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<n* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 14, 1920 
Market N e w s an a Pr 
ices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
MARKETS CONTINUE WEAK AND UNSETTLED 
WITH TONE OF HESITATION. 
Prices have fallen away quite sharply 
the past two weeks. It is partly for the 
old reason that whatever goes up must 
come down. Other causes are the milder 
weather in some shipping sections and 
the increasing supplies of new vegetables. 
In the case of potatoes, the official 
January estimate of stock on hand may 
have helped the decline by showing that 
many of the Eastern States have more 
potatoes on hand than the year before, 
such States including New York, Penn¬ 
sylvania and Maine, which are important 
in supplying the large Eastern markets, 
but the Northern group of States to¬ 
gether have only about, three-fourths as 
many potatoes on hand as last year at 
this time, and the shortage is greater in 
parts of the West. Last year and the 
year before there were more potatoes in 
the Spring than could be sold at fair 
prices before Southern prices crowded 
them out. 
It seems a question whether the short¬ 
age this year is neat enough to justify 
present potato prices, which are twice as 
high as those of a year ago. Some such 
doubt in the minds of holders maybe 
started the recent decline. They were 
kept hack by cold, stormy weather in time 
not generally disposed to hold for higher 
prices. The demand was not checked by 
the higher prices this season to any such 
extent ns might he supposed. Shipments 
lately have been at about, the same rate 
as a year ago, but supplies did not seem 
to he'piling up anywhere until a decline 
began, then the unsold cars lined up by 
hundreds in the railroad yards of the big 
cities. Tt is a well known fact that buy¬ 
ers are always most reluctant when prices 
begin to go down, being afraid of buying 
before the decline is over. Exports and 
imports, as usual, about balanced each 
other. Three or four million bushels come 
from Canada every season and about the 
same amount go out to various countries, 
chiefly to Spanish America. 
Southern potato growers are making 
considerable increases this year. Tf the 
season proves fairly good early shipments 
will he heavy, and it will he desirable to 
get most of the old crop out of the way 
as soon as possible. Growers so far have 
kept things moving as rapidly as could 
be expected in such weather and the situ¬ 
ation seems fairly good. 
OLD CABBAGE IN WEAK POSITION. 
Cabbage prices slumped in about the 
same way as with potatoes and probably 
went down in sympathy with the potato 
market. All the leading vegetables are 
affected somewhat by the potato situation, 
since they are used more or less as sub¬ 
stitutes when potatoes are extremely high 
and neglected when potatoes are cheaper. 
Old cabbage is meeting heavy competition 
from California, Florida and Texas, these 
States shipping more liberally than last 
year. Old cabbage shipments, while less 
than last, season, have been larger than 
would be expected from such a short crop. 
Accordingly the remaining supply of old 
stock must he light. Tt is mostly in New 
York State and Wisconsin. The price 
for the best stock has sagged to about 
$100 per ton in city markets. 
WEAK MARKETS FOR ONIONS. 
Of onions there is little new to he said 
this week. Markets are dull as usual, 
but firm large stock still brings $0 or 
more per 100 llis. in some cities. Hardly 
anything sells above $5.50 in producing 
sections. Perhaps 4,000 cars are still to 
come, according to the per cent of the 
supposed crop already shipped. Contrary 
to the fact with potatoes the demand has 
been checked by the high prices. 
IRREGULAR APPLE VALUES. 
Apple markets are dull and irregular. 
Some varieties are becoming overripe and 
there is still a Considerable amount of 
frozen stuff. Accordingly the city whole¬ 
sale range for best grades No. 1 or A 2 1 /. 
is wide at $0 to $$.50 per barrel. Western 
apples are weak and druggy as ever and 
lack of demand at shipping points is dis¬ 
couraging to holders. The range of $2.25 
to $3 per box in most city markets shows 
a slight falling olT in average values. 
Boxed apples are relatively cheaper than 
barreled apples this season. Foreign mar¬ 
kets continue unsatisfactory. Exports 
this year have exceeded recent years, but 
have not approached the normal amount 
of the sesons preceding the war. Exports 
during December were quite heavy, hut 
less than for any of the past four seasons, 
being 142,$00 barrels, compared with 
100.005 for December last year- 100,200 
for December, 1017. and $42,572' for 
December, 1910, but shipments during 
September and October were relatively 
heavier than in December. G. B. F, 
Local Up-State Prices 
ROCHESTER. 
Wheat. Winter. $2.25 to $2.40; corn, 
Shelled, $1.70 to $1.75; oats, 99c; rye, 
$1.75 to $1.80 each per l)U. 
Hay, $20 to $20 per ton; .straw, loose, 
$12 to $14 for oat 1 ; $14 for rye. 
Dressed beef, carcass, 10 to 22c; fore¬ 
quarters, 14 to 18c; hindquarters, 18 to 
24c; hogs, light, 20c; heavy, 1$ to 19c; 
spring lambs, 2$ to 20c; yearling lambs, 
22 to 24c; mutton, 15 to 18c; veals, 28 
to 20c. 
Seeds, retail: Large clover, bu., $35; 
medium clover, bu., $25; Timothy, bu., 
$0.50 to -$7; Alsike, bu., $35; Alfalfa, 
bu., $25 to $28. 
Eggs, per doz., G8-70e; fresh laid at 
retail, 75 to !K)c. 
I {utter, crate, fresh, prints, 00c; tubs, 
05c; cheese wh. milk. State, lb., 34c. 
Live fowls, lb., 34 to 35c; live broilers, 
lh., 32 to 34c; live ducks, lb., 35 to 30c; 
live geese, lb., 32 to 34c; live turkeys, lb., 
50 to 55c. 
Cabbage, doz., $1.50 to $2.50; per ton, 
$00 to $100; unions. No. 1, bu., $2.25 
to $2.50; ordinary, bu., $1.25 to $1.75; 
potatoes, bu., $2.50 to $2.00. 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl., $0 to $8; Kings, 
bbl., $7.50 to $8; Greenings, bbl., $9 to 
$10; fancy apples, bu., $2.75 to $3; ordi¬ 
nary, bu., $1.25 to $1.75. 
Beans, med., hand-picked, per 100 lbs., 
$0; White marrow, $10; Red kidney, 
$12; White kidney, $10; Pea, $0; Yellow 
eye, $0.50; Imperials, $10 
Hides, No. 1, steers, 22c; No. 2, steers, 
21c; No. 1, cows and heifers, 22c; No. 
2, cows and heifers, 21c; horsehidcs, $9 
to $10 each. 
Wool, unwashed, med., 53 to 55c! fine 
fleece, 50 to 52c. 
SYRACUSE 
Beef, prime, sides, lb., 12c; medium, 
sides, 10c; lamb, lb., 20c; pork, heavy, 
lh., 18%c; light, lb., 22c; veal, prime, 
lb.. 25c. 
Beans, bu., $4 to $0; per lb., 5c; beets, 
bu., $1 to $1.25; cabbage, each, 10 to 25c; 
onions, bu., $3 to $3.90; potatoes, bu., 
$1.50 to $2.75; squash, per lb., 4c; tur¬ 
nips, bu., $1.25. 
Apples, hu.,.$3.50 to $4. 
Ducks, live, lb., 45c; dressed, lb., 00c; 
geese, live, lh., 37c; dressed, lb., 50c; 
fowls, live, lb., 45c; dressed, lb., 50 to 
00c; turkeys, live, 11)., 50c; dressed. 80 
to 90c; rabbits, live, each $1; dressed, 
lb.. 35c. 
Butter, dairy, lb., 70 to 80c; eggs, 75 
to 85c; wholesale, 75c; duck eggs, 95c. 
Iloney, No. 1, per cap, 35c; No. 2, per 
cap. 20c; extracted, light, pint, 55c. 
Hay and Straw: Alfalfa, per ton, $30; 
hay, No. 1, prime, per ton, $30; No. 2, 
$28; No. 3. $20 to $25; Timothy, pet- 
ton, $30; straw, rye, ton, $13; oat, $14; 
wheat, $15. 
Oats, per bu., 95 to 98c. 
BINGHAMTON 
Hay. No. 1, haled, old, $28; No. 2, ton, 
old, $27; No. 1, new, $24; No. 2, new, 
$23; oat straw, baled, ton, $13.50; rye, 
tangled, ton, $14 to $15; bundled, ton, 
$ 17 . 
Bran, ton, $50.80; mixed feed, ton, 
$55.00; corn, per bu., $1.73; oats, bu., 
$1.01; cornmeal, ton, $04; ground oats, 
ton. $04. 
Butter, prints, lh., 05c; cheese, lb., 35c; 
eggs, fine to fancy, doz., 74c. 
Fowls, live, lh., 28 to 32c; dressed, 30 
to 38c; turkeys, live, 1b., 47c; dressed, 
11)., 55c; broilers, live, lb., 30c; ducks, 
dressed, lb., 42c. 
JOHNSON CITY MARKET 
Pork, lh., 18 to 35c; bacon, lb., 35c; 
ham, lb., 38 to 40c; pigs, each, $3.50 to 
$0; beef, lb., 12 to 33c. 
Chickens, live, lb., 34c; dressed, lh., 
40c; ducks, live, lb., 30c; dressed, 35c; 
fowls, live, 30c; dressed. 35c; geese, live, 
32c; dressed, 35c; turkeys, live, 45c; 
dressed, 50c. 
^ Eggs. 78c; duck eggs, 95c; butter, lb., 
07c; cream, per qt., 90c; cottage cheese, 
lh., 5c; buttermilk, qt., 0c; milk, qt., 10c. 
Potatoes, $1.90; onions, $2.50; apples, 
$1.50 to $3.50; beets, bu., $1.10; carrots, 
$1.10; Hubbard squash, lh., 2i/>e; pump¬ 
kins, each, 10 to 25c; turnips, hu., 90c 
to $1 ; beans, lb., 11c. 
Fhestnuts, qt., 25c; hickory nufs. qt., 
23c; honey, lb., 30c; vinegar, gal., 55c. 
M. B. D. 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
P>cst prints. 70 to 77c; tub, fancy, 08 
to 70c; good to choice, GO to 05c; packing 
stock, 42 tf» -15c. 
tCGOS. 
Best nearby, 03 to 05c; gathered, good 
to choice, 55 to 00c; lower grades, 50 
to 63c. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls. 42 to 44c; roosters, 23 to 25c; 
duck's, 40 to 40c; geese, 35 to 45c; tur¬ 
keys, 45 to 50c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 58 lo 59c; common to 
good, 50 to 55c; fowls, 28 to 38c; 
roosters, 27c; broilers, 50 to 00c; ducks, 
30 to 40c; geese, 27 to 32c; capons, 48 
to 55c. 
POTATOES. 
Pennsylvania, 100 lbs., $1 to $4.50; 
New York, $4 to $4.35; sweet potatoes, 
bu., $1.25 to $1.30. 
VEGETABLES. 
Babbage, ton, $90 to $100; onions, 100 
lbs., $5.50 to $0. 
FRUITS. 
Apples, bbl., $4 to $9; box, $1.50 to 
$3.40; cranberries, bbl., $0.50 to $8.50. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1, Timothy, $30 to $37; No. 
2, $34 to $35; No. 3, $31 to $32; clover 
mixed, $32 to $35. Straw, rye, $17 to 
$18; oat and wheat, $14 to $10. 
Boston Markets 
BUTTER. 
Best creamery, 04 to 05c; medium to 
good, 02 to 03c; ladles, 49 to 51c; storage, 
01 to G4c. 
EGOS. 
Best nearby, 70 to 72c; gathered, best, 
G4 to 67c; common to good, 58 to 62c; 
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 42c; chickens, 
host, 40 to 45c; fair to good, 32 to 38c; 
ducks, 32 to 40c; geese, 28 to 32c; 
squabs, doz., $6 to $10. 
APPLES. 
Greening. $1 to $0; Baldwin. $3.50 to 
$7; Spy. $3 50 to $5.50; Ben Davis, 
$3.50 to $4.50. 
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., 30 to 50c; squash, 
ton, $05 to $85; onions, 100 lbs., $0 to 
$6.50; tomatoes, hothouse, lh., 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, 07 to OSc; un¬ 
washed delaine, 87 b> 90c; half blood, 80 
to 82c; three-eighths blood, 68 to 09c. 
Ohio and Pennsylvania unwashed delaine, 
92 to 94c; one-fourth blood combing, 67 to 
09o; three-eights blood, 68 to 696. New 
England half blood, 72 to 75c; three- 
eighths blood, 65 to 67c. 
Buffalo Markets 
In spite of the severe weather the prices 
of most produce begins to show n down¬ 
ward tendency, especially where the stuff 
comes in from California or Florida, and 
this affects the home-grown product. It 
is the general idea that we have had 
about all the Winter we n<*txl, so the 
prices of butter and eggs are also coming 
down slightly. Where any change is 
noted it is practically always a reduction. 
Quotations: 
APPLES—POTATOES—PEARS 
Apples, bu., $2.75 to $3.25 for reds; 
$2.50 to $3 for greens; $1.75 to $2.25 for 
common. Potatoes, hu.. $2.75 ,.o $2.80; 
sweets, hamper, $3 to $3.25 for Jerseys. 
Few Kieffer pears at. $3 to $6 bbl. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beaiis, steady, cwt., $12 to $14 for 
kidneys; $11 to $12 for inarrows; $8.25 
to $8.75 for medium ; $8 to $8.50 for pea. 
Onions, unchanged, cwt., $0.25 to $0.50 
for State, fancy; crate, $2.50 to $2.75 for 
Spanish. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS 
Cranberries, lower, bbl., $7 to $8 for 
best; Malaga grapes, keg, $5.50 to $0.75; 
oranges, box, $4.59 to $0.50; lemons, 
$0.50 to $7; grapefruit. $3.50 to $4.50; 
bananas, bunch, $4.50 to $7. 
VEGETABLES 
California cabbage, crate, $0.75 to $7 ; 
domestic, bid., $5 to $0; string beans, 
hamper, $5 to $7; beets, bu., $1.25 to 
$1.75; carrots, $1.75 to $2.40; parsnips, 
$2.25 to $2.50; spinach. $1.75 to $2 for 
Texas; while turnips. $2 to $2.50; yellow 
turnips, $1.50 to $1.75; celery, Stale, 05c 
to $1.25 bunch ; .California, $8 to $9 per 
crate; lettuce, box, 75c to 85c; iceberg 
lettuce, $2.50 to $4 per hamper; green 
squash, cwt., $4.50 to $5; parsley, doz., 
hunches, 80c to $1 : radishes, 30 to 40c; 
cauliflower, crate, $1.75 to $3 per crate; 
endive, lb., 30 lo 40c. 
BUTT K K —cur EES E EGO N 
Butter, lower, 50 to 57c for creamery; 
50 to 58c for dairy; 48 to 57c for crocks; 
38 to 40c for common ; 30 to 38c for oleo¬ 
margarine. Cheese, sternly. Longhorns, 
34 to 35c; 33 to 34c for daisies; 40 to 
00c for Swiss. Eggs, lower, 07 to OSc 
for white hennery; 00 to 02c for State 
candled • 50 to 58c for storage. 
POULTRY—RABBITS 
Poultry, slightly lower; live fowl, 33 to 
41c; 45 to 50c for turkeys; 35 to 40c for 
chickens, 25 to 27e for roosters; 45 to 
47c for ducks; 34 to 30c for geese. Dressed 
ducks and geese same as live; fowl 3 to 
jacks; 30 to 50c for cottontails per pair. 
SWEETS 
Maple sugar, lb., 17 to 24c; syrup, gal., 
$2 to $2.50; honey, 33 to 39c for white; 
30 to 32c for dark, lb. 
FEED 
IIiiy, firmer, $27 to $33 for Timothy 
grades; $27 to $28 for third clover mix; 
millfeeds, somewhat higher; bran, $47; 
middlings, $49.50; Red dog, $65; cotton¬ 
seed meal, $77.50; nilmeal. $77.50; hom¬ 
iny. $04; gluten, $75; oat feed, $34; rye 
middlings, $49 per ton, car lots. j. w.c. 
New York Quotations 
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 5, 1920. 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for February, $3.48 per 100 
lbs. for 3 per cent milk at points 200 to 
210 miles from the city, with 4c per 1(H) 
additional for every tenth of 1 per cent 
butterfat over 3, 
BUTTER. 
Supplies are short, because of railroad 
delays, and the better grades of both 
creamery and dairy are 3 to 5e higher. 
Not much change in under qualities, as 
they were in some surplus. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 07 at OR 
Good to Choice . 04 at 80 
Lower Grinina. 5.1 at 55 
Storage, best. 
62 & 04 
FulrtOXOOd. 52 @ 00 
City mane. 41 at 47 
Dairy, heat . 05 at OR 
Common to good . 60 at 04 
Packing Htook. 39 at 4,'l 
CHEESE. 
Business is light and prices on whole 
milk stock one-half cent lower. 
Whole Milk, fancy ... 31 ©" 32 
Good to choice. .. 29 at 80 Hi 
SkiniH, he-t. 22 at 23 
Fair to good. 14 a lo 
Eggs. 
Receipts have been larger and the mar¬ 
ket is slightly lower. 
White, nearby, choice to fauoy .... 
Medium to xood . 
Mlied colors, nearby Rest. 
Common to xood. 
Gathered, best, white. 06 a 
Medium to good, mixed colon) ... 57 at 
Lower urudeH. 60 at 
Storuxo. 30 a 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 
Bulls;. 
COWB .. 
Calves, prime veal,100 lbs. 
LllllS 
Hoxs. 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
Lambs .16 00 (a 21 00 
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a 16 25 
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LIVE POULTRY. 
Demand good for both fowls and chick¬ 
ens. Prices are reported at: Fowls, 40 
to 43c; chickens, 33 to 35c; roosters, 21c; 
ducks, 35 t > 40c; geese, 36c. 
DRESSED POULTRY, 
Turkeys, fancy, lb. 
• • • • 
. 50 
® 52 
Fair lo xoixl. 
• • • • 
. 44 
a 48 
Chickens choice lb... 
. 40 
a 48 
hair to Good. 
. 35 
a 42 
Broilers, lb. 
. 40 
at 48 
Fowls. 
.... 
. 30 
at 40 
Roosters. 
.... 
. 25 
a 20 1 
Ducks ... 
34 
fit 41 
1 An 
UP 14 0() 
COUNTRY DRESSED 
MEAT. 
Calves, best. 
30 
a 32 
Com. to good,... 
26 
a 28 
Lambs, hot house, each. 
8 00 
@16 00 
Pork, heavy. 
15 
a Is 
Light. 
19 
® 23 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
.10 60 
a 12 00 
Pea . 
UP H 00 
Medium . 
. 7 76 
at 8 00 
Red Kidney. 
.13 (10 
a 14 75 
Whlte Kidney .. 
.15 00 
a 15 50 
Yellow ICye. 
. R 75 
a 9 oo 
Lima, California. 
14 00 
al4 50 
FRUITS. 
Apples, Wlnosap/bbl. 
. 4 50 
a 8 oo 
A1 belli a rle. 
. 4 III) 
am mi 
York Imperial. 
4 00 
a n 50 
Htnyniun. 
. 4 50 
a h no 
Greening. 
. 5 00 
art 11 00 
King. 
. 4 60 
66 7 no 
Baldwin.. .... 
H 7ft 
Common. 
. 2 00 
a a no 
Rome Beauty,bu. box. 
. 2 00 
a 3 oo 
Wlnesap, box. 
. 2 no 
a 3 50 
Spitz, box. 
. 2 00 
a 3 25 
Newtown, box....o. 
. 2 00 
a 3 oo 
Delicious, box. 
. 2 26 
a 4 oo 
. 4 00 
a H 50 
Lemons, box . 
. 5 60 
at 0 60 
Grape Fruit . 
. 3 50 
a 5 oo 
Cranberries, bbl . 
. 4 60 
am oo 
Strawberries, qt . 
a os 
POTATOES. 
Long Inland, 180 lbs . 
. 7 50 
Maine, IH0 lbs . 
7 00 
a h oo 
Htate. 180 lbs . 
. 7 00 
a 7 75 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. Iikt . 
. ... 
. 2 00 
a 3 oo 
VEGETABLES. 
Anise, 1 , bbl . 
. 2 00 
& 2 25 
Heels, bbl . 
. 3 60 
a 5 00 
Carrots, bbl . 
3 50 
at 5 50 
Cabbage—ton . 
75 00 
a ton no 
New, bu. bit . 
. 2 60 
a 3 25 
Celery, erate . 
a 12 no 
Lettuce, balf-bbl. basket . 
.... 
60 
at l 25 
Onions. 100 lbs . 
. 4 00 
at 6 50 
Hiring Beans bu . 
, ... 
. 2 00 
a 5 oo 
Squash, bbl, . 
q 1 50 
Egg Plants, bn . 
. 1 00 
at 1 nn 
Turnips, rutubugu. bbl . 
. 2 00 
a 3 oo 
Okra, bu . 
. 3 00 
at o oo 
Tomatoes. 0-bkt. era to . 
. 1 60 
a :i 60 
Radishes. 100 bunches .. 
• * * i 
. 2 00 
f„; 1, III! 
a 25 00 
Peppers, bu . 
. 2 00 
a 3 75 
Kooialne, bu . 
. 1 00 
a 1 50 
MushrooiuH, lb . 
50 
a 05 
Hplimeb, bbl . 
. 60 
a 2 50 
Kale, bbl . 
. 2 25 
a 
Parsnips, bbl . 
. 4 00 
a 5 oo 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl . 
a ooo 
Garlic, lb . 
10 
I 
Pens, bu . 
. 0 00 
Parsley, bbl . 
. 9 I'O 
a 16 oo 
