Tih RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 23, 1918. 
Those prices are notes are believed to 
•»: 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 lie much better or poorer 
than next week’s offerings, so that a 
lower top price on such products does not 
necesariJy mean a lower general market. 
This does not apply to butter, cheese and 
eggs, which are more thoroughly stand¬ 
ardized. 
. „ . MILK l’KICES. 
New York, for November, $3.33 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, 18c: Grade B, 
16c. 
} . RUTTER. 
Further price jumps have put best 
creatnefy butter 3c above previous figures, 
with slight changes in other grades. City 
made and packing stock continued with¬ 
out much change. Storage supplies of the 
higher grades are being heavily drawn on. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
@ 
71 
Good to Choice . 
<a 
69 
Lower Grades. 
<a 
55 
Storage, best... 
(a 
65 
Fair to good. 
(a\ 
60 
City iqdde . . 
(a 
50 
Dairy, best . 
& 
69 
Common to good . 
51 
& 
62 
Packing Stock. 
... 43 
vt 
48 
CHEESE. 
Interior markets have ; 
advance 
d. 
and 
dealers here are disposed to 
hold l'i 
•r ; 
high- 
or figures. 
Whole 5111k. fancy . 
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Good to choice. 
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31 
Skims, best. 
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Fair to good. 14 @ 16 
EGGS. 
The scarcity of nearby stock, caused by 
the express strike, has made a strong de¬ 
mand for fancy white fast-freight lots 
from the Pacific coast. Sales at 95c for 
full carloads are reported. These far 
Western eggs are produced and handled 
according to the best known methods, and 
rushed to market so that they compete 
with the best of our Eastern stock. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 
Medium to good . 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
Common to good... 
Gathered, best, white. 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 
Lower grades. 
Storage..a......................... 
mv ... .... live arocK . 
Native Steen.. 
Bulls . 
Cows ....■. 4 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 
Culls ..... 10 oo 
Hogs. 
Sheep. 100 lbs.. 
Lambs .. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
91 
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95 
75 
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85 
75 
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76 
60 
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70 
83 
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87 
63 
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45 
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@15 00 
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@14 50 
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Chickens are in surplus: 
ottaei 
• sti ick 
selling fairly well. Prices reported are: 
Fowls, 25 to 31 e; chickens, 
23 to 25c; 
roosters, IS to 19c; ducks, 
30 t 
n 42c; 
geese, 24 to 25c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, lb. 
. 35 
45 
Chickens choice lb.. 
44 
<<S 46 
Fair to Good.. 
. 34 
@ 40 
Broilers, lb. 
. 42 
@ 46 
Fowls. 
. 34 
Vt 39 
Boosters . 
. 22 
@ 28 
Ducks .... 
, 37 
@ 3s 
Bquabs, doz. 
mi @ 9 5U 
RICANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.10 5u vtll .Ml 
Pea . 7 00 vi 8 00 
Medium .. . 7 00 @ Soil 
Red Kidney.Ill SO @13 75 
White Kidney,.12 25 @12 56 
Yellow Eye. 7 00 ffl 7 25 
Lima. California...14 00 @14 50 
FRUITS. 
Apples selling well. Western box stock 
in large supply and a trifle lower. Grapes 
higher. Cranberries going slowly, because 
of sugar shortage. Cranberries may be 
used with much less sugar if stewed with 
a large amount of juice. They may not 
be quite so good in this way, but are 
Usable and do not have the sharp acid 
of the thick sauce with insufficient sugar. 
Apples. Wealthy, bbl. 1 00 t a 8 60 
Fall Pippins. 5 00 0 6 5ii 
Twenty Ounce. 4 no @ 6 50 
York Imperial. :i 00 @ 6 50 
Wolf River. 5 oo @ 6 oo 
Greening.4 “0 @ 9 00 
King. 1 00 @ 6 50 
McIntosh. I .50 @10 00 
.lonuthan. 4 IN) @7 50 
Windfalls. 1 00 @2 00 
Pears, Sockel. bbl. 
Sheldon, bill... 
Kletfer. bbl .... 
Oranges^ box . 
Lemons, box 
6 00 (a 10 00 
7 00 @10 00 
:i oo v s 6 50 
7 00 @ 9 50 
6 50 @ 10 50 
04 H 50 
@ 8 50 
Grape Fruit. 4 50 
Pineapples. 36s to 30s. 6 00 
Cranberries, bbl. 6 00 @ 8 50 
Grapes, 8-bkt, crate. 100 @ Loll 
VEGET ARLES. 
Potatoes rather dull. Onions running 
poor. Sweet corn about gone. Cabbage 
and cauliflower iu good demand. 
Potatoes—Long Island, 180 lbs. 4 50 '«• 5 011 
.lersey, 166 lbs. 2 50 >si 3 50 
Maine, 180 lbs. 3 50 @4 25 
State, 180 lbs . 3 50 @ 4 011 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. . 75 vi l 50 
Ueets, bbl .. ... 2 00 @ 2 50 
Carrots, bbl. 150 @ 2 00 
Cabbage—bbl... 150 @2 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 100 @2 50 
Onions. 100 lbs. 2 00 @ 4 00 
String Beans bu . 1 1*0 @ 3 25 
Squash, bbl. 1 00 @2 00 
Kgg Plants, bu. 2 50 @ 3 50 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. I 00 w 2 25 
Okm. bu. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Cucumbers, bu. 2 00 @ 4 50 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. 1 50 @2 60 
bu-bkt. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 50 @ 1 50 
Sweet Corn, 100 ears. . 1 00 @ 2 50 
Horseradish. 100 lbs. 4 00 @1000 
Peppers, bbl. 2 00 & 3 50 
Uomaine, bu. 75 @150 
Mushrooms, lb....'. 50 @150 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton. 34 00 @35 00 
No. 2.3100 ©33 00 
No. 3 .27 00 
Shipping.25 00 
Clover.mixed.. 
Straw, Bye. 
.26 00 
©29 00 
©27 00 
32 00 
.14 00 @15 00 
grain. 
Mdieat, No. 2. red. Government price, 
$2.37% ; corn, No.JJ, yellow, $1.52; oats, 
No. 2, white, S2o; rye $1.30; barlev, 
$1.52, v 
Retail Prices at New York 
These are not the highest or lowest 
prices noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying oppor¬ 
tunities of at least half of New York’s 
population: 
Rutter—Best prints .77 to 
Tub, good tii choice.74 to 
Cheese. 
F.ytrs—k’niiev do*/ 
Good to choice. 
.. .75 to < 
Storage . 
. . .4>9 Co 1 
Potatoes, lb. 
. . 3 to ti i 
Apples, doz. 
. . .39 to ; 
Popcorn on ear. lb. 
...12 to 
Chestnuts, lb. 
...30 to 
Cranberries, qt. 
Fowls, lb. 
Bacon . 
...35 to . 
Sausage . 
78c 
76c 
45c 
85c 
lioc 
4c 
f>< 
15c 
10c 
15c 
Philadelphia Markets 
RUTTER. 
Fancy stock scarce and market very 
strong. Best^prints. 7K to 79c; tub cream¬ 
ery, fancy, 73 to 74c; good to choice, 65 
tu 70c; packing stock, 46 to 50c. 
EGGS. 
Bulk of supplies are averaging medium 
grade or lower. Best nearby. 72 to 73c; 
gathered, choice, G3 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 32c; pigeons, pair, 
28 to 40c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Receipts moderate. Fowls, best, 38 to 
39c; common to good, 28 to 34c; roosters, 
2*3 to 24c; broilers, 36 to 48c; common to 
gimd, 30 to 35c; squabs, doz., $4 to $9.25. 
FRUITS. 
Apples, bu. bkt.. $1 to $2.25; bbl., $2.50 
tu 89; pears. Seukel. bu.. 82.50 to $4; 
Kieffer. 75c tu $1.50; grapes. 3-lb. bkt., 25 
to 2<>c : cranberries, bbl.. 86.28 to $7. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, %-bu. bkt., 85c to $1.15; 100 
lbs.. $2.59 to 82.85 ; sweet potatoes, bbl., 
$2.25 to $3.25; cabbage, ton. $20 to 835; 
onions, 100-lb. bag, 82.25 to 84. 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
1*KIUE8 TEND UPWARD UNDER DECREASING 
SUPPLIES OF LEADING LINKS. 
The turning point seems tu have boon 
passed. Carlot shipments of fruits and 
vegetables exceeded 3,000 cars per day 
the middle of October, but since then 
have been declining slightly. With much 
lighter supplies in sight and freezing 
weather soon to prevail, the markets have 
strengthened considerably on nearly all 
lines of produce, especially in Chicago and 
the Middle West. New York market has 
been weak under strike conditions and in 
general the Eastern markets are not so 
strong as Western markets, which are 
less affected by seaboard transportation 
conditions, and are reduced in supplies 
on account of short crops in drought- 
stricken sections of the West. 
GENERAL APPLE POSITION IMPROVING. 
English apple markets are still in had 
condition and flooded with cheap home¬ 
grown cooking stock, which sells about 
as low as such fruit sells in this country 
—from 81 to $2 per bushel, American 
money. American and Canadian apples, 
unless of best grades, do not net shippers 
as much as they would bring in most 
borne markets. The recent top price for 
No. 1 Kings in Liverpool was $14.27 per 
barrel, which would net 89 this side for 
same. Ordinary stock sold to net ship¬ 
pers only $1.25 to $4 per barrel. Amer¬ 
ican markets, on the other hand, are 
holding up well, although somewhat af¬ 
fected so far as Cooking grades are con¬ 
cerned on account of the shortage >r 
sugar. Best New York State Baldwins 
exceeded $8 per barrel in Chicago, and 
averaged about $7 in various large 
Eastern cities. Southern Yorks sold about 
50 cents below New York Baldwins, and 
Ben Davis about $1 below Yorks. Eastern 
stock includes much sooty and poorly fin¬ 
ished fruit, causing rather weak price 
ranges. New England has a relatively 
large erop. which is selling better than 
elsewhere, with No. 1 Kings and Green¬ 
ings at 85 to 86 per barrel, and cider 
stock 7.ic to 81 per 100 llxs., compared 
with $1.35 tu $1.50 in Eastern New York. 
Virginia and the West. Northwestern 
markets are doing well this year with a 
crop of good color, quality and condition 
ami very heavy yield. They are getting 
as high as $2 75 per standard 40-lb. box 
in producing sections for the best varieties 
like Winesajis. There is a heavy demand 
everywhere for cider stock aud canning 
fruit at unusually high prices, especially 
so for cider fruit. 
POTATO MARKETS TENDING UPWARD. 
• The reduced yield in most sections, 
especially the West, is beginning to take 
effect on the markets, and the usual re¬ 
covery that takes place after the Maine 
digging season is in evidence. Potatoes 
have advanced 10 to 59 cents per 1<)0 lbs. 
from the low point of (>ot.ober. The tone 
seems strong in all shipping sections, but 
much stronger West than East; in fact, 
prices are higher in some Western ship¬ 
ping sections than iu Maine. This State 
has nmre than an average yield and less 
rot than in Southern New England. Ship¬ 
pers in Northern Maine are receiving 
about $2 per cwt., as Compared with $2 
to $2.25 iu Western New York, and $2 
to $2.20 in shipping sections of Colorado. 
The uniformity of price ranges in dif¬ 
ferent parts of the country should be 
noted. It is practically owing to the 
short. Western crop and apparently to the 
quick market news service which the 
Government has provided shippers in all 
parts of the country so that changes in 
values in one section are known promptly 
everywhere else. Potatoes are being 
shipped at the rate of 1.999 cars per day. 
but will probably decrease about one-half 
with the approach of cold weather, re¬ 
quiring protected and heated cars.- Prices 
in Western cities for standard grades of 
white stock range from $2.30 to $3.25 
per 10O lbs., while Eastern markets range 
lower than Western, at $2 to $2.59 in 
Boston and New York, with a few of the 
large markets above $2.75 for strictly 
wholesale lots. 
Eastern cabbage markets are the weak¬ 
est feature of the situation lately, but 
declines are not. great, amounting to only 
82 or $3 per ton in shipping sections. 
Domestic cabbage sells for $20 to $40 per 
ton bulk iu large Eastern cities. Western 
cabbage nets growers about $25 per ton 
and reaches $25 to $40 in leading city 
markets. 
Onion markets are dull, but prices tend 
upward right along. Quotations in Chi¬ 
cago jumped nearly 50 omits the last week j 
in October, reaching top figure of $4 per 
cwt., and most of the large markets 
ranged $3.50 to $4 for good-sized yellow 
stock. Massachusetts has a fine crop in 
the Connecticut River Valley this year, 
and has been shipping more than any 
other State, except California, and is fol- 
lowed by Ohio' and New York State. 
Southern farmers have been banking on 
their sweet potato crop, which is large 
and fine this season. An Alabama grower 
asks why he can got only one cent per 
pound when Northern consumers are pay¬ 
ing 5 to 10 cents. This is the same old 
problem in a general way. but there is 
some misunderstanding in this case, owing 
to the fact that Alabama sweet potatoes 
are of the moist yam-like variety, which 
does not si'll in most Northern markets 
in competition with the firm, dry, Vir¬ 
ginia and New Jersey sweet potatoes. 
Consumers who wish to buy as many as 
a bushel at a time can get the Alabama 
potatoes at about three cents per pound 
in most markets where they are sold. 
Southern potato growers are planning to 
put the surplus into special storage houses 
this season and are carrying on quite an 
advertising campaign under the slogan of 
“Sugar Spuds.” The great drawback to 
the sweet potato crop is its poor keeping 
quality compared with white Northern 
potatoes, thus causing loss and shrinkage 
in warm weather and preventing con¬ 
sumers from buying a Winter’s supply at 
a time, as many of them do with the 
white stock. g. b. f. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Iowa Buttermakers’ Association. Du¬ 
buque, la.. Nov. 5-6. A. W. Rudnick, 
secretary. Ames, la. 
New Eugland Fruit Show, with Rhode 
Island Fruit Growers’ Association, Elks 
Auditorium, Providence, R. I.. Nov. 10-13. 
National Grange. annual meeting. 
Grand Rapids. Mich., Nov. 12. 
Pereheron {Society of America, annual 
meeting of stockholders. Congress Hotel, 
Chicago, Ill., Dee. 1. 
Greater Arizona State Fair, Phoenix, 
Ariz.. Dec. 3-8. 
New Jersey State Horticultural Society, 
annual meeting. Atlantic City, Dec. 1-3. 
Virginia State Horticultural Society, 
annual meeting, Poauoke, Dec. 2-4. 
Virginia State Corn Growers, annual 
convention and exhibit, Roanoke. Va., 
Dec. 2-4. 
National banners* Exposition and Ohio 
Apple Show, Terminal Auditorium, 
Toledo. O.. Dec. 4-12. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, thirty- 
fourth annual meeting, Chestertown, Md., 
Jan. 6-8. 1920. 1 
Ohio State Grange, annual meeting, 
Columbus, Dec. 9-12. 
Pennsylvania State Grange, annual 
meeting. Pittsburg, Dec. 9-12. 
Michigan State Grange, annual meet¬ 
ing. Saginaw. Dec. 9-12. 
New York State Grange, annual meet¬ 
ing. Rochester, Feb. 9-12, 1929. 
Ohio Apple Show. State University, 
Columbus, Dec. 11-13. 
Vermont State Poultry Association, an¬ 
nual show, St. Albans, Jan. 6-9, 1920. 
B. P. Greene, secretary. 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
Oct. 29—Ayrshire's. Allegany County 
Ayrshire Club. Hornell. N. Y. 
Nov. 1-—Baltimore County Gureusey 
Breeders’ Association sale. Pavilion, 
Timonium, Md. 
Nov. 6—Berkshire Swine. Berkshire 
County Berkshire Club, Pittsfield, Mass. 
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