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Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, MAY 1. 1910. 
These prices and notes are believed to 
be fairly representative of the current of 
trade here: 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for May. $3.00 per 100 for 
three per cent milk, with an additional 
4c per 100 for every one-tenth of one per 
cent extra butterfat, at points 200 to 210 
miles from city. 
BUTTER. 
Production is increasing and the qual¬ 
ity uneven, as is the case when going 
from barn feed to grass. Receivers are 
trying to keep the stock moving rapidly 
and cutting prices where necessary. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
61 
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62 
Good to Choice . 
68 
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Lower Grades. 
54 
57 
City made. 
42 
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47 
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Common to Rood . 
47 
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56 
PackliiB Stock. 
38 
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43 
PrOOOBR . . 
46 
to 
62 
CIIEESE. 
The market is strong on all desirable 
grades. 
Whole Milk, old, fancy . 
38 
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Good to choice. 
. 33 
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36 
New Make . 
30 
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Skims, next. . 
23 
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231., 
Fair to Bood. 
12 
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17 
Eggs. 
Prices are slightly higher on good 
grades of both nearby and gathered. 
wime, nearby, choice lo ian«> . 62 @ 6.1 
Medium to good . 46 @ 51 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 47 @ 49 
Cominon to iioud. 42 @ 4b 
Gathered, best, white. 4!) @ 61 
Medium to i>ood, mixed colors . . 42 is 4ti 
Lower grades. 38 @ 41 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.15 00 @17 25 
Bulls;. 7 U0 @14 00 
Cows.... 4(H) (a) 13 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 13 uo @17 60 
Culls. 7 no @10 00 
Hobs ...17 00 @20 76 
Sheep. 100 lbs.1100 @14 00 
Lambs .16 50 @17 26 
PRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, choice. 22 @ 23 
Common to Bood. lb @ 21 
Pork . IS @ 23 
Lambs, hothouse, bead . 8 00 @13 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Sales are reported at: Fowls, 97c; 
broilers, lb., 75 to 85c; roosters, 20 to 
22c: ducks, 25 to 35c; gee*e, 18 to 20c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys.'best . 4b @ 48 
Medium to good. 40 @ 46 
Chickens choice lu. 40 @ 42 
Fair to Good. 37 @ 39 
Fowls. 32 @ 37 
Roosters. 24 @ 2b 
Ilucklings. 40 (at 4 4 
Squabs, dot. . 2 00 is 9 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lb*.. 
Pea . 
Medium . 
Bed Kidney. 
Wliite Kidney ,. 
Yellow Eye. 
Lima. California 
. 10 26 vs 11 76 
. b 2.6 w, 7 76 
. 6 60 @ 8 1)0 
.10 76 @12 26 
.1176 @12 26 
7 26 @ 7 60 
. 8 00 @ 8 76 
Fruits. 
Apple receipts light and sound stock 
moving at about the previous range. 
Strawberries in much larger supply, but 
selling well when sound. 
Apples Baldwin, hbl. 800 @1050 
Ben Davis . 6 00 w 9 0U 
Greening . 7 00 @11 00 
Albemarle . 7 00 @13 00 
Strawberries, qt. 25 w 40 
Oranges, box . 4 50 @ 8 00 
Lemons, box . 3 50 a 4 75 
Grape Fruit. 4 50 @ 8 00 
Pineapples. 3bsto30s. 4 50 @5 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Supplies of old potatoes are large. New 
Florida are lower, except on fancy. Re¬ 
ceipts of asparagus, but the weather 
nearby is too cool for rapid growth. 
Potatoes—L. I , 180 lbs. 
State, 180 lbs. 
Maine, 165 lbs. 
burmuda, bbl. . 
Southern, new, bbl.. best . 
Southern, common to good 
Sweet Potatoes, bu.. 
Beets, bt>l. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Cabbage, ton . 
New. bbl. 
Lettuce, hair-bbl. basket. 
Onions. 100 lbs. 
String Beans bu. 
Squash. New. bu. , . 
Kgk Plants, bu... 
Spinach, bbl . 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 
Parsnips, bbl .. 
Salsify. 100 bunches. 
Kale, bbl . . 
Chicory, bbl. 
Asparagus, doz. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Peas. bu. bkt. 
Parsley, bbl. 
Tomatoes, 8-bkt. crate.. 
Radishes, bu. bkt. 
Rhubarb. 100 bunches . 
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HAY AND STRAW. 
Day Timothy, No. 1. ton . 41 00 
No. 2.39 00 
No. 3.36110 
No grade .26 00 
Clover mixed.33 00 
Straw, ltye..14 00 
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GRAIN. 
Following arc Government prices on 
No. 2 Red wheat at various markets: 
New York. $2.37; Chicago. $2.23; St. 
Louis. $2.21; Kansas City. $2.13. Spec¬ 
ulation in corn has been active and prices 
much lower, the drop in Chicago being 
20c. Corn has been considered too high 
for some time. Present New York prices 
are: No. 3 yellow. $1.72; Chicago, $1.58. 
Oats, No. 3, white. New York, 78c; rye, 
$1.80. 
Retail Prices at New York 
These are not the highest or lowest 
prices noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying oppor¬ 
tunities of at least half of New York’s 
population : 
Butter—Best prints. 72c 
Tub, good to choice.05 to 70c 
Cheese .40 to 45c 
Eggs, fancy .04 to 65c 
Good to choice.55 to 02c 
Potatoes, lb.3 to 4c 
Apples, doz.00 to 75c 
Fowls, lb.40 to 45c 
Bacon, lb.45 to 48c 
Fresh fish, lb.25 to 28c 
Lett nee, head . 5 t < > 10c 
Boston Milk Prices 
Following is the May price for milk- 
shipped to Boston from various zone 
points inside the State. The quality basis 
is 3.5 per cent fat; 4c more per 100 lbs. 
being paid for every tenth of 1 per cent 
above 3.5, and the same rate or deduc¬ 
tion being made for milk running below. 
AT STATIONS INSIDE MASSACHUSETTS. 
Cwt. in 
Miles 8^ qts. 40-qt. cans 
81-100.<114 3.374 
141-100 .599 3.270 
181-200.590 3.223 
AT STATIONS OUTSIDE MASSACHUSETTS. 
Cwt. in 
Miles 
SVo qts. 40-qt. cans 
81-100. . 
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3.374 
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3.270 
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include war tax or freight. They are 
subject to that discount. 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER 
Nearby prints. 09 to 71c; tub creamery, 
best. 04 to 05c; common to good, 59 to 
03c; packing stock. 42 to 44c. 
Eggs. 
Nearby, best, 50 to 52c; gathered, best, 
44 to 45c; lower grades, 40 to 42c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, 39 to 41c; broilers. 55 to 75c; 
roosters, 24 to 25c; ducks, 30 to 30c; 
geese, 22 to 25c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Fowls. 36 to 38c : roosters, 27c ; squabs, 
doz., $5.50 to $9.50. 
Fruits. 
Apples, Baldwin, $8 to $10.50; Green¬ 
ing. $8 to $10.50; Ben Davis, $0 to $8.50. 
Strawberries, qt., 25 to 35c. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, 100 lbs., $2.50 to $2.70; 
sweet potatoes, bu., $1.50 to $3 50; 
onions, 100 lbs., $3 to $5; cabbage, bbl., 
$3 to $5. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, Timothy, No. 1. $38 to $39; No. 
2. $30 to $37.50; No. 9. $33 to $33: clover 
mixed, $34 to $37. Straw, rye. $13 50 to 
$14.50; oat and wheat, $10.50 to $13.50. 
Early Lettuce Market and Movement 
The Bureau of Markets states that 
Winter and Spring shipments of lettuce 
are made chiefly from Arizona, California, 
Florida, Louisiana. North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Texas and Virginia. A few 
cars were shipped from New Jersey in 
recent years. The active season extends 
from December to May. inclusive. The 
tendency is to an increasing volume of 
shipments in the past three or four sea¬ 
sons. In the 1910-1917 season. California 
shipped 1.910 cars, compared with 2,354 
the following season and 1613 for the 
present season to April 21. 
Florida shipped 800 cars iu 1910-1917, 
compared with 2.533 cars in 1917-1918. 
and 1,838 the present season to April 21. 
Records of shipments previous to 1910 
are extremely incomplete; only 439 cars 
were recorded of the 1915-1910 shipments. 
These were chiefly from South Carolina, 
which reported 358 cars, compared with 
151 in 1910-1917. 375 in 1917-1918, and 
254 for i he present season to April 21. 
Other States than the three just men¬ 
tioned have shipped less than 100 cars in 
recent seasons, except Louisiana, which 
shipped 234 cars last season, but which 
has shipped only 27 cars the present sea¬ 
son to April 21. Total shipments the 
present season to April 21 from the nine 
States were 3.882 cars, compared with 
5.852 last season and with 3,200 iu the 
1910-1917 season. 
Records of prices in producing sections 
show wide and frequent fluctuations of 
value, the changes depending very much 
upon temporary causes in a quickly per¬ 
ishable crop like lettuce. At times prices 
were lower in some markets than in pro¬ 
ducing sections, owing to the presence of 
much held over and damaged stock. It is 
hardly possible to make comparison from 
year to year because of these frequent 
changes. Florida lettuce the present season 
became active in producing sections early 
in December, ruling December 2, $2 per 
1 Vg-bu. hamper. Prices ranged upward 
throughout the Winter, reaching $4 to 
$4.50 March 3, at the end of the active 
shipping season. The range is much 
higher than for the preceding season, 
which became active about December 30. 
1917. xvitil a range of 50 to 75 cents per 
1 Vg-bu. hamper. A moderate advance oc¬ 
curred during the Winter, although prices 
declined to 05 cents early in February, 
but recovered to 90c to $1.25 at the close 
of the heavy shipping season March 4. 
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