The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Products, Prices and Trade 
GRAIN". 
The Government price on No. 2 red 
NEW YORK. AUGUST 22. 1010. 
These prices and notes are believed to 
be fairly representative of the current of 
trade here: - ' 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for August, $3.13 per 100 
for 3 per cent milk, with an additional 
4c per 100 for every one-tenth of 1 per 
cent extra butterfat at points 200 to 210 
miles from city. 
liTJTTER. 
Fancy creamery is higher. Not much 
change noted in other grades. 
Creamery, fancy lb..... 56 @ 57 
Good to Choice . 53 to bbl4 
■ I,oner Grades. 50 to 52 
City made. 45 to 49 
Dairy, best .. 55 @ 55)£ 
Common to'good . 46 to 53 
Packing Stock ....;. ... 43 to 47 
Process . 46 @ 51 
CHEESE. 
Whole 5111k. fancy .'.. 30 W 31 
•Good'to choice..'.. 29 to 30 
Btlms, best. .. 22 to 23 
Pair to good. 14 @ 18 
Eggs. 
Fancy .white are scarce and two cents 
higher. Market strong on choice mixed 
colors. Defective stock going slowly. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 66 @ 69 
Medium togood . 60 @ 65 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 60 @ 62 
Common to good. 52 to 56 
Gathered, best, white. 64 to 66 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 53 @ 55 
Lower grades. 30 to 36 
LIVE STOCK. 
Satire Steers.1.1175 @17 00 
Bulls;. 7 00 @10 50 
Cows. 4 00 @]U 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.22 00 @25 00 
Culls.12 00 @17 00 
Hogs.19 00 @22 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 4 00 @10 00 
Lambs .14 00 '<£18 25 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Sales are reported at: Fowls, 36 to 
37c; chickens. 38 to 41c: roosters, 23c; 
ducks, 2S to 30c; geese, 20c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens ohcice )b. 40 to 43 
Pair to Good. 34 ® 37 
Broilers, lb. 45 to 50 
Fowls. 33 to 40 
Boosters. 23 to 26 
Ducks . 34 ® 35 
Squabs, doz. 2 00 @9 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs..10 50 @1150 
Pea. 7 00 to 8 50 
Medium . 7 00 @ 9 00 
Bed Kidney.1050 @14 60 
White Kidney ..12 25 @12 50 
Yellow Eye . 7 00 @ 7 50 
Lima. California... 12 00 @12 50 
FRUITS. 
Apples in much larger supply, but 
prices on top grades continue on the 
previous high basis. Many peaches ser¬ 
iously damaged by the wet. muggy 
weather. Choice Elberta and other 
standard grades have brought up to $3 
per crate. For bushel baskets $2 is about 
the top. 
Apples, hand-picked, bbl. 4 50 @ 6 50 
Wlndialls. 1 00 to 1 50 
Pears. Bart ett, bbi. 7 50 to 8 50 
Clapp, bbl. 6 00 @ 8 00 
Oranges, box . 7 00 to 8 25 
Lemons, box . 5 00 <& 6 50 
Grape Fruit . 6 50 to 9 00 
Pineapples. 36s to 30s. 5 00 to 7 00 
Peaches. 6-bkt. crate. 2 00 to 4 (JO 
Bu. bkt. . 1 50 to 2 25 
Maskiuelons. bu. 150 @2 25 
Watermelons, carload. 250 60 @ 500 00 
Black erries. qt. 15 ® 20 
Huckleberries, qt . 10 @ 23 
Plums. 6-lb, bkt. ... 25 @ 50 
Grapes. 81b, crate. 1 00 @1 50 
VEGETABLES. 
The heavy rains, which temporarily 
stopped digging, shortened supplies. so 
that the better grades have sold higher. 
Sweet corn continues high for large sizes. 
Lettuce in surplus. String beans averag- 
iug|poor. Tomatoes running very poor. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 6 mi @6 75 
Jersey, bbl. 4 50 to 5 70 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 3 00 to 3 50 
Beets, bol . 2 00 to 2 75 
Carrots, bbl. 2 00 to 4 oo 
Cabbage— bbl. 1 00 @1 75 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 @100 
Onions, bu. 1 0O g> 3 00 
String Beans bu. 50 to 2 00 
Sqiiiash. bu. 50 to 1 00 
Egg Plants, bu . 2 00 @3 00 
Turnips, white, bbl. . 150 «, 3 00 
Kale, bbl . 25 & 75 
Okra, bu . 2 00 to 4 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 50 ® 2 UO 
Peas. bu. bkt... 1 50 @ 3 00 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. .... 1 oo ® 125 
3-plc. pox . 50 (* 2 00 
ltadishes. 100 buuches. 1 00 @ 2 50 
lthubarb.lOO bunches . 1 50 ® 4 uo 
Sweet Corn, loo ears. 1 00 ® 3 50 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. 4 60 ® 6 00 
Peppers, bu . 7r ,<o 1 25 
Homaine, bu . 50 @125 
Mushrooms, lb... 25 t> 75 
11AY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. tou . 42 oo @43 00 
No. 2 .39 00 @40 00 
No. 3 . 33 00 <i> 35 00 
No grade ..18 00 @23 00 
UlOrer. mixed. 25 00 @35 00 
Straw, Rye...'. 12 00 @16 00 
WOOL. 
At recent London auctions scoured 
merino brought $1.33 to 81.4s; scoured 
crossbred, $1.32, and greasy, 35 to 68c. 
Recent business at Boston has been: 
New York and Michigan unwashed De¬ 
laine, 82 to 86c; three-eighths blood. 70 
to 71c. Ohio and Pennsylvania unwashed 
Delaine. 82 to 86c; half blood combing, 
80 to Sic: three-eighths blood, 71 to 73c. 
New England, half blood. 72 to 75c; 
three-eighths blood. 68 to 70c. 
yellow, New York, $2.28; Chicago, $1.98. 
Oats, No. 3. white, New York, 86c; rye, 
$1.66; barley, $1.47. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter—Prints .62 to 64c 
Tub, choice .60 to 62c 
Eggs—Best nearby .70 to 75c 
Gathered .60 to 6Se 
Cheese .38 to 42c 
Potatoes, lb. 4 to 5c 
Peaches, 14-qt. bkt.$1 to $1.50 
Lettuce, head . 5 to 8c 
Cabbage, head .10 to 12c 
Fowls, lb.40 to 45e 
Roasting beef, lb.45 to 48e 
Lamb chops, lb.50 to 65c 
Bacon, lb. . 48 to 50c 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
Best prints, 62 to 63c; tub creamery, 
best, 58 to 60c; lower grades, 50 to 53c. 
Eggs. 
Nearby, fancy, 59 to 61c; gathered, 
good to choice, 45 to 52c . 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, 37 to 38c; broilers, 34 to 37c; 
roosters, 23 to 24c; ducks, 26 to 30c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Fowls, 34 to 41c; roosters. 26 to 27c; 
broilers, 40 to 50c; ducks, 32c; squabs, 
doz., $7.50 to $8.25. 
fruits. 
_Apples, bu., 50c to $2; peaches, crate, 
75c to $2: huckleberries, qt., 16 to 25c 
blackberries, qt., 16 to 22c; muskmelons, 
bu., 75c to $1.50; watermelons! car, $175 
to $275. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, No. 1. bbl., $5 to $6.50: No. 
2, $2.50 to $4; cabbage, bbl., $1 to 81.75; 
onions, bu., $1.50 to $2.50. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. No. 2, Timothy. $36 to $37; No. 
3, $31 to $752 ; clover mixed, $31 to $36. 
Straw, rye. $13 to $1.3.50; oat and wheat. 
$11 to $12. 
$2,500 in Prizes for Calf Clubs 
The American Jersey Cattle Club has 
appropriated the sum of $2,500 for pre¬ 
miums to be given in boys’ and girl’s calf 
clubs for the year 1919. Seventy-five 
dollars of this sum will be presented to 
each of the first. 3.3 clubs reporting to the 
secretary of the American Jersey Cattle 
Club after August IS. The clubs en¬ 
titled to participate in this premium dis¬ 
tribution are confined to those organized 
during the year 1919, and which consist 
of not less than 20 members each who 
have purchased Jersey heifers, said $75 
to be available for premiums for members 
of such calf clubs on such basis of dis¬ 
tribution among its members as the calf 
club receiving the same may determine, 
either prior to or at the time of the hold¬ 
ing of the show of any such club. Notify 
R. M. Gow. secretary of the American 
Jersey Cattle Club. 324 West 23d Street, 
New York City, if you desire to enter 
your club for such premium money. Each 
application will be stamped as soon as 
received at the club office, and the date 
such such application is received will con¬ 
trol in determining the first 33 clubs re¬ 
porting. 
AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
State Fair, Detroit. Mich., Aug. 29- 
Sept. 7. 
Vegetable Growers of America, annual 
convention. Detroit. Midi., Sept. 9-13. 
Grand Rapids, Mich., Fair, Sept. 15-19. 
Windsor County Agricultural Society, 
se\enty-fourth annual fair, Woodstock. 
Vt., Sept. 16-18. 
Union Agricultural Association, sixty- 
fourth annual fair, Burgettstowu, Pa., 
Sept. 30-Oct. 1-12. 
National Grange, annual meeting, 
Grand Rapids. Mich., Nov. 12. 
New England Fruit Show. State Ar¬ 
mory. Hartford. Conn., Friday, Nov. 14, 
to Tuesday. Nov. 18. 
Greater' Arizona State Fair. Phoenix, 
Dec. 3-8. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, annual meeting. Atlantic City, 
Dec. 1-3. 
Virginia State Horticultural Society, 
annual'meeting, Roanoke, Dec. 2-4. 
Virginia State Corn Growers, annual 
convention and exhibit. Roanoke, Va., 
1 >ee. 2-4. 
National Farmers’ Exposition and Ohio 
Apple Show. Terminal Auditorium, To¬ 
ledo. Ohio. Dec. 4-12. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, thirty- 
fourth annual meeting, Chestert'own. Md.. 
Jan. 6-8. 1920. 
IV e have had a fine growing Summer, 
very few cool nights. Corn is extra good 
and about two weeks ahead of an average 
year. Most farmers have their harvest 
in flu* barn ; hay was a medium crop, sell¬ 
ing for $_’;> and $.30 out of the meadow; 
old hay. $40 at market. Wheat. $2.15 ; 
rye. $1.40: oats, S0<-£ corn. $2; buck¬ 
wheat. $1 Jo; wool. 65c. Potatoes poor 
crop, selling at $3.25 to $3.50 per bu. 
Peaches very few. $3 50 pe* bu. Apples 
falling, $2. Butter, 50c; milk. 12c per 
qt.; eggs. 45c. . • w. K . 
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