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Market News 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
MARKETS SHOW HESITATION, lil'T MOST 
LIKES ARE IN STRONG POSITION. BE- 
CATTSE OF LIGHT SUPPLIES IN SIGHT. 
After a three months’ upward swing, 
the advancing movement seems to have 
halted. Further gains have occurred in 
potatoes, but even with these the move¬ 
ment of prices has become irregular, and 
•weakness appeared in Far Western potato 
sections where the previous rise had been 
greatest. At one time in December the 
country price was close to $4 per 100 lbs. 
everywhere. Now the range is much 
wider, at $3.85 to $4.50, being lowest in 
the Rocky Mountain sections and highest 
in Western New York and the Great 
Lakes region. Any great decline seems 
unlikely at present because of the mod¬ 
erate supply of about 400 cars per day. 
The season's total earlot movement thus 
far is greater than last season, yet the 
crop was estimated about 13 per cent 
smaller : therefore the stock left must be 
less than it was a year ago. 
STEADY MOVEMENT MEANS STEADY VALUES 
Rad weather and roads and more or 
less car shortage have been checking the 
movement lately, but remaining stocks 
are probably light in sections where the 
crop was short. The prevailing opinion 
of the trade seems to be that prices will 
not go much higher, but that they should 
hold at about this level, provided stock 
is kept moving and not held over until 
Spring. The South is planting heavily, 
but with enthusiasm somewhat checked 
by the high cost of seed and of other 
essentials. Probably they will have to 
figure the cost at about $5 per barrel, 
which means considerable capital locked 
up and risked in a field of spuds. 
POTATO MARKETS AFFECT THE ROOT CROPS 
The potato crop is easily the most im¬ 
portant food product except grain. If 
all the potatoes raised were shipped in 
cars the volume would nearly equal all 
present shipments of leading fruits and 
vegetables. Only one-third of the potato 
crop ever travels in cars, but the amount 
even then is equal to about one-third the 
total earlot movement of such products. 
No wonder that other vegetables are af¬ 
fected marketwise by the potato situation. 
Just now high price of potatoes has ro- 
suled in higher quotations also for sweet 
potatoes, turnips, carrots, parsnips and 
beets. These crops, like potatoes, arc 
short in the West, and shipments are 
moving there from California and from 
the East. 
Cabbage has once more passed into 
the luxury zone, exceeding $400 per ton 
in most markets. Southern cabbage is 
still higher, at $0 to $7.25 per 100 lbs. 
Shipments of Southern stock will not be¬ 
come heavy for a mouth or more to come. 
Some of the young plants in the South 
were killed by the early January freeze 
and by dry weather. 
ONION AND APPLE HOLDERS NERVOUS 
The sluggish movement of old apple 
stocks has been getting on the nerves of 
holders as the season advances, and prices 
in producing sections are sagging slightly, 
but the best stock still brings about $6 
and city markets range about the same 
for leading grades offered. Spanish 
obions were imported heavily during the 
Fall months, and are selling fully as low 
as the best domestic stock. The amount 
is not large compared with the native 
supplies, but represents competition that 
was practically absent during the war. 
A weak, draggy tone features the apple 
market also. Much of the time $7 per 
barrel is the top price at Western New 
York shipping points, and lower grades 
sell down close to $0 f. o. l>. The range 
of A-2!A Baldwins in city wholesale mar¬ 
kets from Boston to Chicago is $(5.50 to 
$8 per bbl. Some markets have lost about 
$1 from the range at the height of the rea¬ 
son. Some stock is getting a little over¬ 
ripe and some is under suspicion of damage 
by freezing. The same general conditions 
apply to the Northwestern stock, but 
prices are nominally about the same as 
last quoted for the best grades, averaging 
about $3 for extra fancy stock in perma¬ 
nent markets. G. n. F. 
Local Prices in Central and Southern 
New York 
SYRACUSE 
Brices received this week at direct sales 
on the Syracuse “North Side Market” 
were quoted as follows: 
Beef, prime, sides. 13c: medium, side's, 
40c; forequarters, 8c; hindquarters, 40c. 
Lamb., lb., 26c; hindquarters, lb.. 30c. 
Mutton, lb.. 10c; hindquarters, 20c. Pork, 
heavy, lb.. 47c; light, lb., 24c; medium, 
lb., 18c. Pigs, live, small, each $5. Veal, 
prime, lb.. 25c. 
Ducks, live. lb.. 35 to 45c; dressed, lb., 
55 to 65c; geese, live, lb., 35 to 40c; 
dressed, lb., 50c; guinea hens, live, lb., 
25c: dressed, lb., 30c: fowls, live. lb.. 35 
to 45c; dressed, lb.. 45c; chickens, live, 
lb., 35 to 45c; dressed, lb.. 45c; turkeys, 
live. lb.. 40 to 45c; dressed, lb.. 80c; live 
rabbits, each. $1 : dressed, lb., 35c. Rut¬ 
ter. dairy, lb.. 70 to 75c. Eggs, doz., 85 
to 00c; wholesale. 75 to 80c: duck eggs, 
95c. Lard. lb.. 30c; sausage, lb.. 30c. 
Beans, dried, bu.. $4 to $0; per lb., 4c; 
V 
beets, per bu.. $1; cabbages, each. 5c; 
doz., $1; carrots, bu.. 75c; celery, doz., 
75c; honey. No. 4. per cap. 35c; No. 2, 
per cap. 35c; extracted, per pint. 50c, 
light; horseradish, per bottle. 40 to 25c; 
maple syrup, gal., $2.50; onions, per bu.. 
$2 to $3; potatoes, bu.. $4.25 to $2 25; 
popcorn, bu., $2.50; rutabagas, bu., 90c; 
Winter squash. II).. 3c; apples, per bu., 
$2.50; windfalls. $4.50. 
Hay—Alfalfa, extra, per ton. $30; No. 
1 prime. $30; No. 2, $20 to $28; No. 3, 
$24; Timothy, ton. $30. Straw—Rye. 
$43; oat, $44. Oats, per bu.. 95 to 98c. 
JOHNSON CITY. NEAR RING HA MTON 
Pigs, v 
•aeh. $3.50 
to 
$6 : pork. 
18 to 
35c; pet 
• cwt.. $19 
to $23: r; 
nbbits, 
dressed. 1 
35c; beef. 
lb.. 
33c; bacon, lb., 
35c; ham 
. lb.. 38 to • 
10c. 
Turkey 
s. live. lb. 
. 4 
5c; dressed. 
50c; 
fowls, dri 
>s.sed. 11)., 35c 
; live. 30c; 
geese, 
dressed, 
15c; live. : 
12c ; 
ducks, live 
. 30c; 
dressed. 35c; chickens, live. 34c; dressed, 
40c; eggs. 80c; duck eggs. 95c. 
Rutter, lb.. 73c; buttermilk, qt.. 6c; 
cream, qt.. 90c; cottage cheese, lb.. 5c; 
milk. qt.. 40c; hickory nuts. qt.. 23c; 
honey, lb., 30c; chestnuts, qt.. 25c. 
Onions, bu.. $2.50; potatoes, bu.. $1.65; 
pumpkins, each. 10 to 25c; squash. Hub¬ 
bard. lb.. 2R>c: turnips, bu.. 90c; beans, 
lb.. 41c; buckwheat Hour. lb.. ORjC: car¬ 
rots, bu., $4.40; cabbage, lb.. 5c. 
ROCHESTER PUBLIC MARKET 
Eggs. 75 to 80c; storage. 50 to 52c; 
live fowls, lb.. 34 to 35c; live broilers, 
lb.. 34 to 35c; live ducks, lb.. 33 to 35c; 
live geese, lb.,*32 to 34c ; live turkeys, lb., 
50 to 55e. 
Cabbage, per doz.. 75c to $1: onions. 
No. 1. bu.. $2.25 to $2.50; ordinary. $1.25 
to $2; potatoes, bu.. $2.75 to $2.85; Win¬ 
ter squash, per cwt.. $2.50 to $3; beans, 
medium and peal per cwt.. $6; red and 
white Kidney. $12; white Marrow and 
Imperials, hand picked, $40. D. 
Buffalo Markets 
The farmers are delivering potatoes to 
the railroads down the State for $2 per 
bu. as often as the weather is mild enough 
to make it safe. Everything is much tied 
up by the continued cold. Rutter and 
eggs are not at top prices for all that. 
Poultry is only steady. 
APPLES POTATOES 
Apples strong; $2.50 to $.3 for reds; 
50c less for greens; $4.25 to $1.75 for low 
grades. Potatoes steady, moderate; $2.25 
to $2.65 for all grades; sweets, $2 to 
$2.75 hamper. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beaus steady; $13 to $44 kidneys; 
$41.50 to $12 marrow; $8 to $8.75 pea, 
per 100 lhs. Onions firm; $3.50 to $4 
home-grown, bu.; $2.50 to $3 Spanish, 
crate. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS 
Cranberries weak. $4 to $8 bbl. Ma¬ 
laga grapes, light offerings: $5.50 to $(5.75 
keg. Oranges. $6 to $6.75; lemons, $5 to 
$6; grapefruit. $2.50 to $4 per box; 
bananas steady. $3.25 to $6.50 bunch. 
VEGETABLES 
Steady in all branches; demand light. 
California cabbage, $8 to $8.50 per 400 
lbs.; string beaus. $4 to $4.25 hamper; 
beets. $1 to $1.30; carrots. $1.75 to $2.25; 
parsnips, $1.50 to $2 25; spinach. $2.25 
to $2.75; white turnips. $1.25 to $1.50; 
yellow turnips. $1 to $1.50. all per bu.; 
celery, State. 75c to $1.25 bunch; lettuce. 
75c to $1 box : iceberg lettuce. $2 to $3 
crate ; green squash. $4 to $5 cwt.: pars¬ 
ley, $1.25 to $1.50: radishes. 25 t>> 40c 
doz. bunches; cauliflower. $2.50 to $2.75; 
peppers, $3 to $3.75, all crate. 
B UTTER—CII EES K—EG G S 
Butter stronger ; <52 to 67c creamery : 
52 to 60c dairy; 50 to 58c crocks; 40 to 
45c common; 29 to 31c oleomargarine. 
Cheese quiet, steady; 32 to 34c flats and 
daisies; 35 to 36c bricks: 40 to 60c 
Swiss. Eggs firmer; 73 t<> 7(5 hennery; 
70 to 73c candled; 54 to 55c storage. 
SWEETS 
Maple sugar quiet; 17 to 24c; syrup. 
$2 to $2.50 gal.; honey, 31 to 39c, light; 
32 to 34c dark. 
(TEED 
Ilay steady: $27 to $33 Timothy 
grades; $25 to $29 clover mix; mill feeds, 
mostly 50c lower; wheat bran. $46 50; 
middlings, $47.50; red dog. $62; cotton¬ 
seed meal. $77.50; oilmen], $77.50; hom¬ 
iny. $(‘>3.50; gluten. $72.19; oat feed. $33; 
rye middlings, $49 per ton. car lots. 
POULTRY—RABBITS 
Poultry, dressed, in good demaud ; live, 
lighter: dressed turkey, 53 to 56c: fowl. 
32 to 37c; chickens. 30 to 38c: old roost¬ 
ers, 21 to 26c; ducks. 41 to 42c; geese, 
30 to 33c; live, same for ducks and geese. 
3 to 5c less for turkey and fowl. Rabbits 
weak; 65 to 90c j:i4*ks; 30 to 50c cotton¬ 
tails, per pair. j. w c. 
Philadelphia Markets 
RUTTER. 
Rost prints. 74 to 76c; tub. fancy. 60 
to 70c: good to choice, 60 to 65c; packing 
stock, 44 to 45c. 
EGGS. 
Rost nearby, 75 to 80c; gathered, good 
to choice, 65 to 70c; lower grades, 50 
to 60c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
42c; chickens, 32 to 35c; roosters, 24c; 
turkeys, 40c; ducks, 38 to 40c ; geese, 38c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Fowls. 35 to 40c; roosters, 23 to 25e; 
ducks. 38 to 42c; geese, 35 to 45c; tur¬ 
keys. 45 to 50c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 58 to 60c; common to 
good. 50 to 55c; fowls, 28 to 3Sc; 
roosters, 26c; broilers, 50 to 60c; ducks, 
30 to 40c; geese, 27 to 32c. 
POTATOES. 
Pennsylvania. 100 His., $4.25 to $4.50; 
New York, $4.25; sweet potatoes, bu., 
$1.25 to $2.25. 
VEGETABLES. 
Cabbage, ton, $90 to $100: onions, 100 
lbs., $5.50 ft) $6.25. 
FRUITS. 
Apples, bbl.. $4 t>> $9.50; box. $1.50 to 
$3.40; cranberries, bbl., $6.50 to $S.50. 
Turkeys, fancy, lb. 52 
Fair to good. 44 
Chickens choice lb. 45 
Fair to Good. 35 
Broilers, lb. 35 
Fowls..■. 26 
Roosters. 24 
Ducks . 34 
Geese. 27 
Squabs, doz... 2 50 
COUNTRY DRESSElJ MEAT. 
Calves, best. 34 
Com. to (food. 25 
Lambs, hot house, each. 8 00 
Pork, heavy. 15 
Light. 19 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lb».10 50 
Pea. 7 00 
Medium .7 75 
Red Kidney.13 00 
White Kidney ..15 00 
Yellow Eye. 8 75 
Lima, California. 14 25 
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FRUITS. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Ilav. No. 1, Timothy. $36 to $37; No. 
2. $34 to $35; No. 3. $31 to $32 ; clover 
mixed. $32 to $35. Straw, rye, $16 to 
$18; oat and wheat. $13 to $15. 
Boston Markets 
BUTTER. 
Rost creamery. 63 to 63 1 ,4e; medium to 
good. 60 to 62c; ladles, 49 to 51; storage, 
60 to 61c. 
Apples, Winesap.'bbl. 
00 
@ 8 50 
Twenty Ounce.. 
00 
@ 7 00 
York Imperial. .. . 
. 4 
00 
@7 00 
Wolf River. 
50 
@ 6 50 
Greening.. 
.. ... ,5 
00 
@ 9 50 
King. 
50 
@ 8 00 
Baldwin. 
_ 4 
00 
@ 8 00 
Common. 
. 1 
50 
@ 2 75 
Pears. Seckel, bbl. 
. 5 
00 
@10 00 
Sheldon, bbl.. 
10 
© 10 00 
Kieffer. bbl .. 
00 
@ 6 50 
Oranges, box .;. 
00 
@9 50 
Lemons, box .. 
50 
6 50 
Grape Fruit. 
50 
© 6 00 
Cranberries, bbl.1. 
. 4 
50 
@10 00 
Strawberries, qt. 
. 1 
00 
@ 1 25 
EGGS 
POTATOES. 
Best nearby. 77 to 78c; gathered, best. 
75 to 76c; common to good, 60 to 65c; 
storage, 50 to 54c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 48 to 52c; good to choice, 
-10 to 45c; chickens. 40 to 44c; fowls, 38 
to 40c; ducks, 30 to 35c; geese, 2S to 30c. 
APPLES 
Greening, $4 to $6; Baldwin. $4 to $7 : 
Spy. $3.50 to $5.50; Ren Davis, $3.50 to 
$4.50. 
POTATOES 
Maine Green Mountain. 100 lbs.. $3.90 
to $4.15; Cobbler. $3.75 to $4; sweet po¬ 
tatoes, bu., $2 to $2.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage, bbl.. $6.25 to $6.75; celery, 
doz.. $2 to $2.50; lettuce, bu. box. 25 to 
$1.25; radishes, doz.. 30 to 50c; squash, 
ton. $65 to $80; onions. 100 lbs.. $6.25 to 
$6.75. Tomatoes, hothouse, lb.. 20 to 40e; 
cucumbers, bu. box. $12 to $20; spinach, 
bu. box. $3 to $4.50. 
MILL FEED rif t 
Bran. $49 to $50; middlings. $51 to 
$56; red dog. $64: gluten feed. $757 hom¬ 
iny. $64 ; cottonseed meal. $77 to $S0. 
WOOL 
Demand reported good, especially for 
quarter and three-eighths blood. Recent 
prices were: New York and Michigan fine 
unwashed. 67 to 68; unwashed delaine. 
87 to 90; half blood. 80 to 82; three- 
eighths blood, 68 to 69. Ohio and Penn¬ 
sylvania, unwashed delaine. 92 to 94: 
half blood combing. 85; three-eighths 
blood, 69 to 71. New England half blood. 
72 to 75; three-eighths blood, 65 to 67. 
New York Quotations 
NEW YORK. JANUARY 22, 1920. 
Interior markets are very strong and 
prices here about -50c per bbl. higher. 
The continued cold weather has done con¬ 
siderable damage and made moving the 
stock difficult. 
Long Island. 180 lbs,..‘. 7 00' © 8 75 
Maine. 180 lbs...... 7 00 @8 50 
State. 180 lbs . . 7 00 @ 8 on 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 2 00 * 2 60 
r VEGETABLES. 
Beets, bbl. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Carrots.bbl_. 3 50 @5 50 
Cabbage—ton.7. 75 Off @110 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket... 100 @ 2 25 
Onions. 100 lbs. 4 00 @ 6 50 
String Beans bu.. 2 00 @6 50 
Squash, bbl,.. 2 50 © 5 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 2 00 © 5 50 
Turnips, rutabaga: bbl. 2 00 <a 3 00 
Okra, bu....v.•.. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate.,. 1 50 @ 4 50 
Radishes. 100 bunches ..-...-2 00 @ 610 
Horseradish, 100 lbs. ...•. i .15 00 @20 00 
Peppers, bu ., . 1 00 @ 2 75 
Romaine.bu. 100 @2 00 
Mushrooms, lb... 40 @ 75 
Spinach, bbl.. 2 50 & 3 50 
Kale, bbl.1 50 @ 2 25 
Parsnips, bbl. 4 00 @ 5 00 
Chicory and Esearol, bbl. 3 50 © 5 00 
Garlic, lb... . 10 @ 25 
Peas, bn........ 6 00 <6 8 00 
Parsley, bbl. 10 00 @15 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. l.ton. 37 00 ©3800 
NO. 2. 35 00 ©36 00 
No. 3 . 33 00 ©34 50 
Shipping.30 00 @32 00 
Clover.mixed. 29 00 ©35 00 
Straw, Rya. 18 00 @20 00 
GRAIN. 
Cash wholesale prices at New York: 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern, $3.35; No. 2, 
red. $2.50. Corn. No. 2, yellow. $1.73; 
oats. No. 2. white. 99c; rye, $1.93; bar¬ 
ley. $1.60. 
MILL FEED. 
Market reported quiet. City bran. $49 ; 
middlings, $54 to $59; red dog. $60: rye 
middlings. $52 ; hominy feed, $67; cotton¬ 
seed meal, $77; linseed meal, $7S.50. 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for January. $3.69 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. The price announced 
for February is $3.48, the reduction be¬ 
ing from lower price of butter, which is 
used as a basis for figuring milk prices. 
BUTTER. 
The market has beeu stronger, with 
advances of two to three cents on the 
better grades. Further shipments of con¬ 
siderable volume are reported ou the way 
from Denmark and Argentina. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 65 © 66 
Good to Choice . 61 © 64 
Lower GthiIpr... 53 at, 57 
Storage, best. 64 @ 65 
Fair to good. 62 @ 60 
City made. 43 ><i 49 
Hairy, best . 63 © 64 
Common to good . 50 © 60 
Packing Stock. 39 © 44 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy . S2 Vj** 33 
Good to choice. 30 © 32 
Skims, best. ... . 22 © 23 
Fair to good. 14 © 16 
Eggs. 
Receipts arc fairly large and prices on 
most grades are two cents lower. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 84 © 85 
Medium to good . 78 © 82 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 74 © 75 
Common to good . 68 © 72 
Gathered, best, white. 80 © S3 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 62 © 72 
Lower grades. 50 © 55 
Storage. 35 © 56 
LIVE STOCK. 
Natl ye Steers.12 25 @14 25 
Bulls . 7 00 @10 00 
Cows. 4 00 @1150 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 20 00 @25 00 
Culls.13 00 @16 00 
Hogs.14 50 ©15 50 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 7 00 @ 9 00 
Lambs .16 00 ©2U 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Business is reported at: Fowls, 3S to 
Retail Prices at New York 
Rutter. 
best. 
72 
to 
73 
Good 
to choice. 
65 
t > 
70 
Eggs, f 
93 
to 
95 
Good 
to choice. 
SO 
to 
90 
Cheese 
.... 
43 
to 
45 
Potatoe: 
s. lb. 
5 
to 
6 
Onions, 
••••••■•■••••••»« 
8 
to 
10 
Cnbbagi 
\ lb. ...1 . 
10 
to 
15 
Lettuce. 
head . 
10 
to 
15 
Apples. 
doz. 
40 
to 
60 
Fowls. 
45 
to 
50 
Loin of 
pork. 
to 
4C 
Roastin: 
g beef . 
45 
to 
48 
Leg of 
Lamb. 
to 
45 
Sausage 
45 
to 
55 
Flank steak. 
35 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Winter Course State School of Agricul¬ 
ture. Cobleskill, N. Y.. Jan. 5-Feb. 27. 
Winter Courses. Ohio State College, 
Columbus. Jan. 5-Feb. 27. 
Farmers’ Week. Ohio State University, 
Columbus, Jan. 26-30. 
Ohio State Horticultural Society, fifty- 
third annual meeting. Jan. 27-28. Ohio 
State University. Columbus; secretary, 
R. R. Cruickshank. Columbus. 
Farmers’ Week, Michigan Agricultural 
College, East Lansing. Mich.. Feb. 2-6 
New York State Grange, annual meet¬ 
ing. Rochester, Feb. 3-6. 
Connecticut Farmers’ Week, agricul¬ 
tural and industrial exhibit, State Arm¬ 
ory, Hartford, Feb. 9-14. 
Farmers’ Week. New York State Col¬ 
lege of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 
9-13. 
New York State Potato Association, 
annual meeting,-- College of Agriculture, 
Ithaca, N Y, Feb. 19-11. 
Connecticut Bornological Society, an¬ 
nual meeting. Hartford, Feb. 12-13. 
Farmers' Week. Maine College of Ag¬ 
riculture, Orono, March 22-26. 
