<P* RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Market News and 
Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
FAIRLY GOOD OUTLOOK FOR EARLY POTA¬ 
TOES-SOUTH DOING WELL WITH 
FRUITS AND SEMI-FRUITS 
Quite a recovery in new potato prices, 
amounting to fully $1 per barrel, from 
the low point, measures partly the niar- 
ket effect of the dry weather. The situa¬ 
tion is better since recent showers, but 
many sections still need rain. The late 
crop shows heavy decreases compared 
with last year in the Eastern States, ex¬ 
cept Maine, Minnesota, the Rocky Moun¬ 
tain section and some of the Pacific coast 
regions show important gains. The crop 
as a whole indicates the moderate degree 
of shortage that usually is followed by 
higher prices at times during the suc¬ 
ceeding season. 
About half the current supply is from 
the Eastern Shore of Virginia. First 
place in August will be assumed by New 
Jersey, where the acreage is large, but 
the yield and quality is reported rather 
poor, and shipments probably will be re¬ 
duced considerably in comparison with 
the great output of last season. The 
State produces enough potatoes to feed 
New York City most of the year, but in¬ 
stead it supplies three or four cities and 
a number of small markets for a month 
or two, and scatters the rest of its crop 
throughout the market season. The crop 
of the Western potato States shows gains 
in contrast with the losses prevailing in 
the East. Thus Minnesota, often the 
leading potato shipping State, has a 
larger yield than last season from present 
indications. The location of the general 
potato shortage indicates that the demand 
for Western potatoes at times during the 
market season may extend further West 
than it did last season. The shortage in 
the Corn Belt section will create a heavy 
demand, which will be supplied from the 
West and the Great Bakes region. On 
the whole, the outlook seems fairly favor¬ 
able so far as prices are concerned, both 
for the early and late crops of the East¬ 
ern States. 
Fruit prospects in the East, already 
poor because of freezes and the June 
drop, have been further injured by 
drought, which has reduced the size of the 
fruit. Early fruits seem scarce and high. 
Conditions continue generally favorable 
in the Far West, despite local drought, 
floods, freezes and wind storms. _ Cher¬ 
ries in Wisconsin were of small size, but 
yield was liberal. Rains have improved 
the orange outlook in Florida. Apples 
still promise well in the Northwest and 
in Maine, but poor to fair in most other 
sections. The indicated commercial crop 
of apples in Canada is about the same as 
last year, and nearly one-fifth the esti¬ 
mated commercial crop of the Fnited 
States. The English apple outlook ap¬ 
parently is above the average. 
Peaches, melons and cantaloupes have 
been the three best money makers for the 
South this season. They are classed in 
a business way as fruits, although two of 
them are related to squashes, pumpkins 
and cucumbers. The general distinction 
seems to be that if they are commonly 
used as a dessert, uncooked, they are 
fruits. The scarcity of berries and tree 
fruits was a great piece of luck for canta- 
lope growers ; otherwise probably nothing 
could have prevented oversupply when 
the great Western crop came on. People 
eat melons freely when fruit is scarce, 
but do not can them. The general supply 
of material for canning is unusually 
light. Even tomatoes, sweet corn and 
string beans, the principal vegetables for 
canning, were planted light in the sections 
where most of the canning factories oper¬ 
ate. The Government surplus has un¬ 
settled markets for some time. Possibly 
the reduced output of this season will 
restore the balance and make the pro¬ 
duction of goods for canning once more 
profitable. G. B. F. 
Local Up-State Markets 
JOnNSON CITY—ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Round steak, lb., 22c; hamburg, 20c; 
boneless roasts, 20c; kettle roasts, 14 to 
18c; porterhouse steak, 2Sc; roasting 
pigs, 25c; salt pork, 23c; sausage, 25c; 
brisket bacon. 22c; pork loin, 20 to 25c ; 
sliced ham, 35c; lamb chops, 28c; mut¬ 
ton, 12 to 25c; veal chops, 35c; veal cut¬ 
lets, 40c; rabbits, live, 35c; dressed, 40c. 
Live Poultry.—Fowls, heavy, lb., 30c; 
old roosters, 22c; geese, 3Gc; ducks, 42c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Roasting chickens, 
lb, 50c: fowls, heavy, 3Sc; geese, 42c; 
ducks, 40c; eggs, 40c. 
Butter, prints and fresh dairy, lb., 40c; 
milk, qt., 0c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; skim- 
milk, qt„ 5c; vinegar, qt., 10c. 
Green apples, qt., 10c; cherries, qt., 
25c; currants, qt., 18c; ’black caps, qt., 
30c; blackberries, qt., 30c; huckleberries, 
qt., 20 to 30c; gooseberries, 20c. 
Asparagus, 12c; beans, dry, lb., 7c; 
beets, bunch, 8c; horseradish roots, lb., 
10c; potatoes, new, peck, 45c; old, bu., 
50c; rhubarb, lb., 5c; lettuce, large heads, 
5c; parsnips, bu., $1; spinach, peck, 25c; 
string beans, qt., 7c; Bummer squash, lb., 
5c; new carrots, bunch, 5c; per bu., 80c; 
onions, green, bunch. 5c; new cabbage, 
5c; turnips, bunch, 8c; radishes, white, 
bunch, 8c; round red, 5c; sauerkraut, qt., 
15c. 
Honey, clover extracted, 23c; card, lb., 
25c; maple syrup, gal., $2.25; popcorn, 
shelled, lb., 10c; on cob, 8c; buckwheat 
flour, lb., 5c; black walnuts, bu., $2.50; 
butternuts, bu., $2; hickorynuts, bu., 
$5.50. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Live Poultry.—Ducks, lb., 2Se; Spring, 
30 to 3Sc; chickens, 35c; fowls, 30 to 
35c; geese, 35c; guinea hens, each, $1. 
Dressed Poultry.—Ducks, lb., 50c; 
chickens, GO to 70c; fowls, 45 to 50c; 
eggs, 40c; duck eggs, 45c. 
Butter, lb., 40 to 45c; honey, comb, 
3Cc ; Italian cheese, lb., 45c; maple syrup, 
gal., $1.75. 
. Apples, bu., $1.25 to $2; gooseberries, 
qt., 15c; blackberries, crate, $7; black 
raspberries, crate, $4.50 to $5.50; huckle¬ 
berries, crate, $7.25 to $8; Columbia ber¬ 
ries, crate, $4 to $4.50; red raspberries, 
crate, $7 to $9 ; per qt., 25 to 30c. 
Beans, string, bu., GO to 75c; English 
Limas, bu., $1.50; beets, bu., $1.25 to 
$1.50; per doz. bunches, 35c; cabbage, 
new, doz. heads, 75c to $1; celery, doz. 
bunches, 75c to $1.50; carrots, doz. 
bunches, 25 to 35c; chives, bunch, 10c; 
cucumbers, doz., 40c; per bu., $5; endive, 
doz. heads, 65c; garlic, lb., 20c; green 
peppers, doz., 20 to 25c; kohl-rabi, doz. 
$1; lettuce, leaf, crate, 75c to $2.50; Bos¬ 
ton, doz., 25 to 40c; onions, doz., 20 to 
25c; bu., 90c to $1: parsley, doz. bunches, 
40c; pdas, bu., $1 to $150; potatoes, old, 
bu., 35 to 40c; new, 75c to $1.50; rad¬ 
ishes, doz. bunches. 20 to 25c; romainc, 
doz. heads, 30 to 50c; sage, bunch, 5c; 
Summer squash, doz., GOc to $1; sweet 
corn, doz. ears, 20 to 25c; Swiss chard, 
bundle, 10c; tomatoes, bu., $7 to $10; 
turnips, doz. bunches, 40 to 60c. 
Hay and Straw.—Alfalfa, extra, ton, 
$20; hay, No. 1, $18 to $20; No. 2. $15 
to $16; No. 3, $10; Timothy, ton, $18 to 
$20. Straw, rye, ton, $16; wheat, $12; 
oat, $8. 
Rochester 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 12 to 16c; 
forequarters, S to 10c; hindquarters, 18 
to 24c; dressed hogs, light, 13 to 15c; 
heavy, 10 to 12c; Spring lambs, 22 to 
27c; yearling lambs, 16 to 20c; mutton, 
10 to 12c; ve 1, 14 to 16c. 
Live Poultry.—Fowls, lb., 26 to 28c; 
broilers, 30 to 32c; Springers, 15 to 18c; 
roosters, old. 11 to 14c; ducks, 23 to 25c; 
geese, 20 to 25c; turkeys, 40 to 45c; fresh 
eggs. 32 to 33c. 
Cherries, sour, lb., 10 to 12c; currants, 
red, lb . 10 to 12c; raspberries, red, pint, 
10 to 12c; per crate, $6 to $6.50; purple, 
crate, $3.50 to $4; qt., 12 to 15c; rasp¬ 
berries, black, crate, $5 to $5.50; qt.. 15 
to 18c; Lawton berries, crate, $5.50 to 
$6.50; gooseberries, lb., 12 to 14c; huckle¬ 
berries, crate, $10 to $10.50; peaches, 
home-grown, basket, $1 to $1.25; water¬ 
melons, qach, 35 to 55c. 
Beets, doz. bunches, 24 to 30c; cauli¬ 
flower, doz. heads, $2.25 to $2 50; cab¬ 
bage, new, doz. heads, 75c to $1; carrots, 
new, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; celery, doz. 
bunches, $1.25 to $1.50; green peppers, 
14-qt. basket, $1.50 to $1.75; green peas, 
bu., $2.50 to $3; lettuce, doz. heads, 20 
to 50c; head lettuce, doz., 75c to 81; 
mint, green, doz. bunches, 30 to 35c; 
onions, green, doz. bunches, 15 to 20c; 
potatoes, new, 14-qt. basket, 65 to 75c; 
old, bu., 35c; pieplant, doz. bunches, 35 
to 40c; radishes, doz. bunches, 10 to 12c; 
sweet corn, doz., 25 to 40c; spinach, bu., 
40 to 50c; Summer squash, doz., 75c to 
$1; tomatoes, basket, $1.75 to $2; per 
lb., IS to 20c; green beans, basket, 90c 
to $1; wax beans, basket, 75 to 85c; 
watercress, doz. bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand-picked, me¬ 
dium, $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. 
Hides.—No. 1, steers, lb., 4c; No. 2, 
3c; No. 1, cows and heifers, 3c; No. 2, 
2c; bulls and stags, lb., 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, lb., 15 
to 18c. 
Wheat, bu., new, $1.10; old, $1.20; 
corn, shelled, bu., 83 to 85c; oats, white, 
51 to 52c: rye, bu., $1 to $1.10. 
Hay.—No. 1, Timothy, ton, $24 to $25; 
No. 2, $19 to $22; No. 3, mixed, $19 to 
$21 ; Alfalfa, $18 to $26. Straw, ton, 
$14 to $18. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The dry, hot spell seems to have hit 
this section of the State much worse than 
the average, so that many crops have 
been cut short or failed. Butter, cheese 
J e^s continue to advance slowly. 
Most items are stronger than formerly. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, stronger; creamery, 41 to 44c; 
dairy, 36 to 37c; crocks, 30 to 36c; com¬ 
mon, 25 to 27c. Cheese, strong; flats, 
18 to 19c; daisies, 19 to 20c; longhorns, 
20 to 21c. Eggs, firm; hennery, 36 to 
42c; State and Western candled, 34 to 
36c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, steady; turkey, 55 to 
56c; fowl, 32 to 36c; broilers, 45 to 46c; 
old roosters, 20 to 22e; ducks, 33 to 34c; 
geese, 30 to 32c. Live poultry, firm; fowl, 
26 to 30c; broilers, 26 to 36c; old roost¬ 
ers, 19 to 20c; ducks, 22 to 25c; geese, 
18 to 29c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, scarce; Southern red, bu., 
home-grown, $1.50 to $2.50. Potatoes, 
firm; fancy, old, bu., 10 to 25c; South¬ 
ern, bbl., $4.25 to $5. 
FRUITS AND BERRIES 
Cherries, sour, red and black, 4-qt. bas¬ 
ket, 85c to $1. Currants, red, 4-qt. bas¬ 
ket, 90c to $1; black, $1.25 to $1.40. 
Raspberries, red, qt., 23 to 25c; purple, 
11 to 14c; black, 16 to 18c; blackberries, 
15 to 18c; huckleberries, 20 to 23c; 
gooseberries, 16 to 2-ic. 
PEACHES AND MELONS 
reaches, steady ; Southern, crate, $2.50 
to $2.75; Arizona, bu., $3.25 to $3.75. 
Watermelons, each, 30 to 69c; canta¬ 
loupes, flats, $1.25 to $1.75 ; Iloneydews 
and Casabas, box, $2 to $2.50. 
BEANS-ONIONS 
Beans, dull; kidney, ewt., $8 to $9.50; 
marrow, $8.25 to $8.50; pea and medium, 
$4.50 to $5.35. Onions, quiet; Texas, 
crate, $1.50 to $1.75; Virginia, hamper, 
$1.35 to $1.50; home-grown, bu., $1.35 
to $1.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables quiet. Beets, doz. bunches, 
30 to 40c; carrots, 30 to 40c; green 
onions, 25 to 30c; radishes, 20 to 50c; 
beans, green or wax, bu., $1.50 to $2; 
cabbage, 35 to 50c; cucumbers, $2 to $3; 
sweet corn, doz. ears, 30 to 35c; celery, 
bunch, 35 to 50c; lettuce, box, $1.35 to 
$2.50; peppers, $2 to $2.50; peas, bag, 
$3 to $3.50; tomatoes, flat, $1 to $1.50. 
SWEETS 
Honey, quiet; white comh. lb., 34 to 
35c; dark, 25 to 28c. Maple products, 
easy; sugar, 22 to 30c; syrup, gal., $1.50 
to $1.75. 
FEED 
Hay, quiet; bulk Timothy, track, $15 
to $18.50; clover mixed, $16.50 to 
$17.50. Wheat bran, higher; ton, earlot, 
$19.50; middlings, $19.50; red dog, 
$31.50 ; cottonseed meal, $43.25 ; oilmeal, 
$41; hominy, $28.50; gluten, $33; oat 
feed, $9; rye middlings, $20. J. w. C. 
Pittsburgh Markets 
PUTTER 
G' - eamery, best, lb., 46 to 47c ; rolls, 28 
to 35c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby, 35 to 37c; gathered, 28 
to 34c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Hens, 28 to 32c; chickens, 35 to 40c; 
roosters, 19 to 21c; ducks, 30 to 32c; 
geese, 18 to 22c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Hens, 40 to 45c; broilers, 5S to^OOc; 
roosters, 32 to 33c; ducks, 40 to 45c. 
Fruits 
Apples, new, bu., $3 to $4; huckleber¬ 
ries, 20-lb. basket, $2.50 to $3. 
Vegetables 
Potatoes, old, 150 lbs., 50c to $1; new, 
bbl., $4.50 to $4.75; sweet corn, bu., 
$2.75 to $3 ; lettuce, bu., $1 to $2 ; onions, 
bu., $1.25 to $1.75. 
hay and straw 
Hay, No. 1, Timothy, $23 to $24; No. 
2, $20 to $21; clover mixed, $18 to $20. 
LIVE STOCK 
Cattle, $8 to $8.75; calves, $4 to 
$10.50; sheep, $3 . to $5; lambs, $5 to 
810 . 50 : hoes. 810 to $11.75. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 40 to 42c; common to 
good, 33 to 38c; packing stock, 24 to 26c. 
EGGS 
Nearby fancy, 46 to 47c; gathered, 
common to good, 25 to 32c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 28 to 30c; broilers, 40 to 42c; 
ducks, IS to 19c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 34 to 37c; broilers, 38 to 40c; 
ducks, 27 to 28c. 
FRUITS 
Peaches, 6-basket crate, $1.50 to $3.50; 
muskmclons, bu. crate, $2.75 to $3.75; 
watermelons, carload, $175 to $400; 
blackberries, qt., 15 to 25c; huckleberries, 
qt., 15 to 27c. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, new, bbl., $3 to $4; cabbage, 
bbl., $1.25 to $1.75; onions, %-bu., 60 
to 85c. 
IIAY AND STRAW 
Hay—'Timothy, No. 2, $22 to $23c; No. 
3, $19 to $20; clover mixed, $17 to $21. 
Straw—Rye, $19 to $20; wheat, $14 to 
$14.50. 
Boston Wholesale Prices 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 42 to 43c; common to 
good, 35 to 38c; dairy, 25 to 30c. 
EGGS 
Ghoice nearby, 53 to 54c; common to 
good, 35 to 45c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 33c; broilers, 32 to 33c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 40c ;_ broilers, 43 to 45c; 
squabs, doz., $5 to $7. 
POTATOES 
New stock, bbl., $4 to $4.75. 
FRUITS 
Huckleberries, 25 to 35c; blackberries, 
25 to 35c; raspberries, pt., 15 to 25c; 
currants, qt., 16 to 22c; gooseberries, qt., 
16 to 20c; peaches, 6-basket crate, $2.25 
to $4. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy, No. 1, ton, $32 to $34 ; No. 2, 
$29 to $30; clover mixed, $25 to $31. 
Straw—Rye, $27 to $29; oat, $17. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage, bbl., 75c to $1.25; cucumbers, 
bu., $2.50 to $9; radishes, bu., 75c to 
$1.50; lettuce, bu., $1.25 to $1.75. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
July 21, 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. August 
price $2.90. Pool price for June, $1.4514. 
Prices have 
BUTTER 
declined 
and advanced 
during the week, 
above last report. 
closing 1 to 2 
cents 
Creamery, fancy, lb_ 
@ 
43 
Good to Choice ... 
@ 
41 
Lower Grades. 
@ 
32 
City made. 
@ 
32 
Dairy, best . 
. 40 
@ 
41 
Common to good .. 
@ 
37 
Packing Stock. 
@ 
28 
CHEESE 
Market strong, and 2 to 3 cents higher. 
The Utica price was advanced July 19 
214 cents, to 18 cents. 
Whole Milk, fanoy, new. 21 @ 21J^ 
Good to choice. 17 @ 20 
Skims. 10 @ 14 
EGGS 
White, nearby, oholoe to fanoy. 
Medium tOKOOd. 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
Common to Rood... 
Gathered, best, white. 
Medium to Rood, mixed colors... 
Lower grades. 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers.7 10 @ 8 50 
Bulls . 6 00 @ 7 00 
Cows..... 2 00 @ 5 80 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.10 00 @13 00 
Culls. 6 00 @ 8 00 
Hogs. 8 75 @11 50 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Lambs .10 00 @12 25 
51 
@ 
52 
40 
@ 
46 
42 
@ 
43 
35 
@ 
39 
43 
@ 
44 
35 
@ 
39 
18 
@ 
24 
LIVE POULTRY 
Prices are reported as follows: Fovls, 
30 to 33c; broilers, 30 to 33c; roosters, 
18c; ducks, 23 to 25c; geese, 14 to 15c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 
Com. to good. 
Chickens oholce lb. 
Fair to Good.. 
Fowls. 
Roosters. 
Ducks . 
Squabs, doz . 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs.... . 
Pea. 
Medium .. . . 
Red Kidney.. 
White Kidney.. 
Fellow Eye. 
.... 45 
... 30 
.... 38 
. .. 30 
.... 30 
.... 18 
.... 25 
.... 4 00 
. 6 00 
. 4 00 
4 50 
11 75 
12 50 
7 50 
@ 55 
@ 40 
@ 42 
® 36 
@ 37 
@ 23 
@ 28 
@ 7 00 
@ 6 25 
@ 4 50 
@ 4 75 
@12 00 
@13 25 
® 8 00 
FRUITS 
New apples going slowly, as they are 
mainly poor quality. Peaches selling 
well when sound. Small fruits damaged, 
by hot weather. A large quantity of 
huckleberries dumped. Western musk- 
melons selling well. Some Maryland ar¬ 
riving. but too green. Watermelons in 
good demand. 
Apples, new. bu. 1 25 @3 25 
Peaches. 6-bkt. crate . 150 @3 75 
Watermelons, carload... 300 00 @500 00 
Blackberries, qt. 25 @ 30 
Huckleberries, qt. 20 @ 35 
Cherries, 8-lb. bkt. 1 50 @ 1 75 
Currants, qt . 8 @ 16 
Muskmelons, bu. 3 00 @ 4 25 
POTATOES 
Receipts only moderate and prices 
higher on all sound, clean stock. 
Long Island, bbl. 3 00 @4 50 
Eastern Shore. I 50 @ 4 00 
Jersey . 2 50 @ 3 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 25 @ 3 00 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz. bunches. 2 00 @ 4 50 
Beets, 100 bunches .. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Cabbage, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Carrots, bu. 40 @ 1 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 00 @2 00 
Lettuce, balf-bbl, basket. 50 @2 00 
Onions, new, bu. 125 @ 4 00 
Egg Plants, bu. 1 00 @ 3 75 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 150 @ 2 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 1 00 © 2 00 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 1 00 @ 3 00 
Peppers, bu.1 00 @ 1 75 
Peas, bu. 1 50 @ 3 75 
Romaine.hu. 50 @ 1 25 
Mushrooms, lb. 50 @ 1 50 
Spinach, bbl. 100 @ 2 00 
Kale, bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt crate.I 25 @ 4 25 
3 pk. box. 2 00 @ 5 00 
Squash, bu. . 35 @ 75 
8weet corn, 100. 1 50 @4 00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy,No. l.ton.30 00 @3100 
No. 2.;.28 00 @29 00 
No. 3 .25 00 @27 00 
Shipping.24 00 @25 00 
Clover. Mixed .23 00 @30 00 
Straw, Rye. 22 00 @24 00 
Oat and wheat. . 12 00 @18 00 
GRAIN 
Gash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York: Wheat, No. 2 red Winter, $1.39: 
corn, No. 2 yellow, 84c; oats, No. 2 
white, 51c; rye, $1.39; barley, 77e. 
