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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Products, Prices and Trade 
i* — - 
NEW YORK, AUGUST 29. 1919. 
These prices and notes are believed to 
be fairly representative of the current of 
trade here. The range given in the quo¬ 
tations Covers the qualities on hand at 
the time. The best grades of most fruits 
ai :1 vegetables, live stock and poultry on 
sales one week may be much better or 
poorer than next week’s offerings, so that 
a lower top price on such products does 
not necessarily mean a lower general mar¬ 
ket. This does not apply to butter, cheese 
and eggs, which are more thoroughly 
standardized. 
MII.K PRICES. 
New York, for September, $3.21 per 
109 lbs. for 3 per cent milk at points 200 
to 210 miles from the city, with 4c per 
100 additional for every tenth of 1 per 
cent butterfat over 3. 
BUTTER. 
Market is very firm and higher on top 
grades. Medium and under qualities are 
weak. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 57 @ 57^ 
Good to Choice . 53 @ 5GHj 
Lower Grades. 50 @ 52 
City made. 45 «* 49 
Dairy, best . 55 @ 56 
Common to good . 46 4# 53 
Packing Slock ... 43 @ 47 
Process . 46 @ 51 
CHEESE. 
A little better business is noted here, 
though prices remain about as recently 
mentioned. Up-State sales from factories 
are reported 28 to 29c. and Wisconsin 
2Sy 2 c. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 30 « 31 
Good to choice. 29 to 31) 
8klms, best. 22 to 23 
Fair to good. 14 @ 18 
EGGS. 
Nearby white are 3c higher and in¬ 
creasingly scarce. Not much change 
noted in mixed colors or gathered stock. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 68 to 72 
Medium to good . 60 @ 65 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 60 @ 62 
Common to good. 52 to 7)6 
Gathered, best, white. 67 @ 68 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 53 to 56 
Lower grades. 30 to 36 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.10 00 @16 00 
Bulls,. 7 00 to 8 25 
Cows. I 00 4*10 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 22 00 @25 00 
Culls.12 00 @17 00 
Hogs.19 00 @22 50 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 4 00 @9 00 
Lambs .10 00 @17 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens are in surplus and lower. 
Sales are reported at: Chickens. 34 to 
36c; fowls, 34 to 35e; roosters. 22c; tur¬ 
keys, 25 to 30c; ducks. 2S to 30c; geese, 
20c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice lb... 
<a 
43 
Fair to Good. 
@ 
37 
Broilers, lb. 
.. 45 
@ 
50 
Howls. 
. 33 
@ 
41 
Roosters. 
.. 23 
(it 
26 
<& 
35 
Squabs, doz. 
. 2 00 
9 06 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs..10 50 @1175 
Pea . 7 00 @ 8 50 
Medium . 7 00 @ 8 50 
Bed Kidney.lo 50 @14 00 
White Kidney ..12 25 @12 50 
Yellow Eye. 7 00 @ 7 50 
Lima, California. 12 00 @12 50 
FRUITS. 
Apple supplies are much larger, busi¬ 
ness dull and prices lower. Pears in good 
demand for prime. Peaches lower, espe¬ 
cially on medium and under grades. Plums 
selling slowly. Supplies of Eastern grapes 
are larger, and buyers beginning to take 
some interest in them. 
Apples, hand-picked, bbl. 4 00 @ 5 00 
Windfalls. 1 00 @ 1 75 
Pears. Bartlett, bbi. 5 00 & 8 00 
Clapp, bbl. 6 00 @ 8 00 
Oranges, box . 6 00 @ 8 25 
Lemons, box . 5 00 @ 6 50 
Grape Fruit. 6 50 @9 00 
Pineapples. 36s to 30s. 5 00 @7 00 
Peaches. 6-bkt. crate . 1 00 @ 2 50 
Bu. bkt. 1 00 to 1 50 
Muskmelons, bu. 1 50 @3 00 
Watermelons, carload . 150 00 @500 00 
Blacknerries. qt. 15 @ 25 
Huckleberries, qt. 10 @ 20 
Hums. 6-lb, bkt. .. 30 @ HO 
Grapes, 81b, crate. 1 00 @ 1 25 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, 50c to $1 per bbl. lower than 
last week, weather having been more fav¬ 
orable for digging. Sweet corn lower; 
•cabbage selling well; tomatoes mainly 
very poor and low. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. .50u @ 5 75 
Jersey, bbl. .4(0 @ i 75 
Sweat Potatoes, bu. 2 00 to 2 50 
Beets, bbl . 2 00 @ 2 75 
Carrotb. bbl. 150 @3 00 
Cabbage—bbl. 1 00 @ 1 75 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 @ 100 
Onions, bu. 1 00 & 3 00 
String Beaus bu. 50 @ 2 00 
Squash, bu. , . 50 @ 1 00 
Egg Plants, bn .. 75 @ 100 
'Turnips, white, bbl. 150 «* 3 00 
Kale, bbl. 25 @ 75 
Okra, bu. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 75 @ 1 50 
Peas. bu. bkt. 1 50 @ 4 00 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate. 25 @ 75 
8-pk. box. 50 @ 1 25 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 1 00 & 2 51) 
Sweet Corn, 100 ears. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. 4 50 @ 6 00 
Peppers, bbl. 1 00 to 3 00 
Kotnalne, bu. 50 @ 1 25 
Mushrooms, lb. 40 @ 75 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Uay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 38 00 @39 00 
No. 2.35 00 @37 00 
No. 3 .30 00 @32 00 
No grade .18 00 @20 00 
Clover.mixed.25 00 @35 00 
Straw, Rye.. ...... .13 00 @17 00 
WOOL. 
Recent business is reported at Roston 
as follows: New York and Michigan un¬ 
washed delaine, 78 to 82c: half blood. 75 
to 78c; three eighths blood, 68 to 69c. 
< )hio and Pennsylvania unwashed delaine, 
82 to 86c: half blood combing. 80 to 81c. 
New England half blood. 72 to 75c; three- 
eighths blood. 67 to 68c. 
GRAIN. 
The Government price on No. 2 red 
wheat at New York and other markets is : 
New York. $2.37%; Chicago. $2.23; Bal¬ 
timore. $2.35%; Kansas City. $2.13. 
Corn, No. 2. yellow, New York. $2.07%; 
Chicago, $1 92%. Oats. No. 2. white, 
New York. 86c; rye. $160; barley, $1.45. 
The grain outlook in Europe is said to be 
much improved. Rumania is expected to 
have a corn surplus of something over 
20.000.000 bushels. Wheat and oats along 
the Danube are said to show a surplus 
over home requirements. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter—Best prints, lb, 
.64 
Tub. good to choice. . 
.60 
(’heese . 
.35 
Eggs, fancy, doz.. 
.73 
Good to choice.. 
Ilam, lb.. 
Rib roast, lb.. 
Steak, lb. 
.40 
Flank roast, lb. 
Corned beef . 
Lamb—Shoulder . ... , 
.25 
Leg . 
.35 
Loin chops . 
Stewing beef. 
.35 
Veal . 
Salt pork . 
.40 
Eels and bullheads. 11). 
Haddock, pickerel and 
herring. 
Cod. fresh. 
Bluefish . 
to 65c 
to 63c 
to 40c 
to 75c 
to 70c 
to 48c 
to 52c 
to 40c 
to 50c 
35c 
to 30c 
25c 
to 30c 
to 40c 
to 65c 
to 40c 
to 35c 
to 45c 
30c 
16c 
18c 
30c 
Fowls, lb.35 to 45c 
Chickens, 11>.45 to 50c 
Potatoes, lb. 4 to 5c 
lettuce, head . 5. to 10c 
Apples, doz.30 to 50c 
Grapes, 20-lb. bkt. $1.40 
Plums, 8-lb. bkt.40c to 1.00 
Peaches, 14-qt. bkt.$1.25 to 1.35 
Crabapples. 14-qt. bkt. 1.25 
Pears, 14-qt. bkt. 1.25 
Tomatoes, doz.25 to 30c 
Cucumbers, each. 5 to 10c 
Pickles. 8-lb. bkt.50 to 60c 
Sweet corn, doz.40 to 60c 
Onions, qt.12 to 15c 
Crops and Farm News 
Wheat. $2.10; oats, 70c; corn. $1.50; 
rye, $1.60; potatoes, $2.20; apples. 75c 
to $1.50 per bu., according to quality. 
Clover and Timothy hay, $28 to $35, ac¬ 
cording to quality; straw, $10. Quantity 
and quality of staple crops below normal, 
due to rain. Butcher cows, medium flesh, 
8c per lb.; steers, medium flesh, 12c per 
lb.; calves, medium flesh, 20c per lb. 
Business is about normal, but the farmers’ 
needs are about 15 per cent higher in 
price than his products are selling at 
comparatively. Our farmers have sacri¬ 
ficed much since the war began, and are 
patiently waiting for better labor con¬ 
ditions. but am proud to say that the 
farmer has made very little trouble for 
the Government, although he could make 
lots of it if he wanted to. L. E. d. 
Berks Co., Pa. 
We have had a very dry season here 
this Summer, not one inch of rainfall 
since the Spring seeding was finished 
until a few days ago, but the crops are 
wonderful. Fall wheat is a heavy crop, 
oats lighter than usual, and Spring wheat 
(unless it was sown real early) is not 
September G, 1910 
very good, while barley is also light. All 
root crops have suffered, but now are pull¬ 
ing forward, and vegetable gardens also 
suffered unless well attended to, but in 
most cases they were very poor. Small 
fruits also suffered, while apples, pears, 
plums and peaches will be very scarce in 
this immediate vicinity. Some 12 or 15 
miles nearer the lake they have lots of 
fruit. We have lots of grapes; the other 
fruits will he shipped in here this year. 
Stock of all kinds has done well, although 
the grass got very dry. j. m. w. 
Middlesex Co., Ont., Canada. 
Beans, green and yellow, $1 per bu. 
wholesale; cabbage, $1 per bu.; beets, 
25c per doz. bunches, three in bunch; 
carrots, 35c per doz. bunches; radishes, 
25c per doz. bunches ; cucumbers, $2 per 
bu.; parsley, 30c per doz. bunches; to¬ 
matoes, $3 to $4 per bu.; corn, green, 35c 
per doz. ears; green onions, 15c per doz. 
Fall wheat has been very good around 
here this year, but Spring wheat will 
hardly return the seed, ana some fields 
have been left as not worth cutting. Oats 
have been very short, but are headed well. 
Hay is mostly sold standing in the field, 
and sells at $12 per acre. Oats are sell¬ 
ing- at 95c per bu., and $1.15 at feed 
stores. There is not much grain raised 
around here, only what is used on farms. 
Garden truck is mostly raised here, as 
there is a good market for it and the 
prices have been fair this year, but every¬ 
thing in the garden line is selling for 
about half what it was a month ago, al¬ 
though ’retail prices are the same. 
Allegheny Co., Pa. m.z. z. 
Prison Visitor : “My friend, may I 
ask what brought you here?” Jailbird: 
“The same thing that brought you here— 
the desire to poke my nose into other 
people’s business; only I used to go 
through the basement - window..”—Mel¬ 
bourne Leader. 
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