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Market News and Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRICES STILL LOW 
BUT FARMERS PLANTING ABOUT 
AS USUAL. 
Not knowing just what to plant this 
season the fai - mers seem to be doing 
about as usual; planting the standard 
crops and normal acreage so far as they 
can without hiring too much help or 
heaping up more debt. They have courage. 
For example, several letters from 
Aroostook Co., Me., mention a normal 
potato acreage and one expects an in¬ 
crease. Yet according to all accounts 
Aroostook potato farmers the past sea¬ 
son lost more money than ever before 
because of extreme high costs, unusually 
low prices and much decay. 
Reports from all sections except the 
South indicate acreage about as usual 
even with increases in some sections. 
Farmers appear to reason that while 
everything is selling low they must plant 
something to keep in the business and 
might as well venture in the crop they 
know how to raise best, but, as a class, 
they seem not to be risking any more 
money than necessary, judging from di¬ 
rect reports and from the lessened de¬ 
mand for labor and fertilizers. If the 
Southern crop season reflects the coming 
season in the North, as it sometimes has 
done, the season will be early but treach¬ 
erous with sudden changes; late freezes 
and bothi drouths and injurious rain 
storms. 
The old onion market has been dying 
a natural death. Only the best stock 
has been worth handling and carlots were 
almost unsalable. Yet. the public in gen¬ 
eral has not realized the abundance of 
onions. A letter from a Kansas town 
humorously suggests that a few carloads 
of onions he shipped to that section 
where onions have been selling at 3% to 
5c per lb. all this season and consumers 
can afford them once a week or “rub one 
around the salad bowl.” In California 
some holders are dumping old onions or 
selling them three bags for 25c. One of 
the great problems of better marketing 
is to give consumers a fair chance to 
help us out when crops are large. Old 
onions are selling in Eastern cities at an 
average of about $1 per 100 lbs. for good 
stock or lc to 1-9 the price a year ago. 
New Texas onions bring $1.75 /per crate 
average in Northern markets and show 
no profit to the grower at that price. The 
Texas crop is a poor one and adds one 
more to the successive losses which have 
afflicted the Southern truck farmer this 
season. 
The Southern peach crop seems to be 
safe in most localities although by various 
causes the Georgia crop was reduced con¬ 
siderably from early estimates. The mid¬ 
dle Atlantic and Middlewest seem to have 
suffered most in the Spring freezes. The 
Northwest will probable 'sujpply: more 
than its share of apples next season. 
They have a big crop promised with no 
special set-back as yet while the Eastern 
crop, it seems, will be generally short. 
Higher freights handicap Western apples. 
Good Eastern apples ought to sell 
easily, especially if business conditions 
show some recovery by Fall. The or¬ 
chards will need plenty of spraying. Tree 
lice and other pests are reported out in 
force as the season advances northward. 
The mild Winter saved an extensive seed 
Stock of bugs. Old apples are going out 
at high prices, but few growers are get¬ 
ting the benefit. G. B. F. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb.. 20c; boneless roasts, lb., 
20c: lamb chops, lb.. 28c; mutton, lb.. 12 
to 25c; kettle roasts, lb.. 14 to 18c; por¬ 
terhouse steak, lb. 28c; neck cuts, lb., 
10c; sausage, lb.. 25c ; roasting pigs, lb., 
25c; salt pork, lb., 23c; veal chops, lb., 
35c; veal cutlets, lb., 40c; rabbits, lb., 
35c; round steak, lb. 22c; pork loins, 
lb., 20 to 25c; sliced ham, lb., 35c; bris¬ 
ket 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 poultry—Fowls, heavy, lb.. 
42c; roasting chickens, lb.. 45c; turkeys, 
lb.. 55c; geese, lb.. 42c; docks, lb., 46c. 
Eggs, large white, 30c; brown, 30c; 
mixed colors. 30c; duck eggs. 40c; milk, 
qt., 9c; buttermilk, qt.. 5c; skim-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. lb.. 17c; cottage cheese, lb., 
10c; pimento cheese, lb.. 15c. 
Apples, large, bu., Baldwins, $1.20; 
Greenings, $1.25; Ben Davis. 90c; Spy, 
$1.40; other varieties. 50c to $1. Pears, 
Kieffer, $1.75. Dried apples, 12*4c. 
Citrons, 10 to 15c. 
Beans, dry, lb., 7c; beets, best, bu., 
$1.15; cabbage, white, lb.. 2c; carrots, 
bu.. 80c; cauliflower, best. 10c; celery. 12 
to 15c; dandelion greens, lb.. 7c; egg¬ 
plant. best, each, 15c; medium. 10c; 
horseradish roots, lb.. 15c; lettuce, large 
heads. Sc: onions, green, bunch. 6c; dry, 
bu., 75c; parsnips, bu., $1; potatoes, bu., 
65c; small, bu., 50c; rhubarb, lb.. 5c; 
radishes, white, bunch. 8c; round red, 
bunch, 6c; sauerkraut, qt., 15c; spinach, 
peck, 30c; Winter squash, lb., 3c; tur¬ 
nips, rutabaga, bu., 90c; vegetable oys¬ 
ters, T>unch, 10c; vinegar, qt., 10c; gal., 
35c. 
Honey, clover, card. 25c; extracted, lb., 
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; hiekorynuts, bu., 
$5.50. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime, sides, lb., 10 to 12c; me¬ 
dium. lb., 5 to 6e; lamb. lb.. 25 to 30c; 
live pigs, each, $4 to $5: small dressed 
pigs, lb., 16c; pork, light, lb., 14c; 
heavy, lb.. 10c; veal, prime, lb.. 12c; 
common, lb., 11c; sausage, lb.. 24c. 
Live poultry—Ducks, lb., 40c; chick¬ 
ens. lb., 40 to 45c; fowls, lb.. 40 to 45c; 
geese, lb., 45c; guinea hens, each, $1. 
Dressed poultry — Ducks, lb., 60c; 
chickens, lb., 50 to 60c ; fowls, lb., 50 to 
60c; geese, lb.. 50c; rabbits, dressed, lb., 
35 to 50c. 
Butter, lb.. 50 to 60c; eggs. 28 to 35c; 
duck eggs, 40 to 50c; lard, lb., 15c; Ital¬ 
ian cheese, lb.. 40c; maple syrup, gal.. $2. 
Asparagus, bunch, 20c; doz. bunches, 
$2.25 to $2.40 ; beans, dry. bu.. $1.50 to 
$4.50; per qt., 10 to 12c; beets, bu., 50c; 
cabbage, doz. heads. 40 to 45c; per 100, 
$3; carrots, bu., 50c to $1; garlic, lb., 
25c; horseradish roots, bunch, 10c; let¬ 
tuce. leaf, crate, $1.40 to $2.80: onions, 
bu.. 45 to 50c; hothouse, doz., 30c; pars¬ 
ley. doz. bunches, 50c; parsnips, bu., 50 
to 75c; popcorn, bu.. $1 to $1.50; pota¬ 
toes. bu., 40 to 50c: rhubarb, doz. 
bunches, 50 to 75c; spinach, bu., 80c; 
sage, lb., 10c: rutabagas, bu., 40 to 50c. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton, $24 to $25; hay, 
No. 1, 824 to $25; No. 2, $20 to $22; 
No. 3, $16 to $18; Timothy. $20 to $25. 
Straw, rye, ton, $15; wheat. $15; oat, 
$ 12 . 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 15 to 18c; 
forequarters, lb.. 10 to 12c; 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.. IS to 20c. 
Live poultry—Fowls, lb.. 30 to 32c; 
roosters, lb., 26 to 28c; old, lb., 22 to 
25c ; ducks, lb.. 30 to 35c ; geese, lb.. 20 
to 25c; turkeys, lb.. 40 to 45c; eggs, 30 
to 35c. 
Apples, bu.—Kings, $1.25 to $1 50; 
Spy, $125 to $1.50: Greenings, 80c to 
$1 ; seconds, 75 to 85c. 
Beets, bu., 60 to 75c; cabbage, crate, 
35 to 40c; carrots, bu., 75c to $1; celery, 
doz. bunches. $1 to $1.25; lettuce, curly, 
doz. heads. 50 to 60c; mint, green, doz. 
bunches, 30 to 35c; onions, bu., 45 to 
50c; green, doz., 15 to 20c; potatoes, bu.. 
40 to 45c; parsnips, bu.. 70 to 80c; pie¬ 
plant. doz. bunches. 90c to $1; radishes, 
doz. bunches, 30 to 35c spinach, bu.. 80c 
to $1.25; vegetable oysters, doz. bunches. 
40 to 45c; watercress, doz. bunches, 40 
to 50c. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand-picked, me¬ 
dium. $3 25 ; red marrow. $6 ; white mar¬ 
row. $4.50: red kidney, $7: white kidney, 
$8.50 to $9; pea, $3; yellow eye, $6; 
Imperials, $7. 
Hides—No. 1. steers, lb., 4c; No. 2. 3c; 
No. 1, cows and heifers, lb., 3c; No. 2, 2c; 
bulls fand stags, lb., 2c; horsehides, each, 
$1.50 to $2 ; lambs, each, 50c to $1; calf- 
skims. No. 1. 9c; No. 2. 7c; wool, fleece, 
lb.. 15 to 18c; unwashed, medium, 15 
to 18c. 
Seeds—Glover, bu.. $15 to $18; Timo- 
thv. $4 to 84.50; Als>'ke, $14 to $15; 
Alfalfa, $14.50 to $15.50. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The former weak state of the produce 
market continues. Most stuff seems to 
be at the bottom, or close to it. so that 
actual declines are about confined to but¬ 
ter. cheese and potatoes. Farmers are 
drawing storage cabbage and feeding it 
to cows or throwing it out. 
BUTTER—CIIEESE —EGGS 
Butter, lower; creamery, 38 to 45c; 
dairy, 36 to 42c; crocks. 30 to 38c; com¬ 
mon, 22 to 25c. Cheese, unsettled; 
daisies and flats, new. 20 to 22c; long¬ 
horns. 21 to 22c. Eggs, steady; hen¬ 
nery, 29 to 33c; State and Western can- 
died, 27 to 29c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, dull : fowl, 33 to 38c; 
chickens, 32 to 40c; capons, 48 to 60c; 
old roosters, 26 to 37c; ducks. 40 to 42c; 
geese. 32 to 34c. Live poultry, easier, 
fowl, 30 to 36c; chickens. 30 to 35c; old 
roosters. 22 to 24c; ducks, 38 to 40c; 
geese, 26 to 30c. 
APPI.ES—POTATOES 
Apples, firm; Spy, King, Greening, 
$1.25 to $1.75; seconds, 60 to 75c. Po¬ 
tatoes. lower; good to fancy white. 40 to 
50c ; seconds, 35 to 40c ; new Florida, 
$6 to $7.25 ; sweets, hamper, $1 to $1.75 ; 
Bermudas, bbl., $9 to $10. 
BERRIES 
Strawberries, firmer; Southern, crate, 
qts., $8 to $10. Cranberries, dull; Cape 
Cod, bbl., $9 to $14. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, dull; kidney, cwt., $7.50 to 
$8.25; marrow, $8 to $8.50; pea and 
medium. $4.50 to $5. Onions, quiet; 
home-grown, bu.. 50c to $1 ; Texas, crate, 
white. $2.25 to $2.75; yellow. $1.75 to $2. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, quiet; asparagus. Califor¬ 
nia, box, $4 to $5 ; peppers, box, $4 to $5 ; 
tomatoes, Mexican, $4 to $5.50; string 
bearfs, hamper. $2 to $5; cabbage, ham¬ 
per, $1.25 to $1.50; cucumbers, $2.50 to 
$3.25; peas, $2.75 to $3; beets, bu., 50 
to 75c; carrots. 75c to $1; parsnips, 50 
to 75c; spinach. 75c to $1.25; turnips, 
white, bu., 75c to $1; yellow, 55 to 60c; 
beets, doz. bunches. 50 to 75c; carrots, 
80 to 90c; onion sprouts, 12 to 15c; rad¬ 
ishes, . 30 to 45c; celery, Florida, crate, 
$4.75 to $5; lettuce, iceburg, crate, $5 
to $5.50; endive, lb., 22 to 25c. 
IIAY 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. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
April 28, 1921 
Milk 
• The New York price to producers for 
May is $2.30 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. Grade A, 18 
cents; bottled, Grade B, 15 cents; certi¬ 
fied, 28 cents. 
Rutter 
SWEETS 
Honey, easy; light comb, lb.. 26 to 
32c; dark, 22 to 25c. Maple products, 
firm; sugar, lb., 22 to 34c; svrup, gal.. 
$2 to $2.25. 
FEED 
Hay, dull; Timothy, baled, track, ton. 
$18 to $21; clover mixed. $17.50 to 
$18.50: straw. $15 to $17. Wheat bran, 
higher; ton, car lot. $22.50; middlings, 
$21.50; red dog. $29.50: cottonseed meal. 
$33; oilmeal. $34; gluten. $36; hominy, 
$26.75; oat feed, $9; rye middlings, $21. 
j. w. c. 
Pittsburgh Wholesale Markets 
RUTTER 
Best. 47 to 4714 : common to good, tub, 
40 to 45c; rolls, 28 to 30c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby, 30 to 31c; gathered, 23 
to 26c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Hens, 38 to 40c : chickens, 35 to 38c; 
roosters, 20 to 21c; ducks, 38 to 10c; 
geese, 25 to 30c ; turkeys, 45 to 50c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Hens, 48 to 50c; roosters, 32 to 35c; 
broilers, 45 to 50c; ducks, 45 to 50c; 
turkeys, 60 to 65c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $4.50 to $6; strawberries, 
qt., 25 to 40c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 100 lbs., $1.75 to $2; sweet 
potatoes, bu.. $2 to $2.50; onions, 100 
lbs., 75c to $1 ; turnips, bbl., $1.75 to $2 ; 
carrots, new, doz., 40 to 50c. 
HAY 
Timothy, No. 1. $25 to $26.50; stand¬ 
ard. $24 to $24.50; clover mixed, $23 to 
$24.50. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
RUTTER 
Best creamery, 43 to 45c; good to 
choice, 40 to 42c; lower grades, 35 to 
38c; ladles, 22 to 23c; packing stock. 
15 to 20c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby. 34 to 36c; gathered, good 
to choice, 25 to 30c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, 65 to 75c; roosters, 18 to 
25c ; fowls, 30 to 34c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 32 to 40c; roosters, 25 to 26c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $3 to $6; strawberries, 
qt., 10 to 35c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, cwt.. 75c to $1.10; %-bu. 
basket, 30 to 50c; sweet potatoes, %-bu. 
basket, $1 to $1.35; onions. 100 lbs., 30c 
to $1; cabbage, new. bbl., $1.25 to $1.85. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy. No. 2, $22.50 to $23; No. 3. 
$20.50 to $21 ; sample. $17 to $19; clover 
mixed. $20 to $22.50. Straw, rye, $18 to 
$20; wheat, $16 to $16.50. 
Boston Wholesale Prices 
RUTTER 
Creamery, best. 30 to 32c; common to 
good, 37 to 39c; dairy, 25 to 35c; storage, 
35 to 39c. 
EGGS 
Fancy nearby. 39 to 40c; gathered, 
good to choice, 27 to 32c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Chickens, 38 to 42c; fowls, 36 to 42c; 
ducks, 35 to 38c; squabs, doz., $5 to $7. 
FRUITS 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl.. $3 to $7; Ben 
Davis. $3 to $4; Russet. $3.50 to $5; 
Spy. $3.50 to $6. Strawberries, qt., 25 
to 35c. 
POTATOES 
Maine. 100 lbs., $1 to $1.10; new, bbl., 
$4.50 to $7. 
VEGETABLES 
Onions, 100 lbs., 50c to $1: cabbage, 
bbl.. 75c to $1.25; lettuce, bu. box, $1 to 
$2.25 ; spinach, bbl.. $1.50 to $2; carrots, 
bu. box. $1.50 to $2: turnips, bag, $1.50 
to $1.75; radishes, bu. box, $2 to $3; 
tomatoes, hothouse, lb.. 15 to 50c. 
Prices are 8 to 9 cents lower on the 
better grades, supplies being large and 
buyers taking only enough for immediate 
needs. 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 38 ft 39 
Good to Choice . 33 ft 37 
Lower Grades. 24 ft 28 
City made. 20 ft 25 
Dairy, best . 36 ft 37 
Common to good . 28 ft 32 
Packing Stock. 15 ft 21 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy, held. 27 ft 29 
Good to ohoice. 24 ft 26 
New make.. 18 ft 20 
EGGS 
White, nearby, choice to fanoy. 35 ft 36 
Medium to good . 30 ft 34 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 32 ft 33 
Common to good. 25 ft 30 
Gathered, best, white. 33 ft 34 
Medium to good, mixed oolors... 28 ft 31 
Lower grades. 22 ft 24 
Storage, best. 29 @ 30 
LIVE STOCK 
Steeri. 7 25 ft 8 40 
Ball* . 6 00 ft 7 50 
Cows. 3 00 ft 5 00 
Calves, prime teal, 100 lbs. 8 00 @12 50 
Call*. 4 50 @ 0 00 
Hogs. 8 75 ft 9 25 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 5 00 ft 7 00 
Lambs ..... 9 00 @12 50 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 55 ft 60 
Com. to good. 40 @ 54 
Chickens choice lb. 45 ft 50 
Fair to Good. 30 © 38 
Fowls. 35 ft 39 
Roosters. 22 ft 27 
Ducks . 30 ft 38 
Squabs, doz. 5 00 @10 00 
Geese...:.. 25 @ 35 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Sales are reported at: Calves, choice, 
19 to 20c; common to good. 12 to 17c; 
lambs, hothouse, each. $4 to $10. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lb*.6 50 
Pea . 4 00 
Medium . 4 75 
Red Kidnev . 9 00 
White Kidney. 12 50 
Yellow Eye. 8 50 
ft 7 00 
ft 4 25 
ft 5 00 
ft 9 75 
@13 00 
@ 9 CO 
FRUITS 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl. 4 00 ft 7 00 
Ben Davis. 3 50 ft 4 50 
Albemarle. 7 00 @11 00 
Pears, bbl. 2 00 ft 4 00 
Strawberries, qt. 20 ft 50 
POTATOES 
Southern, new, bbl.2 50 @ 7 50 
Old, 180 lbs .175 ft 2 50 
Bermuda, ' ,]. 6 00 @13 00 
Sweet l ^.atoes. bu. bkt..... 1 00 ft 2 50 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. 1 50 
Beets, bbl. 2 00 
Cabbage, ton. 20 00 
New, bbl. 1 50 
Carrots, bbl. 2 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 100 
Onions. 100 lbs. 50 
Bu. crate. 1 00 
Egg Plants, bn. 2 50 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 1 50 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 1 00 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 2 00 
Peppers, bu.3 00 
Parsnips, bbl. 1 00 
Romaine.bu. 1 00 
Mushrooms, lb. 20 
Spinach, bbl. 50 
Kale, bbl. 75 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy,No. 1. ton. 30 00 
No. 2 . 25 00 
No. 3 . 22 00 
Shipping.17 00 
Clover. Mixed .20 00 
Straw. Rye .18 00 
Oat and wheat.12 00 
ft 6 00 
ft 2 50 
@30 00 
ft 2 00 
ft 3 50 
ft 3 00 
@ 1 50 
@ 2 50 
ft 4 50 
ft 1 75 
ft 2 00 
ft 5 00 
ft 6 00 
ft 2 50 
@ 2 00 
@ 35 
ft 1 00 
® 1 00 
@31 00 
@28 00 
@ 24 00 
@20 011 
@27 00 
@20 00 
@15 00 
DRAIN 
Cash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York : Wheat, No. 2 hard Winter, $1.56; 
corn. No. 2 yellow. 82c; oats, No. 2 
white, 50c; rye, $1.50; barley, 75c. 
The past. Winter has been the lightest 
one here in many year, probably in 40 
years. Spring opened up about three 
weeks earlier than common. Fruit was 
about all killed in this section on the 
night of April 10-11 by the freezes; had 
extra good prospects up to then for fruit. 
Farmers are about half done planting- 
corn. Horses and cattle are slow sale. 
Eggs. 20c per doz.; hens, 23e per lb.; 
butter. 20c lb.; corn, $1 per bu.; wheat. 
$1.65; hay, $15 per thousand lbs. w. H. 
Grainger Co.. Tenn. 
