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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 15, 1921 
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Countrywide Produce Situation 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHIPMENTS HEAVY 
IN OCTOBER, OFTEN 3,000 CARS PER DAY 
—PRICES TEND DOWNWARD IN SOME 
LINES UNDER LIBERAL SUPPLIES- 
MORE AND CHEAPER BUTTER 
October is the big month for fruits and 
vegetables. About 3,000 cars are shipped 
daily for several weeks. Fully one-third 
of these are potatoes, and the rest mostly 
apples, cabbage, onions, sweet potatoes, 
tomatoes, oranges, pears, peaches and 
plums, in about the order named, vnc. - 
her is the month when appetites begin to 
sharpen. Supplies increase and accumu¬ 
late until the holiday feasts. Prices are 
likely to be lowest during October be¬ 
cause of heavy supplies. Following 
months often show advances when the 
crops are not too large. As a gen¬ 
eral rule it is well to market early 
when the crop is large, but not to 
hurry when there, is crop shortage. Some 
producers this season are acting as if 
they did not believe most crops are short. 
One reason is that many lost money by 
holding back shipments last season. Some 
need quick returns to pay old bills. Many 
have poor stock which nobody wants for 
storage, but which they think will bring 
something on consignment. 
POTATOES FILLED 10.000 CARS 
the first week in October, the heaviest 
week of the season, and probably as 
heavy as any week of any season. It 
was about equal to the country’s usual 
requirements for a month. This rush to 
ship potatoes seems to be unfortunate in 
some ways. With a slowei movement 
Ihe supply and price might have held 
steady, with less risk of a shortage later 
in the season. Everybody ought to get 
a fair price for potatoes in a short crop 
year, but this can hardly be done when 
they come 10.000 carloads per week. 
.Naturally prices have tended slightly 
downward under such conditions, rang¬ 
ing early in the month from .$1 to $1.75 
per 100 lbs. in producing sections. Maine 
potatoes are the lowest priced among 
Eastern stock, partly because of the large 
crop there. 
The Maine potatoes are somewhat over 
size, but the big ones are mostly regular 
in shape and not hollow. To get the 
most out of large, smooth potatoes they 
should be sorted cut. and handled by 
themselves as baking stock, but this 
method can hardly be followed by indi¬ 
vidual growers, because no definite mar¬ 
ket for baking stock has been established 
in most Eastern cities. In the West 
many of the hotels make an attractive 
specialty of large baked potatoes, and 
baking stock sells higher than ordinary 
sizes and grades. The same plan could 
be followed in the East with a little co¬ 
operation and advertising, and the rest 
of the crop would be worth more with 
the extra large grade taken out. 
APPLE PRICES FIRM 
Prices of choice Winter apples hold 
firm around $6 per barrel at Eastern 
country shipping points and around $7 
in the large cities. Growers get for the 
apples, orchard run, without packages, 
about $1.50 per bushel. Demand is ac¬ 
tive, quite in contrast with the early 
stagnation a year ago. Western apples 
seem to be harder to sell than the Eastern 
stock. The crop is so large in the North¬ 
west and the early prices so high that 
buyers have hesitated to take up the crop 
for storage. Most sales thus far have 
been for shipment to the great markets 
for early use and consumption. Prices 
to growers have ranged around $2 per 
box. including box and packing. These 
prices are for the best grades of standard 
varieties and show a net price about the 
same as stock under similar conditions in 
the East. Some classes of Eastern ap¬ 
ples have been selling as high as the best 
Western stock this season. To a con¬ 
siderable extent it seems to be a matter 
of supply and demand. Eastern stock 
often sells low because the crop is so 
large, but when the Western crop is large 
and the Eastern crop light the price situ¬ 
ation is more closely balanced. 
PRICES OF BUTTER AND CHEESE 
have declined a little less than one-third 
compared with prices a year ago. The 
decline corresponds in a general way with 
an increased output of dairy products the 
past three months, and the greater pro¬ 
duction in turn has been in response to 
lower cost of feed and other essentials. 
Possibly any great advance in prices 
would draw heavy imports from Den¬ 
mark. New Zealand and Australia, which 
are showing great increases in exports 
and seem to be able to compete in Amer¬ 
ican markets after paying the freight and 
tariff charges. G. b. f. 
Local Up-State Markets 
JOHNSON CITY—ENPICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb., 20c; boneless roasts, lb.. 
20c: kettle roasts, lb.. LSe; porterhouse 
steak, lb.. 30c: round steak, lb.. 2Sc; neck 
cuts, lb., 3c: lamb chops lb.. 35 to 40c: 
mutton, lb., 12 to 25c; veal chops, lb.. 
3°e; veal cutlet, lb.. 40c: veal loaf, lb., 
30 e; roasting pigs. lb.. 25c; sausage, lb., 
25c: salt pork., lb.. 20c: pork loin. lb.. 
30 to 38c: pork chops, lb.. 32c; sliced 
ham. lb. 35 to 38c; brisket bacon, lb., 
22c; rabbit, lb., 25c; woodchuck, lb., 20c. 
Live Poultry.—Fowls, lb., 30c; old 
roosters, lb., 25c; turkey, lb., 45 to 50c; 
geese, lb.. 30c ; ducks, lb., 30c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Fowls, lb., 35c; tur¬ 
keys, lb., 50c; geese, lb., 35c; ducks, lb., 
35c. 
Eggs, extra, white, 54c; brown. 49c; 
mixed. 49c; milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, 
qt., 5c; skim-milk, 5c; creamery butter, 
fancy prints, lb.. 50c; best dairy prints, 
50c; cheese, whole milk cream, lb., 33c; 
skim. 17c; cottage cheese, lb., 10c; pi¬ 
mento cheese, lb., 15c. 
Honey, clover, card. lb.. 2Sc; extracted, 
lb., 20c ; elderberries, qt., 10 to 15c; red 
raspberries, qt.. 40c; strawberries, qt., 
45c; popcorn, shelled, lb.. 6c; on cob. 4c; 
buckwheat flour, lb., 5c; maple syrup, 
cal $2 50; vinegar, gal.. 45c; bread, 17- 
oz. loaf. 6c. 
Peaches, freestone. % bu., $1.50 to $2; 
pears. Bartlett, bu.. $3; dried apples, lb.. 
1214c; citrons, each. 10 to 15c; pie ap¬ 
ples, qt.. 8c ; apples, best, peck. 75c; 
quinces, doz.. 40c. 
Beans, string, qt.. 5c; dry, lb.. 6c; 
beets, bu.. $1.25; cabbage, white, lb.. 3c; 
cucumbers, each. 1 to 3c; bu., $1; sweet 
corn, doz.. 12 to 18c; carrots, bunch. 5c; 
bu.. $1.30; cauliflower, best, lb., 8c; 
celery, best. 10c: dill, bunch, 5c; dill 
pickles, per 100. 80c; eggplant, best. 15c; 
medium. 10c; lettuce, large head, 5c; 
onions, green, bunch. 5c; dry, bu., $2; 
tomatoes, peck. 35 to 40c; pumpkins, 
each. 10 to 20c; rhubarb. Ib.. 5c; rad¬ 
ishes. white, bunch. 5c; sauerkraut, qt.., 
bottled, 18c; B, bottled, qt., 15c; pt., 
10c; B, loose, 11c; buttermilk, 11c; certi¬ 
fied, qt., 28c; pt., 17c: heavy cream, 
pt., 29e; route cream. y 2 pt., 19c. 
Butter 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
Good to Choice . 
Lower Grades. 
City made. 
Dairy, best . 
Common to Rood . 
Packing Stock. 25 
CHEESE 
Whole Milk, fancy, new. 
Good to choice. n 
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EGGS 
White, nearby, ohoice to fancy 
Medium to Rood. 55 
Mixed colors, nearby nest. 
Common to Rood. 35 
Gathered, best. 52 
Medium to eood... 
Lower Rrades. 
Storage. 31 
LIVE STOCK 
Steer*. 6 50 
Bull* . 3 50 
Cows. . 2 00 
Calves, prime veal. 100 Ib*. 
Cull*. 4 00 
Hor*. 8 75 
Sheep, 100 lb*. 
Lam be . 7 00 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 45 @ 
Com. to Rood. 
Chickens choice Ib. 38 @ 
Fair to Good. 40 @ 
Fowls. 28 @ 
Boosters. 16 
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peck. 20c; squash, Hub- 
Summer squash, lb., 2c; 
80c; tomatoes, qt., 5< 
vegetable oysters, bunch, 
15c; spinach 
bard. lb.. 3c; 
rutabagas, bu. 
bu.. SO to 90c 
10c. 
ROCHESTER LOCAL MARKET 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 12 to 16c; 
forequarters, lb.. 8 to 12c- hindquarters 
lb.. 16 to 20c; dressed bogs, light, lb.. 13 
to 15c; heavy, 10 to 12c: Spring lambs, 
lb.. 18 to 20c; yearling lambs, lb.. 14 to 
16c; mutton, lb.. 10 to 12c; veal, lb., 17 
to 39c. 
Live Poultry.—Fowls, lb.. 30 to 32c; 
broilers, lb.. 26 to 28c; Springers, lb.. 
29c; roosters, old. lb., IS to 21c; eggs. 
55 to 60c. 
Apples. Spy. bbl.. $5.50; Kings. $5.50; 
Greenings. $4 to $5; Baldwins, $4 to $5; 
apples. 14-qt. basket. 75c to $1 : bu.. 
$1.25 to $2; erabapples, 14-qt. basket. $1 
to $1.25; grapes. 14-qt. basket, $1.50 to 
81.75; pears, lb.. 2 to 3c: bu.. $1.25 to 
$2; prunes. 14-qt. basket. $2.25 to $2.50; 
quinces, 14-qt. basket, 75c to $1 ; per 
lb.. 3 to 4c. 
Beets, doz. bunches. 25 to 30c; pick¬ 
ling. peck basket. 50 to 60c: cauliflower, 
doz. heads. $1 to $2.25; cabbage, doz. 
heads. 75c to $1.25; ton. $28 to $30; 
carrots, doz. bunches. 20 to 25c; celery, 
doz. bunches. 75 to 85c: eggplant, doz.. 
50 to 85c; green poppers. 14-qt. basket. 
25 to 30e;red peppers. 14-qt. basket. 30 
to 40c: squash, lb.. 2 to '2y 2 Q-, Lima 
beans, lb.. 20c; lettuce, doz. heads. 30 to 
45c; head lettuce, doz.. 75c to $1 25; 
mint, green, doz. bunches, 30 to 35c; 
onions, pickling, bu.. $1.75 to $2; silver 
skin. 14-qt. basket. $1.50 to $1.75; dry, 
bu.. $1.50 to $2; potatoes, bu.. $1.20 to 
$1.25; pumpkins, doz., $1 to $1.25; pick¬ 
les. dill, per 100. 45 to 50c; small, per, 
100. 35 to 40c; radishes, doz. bunches, 
10 to 12c; sweet corn. best, doz., 15 to | 
20c; seconds. 8 to 10c: Summer squash, 
doz.. 35 to 40c; spinach, bu.. 50 to 60c; 
tomatoes, ripe, 14-qt. basket. 30 to 35e: 
green, bu.. 50 to 60c; turnips. 14-qt. bas¬ 
ket, 40 to 50c; bu.. 75 to 80c; green 
beans, basket. 50 to 60c; wax beans, bas¬ 
ket. 50 to 60c; watercress, doz. bunches. 
40 to 50c. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbe...... . 575 @6 00 
Pea. 4 75 @ 5 00 
Medium . 5 00 @525 
Yellow Eyo. . . 7 50 @ 8 00 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl. 5 00 @14 00 
Peaches, bu bkt. 2 50 @ 4 50 
Muskmelons. bu. 3 00 @3 50 
Pears, bbl. 500 @12 00 
Plums, 8 -lb bkt. 70 @ 85 
Grapes. 20 lb. bkt. 1 00 @1 15 
POTATOES 
Long Island, bbl. 4 25 @ 4 75 
Jersey . 2 50 @ 3 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. 1 25 @ 1 65 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, 100 bunches . 2 00 @ 3 00 
Brussels sprouts, qt. 12 @ 25 
Cabbake. ton. . '”"20 00 @25 00 
Carrots, bu. 76 @ 1 yo 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 00 @ 3 50 
Lettuce, hulf-ubl. basket. 25 @ 125 
Onions, bu. 1 00 @ 3 (10 
Err Plants, bu. 50 @ 60 
Turnips. rutabaga bbl. 1 25 @1 50 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 1 00 @ 2 00 
StrinR Beans, bn. bkt. 25 @ 1 25 
Peppers, bu. 50 @100 
Romaine. bbl. 50 @150 
Mushrooms. Ib. 50 @ 60 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt crate.1 00 @ 2 00 
3 pk. box. 50 @ 1 50 
Squash, bbl . 75 @ ) 25 
Sweet corn. 100. 50 a 2 00 
Cauliflowers, bu. 75 @3 00 
Lima Beans, bu. 75 @2 00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy,No. 1. ton.29 00 @30 00 
No. 2.27 00 @28 00 
No. 3 .25 00 @26 00 
ShippinR. 2000 @22 00 
clover. Mixed .22 00 @28 00 
8traw. Rye .20 00 @21 00 
Oat and wheat.'. 14 00 @18 00 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best. 45 to 46c; good to 
choice, 40 to 43c; dairy, 30 to 40c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby. 71 to 72c; gathered, best. 
58 to 60c; lower grades. 35 to 45c; 
storage, 35 to 38c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 30 to 32c; broilers, 25 to 28c; 
roosters, 20 to 22c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Roasting chickens. 43 to 44c; broilers. 
30 to 32c; fowls, 37 to 38c; ducks, 30 
to 31c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl.. $3 to $10; peaches, bu. 
basket. $4 to $4 25; pears, bu.. $4 to $5; 
cranberries. y 2 - bbl. crate. $5 to $6: 
plums. 4-qt. basket. 60 to 80c. 
POTATOES 
Maine. 100 lbs. $1.65 to $1.85; sweet 
potatoes, bbl.. $3.75 to $4.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bu. box. 50 to 75c: carrots, bu., 
75c to $1 ; cucumbers, bu., $4 to $7.50: 
squash, bbl.. $2.50 to $3; tomatoes, bu.. 
$1 to $2; turnips, yellow, bu.. 50c to $1; 
rutabagas. 140 lbs., $2.50 to $2.75. 
Milks 4 Cows 
at Once 
the Milking Machine 
Sensation of 1921 
Costs Half; 
Does Double Work 
(Twice the work of our1920model) 
The new PAGE 4-cow 
Milker—operated by hand— 
no gas engine—no electricity 
—one man milks 4 cows at 
once. Little work—quickly 
done—easiest of all machines 
to handle—easiest, by far, to 
clean; the most wonderful 
advance in milking machine 
manufacture. 
We also have a 2 cow milker, only 
$ 123 !! 
30 Days Free Triall 
In every locality in which we have no dealer, or agent or sales- 
manager, we will send one machine on 30 days’ free trial and at our rock-bottom, 
price, direct from the factory; to the first responsible farmer who asks for it. No 
deposit; no C. O. D. 30 days full free trial, you alone to decide. ACT QUICK! 
After trial, if satisfactory keep the machine on our Iron Clad 
Guarantee. If satisfactory, choose your terms. You can pay cash or half cash and 
$752 a Month! 
Yes, only $7.50 a month—easy payments to suit the farmers 
in these hard times—easy payments, yet the rock-bottom, direct price on 
the best of milking machines. Terms to suit without any down payment 
at $4.00 a week or $18.00 a month. 
Costs Nothing to Install-^f^ £ f n “; 
no motor, nothing! Just the machine for small herds. (If you want power, 
get our electric or engine power outfits at $225 and up.) 
This is our hand-operated 4-cow milker; we also have 
a 2-cow milker ($123) on which we offer a free trial (ex¬ 
changeable for 4-cow milkers), and gasoline engine and 
electric power milkers. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
October 6. 1921 
MILK 
New York price for October fluid milk 
in 201 to 210-mile zone. $3.37 for 3 per 
cent fat. City retail prices: Grade A 
You milk right into your 
own ordinary milk can; no extra 
pails; no pipes; no pulsators; no 
tanks. Amazingly easy to clean. 
Guaranteed to do the work. 
Guaranteed to save time. 
Guaranteed— the last word 
in sanitary milking (one 
creamery wrote us that the 
most sanitary milk came from 
farmers using the PAGE Milker). 
And— 
Guaranteed: 
Action alterable to suit every 
cow separately. Instantly adapted to 
any cow according to her disposition 
and how easily or how hard she milks. 
Book on Milking 
Sent Free I 
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man who is thinking of get¬ 
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machine —Get Posted! 
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