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Local Up-Statc Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb.. 20o; boneless roasts, lb., 
20c; lamb chops, lb.. 25c; mutton, lb., 
12 to 25c; choice kettle roasts, lb.. 14 to 
18c; porterhouse steak, lb.. 25c; neck 
cuts, lb., 10c; sausage, lb., 25c; roasting 
pigs, lb., 25c; salt pork, lb., 25c; veal 
chops, lb., 35c; veal cutlets, lb., 40c; 
rabbit, lb., 35c; round steak, lb., 20c; 
pork loins, lb., 20 to 25c; sliced ham, lb., 
35c; brisket bacon, lb., 22c. 
Live poultry—fowls, heavy, lb., 32 to 
35c: old roosters, lb.. 22c; turkeys, lb., 
45 to 50c: geese, lb.. 36c; ducks, lb., 40c. 
Dressed fowls, heavy, lb.. 42c; roasting 
chickens, lb., 45c; turkeys, lb., 55c; 
geese, lb., 42c; ducks, lb., 46c. 
Eggs, extra, white, 45c; brown, 45c; 
mixed. 45c; duck eggs. 60c. 
Milk, (it., 9c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; skim 
milk, qt., 5c; butter, creamery, fancy 
prints, lb.. 48c; best dairy prints, lb., 
47c; dairy in jars, lb., 47c; cheese, whole 
milk cream, lb., 33c; skim. 17c; cottage 
cheese, ib.. 10c; pimento cheese, lb.. 15c. 
Apples, large, bu . Baldwins. $1.20; 
Greenings. $1.25; Wolf River, $1.25; Ben 
Davis. 00c; 8p.vs, $1.40; other varieties, 
50c to $1; pears, Kieffer, $1.75; citron, 
10 to 15c: cranberries, qt.. 20c. 
Beans, dry, lb.. 7c; beets, bu.. $1.15; 
cabbage, white, lb.. 1c; red, 2c; carrots, 
bu., 90c; cauliflower. 10c; celery, bunch, 
12c; eggplant, best, each, 15c; medium, 
10c; horseradish roots, lb., 20c; lettuce, 
large heads, 8c; onions, green, 5c; dry, 
bu., 75c; parsnips, bu.. $1.15; potatoes, 
bu.. 80c; small, 60c; rhubarb, lb., 5c; 
radishes, white, bunch. 8c; round, red, 
bunch. Sc; sauerkraut, qt., 15c; spinach, 
peck. 30c; squash. Winter, lb.. 3c; ruta¬ 
bagas, bu.. 90c; vegetable oysters, hunch, 
10c. 
Honey, clover extra (ted: lb.. 25c; card, 
30c; popcorn, shelled, lb.. 10c; on cob, 
8c; buckwheat flour, lb., 5c; black wal¬ 
nuts, bu.. $2.50; butternuts, $2; hickory- 
nuts, $5.50. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime, sides, lb.. 10c ; medium. 6 
to 8c; lamb. lb.. 25 to 30c; live pigs, each, 
$4 to $5; small dressed pigs, lb., 16c; 
pork, light, lb., 15c; heavy, lb., 12c; veal, 
prime, lb., 15 to 16c; common, 14c; sau¬ 
sage, lb., 20 to 30c. 
Ducks, live, lb., 35 to 40c; dressed. 
60c; chickens, live, 35 to 40c; dressed. 50 
to 60c; fowls, live, lb.. 35 to 40c; dressed. 
50 to 60c; turkeys, live, 55c; dressed. 75 
to 80c; geese, live, lb., 25c ; dressed, lb., 
45 to 50c; guinea hens, live, each, $JL; 
rabbits, dressed, lb., 40c; butter, lb.. 50 
to 65c; eggs, 45 to 50c; duck eggs. 60c; 
lard, lb., 25c; Italian cheese. 40 to 50c. 
Apples, bu., 40c to $1.25; cider, per 
gal.. 25 to 35c. 
Beans, dry. bu., $4; per qt. 15 to 20c; 
beets, bu., 50c; cabbage, doz. heads. 35 
to 40c; per 100, $3; red, per doz., 60c; 
curly, per doz., 50c; carrots, bu., 50 to 
60c; celery hearts, per doz.. 75c to $1.25; 
stalks, per doz.. 60 to 75c; garlic, lb., 
25c; horseradish roots, bunch. 10c; let¬ 
tuce. leaf, per crate, $1.40; onions, bu., 
50 to 75c; parsley, doz. bunches, 50c; 
parsnips, bu., $1 ; popcorn, bu.. $1 ; pota¬ 
toes. bu.. 50 to 60c; rutabagas, bu., 50 
to 65c; sage. lb.. 10c; sauerkraut, lb., 5c; 
turnips, bu.. 50c; Winter squash, lb., 
2 y 2 c; vegetable oysters, doz. bunches, 60c. 
Alfalfa, ton. $25 to $26; lmv. No. 1, 
ton. 825 to $26; No. 2, $20 to '$24; No. 
3, $18; Timothy, $26 to $28; straw, rye, 
ton. $13; wheat, $16; oat, $18. 
Rochester 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 17c; fore¬ 
quarters. lb.. 13c; hindquarters, lb.. 18 
to 20c; dressed hogs, light, lb., 14 to 15c; 
heavy, lb.. 13 to 14c; Spring lambs, lb., 
18 to 22c; yearling lambs, lb.. 16 to 18c; 
mutton, lb.. 11 to 13c; veal, lb. 21 to 23c. 
Live fowls, lb.. 32 to 34c; live roosters, 
lb.. 30 to 32c; live ducks, lb.. 40 to 45c; 
live geese, lb., 28 to 30c; live turkeys, lb., 
45 to 50c; eggs. 45 to 60c. 
Apples, per bu.. Kings, $1 to $1.25; 
Spys, $1 to $1.25; Greenings, 75c; Bald¬ 
wins, 80 to 90c; seconds, 65 to 75c. 
Beets, bu., 60 to 75c ; cabbage, ton. $8 
to $10; per 100 heads, $3 to $3.50; per 
doz. heads, 35 to 50c; carrots, bu . 55 to 
75c; celery, doz bunches, 75c to $1 ; let¬ 
tuce, head, per doz.. $1 to $1.25; lettuce, 
common, per doz. heads, 40 to 50c; mint, 
green, doz. bunches, 30 to 35c; onions, 
bu., 40 to 45c: potatoes, bu., 40 to 50c; 
parsnips, $1.25 to $1.50; radishes, hot¬ 
house. doz. bunches. 25 to 30c; spinach, 
bu., $1.50 to $1.75; turnips, bu.. 60 to 
75c; vegetable oysters, doz. bunches. 40 
to 45c; watercress, doz. bunches, 40 to 
50c. 
. Beans, per 100 lbs., hand-picked, me¬ 
dium. $3.50; red marrow. $6; white mar¬ 
row. $5; red kidney. $6; white kidney, 
$8 50 to $9; pea $3.25; yellow eye, $6; 
Imperials, $7. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The situation does not change much. 
Butter has firmed up. but has not ad¬ 
vanced much. Potatoes are as weak as 
ever. Moat produce is about as low as 
it was last Fall. The open Winter has 
enabled farmers to use their trucks, so 
that the report for January shows only 
six railroad carloads of potatoes deliv¬ 
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ered here last January to 77 in January 
last Winter. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGOS 
Butter, firm: creamery, 46 to 56c; 
dairy, 38 to 46c; crocks, 36 to 45c; com¬ 
mon. 25 to 30c. Cheese, dull ; daisies and 
flats. 26 to 28c; longhorns, 27 to 29c. 
Eggs, quiet; hennery, 42 to 47c; State 
and Western candled, 38 to 42c. 
POULTRY—RABBITS 
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys. 48 to 
62c; fowl, 34 to 38c; chickens, 32 to 38c; 
old roosters, 28 to 29c; ducks. 35 to 40c; 
geese, 32 to 35c. Live poultry, steady ; 
turkeys, 50 to 55c; fowl. 30 to 35c: 
chickens, 30 to 31c; capons, 42 to 45c; 
ducks, 35 to 40c; geese. 28 to 30c. Rab¬ 
bits, quiet; jacks, pair, $1 to $1.35; cot¬ 
tontails, 35 to 50c. 
GRAPES AND PERRIES 
Grapes, steady; California Emperors, 
keg, $7 to $7.50. Strawberries, firm; 
Florida, qt., 50 to 65c. Cranberries, 
weak ; Cape Cod, bbl., $14 to $15. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, quiet; King. Spitzenberg, bu., 
$1.50 to $1.75; Spy, $1.50; Baldwin, 
Greening, $1 to $1.25; seconds, 40 to 75c. 
Potatoes, steadier; good to choice white, 
bu.. 55 to 70c ; seconds, 35 to 40c; Ber¬ 
mudas, bbl.. $11 to $12.25; sweets, ham¬ 
per, $1.75 to $3. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, quiet; kidneys, ewt., $8 to $10; 
marrow, $6 to $9; pea and medium, $4.75 
to $5.25. Onions, easy; State and West¬ 
ern. ewt., $1 to $1.35; home-grown Ebe- 
nezer, bu.. $1 to $1.25; Spanish, crate, 
$2.25 to $3. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, quiet; wax beans, hamper, 
$6 to $8; cabbage, Florida do., $2.25 to 
$2.50; carrots, Southern, $2.35 to $2.75; 
beets, old, bu.. 70 to 90c; cauliflower, 
California, $2.50 to $2.75 ; carrots, 50 to 
70c; parsnips, 85c to $1.10; spinach, 
$1.25 to $1.65; turnips, w’hite, 75c to $1; 
yellow, 60 to 70c; Brussels sprouts, qt., 
20 to 35c; cabbage, old. ewt.. 80 to 90c; 
celery, Southern, crate. $3.50 to $5 50; 
tomatoes, do.. $5 to $8; lettuce, California 
iceberg, $3.25 to $3.50; endive, bbl., $6 
to $6.50; peppers, box. $7 to $9; shallots, 
doz. bunches. 50 to 90c; radishes, 25 to 
35c; vegetable oysters, 75c to $1. 
SWEETS-NUTS 
Honey, steady ; white comb, lb., 35 to 
38c; dark, 30 to 32c. Maple products, 
easy; syrup, gal., $1.25 to $2; sugar, lb., 
32 to 38c. Nuts, quiet; butternuts, bu., 
75c to $1; black walnuts, lb., 5 to 6c. 
PEED 
Hay, quiet; bulk, timothy, ton, $24 to 
$25; clover mixed. $22 to $23; straw, 
$14 to $16. Wheat bran, higher; ton, car 
lot. $29.50; middlings. $29.50; red dog. 
$37.50; cottonseed meal. $34.80; oilmeal, 
$42; hominy, $29; gluten. $41.50; oat 
feed. $11 ; rye middlings, $28. j. w. c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best. 54 to 55c; common to 
good, 45 to 52c; dairy, 30 to 42c; stor¬ 
age, 40 to 46c. 
EGGS 
Fancy nearby. 50 to 51c; gathered, 
good to choice, 40 to 48c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 35 to 36c; chickens, 30 to 35c. 
Pressed poultry 
Turkeys, best, 55 to 60c; good to choice, 
45 to 50c; chickens, 38 to 40c; fowls, 
30 to 38c; ducks, 35 to 38c; geese, 30 
to 36c. 
Fruits 
Apples, Baldwins, bbl., $3 to $6.50; 
Greenings, $3 to $4; Spy, $3.50 to $5. 
Cranberries, bbl., $16 to $20. Straw¬ 
berries, qt., 40 to 60c. 
POTATOES 
Maine, 100 lbs.. $1 25 to $1.40; sweet 
potatoes, bu., $1.50 to $2.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Onions, 100 lbs., 75c to $1 ; cabbage, 
bbl., $1 to $1.25 ; lettuce, bu. box, 50c to 
$1; spinach, bu. box. $1.25 to $1.75; 
squash, ton, $80 to $120; carrots, bu. 
box. $1 to $1.25; turnips, bu. box, 50c 
fo $1; radishes, bu. box. $1.25 to $2; 
Brussels sprouts, qt., 15 to 20c; toma¬ 
toes, hothouse, lb., 15 to 50c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Best timothy, $30 to $33; No. 2. $27 
to $28; No. 3, $23 to $24 ; clover mixed, 
$29 to $32. Rye straw, $23 to $24 ; oat 
straw, $17 to $18. 
Pittsburgh Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best. 57 to 58c; common to good, tub, 
50 to 56c; rolls, 35 to 40c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby, 40 to 42c; gathered, 37 
to 39c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Hens, 35 to 38c; chickens, 33 to 35c; 
roosters, 19 to 21c; ducks, 38 to 40c; 
geese, 30 to 33c; turkeys, 45 to 55c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Ileus, 4S to 50c; roosters, 30 to 32c; 
broilers, 45 to 50c; ducks, 40 to 45c; 
turkeys, 60 to 65c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $4.50 to $6; strawberries, 
qt., 50 to 75c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 150 lbs., $1.90 to $2.25; sweet 
potatoes, bu., $2 to $2.50; cabbage, bbl., 
$1.75 to $2; onions, 100 lbs., 75c to 
$1.25; turnips, bu., $1 to $1.25; carrots, 
bu., $1 to $1.25. 
HAY 
Timothy, No. 1. $25 to $26; No. 2, $23 
to $24 ; clover mixed. $23 to $24.50. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 56 to 58c; good to 
choice. 46 to 54c; lower grades, 35 to 
40c; ladles, 24 to 28c; packing stock, 10 
to 22c. 
Fggs 
Best, nearby, 37 to 38c; gathered, good 
to choice, 30 to 34c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, 40 to 45c; roosters, 24 to 
25c; fowls, 28 to 38c; ducks, 36 to 45c ; 
geese, 28 to 32c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, 55 to 62c; fowls, 32 to 39c; 
chickens, 32 to 40c; ducks, 35 to 40c; 
geese, 30 to 32c. 
FRUITS 
FRUITS 
Apples. Baldwin, bbl. . 
Greening. 
York. 
@5 50 
@ 5 50 
it 5 00 
@ 1 50 
@ I 50 
@21 00 
@ 40 
@ 22 
I((l. bkt.. 
Pears, bbl. 
Cranberries, bbl.. 
Strawberries, qt. 
Kumquats, qt. 
.. 1 00 
..2 00 
..15 00 
POTATOES 
Long Island. 180 lbs. 
State, 150 lbs . 
Maine. 180 lbs. 
...2 50 
..1 75 
@ 3 50 
@ 2 50 
fh 2 75 
Bermuda, bbl. 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt . 
..6 00 
@10 00 
@ 2 25 
VEGETABLES 
Brussels Sprouts, qt 
Beets, bbl. 
@ 25 
@ 2 50 
@20 00 
@ 2 25 
@ 2 00 
@ 4 00 
@ 1 25 
Cabbage, ton . 
14 00 
New, bu-bkt. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Lettuce. Iial f - bbl. basket ... 
Onions. 100 lbs. 
8quash. bbl. 
. 3 00 
3 00 
. 1 25 
Egg Plants, bu. 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl.’.’.’.'.’.'. 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 
@ 7 00 
@ 2 (10 
® 5 00 
(A « 50 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 
Peppers, bu. 
. 3 00 
Romaine, bu. 
@ 3 00 
@ 75 
@ 2 50 
.Mushrooms. Ib. 
40 
Spinach, bbl. 
Kale, bbl. 
Hj<Y AND STRAW 
Hay. Tlmottay.No. 1 . ton. 
No. 2 . 
.29 00 
®31 00 
No. 3 .. 
Shipping. 
(■lover. Mixed . 
Straw. Rve . 
.22 00 
.20 00 
'a 24 00 
@20 00 
@28 00 
Oat and wheat. . 
@16 00 
Apples, bbl., $2.50 to $6; cranberries, 
bbl., $10 to $20; strawberries, qt., 40 to 
60c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, ewt., $1 to $1.20; %-bu. 
basket, 20 to 50c; sweet potatoes, %-bu. 
basket, $1 to $1.50; onions, 100 lbs., 75c 
to $1; carrots, bbl . $2 to $3.50; cab¬ 
bage, ton, $8 to $14. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy, No. 2, $23 to $24 ; No. 3, $21 
to $22; sample, $18 to $20; clover mixed, 
$20 to $22.50. Straw, rye, $16 to $17.50; 
wheat, $15 to $16.50. 
GRAIN 
Cash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York : Wheat, No. 2 hard Winter, $1.91 ; 
corn. No. 2 yellow, 88c; oats. No. 2 
white. o6c; rye, $1.66; barley, 80c. 
1 rices quoted at New York on country 
slaughter steer hides are 9 to 10c; covvs 
and bulls, 7 to 8c . Country slaughter 
calfskins, from 9 to 12 lbs'., $1 75 to 
$1.95; lighter, $1 to $1.25. Hide dealers 
here will not receive small lots from 
farmers. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
March 3, 1921 
MILK 
The New York price to producers for 
March is $2.10 per 100 lbs. 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 i>er cent butterfat 
over 3. 
Butter 
The Government report of butter in 
storage at New York March 2 was 6,362,- 
509 lbs., which is about 3,000,000 less 
than a month ago. The market is quite 
strong and higher on the better grades. 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 55 @ 55Mj 
Good to Choice . 52 a 54 
Lower Grades. 34 <a 38 
City made. 22 @ 28 
Dairy, best . 53 @ 54 
Common to good . 28 @ 42 
Paoklng Stock. 19 1 @ 24 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy. 28 it 29 
Good to choice. 24 @ 26 
Skims, best. 17 @ 19 
Fair to (rood. li <3 ]g 
EGGS 
Government figures show eggs in stor¬ 
age at New York, March 2—2,162 cases of 
30 dozen. This is about 9,000 cases less 
than a month ago. The market on nearby 
white is 3 to 4 cents lower. Under grades 
not much changed. 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 49 ui 50 
Medium to good. 45 @ 47 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 42 @ 43 
Common to good. 33 it 40 
Gathered, best, white. 48 @ 49 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 35 @ 38 
Lower graopR. 29 @ 32 
Storage, best. 30 @ 33 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers. 8 75 @ 9 65 
Balls . 6 00 @ 6 90 
Cows. 3 00 it 7 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 12 00 @16 50 
Culls. 8 00 @10 00 
Hogs. 8 75 @1150 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 4 00 @ 6 00 
Lambs . 8 00 @12 00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Business is reported at: Fowls, 36 to 
38c; chickens. 32 to 40c; roosters, 19 to 
20c; ducks. 45 to 48c; geese, 22 to 26c; 
turkeys, 45 to 50c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 
Com. to good... 
Chickens choice lb. 
Fair to Good. 
. 60 
. 45 
@ 62 
@ 54 
@ 55 
@ 34 
@ 38 
@ ?fi 
Fowls. 
Roosters. . 
Ducks . 
@ 40 
@10 00 
@ 36 
Squabs, doe. 
Geese. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Sales are reported at: Calves, choice 
21 to 22c; common to good, 13 to 16c; 
pork, KM) to 150 lbs. each, 14 to 16c; 
heavier, 9 to 12c; 50 to 100 lbs. each, 15 
to 18c; roasting pigs, 10 to 15 lbs., 32 
to 40c; 16 to 20 lbs., 25 to 26c. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lba. 8 00 a 8 25 
f . 4 50 @ 4 75 
Medium . 5 00 @ 5 60 
Red Kidney. 9 00 @9 15 
White Kldnw.'..13 50 @14 00 
Yellow Eye.,,,,. 9 00 @9 25 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter—Best .$.5,8 
Fair to good. . .50 
Milk—Loose, at stores. 
Bottled, Grade A. 
Bottled. Grade B.. 
Certified . 
Heavy ( ream. pint_ 
Cheese, lb. 45 
Eggs—Best .. >55 
Fa > r to good. 45 
Fowls. ’45 
Turkeys .55 
Chickens. ‘45 
Lamb chops. 50 
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Foreign Crop Report 
Broom hall’s Liverpool report, March 2, 
is as follows: 
United Kingdom. France and Germany. 
—in these three countries the weather 
has been remarkably fine and mild. Win¬ 
ter crops are generally good. Spring cul¬ 
tivation has gone forward rapidly and 
seed in gs have started under excellent, con¬ 
ditions. 
Italy.—The outlook for the wheat is 
favorable, hut tin* acreage is short. 
. 8oain and North Africa.—-Conditions 
in these countries are favorable. 
Russia.—Reports being received from 
Russia are very bad. The lack of food 
is causing revolts and seeding grain is 
extremely scarce. The government is 
formulating a plan for compulsory seed¬ 
ing, because peasants have been unwilling 
to cultivate beyond their own needs. 
India.—The official condition of wheat 
is regarded as generally fair, but. the 
northern sections are still in need of 
nuns. The Indian Government has deffi- 
nitely decided to cease the purchase of 
any further quantities of wheat for ex¬ 
portation and will permit private traders 
to.contract for about four million bushels 
this month, after which other arrange¬ 
ments will be made. 
Australia.—-Crop estimates are being 
reduced moderately. Press Association 
estimates now below 128,0(M),000 bushels. 
South Africa.—Rains have improved 
the prospects of the growing corn crop. 
Fast year this crop was seriously dam¬ 
aged through drouth and exporters were 
permitted to ship out only eight million 
bushels. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
March 3-10—Poultry Week, Pennsyl¬ 
vania State College of Agriculture, State 
College. Pa. 
March 28-April 2—Farmers’ Week. 
College of Agriculture, University of 
Maine, Orono, Me. 
March 29—Annual meeting Maine Fed¬ 
eration of Agricultural Associations, 
Orono. Me. 
March 29—Annual meeting Maine Fed¬ 
eration of Farm Bureaus, Orono, Me. 
March 30—Maine Beekeepers, Orono, 
Me. 
Ma-eh 31 -Maine Livestock Breeders’ 
Association, < )rono. life. 
