Iht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1141 
Market News and 
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Countrywide Produce Situation 
SOME GROWERS OVER-CONFIDENT IN VIEW 
OF DEPRESSION—MOST LINES 
IN GOOD DEMAND 
Some holders of apples, potatoes, onions, 
cotton and grain are in danger of too 
much enthusiasm. A shortage now does 
not mean quite the same as in boom times. 
The falling off in most lines of foreign 
trade is well known. To need our surplus 
produce is different from being able to 
pay for it. Of the home market the same 
is true. One very definite feature since 
the war is the decrease of carload supplies 
taken by some ofthe large cities. It means 
that thousands of war workers have gone 
back home, many of them to the small 
towns and the farms, where they no 
longer cut much of a figure as buyers of 
produce. 
BUYING POWER W T EAKER 
Of those who stay in the cities, millions 
are out of work, while others get less pay 
than they received only last season. Many 
families will buy less than usual when¬ 
ever prices look too high. For such rea¬ 
sons as these, even a short crop may be 
enough, especially if too many growers 
hold their surplus back until near the end 
of the season. It is a time for reason¬ 
able confidence, but without warrant for 
obstinate waiting and delay. Produce 
should be kept moving to market when¬ 
ever the supply lets up for a while and 
prices tend to recover. There is no need 
of hurry to sell the shortage crops all at 
once, neither should there be a disposi¬ 
tion to wait for the very top. In many 
sections there will be an unusual chance 
to sell most of the stuff in the small mar¬ 
kets near home. Such markets may be 
troublesome to supply, but they bring sure 
net returns. 
Southern truck growers will put in 
some strong competition toward the end 
of the potato, onion and cabbage seasons. 
Many of them are alive to the northern 
shortage and planning increased acreage 
of these crops. They will make it harder 
Id sell much of the old stock after March 
if they should have another early season. 
APPLES IN DEMAND 
The apple outlook seems best of them 
all. Competition is all in sight. The 
crc p is doing better than seemed possible, 
at one time, but still the supply will be 
light, and the crop ought to sell at least 
as high as in any late year, even if Cana¬ 
dian apples capture most of the foreign 
trade. The West will try to export some 
boxed fruit unless the domestic trade gets 
them all first. It appears that a large 
part of the crop, both Fast and West, is 
already under contract. The crop of cran¬ 
berries. like most other fruits, is rather 
light, compared with last year’s produc¬ 
tion. Massachusetts and New Jersey 
growers have nearly a monopoly on this 
fruit, under one of the most efficient sys¬ 
tems of production and marketing ever 
applied to a farm product. 
LOOKING FOR POTATO SUPPLIES 
For the potato market the most encour¬ 
aging sign is the beginning of active in¬ 
quiry from buyers in the Middle West. 
Even the smaller towns in Iowa and ad¬ 
joining States are looking for supplies and 
terms from shippers in North, Central 
and far Western producing districts. 
Maine and New York will have plenty to 
do in filling the Eastern demand. Po¬ 
tatoes along the whole Northern potato 
belt have been doing somewhat better at 
the end of the growing season, especially 
the late maturing of the crop, but pro¬ 
duction is still short. 
GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK 
The world’s wheat crop is not short, 
despite failure and famine in some coun¬ 
tries. There will be as much grain as 
can be paid for, and only moderate gains 
in prices are to be expected. At present 
the export demand is active. Short potato 
crops in Europe will increase the con¬ 
sumption of grain of all kinds. Later 
in the season. Canada, shut off from our 
markets by the tariff, will take more of 
the export trade in wheat. Prices are 
higher in Canada than here. Our Westj 
ern markets average strong at about $1.25 
per bu.. compared with $1.40 in Western 
Canada. Corn prices are holding about 
steady. 
Live stock has been marketed too fast 
lately. With corn at not much over 50c 
per bu. it should be used more liberally to 
give a better finish to some of the fat 
stock or half fed that is now being 
shipped. Cattle, hogs and sheep have been 
arriving in too large numbers for best 
results to producers. For fat steers $10 
per 100 lbs. is close to the top in Western 
cities. Calves are selling at $10 to $12 
per 100 lbs. In sections where milk is in 
oversupplv more calves ought to be fat¬ 
tened. Western lambs range $0 to $10 
and hogs sell near the low point of the 
year, around $8. 
BUTTER SUPPLY MODERATE 
Little reason appears for recent de- 
elines in the butter market. Western out¬ 
put has been greatly reduced as the result 
of drought. There is less butter in stor¬ 
age than last year, and demand is good. 
There is some butter coming from New 
Zealand, but all to far Western markets. 
Canada is shipping some butter, but not 
much compared with last season. Cheese 
markets seem inclined to advance at ship¬ 
ping points under liberal buying for stor¬ 
age. 
Milk powder is becoming an important 
product. Over 700,000 lbs. were exported 
in July. This product has absorbed a 
good deal of surplus milk, and does not as 
yet compete much with fresh market milk. 
G. B. F. 
Local Up-State Markets 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb.. 20c; boneless roasts, lb., 
20c; choice kettle roasts, lb., 18c; porter¬ 
house steak, lb., 30c ; neck cuts, lb.. 10c; 
round steak, lb., 28c; lamb chops, lb.. 35 
to 40c; mutton, lb., 12 to 25c; roasting 
pigs, lb., 25c; sausage, lb., 25c; salt pork, 
lb., 20c; pork loin, lb., 32 to 38c; sliced 
ham, lb.. 35 to 3Sc; brisket bacon, lb., 
22c; veal loaf, lb., 30c; rabbit, lb.. 35c; 
woodchuck, lb., 25c. 
Live Poultry—Broilers, lb., 33c; heavy 
fowls, lb., 30c; old roosters, lb.. 25c; tur¬ 
keys, lb., 45 to 50c ; geese, lb., 34c; ducks, 
lb.. 32c. 
Dressed Poultry—Heavy fowls, lb., 
35c; roasting chickens, lb., 38c; turkeys, 
lb., 55c; geese, lb., 38c; ducks, lb., 38c. 
Eggs, fancy white, 50c; browns, 40c; 
mixed colors, 40c; milk, qt., 10c; butter¬ 
milk, qt., 5c; skim-milk, qt., 5c; butter, 
creamery, fancy prints, lb., 50c; dairy 
prints, 50c; cheese, cream, lb.. 33c; skim, 
lb., 17c; cottage cheese, lb., 10c; Pimento 
cheese, lb., 15c. 
Honey, clover, card. 28c; extracted, lb., 
20c: popcorn, shelled, lb., 10c; on cob, 
lb., 8c; buckwheat flour, lb., 5c; maple 
syrup, gal., $2.50 ; vinegar, gal., 40c. 
Peaches, freestones, per y 2 bu., $1.50 to 
$1.60; pears, Bartlett, bu., $3; pie apples, 
qt., 8c; apples, best, peck, 75c; dried ap¬ 
ples, lb., 12y 2 c; plums, peek, 75c; cit¬ 
rons, each, 10 to 15c. 
Beans, string, qt.. 5c; dry, lb., 6c; 
beets, best, bu., $1.25; cabbage, white, lb., 
3c; cucumbers, each, 1 to 3c; per bu., $1; 
sweet corn, doz., 15c; carrots, bunch. 5c; 
per bu., $1.75; cauliflower, best, lb.. 10c; 
celery, best, 12y 2 c; dill pickles, each, lc; 
dill, bunch, 5c; eggplant, best. 15c; me¬ 
dium, 10c; lettuce, large heads. 5c; on¬ 
ions. green, bunch, 5c; dry, lb., 5c; bu., 
$1.75; peas, qt., 10c; potatoes, new, peck, 
45 to 50c; old. peck. 20c; pumpkins, each, 
10 to 20c; rhubarb, lb., 5c; radishes, 
white, bunch, 5c; sauerkraut, qt.. 15c; 
spinach, peck, 20c; squash. Hubbard, lb., 
4c; rutabagas, bu., 00c; tomatoes, qt.. 5c; 
per bu., $1.25; vegetable oysters, bunch, 
10c. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 12 to 16c; 
forequarters, lb., 8 to 12c; hindquarters, 
lb., 16 to 20c; dressed hogs, light, lb.. 13 
to 15c; heavy, 10 to 12c; Spring lambs, 
lb., IS to 22c; yearling lambs, lb., 16 to 
18c; mutton, lb., 8 to 12c; veal, lb., 15 
to 17c. 
Live Poultry—Fowls, lb.. 25c; broilers, 
lb., 28 to 30c; springers, lb., 30c; roost¬ 
ers, old, 24 to 25c; eggs, 45 to 50c. 
Apples. 14-qt. basket, 75c to $1; per 
bu., $1.25 to $2; crabapples, basket, 75c 
to $1; elderberries, basket. 40 to 60c; 
grapes, peck. 75c to $1; 14-qt. basket, 
$1.40 to $1.50; pears, lb., 2 to 3c; per 
bu., $1.25 to $1.75; plums. 14-qt. basket, 
$1 to $1.25; peaches, Elbertas, basket, 
75 to 90c; seconds, basket. 45 to 50c; 
prunes, 14-qt. basket, $1.50 to $1.75; 
muskmelons. doz., $1 to $2; watermelons, 
each, 30 to 50c. 
Beets, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; pickling, 
peck, 50 to 00c; cabbage, new, doz. heads. 
75c to $1.25; carrots, doz. bunches. 20 to 
25c; celery, doz. bunches, 75 to 90c; cu¬ 
cumbers. doz., 40 to 50c; eggplant, doz.. 
75c to $1 ; green peppers, 14-qt. basket. 45 
to 50c-; red peppers, 14-qt. basket, 05 to 
85c; Hubbard squash, lb.. 3c; Lima 
beans, lb., 20 to 25c; lettuce, per doz. 
heads, 30 to 45c; head lettuce, per doz., 
75c to $1.25; mint, green, doz. bunches, 
30 to 35c; onions, dry, bu., $1.50 to $2; 
green, doz. bunches. 15 to 20c; potatoes, 
new, bu., $1.50 to $1.60; per 14-qt. bas¬ 
ket. 75 to 85c; pumpkins, doz., $1 to 
$1.50; pickles, dill, per 100, 35 to 40c; 
small, per 100, 25 to 30c; radishes, doz. 
bunches. 10 to 12c; sweet corn, best, per 
doz., 15 to 20c ; seconds, doz.. 10 to 12c; 
Summer squash, per doz., 40 to 50c; to¬ 
matoes, 14-qt. basket, 25 to 35c; turnips, 
14-qt. basket. 75c; green beans, per bas¬ 
ket, 60 to 70c; wax beans, 60 to 70c; 
watercress, doz. bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand-picked, medi¬ 
um. $2.75; red marrow. $8; white mar¬ 
row, $5; red kidney, $8; white kidney, 
$9; pea. $3.75 yellow eye, $6.50; imperi¬ 
als, $7. 
Hides—Steers, No. 1, lb.. 4c; No. 2, 
3c; cows and heifers. No. 1. lb., 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; fleece, lb., 15 to 
18c ; unwashed, medium, 15 to 18c. 
Wheat, all varieties, bu., $1.10 to 
$1.15; corn, shelled, bu., 80 to 82c; oats, 
new. bu., 48 to 50c; rye, per bu., $1 to 
$1.05. 
Hay, new Timothy, ton, $23 to $27; 
straw, ton, $14 to $18. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Live Poultry—Ducks, lb., 28c; Spring, 
lb., 30 to 33c; chickens, lb., 30c; fowls, 
lb., 28 to 32c; geese, lb., 35c; guinea 
hens, each, $1. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb., 40 to 50c; 
chickens, 40 to 50c; fowls, lb., 45 to 50c, 
Eggs, 50c; duck eggs, 55c. 
Butter, lb., 50 to 55c; Italian cheese, 
lb., 40 to 45c. 
Apples, per bu., $1 to $1.25; canta¬ 
loupes, crate, $1.25 to $2.50; crabapples, 
bu., $1.50; elderberries, bu., $1.25; 
grapes, lb., 10c; pears, bu., $1.25; Bart¬ 
lett, $1.75 to $2; peaches, bu., $2.50 to 
$3; plums, bu.. $2; prunes, bu., $3.50 to 
$4 ; watermelons, each. 20 to 30c. 
. Beans, stringless, per bu., $2 to $2.50; 
Lima, per bu.. $3; beets, bu.. $1.50; doz. 
bunches, 40 to 50c; cabbage, new, doz. 
heads, $1 to $1.25; celery, doz. bunches, 
50 to 70c; carrots, doz. bunches, 30c ; 
cauliflower, doz.. $3 ; chives, bunch, 10c; 
cucumbers, doz. 20c; per bu., 50c; pickles, 
per 100, 35 to 40c; dill, doz. bunches, 25c; 
eggplant, per doz.. $1.75; endive, doz., 
60c; garlic, lb.. 20c; Hubbard squash, 
per lb., 2c; kohlrabi, doz., 60c; lettuce, 
leaf, crate. 75c to $2.50; Boston, per 
doz., 75c; onions, bu., $2; parsley, doz. 
bunches, 40c; peppers, doz., 20c; per bu., 
$1.75 to $2; potatoes, bu., 70c to $1.50; 
radishes, doz. bunches. 15 to 20c; ro- 
maine, doz. heads, 30 to 50e; sage, bunch, 
5c; Summer squash, per doz., 40 to 60c; 
sweet corn, doz. ears, 10 to 15c; Swiss 
chard, bundle, 10c; tomatoes, bu., 50 to 
90c; turnips, doz. bunches, 50c. 
Hay and Straw—Alfalfa, ton, $20 to 
$23; hay. No. 1. ton, $20; No. 2, $18; 
No. 3, $16; Timothy, ton. $22; straw, 
rye, ton, $14; wheat, $12; oat, $8. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
Butter has eased off again, and pota¬ 
toes are down. As a rule a heavy supply 
has weakened prices. Warm weather re¬ 
turned late in August and continues, 
which increases the supply. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, lower; creamery, 40 to 44c; 
dairy, 34 to 41c; crocks, 33 to 39c; com¬ 
mon, 27 to 28c. Cheese, dull; flats, 20 to 
31c; daisies, 21 to 22c; longhorns, 23 to 
24c. Eggs, steadier ; hennery, 43 to 50c; 
State and Western candled, 34 to 41c; 
storage, 33 to 34c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys, 55 to 
56c ; fowl. 32 to 36c; chickens, 38 to 42c; 
broilers, 3S to 40c; old roosters. 24 to 
25c; ducks, 33 to 34c; geese, 23 to 25c; 
live poultry, low ; good demand; fowl, 20 
to 27c; broilers, 20 to 27c; chickens, 27 
to 28c; old roosters. 19 to 20c; ducks, 20 
to 25c; geese, 18 to 20c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, steady; best red, bu., $2.25 to 
$2.75; green, $1.50 to $2; common, 75c 
to $1 ; crabapples, $1.25 to $2.25. Po¬ 
tatoes, lower; Jerseys, sacks, $3.50 to 
$4.50; homegrown, bu., $1.25 to $1.75; 
sweets, hamper, $2.25 to $2.40. 
GRAPES—BERRIES—MELON,•* 
Grapes, steady; blue, 20-lb. basket, $1 
to $1.25; huckleberries, crate, $6 to $7; 
elderberries, bu., $1.50 to $1.75. Melons, 
higher; cantaloupes, crate, $3 to $3.50; 
honey dews and Casabas, box, $1.50 to 
$1.75; watermelons, each, .20 to 75c. 
TREE FRUITS 
Peaches, firmer; home-grown, 1/3-bu. 
basket, 65c to $1.25 ; bu., $1.75 to $2.75; 
pears, firm ; JRartletts, bu., $2.25 to $2.75; 
Clapps, $1.50 to $2; common, 75c to 
$1.25; plums, active; large, 6-lb. basket, 
30 to 35c; small, 20 to 25c; prunes, 6-lb. 
basket, 50 to 70c. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, steady: kidney, cwt., $9 to $10; 
marrow, $7 to $8; onions, quiet; home¬ 
grown, bu., $1.50 to $2 ; State and West¬ 
ern, sack, $3 to $3.50; Spanish, crate, 
$2.50 to $2.75. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, quiet; beets, bu., 75c to $1; 
string beans, 50c to $1 : carrots, 75c to 
$1; cauliflower, $1 to $1.25 ; cucumbers, 
25 to 50c; eggplant, 50c to $1; peppers, 
75c to $1.35 ; spinach, 40 to 50c ; Summer 
squash, 65 to 85c; tomatoes, 45 to 65c; 
turnips, white, 75c to $1 ; yellow. $1 to 
$1.25; cabbage, 100 -heads. $6 to $8; cel¬ 
ery, bunch, 30 to 65c; lettuce. 2-bu. box, 
50c to $1; corn, doz. ears. 5 to 15c; rad¬ 
ishes, doz, bunches, 10 to 12c; parsley, 25 
to 30c; green onions, 15 to 20c. 
SWEETS 
Honey, dull; white comb, lb., 24 to 25c; 
dark, 18 to 20c; maple products, quiet; 
sugar, lb., 25 to 30c; syrup, gal., $1.50 to 
$1.75. 
FEED 
Hay, dull; Timothy, bulk, ton, $19.50 
to $22; clover mixed, $19 to $21; straw, 
$9 to $11; wheat bran, ton, carlot, 
$17.50; middlings, $20.50; red dog, 
$32.50; cottonseed meal. $43.75 ; oilmeal, 
$42; gluten, $34.50; hominy. $29.50; oat 
feed, $9; rye middlings, $21.50. j. w. c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best, 45 to 46c; good to 
choice, 40 to 44c; dairy, 30 to 38c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby. 60 to 62c: gathered, best, 
50 to 54c; lower grades, 35 to 45c; stor¬ 
age, 33 to 36c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 32c; broilers, 26 to 28c, 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Roasting chickens, 45 to 52c; broilers, 
32 to 35c; fowls, 30 to 37c; ducks, 30 
to 31c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, new, bbl„ $3 to $7; peaches, 
14-qt. basket, $1.25 to $2; pears, bu., 
$2 to $2.50; cranberries, %-bbl. crate, 
$5.50. 
POTATOES 
Nearby, bu. box, $1.50 to $1.75; Maine, 
100 lbs., $2.25 to $2.35; sweet potatoes 
bbl., $3.25 to $4. 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bu. box, 50 to S5c; carrots, bu., 
75e to $1; cucumbers, bu., $1 to $3; 
sweet corn, bu., 50 to 85c; peppers, bu., 
75c to $1; radishes, bu., 25 to 50c; 
squash, bbl., $2.50 to $3; tomatoes, bu.. 
75c to $1; turnips, yellow, $1 to $1.25 ; 
rutabagas, 150 lbs., $1.50 to $2. 
TIAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy, No. 1, $30 to $31; No. 
2. $28 to $29 ; No. 3, $24 to $25; clover 
mixed, $24 to $28. Straw, rye, $23 to 
$28; oat, $14 to $18. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
September 8, 1921 
MILK 
New York price for September fir'd 
milk in 201 to 210-mile zone, $2.90 fo 
3 per cent fat. City retail prices: Grade 
A, bottled. 18c; B, bottled, qt., 15c: ; 1 . 
10c; B, loose, 11c; buttermilk, 11c; ocrt'- 
fied. qt., 28c; pt., 17c; heavy cream, ' 
pt., 29c; route cream, y 2 pt., 19c. 
Butter 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
Good to Choice . 
Lower Grades. 
City rnada-. 
... 42 
... 31 
& 
(it 
43 
41 
: 4 
Dairy, beet . 
& 
(1 
Common to good 
Q 
hi; 
Packing Stock. 
• 
28 
CHEESE 
WboleMllk, fancy, new... 
... 21 
<a 
21V; 
Good to choice. 
6 
20 
Skims. 
EGGS 
White, nearby, oholce to fanoy ... 
• 
00 
Medium to good. 
6 
55 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
6 
41) 
Common to good. 
‘it 
41 
Gathered, best. 
<ct 
45 
Medium to good.... 
35 
6 
42 
Lower grades. 
6 
21 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers . 
Bulls . 
5 00 
Cows. 
Calves, prime veal,100 lbs. 
@10 00 
Cnlls. 
Hogs. 
oh l n 7 * 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
6 
5 00 
Lambs . 
@11 00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Prices are reported as follows: Fowls, 
20 to 27c; broilers, 23 to 25c; roosters, 
15c; ducks, 22 to 25c; geese, 16 to 18c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 45 <a 55 
Com. to good. 301 @ 40 
Chickens ohotce lb. 38 @ 40 
Fair to Good. 30 @ 35 
Fowls. 28 @ 33 
Roosters. 17 19 
Docks . 25 6 28 
8quabs, do*. 4 00 a 8 00 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lb(. 6 50 a 6 7* 
Pea. 5 00 a 5 50 
Medium . 5 25 a 5 50 
Red Kidney.1175 a 12 00 
White Kidney.1175 a 12 00 
Fellow Eye. 7 50 @8 00 
FRUITS 
Apples, bu. 1 25 a 3 00 
Peaches, bu bkt. 2 00 a 3 50 
Watermelons, carload . 175 00 6300 00 
Huckleberries, qt. 25 a 45 
Muskmelons, bu. 1 50 a 3 50 
Pears, bbl. 4 00 @ 9 00 
Plums, 8-lb. bkt. 25 @ 40 
Grapes. 20 lb. bkt. io @ I 00 
POTATOES 
Long Island, bbl. 4 00 a 4 75 
Jersey . 2 50 a 3 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 25 a 1 75 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, 100 bunches. 2 00 a 3 00 
Cabbage, bbl. 2 00 a 3 00 
Carrots, bu. 75 @ 95 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 00 @3 50 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 75 a 125 
Onions, bu. 1 00 a 3 00 
Hlgg Plants, bn. 50 a 75 
Turnips, rutabaga bbl. 1 50 a 2 25 
Radishes. 100 bunches. loo @2(0 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 25 @ 1 00 
Peppers, bu. 40 a 75 
Peas, bu. 1 00 a 4 00 
Komaine.bu. 50 @ 150 
Mushrooms, lb. 50 @ 75 
Tomatoes, 6-bkt crate. 50 @ 1 511 
3 pk. box. 50 a l 75 
Squash, bu . 75 a 1 00 
Sweet corn. 100. 75 a 2 00 
Cauliflowers, bu. 1 50 @ 4 50 
Lima Beans, bu. 1 00 @2 25 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy,No. 1. .. 28 00 629 00 
No. 2 .24 00 @27 00 
No. 3 .20 00 6 23 00 
Shipping.19 00 @210(1 
Glover. Mixed .21 00 @27 00 
Straw. Rye. 20 00 @22 00 
Oat and wheat..’.12 00 @18 00 
GRAIN 
Cash wholesale prices quoted at New 
York : ^ Wheat, No. 2 red Winter, $1.43; 
corn, No. 2 yellow, 77c; oats. No. 2 white, 
48c ; rye, $1.20 ; barley, 75c. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter, best, lb.52 to .53 
Good to choice.48 to .51 
Eggs, fancy ...: .65 to .70 
Good to choice. 55 to 60 
Potatoes, lb.03 to !04 
Lettuce, head .10 to 15 
Sweet corn, doz.30 to .35 
