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RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
December 3, 1921 
Market News and P 
rices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
SHIPMENTS SLOWING DOWN — SOUTHERN 
TRUCKERS CONFIDENT — BOX APPLES 
ACTIVE—CABBAGE PRICE JUMPS— 
MEATS AND POULTRY IN LIB¬ 
ERAL SUPPLY 
The fact of abort crops was concealed during 
the early part of the shipping season because of 
early maturity and active demand, which lead 
to rapid shipments, but during the second week 
the November shipments of leading fruits and 
vegetables fell off to one-lialf compared with a 
year ago. Only the less important vegetables 
like cauliflowers, tomatoes and lettuce show a 
comparative increase. 
Southern growers, depending on the shortage 
of the main Northern truck crops, are going 
heavily into cultivation of early onions, cabbage 
and potatoes, especially in Texas and California. 
The tornado which swept across Florida has 
given a setback to the earliest plantings in that 
State, but there is time for replanting. Lower 
prices and reduced freights on fertilizers will 
stimulate the trucking industry as well, also 
the lower freights on fruits and vegetables. 
Western boxed apples have been coming twice 
as actively os Eastern apples the past month, 
besides hundreds of carloads from Canada. 
British Columbia may ship more apples than any 
Western State, except Washington. The two 
States (New York and Washington) have 
shipped about one-half of the season’s earlot 
supply of apples thus far this season. Adding 
Michigan, California and Idaho, the five Stales 
have shipped about three-fourths of the total 
apple movement, which is now slowing down. 
Shipments of barreled apples to the middle of 
November were just about one-half those of the 
corresponding period last season. 
CABBAGE UI* 
The jump of $10 to $13 per ton in cabbage the 
middle of the month is a reflection of the light 
supply available. Most of the long-keeping 
stock has gone, until storage shipments are at 
only about one-lifth the rate a year ago. Onions 
show signs of a like condition, and potatoes, 
too, in a milder way. Fortunately for con 
Burners, a good many have put away their Win¬ 
ter supply. 
PLENTY OF POULTRY AND MEATS 
Poultry is in larger supply than last, season 
and is expected to sell lower than in recent 
Thanksgiving markets in sympathy with the 
lower prices of meat and the large supplies 
available. Holdings of dressed poultry early in 
the month were less by about one-seventh com¬ 
pared with a year ago. Eggs in storage are also 
one-seventh in greater supply, but are being 
taken out fast. 
The features of the dressed meat market the 
past month or so were the lighter supplies of 
beef and mutton, with increases in supplies of 
pork and veal, and prices have ranged mainly 
according to volume of stocks offered. The gen¬ 
eral market tone was dull, with no great changes 
in prices. The trend of meat and live stock lias 
been downward throughout the Fall. Prices are 
one-half to three-fourths those of a year ago. 
TEED PRICES STEADY 
Stock feeds show little change. Choice Tim¬ 
othy hay brings $25 to $30 per ton in the East; 
$15 to $25 in the West and South. Cottonseed 
meal sells from $35 to $45, and gluten feed $20 
to_ $32. Bran ranges $22 to $20 in the East. 
Western feeders are buying considerable Cali¬ 
fornia Alfalfa, shipped by the Canal Route. 
The prices in Eastern cities range around $30 
per ton. G. B. F. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 10 to 15c; fore¬ 
quarters. lb., $ to 10c; hindquarters, 14 to 10c; 
dressed hogs, light, lb., 10 to 12 c; heavy, 8 to 
10c; Spring lambs, lb., 18 to 22c; yearling 
lambs, lb.. 14 to ICe, mutton, lb., 8 "to 10c; 
veal, lb., 17 to 19c. 
Live Poultry.—Turkeys, lb., 50 to 55c; ducks, 
lh., 25 to 27c; geese, lb., 28 to 30c; fowls, lb.. 
25 to 38c; Springers, 25 to 28e; eggs, 70 to 80c; 
butter, country, crock, lb., 40 to 50c. 
Apples, bbl.—Spys, Kings. Greenings, $7 to 
$ 8 ; Baldwins, $5 to $ 6 ; apples, per bu., $1.50 
to $2.75. 
Beets, bn., 75 to 90e; cauliflower, doz. heads, 
$1.75 to $3; cabbage, doz. heads, 75c- to $1.25: 
per ton. $28 to $30; carrots, bu., 75c to $1; per 
ton. $23 to $25; celery, doz. bunehes, 00 to 75o; 
Hubbard squash, lb., 1 % to 2 c; lettuce, doz. 
heads. 30 to 45e: mint, green, doz. bunches, 30 
to 80c; onions, dry, bu., $1.75 to $2.75; green, 
doz. bunches, 20 c; potatoes, bu., $1.15 to $ 1 . 20 : 
pumpkins, doz., $1 to $1.25; radishes, doz. 
bunehes. 18 to 20c; spinach, bu., $1 to $1.25: 
turnips. bin, 75 to 85c; vegetable oysters, doz. 
bunches. 45 to 50c; watercress, doz. bunches. 
40 to 50c. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand-picked, medium, 
$3.50; red marrow, $ 6 ; white marrow, $4; red 
kidney, $ 6 ; white kidney, $7; pea, $3.50; yellow 
eye, $5; Imperials, $5. 
Hides.—Steers, No. 1, lb., 4c; No. 2, 3c; cows 
and heifers. No. 1. 4c; No. 2. 2c; bulls and 
stags. 3c; horseliides. each, $1.50 to $2; lambs, 
each, 50 to 60c; calf. No. 1. 12c; No. 2, 10c: 
wool, lb., 15 to 18c; unwashed, medium, 15 
to 38c. 
Wheat, bu., $ 1.05 to $1.10; corn, shelled, bu.. 
08 to 70c: oats, bu., 44 to 40c; rve, bu., 80 to 
85c; Timothy hay, new, $25 to $27; straw, ton. 
$14 to $18. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Hens. 27 to 28c; Spring chickens, 20 to 28c: 
roosters, 14 to 15c; ducks, 25 to 27c; geese, 22 
to 23c; turkeys, 50 to 55c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Hens, 37 to 38c: roosters, 22 to 24c; broilers, 
35 to 40c; ducks, 38 to 42c; turkeys, 00 to 05c. 
FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., $3 to $ 8 ; pears, bu., $2 to $2.25; 
erauberries, bbl., $10 to $ 20 . 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes. 150 lbs., $3 to $3.50; sweet potatoes, 
bbl., $3 to $3.50; cabbage, ton, $52 to $55; let¬ 
tuce, bu., $1.25 to $2.25; squash, bu., $1.50 to 
$2; spinach, bu., 75c to $1: carrots, bu., $1.20 
to $1.50; onions. 100 lbs., $4.50 to $0. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1. Timothy, $21 to $21.00; No. 2, 
$18.50 to $19: clover mixed, $21 to $22. Straw— 
Rye. $14 to $15; oat and wheat, $12 to $13.50. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
$4 to $G: Spy, 
Baldwin, bbl.. 
Intosb, $5 to $ 8 ; 
Pea, 100 lbs., 
to $8.50; yellow 
Mc- 
bu. 
$7 
to 
36 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
Produce prices are fairly firm, though butter 
and eggs have not held their own, and potatoea 
are not strong. Onions are up again, being 
fairly prohibitory now. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, steady; creamery, 40 to 49c; dairy, 38 
to 44c; crocks, 85 to 38c; common, 27 to" 30c. 
Cheese, quiet; flats, 22 to 23c: daisies, 23 to 
24e; longhorns. 24 to 25c: limburger, 25 to 26c; 
block Swiss, 20 to 34c. Eggs, steady; hennery, 
75 to 88 c; State and Western candled, 55 to 
7oc; storage, 36 to 46e. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, dull and easy: turkev, 48 fo 
55c; fowl, 26 to 35c: chickens, 25 to 32c; old 
roosters. 22 to 23c: ducks, 30 to 37c: geese, 31 
to 33c. Live poultry, unsettled bv heavy re¬ 
ceipts; turkeys, 30 to 38c; fowl,' 10 to" 20c: 
chickens, 10 to 20 e; old roosters, 10 to 17c; 
ducks, 21 to 26c: geese, 22 to 24e. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, quiet and lower; No. 1. bu.. $2.75 to 
$3; No. 2 , $1.50 to $2: windfalls, 75c to $1. 
Potatoes, steady; good to choice, 
$1.25: seconds. 75 to 80c: sweets, 
to $3. 
PEARS—QUINCES 
Pears, scarce; Kieffer. bu., $1 
bu., 
bbl., 
$1 to 
$2.80 
to $1.75. 
Quinces, scarce; homegrown, bu., $1.50 to $3.50. 
GRAPES—MELONS—CRANBERRIES 
Grapes, steady: California varieties, box. $2 
$2.2 .j. Melons, steady: California Casabas, 
to 
Local 
JOHNSON 
Up-State 
Prices 
PUBLIC 
CITY—ENDICOTT 
MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb.. 18c; boneless roasts, lb.. 20e; 
kettle roasts, lb.. 8 to 14c; porterhouse steak, 
It)., 24e; neck cuts, lb., 8 e; round steak, lb.. 
20c; lamb chops, lb., 30 to 35c; mutton, lb.. 10 
to 25c; roasting pigs, lb., 25c; sausage, lb., 25c; 
salt pork, lb., 20 c; pork loin. lb.. 28 to 32c; 
sliced ham, lb., 30 to 35e; brisket bacon, lb.. 
22 c: Dold bacon, lb., 30c; pork chops, lb., 30e; 
veal chops, lb., 30c; veal cutlets, lb., 35c; veai 
loaf, lb., 30c; rabbits, lire, lb., 30c; eels, live, 
lb., 25c: dressed, lb., 30c. 
Live Poultry.—Chickens, lb., 30e; fowls, lb., 
30c: old roosters, lb., 25c; turkeys, lb., 45c; 
geese, lb., 30c; ducks, lb., 30c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Chickens, lb., 35c: fowls, 
lb.. 85c; turkeys, lb., 50 to 55c; geese and 
ducks. Ib., 35c. 
Eggs, white, extra, 75c; brown. 75e; mixed, 
70 to 75c. Milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 5e: 
skim-milk, qt., 5e: cream, pint, 40c; creamery 
lint ter, fancy prints, lb., 52c; best dairy. II)., 
52e; cheese, whole milk cream, lb., 32c; skim. 
17c; cottage cheese, lb., 10c; pimento cheese, 
lb., 15c. 
Popcorn, on cob, lb., 5c; shelled, lb.. 8 c; 
buckwheat flour, lb., 4c; maple syrup, gal.. $ 2 ; 
bread. 17-oz. loaf, 5c; vinegar, gal., 45c; but¬ 
ternuts, bu., $2.50; walnuts, qt., 20e: honey, 
clover, card, lb,, 23e; extracted, lb., 18e. 
Pears, bu., $3; dried apples, lb., 12 J 4<-‘; cit¬ 
rons, each. 10 to 15c; pie apples, qt., 8 c; best 
apples, peck, 75c; plums, peek, 75c. 
Beans, dry, 1!).. 6 to 10c; beets, bu., $1.25: 
cabbage, white, lb., 2e; carrots, bunch, 5c; per 
bu.. $1.30; cauliflower, best, lb., 6 c; celery, 
bunch. 10c: eggplant, best, 15c: medium, lOe; 
kale, 80c; lettuce, large heads, 5c; Boston, 8 c; 
onions, green, bunch, 5c; dry. lb., 6 c; potatoes, 
bu., $ 1 . 30 ; pumpkins, each, 10 to 20 c; rhubarb, 
5c: radishes, white, bunch, 5c; sauerkraut, 
15c; spinach, peck, 20c; squash, Hubbard, 
box, $1.75 to $2. Cranberries, higher: Cape 
Cod, bbl., $18 to $20. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, steady: kidney, cwt.. $8.50 to $10; 
marrow, $7 to $ 8 ; pea and medium. $5.35 to $0. 
Onions, firm; homegrown, yellow, bu., $3 to $4; 
State and Western, cwt.. $3 to $ 6 ; Spanish, 
small crate, $1.90 to $2.10. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, steady. Beaus, green and wax, 
hamper, $2 to $2.50; beets, doz. bunches, 35 to 
40c; do., bn., 50 to 90c; artichokes, box, $5.25 
to $ 0 ; Brussels sprouts, qt., 15 to 30c; cabbage. 
1 (H) heads. $3 to $7: carrots, Ini.. 75c to $1.40: 
cauliflower, bu., $1.75 to $2: celery, bunch, 25 
to 75c; endive, lb.. 35 to 45c: lettuce, 2-doz. 
box, 50e to $1; cucumbers, hothouse, box, $3.50 
to $4.50; oyster plant, doz. bunches, 90c to $1; 
parsley, doz. bunches. 35 to 40c; parsnips, bu., 
$1 to $1.25; peppers, bu., $4.50 to $4.75; squash, 
Hubbard, cwt.. $1.50 to $2: radishes, doz. 
bunehes, 20 to 25c: tomatoes. Florida, crate, $G 
to $6.50; turnips, white and yellow, 50 to 75c. 
SWEETS 
_Holier, dull; white comb, 18 to 26c; dark, 
15 to ! 7 e. Maple products, inactive; sugar, lb., 
18 to 26c; syrup, gal., $ 1.20 to $1.50. 
FEED 
Hay, steady; Timothy, track, ton. $18 to $20; 
clover mixed. $17.50 to $19. Wheat bran, 
higher; ton, earlot. $18.25; middlings, $19.25; 
red dog, $34.60: cottonseed meal. $40.50; oil- 
meal. $41; hominy. $25; gluten, $31: oat feed, 
$7; rye middlings, $20.50. .T. W C 
$4 to $ 6 ; 
box, $1.25 to $2.25. 
BEANS 
$5.20 to $5.40; red kidney, 
eye, $7.50 to $ 8 . 
BEEF 
Hindquarters, 16 to 17c; forequarters, 10 
lie; sides, 13 to 14c. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best, 47 to 48c; good to choice, 
to 45e; dairy, 30 to 40e. 
EGGS 
Nearby hennery, 90 to 92c: gathered, choice, 
80 to 82c; common to good, 55 to 65c; storage, 
36 to 40e. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—Timothy, No. 1, $29 to $30: No. 2. $27 
to $28; No. 3, $24 to $25; clover mixed, $25 to 
$27. Straw—Rye, $26; oat, $18 to $20. 
MILL FEED 
Spring bran. $25 to $26; middlings, $25 to 
$30: red dog, $39; mixed feed, $23 to $29; gluten 
feed, $35; cottonseed meal, $45 to $48; linseed 
meal. $47; dried beet pulp, $29. 
ONIONS 
Nearby, bn. box, $2 to $3; Connecticut Valley, 
best, 100 lbs., $5.25 to $ 6 ; lower grades, $3.75 
to $4. 
POTATOES 
Maine Cobbler, 100 lbs., $1.80 to $1.85; Green 
Mountain, $2 to $2.10; sweet potatoes, bbl., $3.75 
to $4. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Native roasters. 35 to 40c: fowls. 28 to 38c; 
broilers, 32 to 35c; ducks, 32 to 35c; squabs, 
doz., $4 to $7; turkeys, best, 55 to COo; fair to 
good, 30 to 45c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 26 to 28c; chickens, 25 to 27c; roosters, 
18 to 20 c. 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bu., 50c to $1; cabbage, bbl., $2 to 
$2.75; celery, bu. box, $1.25 to $3; cucumbers, 
bu., $4 to $ 8 ; lettuce, bu. $1 to $2.50; radishes, 
bu., $1 to $1.75; tomatoes, bu., $1.75 to $4: 
rutabagas. 140 lbs., $1.50 to 82; spinach, bu.. 60 
to 85c; squash, ton. $35 to $50. 
dition wholesaled around 60 to 63 cents and 
brought 70 to 75 cents retail. Cold stor¬ 
age stock was very much in evidence. It 
looks all right when it is thawed to a handling 
condition and fixed up by experts, but it is a 
hard-looking mess during the process of fixing 
up. The barrels in which it is frozen are turned 
Upside down on benjhes or on the floor, and the 
staves knocked off, so that the frozen mess is 
exposed to the air. Gradually it softens and 
gets wet on the outside. Then workmen take 
if in hand, wipe and shape it until to the 
average buyer it looks not unlike fresh-killed 
poultry. Where considerable of the work is 
being done the thawing is likely to get ahead 
of the workmen, so that it lies in pools of 
dirty water, and certainly does not look fit to 
eat. No doubt the health authorities have some 
supervision over this process, but to one who is 
looking on from the outside much of this sloppv 
stuff is more deserving of being condemned than 
some of the eurrent shipments that have kero¬ 
sene or some other denaturant poured over them 
after a very slight examination by an inspec¬ 
tor. The above remarks about cold storage 
poultry do not apply to that put up bv large 
concerns in boxes and graded. That poultry is 
clean and properly shaped when packed, so that 
it does not have to be wiped or man-handled 
before selling. 
Turkeys, best . 
Common to good. 
Chickens, choice, lb. 
Fair to good. 
Fowls . 
Roosters . 
Ducks *. 
.Squabs, doz. 
Spring guineas, pair. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
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Apples. Baldwin. 
FRUITS 
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Greening . 5.00 
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Wealthy . 
Western, box 
Pears, bbl. 
Cranberries, bbl. 
Oranges, box ... 
Grapefruit, box 
Long Island, 180 
Jersey, 150 lbs.. 
Maine, 180 lbs.. 
State, 180 lbs. . . 
Sweet potatoes, 
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BUTTER 
Best creamery, 40 to 47%e: good to choice, 35 
to 45e; packing stock, 27 to 30c. 
EGGS 
Best nearby, 78 to 79c; good to choice. 05 to 
gathered, best, 60 to 02 c; lower grades, 4o 
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t" 3c: Summer squash, lb., 2c: rutabagas, 
80c; vegetable oysters, bunch, 10 c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Fowls 
chickens 
to 23c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
best. 25 to 26c; medium. 18 to 20e; 
20 to 28c; ducks, 20 to 23c; geese, 20 
Pork, heavy, lb., 20c; 
lamb. Spring, lb., 18 to 
sausage, lb., 18 to 25c; 
Live Poultry.—Ducks, 
25 to 20c: chickens, lb., 
lb., 20c; Spring, lb., 
. 17 to 28c; capons, lb.. 
35c; fowls, lb., 17 to 28c; guinea liens, each, 
75c: geese, lb., 30 to 32c; turkeys, lb., 45c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Ducks, lb.. 40 to 45c; 
chickens, lb., 35 to 40c; fowls, lb., 30 to 40e; 
turkeys. G5e. 
Butter, lb., 60 to 70c; eggs, 90c to $1; 
Italian cheese, lb., 45e. 
Fruits.—Apples, bu.* $2 to $3.50; pears, bu., 
$ 2 : chestnuts, bu.. $11 to $ 12 . 
Beans, bu., $4.50; beets, bn., $1: doz. bunches. 
80c: cabbage, doz. heads, 50 to 75e; red, doz. 
heads, $ 1 ; celery, doz. bunches, 40 to 75c: car¬ 
rots. bu.. 75c; cauliflower, doz. 50c to $1.50; 
chives, bunch. 10c; endive, doz. heads. 35 to 
50c: garlic, lb.. 15c: honey, pt., 35c; Hubbard 
squash, crate. 75c; kolil-rabi, doz.. (iOc: lettuce, 
leaf, crate, 35 to 75c: Boston, doz. heads, 25 
to 50o: onions, bu., $1.50 to $3.50; parsley, doz. 
bunches, 40o: parsnips, bu., $1 to $1.25: pota¬ 
toes. bu., 50c to $1.35: per peck, 35 to 40 o; 
pumpkins, each. 10 to 15c: romaine, doz. heads, 
30 to 50c; rutabagas, bu., 75c; sage, bunch, 50c; 
turnips, bu., 50c. 
Hay.—No. 1. ton, $22; No. 2, $20; No. 3. 
$15 to $16; Timothy, $22. Straw.—Rye, ton, 
$13; wheat, $11. 
Fowls, 
chickens, 
55 to 5Se; 
Apples. 
cranberries 
DRESSED POULTRY 
best, 34 to 35c; medium. 25 to 30c; 
25 to 34c; roosters, 19 to 21c; tirrkevs, 
dlicks, 28 to 32c. 
FRUITS 
bbl., $4.50 to $9; bu., $1.25 to $2.25; 
bu., $3 to $5. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes. 100 lbs., $2 to $2.15; sweet potatoes, 
% ; bu.„ 00.• to $1: cabbage, ton. $40 to $45; 
onions. 100 lbs., $5 to $5.50; rutabagas, 100 lbs.. 
75e to $1; lettuce, bu.. $1.50 to $2.25. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Ilav—Timothy, No. 2. $20 to $22; No. 3, $18 
to $19: -lover mixed. $18 to $20. Straw—Rve, 
$18 to $ 20 ; oat and wheat, $12 to $13.50. 
Pittsburgh 
Best creamery 
40c; -rolls, 20 to 28e 
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storage. 38 to 40c. 
Wholesale 
RUTTER 
49 to 49i,5c: 
Markets 
medium, 35 to 
EGGS 
to 65c; gathered, 
45 to 55c; 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
NOVEMBER 23, 1921 
MILK 
New York prices for December 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, lie; certified, qt.. 28c; pt., 17c; 
heavy cream, % pt., 29c; route cream, 14 pt., 
19c. 
BUTTER 
Prices are 2c lower, with c< 
of under grades. Business in 
owing to the large supplies of 
the firm view; of storage holt 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
Good to choice. 
Lower grades . 
City made . 
Dairy, best .. 
Common to good. 
Packing stock . 
CHEESE 
Market steady here, with 
choice State. Wisconsin market 
Whole milk, fancy. 
Good to choice. 
Skims . 
EGGS 
Gathered eggs are in larger 
ami lower grades selling slowly 
are without price change, thou 
slower except on best marks. 
White, choice to fancy. 
Medium to good. 
Pullets . 
Mixed colors, nearby, best... 
Medium to good. 
Gathered, best . 
Medium to good. 
Lower grades . 
Storage . 
LIVE-STOCK 
Steers . 
Bulls . 
Cows . 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. . 
Culls . 
Hogs . 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 
Lambs ... 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
Calves, best . 
Common to good. 
Hothouse lambs, each. 
Pork, 80 to 100 lbs. each.... 
100 to 150 lbs. each. 
LIVE POULTRY 
and geese in very large 
and ducks in good demand. 
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Brussels sprouts, qt. 
Carrots, bid. 
Chicory, bu. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Celery, standard crate... 
Cabbage, ton . 
Cauliflower, bbl. 
Eggplant, bu. 
Kale, bbl. 
Lettuce, bu. 
Lima beans, bu. 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Onions, 100 lbs. 
Peppers, bu. 
Parsnips, bbl. 
Peas, bu. 
Radishes, 100 bunches... 
Spinach, bu. 
Squash, bbl. 
String beans, bu. 
Turnips, bbl. 
Tomatoes, 3-pk. box. 
Hothouse, lb. 
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Preparing Skunk Skins 
Mould you tell me how to get the oil 
nut of skunk skins? I am trying to tan 
the skins, and do not know how to re¬ 
move the oil. Ilow can I take the odor 
from the skins? 
Waterbury, Conn. 
Remove the oil by warming the flesh 
sule of the skins until the tissue is 
melted, then scrape with a dull knife, and 
then work all the powdered chalk pos¬ 
sible into the flesh side. Wheat bran or 
sawdust may be used instead, but are not 
as good. r I he Indians use common clay, 
first burned and then pulverized. Or 
spread the flesh side with lime, or ashes, 
or soft soap, or potash, or bicarbonate of 
soda, or almost any alkali that will 
change the oil fo a soapy substance. 
I hen scrape and clean as before, but be 
careful not to use too much or too strong 
alkali, or allow it to remain too long, or 
it mav loosen the hair also. Neutralize 
the alkali that may remain in the hide 
by washing the skin with a weak acid, 
like buttermilk, or sour milk, or a weak 
vinegar. Cither of these treatments will 
remove the odor of rancid grease that is 
often present. 
Rut the “skunky” odor is a different 
propos’t’on. _ Most of the different meth¬ 
ods of tanning remove it. but some do 
not. The odor is confined to the hairs, 
and may be removed, first, by washing in 
gasoline, though if the scent has been on 
the fui - long enough to become thoroughly 
dried, several washings may he neces¬ 
sary.^ Second, it may be removed by 
burvimg the skins for several days in 
good. rich,, garden loam, and I believe 
that this is the most effective method. 
Third, it may be removed by smoking, 
similarly as hams are smoked. This was 
a favorite method among the Chippewa 
Indians, and they greatly preferred the 
smoke resulting from the burning of 
snruce brush. Properly treated, skunk 
skins, under various other and more 
euphonious names, make some of the 
choicest 'urs. c. o. ormsbee. 
