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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July lfi, 1921 
M a r k e 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
LOSSES BY DROUGHT AND FROST CUT 
YIELDS. BUT TEND TO RAISE PRICES. 
This season may turn out poor enough 
to be profitable. Last season with some 
of the greatest crops on record most pro¬ 
ducers lost money. Frost and drought 
and other so-called foes of the grower 
have been cutting down the season’s pos¬ 
sible output, until it seems that what is 
left may be worth shipping. 
The situation is far from shortage, but 
rather severe shrinV'We is indicated for 
some of the important crops like potatoes, 
onions and cabbage. New Jersey is the 
principal shipping 8tale for potatoes dur¬ 
ing a month or more after Virginia Jacks 
up, but the New Jersey early crop seems 
to have been dried out to about one-half 
normal yield. The same may be said of 
onions in many sections and of cabbage 
in the great, producing districts of New 
York and Wisconsin. Early onions are 
bringing New Jersey growers about .$1 per 
bu. hamper. 
Fruit shortage is taken for granted, 
although the big peach movement from 
Georgia does not look that way, and even 
the early apple movement has begun about 
as usual. Georgia has the only large 
peach crop in the East. Apple supplies 
depend somewhat on demand. Many early 
apples are not worth shipping, except in 
the light crop years. Dealers have been 
exploring the producing sections to secure 
shipments of early fruit wherever they 
can find them. It is always pleasant for 
a producer to find several dealers looking 
for him. There should be considerably 
more of that sort of thing the present 
season. The buying power of the public 
is still quite as good as shown by the 
way it takes up heavy supplies of such 
luxuries as melons, cantaloupes and 
peaches. Probably the dry weather is 
behind the average gain of 75c per barrel 
on potatoes the first week of July. The 
markets are now depending wholly on 
new stock mostly from Virginia and ad¬ 
joining States. Drought not only re¬ 
duced the yield of potatoes, but has cut 
down supplies of other vegetables. No 1 
stock brings from $3 to $4 per barrel. 
The supply about equals the average year 
round demand. Supplies may fall off 
when it comes to the turn of the early 
northern sections to meet the demand in 
August. G. B. F. 
Local Up-state Prices 
JOHNSON CITY—ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Round steak, per lb., 22c; hamburg, 
20e; boneless roasts, 20c; kettle roasts, 
14 to 18c; porterhouse steak. 28c; roast¬ 
ing pigs. 25c; brisket bacon. 22c; sau¬ 
sage. 25c; salt pork. 23c; pork loin. 20 
to 25c; sliced ham, 35c; lamb chops. 28c; 
mutton, 12 to 25c; veal chops, 35c; veal 
cutlets, 40c; rabbits, dressed, 40e; live, 
30c. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, heavy, per lb., 
30c ; old roosters, 22c ; turkeys, 45 to 50c ; 
geese. 35c ; ducks, 40c. 
Dressed Poultry—Roasting chickens, 
per lb.. 42c; fowls, heavy. 38c; turkeys, 
55c; geese. 42c; ducks. 40c. 
Eggs. 30c; milk, qt., 8c; skim-milk. 5c; 
buttermilk. 5c; butter, lb., 34c: cheese, 
whole milk cream. 33c; skim, 17c; cot¬ 
tage cheese. 10c: pimento, 15c. 
Strawberries, qt, 25c; asparagus, 
bunch. 12c; beans, lb., 7c; beets, bunch, 
8c; horseradish roots, lb.. 10c; potatoes, 
small, bu., 35c; rhubarb, lb.. 5c; potatoes, 
large, bu.. 50c; lettuce, large heads. 6c; 
onions, green, bunch, 5c; new cabbage. 
5c: carrots, bu.. 80c; turnips, bunch. 8c; 
radishes, large white, bunch. 8c; round 
red. 5c; sauerkraut, qt., 15c; spinach, 
peck, 25c; vinegar, qt., 10c; honey, clover, 
extracted, lb., 23c; card, 25c; maple 
syrup, gab, $2.25. 
Black walnuts, bu.. $2.50; butternuts, 
$2; hiekorynuts, $5.50. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, prime, sides, lb.. 10 to 12c; me¬ 
dium. sides, 5 to 6c; lamb, 25 to 30c; 
live pigs, each, $4.50 to $5; small dressed 
pigs, lb.. 16c; pork, light, 14c; heavy, 
12c; veal, prime, 15c; common. 11c. 
Live Poultry—Ducks, lb., 30c; Spring, 
35 to 38c; chickens, 40 to 50c; fowls, 30 
to 35c; geese, live, 35c; guinea hens, 
each. $1. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb.. 50c; 
chickens, 60 to 70c; fowls, 45 to 50c; 
geese, 50c; rabbits. 35 to 40c. Butter, lb., 
35 to 40c; eggs, 35 to 40c; duck eggs. 40 
to 45c; honey, card, 30c; Italian cheese, 
45c; maple syrup, gal., $2. 
Apples, bu., $2 to $3; strawberries, 
crate, $7.75 to $10; qt., 25 to 30c; cher¬ 
ries. crate, $7. to $7.50; qt.. 25c; cur¬ 
rants, red, crate, $3.50; gooseberries, qt., 
15 to 20c; blackberries, crate. $4 to $6; 
huckleberries, qt., 25 to 30c; Columbia 
berries, crate, $8; raspberries, red, qt., 35 
to 40c. 
Asparagus, bunch. 12 to 15c; per doz. 
bunches, $1.25 to $1 50; beans, string, 
bu., $2.50; English Lima, $2.50; beets, 
$1.50; beet greens, bu., 50c; beets, doz. 
bunches, 40 to 50b: cabbage, new. doz. 
heads, $1.25 to $1.50; celery, doz. 
bunches, $1.25 to $1.75; carrots doz. 
bunches, 30 to 40c; chives, bunch, 10c; 
encumbers, doz., $1 to $1.50; garlic, lb., 
20c; green peppers, doz., 20c; kohl-rabbi, 
t New 
doz., $1 ; lettuce, leaf, per crate, 50c to 
$2; Boston, doz., 25 to 40c; onions, doz. 
bunches, 25c; parsley, doz. bunches, 50c; 
peas, bu., $1.25 to $1.75; potatoes, new, 
bu., $1.75 to $2; per peck, 50c; radishes, 
doz. bunches, 20c; rhubarb, doz. bunches, 
50c; romaine, doz. heads, 30 to 50c; sage, 
bunch, 5c; 'Summer squash, each, 15c; 
Swiss chard, bundle, 20c; tomatoes, qt., 
35c; turnips, doz. bunches, 50c. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton. $17; Ilay. No. 1, 
$17; No. 2, $15; No. 3, $10; Timothy, 
$18; straw, rye, $16; wheat, $12; oat, $8. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 15 to 18c; 
forequarters, 10 to 13c; hindquarters, 18 
to 22c; dressed hogs, light, 13 to 15c; 
heavy, 10 to 12c; Spring lambs. 30 to 
32c; yearling lambs, l!) to 24c; mutton, 
10 to 15c; veal. 14 to 16c. 
Live fowls, lb.. 26 to 28c; broilers, 30 
to 32c; springers. 15 to 18c; roosters, 
old, 15c; ducks. 23 to 25c; geese, 20 to 
25c; turkeys, 40 to 45c; eggs, 30c. 
Cherries, sour, lb., 10 to 12c; black. 12 
to 15c; white. 10 to 12c; currants, red. 
9 to 10c; raspberries, red. pt., IS to 20c; 
black, per crate, $5 to $7; per qt., 18 to 
20c; strawberries, crate, $5 to $9; qt.. 16 
to 18c; gooseberries, lb.. 12 to 14c; huck¬ 
leberries, crate, $10 to $10.50; water¬ 
melons. each, 50 to 60c. 
Asparagus, doz. bunches, 65 to 75c; 
beets. 25 to 30c; cauliflower, doz. heads, 
$2.25 to $2.50; cabbage, new. $1.25 co 
$1.75; carrots, new, doz. bunches, 20 to 
25c; celery, $1.25 lo $1.50; cucumbers, 
do/,. $1.40 to $1.50; green peas, bu.. 
82 25 to $2.50; lettuce, doz. heads. 20 to 
30c: mint, green, doz bunches, 30 to 35c; 
onions, dry, bu.. 40 to 45c; green, doz. 
bunches. 15 to 20c; potatoes, new. 14-qt. 
basket, 50 to 75c; old. per bu., 35 to 40c; 
pieplant, doz. bunches. 35 to 45c; rad¬ 
ishes. doz. bunches. 10 to 12c; spinach, 
bu.. 40 to 50c; Summer squash, doz., 
$1.25 to $1.50; tomatoes, lb.. 20 to 25c; 
green beans, basket. $125 to $1.35; wax 
beans, basket, $1.15 to $1.25; watercress, 
doz. bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Beans, hand-picked, per 100 lbs., medi¬ 
um. $3.25; red marrow, $8; white mar¬ 
row, $4 50; red kidney, $9; white kid¬ 
ney, $10; pea. $3.10; yellow eye, $6.25; 
imperials, $8. 
Hides— 'Steers. No. 1. lb., 4c; No. 2, 
3c; cows and heifers. No. 1, 3c; No. 2, 
2c; bulls and stags. 2c; horsehides, each, 
$1.50 to $2; lambs, each, 25c; calf. No. 
1. 12c; No. 2. 10c; wool, fleece, lb.. 15 to 
18c; unwashed, medium, 15 to 18c. 
Hay and Straw—Timothy. No. 1. ton, 
$24 ; No. 2. $18 to $21 ; No 3. mixed. $18 
to $20; Alfalfa. $17 to $25; straw, all 
kinds, $14 to $18. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The hot spell rushes stuff to the mar¬ 
ket, but the demand is active and prices 
are fairly firm except where excessive re¬ 
ceipts have broken them down. Summer 
fruits are about all here, including new 
Southern apples. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, unsettled; creamery, 35 to 38c; 
dairy, 23 to 32c; crocks, 22 to 30c; com¬ 
mon. 10 to 20c. Cheese quiet; all special 
brands uniformly 17 to 18c. Eggs steady, 
hennery. 32 to 35c; State and Western 
candled, 27 to 30c. 
rOULTRY 
Dressed poultry, steady; turkeys, 55 to 
56c: fowl. 30 to 34c; chickens, 35 to 40c; 
old roosters, 18 to 20c; ducks, 33 to 35c; 
geese, 28 to 30c. Live poultry, weak; 
fowl. 25 to 29c; broilers. 28 to 40c; old 
roosters. 17 to 18c; ducks, 30 to 35c; 
geese, IS to 20c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, strong; now Southern, bu., 
$3.75 to $4; potatoes, new. steady; old, 
weak; old white, bu.. 25 to 35c; new 
Southern, bbl., $3.75 to $4. 
PEACHES AND MELONS 
Peaches, easy; Georgia, bu.. $3 to 
$3.25; melons, active, weak ; cantaloupes, 
California, crate. $4.25 to $4.75; water¬ 
melons. each. 50c to $1; California honey- 
dews, box, $2.75 to $3. 
CIIERRISE AND BERRIES 
Cherries, strong; Niagara blacks. 6-lb. 
basket. $1.50 to $1.60; sweet red. $1.25 
to $1.35; sour. (50 to 90c; raspberries, 
red, qt.. 20 to 25c; purple, 14 to 18c; 
black, 12 to 14c; currants. 15 to 18c; 
gooseberries, 14 to 18c; huckleberries. 25 
to 28c. 
BEANS-ONIONS 
Beans, dull; kidney, cwt., $8.50 to $9; 
marrow, $8 25 to $8.50; pea and medium, 
$4 50 to $5.25; onions, quiet; Texas yel- 
low. crate, $1.50 to $1.75; California, 
$1.50 to $1.60. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, active and firm ; asparagus, 
home-grown, lb. bunches. 75c to $1.85; 
beets, doz. bunches, 40 to 80c; carrots, 40 
to 50c; green onions, 10 to 20c; radishes, 
20 to 25c; string" beans, hamper, $1 to 
$1.50; euen inters, do.. $2 to $2.50; cab¬ 
bage. Southern, crate. $1 to $1.75; celery, 
bunch, 15 to 30c; lettuce, box. 50c to $1 ; 
peppers, do., $3.50 to $4.50; peas, bag, $3 
to $3.50; spinach, bu.. $1 to $1.25; to¬ 
matoes, hothouse fiat, $1 to $1.75. 
s and 
SWEETS 
Honey, quiet; white comb, lb., 25 to 
33c; dark. 18 to 22c; maple products, 
dull; sugar, lb., 20 to 30c; syrup, gal., 
$1.50 to $l v 75. 
FEED 
Ilay, unsettled; Timothy, track, ton, 
$15.50 to $18.50; clover mixed, $15 to 
$17.50; wheat , bran, ton, carlot, $18.50; 
middlings. $19; Red dog, $31.50; cotton¬ 
seed meal, $38.25 ; oilmen), $34 ; hominy, 
$28.50; gluten, 32, oat feed, $11; rye 
middlings, $21.— j. w. c. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 38 to 39c; common to 
good, 30 to 35c; packing stock, 18 to 20c. 
EGGS 
Nearby fancy, 39 to 42c; gathered, com¬ 
mon to good, 25 to 30c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 33c; broilers, 40 to 45c; 
ducks, 18 to 22c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 31 to 35c; broilers, 45 to 50c; 
ducks, 27 to 28c. 
FRUITS 
Peaches, 6-basket crate. $1.50 to $3; 
muskmelons, bu. crate. $3 to $3.75; wa¬ 
termelons. carload. $175 to $450. Black¬ 
berries. qt., 10 to 20c; huckleberries, qt., 
15 to 30c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, new, bbl.. $1.50 to $3.25; cab¬ 
bage, bbl., $2 to $3; onions, %-bu., 40 to 
60c. -> 
HAY AND STRAW 
ITay-—Timothy. No. 2. $20 to $21 ; No. 
3, $17 to $18; clover mixed, $17 to $19. 
Straw—Rye, $19 to $21 ; wheat, $14 to 
$15. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 36 to 37c; common to 
good, 26 to 33c; dairy, 24 to 32c. 
EGGS 
Ghoice nearby, 50 to 51c; common to 
good, 35 to 45c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 33c; broilers, 40 to 43c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 37c; broilers, 45 to 4Sc; 
squabs, doz., $5 to $7. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage, bbl.. $1.75 to $2.50; cucum¬ 
bers, bu., $2.50 to $9; radishes, bu., 50 to 
85c; lettuce, bu., 15 to 50c. 
POTATOES 
New stock, bbl.. $3 to $4. 
FRUITS 
Strawberries, qt.. 20 to 60c; huckleber¬ 
ries. 40 to 15c; blackberries. 30 to 35c; 
raspberries, pt., 12 to 20c; currants, qt., 
10 to 14c; gooseberries, qt.. 11 to 17c; 
peaches, 6-basket crate. $1.75 to $4. 
Pittsburgh Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery. 38 to 38i/>e: common 
to good, 30 to 35c; rolls, 27 to 29c. 
EGGS 
Best, 31 to 33c; common to good, 27 
to 2Sc. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Hens. 26 to 30c; Spring chickens, 38 
to 40c; roosters, 19 to 20c; ducks. 30 to 
32c; geese, 18 to 22c; turkeys, 40 to 45e. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Hens, 40 to 45c; broilers, 50 to 60c ; 
roosters, 32 to 33c; ducks, 40 to 45c; 
squabs, $7.50 to $9.50. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl.. $5 to $7: huckleberries, 
20-lb. basket, $2.75 to $3.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, old. 150 lbs.. $1 to $1.40; 
cabbage, bbl.. $2.50 to $3; lettuce, bu., 
75c to $1; encumbers, bu., $1 to $2; 
ouions, bu., $1.50 to $1.75. 
HAY AND STRAW 
ITav—No. 1 Timothy. $22 to 823; No. 
2, $18 to $20; clover mixed, $17 to $18. 
Straw—Rve, $14.50 to $15; oat, $13 to 
$14. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
July 7. 1921 
MILK 
The New York prices for July fluid 
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 in 201 to 250-mile zone. 
UU'TER 
Creamery, fanoy. j . 
38 
a 
■m 
Good to Choice . w . 
34 
a 
37 
Lower Grades...^. . 
City made . .4T . ” 
24 
a 
29 
24 
a 
29 
Dairy, best . 
36 
a 
37 
Common to good . 
29 
a 
33 
Packing Stock . 
20 
a 
25 
CnEESE 
Market active and higher. 
both 
here 
Prices 
and at primary points. The Utica price 
July 5 was advanced to 14 %e. 
Whole Milk, fancy, new. 17 @ 7714 
Good to choice.:. is @ 15 ' 
EGGS 
White, nearby, oholce to fanoy. 44 a 46 
Medium to wood . 34 <a 4 i 
Mixed colors, nearby beBt. 39 a 40 
Common to good. 27 a 34 
Gathered, best, white. 42 a 43 
Medium to good, mixed oolors... 33 a 28 
Lower grades. 18 a 24 
LIVE STOCK 
Steen. 7 00 ® 8 40 
Balli . .. 4 50 a 6 25 
Cows. 2 00 a 5 00 
Calves, prime real. 100 lb*. 10 00 a 13 50 
Call*. 6 00 a 9 00 
Hog*. 8 75 a 10 50 
Sheep, 100 lb*. 3 00 a 5 00 
Lambs .12 00 a 14 50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Prices are rep .’ted as follows: Fowls, 
25 to 31 e; broilers. 30 to 38c; roosters, 
16c; ducks, 25 to 30c; geese, 14 to 16c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 45 a 55 
Com. to good. 80 @ 40 
Chickens choice lb. 45 a 50 
Fair to Good. 30 fl 40 
Fowls. 30 @ 35' 
Rooster*. 17 a 20 
Ducks . 25 a 28 
Squabs, doz. 4 00 a 8 00 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lb*. 6 00 a 6 25 
Pea. 4 00 a 4 60 
Medium . 4 50 @4 75 
Red Kidney.1100 all 75 
White Kidney. 12 50 al3 25 
Yellow Eye. 7 50 @ 8 00 
FRUITS 
Apples. Baldwin, bbl. 4 00 a 6 00 
Ben Davis. 3 50 a 4 50 
New. bu 1 00 a 2 50 
Strawberries. Western N. Y . 20 a 35 
Peaches, 6-bkt. crate.1 50 a 3 50 
Watermelons, carload ... . 300 00 afiOO 00 
Raspberries, pt. 6 a 12 
Blackberries, qt. 15 @ 30 
lluckleoerries. qt. 30 a 40 
Go seberries. 8-lb. bkt. 50 a 55 
Cherries. 8-lb. bkt. 75 a 1 00 
Currants, qt . 6 @ 13 
Muskmelons, bu . 3 00 a 4 50 
POTATOES 
Ilcccipts of new stock very large, with 
many unsound and selling low, or con¬ 
demned. 
Southern, new, bbl.,.1 00 ® 4 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 00 a 3 50 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz bunches. 2 00 a 5 00 
Beets, bu. 1 00 a 1 50 
Cabbage, bbl. 1 25 & 1 50 
Carrots, bu... 100 a 175 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 00 @2 25 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 a 100 
Onions, now, bu. 75 a 150 
Egg Plants, bu. 100 a 3 00 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 2 00 a 2 76 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 1 00 @ 2 00 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 50 @ 2 00 
Peppers, bu.1 60 a 3 00 
Peas, bu. 1 00 a 3 00 
Romaine, bu. 50 ffl 1 00 
Mushrooms, lb. 40 @ 1 00 
Spinach, bbl. 1 00 a 2 00 
Kale, bbl. 75 @ I 00 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt crate.I 25 a 4 00 
Squash, bu .. . 50 a 1 50 
Sweet corn, 100. 1 00 a 4 00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy,No. 1. ton. 28 00 @29 00 
No. 2 .28 00 @27 00 
No. 3 .23 00 @25 00 
Shipping.20 00 @2200 
(’lover. Mixed .20 00 @27 00 
Straw. Itye .22 00 @23 00 
Oat and wheat..15 00 @20 00 
GRAIN 
Gash wholesale prices quoted at Now 
York : Wheat, No. 2 red Winter, $1.31 ; 
corn, No. 2 yellow. 79c; oats. No. 2 
white, 46c; rye, $1.33; be Hey, 75c. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter- 
-Best. 
lb. 
...$.46 
to 
$.47 
Good 
to ch 
oice. 
.. .40 
to 
.44 
Gheese, 
lh. . . 
... .20 
to 
.30 
Eggs—( 
’hoice 
.......... 
... .48 
to 
.50 
Common to 
good. 
. .. .35 
to 
.45 
Potatoes, lh. 
.......... 
... .02 
to 
.03 
Lettuce 
head 
.. .10 
to 
.15 
Fowls, 
lh. .. 
.. .40 
to 
.50 
Chickens, lb. 
.. .50 
to 
.60 
Law Regarding Line Fence 
I have a piece of woodland detached 
from (lie rest of my farm, and an ad join¬ 
ing property owner wants me to help 
fence the side joining his pasture. T have 
no objection to his cattle running in the 
woods, but he does not want them to. be¬ 
cause they are too far from home when 
in there at chore time. I never put any 
of my stock in there. If lie insists on 
fencing it. to keep his stock out, am I 
obliged to fence half of it? o. 8. 
New York. 
Mosfc*of the time from 1860 to 1911 
you could have given your adjoining land- 
owner notice that you desired to let. your 
land “lie open to the common public.” 
and lie could not. compel you to build the 
fence. The amendment to tin- fence low 
in 1911, however, provided that both ad¬ 
joining land-owners must agree before 
land could “lie open.” Under this statute 
there will be very few eases where lands 
will “lie open.” Your neighbor can oblige 
you to build your portion of the division 
fence. N. t. 
