291 
The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 6 , 1919 
These prices and notes are believed to 
be fairly representative of the current of 
trade here: 
MILK BRICES. 
A Vital Message 
to Every Com Grower 
New York, for February, $3.54 per 100 
lbs., equivalent to 7.52 cent per quart 
for three per cent milk, with an additional 
4c per 100 for every one-tenth of one per 
cent extra butterfat, at points 150 miles 
from city. 
Butter. 
Since last report prices have improved 
slightly, settling around 50c for best. It 
is said that part of the butter com¬ 
mandeered by the Government last year 
and held in storage since then has been 
released and that further lots may be 
turned back to the owners. 
Creamery, fancy lb . 
@ 
50 
Good to Choice . 
W 
47 
Lower Grades . 
@ 
40 
City made . 
@ 
37 
Dairy, best . 
@ 
48 
Common to good . 
@ 
45 
Packing Slock . 
@ 
34 
Process . 
O 
43 
CHEESE. 
The market is weak and 
most 
grades 
of both held and new make 
lower. 
Whole Milk, oid, fancy . 
... 36 
TO 
37 M 
Good to oholce . 
@ 
35 i 
Lower grades . 
« 
33 
New Make . 
@ 
33 
skims, best . 
@ 
24 
Fair to good . 
@ 
20 
Eggs. 
During the week prices dropped 15c 
because of increased supplies and mod¬ 
erate demand. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 55 @ 56 
Medium to good. 50 @ 53 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 48 @ so 
Common to good. 43 @ [45 
Gathered, best, white. 52 @ 54 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 42 @ 45 
Lower grades. 35 @ 36 
Storage. 30 @ 35 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.10 50 @17 53 
Bulls . 8 00 @12 00 
Cows . 5 00 @12 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs . 15 00 @20 00 
Culls.10 00 @13 00 
Hobs.16 00 @18 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 7 00 @10 50 
Lambs . 15 50 @17 75 
DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, choice. 21 @ 25 
Common to good. 16 @ 21 
Dork . 15 @ 19 
I.umbs, hothouse, head .12 00 @16 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Prices reported are: Fowls, 25 to 31c; 
chickens, 27 to 29c; roosters. 22c; tur¬ 
keys, 30 to 35c; ducks, 35 to 3Sc; geese, 
22 to 24c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
4 
Turkeys, best.. 
Medium to good. 
Chickens choice lb. 
Fair to Good. 
Fowls . 
® 44 
@ 42 
@ 43 
@ 40 
@ 32 
@ 50 
Capons . 
Roosters. 
@ 24 
@ 40 
@ 33 
@10 00 
Ducks . 
Geese, ... 
Squabs, doz. 
Rabbits, pair. 
@ 40 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lb«. 
@11 50 
Pea .... 
..7 25 
& 8 75 
Medium . 
. 7 50 
@ 9 (10 
lied Kidney. 
....11 25 
@12 50 
White Kidney , . 
@13 25 
Yellow Eye. 
@ 9 00 
Lima, California. 
@11 00 
ERUITS. 
£pples — Baldwin, bbl. 6(H) @8 00 
York Imperial . 6 no @8 50 
Ben Davis. 5 00 @ 7 00 
King . 6 00 @ 8 00 
Greening . 5 00 @ 7 50 
Spy . 6 00 @ 8 50 
Pears. Kieffer, bbl. 5 00 @ 8 oo 
Cranberries, bbl.15 00 @24 00 
Strawberries, qt. 35 @ 75 
VEGETABLES. 
Potato receipts large and 25 to 50c per 
barrel lower. Old cabbage dull; new 
Southern selling well. 
Potatoes—L. I., bbl. 4 25 @ 4 75 
State, 180 lbs. 3 50 @ 4 00 
Maine, 180 lbs. 3 75 @ 4 25 
Virginia, late crop, bbl. 2 50 @ 3 25 
Bermuda, bbl. 6 00 @8 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 1 50 @ 2 75 
Beets, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Carrots,bbl. 125 @2 25 
Cabbage, ton.15 00 @25 00 
New, bbl.. 2 60 @ 3 60 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 100 @4 00 
Onions. 100 lbs. i;.50 @4 00 
String Beans bu. 2 00 © 5 00 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl,. 150 @ 2 25 
Egg Plants, bu. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Spinach, bbl. 100 @3 00 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl.1 00 @ 1 50 
Parsnips, bbl . 100 @ 2 00 
Salsify, 100 bunches. 3 00 @ 5 oo 
Kale, bbl .. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Chicory, bbl. 3 00 @ 8 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
The hay market is overstocked and 
prices much lower, particularly ou under 
qualities. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 38 00 @30 00 
NO. 2.25 00 @37 00 
NO. 3 . 22 00 @24 00 
No grade .15 00 @18 oo 
Clover mixed.18 00 @25 00 
Straw, ltye,.13 00 @14 00 
GRAIN. 
Following are the Government prices 
on No. 2 red wheat at various markets: 
New York. $2.37%; Chicago, $2.23: St. 
Louis, $22.1. No. 3 Yellow corn at New 
York, $1.44; rye, $1.45; not much sale 
for buckwheat grain here, nominally $3 
to $3.25 per 100 lbs. Producing points 
in Pennsylvania and New York report 
buekwneat as selling from $3.25 to $3.50 
I»*'r 100 lbs. 
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