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December 20, 1919 
Products, Prices and Trade 
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 11, 1919. 
Those prices ami 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 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 pi-oducts does not 
necessarily mean a lower general market. 
This does not apply to butUas^-ieese ayd 
eggs, which are more thoroughly stand¬ 
ardized. 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for December, $3.68 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. 
BUTTER. 
The extreme prices prevailing have cut 
business considerably, and most grades 
are one-half to one cent lower. A great 
proportion of the retailers here now han¬ 
dle butter substitutes, the demand for 
which has increased greatly. 
Creamery,, fancy lb. 
Good to Choice . 
Lower Grades. 
Storage, best. 
Fair to good. 
City made. 
Dairy, best . 
Common to good . 
Packing Stock. 
CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 
Good to choice. 
Bklms. best. 
Fair to good . 
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EGOS. 
The cold weather prevailing so widely 
has cut production still further, so that 
the full late prices are readily obtained 
for good stock. Under grades are hard 
to dispose of. 
White, nearby, choice to fanoy. 
Medium to good . 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
Common to good. 
Gathered, best, white. 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 
Lower grades. 
Storage... 
1 00 @ 1 05 
75 @ 95 
9i a % 
75 & 90 
95 0 I 00 
85 & 90 
50 @ 10 
40 @ 65 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Sales are reported at: Fowls, 26 to 
30c; chickens, 26 to 28c; ducks, 33 to 
36c; geese, 28 to 32c. 
LIVE STOCK. 
Satire Steers. 
Bulls . 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs 
Culls. 
Hogs. 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 
Lambs . 
.13 50 ®16 50 
. 6 00 @ 9 50 
4 00 @9 00 
.22 00 @24 00 
.10 00 @15 00 
.12 00 @14 00 
. 5 00 @ 9 00 
.14 00 @16 50 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
The weather is favorable for laying in 
holiday stocks of turkeys. The outlook is 
for high prices for anything prime in this 
line. Chickens and fowls are in large 
supply. Ducks aud geese dull. 
Turkeys, fancy, lb. 
Fair to good.... 
Chickens choice lb 
Fair to Good ... 
Broilers, lb. 
Fowls. 
Boosters. 
Dncks .. 
Squabs, doz. 
53 
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54 
45 
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44 
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45 
33 
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40 
35 
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26 
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BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Pea. 
Medium . 
Bed Kidney. 
White Kidney .. 
Fellow Eye . 
Lima. California. 
_10 50 
.... 7 00 
.... 6 75 
....10 50 
....14 00 
.... 7 00 
...,14 25 
@11 50 
@ 7 75 
& 7 75 
@14 00 
@15 00 
@ 7 25 
@14 50 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best . 29 
Com. to good. 22 
Lambs, hot house, each. 10 00 
Pork, heavy. 16 
Light. 19 
@ 30 
@ 27 
@12 00 
@ 17 
lb 23 
FRUITS. 
Apples. Wealthy, bbl. 
Twenty Ounce...... 
York Imperial. 
Wolf River. 
Greening. 
King. 
Baldwin. 
Windfalls. 
Pears. Seckel, bbl. 
Sheldon, bbl. 
Kieffer. bbl . 
Oranges, box . 
Lemons, box . 
Grape Fruit-:. 
Cranberries, bbl. 
4 50 @8 50 
4 00 @8 00 
4 00 @8 00 
4 50 ® 6 (10 
4 50 @9 00 
4 50 @ 8 00 
4 00 @8 00 
1 50 @ 2-75 
5 00 @10 00 
5U0 @10 00 
4 00 @6 50 
6 00 @ 9 50 
5 50 @ 6 50 
3 50 @ 6 00 
4 50 @ 9 00 
POTATOES. 
An advance of 50c per 180 lbs. is noted 
in the better grades. 
Long Island. 180 lbs,. 6 50 @6 25 
Jersey, 165 lbs. 4 00 @ 5 00 
Maine, 180 lbs. 5 00 @6 00 
State, 180 lbs . 5 00 @ 6 00 
Virginia, late crop, bbl . 2 50 @ 5 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 2 00 @ 5 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Cabbage and Brussels sprouts higher. 
Union market firm. Lettuce and other 
salads weak except for choice. 
Beets, bbl. 2 00 
Carrots, bbl. 2 00 
Cabbage—ton ....40 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 1 00 
Onions. 100 lbs...3 00 
String Beans bu . 2 00 
Squash, bbl,. 1 50 
Egg Plants, bu ... . 100 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 1 50 
Okra, bu —. . 3'00 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. 1 50 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 2 00 
Horseradish, 100 lbs.. 8 00 
Peppers, bu.2 00 
Bomaine, bu. 100 
Mushrooms, lb. 50 
@ 3 00 
@ 3 00 
@80 00 
@ 3 00 
@ 6 00 
@ 4 50 
@ 2 25 
@ 4 00 
@ 2 25 
@ 6 00 
@ 3 50 
@ 4 Oil 
@11 00 
@ 4 50 
@ 2 00 
@ 60 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Tlmotby, No. 1. ton. 33 00 @34 00 
No. 2.30 00 @32 00 
No. 3 .26 00 @29 00 
Shipping... 25 00 @27 00 
Clover.mixed. 26 00 @32 00 
Btraw, By*.. .. W 0* @15Ct 
The RURAL. NEW- YORKER 
WOOL. 
The market is generally strong. Re¬ 
cent business at Boston has been : New 
York and Michigan unwashed delaine, 85 
to 87c; half blood, SO to S2c; three- 
eighths blood, 68 to 69c. < )hio and Penn¬ 
sylvania half blood combing, 83 to 85c; 
unwashed delaine, 89 to 90c. New Eng¬ 
land half blood. 72 to 75c; three-eighths 
blood, 65 to 67c. At the Government 
auctions now being held at Boston the 
demand for fine wools was strong. The 
200,000 lbs. of Iceland wool offered 
brought 44 to 57c. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, at New York, 
$2.37% ; corn, No. 2, yellow. $1.76; oats, 
No. 2, white, 90c; rye, $1.80; barley, 
$1.60; buckwheat, 100 lbs., $3.15. 
MILL FEED. 
The market is reported firm, with light 
demand for wheat goods. City bran. $47; 
middlings. $54 to $59; rye_ middlings, 
$48; cottonseed meal, $80.50; linseed 
meal, $79. 
Philadelphia Markets 
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BUTTER. 
Best prints, 82 to S3o; tub. fancy. 75 
to 77c; good to choice, 62 to 71c; packing 
stock, 47 to 49c. 
EGGS. , 
Best, nearby. 92 to 94c; gathered, good 
to choice. 80 to S4c; lower grades, 70 
to 75c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls. 30 to 32c; roosters, 21 to 22c; 
ducks, 28 to 34c; geese, 24 to 26e; tur¬ 
keys, 36 to 38c. 
DRESSED POTTLTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 48 to 49c; common to 
good. 40 to 45c : fowls. 28 to 35c : roosters, 
24e; broilers, 3S to 40c; ducks, 2S to 38c. 
POTATOES. 
Pennsylvania, 100 lbs., $2.90 to $3.10; 
New York, $2.50 to $2.85; nearby, %-bu. 
bkt., 40c to $1; sweet potatoes, bbl., 
$2.50 to $4.50. 
VEGETABLES. 
Cabbage, ton. $50 to $75; onions, 100 
lbs., $5 to $6; picklers, $2.50 to $2.60. 
FRUITS. 
Apples, bbl.. $4 to $9; box, $2 to $4; 
cranberries, bbl., $7 to $10. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1. Timothy, $33; No. 2, $30 
to $31; No. 3, $27 to $2S. Straw, rye, 
$14 to $14.50; oat and wheat, $12.50 to 
$13. 
Notes on Export of Apples 
With the exception of such fruit as is 
purchased by speculators, practically all 
of the export apples are shipped on con¬ 
signment. Some firms who buy for ex¬ 
port also do a consignment business. Dur¬ 
ing the current season very few boxed 
apples have been exported, this being due 
to the maximum price in the United 
Kingdom being less- than the domestic 
market returns. The maximum price in 
the United Kingdom would net the ex¬ 
porter about $3 per box. f. o. b. New 
York. Some exporters advanae money on 
shipments and thus tie up the shipment 
before it leaves the shipping point. Some 
other broker exporters do not follow this 
poliev. but make returns after the ship¬ 
ment has been sold. It is customary to 
have the manifest go forward on a prior 
mail boat, reaching the market before the 
fruit. The clearing is then cabled and 
the fwiit catalogued and circularized. 
When sold, the price is cabled and checked 
and sent forward by the American agents. 
Reasonably quick returns are made in 
this way. When a shipment is handled, 
as explained, it requires from two to 
three weeks after clearing. 
The longshoremen’s strike was of the 
most serious consequences during the 
early Fall, since it resulted in delay in 
shipping and caused a great deal of ripen¬ 
ing and deterioration to take place before 
the fruit was put on board ship. At the 
present time its effect is not serious. It 
is the custom to hold the fruit in cars 
until it can be transferred to the ship, 
keeping the cars thoroughly iced when 
possible. Fifteen days are allowed for 
holding the fruit, in such cases. It is 
presumed that the minimum or monthly 
charge would be demanded if the fruit 
was placed in cold storage. This ranges 
from 15 to 20 cents per barrel. During 
the past season more difficulty was en¬ 
countered through the delay of sailings 
than through the railroads not making 
connections with the ships. G. B. F. 
Temperature Records 
What was the lowest temperature 
reached during the Winter of 1917 in New 
York and vicinity? j. D. A. 
New Market, N. J. 
Our records show that the lowest tem¬ 
perature recorded in New York State 
during the Winter of 1917-1918 was 42 
(42 degrees below zero) at Gabriels, in 
Franklin County, on the 30th of Decem¬ 
ber, 1917. In case you Tefer to New 
York (lily, rather than to the ftiaic, the 
lowest temperature at the New York 
station was 13 degrees on December 30, 
1917. while the lowest temperature in the 
Vicinity was 16 degrees at Searsdale. 
WILFORD M. WILSON, 
Professor of Meteorology. 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Milk is our principal product; we r§ J 
ceive 9c. a quart at our local creamery. 
Oats were a light crop; buckwheat a good 
crop, while potatoes were an extra good 
crop and sell readily for $1.50 per bn. 
We had a fine crop of hay worth $25 in 
the barn. Corn was an extra good crop; 
silos all full and plenty left over. There 
is not very much wheat sown in this lo¬ 
cality. Most all of the farmers are mov¬ 
ing to town, even if they have to live in 
the attics. For the people who stay on 
the farms I look for a year of prosperity. 
Cows are high and selling from $125 to 
$200. Pork is 14c. live; eggs 90c. 
Broome Co., N. Y. A. c. w. 
This part of the State is given to mixed 
farming, trucking, poultry and dairying. 
There is a market every Wednesday morn¬ 
ing and Saturday all day at Lebanon, the 
county seat, where farmers take their but¬ 
ter, eggs and produce to sell. 
Prices : Wholesale—Eggs, 70c to 75c; 
butter, 58c to 65c. Retail—Eggs, 85c to 
90c; butter, 75c to SOc on market. Po¬ 
tatoes, $1.75 to $2 per bu.; sweet po¬ 
tatoes, $2.10 to $2.40 per bu.; ducks, 30c 
per lb.; geese. 35c per lb.; turkeys, 45c 
to SOc, live weight; chickens, live weight, 
young, SOc per lb.; old. 25c per lb.; dressed 
poultry, SOc per lb.; pork, live weight. 20c 
per 100 lbs.; milk, at Hershey chocolate 
factory, $3.40 per cwt.; hay, from $30 to 
$40 per ton, according to grade; straw, 
not much sold ; some exchanged for ma¬ 
nure; corn, new, $1.50 per bu.—80 lbs. 
to bushel on ear; wheat, $2.18 to $2.25; 
oats, 75c to SOc per bu. Farmers and 
dairymen receive 12c per quart for milk, 
delivered. 
Farm conditions look good; crops about 
all harvested, and some Fall plowing done. 
Help was scarce; $3 a day and board for 
their work. Thrashing all finished. 
Wheat, was a fair crop; oats a poor crop 
on account of wet weather; grain was 
light in weight; corn was a bumper crop; 
all cribs well filled. Hay was a good 
crop also. We had a very late Fall, the 
first snow December 6. Seeding looks 
well. Dairy feed is very high in price, 
but farmers seem to get along pretty well 
with their own feed. Of course, they 
must buy some. v. s. H. 
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