The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1431 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, SEPTEM HER IX. 1910. 
Those prices and notes are believed to 
ho fairly representative of the current of 
trade here. The range given in the qtio- 
tatiOns covers the qimlitie* on hand at 
the time. The host grade of most fruits 
and vegetables, live stock and poultry on 
sale 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 arc more thoroughly 
standardized. 
M1I.K PRICES. 
New York, for September, $3.21 per 
100 ll>*. for 3 per cent milk at points 2U0 
to 210 miles from the city, with 4c per 
100 additional for every tenth of 1 per 
cent butterfat over 3. 
BUTTER. 
Prices on top grades of creamery are 
slightly higher. Medium and under qual¬ 
ities remain without change and market 
dull. IVithin the past .1.1 years there has 
been a great change in (lie 'attitude of 
the public toward low grade butter. Then 
it was the usual tiling at many restau¬ 
rants and fairly good hotels, and was 
largely used as “cooking” butter in family 
trade. Now good butter, free from any 
suggestion of rancidity is used in most 
of these places, and there are many low- 
priced bakeries who use only high quality 
butter in their work. Dairy ideals have 
improved rapidly. Sanitary methods of 
making and handling milk and cream; 
the work of the dairy schools, which are 
now within reach of every farm boy; and 
the educational scoring of dairy products 
at fairs and shows, have all Helped. 
Creamer;, fancy lb...'.. 69 to 69J4 
Good to Choice . 66 to 68 
Loner tirades. 49 to 62 
City made. 44 '* 47 
Dairy, best . 611 to 67 
1 Common to good . 46 to 34 
Paoklng Stock... ... 4.7 to 46 
CHEESE. 
Business is dull. People have been 
urged to eat more cheese, but are not 
likely to do so while the dealers continue 
to rush so much poorly cured cheese on 
the market. Curing will not make good 
cheese out of poor material, but lack of it 
will spoil what would otherwise have been 
a choice product. 
Whole Milk, fancy . aotg ”> 71 
Good to choice. 29 to 70 
Bklius, best.. 21 to 22 
Fair to good. 14 to 16 
i • KUOS. 
Prices remain without much change. 
There are occasional sales of fancy at a 
cent advance, but the volume of such 
business is comparatively small. Cali¬ 
fornia is sending shipments here regu¬ 
larly. usually of high quality and ranging 
mainly between t!T> ami Toe. There is a 
large offering of medium grade gathered 
stock from the East and Middle West, 
which is hard to sell. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 76 i* 78 
Medium to good . 66 (a 77 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 66 to 66 
Common to good. 62 to 67 
Gathered, best, white. 70 '.<* 77 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 63 @ 66 
Lower grades... 70 to 42 
LIVE STOCK. 
Natl re Steers.10 50 (A 15 60 
Ball* . 6 IK) to s 76 
Cows. 400 to 9 00 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lbe. 22 00 @26 00 
Culls.10 04) @17 00 
lings.1.5 00 nils 6t) 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 4 00 to 7 (HI 
Lambs .. 14 00 a 16 76 
I.IVK POULTRY. 
The market is slow on all except heavy 
fowls. Shipment* are now arriving for 
the Hebrew New Year, which this year 
comes on September 25. 
Sales 
lire 
1*0- 
ported :it: Fowl*. 31 to 
35c; chickens. 
30 to 32c; ducks. 25 to 
28c; roosters. 
19c; geese, 20c; turkeys. 
25 to 3 
Oe. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice lb. 
«t 
45 
Fair to Good. 
. 74 
@ 
40 
Broilers, lb. 
48 
Fowls . 
<4* 
78 
. 21 
tit 
22 
Squabs, dox. 
to 8 50 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 1UU lbi.. 
toll 
76 
Pea ... 
_ 7 oo 
«u S 50 
Medium .. . 
..7 IM) 
<o» H 50 
Bed Kleiner. 
....111.50 
to 14 
00 
\V lifte Kidney , . 
(a \ 2 
50 
Yellow Eye . 
.7 00 
<*b 7 
60 
Lima. California.. 
... . 12 00 
to 12 
26 
HONEY. 
Practically no comb ou the 
mu rket 
now. Extracted from the South and 
West Indies is wholesaling at $1.50 to 
$2 per gallon. 
l'KUITS. 
Apples going at the pre\ ions high tig- 
ures on all sound stock. Windfalls bring 
from $1 til), depending on how badly 
damaged. Peaches scarce, some Western 
New York having gone at $4 50 to $5 
per bushel basket. Crape* moving along 
well. Pears higher. 
Apples. Wealthy, bbl. 4 oil (A 7 .Ml 
Fall Pi pul ns . 5 (Hi ot 7 0» 
Twenty Ounce. 4 00 (>i 7 nil 
Oldenburg. 7 00 to 7 o• 
Wolf River. 7 00 @ 8 00 
Greening. 4 00 a 7 00 
Uruvenstein. 4 00 *4 7 60 
McIntosh. 4 60 to) 9 00 
Alexander. 4 00 <» 7 00 
Windfalls .1 00 to 1 75 
Pears. Hurt eft, bbl. 4 00 <31000 
Socket, bbl... 7 00 mil 00 
Oranges, box . 6 00 to 9 00 
Lemons, box .. 4 60 n~ 7 00 
Grape Fruit . 6 00 to 7 50 
Pineapples. 36s to 70s. 4 60 to 7 60 
Peaahes, 6-bkt. orate . 3 (Ml to 4 00 
llu. bUt.,. .....3 00 to » 60 
Muskmelons, bu.,. 3 00 @ 3 60 
Huckleberries, qt....,.. 18 to) 28 
Plums’. 6-lb. bkt. . ..'.; fill to 65 
Grapes, 8-bkt, crate.. 1 00 to 1 26 
vegetables. 
Potato market slow. Heavy damage 
from rot is reported in some sections and 
buyers are cautious. Sweet corn low. 
Lima beans in much larger .receipt, the 
vines haying recovered from the early 
worm damage. Onions averaging'poor. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 5 00 to 5 60 
Jersey, bbl.. . 3 ( 0 to 4 25 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 1 00 tot 75 
Beets, bbl..' .. 2 DO to 2 50 
Carrots, bbl. 150 to 2 25 
Cabbage—bbl. 1 00 to 150 
Lettuce, haif-bbl. basket. 25 to 1 00 
Onions'. 100 lbs... 2 00 to 3 50 
String Beans bbl... 75 to 2 00 
Squash, bn, , ... ....... 1 00 to 2 60 
Egg Plants, bu... 75 to 90 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl... 1 00 1 50 
Okra, bu...... 2 00 to 3 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 160 @2 00 
Peas, bu. bkt. 1 50 @4 00 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate. v , . 1 .50 @ 2 60 
3-pk. box.. . 1 00 to 1 75 
Kadlshes. 100 bunches.1.50 @ 2 60 
Sweet Corn, loo ears.1 00' @ 2 75 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. . 4 00 @ 6 00 
Peppers, bbl..'.1.50 to 4 00 
Komalne, bu..... 50 @ 1 00 
Mushrooms, lb... SO @ 1 10 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton. 32 00 @34 00 
No. 2.29 00' @3100 
N o. 3...;. .25 00 to 27 00 
Shipping.22 00 @21 00 
Clover.mixed..... : ..24 00 '*30 00 
Straw, Uye.14 00 tol6U0 
CHAIN. 
_ Following are Government prices on 
No. 2 red wheat at various markets : New 
York, $2 •ITtfj; Chicago, $2.23; Kansas 
City, 82.13; Sr. Louis. $2.21, Corn, No, 
2. yellow. New York, $1.1*1;' pats. No. 2, 
white, 7Sc; rye, $1.57; hurley, $1.30. 
Wool. 
Business is very quiet at hoth Boston 
and Philadelphia. At the recent Phila¬ 
delphia auction SO per cent of tin 1 offer¬ 
ings were reported withdrawn. Current 
prices at Boston are: New York and 
Michigan unwashed delaine, 72 to S2c; 
half blood, 75 to 78c; three-eighths blood, 
OS to 09c. Ohio and Pennsylvania half 
blood combing. SO to 81c; unwashed de¬ 
laine, S2 to SOc. New England half blood, 
72 lo 75c; three-eighths blood. OS to 09c. 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
l ine grades of table creamery are in 
light supply and market fairly iirm. 
Medium grades are dull. Fancy prints, 
04. to 00c; tub creamery, best, 01 to 02c; 
good to choice, 53 to 57c; lower grades, 
4s to 50c. 
C11EE8K. 
Business light and market, dull. New 
York and Western fancy, 32 to 33c; fair 
to good, 30 to 31c. 
Eggs. 
Receipts of nearby are light and mar¬ 
ket linn for all attractive stock. Fancy 
selected, 01. to 03c; gathered, best, 52 to 
55c; lower grades, 44 to 48c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Much of tin' chicken stock offered is in¬ 
ferior, and for such the market is dull. 
Sales are reported at: Fowls, .32 to 38c; 
chickens. 34 to 30c; roosters, 23 to 24c; 
ducks, 25 to 27c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Receipts of fowls light ; chickens main¬ 
ly inferior and going slowly. Fowls, 30 
to 39c; fancy broilers, 45 to 50<-; common 
to good, 30 to 35c; ducks, 32 to 35c; 
squabs, doss., $0 to $8.25. 
Fruits 
Apple and pear market firm; peaches 
selling well when sound. Apples, bu. bkt., 
$1 to $2.25 ; bid.. $3 50 to $9 ; pears, Bart¬ 
lett. hit., $1.50 to $-1.25; Socket, Ini.. $2.50 
to $+.50: peaches, lot. bkt . $ 1.50 to $2.50; 
grapes. 4-11). bkt., 23 to 25c; watermelons, 
100. $8 to $20; muskmelons. crate of 15. 
si to $1.75. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes in large supply; cabbage sidl¬ 
ing well. Potatoes, 150 lb. sack. $3.25 to 
$4.25; %-bu. bkt.. 50c to $1.20; sweet po¬ 
tatoes, bbl.. $2.25 to $3.75; hit. bkt., $1 to 
$125; cabbage, ton. $40 to $55; onions, 
hit bkt., 81 to $2; 100-lb. sack, $2.50 to 
$3.50. 
II AV AND STRAW 
No. 1 hay in fair demand; other grades 
dull. Hay. No. 1 Timothy. $34: No. 2. 
$30 to $31; No. 3. 827 to $28; clover 
mixed. $2!> to 831 ; straw, rye, 813 to $14 ; 
oat and wheat. $11.50 to $13. 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
REPORTS OF REDUCED YIELDS STIFFEN 
PRICES OF SOME LINES 
Apples continue interesting, and there 
is a rather sensational reduction on ex¬ 
pected yield of potatoes, onions and cab¬ 
bage. Otherwise the conditions are quiet 
and price changes are only moderate, but 
are not starting downward so generally as 
during the preceding six weeks. 
ACTIVE START FOR POTATOES 
While the crop seems to he 15 per cent 
below last year, the early shipments are 
heavy, especially front Maine and New 
Jersey; also from early sections of Min¬ 
nesota. The large shortage seems to he 
in tin 1 West, amounting to a cut Of onc- 
third in Colorado. The Eastern States 
promised nearly a full yield until ap¬ 
pearance of the blight and rot, which may 
cause a serious reduction from early fig¬ 
ures. The trouble in the West was 
caused by drought. Prices have been sag¬ 
ging everywhere at the usual result of 
heavy supplies at harvest time. The range 
of values is now below that of a year ago, 
running $2.50 to $2.85 per 10O lbs., whole¬ 
sale, compared with $2.60 to $3 at that 
time. 
ONIONS IN STRONG POSITION 
News grows worse and worse regarding 
the onion crop. The yield is evidently 
about midway between the big crop of hist 
year and the very short crop of 1916. 
The yield is disappointing in most com¬ 
mercial sections except the Pacific Coast 
and New England. Shipments from these 
t wo sections are liberal: others are ship¬ 
ping moderately, although early maturity 
and high prices hoth encourage fairly ac¬ 
tive early market movement. Wholesale 
ranges of $3 to $4 per 100 lbs. look good 
to shippers, compared with about $2.50 a 
year ago. flood stock seems.to he in de¬ 
mand for storage. 
CABBAGE ALSO RATHER LIGHT 
Another crop which promises to land 
midway between last year’s very heavy 
yield and the short crop of 1910 is North¬ 
ern cabbage. Acreage was much below 
last year and yield per acre is also lower, 
especially in New York, the leading pro¬ 
ducer. But Wisconsin and Colorado, both 
heavy shippers, have a good yield, that of 
Colorado, chiefly on irrigated land, reach¬ 
ing 11.6 tons per acre, compared with lit¬ 
tle over one-half that yield in the dry 
Middle West, and below eight tons in 
New York State. The price .so far is 
fully double that of last year, reaching 
$35 to $60 per ton in various city markets, 
and netting producers about $40 in Wi'et.- 
ern New York. Kraut manufacture was 
unusually light last year and is therefore 
likely to draw heavily on this year’s West¬ 
ern crop. 
APPLE PRICES HOLDING FAIRLY WELL 
Recent sales of Winter apples,- tree run 
in Western New York, are quoted $4 to 
$5 without barrel. These are Baldwins 
and Greenings. Some growers are asking 
a good deal more, and buying has been 
less. active. The crop seems likely to 
grade rather heavily to No. 2 or ’3 in 
all Eastern sections, scab, rust and spot 
being quite prevalent in orchards not well 
sprayed. Prices range from $6 to $7 per 
hhl. for best stock of Fall kinds, in the 
country and $7 to $8 in the city, hut or¬ 
dinary to poor stock sells much lower. 
More apples than formerly are marketed 
in bushel basket*, best lots ranging $2 to 
$2.75, wholesale. Most States are ship¬ 
ping more than last year so far, despite 
the lighter Eastern Winter crop. High 
prices encourage early movement of the 
crop, and early varieties, which usually 
make up over 10-per cent of the whole 
commercial crop, are yielding better than 
Winter kinds this season. The whole sit¬ 
uation depends much on whether the large 
and line Western box apple crop goes lib¬ 
erally to Europe or whether it must be 
sold chiefly at home. 
Peaches are moving liberally from New 
York State and the far West. Most other 
sections are slowing down. Prices sagged 
off ji little front the highest, hut the mar¬ 
kets liave’ held remarkably well through¬ 
out the season. Considering the fairly large 
crop. A New Hampshire farmer writes 
that he and his neighbors could not sell 
their peaches and berries at any price this 
year, and he blames the sugar shortage. 
Choice large stock lias brought at least 
$3 per bushel most of the time in Boston 
this season, and a New England grower 
so located as not to he able to use a mar¬ 
ket like that seems to have picked the 
wrong crop for his conditions. No use to 
plant peach, plum or cherry trees unless 
a quick marketing plan can he worked 
out. Oregon and Washington peaches do 
well in Eastern markets. Why not South¬ 
ern New Hampshire? As for the sugar 
supply, that is not likely to he the draw¬ 
back it was in 11*17-18. owing to export 
restrictions now being put ou by the Sugar 
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