Ihc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 24, I'Cio 
\ 
Market News and 
Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
Potatoes still occupy the center of the 
market stage. Their course is upward, 
owing to light reserve supplies. There 
is no tendency as yet toward the heavy 
increase of shipments that often follows 
the coming of mild Spring weather. The 
railroad strikes have impeded movement 
greatly, but there are no signs that any 
large stocks are held anywhere. Maine 
still has a good many potatoes and fur¬ 
nishes about one-half of current ship¬ 
ments, and there are fair amounts in the 
Middle Northwest. Most other sections 
have no more than enough for local needs, 
and prices are as high in the West as 
in the East. New Florida potatoes are 
selling at fully double the prices of a 
year ago, exceeding $20 per barrel. Even 
the old stock at $6 to $S per 100 lbs. 
looks high compared with $2 to $2.50 a 
year ago, and still more so when viewed 
beside the prices below $1 for 100 lbs. 
in the Spring slump of 1915. Shipments 
compared with a year ago in the middle 
of April are one-third less. 
A few old onions are still coming from 
Massachusetts and New York, and sell¬ 
ing in city wholesale markets at $5 to 
$6. which is about $1 below the level of 
a few weeks ago. Quality now is not 
what it was, and the Texas and Egyptian 
onions are taking the edge off the market. 
Texas growers get $1 per crate of less 
than a bushel, and these crates bring 
$4.50 to $(? in the North. Egyptian 
onions are of good quality and are selling 
at $7 per 100 lbs. in Boston. Southern 
growers are doing well with onions this 
season, but not so well with cabbages, 
which were grown so extensively that 
they could not be shipped promptly, and 
nearly half the acreage in Texas is said 
to have burst and gone to seed on account 
of neglect and hot weather. It was 
risky business, anyway, to ship Southern 
truck North with the possibility that the 
cars would be tied up in Potomac yards 
or some other diversion point on account 
of inability to forward produce in the 
face of freight embargoes at so many 
points. 
Many markets record sharp advances 
in some lines of produce. Lines which 
were supplemented by cold storage stocks 
were in a somewhat different position. 
At last account no shortage in supplies 
of butter and eggs was anticipated in 
the large market centers, although stocks 
remaining in storage were much below 
those of a year ago. Meat supplies suffi¬ 
cient to last a week or more were re¬ 
ported on hand or on the way. Shippers 
of these commodities were somewhat un¬ 
settled by the situation and naturally 
hesitated to start cars from producing 
sections. G. b. f. 
Local Up-State Prices 
ROCHESTER 
Wheat, $2.40 to $2.45: corn, shelled, 
81.85 to $1.90: oats’, white. $1.16 to 
$1.17: rve. $1.75 to $1.80. 
ITay. ton. $27 to $32: straw, oat. $12 
to $14; wheat. $15: rye. $14. 
Beef, dressed, forequarters. 14 to 18c; 
hindquarters. 18 to 24c. 
Dressed hogs, light, lb., 21c; heavy, 
1814 to 19c: Spring lambs. 32 to 35c; 
yearling lambs. 25 to 28c: mutton, lb., 
16 to 23c; veal. lb.. 25 to 28c. 
Seeds, retail—Clover, large. $40; me¬ 
dium. $38 to 840: Timothy. $7 to $7.50; 
Alsike. $35 to $40; Alfalfa. $25 to .$28. 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl., $6 to $8; Kings, 
$7.50 to $8: Greenings. $9 to $10; fancy, 
bu, $2.75 to $3: No. 1. bu.. $2.25 to 
$2 50; ordinary, bu., $1.25 to $1.75. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand picked— 
Medium. $5.50: white marrow, $9; red 
marrow. $10; red and white kidney, $13: 
pea. $5: yellow eye. $7.50. 
Live fowls, lb.. 36 to 38c; live broilers, 
lb.. 35 to 37c: live ducks, lb.. 35 to 36c; 
live geese, lb.. 25c: live turkeys, lb., 40 
to 45c; eggs, fresh. 42 to 45c; retail, 50 
to 60c. 
Cabbage, per doz.. $1 to $1.50: per lb., 
4 to 5c: onions. No. 1. bu.. $2.25 to 
$2.50; ordinary. $1.25 to $1.75; pieplant, 
per doz. bunches. $1.25 to $1.50; potatoes, 
bu.. $3.50 to $3.60; parsnips, bu.. $1.50 
to $1.75; radishes, per doz. bunches, 45 
to 50c: vegetable oysters, per doz., 
bunches, 45 to 50c. 
BINGHAMTON 
Cabbage, lb.. 7c; potatoes, bu., $2.75 
to $3; radishes, doz.. 80c; per bu., $2.75 
to $3; apples, bu.. $3.50 to $4. 
Fowls, live.‘lb.. 38c: dressed, 44c; tur¬ 
keys. live. lb.. 48c: dressed, lb.. 58c: 
broilers, live, lb., 60c; ducks, dressed, lb.. 
42c; squabs, per pair. 80c. 
Cowhides, green, 17 to 22c; bull hides, 
green. 16c; horse hides, $8 to $10; calf 
skins. $2 to $7. 
JOHNSON CITY PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef. lb.. 12 to 33c; pork, lb., 18 to 
25c; pigs, each, $3.50 to $6; veal, lb., 
18 to 35c; bacon, lb.. 35c; ham, lb., 38 
to 40c. 
Fowls, live. lb.. 35c; dressed, lb.. 38c; 
ducks, dressed. Iff. 35c; eggs, doz., 50c; 
duck eggs. doz.. 65c; butter, lb.. 68c. 
Apples, bu., $1.50 to $3.50; beans, lb., 
10c; carrots. $1.10; cabbage, lb.. 6c; 
celery, head. 13 to 15c; lettuce, head, 6c; 
onions, pk„ 75c; potatoes, bu.. $2.50; 
pumpkins, each, 10 to 25c; squash, lb.. 
3c; turnips, bu.. 90c to $1; vinegar, gal., 
40c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Ducks, live, lb.. 50c; dressed. 60e; 
fowls, live. lb.. 53c; dressed, 60 to 65c; 
live rabbits, each, $1; dressed, lb.. 40c. 
Butter, dairy, lb.. 70 to 75c; eggs. 45 
to 50c: duck eggs. 65 to 70c. 
Beef, prime, sides. 10 to 13c; medium, 
8 to 10c: lamb. Iff, 26c; live pigs, each, 
$6; pork. lb.. 21c; veal, prime, lb., 23c; 
common, 15c. 
Apples, bu., $3 to $4: beans, dried, bu., 
$6; beets, bu.. $1.50; carrots, bu.. $1.25; 
cabbage, lb.. 5c; per head. 15c: onions, 
green, per bunch. 60c: per Up.. $3.25 to 
$3.75: potatoes, bu.. $3 to $3.50. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton. $35; hay, No. 1, 
$35; No. 2. $30 to $32; No. 3, $25 to 
$28; Timothy, $35 ; straw, rye, ton, $18; 
oats, ton, $20. 
Boston Markets 
BUTTER 
Northern creamery, extra, 70 to 7014c; 
Western creamery, extra. 69^ to 70c: 
Western firsts, 64 to 68c; renovated, 52 
to 53c; ladles. 44 to 45c; storage firsts, 
61 to 65c. 
EGGS 
Fancy hennery and nearby. 56 to 57c; 
Eastern extras, 52 to 54c; Western ex¬ 
tras. 50 to 51c: Western extra firsts, 4S 
to 49c; Western firsts. 46 to 47c; storage 
packed extra firsts. 47^4 to 4Sc; storage 
firsts, 4 dy 2 to 47c. 
PRESSED POULTRY 
Fowl. Northern. 45c: Western, 40 to 
44c; native squabs. $8 to $10 doz.; 
pigeons, $3.50 to $4 doz. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowl. 43 to 45c; Springs, 35 to 40c; 
cocks, 27 to 29c. 
APPLES 
Baldwins, No. 1. $6.50 to $9.50; No. 
2, $4 to $5; Northern Spy. $5 to $8 ; rus¬ 
sets, $4.50 to $8; Ben Davis. $3.50 to $5: 
bu. box Baldwins, extra fancy, $3.25 to 
$3.50; ordinary. $1.50 to $3; Western, 
box, $2.50 to $4. 
FRUITS 
Oranges, California, navels. $3.50 to 
$6.50 box : Florida, $4 to $7; cranberries, 
$1.50 to $2.75 crate; $5 to $8 bbl.: grape¬ 
fruit. $2.50 to $5 box; strawberries, 
Florida. 00 to 75c box; Louisiana, pints, 
25 to 35c; pineapples, $6.50 to $S.50 
crate. 
POTATOES 
Aroostook Green Mountains, Spauld¬ 
ings and Cobblers, table and seed use, 
$6.25 to $6.50 per 100 lbs. on track; 
sweet potatoes, $2.75 bskt. 
ONIONS 
Connecticut Valley, fancy. $5.50 to $7 
per 100-lb. bag; Spanish, $2 to $4 crate. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage. $5.50 to $6.50 bbl.; celery, 
white, $2 to $2.25 doz.: cucumbers. $6 to 
$13 bu. box ; lettuce. $2 to $2.50 bu. box; 
peppers. $8 to $9 crate; radishes, 75 to 
90c doz. box; spinach, Norfolks, $2.50 
to $4 bbl.; squash. 5 to 6c* lb.; tomatoes, 
hothouse. 50 to 60c lb.: beets, $1.75 to 
$2 bu. box; white turnips, $1.50 to $2 
bu. box; carrots. $1.75 to $2 bu. box; 
parsnips. $1.50 to $2 bu. box; yellow tur¬ 
nips, $2.75 to $3.50 bag: white cape tur¬ 
nips. $3 to $4 per 100-lb. bag: rhubarb. 
18 to 20c lb.: asparagus, California. 
$5.50 to $7.50 doz.: North Carolina, $5 
to $6.50. 
BEANS 
Carlots, per 100 lbs.: New York and 
Michigan pea beans. $7 to $7.50: Cali¬ 
fornia small white. $7 to $7.25; yellow 
eyes, extras. $10 to $10.50; fair to good. 
$8.50 to $9.50; red kidneys, choice, $14.50 
to $15; fair to good. $12 to $14; Cali¬ 
fornia dried Limas $12 to $13; Mada¬ 
gascar. $10.50 to $11 ; native green peas, 
$6.50 to $7; yellow peas, $6 to $6.50: 
jobbing prices, 25 to 50c above carlots. 
LAMBS 
Spring lambs. 36 to 40c; yearlings and 
mutton, 33 to 35c; veals, 10 to 25c. 
MAPLE PRODUCTS 
Syrup, $2.75 to $3 gal.; sugar, pails, 
30 to 33c lb.; bricks, 35 to 37c lb.; 2-oz. 
cakes, 42 to 44c. 
HAY 
Per ton. No. 1 Timothy, $45 to $46; 
No. 2 Timothy, $41 to $43; No. 2 
Eastern, $39 to $41; No. 3 hay. $35 to 
$37; clover mixed hay, $36 to $42; fine 
hay, $35 to $38; rye straw, $26 to $28; 
oat straw, $23: 
MILL FEED 
Per ton: Spring bran. $57.50 to 
$58.50; Winter bran. $57.50 to $58.50; 
middlings. $62 to $64 : mixed feed. $59.50 
to $62.50; red dog. $70.50; second clears. 
$71; gluten feed, $75.12; hominy feed. 
$05.90; stock feed. $04 to $68; oat hulls, 
reground. $40; cottonseed meal, $73.50 
to $77.50. 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER 
Fresh, solid-packed, fancy, high-scoring 
goods, 76 to 78c, the latter for jobbing 
sales; extras, 75c: extra firsts. 72 to 74c: 
firsts. 65 to 70c: seconds, 5S to 63c; 
sweet creamery, choice to fancy. 77 to 
79c; fair to good. 59 to 76c: ladle-packed, 
as to quality, 42 to 45c; packing stock, 
38 to 41c; fancy brands of nearby prints 
were jobbing at 83 to 85c; good to choice, 
75 to S2e; fair, 72 to 74c. 
FOGS 
Nearby first. 813.80 per case; do., cur¬ 
rent receipts. $13.65 per case; Western 
extra firsts. $13.65 per case; do., firsts, 
$13.50 per case; inferior lots lower; 
Southern, $12.60 per case; fancy, care¬ 
fully selected candled eggs were jobbing 
at 51 to 53c per doz. 
GREEN FRUITS 
Apples, per bbl.. as to quality, $4 to 
$9.50; do., per box. $1.50 to $4.50. 
Oranges. Florida, per box. $4.50 to $9.35; 
do., California, per box. $3.65 to $7.30. 
Grapefruit, Florida, per box, $1.65 to 
$3.80. Strawberries, Florida, per qt., 40 
to 60c. 
VEGETABLES 
White potatoes, per 100 lbs.. $8; sweet 
potatoes, Southern, per hamper. $1 to 
$2.50; do.. Jersey, per bkt., 75c to $2. 
Cabbage, Florida, per hamper, $1.25 to 
$2.75; do., per bbl.-crate, $3 to $4.25. 
Onions, per 100-lb. sacks, yellow, $8 to 
$10. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, fancy, 50 to 55c; exceptional 
lots higher; do., medium, 47 to 49c; in¬ 
ferior, 44 to 46c; broiling chickens, fancy, 
soft-meated. weighing 1% to 2 lbs. 
apiece. 65 to 70c: Spring chickens, aver¬ 
age. soft-meated. 44 to 45c; do., inferior. 
40 to 42c*; staggy young roosters. 30 to 
32c: old roosters, 25 to 26c. Ducks, 
White Pokings. 44 to 46c: do., Indian 
Runner. 42 to 43c; do.. Muscovy. 30 to 
32c. Turkeys, 40 to. 45c. Pigeons, per 
pair, 50 to 55c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls. fresh-killed, dry-picked. in 
boxes—Weighing 4 lbs. and over apiece, 
43c; weighing 314 lbs. apiece. 40 to 41c; 
weighing 3 lbs.. 36 to 38c. Fowls, fresh- 
killed. in bids., dry-picked, weighing 4 
lbs. and over apiece. 42 1 / 4c weighing 3% 
lbs., 39 to 40c ; weighing 3 lbs., 35 to 37c. 
Old roosters, dry-picked, 30c. 
BALED HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy hay. as to location : No. 1, 
none here: No. 2. $42 to $43; No. 3. $39 
to $41; sample, $32 to $33; no grade, 
$2S to $30. f'lover mixed hay—Light 
mixed, $42 to $43; No. 1 mixed, $39 to 
$41. Straw—No. 1 straight rye. $20; 
No. 2, do.. $18 to $19; No. 1 tangled rve, 
$18 to $18.50; No. 2. do.. $17 to $17.50; 
No. 1 wheat straw, $17 to $17.50; No. 2. 
do.. $15 to $15.50; No. 1 oat straw, 817 
to $17.50; No. 2 do.. $15 to $15.50. 
BRAN 
Carlots. to arrive, including sacks. 
Western soft Winter bran. $60 to $60.50; 
Spring bran, in 100-lb. sacks, $55.50 to 
$60. 
Buffalo Markets 
Still the cold Weather, holding back not 
only fruits to their advantage, but early 
vegetables to their harm and the increase 
of cost to the consumer. Instead of va¬ 
rious sorts of produce coming down, if 
there is any change it is mostly upward. 
Potatoes are up to a prohibitory figure in 
most families, much more than offsetting 
the slight drop in Florida tomatoes and 
cauliflower. Butter and poultry are most¬ 
ly higher, but a rush of eggs has brought 
them down. Quotations: 
RUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, higher. Creamery, 66 to 72c; 
dairy, 55 to 64c; crocks, 50 to 62c; com¬ 
mon, 40 to 42c; oleomargarine. 29 to 33c. 
Cheese, dull; daisies. 30 to 32c; flats. 30 
to 31c; long horns, 33 to 34c; Swiss. 40 
to 60c. Eggs, only steady; hennery. 48 
to 50c; State and Southern, candled. 45 
to 46c; storage, 43 to 44c. 
POULTRY 
Live poultry, strong, unchanged; fowl, 
40 to 47c; chickens, 37 to 3Se; roosters. 
25 to 28c; ducks. 45 to 50c; geese, 28 to 
30c. Dressed poultry, higher; turkeys, 
54 to 56c: capons. 48 to 5(>c; fowls. 32 
to 44c; chickens, 35 to 40c; ducks, 40 to 
42c; geese, 28 to 30c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, steady; rede, bu., $1.75: greens. 
$1.50 to $3: common. 81 to $1.25; named 
sorts, bbl., $6.50 to $9. Potatoes, firm, 
scarce; bu., $3.50 to $4; sweets, Jersey 
hamper, $2.Si> to $3; no Bermudas. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, easy; kidney, cwt.. $12 to 
$13.50; marrow. $10.50 to $11.50: pea 
and medium. $7.25 to $7.50. Onions, 
steadier; yellow, cwt.. $6 to $6.25: home¬ 
grown. $4.50 to $5.50; Spanish, crate, $2 
to $2.25. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS 
Strawberries, none. Pineapples, crate 
of 30. $8.75 to $9 ; oranges, box, $6.50 to 
$7.50; lemons, $4.50 to $7.50; grapefruit. 
$3.50 to $5; bananas, bunch. $4 to $7.50; 
Malaga grapes, keg. $9 to $15. 
Vegetables 
Vegetables, firmed by switchmen’s 
strike and bad weather. Asparagus, doz. 
bunches. $6 to $9: radishes. 50 to 60c; 
watercress. 60 to 65c; carrots, bu., $1 to 
$2; parsnius. $1.50 to $2.50; spinach. 
$1.25 to $1.75; white turnips. $*2 to 
$2.50; cabbage, Florida hampers $2.50 to 
$3: Texas, cwt., $4.50 to $5; cauliflower 
crate, $2.50 to $3.50; celery, Florida! 
crate, $4.50 to $5.50; tomatoes, Florida, 
crate, $3.50 to $4.50; cucumbers, doz.! 
$2.50 to $3.25; lettuce, hothouse, box. 
$1.25 to $2.25 ;• pieplant. California, box. 
$5 to $5.50; yellow turnip, bbl., $2.50 to 
$3. 
SWEETS 
Maple sugar, dull; lb.. 30 to 38c; syrup, 
gal.. $2.75 to $2.85; honey, dull; white, 
lb., 35 to 40c; dark, 30 to 33c. 
Feed 
Hay, higher; Timothy, baled, track. 
$34 to $36; clover mixed. $32 to $34; 
wheat bran. ton. $54.50; middlings, $59; 
red dog. $69; cottonseed meal. $73; oil- 
meal. $60; hominy, $63; gluteu, $72.25; 
oat feed, $38; rye middlings, $60. 
J. w. c. 
New York Quotations 
NEW YORK. APRIL 16. 1920 
Strike conditions have been much worse. 
Teamsters who haul produce from car and 
dock to store have added their mite to 
the general peck of trouble. One of tin* 
leaders of this teamsters’ strike is said to 
have remarked that they were now going 
to tie the farm produce business up 
“tighter than h-and that a million 
dollars’ worth of perishable produce 
would be spoiled if their demands for in¬ 
creased wages were not now granted. The 
drivers, who got $29 per week, wanted 
$33. and the porters handling the goods, 
getting $32, asked $36 per week. The 
strike was settled quickly by giving the 
men the increase. 
In many lines there has been but little 
business done, so that many of the quo¬ 
tations do not represent very recent sales, 
but were the last available. 
New York, for April, $2.55 per 100 lbs. 
for 3 per cent milk at points 200 to 210 
miles from the city, with 4c per 100 addi¬ 
tional for every tenth of 1 per cent butter- 
fat over 3. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
. 75 
@ 
7B 
Good to Choice . 
. 70 
@ 
74 
Lower Grades. 
. 58 
@ 
62 
Storage, best. 
84 
@ 
65 
Fair to good. 
. 58 
& 
62 
City made. 
49 
Dairy, best . 
. 72 
73 
Common to good . 
60 
@ 
70 
Packing Stock. 
44 
CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, fancy . 
30 
i» 
31 
Good to cbolce. 
.. 28W @ 
29 W 
Skims, best. 
@ 
20 
Fair to good. 
. 14 
@ 
16 
EGGS 
White, nearby, choice to fauoy. 
. 54 
@ 
55 
Medium to good. . 
. 48 
« 
52 
Mixed colors, nearby heat. 
@ 
50 
Common to good. 
@ 
43 
Gathered, best, white. 
@ 
54 
Medium to good, mixed colors .. 
. 44 
@ 
49 
Lower grades. 
. 38 
@ 
42 
Duck eggs... 
@ 
70 
Goose eggs. 
. 90 
ra l oo 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers.. 
.16 00 
@17 
00 
Balls . 
.10(10 
@13 
50 
Cows. ... 
4 75 
@14 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 
25 00 
@30 00 
Culls. 
.20 (1(1 
@23 00 
Hogs. 
@17 
00 
Sheep. 100 lbs.. 
. 9 00 
@13 00 
Lambs . 
.20 00 
@21 
|5 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice lb. 
. 46 
& 
50 
Fair to Good. 
. 35 
& 
42 
howls. . 
30 
« 
40 
Capons. 
<§> 
55 
21) 
. 28 
(it 
@ 
34 
Geese. 
. 25 
® 
31 
Squabs, doz..... 
3 00 
@12 
00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best. 
32 
@ 
33 
Com. to good. 
22 
@ 
Lambs, hot bouse, each . 
15 00 
@18 0" 
Pork, heavy. 
15 
(a- 
IN 
Light. 
20 
@ 
22 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
.10 00 
@1135 
Pea. 
. 7 00 
@ i 
50 
Medium .. . 
. 7 00 
ffl 7 
50 
Bed Kidney. . 
.14 00 
@15 00 
Wbite Kidney . . 
.15 00 
@15 50 
Lima. California. 
. 11 50 
@11 
• 5 
FRUITS. 
Apples. Wlnesap, bbl. .. . 
* Albemarle. 
. 5 00 
. 5 (10 
.4 00 
Baldwin. 
. 4 50 
Rome Beauty.bu. box. 
. 2 50 
Wlnesap, box. 
. 2 50 
* Newtown, box. 
.2 00 
Oranges, box . 
...... li 50 
Lemons, box ... 
. 4 50 
Grape Fruit... 
. 3 00 
Strawberries, qt.. 
POTATOES. 
Old. ISO lbs. O 00 
Bermuda bbl...*20 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt... - 00 
@ s so 
© 10 (III 
I'd 8 50 
@ 9 50 
(« 3 75 
«e 4 75 
@ 3 25 
@ 8 2ft 
rtf I) 50 
(ft 5 00 
(dill 00 
@ 1 00 
ft 15 1)0 
@28 011 
& 4 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus doz. bundles. 
Beets, bbl. 
Carrots, bbl... 
Cabbage—old bbl . 
New. bu. bit. 
Lettuce, balf-bbl. basket. 
Onions. 100 lbs. 
Squash. new,bu. 
Egg Plants, bu. 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 
Peppers, bu... 
Komaine. bu. 
Mushrooms, lb.... 
Spinach, bbl . .. 
5 00 @11 00 
3 00 @ 5 00 
3 00 @ 4 00 
•2 00 @ 4 00 
2 5(1 iii 3 50 
300 @13 00 
4 00 @ 8 00 
4 00 @7 00 
2 00 @7 00 
*2 00 (it . 3 23 
1 DO @5 00 
4 00 @8 00 
10 00 @ 1500 
4 00 @ 9 oo 
2 00 @4 00 
35 @ "0 
2 60 @5 51 ’ 
