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^he RURAL NEW.YORKER 
Countrywide Produce Conditions 
POTATO .AfAKKF.T T'XSKTTLEn. 
f?liipp('rs of potatoes r.re having jileiity 
of trouble this season. They can get oars 
now in most places, but the country roads 
are often too muddy for hauling, and the 
shipping volume has not increased much, 
de.spite the large supply in grower's 
possession. Prices are up a little at 
some Easteim shipping points, ranging 
from .$1 to ])er cwt. in bulk, but 
Westeim shij)ping jioints quote very low 
figure.s, from 60 to SOe. often including 
the cost of sacks. Farmers are not net¬ 
ting enough to encourage attention to 
shipment, and no doubt a large quantity 
of potatoes will go to feed the farm live 
stock. Potatoes and onioms are still the 
leading problems. At the present slow 
rate of shipment, o.OOO cars per week, it 
is hard to see how the old stock can be 
cleaned up in time. City wholesale prices 
range from .$1.25 to $2 per cwt. in sacks, 
highest in Eastern m.irkets and lowest in 
Western cities. 
IlEAyV ST’ri’l.IKS OF O.MOXS. 
New onions, equal to twice the amount 
of old stock leh, are right at hand. Texas 
will ship fully 7,(M1(> cars dux-ing Apidl 
and May, while Califoimia ma.v ship 1,000 
cars in about the same period. These 
are in addition to almost 3,000 cars of 
old onions, although some of the latter 
are in poor mai’ket condition, and will 
hardly be .shipped while prices for carlot 
goo<l stoc-k are as low as .50c per cwt. in 
some markets. The general range is 
higher than that, mostly 7.5c to $1.25 in 
large wholesale lota, but markets are slow, 
weak and unsatisfactory, and seem likely 
to remain that way for months. 
Oi.l) CABU.VGE CLEANIXG tIP. 
Remilining stocks of old cabbage of 
poor keejdng qualit.v ai’e hard to sell in 
competition with the new arilvals from 
Texas and Louisiana. Some lots of old 
cabbage have .sold as low as .$10 in We.st- 
eru New York, and some city markets 
quote as low as $1.5 per ton, but the gen¬ 
eral range of country di.stricts is $12.50 
to $20, and in city markets $1.5 to $30 
lier ton in bulk. Shipments of Southeim 
cabbage ai’e rajtidly approaching 400 <*ars 
per week, as compared with such suixplies 
as remain of the Northern cabbage crop, 
which are of little comsequence in the 
markets. At some points in the South 
cabbage is reported .so abumlant that it 
cannot be sold. The same is true to some 
extent of Southeim onions and .spinach. 
}f?outhern growers, remembering the high 
prices of last Spring, planted libei-al acre¬ 
age of early vegetables. The later South¬ 
ern. planting, accoi-ding to indications, will 
not be so liberal. 
BEANS SHOW l.ITTLK CHANGE. 
t 
The bean market is in ji steady pcKsi- 
tion because of the large iiortion of the 
stock which has been taken by the gov¬ 
ernment at fixed prices, but in the East 
there is a great deal of damaged white 
stock that is hard to .sell, and its pre.s- 
ence weakens the general mai-ket a little. 
5'hus Michigan navies have declined 
neaidy $1 p(*r cwt., to $32.50 f. o. b. De- 
ix- oit. Prices to growers in Western New 
Yoi-k bean .section ■were about steady 
at about $12 to $13 per cwt., and most 
city markets show no improvement or 
change, with the general range not far 
above or below $34 per cwt. in sacks. 
'I'he problem of getting good seed for this 
yeiir is bothering growers in the East. 
Ho much of the white stock is too moist, 
and so .much of the dry stock has been 
x- anned, that the sexsl supply is un- 
usxially light. 
Al’I'EE NtAKKETS QUIET. 
i'he aiiple situation is working out in 
a satisfactory way, with no special fea¬ 
tures. The large stock of boxed apples 
in storage is going out quietly at steady 
prices, i'here is no difliculty in selling 
choice banel stock and ])rices appear 
firm ; best lots of Raid wins ranging from 
$4.50 to .$6 in wholesale lot.s in the 
large mai’kets. Hj)y and (Jreening .sell 
a little higher than Bahhvin, while Itu.s- 
sett and Ren Ravis sell a little lowei*. 
Apjde shipments have ranged from 600 
to 700 cars per -week during the past 
month. They would be much less w'ere 
it not for the shipments of boxed ai)ple.s 
out of cold stoi'ag**, Avhich comprise fully 
ihalf of the bulk of the movement. 
G. B, F. 
Philadelphia Markets 
lU.’TTEH. 
Nearby jirints, 41) to .50c; tub, choice, 
4.5 to 36c; common to good, 40 to 43c. 
1 ;ggs. 
Fancy, nearby. 32 to 43c; gatlnu'ed, 
iehoi(;e. 3S to 4(»<-; common to goo<l. .‘{.3 
to :57c. 
J.IVE J’Ori.TKY. 
Choice young roosters. 3H to 42c; 
lower grades, 32 to 3,5c; old roosters. 30 
to 32c; ducks, 3.S to 42c ; geese. 3S to 42c; 
pigeon.s, pair, 25 to 4.5c. 
DJiKS.SKI) )*OUI.TKY. 
Fancy fowls. 3.5 to 36c; fair to good, 
32 to 33c; broilers, 30 to 42c; roasters. 
33 to .3,5c; turkeys. .‘>4 to 40c; ducks, 2S 
to :5.3c ; geese, 25 to 2Sc. 
IKUIT.S. 
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Apples, Winesap. .$4 to ,$6; llubbard.s- 
ton, $.3 to $5; It.aldwin, $.3..50 to $6; 
Home Roauty. .$4 to $,5..50: York Im¬ 
perial. .$.'5 to $5; Ren Davis. ,$3 to .$4.50; 
Strawberries, (p.. 20 to 40c. 
vkgetabi.es. 
Potatoes. 300 lbs.. $1.,50 to ,$3..S.5; 
sweet potatoe.s. bu.. $3. to $3.50: lettuce, 
bu., $1 to .$3; .sinnach, bbl.. $3.25 to 
$2.2.5: kale, bbl., 65c to .$3 ; cabbage, old. 
ton. .$20 to $25; new, bbl., .$1 to $3.50; 
onions. 300 lbs., 05 to 00c; mushrooms, 
lb.. .30 to 4.5c; turnips. 100 lbs.. 40c to 
$3 : string beans, bu., $3.50 to .$3.,50. 
H.\Y AND STRAW. 
Hay. No. 1. $30 to .$31; No. 2, .$2,S to 
.$2.S; No. :>, .$2(5 to .$27; clover, mixcul. 
.$27 to .$20; .straw, rye. .$30..50 to ,$23 ..50; 
oat and wheat, .$1,S to $30. 
Buffalo Markets 
The arrival of mild weather has made 
a big difference in the appearance of the 
city markets, especially with retailei'x?, 
who can now .sell again in the op<>n and 
run small risk of stuff freezing. Rutter, 
eggs and potatoes are decidedly off, and 
.•il)ples have dropped .at least half a 
dollai’, but the demand for vegetables 
gemuailly keei)s lu-ices up. Poultry is 
not strong. 
Activity is shown in the Western New 
Y"ork canning factories, some of them 
having big C(>ntracts for putting up cans 
of pork and beans for the soldiers. They 
are making contracts with faianers for a 
big crop of their specialties and are 
fui'nishing them sweidcorn seed at about 
$3.5 per bu. 
Potatoes are just now firm, as receipts 
.are light, (piotations being ,S5c to $1 per 
bu., with sweets .$2..50 per h.-imper. Ap¬ 
ples are not above ,$(> for Greening, which 
run 5()c above Rahlwin. Rox apples are 
$2 for Winesap to .$2..50 for Spitz per 
box. Common apj)les iii-e not above .$3.50 
per bbl. 
Onions aie v<a'y low', 2.5 to 75c for 
Western per 3<)()-lb. bag, with home¬ 
grown .$1 per bu. aud Sixanish ,$1.75 to .$3 
pei‘ exalte. Reans are as high as ever, 
,$8.50 to .$0 jier bu. Vegetables are $1 
to $1.40 for old beets, 25 to 75c for car¬ 
rots. $1.25 to $3.50 for parsnips, and 
$1.6.5 to .$1.7.5 for white turixips per bu.; 
new beets are 50 to 00c; celery, 2.5c to 
$1; parsley, 20 to 50c; radishes, 30 to 
40c, and vegetable oyster 60 to 70c per 
doz. bunches; xaxbbage is .$1.2.5 to .$3.7.5 
lier 100 lbs. for ohl and $1.2,5 to .$1.75 
for new Florida per hamper; lettixce, 75c 
to .$1 per 2-doz. box, $2.2.5 to .$2,75 per 
('alifornia crate: yellow turnips, $1.25 
to $1.7.5 per bbl.; hothoixse cucumbex’S, 
$1.75 to .$2.25 per doz. 
There is a big croj) of citrus fx'uits in 
Califxirnia, so that the prices here ax-e 
not sti’ong. Oranges and lemons now 
raxige about the same at $5..50 to $7.75, 
aud grapefruit at .$3..50 to $6 per box. 
Rananas are $2 to $5 per bunch of 8 to 
11 hands each. Strawberries do not in¬ 
crease in quantity or change in price 
from 40 to 45c for fancy. 
Rutter is easy, axid down to 45c for 
extra creamery, 40 to 41c for best dairy, 
34 to 40c for crock axid 25 to 28c for 
low grades, with oleomargarine 25 to 26c. 
Much effort is made to sell nut butter 
at about oleo prices. Cheese is also 
ea.sy at 28f; for top grade, 25 to 26c for 
xiew and 31 to .‘life for limburger. Eggs 
are temporarily strongtii*, but prices ax'e 
down to 42 to 43c for white hennery, 
aud 3.S to 30c for State and Western 
candled. 
I’oultry is strong on account of light 
offerings at 37 to :i.8c for fi'ozen tui’key, 
.‘12 to 3.5c for fowl and chicken, 27 to 28c 
for old roosters. Diurks and geese are 
on a par at 35 to 36c 
Live poultry is about 
dressed. It is coming in 
Maple sugar is weak oxi account of the 
big runs of .saix, at 22 to 28c per lb., 
with syrup $2 to .$2.10 per gal. Honey 
is up to 26 to 30c on account of its 
use for sugar. ./. W. 
for all grades. 
3c lower thaxi 
very slow. 
5Iilch cows, per head, ,$80 to $300; 
veal calves, 3 4c per lb.; buttei’, .50c per 
lb.; i»otatoes, 7.5c per bu.; beans, $7 to .$8 
p<‘r bu. Eggs, 40c per doz. Milk for 
month of March, .$3.10 per cwt., 3 per 
cent. G. c. 
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