«* RURAL NEW.YORKER 
515 
Market News and 
Price 
Local Up-State Prices 
.10IINSOX CITY—ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb., 20c; boneless roasts, lb.. 
20c; lamb chops, lb.. 28c; mutton, lb. 12 
to 2oe; choice kettle roasts, lb.. 14 to 18c; 
porterhouse steak, lb., 28c ; neck cuts, lb., 
10c; sausage, lb.. 25c; salt pork. lb.. 23c; 
roasting pigs, lb., 25c; veal chops, lb., 
35c: veal cutlets, lb.. 40c; rabbits, lb., 
35c; round steak, lb., 22c; pork loin, 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.. 30c; ducks, lb.. 40c. 
Dressed poultry—Fowls, heavy, lb., 
42c; roasting chickens, lb, 45c; turkeys, 
lb., 55c; geese, lb.. 42c; ducks, lb.. 40c. 
Eggs—Large white. 42c; brown. 42c; 
mixed, 42c; duck eggs. 55c. Milk, qt., 
0c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; skim-milk, qt., 
5c; creamery butter, fancy prints, 50c; 
dairy prints, 40c; dairy in jars, 40c; 
cheese, whole milk cream. 33c; skim, 
17c; cottage cheese, lb, 10c; pimento 
cheese. 15c. 
Apples, large, bu.. Baldwins. $1.20; 
Greenings, $1.25; Wolf Kiver. $1.25; Ben 
Davis-. 00c; Spys, $1.40; other varieties, 
50c to $1. Pears. K idler, bu.. $1.75; 
dried apples, 1214c; citron. 10 to 15c; 
cranberries, qt.. 20c. 
Beans, lb.. 7c; beets, bu.. $1.15; cab¬ 
bage. white, lb., 2c; carrots, bu., 00c; 
cauliflower. 10c; celery, bunch. 12c; egg¬ 
plant. best. 15c; medium. 10c; horse¬ 
radish roots, lb., 20c; lettuce, large 
heads. Sc; onions, green, bunch. 5c; dry, 
bu . 75c; parsnips, bu.. $115; potatoes, 
bu.. 75c; small. 00c; rhubarb, lb. 5c; 
radishes, white and round red, bunch. 8c; 
sauerkraut, qt.. 15c; spinach, peck, 30c; 
squash. Hubbard, lb. 3c; rutabagas, bu., 
00c; vegetable oysters, bunch. 10c. 
Honey, clover extracted, lb. 25c: cards, 
lb., 30c; popcorn, shelled, lb.. 10c; on 
cob. 8c; buckwheat flour, lb. 5c; black 
walnuts, bu.. $2.50; butternuts, $2; hick- 
orynuts. $5.50. 
ROCHESTER LOCAI. PRICES 
Wheat, bu.. $1.05 to $1.70; corn, 
shelled, bu., 05 to 08c; oats, white, bu., 
52c: rye. bu., $1.40 to $1.45; Hay, Timo¬ 
thy. Xo. 1. ton. $20; No. 2. $20 to $23; 
No. 3. mixed. $10 to $22; Alfalfa. $25 to 
$27 ; straw, ton, $15 to $10. 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 15 to 18c; 
forequarters, lb.. 10 to 13c; hindquarters, 
lb., 18 to 22c; dressed bogs, light, lb.. 14 
to 15c: heavy, lb.. 13 to 14c; Spring 
lambs, lb., 20 to 22c; yearling lambs, lb., 
10 to 18c; mutton, lb., 11 to 13c; veal, 
lb.. 18 to 20c. 
Live fowls, lb.. 30 to 38c; roosters, lb. 
30 to 32c; live ducks, lb.. 30 to 35c; live 
geese, lb., 20 to 25c: live turkeys, lb., 30 
to 45c; eggs, 40 to 45c. 
Apples, bu.. King. $1 to $1.25; Spys, 
$1 to $1.40; Greenings, 75 to 90c; Bald¬ 
wins. SO to 90c ; seconds. 05 to 70c. 
Beefs, bu., 00 to 05c; cabbage, ton, 
$0 50 to $10; per 100 heads. $2 50 to 
$3.50_:_per doz. heads, 35 to 45c; carrots, 
bu.. 55 to 75c; celery, doss, bunches, 85c 
to $1 ; lettuce, per doz.. 40c; mint, green, 
doz. bunches, 30 to 35c; onions, green, 
doz bunches. 25 to 30c; dry. per bu.. 35 
to 40c; potatoes, bu., 05 to 70c; parsnips, 
bu., $1 25 to $1.50; pieplant, doz. bunches, 
$1 to $1.10; spinach, bu.. $1.50 to $1.75; 
turnips, bu.. 00 to 75c; vegetable oysters, 
doz. bunches, 45 to 50c; watercress, doz. 
bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Beans, hand-picked, per 100 lbs., me¬ 
dium. $350; red marrow. $0; white mar¬ 
row. $5; red kidney. $0; white kidney, 
$8.50 to $0; pea, $3.25; yellow eye, $0; 
Imperials, $7. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKETS 
Beef, prime, sides, lb. 9c; medium, lb., 
0 to Sc; lamb. lb.. 25 to 30c; live pigs, 
each. $4 to $5; small dressed pigs, lb., 
16c; pork, light, lb., 14 to 15c; heavy. 
!b., 12c; veal, prime, lb.. 18c; common, 
lb.. 14c; sausage, lb., 25 to 30c. 
Live poultry—Ducks, lb.. 45c; chick¬ 
ens. lb.. 35 to 45c; fowls, lb.. 35 to 45c; 
turkeys, lb., 50c; geese, lb.. 25c; guinea 
hens, each. $1. 
Dressed poultry — Ducks, lb. 50c; 
chickens, lb.. 50c; fowls, lb., 50c; tur¬ 
keys. lb.. 75 to 80c; geese, lb.. 45 to 50c; 
rabbits, lb., 35c; eggs, 40 to 50c; duck 
eggs. 50c. 
Butter, lb.. 55 to 00c; lard, lb., 25c 
Italian cheese, lb.. 45 to 50c. 
Apples, bu., 50c to $1.50; cider, pc 
gal., 25 to 35c; beans, dry, per qt., 15 t 
20c; beets, bu.. 50 to 60c: cabbage, dos 
heads. 30 to 50c; per 100 heads. $3; rec 
per doz., 60c; curly, 45c; carrots, bu . 5 
to (55c; celery hearts, doz. 75 to 90c 
stalks, doz., 60 to 75c; garlic, lb.. 20c 
horseradish roots, bunch. 10c; lettuct 
leaf, crate, $1.40 to $2.80; onions, bu 
50c: green, per doz.. 40c; parsley, doz 
bunches, 50c; parsnips, bu.. $1 ; popcorn 
bu., $1 to $1.50; potatoes, bu.. 50 to 65c 
rutabagas, bu., 50 to 60c; sage, lb.. 10c 
sauerkraut, lb.. 5c; turnips, bu., 40 t 
50c; Winter squash, lb., 4c; vegetabl 
oysters, doz. bunches, 60c. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton. $24; hav. No 1 
$24; No. 2. $19 to $20; No. 3. $15 t 
$17; Timothy, $22 to $26; straw, rye 
ton, $13; wheat, $16; oat, $12. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The tendency of all produce is down¬ 
ward. The report of market conditions 
are mostly “dull,” ‘‘quiet,” “easy," and 
the like, and soon there will be the Spring 
crops at home to meet the heavy Southern 
yield. 
Burr ER—CIIEESB— El i (; s 
Butter, easier; creamery, 50 to 52c; 
dairy. 38 to 15c; crocks. 35 to 43c; com¬ 
mon. 25 to 30c. Cheese, quiet; daisies, 
26 to 30c; flats. 26 to 29c; longhorns, 28 
to 30c; 3c lower for new. Eggs, steady; 
hennery, 37 to lie; State and Western 
candled, 35 to 36c; no storage. 
POULTRY—RABRITS 
Dressed poultry, dull; turkeys, 68 to 
82c; fowl, 34 to 39c; capons. 50 to 60c; 
old roosters, 28 to 29c; ducks, 42 to 45c; 
geese. 32 to 35c. Live poultry, stronger; 
turkeys. 40 to 45c; fowl. 35 to 37c; chick¬ 
ens. 32 to 35c; ducks. 35 to 40c; geese, 
32 to 35c. Rabbits, steady ; jacks, pair, 
90c to $1 : cottontails, 25 to 40c. 
URAPES—BERRIES 
Grapes, steady; California Emperors, 
keg. $7 to $7.50. Strawberries, easy; 
Southern, qt.. 30 to 55c; cranberries, 
weak ; Cape Cod. bbl., $14 to $15. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, quiet; Spy, King. Baldwin, 
Snow, bu.. $1.50 to $1 75; Greening, 
$1.25 to $1.50; seconds, 60 to 75c. Pota¬ 
toes, fair; good to fancy, white, bu., 75 
to 90c; seconds, 60 to 70c; Bermudas, 
bbl.. $12 to $13; sweets, Southern, ham¬ 
per, $1.75 to $3. 
BEANS— ONIONS 
Beans, dull; kidney, cwt., $9 to $10; 
marrow. $8 to $9; pea and medium, $4.75 
to $5 25. Onions, weak; home-grown, 
Ebenezers. bu., $1 to $1.40; State and 
Western, cwt.. 50c to $1 ; Spanish, crate, 
$2 25 to $2.40. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, quiet. Beans, wax. ham¬ 
per. $5 to $7; cabbage, Florida, do.. $2 
to $2.25 ; beets, old, bu . 65 to 75c ; car¬ 
rots. 50 to 60c; cauliflower, $2 50 to 
$2.75; parsnips, 75c to $1.25; spinach, 
75c to $1.50; turnips, white, 75c to 
$1.25; yellow, 55 to 65c; beets, new, doz. 
bunches. 65 to 75c; radishes, 25 to 35c; 
shallots. 50 to 60c; vegetable oyster, $1 
to $1.25; Brussels sprouts, qt., 30 to 40c; 
celery, Florida, crate, $325 to $3.75; 
lettuce, iceberg, $3 to $3.75; tomatoes, 
Florida, do., $4 to $5. 
sweets 
Honey, easy; fancy white comb, lb., 27 
to 35c; dark. 22 to 25c. New maple 
products, firmer; syrup, gal., $1.75 to 
$2.25; sugar, lb., 28 to 36c. 
EKED 
Hay. easy; bulk Timothy, ton, $24 to 
$25; clover mixed, $22 to $23; straw, 
$15 to $17; wheat bran, ton, carlot, 
$28.50; middlings, $28.50; red dog, 
$37.20; cottonseed meal, $33.50; oilmeal, 
$42; hominy, $29; gluten. $41.50; oat 
feed. $10; rye middlings, $27.50. 
J. W. C. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
Creamery, best. 49 to 50c; common to 
good, 43 to 48c; dairy, 30 to 38c; stor¬ 
age. 40 to 46c. 
EGGS 
Fancy nearby, 40 to 41c; gathered, 
good to choice, 34 to 37e. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls. 35 to 36c; chickens, 30 to 32c. 
PRESSED POULTRY 
Tnrkcvs. best. 55 to 60o; good to choice, 
45 to 50c; cluckens. 38 to 40c; fowls, 
30 to 39c; ducks,. 35 to 38c; geese, 30 
to 36c. 
FRUITS 
broilers, 45 to 50c; ducks, 45 to 50c; 
turkeys, 60 to 65c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $4.50 to $6: cranberries, 
bbl., $15 to $16; strawberries, qt., 25 to 
40c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 150 lbe.. $2 to $2.50; 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 $25. 
BUTTER 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery. 49 to 50c; good to 
choice, 44 to 47c; lower grades. 35 to 
40c; ladles, 23 to 24c; packing stock, 16 
to 22c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby. 43 to 44c; gathered, good 
to choice, 30 to 34c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, 40 to 45c; roosters. 24 to 
25c; fowls, 32 to 38c; ducks, 36 to 45c; 
geese. 28 to 32c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, 55 to 60c; fowls, 32 to 36c. 
chickens, 32 to 40c; ducks, 35 to 40c. 
geese, 30 to 32c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $3 to $6; strawberries, 
qt., 25 to 35c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, cwt., $1 to $1.25; %-bu. 
basket, 20 to 50c; sweet potatoes, %-bu. 
basket, $1 to $1.50; onions, 100 lbs., 75c 
to $1.15; carrots, bbl.. $3 to $3.50; cab¬ 
bage, ton, $8 to $12. 
IIAY 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; 
wheat, $15 to $16.50. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
March 17, 1921 
MILK 
The New York price to producers for 
March is $2.10 per 100 lbs. for 3 per cent 
1,1 ‘Ik at points 200 to 210 miles from the 
city, with 4 cents per 100 lbs. additional 
for every tenth of 1 per cent butterfat 
over 3. Loose milk at stores retails at 
10 Cents per quart; bottled. Grade A, 18 
cents; bottled, Grade B. 15 cents; certi¬ 
fied, 28 cents. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
<3 
46 
Gocxl to Choice . 
41 
44 
Lower Grades.. 
33 
<3 
37 
City made. 
<a 
27 
Dairy, best .. 
. 43 
■a 
44 
Common to good .. 
28 
<3 
40 
Packing 8took. 
<3 
23 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy. . 
3 
29 
Good to oholce. 
.. 24 
A 
26 
Skima, bent. 
<d 
19 
Fair to good.. 
11 
3 
16 
EGGS 
White, nearby, oholce to fanoy. 
3 
42 
Medium togood.. 
3 
40 
Mixed aolors. nearby best. 
36 
3 
37 
Common to good.. 
3 
35 
Gathered, best, white. 
39 
<3 
46 
Medium to good, mixed colors .. 
32 
a 
35 
Lower grades. 
. 29 
3 
32 
Storage, best. 
. 27 
® 
28 
LIVE STOCK 
B$O0fS ... .. 
. 9 00 
310 70 
Ball* . 
£ Of 
7 50 
Gowi .. •••*•■ 
3 09 
3 
7 25 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lbs.. 
@16 00 
Culls. 
7 00 
Hogs. 
. S 75 
A19 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
. 5 00 
3 
7 00 
Lambs . 
. 8 00 
@ 
9 50 
Apples, Baldwins, bbl.. $3 to $6.50; 
Greenings, $3 to $4; Spy. $3 50 to $6. 
Cranberries, bbl.. $20 to $22. Straw¬ 
berries, qt., 40 to 60c. 
POTATOES 
Maine, 100 lbs.. $1.40 to $1.00; sweet 
potatoes, bu., $2.25 to $2.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Onions, 100 lbs.. $1 to $1.28; cabbage, 
bbl., 50 to 85c; lettuce, bu. box. 50 to 
$1 ; spinach, bu. basket. $1.25 to $1.75; 
carrots, bu. box. $1 to $1.50; turnips, 
bu. box. 50c to $1 ; radishes, bu. box. $2 
to $3; Brussels sprouts, qt., 15 to 20c; 
tomatoes, hothouse, lb.. 15 to 40c. 
IIAY AND STRAW 
Best Timothy. $34 to $35; No. 2. $29 
to $30; No. 3. $27 to $28; clover mixed, 
$29 to $33. Rye straw. $23 to $24 ; oat 
straw, $17 to $19. 
Pittsburgh Wholesale Markets 
RUTTER 
Betd. 51 to 52e; common to good, tub, 
47 to 50c; rolls, 35 to 36c. 
EGGS 
Best aearoy, 37 to 38c; gathered, 33 
to 36c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Hens, 35 to 37c; chickens, 34 to 35c; 
roosters, 20 to 22e; ducks. 38 to 40c* 
geese, 30 to 33c; turkeys, 45 to 55c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Hens, 48 to 50c; roosters, 30 to 35c; 
LIVE POULTRY 
Business is reported at: Fowls, 40 to 
42c; chickens. 32 to 35c; roosters, 2() to 
25c; ducks. 40 to 43c; geese, IS to 22c; 
turkeys, 40 to 45c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. ft ® 62 
Com. to good. ft (n 54 
Chickens choice lb. 45 @ 52 
Fair to Good. :io © 34 
Fowls.f. ,15 @ 1!) 
Roomers. 25 @ 28 
Ducks . 10 <a 411 
Squabs, dot.. 4 on @ 10 no 
Geese. 25 @ 35 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Sales are reported at: Calves, choice, 
19 to 20c; common to good, 13 to 16c; 
pork, 100 to 150 lbs. each, 14 to 16c; 
heavier, 9 to 12c; 50 to 100 lbs. each. 15 
to 18c; lambs, hothouse, each, $5 to $14. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. 7 50 3 8 00 
Pea. 4 50 3 4 75 
Medium .. . 5 00 ® 5 80 
Red Kidney . 8 75 3 9 25 
White Kidney.13 50 314 00 
Yellow Eye. 8 60 @ 9 00 
FRUITS 
Apples. Baldwin, bbl. 3 50 @ 0 00 
Greening. 3 50 @ (i 00 
Albemarle . 4 00 @9 00 
bu. bkt. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Pears, bbl. 2 00 & 3 50 
Cranberries, bbl.19 00 @28 00 
Strawberries, qt. £9 3 55 
POTATOES 
Long Island, 180 lbs.2 5* <3 3 75 
State, ISO lbs.2 00 @ 2 25 
Maine. 180 lbs. 2 75 3 1 25 
Bermuda, bbl. 7 00 <312 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 to a 2 75 
VEGETABLES 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 15 
Beei!-. bbl. 2 00 
Ca.iKige.ton. 10 00 
New. bu-bkt. l oo 
Cai rots, bbl. 1 60 
Lettuce. Iialf-bbl. basket. 1 25 
Onions. 100 lbs. 50 
Kgg Plants, bu. 4 00 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 1 25 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 1 50 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 4 00 
Peppers, bu.3 00 
Romaine. bu. 1 00 
Muslirooms, lb.40 
Spinach, bbl.. I 50 
Kale, bbl. 75 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy,No. I. .. 29 00 
No. 2 .25 00 
No. 3 .22 00 
Shipping.18 00 
Clover. M ixed .20 00 
Straw. Rye . ..1800 
Oat and wheat. ..12 00 
3 20 
3 2 59 
<315 00 
@ 2 00 
<3 2 00 
3 2 25 
<3 I 25 
3 8 00 
<a 1 to 
® 3 50 
<3 6 00 
<3 4 50 
<3 2 00 
<3 75 
<3 3 50 
@ 1 25 
<320 60 
@28 00 
@23 00 
@20 00 
@28 09 
@20 00 
@lf 00 
GRAIN 
Gash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York: Wheat. No. 2 hard Winter, $1.80; 
corn. No. 2 yellow. 86c; oats, No. 2 
white, 55c; rye, $1.63; barley, 80c. 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
MUCH OLD POTATO AND UNION STOCK 
STILL TO COME-MARKETS SHOW 
HESITATING TONE—APPLES CLEAR¬ 
ING UP WELL- A FEW CROPS 
PAID IN THE SOUTH- 
UPS AND DOWNS OF 
POTATOES 
The March produce market has held 
some <>f the February gain, but not all of 
it. When prices went up the shipments 
increased sharply and checked the ad¬ 
vance. 
In the case ,,f potatoes prices had gone 
up about 30c per 100 lbs. from the lowest. 
Eastern markets lest about half this 
gain. Tn the West the rise began earlier 
and held better. One reason is the short¬ 
age in the Pacific coast region, which 
has created a demand for Colorado and 
Tdalio potatoes at rising prices and has 
diverted those stocks from Middle West¬ 
ern markets. Another reason is the eon- 
tmued disposition of many holders of the 
Great Lakes section to wait for better 
prices. This natural reluctance to ship 
potatoes below cost of production has 
kept the Middle Western markets fairly 
free from oversupply. Of course, this 
attitude means danger of too many pota¬ 
toes being held by growers in late Spring. 
A circumstance that may help them is 
the light acreage of potatoes in the South. 
< oinuetition should he moderate from that 
sect'<m in May and .Tune, with a long 
active season providing possibly a toler¬ 
ably good market for most of the desirable 
long-keeping surplus Northern potatoes. 
Shipments have not nt any time recently 
exceeded 4.000 cars per week, which 
ought not to overload the markets. But 
the buying power is not what it was, and 
the small markets are always filled up 
with local supplies when the crop is large. 
The_city range for lot sales is $1.25 to 
$ 1.10 per 100 lbs. and the country price 
$1 to $1.2.». Growers in Colorado have 
been getting more lately than those of 
Maine and New York, owing to condi¬ 
tions previously mentioned. 
NEW CABBAGE DEPRESSES OLD 
Weakness in the cabbage market is 
caused by new supplies from Florida, 
Texas and South Carolina, exceeding the 
shipments of old Northern stock, which 
comes now mostly from New York. 
Southern cabbage,_ like Southern truck 
crops of all kinds, is producing fine crops, 
hut prices are below general cost of pro¬ 
duction. 
ONIONS HARD TO SELL 
The onion market season is dragging 
along to an inglorious end, with more 
onions in sight than anybody seems to 
want, at a decent price and more soon to 
come from Texas and California. The 
old stock is selling at 25 to 35c per bu. 
in producing sections while city markets 
Quote 75c to $1 25 per bag, the prevailing 
range for months past. 
active apple movement 
Apple have done rather better than 
any other large truck crop. The move¬ 
ment from cold storage has been active 
the past six weeks and remaining supplies 
are moderate. Foreign markets have con¬ 
sumed unexpectedly large quantities and 
prices in Europe have shown nets fully 
eonal to home market prices, in recent 
weeks. The prevailing range for best cold 
storage stock of standard varieties, like 
Baldwin, in our large city markets is $5 
to 86 ner bbl. and less $1 for best common 
storage stock. Rest western boxed apples 
bring 83 or more. Apple growers as a 
rule have received unduly much less than 
city prices, owing to high costs of market¬ 
ing. 
Comparatively few fruit orchards have 
been set the past half-dozen years be¬ 
cause of high prices of trees and labor. 
The market result will not appear soon in 
the case of apples and pears which are 
slow to come into bearing but may show 
soon iii lighter production of peaches, 
since many of the old orchards are nearly 
out of business. The early outlook for 
the peach crop is good except in the 
Southwest where frost, in the low-binds 
caught the bloom. Probably it. will not 
be much of an apple year in the East. 
G. B. F. 
