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BOX 75. CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. 
October 12, 1918 
R. N.-Y. Workers at the Fair 
At Fig. .^00 will be found an engrav¬ 
ing of the headquarters of The Rttral 
New-Yorker at the New York State 
Fair. Lined up, or ready for business, 
are the subscription agents who make life 
a joy to so many readers throughout the 
country. There is no use hunting for the 
Hope Farm man or the Publisher’s Desk 
editor in this group, since they were wise 
enough to keep away from the camera. 
The men shown in the picture, starting at 
the left, are: .7. W. Patterson, .Tames .7. 
Kelly, R, M. .Tohnson, W. D. Swink, 
.Tohn G. Cooper, .7. Jj. O’Hara, William 
F. Wade, general manager of the sub¬ 
scription department; ITarrison Elwell 
and Farle Warner. Many of onr readers 
■will meet one or more of these men during 
the coming season, and we bespeak for 
them a welcome and fair consideration. 
The subscription work at the fair was a 
great success and we all met many old 
friends and picked up many new ones. 
Country-wide Produce Conditions 
Movement Heavy, With Important Lines Tending 
Toward Lower Prices 
Potato movement is now near or at the 
height of the season, with about 1.000 
cars starting for market each day. Ship¬ 
ments are especially heavy from the West 
and from the group of States around the 
great lakes. I’rices have weakened rapid¬ 
ly in Western markets, but have held 
much better in the Fa.st. Quotations of 
.$2.10 to $2.18 per 100 lbs., bulk, at Maine 
shipping points compare with .$1.75 f. o. b. 
for best Minnesota stock and as low as 
$1.25 in various Colorado and Idaho ship¬ 
year’s October price, and seem to be hold¬ 
ing fairly well at this level, mostly .$20 
to .$30 per ton in Eastern wholesale mar¬ 
kets. Prices in producing sections range 
from $15 to $20 per ton, both :East and 
West. Onions are selling below last sea¬ 
son’s Fall prices, having sagged away to 
about .$1.75 per 100 lbs. in producing 
sections, and ranging $1.90 to $3.,35 in 
wholesale city markets, compared with 
$2..50 to $3.25 last year in early October. 
G. B F. 
Buffalo Markets 
The advance in butter is the most not¬ 
able feature of the market. The food 
authorities claim that it is unwarranted 
and are trying to stop it. Potatoes are 
not doing well, on account of the late 
blight, and are sure to be high. Cabbage 
is still grow'ing at a good rate, and there 
is an immense quantity of onions being 
pulled by women on the Oak Orchard 
marshes. Eggs naturally go up now, as 
hens are beginning to molt. Peaches and 
apples are rather high. 
Potatoes are steady at .$1.50 per bu. 
The practice is growing of quoting them 
by the 100 lbs. Apples are a pretty good 
crop, .selling at $1 to $2 per bu. in bas¬ 
kets. Peaches are easy at $2.50 to $3 
per bu. Pears are firm at .$4 to $4.25 
per box for Californias and .$2 to .$2.7.5 
per hu. for homegrown, mostly Bartletts, 
with some Seckels coming in. Plums are 
steady, quality fine, at 35 to 50c for 7-lb. 
basket, with prunes 5c higher. GrSpes 
are rather scarce at $1.40 to $1.60 per 
29-lb. basket. 
There is no bruik in the bean market 
CLEAH. FAIR. FOftaFUl 
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R. N. Y. Workers at the Fair, Fig. 509 
ping sections, including sacks. Carlots in 
Chicago at times have sold at well below 
.$2 per 100 lbs. Although the crop is 10 
to 15 per cent lighter this year, it is 
coming to market faster, and there is 
little talk of car shortage or holding for 
higher prices, both of which conditions 
began to appear in October during last 
year. However, some Western producers 
are reported hesitating to sell after recent 
sharp declines. Prices are now a little 
higher in the East and a little lower in 
the West than at the corresponding time 
last year. Tlia rapid marketing together 
with the lighter yield makes the outlook 
appear rather more hopeful to producers 
this year. Sweet potatoes have declined 
quite rapidly in recent weeks, reaching as 
low as $3.50 per bhi. in some markets, 
l)nt holding around $.5 in most cities. 
1-lven present values are fully $1 above 
the level prevailing at corresponding time 
last year. 
Apples have bounded into activity with 
about 500 cars per day. New Y’^ork State 
leading in volume. Prices hold around .$5 
to $5.50 for be.st grades of Baldwins and 
Greenings at important shipping points. 
City wholesale prices are higher in the 
Middle West than in,the East, some fancy ■ 
kinds, like Jonathan, reaching $9 per bbl. 
Eastern markets ranged generally $4.50 
to $7 for No. 1 Fall and early Winter 
kinds. Choice Greenings ranged .$4 to 
$4.50 in New York, and fancy Virginia 
Baldwins $5 to $5.50 in Pittsburg. Ap¬ 
ples are higher than in October last year, 
even Ben Davis are quoted .$3.25 to $3.50 
at Virginia shipping i)oints compared with 
.$2.50 last year, and $1.75 to .$2.25 in 1916. 
i’ancy Northwestern boxed apples sell at 
$3.25 to .$2.75 in various Eastern cities, 
and rule around $2 in producing sections. 
I’each movement is about ovei*, although 
last year shipments Avere active all 
through October. I’rices have averaged 
high tlfloughout the season, nearly the 
whole Northern ci'op has moved at be¬ 
tween $2..50 to $4 per hu. The Southern 
crop w'as much heavier and the price went 
below $2 for awhile early in -Tnly. but 
Southern peaches sold mostly at $2.50 to 
$3.75. Grapes are in great demand every¬ 
where and prices have slowly advanced 
from around 30c per 4-qt. basket to above 
40c in various wholesale markets. The 
New York and IMichigau pear crop 
brought mostly $2 to $4 per bu. for desir¬ 
able grades and varieties, and even the 
Kieffers netted groAvers $1 to $1.50 per 
hu. It is a good year for fruit growers 
who had a fair crop. 
Cabbages are now selling for about last 
and none likely, so far as this territory is 
concernod, for a practical failure of the 
crop is scored again, now for the fourth 
year in Western New York. Quotations 
remain at .$7.20 to $7.80 per bu. Veg¬ 
etables are plenty, but strong in price, on 
account of substituting them for meat. 
Cabbage is $3 to .$6 per 300 heads; wax 
beans, $1 to $2; carrots, 75c to $1; 
caulifiower, $1 to .$3; cucumbers, 50c to 
$1 ; tomatoes, 50c to $1 ; turnips, $1.25 
to $1.50 for white and 85 to 90c for yel¬ 
low, all per bu.; Lima beans are 30 to 
35c per qt.; corn, 20 to 30c per doz.; 
celery, 40 to 75c per bunch ; lettuce, 50c 
to $1.25 per box ; squash, 50 to 60c for 
Summer and $1.50 for Winter, per bu. 
Butter quotations are said to be low 
here, and another advance is promi.sed 
this week. Present figures, wholesale, are 
54 to 61c for creamery, 48 to 55c for 
dairies, 47 to 51c for crocks, and 40 to 42c 
for low grades. Cheese remains at 28c 
for best domestic and 32c for limburger. 
Eggs have advane(Ml to 6.3 to 64c for white 
hennery and 47 to 51c for candled. 
j. w. c. 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
Best creamery, 67 to 69c; tub, choice, 
63 to 65c; packing stock, 40 to 42c. 
EGGS. 
xVeaiby choice, 58 to 60c; gathered, 
best, 52 to 54c; lower grades, 45 to 48e. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, 28 to 34c; chickens, 25 to 31c; 
roosters, 24 to 25c; ducks, 28 to ,34c; 
guineas, pair, 75c to $1. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Ghickens. 35 to 40c; fowls, 33 to 37c; 
roosters. 2Sy>c; ducks. Spring, .3.Sc; 
squabs, doz., $G to .$8.25. 
FRUITS. 
Apples, bbl., .$3.50 to .$6; pears, bbl., 
$3 to $9; plums, 4-qt. bkt., 35 to 65c; 
grapes, 3-lb. bkt., 20 to 25c; peaches, bu.. 
$2.50 to $3.25; muskmelons, bu., $1.75 to 
$2.25. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoe.s, No. 1, bbl., .$2 to $5; sweet 
potatoes, bbl.. $2.50 to $3.75; cucumbers, 
bu.. $1 to $1.50; peas, bu., $2 to .$3; 
cabbage, tou, .$20 to $25; onions, 100 lbs., 
$1.40 to $2. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1 Timothy, $36 to $37; No. 2, 
$34 to $35; No. .3, .$28 to .$.32; clover 
mixed. $27 to .$34. Straw, rye, $16 to 
$18; oat and v. heat, $12.50 to $14. 
