Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1439 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, DECEMP.ER 10, 1018. 
Tliosc prices and notes are believed to 
be fairly representative of the current 
of trade here; 
milk. 
Price to producers in l.oO-mile zone 
from New York for 3 per cent milk is 
$4.0(5 per 1(M> lbs. Retail prices at New 
York are: (ilrade A, bottled, 10 cents; 
grade B, bottled, 17 cents; loose milk to 
stores, 13’/4 cents; loose milk by stores, 
14 cents. 
hUTTER. 
The market is stronger on practically 
all grades and slightly higher on best. 
California butter is arriving regularly in 
considerable volume. Home dealers think 
a retail price of nearly $1 will be reached 
l)efore flush production brings it down 
again. Others believe shipping condi¬ 
tions will improve so that large Argen¬ 
tine receipts will be here. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 69 ® 70 
Good to CUolce . 65 ® 68 
Lower Grades. 54 ® 58 
City made. 41 & 45 
PackliiK Stock. 89 & 4,7 
Process . 44 & 64 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, fancy . 37 9) 37^ 
Good to choice. 35 ® 36 
Lower Krades. 32 ® 34 
Skims, best. 27 ® 28 
Fair to tcood . 18 <a 24 
EGG.S. 
The market is a little stronger on the 
better grades of gathered. Not much 
business at the top figure for nearby, as 
qualitii's are so irregular. A few Cali¬ 
fornia white have reached near the top 
mark. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 90 ® 91 
Medium to Kood. 80 & 88 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 78 ® 80 
Common to good. 70 ® 75 
Gathered, best, white. 89 ® 90 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 70 ® 75 
Lower grades. 48 ® 55 
Storage. 42 ® 68 
LIVE STOCK. 
NatWe Steers.1150 ®16 25 
Bulls . 6 00 @12 00 
Cows . 4 00 @ 8 2.5 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.15 00 @21 00 
Culls. 8 00 @12 00 
Hoes.16 50 @18 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 6 00 @9 50 
Lambs .14 00 ®16 00 
PRESSEU MEATS. 
Hothouse lambs are scarce. Roasting 
pigs selling well, sizes around 14 lbs. 
each bringing upwards of 30c. Pork is 
a little dull, fairly good carcasses going 
around 22c. 
Calves, choice. 26 ® 27 
Common to good. 23 ® 25 
Pigs. 22 @ 25 
Lambs, hothouse, head . 9 00 ®14 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Receipts quite large, but market strong. 
Sales are reported at: Fowls, 25 to 33c; 
chickens, 24 to 28c: roosters, 21c; tur¬ 
keys, 35 to 42c; ducKS, 30 to 33c; geese, 
26 to 30c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
The receipts for a week have shown 
some loss from the mild, damp and foggy 
weather, which makes havoc with dressed 
poultry. At this writing buying for 
Christmas trade is beginning. A good 
many turkeys arriving for Thanksgiving 
trade were stored, and these as well as 
the fresh receipts are selling in about 
the same range as average Thank.sgiviug 
business. Chickens and fowls are weaker. 
except on better grades. Choice ducks 
and geese temporarily scarce. Rabbits, 
both cottontails and .jacks, are higher, as 
many have spoiled on the way. 
Turkeys, best.. 46 @ 47 
Medium to good. 3U ® 42 
Cblokeiis choice broilers, lb. 48 ® .52 
Fair to Good.'.... 34 ® 45 
Fowls. 30 ® 34 
Roosters. 23 ® 24 
Ducks. 40 ® 43 
Hquabs, doz . 2 oo ® 9 00 
Rabbits, pair. 35 @ 90 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs....,.10 00 @12 25 
Pea. 9 00 @10 .50 
Medium .. 9 00 @10 25 
California, small white,.10 00 @10 50 
Bad UIdney. 9 25 @12 50 
White Kidney ..14 00 @14 75 
Lima, California.12 25 @12 50 
PRtnTS. 
Apple market is higher on stock suit¬ 
able for export. Cranberries are held 
very high. A few strawberi’ies are ar¬ 
riving from the West in ice chests, but 
in many cases out of condition. 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. 4 00 @6 00 
York Imperial . 4 00 @ 7 50 
Ben Davis . 3 00 @ 5 00 
King . 4 00 a 7 50 
Kusset. 4 00 @5 00 
Hubbardston. 4 00 @6 00 
Spy . 4 .50 < 0 ) 9 00 
McIntosh. 6 00 @1C00 
Pears. Kleffer, bbl. 6 00 @ 9 00 
Cranberries, bbl.10 00 @22 00 
Strawberries, pint. 20 @ 50 
NUTS. 
Butternuts, bu.. . 2 50 @3 00 
Black Walnuts, bu .. 2 00 @225 
Hickory nuts, bu... 4 00 @ 650 
VEGETABLES. 
Th(‘ potato market is without much 
change. Maine and State whoiesaie at 
'2M> to 2%c per ib. Virginia late crop 
brings around $4 per bbl., and Bermuda, 
$6 to .$8. Onious are in surplus and low. 
Oyster plant, or salsify, is in season, but 
few people use it bc'cause as generally 
cooked it is quite neutral in flavor. Few 
appear to know bow readily it may be 
fried and all the flavor—usually boiled 
out—retained. ^^^leu scrubbed—^not 
peeled—cut across the grain in one-eighth 
inch pieces, and fried, like onions, with 
beef or other meat, it is excellent. Sal¬ 
sify may be grown as readily as carrots, 
comes at a season when other garden 
stuff is gone, and like parsnips, may be 
left in the ground for Spring use. 
Potatoes—L. I., bbl. 4 .56 @5 50 
State, 180 1 bs. 3 90 @ 4 26 
Maine, 180 lbs. 4 50 @ 4 75 
Virginia, late crop, bbl. 3 50 @ 4 25 
Bermuda, bbl. 5 00 ® 8 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 4 00 @ 5 .50 
Beets, bbl. 1.50 @ 3 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1.50 @2 00 
Cabbage, ton.15 00 @35 00 
Lettuce, balf-bbl. basket. I 00 ® 4 00 
Onions. 100 lbs. 1 25 @ 3 00 
String Beans bu. 150 @5 00 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl,. I 00 ® 1 50 
Cauliflower, bbl. 5 00 @10 00 
Kgg Plants, bu. 2 00 ® 4 00 
Spinach, bbl. 160 @2 75 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Parsnips, bbl . 150 @ 2 60 
Salsify. 100 bunches. 5 00 ® 8 00 
Kale, bbl. . 1 25 @ 1 75 
Chicory, bbl. 2 50 @ 3 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 36 00 @37 00 
No. 2..;.:i2 00 @35 00 
No. 3 .26 00 @29 00 
Clover iiiized.24 00 @31 00 
Straw, Bye.17 00 @18 00 
GRAIN. 
Following are the (Jovernment prices 
on No. 2 red wheat at various markets: 
New York, $ 2 , 371 / 2 ; Chicago, $2.23; St. 
Louis, $2.21. No. 3 Yellow corn at New 
York. $1.50; Chicago, $1.40. Cats, No. 
.3 white. New Y’^ork, 81c; rye, $1.74. 
I’ractically no sale for buckwheat grain 
here, nominally $3.38 to $3.50 per 100 
lbs. Producing points in Pennsylvania 
a. d New York report buckwheat a.s sell¬ 
ing from $3 to $3.75 per IfliO lbs. Buck¬ 
wheat flour at New York wholesales 
around $0.25. 
weeks, took place December 18. The 
Covernment is said to have 325,0(X).000 
lbs. of wool tt) offer, 25,000.000 lbs. being 
scoured. The wool at this first sale prac¬ 
tically all went to mills, dealers not tak¬ 
ing any. The prices received ranged 
mainly from 77 to 02c greasy, or $1.44 
to $1.02 on scoured basis, according to 
reports. 
Retail Prices at New York 
'Pliese are not the highest or lowest 
lu-iees noted here, but represent produce of 
good quality and the buying opportunities 
of at least half of New York’s popula¬ 
tion : 
Butter—Best prints. . .. 
Tub. choice .70 
Med ium to good. 
(’lieese .40 
Eggs—Bo's! nearliy . .•. 
(fathered, good to eboloe. 
Potatoe.s. lb. 
('abbage, head . 
Lettuce, bead . 
Onions, lb. 
Dressed fowls, lb. 
(’hiekens. lb.50 
Turkeys, lb. 
Leg of lamb, lb. 
Apples, doz. 
...74 
to 
70c 
. . .70 
to 
73c 
to 
(55c 
. . .40 
to 
45c 
!)5c to .$1.00 
. . . 70 
to 
S5c 
to 
4c 
.. .10 
to 
15c 
. .. 5 
to 
10c 
. . . 4 
to 
5c 
. . .40 
to 
4Sc 
to 
55c 
to 
5()c 
.. .42 
to 
48c 
to 
GOc 
Philadelphia Markets 
HI'TTEK. 
Best creamery prints. 74 to 70c; tub. 
choice, 70 to 73c; packing stock, 40 to 
45c. 
kGGS, 
Nearby choice. 70 to 77c; gathered, 
best, 70 to 71c; lower grades, 50 to 52c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
GOVERNMENT WOOL SALE. 
The first of a series of auctions, ex¬ 
pected to be held at Boston every two 
Fowls. 28 to 31c; chickens, 25 to 2So; 
roosters, 20 to 21c; ducks, 28 to 35c; 
guiueas, pair, 75c to ,$1.10. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, 43 to 44c; chickens, 35 to 
44c; fowls, 33 to 30c; roosters. 27c; 
duck.s. Spring, 38 to 42c; squabs, doz., .$0 
to $8.25. 
PRUITS. 
Apples, bbl., $4 to $0.50; cranberries, 
bbl., $10 to $18. 
VEGRTABLES. 
Potatoes, No. 1, bbl., $3 to $3.50; %- 
bn. bkt., 40 to 00c; sweet potatoes, bbl., 
.$3 to $5; cabbage, ton. $15 to $2(5; 
onions, 100 lbs., $1.25 to $1.75. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. No. 1, $32 to $33; No. 2, ,$31 to 
$32; No. 3, $2,5 to $20; clover mixed. 
$25 to $31. Straw, rye, $1 Oto $10; oat 
and wheat, $14 to $1(5. 
The Home Dressmaker 
(Continued from page 1435) 
every size, color and style are much in 
vogue. Solid bright red beads—“artillery 
red,” have held favor for several months, 
large, small, round and oval, sometimes 
strung alone, sometimes linked together 
with silver or gun metal. There is also a 
good deal of coral, which never really 
goeo out of style. 
After all our plain military styles, there 
is a natural return to frilUs and flutfiness. 
Fringes retain their popularity, and are 
much used in trimming. Rather an inld 
fringe noted consists of silk loops, stand¬ 
ing out so as to give a feathery effect; 
this is used a.s an edging for tunics and 
flounces, a« well as on waists. 
Skirts are still very narrow, under a 
wider tunic, some being so narrow as to 
have a little .split at the hem, either in 
back or front, but there is little doubt 
these extra narrow skirts are on the way 
out, and some new models show a decided 
flare. 
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