1596 
•The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 16, 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 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 are more thoroughly 
standardized. 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for October. $3.11 per 100 
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. Retail prices for bot¬ 
tled milk are : Grade A, ISc; Grade B, 
16c. 
RUTTER. 
All g.rades but city made .and packing 
stock are two to three cents higher. Prices 
on top qualities have now got so high 
that buyers are trying where they can 
to piece out their needs with passable 
lower grades. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 67 @ 68 
Good to Choice . 60 @ 66 
Lower Grades. ; 50 @ 55 
City made...“ 45 ft* 49 
Dairy, best . 65 @ 66 
Common to good . 50 @ 56 
Packing Stock. 43 tt 47 
CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, fancy . .71 ft 0 U 4 
Good to choice. 29 @ 3ubj 
Skims, best. .. 21 @ 22 
Fair to good. 14 @ 16 
EGGS. 
The strike of expressmen has shut out 
receipts of nearby stock. A few have 
come by parcel post. Practically all of 
the business done is in freight shipments 
of gathered stock. 
White, nearby, choice to fanoy. 88 @ 90 
Medium to good . 75 @ 85 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 78 @ 80 
Common to good. 60 ft* 70 
Gathered, best, white. 80 @ 85 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 63 ft* 68 
Lower grades. [45 ft* 55 
Storage. 46 @ 53 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.10 00 @17 00 
Bulls . 6 00 ft* 8 00 
Cows. 4 00 ft* 8 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.22 00 @23 00 
Culls.10 00 @15 00 
Hogs.14 50 @15 50 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 5 00 ft* 8 00 
Lambs . 14 00 @15 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Supplies scarce because of the harbor 
strike. Chickens. 26 to 28c: fowls, 30 
to 34c; roosters. 19c; turkeys, 25 to 30c; 
ducks, 32 to 35c; geese, 22 to 25c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, lb. 
i.nlciiens choice lb 
Fair to Good ... 
Broilers, lb. 
Fowls. 
Roosters. 
Ducks . 
Squabs, doz. 
35 
@ 
45 
42 
@ 
43 
34 
@ 
40 
42 
@ 
48 
33 
@ 
38 
21 
@ 
22 
37 
@ 
38 
2 00 
@8 50 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Pea.. 
Medium . 
Bed Kidney. 
W hite Kidney ,. 
Vellow Eye. 
Lima. California_ 
10 50 
7 00 
7 00 
1(1 50 
12 25 
7 00 
14 00 
@11 50 
@ 800 
@ 8 00 
@13 75 
@12 50 
@ 7 25 
@14 50 
FRUITS. 
Conditions are again approaching nor¬ 
mal. Apples are higher. Pears remain 
about the same. Grapes in light supply. 
Apples. Wealthy, bbl. 4 00 @ 8 60 
Fall Pippins. 5 00 @ 6 50 
Twenty Ounce. 4 00 @ 7 00 
Oldenburg. 3 U0 @ 7 00 
Wolf River. 5 00 @ 6 50 
Greening. 4 60 @8 00 
Gravenstein. 4 00 @ 6 60 
McIntosh. 4 50 @10 00 
Jonathan. 4 00 @10 00 
Windfalls. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Pears. Anjou, bbl. 6 00 @7 00 
Seckel, bbl. 6 00 @12 00 
Sheldon, bbl. 7 00 @10 00 
Kieffer. bbl . 2 75 @ 5 00 
Clairgeau, bbl,. 6 00 @ 7 00 
Rose, bbl. 8 00 @11 00 
Oranges, box . 6 00 @ 8 50 
Lemons, box . 6 50 @ 9 50 
Grape Fruit. 4 50 @ 8 50 
Pineapples, 36s to 30s. 6 00 @ 8 50 
Muskmelons, bu. 2 00 @ 3 25 
Cranberries, bbl. 6 00 @ 8 50 
Grapes, 8-bkt, crate. 1 00 @ 1 15 
VEGETARLES. 
The strikes around the harbor have 
worked havoc with vegetable trade. Po¬ 
tatoes were less affected than most other 
lines, as many of them come to the New 
York Central yards and do not have to 
be handled by boat. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl... 4 60 @ 5 00 
Jersey, bbl. 2 50 @ 3 75 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 75 @ 1 50 
Beets, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Carrots, bbl. 150 @2 50 
Cabbage—bbl. 1 25 @ 1 75 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Onions. 100 lbs. 2 00 @ 4 00 
String Keans bu. 50 @ 2 60 
8quash. bbl,. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 2 50 @ 3 00 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 100 (a 2 00 
Okra, bu. 1 50 ft* 2 50 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 50 @ 3 50 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate... 1 50 @ 2 50 
bu-bkt. 2 00 @3 50 
Hadlsbes, 100 bunches. 50 ® 1 50 
Sweet Corn, 100 ears. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. 4 00 @ 7 00 
Peppers, bbl. 2 00 1 . 3 50 
Romaine, bu. . 75 @150 
Mushrooms, lb . 40 @150 
HAY AND STRAW, 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton. 33 00 @34 00 
No. 2.29 00 @3100 
No. 3 .26 00 @28 00 
Shipping.22 00 @25 00 
Clover.mixed.24 00 @30 00 
Straw, Rye. .15 00 @16 00 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
Fancy stock scarce and market very 
strong. Best prints, 75 to 76c; tub 
creamery, fancy, 70 to 71c; good to 
choice, 65 to 67o; packing stock, 46 to 
47c. 
EGGS. 
Bulk of supplies are averaging medium 
grade or lower. Best nearby, 72 to 73e; 
gathered, choice, 63 to 64c; lower grades, 
54 to 60c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Demand good for choice fowls and 
chickens. Fowls, 28 to 34c; chickens, 25 
to 32c; ducks, 27 to 30c; pigeons, pair, 
2S to 40c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Receipts moderate. Fowls, best, 38 to 
39c; common to good. 28 to 34c; roosters, 
23 to 24c; broilers. 36 to 48c; cofnmon to 
good 30 to 35c; squabs, doz., $4 to $9.25. 
ERUITS. 
Apples, bu. bkt., $1 to $2.25; bbl., $2.50 
to $8.50; pears, Bartlett, bu., $2.50 to 
$4; Kieffer, 75c to $1.50; grapes, 3-lb. 
bkt., 22 to 24c; cranberries, bbl., $7.50 
to $9. 
VEGETARLES. 
Potatoes, %-bu. bkt.. 90c to $1.15; 100 
lbs., $2.50 to $2.85; sweet potatoes, bbl., 
$2.25 to $3.50; cabbage, ton, $25 to $40; 
onions, 100-lb. bag, $2.25 to $4. 
Egg-bound Hens 
I have a flock of hens that were laying 
nicely up to a little time ago. As they 
are molting, I did not think it abnormal. 
The other day I killed five hens, and three 
of them were what one calls “egg-bound.” 
I found hardened egg yolks in oviduct. 
Do you think I keep them too fat. They 
are quite heavy for White Leghorns. I 
feed wheat in the morning and corn at 
night, let them run each day a few hours 
on the grass and have a mash of equal 
parts bran, middlings, ground corn, im¬ 
part beef scrap before them. IIow much 
wheat shall I give to about 25 hens in 
deep straw? I have 135 pullets and about 
100 old hens. I examined the house and 
found no mites, but a few large white lice 
on the hens. Shall 1 apply blue ointment, 
or is there a better treatment? I wonder 
October 2.", 1010 
whether the mash needs some gluten or 
charcoal or more meat. m. m. 
New York. 
ueghorn hens that are laying well are 
not apt to become too fat, and your 
method of feeding and care should not 
produce that condition, though your mash 
would be improved by the addition of 
ground oats or gluten feed, or both, in the 
same proportions as the other feeds. With 
corn and wheat for scratch feed, there is 
some excess of fattening food in your 
ration. No. specific amount of grain can 
well he advised for the hens at each feed¬ 
ing. as the amount needed will vary from 
time to time according to the fowls’ ap¬ 
petites. The best general rule is to give 
the flock all the whole grain that it will 
readily clean up without waste and with¬ 
out so satisfying the fowls’ needs that 
they will not eat about an equal amount 
of dry mash each day. They may be 
scrimped a little in the morning feed if it 
is seen that they are not patronizing the 
dry feed hopper freely through the day, 
but they should have a full crop at night 
when going upon their perches. A little 
observation at feeding time will show 
whether the hens are reasonably hungry 
or whether they have had so much grain 
thrown to them that they don’t care when 
the table is set again. 
I know of no better treatment for lire 
than the application of blue ointment, 
and there is a sufficiently large proportion 
of meat in your dry mash. Charcoal is 
a "ood addition to tho ration, and green 
and vegetable food should not be for¬ 
gotten. M. B. D. 
Gapeworms 
At what age is it safe to turn the chicks 
out in the morning before the ground is 
dry, so that they will not pick up the 
gape worm ? j. L . R , 
Maryland. 
Gapeworms are not necessarily picked 
up from the ground, or at any particular 
period of the day. These worms, or their 
eggs, may be found in any place where 
fowls run and are more likely to be found 
where the fowls’ quarters and premises 
have been used for long periods of time 
without .much attention having been paid 
to cleanliness. They are not found every¬ 
where, however, and in many localities 
the disease is practically unknown. 
M. B. D. 
“Wonder why women are so perverse 
and contrary.” “You must remember 
that she was made out of one of the 
crookedest parts of man.”—Boston Tran¬ 
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