Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Market News 
Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
new tariff not very important to 
TRUCK AND FRUIT GROWERS-MID¬ 
SEASON CROPS ACTIVE, SOME AT 
FAIR PRICES-FRUIT CROP 
MOSTLY IN THE NORTH¬ 
WEST AND NORTHEAST 
The new emergency tariff affects half 
a dozen items of fruits and truck crops. 
Imported beans will pay 2c per lb., onions 
40c, per bu., potatoes, 25c per bu., apples 
20c per bu., cherries 3c per lb., peanuts 
3c per lb. Imports of peanuts from Japan 
have been he^ivy the past few years. They 
sold lower than American nuts, even after 
the payment of freight from the Pacific 
coast. The new tariff will tend to equal¬ 
ize prices and afford some encouragement 
to Southern growers. 
Potato imports usually are of small 
volume and often are exceeded by exports 
to Cuba and South America. Canada has 
shipped in a few thousands cars per year, 
duty free. The tariff lasting six months 
at least may reduce shipments from that 
country next Fall, but the difference 
hardly will be felt, except in a few 
Northern markets, like Boston and De¬ 
troit. The onion rate applies mainly to 
Spring imports from Spain. Egypt and 
Bermuda, competing with Texas onions. 
These imported onions are in a distinct 
class, and probably do not interfere 
greatly with the market for the Northern 
type of onion. Imports of cherries con¬ 
sist mainly of a little preserved fruit. A 
few apples come over from Canado, but 
the effect of the Canadian crop is felt 
chiefly through competition in the mar¬ 
kets of Europe. On the whole, no great 
effect on prices of these products seems 
likely to result from the new rates. 
OUR APPLE CROP SHORT 
Canada is a heavy shipper of apples to 
Europe. In the past season, with a crop 
about one-tenth that of the United States, 
Canada exported over half as many ap¬ 
ples as this country. Early indications, 
based on bloom only, promise a larger 
Canadian crop than last season. There 
is still time for the weather to put a 
crimp in the prospects, as it did in the 
United States. Last season the_ best 
grades of apples were sold at $6 to $8 per 
barrel throughout, the season in the large 
Canadian cities. Such prices do not offer 
much inducement to ship the fruit across 
the border. 
The latest apple outlook suggests a good 
crop in the Northwest, light in the Middle 
West, very light in the Southeast and 
Middle Atlantic and fair in the North¬ 
east. The official June estimate of the 
total crop is lOS.OOO.OOO bushels, com¬ 
pared with 240.000.000 bushels last year 
and 103,000,000 bushels the five-year 
average. Peaches 31.7 millions compared 
with 43.7 last year. Good apples should 
sell easily this season. Eai-ly apples 
seem likely to be actually scarce, also 
the Eastern stone fruits. 
SOME CROPS STILL PAY 
The truck season is most active in the 
intermediate section from Virginia and 
adjoining States west to Central Califor¬ 
nia. About 4.000 cars of miscellaneous 
fruits and vegetables were shipped during 
May; some of these earlots failed to meet 
the freight bills. The worst losses were 
in the greens and salads, including spin¬ 
ach, lettuce, celery and cabbage. The 
best paying Southern crops so far have 
been tomatoes, peppers, melons, peaches 
and sweet potatoes. Onions and canta¬ 
loupes probably are paying their way at 
least, except from a few remote sections. 
The first in the market of all these things 
brought, high prices, but they fell quickly 
as a rule. 
The ups and down of a specialized 
producing section are many. The whole 
country is flush or broke according to the 
season. There is only one thing to sell. 
When that fails or when it sells below 
cost everybody suffers. One season the 
Aroostook potato farmer or the Texas 
onion grower drives a high-grade car; 
next year he wonders how he may pay his 
fertilizer bills. lie has no money to 
spend; neither has anyone else in town. 
When the mutual dependence of the peo¬ 
ple in a one-crop district is once fully 
realized they often get together and save 
the day. - 
Almost half the city market supply of 
cantaloupes is from Imperial County, 
California. Last year there was a slump 
in prices toward the middle of the season. 
This year, with a great crop of from 
23.000 acres, a worse trouble seemed 
likely. The growers obtained an inspec¬ 
tion law and set about to handle the situ¬ 
ation carefully. The inspectors at the 
shipping station sent back to the grower 
every box of small, poor or half ripe 
melons. Only the best stock was allowed 
to move. Result, the season started right. 
“Cantaloupes are good this season.” said 
Mr. Early Consumer, and he tolls to 
his friends. It. looks a« though the big 
crop would sell. 
The North Georgia peach section 
around Fort Valley took another plan. 
Last season the curculio and brown rot 
nearly spoiled the crop, and gloom over¬ 
spread the community. This season they 
got together and sprayed and sprayed, 
and then again and some more, and they 
kept it up. Every considerable grower 
sprayed three or four times with arsenate 
of lead and self-boiled lime sulphur, or 
else used' the dust spray four or five 
times. Before doing this they had picked 
up and destroyed the stung fruit from 
the previous crop and had disked the top 
soil to kill the young insects. Result, 
plenty of good peaches, which is well for 
all concerned in a season when fruit is 
scarce. Georgia is likely to ship fully 
one-third of the carload peach supply this 
season. It could not have been done if 
'growers had not worked on a common 
plane. One of the most usual methods of 
co-operation in such sections is to form 
an association to market the crop. In 
some localities united action has been 
taken to protect the seed supply. What¬ 
ever the line of activity, the usual out¬ 
come of community action is a set of 
restrictions and regulations that are sure 
to worry many of the growers causing 
them extra work and considerable loss of 
some stuff they would like to ship. In 
the long run everybody profits by the 
better market reputation of the district's 
produce. It is community action and co¬ 
operation more than any natural advant¬ 
age that has given such desirable market 
positions to Georgia peachee, California 
melons, Northwestern apples, Cape Cod 
cranberries, and a long line of the pro¬ 
ducts of the specialized producing sections. 
G. B. F. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Round steak, lb., 22c; hamburg, lb., 
20c; boneless roast, 20c ; kettle roast, 14 
to 18c; porterhouse steak, lb., 28c_; roast¬ 
ing pigs, lb., 25c; sausage, lb., 25c: salt 
pork, lb., 23c; brisket bacon, lb., 22c; 
pork loin, lb.. 20 to 25c; sliced ham, lb., 
35c; lamb chops, lb., 28c; mutton, lb.. 
12 to 25c; veal chops, lb., 35c; veal cut¬ 
lets, lb., 40c; rabbits, live, 35c; dressed, 
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; fowls, heavy, lb., 44c; turkeys, 
lb., 55c ; geese, lb.. 42c; ducks, lb., 46c. 
Eggs, extra white, 29c; brown and 
mixed, 29c; duck eggs, 37c. 
Milk, qt., 9c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; skim- 
milk, 5c; creamery butter, fancy prints, 
lb., 34c; best dairy prints. 34c; dairy in 
jars, lb.. 34c; cheese, whole milk cream, 
lb., 33c; skim, lb., 17; cottage cheese, lb., 
10c; pimento. 15c; vinegar, qt., 10c. 
Apples, large, bu., Baldwins, $1.20; 
Greenings, $1.25; Ben Davis, 90c; Spys, 
$1.40; other varieties, 50c to $1; Keifer 
pears, bu., $1.75; dried apples, lb.. 12*4c; 
citrons, each, 10 to 15c; strawberries, qt., 
25c. 
Asparagus, 12c; beans, dry, lb., 7c; 
beets, bu., $1: cabbage, white, lb., 2c; 
carrots, bu., 80c; celery, bunch, 12 to 
15c; eggplant, best, 15c; medium, 10c; 
horseradish roots, lb., 15c; lettuce, large 
heads, 6c; onions, green, bunch, 7c; dry, 
per bu., 75c; parsnips, bu., $1; potatoes, 
bu., 50c; small, 40c; rhubarb, lb., 5c; 
radishes, bunch, 5 to 8c; sauerkraut, qt., 
15c; spinach, peck. 25c; Hubbard squash, 
lb., 3c; rutabaga, bu., 90c; vegetable oys¬ 
ters, bunch, 10c. 
Honey, clover, extracted, lb.. 25c; 
clover, card, lb., 25c; maple syrup, gal., 
$2.25; popcorn, shelled, lb., 10c; on cob. 
8c. 
Black walnuts, bu., $2.50; butternuts, 
$2; hickorynuts, bu., $5.50. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, lb.. 15 to 18c; forequar¬ 
ters, lb., 10 to 13c: hindquarters. 18 to 
22c; dressed hogs, lb., light, 13 to 15c; 
heavy, 10 to 12c; Spring lambs, lb., 30 
to 32c; yearling lambs, lb., _:0 to 24c; 
mutton, lb., 10 to 15c; veal, 14 to 16c. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, lb., 26 to 28c: 
live broilers, 11)., 45 to 50c: roosters, 15 
to 18c; old. If to 16c; ducks, lb., 23 to 
25c; geese, 20 to 25c; turkeys, lb., 40 to 
45c; eggs, 28 to 30c. 
Apples, per bu.. Kings, $1.50 to $2; 
Spys, $1.50 to $2; Greenings, $1.25 to 
$1.50; seconds. 80c to $1; cherries, white, 
lb., 18 to 20c; red, 18 to 20c; black. 20c; 
strawberries, home-grown, 32 qts.. $4 to 
$6; per qt., 12 to 20c; gooseberries, lb., 
15c. 
Asparagus, per doz. bunches, 75c to $1 ; 
beets, per doz. bunches. 75 to 80c; car¬ 
rots. bu . 75 to 90c ; celery, doz. bunches. 
$1 to $1.25; cucumbers, per doz., $1.75 
to $2; green peas, per bu., $3.25 to $4; 
lettuce, curlv, doz. heads, 25 to 30c; com¬ 
mon, doz . 12 to 15c*; Boston head lettuce. 
45 to 50c; mint, green, per doz. bunches, 
30 to 35c; onions, dry, bu.. 40 to 45c; 
green, doz. bunches. 10 to 15c: silverskin, 
doz. bunches, 15 to 18c; potatoes, bu.. 30 
to 35c; pieplant, doz. bunches. 40 to 50c; 
radishes, doz. bunches. 10 to 12c; spinach, 
bu., 50 to 75c; tomatoes, lb.. 25 to 30c; 
watercress, doz. bunches. 40 to 50c. 
Wheat, per bu.. $1.30 to $1.35; corn, 
shelled, 82 to 85c; oats, white, 47 to 
47 V?c ; rye, $1.35 to $1.40. 
Day. No. 1, ton. $24; No. 2, $18 to 
821: No. 3, mixed. $18 to $20; Alfalfa, 
$17 to $25; straw, ton. $14 to $18. 
Hides, steers. No. 1. lb.. 4c; No. 2, 3c; 
cows and heifers, lb.. 3c; No. 2, 2c; bulls 
and stags, lb., 2c; horsehides, each, $1.50 
to $2; lambs, each, 25c; calf. No. 1. 15c; 
No. 2. 13c; fleece, lb.. 15 to 18c; un¬ 
washed. medium, 15 to 18c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime, lb.. 10 to 12c; medium, lb., 
5 to 6%c; lamb, lb„ 25 to 30c: live pigs, 
each, $4.50 to $5; small dressed pigs lb., 
16c; pork, light, lb.. 14%c; heavy, lb., 
11c; veal, prime, 14c; common. 10c. 
Live Poultry—Ducks, lb., 25 to 35c; 
chickens, lb.. 40c; fowls, lb., 30 to 32c; 
geese, lb.. 35c; guinea hens, $1. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb., 50c; 
chickens, 60c; fowls, 40 to 50c; geese, lb., 
50c; rabbits, dressed, lb., 40 to 50c. 
Butter, lb.. 30 to 40c; eggs. 28 to 32c; 
duck eggs, 40c: lard, lb.. 15c; Italian 
cheese, lb.. 40 to 45c; maple syrup, gal., 
$2.25 to $2.40. 
Strawberries, crate, $6 to $8; per qt., 
25 to 30c; cherries, crate, $7: per' qt. 
25e; currants, red, qt., 25c. 
Asparagus, bunch, 12 1 ^c; per doz. 
bunches, $1.25; beans, dry, bu.. $1.50 to 
$4.50; per qt., 10 to 12c; beets, green, 
bu.. 75c; cabbage, new, doz. heads. $1.50; 
chives, bunch, 10c; garlic, lb„ 20c; horse¬ 
radish roots, bunch, 10c: lettuce, leaf, 
crate, $1 to $3; Boston, doz. heads, 60c 
to $1.50; onions, bu.. 70c; green, per 
doz.. 15c; parsley, doz. bunches. 50c; 
peas, bu.. $3 to $3.50; per peck, 75c to 
$1 ; potatoes, bu., 40c; radishes, doz. 
bunches. 20 to 25c: rhubarb, doz. bunches, 
50c: romaine, doz. heads. $1 to $1.50: 
sage, lb., 10c. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
With liberal Summer receipts and not 
too eager a demand, the market was rather 
easy. The country hereabouts seems to 
be down to bottom prices, with the pos¬ 
sible exception of milk, which seems too 
bad for grain and fruit-raising Western 
New York. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, unsettled; creamery, 32 to 35c; 
dairy, 20 to 26c; crocks, 20 to 25c; com¬ 
mon. 10 to 18c. Cheese, quiet; daisies 
and flats, 17 to 18c; longhorns, 18 to 19c; 
stored. 6 to 8e more. Eggs, stronger for 
fancy; hennery, 29 to 33c; State and 
Western candled, 26 to 29c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, dull; turkeys. 55 to 
56c; fowl. 30 to 36c; chickens, 35 to 40c; 
old roosters, 18 to 20c; ducks, 30 to 32c; 
geese, 28 to 30c. Live poultry, easier; 
fowl. 25 to 28c: broilers. 40 to 50c; old 
roosters. 20 to 22c; ducks, 35 to 40c; 
geese, IS to 20c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, unsteady; Baldwin, bu.. $2.50 
to $2.75; Golden Russet, $2.25 to $2 50; 
Ben Davis, $2 to $2.25; common, $1.50 to 
$1.75; Western Winesap, bu. box, $2.25 
to $3. Potatoes, easy: old white, bu., 40 
to 45c; Eastern Shore, new. bbl.. $4.50 
to $4.75; Bermuda, bbl., $2 to $4.50; 
sweets, bbl., $2 to $2.50. 
PEACHES AND MELONS 
Peaches._scarce; Georgia clingstones, 
crate, $1.75 to $3. Melons, steady: 
watermelons, each, 40 to 90c; canta¬ 
loupes. crate. $2.25 to $5; California 
honeydews, box, $3.50 to $4.25. 
CHERRIES AND PERRIES 
Cherries, firm: early. 4-qt. basket, 
$1.25 to $1.40; late, $1 to $1.30. Straw¬ 
berries. stronger; home-grown, 32-qt. 
crate, $3.50 to $5.50. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, dulIj kidney, cwt., $8.50 to $9; 
marrow, $8.25 to $8.50: pea and medium, 
$4.25 to $5. Onions, dull; Texas white, 
crate, $1.65 to $1.90; Texas vellow, $1.50 
to $1.65. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables. steady; asparagus, lb. 
bunch. $2.25 to $2.50; beets, doz. bunches. 
$1 to 81.25; carrots, doz. bunches, $1.50 
to $1.60; onion sprouts, 10 to 15c; rad¬ 
ishes, 20 to 30c; rhubarb, 40 to 60c; cab¬ 
bage. Florida, crate, $3 to $4; tomatoes, 
crate, $3 to $5; celery, crate, $3 to $4; 
cucumbers, crate, $3 to $4.50; corn, doz. 
ears. 25 to 30c; eggplant, box. $2.50 to 
$2.75: lettuce, box. $1.50 to $1.60; peas, 
bag. $2.50 to $3.50: spinach, bu., 75c 
to $1. 
SWEETS 
Honey, dull: light, comb, 25 to 32c; 
dark, 18 to 22<\ Maple products, dud ; 
sugar, lb., 20 to 30c; syrup, gal.. $1.50 
to $1.75. 
FEED 
Hay, quiet; Timothy, track, ton. 81$ to 
$21: clover mixed. $17.50 to $18.50. 
Wheat bran, lower; car lot. ton. $19.50; 
middlings, $19 50; red dog, 830.50: cot¬ 
tonseed meal. $3$: oilmeal. $33: hominy, 
$31.35; gluten. $31; oat feed. $10; rye 
middlings, $30.50. j. w. C. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 34 to 36c ; common to 
good, 24 to 32c; packing stock, 15 to 17c. 
Eggs 
Nearby fancy, 35 to 37c; gathered, 
common to good, 22 to 32c. 
LIVE PJULTRY 
Fowls, 28 to 29c: broilers, 45 to 55c; 
roosters, 16 to 18c; ducks, 24 to 28c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls. 31 to 34c; broilers, 45 to 50c; 
ducks, 27 to 29c. 
FRUITS 
Peaches. 6-basket crate. $1 50 to $3.50; 
muskmelons, bu. crate. $4.25 to $4.75; 
watermelons, carload. $300 to $650. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, new. bbl.. $2 to $3.40; cab¬ 
bage, bbl., $1.25 to $2.75; onions, %-bu., 
45 to 60c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy, No. 2, $20 to $21; No. 
3. $17 to $18; clover mixed, $17 to $19. 
Straw, rye, $19 to $21; wheat, $15 to 
$18. 
Pittsburgh Markets 
BUTTER 
Best, creamery, 37 to 38c; common to 
good, 26 to 33c. 
EGGS 
Choice. 27 to 29c; common to good, 
24 to 26c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
liens. 29 to 31c; broilers, 45 to 50c; 
turkeys, 40 to 45c; roosters, 18 to 19c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Hens, 40 to 45c; broilers, 60 to 65c; 
turkeys, 55 to 60c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 150 lbs., $1.85 to $2 ; string¬ 
less beans, bu., $2.50 to $3.50; peas, bu., 
$3 to $3.25; cucumbers, bu., $3.50 to $4. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
June 16, 1921 
MILK 
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. The price of Class 4 milk 
made into butter for May was 88*4 cents 
per 100 lbs.; cheese, 87^ cents, for 3 
per cent milk in zone 201 to 250 miles 
from New York. 
Butter 
Creamery, fancy, lb. . 
33 
@ 
34 
Good to Choice . 
29 
@ 
32 
Lower Grades .. 
23 
@ 
26 
City made . 
17 
@ 
24 
Dairy, best . 
31 
@ 
33 
Common to good . 
20 
@ 
30 
Paoklng Stock. 
14 
@ 
19 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy, new. 
15«@ 
16 
Good to choice. 
14 
@ 
15 
EGGS 
White, nearby, choice to fanoy . 
36 
@ 
38 
Medium to good .. 
>1 
@ 
36 
Mlzed colors, nearby best . 
33 
@ 
34 
Common to good . 
27 
@ 
*0 
Gathered, best, white . 
32 
34 
Medium to good, mixed colors... 
25 
& 
32 
Lower grades . 
20 
@ 
24 
LIVE STOCK 
Steer* .. 
8 00 
@ 
9 00 
4 50 
@ 
6 00 
CO W 8. 
1 75 
@ 
5 75 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lb* . 
9 00 
@13 00 
Cull* . 
7 0(1 
@ 
8 00 
Hog*. 
8 75 
@ 
9 00 
Sheep. 100 lb*. 
3 00 
& 
4 75 
Lambs . 
6 00 
@13 00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Prices are reported as follows : 
Fowls 
28 to 32c; broilers. 40 to 55c; roosters, 
16c; ducks. 20 to 24c; geese, 14 to 16c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best... 45 @ 55 
Com. to good. 35 @ 40 
Chickens choice lb. 50 @ 55 
Fair to Good. 30 ® 45 
Fowls. ... 30 @ 34 
Roosters. 14 @ 17 
Ducks . 25 @ 28 
Squabs, doz. 4 00 a 9 00 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lb*. 6 00 a 6 25 
Pea . . 4 00 <g> 4 50 
Medium .. 4 50 @ 4 75 
Bed Kidnev .1100 all 75 
White Kidney.12 50 a 13 25 
Yellow Eye. 7 50 @8 00 
FRUITS 
Apples. Baldwin, bbl. 4 00 a 6 50 
Ben Davis. 3 50 @ 4 50 
Albemarle. 9 00 a 12 50 
Strawberries, up-river. ...... . 20 a 30 
Western N. Y. 25 a 50 
Peaches, 0-bkt. crate. . . 2 oo @ 4 25 
Watermelons, carload ... . . 400 00 a700 00 
Raspberries, pt. 10 @ 15 
Blackbe ries. qt. 15 @ 35 
Gooseberries. 8-lb. bkt. 70 a 75 
Cherries, 8-lb. bkt. 90 a 1 00 
Currants, qt . 10 @ 18 
Muskmelons. bu. 4 00 a 4 50 
POTATOES 
Old stock going at about same prices. 
Southern now lower, as some are in poor 
condition. 
Southern, new, bbl.1 00 @ 2 75 
Old, ISO lbs.150 @2 00 
Bermuda, bbl. 2 00 @ 4 OO 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 00 @ 3 00 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. 1 50 A 5 00 
Beets, bbl. 1 50 a 2 50 
Cabbage. New, bbl. 50 @ 1 25 
Carrots, bbl. 1 50 a 3 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 50 @3 00 
Lettuce. Ik lf-bbl. basket. 50 a 75 
Onions, new, bu. 50 a 1 50 
New. bu. eraie. 1 00 <a 2 50 
Kgg Plants, on. 100 a 3 00 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 2 00 a 3 25 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 150 @2 50 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 50 @ 2 50 
Peppers, bu. 1 50 @ 2 25 
Peas, bu . 1 00 @ 3 00 
Romaine. bu. 25 @ 75 
Mushrooms, lb. 30 @ 75 
Spinach, bbl. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Kale, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt crate.I 25 @ 3 50 
Squash, bu . 50 a 1 50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hav. Timothy.No. 1. ton.28 00 @29 00 
No. 2 .26 00 @27 00 
No. 3 20 00 @23 00 
Shipping.18 00 @20 00 
• 'lover. Mixed .20 00 @26 00 
8traw. Rye .23 00 @25 00 
Oat and wheat.17 00 @22 00 
GRAIN 
Gash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York: Wheat. No. 2 red Winter, $1.58: 
corn. No. 2 yellow. 82c; oats. No. 2 
white. 4Sc; rye, $1.45; barley, 75c. 
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