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RURAL NEW. YORKER 
November 2G, 1921 
Market Ne 
a 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
PRICES SHOW GENERAL TREND TOWARD 
RECOVERY AS SEASON PASSES HEIGHT 
OF GREATEST ACTIVITY AND Sl’P- 
PEY DECREASES 
Active buying in many lines of farm products 
was the feature during the first half of Novem¬ 
ber. Improvement in demand is not unusual 
when cold weather starts in reminding consum¬ 
ers of the needs of approaching feast days and 
the Winter requirements. The season’s' short 
crops in many lines have stimulated buying and 
there is a perceptible gain in the buying power 
of consumers, due to gradual improvement of 
business conditions. Prices have shown a rather 
firm general tone, including meats, dairy and 
poultry products, fruits and vegetables. Grain 
continued at levels discouraging when compared 
With tile cost of production. Cotton has lost a 
little of the recent great recovery. 
EASTERN FARMERS FORTUNATE 
The products showing the most gain in value 
are those sold by Eastern farmers. Cheap grain 
and feed are of more benefit than injury to 
many producers in the East. Western farmers 
have had little to sell at a real profit except in 
the potato belt, while the South is depending 
on cotton to haul it out of the financial pit. 
Farmers’ general buying power will continue 
light until various city products come nearer 
Ihe farm level. Meanwhile farmers have been 
meeting their immediate needs by selling what 
they could. After marketing as many potatoes 
by November 1 as they usually have sold by the 
end of the year, the spud stream is beginning to 
slow down. Probably the worst is over in the 
potato market. It is hard to see where the 
lull supply will come from during the remain¬ 
ing eight months of the season, and higher 
prices seem quite possible. The Chicago market, 
usually the barometer of coming potato events 
has been showing a rising tendency of late. The 
country prices range from SI to'$1.76 per 100. 
lbs., the city prices from $2 to $2.50, and the 
retail prices from $3 to $3.50. 
LARGE ONIONS SCARCE 
Onion shipments are becoming light, most of 
the large sized stoek having gone into storage. 
Seldom have desirable lots been in such scanty 
supply, but there is considerable small and in¬ 
ferior stock on the market. Onions from Spain 
and even from Holland are supplying tlie gap 
to a slight extent. Prices after sagging off 
during October are back again to the season’s 
top, exceeding $G per 100 lbs. in some cities for 
choice large stock. New York and Massachusetts 
seem to have about one-tliird the supply of the 
main crop of onions. 
Cabbage is selling readily in the West because 
the crop was light in Wisconsin and other lead¬ 
ing Northern producing States, but Eastern cab¬ 
bage is in larger supply and sells slower, and the 
price generaly is $5 to $10 higher in the West, 
although usually in average seasons Western 
prices have been the lower. Rest hard long- 
keeping stoek commands $40 per ton in the mid¬ 
dle Western States, compared with $30 to $35 
in Eastern market centers. 
Sweet potatoes mainly from Virginia are fill¬ 
ing the markets to the extent of the demand, 
and the wholesale prices are about the same as 
for white potatoes, but the markets will take 
only one car of sweets to 10 cars of other 
potatoes. The average city wholesale price is 
about $3 per bbl. 
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rices 
30e; old roosters, lb.. 25c; turkeys, lb., 45 to 
50c; geese, lb., 30c; ducks, lb., 30c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Chickens, lb., 36e; fowls, 
lb., 35c; turkeys, lb., 50 to 55c; geese, lb., 35c; 
ducks, lb., 35c. 
Eggs, extra, white, 75c: browns, 75c; mixed. 
75c. Milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; skim- 
milk, qt., 5c; cream, pt., 40c; butter, creamery, 
fancy prints, lb., 52c; best dairy, 52c; cheese, 
whole milk cream, lb., 32c; skim, 17c: cottage 
cheese, lb., 10c; pimento cheese, lb.. 15 c 
Popcorn, on cob, lb., 5c; shelled, lb., 8c; 
buckwheat flour, new, 4%c; maple syrup, gal.. 
$2; bread, 17-oz. loaf, 5c; vinegar, gal., 45c; 
chestnuts, qt.. 35c; butternuts, bu., $2.50; wal¬ 
nuts. qt., 20c; red raspberries, qt., 35c: sweet 
cider, gai., 50c; honey, clover, card, 23c; ex¬ 
tracted. 18c. 
’ Pears, bu., $3; dried apples, lb., 121,4c; cit¬ 
rons, each, 10 to 15c; pie apples, qt.. 8c; apples, 
best, peck, 75c; plums, peek, 75c; quinces, 
doz., 30c. 
Beans, dry. lb., 0 to 10c; beets, best, bu., 
$1.2o: cabbage, white, lb., 2c; carrots, bunch, 
5c; bu., $1.30; cauliflower, best, lb., tic; celery 
best, 10c; eggplant, -best, 15c; medium, lOc; 
kale, 80c; lettuce, large heads, 5c; Boston, 8c; 
onions, green, bunch, 5c: dry, 00 lbs.. $2.75; 
potatoes, bu., $1.30; pumpkins, each. 10 to 20c; 
rhubarb, lb., 5c: radishes, white, bunch, 5c; 
sauerkraut, qt.. 15c; spinach, peck, 20c; squash, 
Hubbard, lb., 3c; Summer squach, lb., 2c; ruta¬ 
bagas, bu., 80c; vegetable oysters, bunch, lOc. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Ducks, live, lb., 20 to 23c; Spring, lb., 25 to 
28c; chickens, live, lb., 25 to 32c; fowls, live, 
b.. 25 to 32c; geese, live, lie, 30 to 32c; guinea 
hens, live, each, 75c to $1; turkeys, live, lb., 
40c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Ducks, lb., 30 to 45c; chick¬ 
ens, lb.. 30 to 40c; fowls, lb., 35 to 40c. 
oA Pll ™ e V,’ e 88 s < 75 to 85c; duck eggs, 
80c; Italian cheese, lb.. 45c; honey, pt., 35c. 
Apples, bu., $1 to $4; pears, bu., $2 to $3; 
chestnuts, bu.. $11 to $12. 
Beans, dry, bu., $4 to $(i; beets, bu., $1; doz 
bunches, 30c: cabbage, doz., 50 to 75c; red SI- 
celery, doz. bunches, 40 to 75c; carrots ’ bu ’ 
75c; cauliflower, doz., 50c to $1.75; chives.’ 
bunch. 10c; endive, doz. heads, 35 to 50c; gar¬ 
lic. lb.. 15c; Hubbard squash, crate, 50 to 75c: 
Kohl-rabi, doz., 60c; lettuce, leaf, crate, 60c to 
_^ oston - doz., 25 to 50c; onions, bu., $1.25 
to •po.oO; parsley, doz. bunches, 40c; parsnips, 
bu.. 81.25: peppers, bu., $1; per doz.. 10 to 20c; 
potatoes, bu., 50c to $1.40: per peck, 35 to 40c; 
pumpkins, each, 5 to 10c; radishes, doz. bunches 
25c: romaiiie. doz. heads, 30 to 50c: sage, bunch, 
50c: rutabagas, bu.. 75c: turnips, bu.. 40 to 60c 
o H “':- No - !• ton, $22: No. 2, $18 to $20; No.’ 
3, $15 to $16; Timothy, ton, S22; straw rve 
ton, $13; wheat, $11. ’ 
ROCHESTER 
to $28; No. 3, $25 to $26; clover mixed, $25 to 
$2i. Straw—Rye, $26; oat, $18 to $19. 
MILL FEED 
Spring bran, $22 to $23.50; middlings, $23 to 
$29; red dog. $39; mixed feed. $23 to $29; gluten 
feed. $34; cottonseed meal, $45 to $49; linseed 
meal, $44; dried beet pulp, $29. 
ONIONS 
Nearby, bu. box, $2 to $3: Connecticut Valley, 
best, 100 lbs., $5.25 to $5.75; lower grades, 
$3.75 to $4. 
POTATOES 
Maine Cobbler, 100 lbs., $1.85 to $1.90; Green 
Mountain, $2 to $2.10; sweet potatoes, bbl., $3 
to 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Native roasters. 35 to 40c; fowls, 28 to 38c; 
broilers. 35 to 40c; ducks, 31 to 32c: squabs, 
doz., $4 to $7. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 26 to 28e; chickens, 25 to 27c; roosters, 
18 to 20c. 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bu.. 50c to $1; cabbage, bbl., $2 to 
.f.2,50; celery, bu. box. $1.25 to $3: cucumbers, 
bu., $4 to .$8: lettuce, bu., 25 to 75c; radishes, 
bu., 50 to $1.50; tomatoes, bu., SI.75 to $4; 
rutabagas. 140 lbs.. $1.50 to $2; spinach, bu., 60 
to 85c; squash, ton, $25 to $35. 
Pittsburgh Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 50 to 51c; medium, 35 to 40c; 
rolls, 23 to 28c. 
EGGS 
Nearby select. 04 to 65c; gathered, 43 to 55c; 
storage 38 to 39c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Hens, 29 to 30c; Sitring chickens, 28 to 30c; 
roosters, 16 to 18c; ducks. 25 to 26c; geese 2° 
to 23c; turkeys, 35 to 40c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Hens. 37 to 38c: roosters, 22 to 24c; broilers 
35 to 42c; ducks, 38 to 42c; turkeys, 45 to 55c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $3 to $8; pears, bu.. $2 to $3.75. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 150 lbs., $3 to $3.25; sweet po¬ 
tatoes, bbl., $3 to $3.50; cabbage, ton. $30 to 
$38: lettuce, bu., $1.25 to $2.25: squash, bu., 
$1.50 to $2; spinach, bu., $1 to $1.60: carrots, 
bu.. $1.26 to $1.50; onions, 100 lbs., S4.50 to 
?6 - 25 ’ 
Hay—No. 1, Timothy, $22 to $22.50; No. 2, 
$19 to $20; clover mixed, $1!) to $21. Straw— 
Rye, $14 to $15; oat and wheat, $12 to $13.50. 
Greening . 5.00 
I-all Pippin . 5.00 
Alexander . 5.00 
Western, box . 
Pears, bbl. 
Cranberries, bbl..' 
Oranges, box ." 
Grapefruit, box . '' 
POTATOES 
Long Island, 180 lbs. 
Jersey, 150 lbs_ 
Maine, 1.80 lbs_ 
State. 180 lbs. . ' " 
Sweet potatoes 
qt. 
Beets, bhi. 
Brussels sprouts 
Carrots, bid. . . 
Chicory, bu. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Celery, standard crate’. 
Cabbage, ton . 
Cauliflower, bbl. . 
Eggplant, bbl. 
Kale, bbl. 
Lettuce, bu.’ 
Lima beans, bu. 
Mushrooms, Ih. .. 
Onions. 100 lbs....."* 
Peppers, bu." 
Parsnips, bbl. ...... 
Peas, bu..* 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
Spinach, bu. 
Squasli, bid. 
String beans, ini..!. - ” 
Turnips, bbl. 
Tomatoes. 3-pk. box!. 
Hothouse, lb. 
bu. basket.. 
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APPLE MOVEMENT DECREASING 
Shipments of apples are failing off rapidly 
and prices are firm for choice Eastern stock at 
$6.50 to $7.50 per bid. for No. 1 Baldwin. West 
ern boxed apples have been holding fairly steady 
but are feeling the competition with boxed ap¬ 
ples from Western Canada. Western growers 
for most of their stock are receiving less per 
bushel than the average commercial orchnrdists 
of the East This season’s events suggest that 
there is perhaps no great mysterv about the 
prices of Western apples. After all, the main 
reason they have brought more was that there 
were not so many of them until tills season’s 
comparative failure of the Eastern crop. 
SOME CROPS IMPROVE 
The official November potato estimate shows 
a further increase of' around 10.000,000 bu as 
compared with October, but still 15,000,000 bu. 
below average. About ball' the increase over 
last month is in Maine, which lias a crop of 
15.000.000 bu. larger than last season. The 
onion crop shows a great falling off, to about 
one-half of last season’s heavy yield, and about 
four-fifths of tin- five-year average production. 
Cabbage shows further decreases in yield during 
the month. Cranberries were a disappointing 
crop in Massachusetts, and the country’s supply 
is 40.000 bills, below average. Apple estimates 
show little change. During the past month 
there w> re some increases in New York and 
the Northwest, lwarlv balanced by scattered de¬ 
creases. and the commercial crop is still about 
half that of last season. 
The corn crop, although still very large, has 
shrunk a little further. Wheat and rye are be¬ 
low average, and oats much below. Beans rank 
even with last season, but show only three- 
fourths of ttie five-year average. 
GARDEN SPOTS OF THE CENSUS 
The new census shows Aroostook County. 
Maine, at the head of all Eastern counties in 
value of farm products. Four-fifths of the pro¬ 
duce is potatoes, in which it exceeds all other 
counties of the United States. Maine leads all 
States in average volume of potato shipments. 
Lancaster County. Pennsylvania, raising mainly 
tobacco, hay and grain, ranks next among East¬ 
ern counties in farm production. These two are 
surpassed only by two or three fruit raising 
counties in Soutlic,, Central California. 
McLean County. Illinois, a grain raising section, 
leads in tlie middle West, and Bolivar Countv, 
in the rich cotton and corn land of the Mis¬ 
sissippi Delta, leads the counties of the South¬ 
ern States. It is rather surprising to find 
many sections of (lie old States still surpassing 
in value if not in volume of production the fer¬ 
tile prairie regions of the Central States 
G. B. F. 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 10 to 15c; fore¬ 
quarters. lb.. 8 to 10c; hindquarters. II).. 14 to 
16e: dressed hogs. light, lb., 12 to 15c; heavy, 
10 to 12c; Spring lninhs, lb., 18 to 22c: yearling 
lambs, lb.. 14 to 16c; mutton, lb., 8 "to 10c; 
veal, lb., 17 to 19c. 
Live Poultry.—Broilers, lb., 22 to 24c; Sprinfc- 
ers, lb.. 22 to 24c; fowls, lb.. 23 to 25c; roosters, 
old. lo to 18; eggs, 65 to 70c. 
Blitter, country, crock, 40 to 50c. 
Apples, bbl.—Spys, Kings, Greenings, $7 to 
$8: Baldwins, $5 to $6; apples, bu., $2 to $3. 
Grapes, 14-qt. basket. $1.75 to $2; per 100 lbs., 
$8 to $9. Quinces, 14-qt. basket. $1 to $1.25. 
Reefs, bu., 75 to 90c; cauliflower, doz. beads, 
fL75 to $3: carrots, bu., 65 to 75c; per 14-qt. 
basket, 30 to 40c; cabbage, ton. 822 to $25- 
celery, doz. bunches, 60 to 75c: Hubbard squash 
lb.. 1 % to 2c: lettuce, doz. heads. 30 to 45c; 
head lettuce, doz.. 40 to 50c; mint, green, doz. 
bunches, 30 to 35c: onions, dry, bu.. $1.50 to 
$2: potatoes, bu., $1.25; pumpkins, doz., $1 to 
81.25: radishes, doz. bunches. 12 to l.V: spin 
ach. bu., $1 to $1.25; turnips, bu.. 75 to 85c: 
vegetable oysters, doz. bunches. 45 to 50 c; 
watercress, doz. bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Beans, hand-picked, per 100 li.s,. medium, 
$3.50: red marrow, $(!: white marrow. $4: red 
kidney, $6 white kidney, $7: pea. 83.50; Im¬ 
perials, $ 5 . 
Hides.—Steers, No. 1. lb.. 4c; No. 2. 3c: cows 
and heifers. 4c: No. 2, 2c; bulls and stags. 3c: 
horsehides. each. $1.50 to $2: lambs, each, 50 
to 60c: calf. No. 1. 12c: No. 2. 10c. Wool, 
fleece. It)., 15 to 18c; unwashed, medium. 15 
to 18c. 
Wheat, bn.. $1.05 to $1.10: corn, shelled, bu., 
68 to 70c: oats, bu., 44 to 46c; rve. 1m.. 80 to 
85c: new Timothy hay. ton, $25 to 827; straw 
ton. 814 to $18. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
NOVEMBER 17, 1921 
MILK 
New York price for November fluid milk in 
201 to 210-mile zone, $3.37 for 3 per cent fat. 
City retail prices: Grade A. bottled. 18c; B. 
bottled, qt., 15c; pt., 10c; B, qt.. loose, 12c; 
buttermilk, 11c: certified, qt., 28c; pt., 17c; 
heavy cream, % pt.. 29c; route cream, % pt., 
19c. 1 
BUTTER 
Prices one-linlf to one cent lower. 
and 
mar- 
ket slow except on top 
selling at top price for 
grades. Best 
domestic. 
Danish is 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 
.46 
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.40 U, 
Good to choice. 
.38 
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.44 
Lower grades . 
.30 
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.33 
City made . 
.28 
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.35 
Dairy, best . 
.44 
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.45 
Common to good. 
.31 
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Packing stock . 
.26 
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.30 
CHEESE 
There is a slight improvement in demand for 
well-cured stock. Western market weaker. The 
Utica <N. Y.) season closed November 15 with 
sales of 800 boxes at 20 cents. Summary of 
business on Utica Dairy Board of Trade for past 
five years is reported: 
Avera 
Boxes 
Per it). 
Value 
1917... 
.. 84.000 
22.73 
$859,194 
1918... 
. 60.000 
23.68 
637,360 
1919... 
. 50.000 
30.63 
689,175 
1920... 
. 51.000 
25.20 
578.340 
1921... 
. 44.000 
16.31 
822,938 
Whole 
milk, fancy. 
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to choice.... 
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Skims 
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Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Best creamery, 48 to 49,-: good to choict 
to 45c; packing stock, 27 to 30c. 
EGGS 
EGGS 
High qualities scarce: medium grades in large 
supply; storage in good demand. 
to 48c. 
to 24c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY—ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb., 18 c: boneless roasts, ID. . 20c; 
kettle ronsts. lb.. 18c; neck cuts, lb., 8c: por 
terbouse steak, lb.. 28c; round steak. Ih.. 25c; 
lamb chops, lb., 35 to 40c: mutton, lb., 12 to 
25c: roasting pigs, lb.. 25c; sausage, 11).. 25c; 
pork loin, lb., 30 to 38c; sliced ham. 11).. 30 to 
35c: brisket bacon, lb.. 22c; Dold’s bacon, lb.. 
30c: pork chops, lb.. 32c: veal chops, lb., 32c; 
vea! cutlets, 11).. 40c; veal loaf, lb., 30c; rab¬ 
bits. lli.. 30c: oysters, qt., 60 to G5e: eels, live, 
lb.. 25c: dressed, 30c. 
Live Poultry.—Chickens, lb., 32c; fowls, lb. 
' .• ruuiMt-rr,, to Z1C; 
40 to 48c; ducks, 28 to 32c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $4.50 to $8.50; bu., $i.zo to 
$2.25; cranberries, bit., $3 to $5. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes. 100 lbs.. $2 to $2.40; sweet potatoes. 
%-bu., 60 to $1.10; cabbage, ton. $30 to $40; 
onions. 100 lbs.. $5 to $5.50: rutabagas, 100 lbs., 
<oc to $1; lettuce, bu., $1 to $1.50. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—Timothy, No. 2. $20 to $22: No. 3 $18 
to $19; clover mixed, $18 to $20. Straw—Rve 
$18 to $20; oat and wheat, $12 to $13.50. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Baldwin, bbl $4 to $6: Spy, $4 to $0; Mc¬ 
Intosh. $5 to $8: bu. box. $1.25 to $2.25. 
BEANS 
p A a ’ 100 lbs - *5.20 to $5.40; red kidnev, $7 
to $8.50; yellow eye. $7.50 to $8. 
BEEF 
Hindquarters, 17% to 18%: forequarters, 10% 
to 11%; sides, 14 to 15e. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best. 47 to 48c; good to choice, 3G 
to 45c: dairy, 30 to 40c. 
EGGS 
hennery, 80 to 88e: gathered, choice, 
80 to 82c: common to good. 55 to 65c; storage, 
to 38c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—Timothy, No. 1, $29 to $80; No. 2, $27 
White, choice to fancy. 
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Medium to good. 
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Pullets . 
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Mixed colors, nearby, best.. 
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Medium to good. 
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Gathered, best . 
.69 
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Medium to good. 
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Lower grades . 
.25 
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Storage .32 
LIVE STOCK 
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Steers . 
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Bulls . 
. 3.50 
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4.25 
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80c; 
eye, 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.. 
. 13.00 
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Culls . 
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Hogs . 
. 8.00 
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Sheep, 100 lbs.. 
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COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Fair demand tor prime veals. Pork and lambs 
nil til A 1 O 111 llo llAlflCP TV) 11 fill if TIDltilflAll 
dull, the lambs sold being 
hothouse. 
mainly 
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Calves, best . 
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Common to good. 
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Hothouse lambs, each. 
8.00 
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Pork, 80 to 100 lbs. each.... 
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100 to 150 lbs. each. . 
.12 
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LIVE POULTRY 
Heavy fowls selling well: chickens dull; tur¬ 
keys, ducks and geese doing better. 
Fowls, best . 
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Fair to good. 
.20 
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Chickens . 
.20 
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Roosters . 
.16 
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Ducks . 
.23 
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Geese . 
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Turkeys . 
.35 
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DRESSED 
POULTRY 
Receipts larg< except 
turkeys. Prime 
Eastern 
lieccipis nugi except turaeys. crime eastern 
are wholesaling ."round 52 cents; medium grades. 
40 to 45 cents. 
Turkeys, best . 
.52 
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Common to good. 
.30 
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.35 
Chickens, choice, lb. 
.38 
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.43 
Fair to good. 
.25 
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Fowls . 
.28 
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Roosters . 
.17 
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Ducks . 
.30 
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Squabs, doz. 
4.00 
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11.00 
Spring guineas, pair. 
1.25 
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FRUITS 
Apples, Baldwin, bbl. 
5.50 
7.50 
Marketing Holley and Other Greens 
I have a large amount of liollv which I 
tush to dispose of for Christmas decorat¬ 
ing. but have not sold any before Would 
you give dimensions of and quantity in a 
w n rm’*?• ,e ase ’ ? lso what price it brought 
1 t> ( hustmas in New York market? 
Bayville, N. J. p. H . w. 
The first requisite for market hollv is 
abundance of berries; it will not soil if 
f bei ?; ied \ rt is first cut from the 
n.ee. then the branches are broken in 
pieces about 12 to 24 in. long, according 
to foliage and _ berries. The standard 
crate is l ft. wide. 2 ft. deep and 4 ft. 
long, made of seasoned pine. %-in. thick, 
surfaced one side. The holly is laid in it 
in layers. Prices vary greatly, not onlv 
from season to season, but also during 
each season, ranging from around $2.50 
a crate up at wholesale. That which 
reaches the market too late for wholesale 
distribution is likely to bring low prices. 
\ lrginia and North Carolina liollv is 
usually gathered at a lower labor cost 
than that from Now Jersey, but best 
prices go to fine quality, with glossy 
leaves and abundant berries. 
Y :eaths may be made from the smaller 
pieces of holly, if labor is convenient A 
flexible switch is cut 33 in. long and 
wired together so as to make a 10-in. 
hoop. Sprays are then wired on, cover¬ 
ing the foundation, with four or five 
hunches of berries on each. There is a 
special grade of wire, procurable from 
florists supply houses, which is used to 
attach the sprays to the ring. Ready¬ 
made rings for holly wreaths are also sold 
by tlie supply dealers These wreaths are 
packed in paper-lined cases, as air and 
light fade them, usually 225 in a case. 
Prices are variable, from $5 per 100 up 
Larger sizes are made, but the 10-in. 
wreath has a large sale. 
1 he prices of Christmas greens vary so 
greatly that last year's prices are not 
very helpful this year. Not only quality, 
but weather and general business condi¬ 
tions affect the prices of Christmas 
greens. Those sold through regular trade 
channels vary very little from year to 
year, and these get the cream of the mar¬ 
ket. as the stock comes in early, and is 
widely distributed. Late consignments 
sent to commission dealers who do not 
make a specialty of greens cannot he sold 
to^ advantage, and tend to lower prices. 
^ e think there will be a fair return this 
season, but do not look for high prices in 
greens or Christmas trees. 
Standing pine or ground pine, as it is 
sometimes called, laurel and mistletoe are 
other standard supplies in Christmas 
greens.. Much of the standing pine is 
made into festooning, and there is now 
a useful machine or implement which will 
work up the greens very rapidly. Laurel 
wreathing is also popular. Many firms 
employ foreign women to make up 
wreaths and festooning, paying them by 
the yard for the latter. There are many 
greens that are in demand all the year 
’round: laurel is freely used on fruit 
stands and by decorators and florists, 
while such Southern greens as wild smi- 
lax. long-leaf pine. Magnolia. Galax and 
Leucothoe foliage are valuable to the 
florist the greater part of the year. We 
urge anyone who wishes to market greens 
to get in touch with buyers early, and not 
to wait until Thanksgiving to find a mar¬ 
ket for Christmas greens. In the South, 
cheap labor, mild climate and profusion 
of native evergreens have been valuable 
assets in this business, often bringing 
ready money to districts with few remu¬ 
nerative industries. It is to be hoped 
that native trees and shrubs are not being 
exterminated by reckless collectors. 
