock, good quality. Ijong varieties and medium 
grades are without practical cliauge. Cabbage 
and cauliflower selling well. Lettuce and to¬ 
matoes averaging poor. Onions in large supply. 
Turnips dull. 
Potatoes—Long Island, 180 lbs. 5 25 @ 5 60 
Maine, 180 lbs. 4 25 @ 4 50 
Jersey, 1681bs. 3 25 @ 4 25 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 00 
Beets, bbl. 2 60 ® 3 UO 
Carrots, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Cabbage, bbl. 1 25 @ 1 75 
Lettuce, balf-bbl. basket. 25 @ 60 
Onions, Oran 0 Co., lOfllb bag . 2 50 @ 3 25 
Nearby, bu. 1 00 @ 1 60 
Peppers, bbl. 2 60 © 5 00 
String Beans bu. 1 00 ® 2 25 
Turnips, bbl. 100 @125 
Bquasb, bbl. 1 26 @ 1 45 
Egg Plants, bu. 76 @ 1 00 
Tomatoes, nearby, 3 pk. box. 50 @ 2 00 
Horseradish, lOU lbs. i 00 @ 9 00 
Lima Beans, bu. 1 00 @ 1 75 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 00 @ 1 75 
Pickles,, bu. bkt, ’ . 2 00 @2 60 
Okra, bu. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Cauliflower, bbl. 2 50 @ 6 UO 
Celery, .doz. 25 @ 60 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.13 25 @14 30 
Pea.12 26 @14 75 
Medium.12 75 @14 00 
White Kidney.13 00 @14 00 
Bed Kidney.1100 @12 00 
Lima, California.15 0(1 @15 60 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 24 00 @25 00 
No. 2...22 00 @23 UO 
No. 3 .18 00 @2100 
Clover mixed.15 00 @2100 
Straw, Bye,.15 00 @17 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2. red, . 2 26 @ 
Corn,as to qnallty, bush. 2(2 @2 0.5 
Oats, as to weight, bush. ("> @ 60 
Rye, free from onion. 180 @190 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK 
Tliese are not the highest or lowest prices 
noted here, but represent produce of gobil quality 
and the buying opportunities of at least half of 
New York’s population: 
Butter—Prints . 
@.$0..’)2 
Tub . 
.49 
Eggs—Best . 
. . .00 
(S! 
.08 
Gathered, good to 
clioii-e.. .. 
. . ..''.0 
.62 
Medium grades .. 
.......... 
.. .4.'. 
<S> 
.,30 
Potatoes, lb. 
.04V, 
Cabbage, bead . 
. . .10 
<(fi 
.15 
Ca^ 
.35 
.45 
Chickens, lt>. 
&j} 
PIIILADELinilA 
WHOLESAT.E MARKET.S 
BUTTER 
Market lower and business fair. Fancy prints, 
52 to 54; best tub creamery, 45 to 40; common 
to good, 40 to 43. 
EGGS 
Market very firm and high qualities scarce. 
Best nearby, 00 to 51; best gathered, 43 to 40; 
lower grades, 35 to 40. 
LIVE POUIvTRY 
Fowls and chickens in large supply. Fowls, 
44 to 40; chickens, 22 to 24; ducks, 21 to 24; 
guineas, pair, 00 to 05; pigeons, pair, 22 to 25. 
DRESSED I’OT'LTRY 
Choice fowls and chickens sc-arce. Fowls, 28 
to 32: roosters, 22; chickens, .34 to 30; (urkeys, 
20 fo 25; dnclfs, 2.5 to 20; sipiahs, do/,., .$4..50 
to $5.80. 
FRUITS 
.\pid(>H, choice r.arieties, bbl., $.5 to .$0..50; 
coninion to good, $.3 to $4.50; plums, 4-qt. bkt., 
.35 to 45; peaches, bu. bkt., 75 to .$1.50; pears, 
bu., .$2..50 to $3.75. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, bbl., $3.25 to .$4; sweet potatoes, 
% bkt., 40 to 75; cucumbers, bu., $1 to .$2.40; 
onions, bu., $1.25 to $1..50. 
HAY AND STRAW 
llay market firm under light supplies. Tim- 
odiy. No. 1, .$24 to .$24.50; No. 2, .$22 to $23; 
cloved mixed, $19 to $23; straw, rye, $15 to 
.$10; oals and wheat, $11 to $12. 
Sullivan County, N. Y., Crops 
Farm itroducts are less than IHIR. 
Sept. 11 the frost killed everything, even 
potatoes, many field.s not worth digging, 
rotten and small yield. T dug one acre 
and had one-half of my .seed. Thousands 
of acres of buckwheat are not worth 
cutting. Corn was badly damaged, but 
went into the silo. Apples les.s than 
one-fonrth crop. No peaches, plnni.s, pears 
or grapes, currants not worth picking. 
Cabbage, tomatoc.s, beans, corn, etc., fair 
before Sept. 11 frost. Farmers selling 
cows by the entire herd or single cow, be¬ 
cause feed is high and milk and butter 
low. On my north a 100-acre farm ha.s 
silo empty, no oats, no buckwheat, no 
rye, no corn, a few potatoes, apples and 
a frozen garden. The farmer will sell 
all cows at .$00 each. On my .south 
the farmer sold all his cows one month 
ago. These are well-ecpiipped 100-acre 
farms; they have horses, auto, etc. On 
my west side another l.W-acre carries 
17 cows; .silo less than half full. This 
farmer gives no feed to cows or horses, 
almo.st no crops; a pig, few potatoes, 
apples and frozen garden. Others have 
sold entire herd. I shall .sell all but 
three at ifoO each. Milk .$.‘1.1.‘5 per 100. 
less 10c for “C,” les.s 10c drawing 
from creamery to railroad (they separ¬ 
ate and ship cream, whey goes in brook) ; 
net .$2.00-:-=5 4-5e per (it. Many sell 
milk, it goes in the same tank a.s 
■‘.V” and “Ti’' milk, less 20c per can per 
month rental for expenses. New cus- 
tomer.s are refused at tlie creamery, so 
they fatten hogs at home, where they 
kill them. Cows, -$50 to -$00-; hay scarce 
and poor, .$12; potatoes, .$1.2.^, badly rot¬ 
ten. Feed corn .$4.2.5; meal, .’$4.2.5; 
middlings, .$2.45; bran, $2.05; hominy, 
$.‘>.45; glutton, $2.85. Eggs, .50c; broil¬ 
er, 26c; hens, 22e. c. G, R. 
Sullivan Co., N. T. 
Get Hens Heady for 
Winter Laying 
Put them in top-notch con¬ 
dition, now in the Fall, and 
you’ll get big returns in 
the egg basket later on. 
Will Start Your Pullets and 
Moulted Hens to Laying 
The moulting season is on. It’s the most trying time of 
all the year for poultry. You know it takes a good deal 
of extra strength to grow all those new feathers. 
Pan-a-ce-a is a great help to your moulting hens because 
it enriches the blood, gives better appetite, aids the di¬ 
gestion, which gives them the extra strength required 
to force out the old quills and grow the new feathers. 
Then, when the moult is over, yon want your hens to start 
in promptly to laying again. Don’t forget that they 
have been through something nearly like a long spell 
of sickness. Feed Pan-a-ce-a to restore their good 
feeling, to make them strong and healthy, to liven up 
the dormant egg organs and put them in real egg-laying 
trim. Pan-a-ce-a will do all these things for your poultry. 
There is a dealer in your town that will supply you with 
Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a for your flock. It’s to help 
your poultry through the moult—it’s to start your pullets 
and moulted hens to laying, otherwise he will refund your 
money. Packages, 25c, 60c and $1.25. 25-lb. pail, $2.50; 
100-lb. drum, $9.00. Except in the far West and Canada. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio 
Keeps Hogs Healthy; 
TONIC 
Drives Oaf the Worms. 
Dr. Hess Instant Louse Killer Kills Lice 
