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Countrywide Produce Situation 
NEW CROP VEGETABLES ARE SELLING BET¬ 
TER THAN OLD-POTATOES CLOSING 
AT BOTTOM PRICES 
While prices of old potatoes are drag¬ 
ging in the depths the public seems to 
have plenty of money for the fresh new 
crop. New onions bring .$1.75 per (prate 
holding less than one bushel, while old 
onions average not more than $1 per 100 
lbs. New potatoes bring (wholesale) $S 
per barrel, while old stock is a drug on 
the market at $1 per 100 lbs. Straw¬ 
berries will also bring fairly high prices, 
although values are working downward 
as the supply increases. The new crop of 
Texas onions started considerably earlier 
than last season, but shipments have been 
restricted because of low price at ship¬ 
ping points and supplies were not so large 
as expected. The lower prices on Ber¬ 
muda onions this year are in line with 
many other commodities. They are also 
in agreement with the tendency of other 
years to alternate high and low prices for 
this crop, as well as for potatoes, cabbage 
and several vegetables. 
POTATOES 75 CENTS IN CHICAGO 
The late market movement of potatoes is 
likely to exceed flu* average. Despite the 
low price, supplies are moving equal to the 
average weekly demand. The Southern 
crop is earlier, but short, owing to light 
acreage, drought and frost. Florida al¬ 
ready is nearly done. Louisiana, Texas 
and South Carolina are filling in gradu¬ 
ally, but there will be room for a con¬ 
siderable quantity of old potatoes for a 
month or so. Old stock sold below 75c 
per 100 lbs. in Chicago the first week of 
.May. The big Virginia crop will begin to 
move about the last of May, and may be 
expected to supply most of the Eastern 
demand in June and July. New potatoes 
are still in small proportion to the total 
supply, and are selling too high for the 
average consumer. Old potatoes are still 
quite good, and the price, even at retail, 
is as low as at any time during the sea¬ 
son. 
The next main crop season is beginning 
to outline itself dimly. Apparently the 
acreage will average about as usual in 
the Far West and in Maine, but may be 
less in the Middle West. Many States 
will exceed last year’s rather short acre¬ 
age. It was the heavy yield per acre and 
not the liberal planting that gave us too 
many potatoes last year. Probably the 
yield will be less this year. The lighter 
buying of fertilizers suggests such an out¬ 
come. but the grower will need to accept 
the usual chance of somebody else having 
a light yield, thus leaving room for him 
at a paying price. The city wholesale 
market range is not much above $1 per 
100 lbs., and country shippers receive 
about three-fourths the corresponding city 
prices. Old onions are about done after 
one of the worst seasons for many years, 
perhaps the worst since 1012, when, as 
now, some holders actually were giving 
away the stock. The loss is greater (his 
year than ever before because cost of pro¬ 
duction was extraordinarily heavy. 
The apple crop news is uncertain and 
conflicting. If nothing further happens, 
it appear^ there will be a great crop in 
(lie Northwest. The crop in the Middle 
West and Southwest will be light, any¬ 
how. it seems. The situation in the North 
and Northeast is still indefinite, but those 
sections seem not likely to repeat last 
year’s heavy yield. The old crop is clos¬ 
ing out at rather high prices. 
Georgia peaches will be on the market 
soon, probably 0.000 to 7,000 cars within 
the next few months. They will have the 
first part of the season to themselves on 
account of freezing in many other sec¬ 
tions. Peaches ought to sell readily 
throughout the season, because so much 
of the crop was injured. 
Truck crops in general show reduced 
acreage and a great deal of frost injury. 
High freight charges have been keeping 
back much of the stock. Some shipments 
are not paying shippers tin* cost of the 
crates. g. b. f. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb.. 20c; boneless roasts, lb., 
20c; choice kettle roasts, lb., 14 to 18c; 
porterhouse steak, lb.. 28c; neck cuts, 
lb.. 10c; round steak, lb., 22c; lamb 
chops, lb.. 28c; mutton, lb.. 12 to 25c; 
roasting pigs, lb., 25c; pork loin, lb., 
20 to 25c; salt pork, lb., 28c; sausage, 
lb., 25c; sliced ham. lb.. 85c; brisket 
bacon, lb.. 22c; veal chops, lb.. 35c; veal 
cutlets, lb., 40c; rabbits, lb., 35c; wood¬ 
chuck, dressed, lb.. 80c. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, lb.. 34c; old 
roosters, lb., 22c; geese, lb., 86c; ducks, 
lb.. 40c. 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. lb.. 44c; 
roasting chickens, lb.. 45c; geese, lb., 
42c ; ducks, lb.. 46c. 
Eggs, extra white. 31c; brown, extra, 
31c; mixed colors, 31c; duck eggs. 40c. 
Milk, qt., 9c; skim-milk. qt.. 5c;. but¬ 
termilk, qt.. 5c; creamery butter, fancy 
prints, lb., 50c; best dairy prints, lb.. 
40c; dairy in jars. lb.. 40c; cheese, whole 
milk cream, lb.. 33c; skim. 17c; cottage 
cheese, lb.. 10c; pimento, lb.. 15c. 
Apples, large, bushel. Baldwins. $1.20; 
Greenings. $1.25; Ben Davis. 00c; Spvs. 
$1.40; other varieties. 50c to $1 ; dried 
apples, lb.. 1214c; citrons, each, 10 to 
15c. 
Asparagus, per 14-lb., 15c; beans, dry, 
lb., 7c; beets, bit.. $1; cabbage, white, 
lb., 2c; carrots, bu., 80c; celery, best 
bunch, 12 to 15c; dandelion greens, lb., 
7c; horseradish roots, lb.. 15c; lettuce, 
large heads, each, 8c; onions, bu.. 75c; 
green, bunch, 7c; parsnips, bu., $1; po¬ 
tatoes, bu., 65c; small. 50c; rhubarb, 
bunch, 10c; radishes, white, bunch. 8c; 
round red, bunch. 7c; sauerkraut, qt., 
15c; spinach, peck, 30c; squash. Hub- 
hard, lb.. 2c; rutabagas, bu.. 90c; veg¬ 
etable oysters, bunch, 10c; vinegar, gal., 
35c. 
Honey, card, 25c; clover, 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; hickorynuts, ba„ 
$5.50. 
SYRACUSE TUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime, sides, lb., 10 to 12c; me¬ 
dium. lb., 5 to 6c; Iamb, lb., 25 to 30c; 
live pigs, each, $4 to $5; small dressed 
pigs, lb.. 16c; pork, light, lb., ll^c; 
heavy. 10c; veal, prime, lb., 14c; com¬ 
mon. 10c; sausage, lb., 24c. 
Live Poultry—Ducks. 40c; chickens, 
40 to 45c; fowls, 40 to 45c; geese, lb., 
45c; guinea lieu.?, each. $1. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb.. 60c; 
chickens, 55 to 60e; fowls. 55 to 60c; 
geese, lb., 50c; rabbits, 40 to 45c. 
Butter, lb.. 45c; eggs, 80 to 85c; duck 
eggs, 40c; lard, lb., 15c; Italian cheese, 
lb.. 45 to 60c; maple syrup, gal. $2.25. 
Asparagus, bunch, 15 to 20c; per doz. 
bunches, $1.50 to $1.75; beans, dry. bu., 
$1.50 to $4.50; per qt., 10 to 12c; beets, 
per bu., 40c; cabbage, doz. heads, 40 to 
45c; per 100, $3; carrots, bu., 50c; gar¬ 
lic, lb., 25c; horseradish roots, bunch, 
10c; lettuce, leaf, crate, $1.40 to $2.80; 
onions', bu., 50c; hothouse, per doz., 20 
to 25c; parsley, doz. bunches. 50c; par¬ 
snips, bu.. 50c; popcorn, bu.. $1 to $1.50; 
potatoes, bu.. 40 to 50c; rhubarb, doz. 
bunches, 50c; spinach, bu.. 60 to 75c; 
sage, lb., 10c; turnips, bu., 40 to 45c. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton. $24 to $25; hay, 
No. 1. $24 to $25; No. 2. $21 to $22; 
No. 8, $16 to $18; Timothy, ton, $24; 
straw, rye, ton, $18; wheat, $15; oat, 
$ 12 . 
ROCHESTER PUBLIC MARKETS 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 15 to 18c; 
forequarters, lb.. 12 to 13c; hindquarters, 
18 to 22c; dressed hogs, light, lb.. 18 to 
15c; heavy, 10 to 12c; Spring lambs, 
20 to 24c; yearling lambs. 16 to 18c; 
mutton, lb.. 1 1 to 13c; veal. lb.. 14 to 16c. 
Live Poultrv Fowls. 80 to 32c; roost¬ 
ers. 22 to 25c': r'd. 18 to 20c; ducks. .30 
to 35c; geese. 20 to 25c; turkeys. 40 to 
45c; eggs, 82c. 
Apples, per bn . Kings. $1.50 to 81 75; 
Soys. $1.50 to 81 75: Greenings, $1.25 to 
81.50; seconds. 80c to $1. 
Asparagus, per doz. bunches, 90c to 
$1.25; large bunches, $2 50 to $3.50; 
beets, bu.. 60 to 75c; cabbage, crate. 85 
to 40c; carrots, bu.. 50 to 75c; celery, 
doz. bunches. $1 to 81.25: celery, bundled, 
per doz., $2.50 to $2.75; cucumbers, hot¬ 
house, per doz., 8*> to $2.25; lettuce, 
curly, doz. heads. 55 to 65c; mint, green, 
doz. bunches. 30 to 85c: onions, dry. bu . 
40 to 60c; green, per doz. bunches. 15c; 
potatoes, bu.. 85 to JO"; parsnips, bu.. 
60 to 75c; pieplant, doz. hunches. 85 to 
40c; radishes, hothouse, doz. bunches, 
25 to 35c; spinach, bn. 75c to 81.25: 
vegetable oysters, doz. bunches, 40 to 
45c; watercress, doz. bunches. 40 to 50c. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., lie ml-picked, me¬ 
dium. 83 85; red marrow. 87; white mar¬ 
row. 84.50; red kidney, $7.50; white kid¬ 
ney. $10: pea. $3; yellow-eye. $6; im¬ 
perials. $8. 
Hides, steers. No. 1. 4c; No. 2. 3c; 
cows and heifers. No. 1, 8c: No. 2. 2c; 
bulls and stags, lb., 2c; horsehides. each, 
$1.50 to $2; lambs, each, 50c to $1 ; calf¬ 
skins. No. 1. 9c; No. 2. 7c; wool, fleece, 
lb.. 15 to 18c; unwashed, medium, 15 
to 18c. 
Glover, bu.. $14 to $15; Timothv. $4 
to $4.50; Alsiko. $14 to $15; Alfalfa, 
$14.50 to $15.50. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
Thp produce market shows no really 
strong item. What few changes there 
are mostly show loss. Cabbage and onions 
are drawn into the fields and scattered 
for manure in seme cases. Cherries are 
badly hurt by frost. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, declining; creamery, 80 to 37c; 
dairy. 80 to 34c; crocks. 28 to 34c; com¬ 
mon. 12 to 18c. Cheese, quiet: daisies 
and flats. 20 to 21c; longhorns. 21 to ' ,0 c. 
Eggs, easy: hennery. 80 to 82c; State 
and Western candled. 25 to 28c. 
POULTRY 
pressed poultry, easy; fowl. 33 to 38c; 
chickens. 86 to 42c; capons, 58 to 60c; 
old roosters. 24 to 25c: ducks. 40 to 43c; 
geese. 31 to 34c; live poultry, lower; 
fowl. 28 to 33c; chickens. 25 to 28c; old 
roosters. 20 to 22e; ducks, 35 to 89c; 
geese. 26 to 28c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, quiet: Spy, Greening. Baldwin, 
lm.. $1.60 to $1.75; seconds. 60 to 90c. 
Potatoes, only new firm; good to fancy 
white, bu.. 85 to 55c; new. Florida. $5.75 
to $8.75; Bermuda, $13 to $15; sweets, 
hamper, $1.50 to $2.50. 
STRAWBERRIES 
Strawberries, slow; mostly poor qual¬ 
ity offering; Southern, 24-qt. crate, $5 
to $7; pints, $2.50 to $4; single qts., 25 
to 35c. 
BEANS-ONIONS 
Beans, dull; kidney, cwt.. $7.50 to 
$8.75; marrow. $8 to $8.50; pea and me¬ 
dium. $4.50 to $5; new string beans, 
hamper. $3 to $5. Onions, quiet; home¬ 
grown, bu.. 50c to $1.25; Texas yellow, 
crate, $1.85 to $2; Texas white, $2.75 
to $2.85. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, quiet; asparagus, home¬ 
grown, lb. bunch, $2 to $2.50; beets, bu., 
50 to 75c; carrots, 40 to 50c (old) ; 
parsnips, 50 t<> 75c; spinach. 65 to 90c; 
turnips, white, 65 to 90c; yellow, 50 to 
55c; cabbage, Southern, crate, $1.75 to 
$3 ; Florida celery, crate, $4.50 to $4.75: 
iceberg lettuce, crate. $4.25 to $4.75; 
tomatoes, Florida, crate, $4 to $5.25; 
endive, lb., 18 to 25c; pieplant, doz.. 40 
to 60c; peppers, box. $4 to $5; onion 
sprouts^ doz. bunches. 10 to 12c; radishes, 
40 to 45c; cucumbers, basket, $2.50 to $8. 
SWEETS 
Honey, dull; light comb, lb., 26 to 33c; 
dark, 22 to 25c. Maple products, sugar, 
lb., 32 to 85c; syrup, gal.. $1.75 to $2.25. 
FEED 
TTay, easy; Timothy, track, ton. $18 to 
$21; clover mixed, $17.50 to $18.50; 
straw. $15 to $17. Wheat bran. ton. car 
lot. $21.50; middlings, $20.50; red dog. 
$28.50; cottonseed meal, $35; oilmeal, 
$32.50; hominy, $28.50; gluten. $31; oat 
feed, $9; rye, middlings, $21. J. w. C. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
Butter 
Best creamery, 89 to 41c; good to 
choice. 85 to 37c; lower grades, 80 to 
34c; ladles. 22 to 23c; packing stock, 
15 to 20c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby. 86 to 87c; gathered, good 
to choice, 25 to 32c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers. 65 to 70e; roosters, 18 to 
25c; fowls, 30 lo 34e. 
PRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls. 82 to 87c; roosters, 22 to 23c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $8 to $6; strawberries, 
qt... 20 to 40c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, cwt.. 40c to $1; sweet po¬ 
tatoes. r ’s-bu. basket. $1.25 to $1.50; 
onions, 100 lbs.. 30c to $1 ; cabbage, new, 
bbl.. $1.50 to $2. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy, No. 2. $21 to $22; No 3 
$18 to $19; sample. $16 to $17: clover 
mixed. $19 to $20. Straw, rye, $18 to 
$18.50; wheat. $15 to $16. 
Boston Wholesale Prices 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best. 88 f ( < 39c; common-to 
good. 3,4 to 37c; dairy. 25 to 80c; stor¬ 
age. 88 to 3,4c. 
EGGS 
Fancy nearby. 87 to 38c; gathered, 
good to choice, 27 to 32c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Chickens. 88 to 42c: fowls, 86 to 38c; 
ducks, 85 to 38c; squabs, doz. $5 to $7. 
FRUITS 
Apples. Baldwin, bbl.. $8 to $7; Ben 
Davis. $3 to $4; Russet. $8.50 to $5; 
Spy. $3.50 to $6. Strawberries, qt., 25 
to 40o. 
POTATOES 
Maine. 100 lbs., 90c to $1.10; new, 
bbl., $4.50 to $8. 
VEGETABLES 
Onions. 100 lbs.. 50c to $1; cabbage, 
bbl . 75c to $1.25; lettuce, bu. box. $1 to 
$2.75 ; spinach, bu.. 85c to $1 ; carrots, 
bu. box. $1.50 to $2: turn ins, bag. $150 
to $2; radishes bu. box. $2 to 83; to¬ 
matoes, hothouse, lb.. 15 to 50c. 
IT AY AND STRAW 
Best Tbnothy. $31 to $82; No. 2. $27 
to $28; No. 8, 825 to $26; clover mixed. 
827 to $29. Rye straw, $24 to $25 ; oat 
straw, $17. 
Pittsburgh Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best. 88 to 38% ; common to good, tub, 
35 to 87c; rolls, 28 to 30c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby, 29 to 30c; gathered, 23 
to 26c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
liens, 85 to 38c; chickens, 35 to 38c; 
roosters^ 20 to 21c; ducks. 38 to 40c; 
geese. 25 to 30c; turkeys. 45 to 50c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Hens. 48 to 50c; roosters, 32 to 85c; 
broilers. 45 to 50c; ducks. 45 to 50c; 
turkeys, 60 to 65c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $4.50 to $6; strawberies, 
qt.. 25 to 40c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 100 lbs., $1.50 to $1.75: 
sweet potatoes, bu.. $2 to $2.50; onions, 
100 lbs.. 75c to 81; turnips, bbl., $2 to 
82.25; carrots, new. doz., 40 to 50c. 
HAY 
Timothy. No. 1. $24 to $24.50; stand¬ 
ard. $22 to $23.50; clover mixed, $21 to 
$22.50. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
May 5, 1921 
MILK 
The New York price to producers for 
May is $2.80 per 100 lbs. for 3 per cent 
milk at points 200 to 210 miles from the 
pity, with I cents per 100 lbs. additional 
for every tenth of 1 per cent butterfnt 
over 8. Loose milk at stores retails at 
10 rents per quart; bottled. Grade A, 17 
cents; bottled. Grade B. 15 cents; certi¬ 
fied. 28 cents. 
BUTTER 
Prices have boon both 
down 
and 
up 
during the week, closing 
without 
special 
change from last report. 
Creamery, fancy, lb...4.. 
. 37 
@ 
37 k; 
Good 10 Choice . 
. 33 
(ft 
36 
Lower Grades. 
(a 
27 
City made. 
@ 
23 
Dairy, best . 
< a 
37 
32 
Common to good . 
. 25 
@ 
Packing Stock. 
4t 
19 
CHEESE 
Prices quoted are for new make and on 
a considerably lower price basis. The 
Ftica Board of Trade price this week was 
made 14 cents, which is 9*4 cents under 
a year ago, and the lowest in several 
years. 
Whole Milk, fancy, new. 
Good to choice.. 
EGGS 
White, nearby, choice to fanoy .. 
Medium to good . .... 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
Common to itood. 
Gathered, best, white. 
Medium to good. mixed oolors 
Lower Braces. 
Storage, best. 
LIVE STOCK 
Steen.. 
Bain:. 
Cows. 
Calves. prime Teal. 100 lb*. 
Cull*. 
Uogs.. 
Sheep, 100 lbx. 
Lambs . 
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DRESSED TOULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 55 @ 60 
Com. to good. 40 @ 52 
Chickens choice lb. 45 @ 50 
Fair to Good. 31) <8> 38 
fowls. 35 @ 39 
Roosters. 20 @ 24 
Ducks . 30 @ 35 
Sqnn.hs. doz.. 4 00 a 10 110 
Geese.25 @ 35 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
_Sales are reported at; Calves, choice. 
15 to 17c; common to good, 10 to 14c; 
lambs, hothouse, each. $3 to $10. 
BEANS 
Marrow. IU0 lb*. 6 00 @ 6 75 
Pea. 3 76 @ 4 40 
Med in .. 75 @ 5 00 
Red Kidney . 950 @ 9 85 
White Kidney.12 50 @13 00 
Yellow Eye. 7 50 @8 00 
FRUITS 
Apples. Baldwin, bbl. 4 00 @ 7 00 
Ben Davis. 3 50 @ 5 00 
Albemarle. 7 00 @ 10 00 
Strawberries. Far Southern, qt. 10 @ 40 
Virginia.... 25 @ 45 
Maryland... . 35 @ 60 
POTATOES 
Southern, new, bbl.2 50 @ 8 00 
Old, 180 lbs.150 @2 50 
Bermuda, bbl. 6 00 @12 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 00 @ 2 75 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. 2 00 a, 6 25 
Beets, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Cabbage, ton. 8 00 @12 00 
New. bbl. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Carrots, bbl. 2 00 @3 0(1 
Cucumbers, bu. 2 00 @4 75 
Clucary and Escarol. bbl. 2 00 @4 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 1 00 @ 3 00 
Onions. 100 lbs. 50 @ 150 
New. bu. crate.. 1 00 @2 50 
Kgg Plants, bn. 2 00 @ 5 00 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 150 @175 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 50 @ 1 50 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 2 00 @5 00 
Peoners. bu..3 00 @ 6 00 
Peas, bu.. 1 50 @ 3 50 
Parsnips, bbl. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Romaine.bu. 1 00 @ 2 75 
Mushrooms, lb.20 @ 35 
Spinach, bbl.. 50 @ 1 00 
Kale, bbl. 75 @ mo 
Parsley, bbl..... 150 @300 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy,No. 1. ton.29 00 @30 00 
No. 2 .25 00 @28 00 
No. 3 .22 00 @24 00 
Shipping.noo @20 0(1 
Clover. Mixed . .20 00 @29 00 
Straw. Rye .18 00 @2100 
Oat and wheat. .1200 @15 00 
GRAIN 
Cash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York: Wheat. No. 2 red Winter, $1.66: 
corn. No. 2 yellow. 82c; oats, No. 2 
white, 48c; rye. $1.35; barley, 75c. 
Retail Prices 
at New York 
Butter—Best . 
.$.47 to 
$.40 
Good to choice... 
.39 to 
45 
Eggs—Fancy . 
.45 to 
.50 
Good to choice... 
.42 
Fowls, lb. 
.. .4j) to 
.50 
Lamb chops. Ih.... 
• ••••••• .48 to 
.55 
Roasting beef. lb. . . 
.35 to 
.45 
Potatoes—Old. lb. . 
.02 to 
.08 
New . 
.05 to 
.06 
Lettuce, head . 
.05 to 
.10 
Cabbage, head . . . . 
.15 
