7he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
663 
Marke 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
GROWERS WELL ALONG WITH FARM WORK, 
BUT HIRING LESS HELP—TRUCK IN¬ 
JURED BY THREE LATE FREEZES— 
PRICES STILL HANG AROUND 
LOW JOINTS 
As the main planting season gets under 
way a decided change is seen in the farm 
labor situation in comparison with last 
season. Reports from nearly every State 
show an increased supply and less de¬ 
mand. To put it more definitely, tht* 
per cents suggests that, there are only 
about five farm jobs where there were six 
last year, while six or seven men are 
looking for the five jobs. The change 
means a great difference for the farmers. 
They can pick the best five men out of 
the seven who want the job, and these 
will be glad to work at 50 to 70 per cent 
of last season’s wages. In some parts of 
the South colored help by the day can be 
hired below $1. Wages are lowest in the 
South, highest in the Central West, and 
have declined only moderately in the East. 
Many farmers are using less help, be¬ 
cause they are determined to play safe 
and not to plant more than the family or 
permanent force can take care of this 
season. 
The early, mild season has enabled 
them to get the work well along with lees 
help. The freeze in late March, a second 
early in April and a third after the mid¬ 
dle of the month gave them a serious set¬ 
back. In the second freeze ice was a 
quarter of an inch thick as far down as 
North Carolina. North of New Jersey 
most of the damage was confined to early 
blooming fruits. The Georgia peach crop 
seems to be safe and promising, also 
most of Texas, but north of these States 
many orchards suffered, especially those 
in lowland districts. Strawberry yields 
wil be much reduced in the Middle South. 
EASTERN FARMERS IN FAIR POSITION 
Farmers are better off in the northeast 
than anywhere else, according to an in¬ 
vestigation made this month by a large 
financial concern. That is the only sec¬ 
tion where farmers are reported paying 
their bills promptly. Elsewhere they are 
waiting until they can sell the rest of 
their crops. Of course, where money can¬ 
not. be found to pay bills there is not 
much to spend, and all kinds of business 
feels the pinch. There is still some short¬ 
age of labor in a few sections, but the 
low prices of vegetables, grain, cotton and 
stock seem the main causes of such re¬ 
ductions in acreage as are imported. 
SOUTH POTATO YIELD LESS 
Potatoes were about 27,000 acres short 
in the South, and some of these have been 
cut back by the freeze. There is a sizable 
increase in Maryland; that State and 
New Jersey probably will be on hand in 
full foi-ce for the midsummer markets. 
Only a few thousand more cars of old 
potatoes can be used unless freezes should 
cut back and delay the Southern crop 
more than expected now. The Florida 
crop started fairly high, but came down 
fast to the level of $5 per barrel at ship¬ 
ping points. Light acreage and drought 
has cut the Florida yield. Frost hurt the 
potato crop in the Carolinas and west¬ 
ward. New potatoes will move in rather 
light volume, affording much room for old 
stock, which brings an average close to 
$1 per 100 lbs. in wholesale markets of 
the large cities. 
EARLY ONION GROWERS COMBINE 
Texas onion growers are planning to 
limit shipments in order to save the price 
if possible for a part of the crop. They 
are getting far less than $1 per crate. 
Northern prices are about $1.25. Old onions 
are draggy again, just as they have done 
most of the season. A publicity campaign 
by the U. S. Bureau of Markets caused 
a bulge of about 28c in most Eastern 
markets 'the middle of April. Then 
prices sagged back again. The difficulty 
is that many retailers have not been sell¬ 
ing onions as low as the wholesale price 
permitted, and most consumers do not 
know the general relation. One of the 
great needs is some permanent arrange¬ 
ment for advertising the abundance and 
low wholesale price of various products 
in times of heavy production. At present 
there seems to be not a cent available 
anywhere for stimulating demand in this 
way. 
Apples are mostly done, except for cold 
storage stock, selling at about $0 per bar¬ 
rel now for the best. Southern strawber¬ 
ries are still bringing good prices. Texas 
cabbage growers get $6 per ton, and the 
crop i6 hardly salable at that. Northern 
growers have been getting about the same, 
but they often prefer to feed it to live 
stock as a milk maker, although the de¬ 
mand for milk is not very active now. 
G. B. F. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT PUBLIC MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb.. 20c; boneless roasts, lb., 
20c; choice kettle roasts, lb., 14 to 18c; 
neck cuts, lb., 10c; porterhouse steak, lb., 
28c; round steak, lb., 22c; mutton, lb., 12 
to 25c; lamb chops, lb.. 28c; veal chops, 
lb., 35c; veal cutlets, lb., 40c; roasting 
pigs, lb., 25c; pork loins, lb., 20 to 25c; 
salt pork, lb., 23c; sausage, lb., 25c; 
sliced ham, lb., 35c; brisket bacon, lb., 
22c; rabbit, lb., 35c. 
Live poultry—Fowls, heavy, lb., 32 to 
35c; old roosters, lb., 22c; turkey, lb., 45 
t New 
to 50c; geese, lb., 36c; ducks, lb., 40c. 
Dressed poultry—Fowls, heavy, lb., 
42c; roasting chickens, lb., 45c; turkey, 
lb., 55c; geese, lb., 42c; ducks, lb., 46c. 
Eggs, large white, 28c; brown, 28c; 
mixed colors, 28c; duck eggs, 40c; milk, 
qt,. 9c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; ekim-milk, 
qt., 5c; creamery butter, fancy prints, 
lb., 50c; best dairy prints, lb., 49c; dairy, 
in jars, lb., 49c; cheese, whole milk cream, 
lb., 33c; skim, 17c; cottage cheese, lb., 
10c; Pimento cheese, 15c. 
Apples, large, bu., Baldwin, $1.20; 
Greening. $1.25; Ben Davis, 90c; Spy, 
$1.40; other varieties, 50c to $1; pears, 
Iveifer, bu., $1.75; dried apples, lb., 
12i/ 2 c; citrons, each, 10 to 15c; cranber¬ 
ries, qt., 20c. 
Beans, dry, lb., 7c; beets, bu., $1.15; 
cabbage, white, lb., 2c; carrots, bu., 90c; 
cauliflower, 10c ; celery, bunch, 12 to 15c ; 
eggplant, best, each, 15c; medium, 10c; 
horseradish roots, lb., 20c; lettuce, large 
heads. 8c; onions, green, bunch, 6c; dry, 
bu., 75c; parsnips, bu., $1.15; potatoes, 
bu.. 70c; small, GOe; rhubarb, lb., 5c; 
radishes, white, bunch, 8c; round, red, 
Gc; sauerkraut, qt., 15c; spinach, peck, 
30c; Winter squash, lb., 3c; rutabagas, 
bu., 90c; vegetable oysters, bunch, 10c; 
vinegar, qt., 10c; gal., 35c. 
Honey, clover, card, 25c; extracted, 
23c; popcorn, shelled, lb., 10c; on cob, 
8c; buckwheat flour, lb., 5c; maple syrup, 
gal., $2.50; black walnuts, bu., $2.50; 
butternuts, bu., $2; hickory nuts, bu., 
$5.50. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime, sides, lb., 10 to 12c; medi¬ 
um, lb., 5 to 6c; lamb, lb., 25 to 30c; 
live pigs, each, $4 to $5; small dressed 
pigs, lb., 16c; pork, light, lb., 14%c; 
heavy, lb., 10c; sausage, lb., 24c; veal, 
prime, lb., 13c; common, lb., 11c. 
Ducks, live, lb., 35c; chickens, live, lb.., 
35 to 45c; fowls, live, lb., 35 to 45c; 
geese, live, lb., 32 to 35c; guinea hens, 
live, each, $1. 
Dressed poultry, ducks, lb., 50c; chick¬ 
ens, lb., 55 to 60c; fowls, lb., 55 to 60c; 
geese, lb., 45 to 50c; rabbits, dressed, lb., 
40c. 
Eggs, 27 to 30c; duck eggs, 40 to 50c; 
butter, lb., 50 to 60c; lard, lb., 15c; 
Italian cheese, lb., 50c; maple syrup, 
gal., $2. 
Beans, dry, bu., 81.50 to $4.50; per qt., 
10 to 12c; beets, bu., 50c; cabbage, doz. 
heads, 40c; per 100, $3; red, per doz., 
60c; carrots, bu., 45c; celery hearts, per 
doz., 90c to $1; stalks, per doz., 75c; 
garlic, lb., 20c; horseradish roots, per 
bunch. 10c; lettuce, leaf, per crate. $1.40 
to $2.50; onions, per bu., 40 to 45c; per 
doz. bunches, 30 to 35c; parsley, doz. 
bunches, 50c; parsnips, bu., 60 to 70c; 
popcorn, bu., $1 to $1.50; potatoes, bu., 
35 to 60c; rhubarb, doz. bunches, 75c; 
rutabagas, bu., 50c; sage, lb., 10c; sauer¬ 
kraut, lb., 5c; turnips, bu., 40 to 45c; 
vegetable oysters, doz. bunches, 60c. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton, $25: hay, No. 1, 
$24; No. 2. $18 to $23; No. 3. $16 to 
$18; Timothy, $20 to $24; straw, rye, 
ton, $13 ; wheat, $16 ; oat. $12. 
Rochester 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 15 to 18c; 
forequarters, lb., 10 to 13c; hindquarters, 
lb., 18 to 22c; dressed hogs, light, lb., 14 
to 15c: heavy, lb., 13 to 14c; Spring 
lambs, lb., 20 to 22c; yearling lambs, lb., 
16 to 18c; mutton, lb., 11 to 13c; veal, 
lb., 18 to 20c. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, lb., 30 to 32c; 
roosters, 30 to 32c; old, 19c; ducks, lb., 
30 to 35c; geese, lb.. 20 to 25c; turkeys, 
lb.. 40 to 45c; eggs, 30 to 32c. 
Apples, per bu.. King, $1.25 to $1.50; 
Spy, $1.25 to $1.50; Greening, SOc to $1; 
seconds, 75 to 85c. 
Beets, bu., 60 to 75c; cabbage, doz. 
heads, 25 to 35c; carrots, bu., 50 to 60c; 
celery, doz. bunches, SOc to $1; cucum¬ 
bers, per doz., $3 to $3.25; lettuce, curly, 
30 to 45c per doz.; mint, green, per doz. 
bunches, 30 to 35c; onions, dry, bu., 40 to 
45c; green, per doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; 
potatoes, bu., 45 to SOc; parsnips, bu., 70 
to SOc; pieplant, doz. bunches, $1 to 
$1.25; radishes, hothouse, doz. bunches, 
20 to 25c; spinach, bu., $1.25 to $1.50; 
turnips, bu., 40 to 55c; vegetable oysters, 
doz. bunches, 40 to 45c; watercress, doz. 
bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand picked, medi¬ 
um, $3.25; red marrow, $6; white mar¬ 
row, $4.50: red kidney, $6 to $7; white 
kidney, $8.50 to $9; pea, $3; yellow eye, 
$6; imperial, $7. 
Hides—Steers, No. 1, lb., 4c; No. 2, 
3c; No. 1, cows and heifers, 3c; No. 2, 
2c; bulls and stags, lb., 2c; horsehides, 
each, $1.50 to $2; lamb skins, each. SOc 
to $1; calf, No. 1, 9c; No. 2, 7c; fleece, 
lb., 15 to 18c; unwashed, medium, lb., 15 
to 18c. 
Seeds—Clover, bu., $14 to $14.50; Tim¬ 
othy. $4 to $4.50; Alsike, $14 to $15; 
Alfalfa, $14 to $15.50. 
Hay and Straw—Timothy, No. 1, ton, 
$26; No. 2, $20 to $23; No. 3, mixed, 
$19 to $22; Alfalfa, $25 to $27; straw, 
ton, $15 to $19. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The sag of prices continues. Eggs, 
cheese, potatoes, onions, apples and some 
vegetables have taken bottom prices; mill 
feeds are going down steadily; nothing 
is going up. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter easier; creamery, 45 to 52c; 
dairy, 36 to 44c; crocks, 30 to 44c; com¬ 
s and 
mon, 22 to 25c. Cheese, easy ; daisies and 
flats, 23 to 24c; flats tfnd bricks, 25 to 
26c. Eggs, stronger ; hennery, 29 to 33c; 
State and Western candled, 28 to 30c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, quiet; fowl, 36 to 40c; 
capons, 50 to 60c; chickens, 38 to 40c; 
old roosters, 26 to 27c; ducks, 40 to 43c; 
geese, 32 to 34c. Live poultry, unsettled; 
turkeys, 57 to 62c; fowl, 35 to 40c; chick¬ 
ens, 35 to 36c; old roosters, 24 to 25c; 
ducks, 38 to 42c; geese, 28 to 30c. 
• APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, quiet; Spy, King, Baldwin, 
Greening, bu., $1.25 to $1.50; seconds, 60 
to 75c. Potatoes, easy; good to fancy 
white, 'bu., 40 to 50c; seconds, 30 to 35c; 
new Southern, bbl., $6.50 to $8; new Ber¬ 
mudas, $11 to $14; sweets, hamper, $2 
to $3. 
BERRIES 
Strawberries, strong; Southern, crate, 
qts., $10.50 to $11.75. Cranberries, 
scarce; Cape Cod, bbl., $14. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, dull; kidney, tewt., $7.50 to $9; 
marrow, $8 to $9; pea and medium, $4.50 
to $5. Onions, easy ; homegrown Ebene- 
zers, bu., 75c to $1; State and Western, 
cwt., 50 to 75c; Spanish, crate, $2 to 
$2.75; sets, Southern, bu., 50c to $1. 
Vegetables 
Vegetables, quiet; asparagus, Southern, 
doz. bunches, $4 to $6; beets, 40 to 60c; 
carrots, 40 to SOc; onion sprouts, 12 to 
15c; radishes, 20 to 25c; vegetable oys¬ 
ter 60 to 75c; string beans, hamper, $3 to 
$4.50; Florida cabbage. $1.50 to $1.75; 
cucumbers, $3 to $3.50; lettuce, $3 to 
$3.50; peas, $3 to $3.50; beets, bu., 40 to 
SOc; carrots, 40 to SOc; spinach, $1 to 
$1.50; turnips, white, 75c to $1; yellow, 
55 to 60c; celery, Florida, crate, $4.75 to 
$5; lettuce, Iceberg, $4.50 to $5; to¬ 
matoes. Florida, crate. $6 to $8.50; 
eggplant, box, $4 to $6; pieplant, Cali¬ 
fornia, 30-lb. box, $3. to $3,25. 
BWEETS 
Honey, quiet; white comb, lb., 26 to 
33c; dark, 22 to 25c. Maple products, 
steady ; sugar, lb., 20 to 34c; syrup, gal., 
$2 to $2.25. 
Reed 
Hay, light demand; Timothy on track, 
ton, $18 to $21; clover mixed, $17 to 
$19 ; straw, $15 to $17; wheat bran, low¬ 
er; ton. carlots. $21.50; middlings, 
$19 50; Red-dog, $31.50; cottonseed meal, 
$31; oilmeal, $38.50; hominy, $25.25; 
gluten, $36; oat feed, $9 ; rye middlings, 
$21. J. w. c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best, 47 to 49c; common to 
good, 43 to 46c; dairy, 30 to 49c; s + orage, 
40 to 45c. 
Eggs 
Fancy nearby, 39 to 40c; gathered, 
good to choice, 27 to 32c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Chickens, 38 to 42c; fowls, 40 to 42c; 
ducks, 35 to 3Sc; squabs, doz., $5 to $7. 
FRUITS 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl., $3 to $6; Ben 
Davis. $3 to $4; Russet, $3.50 to $5; 
Spy, $3.50 to $6. Strawberries, qt., 40 
to 55c. 
POTATOES 
Maine, 100 lbs.. $1 to $1.15; sweet 
potatoes, bu., $1.75 to $2. 
VEGETABLES 
Onions, 100 Ibe.. 50c to $1; cabbage, 
bbl.. 75c to $1.25 ; lettuce, bu. box, $1 to 
$2.25; spinach, bbl., $1.50 to $3 ; carrots, 
! bu. box, $1.50 to $2; turnips, bu. box, 50c 
to $1; radishes, bu. box, $2 to $2.75; 
tomatoes, hothouse, lb., 15 to 60c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Best Timothy. $33 to $34 ; No. 2, $29 
to $31; No. 3. $25 to $27 ; clover mixed, 
$27 to $30. Rye straw, $23 to $24; oat 
straw, $17. 
Pittsburgh Wholesale Markets 
Butter 
Best, 52 to 53c; common to good, tub, 
47 to 50c; rolls, 30 to 34c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby, 29 to 30e; gathered, 23 
to 25c. 
Live poultry 
Hens, 35 to 36c; chickens, 32 to 33c; 
roosters. 20 to 21c; ducks, 38 to 40c; 
geese, 25 to 30c; turkeys, 40 to SOc. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
liens, 48 to 50c; roosters, 32 to 35c; 
broilers, 45 to SOc; ducks, 45 to SOc; 
turkeys, 60 to 65c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $4.50 to $6; strawberries, 
qt., 25 to 40c. 
Vegetables 
Potatoes, 100 lbs., $1.50 to $1.75; 
sweet potatoes, bu., $2 to $2.50; cabbage, 
bbl., $2 to $3; onions, 100 lbs., 75c to 
$1; turnips, bu., $1.75 to $2; carrots, 
new, bu., $2 to $2.25. 
HAY 
Timothy, No. 1. $25 to $26.50; stand¬ 
ard. $24 to $24.50; clover mixed, $23 to 
$24.50. 
Prices 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 48 to 50c; good to 
choice, 44 to 47c; lower grades, 35 to 
40c; ladles, 22 to 23c; packing stock, 
16 to 20c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby, 34 to 36c; gathered, good 
to choice, 25 to 30c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, broilers, 65 to 80c; roosters, 
24 to 25c; fowls, 36 to 40c; ducks, 35 
to 38c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 32 to 40c; roosters, 27 to 28c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $3 to $6; strawberries, 
qt., 25 to 35c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, cwt., 75c to $1.10; %-bu. 
basket, 30 to 50c; sweet potatoes, %-bu. 
basket. $1 to $1.50; onions, 100 lbs., $1 
to $1.25; carrots, cwt., $1 to $1.25; cab¬ 
bage, new, bbl., $2.25 to $2.50. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy, No. 2, $22.50 to $23; No. 3, 
$20.50 to $22; sample, $18 to $20; clover 
mixed, $20 to $22.50. Straw, rye, $18 to 
$20; wheat, $16 to $16.50. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
April 21, 1921 
MILK 
The New York price to producers for 
April 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 per cent butterfat 
over 3. Loose milk at stores retails at 
10 cents per quart; bottled, Gi'ade A, 18 
cents; bottled, Grade B, 15 cents; certi¬ 
fied, 28 cents. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.. 
46 
@ 
47 
Good to Ctioice . 
42 
@ 
45 
Loner Grades. 
32 
@ 
36 
City made. 
20 
a 
26 
Dairy, best . 
44 
a 
45 
Common to good .. 
21 
@ 
42 
Paoking Stock. 
17 
a 
22 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy, held. 
27 
a 
29 
Good to oholoe. 
24 
a 
26 
New make. 
29 
a 
22 
Skims, beat. .. 
17 
ft 
19 
Fair to good .. 
u 
a 
15 
EGGS 
White, nearby, obolce to fanoy. 
39 
a 
40 
Medium to good... 
33 
a 
37 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
34 
a 
35 
Common to good. 
25 
a 
32 
Gathered, best, white. 
38 
a 
39 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 
30 
a 
32 
Lower graoeR. 
22 
a 
24 
Storage, best. 
30 
® 
31 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers . 
6 50 
9 55 
Ball*;. 
4 50 
a 
6 75 
Cows. 
3 00 
a s;oo 
Calves, prime veal,100 lbl. 
8 00 
@13 50 
Culls. 
4 50 
a 
6 00 
Hogs. 
8 75 
@10 50 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
5 00 
a 6 oo 
9 00 
@12 50 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 
Si 
a 
60 
Com. to good.. 
40 
@ 
54 
Chickens choice lb. 
45 
a 
50 
Fair to Good. 
30 
38 
8'onls. 
36 
@ 
39 
22 
ft 
27 
30 
ft 
40 
Squabs, doz. 
5 00 
a 10 oo 
Geese.. . . 
25 
@ 
35 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Sales are reported at: Calves, choice, 
20 to 21c; common to good, 13 to 17c; 
lambs, hothouse, each, $5 to $12. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lb*. 7 00 @ 7 25 
Pea. 4 25 d 4 15 
Medium . 4 75 @ 5 00 
Red Kidney.... 9 00 @ 9 75 
White Kidney. 12 50 @13 25 
Yellow Eye. 8 50 @ 9 00 
FRUITS 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl. 4 00 @ 6 50 
Ben Davis. 3 50 @4 50 
Albemarle. 6 00 @9 00 
Pears, bbl... 2 00 @1 50 
Strawberries, qt. 20 @ 35 
POTATOES 
Southern, new, bbl.,.2 50 @ 7 00 
Old. 180 lbs.2 00 @ 3 00 
Bermuda, bbl. 6 00 @12 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 00 @ 3 00 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. 2 50 @ 6 00 
Beets, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Cabbage, ton. 20 00 @30 00 
New, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Carrots, bbl. 2 00 @ 1 50 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 @3 00 
Onions. 100 lbs... 50 @ 1 50 
Egg Plants, bu. 2 50 @ 4 50 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 1 50 @ 1 76 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 1 00 @ 2 00 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 2 00 @ 5 00 
Peppers, bu... 3 00 @ 5 00 
Parsnips, bbl. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Romaine.hu. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Mushrooms, lb. 20 @ 35 
8pinach, bbl. 1 00 @2 25 
Kale, bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy,No. 1. ton. 30 00 @31 00 
No. 2 .25 00 @28 00 
No. 3 .22 00 @24 00 
Shipping.17 00 @20 011 
Clover, Mixed .29 00 @27 00 
Straw, Rye . 18 00 @19 00 
Oat and wheat.12 00 @1(00 
GRAIN 
Cash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York; Wheat, No. 2 hard Winter, $1.55; 
corn. No. 2 yellow, 82c; oats. No. 2 
white, 51c; rye, $1.46; barley, r 5c. 
