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tot RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 13, 1921 
Market News and Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
DROUGHT AND BUGS CUTTING DOWN THE 
CROPS—PRICE TREND SLANTS UPWARD 
The tone of letters from the great pro¬ 
ducing sections is quite different this sea¬ 
son as compared with the big crop year 
of 1920. Complaint is chiefly of drought, 
which has shortened the crops of the 
Great Lakes section and in many parts 
of the Middle West and South. This 
droughty condition seems to be world¬ 
wide, causing partial crop failures in 
many countries of Europe. Curiously 
enough, the floods have been equally 
severe although confined to small sections 
of the south and west. The extensive 
damage resulted mostly from dry weather 
aided here and there by unusual outbreaks 
of insect pests. 
Those objectionable emigrants, the 
gypsy and brown-tail moths, came 
through the winter strong and then 
worked into new territory. They give 
special trouble in orchards surrounded 
by oak woodland. The brown-tail is 
little if any worse than the tent caterpil¬ 
lar-; in fact the two may be handled 
together in the spraying operations. The 
gipsy begins early and eats fast. lie 
needs special attention and a strong spray. 
EASTERN POTATOES IN STRONG POSITION 
Signs of a short potato crop multiply 
and the price lias been going up and across 
the five dollar mark per barrel. The 
main crop will begin to move early this 
season, stimulated by quick maturity and 
fairly high prices. The crop prospect is 
good in Maine which has shipped more 
potatoes than any other State for the past 
five year average. The far west also 
will have a large crop. Potatoes in the 
east seem likely to run light enough to 
bring what would seem quite a fair price 
after last season’s hard experience. Prob¬ 
ably the safe course will be to sell part 
in the fall and keep on selling throughout 
the season. Holding paid well in a few 
war-time seasons, but the average has 
hardly returned the cost and risk. In the 
long run it is better for the producer to 
let the dealer take the chances, provided 
there is real competition among local 
buyers. 
APPLES WILL BE APPLES 
New York has one-third of a crop and 
other important eastern states still less. 
Some of them will not have enough for 
their own needs. The comparatively few 
good orchards are already being looked 
up by city dealers. Northwestern apples 
are being sold in the orchard to some ex¬ 
tent at prices around $2 per box which 
is not far from last season’s price for 
standard winter kinds. Wages and sup¬ 
plies are so much lower this season that 
the grower may do well at last year's price 
for the fruit. Early apples and pears 
have been moving quite liberally because 
of the earliness of the season yet their 
volume is at least one-third less than last 
season. 
Melons and peaches are filling the gap 
as well as possible and peaches have sold 
well. Georgia growers have sold over 
10.000 carloads and many cars sold for at 
least $1.000. They talk about shipping 
15.000 cars as soon as their orchards 
grow to it. The same section is doing 
fairly well with melons but there is. a 
limit to the number the public will con¬ 
sume at high prices even when most fruit 
is* scarce. The last end of the crop has 
been selling low. 
RELIABILITY SELLS GOODS 
Unfortunately the Eastern cantaloupes 
do not hold equal rank with Western. A 
glance at them in the markets shows the 
reason why; all varieties, shapes, sizes, 
and conditions together in a large rough 
box. Some of them will taste good but 
the buyer dislikes to take a chance. He 
passes them by and choses one of the 
western kind from which the inspectors 
have thrown out all but the best until 
they appear rather mure alike than eggs 
in a basket. It is reliability that sells 
so much of the far western stock. The 
same can be and is done to some extent 
anywhere where groups of large growers 
plan somewhat together. 
Many are interested in the New York 
cabbage crop because if is the most im-* 
portant market factor of the east and the 
leading source of the late supply from 
storage. The eastern portion of the cab¬ 
bage belt, including Chenango. Madison, 
Onondaga. Cortland and Cayuga counties 
apparently planted about the same as last 
year and the condition of the. crop has 
been very favorable. Stands are good 
and little insect damage is reported. Far¬ 
ther west. Conditions are more uncertain. 
With a large carry over of kraut, the 
acreage of domestic cabbage for that pur¬ 
pose was somewhat reduced, these re¬ 
ductions being mostly in Ontario and 
Wayne counties. The acreage of Danish 
seed cabbage apparently would have been 
about equal to that of last year but pro¬ 
longed dry weather prevented setting out 
much of the contemplated acreage, and a 
reduction from last year’s acreage seems 
probable. Ontario County cabbage has 
suffered considerably from aphis. Stands 
are uneven and even with favorable 
weather from now on, a yield considerably 
under last year can be expected. In 
Monroe county some fields are excellent 
while others have been injured by the dry 
weather. In Orleans and Niagara counties, 
acreages show a-reduction with prospect¬ 
ive yields below normal, the effects of 
dry weather and aphis having been espec¬ 
ially noticeable in those counties, u. b. F. 
Local Up-state Prices 
SYRACUSE 
Live Poultry—Ducks, per lb., 28c; 
Spring, 30 to 35c; chickens, 30 to 33c; 
fowls, 28 to 35c; geese, 35c; guinea hens, 
each, $1. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, per lb., 50c; 
chickens. 50 to 05c; fowls. 45 to 50c. 
Mutter, lb.. 40 to 50c; eggs. 40 to 50c; 
duck eggs, 45c; honey, comb, 30c; Italian 
cheese, lb., 45c; maple syrup, gal., $1.15. 
Apples, bu.. $1.25 to $2; blackberries, 
crate, $7; elderberries, bu.. $1.50; huck¬ 
leberries, crate, $7.50; pears, bu., $2.50 
to $3; peaches, per 10 qts., $1.25; plums, 
bu., $3 to $4.50. 
Means, stringless, bu., $2 to $2.50: 
English Lima, bu., $1.50; beets, bu.. $1.25 
to $1.50; per doz. bunches. 35c; cabbage, 
new, doz. heads, 50c to $1; celery, doz. 
bunches. 50 to 90c; carrots, doz. bunches, 
35c; chives, bunch, 10c; cucumbers, doz., 
30 to 50c; per bu., 75c to $1.50; pickles, 
per 100. 50c; dill. doz. bunches, 00c; en¬ 
dive, doz. heads, 00c: garlic, lb., 20c; 
kohlrabi, doz., $1 ; lettuce, leaf, crate. 75c 
to $2.50; Boston. doz. heads. 25 to 40c; 
unions, doz. hunches. 20 to 25c; per bu., 
$1 to $1.25; parsley, doz. bunches, 40c; 
peas, bu., $1.50: peppers, bu., $2 to 
$2 50; per doz., 20c; potatoes, new, bu., 
$1.80 to $2; pumpkins, each. 15 to 25c; 
radishes, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; ro- 
maine. doz. heads, 30 to 50c; sage, bunch, 
5c; Summer squash, uer doz., $1; sweet 
corn, doz. ears. 12 to 30c; Swiss chard, 
bundle, 10c; tomatoes, bu.. $3 50 to $5; 
turnips, doz. bunches. 50c 
Hay and Straw—Alfalfa, extra, ton, 
820 to $23; hav. No. 1. $20 to $23; No. 
2. $1S; No. 3, $10; Timothy, ton, $20 to 
$23. Straw—Rye, $10; wheat, $12; 
oat, $8. 
JOH NSON CITY—ENDICOTT 
Round steak, per lb.. 22c; Hamburg. 
20c; boneless roasts, 20c; kettle roasts, 
14 to 18c; porterhouse steak. 28c; roast¬ 
ing pigs. 25c; sausage, 25c; brisket bacon, 
22c; salt pork, 23cj pork loins, 20 to 
25c: sliced ham. 35c; lamb chops. 28c; 
mutton. 12 to 25c; veal chops, 30c: veal 
outlets, 35c; rabbits, live, 35c; dressed, 
40e. . 
Live Poultry—Fowls, heavy, per lb., 
32c; old roosters, 28c; geese. 36c; ducks, 
38c. 
Dressed* Poultry—Roasting chickens, 
per lb.. 50c; fowls, heavy, 3Se; geese, 
42e: ducks, 40c. 
Eggs—Fancy white. 44c: others. 43c. 
Milk, per qt., 9c; skim-milk. 5c; butter¬ 
milk, 5c: butter, prints, lb., 45c; fresh 
dairy, 45c. 
Green apples, per qt.. Sc; cherries. 25c; 
currants. Ifie; plums, 15c. 
Means, dry; lb.. 7e; beets, bunch. 5c; 
horseradish roots, lb. 10c; potatoes, new, 
peck, 50c; old. bu.. 55c; rhubarb, lb.. 5c; 
lettuce, large heads. 5c; parsnips, bu., $1; 
spinach, peck. 20c; sauerkraut, qt.. 15c; 
string beans, qt.. 5c; Summer squash, lb., 
Oe.; new carrots, bunch. 5c; onions, 
green, bunch. 5c: new cabbage, lb.. 4c; 
sweet corn. doz.. 30c: carrots, bu.. 80c; 
turnips, bunch. 5c; radishes, bunch, 5c; 
tomatoes, qt., 15c. 
Honey, clover, cards, 25c; maple syrup, 
gal., $2.25; popcorn, shelled, lb., 10c; on 
cob. 8c. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, per lb., 12 to 
16c; forequarters. 8 to 12c; hindquarters, 
20 to 24o; dressed hogs, light. 13 to 15c; 
heavy, 10 to I2e: Spring lambs. 22 to 
26c; yearling lambs, 16 to 18c; mutton, 
10 to 12c; veal. 14 to 18c. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, per lb., 27c; 
broilers, 27c; springers, 31 to 32c; roost¬ 
ers. old. 15 to 16c; eggs. 38 to 40c. 
Apples. 14-qt. basket. 50 to 75c; per 
bu.. $1.50 to $1.75 currants, red, lb., 10 
to 12c; pears. 14-qt. basket, 75c to $1; 
peaches, basket. 50 to 75e; raspberries, 
black, crate; $5.50 to $6.50; red, crate, 
$6 to $6.50; per pt., 10 to 12c; purple, 
crate. $3.50 to $4 ; per qt.. 12 to 15c; 
Lawton berries, crate. $6.50 to $7 ; goose¬ 
berries. lb.. 12 to 14c; huckleberries, 
crate, $8 to $9; watermelons, each, 35 to 
55c. 
Meets, doz. bunches, 25 to 35c; cauli¬ 
flower, doz. heads, $2.25 to $2 50; cab¬ 
bage. new. doz. heads. 75c to $1 ; carrots, 
doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; celery, doz. 
hunches. 90c to $1.10; cucumbers, doz., 
$1 to $1.25; eggplant, per doz.. $1.75 to 
$2.25; green peppers, 14-qt. basket. 70 
to 75c; lettuce, doz. heads, 35 to 45c; 
mint, green, doz. bunches, 30 to 35c; 
onions, green, doz. bunches. 15 to 20c; 
dry. 14-qt. basket, 50 to 60c; potatoes, 
new. 14-qt. basket, 75 to 85c; old. bu.. 35 
to 45c; pumpkins, doz., $2; pieplant, doz. 
hunches, 35 to 40c; pickles, per 100, 
$1.50 to $2.25; radishes, doz. bunches. 10 
to 12c; sweet corn, host. doz. ears. 25 to 
30c; seconds, doz., 15 to 20c; Summer 
squash, doz. 60 to 90c; tomatoes. 14-qt. 
basket, $1 to $1.25; green beans, basket, 
$1 to $1.25; wax beans, basket, $1 to 
$1.15; watercress, doz bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Hay and Straw—New Timothy, ton, 
$20 to $24. Straw, ton, $14 to $18. 
Wheat, bu., $1.10 to $1.15; corn, 
shelled. 85 to S6c; oats, 42e; rye, $1.10; 
old, $1.15, 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The warm season has rushed produce 
to market at a great rate and cut off 
much of it entirely. Trices are fairly 
strong. Raspberries are about gone, 
which is early but there was not one cool 
day here in July. 
R UTTER—C n EESE—EGG S 
Butter, strong; creamery, 43 to 47c; 
dairy, 29 to 44c; crocks, 30 to 38c; com¬ 
mon. 25 to 28c. Cheese, unsteady; long¬ 
horns, 24 to 27c; daisies, 22 to 23c; flats, 
21 to 22c. Eggs, firm ; hennery, 42 to 
46c; State and Western, candled, 38 to 
41c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys, 55 to 
56c; fowls, 32 to 38c; broilers, 42 to 
45c; old roosters, 22 to 24c; ducks, 30 to 
31c; geese, 28 to 30c. lave poultry, 
strong, 14 to 28c; broilers, 24 to 35c; 
old roosters. 19 to 20c; ducks, 22 to 25c; 
geese, 18 to 20c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, poor quality, easy; New South¬ 
ern. hamper, $1.50 to $2.50; homegrown, 
bu.. $1.50 to $2.25. Potatoes, firm ; South¬ 
ern. bbl.. $5.50 to $5.75; homegrown, bu., 
$1.50 to $1.75. 
FRUITS AND BERRIES 
Tears, scarce, steady; Clapps, bu., 
$1.75 to $2.25: plums, scarce, Abundance, 
6-lb. basket, 35 to 45c; Burbank. 6-lb. 
basket. 50 to 60e; currants, red. 6-lb. bas¬ 
ket. $1 to $1.25; black. $1.20 to $1.30: 
blackberries, qt., 24 to 25c; huckleberries, 
20 to 25c. 
PEACHES AND MELONS 
Teaches, firm ; Southern, bu.. $4 to $5; 
homegrown, 1/3-bu. basket. $1 to $1.25. 
Melons, easy: cantaloupes, flats. $1 to 
$1.25; California, standard crate. $3 50 
to $4; honeydews, $1.50 to $2.25 ; water¬ 
melons. each, 30 to N0c. 
Pea n s—on io n s 
Beaus, weak ; kidney, ewt., $8.50 to $9; 
marrow, $S t_o $8.50; pea and medium, 
$4.25 to $5 50. Onions, firm; Jersey, 
hamper, $4.50 to $4.75; homegrown, bu., 
$1.65 to $1.85. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, steady ; beets, doz. bunches, 
30 to 45c; radishes. 25 to 35c; carrots, 
35 to 45c; green onions. 20 to 25c; string 
beans, bu., $1.25 to $2.50; cucumbers, 
Southern, bu., 50o to $1 : tomatoes, $1.50 
to $3; turnips, white. $1 to $1.25; yellow. 
$125 to $1.50; cabbage. 100 heads'. $6 to 
$7; celery, bunch. 30 to 40e; corn. doz. 
ears, 20 to 35c; lettuce, box. $1.50 to 
$2.75: tomatoes, box. $1.50 to $2.75*; 
peas. bag. $5 to $5.50; eggplant, doz., 
$1.50 to $1.75. 
SWEETS 
Honey, dull : light comb, lb.. 28 to 30c; 
dark, 22 to 25c; maple products, quiet; 
sugar, lb., 20 to 30c; syrup, gal., $1.50 to 
$1.75. 
FEED 
Hay, quiet : old Timothy, track, "ton. 
$17.50 to $20; clover mixed. $18.50 to 
$19; straw, $9 to $11 ; wheat bran, ton. 
earlot. $19.50; middlings, $19 50; Red 
dog, $34.50; cottonseed meal. $44.25; 
oilmeal.' $44.50; hominy, $29.50; gluten. 
$32; fat feed, $11; rye middlings. $20.30 
j. \v. c. 
Boston Wholesale Prices 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 44 to 45c; common to 
good, 35 to 40c; dairy, 30 to 40c. 
EGGS 
Choice nearby, 54 to 55c; common to 
good, 45 to 50c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 33c; broilers, 30 to 32c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 35 to 40c; broilers, 40 to 42c; 
squabs, doz., $5 to $7. 
POTATOES 
New stock, bbl., $5 to $5.50. 
Fruits 
Huckleberries, 25 to 30c; blackberries, 
25 to 35c; raspberries, pt.. 15 to 25c; 
poaches, 6-basket crate. $4 to $5.50; ap¬ 
ples, native, bu., $1 to $4. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy. No. 1, ton, $34 to $35; No. 
2, $31 to $32; clover mixed, $25 to $31. 
Straw—Rye, $25 to $26; oat, $17. 
VEGETABLES . 
Cabbage, bbl.. $1.75 to $2.25; cucum¬ 
bers, bu., $1 to $3: radishes, bu., 50c to 
$1; lettuce, bu., 50c to $1.50; peppers, 
bu., $1.50 to $2; sweet corn, bu., $1 to $2. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
Teaches, 6 -basket crate. $3 to $5; 
muskmelons, bu. crate, $1.50 to $2.75; 
watermelons, carload, $175 to $325; 
blackberries, qt., 15 to 20c; huckleberries, 
qt., 15 to 27c. 
VEGETABLES 
Totatoes, new, bbl., $3 to $4.50; cab¬ 
bage. %-bu. basket, 40 to 60c; onions, %- 
bu., 75 to 85c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—Timothy, No. 2, $23 to $24 ; No. 
3. $20 to $ 21 ; clover mixed. 817 to $ 21 . 
Straw—Rye, $19 to $ 20 ; wheat. $12 to 
$12.50. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
August 4, 1921 
MILK 
The New York prices for August fluid 
milk, 3 per cent, $2.90 per 100 lbs. in 
201 to 250-mile zone. 
Butter 
Market 3 to 4 cents higher on most 
good stock. 
Creamery, fancy. lb. 45 ® 
Good to Cbolce . 40 
Lower Grades. so „ 
City made. 28 @ 
Dairy, beet . 42 
Common to good . 
Packing Stock. . 
CHEESE 
Utica, N. Y.. market, August 
cents, one-fourth cent advance. _ 
reported slower in the West and Canada. 
Local trade fairly good, choice lots being 
held above current figures. 
Whole Milk, funcy, new. 
Good to choice. 
Skims. 
EGGS 
White, nearby, cbolce to fancy.... 
Medium to good . 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
Common to good. 
Gathered, best, white. 45 
Medium to good, mixed color*. 
Lower grades. 
LIVE STOCK 
steer*. 7 00 at 9 25 
Bull* . 4 00 a 6 vo 
cow*.. 2 00 a 5 00 
Calve*, prim* Teal, 100 lb*. 10 00 @14 00 
Cull*. g 00 a 8 00 
Hog*. 8 75 a 12 00 
Sbeep. 100 lb*. 3 00 a s 00 
Lambs . 1000 alSOO 
LIVE POULTRY 
Trices are reported as follows: Fowls, 
27 to 31c; broilers, 30 to 38c; roosters, 
18c; ducks, 25 to 30c; geese, 14 to 16c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
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Turkeys, best. 
Com. to good. 
Chickens choice lb. 
Fair to Good. 
Fowls. 
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Ducks . 
....... 38 
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a 55 
a 40 
a 42 
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a 38 
a 25 
a 28 
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Squabs, do*. 
. 4 00 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lb). . . 
. 5 50 
a 6 00 
Pea . 
a 4 75 
a 4 75 
Medium .. 
. 4 50 
Red Kidney . 
a 12 00 
White Kidney. 
@13 00 
Yellow Eye. 
.. 7 50 
a 8 00 
FRUITS 
Apples, new. bu. 
. 1 25 
a 4 25 
Peaches, 6- bkt. crate. 
. . . 1 50 
a 5 00 
Watermelons, carload. 
. 225 00 
@400 00 
Blackberries, qt. 
. 20 
@ 30 
Huckleberries, qt... 
. 20 
(a 35 
Muskmelons. bu. 
a 3 75 
Pears, bbl. 
@10 00 
POTATOES 
• Trices $2 per barrel higher on the bet¬ 
ter grades. No improvement on .scabby 
or low quality stock, of which there is a 
considerable quantity. 
Long Island, bbl. 5 (HI a 6 00 
Eastern Shore... .. 2 00 <a 6 00 
Jersey . 3 00 a 6 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 50 a 3 25 
VEGETABLES 
.. 2 on a 2 50 
3 00 a 4 vo 
Beets, 100 bunches .. 
Cabbage, bbl. 
Carrot6, bu. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Lettuce, hulf-bbl. basket. 
Onions, new, bu. 
Egg Plants, bu. 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 
Peppers, bu. 
Peas, bu. 
Romaine. bu. 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt crate. 
3 pk. box. 
Squash, bu . 
Sweet corn, 100. 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 
Lima Beans, bu. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy,No. 1. ton. 
No. 2. 
.... 31 00 
No. 3. 
.27 00 
Shipping. 
clover. Mixed . 
.25 00 
Straw. Rye . 
Oat and wheat. 
.11 00 
75 a I 50 
75 @ 2 00 
50 a 2 25 
75 a 3 00 
100 a 150 
1 50 (a 2 00 
100 a 2 00 
1 00 an 25 
50 a 100 
3 00 a 5 00 
50 a 1 50 
50 a 100 
I 25 ffl 2 50 
75 a 3 00 
35 a 75 
75 a 3 50 
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GRAIN 
Cash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York: Wheat, No. 2 red Winter, $1.38; 
corn. No. 2 yellow. Sic; oats, No. 2 
white, 51c; rye, $1.26; barley, 80c. 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 45 to 47c; common to 
good, 35 to 42c; packing stock, 24 to 27c. 
EGGS 
Nearby fancy, 51 to 52c; gathered, 
common to good, 35 to 39c. 
FIVE POULTRY 
Fowls. 30 to 32c; broilers, 34 to 40c; 
ducks, IS to 22c. 
PRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 34 to 40c; broilers, 34 to 40c; 
ducks, 27 to 28c. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter—Best .50 to .52 
Good to choice.45 to .4!) 
Eggs—Fancy .55 to .60 
Good to choice.45 to .52 
Totatoes, lb.03 to .04 
Lettuce, head .10 to .15 
Teaches, doz.30 to .50 
Blackberries, qt. 30 to .40 
Huckleberries, qt.35 to .45 
Chickens, lb.45 to .48 
Fowls, lb. 40 to .45 
Bacon, lb. 40 to 50 
