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Market News 
Price 
Country-wide Produce Situation 
OLD AND NEW POTATOES 
The remains of the old potato crop 
seems to be clearing up fast at $8 and $9 
per 100 lbs. for the best. A recent semi¬ 
official estimate shows possibly 1.000 cars 
to come from Maine this month. 200 from 
Michigan and 200 from Wisconsin, with 
small and scattered shipments from other 
states. Old potatoes have been selling 
at two to three times the prices a year 
ago. although the range at that time in 
leading city markets was about double 
that of the year before. 
Southern potato growers have been 
doing their best to make up the shortage 
in old stock. The season was two weeks 
late in the South as elsewhere, but the 
crop has been dug rapidly and shipments 
to date have been about one-third larger 
thaii last season. # Shipments are begin¬ 
ning from Virginia, which show supplies 
about one-third the total volume of South¬ 
ern potatoes and this State has possibly 
50 per cent greater acreage to the crop 
this season, although even the increase 
does not bring the area to the figures pre¬ 
vailing a few years ago. Wholesale 
prices in the North have been about twice 
as high as last year for Southern pota¬ 
toes and about three times as high as the 
level two years ago. that is to say, .$12 to 
$18 per barrel this year compared with 
$7 to $10 the^ early part of last season 
and $3.60 to $4 in .Tune two years ago. 
Even in 1917. which was considered at 
first the record breaker in prices of South¬ 
ern potatoes, the range per barrel was 
around $9 in May of that, year and de¬ 
clined to $3 to $4.50 in July. 
ONIONS LOW ; TOMATOES HIGH 
Southern onion growers have had a 
somewhat disappointing season. The 
early prices were high but were obtained 
only by shipping the onions before they 
had reached full size and yield. Those 
who left their crop until maturity often 
obtained as high as 700 bushels per acre, 
but.found the price had declined to an 
unprofitable low level, sometimes below 
$1 per crate, and buyers could hardly be 
found willing to take the risk of shipping 
to the North. 
Interest in some of the Southern truck 
sections is now shifting to the tomato 
crop, which is moving actively in Missis¬ 
sippi and Texas, the Florida tomato sea¬ 
son having passed its height. Prices have 
been extremely high so far. reaching $2.50 
to $4 for small crates containing four 
small square baskets. Growers are get- 
tinng $2.35 for these crates and some 
of them expect to receive about $1,000 per 
acre.for their crop if the market holds up. 
In some of these Southern truck crop 
districts the marketing of the leading 
specialty is the event of the year. Every¬ 
body has an interest in the outcome be¬ 
cause the sale of the crop means plenty 
of money in circulation among all classes 
in the district. 
In the small section occupied by the 
Texas tomato crop there were 500 re¬ 
frigerator freight cars waiting early in 
•Tone. The local boards of trade had 
advertised the crop and made sure that, 
arrangements were effected for marketing 
and extra labor secured. Accordingly the 
crop is moving off without the car short¬ 
age that prevails in so many shipping 
sections and without the waste caused by 
lack of help to harvest a very perishable 
crop. It is estimated that only perhaps 
one-half of the immense southern Cali¬ 
fornia melon crop can be shipped because 
ot a lack of cars. The crop of 22.000 
•acres in one comparatively small section 
has to be moved within a few weeks’ 
time and it has seemed practically im¬ 
possible for the railroad to keep a suffi¬ 
cient number of refrigerator cars coming 
and going. G. B. F. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY—ENDICOTT MARKET 
Beef, lb., 12 to 35c; pork, lb.. 18 to 
-Me: pigs, each. $5 to $6; ham, lb. 40c; 
brisket bacon, lb., 25c; veal, lb.. IS to 40c. 
t hickens, live. lb.. 36c; dressed, 42c; 
fowls, live 35c; dressed, 42c; ducks, 
dressed, 40c; turkeys, live. lb.. 45c; 
dressed, 50c; rabbits, dressed, lb.. 30c. 
* on er ’ *'^ C: qt., 9c; cream, 
qt., 80c; cottage cheese, lb.. 10c; butter¬ 
milk. qt.. 5c; eggs, 4Sc: duck eggs. 60c. 
..Apples, bu., $1.50 to $2.50; asparagus, 
/- -i?” ^’ )c • beans, lb., lOe; carrots, bu.. 
^ *2 ■ cabbage, lb., 10c; celery, head. 13 
to loc; dandelion greens, peck. 25c; green 
onions, 3 bunches, 25c; horseradish. 15c; 
lettuce, 3 bunches, 25c; onions, peek, 
i>ie: green, 5c; potatoes, peek. 90c; 
pickles, doz., 20c; radishes. 3 bunches 
—>e; rhubarb. 4 bunches, 25c; spinach, 
peck. oOc; strawberries, qt.. 40c. 
Vinegar, gal., 40c; honev. lb., 33c; 
maple syrup, gal.. $3 
BINGHAMTON 
Cow hides, green. 14 to 18c; bull hides. 
hides, $6 to $8; calf skins, 
44c; 
OOc; 
12c; horse 
$1 to $6. 
howls, live, lb., 35c; dressed, 
squabs, pair, 80c; broilers, live, lb., 
ducks, dressed, lb.. 42c*. 
Potatoes, bu.. $3.25 to $3.50; lettuce, 
do/, heads. $1; turnips, bu.. $1 to $1.25; 
apples, bu., $3.50 to $-1. 
Maple sugar, lb.. 35 to 40c; maple 
«M ’'P, gal.. $2.75 to $3; spinach, bu., 
*l-2o to $1.75; rhubarb, doz., 70 to 80c; 
asparagus, bunch, 18c. 
ROCHESTER PUBLIC MARKET AND LOCAL 
WHOLESALE 
Wheat, bu.. $2.95 to $3; corn, shelled, 
bu., $2.15 to $2.20; oats, white, bu., $1.22 
to $1.25 (carlohds) ; rye, bu., $2.10 to 
$2.15. 
Ilay, $26 to $33 per ton. 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 16 to 22c; 
forequarters, 14 to 18c; hindquarters. 18 
to 24c; dressed hogs, light, lb., 22e; 
heavy. IS to 20c; Spring lambs, lb.. 36 
to 38c; yearling lambs, lb.. 34 to 36c; 
mutton, lb.. 18 to 22c; veal, lb., 22 to 25c. 
Seeds—Medium clover, bu.. $32 ; Tim¬ 
othy, $67; Alfalfa. $24 to $25; Alsike, 
$32. 
Fowls, live. lb.. 37 to 38c; broilers, live, 
lb.. 48 to 50c; ducks, live, lb., 35 to 36c; 
geeese, live, lb., 18 to 20c; turkeys, live, 
lb.. 40 to 45c. 
Eggs, doz., 46 to 50c; strictly fresh, 
47 to 55c. 
Beans, medium, hand-picked, 100 lbs., 
$6.25; white marrow. $9.50; red marrow, 
$12; red kidney, $13.50; white kidney, 
$14; pea. $6.50; yellow eye, $9; Im¬ 
perials. $8. 
Hides—No. 1, steers, 17 lbs. up. 17c; 
No. 2. 15c; cows and heifers. No. 1. 16c; 
No. 2. 15c; bulls and stags, lb., 14c; 
horsehides, each, $8 to $9; shearlings, 
each. 25c to $1 ; lamb skins, each. 50 to 
75c; calf skins. No. 1, 32c; No. 2. 30c; 
No. 1 calf, over 14 lbs., 25c; No. 2. 23c. 
Wool, unwashed, medium, 40 to 45c; fine 
fleeced, 50 to 55c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime, sides, lb., 14c; medium, lb., 
11c; lamb. lb.. 26c; live pigs, each. $7.50; 
pork. lb.. 20c; veal, prime, lb., 20c; com¬ 
mon, lb.. 19c. 
Ducks, live. lb.. 40c; dressed, lb.. 50c; 
geese, live. lb.. 40c; dressed, lb., 55c; 
live broilers, lb.. OOc; live fowls, lb.. 45c: 
dressed, lb.. 55 to 65c. 
Butter, lb.. 70c; eggs. 50 to 55c; whole¬ 
sale. 4S'c; duck eggs. 65c. 
Apples, bu.. $2.50; asparagus, dozen 
bundles, $2 ; beans, dried, bu.. $5.50: per 
qt.. 25c; cabbage plants, dozen. 15 to 20c ; 
garlic, lb.. 30c; horseradish, lb.. 10c; let¬ 
tuce. bunch, 7c: Boston, per dozen. $1.50; 
onions, green, dozen bunches. 30c; pars¬ 
ley. dozen bunches. OOc; potatoes, bu.. $4 
to $4.50; radishes, dozen bunches, 25c; 
rhubarb, dozen b inches, 45c; spinach, bu., 
60 to 75c. 
Hay—Alfalfa, extra, ton. $40; No. 1, 
$40; No. 2. $35 to $38; No. 3, $28 to 
$30; Timothy, ton. $40; straw, rye, ton, 
$18; oat, ton, $20. d. 
Buffalo Markets 
The supply of green stuff improves, but 
prices fluctuate. As soon as the over¬ 
supply disappears prices jump up again. 
Eastern apples are about gone, and West¬ 
ern are scarce. Potatoes are off some¬ 
what on account of heavier receipts, but 
they still retail as a luxury at 35c per 
2-quart measure. Butter and dressed poul¬ 
try are short and strong. Vegetables are 
temporarily strong from light receipts. 
0ar shortage affects tlubn. Quotations; 
RUTTER-CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, stronger. Creamery. 50 to 59c; 
dairy, 50 to 54c; crocks, 48 to 52c; com¬ 
mon, 38 to 42c. Cheese, easy. Daisies. 
30 to 32c; flats, 29 to 32c; longhorns, 33 
to 34c. Eggs. weak. Hennery. 47 to 
50c; State and Western, fresh. 44 to 46c. 
POULTRY 
Poultry, scarce and strong for dressed. 
Turkeys. 54 to 58c; fowls, 28 to 42c; 
chickens. 34 to 42c; old roosters, 28 to 
30c; ducks, 38 to 40c; geese. 30 to 32c; 
live poultry, more plenty, fair. Fowls, 
36 to 40c: broilers. 65 to 70c; old roosters, 
24 to 25c; ducks, 40 to 45c; geese 30 
to 32c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, home-grown, about gone. West¬ 
ern. scarce. Russets, bu.. $4 to $4.50; 
Western Wineeaps. bu. box. $4.50 to 
$5.60: Ben Davis. $3.50 to $5; common, 
bu.. $1.75 to $2.75. Potatoes, easier. 
Home-grown, bu.. $4.50 to $5.50; South¬ 
ern. bbl., $12 to $14.50; sweets, crate. $2 
to $2.25. 
BEANS-ONIONS 
Beaus, firm. Kidney, cwt.. $12 to $14; 
marrow, $11 to $12; pea and medium, 
$8.50 to $8.75. Onions, unsettled. Home¬ 
grown. bu.. $2.50 to $4 ; Texas, yellow, 
$1.50 to $2; white, $2.25 to $2.50. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS 
Strawberries, cheaper. Crate. 32 qts., 
$10.50 to $11 ; retailing at 30c qt. Pine¬ 
apples. firmer; 24’s to 30’s. $6.25 to $8; 
bananas, steady; bunch. $4 to $8.50; 
oranges, quiet; California, box. $5 to 
$6.50; lemons. $4.50 to $0; grapefruit. 
$4.50 to $6. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, mostly temporarily scarce. 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. $1.50 to $2.50; 
parsley, 50 to 60c; pieplant, 30 to 40c; 
radishes. 30 to 35c; carrots, 50 to 65c; 
onions, 20 to 25c; carrots, bu.. $1.50 to 
$2; beets, $1 to $1.25; spinach, 40 to 
OOc; string beans, hamper, $2.50 to $4; 
cabbage, crate. $2 to $3.25: poppers. $2.50 
to $3; cucumbers, bskt., $2.50 to $2.75 : 
lettuce, 2-doz. box, 25 to 40c; tomatoes, 
24-qt. carrier. $3 to $0: yellow turnips, 
cwt., $3.75 to $4. 
SWEETS 
Honey, quiet. White, lb.. 35 to 40c; 
dark, 30 to 33c. Maple sugar, lb., 30 to 
38c; syrup, $2.25 to $2.50. 
FEED 
Hay, quiet. Timothy, ton, bulk, $40 to 
$42; clover mix, $.39 to $40; wheat bran, 
ton. earlots, lower, $58.50; middlings, 
$61; red dog, $73.50; cottonseed meal. 
$72; oilmoal, $65; hominy, $73; gluten. 
$77.25; oat feed, $48; rye middlings, 
$62. j. w. c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Northern creamery extras. 56 to 56%e; 
Western creamery extras. 55% to 56c; 
Western firsts. 54 to 55c; renovated, 52 
to 53c; ladles, 45 to 46c. 
Fancy hennery and nearby. 61 to 62c; 
Eastern extras, 55 to 57c; Western ex¬ 
tras. 50 to 52c; Western extra firsts, 46 
to 47c; Western firsts, 43 to 45c; storage 
packed extra firsts, 47 to 48c; storage 
firsts, 45 to 46c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Northern fowl, 45 to 46c; native broil¬ 
ers, 60 to 65c; Western ice packed large 
fowls, 40 to 41c; medium. 39 to 40c; 
small, 30 to 32c; native squabs, $5 to $7 
doz.; pigeons, $3.50 to $4 doz. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowl. 40 to 42c; broilers, 47 to 55c; 
old roosters, 25 to 28c. 
.APPLES 
Northern Spies, $6 to $10; russets, $5 
to $9; Ben DaVis. $4 to $7 ; Stark, $4.50 
to $7; bu. box Baldwins, $3 to $5; 
Western, box. $3 to $4.75. 
FRUITS 
Oranges, California navels, $2.50 to 
$5.50 box; late Valencias, $2.50 to $5; 
Florida $3 to $5.50; grapefruit, $2 to 
$5.50 box ; strawberries. 30 to 40c box ; 
pineapples, $5.50 to $8 crate; canta¬ 
loupes. California, standard crates. $8; 
pony crates, $6: peaches, Georgia, $3.50 
to $5 0-bskt. carrier. 
ONIONS 
Egyptian, $5.50 to $6 bag; New Texas, 
$1.25 to $1.50 crate. 
POTATOES 
Aroostook Green Mountains, $8 per 
100 lbs. on track ; new Florida, $13.50 
to $14.50 bbl.; sweet potatoes, $6 to $7.50 
bbl. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage. $2 to $4 crate; celery, white. 
$2.75 to $3 doz.; cucumbers, $2 to $7 bu. 
box; lettuce, $1 to $1.50 bu. box; pep¬ 
pers. $3.50 to $4 crate; radishes. $1 to 
$1.25 bu. box ; spinach, native, 75c to $1 
bu. box; tomatoes, hothouse. 35 to 40c 
lb.; beets. $2 to $2.25 bu. box; carrots, 
$4 to $6 bu. box; parsnips. $1.50 to $2 
bu. box; yellow turnips, $4 to $5 bag; 
rhubarb. 50 to 75c bu. box; asparagus, 
native, $5 to $8.50 bu. box; string beans, 
$2.50 to $4.50 bskt. 
HAY 
Per ton—No. 2 Timothy. $43 to $45; 
No. 2 Eastern, $37 to $40; No. 3 hay, 
$33 to $.3 1 : clover mixed, $35 to $40; fine 
hay, $32 to $35; rye straw. $28 to $30; 
oat straw. $21 to $22. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Fresh, solid-packed creamery, fancy, 
high-scoring goods. 59% to 61 %c.. the 
latter for jobbing sales; extras, oS%c ex¬ 
tra firsts. 55% to 57%c; firsts. 50 to 54c; 
seconds. 45 to 47c; ordinary garlicky. 42 
to 43c: sweet creamery, choice to fancy, 
60% to 62%c; fair to good. 50 to 59%c; 
ladle-packed, as to quality. 44 to 45c; 
packing stock. .38 to 41c; fancy brands 
of nearby prints were jobbing at 67 to 
69c: good to choice. 59 to 66c; fair. 56 
to 5Sc. 
EGGS 
Nearby firsts, 46c per doz.; do., cur¬ 
rent receipts, 44c per doz.; do., ordinary 
to fair. 40 to 43c; Western extra firsts, 
46c; do., firsts. 42 to 44c; seconds, 35 to 
40c; inferior lots lower; fancy carefully 
selected candled eggs were jobbing at 54 
to 56c per doz. 
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, 27c; Spring 
ducks, Doug Island. 36c. 
FRUITS 
Oranges, Florida, per box. $.3.SO to 
$8.05; do., California, per box. $2.10 to 
$5.30. Grapefruit. Florida, per box. 90e 
to $3.75. Pineapples, Havana, per crate, 
$4 to $6. Peaches, Georgia, per crate, 
$1.50 to $3.25. Cantaloupes, California, 
per crate, $3 50 to $6.50. Strawberries, 
per quart—Jersey, fancy, large. 28 to 
35c; fair to good, 15 to 25c; Southern. 
16 to 25c. 
VEGETABLES 
White potatoes. Southern, per barrel— 
No. 1. $7.50 to $11 : No. 2. $4 to $7; No. 
3. $3 to $4. Cabbage, Southern, per hbl.- 
crate, $5. Onions, Texas, per crate, $1.25 
to $1.75. 
BALED HAY AND STRAW 
Receipts, 204 tons of hay. Hay was in 
moderate supply and demand, with sales 
chiefly within the range of $.32 to $45 per 
ton. according to quality and location. 
Straw was quiet and weaker. We quote: 
Straw-—No. 1 straight rye, $17 to $17.50; 
No. 2, do., $16 to $16.50; No. 1 wheat 
straw, $16 to $16.50; No. 2, do., $15 to' 
$15.50. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
NEW YORK, JUNE 11, 1920 
MILK 
The New York price to producers has 
been fixed until October 1 as follows: 
June, 100 lbs., $2.83; July, $2.95; 
August, $3.35; September, $3.65. These 
prices are for 3 per cent milk at points 
200 to 210 miles from the city, with 4 
cents per 1(M) lbs. additional for every 
tenth of 1 per cent butterfat over 3. 
BUTTER 
Receipts are only moderate and prices 
up 2 to 3 cents on better grades. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 58 @ 
Good to Choice . 55 @ 57 
Loner Grades.. 44 @ 50 
City made. 40 @ 46 
Dairy, best . 56 @ 57 
Common to good . 44 @ 52 
Packing Stock. 37 @ 42 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy, new make. 26 © 27 
Good to choice. 24j^a 25>a 
Skim*, best. 18 @ 19 
Fair to good. 11 @ 15 
EGGS 
There is some surplus of under grades; 
otherwise the market is unchanged. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 54 @ 55 
Medium to good . 45 @ 52 
Mixed colors, nearby best.. 50 @ 51 
Common to good. 44 @ 48 
Gathered, best, white. 52 id 53 
Medium to good. mired colors ... 44 @ 48 
Lower grades. 37 @ 42 
LIVE POULTRY 
Market generally easy. Business is re¬ 
ported at: Fowls. 36 to 37c; broilers, 60 
to 65c; roosters, 18c; ducks. 23 to 25c; 
geese, 20 to 22c. 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers... 12 00 @15 75; 
Ball* . 7 00 @10 00 1 
Cows. 4 00 @11 00 J 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lbs. 15 00 @18 00 ! 
Culls. 7 00 @11 00 i 
Hobs .15 00 @15 75' 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 7 00 @10 00 • 
Lambs .17 00 @20 00. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens ohclce lb. 54 @ 56 ' 
Fair to Good. 35 @ 50 
Fowls..•. . 33 @ 43 | 
Capons. 52 @ 57 
Roosters. 28 @ 29 i 
Ducks . 32 @ 34 ; 
Geese. 25 @ 31 
Squabs, doz..... 3 00 @9 00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best. 24 @ 25 
Com. to good. 15 @ 20 i 
Lambs, hot house, each. 7 00 @12 00 * 
3EANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs..11 00 @12 00 i 
Pea. 8 00 @ 8 25 • 
Medium . 3 00 @ 8 25 * 
Red Kidney.15 00 @16 00 • 
White Kidney,.15 00 @15 50 
Tellow Eye.10 50 @10 75 
Limn. California. 1175 @12 00 
FRUITS ! 
i 
Apples, Baldwin. 7 00 @ 9 00 ' 
Albemarle. 8 00 @14 00 
Winesap, box. 2 50 @ 5 25 . 
Newtown, box. 2 50 @ 4 50 
Oranges, box . 3 00 @ 8 50 
Lemons, box . 2 00 @ 4 00 
Grape Fruit. 4 50 @ 8 50 1 
Strawberries, qt. 15 @ 32 1 
Peaches, 6-bkt. crate. 2 00 @ 3 00 1 
Muskmelons, bu. 4 uo @7 00 
Huckleberries. Southern, qt. 35 @ 40 
Blackberries, qt. 18 d 30 
Watermelons, 100.75 00 @150 00 
POTATOES 
New- stock is maiuly low-er because of 
large receipts and irregular quality. 
Old. 180 lbs. 12 00 @13 00 
Southern new bbl. 3 00 @12 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bbt. 2 00 @ 4 50 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus doz. bunches.1 50 @ 5 50 
Beats, bbl. 3 00 @4 00 
Carrots, bbl. 7 00 @15 00 
Cabbage, bbl. 3 00 @5 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 100 @2 00 
Onions, new. bu. 75 @ 1 50 
Squash, new,bu. 100 @3 00 
Kgg Plants, bu. 2 00 @ 4 50 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. 4 00 @ 6 00 
Radishes. bbl. bkt. 25 ® 75 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 2 00 @ 4 50 
Peppers, bu. 2 00 @ 3 50 
Romaine, bu. 1 00 @2 00 
Mushrooms, lb. 30 @ 70 
Spinach, bbl. 50 & 75 
Kale, bbl. 1 00 @2 00 
Garlic, lb. 15 @ 25 
Peas, bu. 2 00 @ 4 50 
Sweet Corn, Southern, bbl. 5 00 @ 7 00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton. 44 00 @45 00 
No. 2.40 00 @43 00 
No. 3 .*5 00 @39 00 
Shipping.3100 @34 00 
Straw, Rye.18 00 @19 00 
GRAIN 
Wholesale cash prices reported at New 
York are: Wheat, No. 2, red. $2 98; 
corn, No. 2. yellow-. $2.10; oats. $1.82; 
rye, $2.56; barley. $1.80. 
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.... 
Pork loins, lb... 
•••••••••••a 
65 to 68c 
60 to 64e 
70 to 75c 
60 to 65c 
8 to 9c 
6 to 10c 
5 to 10c 
60 to 75c 
45 to 50c 
40 to 50c 
45 to 60c 
25 to 80c 
30 to 35c 
