7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Market News 
and Prices 
Some Local Up-State Prices 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime, sides, lb.. 14c; medium, 
He; lambs, lb., 22c; live pigs, each, 
.$4.50; pork. live, lb., 17e; veal, prime, 
lb 20 to 21c; common, lb.. 19c. 
Ducks, live, lb.. 40c; dressed, lb., 60c; 
geese, live, lb., 45c; dressed, lb., 55c; 
broilers, live, lb.. 00c; fowls, li\c, lb., 
45 to 50c; dressed, 55c. 
Butter, lb., 00 to 70c; eggs. oO to ooc; 
wholesale. 45c; duck eggs, 05c. 
Asparagus, per doz. bunches, $l.o0 to 
$2: beaus, bu., $7.50; per qt., 25c; cab¬ 
bage plants, doz., 15 to 20c; lettuce, per 
bunch. 7c; onions, green, per doz. bunches, 
35c ; onions, per bu.. $4.50; parsley, per 
doz. bunches. 00c; potatoes, bu.. $1.50 to 
$4.50; radishes, per doz. bunches, 50c; 
rhubarb, per doz. bunches, 40 to 50c; 
spinach, per bu., $1.75. 
Honey, No. 1, per cap. 35c; extracted, 
light, lit.. 55c; horseradish, grated, bot¬ 
tles. 15 to 25c; roots, per lb., 10c; maple 
syrup, gal., $3; popcorn, bu., $2; apples, 
bu.. $4. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton. $40; hay. No. 1, 
$40; No. 2. $35 to $38; No. 3. $28 to 
$30; Timothy, $ 10; straw, rye, ton, $1S; 
oat, $20. 
JOHNSON CITY—ENDICOTT PUBLIC 
MARKETS 
Beef. lb.. 12 to 35c; pigs, each. $5 to 
$<i; pork, lb., IS to 25c; bacon, lb., 25c; 
ham. lb. 40c; veal, lb.. 18 to 40c. 
ChicKens, live, lb.. 30c; dressed, lb., 
42c: ducks, dressed, lb.. 40c; fowls, live, 
lb.. 35c; dressed, lb., _42c; turkeys, live, 
lb.. 45c; dressed, lb., 50c. 
Eggs, 48c; butter, lb.. 07c; milk, qt., 
9c; cream, qt.. 80c; cottage cheese, lb., 
10c; buttermilk, qt., 5c. 
Apples, bu.. $1.50 to $2.50; asparagus, 
i4-lb., 15c; beets, bu.. $1.25; beans, lb., 
10c; carrots, bu., $1.15; cabbage, lb., 
10c; celery, per head. 13 to 15c; corn- 
meal, lb.. 5c; dandelion greens, per peck, 
25c; green onions, 3 bunches, 25c; let¬ 
tuce, 3 bunches, 25c; onions, per peck, 
75c; potatoes, per peck. 90c: pickles, 
doz.. 20c; radishes, 3 bunches. 25c; rhu¬ 
barb. lb.. 10c; spinach, peck. 50c. 
Vineg r. gal.. 40c; maple syrup, gal., 
$3; honey, lb., 33c. 
BINGHAMTON WHOLESALE MARKET. 
Fowls, live., lb., 38c; dressed, lb., 40c; 
turkeys, live, lb., 48c; dressed, lb.. 58c; 
broilers, live, lb., 00c; ducks, dressed, lb., 
42c; squabs, per pair. SOc. 
Cow hides, green. 10 to 20c: bull hides, 
14c: horse hides, $8 to $10; calf skins, $2 
to $7. 
Potatoes, bu* $3.25 to $3.50; apples, 
bu.. $3.50 to $4; lettuce, per doz., $1; 
radishes, doz. bunches, SOc; onions, doz. 
bunches, SOc; turnips, bu.. $1 to $1.25; 
spninach, bu.. $1.25 to $1.75: rhubarb 
doz., 70 to 80c; asparagus, per bunch, 
18c; maple sugar, lb.. 35 to 40c; maple 
syrup, gal., $2.75 to $3. 
ROCHESTER WHOLESALE MARKETS 
Wheat, $2.95 to $3 : corn, shelled. $2.15 
to $2.20; oats, white, bn., carloads, 
$1,210', to $1.22; rye. bu.. $2.10 to $2.15. 
11 ay” ton. $26 to $33. 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 10 to 22c; 
forequarters. 14 to 18c; hindquarters, 
18 to 24c; dressed hogs, light. 22c; heavy, 
IS to 20c: Spring lambs, lb.. 30 to 38c; 
yearling lambs, lb.. 3 1 to 36c; mutton, 
lb.. 1*5 to 23c; veal, lb.. 22 to 25c. 
Seeds, large clover, bu.. $40 (retail); 
medium clover. $35; Timothy. $7 to 
$7.50; ALsike, $35 to $38; Alfalfa. $27 
to $28. 
Beaus, hand-picked, per 100 lbs.. $5.50; 
white marrow. $9; red marrow. $10; red 
and white kidney, $13: pea, $5; yellow 
eye. 87.50. 
Eggs. 50 to 55c. 
Hides, No. 1. steers. 18c; No. 2. 17c; 
cows and heifers, No. 1. 18c: No. 2. cows 
and heifers. 17c; bulls and stags, lb., 
15e; horse hides, each. $9 to $10; sheep 
skins, $2 to $3; calf. No. 1. 38c; No. 2. 
30c; calf, over 14 lbs.. No. 1. 25c; No. 2. 
23e; wool, unwashed, medium. 40 to 45c; 
fine fleeced. 50 to 55c. 
Asparagus, small, doz. bunches, $1.15 
to $1.25; large, $2.25 to $2.75; Mam¬ 
moth. $3.25 to $4; beets, doz. bunches, 
$1 to $1.25; beet greens, bu.. 40 tj> 50c; 
carrots, doz. bunches. 40 to 50c; celery, 
doz. bunches, $1.50 to $1.75: cucumbers, 
doz.. $1.50 to $2; lettuce, common, doz. 
beads, 40 to 50c; curly. 00 to 75c: onions, 
green, doz. bunches. _0 to 25c; pieplant, 
doz. bunches. 35 to 40c: potatoes, bu., 
$4.00 to $4.75; spinach, bu. 50 to 00c; 
tomatoes, lb., 00c; watercress, doz. 
bunches. 30 to 40c; apples. Ben Davis, 
bn.. $2.25 to $2.75; eommou. bu.. $1.50 
to $2. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Northern creamery extras. 57 to 57%e; 
Mestern creamery extras. 56% to 57c; 
Western firsts, 45 to 40c. 
CHEESE 
Fresh choice, 27V, to 28c; firsts, 23 
& 7 fie = hold ^tras. 30% to 31c; firsts. 
2<> to 29c; seconds, 20 to 24c; skims. 15 
to 19e. 
EGGS 
Fancy hennery and near-by. 58 to 60c; 
astern extras, 54 to SOc; Western ex- 
;>0 to 52c; Western extra firsts. 45 
to 46c; Western firsts, 43 to 44c; stor¬ 
age packed, extra firsts, 47 to 48c; stor¬ 
age firsts, 45 to 40c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Northern fowl, 45 to 40c; native broil¬ 
ers, 05 to 70c; Western ice-packed, large 
fowls, 41 to 42c; medium, 40 to 41c; 
small, 32 to 33c; native squabs, $5 to $7 
doz.; pigeons, $3.50 to $4 doz. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowl, 40 to 42c; broilers, 55 to 00c; 
old roosters, 25 to 28c. 
Apples—Northern Spies, $6 to $10; 
russets. $5 to $9: Ben I >avts. $4 to $7; 
Stark, $4.50 to $7; bu. bx. Baldwins, 
$3 to $5; Western, bx., $3 to $4.75. 
FRUITS 
Oranges. California, navels, $3.50 to 
$7; late Valencias, $4 to $7.50; Florida, 
$0 to $8; grapefruit. $2.50 to $5.50 bx.; 
strawberries. 25 to 33c bx.; piueapples, 
$7 to $8 crate. 
POTATOES 
Aroostook, Green Mts., $7.50 to $7.75 
per 100 lbs. on track; new Florida. $15 
to $10 bbl.; sweet potatoes, $0.50 to $7.50 
bbl. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage._ $2 to $3.50 crate; celery, 
white, $2.75 to $3 doz.; cucumbers. $2 to 
$9 bu. bx.: lettuce. $1.25 to $1.75 bu. 
bx.; peppers, $4 to $5.50 crate; radishes, 
35 to 40c doz. hunches ; spinach, native, 
75c to; $3 bu. bx.; tomatoes, hothouse, 
35 to 40c lb.; beets. $2 to $2.25 bu. bx.; 
carrots. $4 to $0 bu. bx.; parsnips. $1.50 
to $2 bu. bx.; yellow turnips, $4 to $5 
bag; rhubarb, _40 to 00c bu. bx.; aspara¬ 
gus. native. $5 to $0.50 bu. bx.: string 
beans, $2.50 to $4.50 bskt. 
Per ton : No. 2 Timothv. $43 to $45; 
- Eastern. $37 to $40; No. 3 bay, 
•>•>.> to $o7; clover, mixed. $35 to $40; 
fine hay. $32 to $.35; rye straw, $28 to 
$o0; oat straw, $21 to $22. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Fresh, solid-packed creamery, fancy, 
high-scoring goods. 59 to Ole. the latter 
for jobbing sales; extras, 5Sc; extra 
firsts, o4 to 57c; firsts. 50 to 52c; sec¬ 
onds. 45 to 47c: garlicky, 43 to 45c; 
sweet creamery, choice to fancy, 00 to 
02e: fair to good. 51 to 59c: ladle-packed, 
as to quality, 44 to 45c; packing stock. 
.‘IS to 41c; fancy brands of nearbv prints 
were jobbing at 67 to 09c; good to choice, 
59 to 66c. 
EGGS 
Nearby firsts, 43c per doz.; do., current 
receipts. 42c per doz.; do., ordinary to 
• air, 40 to tie; Western extra firsts. 43e; 
do., firsts. 40 to 42c; seconds. 35 to 3Sc; 
fancy candled eggs jobbing at 51 to 53c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, fancy, 39 to 40c; exceptional 
lots higher: common to good. 37 to 3Se; 
broiling chickens, fancy, yellow-skinned, 
not Leghorns, weighing 1% to 2 lbs. 
apiece. 70 to 75e; broiling chickens, fan¬ 
cy, yellow-skinned, not Leghorns, weign- 
ing 1 to 1% lbs. apiece. 00 to 65c: Whitt. 
Leghorn_broilers, weighing IV, to 1% lbs. 
apiece, 50 to 55c; weighing 1 to 1 % lbs. 
apiece, 45 to 48c; old roosters. 22 to 23c. 
Ducks, 30 to 32c: exceptional lots higher. 
Pigeons, old, per pair, 50 to 60c; do., 
young, 45c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls. fresh-killed. dry-picked, in 
boxes—Weighing 4 to 5 lbs. apiece, 43c; 
weighing 3% lbs. apiece, 41 to 42c; 
weighing 3 lbs. apiece, 37 to 39c. Fowls, 
fresh-killed, in barrels, dry-picked, weigh¬ 
ing 4 to 5 lbs. apiece. 42c; weighing 3% 
lbs.. 40 to 41c; weighing 3 lbs.. 35 to 
37c; old roosters, dry-picked, 30c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, per bbl.. as to quality. $0 to 
$10: do., per box. $2.50 to $4.50. Oranges, 
Florida, per box. $2.35 to $7.05: do.. 
California, per box. $1.75 to 80.30. 
Grapefruit. Florida, per box. 55c to $4 35. 
Pineapples, Havana, per crate. $5.50 to 
$0. Peaches. Georgia, per crate. $1.75 
% $3. Strawberries. Southern, per qt., 
15 to SOc; do.. Jersey, per qt., 20 to 25c. 
VEGETABLES 
White potatoes. Southern, per barrel— 
No. 1, $12 to 814 ; No. 2. $7 to $10: No. 
3, $3 to $5. White potatoes, old. per 100 
lbs.. $0.50 to $7. Cabbage, Southern, per 
bbl. crate. $1.50 to 82 50. Onions, Texas, 
per crate, $1.15 to $1.00. 
BALED HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy hay. No. 2. $44. to $45; sam¬ 
ple. $35 to $37: no grade. 830 to 832. 
Clover mixed hay—Light mixed. $43 to 
$44; No. 1 mixed. $41 to $42. Straw— 
No. 1 straight rye. $17.50 to $18: No. 2 
do., $16.50 to $17; No. 1 wheat straw, 
$16 to $16.50; No. 2 do., $15 to $15.50. 
Buffalo Markets 
Spring is rushing into Summer, as it 
always does when it stays cold an un¬ 
usual time, hut only a few things in the 
green produce trade have responded. The 
consumer is pleased to find he can once 
more get three bunches of radishes for a 
dime and a fat cucumber for a nickel, 
but potatoes are not coining down and 
are still eaten once a week by the major¬ 
ity of people. Hay is as high as ever. 
Strawberries are plenty for the first time. 
Quotations: 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, weak ; light trade. Creamery, 
54 to 00c; dairy. 53 to 57c; crocks, 50 
to 56c; common, 38 to 42e. Cheese, dull. 
Daisies. 30 to 32c ; flats, 29 to 30c; long¬ 
horns, 33 to 34c; Swiss, 45 to 60c. Eggs, 
easy. Hennery. 47 to SOc; State and 
Western, 44 to 46e. 
POULTRY 
Poultry, steady. Dressed turkeys, 54 
to 58c; fowl, 32 to 43c; chickens, 34 to 
43c; broilers. 50 to 60c; old roosters. 2S 
to 30c; ducks, 38 to. 40c; geese, 30 to 
33c; live fowl. 37 to 40c; broilers, 68 to 
75c; ducks, 40 to 45c; geese, 30 to 33c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, scarce and firm. Choice red, 
bu.. $2.75 to $3.75; common. $2 to $2.50; 
named Sorts pretty nearly out of market. 
Potatoes, steady. Homegrown, bu., $5 to 
$5.50; Southern, new. bbl., $14 to $16; 
sweets, bu., $2.75 to $3.25. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, quiet. Kidney, cwt., $12 to 
814; marrow, $11 to $12; pea and me¬ 
dium, $8.25 to $8.75. Onions, easy. Yel¬ 
low. cwt.. $7 to $7.25; homegrown, bu., 
$5 to $5.50: Texas, crate, $2 to $2.50. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS . 
Strawberries, steady, retailing at 30 to 
40c per qt. Pineapples, large supply; 
lower; crate. $5.25 to $5.75. Bananas, 
firm ; bunch. $4 to $10. Oranges, quiet; 
box, $5 to $7. Lemons, $4.75 to $5.75; 
grapefruit, $4.50 to $7. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, good receipts; rather weak. 
Asparagus, jjskt.. $2.25 to $2.50; beans, 
wax and green, hamper $2.50 to $4; 
cucumbers, $2 to $2.50; carrots, bu.. $2 to 
83; spinach. 90c to $1; cabbage, crate, 
$3.50 to $4.50; lettuce. 2-doz. box. 75c 
to $1: peppers, box, $5 to $7; rutabagas, 
cwt., $3.75 to $4. 
SWEETS 
Honey, firm; light 38 to 40c; dark, 33 
to 30c. Maple sugar, lb., 30 to 3Sc; 
syrup, gal., $2.40 to $2.S0. 
FEED 
H&y, strong. Timothy, baled, track, 
$38 to $40; clover mix, $36 to $38; 
wheat bran. ton. earlots. $61.50; mid¬ 
dlings, $63.50: red dog. $73.50; cotton¬ 
seed meal. $72: oilmeal, $65; hominy, 
$73; gluten. $73.25; oat feed, $45; rye 
middlings, $62. j. w. c. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
MILK 
The New York price to producers has 
been fixed until October 1 as follows: 
June. 100 lbs.. $2.S3; July. $2.95; 
August, $3.35; September, $3.05. These 
prices are for 3 per cent milk at points 
200 to 210 miles from the city, with 4 
cents per 100 lbs. additional for every 
tenth of 1 per cent butterfat over 3. 
BUTTER 
There has been another drop of 2 to 3 
cents on practically everything but city 
made and packing stock. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 55 @ 56 
Good to Choice . 53 it 54 
Lower Urmlei. 44 @ 50 
Storage, best. 54 © 55 
Fair to good. 42 @ 50 
City made. 40 © 46 
Dairy, best . 54 © 55 
Common to good . 44 © 52 
Packing Stock. 37 © 42 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy, new make. 27 ®> 2746 
Good to choice. 25 © 26 
Skims, best. 19 © 19Vj 
Fair to good. 11 © 15 
EGGS 
Fancy qualities scarce and 2 cents 
higher. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 54 © 55 
Medium to good. 45 © 52 
Mixed colors, nearby nest. 49 © 50 
Common to good. 44 © 48 
Gathered, best, white. 50 © 52 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 44 © 48 
Lower grades. 37 © 42 
LIVE POULTRY ‘ 
Market generally easy. Business is re¬ 
ported at: Fowls. 38 to 39c; broilers. 50 
to 70c; roosters, 22c; ducks, 23 to 25c; 
geese, 20 to 22e. 
LIVE STOCK 
Steer*.13 00 ©13 40 
Bull* . 7 00 © 9 50 
Cows. 4 00 ©10 00 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lbs. 14 00 ©17 50 
Culls. 7 00 @11 00 
Hogs.15 00 ©16 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 7 00 © 9 00 
Lambs .....15 00 ©I9 60 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice lb. 54 © 56 
Fair to Good .. 35 © 50 
howls. 3.1 © 42 
Capons. 52 © 57 
Roosters. 26 © 27 
Ducks . 32 © 35 
Geese. 25 @ si 
Squabs, doz 3 00 © 9 00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best. 23 © 24 
Com. to good. 15 © 20 
Lambs, hot bouse, each. 10 00 @14 00 
3EANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbt.1100 ©12 00 
Pea. 8 00 © 8 25 
Medium . 3 00 ©8 25 
Red Kidney.15 00 ©16 50 
White Kidney.15 00 ©15 50 
Yellow Eye .10 50 ©10 75 
Lima. California. .11 75 ©i2 00 
FRUITS 
The variety offered is increasing, 
peaches and muskmelons being on hand 
this week. 
Apples. Baldwin. 7 00 @10 00 
Albemarle. 8 00 @11 00 
Winesap, box. 2 50 © 4 50 
Newtown, box. 2 50 © 4 25 
Oranges, box . 3 00 ©1150 
Lemons, box . 2 00 @ 4 00 
Grape Fruit. 4 50 © 8 50 
Strawberries, qt. 15 @ 35 
Peaches, 6-bkt. crate.;•_ 2 00 @ 4 50 
Muskmelons, bu. 4 u0 © 6 00 
POTATOES 
Old. 180 lbs. 11 50 @12 50 
Southern new bbl. 3 00 @15 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 2 00 © 5 50 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus doz. bunches. 2 00 @ 5 50 
Beets, 100 bunches. 4 00 © 8 OU 
Carrots, bbl. 7 00 ©8 50 
Cabbage—New. bu. bk. 75 @3 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 @2 00 
Onions, new. bu. 100 @ 175 
Squash, new.bu. 100 @3 00 
Kgg Plants, bu. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 3 00 @4 25 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt. crate. 2 00 @ 7 0 U 
Radishes. 46 bbl. bkt... 25 @ 75 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 1 00 © 4 50 
Peppers, bu. 1 00 © 4 00 
Romaine, bu. 1 00 @2 00 
Mushrooms, lb. 30 @ 70 
Spinach, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Kale, bbl. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Garlic, lb. 15 @ 20 
Peas, bu. 1 00 @ 3 50 
Parsley, bbl.1000 @12 00 
Sweet Corn, Southern, bbl. 3 00 @ 5 00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Receipts of hay at New York are much 
larger and prices $3 to $5 per ton lower. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton. 40 00 @42 00 
No. 2 .36 00 @39 00 
No. 3 .80 00 @34 00 
Shipping.28 00 @32 00 
Straw, Rye.18 00 @20 00 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter, best, lb_ 
Good to choice.. 
Eggs, nearby, doz.. 
Gathered . 
Potatoes, lb. 
Onions, lb. 
Lettuce, head .... 
Apples, doz. 
Fowls, lb. 
Bacon, lb. 
Lamb chops, lb... 
Rib roast, lb. 
65 
to 
68c 
60 
to 
64c 
70 
to 
<oe 
60 
to 
05c 
S 
to 
9c 
10 
to 
12c 
5 
to 
10c 
00 
to 
75c 
to 
SOc 
40 
to 
SOc 
45 
to 
00c 
25 
to 
28c 
The leading products of this community 
are wheat, barley, buckwheat, oats and 
some poultry. With myself it is more 
wheat, buckwheat and poultry. Wheat 
at elevator is around $3 per bu. Barley 
is about $1.50. but for seed is from $1.65 
to $2.50. I have bought barley for seed 
at both the above prices. I heard of one 
lot of seed oats sold by a farmer at $1.05 
a bu. Hay is from $25 to $35 a ton. 
delivered at cars. We are receiving for 
eggs from 48 to 52 cents net, shipped to 
New York. A few potatoes are to be 
had at $3 to $4 per bu. We only keep 
cows enough to furnish milk and butter 
for home consumption. We gave up the 
dairy proposition about five years ago be¬ 
cause we could not make it pay. How¬ 
ever I think it is better now owing to the 
Dairymen's League plant in Auburn, and 
I think that if the farmers will bang to¬ 
gether a little longer until the plant in 
Auburn can get going full force they will 
be in a position to make a profit on their 
milk. There are a good many iu this 
section who are very sceptical because 
they are investing pretty heavily for 
machinery and were having to call on 
the farmers to back them up, but now 
that milk checks are beginning to come 
in again I do not hear much complaint. 
The Winter wheat crop, I think, will 
average about as usual, if we can get some 
rain. We have had a very dry Spring, 
and wheat and grass are in need of it. 
Crops this year will fall considerably 
short because of the help question. I 
have talked to a number of farmers who 
have always had to have one to three 
men. and they, without exception, are go¬ 
ing to do what they can with the help of 
their wives and let the rest go. It is 
practically impossible to ge help here, 
even at from $75 to $100 per mouth, with 
board and washing and the use of 
house. I 11 some cases the house is owned 
by the man and is kept by the farmer, 
but does no work on the farm. I have 
a neighbor, a young married man with 
four small children, who was offered, by 
a farmer living near Aurora, N. Y.. $95 
per month, house, wood, garden and other 
privileges, but would not accept. As to 
the business outlook. I feel that the 
farmer who is situated as I am (iu part¬ 
nership with father and brother) and 
does not have to pay out so much money 
for help is in a position to get a reason¬ 
able return for labor and investment, be¬ 
cause I think that with the other fellow 
who is alone, only doing what he can 
himself, farm preduets are bound to be 
a good price. Therefore, the man who 
can produce in quantity, I think, will 
make some money. There is a decided 
feeling of unrest because of the hisrh 
prices we have to pay for our require¬ 
ments and the prices we have to accept 
for what we have to sell. 
Cayuga Co.. N. Y. f. w. w. 
