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Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 26, 1918. 
These prices and notes are believed to 
be fairly representative of the current 
of trade here: 
Milk. 
Price to producers in 150-mile zone 
from New York for 3 per cent milk is 
.$4.06 per 100 lbs. Retail prices at New 
York are: Grade A, bottled, 19 cents; 
grade B, bottled, 17 cents; loose milk to 
stores, 13% cents; loose milk by stores, 
14 cents. 
Butter. 
A drop of one cent on most grades is 
noted. The market remains strong on 
top qualities, but dull on stock showing 
Winter defects. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 68 @ 69 
Good to Choice . 65 @ 67 
Lower Gnules. 53 @ 58 
City made. 41 @ 45 
Packing Stock. 36 @ 43 
Prooess . 43 @ 54 
CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 37 fl) 37J^ 
Good to choice..'. 35 @ 36 
Lower grades. 32 ® 34 
Skims, beet. 27 @ 28 
Fair to good. 18 ® 24 
EGGS. 
Prices are several Cents lower on prac¬ 
tically all fresh grades, receipts being 
larger. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 83 ® 85 
Medlnmtogood . 75 ® 80 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 71 ® 72 
Common to good. 63 ® 67 
Gathered, best, white. 78 ® 80 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 63 @ 66 
Ijower grades. 48 ® 52 
Storage. 42 @ 52 • 
LIVE STOCK. 
NatUe Steers. 1150 @16 25 
Bulls . 6 00 @12 00 
Cows . 4 00 @ 8 25 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.15 00 @2100 
Culls. 8 00 @12 00 
Hogs.16 50 @18 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 6 00 @9 50 
Lambs .14 00 ®16 00 
DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, choice. 27 @ 28 
Common to good. 23 @ 25 
Pigs. 22 @ 24 
Lambs, hothouse, head . 9 00 @14 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Sales are reported at: Fowls, 27 to 
35c; chickens, 28 to 30c; roosters, 22c; 
ducks, 28 to 33c; geese, 26 to 30c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Owing to the warm, sticky weather 
considerable stock was condemned by the 
health authorities. The market otherwise 
cleared up in better shape than at Thanks¬ 
giving. 
Turkeys, best. 45 @ 47 
Medium to good. 30 @ 42 
Chickens choice lb. 48 @ 52 
Fair to Good. 34 @ 45 
Fowls. 25 @ 32 
Roosters. 23 @ 24 
Ducks. 40 @ 43 
Squabs, doz .. 2 00 @ 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 
Red Kidney. . 9 25 @12 75 
White Kidney.14 00 @14 50 
Lima, California.12 00 @12 25 
PRUITS. 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. 4 00 @6 50 
York Imperial . 4 00 @ 7 50 
Ben Davis. 3 75 @ 5 00 
King . 4 00 @7 00 
Russet. 4 uo @ 5 50 
Greening . 4 50 @ 6 50 
Spy . 4 50 @ 8 50 
McIntosh . 6 00 @8 50 
Pears. Kielfer, bbl. 6 00 @8 50 
Cranberries, bbl.10 00 @22 00 
Strawberries, qt. 50 @ 90 
NUTS. 
Butternuts, bu. 2 50 @ s 00 
Black Walnuts, bu. 1 75 @ 2 00 
Uickory nuts, bu. 4 0 U @6 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—L. I., bbl. 4 50 @5 50 
State, 180 1 bs. 3 75 @ 4 25 
Maine, 180 lbs. 4 25 @ 4 50 
Virginia, late crop, bbl. 3 60 @4 00 
Bermuda, bbl. . 6 00 @ 8 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 4 00 @ 5 00 
Beets, bbl. 1 60 @ 2 50 
Carrot6, bbl. 150 @ 2 00 
Cabbage, ton.15 00 @25 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 2 00 @4 00 
Onions. 100 lbs. 1 25 @ 3 00 
String Beans bu. 150 §> 5 50 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl,. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Cauliflower, bbl. 4 00 @10 00 
Ugg Plants, bu. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Spinach, bbl. 60 @ 1 50 
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 .3100 @33 00 
No. 2 . 28 00 @30 00 
No. 3 .25 00 @27 00 
Clover mixed.24 00 @3100 
Straw, Rye.17 00 @18 00 
GRAIN. 
Following are the Government prices 
on No. 2 red wheat at various markets: 
New York, $2.37%: Chicago, $2.23: St. 
Louis, $2.21. No. 3 Yellow corn at New 
York, $1.66. Oats, No. 3 white, New 
York, 7Sc; rye, $1.74. Practically no 
sale for buckwheat grain here, nominally 
$3.38 to $3.i»0 per 100 lbs. Producing 
points in Pennsylvania and New York 
report buckwheat as selling from $3 to 
$3.75 per 100 lbs Buckwheat flour at 
New York wholesales around $6.25. 
Retail Prices at New York 
These are not the highest or lowest 
prices noted here, but represent produce of 
E6e RURAL NEW.YORKER 
good quality and the buying opportunities 
of at least half of New York’s popula¬ 
tion : 
Butter—Best prints .75 to 77c 
Tub, choice .72 to 74c 
Medium to good.55 to 65c 
Cheese .40 to 45c 
Eggs—Best nearby .85 to 95c 
Gathered, good to choice....70 to SOc 
Potatoes, lb. 3 to 4c 
Cabbage, head .10 to 12c 
Lettuce, head . 5 to 10c 
Onions, lb. 4 to 5c 
Dressed fowls, lb.40 to 45c 
Chickens, lb.50 to 52c 
Turkeys, lb.45 to 50c 
Leg of lamb, lb.32 to 48c 
Apples, doz.30 to 60c 
Philadelphia Markets 
Putter. 
Best creamery prints, 74 to 75c; tub, 
choice, 68 to 70c; packing stock, 40 to 
45c. 
EGGS. 
Nearby choice. 73 to 75c; gathered, 
best, 62 to 65c; lower grades, 50 to 52c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, 28 to 31c; chickens, 25 to 28c; 
roosters, 20 to 21c; ducks, 2S to 35c; 
guineas, pair, 75c to $1.10. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
^Turkeys, 43 to 45c; chickens, 35 to 
4oc; fowls, 33 to 36c; roosters. 27c; 
ducks. Spring, 3S to 42c; squabs, doz., $6 
to $S.25. 
ERUITS. 
Apples, bbl.. $4 to $6.50; cranberries, 
bbl., $10 to $1S. 
Vegetables. 
Potatoes. No. 1. bbl., $3 to $3.50; %- 
bu. bkt , 40 to 90c; sweet potatoes, bbl.. 
$3 to $4.50; cabbage, ton, $15 to $25; 
onions, 100 lbs., $1.25 to $2. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1. $32 to $33; No. 2, $31 to 
$32: No. 3, $25 to $26; clover mixed, 
$25 to $31. Straw, rye, $16 to $19; oat 
and wheat, $14 to $16. 
Buffalo Markets 
The Winter arrives slowly and is giv¬ 
ing the raisers of cold-weather crops a 
chance to keep in operation much later 
than usual. Only one or two severe 
freezes have taken place up to the middle 
of December, and much of the time the 
grass has grown and cattle could go 
readily to the fields with profit. Most 
vegetables are therefore plenty and 
rather low priced, potatoes now being sold 
by farmers at from 40 to 90 cents a 
bushel. Butter and eggs were seldom 
higher, the reports being that the reserve 
stocks are lower than for a long time. 
Beans have come down in the country, 
but not yet in the city, being still quoted 
at wholesale in the city as high as $6.90 
to $7.75 per bushel, while the farmers 
are offered only $4.25 to $5.50. 
It is becoming common to quote pub¬ 
licly potatoes and onions by the 100 
pounds, but the market offerings are still 
by the bushel. The city wholesale price 
is $1 to $1.30. with retail prices often 
running to $1.65. Sweets are $2.35 to 
$2.75 per hamper. Onions are still cheap 
hut firm, at 60c to $1.20 per bushel. 
Apples are firm and active at $1.25 to 
$2.25 per bushel for picked fruit and 75c 
to $1 for windfalls. Other tree fruits 
and small fruits, home grown, are out, 
but California malaga grapes are $2.30 
for 24-lb. box. This is higher than a 
year ago and puts retail prices up to 15c 
or more per pound. 
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The extreme drop of Southern fruits 
holds except for a fancy orange, which is 
quoted^ at $10 to $12 per box, with others 
at $3.50 to $8; lemons are $5.50; grape¬ 
fruit $2.50 to $5.50, and limes. $1 to 
$1.25 per 100. Cranberries are scarce at 
$12 per barrel up. 
Vegetables are in good demand. Cab¬ 
bage is down to $1.25 to $1.75 per 100 
lbs.; cauliflower, $1.75 to $2.25; beets. 
60 to 85c; carrots, 50 to 75c; parsnips. 
$1.25 to $1.50 : spinach, 90c to $1.25 ; tur¬ 
nips, 50 to 75c for white and 60 to 75c 
for yellow. all_ per bu.; green and wax 
beans. $3 to $5.50 per hamper; Brussels 
sprouts, 15 to 18c per qt.; celery. 60 to 
90c per bunch ; lettuce. 50 to 75c per 2- 
doz. box ; endive, 14 to 15c per lb.: celery- 
cabbage and California lettuce. 10 to 15c 
retail per large head ; radishes. 20 to 30c 
per doz. bunches; Winter squash.- not 
very dry, $1.25 to $1.75 per 100 lbs. 
Butter is steady at 67 to 72c for 
creamery; 58 to 64c for dairy; 50 to 62c 
for crocks, and 42 to 45c for common. 
Cheese is firm at 36 to 38c for best do¬ 
mestic. JKggs are a trifle easier, but very 
high at 75 to 84c for hennery; 70 to 72c 
for State^aud Western candled ; 55c for 
storage. Poultry is quiet for dressed, bet¬ 
ter demand for live; 40 to 42c for dressed 
turkey; 25 to 34c for dressed fowl; 22 
to 35c for dressed chicken ; 25 to 26c for 
old roosters; 36 to 38c for ducks, and 27 
to 30c for geese. Rabbits are active at 
30 to 60c for cottontails and 50 to 90c 
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