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The RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
ACTIVE, FAIRLY STEADY MARKETS IN MOST 
LINES, WITH UNDERTONE QUITE FIRM. 
The touo of the produce market con¬ 
tinues slightly irregular, but rather firm. 
Shipments are still near top notch, at 
about 3,000 cars daily, but the declining 
trend of prices prevailing throughout the 
greater part of the two months past 
seems to have stopped. Truck crop news 
is, on the whole, unfavorable, suggesting 
that the heavy movement now coming 
along may be followed by much lighter 
supplies later in the season. Weather in 
late September was fairly good for crops, 
frost held off well and there was rain 
enough, hut. in the west the effect of the 
long drouth cannot be offset so late in 
the season. 
WESTERN POTATO MARKETS WELL 
SUSTAINED. 
Potatoes, after declining throughout 
the month, showed a firmer tendency at. 
the end. especially in the Middle West. 
Possibly Western markets will continue 
relatively stronger than the East, be¬ 
cause the potato shortage or crop damage 
by drouth was chiefly in the West in pro¬ 
ducing sections shipping to Western cities 
and to South Central markets. At 
present the prices are tolerably uniform 
East and West, ranging $2.25 to $3.15 
per 100 lbs. wholesale in leading cities. 
Usually the East has been considerably 
the higher, hut recently Maine growers 
have been netting but slightly more at 
shipping stations than did the potato 
farmers in Colorado and Minnesota. 
Fairly good prices are bringing full sup¬ 
plies, despite the apparently short crop. 
Maine and the Great Lakes section 
shipped about 1.000 cars more in Sep¬ 
tember than during the same month last 
year. These States have a crop some¬ 
where near equal to last year, and prob¬ 
ably the shippers do not. intend to he 
caught again next Spring with too many 
potatoes, hence this activity while ship¬ 
ping conditions are reasonably good. 
Northern potatoes started early in August 
about $1 higher per 100 lbs. than the 
year before: at $2.70 to $3 00. East and 
W est. But the decline has been more 
rapid than the year before, and at the 
end of last month prices were fully 50 
cents lower in the East, but continued a 
little higher than a year ago in the West. 
Last year the West was getting very 
heavy shipments from the Northwest and 
Rocky Mountain section, and Middle 
Western markets were the weakest spot. 
On the whole, the price outlook for the 
coming market season seems reasonably 
good, in view of the early activity, the 
moderate crop and the generally inflated 
values, of most commodities. If trans¬ 
portation conditions are favorable to 
steady shipment this Winter the potato 
crop ought to give a good account of 
itself in a market way. 
ONIONS WILL RE WANTED. 
Much of the same might be said of 
onions. The crop is short nearly every¬ 
where except in parts of the East and on 
the Pacific Coast. For a few weeks to 
come shipments are likely to be liberal 
and prices may go a little lower. Growers 
who can hold their stock for awhile would 
seem to take little risk in doing so, and 
would be likely to find the demand better 
after the rush of early shipment is over. 
At least that is the opinion of one of the 
largest Eastern operators who has in¬ 
vestigated the crop situation on his own 
account, and his conclusions agree with 
those that may be gathered from official 
crop reports. Yields are particularly 
light in the Middle West, and States that 
usually ship onions extensively will have 
to go outside for some of their supply. 
Some of the Montana county agents in¬ 
sist that even a potato supply from else¬ 
where will he needed for that part of 
the country, so severe was the drouth. 
Conditions are somewhat along the 
same line with the cabbage crop. Yield 
is well below last year and much less 
than early expectations. Rut the holder 
must not forget that prices, even after 
recent declines, are still high compared 
with most seasons. It is not so many 
years ago that prices used to go down 
to a range of $7 to $10 per ton about 
this time of the season in New York City. 
Producers even in far away Colorado are 
doing better than that now. 
APPLE MARKETS WEAK AND UNSETTLED 
The one really sick spot is the apple 
market, but the illness is very likely only 
temporary. Fall varieties are still hold¬ 
ing values fairly well, but Winter kinds 
are not selling easily in the producing 
sections, and growers who have tried to 
force sales have had to come down from 
the early asking prices. A good many 
apples that were priced at $6 to $8 per 
barrel f. o. b., orchard run, in early Sep¬ 
tember, have been sold at $4 to $5 per 
barrel and $1 to $1 50 per bushel box. 
The temporary knockout seems to have 
been dealt by the foreign market situa¬ 
tion. Instead of going right along where 
they left off last Spring, the English mar¬ 
kets have been paying prices that some¬ 
times left little or nothing for net. In 
fact, the Liverpool sales the last week in 
September resulted partly in what the 
exporters call “red ink” accounts; that 
is, the balance was on the wrong side, 
and instead of paying the producer the 
exporter will have to collect the loss from 
him—if he can. T Glasgow market 
held up better than the English cities 
and returned $4 to $0 net at Boston and 
New York for the latest shipment re¬ 
ported. But now the whole exporting 
situation is off, because of the strikes 
which have made it impossible to move 
October 11, 191D 
freight in the British Islands. Exporters 
are doing nothing and feeling very blue 
over the immediate outlook. For the long 
pull they are not without hope. One of 
the New York concerns concludes that 
by the middle of November the supplies 
that have been coming to British markets 
from the home-grown crop and from Bel¬ 
gium will he finished. Then, if the rail¬ 
road strike has been settled and if the 
foreign exchange continues to improve, 
the price of apples ought to go back to 
the legal maxim, which would enable ex¬ 
porters to show nets of $9 or $10. as 
they did last -Spring. Whether this is 
only a hopeful dream the future will de¬ 
cide. Just now those who bir 'or export 
are hesitating, and it is reported that 
some have forfeited advance payments on 
crops rather than fulfil the contracts. 
Growers find their apples maturing early 
and wish to see them moving. Hence the 
the lower prices. Buying for cold storage 
is checked in a number of leading cities 
because the space is all taken up, or 
nearly all. by other products. Cold stor¬ 
age companies will not guarantee space, 
and buyers hesitate to contract for apples 
which may not find accommodations. All 
this in the face of one of the lightest 
"?Pf, for many years in the Eastern and 
Middle Western States. The brightest 
spot m the situation is the fair amount 
of buying for shipment in the South and 
West. Another hopeful feature is the 
somewhat better prospect for the sugar 
supply, on which depends the sale of 
cooking apples^ At present these are sell¬ 
ing as low as 50 cents per bushel in some 
markets. At the other end of the range 
clloice tab,e varieties, which bring 
$2.50 or more. It is a time for whatever 
patience the grower may command. In 
all probability conditions are at the worst 
right now. Gi B> F 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER 
Receipts of choice creamery are light 
and market strong at the recent advances. 
Nearby prints, 71 to 72c; tub creamerv, 
lancy, bb to 6<c; common to good. 61 to 
64c. N 
CHEESE 
Offerings of fine stock are light and de- 
mand good. Whole milk Eastern, 31% 
to 32c; Wisconsin, 30 to 31%c. 
EGOS 
; Receipts of fresh stock small and prices 
higher. Fancy nearby, G8 to fi!)c; gath¬ 
ered, good to choice, 58 to 60c; lower 
grades, 50 to 54c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
High-quality chickens, fowls and roost¬ 
ers in good demand. Receipts are running 
largely inferior. Fowls, 30 to 34c; chick¬ 
ens, 30 to 34c; roosters. 2t to 25c; ducks. 
17 to 30c; pigeons, pair, 25 to 35c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Receipts light and demand strong for 
choice qualities. Fowls, fresh-killed, dry- 
picked. in boxes 4-lb. and over apiece 
30c; 3Va-lb.. 31 to 33c; 3-lb.. 27 to 20c 
smaller sizes, 24 to 26c. Fowls, fresh- 
killed. in bills., dry-picked, 4-lb. and over 
apiece. 38c: 3V»-lb.. 30 to 32c; 3-lb.. 26 
to 27e; smaller sizes. 23 to 25c. Old 
roosters, dry-picked, 23c. Broilers, Jer¬ 
sey. ice-packed. 40 to 48c; other nearby, 
ice-packed, 36 to 38c; ordinary to good. 
30 to 35c. Broilers, Western, ice-packed, 
1V 2 to 2 lb. apiece, 35 to 36c. Chickens, 
Western, ice-packed, 2U, to. 2% lb. apiece. 
28 to 30c^ Western, milk-fed chickens, 12 
to box,_17 lh. and under to doz., per lb., 
43 to 45c; 18 to 24 lb. to doz.. per lb.. 42 
to 43c; 25 to 30 lh. to doz.. per lb., 35 to 
36c: 31 to 36 lb. to doz., per lb., 33c; 37 
to 42 lb. to doz., per lb.. 33 to 34c; 43 to 
47 lb. to doz . per lb.. 36 to 37c; 48 lb. 
and over to doz., 38 to 40c; Spring duck¬ 
lings. nearby, as to quality, 34 to 36c. 
Squabs, per doz.. white, 11 to 12 lh. per 
doz., $8.50 to $0.25 ; white, 0 to 10 lb. per 
doz., $7.50 to $8.25; white, 8 lh. per doz., 
$6 to $6.75; 7 lh. per doz., $4.50 to $5.25; 
6 to 6% lb. per doz., $2 50 to $3 50. Dark, 
$1.50 to $2.25. Small and No. 2, 60c 
to $2. 
FRUITS 
Peaches and pears of fine quality sold 
fairly and ruled firm. Cantaloupes slight¬ 
ly higher. There was a moderate move¬ 
ment in other fruits and values were 
steadily maintained. Apples, per basket, 
50c to $1.65; per bu. hamper, $1 to 
$2.25 ; per bbl., $3 50 to $1). Cranberries, 
Jersey, bbl.. $8 to $0. Cantaloupes. West¬ 
ern, per flat crate, $1.25 to $1.40; per 
standard crate, $2.25 to $3. Peaches, 
New York, per bu., $3 to $3.25; Moun¬ 
tain, per bu.. $3.35 to $3.50. Pears, Bart¬ 
lett, per bu., $2 50 to $3.50; Seckel, per 
bu., $2.50 to $4. Grapes, Concord, per 
pony basket, 18 to 23c; Niagara, per 
pony basket, 18 to 22c. Plums, New 
York, Damson, per basket. 50 to 60c; 
Green Gage, per basket, 50 to 65c. Lem¬ 
ons, per box, $2.65 to $7.35. Oranges, 
California, per box, $2.30 to $6.55. 
VEGETABLES 
The market was generally steady un¬ 
der moderate offerings and a fair de¬ 
mand. White potatoes, nearby, per bas¬ 
ket, No. 1, 90c to $1.15: lower grades, 
50 to 65c. White potatoes, per 150-lb. 
sacks, $3 to $4.25; Pennsylvania, per 
cwt.. $2.70 to $2.80. Sweet potatoes, 
Southern No. 1, per bbl., $2.75 to $3.25; 
No. 2. per bbl., $1.75 to $2.25; Jersey, 
per basket, 75c to $1. Cabbage, New 
Jersey, per basket. 50 to 75c: New York, 
domestic, per ton, $20 to $35. Onions, 
New Jersey, per bu. hamper, $1 to $2; 
per 100-lb. sack, $2.50 to $3.25. 
