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Market News 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
SUPPLIES AND CBOI* OUTLOOK CONTINUE 
GENERALLY GOOD 
It seems doubtful now whether the 
newspaper talk of food shortage will 
amount to much. The season has not 
been so bad after all. notwithstanding its 
lateness. The grain crops are improving. 
The slowness and moisture have favored 
some crops, especially fruit. 
PLENTY OF BARREL APPLES 
New York may have twice as many 
apples as last year, and that State rules 
the Beastern market. There will be a 
fair crop of Western and Southern apples, 
and even the Middle West seems likely 
to enjoy one of its comparatively few’ 
apple years. There is small prospect of 
another year of extreme prices for apples, 
but in general the market outlook for 
fruit may be considered good. The de¬ 
mand is still active, as shown by the 
lively demand which developed for the 
heavy shipments of California canta¬ 
loupes. The public has become accus¬ 
tomed to paying high prices for fruits, 
and will no doubt buy all the apples pro¬ 
duced if business conditions and employ¬ 
ment continue fairly good. During re¬ 
cent years the population of the country 
has increased considerably, but not many 
new’ orchards are coming into bearing. 
Few trees were set during the past live 
years. Active planting began again this 
Spring in some sections, but even in the 
Northwest new orchards will require half 
a dozen years to come into production. 
It is doubtful whether new plantings in 
recent years have more than offset the 
decline in old orchards. Shipments of 
old apples are over for the season, except 
in small lots. About 15 cars per day of 
new’ apples arc reaching the markets, 
nearly two-thirds of them from Tennessee. 
POTATO ACREAGE PROBABLY NORMAL 
Most of the reported decreases in potato 
acreage are in New York and adjoining 
States. The few reports noticed from 
Maine have shown increases. New Jer¬ 
sey reports are various, but it. is doubtful 
if there is much average change in that 
State. In the West a good many in¬ 
creases are reported, such as a 10 per 
cent gain in Idaho and Utah and con¬ 
siderable increases in parts of Colorado. 
The labor situation does not appear to 
be so much a barrier in the West as in 
the East. Wages are high, but help can 
be obtained at a price. Western farmers, 
as well as some in the East, are handling 
more acreage per man than formerly with 
the help of traction implements. Wages 
in various sections are from two to four 
times the rates paid a few’ years preceding 
the war. Reports from several Southern 
trucking sections show wages increased 
800 per cent, and probably this figure 
represents a fair average, but it must be 
taken into consideration that former 
wages of. say $1.50 per day, went along 
with 70-cent wheat. 50-cent potatoes and 
15-eent eggs. Prices of potatoes have 
held up well, especially when considering 
the smash in the onion market. 
ONION GROWERS WORRY 
Northern onion growers are becoming 
anxious over the outcome for the early 
crop from sets. This crop costs high un¬ 
der prevailing conditions, and cannot be 
sold profitably in any such market as 
that which has been swamped by the 
enormous Texas crop. Northern onion 
acreage probably is not much different 
from last year, which, however, means 
less than the usual acreage. Decreases 
in some sections seem to be offset by 
gains in others, as in the case of the 
potato crop, and the decreases so far seem 
to be largely in the East, which has suf¬ 
fered severely from farm labor difficulties. 
The important section in Orange County, 
New York, has declined in acreage one- 
third. according to the opinions of five or 
six leading growers. There are some 
gains, especially in the reclaimed muck 
land in onion sections. California has 
planted a large acreage. In the Middle 
West gains and losses in onion area seem 
to be fairly well balanced. Weather has 
rather favored development of smut in 
unsprayed fields. 
MORE LATE CABBAGE 
For cabbage there is nothing to indi¬ 
cate as yet the general acreage in the 
North and West, but apparently the area 
is larger in the two leading Northern 
cabbage States—New York and Wiscon¬ 
sin. Scattered reports indicate gains of 
perhaps 10 per cent. Celery planting has 
been cut down in well-known Michigan 
sections for lack of labor. 
SOME DECREASES 
Acreage of dry beans appears to be cut 
down almost everywhere. There is con¬ 
siderable stock of old beans held over. 
California of late years has become a 
great bean producing State, and at present 
is shipping more to market than all others 
combined. Markets for the past year 
have been dull aud unsatisfactory, and 
bean growers have to a considerable ex¬ 
tent, turned to other crops. At such times 
it is usually wise for a grower to stick 
to tlic crop he knows best. Every staple 
product lias its times of good and poor 
demand. The acreage of canning toma- 
tws shows a few thousand acres decrease. 
• weet corn acreage for canning also 
seems to be less than that of last year. 
G. B. F. 
Local Up-State Prices 
BINGHAMTON 
Lettuce, doz., $1.50; radishes, doz., 60 
to 70c; onions, doz., 70c; rhubarb, doz., 
50 to 75c; asparagus, bunch, 15c; po¬ 
tatoes, bu., $8.50 to $4. 
Fowls, live, lb., 36c; dressed, 42c; 
broilers, live, lb., 55c; squabs._pnir. 80c; 
turkeys, live, lb., 45c; dressed, 58c; ducks, 
dressed, lb., 40c. 
Hides, cow, lb.. 10c; bull. 9c; calfskins, 
each, $1 to $4; lamb pelts, 25 to 50c; 
borsch ides, each, $4 to $5. 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDTCOTT PUBLIC MARKETS 
Fowls, dressed, lb.. 42c: live, 35c; 
ducks, dressed, lb., 40e; chickens, live, 
36c; dressed, 42e; veal. lb.. 18 to 40c; 
rabbits, dressed, 30c; pigs, each, $5 to 
$6; pork, lb., IS to 25c; ham. lb., 40c; 
beef, lb., 12 to 35c; pork, cwt., $19 to 
$23. 
Apples, bu., $1.50 to $2.50: asparagus, 
% lb., 15c; beets, bu., $1.25; carrots, 
$1.15; cabbage, lb.. 10c; celery, head, 13 
to 15c; dandelion greens, peck, 20c; on¬ 
ions, green, 3 bunches, 25c ; onions, peck, 
75c; potatoes, peck, 85c; new. lb.. Sc-; 
radishes, bunch. 5c ; rhubarb. 4 bunches, 
25c; spinach, peck. 25c; squash, Winter, 
lb., 3c; strawberries, qt., 30c.- 
Beans, lb., 10c; buckwheat flour, lb., 
6c; hickory nuts, qt., 23c; honey, lb.. 33e; 
vinegar, gal., 40c; cottage cheese, lb., 
5%c; milk, qt., 9e; butter, lb., 02e; but¬ 
termilk, qt., 5c; eggs, 49e; duck eggs, 60c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. $1.50 to 
$1.75; beets, doz. bunches, $1; beet 
greens, bu., 75c; garlic, lb., 30c; horse¬ 
radish. grated, bottle. 15 to 25c; lb., 
roots, 10c; lettuce, leaf. head. 4 to 10c; 
Boston, per doz., 50c to $1.60; onions, 
green, doz. bunches, 30 to 40c; parsley, 
doz. bunches, 00c; romuine. bunch. 10c; 
rhubarb, doz. bunches, 40c; sage. lb.. 10c; 
spinach, bu., 75c; tomatoes, lb., 50c; 
peas, per bu., $2.50; potatoes, bu.. $3.50 
to $4; strawberries, crate, $6 to $9 ; qt., 
25 to 30c; beans, per bu., $5.50; per qt., 
25e. 
Beef, prime, sides, lb.. 14c; medium, 
lie; lamb. lb.. 26c; live pigs. each. $7; 
pork, ib., 19c; veal, prime, 23c; common, 
19c. 
Ducks, live, 40e; dressed, 60c; geese, 
live, 35c; dressed, 55c; guinea liens, live, 
lb., 40e; broilers, live. lb.. 55c; dressed. 
SOc; fowls, live. lb.. 40 to 45c; dressed, 
55 to 65c; eggs. 55 to 60c: wholesale, 
50c; duck eggs. 70e; butter, 60 to 65c. 
Hay, Alfalfa, extra. $36; hay. No. 1, 
$36; No. 2. $34; No. 3. $25 to $28; Tim¬ 
othy, $35 ; straw, rye, ton, $18; oat, $20; 
oats, bu., $1.40. 
ROCHESTER PUBLIC MARKET 
Cherries, lb.. 12 to ISc; strawberries, 
crate. $7 to $9; qt.. 25 to 28c; apples, 
Ben Davis. $2.25 to $2.75; common, $1.50 
to $2; tomatoes, lb.. 20 to 25c; basket, 
$2.50 to $3; green peas, small, bu., $2.25 
to $2.50 ; large. $2.75 to $3 ; cucumbers, 
doz., $1.50 to $2; mint, green, doz. heads. 
30 to 35c; asparagus, small, doz. bunches, 
90c to $1; large, $2.50 to $2.75; cabbage, 
per doz. heads, $2 to $2.50; lettuce, per 
doz. heads, 50 to 60c; onions, green, doz. 
bunches, 20 to 25o; potatoes, bu., $3 to 
$3.25; beets, doz. bunches, 40c; beet 
greens, bu., 35 to 40c; parsley, doz. 
bunches, 20 to 25c; horseradish, lb.. 20 to 
23c; beans, hand-picked, per 100 lbs., me¬ 
dium. $6.25; white marrow. $9 50; red 
marrow, $12; red kidney, $13.50; white 
kidney. $14: pea, $6.50; yellow eye. $9; 
imperials, $8. 
Hides, steers. No. 1. 12c; No. 2. 11c; 
cows and heifers. No. 1, 12c; No. 2. lie; 
bulls and stags, lb.. 10c; horsehides. each, 
$6 to $7; wool, unwashed, medium, 30 to 
35c; fine fleece, 35 to 45c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
Butter — Fancy Northern creamery, 
tubs. 62 to 62 %c; boxes. 64 to 64%c; 
prints, 64 to 65c; fancy Western cream¬ 
ery. tubs, 61% to 62c: Western creamery, 
good to choice, 60 to 61e; fair to good, 
51 % to 52c. 
Eggs—Fancy hennery. 69 to 70c; 
choice Eastern. 61 to 62c; fresh Western, 
extras. 54 to 55c; prime firsts, 50 to 51c; 
firsts, 47 to 49c. 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls, native. 40 to 
45c; broilers, 60 to 05c; Western ice 
packed, 30 to 40c: native squabs, $5 to $7 
doz.; pigeons. $3.50 to $4 doz. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, 38 to 40c: broil¬ 
ers. 53 to 55c; roosters, 23 to 25c lb. 
Fruits—Apples, general prices. $5 to 
$10 bbl.; Western, box. $5 to $6.50: ba¬ 
nanas, 8% to 9c lb.; blueberries, 25 to 
35c; raspberries. 15 to 18c pint; straw¬ 
berries. 25 to 65e qt.; lemons. $4 to $5 
crate; oranges, California. $7 to $8 crate; 
green limes, $2 per 100. $12 bbl.: cherries. 
$3.50 to $5 box; grapefruit. $4 to $7.50 
crate: pineapples. $5 to $8.50 crate; wa¬ 
termelons, 30 to 65c each ; cantaloupes, 
$2.50 to $3.50 crate; peaches, $1 to $4 
carrier-; apricots. $2 to $3 box; plume, 
$3.50 to $5.50 box. 
Vegetables—Asparagus, $3.50 to $7 
box; green and wax beans, $2 to $4 bas¬ 
ket; beets, $1.50 to $1.75 doz. bunches; 
cabbages, $6 to $6.50; carrots, $1.25 to 
$1.50 doz. bunches; celery, $3.50 to $4 
doz. bunches; cucumbers, $3 to $10 bu. 
onions, Texas aud California. 75c to $1.25 
orate; peppers. $2.50 to $3; eggplants. 
$3.50 to $4 crate; parsnips, $1.50 to $2 
bu.; radishes, 75c to $1.50 bu.; lettuce. 
$1 to $1.75 bu.; romaine. $1 to $1.25 bu.; 
tomatoes, hothouse, 25 to 30c. Southern, 
$1.75 to $5 crate ; potatoes, old. $7 to $8 
per 100 lbs.; new, $11 to $13.50 per bbl.; 
sweet potatoes, $8 to $8.50; mushrooms. 
$1 to $4 basket; spinach, $1.50 to $1.75 
bu.; rhubarb. 60 to 70c basket; green 
peas. $3 to $4 basket; marrow squash, 
$3.75 crate. 
Millfeed—Spring bran. $58.50; Winter 
bran. '$•”>9: middlings, $62.50 to $66 50; 
mixed feed. $64 to $68; red dog, $78: sec¬ 
ond clears. $89 ; gluten feed. $75.12 ; hoin- 
iny feed. $76.40; stock feed, $76; oat 
hulls, $56; cottonseed meal, $71.50 to 
$77. 
I lay—No. 1 Timothy, $46 to $47 ; No. 
2 Timothy. $42 to $44; No. 2 Eastern. 
$37 to $39; No. 3 hav, $33 to $35; clover 
mixed, $35 to $39: fine bay, $31 to $34; 
rye straw, $27 to $28; oat straw, $19 to 
$ 20 . 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
JULY 2, 1920 
MILK 
The New York price to producers has 
been fixed until October 1 as follows; 
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 100 lbs. additional 
for every tenth of 1 per cent butterfat 
over 3. 
BUTTER 
The market has been firmer, but eased 
off late in the week at about one cent 
above last week’s figures on the better 
grades. 
Creamery. fancy lb..... 
Good to Choice . 
Loner Grades. 
City made. 
Dairy, best. 
Common to good ... 
Packing Stock. 
59 @ 60 
55 @ 58 
44 @ 50 
40 @ 46 
57 @ 58 
44 @ 54 
37 © 42 
CHEESE 
Market, strong, especially on new State. 
Large shipments from Wisconsin are on 
hand, and going slightly under State as 
the primary cost was less. 
Whole Milk, fancy, new make. 27 @ 28 
Good to choice. 244® 254 
Sklmi, best. 18 @ 19 
Fair to good.. .... 11 @ 15 
EGGS 
Fair and medium grades are in some 
surplus. Hot weather damage is com¬ 
mon. Part of this occurs on the way 
to market and part is the result of faulty 
gathering. Eggs should be gathered at 
least twice a day in hot weather. In 
most flocks hens will show partiality to 
a few nests, no matter how many may 
be provided. The eggs laid : n those nests 
are kept at a batching temperature at 
least half a day. and if one or more Inns 
gets the broody idea in the afternoon, it 
is decidedly bad-for those eggs. A pres¬ 
ent. choice eggs are about 20 cents pm* 
dozen above fairly good ones, so that a 
little care in handling is profitable. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy....... 58 © 60 
Medium to good . 45 ® 54 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 55 @ 56 
Common to good. 45 <0 50 
Gathered, best, white. 55 @ 59 
Medium to good, mixed colore ... 44 © 51 
Lower grades. 40 ® 42 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers . 
Balia . 
Cows. 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 
Calls. 
(logs.. 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 
Lambs . 
.12 00 ©16 00 
. 6 00 ©10 00 
5 00 ©10 00 
.15 00 @17 75 
. 8 00 @11 00 
.15 00 @16 50 
. 5 00 @9 50 
.15 00 @18 75 
LIVE POULTRY 
The market is weak. Business re¬ 
ported at: Fowls. 33 to 34c; broilers, 45 
to 65c; ducks, 35 to 3Sc; roosters, 25e. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Cblokens choice lb. 65 @ 75 
Fair to Good. 50 @ 60 
Fowls. 33 @ 42 
Boosters. 23 @ 25 
Ducks . 32 @ 35 
Geese. 23 @ 29 
Squabs, doz. 3 00 @900 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best. 24 @ 25 
Com. to good. IS @ 20 
BEANS. 
Marrow. 100 lbs.1100 @12 00 
Pea. 8 00 @ 8 25 
Medium . 8 00 @ 3 25 
Bed Kidney.16 00 @16 50 
White Kidney.15 00 @1550 
Yellow Eye.1100 @1125 
Lima. California.12 50 @13 00 
FRUITS 
Old apples are practically out of the 
market. A few inferior uew ones have 
arrived. Peaches in larger supply and 
quality improving. 
Oranges, box .. 3 00 @ 8 50 
Lemons, box . 2 00 @ 4 00 
Grape Fruit. . 2 00 @4 50 
Strawberries, qt . 10 @ 40 
Peaches, 6-bkt crate .1 00 @ 4 00 
Muskmelons, bu. 4 00 © 125 
Buck leberries. Southern, qt. 20 @ 35 
Blackberries, qt. . 10 @ 30 
Cherries, qt.. 12 @ 20 
Watermelons, carload. 400 00@1000 00 
POTATOES 
"Receipts are larger and prices gen¬ 
erally 50 cents to $1 per obi. lower. Some 
stock from Jersey is in, going mainly 
from $7 to $11 per 165 lb. sack. 
Southern new bbl. 3 00 @1100 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 2 00 © 4 25 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus doz. bunches. ... 2 00 @ 5 25 
Beets, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Cabbage, bbl. 3 00 @ 3 50 
Carrots, 100 bunches. 3 00 @ 8 00 
Lettuce, half-hhl. basket.. 75 @125 
Onion*, rove, bu. 50 ©l 50 
Squash, new,bu. 100 @4 00 
Egg Plants, bu. I 00 @ 3 50 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 2 00 u* 2 £0 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt. crate. 1 50 @ 4 00 
Radishes. bbl. bkt. 1 00 @ 3 no 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 1 00 @4 23 
Peppers, bu. 1 00 @ 3 25 
Romaine.bu. 75 @100 
Mushrooms, 1b. 30 @ 1 00 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @ 1 25 
Kale, bbl. 75 @1 25 
Peas, bu. 1 00 © 2 50 
Sweet Corn, Southern, bbl. 5 00 @ 7 50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay Timothy, No. 1. ton. 49 00 @50 00 
No. 2.46 00 @48 00 
No. 3 ..42 00 @44 00 
Shipping.35 00 @40 00 
3traw, Kye...22 00 @23 00 
GRAIN 
Following are the cash wholesale prices 
reported at New York ; wheat. No. 2 red, 
$2.92; corn. No. 2. yellow, $1.95; oats, 
No. 2 white, $1.31; rye, $2.38; barley 
$1.65. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter, best . 67 to 6Sc 
Fair to good. 60 to 65c 
Eggs, best . 70 to: 75c 
Fair to good. 55 to. 65c 
Cheese, lb . 35 to" -jOc 
Potatoes, lb . 7 to 8c 
Lettuce, head ...; . 10 to 12c 
Strawberries, qt . 25 to 35c 
Raspberries, qt . 25 to 30c 
Dressed Fowls, lb. 45 to -18c 
Broilers, lb. 75 to $1.00 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Fresh, solid-packed creamery, fancy, 
high-scoring goods, 60% to 62%c, the lat¬ 
ter for jobbing sales; extras, 59%c; 
extra firsts, 56% to 58%c; firsts, 51 to 
55c; seconds, 45 to 50c; sweet creamery, 
choice to fancy. 61% to 63%e; common to 
good. 51 to 00%c; ladle-packed, as to 
quality. 44 to 46c; packing stock. 38 to 
41c; fancy brands of nearby prints were 
jobbing at 68 to 70c: good to choice, 60 
to 67c; fair. 57 to 59e. 
EGGS 
Nearby firsts, 47c per doz; do., current 
receipts. 44 to 44%c per doz.; do., ordin¬ 
ary to fair. 41 to 43c; Western extra 
firsts, 4Sc; do., firsts. 42 to 45c; seconds 
and poorer, 30 to 41c; fancy, carefully- 
selected candled eggs were jobbing at 56 
to 58c per doz. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, fancy. 37 to 3Sc; exceptional 
lots higher; common to good. 35 to 36c; 
broiling chickens, fancy, yellow-skinned, 
not Leghorns, weighing 1 to 1% lbs 
apiece. 50 to 55c; White Leghorn broilers, 
weighing 1% to 3 lbs apiece, 50 to 52c; 
smaller sizes. 40 to 45c; old roosters, 24 
to 26c. Ducks, old. 28 to SOc; spring, 
35 to 37c. Pigeons, old, per pair, 45 to 
55c; young, 40c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, fresh-killed, dry picked, in 
boxes, weighing. 4 to 5 lbs. apiece, 43c; 
weighing 3% lbs. apiece, 39 to 40c; 
weighing 3 lbs. apiece. 35 to 37c. Fowls 
fresh-killed, in barrels, dry-picked, weigh¬ 
ing 4 to 5 lbs. apiece. 41c; weighing 3% 
lbs. 38 to 39c; weighing 3 lbs. 33 to 35c; 
milk-fed fowls, weighing 4 lbs. and over 
apiece, in first-class condition, will com¬ 
mand a premium of % to lc over quota¬ 
tions. Broilers, Western, dry-p.cked, not 
Leghorns, 62 to 65e; some nearby stock 
higher; broilers. Western, White Leg¬ 
horns. 5S to 60c; old roosters, dry-picked, 
Western, 27c; Southern, 25 to 26c; 
Spring ducks, Long Island, 35c. 
FRUITS 
Oranges, per box. $5 to 8.75. Grape¬ 
fruit, Florida, per box, $2.50 to $5.30. 
Pineapples, per crate, $2.50 to $7.50. 
Peaches. Georgia, per crate. $2.50 to $5. 
Watermelons, Florida, per ear. $250 to 
800. Cantaloupes, Western, per stan¬ 
dard crate. $2.50 to $4; cantaloupes. 
Southern, per flat crate, 75c to $1.10. 
Strawberries, per quart—Jersev, 15 to 
25c: Pennsylvania. 25 tc 10c. Blackner- 
rles. North Carolina, per quart, 11* to 15c. 
Huckleberries, per quart. 28 to 35c. Cur- 
ram,, per quart. 15 to 20c. Raspberries, 
Jersey, per pint. 12 to loc. 
VEGETABLES 
We quote: White potatoes. Southern, 
per bbl—No. 1. $10.50 to $12.50; No. 2 
aud culls. $4 to $8. Cabbage, Southern, 
per bbl. crate, $2 to $4; do.. Pennsyl¬ 
vania per bbl.. $3 to $3.50; do.. Jersey, 
per basket. $1 to $1.25. Onions. Texas, 
per crate. 25 to 90c; do., Jersey, per 
basket. 50 to 85c. 
BALED HAY AND STRAW 
Very little stock available ou account 
of railroad conditions. Market firm un¬ 
der a fair demand. Timothy hay—No. 1, 
none here; No. 2. $32 to $43; No. 1 
mixed. $40 to $41. Straw—No. 1 straight 
rye, $17 to $17.50; No. 2 Jo. $16 to 
$16.50: No. 1 wheat straw. $14.50 to $15; 
No. 2 do., $13.50 to $11 : No 1 oat straw, 
$14.50 to $15; No. 2. $13.50 to $14. 
BRAN 
Car lots, including Western soft Winter 
bran. $60.50 to $61; Spring bran, 10O- 
ponnd sacks, $59 to $60. 
(Buffalo Markets on page 1203) 
