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7h* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 17, 1:121 
Market Ne 
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rices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
FARM PRICES LOWER THAN OTHER LINES 
— SUPPLIES AND .MARKETS WORKING 
TOWARD WINTER BASIS. 
New low prices for tlie .vear on live stock and 
meats recently emphasized the fact that the 
farmer has been getting the short end in the 
game of commercial give and take. His 
products are the only important ones that 
average lower than in 1014. Some others have 
come down, hot not to the pre-war level. His 
carload of farm products will exchange for only 
one-half or three-quarters as much of the goods 
he needs, the amount depending more or less on 
wbat he buys and how he sells. The usual re¬ 
sult is that the farmer buys less. 
FARMERS’ BUYING CHECKED 
When farmers cannot buy liberally some of 
the people who produce goods will be out of 
work. Hard times will be witb us until farm 
prices go up or others come down. Business 
failures are numerous. Ftorced sales of bankrupt 
goods are bringing some prices down. Wage 
cuts have a like tendency. Wages for the whole 
country average about $4 per week below high 
point in 1920. but it is still just about twice 
the 1914 average. Probably the worst is over 
for the man on the farm. Farm prices are now 
above lowest point of the year, except for live 
stock. Dairy markets have acted weak under 
rather heavy supplies for the time of the year, 
although prices of butter showed a little recovery 
the last of November. Milk averages a few 
cenfv per 100 lbs. higher to the farmer than a 
month ago. They are getting about two-thirds 
the price of a year ago, but many cities are 
still paying 10 to 18 cents per quart, compared 
with 0 cents average paid to the farmers. 
DULL. SAGGING MARKETS 
Vegetable prices are moving down rather than 
up. New shipments are much less than usual 
at the time of year. Potato arrivals are only 
about 300 ears per day. compared with 2.000 at 
the beginning of the season in October, but the 
big supply on hand has kept the market down. 
They average about $1.35 per 100 lbs. at coun¬ 
try points and $1.85 in the cities. Prices 
average about 20 cents higher than a year ago. 
Onion prices are fairly steady on $5 to $5.50 per 
100 lbs. for choice large stock. Winter cab¬ 
bage is still and steady at $40 to $po per ton. 
Choice Winter apples are offered at $5 to $7.50 
per barrel, and 1 est standard Western apples 
at $2 to $3 per box. Millions of boxed apples 
have gone into storage, but the combined 
sources of barreled and boxed apples are not 
much different in volume from those in cold 
storage a year ago. 
The markets are getliilg down to Winter 
basis, when supplies and prices tend to hold 
fairly steady for weeks at a time. G. B. F. 
Local Up-State Markets 
JOHNSON 1 CITY-EXiDICOTT PUBLIC 
MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb., 18c; boneless roasts, lb.. 20c; 
kettle roasts, lb., 8 to 14e; neck cuts, lb.. Sc; 
porterhouse steak. Sf . 22c; mind steak, lb., 
20c; lamb chops, lb., 30 to 35c; mutton, lb.. 10 
to 25c; roasting pigs, lb.. 35c; salt pork, lb., 
20 c; sausage, lb.. 25c: pork Join, lb., 28 to 32c; 
sliced ham. lb., 30 to 35c; brisket bacon, lb., 
22c; Pnld bacon, lb., 30c; pork chops, lb.. 30c: 
veal chops, lb., 30c; veal cutlets, Jb„ 35c; veal 
baf. lb., 30c; rabbits, live, lb., 25c; dressed, 
35c; cels, live. It)., 25c: dressed, lb.. 30c. 
Live Poultry—Chickens, lb., 28c; fowls, lb.. 
2$c: old roosters, lb., 22c; turkeys, lb., 45c; 
geese and ducks, lb.. 30e. 
Pressed Poultry—Chickens, 11)., 32c; fowls, lb., 
32c; turkeys, lb.. 50c; geese, ducks, lb.. 35c. 
Eggs, extra white, 75c; brown. 75c; mixed 
colors. 70 to 75c: milk. qt.. 10c: buttermilk, qt., 
5c: skim-milk. qt.. 5c: cream, pt.. 40e: butter, 
creamery and dairv, lb., 52c: cheese, lb.. 32c; 
skin). 17c; cottage cheese, lb., 10c; pimento 
cheese. • 15c. 
Popcorn, on cob. lb., 5c: shelled, lb.. 8c; 
buckwheat flour, lb., n-; maple syrup, gal., $2: 
bread. 17-oz. loaf, 5c: vinegar, gal., 45c; butter¬ 
nuts. bit.. $2.50; walnuts, qt., 20c: sweet cider, 
gal.. 50c; honey, clover, card, 23c; extracted, 
lb.. 18c. 
Pears, bu., $3: dried apples, lb., 12'*5e: cit¬ 
rons. each, 10 to 15c; pie apples, (it.. 8ci best 
apples, peck, 75c: beans, lb., 6 to 10c: beets, 
bn.. $1 25: cabbage, white, lb.. 2c; carrots, 
bunch. 5c; bit., $1.30: cauliflower, lb. ,Cc; <•■•1- 
ery. 10c: eggplant, best, 15c; medium, 15c; 
kale. 50c: lettuce, large heads, 5c; Boston. 8c; 
onions, green, bunch. 5c: dry. lb., 0 ! &c: po¬ 
tatoes. bu.. $1.30: pumpkins, each, 10 to 20c: 
rhubarb, lb., 5c; radishes, white, bunch. 5c: 
sauerkraut, qt., 15c; spinach, peck, 20c; squash, 
Hubbard. 2 to 3c: rutabagas, bu., 80c; vege¬ 
table oysters, bunch, 10c. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 10 to 15c: fore¬ 
quarters. lb.. 8 to 10c: hindquarters, lb.. 14 
to 10c: dressed hogs, light, 10 to 12c; heavy. 8 
to 10c; Spring lambs, lb., 18 to 22e; yearling 
Lambs, lb.. 14 to 10c; mutton, lb., S to 10c; 
veal, lb., 17 to 19c. 
Live Poultry—Broilers, lb., 22 to 24c: Spring¬ 
ers. lb., 22 to 24c; fowls, lb., 23c: roosters, old, 
lb,. 12 to 15c: ducks lb.. 22 to 24c: geese, lb.. 
24 to 20c: turkeys. \rr., a 8 to 40e; eggs, 70 to 
75c: butter, crock, lb.. 40 to 45c. 
Apples, bbl.. Spy. King. Greening. $7 to $8; 
Baldwin. $5 to $6: bu., $1.50 to $2.75. 
Beets, bu.. 75 to 85c: cauliflower, doz. beads, 
$2 to $3: cabbage, doz. heads. 75c to $1.25: ton, 
830 to $35: carrots, bu., 70 to 80c: ton. $20 to 
$22: celery doz. bunches, 50 to 60c: cucumbers, 
doz., $2 to $2.25: Hubbard squash, lb.. 2 to 2 , 6e: 
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 $2.50: green, doz. 
bunches. 20c: potatoes, bn., 95c to $1: pumpkins, 
doz.. $1 to $1.25: spinach, bu.. $1.25 to $1 50: 
turnips, bu., 75c to $1: vegetable oysters, doz. 
bunches. 45 to 50c: watercress, doz.. 40 to 50c. 
Beans, hand-picked. 100 lbs., medium, $3.50; 
red ma r row. $6: white marrow. $4: red kidney, 
$0: white kidney. $7; pea, $3.50: yellow eye. $5; 
imperials. $5. 
Raw Furs—Skunk. No. 1, $3 to $3.25: No. 2, 
82 to $2.25: No. 3, 81 to $1.25: No. 4. 40 to 
50c; muskrat. No. 1. 81 to $i.50: mink, each, $2 
to 89; coon, each. 50c to $6; weasel, each, 10 
to 75c. 
H'des—Steers. No. 5c; No. 2. 4c: cows and 
heifers. No. 1. 4c: No. 2. 2c: bulls and stags, 
lb.. 3c: horsehides. each, $2 lo 83: lambs, each, 
50 to 60c; calf. No. 1. 12c: No. 2. 10c: wool, lb., 
15 to 18c: unwashed, medium. 15 to 18c. 
Wheat, bu.. $1.05 to $1.10: corn, shelled, bu., 
70 to 72c: oats, bu., 44 to 46c: rye, bu., '85 to 
96c; hay. Timothy, ton. $25 to $27; straw, ton, 
$14 to $18. 
SYRACUSE 
Pork, heavy, lb., 10c: sausage, lb,, 18 to 20c; 
lamb. Spring, lb.. 18 to 25c. 
Duck 1 - live. ‘ ^c: Spring, 20 to 25c: chickens, 
25 to 28c: capons. 35c: fowls, 25 to 28c: geese, 
lb.. 26c; guinea liens, live, each, 75c; turkeys, 
40 to 45c. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb., 45c; chickens, 
lb.. 35c: fowls, lb.. 30 to 40c; geese, lb., 35c; 
turkeys, 60 to 70c. 
Butter, lb., 50 to 60c; eggs, 90c to $1; duck 
eggs, 90c: Italian cheese, lb., 45c. 
Apples, bu.. $1.75 to $4; pears, bu.. $2.50; 
beans, bu., $4.50 to $5: beets, bu., 50c; doz. 
bunches, 30c: cabbage, doz. heads, 50c to $1; 
red. doz. heads, $1; celery, doz. bunches, 40 to 
75c; carrots, bu.. 05 to 75c; cauliflower, doz., 
50c to $1.50; chives, bunch, 10c; endive, doz. 
heads, 50 to 65c; garlic, lb.. 20c; Hubbard 
squash, crate. 60c; kohlrabi, doz., 60c: lettuce, 
leaf, crate, 35 to 75c; Boston, doz., 25 to 50c; 
onions, bu.. $2 to $3.50; parsley, doz. bunches, 
40c; parsnip8, bu., $1 to $1.25; potatoes, bu., 
50c to $1.25; peck, 40c; pumpkins, each, 10 to 
15c; romaine, doz. heads, 30 to 50c: rutabagas, 
bu., 75c; sage, bunch, 50c; turnips, bu., 40 to 
50c. 
Hay—No. 1, ton. $22 to $24; No. 2. $18 to 
$20; No. 3, $10 to $17; Timothy. $22 to $24. 
.Straw—Rye. $13; wheat. $11. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
Butler is going up a little, but cheese and 
eggs- are not strong, and potatoes are weak. 
Poultry is quiet from Thanksgiving left-overs. 
Dull or quiet appears to be the general condi¬ 
tion. The weather still permits outdoor gath¬ 
erings of' late produce. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, higher; creamery, 46 to 48c; dairy, 
38 to 43c; crocks, 35 to 42c; common, 27 to 30c. 
Cheese, quiet; flats. 22 tj 23c; daisies, 23 to 
24<-: longhorns. 24 to 25c; limburger, 26 to 27c: 
block Swiss, 26 to 30c. Eggs, easier; hennery. 
75 to 82c; State and Western candled, 58 to 
68c; storage, 38 to 48e. 
POULTRY—RABBITS 
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkey, 48 to 54c; 
fowl, 20 to 32c; chickens, 24 to 32c; old roost¬ 
ers, 22 to 23c; ducks, 34 to 36c; geese, 28 to 
32c. Live poultry, unsteady; turkeys, 38 to 
45c; fowl, 16 to 24c: chickens, 15 to 25c; old 
roosters, 10 to 17c; ducks, 24 to 2(!c; geese, 
21 to 23e. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, fair; fancy State varieties, bu., $2.25 
to $3; fair to good, $1.50 to $2; seconds. 75c to 
$1. Potatoes, dull and easy; choice homegrown, 
bu., 90c to $1: seconds. 60 to 75c; sweets, Jer¬ 
sey, (tamper, $2.25 to $2.75. 
CRANBERRIES AND CALIFORNIA FRUITS 
Cranberries, dull; Cape Cod, bbl.. $17.50 to 
818. California Cusabas. box. $1.25 to $1.75. 
Malaga and Tokay grapes, box, $2 to $2.50. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, easy; kidney, cwt., $8.50 to $10; mar¬ 
row, $7 to $7.50: pea and medium. $5.25 to $6. 
Onions, steady; homegrown, bu., $3 to $4; State 
and Western, cwt., $3 to $0; Spanish, small, 
crate, $2 to $2.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, quiet. Artichokes, box, $6 to 
$7.50; beans, wax and green, hamper, $1 to $3: 
beets, bu., 85c to $1.10; cabbage, ton .$28 to $35: 
100 heads, $2.75 to $7; cauliflower, bu. crate. 
$2 to $2.25; carrots, bu., 75c to $1.25; Brussels 
sprouts, qt., 15 to 20c; celery, bunch. 40 to 70c; 
endive, doz. heads, 50 to 90c; lettuce, 2-doz. 
box, $1 to $1.50: oyster plant, 90c to $1; par¬ 
sley. doz. bunches, 30 to 40c: parsnips, bu.. $1 
to $1.25; peppers, bu., $4.50 to $5; radishes, 
d z. bunches, 20 to 30c; spinach, bit.. $1 to 
$1.25; squash, lut.. $1.50 to $2; tomatoes, hot¬ 
house, lb.. 25 to 30c: turnips, bu., white, 50 to 
75c; yellow, 70 to 80c. 
SWEETS 
Honey, weak; white comb, 18 to 2Ge; dark, 
15 to 17c. Maple products, inactive; sugar, lb., 
18 to 26c; syrup, gal., $2 to $2.50. 
FEED 
Hay. firm: Timothy, track, ton, $18 to $20: 
dover mixed, $17.50 to $19; rye straw. $9 to 
$10.75; wheat bran. ton. earlots, $28.25; mid¬ 
dlings, $24.25; red dog. $84.75; cottonseed meal. 
$41.50; oilmeal. $44; hominy, $27.50; gluten, 
$33: oat feed, $11; rye middlings, $25: dried 
beet pulp, $28. J. W. C. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Baldwin, bbl., $4 to ‘$6.50: Spy. $4 to $5.50; 
Greening, $4 to $5.50: bu. box. $1.25 to $2.50. 
BEANS 
Pea, 100 lbs., $5.10 lo $5.25: red kidney, $7 to 
$8.25; yellow eye, $7.50 to $7.75. 
BEEF 
Hindquarters. 16 to 17c; forequarters, 10 to 
lie; sides, 13 to 14c. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best. 44% to 45%c; good to choice, 
30 to 43e; dairy, 30 to 33c. 
EGGS 
Nearby hennery. 81 to 82c: gathered, choice, 
70 t > 72c; common to good, 50 to 60c; storage, 
30 to 42c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—Timothy. No. 1, $30 to $31; No. 2. $27 
to $28: No. 3, $23 to $24; clover mixed, $25 to 
$27. Straw—Rye, $20; oat, $18 to $20. 
MILL FEED 
• Spring bran. $27 to $28.50; middlings. $27 to 
$34: red dog, $39; mixed feed. $28 to $34; gluten 
feed, $40; cottonseed meal. $45; linseed meal. 
$50; dried beet pulp, $29. 
ONIONS 
Nearby, bu. box. 82 to $3; Connecticut Valley, 
best, 100 lbs., $5.25 to $6; lower grades. 83.75 
to $4. 
POTATOES 
Maine Cobbler, 100 lbs., $1.05 to $1.70; Green 
Mountain. $1.85 to $1.90; sweet potatoes, bu.. 
$1.75 to $2. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Native roasters, 35 to 38c: fowls. 28 to 80c; 
broilers, 35 to 40c; ducks. 20 to 30c; squabs, 
doz., $4 to $7; turkeys, best, 47 to 48c; fair to 
good, 30 to 45c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls. 28 to 30c; chickens, 20 to 28c; roosters, 
18 to 20c. 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bu., 50c to $1; cabbage, bbl.. $2 to 
$3.50: celery, bu. box, $1.25 to $3.25: cucumbers, 
bu., $4 to $10: lettuce, bu., $1.50 to $2: radishes, 
bu.. $1 to 81.25: tomatoes, lb., 25 to 80c; ruta¬ 
bagas. 140 lbs., $1.50 to $2; spinach, bu.. 60 to 
85c; squash, ton, $35 to $50. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Fine creamery, steady: medium and low 
grades, dull: fresh, solid-packed creamery, fan- 
'•v. high-scoring goods, 48U to 50M>c;' extra, 
47V.C: extva firsts. 44% to 45%c: firsts, 30 to 
40c: seconds, 32 to 34c: sweet creamery, choice 
Tn fancy. 49t5 to 51U>e; fair to good. 40R> to 
48Vic: ladle-packed, us to quality. 30 to 34c; 
packing stock. 28 to 30c: fancy brands of prints 
were jobbing at 00 to 02c; lair to choice, 52 
to 59c. 
CHEESE 
Market very dull; New York, whole milk flats, 
--Vx to 23c: fair to good, 21 to 22c: Longhorns. 
22 to 23% c; single daisies. 21 % to 23c; jobbing 
sales of fancy goods, 25 to 26c. 
EGGS 
Choice fresh eggs scarce and moving rapidly; 
nearby extra firsts, 07c: firsts. 65c; seconds, 47 
to 52c: Western extra firsts. 00 to 67c: firsts, 62 
to 05c; seconds, 47 to 52c; inferior lots lower; 
fancy, carefully selected candled eggs were 
jobbing at 78 to 79c, and fair to good at 72 
to 77c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fancy stock scarce and firm; medium grades 
very slow; fowls, 24 to 32c: chickens. 20 to 
28c; roosters. 17 to 18c; ducks, 22 to 20c; geese, 
20 to 23c; turkeys, 40 to 45c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Receipts light, but business continues slow; 
Spring turkeys, 50 to 52c: old, 40 to 45c; fowls, 
best. 32 to 33c: fair to good, 21 to 26c; chickens. 
25 to 33c; roosters, 19 to 21c; ducks, 32 to 35c; 
geese, 25 to 28c. 
FRUITS 
Apples selling well: cranberries higher: ap¬ 
ples. bbl.. fancy. $7.50 to $9; fair to g «d, $4.50 
to $7.50: bu. basket, $1.50 to $2.15; cranberries, 
fancy, bbl.. $8 to $25: 32-qt. crate. $4 to $0; 
grapefruit. Florida, box, $1.85 to $5; oranges, 
box, Florida, $2.40 to $0.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes slow and without much change; 
onions and cabbage higher; white potatoes. 100 
lbs., fancy, $2 to $2.35; fair to choice. $1.50 to 
$1.85; sweet potatoes. Jersey, %-bu. basket. No. 
1. 90c to $1.15; No. 2, 35 to 00; cabbage, ton. 
$40 to $50; onions, ICO-lb. hag. No. 1. $5.50 to 
$0.25; No. 2 and medium, $2.50 to $4.50: car¬ 
rots. bunch, 2 to 3>4c; beets, new. bunch, 2*i 
to 3%c; lettuce, New Jersey, crate, 50c to $1.50; 
celery, Pennsylvania, bunch, 5 to 17c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Market is steady, with moderate receipts. 
Timothy, No. 2. $20 to $21; No. 3, $18 to $19; 
sample, $14 to $10; no grade. $12 to $14; clover 
mixed, light, 819.50 to $20: No. 1. 818 to $19. 
Straw—No. 1 straight rye. $2(t to $20.50; No. 2. 
$18 to $19: No. i wheat. $13 to $13.50: No. 2. 
812 to $12.50; No. l oat. $12 to $12.50; No. 2, 
$11 to $11.50. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
DECEMBER 8. 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, (it., 15c; pt.. 10c: B, qt.. loose, 12c; 
buttermilk. 11c; certified, qt., 28c: pt.. 17c; 
heavv cream, % pt., 29c; route cream, V. pt., 
19c. 
BUTTER 
The market has both advanced and declined 
during the neck, finally settling at about last 
week’s figures. There is some Danish on hand, 
but it is held higher than domestic and mainly 
going into storage. 
Creamery, fanev, lb. 
.45 
© 
.40 
Good to choice.... 
.38 
(a> 
.42 
Lower grades . 
.32 
(ai 
.35 
Citv made . 
.28 
@ 
.34 
Dairy, best . 
.43 
© 
.43 hi 
Common to good... 
.31 
© 
.40 
Packing stock . 
.25 
@ 
.29 
CHEESE 
Whole milk, fancy.22U> 
© 
.23 % 
Good to choice.... 
.17 
(ti\ 
<>•> 
Skims . 
.08 
EGGS 
further heavv 
© 
.16 
There have been 
declines in 
price, particularly on white eggs. 
White, choice to fancy.75 
© 
.78 
Medium to good. .. 
rft 
fa! 
.73 
Pullets . 
52 
© 
.00 
Miy-d colors, nearby 
, best.. .70 
© 
.72 
Medium to good... 
.40 
fa) 
.66 
Gathered, best . 
.t;<» 
© 
.08 
Medium to good... 
.40 
© 
.00 
Lower grades . 
.30 
© 
.33 
Storage . 
oq 
@ 
.45 
LIVE POULTRY 
Heavy fowls and prime chickens in good de 
maud. 
Fowls, best . 
.30 
© 
.31 
Fair t,o good. 
.25 
fa' 
.30 
Chickens . 
.25 
fa 
.26 
Roosters . 
.15 
© 
.10 
Ducks . 
.23 
© 
.20 
Geese . 
.24 
© 
.20 
Turkeys . 
. .35 
© 
.42 
DRESSED 
POULTRY 
Supplies moderate and prices mainly 
higher. 
The cool dry ■ weather 
lias been favorable for 
shipments, s > that most cf (lie stock 
has come 
in good condition. 
Turkeys, best . 
.57 
© 
.58 
Common to good. 
.30 
© 
.55 
Chickens, choice, lb... 
.40 
fa! 
.J-4 
Fairto good. 
.25 
©> 
.35 
Fowls . 
.25 
fa 
.35 
Roosters . 
.17 
fa 
.22 
Duties . 
.25 
fa: 
.35 
Squabs, doz.. 
. 4.00 
©) 
11.00 
Spring guineas, pair... 
. 1.25 
@ 
1.75 
LIV E 
STOCK 
Steers . 
. 0.00 
© 
9.50 
Bulls . 
. 4.00 
fa? 
5.00 
Cows . 
. 1.25 
<8 
5.25 
Calves, prime veal, 100 
lbs.. 12.00 
© 
14.00 
Culls . 
. 4.00 
fa! 
8,00 
© 
8.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
. 2.50 
fa 
4.50 
Lambs . 
. 0.50 
® 
12.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best . 
.19 
© 
.21 
Common to good. 
.08 
(a) 
.16 
Hothouse lambs, each. 
. 10.00 
© 
12.00 
Pork. 80 to 100 lbs. each.12 
© 
.13 
100 to 150 lbs. each... 
.11 
@ 
.12 
RABBITS 
Arrivals are large; many in poor condition and 
peddled out at low prices or condemned. Sound 
cottontails have brought 25c per pair, and jacks 
50 to 75c. Tame rabbits are quoted 19 to 20c 
P* lb. 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
© 
0.00 
Medium . 
© 
5.25 
Pea . 
4.75 
© 
5.25 
Red kidney ..... 
.. 
7.00 
© 
7.75 
White kidney .. 
. . . . 
9.00 
fa' 
10.00 
Yellow eye . 
FRUITS 
7.00 
© 
7.50 
Apples. Baldwin, 
bbl. 
5.50 
© 
0.50 
Greening .... 
5.00 
fa! 
10.00 
Spy -4 . "iv 
Wealthy . .. 
0.00 
© 
8.00 
....... 
5.00 
© 
7.50 
Western., box . 
. • . • • ... 
2.00 
© 
2.75 
Pears, bbl. 
4.00 
© 
0.50 
Cranberries, bbl. 
. 
23.00 
fa? 
25.00 
Oranges, box . . . 
4.25 
fa! 
8.25 
Grapefruit, box 
4.50 
© 
7.75 
Kumquats, qt.io 
POTATOES 
Long Island, 180 IDs. 
Jersey. 150 lbs. 
-Maine. ISO lbs. 
State. 180 lbs.. 
Sweet potatoes, bu. basket.. 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bbl. 
_ 2.00 
Brussels sprouts, qt. 
.10 
Carrots, bbl. 
_ 2.00 
Chicory, bu. 
- 1.00 
Cucumbers, bu. 
- 3.50 
Celery, standard crate... 
- 2.50 
Cabbage, ton . 
. . . . 46.00 
Cauliflower, bbl. 
- 3.00 
Eggplant, bn. 
Feuuei bbl. 
Kale, bill. 
Lettuce, lm. 
Lima beans, bu. 
Mushrooms, lh. 
.30 
Onions. 100 lbs.... 
Peppers, bu. 
Peas. bn. 
- 2.00 
Radishes. 100 bunches. . 
.50 
Spinach, lm. 
_ 1 00 
Squash, bbl. 
.... 1.50 
String beans. Iiu. 
- 2.50 
Turnips, bb). 
- 1.00 
Tomatoes, hothouse. ll».. 
.30 
Watercress, lhO bunches. 
.... 2.25 
HAY AND 
STRAW 
Hay. Timothy, No. 
. . . . 27.00 
No. 2 . 
_ 25.00 
X j. 3 . 
- 23.00 
Shipping . 
_ 20.00 
Clover mixed .... 
- 20,00 
Alfalfa . 
- 22.00 
Straw, rye .. 
- 22.00 
<*at and wheat. 
5.15 
2.00 
3.25 
3.25 
1.25 
© 
.15 
© 
5.n 
© 
2.25 
© 
3.90 
© 
3.75 
fa 
2.25 
© 
2.50 
fa 
.20 
fa 
2.15 
© 
1.25 
© 
5.00 
fa 
4.50 
fa 
52.00 
fa 
10.00 
fa 
3.50 
fa 
3.50 
© 
1.00 
• ! 
3.00 
fa' 
8.011 
fa 
.40 
fa 
7.00 
fa 
8.50 
© 
6.50 
© 
1.25 
fa 
1.25 
fa' 
2.00 
© 
7.00 
fa 
2.oo 
fa 
.32 
fa 
3.60 
© 
28.00 
© 
20.00 
fa' 
24.00 
fa 
21.00 
© 
26.00 
© 
30.00 
© 
23.00 
fa 
17.00 
Various Egg Questions 
Are the egg quotations printed in com¬ 
mercial papers the prices that I would 
get if I sent, my eggs to New York, or 
are they prices that the retailers must pay 
the wholesalers? , T E p ‘ 
1 he market quotations on eggs are the 
prices eggs have been sold for by the 
wholesaler to the jobber or retailer." Out 
of these would lie taken transportation 
anti commission charges, and in some 
cases city cartage, to make the net that 
the shipper would get. These prices are 
merely records of what has been, and do 
not carry any guarantee of the future. 
Neither do they cover all of the business 
done in any one day. Nowhere near all 
of tl:"^ sales are ever reported or investi¬ 
gated. and there are doubtless actual 
sales both above and below the quoted 
prices every day. There are certain 
classes of trade that will pay more for 
high grade eggs than others. But there 
are comparatively few of these high- 
priced buyers, and when they are supplied 
the remaining eggs of the ‘ same quality 
may have to be sold lower on the same 
day. or held on the chances of a better 
market next day. If a dealer guarantees 
to return the top quotation for the day. 
or any other price according to quality, 
he should be held to this, but if he re¬ 
ceives the eggs with the understanding 
that lie is to do the best he can. lie may 
have sell part of the shipment at one 
price and part of the same quality at an¬ 
other. Being merely a human being, the 
probability is that he will average the 
sales in making the returns, even though 
contrary to the commission house law. 
IT c will take the chance of being caught 
fit that rather than the certainty of a 
kick from the shipper because he sells the 
eggs (and it would Vie about the same 
with any other nrorluce) at the two differ¬ 
ent prices. There has been considerable 
controversy as to how much dependence 
should be put on the daily “official” quo¬ 
tation practically made in the morning on 
’he Mercantile Exchange. There is no 
doubt that this quotation has great power 
over the later outside business of the day. 
both here and in other cities. Dealers 
ask so much for eggs, based on “the quo¬ 
tation.” rather than any knowledge they 
have of actual supply and demand. This 
kno” ’ge may come to them later 
througii ihe action of shoppers, and price 
changes result, which will in turn affect 
the. next day’s quotations. In this way 
business influences the quotation and the 
quotation influences business, and how 
much justice or otherwise there may he 
in the latter influence it is hard to tell, 
lake many abuses in business, it is known 
or suspected by most of those who are 
connected with these lines of trade, ami 
so heavily discounted that its effect is not 
so great as might appear to an outsider. 
If. while a man is robbing you, somebody 
picks his pocket, the net gain to the first 
robber is lessened. But the innocent man 
in this triangular transaction is a real 
loser unless he in turn robs somebody 
else. 
7 / 00 , 
Potatoes, per bu.. $1 : yellow beans, 
per 100 lbs.. $5; white kidney beans, per 
100 lbs., $7: hay, per ton. $12: buck¬ 
wheat. per 100 lbs.. $1.25; oats, per bu.. 
45c; wheat. p?i“'bu.. $1.15; lambs, per 
lb.. 7 1 4c. These are the prices the farmers 
receive for their crops. Potatoes were a 
good crop, and good price, bujt the rest of 
thp crops would not half pay the ex¬ 
pense of raising them. That is the pros¬ 
pect the farmer is up against now. Pota¬ 
toes are in good demand, hut the rest 
poor demand at the low price. C. A. B. 
Livingston Co,. N. Y. 
