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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 17, 1920 
CABRAGE HELD BY DEALERS. 
The situation in cabbage is much dif¬ 
ferent in the respect last mentioned. The 
crop was nearly all bought up by dealers 
and put into storage, and they have been 
making a great deal of money from the 
recent advance to close to $100 per ton 
bulk. Most of their stock cost not over 
half present prices. These quotations are 
for the best hard, long-keeping grades. 
Common stock ranges about $30 per ton 
less. The situation is extremely strong, 
but one weak point is the rapid increase 
in shipments from the South. Last week 
Texas, Louisiana, Florida and California 
shipped nearlv one-third as much new 
stock as the Northern States shipped of 
old stock. 
OTHER VEGETABLES ALSO niGHER. 
The boom in potato prices helped some 
other lines of vegetables which usually 
follow potatoes quite closely in the mar¬ 
ket. Sweet potatoes rose quite sharply, 
and it looks as if tbe enormous crop 
would find easy disposal this year. It is 
estimated that not over five per cent of 
the total crop of nearly 100,000.000 
bushels was put into good storage houses. 
The rest of the crop not used at once is 
stored in banks of earth and undergoes 
a great deal of waste. When the South¬ 
ern producers learn to put away their 
crop in a safe manner, such as is prac¬ 
ticed in the northern section of the sweet 
potato country in New Jersey, Delaware 
and Maryland, there will be an enormous 
surplus available for the Winter markets. 
Production of sweet potatoes is increas¬ 
ing rapidly, and the crop is considered 
profitable in the South, although the 
greater part of it is carelessly handled 
and only a small per cent sold for cash. 
CARROTS IX DEMAND. 
The market for various Northern root 
crops has been helped by the rise in pota¬ 
toes. During December the carrot mar¬ 
ket was very light, with sales jn Eastern 
producing sections around $1.75 per 100 
lbs. sacked, or $30 per ton bulk, but in 
early January the prices advanced 
abruptly, reaching $50 to $60 per ton. 
and even as high as $6 for fancy stock 
at various shipping points in Western 
New York. Apparently there is a good 
supply of carrots available. Most of it 
is out of the growers’ hands, and dealers 
will get the lion’s share of any further 
advance. 
QUIET ONION MARKETS. 
Onions are not showing much change 
in recent weeks. Best stock brings $0 
per 100 lbs. in Eastern producing sec¬ 
tions and stock of fair size and quality 
brings $5.50. while city wholesale prices 
range from $5.50 to as high as $7 in some 
markets. Apparently the rise is about 
Crops and Markets 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
LEADING VEGETABLES AT NEW HIGH LEVELS, 
WITH BIG RISE IN POTATOES AND CABBAGE. 
Potato markets have been booming all 
through December and early January. 
Prices jumped about a dollar during that, 
time at the leading points of shipment. 
The range Dec. 1, including Maine and 
as far West as Idaho, was $2.58 to $2.80. 
Range at the end of the second week in 
January was $3.25 to $3.S5 f. o. b. sacked. 
Wholesale prices in the cities at times 
lagged behind the quotations at shipping 
points, thus indicating that the movemeut 
started in the producing sections. 
The signs appeared early in November, 
when shipments began to fall off rapidly 
and growers were reported at various 
points holding for higher prices. The 
severe weather of December emphasized 
the tendency, because of the interference 
with hauling and shipping. Volume of 
movement fell off to a low point for the 
time of vear and prices advanced rapidly, 
because of the light supplies at shipping 
points and in some of the consuming mar¬ 
kets. The advance has been more rapid 
in the West than in the East, but later 
Eastern markets also have been active, 
strong and at times excited, with marked 
advances in Western New York potato 
sections, where No. 1 sacked stock ad¬ 
vanced about 50c in two or three days 
earlv in January, reaching about $3 per 
100'lbs. f. o. b.. while city markets aver¬ 
aged for this stock about 50 c while at 
$3.50. 
The rapid advance in prices has stimu¬ 
lated shipments, which are now in the 
neighborhood of 300 cars per day from 
all points, compared with about 200 at 
the low point of the season. The excel¬ 
lent qualitv of the crop in most sections 
helps in the sale and supports the strength 
of the market. Dealers in most Eastern 
sections report that nearly all shipments 
are accepted without criticism and many 
second orders are received. The rising 
tendency of values of course helps to 
make receivers contented with the ship¬ 
ments. Very often the price has advanced 
considerably higher while the carload was 
on the way. It is thought that about 
half of the commercial crop has been 
shipped out of Western New ^ ork, and 
the rest seems to be owned chiefly by 
growers. Not much of the crop was put 
into commercial storage by dealers be¬ 
cause of the scarcity of available space 
in harvest season. For this reason grow¬ 
ers will reap much of the benefit of the 
recent advance in prices. 
over for this specialty, as the advance 
already in force has greatly reduced the 
demand. There will not be much increase 
in the onion supply until the Texas ship¬ 
ments become active in March. The acre¬ 
age in that State is about 12.000. or 
nearly double the area last year. It looks 
as though the Northern crop would be 
out of the way by that time. 
OWNERS OF APPLES READY TO SELL. 
The apple situation is the only im¬ 
portant weak feature of the producing 
market. It is weak only by comparison, 
because no recent advance has taken 
place. Owners of apples find fault not 
so much with the price, which is as high 
as $7 per barrel f. o. b. for best grade of 
bright color, but they find buyers are 
scarce at this level. The difficulty lies in 
the competition of Western box apples, 
which are selling relatively lower than 
usual. The best grades of good varieties 
sell at auction in leading cities at $2.75 
to $3 mostly, which is not far from be¬ 
ing equivalent to the general range of $7 
to $8.50 for t>est barreled apples of lead¬ 
ing varieties. The box crop this year is 
so much larger in comparison with the 
barrel crop that its competition is felt 
much more severely than usual in reduc¬ 
ing the demand for barrel apples. The 
foreign markets are of very little use this 
year, as prices most of the time in Eng¬ 
lish cities are too low to show any profit 
to exporters. 
There is still a little interest in celery, 
but most of the commercial stock in the 
East seems to be held by dealers. Best 
stock is offered in Western New York 
producing sections at $8 per crate. 
G. B. F. 
Government Crop Report 
The Agricultural Department gives 
the following figures for 1910 crops: 
Farm 
Acreage 
Bushels 
CORN 
Value Dec. 
402.977.060 
2,917,450,000 $3,934,234,000 
WHEAT 
71,526,000 
940.987.000 
OATS 
2,028,472,000 
42,169.000 
1.248,310.000 
BARLEY 
895,603,000 
8,899,000 
165,719.000 
POTATOES 
200.419.000 
4,003,000 
357,901,000 
RYE 
577,581,000 
6.576.000 
88,478,000 
BUCKWHEAT 
119.041.000 
943,000 
16,301.000 
FLAXSEED 
24,026,000 
1,851.000 
8,919,000 
HAY, TONS 
39,145.000 
54.S72.000 
91,326,000 
TOBACCO, LBS 
1,839.967,000 
1,774,300 
1,389,458,000 
542.547.000 
Compared with the previous year the 
corn area was about 4,500,000 acres less; 
wheat 22.000.000 more; oats 2.300.000 
less; barley, 800,000 less: potatoes. 200,- 
000 less; rye, 400,000 more; buckwheat, 
100.000 less; hay, 1,000,000 less; tobacco, 
200.000 more. 
Buffalo Markets 
The produce markets are generally 
Strong, but quiet, with no great changes 
in prices. The list as a rule runs from 
firm to fairly steady. Milder weather will 
now make shipments easier. They have 
been tied up badly for several days by 
zero temperatures. The holiday hunters 
have filled the markets with rabbits, and 
they are showing up weak. 
APPLES—POTATOES. 
Apples strong on light receipts; $2.50 
to $3 for red ; $2 to $2.50 for green ; $1.25 
to $1.50 for common, per bu. Potatoes 
firm; light supply; $2.35 to $2.60 bu.; 
sweets, Jersey, $2.85 to $3, hamper. 
BEANS—ONIONS. 
Beans firm; demand moderate; $14. to 
$15 for kidneys; $11.50 to $12.50 for 
marrows; $8 to $8.50 for pea and me¬ 
dium. Onions steady; $2 to $4 for fair 
to fancy yellow; $3.50 to $4.25 for home¬ 
grown, bu. 
FANCY FRUITS. 
Grapes scarce; $6 to $6.50 for Mala¬ 
gas, keg; cranberries easy; $6 to $10 
iibl.; oranges, $6 to $6.50; lemons, $5.50 
to $7; grapefruit, $3.50 to $5, box; 
bananas, $3.25 to $6 per bunch. 
VEGETABLES. 
Green and wax beans, $4 to $5.50; 
cabbage, Florida, $2.75 to $3; lettuce, 
Florida, $2 to $2.50. all hamper; beets, 
old, $1 to $1.50; carrots, $1.75 to $2.50; 
parsnips, $1.75 to $2; Hubbard squash, 
$2 to $3, bu.; turnips, white, $1.75 to $2 ; 
turnips, yellow, $1.25 to $1.50, all bu.; 
celery 50c to $1, bunch : Brussels sprouts, 
25 to 35c qt.; parsley. 20 to 50c; radishes, 
25 to 39c; watercress, 50 to 60c, all per 
doz. bunches. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS. 
Butter, steady, 65 to 71c, creamery : 58 
to 66c, dairy ; 56 to 58c. common ; 29 to 
38c, oleomargarine; cheese scarce, 33 to 
34c. daisies; 32 to 33c, flats: 34 to 35c, 
longhorns; eggs firm. 77 to 80c. hennery ; 
75 to 76c, candled; 54 to 55c, storage. 
POULTRY—RABBITS. 
Poultry scarce, strong. Dressed tur¬ 
key, 54 to 57c; fowl. 32 to 36c; chickens. 
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