The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Market News and 
Local Up-State Prices 
ROCHESTER. 
Dressed beef, carcass. 10 to 18c; fore¬ 
quarters. 14 to 18c; hindquarters, IS to 
24c; dressed hogs, light, 20 c; heavy. 18% 
to iOc; Spring lambs, 32 to 34c; year¬ 
ling lambs, 27 to 30c; mutton. 15 to ISc; 
veals, '28 to 30c. 
Live fowls. 36 to 38c; live broilers, lb., 
35 to 37c; live ducks, 35 to 36c; live 
geese, 33 to 34c; live turkeys, 50 to 55c; 
eggs, fresh laid, 65 to 75c; creamery but¬ 
ter. lb. prints, 66 c; cheese, whole milk, 
State, 31% to 32c. 
Beets, 14-qt. bkt.. 45 to 50c; carrots, 
hu.. $1 to $1.25; onions, No. 1. $2.25 to 
$2 50 per bn.; ordinary, $1.25 to $1.75; 
potatoes, bu.. $2.60 to $2.70: parsnips, 
bu., $2 to $2.25; turnips, white. 14-qt. 
bkt.. 80c to $1 ; cabbage, lb.. 5 to 6 c; 
Winter squash, per 100 lbs.. $2 50 to $3. 
Apples. Baldwin, bbl.. $6 to $8 : Kings. 
$7.50 to $ 8 ; Greenings. $9 to $10: fancy, 
per bn.. $2.75 to $3 ; No. 1 stock. $2 to 
$2 50; ordinary, bu.. $1.25 to $1 75 
Beans, med. hand picked, per 100 lbs, 
$ 6 ; white marrow. $ 10 ; red and white 
kidney, $12; pea. $ 6 ; Imperials, $10 
Hides. No. 1. steers. 75 lbs. up. ISc; 
No. 2. 17c; cows and heifers. No. 1. ISc; 
No. 2. 17c; bulls and stags, lb. 15c; 
horse hides, each $9 to $10; sheep skins, 
each. $2 to $3; calf. No. i. 8 to 14 lbs.. 
50c; No. 2. 48c; No. 1 calf, over 14 lbs.. 
30c; No. 2 . 28c. 
Wool, unwashed, med.. 40 to 45c; fine 
fleeced, 50 to 55c. 
Hay and straw- Hay. ton. $28 to $33; 
straw, loose, $12 to $14 for oat; $15 for 
wheat; $14 for rye. 
Wheat. $2 35 to $2 40 per bu.; corn, 
shelled, bu.. $1.75 to $1.78; oats, white, 
$1; rye. $1.50 to $1.55. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET. 
Beef, prime, sides, lb.. 12 to 15c; med., 
$ to 10 c; lamb. lb.. 26c; pork. lb.. 21 c; 
veal. 30c; common. 15c. 
Ducks, live. lb. 40c; dressed, lb.. 60c; 
geese, live, lb., 37c; dressed, lb.. 50c; 
fowls, live, 42 to 45c; dressed. 45 to 50c; 
turkeys, live, lb.. 50c; dressed, lb.. 80 to 
flOo; rabbits, live. each. $1; dressed, lb, 
40c. 
Butter, dairy, lb.. 70 to 75c; eggs. 65 
to 70c; duck eggs. 90c. 
Beans, bu.. $5 to $ 6 ; beets, bu.. $1 to 
$1.30; carrots, bu.. $1 to $1.25; cabbage, 
lb.. 3 to 4c; per head. 10 to 15c; onions, 
bu.. $3.25; parsnips, bu.. $1.25; potatoes, 
bu.. $1.25 to $2 50; popcorn, bn. $2.50; 
rutabagas, bu., 90c; turnips, bu. 8125; 
Winter squash, lb.. 3c; apples, bu.. $1.50. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton. $34; bay. No 1. 
$34: No. 2. $30 to $32; No. 3. $22 to 
$28; Timothy, $34; straw, rye. ton. $18; 
oat, ton. $18; wheat. $18; oats, per bu.. 
95 to 98c. 
BINGHAMTON. 
Cow hides, green, No. 1. ISc; bull. No. 
1, 15c; horse bides. No. 1. $s; veal skins. 
$4 to $7.50; dairy skins. $2.50 to $3 50. 
Fowls, live, lb., 37e; dressed, lb., 42c; 
turkeys, live, lb.. ISc: dressed, lb . 58c; 
squabs, per pair. SOc; broilers, live, ISc; 
ducks, dressed, lb.. 42c. 
Butter, lb. prints, 68 c ; cheese, lb.. 33c ; 
eggs. 60c. 
Cabbage, lb., 5 to 6 c; carrots, bu.. 75c; 
potatoes, bu., $1.75; onions, bu.. $2.75 to 
$3; beets, bu., $1 to $1.25: turnips, bu., 
$1 to $1.25; apples, bu . $3 50 to $4. 
JOHNSON CITY PUBLIC MARKET. 
Beef, lb., 12 to 33c; pigs, each. $3.50 
to $ 6 ; pork, per cwt . $19 to $23; per 
lb.. 18 to 25c; ham, lb.. 3S to 40c; veal, 
lb.. IS to 35c. 
Fowls, live, lb., 35c: dressed. 3$e; 
geese, live. 32c; dressed. 35c: ducks, live, 
lb.. 30c; dressed, lb.. 35c; turkeys, live, 
lb.. 45c; dressed, 50c; rabbits, dressed, 
35c. 
Eggs, 62c; duck eggs, 70c; butter, lb., 
09c. 
Buttermilk, qt., 6 c; cream, qt . 90c; 
cottage cheese, lb.. 5c; milk, qt., 10 c. 
Apples, bu.. $1.50 to $3.50; beets, bu., 
$ 1 . 10 ; beans, lb.. 10 c; carrots, bu.. $ 1 . 10 ; 
cabbage, lb.. 7c; onions, peck. 75c: pota¬ 
toes. bu.. $2; Hubbard squash, lb., 3c; 
turnips, bu., 90c to $1. 
Vinegar, gal., 40c; honey, lb.. 30e; 
hickory nuts, qt., 23c; buckwheat flour, 
Gc. M. B. D. 
Buffalo Markets 
The season again promises mild, but 
there has been too much cold weather, 
both here and South, to permit of much 
reduction in prices. Hay is easier since 
the snow went down, and butter and eggs 
would go ofT but for the demand for 
them. Potatoes are still scarce and will 
not be easy right away. Quite a number 
of leading vegetables are higher than last 
week. Quotations: 
BUTTER—Cn EESE—EGGS. 
Butter firm. Creamery. 61 to 
dairy, 52 to ;>Se; crocks, 46 to 57c: 
mon. 40 to 42c; oleomargarine. 29 t< 
< heese easy. Daisies. 31 to 32c; 
horns, 33 to 35c; Swiss, 40 to 60c. 
0ils 1 l<k ' 1 - White hennery. 51 to 54c; 
and Western candled, 51 to 52c; stc 
45 to 46c*. 
POULTRY—RABBITS. 
Five poultry steady. Fowl, 36 to 
chickens, 32 to 36c; ducks, 42 to 
geese, _0 to 25c. Dressed poultry— 
key, 53 to 57o; capons. 42 to 54c; fowl, 
32 to 38c; roosters. 28 to 29e. Rabbits 
dull. .Tacks, pair, 85c to $1; cottontails, 
30 to 50c. 
APPLES—POTATOES. 
Apples steady. Reds. bu.. $2.75 to $3; 
greens. $1.75 to $2.50; common. $1.50 to 
$1 ; fancy Western, box. $2.75 to $4. 
Potatoes scarce, Choice, bu.. $3 to $3.30; 
sweets, Jersey, hamper. $3 to $3.25; 
Bermudas, bbl., $15 to $18. 
* BEANS—ONIONS. 
Beans dull; unchanged. Kidneys, cwt., 
$12 to $14; marrows. $11.50 to $12; pea 
and medium $8 to $8.50, Onions steady. 
Yellow, sack. $4.50 to $ 6 : homegrown, 
bu.. $2.50 to $4; Spanish, crate. $1.25 to 
$1.50. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS. 
Strawberries, scarce; qt.. 75 to S5c; 
cranberries, bbl.. $4.50 to $5; oranges, 
weak; box, $4.75 to $7.50; lemons, $5.50 
to $5.75; grapefruit. $3.50 to $4.50; 
bananas, firm ; bunch. $4 to $7.50. 
VEGETABLES. 
Vegetables steady. Beets, hu.. $1 to 
$1.25; carrots, $2 to $2.50; parsnips, $2 
to $2.50; spinach, $2.25 to $2 50; white 
turnips, 82.50 to $2.75; string beans, 
hamper. $5 to $7: cabbage, cwt., $4 to 
$ 6 ; Hubbard squash. 84 to $5; cauli¬ 
flower. crate, $2 50 to $3; celery, bunch, 
$1.25 to $1.50; Florida, crate. $3 to $4; 
lettuce, hothouse, box. 50 to 75c: iceberg, 
crate. $2.50 to 83.50; endive, Belgium, 
lb.. 40 to 50c; tomatoes, Mexican, box, 
83.50 to $4; rutabagas, bbl., $2.75 to 
$3.25. 
SWEETS. 
Maple sugar, lb.. 18 to 25c; syrup, gal., 
32 25 to $2.50; honev, light, lb., 35 to 
40c; dark. 32 to 33c. 
Feed. 
ITay—Timothy, grades, baled, ton. $32 
to $39; clover mix. $29 to $31 : wheat 
bran, carlots. higher: ton. $48.50; mid¬ 
dlings. $53 50; red dog. $66.50; cotton¬ 
seed meal. $73.50: oilmeal. $71.50; hom¬ 
iny. $05 ; oat feed. $30; gluten, $74 : rye 
middlings, $53. J. W. C. 
Eoston Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery. 64 to 05e; medium to 
good, 58 to 62c; storage, 58 to 62c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby. 60 to 62c; gathered, best 
54 to 55c; common to good, 50 to 53c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens. 36 to 30e; roosters, 22 to 
25c; fowls, 40 to 45c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best 52 to 55c: fair to good. 
40 to ISc; fowls. 34 to 42c; chickens, 
best. 45 to 48c; fair to good. 32 to 40c; 
ducks. 35 to 38c; geese. 28 to SOc ; squabs, 
doz.. $6 to $ 12 . 
APPLES 
Greening, $4 to $ 6 ; Baldwin. $5.50 to 
$8.50; Spv, $4 to $7 : Ben Davis, $3 to 
$4.50. 
POTATOES 
Maine Green Mountain. 100 lbs., $5 to 
$6.50; sweet potatoes, bu.. $2.50 to $2.60. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage, bbl.. $4. to $4.50; lettuce, bu. 
box. $2.50 to $3.50; radishes, bu.. $1.75 
to $2; squash, ton. $90 to $100; onions, 
100 lbs., $5 to $ 6 ; tomatoes, hothouse, 
lb., 40 to SOc; turnips, cwt., $2.50 to $3. 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers, $11 to $15: oxen. $9 to $11; 
cows, $8 to $10.50; calves, best. $18 to 
$ 21 ; common to good. .',12 to $16; sheep, 
$8 to $14 : lambs, $14 to $18- hogs. $14.50 
to $19. Milch cows, best $150 to $200; 
common to good, $65 to $125. 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER 
Best prints. 76 to 77e; tub. fancy. 68 
to 70c; good to choice, 60 to 63c; packing 
■stock, 37 to 39c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby, 57 to 59c; gathered, good 
to choice, 47 to 55c; lower grades, 42 to 
45c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls. 37 to 40e; roosters. 25 to 26c; 
ducks, 40 to 46c; turkeys, 40 to 45c. 
PRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best 58 to 59c*; common to 
good. 50 to 55c; fowls. 33 to 38c; roosters, 
28 to 29c; broilers. 50 to 60c; ducks. 30 
to :33c; geeso, 27 to 33c; capons, 48 to 
55c. 
POTATOES 
Pennsylvania. 100 lbs., $5 to $5.40; 
New York, $5 to $5.25; sweet potatoes, 
bi:., $1.25 to $2.40. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage, old. ton, $75 to $85; new. bu. 
bkt.. $2 to $2.50; onions, 100 lbs., $4 to 
$6.25. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl . $4 to 89.50; box, $1.50 to 
$4.25; cranberries, bbl., $4 to $ 8 ; straw¬ 
berries, qt.. 65 to 85c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy, No. 2, $42 to $43; No. 
3, $41 to $42; clover, mixed, $40 to $44. 
Straw, rye, $20 to $21; oat 'and wheat, 
$15 to $17. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter, lb. 
Eggs, doz. 
Fowls, lb. 
Bacon, lb. 
Roasting beef, lb. 
Ham, lb. 
Pork loins, lb. 
Tripe, lb. 
Lamb chops, lb. 
Potatoes, lb. 
Apples, doz. 
Sweet potatoes, lb.... 
Onions, lb. 
Lettuce, head . 
Cabbage, head. 
. 12 
. 65 
. 45 
. 40 
. 35 
. 35 
. 30 
. 50 
. 30 
. 10 
. 10 
. 10 
. 15 
to 74c 
to 75c 
to 48c 
to SOc 
to 45o 
to 40c 
to 35c 
16c 
to 60c 
to 8 c 
to 75c 
to 12 c 
to 12 c 
to 15e 
to 30c 
New York Quotations 
NEW YORK, MARCH 12, 1920. 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for March. $3.36 per 100 
lbs. for 3 per cent milk at points 200 to 
210 miles from the city, with 4c per 100 
additional for every tenth of 1 per cent 
butterfat over 3. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Sales are reported at: Fowls, 40 to 
42c; chickens. 23 to 26c; roosters, 17 to 
19c ; turkeys. 40 to 45c; ducks, 35 to 50c ; 
geese, 20 to 22 c. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 67 @ 67M 
GooU to Choice . 64 @ 66 * 
Lower Gnules... 52 @ 57 
Storage, best. 62 @ 62 
Fairtogood. 46 @ 55 
City made .. 38 @ 43 
Dairy, best . 65 @ 66 
Common to good . 44 @ 62 
Packing Slock. 35 @ 39 
CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 30 @ 31 
Good to choice. 28>8> @ 2*.*t$ 
Bklms, best. 19 21 
Fair to good. 14 @ 16 
EGGS. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 53 @ 54 
Medium togood. .. 46 @ 50 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 52 @ 53 
Common to good. 45 @ 47 
Gathered, best, white/. 50 @ 52 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 44 @ 48 
Lower grades... 40 @ 43 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.1100 @14 50 
Bulls . 7 00 @11 00 
Cows. 3 50 @10 00 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lbs. 22 Oo @24 00 
Culls.10 00 @16 00 
Hoes.14 50 @16 50 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 8 00 @12 00 
Lambs .17 00 @20 00 
PRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fancy, lb. 50 
Fairtogood. 44 
Chickens cm.'.ci* lu. 46 
Fair to Good. 35 
Fowls. 30 
Capons. 50 
Roosters. 27 
Ducks . 34 
Geese. 25 
Squabs, dox. 2 50 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best. 29 
Com. to good. 22 
Lambs, hot house, each. 6 00 
Pork, heavy. 15 
Light. 20 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 11 00 
Pea .. 7 00 
Medium . 7 75 
Red Kidney...14 00 
White Kidney,.15 00 
V’el low Kyn . 8 75 
Lima. California.12 50 
@ 52 
@ 48 
@ 48 
@ 42 
@ 40 
@ 62 
@ 28 
@ 41 
@ 31 
@13 00 
@ 30 
w 1 27 
@14 00 
@ 18 
@ 23 
@11 75 
@ 7 75 
@ 8 00 
@14 50 
@15 50 
@ 9 00 
@12 75 
FRUITS, 
Apples. Winesap,'bbl. 4 50 @8 00 
Albemarle. 4 00 @10 50 
York Imperial. 8 50 @ 650 
Greening.4 uo @1100 
King. 4 50 @ 8 00 
Baldwin. 4 50 @9 50 
Common. 2 00 @ 3 U0 
Rome Beauty,bu. box. 2 5u w 3 75 
Winesap, box. 2 50 <a 4 25 
Spit/., box.. 2 00 Ui 4 00 
Newtown, box..... 2 00 @ 3 25 
Delicious, box. 2 50 @4 75 
Oranges, box . 5 00 @ 8 25 
Lemons, box . 5 50 d 6 50 
Grape Fruit. 3 50 @ 5 00 
Cranberries, bbl. 6 00 @10 00 
Strawberries, qt. 65 @ 75 
POTATOES. 
Long Island. 180 lbs. 1 00 @11 00 
Maine. 165 lbs. 8 50 @9 25 
State. 180 lbs . 9 25 @ 9 75 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 2 00 @ 3 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Anise, bbl. 3 00 @ 3 50 
Beets, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Carrots, bbl. 4 50 @5 50 
Cabbage—ton .60 00 @ 80 00 
New, bu. bk...■ ....••«... 2 25 '4 2,5 
Lettuce, half bbl. basket. I 00 @ 2 50 
Onions. 100 lbs. 5 00 @ 7 00 
Squash, new.bu. 3 00 @ 5 U 0 
Old, bbl. 5 00 @ 6 110 
Kgs Plants, bu. 1 00 @6 00 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 2 00 *" 3 25 
Tomatoes. 6 -bkt. crate. 1 00 @ 5 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 2 00 ® 6 00 
Peppers, bu . 3 00 @ 8 00 
ltomalne.bu..... 150 @ 2 00 
Mushrooms, lb. 50 @ 65 
Spinach, bu.2 IK) @2 50 
Kale, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl.5 00 «o 8 00 
Garlic, lb. . 15 @ 25 
Peas, bu.. 9 00 @ 11 00 
Parsley, bbl. 2 00 @ 6 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton. 48 00 @52 00 
No. 2 .t 7 00 @49 00 
No. 3 . 44 00 @46 00 
Shipping. 40 00 @ 43 00 
Clover.mixed. 44 00 w50 0" 
Straw, Rye...30 00 @35 < 0 
611 
Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
MOVEMENT OF OLD VEGETABLES STILL 
HAMPERED BY TRANSPORTATION CON¬ 
DITIONS AND PRICE TREND IS STRONG 
I he effect, of a long, hard Winter is 
shown still in the slowness with which 
reserve supplies from producing sections 
are reaching the markets. Car shortage 
is still complained of in some sections. 
Ri'ices are irregular, differing consider¬ 
ably in various parts of the country, and 
there is more than the usual wide range 
between city and country quotations. 
POTATO STOCKS LIMITED 
As usual at this time of the year, po¬ 
tatoes are the leading feature. They 
comprise nearly one-third of the carlot 
shipments of the season. The market 
situation is critical as the Spring season 
opens, because nobody can tell what will 
happen when shipments can go forward 
without danger of freezing. Then it will 
soon appear whether there are potatoes 
enough to force prices down or whether 
there is a shortage, to be followed by still 
higher values. Last year there was quite 
a large reserve stock, tut. the market 
absorbed it well enough until the condi¬ 
tion of old stock became poor and new 
Southern stock appeared in quantity. Old 
potatoes are in lighter reserve supply 
this seasou. The crop was fifteen per 
ceut lighter, although the shortage was 
chiefly in the West. Shipments have 
been greater than for last season up to 
the middle of March. Losses from freez¬ 
ing were quite heavy. Evidently, the re¬ 
maining supply must be less than last 
season. On the other hand, it must be 
admitted that prices are high enough to 
attract all the available supplies for ship¬ 
ment. Last year iu the middle of March 
city wholesale prices for large lots were 
$1.50 to $2.10 per 100 lbs. in the Eastern 
markets and $1.05 to $1.90 in the West, 
while the present range is $4.8o to $0.10 
in the East and $5 to $5.50 in Western 
markets. 
FOREIGN SUPPLIES UNSATISFACTORY 
The high prices are.attracting potatoes 
even from Europe, but the imported stock 
is poorly graded aud of varieties not pop¬ 
ular in American markets. One lot of 
about 0,000 bushels from Denmark was 
refused on account of its diseased con¬ 
dition. Ndt euough foreign stock is in 
sight to affect the general market. 
.Southern potatoes will begin next 
mouth, but they are late this season and 
uo great amount of them is to be ex¬ 
pected until May aud June. Unless the 
old northern stock exceeds all calcula¬ 
tions, the remaining supply should work 
off fairly well before new potatoes fully 
occupy the markets. The most difficult 
time probably will be iu June when old 
potatoes become poor and new stock is 
ahundaut from Maryland and Yii'ginia. 
LIGHT RESERVES OF ONIONS 
The position of old onions is less doubt¬ 
ful. Nobody believes there is . any great 
supply left. There may be quite an 
amount remaining from the big California 
crop, of which 1.000 cars or more were 
reported stored in the East. Some of 
these holdings of old onions may be 
caught in a weak market when Texas 
onions become abundant next month. 
Eastern yellow onions range around 80 
per 100 lbs., compared with $3.25 to $4.25 
a year ago. Last year there was quite a 
sharp rise in the middle of March when 
the shortage of the Texas crop became 
known. The advance was quite well 
sustained for good stock throughout the 
rest of the season, ranging from $4 to 
85 iu April. No such rise is to be looked 
for this year. The Texas crop may be 
twice as large as a year ago. Old stock 
would be doing well to hold present val¬ 
ues, which are fifty per cent higher than 
last year and three times as high as two 
years ago. 
OLD CABBAGE DOING WELL 
In the middle of March last year old 
cabbage had started on its Spring rise of 
$35 per ton and reached $100 to $125 a 
mouth later. The jump was owing to the 
scarcity of long keeping stock and the 
light volume of selling shipments. Con¬ 
ditions do not indicate such an upward 
price movement this year. The price is 
already high at $75 to $100 per ton. and 
Southern shipments have been twice as 
heavy this spring as a year ago. Further 
advances in price might attract consider¬ 
able stock from Europe. 
APPLE VALUES FIRM 
Apples are selling a little higher. Top 
grades of Baldwins bring $8 to $9 and 
inferior lines $4 to $9. wholeesale. in 
leading markets. Both boxed and bar¬ 
relled apples are not far from the range 
of prices prevailing a year ago, when the 
keen demand from the recently opened 
foreign markets had lifted apple values 
here. g. b. f. 
“Well. Willie, are you very good to 
your little sister?” asked the frieud of 
the family. “Sure.” replied Willie. "I 
even eat her candy ’cause it always makes 
her sick.”—Philadelphia Record. 
“Well, doctor, do you think it is any¬ 
thing serious?” “Oh, not at all. It is 
merely a boil on the back of your neck, 
hut I would advise you to keep an eye on 
it.”—Credit Lost. 
