Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 13, 1919 
Those prices and notes arc believed to 
be fairly representative ot the current of 
trade here: 
MILK PRICKS. 
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 1(H) for every one-tenth of one per 
cent extra buttcrfat, at points 150 miles 
from city. 
BUTTER. 
Business has been 
slightly improved. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
active 
Lower Orioles. 
Common to Rood 
Packing Stock. 
Process . 
CHEESE. 
Wisconsin primary markets 
and trading here is light, as fn 
are expected. 
Whole Milk, old, fancy . 
Good to choice. 
Lower tirades. 
New Make . 
Skims, best. 
Fair to good. 
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EGGS. 
Business is somewhat improved 
prices two to four cents higher. I 
stocks are reported on the way. how 
and lower prices expected soon. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 57 
Medium to good . 52 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 52 
Common to good. 40 
Gathered, best, white. 56 
Medium to t;ood, mixed colors ... 45 
Lower grades. 40 
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ever, 
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LIVE STOCK. 
Satire steers.10 50 ©17 oo 
Bulls . 8 00 *12 00 
Cows . 5 00 * 12 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 15 00 *20 50 
Culls.10 00 ft#III 00 
Hogs... 16 00 *18 25 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 7 00 © 8 00 
Lambs ..15 50 *17 60 
DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, choice. ... 25 * 27 
Common to good. 20 © 24 
Pork . 15 © 18 
Lambs, hothouse, head .12 00 ©1600 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Sales are reported at: Fowls, 22 to 
35c; chickens. 26 to 29c; roosters, 23 to 
24c; ducks, 35 to 38c; geese, 19 to 20c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 43 © 
Medium to good. 35 © 
Chickens ohoice lb. 42 © 
Fair to Good. 32 © 
Fowls. 27 © 
Capons . 45 © 
Roosters. 23 © 
Ducks. 35 © 
G cose. 26 © 
Squabs, dost .. 2 00 ©10 50 
Rabbits, puir. 10 © 50 
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BEANS. 
i.s very dull 
ind weak 
all grades 50c to $1 
and 
per 
The market 
prices on near 
100 lbs. lower. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.10 00 ©1125 
Pea.« 75 © h oo 
Medium . K 76 * * oo 
Red Kidney.1100 ©12 25 
White Kidney,.12 50 ©13 75 
Yellow Eye... 8 25 © 8 60 
Lima, California. 9 00 *10 50 
Ekuits. 
Apples continue to advance. Export 
trade is heavy. Europe apparently being 
ready to pay fancy prices. Pears about 
gone. Strawberries in light supply. 
Apples —Baldwin, bbl. 7 00 © 9 00 
York Imperial . 7 50 * 9 50 
Ben Davis . 6 00 © 8 0 
King . 7 00 ©9 00 
G Cecil lug . 0 00 © 9 00 
Spy . 7 00 ©10 00 
I’eurs. Kielfer, bbl. 5 00 © 8 oo 
Cranberries, bbl.12 00 ©23 oil 
Strawberries, qt. Jli © sh 
Oranges, box . 4 00 © 6 50 
Lemons, box ... 4 50 a 5 50 
Grape Fruit. 4 oo © 6 oo 
Coca nuts, 1000.60 00 *90 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes in large receipt, but whole¬ 
sale prices about as last reported. Ped¬ 
dlers and retail stores have cut prices a 
little, selling mainly at 2% to 3c per lb. 
Onions low. except for choice white, 
which bring fancy figures. Large quan¬ 
tities of spinach arriving from Texas, 
bringing around $1.75 per bn. basket. 
Potatoes—L. 1 . 180 lbs. 4 50 © 6 On 
State, 180 lbs. 3 50 © 3 75 
Maine, 180 lbs. 3 75 © 4 26 
Virginia, lule crop, bbl. 2 50 © 3 00 
Bermuda, bid . 6 00 © 7 50 
Sweet Potatoes, iiu.1 50 © 2 75 
Beets, bnl. 1 50 © 2 50 
Carrots, bbl. 125 © 2 25 
Cabbage, ton.15 00 ©25 00 
New, bbl. 2 50 © 3 25 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 1 oo © 4 50 
Onions. 100 lbs. 1 60 © 6 00 
String Beans bu. 3 00 €>7 00 
Hquash. Hubbard, bbl. 150 © 2 25 
Egg Plants, bu. 3 00 © ti 00 
Bplnaoh, bbl . 2 00 © 3 OO 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. I 00 © 1 25 
Parsnips, bbl . 100 © 2 00 
Salsify, too bunches. 3 00 © 5 00 
Kate, bbl . . 1 25 © 2 60 
Chicory, bbl. 4 00 © 7 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Uay. Timothy, No. 1. ton .27 Ot *28 00 
NO. 2.24 00 ©36 00 
No. 3.20 lit) *23 00 
No gnulo . 15 00 ©17 00 
Clover mixed.18 00 *25 00 
Btraw, Rye. 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. 
Vht RURAL. N 
Louis, $2.21. No. 3 Yellow’ corn at New 
York, $1.30; oats, 65 to 67c; rye, $1.40; 
not much sale for buckwheat grain here, 
nominally $2.90 to $3 per 100 lbs. Pro¬ 
ducing points in Pennsylvania and New 
York report buckwheat as selling from 
$3 to $3.10 per 1(H) lbs. 
Retail Prices at New York 
These are not the highest or lowest 
prices noted liere, but represent produce of 
good quality and the buying opportunities 
of at least half of New York’s popula¬ 
tion : 
Butter—Choice prints.56 to 57c 
Tub, best .53 to 55e 
Cheese .32 to 36c 
Eggs—Best .62 to 64c 
Common to good.48 to 58c 
Fowls, lb.35 to 38c 
Chickens, lb.40 to 45c 
Lamb chops, lb.45 to 48c 
Roasting beef, lb.35 to .‘18c 
Potatoes, lb.2% to 3c 
Cabbage, bead .TO to 12c 
Apples, dir/.40 to 60c 
EW-YORKER 
bbl., $15 to $20; strawberries, qt., 90c to 
$1 . 
Vegetables. 
Potatoes, No. 1, bbl., $3 to $3.75; %- 
bu. bkt., SO to !H)c; sweet potatoes, bu., 
$1 to $1.75; cabbage, ton. $15 to $20; 
onions, 100 lbs., $1.25 to $3. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Market on bay weak and most grades 
$1 to $2 per ton lower. 
Maine Hay Market 
Hay, baled, ton, $17 to $20; loose, $15. 
Toledo Seed Market 
Clover seed, bu.. $22.50: March 
livery, $22; Timothy, bu., $4.50. 
de- 
Philadelphia Markets 
Butter. 
Bent creamery prints, 50 to 52c; tub, 
choice, 47 to 48c; packing stock, 32 to 
34e. 
Eggs. 
Nearby choice. 49 to 51c; gathered, 
best, 43 to 47c; lower grades, 40 to 42c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, 33 to 35c ; chickens, 30 to 35c; 
roosters, 21 to 22c: ducks, 38 to 40e; 
guineas, pair, $1 to $1.50. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, 43 to 45c; chickens, 32 to 
3.ie; fowls, 2S to 32c roosters, 27c; 
din ks, 38 to 40c; squabs, doz., $6 to 
$8.25. 
Bruits. 
Apples, bbl., $6 to $9; cranberries. 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
SUPPLIES NOT SO HEAVY AND PRICES 
SOMEWHAT MORE STEADY. 
Shipments of vegetables and fruits are 
now at about the usual volume for late 
Winter, having decreased steadily since 
the middle of January to about three- 
fourths the volume at that time. The 
falling off includes nearly all lines of 
Northern produce and i.s partly offset by 
seasonable gains in movement of most 
kinds of Southern vegetables. With 
lighter supplies of leading lines of old 
stock prices showed signs of halting in 
their downward course, but markets con¬ 
tinue hesitating and irregular except 
beans, which have moved steadily down¬ 
ward, and apples, which have been reach¬ 
ing higher and higher levels. 
POTATOES MOVING FAIRLY WELL 
The trend lias been mostly downward 
for potatoes, recoveries being much short¬ 
er .tl . u.-r (ban declines Producing 
sc.-ri •; s t. Great Lakes region after 
declining abruptly made a brisk rebound 
to figures al) • midway between the high 
and low points of the season. This sec- 
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tion seems to be nearer cleaned up of com¬ 
mercial stock than are the Eastern or the 
Northwestern States. The comparative 
strength of the North Central producing 
section has been shared by Chicago, its 
leading distributing market. Growers are 
getting from 90c to $1.25 per 100 lbs., in 
Western producing sections, sacks costing 
15 to 25c being included with sales in the 
Far West. Eastern growers realize 25 to 
50c more than Western. City markets 
ranged from $1.75 to $2.25 per 100 lbs., 
sacked. In some markets bulk stock sold 
as high as sacked stock on account of the 
uncertain grading of much of the sacked 
stock. 
Cabbage also shows some slight recov¬ 
ery. improving to an average of $25 per 
ton in leading cities for New York and 
Wisconsin bulk stock. Fully half the 
car lot. shipments are now new cabbage 
from Texas, Florida and California. 
APPLES HIGHER THAN EVER 
Barreled apples appear now to be 
chiefly in the hands of dealers and ex¬ 
porters. Movement to English markets 
has been quite heavy since early in De¬ 
cember. Considerable quantities of North¬ 
western boxed fruit have been takeu for 
army use. The result is heavy decrease in 
stocks during January and early Febru¬ 
ary and a corresponding strength in mar¬ 
ket values. Prices for best, barreled stock 
exceeded $8 in producing section and 
ranged from $8 to $9 in leading city mar¬ 
kets. These quotations are for cold stor¬ 
age fruit of choice quality, and for leading 
varieties, chiefly Baldwins. Best North¬ 
western boxed fruit reached $4 in many 
markets. 
MARKET FOR ONIONS SLIGHTLY DRAGGY 
Onions are moving fairly well, but mar¬ 
kets are a little more draggy than in Jan- 
ary. Best stock continues to sell at an 
average of about $2 per 100 lbs., sacked, 
in leading city markets for large lots, but 
some markets show a slightly weaker 
tendency, with sales as low as $1.75. 
G. B. F. 
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iUNHAM 
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This field directly adjoining the 
one al the right wu put in ideal 
shape for seeding by one 
operation with the double disc 
harrow and the Dunham 
Culti- Packer pulled by 
tractor. 
TRADE MARK REG. 
Tlic only difference Tietween these fields was in the use 
of the Dunham Culti-Packer for fitting the seed bed. 
Soil, seed, fertilizer and other conditions were the same 
and yet look at the tremendous difference in the condi¬ 
tion of soil and in the final yield. 
All 
Drawings 
Made from 
Photographs 
After plowing, an attempt was 
made to fit this field by use of 
the disc harrow and peg tooth 
harrow behind the tractor. 
Compare with the field at 
the left where the same 
amount of work was done 
by a disc hanow and 
the Dunham Culti- 
Packer. 
This wheat field yielded 
4b. 3 bushels per acre. An 
increase of 16.8 bushels over’ 
the field at the right, due en¬ 
tirely to the us« of the Culti-’ 
Packer in making a perfect seed ’ 
bed. 
Why should you put this year’s crops in a seed bed full of clods 
or peppered with air spaces in which plant roots can find no food. 
Why should you let a crop become stunted for lack of moisture 
when here is a remedy for all of these troubles, tested and proved 
by agricultural authorities? 
J he C ulti-Packer is successfully used • >n all crops—wheat.oats.com. 
alfalfa, cotton, rice, sugar cane, sugar beets, flax, potatoes, etc. 
The Culti-Packer will crush every lump, releasing great quantities 
of plant food which would otherwise be lost. It will firm out air 
spaces and pack loose soil around the seed, thus attracting mois¬ 
ture, causing quick germination and giving immediate nourish¬ 
ment to the first rootlets. At the same time the Culti-Packer 
stirs the surface forming the mulch which will retain moisture in 
dry seasons. 
Make your 1919 Seed beds worthy of a better harvest with the 
Dunham Culti-Packer. 
7#/^ With any John Deere dealer about the Culti-Packer. 
Ask him for copy of the 56-page illustrated booklet Soil Sense, 
ah 
Drawings 
Made from 
Photographs 
The yield from this wheat 
field was only 29.5 bushels 
per acre, yet it had exactly 
the same soil, same fertilizer 
and same seed as the field 
shown at the left. The Culti- 
Packer was not used. 
CULTI-PACKERS FOR SALE BY 
JOHN D EERE D EALERS 
THE DUNHAM CO., 
Berea, Ohio 
ttluburb ot Cluvulaml) 
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