The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
991 
Market News 
and Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
POTATOES SCARCE. WHILE ONIONS ARE 
CHEAP AND PLENTIFUL 
Most of the old potato territory seems 
to be nearly cleaned up. If there were 
large supplies anywhere the high prices 
would have brought them into sight. 
Some sections have sold out so closely 
that they were short of seed stock. Some 
potato regions are planting less and some 
are expecting last season’s area. The 
South is keeping up planting area fairly 
well. Labor supply have given less trou¬ 
ble there than elsewhere. 
There is a good potato acreage in Vir¬ 
ginia. and the supply from that section 
will tend to bring down the cost in a few 
weeks. There may be quite a drop from 
the recent price of $16 per barrel and 
still leave the markets in fair shape for 
the early Southern potatoes. 
Sweet potatoes bring about, the same 
as old white stock. It is reported offi¬ 
cially that the decay and shrinkage of 
sweet potatoes equals about half the 
stock that is stored by the ordinary 
methods, while the potatoes stored in the 
best type of storehouses suffer not over 
two per cent waste. The present loss 
from waste is evidently not less than 25 
million bushels in n full crop year. If 
Southern producers were to adopt gener¬ 
ally the most efficient type of storehouses 
the saving in waste alone will add con¬ 
siderably to the competition of sweet 
potatoes with the white stock in Northern 
markets. Maine is still shipping about 
100 cars per day. some of them probably 
Canadian stock originally. Potatoes are 
selling not far from $7 per 100 pounds 
in most States. 
OLD STOCKS CLEANING UP 
The long cool Spring has helped clean 
up old apple stocks, too. Consumers use 
apples freely in cold weather, especially 
when there is little other fruit on the 
market. Best barrel stock from cold 
storage range from $8 to $10. Ordinary 
stock ranges lower, down to $5, and some 
fancy stock, like Northern Spy, reached 
$12 in some markets. Best grade standard 
varieties Western box apples have been 
selling at $4 to $5. The export trade has 
been fairly active in March and April, 
helping to dispose of the large surplus of 
Western fruit, but exports for the season 
have been not much over one-half the 
usual movement in normal seasons. It 
may he a long time before Europe re¬ 
covers the old place in buying fruit. 
SLUMP IN ONION VALUES 
Texas onions experienced quite a sharp 
decline from the opening of the season, 
dropping about $2 a crate in some cities 
of the Southwest and ranging not far 
from $3 in the East. They have been 
selling lately at about half the price of 
new Texas potatoes. Supplies of onions 
are about twice as great as last year. 
Apparently the public is willing to pay 
almost any price for white, potatoes, while 
other vegetables have a limited sale and 
price; thus potatoes are at present rela¬ 
tively higher than onions, carrots, par¬ 
snips and the like, while in most seasons 
potatoes have sold lower than these other 
vegetables. Most farmers can remember 
when a bushel of onions were expected to 
sell for as much as two bushels of pota¬ 
toes, but that is not the only old standard 
that reverses itself occasionally under the 
present conditions. G. B. F. 
Local Up-State Prices 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime sides. Id to 17c; medium, 
lie; lamb. lb.. 26c; live pigs, each. $6; 
pork, lb.. 2114c; veal, prime, lb., 24c; 
Common. 21c. 
Ducks, live. lb.. 40c; dressed, 55 to 60c; 
fowls, live. lb.. 45 to 50c; dressed, 60c: 
live rabbits, each. $1; dressed, lb.. 45c; 
day-old chicks. 30c. 
Butter, lb.. 65 to 75c; eggs, 50 to 55c; 
wholesale. 48c: duck eggs, 65c. 
Beans, bu., $7.50; per qt.. 25c; beets, 
bu.. $1.25; carrots, bu., $1.25 to $1.50; 
eabbage plants, doz., 25c; lettuce, bunch, 
7c; onions, green, doz. bu.. 25 to 30c; 
dry. per bu., $5; parsley, doz. bu.. 60c; 
parsnips, bu.. $1.50: potatoes, bu.. $2.50 
to $4.25; radishes, box. bu.; 60c; rhu¬ 
barb, doz.. bu., 35 to 75c; turnips, bu., 
$1 : apples, bu., $3 to $3.50. 
Honey, No. 1. per cap. 35c; light, ex¬ 
tracted, pt.. 55c; horseradish, grated, bot¬ 
tle. 15 to 25c; roots per lb.. 10c; maple 
Lvrup. gal.. $3.50; popcorn, bu.. $2. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton. $35 to $36; straw, 
rye, ton. $18; oat. $20. 
ROCHESTER PUBLIC MARKET 
Fowls, live, lb., 42c: broilers, live. 1 
•«■> to 37c; ducks, live. lb.. 35 to 36 
Reese, live. lb.. 25c; turkeys, live, lb.. 
to loo; eggs. 45 to 50c. 
Beans, hand-picked, per 100 lbs., rr 
dium. $5.50; white marrow. $0; red mt 
rw. $10; red and white kidney, $13; pt 
•K>: yellow eye, $7.50. 
• Beets, green, bu.. $1.75 to $2; carro 
-M oO to $1.75; horseradish, lb.. 
".-3c; lettuce, doz. heads, 75 to 90 
onions, green, doz., bu.. 20 to 25c; i 
<1°z. bu.. 75 to 00c: potatoes, b 
4 -)'-a to $4.75; parsnips, bu.. $2.25 
radishes, doz. bu.. 25 to 35c: vt 
: Oysters, doz. bu.. 45 to 50c; watt 
dess, doz. bu., 30 to 35c. 
Apples, Ben Davis, bu., $2.25 to $2.75; 
common, bu., $1.50 to $2. 
Hides. No. 1, steers. 18c; No. 2, 17c; 
cows and heifers, No. 1, 18c; No. 2. 17c; 
bulls andi stags, ,1b., 15c; borsehides, 
each, 08 to $10; sheep skins, each. $2 to 
$3; wool, unwashed, medium, 40 to 45e; 
line fleeced. 50 to 55c. 
.TOnNSON CITY PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef. lb.. 12 to 33c; pigs, each, $5 to 
$6 pork, 18 to 25c; ham, lb., 40c; veal, 
lb.. 18 to 40c. 
Butter, lb.. 70c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; 
cream, qt.. 80c; cottage cheese, lb., 10c; 
milk, qt., 9c. 
Chickens, live. lb.. 35c; dressed, lb., 
42c: ducks, dressed, lb.. 40c; fowls, live 
lb., 35c; dressed, lb., 42c; turkeys, live, 
lb.. 45c; dressed, 50c-; rabbits, dressed, 
30c. 
Apples, bu.. $1.50 to $2.50; beets, bu., 
$1.25; beans, lb.. 10c; carrots, bu.. $1.15; 
cabbage, lb.. 10c; celery, per head. 13 to 
15c; dandelion greens, peek. 40c; lettuce, 
three bu.. 25c; onions, pk.. 75c; potatoes, 
per pk.. 90c; rhubarb, lb., 10c; turnips, 
bu.. 90c to $1. 
Buckwheat flour, lb.. 6c; hickory nuts, 
qt., 23c; pickles, doz., 20c; maple syrup, 
gal., $3; vinegar, gal., 40c. d. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
„ BUTTER 
Northern creamery, extra. 62 to 62 %e; 
western creamery, extras, 61% to 65c; 
western firsts, 59 to 61c; renovated, 52 to 
53c; ladles, 44 to 45c. 
CHEESE 
Fresh, choice. 28 to 28%c: firsts. 23 to 
27c : held extras, 31 to 31%e; firsts, 26 
to 30c; seconds, 20 to 24c; skims, 5 to 
15c. 
EGGS 
Fancy hennery and nearby, 57to 58c; 
eastern extras, 52 to 54c; western ex¬ 
tras. 50 to 51c; western extra firsts. 4S 
to 49c; western firsts, 46 to 47%c; stor¬ 
age packed extra firsts. 49 to 49%c-; stor¬ 
age firsts, 47% to 4S%c 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Northern fowl. 45 to 46c; western ice 
packed large fowls, 43 to 44c; medium, 
41 to 42c: small, 33 to 35c: native souabs 
$6 to o$S doz; pigeons, $3.50 to $4 doz. 
$6 to $8 doz.; pigeons. $3.50 to $4 doz. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowl. 40 to 42c: broilers, 70 to 75c; 
old roosters, 26 to 28c. 
ONIONS 
Egyptian, $7 bag; New Texas. $2.75 
to $3 cwt. 
POTATOES 
Aroostook, Green Mts. $7.25 to $7.50 
per 100 lbs. on track; cobblers, $7.25 to 
$7.50; P E I. $7; new Florida. $20 to 
$22 bid ; sweet potatoes, $3 to $3.50 bkt. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage. $2_to $5.50 ert: celery, white, 
$2.50 to $2.75; doz.; cucumbers. $4 to 
$10 bu. box; lettuce. $2 to $2.50 bu. box; 
peppers. $6 to $8 ert: radishes. 50 to 60c. 
doz. bunches; spinach, Norfolk, $3 to $4 
bbl; Baltimore. $1.50 basket : squash 6 to 
8c lb; tomatoes, hothouse.. 50 to 60c lb.; 
beets, $1.75 to $2.25 bu. box ; white tur¬ 
nips. $1.50 to $2 bu. box; carrots, $2.50 
to $3.50 bu. box : parsnips, $1 to $1.50 
bu. box; yellow turnips, $2.75 to $4 bag; 
white cape turnips, $3 to $4 per 100-lb. 
bag; rhubarb. 6 to Sc lb.: asparagus, $2 
to $2 doz.; string beans, $1.50 to $3. 
APPLES 
Baldwins. No. 1, $6.50 to $9.50; No. 2. 
$4 to $5; Northern Spies. $5 to $8; rus¬ 
sets. $4.50 to $8; Beu Davis, $4 to $6: 
Stark. $4 to $6; bu. box Baldwins, $3 
to $5; western box, $3.50 to $4.50. 
MAPLE PRODUCTS 
Syrup. $2.75 to $3.25 gal.: sugar, pails, 
30 to 35c lb.; bricks, 37 to 38c lb.; 2- oz. 
cakes, 42 to 45c. 
HAY 
Per ton ; No. 1 Timothy. $48 to $49; 
No. 2 Timothy. $42 to $45; No. 2 Eastern 
$40 to $41; No. 3 hay. $36 to $38: clo¬ 
ver mixed hay. $38 to $42: fine hay. $36 
to $39; rye straw, $27 to $2S; oat straw 
$23 to $24. 
MILLFEED 
Per ton, spring bran. $63 to $64; 
Winter bran. $64 to $65; middlings. $66 
to_$70; mixed feed. $64 to $68; red dog 
$75; second clears. $89; gluten feed. 
875.12: hominy feed. $72.40; stock feed. 
$70; oat hulls. $52; cottonseed meal 
$73.50 to $76.50. 
Buffalo Markets 
The situation changes but slowly. 
From the reports coming in from the 
farms one would be pretty nearly con¬ 
vinced that there is to be no Summer de¬ 
cline in anything and that if the Fall 
crops are gathered at all the shops will 
have to be closed to do it. Butter is 
about all that has declined materially, 
with rhubarb, lettuce and strawberries 
dowu slightly. Potatoes are slightly 
higher. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, lower on heavy receipts; cream¬ 
ery. 58 to 66c: dairy. 54 to 60c; crocks, 
50 to 58c; common, 38 to 42c: oleomar¬ 
garine. 29 to 33c. Cheese, unsettled; 
daisies, 32 to 33c; flats. 29 to 31c; long 
horns, 33 to 34c; Swiss. 40 to 55c. Eggs 
higher; hennery. 47 to 50c; state and 
Western, 46 to 48c. 
POULTRY 
Poultry, light trade, steady; live, fowl, 
34 to 38c; chickens. 33 to 36c; roosters, 
25 to 26c; ducks, 40 to 42c; geese. 22 to 
25c. Dressed poultry, not much but 
frozen offered; turkeys, 54 to 5Se; fowl, 
32 to 43c; chickens. 36 to 43c; roosters, 
25 to 26c: ducks, 38. to 40e; geese, 30 
to 33c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, firm, mostly higher; choice, all 
colors,' bu.. $3.25 to $3.50; common. $1.75 
to $2; named sorts, bbl.. $10 to $10.50; 
northwestern bu. box, $4 to $4.50. Po¬ 
tatoes, strong; fair to fancy, bu., $4 to 
$4.50: Florida, bbl., $13 to $18; sweets, 
bu., $4.25 to $4.50. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, quiet; kidneys, cwt., $12 to $14 ; 
marrows. $11 ro _$12; pea and medium, 
$7.50 to $8. Onions, easier; fancy yel¬ 
low. cwt., $8 to $8.50; home grown, bu., 
$4.50 to 85.50; Texas, crate, $3 to $3.25. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS 
Strawberries, better quality, lower; 
fancy, 24-qt crate, $11 to $11.50; re¬ 
tailing at 45 to 50c qt.; oranges, easy; 
Calif., box. $6_ to $9; Floridas, $8 to 
$10; lemons. $5 to $6; grapefruit. $5 to 
$7.50; pineapples, crate. $8 to $9; ba¬ 
nanas, bunch. $4 to $7.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, light receipts, fair demand ; 
asparagus, doz. bunches. $5 to $9 ; green 
onions, 20 to 30c; pieplant, 50 to 75c: 
radishes. 20 to 40c: beans, wax and 
green, hamper. $4 to $6; cucumbers. Fla. 
hamper. $7 to $7.25: carrots, bu., $2.50 
to $.1.(5: parsnips. $2 to $2.75; spinach. 
Texas. _$1.25 to $2; rutabagas, $1.50 
to $1.7?>: white turnips. $1.50 to $2.25; 
celery. Fla., crate. $7 to $7.25; tomatoes, 
Fla., crate, $3 to $5. 
SWEETS 
Honey, dull; white, lb.. 35 to 40c; dark, 
-.0 to 32c; maple sugar, lb., 30 to 38c; 
syrup, gal., $2.50 to $2.75. 
FEED 
Hay, steady: bulk timothv. ton $36 
to $38: clover mix. $35 to $36; wheat 
bran. ton. car lots. $59; middlings. 
862.50: red dog. $72.50; cottonseed meal 
8(3; oil meal. $66; hominv. $69; gluten, 
$72.25; oat feed. $48; rye middlings. $60. 
J. w. c. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
Rutter 
Fresh, solid-packed creamery, fancy 
high-scoring goods. 62 to 64c; the latter 
for jobbing sales; extras. 61c; extra firsts. 
57 to 5Sc: seconds, 53 to 56c: sweet 
creamery, choice to fancy, 63 to 65c: 
ordinary to good. 55 to 62c: ladle-packed, 
as to quality. 43 to 45c; packing stock. 
37 to 40c: fancy brands of nearby prints 
were jobbing at 70 to 72c; good to choice, 
62 to 69c; fair. 5t >to 61c. 
EGGS 
Nearby firsts. 46c per doz.; do., cur¬ 
rent receipts, 45c per doz.; Western, ex¬ 
tra first. 46c: do., firsts. 45c: inferior lots 
lower: Southern. 40 to 43c: fancy, care¬ 
fully selected candled eggs were jobbing 
at 53 to 55c per doz. 
LIVE POULTRY' 
Fowls, fancy, small, 39 to 40c: heavy. 
36 to 38c: broiling chickens, fancy, 
weighing 1 to 1% lbs. apiece. 75 to 85c; 
white Leghorn broilers. 55 to 65c: staggy 
young roosters. 30 to 32c- old roosters, 25 
to 26c. Ducks. 27 to 30c. Pigeons, old, 
per pair, 50 to 60c; do., young, 50c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls. fresh-killed. dry-picked^ in 
boxes—Weighing 4 to 5 lbs. apiece. 44c; 
weighing 3% lbs. apiece, 42 to 43c; 
weighing 3 lbs. 37 to 39c. Fowls, fresh- 
killed. in barrels, dry-picked—Weighing 4 
to 5 lbs. apiece, 44c; weighing 3% lbs., 
41 to 42c; weighing 3 lbs., 35 to 37c. 
Old roosters, dry-picked. 31c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, per bbl.. as to quality. $6 to 
$11.50; do., per box. $2.50 to $5. Oranges, 
Florida, per box. $4 to $9.80: do.. Cali¬ 
fornia. per box. $2.85 to $7.85. Straw¬ 
berries, Southern, per qt.. 25 to 35c. 
VEGETABLES 
White potatoes, per 100 lbs.. $6 to 
$7.25: do., per 150-lb. bag. $9.50 to 
$10.75: do., per 165-lb. bag. $11.50. 
Sweet potatoes. Southern, per hamper, 
$1.75 to $3.50: do.. Jersey, per basket. $1 
to $3. Cabbage, Florida, per hamper. $3 
to $3.50: do.. Southern, per bbl. crate. $4 
to $7. Onions. Texas, per crate, $1.50 to 
$2.50. 
BALED HAY AND STRAW 
Hay was well cleaned up and firm. 
Straw sold slowly, with ample offerings 
at former rates. Timothy hay—No. 1. 
none here : No. 2. $43 to $44 : No. 3. $40 
to $41: sample. $35 to $37: no grade, 
$30 to $32. Clover mixed hay—Light 
mixed. $43 to $44 ; No. 1 mixed. $40.50 
to $41. Straw-—No. 1 straight rye. $19 
to $20: No. 2 do.. $18 to $18 50; No. 1 
tangled rye, $17.50 to $18; No. 2, do., 
$16.50 to $17; No. 1 wheat straw, $16.50 
to $17; No. 2 do., $16 to $16.50. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
NEW YORK, MAY 14, 1920 
Strikes and threats of more strikes con¬ 
tinue to keep the movement of farm pro¬ 
duce in a very unsettled state here. 
MILK PRICES 
The price for May remains the same 
as in April. $2.55 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. 
. Rutter 
Declines of two or three cents have 
occurred during the week on most grades. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 60 @ 60 | i 
Good to Choice . 57 @ 59 
Lower Grades. 50 <a 55 
Storage, best. 57 @ 58 
Fair to good. 52 @ 56 
City made. 39 @ 45 
Dairy, best . 58 @ 59 
Common to good . 46 <8 52 
Packing Stock. 36 @ 41 
CHEESE 
The market is firm. Quotations given 
are on current make. 
Whole .Milk, fancy, new make. 28 1 ? 29 
Good to choice. 26 @ 27 
SklmB, best. 19 @ 20 
Fair to good. 11 @ 15 
EGGS 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 52 @ 53 
Medium togood. 45 @ 51 
Mixed colore, nearby best. 50 @ 51 
Common to good. 44 @ 48 
Gathered, best, white. 50 >8 52 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 44 @ 49 
Lower grades. 37 ® 42 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers. 11 00 @12 50 
Balls . 8 50 @11 50 
Cows. 400 @10 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 1100 @15 00 
Culls. 7 00 @10 00 
Hogs. ]6 00 @17 00 
Sheep. 100 Ibsj. 7 00 @12 00 
Lambs .14 00 @16 75 
LIVE POULTRY 
Market mainly weak. Sales are re¬ 
ported at: Broilers, lb.. 50c to $1; fowls, 
33 to 34c; roosters, 20c; old ducks, 22 
to 23c; Spring ducks, 40c; geeese, IS 
to 22c. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice lb. 54 @ 56 
Fair to Good. 35 @ 50 
Fowls. 33 @ 43 
Capons. 52 @ .56 
Roosters. 28 @ 29 
Ducks . 32 @ 34 
Geese. 25 @ 31 
Squabs, doz— .. 3 00 @12 00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best. 20 @ 21 
Com. to good. 15 ® 19 
Lambs, hot house, each. 6 00 @10 00 
3EAN8. 
@1150 
@ 8 25 
@ 7 50 
@15 25 
@15 50 
@12 00 
FRUITS. 
A pples. Ben Davis. 5 00 @ 8 00 
Albemarle. 9 00 @13 00 
Winesap, box. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Newtown, box. 2 75 @4 25 
Oranges, box .6 50 @14 00 
Lemons, box .'.. 4 00 @ 6 50 
Grape Fruit. 4 50 a 7 50 
Strawberries, qt. 25 @ 50 
POTATOES 
Prices are $1 to $1.50 per barrel lowe 
on both old and new. 
Old. 180 lbs. 12 50 @13 50 
Southern new bbl. 10 00 @17 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 2 .00 @ 4 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus doz. bunches. 2 00 @ 4 50 
Beets, bbl. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Carrots, bbl. 7 00 @8 50 
Cabbage—New. bu. bk. 2 50 @ 3 75 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 1 uo @5 00 
Onions, new. bu. 2 00 @ 3 25 
Squash, new.bu. 100 @ 3 58 
Kgg Plants, bu. 2 00 @ 5 00 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 3 00 @4 00 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. 2 00 @ 7 50 
Radishes. bbl. bkt... 50 @2 00 
String Beans, bu. bkt.. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Peppers, bu.2 ”0 @ 8 00 
Romaine.bu... ) uo @175 
Mushrooms, lb. .30 @ so 
Spinach, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 50 
Kale, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Chicory and Esoarol, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Garlic, lb. 10 @ 25 
Peas, bu. 4 00 @ 7 00 
Parsley, bbl. 4 00 @4 50 
Parsnips, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Marrow, 100 lbs_ 
Pea. 
Medium . 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney .. 
Lima, California.... 
. 11 00 
. 8 00 
. 7 00 
.15 00 
.15 00 
.11 75 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton.rtO 00 @62 00 
No. 2. 57 00 @59 00 
No. 3. 54 00 @56 00 
Shipping. 50 00 @ 53 00 
Straw, Rye. 22 00 @23 00 
GRAIN 
No. 2 hard Winter, $3.20; corn. No. 
2. yellow. $2.23: oats, $1.4S; rve. $2.58; 
barley, $1.90: flour, carlots, ‘ 196 lbs., 
Spring patents, $14.75 to $15.75; soft 
Winter, $12 to $13. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter, best. Ib. 
Good to choice...... 
Eggs, nearby, doz. 
Gathered . ,. 
Potatoes, lb. 
Onions, lb. 
r.ettuce. head . 
Fowls, lb. 
Bacon, lb. 
T.amb chops, lb.-. 
Rib roast, lb... 
68 to 
62 to 
75 to 
60 to 
8 to 
12 to 
15 to 
45 to 
40 to 
45 to 
25 to 
70c 
65c 
80c 
70c 
9c 
15c 
20c 
4 Sc 
50c 
55c 
28c 
