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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 27, 1020 
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Countrywide Produce Situation 
HIGH PRICES AND RESTRICTED MOVEMENT 
STILE PREVAIL 
Prices have held up remarkably in view 
of the fairly large total supplies. Ship¬ 
ments of leading varietie of fruits and 
vegetables are now fully 1,000 cars per 
day, yet prices have moved up rather 
than down the past few weeks. The 
strong buying' power may be accounted 
for by the high wages and general pross- 
perity which enable consumers to use 
freely and more or less regardless of 
prices. 
SHIPMENTS LIKELY T<> INCREASE SOON 
Much of the increased supply is of the 
southern truck crops. Northern vegeta¬ 
bles have been kept back on account of 
bad weather and roads. Holders are 
glad to sell at these prices and are haul 
ing the produce over drifted roads to the 
Stations. Cars are still scarce, but com¬ 
mon freight cars are beginning to be used, 
and probably shipments will increase 
(rapidly with the arrival of mild weather 
so long as prices hold fairly well. .Po¬ 
tatoes advanced to around $5 per 100 
lhs. at stations in producing sections and 
averaged about $5.50 in the largest cities. 
Prices east and west are about the same. 
It appears as if supplies would be suffi¬ 
cient for the rest of the season, but some¬ 
what less than came forward last spring. 
Keeping quality so far has been good. 
ONIONS AND CABBAGE HIGH 
Supplies of onions are evidently very 
light. Prices exceed $0 per 100 lbs. in 
most markets for large sound stock. In¬ 
dications point to liberal planting the 
coming seasou. Southern production 
has considerably more than doubled since 
last year and shipments will be largest 
on record if the growing crop meets favor¬ 
able conditions, but there will be little of 
the old Southern crop left when the 
Texas, California and Louisiana onions 
arrive in quantity. 
Old cabbage is nearly out of market. 
A few cities still quote moderate quanti¬ 
ties and at prices which show recovery 
from the recent declines, the general range 
being $75 to $100 per ton in bulk. New 
cabbage supplies most of the markets. 
Shipments of ol stock are only about 
one-fifth of those arriving at the corre¬ 
sponding time last year, hut shipments 
of new stock are more than double those 
of a year ago. so the total cabbage sup¬ 
ply is about the sain > as at that time. 
MANY APPLES YET TO BE SOLD 
Apple prices have shown a rather sur¬ 
prising tendency to strengthen. Many of 
the other figure ;• bearing upon the situa¬ 
tion are not encouraging. Stocks re¬ 
maining in storage are much larger 
than last year at this time and they have 
been coming out. slowly the last month. 
E::port demand does not amount to much. 
Considerable of the apple stocks were put 
into storage in the hopes of shippin 
them to foreign markets with a good 
profit, but many export shipments have 
shown losses rather than net gains. Best 
lots of top grade Baldwins have exceeded 
$9 per barrel in a number o markets and 
such grades advanced at least 50c per 
barrel during March, but there was 
little gain in values of the lower grade 
stock, including poor color, misshapen, or 
overripe lots. g. b. f. 
New York Quotations 
NEW YORK, MARCH 19, 1920. 
MILK PRICES. 
New York, for March. $3.96 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. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, fanoy lb. 
Common to good 
Packing Stock. 
CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, fanoy 
EGGS. 
Medium to good 
I.ower grades 
Duck eggs. 
Goose eggs . 
LIVE STOCK. 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 
Sheep. 100 lbs . 
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LIVE POULTRY. 
Market firm on all good to choice stock. 
Sales are reported at: Fowls, 45 to 46c; 
chickens, 30 to 35c; roosters. 24c; tur¬ 
keys, 40 to 45c; ducks, 33 to 50c; geese, 
20 to 22c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fancy, lb. 51 @ 55 
Fair to good. H @ 48 
Chickens choice lb. 46 & 48 
Fair to Good. 35 @ 42 
Fowls. 30 @ 40 
Capons. 50 @ 62 
Roosters. 27 @ 28 
Ducks . 34 @ 41 
Geese. 25 @ 31 
Squabs, doz. 2 50 @1100 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best . 28 @ 30 
Com. to good. 22 & 27 
Lambs, hot house, each. 6 00 @14 00 
Pork, bea”v. 15 @ 18 
Light. 20 @ 23 
3EANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 10 50 @1150 
Pea... 7 00 @7 75 
Medium .. . 7 50 @ 7 78 
Red Kidney.1« 00 @1 50 
White Kidney.15 00 @15 50 
Yellow Eye. 8 75 ® 0 00 
Lima. California.11.75 @12 00 
FRUITS. 
Apples. Winesap,'bbl. 4 i @9 00 
Albemarle. 1 00 @ 9 50 
York Imperial...3 ' @5 50 
Greening. 4 00 @1000 
King. <1 50 @ 8 00 
Baldwin. 4 50 @8 00 
Common. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Rome Beauty, bu. box. 2 50 @ 3 50 
Wlnesap, box. 2 50 @ 4 25 
Spitz, box. 2 00 @ 3 50 
Newtown, box. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Delicious, box. 2 50 @4 75 
Oranges, box . 6 50 @ 8 25 
Lemons, box . 5 50 @ 6 50 
Grape Fruit. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Cranberries, bbl. 0 00 @10 00 
Strawberries, qt. . 65 @ 75 
POTATOES. 
Long Island. 180 lbs.10 00 @11 00 
Maine, 1651bs. .. 8 50 @9 00 
State, 180 lbs. '.hiu @ 9 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 2 00 @3 00 
VEGETABLES. 
Anise, bbl. 5 00 @6 00 
Beets, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Carrots, bbl. 3 50 @4 00 
Cabbage—ton.75 00 ® 95 00 
New. bu. bk. 2 75 @ 3 25 
Lettuce, tialf-bbl. basket. 100 @2 50 
Onions. 100 lbs. 5 00 @7 00 
Squash, new,bu. 3 00 @5 00 
Old, bbl. 5 00 @ 5 50 
Egg Plants, bu. 100 @ 6 00 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 25 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. 1 00 @4 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 2 00 @6 00 
Peppers, bu. 4 00 @ 7 00 
Komaine. bu. 1 50 @ 2 25 
Mushrooms, lb. 45 @ 55 
Spinach, bu. 2 25 © 3 00 
Kale, bbl. 3 00 @3 25 
Chicory and Esearol, bbl. 5 00 @8 00 
Garlic, lb. 15 @ 25 
Peas, bu. . 5 50 @ 6 50 
Parsley, bbl. 2 00 @6 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy. No 1. ton. 48 00 @4900 
No. 2. 43 00 @16 00 
No. 3 . 39 00 @42 00 
Shipping. 36 00 @40 00 
Clover.mixed.40 00 @45 00 
Straw, Rye.28 00 @30 80 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter, lb. 72 to 74c 
Eggs, doz...60 to 75c 
Fowls, lb. 45 to 50c 
Bacon, lb. 40 to 50c 
Roasting beef, lb. 25 to 45c 
Ham, lb. 35 to 40c 
Fork loins, lb. 30 to 35c 
Tripe, lb. 16c 
Lamb Chops, lb. 50 to 60c 
Potatoes, lb. 7 to Sc 
Apples, doz. 30 to 75c 
Sweet potatoes, lb. 10 to 12c 
Onions, lb. 10 to 12c 
Lettuce, head . 10 to 15c 
Cabbage, head. 15 to 30c 
GRAIN AND FEED. 
Following are current cash wholesale 
prices reported at New York : Wheat. No. 
2 red. $2.50: No. 1 Northern Spring, 
$3.05: corn, No. 2 yellow, $1.84; oats. 
No. 3 white, $1.04; rye, $1.94; barley, 
$1.65; city bran, $52; middlings. $56 to 
$59; oat feed. $32; rye middlings. $53; 
cottonseed meal. $74.50; linseed meal, 
$73.50. 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER. 
Best prints, 77 to 78c: tub, fancy, 70 to 
72c: good to choice, 64 to 67c; packing 
stock, 35 to 37c. 
EGGS. 
Best nearby. 54 to 56; gathered, good 
to choice. 45 to 50c; lower grades. 40 to 
43e. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls. 40 to 47c; roosters, 25 to 26c; 
ducks. 40 to 40e ;turkeys, 40 to 45c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best 58 to 59c; common to 
good, 50 to 55c; fowls, 33 to 40c; roos¬ 
ters. 28 to 29c : broilers. 50 to 60c; ducks, 
30 to 33c: geese. 27 to 33c; capons, 48 to 
59c. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. 100* lbs.. $5 to $5.30: cab- 
bagee, old, ton, $90 to $110: new, bu. bkt., 
$2.50 to $3; onions, 100 lbs., $4 to $6.50. 
FRUITS. 
Apples, bbl.. $4 to $9: box, $2 to $4: 
cranberries, bbl., $4 to $7; strawberries, 
qt., 65c to 85c. 
IIAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy. No. 2, $42 to $44: No. 
to 841 : i 1 ver, mixed, $40 to $44, 
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