270 
‘Jhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 7, 1020 
Market 
News 
Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
A WEATHER MARKET CHIEFLY—SUPPLIES 
LIGHT AND PRICES WELL MAINTAINED. 
Recent changes in the produce market 
reflect little else than weather conditions. 
Almost continuous storms have blocked 
roads in many parts of the country and 
the temperatures often have been too low 
to permit the hauling of vegetables, such 
as potatoes, easily spoiled by freezing. 
Severe weather affected the city markets, 
also interfering with local transportation 
and causing the arrival of considerable 
quantities of frozen stock, which always 
has a disturbing effect upon produce 
values in general. 
Supplies of nearly all lines being quite 
moderate and new haulings light in pro¬ 
ducing sections, prices of available sup¬ 
plies tended upward moderately in pota¬ 
toes and cabbage, but little further 
change shows in values of apples and 
onions. Southern vegetables are coming 
in larger supply each week, and prices 
tend downward. This new supply has 
not yet shown much effect on values of 
Northern vegetables and fruits. 
POTATOES IN STRONG POSITION. 
The Government report of potato stocks 
on hand January 1 indicates less than 
three-fourths of the supply available a 
year ago. Of this stock remaining un¬ 
sold about four-fifths seems to be still in 
the hands of producers, who accordingly 
have benefited by the steady rise in pota¬ 
toes the last three months. Prices in city 
markets have reached the $5-per-l 00-lbs. 
limit in some parts of the country, while 
producers are receiving generally from 
$3.75 to $4.75 per 100 lbs. Potatoes are 
almost the only crop in which producers 
are getting a fair share of the recent ad¬ 
vance. Cabbage, apples and onions seem 
to be mostly in the hands of dealers, who 
have put the supplies in storage. 
CARBAGE CLOSELY HELD. 
There is but little old cabbage available 
outside of New York State and Wiscon¬ 
sin. The crop proved to be exceedingly 
short—not much above the very light 
crop of 1916. Conditions in that season 
resulted in extreme high prices in the 
Spring of 1917. but the same result may 
not occur this season, because the plant¬ 
ings in the South have been very heavy. 
The Southern growers soon become ac¬ 
quainted with any shortage in staple 
Northern crops, and begin to lay plans 
in the Fall for increased Winter plant¬ 
ings. Their actual labor is affected by 
labor shortage and high cost, and in some 
sections by unfavorable weather, but it is 
evident that they have gone into the cab¬ 
bage business heavily this year—Texas 
having planted three or four times as 
much land in cabbage as last year, while 
California and Florida have made heavy 
increases, and the total in four of the early 
cabbage Southern States is something like 
four-fifths as much as the whole cabbage 
acreage last season in the late cabbage 
States of the North. Production per acre 
is not as large in the South as in the 
North, but the heavy planting will tend 
to bring considerable competition into 
play along in March and April, and also 
later in the season when other Southern 
States come into the market. 
It looks as if it would not be much of 
a season for planting early cabbage in 
the North, because of the heavy arrivals 
likely to come from the South, if the sea¬ 
son proves favorable for the crop in that 
section. Prices of old cabbage in leading 
city markets range mostly about $100 
per ton, reaching $125 in some markets. 
New cabbage sells at the rate of about 
$140 per ton for the best. 
ONION MARKET QUIET 
Prices have shown but little change 
recently; demand is light and sales ap¬ 
pear hard to make «*t recent prices in 
producing sections. At one time buyers 
were ready to pay over $6 per 100 
pounds of best yellow stock in Western 
New York, but at present most sales 
appear to be below the $6 limit. There 
is considerable large stock of California 
brown onions stored at various points in 
the Middle West and East, and these 
Western onions will come upon the mar¬ 
ket sooner or later, as apparently few of 
them have been sold as yet. 
APPLE MARKETS DULL. 
Very light movement is reported in 
Eastern sections and prices show tend¬ 
ency to sag off slightly. Most sales are 
below $7 per barrel. The city markets 
have held up fairly well, because new 
shipments have been received only in 
limited amounts—the best stock averaging 
about $9 in leading cities; other stock 
of No. 1 or A grade, but poor in color, 
sank as low $6 in a few markets. Fancy 
grades of Northwest boxed apples are 
still selling around $3 per box. but the 
market seems a trifle weak. There are 
still many thousand carlots of North¬ 
western apples to move, mostly stored in 
the State of Washington. Foreign mar¬ 
kets contiue unsatisfactory, and the high¬ 
est figure recently quoted for Maine Bald¬ 
wins was $12.18 per barrel, a price which 
would net less than the stock would have 
brought in the New York local market. 
c. it. F. 
Local Up-State Prices 
SYRACUSE 
Beef, prime, sides, lb.. 13c.; medium, 
sides. 10c. Lamb. lb.. 26c. Pork, heavy, 
lb.. lS%e; light, lb.. 22c. Veal, lb., 25c. 
Ducks, live. lb.. 25c; dressed, lb.. 60c. 
Geese, dressed, lb.. 50c. Guinea hens, 
live, lb., 25c; dressed, lb., 20c. Fowls, 
live. lb.. 40 to 45c; dressed, lb.. 45 to 
55c. Turkeys, live, lb., 50c; dressed, lb., 
80 to 90c. Rabbits, live, each, $1 to 
$1.50; dressed, lb.. 35 to 40c. 
Butter, dairy, lb.. 75 to 80c. Eggs, 
doz., 80c-; wholesale, 70c. Duck eggs, 
95c. 
Beans, dried, bu., $4 to $6; per lb.. 4 
to 5c. Beets, bu., $1. Cabbages, each. 
10c: per lb.. 4 to 5c. Carrots, bu., 75c. 
Celery, per doz., 75c to $1. 
lloney, No. 1. per cap, 35c; No. 2, per 
cap, 35c; extracted, light, pint, 55c. 
Onions, bu.. $2.25 to $3.50. Potatoes, 
bu., $1.25 to $3.50. Popcorn, bu., $2.50. 
Rutabagas, bu., 90c. Turnips, bu., $1.25. 
Winter squash, lb.. 3c. Apples, bu.. $4. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton. $30. Hav. No. 1, 
prime. $30; No. 2, $27 ; No. 3, $24. Tim¬ 
othy, $30. 
Straw, ton, rye. $13; oat. $14; wheat, 
$15. Oats, per bu.. 95 to 98c. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass. 16 to 22c; fore¬ 
quarters. 14 to 18c; hindquarters, IS to 
24c. Dressed hogs, light. 20c; 18 to 19c 
heavy. Spring lambs, lb.. 28 to 30c; 
yearlings, 22 to 24c. Mutton, lb., 15 to 
18c. Veal, lb., 26 to 28c. 
Eggs, fresh. SO to 90c; storage. 50 to 
52c. Fowls, live, lb., 34 to 35c; broilers, 
live, lb., 34 to 35c. Ducks, live, lb., 33 
to 35c. Geese, live, lb.. 32 to 34c. Tur¬ 
keys. live, lb., 50 to 55c. 
Cabbage, per doz.. $1 to $1.25; per lb., 
6 to 7c; per ton. $90 to $100. Carrots, 
bu.. $1 to $1.25. Celery, per doz.. 90c 
to $1. Lettuce, per doz., $1.25 to $1.50. 
Onions. No. 1. bu., $2.25 to $2.50; ordi¬ 
nary. 81.25 to $2. Potatoes, bu., $2 SO 
to $2.90. Parsnips, bu.. $1.25 to $1.50. 
Hubbard squash, per 100 lbs.. $2.50 to $3. 
Apples. Baldwin, bbl., $6 to $8; King, 
$7.50 to $8; Greening. $6 to $S; fancy, 
bu.. $2.75 to $3; No. 1, $2 to $2.50; or¬ 
dinary. $1.25 to $1.75. 
Beans, medium, hand-picked, per 100 
lbs., $6; White Marrow, $10; Red and 
White Kidney. $12; pea, $0; Yellow-eye, 
$6.50; Imperial. $10. 
Ilay, $22 to $28 per ton ; straw, loose. 
$12 to $14; oat. $15; wheat and rye. $14. 
Wheat, white Winter, $2.35 to $2.40. 
Corn, shelled. $1.70 to $1.75 per bu. 
Oats, white. 9S to 98%e. Rye, $1.75 to 
$1.80 per 60 lbs. 
Butter, creamery, fresh, lb. prints, ex¬ 
tra, 67c: tubs. 66c: creamery first, lb. 
prints, 66c; tubs, 65c. Cheese, whole, 
State and Western, 84c. 
JOHNSON CITY. 
Pork, lb., IS to 35c: pigs. each. $3.50 to 
$6; rabbits, dressed, lb.. 85c.; beef. lb.. 12 
to 35c; veal, lb., 18 to 35c; ham, lb.. 38 to 
40c. 
Turkeys, live, lb., 45c; dressed, lb., 50c; 
chickens, live, lb.. 34c; dressed, 40c; 
ducks, live, lb., 30c; dressed. 35c; fowls, 
live, lb.. 30c: dressed, 35c; geese, live, 
32c ; dressed. 35c. 
Eggs. SOc; butter, lb.. 69c; milk, qt., 
10c; buttermilk, qt., 6c; honey, lb., 30c. 
Potatoes, $1.75; onions, bu.. $2.50; 
Hubbard squash, lb., 2^c; apples, bu., 
$1.50 to $3.50; carrots, bu., $1.10: celery, 
per head. 8 to 10c. 
Hickory nuts, per qt.. 23c; chestnuts, 
qt., 25c; vinegar, gal., 55e; sweet cider, 
qt., 15e. 
Buffalo Markets 
The heavy Winter weather holds prices 
up well and the report is often “light 
receipt” or “moderate supply.” Apples 
are without change, but potatoes are 
30c per cwt higher. Turnips, cabbage 
and hay are higher, but butter and. eggs 
are down. Most fruits and vegetables 
coming from California and the South 
are lower. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Creamery butter, 61 to 68c; dairy, 52 
to 60c-; crocks, 48 to 58c; common. 38 
to 40c; oleomargarine, 80 to 38c. Cheese, 
33 to 34c for daisies; 34 to 35c for long¬ 
horns; 32 to 33e for fiats. Eggs, 74 to 
76c for State hennery; 71 to 73c for 
candled, 54 to 55c for candled. 
LIVE POULTRY—RABBITS 
Poultry. 45 to SOc for live turkey, 32 
to 39c for fowl. 2S to 35c for chickens, 
25 to 26c for roosters. 45 to 47c for ducks, 
34 to 36c for geese, dressed being about 
3c over live, except ducks and geese, 
which are about the same. Rabbits, dull, 
70 to 90c for jacks, 40 to 60c for cotton¬ 
tails, per pair. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS 
Apples, quiet. $2.25 to $3.25 for reds, 
$2.25 to $3 for greens. $1.75 to $2.25 for 
common, bu. Potatoes, light demand, 
$2.70 to $3 cwt.; $8 to 83.50 for Jersey 
sweets per hamper. A few Kieffer pears 
bring $8.50 to $6 per bbl. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS. 
Cranberries, lower, $6 to $8 bbl.; 
Malaga grapes. $5.50 to $6.75 keg; ba¬ 
nanas. $3.50 to $6 bunch ; oranges. $4.50 
to $6: lemons. $5.50 to $6.50; grapefruit, 
$3.50 to $4.50 all box. 
VEGETABLES 
Green beans. $5 to $6; wax beans; $5 
to $7 hamper; new beets, $1 to $1.25 per 
doz; old beets. $1 to $1.25; carrots, $2 
to $2.50; parsnips, $2.25 to $2.75; spin¬ 
ach, $1.75 to $2.25; white turnips. $2.25 
to $2.50; yellow turnips, $1.75 to $2; 
all bu: cabbage, $7 to $8; winter squash, 
$4 to $5. all cw.; Brussels sprouts. 80 to 
35c qt; cauliflower. $2.25 to $2.50 crate ; 
celery. 65c to $1.25 bunch; lett uce. 75c 
to $1 box; tomatoes, $5 to $8 per Florida 
crate; radishes. 25 to 40c per doz bunches 
BEANS-ONIONS 
Beans, steady, $8 to $14 per cwt. all va¬ 
rieties. Onions, unchanged, $6.25 to $6.50 
state fancy yellow per cwt: $3.50 to $4.25 
Home grown bu.. $2.50 to $2.75 for Span¬ 
ish per crate. 
SWEETS 
^ Honey, dull. 83 to 35c for white. 30 to 
82e for dark lb.; maple sugar, steady, 17 
to 25c for sugar, $2 to $2.50 for syrup. 
FEED 
Wheat and oat feeds higher, others 
mostly lower. $47 for bran. $49.50 for 
middlings. $64 for red dog, $77 for cot¬ 
tonseed meal. $77 for oil meal. $65.50 for 
hominy, $34.50 for oat feed. $49 for rye 
middlings per ton car lots; $32 to $33 
for Timothy hay. $26 to $31 for clover 
mix, per ton baled on track. j. w.c. 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
Best prints. 74 to 76c; tub. faucy. 68 
to 70c; good to choice. 60 to 65c; packing 
stock, 44 to 45c. 
Eggs. 
Best nearby, 74 to 76c; gathered, good 
to choice, 65 to 70c; lower grades, 50 
to 60c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls. 36 to 42c; roosters. 23 to 25c; 
ducks. 40 to 46c; geese, 35 to 45c; tur¬ 
keys, 50 to 52c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 59 to 60c; common to 
good, 50 to 55c; fowls. 28 to 38c; 
roosters. 27c; broilers. 50 to 60c; ducks, 
30 to 40c; geese, 27 to 32c; capons, 48 
to 54c. 
POTATOES. 
Pennsylvania. 100 lbs.. $4.25 to $4.60; 
New Y r ork. $4.25 to $4.40; sweet pota¬ 
toes, bu., $1.25 to $2.25. 
VEGETABLES. 
Cabbage, ton. $90 to $1.15; onions, 100 
lbs., $5.50 to $6. 
FRUITS. 
Apples, bbl., $4 to $9.50; box. $1.50 to 
$3.40; cranberries, bbl.. $6.50 to $8.50. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1. Timothy. $36 to $37; No. 
2, $34 to $35; No. 3, $31 to $32 : clover 
mixed, $32 to $35. Straw, rye, $17 to 
$1S; oat and wheat, $14 to $15. 
Boston Markets 
BUTTER. 
Best creamery, 64 to 65c: medium to 
good. 62 to 63c; ladles, 49 to 51c-; stor¬ 
age, 61 to 64c. 
EGGS. 
Best nearby, 75 to 76c: gathered, best, 
72 to 73c; common to good. 60 to 65c; 
storage, 50 to 54c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, 35 to 37c; roosters, 22 to 
23c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 52 to 55c: fair to good, 
40 to 45c; fowls. 34 to 43c; chickens, 
best. 40 to 45c; fair to good. 32 to 3,8c; 
ducks, 32 to 40c; geese, 28 to 32c; 
squabs, doz., $6 to $10. 
APPLES. 
Greening. $4 to $6; Baldwin, $3 50 to 
$7: Spy. $3.50 to $5.50; Ben Davis, 
$3.o0 to $4.;j0. 
POTATOES. 
Maine Green Mountain. 100 lbs., $4.40 
to $4.50; Cobbler. $4.40 to $4.50; sweet 
potatoes, bu.. $2.25 to $2.50. 
VEGETABLES. 
Cabbage, bbl.. $6.25 to $6.75; celery, 
doz.. $2 to $3.50; lettuce, bu. box. 50c to 
$1.25; radishes, doz.. 80 to 50c; squash, 
ton, $65 to $85; onions. 100 lbs..* $6 to 
$6.50; tomatoes, hothouse, lb.. 20 to 40c; 
cucumbers, bu. box. $4 to $15; turnips, 
cwt., $2.50 to $3.50. 
MILL FEED. 
Bran. $50 to $50 50; middlings. $51 to 
$57; red dog. $65; gluten feed. $75: hom¬ 
iny. $68; cottonseed meal, $78 to $83; 
cornmeal, $3.20 to $3.80. 
WOOL. 
Recent prices were: New York and 
Michigan fine unwashed, 67 to 68c; un¬ 
washed delaine, 87 to 90c; half blood. 80 
to 82c; three-eighths blood. 68 to 69c. 
Ohio and Pennsylvania unwashed delaiue, 
92 to 94c; half blood combing. 85c; three- 
eighths blood. 69 to 71c. New England 
half blood, 72 to 75c; three-eighths blood, 
65 to 67c, 
New York Quotations 
NEW YORK, JANUARY 29, 1920. 
MII.K PRICES. 
New York, for February, $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 
lnitterfat over 3. 
BUTTER. 
The market is 2 to 3c lower and gen¬ 
erally weak, including storage offerings 
and packing stock. 
Creamery, faucy lb. 62 @ fill 
Good to Choice . 60 @ 61 
Loner tirades. 53 <3 15 
Storage, best. 61 @ 62 
Fair to good. 52 @ 6U 
City made... 41 <3 4T 
Dairy, best. 61 @ 62 
Common to good . 48 <3 60 
Packing Stock. 30 <3 43 
CHEESE. 
Business is light and prices on whole 
milk stock one-half cent lower. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 32 © 33k, 
Good to choice. 30 (3 81 
Skims, best. 22 (3 23 
Fair to good. 14 8 16 
EGGS. 
Prices have dropped 3 to 5c. Larger 
receipts, heavy supplies reported on the 
way, and milder weather are the causes. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 73 8 80 
Medium to good . 76 8 77 
Mixed colors, nearby hest. 63 8 70 
Common to good. 63 8 67 
Gathered, best, white. 75 8 SO 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 62 8 67 
Lower grades. 50 8 55 
Storage. 35 @ 57 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steer*. 1000 @13 50 
Bull* . 7 00 811 00 
Cows. 1 50 810 75 
Oalves. prime real, 100 lbs . 20 00 @25 60 
Cull*. 10 00 @16 00 
Hogs.14 50 816 75 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 800 @10 00 
Lambs .16 00 @22 60 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Market, strong for fowls. Fowls. 35 
to 42c; chickens. 30 to 33c: roosters, 
24c; turkeys. 40c; ducks, 39 to 42c; 
geese, 36 to 38c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fancy, lb. 52 & 53 
Fair to good. 44 @ 49 
Chickens choice lb. 45 @ 47 
Fair to Good. 35 @ 42 
Broil3rs, lb. 40 8 47 
Fowls. 26 8 33 
Roosters. 25 at ~ 26 
Ducks . 34 @ 41 
Geese. 37 @ 37 
Squabs, doz. 2 50 @13 00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best. 33 @ 34 
Com. to good. 25 @ 30 
Lambs, hot house, each. 8 00 @15 no 
Pork, heavy. 15 @ 18 
Light. 19 @ 23 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lb*.10 50 812 00 
Pea. 7 00 8 8 00 
Medium .. . 7 75 8 8 00 
Bed Kidney.13 00 814 75 
White Kidney.15 00 81600 
Yellow Eye. 8 75 @ 9 00 
Lima, California. 14 00 @14 50 
FRUITS. 
Apples. Winesap,’bbl. 4 50 @8 50 
Albermarle. 4 00 @7 00 
York Imperial. . 4 00 8 6 50 
Stay man. 4 50 @7 oO 
Greening. 5 00 @ 9 50 
King. 4 50 8 8 00 
Baldwin. 4 50 @ 8 75 
Common. 1 50 8 3 00 
Rome Beauvy.bu. box. 2 00 @ 3 25 
Winesap, box. 2 00 8 3 50 
Spitz, box. 2 00 8 3 60 
Newtons, box..'. 2 00 @ 3 25 
Delicious, box. 2 25 8 3 75 
Oranges, box . 4 00 @ 9 50 
Lemons, box . 5 50 @ 6 50 
Grape Fruit. 3 50 @ 6 OC 
Cranberries, bbl. 4 50 @10 00 
Strawberries, qt. 65 @ 75 
POTATOES. 
Sales are at a wide range, as many lots 
are frosted and buyers afraid of them. 
Long 
Island are 25c per 
Best State and 
bbl. higher. 
Long Island. 180 lbs,. 7 50 
Maine, 180 ibs... 
State, 180 lbs. . 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 
Yams, bbl. 
VEGETABLES. 
Anise, bbl.2 00 
Beets, bbl. 3 50 
Carrots, bbl. 3 50 
Cabbage—ton. 
New. bu. bbl. 
Celery, crate. 
Lettuce, lialf-bbl. basket 
Onions. 100 lbs. 4 00 
String Beans bu.. 
Squash, bbl,. 3 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 100 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 2 00 
Okra, bu.. 3 00 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. 1 50 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 2 00 
Horseradish, 100 lbs.20 00 
Peppers, bu. .. 
Uomalne. bu. 100 
Mushrooms, lb 
Spinach, bbl. 2 50 
Kale, bbl. 50 
Parsnips, bbl.4 00 
Chicory and Kscarol, bbl.... 
Garlic, lb. 
Peas, bu. 
Parsley, bbl. 9 00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton 
No. 2 . 35 00 
No 3. 
Shipping. 30 00 
Clover mixed. 30 00 
Straw. Rye... .18 00 
7 
50 
8 
9 
00 
00 
@ 
8 
50 
7 
00 
& 
8 
25 
9 
DO 
@ 
•> 
75 
2 
00 
<s> 
5 
00 
2 
00 
@ 
o 
25 
50 
'a 
5 
00 
50 
5 
50 
. 75 
00 . 
8110 
00 
... 3 
00 
•cL 
4 
00 
... 300 
@1 
12 
00 
... 1 
00 
2 
00 
... 4 
00 
6 
50 
... 3 
00 
@ 
8 
50 
00 
8 
4 
50 
... 1 
00 
<a 
4 
50 
•> 
00 
(a 
3 
00 
... 3 
00 
8 
6 
00 
@ 
4 
OO 
‘> 
00 
@ 
6 
no 
00 
22 
00 
. . 1 
50 
@ 
3 
00 
... 1 
00 
@ 
2 
00 
40 
@ 
55 
50 
8 
4 
00 
50 
@ 
1 
50 
00 
@ 
5 
00 
... 400 
@ 
5 
00 
!0 
@ 
25 
00] 
8 
7 
00 
... 9 
oo 
@12 
00 
. 37 
00 
@38 
00 
00 
@36 
00 
. 33 
00 
<&; 
(4 
50 
00 
12 
00 
. . 30 
00 
ia 
15 
00 
00 
& 
19 
00 
