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Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, MAY .30, 1018. 
BCTTER 
The market is dull and two cents lower. 
Receipts are not e.xtremely large, but the 
pinch of high price's in food, idothing 
and other home supplies compels more 
economical buying, and butter is one of 
the products usually hit in such cases. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 4.? ® 44 
Good to Choice . 40 @ 42 
Lower Grades. So @ 3!) 
Dairy, best. 42 & 43 
Common to Good. 35 @ 40 
City made. 29 & 32 
Packintf Stock. 26 @ 30 
Process . 33 @ 38 
CHEESE 
Prices in the We.stern producing sec¬ 
tions have stiffened a trifle on the' new 
make. 
Whole Jlllk. fancy . 25 W 26 
Good to choice. 23 & 24*^ 
Lower grades. 16 @ 22 
Skims, best. 18 @ 19 
Fair to good. 9 & 14 
EGGS. 
Nearby fancy are a little scarce and 
two cents higher. Many hens are brood¬ 
ing at this time, which cuts production. 
There is no price improvement in the gen¬ 
eral range of gathered which contain too 
many inferior eggs. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 41 ® 42 
Medium togood. 37 ® 4(1 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 38 ® 40 
Common to good. 33 @ 35 
Gathered, best, white. 36 ® 37 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 34 @ 36 
Lower grades. 28 @ 33 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best lb. 36 @ 37 
Common to good . 30 ® 34 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 85 @ 90 
Roasters . 33 ® 36 
Fowls. 30 @ 34 
Roosters. 25 @ 26 
Squabs, doz. 1 50 ® 7 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.13 00 ®13 75 
Pea.1175 ®12 75 
California, small white,.12 00 @12 75 
Bed Kidney.12.50 ®13 75 
White Kidney.15 00 ® 15 25 
Lima, California.13 00 @13 25 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.15 50 @18 00 
Bulls . 9 00 @13 00 
Cows . 500 @1250 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 15 00 @15 50 
Culls. 9 00 @12 00 
Hogs.18 00 @18.50 
Sheep. 100 lbs.11 00 ]I@14 00 
Lambs .15 00 >'02100 
FRUITS. 
Barrelled apples are getting scarce, and 
all good to choice stock higher. 1‘eaches 
in niucli larger supply and running better 
in quality. Strawberries quite iilentiful 
from nearby, wholesaling around 15 cents 
for best. 
Apples, Albemarle, bbl 
Ben Davis. 
Baldwin. 
strawberries, qt. 
Watermelons 100. 
Muskmelons, bu. 
Peaches. 24 qt. crate ... 
Blackberries, qt. 
VEGETABLES 
Ne'w potatoes are again in surjilus and 
weaker; old stock going slowly at former 
prices. Asparagus in large supply. String 
beans and peas selling well when of good 
(luality. Cabbage very dull. Onions 
lower. 
Potatoes—New. No. 1, bbl. 5 00 @6 00 
New. No. 2, bbl. 2 00 ® 3 50 
Old, 100 lbs. 1 75 ® 2 25 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 1 00 @ 2 75 
Beets, new, bu . 1 25 @ 1.50 
Carrots, bbl. 150 @2 00 
Cabbage, new, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 (@ 1 00 
Onions, old, 100 lbs. .50 @ 2 00 
New, bu. 75 @2 00 
Peppers, bu.. . 1 50 ® 3 00 
String Beans bu. 100 @2 25 
Turnips, new', bbl,. .50 @ 1 00 
Squash.new, bu. 1 00 @ 2 60 
Peas, bu. 2 00 @ 3 50 
Kgg Plants, bu. 2 00 ® 3 75 
Tomatoes, Southern. 24-qt. crate _ 2 00 @ 4 75 
Asparagus, fancy, doz. 3 25 @3.50 
Common to good. 1 25 @ 2 .50 
Mushrooms lb . 15 @ 35 
Horseradish. 100 lbs. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Cucumbers, Southern, bu,. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl.1 50 @2.50 
Kale, bbl. 25 ® 75 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @ 1 25 
Leeks. 100 bunches,. 1 00 @ 2 00 
l’ar.sley, bbl.,. 4 00 la 7 00 
II AY AND STRAW. 
Uay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . . 28 00 @30 00 
No. 2.r.24 00 @27 00 
No. 3 .19 00 @22 00 
Clover mixed.20 00 @26 00 
Straw, Rye.16 00 @18 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2. red, . 2 26 ® 
Corn. 1 70 ® 1 80 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 79 ® 81 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
Clioicc creamery in good demand ; other 
grad(‘s weak. P.est prints, 4!) to oOc: 
tub. choice, to to 4()C; lower grade.s, 40 
to >140. 
l-XiG.S. 
Itest nearby. 42 to 4.‘>c ; gathered, good 
to ciioice, .‘>5 to 2>Sc; lower grades, MO to 
M4c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls. Ml to .M2c ; chickens, .oo to 00c : 
roost<“rs. 22 to 2Mc; ducks, 20 to MOc; 
geese, 20 to 20c; jiigeons. pair, .".0 to doc. 
DUES.SEI) POULTRY. 
Fowls. MM to Moc; old roosters, 2."> to 
20c; chickens, 40 to 42c; turkeys, MO to 
M4c; ducks, 42 to 44c; squabs, doz., .$M.2o 
to .$7. 
FRUITS. 
Apples. Albe'marle. .$.o to .$8; Winesap, 
.84 to .$7; Ren Davis, .$2.o0 to ,$4.o0; 
peaches, 0-basket crate, ,81.,o0 to .$8; 
strawberries, qt., oc to 11c. 
Vegetables. 
Potatoes, old, 100 lbs., .^l.MO to ,81.50; 
new. bbl., .$4 to .85.25; sweet ])otatoes, 
bu.. <81 to ,81.50; string beans, bu.. .81 to 
.82: peas. bu.. .81 to ,82.75; onions, new, 
bu.. .81 to .81.50; cabbage, bbl.. .81 to 
.81.75; beets, 100 bunches, .8,5 to .87. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Ilay, No. 1. Timothy, .825) to .8M0; No. 
2. .827 to .828; No. M, .822 to .824; clove'r, 
mixed, $25 to .827; straw, rye, .815) to 
.820; wheat and oat, .810.50 to .817..50. 
Countrywide Produce Markets 
POTATO OUTLOOK IMPROVING. 
The general market conditions are 
fairly good for the time of year. .Supplies 
are increasing as the new sections begin 
to ship week by we'ek. On the other 
Imnd, the market position of the two 
weakest lines, onions and potatoes, is 
being improved by the exhaustion of old 
stock. New potatoes are now coming for¬ 
ward about 250 cars per day, and old 
stock about 150 cars per day. The com¬ 
bined volume' remains about the siune as 
of old. The new crop will soon have the 
whole field, and will increase further with 
the opening of the Virginia and Mary¬ 
land season. The potato-consuming cam¬ 
paign seems to have helped the’ demand 
considerably, and markets for new stock 
have moved up .81 or more per bushel, 
paying .84 to .85 in leading cities. Even 
old stock advanced in some cities, selling 
at .81.25 to $1.5)0 per cwt. in bulk. The 
jjotato situation has clesired uj) better 
than it seemed likely at one time. 
ONIONS. 
The last of the old stock was not de¬ 
sirable, being soft and sprouted, and a 
good deal of it sold around 50 cents per 
bag. The ne'w crop movement has been 
lighter from all sections than expected, 
about 75 cars per day now, but the pub¬ 
lic had its fill from the old croi>, and the 
new yellow onions have been dragging at 
85 cents to $1.40 jier crate in the markets 
of the’ Central States, and $1.25 to $1.00 
in the East and North. 
PLENTY OF BERRIES NOW. 
Strawberries have been an outstanding 
feature of recent weeks, owing to north¬ 
ward extension of the shipping area, and 
about 250 cars per day have been moving 
lately. The price has declined rapidly. 
A good deal of canning stock sold at about 
7 cents, and good Ixu-ries at 8 to 17 cents. 
It looks as if this condition of heavy sup¬ 
ply and low prices will continue for the 
present. About the only other fruit sup¬ 
ply in liberal (luantities con.sists of 
Georgia peaches, which Imve bee'n selling 
around .$2 per carrier in Northern mar¬ 
kets. 
TRUCK. 
There is some reason to believe that the 
oversupply of truck in various lines will 
not be' so great with the opening of the 
northeim sections because reports indicate 
ii generally lighter phinting as compared 
with the South. The effect of low prices 
began to show at about the time of thd 
Northern planting season. 
Tomatoes are in light supply, and sell¬ 
ing mostly at .$4 to $(> per carrier. So 
far about the only shipments have come 
from Florida, and the.se. are declining 
each week. A few are being imported 
from Mexico. 
PACKAGES SCARCE AND HIGH. 
The scarcity of crates and barrels is 
affecting shipments in some localties, and 
some shipping sections rejiort a shortage 
of cars suitable for shipping vegetables 
and fruits. 
POOR OUTLOOK FOR CABBAGE. 
The cabbage’ supply is still extensive in 
most markets, and the outlook seems none 
too good for the price of the coming early 
Northern Crop, because the m;irkets have 
been flooded so long with cheap supplie's. 
Regarding the late Northern crop, there 
is room for much uncertainty. It is 
claimed that many of the young plants in 
the important Wisconsin sections have 
been killed by the black fly. It is re'ported 
that kraut makers there are contracting 
at .$15 per ton or about double the pre¬ 
vailing r.ates last yeiir. Contract prices 
in mo.st cabbage sections are higher than 
that of last year, but it is iilso re'ported 
that lai'ger acreages will be set in many 
Ijlaces. _ On the whole, it does not look 
like ii situation encouraging extra phint¬ 
ing except to fill reliable contracts. 
G. B. F. 
The leading products for northern 
Westchester County are apples, peaches, 
milk, hay, and potatoes. Bottled grade-A 
milk is selling locally for 12c a (it; 
loose milk. 7c; old potatoes. .82..50 bbl.; 
seed, $4.50 bbl.; hay, $25 to $.‘50 ton. 
The’ business outlook for farmers in this 
section would be very encouraging if 
labor was not so high priced and of such 
poor quality. Some of the farmers have 
good help, and although this kind of labor 
comes very high, they are making money. 
The peach crop was ruined by the extreme' 
cold last Winter, and some apple trees 
were killed. The writer has several 
which he believe's were killed by the ex¬ 
treme low temperature. These trees 
blossomed and looki'd good early, but have 
since died. There' will be probably a half 
crop of aiiples through this jiart of We.st- 
chester County. Meadows are looking 
good. G. F. A. 
Westchester Co., N. Y. 
5Ve have a fine Spring for work; 
jilanting mostly done; promi.se of good 
hay crop; wheat looks fine; tobacco 
jilants coming on fine; not as much put 
in as last year. Farme’rs receive .$2 per 
hundred for M per cent milk, .$1.40 per 
huiulred for potatoes; hay. $17 to $1>'^. 
Ilelj) scarce and costly—25 to .‘5,5 cents 
per hour. m. d. b. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
100 LBS. 
SUCRENE • 
^ PEORIA, III. ^ 
cow derives no benefit from it whatever, either 
body maintenance or milk production. Because 
of this, and for the additional reason that grass 
is from 80 % to 90 % water and fibre, the good 
milch cow must eat enormous quantities of grass 
per day to sustain herself and her milk flow. Own¬ 
ers of good milch cows know from experience 
that, no matter how luxuriant the pasture, their 
Cows Can’t Eat Enough Grass 
to Maintain Bodies and Milk'Flow 
To a large extent grass is merely a milk-flow stimu¬ 
lant. That’s why cows put on pasture show a good 
milk yield for the time being. But because of its low 
nutrient quality in proportion to bulk, cows are com¬ 
pelled to draw upon their body reserve for the protein, 
fat and carbohydrates to produce the milk. That means 
“robbing Peter to pay Paul,” and shows itself in below- 
normal milk flow the remainder of the year. 
Sucrene Dairy Feed Gives Cows the Milk 
Nutrients Which Pasture Fails to Supply 
The stimulating effect of pasture, com 
bined with the strong protein, fat and car¬ 
bohydrates of Sucrene Dairy Feed, gives 
the cow the complete nourishment she 
must have when under high pressure milk 
production. Sucrene Dairy Feed is a com¬ 
plete milk making ration. Composed of 
molasses, cottonseed meal, corn gluten feed, 
ground and bolted grain screenings, clipped 
oat by - product, corn distillers’ dried grains 
and solubles, palm kernel meal and small 
percentages of calcium carbonate and salt. 
Guaranteed analysis: I6J% protein, 3^% fat, 
46% carbohydrates, 14% fibre. 
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''^^.bohvorates 
3.5 0 
46.00 
14.00 
Sucrene Dairy Feed does not sour in hot 
weather. We heat the molasses to 120 
degrees before mixing, which makes a 
mealy feed, not sticky. 
Even the most ordinary cows show a substantial increase 
in milk yield when fed Sucrene—not only on pasture, but all 
through the year. Order a ton from your dealer. If he does not 
handle Sucrene write us his name. We'll see that you are supplied. 
The coupon or a post card brings you free illustrated litera¬ 
ture on care and feeding of dairy cows and other farm animals. 
American Milling Company 
Dept. 5, Peoria, Illinois J 
AMERICAN NILUNG CO., Dept. 5. Peorit, III. 
Please send me illustrated literature on 
feeds checked below: 
□ Sucrene Dairy Feed 
□ Sucrene Calf Meal 
□ Sucrene Hog Meal 
G Sucrene Poultry Mash 
□ Amco Fat Maker for steers 
□ Amco Dairy Feed (25% Protein) 
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