'Ghe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
657 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK APRIL 25, 191S. 
BUTTER 
Business is light and the market only 
fairly steady at the recent advance. Con¬ 
siderable weakness in noted in grades run¬ 
ning medium or lower. Conditions h.ave 
been slightly improved by some govern¬ 
ment orders for Army and Navy use. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 44 @ 4 .") 
Good to Choice .. 42 @ 
Lower Grades. 38 @ 41 
Dairy, best. 43 @ 44 
Common to Good. 37 @ 41 
City made. 31 & 35 
Packine Stock. 29 @ *33 
Process . ,34 & .39 
CHEESE 
Wisconsin markets are quite firm. No 
special change in Eastern market is 
noted. A small amount of export busi¬ 
ness is reported on the basis of about 22c. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 25 ® 25t^ 
Good to choice. 23 ® 24^ 
Lower grades. 16 @ 22 
Skims, best. 19 ® 191^ 
Fair to good. 9 ® 14 
tGGS. 
Nearby fancy are in light supply and 
slightly higher. Gathered of medium to 
good grades are rather dull, and many 
are being held as they will not bring the 
price limit set by shippers. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 39 ® 41 
Medium to good. .36 ® 38 
Mixed colors, nearby best. .38 ® 39 
Common to good. 34 ® 37 
Gathered, best, white. 38 ® 39 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 34 ® 36 
Lower grades. 31 @ 33 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.13 00 @14 25 
Pea.12 50 @13 50 
California, small white,.13 ,50 @13 75 
Bed Kidney.13.50 @14 .50 
White Kidney.15 00 @16 00 
Lima, California.13 75 @14 00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Receipts since the embargo was re¬ 
moved have been light and fowls have 
sold mainly at the previous maximum 
prices of .S5 to 36c. Young roosters have 
brought 35c; old roosters, 27c; ducks, 35c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Very little fresh-killed stock of desir¬ 
able quality is arriving and the trade is 
mainly supplied with frozen poultry, 
which sells in the recent high range of 
prices. 
Turkeys, best lb. 35 ® 36 
Common to good . 30 ® .34 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 65 ® 70 
Roasters . 33 ® .35 
Fowls. 28 ® 35 
Roosters. 27 ® 28 
Squabs, dot.. 1 50 @ 7 00^ 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 10 00 @15 75 
Bulls . 8.50 @12 25 
Cows . 5 00 @1125 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.15 00 @1600 
Culls. 9 00 @12 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.13 .50 @14 oo 
Lambs ..'.18 50 @2100 
Hogs.18 00 @18 75 
FRUITS. 
Apples of good qnality are bringing- 
high figures, in some cases above the 
marks recently noted. There are some 
supplies of cellar-stored fruit which sells 
:it low figures. Strawbei-ries are in large¬ 
ly increased supply and averaging lower. 
Apples, Albemarle, bbl. 6 00 @7 75 
Ben Davis. 3 00 @ 4 75 
Winesap . 4 00 ® 7 00 
Baldwin. 3 50 @7 00 
Spy . 4 00 @ 8 00 
strawberries, qt. 12 @ "20 
Vegetables 
Receipts of potatoes continue very 
large and prices are somewhat lower, ex¬ 
cept on the remaining Long Island. Ar¬ 
rivals at the .3.3(1 Street yard have some 
days been about 1'. () cars, the average run 
of stock bringing DOc to .$1 per bushel, 
whole.sale. Asparagus is arriving in quite 
large quantities from nearby and selling 
well. Old cabbage is clearing out at 
slightly lower prices; new selling well 
when sound. Old onions are running 
largely poor. Receipts of Texas new are 
light, as the growers have been discour¬ 
aged by the low prices prevailing, and 
many are leaving their crop in the fields, 
hoping that prices may improve when 
the surplus of old is off the market. 
Green peas and beans are more plentiful. 
Tomatoes mainly very poor. 
Potatoes—Long Island, 160 lbs. 2 00 @ 2 .50 
Maine, 100 lbs. 150 @180 
Jersey, 100 lbs. 1 60 @1 75 
State and Western, 100 lbs. 1 60 @1 75 
Southern New, bbl. 2 00 @5 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. . 1 00 @ 2 ,50 
Beets, new, bbl. 1 50 @ 3 00 
Carrots, bbl. 2 00 ® 3 00 
Cabbage, new, bbl. 1 50 ® 3 00 
Ton, old.15 00 @25 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 1 00 @ 2 25 
Onions, State and W’n., 100 lbs. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Peppers, bu.1 50 ©2^1 00 
String Beans bu. 1 00 ® 3 50 
Turnips, bbl,. 75 @ 2 00 
Squash,new, bu.-. 100 <3 2 00 
Peas, bu. 2 00 @ 3 50 
Egg Plants, bu. 2 00 @ 3 .50 
Tomatoes, Southern. 24-qt. crate .... 2 00 @3 60 
Asparagus, Southern, doz. 2 00 @ 4 25 
Nearby... 3 00 @6 00 
Mushrooms lb . 25 ® 45 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. 3 00 @6 00 
Cucumbers, hothouse, doz. 50 @ 1 00 
Salsify, 100 bunches . 2 00 @ 4 00 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl.1 .50 @ 2 50 
Kale, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Spinach, bbl. 1 00 2 50 
Leeks, 100 bunches,. 1 00 @ 300 
Parsley, bbl.,. 2 00 @ 3 50 
HAY* AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton .’29 00 @30 00 
No. 2.24 00 @28 00 
No. 3 .20 00 @23 00 
Clover mixed.20 00 @-27 00 
Straw, Rye,.17 00 @18 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2. red, . 2 26 ® 
Corn. 1 65 ® 1 67 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 97 @ 98 
Bye, free from, onion. 2 75 @ 2 80 
Receipts at New Y'’ork for week ending 
April 24: 
Butter, lbs. 2.662,700 
Clieese. boxes. 20,605 
Eggs, doz. 5.50.3,260 
Cotton, bales . 21,112 
Apples, bbls. 45,625 
Gnoins, sacks. 11,088 
Oranges, boxes . .84,151 
Potatoes, bbls. 00,031 
Barley, bushels . 85,^0 
Corn, bushels . 196,000 
Tlay, tons . 4,630 
Oats, bushels . 1,1.52,000 
Rye. bushels. 17,500 
Straw, tons. 220 
Wheat, bushels . 2,800 
Rosin, bbls. 7,571 
'rurpentine, bbls. 3,413 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER 
Receipts are below normal and demand 
good enough to keep the stock quite close¬ 
ly cleared up. Fancy prints, 4.8 to 49c; 
tub choice, 46 to 47c; medium grades?, 43 
to 45c. 
Sggs 
Receipts are larger, but demand good. 
Fancy_ nearby, 42 to 43c; gathered, good 
to choice, 37 to 40e; lower grades, 33 to 
35c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Receipts of fowls very light. Fowls, 
33 to .35c: young roosters. 2.‘> to 24c; old 
roosters, l!) to 20c; ducks, 26 to 29c; 
geese, 25 to 26c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Arrivals of fresh killed stock are very 
light and maiuly of low quality, so that 
most of the busine.ss is in frozen. Fowls, 
32 to .35c; broilers, 40 to 42c: roasters, 
.34 to .3.5c; turkeys, .32 to 37c; ducks, 28 
to .32c; geese, 25 to 28c; siiuabs. doz., 
.8(5.25 to .$7.25. 
I’RUITS 
(Mioice apples are quite scarce and sell¬ 
ing at high figures. Albemarle, bbl., .$4 
to .87; Spy. .84 to .$6; Baldwin, .84 to .$7 ; 
Wine.sap, ,$4 to .86; Ben Davis. .83 to 
$4.50. Strawberries, qt., 18 to 2.5c. 
Vegktabi.es 
Potatoes arc in large supply and mainly 
medium quality. Glioice cabbage scarce. 
()ni()us doing better. Potatoes. 100 lbs., 
•81.25 to .81.70; sweet potaloi-s, bu.. .81.50 
to .$1.90; spinach, bbl., .50(* to .81.75; 
kale, bbl., 75c to .$1.25; asiiaragus, doz., 
•82 to .86; cabbage, old, ton, 25 to 30c; 
new, 1)1)1., .82 to .83.40; onions, 100 lbs., 
•81.75 to .82.50. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay in moderate supply, hut averag¬ 
ing medium or below in grades. Tim¬ 
othy, No. 1, .829 to .830; No. 2, $27 to 
$28; No. .3, .823 to $25; clover, mixed, 
$24 to .828. Straw, rye. .820 to $21.50; 
oat and wheat, $18 to $19.50. 
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 
The government’s reports of food in 
storage warehouses in April showed 280,- 
964,662 lbs. of frozen beef and 34,362,022 
lbs. of cured beef. Stocks of lambs and 
mutton amount to 6,274,851 lbs.; frozen 
pork, 129,636,172 lbs.; salt pork, 4.39,- 
575,788 lbs.; frozen poultry, 43,794,391 
lbs. The amount of creamery butter re¬ 
ported was 14,607,017 lbs., and packing 
stock, .328,070 lbs.; cheese, 38,310,6.34 
lbs.; eggs, 342,6.59 cases, and 8,8.35,665 
lbs, of frozen eggs. 
The Kansas Board of Agriculture re¬ 
ports that about one-third of the Winter 
wheat area will he plowed up and planted 
to other crops. 3’his would leave about 
(5,.310,(X)() acres to harvest, and a prob¬ 
able yield of 86.000,000 bu. 
Interstate shii)inonts of fruits and veg¬ 
etables must conform to the United States 
standard container laws, which provide 
that baskets, crates, hampers and boxes 
must be in sizes containing one-half pint, 
pint, quart or multiples of quarts. The 
climax grape baskets must be 2, 4, 12- 
qt. size. 
33ie California Department of Horti¬ 
culture gives the following area in bear¬ 
ing fruits in 48 counties of the State; 
Almonds, 2,835 acres; apples. 41,584; 
apricots, 39,599; cherries, 7,447; figs, 
5,022;* lemons, 22,651; olives, 15,981; 
oranges, 113,821; peaches, 106,068; pears, 
20,.548; plunis, 17,942; prunes, 90,723; 
walnuts, 45,667, In non-bearing trees 
there are; Almonds, 24,164 acres; ap¬ 
ples, 33,118; apricots, 22,'637 ; cherries, 
5.287; figs, 3,655; lemons, 16,799; olives, 
11,253 ; oranges, 47,758; peaches. 17,621; 
pears, 26,840; plums, 6,253; prunes, .32,- 
855; walnuts, 22,277. 
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