The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
891 
Marke 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
WEATHER 7IA8 BEEN TOO DRY FOR TRUCK 
CROPS IN MOST SECTIONS. BUT SUPPLY 
CONTINUES AMPLE AND PRICES 
COMPARATIVELY LOW 
So far this season has been rather un¬ 
favorable for truck growers. The early 
crops did well where not frosted, but 
lately cool, dry weather has been cutting 
down the probable yield of the later crops. 
Fruit will seem light compare^ with last 
season, except berries. These are show¬ 
ing up well. Shipments of strawberries 
already have far exceeded those of last 
reason, with the latest sections still to 
come. Blackberries and the other cane 
fruits promise heavy yields. Firm fruit 
has brought high prices everywhere. The 
cane fruits are miserable to ship, and com¬ 
mission dealers dislike to see a car of them 
coining. Early apples are surely scarce. 
Dealers are trying to locate supplies, but 
nearly every Eastern and Middle Western 
apple section was hit by one or more 
freezes. There will be a fair supply of 
peaches, but not very much of other stone 
fruits in the East. Weather has been too 
dry for most truck crops, but probably 
there will be as much stuff as can he sold 
while millions of workmen are idle. 
Prices seem low compared with last sea¬ 
son. Potatoes, for instance, at .$11 per 
barrel are one-third of the price of a year 
ago. With most other crops the contrast 
is not so extreme. In 1920 prices went 
down fast after .Tune, and from now on 
the difference will not seem so great. 
LATE ONIONS SHOULD SELL HIGHER 
Northern onions and cabbage will be a 
far lighter crop than last season. The 
acreage is less and weather has been 
rather unfavorable. The stand was light 
in most sections. Insects gave consider¬ 
able trouble, and dry weather is likely to 
affect the size. Onions so far promise 
a fair yield. Cabbage is doubtful un¬ 
less more rain comes. It is reported that 
dealers have been offered $1.25 per 100 
lbs. for first cars of Middle Western 
onions when ready, but growers refused. 
They ought to get more, in view of a 
probable short crop, but hopes often fail 
in hard times. Less cabbage is being 
grown for kraut, because dealers have old 
stock left over, and less tomatoes for can¬ 
ning, because of a surplus of canned 
goods. As for late potatoes, they look 
like a big crop in Maine and fair to good 
elsewhere. There will be no such crop as 
that of last, season, but probably there 
will be no shortage, because acreage has 
been increased more or less in various 
sections. Shipments will just about round 
out 190.000 cars the past season, and 
according to all accounts many more pota¬ 
toes were available for shipment if the 
price had been a little higher. Shipments 
of the new crop started the season in 
heavy volume, but the movement is now 
lighter than a year ago. Growers are in¬ 
clined to market slowly on account of the 
low prices. G. b. f. 
Local Up-state Prices 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 15 to ISc; 
forequarters, lb.. 10 to 13c; hindquarters, 
lb., 18 to 22c; dressed hogs, light, lb., 13 
to 15c; heavy, lb.. 10 to 12c; Spring 
lambs, lb., 30 to 32c; yearling lambs, lb., 
19 to 24c; mutton, lb., 10 to 15c; veal, 
lb.. 14 to 16c. 
Live poultry fowls, lb., 26 to 28c; broil¬ 
ers, lb., 45 to 50c; roosters, lb., 14 to 16c; 
ducks, lb.. 23 to 25c ; geese, lb.. 20 to 25c; 
turkeys, lb., 40 to 45c; eggs, 28 to 30c. 
Cherries, lb., 14 to 16c; red, lb., 12 to 
14c; black, lb., 14 to 16c; sour, lb., 10 to 
12c; white, lb.. 14 to 16c; strawberries, 
per 32 qte., $6 to $9; qt., 25 to 28c; 
gooseberries, lb., 15c. 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. 85 to 90c; 
large bunches, $2 to $3.50; beets, doz. 
bunches, 40 to 50c; cabbage, new, doz. 
heads, $1.75; carrots, new, doz. bunches, 
25 to 30c; celery, doz. bunches, $1 25 to 
$1.50; cucumbers, doz.. $1.25 to $1.40; 
green peas, bu., 82 to $2.50; lettuce, doz. 
heads, 15 to 50c; mint, green, doz. 
bunches, 30 to 35c; onions, dry, bu.. 40 
to 45c; green, doz. bunches. 15 to 20c; 
potatoes, old, bu., 30 to 35c; pieplant, 
doz. bunches, 40 to 50c; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 10 to 12c; spinach, bu., 50 to 
60c; tomatoes, lb.. 25 to 30c; watercress, 
doz. bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand-picked, medi¬ 
um. $3 25; red marrow, $8; white mar¬ 
row, $4.50; red kidney, $9; white kidney, 
$10; pea, $3.10; yellow eye, $6.25; im¬ 
perials, $8. 
Wheat, bu , $1.35 to $1.40; corn, 
shelled, bu., 82 to 85c; oats, white, bu., 
45 to 46c; rye, bu., $1.35 to $1.40. Hay, 
No. 1, Timothy, ton, $24 ; No. 2, $18 to 
;21 ; No. 3, mixed, $18 to $20: Alfalfa, 
$17 to $25; straw, ton, $14 to $18. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime, sides, lb.. 10 to 12c; medi¬ 
um, lb., 5 to 6%e ; lamb, lb., 25 to 30c; 
live pigs, each, $4.50 to $5; small dressed 
pigs, lb., 16e; pork, light, lb . 14c; heavy, 
lb., 12c; veal, prime, lb., 13c; common, 
10c. 
Live Poultry—Ducks, lb., 30c; Spring, 
lb., 40c; chickens, lb., 40 to 55c; fowls, 
t New 
30 to 35c; geese, lb., 35c; guinea hens, 
each. $1. Dressed Fowls—Ducks, lb., 
50c; chickens, 60 to 65c; fowls, 45 to 
50c; geese, lb., 50c. Rabbits, full dressed, 
lb.. 40c. 
Butter, lb., 30 to 40c; eggs, 28 to 55c; 
duck eggs, 40c; Italian cheese, lb., 40 
to 45c; maple syrup, gal., $2. 
Strawberries, crate, $9 to $12 ; per qt., 
20 to 30c; cherries, crate, $6 to $7.50; 
per qt., 15 to 25c; currants, red, qt., 20c; 
gooseberries, qt... 25c. 
Asparagus, bunch, 12%c; per doz. 
bunches, $1 to $1.25; beans, bu.. $1.50 to 
$4.50; per qt., 10 to 12c; beet greens, bu., 
75c; beets, doz. bunches, 50c; cabbage, 
new, doz. heads, $2; chives, bunch, 10c; 
cucumbers, each, 10c; garlic, lb., 20c; 
horseradish roots, bunch, 10c; lettuce, 
crate, $1 to $3; Boston, per doz., 60c to 
$1.50; onions, doz. bunches, 15 to 30e; 
parsley, doz. bunches, 50c; peas, bu., 
$2.25 to $3; per peck. 75c to $1; pota¬ 
toes, bu.. 40 to 45c; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 20c; rhubarb, doz. bunches,-50c; 
romaine, doz. heads, 50c to $1.25; sage, 
lb., 10c; turnips, doz. bunches, 60c. 
Hay and Straw—Alfalfa, extra, ton, 
$18; hay. No. 1. $18; No. 2. $17; No. 3, 
$15; Timothy, $17 to $20; straw, rye, 
ton. $12; wheat. $14; oat, $10. 
JOHNSON CITY—ENDICOTT PUBLIC 
Markets 
Meats—Round steak, lb., 22c; ham- 
burg, lb., 20c; boneless roasts, lb.. 20c; 
kettle roasts, lb., 14 to 18c; porterhouse 
steak, lb., 28c; brisket bacon, lb., 22c: 
sausage, lb.. 25c; roasting pigs, lb., 25c; 
salt pork, lb., 23c; pork loins, lb., 20 to 
25c; sliced ham, lb., 35c ; lamb chops, lb., 
28c; mutton, lb., 12 to 25c; veal chops, 
lb., 35c; veal cutlets, lb., 40c; rabbits, 
live, lb., 35c; dressed, lb., 40c; wood¬ 
chucks, dressed, lb., 30c. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, heavy, lb., 30c ; 
old roosters, lb., 22c; turkeys, lb., 45 to 
50c; geese, lb., 36e; ducks, lb., 40c. 
Dressed Poultry—Roasting chickens, 
lb., 42c; fowls, heavy, lb., 38c; turkeys, 
lb., 55c; geese, lb., 42c; ducks, lb.. 46c. 
Eggs, 30c; milk, qt., 8c; buttermilk, 
qt., 5c; skim-milk, qt., 5c; butter, lb., 
34c; cheese, whole milk, cream, lb., 33c; 
skim, 17c; cottage cheese, lb., 10c; pi¬ 
mento cheese, 15c; strawberries, qt., 25c. 
Asparagus, 12c; beans, lb., 7c; beets, 
bunch. Sc; new cabbage, 5c; carrots, bu., 
80c; horseradish roots, bunch, 10c; let¬ 
tuce, large heads, 6c; onions, green, 
bunch, 5c ; potatoes, bu., 50c ; small, ,35c ; 
rhubarb, lb., 5c; turnips, bunch, 8c; rad¬ 
ishes, bunch, 5 to 8c; sauerkraut, qt., 15c; 
spinach, peck, 25c; vinegar, qt., 10c. 
Honey, clover extracted, 23c; card, lb., 
25c; maple syrup, gal., $2.25; popcorn, 
shelled, lb., 10c; on cob, 8c; buckwheat 
flour, 5c; black walnuts, bu., $2.50; but¬ 
ternuts, bu., $2; hickory nuts, $5.50. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
RUTTER 
Best creamery, 36 to 37c; common to 
good, 24 to 32c; packing stock, 18 to 20c. 
EGGS 
Nearby fancy, 39 to 40c; gathered, 
common to good, 24 to 25c. 
LIVE poultry 
Fowls, 30 to 34c; broilers, 45 to 55c; 
roosters, 16 to 18c; ducks, 20 to 24c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 31 to 34c; broilers, 45 to 50c; 
ducks, 27 to 29c. 
Ekuits 
Peaches, 6-basket crate, $1.50 to $3.25; 
muskmelons, bu. crate, $3.25 to $3.75; 
watermelons, carload, $300 to $700. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, new. bbl., $2 to $3 ; cabbage, 
bbl., $2 to $2.75; onions, % J bu., 50 to 
70c. 
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. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 36 to 37c; common to 
good, 26 to 33c; dairy, 24 to 32c. 
EGGS 
Choice nearby, 42 to 44c; common to 
good, 30 to 36c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 32 to 34c; broilers, 42 to 44c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 36c : broilers, 35 to 40c; 
squabs, doz., $5 to $7. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage, bbl., $3 to $3.50; cucumbers, 
bu., $2.50 to $6.50; radishes, bu., 50 to 
75c ; lettuce, bu., 10 to 40c. 
POTATOES 
New stock, bbl., $2.50 to $3.75; old, 
100 lbs., 65 to 90c. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
June 23, 1921 
MILK 
The New York prices for July fluid 
s and 
milk, 3 per cent, $2.20 per 100 lbs.; 
Class 2, milk used for plain condensed, 
ice cream and cream, $1.55; Class 3, 
sweet condensed, evaporated and milk 
powder, $1.50. The price of Class 4 milk 
made into butter for May was 88% cents 
per 100 lbs.; cheese 87% cents, for 3 
per cent milk in zone 201 to 250 miles 
from New York. The May pooled price 
is $1.55 for 3 per cent. 
, RUTTER 
Creamery, fanoy. lb. 34 ® 35 
Good to Choice . 39 ® 33 
Lower Grades... 23 ® 27 
City made. 17 ® 24 
Dairy, best . 32 ® 33 
Common to good . 22 ® 80 
Packing Stock. 15 ® 20 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy, new. 16 ® I6J4 
Good to oholce. 14 ® 15*4 
EGGS 
White, nearby, choice to fanoy. 36 ® 38 
Medium to good .. 31 @ 35 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 33 ® 34 
Common to good. 27 @ 30 
Gathered, best, white. 32 @ 34 
Medium to good, mixed oolors... 25 ® 32 
Lower grades. 20 ® 24 
LIVE STOCK 
Steer*. 7 00 ® 9 00 
Bull* . 4 50 ® 6 00 
Cows. 2 00 ® 6 00 
Calres. prime real, 100 lb*. 9 00 @13 00* 
Cull*. 7 00 @ 8 00 
Hogs. 8 75 @ 9 00 
Sheep, 100 lb*. 3 00 @ 4 75 
Lambs . 6 00 W13 50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Prices arc reported as follows: Fowls, 
29 to 33c; broilers, 35 to 45c; roosters, 
16c; ducks, 20 to 22c ; geese, 14 to 16c. 
DRESSED rOULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 45 @ 55 
Com. to good... 30 @ 40 
Chickens choice lb. 45 @ 50 
Fair to Good. 30 ® 40 
Fowls. 30 @ 33 
Roosters. 14 @ 17 
Ducks . 25 & 28 
Squabs, do*. 4 00 @ 8 50 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lb*. 6 00 ® 6 25 
Pea. 4 00 ® 4 60 
Medium . 4 50 @4 75 
Red Kidney .1100 ®U 75 
White Kidney.12 50 ®13 25 
Yellow Eye. 7 50 @8 00 
FRUITS 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl.. 3 00 ® 7 50 
Ben Davis. 3 50 ® 4 50 
Albemarle..10 00 ® 14 110 
Strawberries, up-river. 20 @ 35 
Western N. Y. 35 ® 40 
Peaches, 6-bkt. crate. 2 00 @ 4 25 
Watermelons, carload . 400 00 @650 00 
Raspberries, pt. 10 @ 15 
Blackberries, qt. 25 @ 30 
Huckleberries, qt. 30 ® 40 
Gooseberries, 8-lb. bkt. 50 ® 55 
Cherries, 8-lb. bkt. 90 ® 1 50 
Currants, qt . 10 @ 15 
Muskmelons, bu. 4 00 @ 4 50 
POTATOES 
Southern, new, bbl.1 00 ® 2 75 
Old, 180 lbs.1 50 @ 2 00 
Bermuda, bbl. . 2 00 ® 4 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 00 ® 3 00 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. 150 @4 50 
Beets, bbl. 1 50 ® 2 50 
Cabbage. New, bbl. 1 25 @ 2 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1 00 @4 (10 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 ® 75 
Onions, new, bu. 50 ® 150 
Egg Plants, bn. 1 00 ® 2 50 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 2 00 ® 3 25 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 1 00 @ 2 00 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 50 @ 2 25 
Peppers, bu... 1 25 ® 2 50 
Peas, bu. 1 00 ® 3 00 
Romaine, bu. 25 @ 75 
Mushrooms, lb. 40 @ 1 00 
Spinach, bbl. 1 00 ® 2 50 
Kale, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt crate.I 25 ® 4 00 
Squash, bu . 50 ® 1 50 
Sweet corn, bbl. 5 00 ® 6 00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy,No. 1. ton. 27 00 ®28 00 
No. 2 .25 00 • @26 00 
No. 3 .20 00 'a 23 00 
Shipping.18 00 @20 00 
clover. Mixed .20 00 @27 00 
Straw, Rye .22 00 @23 00 
Oat and wheat.16 00 @22 00 
GRAIN 
Cash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York: Wheat, No. 2 red Winter, $1.52; 
corn, No. 2 yellow, 83c; oats. No. 2 
white, 48c; rye, $1.37; barley, 80c. 
Business outlook not very encouraging 
in this section for farmers. The Northern 
part of our town is quite a truck and 
fruit section. Many thousand bushels of 
onions were held in storage through Win¬ 
ter and simply turned over to dealers as 
payment for storage, which it is thought 
will result in a cut-down in acreage, but 
perhaps with more thorough preparation 
of soil and seed. Of course a reduction 
in price was to be expected, but the 
farmer feels that there should be a cor¬ 
responding reduction in the price of sup¬ 
plies which he has to purchase. Salt, $4 
per bbl.; leather, fencing, hardware, 
horseshoeing, etc., are still at war prices. 
The middleman should be making larger 
profit than during war. This being quite 
a factory town causes help to command 
nearly war wages. F. c. S. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
This county is a general farming dis¬ 
trict; dairying, raising oats, barley, peas 
and corn. Most farmers have a silo. In 
some sections potatoes and cabbage are 
raised; some fruit, apples, pears and 
berries. Alfalfa is raised quite exten¬ 
sively in this section, the western, side; 
hops in the eastern half. Not much sale 
for cabbage last Fall; apples seemed to he 
a drug on the market. This Spring 
apples were sold at 50 to 60c per bu. 
Potatoes, 40 to 50c; eggs, 26c; butter, 
60 to 70c. Ilay, $11 at the barn. There 
is quite a lot of feed bought here for 
cows; have paid as high as $3.50 per 100 
lbs. for some kinds of feed. Now I can 
buy _it for $1.75. Corn was $4; now 
$1.75 per 100. No wheat raised 1 here; 
flour, $10 per barrel. Fat calves, 7c; 
beef cows, 7 and Sc; hogs, 5 to 6c. Hides, 
3 to 4e per lb. The outlook is not very 
promising. Cabbage and potatoes may 
bring a fair price. The hay crop is 
promising now. q. h r. 
Madison Co., N. Y. 
Prices in this region do not seem to 
drop much. Team work, $10 per day • 
day’s labor, $5 to $4.50 per day. Butter 
down to 30 and 35e per lb.; veal to sell 
at the local butchers’, 10 to lie per lb.; 
to buy the same veal, 24 hours later, as 
high as 45c per lb. Banks here are refus¬ 
ing money for building purposes. Hay at 
local dealers, $1.75 per 100 lbs., ' but 
grains are quite a good deal lower. Ma¬ 
sons asking $10 per day, carpenters $6 
to $7 per day. Potatoes are very cheap. 
Some cars were loaded at 80c per bu. 
Suffolk Co., N. Y. f. E. N. 
Very hot and dry. Hay is a short 
crop. Wheat showing some rust, but a 
good stand. Corn is looking fairly, good. 
Fruit is very light. Apples from 15 to 
20 per cent of a crop; peaches about 50 
per cent of a crop; cherries a failure; 
pears 15 per cent of a crop ; quinces 60 
per cent of a crop. Plenty of help now. 
Everything that we sell is low. Cream, 
30c lb.; milk, 96c per cwt. for 3 per cent 
milk at door. Farm work well along. 
Haying started. j. h. i>. 
Orleans Co., N. Y, 
Massachusetts Poultry Convention 
The ninth annual poultry Convention 
will be held at the Massachusetts Agri¬ 
cultural College, Amherst, July 27-29, 
the Agricultural College, the Massachu¬ 
setts Department of Agriculture and the 
Massachusetts Poultry Society co-operat¬ 
ing. This being Farmers’ Week at the 
college, there will be programs on other 
line of agriculture similar to the one to 
be presented on poultry. Tuesday is 
designated as fruit, onion and Pomona 
Grange day ; Wednesday, fruit, live stock 
and farm crops; Thursday, vegetable and 
dairying; Friday, tobacco, dairy plant 
management and beef cattle. Something 
interesting and instructive will he pre¬ 
sented 1 each day by the home-making and 
junior extension departments. 
Chinese Labor in France 
The R. N.-Y. of December 25, 1920, 
questioned what became of the many 
Chinese laborers used in France during 
the Wiir. Well, most of them were re¬ 
turned to China. My daughter, whose 
husband was an officer in the British 
army, came over here from England in 
February, 1920. The steamship crossed 
to Havre, France, and took on 1,000 
Chinamen in the steerage. They were un¬ 
loaded at Halifax and went directly into 
freight cars ; then across British Colum¬ 
bia to the Pacific, and on to China. They 
were said to be glad to go home, and most 
of them had saved their money. After 
they were unloaded at Halifax the most 
of the “bunks” Used by them in crossing 
were thrown overboard. Many steam¬ 
ships were loaded with them, in the steer¬ 
age, at that time. o. w. H. 
Michigan Notes 
We know we shall receive more value 
for the subscription than for any other 
dollar we have spent since we sent you 
one a year ago. We have been interested 
in the letters about the “wife’s share.” 
We plan, work and spend together—a 
real partnership, both working with the 
firm’s interest in view, with joint deeds, 
etc., seems the only way to us. 
. The R. N\-Y. not only answers ques¬ 
tions asked, but anticipates the question. 
We were just about to write asking about 
the Magoon berry when The R. N.-Y. came 
with the first page article about it. We 
had grown these berries for three or four 
years, first getting the plants from friends, 
to whom they were sent from Oregon. The 
berries were so fine for all purposes, and 
plants so large and productive that we 
wanted to know more about them, as we 
had quite a sale for the plants in the 
neighborhood. We find this year that 
they are not so hardy as the Dunlap or 
Dr. Burrill, as the hard freeze, when they 
were in bloom, ruined the crop, but we 
had about half a crop from the other 
kinds. Of course, all were uncovered 
early, as we were selling plants. This 
was the first time they had been injured 
by frost with us, and they ripen with the 
Dunlap. MRS. GERFORD C. CARVER. 
Michigan. 
