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Notes from Department of 
Foods and Markets 
204 Franklin Street, New York City 
November 1, 1917 
Eggs. —Fancy hennery whites, 70 to 77; 
fancy hennery brown, 52 to 60; nearby 
gathered "whites and mixed, 50 to 00. 
Candle your eggs before shipping and do 
not .ship cracked eggs. Use new eases 
"vvith No. 1 flats and fillers, placing excel¬ 
sior on top and bottom. 
Butter. —Market steady. Best West¬ 
ern creamery, 44 to 45; prime to fancy, 
4-t; fancy Eastern dairy, 42 to 44; East¬ 
ern dairy in mixed packages, 40 to 4.3. 
I>IVE Poultry. —Market dull, fowls, 
20 to 2.3 ; chickens, 20 to 2.3 ; State ducks, 
20 to 2.3; old Too.stcr.s, 16. Live rahbit.s, 
22 to 2.3. 
EMPTY COOPS 
All om])ty coops are turned over to 
the_ expre.ss companies promptly after 
arrival. M'e obtain a receipt for them. 
M’e are exerting every effort to have the 
express companies return them to the 
shipi)er .pi'omptly. Shipjiers who do not 
1‘cceive tlie coops promptly, should write 
us for a copy of the expre.ss receipts, 
and have their local agent trace the .ship¬ 
ment, or as a last re.sort file claim with 
their local exjiress agent for their loss. 
Live C.\lves and Hog.s. —Market 
steady, prime calves, 16 to 1614 5 fair to 
good, 14% to 15%. Common. 11% to 
14^. Buttermilks, 8 to 9. Live hogs 
lower, 16 to 1614. 
Dressed Cai.ves axd Dressed Pork.— 
Market dull with light receipts. Choice 
veals, 21 to 22 ; prime veals, 20 to 20% ? 
common veals. 17 to IS; buttermilks, 18 
to 14; dressed pigs (12 to 20 pounds 
each), 24 to 28; dressed pork, 22 to 27; 
dressed hothouse lambs, 24 to 28. 
Pears. —Kieffer pears dull and lower 
on account of sugar shortage. Fancy 
Kieffers, .$2..50 to .f.3 ; ordinary, .$1..50 to 
.$2..50; Seckels, .$8 to .$10 bari’el; Anjou, 
.$.3.50 to $6; Bose, $4 to $S; Clairgeau, 
.$4 to $7. 
Quinces. —Fancy large, $4..50 to $5; 
No. 1, .$.3 to $4 ; little demand for quinces 
on account of sugar shortage. 
Appi.es. —Fancy apples in good demand. 
Good demand here for ungraded stock, 
.$8 to $4.50; McIntosh, .$3 to $7; Jona¬ 
than, $8 to $7; M’ealthy, $3 to $6; 
Snow, ,$8 to $5.50; King, $2..50 to .$.5.50; 
*'^py> '$"1 to .$6.50; Baldwin, .$3.50 to $5..50; 
Ben Davis, .$2..50 to ,$4 ; Greenings, $8.5() 
to $6; Pippin, $3.50 to $5.50. 
Grapes. —Concord per ton, $40 to $75; 
Niagara $40 to $70; Delaw’are, ton, $60 
to $90. 
Maple Produce axd Honey. —Sugar 
light, pound, 15 to 16; syrup, gallon, 
$1.2.5 to $1..50; clover white extracted, 14 
to 16; huekwlieat, extracted, 12 to 14; 
clover comb, 16 to 20, pound. 
Potatoes. —General feeling market go¬ 
ing lower. There is a wide range in qual¬ 
ity and price. State, 180 pounds hulk, 
$4 to $4.50; State 165 pound bags $4 to 
.$4.25; State, 1.50 pound hags, $3.25 to 
,$3.50; Maine, ISO pounds bulk, $4.,50 to 
.$4.75; Maine, 16.5 pound bags, $4 to 
.$4.50; Long I.sland, ISO pounds bulk, .$5 
to $5.25; Long Island, 165 pound bags, 
$5. 
Oxioxs.—Market lower, trading quiet. 
State wdiite, 100 pound bag, .$2..50 to 
$.3.50; State yellows, $2..50 to $.3; State 
red, $2 to $3; Conn. Valley yellow, $2.75 
to $3. 
Beaxs.— Marrow, 15 to 16% ; pea, 15 
to 15% ; rod kidney, 14 to 15; white kid¬ 
ney, 13% to 14. Good demand, supply 
short. 
notice to shippers 
The officials in ohai’ge of the food and 
drug act report that inspectors have found 
several interstate shipments of packages 
of fruit and vegetables such as grapes, 
tomatoes and berries, which contain no 
statement on the package of foods, as to 
the quantity of contents. The net 
weight amendment to tlie Federal Food 
and Drug Act, requires that all packages 
of foods, which are shipped iuto the inter¬ 
state of foreign commerce must he marked 
plainly and conspicuously with a state¬ 
ment of the quantity of the net contents 
either by weight or measure. Shippers 
who violate the law,'by not marking each 
package of fruits or vegetables shipped 
into iutei’state commerce with the quant¬ 
ity are liable to criminal prosecution. 
Several shippers have already been cited 
to hearings under the food and drug act 
for violating the provisions in this re¬ 
spect. 
Boston Produce Markets 
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rates of 19c per 100 lbs. to 39e, and the 
tariff is added to that. Canadian growers 
had a light yield per acre, but the acreage 
was so greatly increased that they have 
more potatoes than last year. Their 
ideas of price were so high that I 
didn’t try to touch them,” said A. M. 
Ileald, “The market is weak, much of the 
stock inferior and no good demand. The 
yards are packed full of stock from every¬ 
where, Prince Edward Island to Wiscon¬ 
sin, and buying is slow even at today’s 
November 10, 1917 
range of $1.40 to $1.50 per bu. in car¬ 
load bulk.” Other vegetables show little 
market change worth noting, supplies 
being moderate and demand not bri.sk. Of 
course improvement is looked for toward 
Thanksgiving season. Root crops are 
abundant and continue relatively low, 
likewise squash, but cabbage hold recent 
gam to .$1.25 to $1..50 bbl. Onions are 
Aveaker,_^$1.75 to $1.85 bu. and lettuce 
lower, .35c to 50c per box. 
The recent scarcity of sugar had great¬ 
est effect on demand for plums and 
quinces, these being used almost entirely 
for sweet jellies and preserves. Plums 
are scarce anyhow, but quinces being in 
fair supply sold very slow, at about $.3 
bu., all the more so because of prevailing 
small size and green color. Apple sales 
weakened somewhat. “I am glad to move 
poorly coloi’ed Baldwins at 
$l.lo a box,” remarked a North Side 
dealer. ‘Last week I could get .$1.25 for 
such fruit. Mo.st apples now are only 
good for cooking. One can’t eat a Winter 
apple yet. If we can’t get sugar what 
pod are they? People could use mo¬ 
lasses or boiled cider, but they won’t to 
any extent. If sugar cannot be had soon, 
the whole apple situation will be changed.” 
A-grade Baldwins are $4 to .$4.,50: li- 
gmde, ^ p $.5.o0; windfalls, $.3; boxes, 
IOC to There are very few large 
all-pd fancy Baldwins; such bring .$1..50 
to .$2 per box or $4.75 to .$5..50 per bhl., 
hut most have gone into cold storage. 
Greenings, bbls., $3.50 to $4; Spies, $4 
to ^"1.25; Kings, $4 to .$4.50; Snows, if 
firm, $4. Cider apples are so scarce in 
the country that one ancient mill near 
Boston is closed for the first time in 75 
years. They pay 25c per bn., but the 
market here looks as if some of the cider 
stock had gone astray. Even low-grade 
Russet windfalls are offered, but would 
hardly net much above cider price, after 
expense;?. 
Live Poultry Doing Better 
The recent break in prices caused a 
let-up in live shipments and the market 
has recovered considerably. Fat, heavy 
hens sold as high as 24c per lb. along the 
first of the month, but the general run 
of recent sales has been 19c to 23e, lower 
prices being for thin, light stock. Live 
chickens range about the same as fowls. 
“The dressed poulti-y market is dull and 
easy,” commented S. L. Burr. “It is hard 
to got above 27c to 28c for choice North¬ 
ern fowls or .30c for large chickens. Broil¬ 
ers are about the only snappy featui-e of 
the market and bring as much as heavy 
chickens now, because most of the chick- 
eiLS have grown past the broiler age.” 
There is general complaint of dull trade 
in dressed poultry, and conditions here 
seem to grow worse to about the same 
degree as live poultry has recovered, .so 
that there is now less advantage in ship¬ 
ping dressed than there was a week or 
two ago. 
Butter and Eggs Sell Slowly 
Trade in butter seems dull all along the 
line, although extras move pretty well 
because there is less of that gra(% at this 
season. Buyer.s seem scarce and the deal- 
evs have time to discuss the war, etc. 
Creamery extras sell at 44c. dairy extras, 
42c, cold storage firsts, 4,3c to 43%c. 
Eggs are also dull, except nearby's, which 
sell quickly at 60c or more, because they 
are very scarce, and the market on them 
is hard to quote because sales are small 
in jobbing lots and many dealers offering 
siiecial prices at times, to get needed sup- 
])lies. Cold storage eggs, however, are 
selling lower than cost. 8aid I. II. Bal¬ 
lou ; “Trade is quiet in all dairy and 
poultry products. The advance in price 
has been almost continuous since June, 
tending gradually to check demand. The 
market is a little dull and weak in butter, 
chee.se and eggs. Storage men seem in¬ 
clined to get out of their holdings, selling 
eggs at 34c to 35c which cost higher.” 
Beans IIiGnER 
The advancing tendency continues in 
field beans, N. Y. pea now selling at $9.25 
for choice^^ yellow’ eyes, $S..50, and red 
kidney, $8.5(). Talk of crop damage and 
of Government orders help sustain the 
tone of the market. 
MEAT trade less ACTIVE 
Beef quotations remain above 2()e for 
best Western, but sales are reported 
slower. It is hard to get above 18c for 
the finest mutton and yearlings, while 
lambs hold about steady at 25c. The 
market for choice veal is about 20c with 
demand for any grades not active. 
pre.ssed pork is down to 20c or 21c 
in a strictly wholesale way. 
LTV’E STOCK IN FAIR DEMAND 
Hog prices have tended to recover since 
recent sharp decline, but the level is far 
below top figures. For the week 17c was 
highest price noted, but the hulk of good 
lots sold from 16c to 16%c. Few heavy 
beef cattle brought above 11c. Heavy, 
fat cows ranged 7c to 8%e and ordinary 
5c to 6e. Bulls mostly 6c to 7e. Top 
for calves is 14c, hut the bulk of sales 
ranges from 11c to 13%c. Sheep, large, 
8c to 9e, and lambs, lie to 14c. Strictly 
fancy milch, cows bring extreme prices 
np to $175. The preference for heavy 
milkers is gi’eater than ever. Buyer.s 
ni’gue that if grain is high, all the more 
must the cow give a lot of milk to pay 
for it. Nearby dairymen at least, are 
reported trading many poor cows for 
better ones. Some of them are getting 
9c per quart net at wholesale, G. b. f. 
