The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
819 
Market 
News and 
Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
POTATO SLUMP CONTINUES TO THE END— 
STRAWBERRY PRICES LOW-APPLE OUT¬ 
LOOK STILL UNCERTAIN. 
The slump of late May and early June 
carried potato prices lower than ever. 
Quotations of 75c per 100 lbs. in the 
cities and 35 cents at distant shipping 
points are lower than in any spring since 
1015. They seem relatively the lowest 
on record when compared with the high 
cost of production of the 1020 crop. 
New potatoes slumped with the rest. 
They held up while the novelty, lasted 
but many of them were dug half ripe and 
pasty and the public refused to buy them 
freely at 5 cents a pound when a peck of 
old potatoes could be bought at some 
stores for 15c. The wholesale price fell 
$2 within a week and did not climb back. 
During .Tune the old stock will come 
chiefly from Virginia where the crop has 
been doing well and no bugs. to fight. 
Virginia growers say the cost is $3 per 
bbl.. at shipping point which does not 
show much net for the grower after sell¬ 
ing in northern markets below $4 from 
which comes cost of freight and market¬ 
ing. Reports from the North and West 
show some increases over last year’s 
rather short acreage. Evidently the 
outcome will depend on the yield per acre. 
If the crop seems likely to go far beyond 
the 400.000.000 bushel line again it means 
plenty of potatoes and should be the sig¬ 
nal to begin to sell early in the season. 
The country can use about 4 bu. per 
capita at fair prices in most seasons. 
Any more than that usually has meant 
low prices in the Spring. 
FRUIT AND TRUCK CROPS IRREGULAR. 
It is as vet impossible to size up the 
apple outlook closely. Conditions re¬ 
sulting from the freezes are mixed with 
the reports of reduced yield, winch usually 
has followed a season <>f heavy production 
like 1920. Reports of heavy “June drop” 
are coming already from the middle south¬ 
west. The southeast had few apples to 
drop this year. The northwest crop is 
doing well! It. is not the off year in 
that section. The northeast seems likely 
to make as good a showing as could be 
expected' for an off year. No complete 
official report will be out before the early 
part of July. 
Strawberry prices have been, cut in 
halves as compared with a year.ago. The 
numerous runs produced a fair to good 
average crop of rather soft and perishable 
berries and the markets are well supplied, 
while the demand is not what it was in 
war times. The average in all States is 
hardly 12c per qt. wholesale. 
Truck crops' in general are not doing 
as well as last season. A great deal of 
replanting has been necessary. and the 
stands are uneven and growth irregular. 
Acreage of field beans is decidedly less 
than last year in the important commer¬ 
cial States, but there is si ill considerable 
old stock unsold. 6. B. F. 
Local Up-State Prices 
SYRACUSE 
Reef, prime sides, lb.. 10 to 12c; me¬ 
dium, lb., 5 to 614c: lamb, lb., 25 to 30c; 
live pigs, each. $6; small dressed pigs, lb., 
16c; oork. light, lb., 1414c; heavy. 11c; 
veal, prime, lb., 12c: common, lb.. 10c. 
Live Poultry—Ducks, lb., 30c; broilers, 
50c; fowls. 30 to 35c; geese, .35c; guinea 
hens, each, $1. 
Dressed Poultry-—Ducks, lb., 50c: broil¬ 
ers. lb., 60c; fowls, 50 to 55c; geese. 50c; 
rabbits, lb.. 35c. 
Butter, lb.. 35 to 40c; eggs, 2S_ to 30c; 
duck eggs. 40 to 45c; lard, lb.. 15c; Ital¬ 
ian cheese, lb.. 35 to 45c; maple syrup, 
gal.. $2.25 to $2.40. 
Strawberries, crate. $10; <|t., 35 to 40c; 
asparagus, bunch. 20c; per doz. bunches, 
$2; beans, bn.. $1.50 to $4.50; per qt., 
10 to 12c; beets, green, doz. bunches. $1; 
cabbages, per doz. heads. 60c; chives, 
bunch. 10c; garlic, lb., 20c; horseradish 
roots, bunch. 10c; lettuce, leaf, per crate, 
$1' to $3: onions, bu . 50c; green, per 
doz.. 20c; parsley, doz bunches, 50c, 
popcorn, bu.. $1 to $1.50: potatoes, bu., 
25 to 50c: radishes, doz. bunches, 20 to 
30c; rhubarb., doz. bunches. 50c; romaine, 
doz. heads. $1 ; sninacb, bu., 75e to $1 ; 
sage. lb.. 10c. 
Alfalfa, extra, per ton. $22; hay. No. 1, 
$22; No. 2. $18 to $20; No. 3! $12 to 
$14: Timothy. $20 to $22; straw, rye. 
ton. $13; wheat, $15; oat, $12. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 15 to 18c; 
forequarters, lb., 10 to 13c; hindquarters, 
lb., 18 to 22c; dressed hogs, -light, lb., 
13 to 15c; heavy, 10 to 12c; Spring 
lambs. 26 to 2Se; yearling lambs, lb., 22 
to 26c; mutton, lb., 10 to 15c; veal, lb., 
14 to 16c. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, lb.. 35 to 38c; 
broilers, 50 to 60c; roosters, 16 to 18c; 
old. 14 to 16c; ducks, lb.. 28 to 30c; 
geese, lb., 20 to 25c; turkeys, lb., 40 to 
45c. 
Apples, per bu.. King. $1.50 to $2; 
Spys, $1.50 to $2; Greenings. $1.25 to 
$1.50; seconds. S0c to $1; strawberries, 
32-qt. crate, $6 to $8; per qt., 30 to 35c. 
Asparagus, doz. bunches, $1.40 to 
$1.50; beets, per doz. bunches. $1 to 
$1.50; cabbage, per crate. 35 to 40c; car¬ 
rots. bn.. 75 to 90c; celery, doz. bunches. 
$1 to $1.75; cucumbers, hothouse, doz. 
$1.75 to $2; lettuce, curly, doz. head's, 
40 to 55c; common, per doz.. 35 to 40c; 
mint, green, doz. bunches, 30 to 35c; 
onions, bu., 45 to 50c; green, doz. 
bunches, 10 to 12c; silverskin, doz. 
bunches. 18 to 20c; potatoes, bu.. 35 to 
40c; parsnips, bu.. 50 to 65c: pieplant, 
doz. bunches. 40 to 50c; radishes, home¬ 
grown, doz. bunches, 10 to 15c; spinach, 
per bu., 90c to $1; tomatoes, lb.. 45 to 
50c; watercress, doz. bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Seeds, clover, bu.. $13 to $14; T’mothv, 
$4 to $4.50; Alsike. $13 to $14; Alfalfa, 
$14 to $14.50: wheat. $1.40 to $1.45; 
corn, shelled. 82 to 85c; oats, 48 to 49c; 
rye. $1.35 to $1.40. 
Hay, No. 1. Timothv, ton, $25; No. 2, 
$19 to $22; No. 3. mixed, $18 to $21; 
Alfalfa, $18 to $26; straw, ton, $14 to 
$18. 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Round steak, lb.. 22c; hamburg, lb., 
20c; boneless roasts, lb.. 20c; kettle 
roasts, 14 to 18c; porterhouse steak, lb., 
28c; pork loin, lb.. 20 to 25c: sliced ham, 
lb., 35c; brisket bacon, lb., 22c; sausage, 
farm-made. lb.. 25c • salt pork, lb., 23c; 
roasting pigs, lb., 25c; lamb chops, lb., 
2Sc; mutton, lb.. 12 to 25c; veal chops, 
lb., 35c; veal cutlets, lb.. 40c; rabbits, 
dressed, ]b., 40c; woodchuck, dressed, lb., 
30c. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, heavy, lb.. 34c; 
old roosters, lb.. 22c; turkeys, lb., 45 to 
50c; geese, lb., 36c; ducks, lb., 40c. 
Dressed Poultry—Roasting chickens, 
lb., 45c; heavy fowls, lb.. 44c: turkeys, 
lb., 55c; geese. Ib., 42c: ducks, lb., 46c. 
Eggs, extra white. 30c; brown and 
mixed colors. 30c; duck eggs. 37c. 
Milk, qt., 9c; buttermilk, qt., 5c ; skim- 
milk. qt.. 5c; butter, creamery, fancy 
prints, lb.. 37c; best dairy prints. 37c; 
dairy in jars, 37c: cheese, whole milk 
cream, 33c: skim. 17c; cottage cheese, lb., 
10c; pimento cheese, lb.. 15c. 
Apples, large, bu.. Baldwins. $1.20; 
Greenings. $1.25; Ben Davis. 90c; Spy, 
$1.44; other varieties, 50c to $1 ; Keifer 
pears. $1.75. 
Asparagus, 15c: beans, per lb., 7c; 
beets, best, bu., $1 : cabbage, white, lb., 
2c: carrots, bu., 80c; celery, bunch, 12 
to 15c: dandelion greens, lb.. 7c; egg¬ 
plant, best. each. 15c; medium, 10c; 
horseradish roots, lb.. 15c; lettuce, large 
heads. 8c: onions, green, bunch, 7c; dry, 
per bu.. 75c; parsnips, bu.. $1 ; potatoes, 
bu.,. 65c; small. 50c; rhubarb, lb.. 10c; 
radishes, bunch. 7 to 8c: sauerkraut, qt., 
15c; spinach, peck, 30c; rutabagas, bu., 
90c; vegetable oysters, bunch. 10c. 
Vinegar, qt.. 10c; honey, clover ex¬ 
tracted. lb.. 25c: card, lb.. 25c: maple 
syrup, gal.. $2.25: popcorn, shelled, lb., 
10c: on cob. 8c. 
Black walnuts, bu.. $2.50; butternuts, 
bu., $2; hickorynuts, bu., $5.50. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The arrival of Southern truck crops in 
quantity serves to weaken the local mar¬ 
kets'. But for the high freight rates this 
stuff would fairly drive our home-grown 
produce out. In former seasons straw¬ 
berries from the near South usually sold 
here for less than our own did. 
RUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, better demand: creamery, 27 
to 33c; dairy, 22 to 29c; crocks, 22 to 
26c; common, 10 to 18c. Cheese, easy; 
daisies and flats. 17 to 18c: longhorns, 
17 to 19c. Eggs, steady; hennery. 28 
to 30c; State and 'Western candled, 25 
to 29c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys, 56 to 
60c; fowls, 35 to 38c; chickens. 35 to 
40c; old roosters. 22 to 24c; ducks, 34 to 
36c; geese, 18 to* 22c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Lower; fowls. 25 to 28c*; broilers, 40 
to 50c: old roosters, 20 to 22c; ducks, 
30 to 35c; geese, 18 to 22c. 
APPLES-POTATOES 
Apples, firm; Baldwin, bu., $2.50 to 
$2.75; Russet, $2 25 to* $2.50; seconds, 
$1.50 to* $1.75; Western Winesaps. bu. 
box. $3 to $4. Potatoes, weak; fancy 
white, bu.. 45 to 50c; common, 35 to 40c'; 
Southern, $3.50 to $5.50; Bermuda, bbl., 
$7 to $9. 
FRUITS AND BERRIES 
Peaches, weak, poor quality; Georgia, 
bu., $1.25 to $1.50. Strawberries, active; 
.Southern, crate, $6.50 to $7.25. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, dull; kidney, cwt., $8.50 to $9 ; 
marrow, $8 to $8.50 • pea and medium, 
$4.50 to* $5. Onions, dull; Texas, crate, 
$1.50 to $2: Ebenezer, bu., 75c to $1.25; 
green sprouts, doz. bunches, 10 to 15c. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, active; asparagus, doz. 
bunches, $1.75 to $2.25; pieplant, doz. 
bunches, 40 to 60c; radishes, 20 to 30c, 
beets, hamper. $2 to $2.50: beans, do, $3 
to $5; carrots, $1.50 to $1.75; spinach, 
bu.. 75c to $1; cabbage, Southern, crate, 
$1.50 to $3.75; celery, crate, $4 to $6.50; 
lettuce, iceberg. $3 to $4 ; tomatoes. $3 to 
$6; watermelons, each, 75c to $1.25. 
SWEETS 
Honey, dull ; light, comb, lb., 25 to 32c; 
dark, 18 to 22c. Maple products, dull; 
sugar, lb., 20 to 30c; syrup, gal., $1.50 
to $1.75. 
FEED 
Hay. quiet: Timothy, track, ton. $18 to 
$21; clover mixed. $17 to $20; straw, $15 
to $17. Wheat bran, unchanged ; ton. car 
lot, $21.50; midd'lingsi, $20; red dog, 
$31.50; cottonseed meal, $37.50; oilmeal, 
$3.3; hominy, $28.50: gluten, $31.70; oat 
feed, $11; rye middlings, $21. j. w. c. 
Boston Wholesale Prices 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best. 31 to 32c; common to 
good, 27 to 29e. 
EGGS 
Fancy nearby. 39 to 40c; gathered, 
good to choice, 30 to 34c. 
, DRESSED POULTRY 
Native broilers. 50 to 52c; fowls, 32 
to 37c; ducks, 28 to 30c; squabs, doz., 
$5 to $7. 
FRUITS 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl.. $3 to $8.50; Ren 
Davis, $3 to $5; Russet, $4 to $6; straw¬ 
berries. qt.. 10 to 30c; peaches, 6-basket 
crate, $1.50 to $3. 
POTATOES 
Maine, 100 lbs., 80 to 90c; new, bbl., 
$4.50 to $6. 
VEGETABLES 
Onions, 100 ]bs„ 75c to $1; asparagus, 
bu.^box, $4.50 to $7 ; lettuce, bu. box, 50 
to 75c; spinach, bu.. 35 to 50c; carrots, 
bu. box, $1.50 to $2; radishes, bu. box. 
50 to 75c; tomatoes, hothouse, lb.. 15 to 
25c; rhubarb, bu. box, $1 to $1.25; par¬ 
snips, bu. box. $1.50 to $2.75. 
IIAY AND STRAW 
Best Timothy. $32 to $33: No. 2. $28 
to $30; No. 3. $24 to $25; clover mixed, 
$24 to $29. Rye straw, $25 to $26 ; oat 
straw, $16 to $17. 
Pittsburgh Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 35 to 36c; common to 
good, 26 to 32c. 
EGGS 
Choice, 29 to 30c; common to good, 
24 to 26c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Hens, 35 to 36c; chickens, 35 to 38c; 
turkeys, 40 to 45c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Hens, 45 to 46c; young ducks, 54 to 
55c; turkeys, 70 to 80c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, peck. 60 to 80c; strawberries, 
qt., 20' to 30c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, peck. 30 to 50c; radishes, 
doz., 20 to 30c; onions*, peek. 20 to 35c; 
cabbage, lb., 4 to 5c; lettuce, head, 10 
to 15c. 
broilers. 40 to 50c; roosters, 12c; ducks, 
20 to 22c; geese, 14 to 16c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 
Com. to good... 
Chlokeus choice lb 
Fair to Good ... 
Fowls . 
Roosters. 
Ducks .. 
Squabs, do*. 
45 @ 55 
35 @ 40 
50 @ 60 
30 ® 45 
32 @ 35 
17 @ 21 
25 @ 28 
4 00 @ 9 00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Sales are reported at: Calves, choice, 
18 to 19c; common to good. 8 to 10c; 
lambs, hothouse, each. $4 to $9. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbl. 6 00 a 6 25 
Pea. 4 00 © 4 60 
Medium . 4 50 @ 4 75 
Red Kidney..11 00 011 25 
White Kidney. 12 50 ®13 00 
Fellow Eye. 7 50 @8 00 
FRUITS 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl. 4 00 @6 50 
Ben Davis. 3 50 @ 5 00 
Albemarle. 7 00 @10 00 
Strawberries. Jersey, qt.. 8 @ 20 
Up-river. 15 @ 22 
Maryland. 8 @ 18 
Peaches, 6-bkt. crate. . ... 1 25 @ 2 00 
Watermelons, carload .. 400 00 @800 00 
Raspberries, pt. 28 @ 32 
Blackberries, qt.. Jo @ 35 
POTATOES 
Southern, new, bbl.2 50 @ 4 50 
Old, 180 lbs.1 50 @ 2 25 
Bermuda, bbl. 4 00 @ 6 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 00 @ 2 75 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. 1 00 @4 50 
Beets, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Cabbage, New, bbl. 125 @2 75 
Carrots. M ’ .. 1 50 @ 3 00 
Cucumt ou. 2 00 @ 6 00 
Lettuce. balf-Bbl. basket. 50 @1*0 
Onions. 100 lbs. 50 @175 
New, bu. crate. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Egg Plants, bu. 100 @2 50 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 2 00 @3 26 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 2 00 @3 00 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 1 50 @ 4 00 
Peppers, bu... 1 00 @ 2 00 
Peas, bu. 1 00 @ 3 25 
Romaine,bu. 50 @150 
Mushrooms, lb. 20 @ 75 
8pinach, bbl. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Kale, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt crate. 1 00 @ 3 00 
Squash, bu. 1 00 @ 2 50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy,No. 1. ton.26 00 @27 00 
No. 2 .23 00 @25 00 
No. 3 .20 00 @22 00 
Shipping. 16 00 @19 00 
Hover. Mixed .20 00 @26 00 
Straw. Rye.23 00 @24 00 
Oat and wheat.15 00 @18 00 
GRAIN 
^ Gash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York; Wheat. No. 2 red Winter, $1.80; 
corn. No. 2 yellow, 81c: oats, No. 2 white, 
52c; rye, $1.70; barley, 80c 
Philadelphia Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 32 to 33c; good to 
choice, 27 to 30c; hover grades, 20 to 25c. 
EGGS 
Rest nearby, 35 to 36c; gathered, 24 
to 32c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 28 to 31c; broilers, 48 to 60c; 
roosters, IS to 20c: ducks, 25 to 30c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 34c; broilers, 40 to 60c; 
roosters, 19 to 20c. 
FRUITS 
Peaches, 6-basket crate, $1.50 to $2.50; 
strawberries, qt., 6 to 20c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, old. cwt.. 30 to 65c; new, 
bbl., $2.25 to $4 : sweet potatoes, %-bu. 
basket, 50c to $1.50; carrots, bunch. 4 
to 7c; beets, bunch, 4 to 10c; asparagus, 
bunch, 10 to 50c. 
IIAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy. No. 2. $21 to $22; No. 
3, $18 to $19; clover mixed. $18 to $20; 
straw, rye, $19 to $20; wheat, $15 to $16. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
May 26. 1921 
The New York prices for June fluid 
milk, 3 per cent. $1.95 per 100 lbs.; 
class 2. milk used for plain condensed, 
ice cream and cream, $1.65; Class 3, 
sweet condensed, evaporated and milk 
powder, $1.50. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 29 @ 30 
Good to Choice . 25 @ 28 
Lower Grades. 20 @ 24 
City made. 16 @ 22 
Dairy, best . 27 @ 28 
Common to good . 19 @ 24 
Packing Stock. 13 @ 18 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy, new. 15}£@ 16^ 
Good to choice. 14 @ 15 
EGGS 
White, nearby, cbolce to fanoy. 37 @ 38 
Medium to good . Jl @ 36 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 33 @ 34 
Common to good. 27 @ SO 
Gathered, best, white. 30 @ 33 
Medium to good, mixed colors... 25 @ 30 
I,ower grades. 20 @ 25 
Storage, best. 28 @ 29 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers. 8 00 @ 9 65 
Bulls . 5 HO @ 6 00 
Cows. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 00 @13 00 
Culls. 7 00 @ 8 00 
Hogs. 8 75 @ 9 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 5 00 @6 50 
Lambs .10 00 @14 75 
LIVE POULTRY 
Sales are reported at; Fowls, 24c; 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
June 11—Milking Shorthorns. Third 
annual Milking Shorthorn Breeders' con¬ 
signment sale. Troy. Pa. D. I\. Sloan, 
secretary. Towanda, Pa. 
June 11—Shorthorns. Harrison Coun¬ 
ty Breeders’ sale. Cadiz. O. 
June 14—Shorthorns. Columbus Grove 
Shorthorn Breeders’ Association., Colum¬ 
bus Grove. O. Teuton Kenney, secretary. 
June 15-16—Holsteins. Lewis C. Lov¬ 
ell dispersal sale. Bellows Falls, Vt. 
June 22—Ohio Aberdeen-Angus Breed¬ 
ers’ Association sab*. Fair Grounds, 
Columbus. O. C. D. Littleton. Kenton, 
O., secretary. 
June 22—G u e r n s e y s. Plain View 
Guernsey Farm, Baltic. Ohio. 
August 6—Rerkshires. T. B. Mackes- 
sic & Milton Thomas, Reading Fair 
Grounds, Reading, Pa. 
August 13—Berkshire*. Annual Bred 
Sow Sale, Sycamore Farms. Douvlasville, 
Pa. Carl Wallace, manager. 
September 12—Holsteins. Zelden Rust 
Herd Dispersal, Indianapolis, Ind. E. 
M. Hastings Co., sale managers. 
September 22—Aberdeen-Angus. East¬ 
ern Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Association 
sale. Eastern States Exposition, Spring- 
field, Mass. F. W. Rnrnham, Greenfield, 
Mass., secretary. 
October 19—Holsteins. Chester Coun¬ 
ty Breeders’ sale. West Chester, Pa. C. 
J. Garrett and F. C. Brinton, managers. 
February 21-22. 1922—Holsteins. Iowa 
Holstein-Friesian Breeders annual sale. 
Waterloo, Iowa 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
June 9—Ayrshire Breeders’ Associa¬ 
tion, Springfield, Mass. 
June 9—Annual picnic, Berkeley Coun¬ 
ty. Va.. Farm Bureau. 
_ June IS—Poultry Day. New Jersey Ag¬ 
ricultural College. New Brunswick, N. J. 
June 20—National Sheep and Wool 
Bureau of America, Chicago. Ill. 
June 20-25—West Virginia Farm Boys’ 
and Girls’ Week. Morgantown. W. Va! 
June 27-30;—American Home Econo¬ 
mies Association, Swampscott, Mass. 
# June 28—Ohio Home Economies Asso¬ 
ciation. Cedar Point. O. 
August 2-5—International Baby Chick 
Association, Philadelphia, Pa. 
August 9-13—American Poultry Asso¬ 
ciation. Seattle. Wash. 
August 16-19—Annual Farmers’ and 
Homemakers’ Week. New Hampshire 
College. Durham. N. H. 
August 29-September 3—Ohio State 
Fair. 
October 8-15—National Dairy Show, 
Hamline, Minn. 
November 1-15 — Vegetable Growers’ 
Association of America, Albany, N. Y. 
