V* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1487 
Market 
News 
Prices 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
PAYS TO COUNT ON DOMESTIC MARKETS— 
J.IYE STOCK PRICES GAIN SLIGHTLY 
PROM LOWEST—POTATO MARKETS 
FIRM—M/ NY EASTERN FRUIT 
GROWERS DOING WELL- 
TOMATOES ON MARKET 
THROUGHOUT THE 
TEAR 
Prices in a general way are lowest on products 
that are affected by the poor export demand, 
like grain, meats and cotton, although cotton, 
because of a short crop, is not selling very low 
now. Most things that are comparatively high- 
priced are those that depend especially on the 
domestic markets, including fruits and vege¬ 
tables, dairy and poultry products. 
The home market is good despite some un- 
emplovment. The money that poured into the 
country during the early years of the war has 
been sifting down and around. Wages and in¬ 
comes have held up in some lines and buying 
power continues fairly strong. 
Poverty-stricken Europe plainly cannot buy 
much here at these prices. Many of our usual 
export products are forced on the home market, 
bearing down the prices. These general condi¬ 
tions mav continue for years so far as Europe 
is concerned. Perhaps some farmers who are 
raising stuff of the export class would do better 
to raise a little more dairy produce, fruit and 
truck Corn is said to be selling for 20c per 
bushel in parts of the Southwest. Many Eastern 
consumers paid 75c per lb. for turkey that was 
finished on such grain, and 16c per quart for 
milk produced largely on corn feeds. Some 
Eastern growers received close to $20 per barrel 
for cranberries, which is far more than Southern 
fruit growers took for their oranges, some of 
which when half ripe were blown off the trees 
by the great storm and were almost as sour as 
the cranberries. Some Michigan farmers have 
made more from a few acres of apple trees than 
from all the rest of their large grain and cattle 
farms. A farmer surely needs an active and 
long range thinking machine these times. 
STOCK SELLING SLIGHTLY HIGHER 
The live stock market seems to have reached 
bottom in October and has shown a tendency to 
recover during November and December. Prices 
at low point were about one-lialf those of a 
year ago. Most lines are now considerably more 
than one-half as high, and hogs sell at nearly 
two-thirds of last year's corresponding price. 
The advance is owing to lighter shipments. 
Some so-called Ch'istmas beef sold on the hoof 
as high as $12 In Chicago, compared with $5 to 
$9 for the general run of stock. 
POTATOES NEARLY STEADY 
Shipments are light, even for the time of year, 
and are less than average requirements. Such 
conditions cannot last long without higher prices. 
Chicago market at times quoted relatively higher 
than shipping points, thus indicating the brisk 
demand from the short crop region of the Middle 
West. The potato crop is turning out better 
than expected, especially in Maine and North 
Dakota. Maine and perhaps Canada will be the 
chief reliance of many Eastern markets toward 
the last of the season. Other Eastern sections 
seem likely to clean up early, while Western 
potatoes will be needed in Western markets. 
Potato shipments of the main Northern crop 
have been one-third greater than last year. 
Prices are a little lower than they were this 
time a vear ago. Shipping points quote from 
75c per IDO lbs., paid to growers in Idaho, to 
$1.65 in Western New York. City prices ranged 
from $1.50 for large sales in central Western 
cities to over $2 in the East. 
ONIONS AND CABBAGE IN FIRM POSITION 
Prices of cabbage and onions are firm; stocks of 
both are now mostly in storage, with from 5,000 
to 6,000 cars of each vegetable. Remaining stock 
of cabbage is mostly in New York State; it sells 
at $40 per ton in the country and at $50_or more 
in the cities. Onions average $5 to $5.50 per 
100 lbs. Roth these vegetables are in such lim¬ 
ited supply that their prices seem likely to 
remain high. _ 
APPLES STEADY 
Barreled apples are higher by one-third than 
a year ago, but Western boxed apples average 
about the same as then. It is a matter of 
relative supply. Many Eastern growers are net¬ 
ting fully as much as Western. The Western 
Winesap. a standard late season box apple, sells 
around $2 per box in producing sections. Many 
orchardists in New York. New England and the 
Lakes region have been getting an average of $- 
per bushel for Baldwins, Greenings, Spys and 
King put up in market boxes, baskets or peach 
crates, with less expense for package and 
handling. The Eastern grower lias a good mar¬ 
ket for culls and low grades, which often pay 
all his harvesting and marketing expenses. In 
the two seasons before this country went to war, 
the last three months of 1914 and the same 
period in 1915. choice Baldwins sold at $1.50 to 
$3 per barrel in city markets, a price which is 
now considered only a fair range for bushel 
baskets. 
TOMATOES ALL THE YEAR 
The tomato season extends practically all 
through the vear. even for the outdoor crop. By 
tiie time the last of the Northern crop, colored 
under shelter, is out of the market, the new 
crop begins from Mexico, Southern California 
and Florida. Texas is beginning to raise toma¬ 
toes as early as Florida. Some are brought in 
from the Madeira Islands and Cuba. Prices of 
the Winter outdoor crop are equivalent to $5 to 
$10 per bushel, and the hothouse crop is able to 
compete because of its freshness and uniformity 
and the careful handling it receives. The early 
tomato market is not really active until Febru¬ 
ary. when Florida sends up several carloads, 
wliich sell in Northern markets at the equivalent 
of $4 to $9 per bushel. The price usually de¬ 
clines about one-half when Tennessee and other 
second early States join the procession. The 
Northern crop starts high for the first offerings, 
but declines rapidly when the crop is large. 
Last August choice New Jersey tomatoes were 
selling below $1 per 20-quart basket toward the 
end of the season. The very latest of the North¬ 
ern crop, ripened indoors, reached tops of $5 per 
bushel. Tomato prices have been on a higher 
level for some years past. Most growers can 
remember when 50c per bushel was considered 
satisfactory. Lack of demand for canning has 
caused over-supply at times, but consumption for 
table use is increasing. More cars were shipped 
to market the past season than ever before. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY—ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb.. 18c; boneless roasts, lb.. 20c; 
choice Kettle roasts, lb.. 8 to 14c: neck cuts, 
lb., 8c; porterhouse steak, lb.. 22c: round steak, 
lb.. 20c; roasting pigs, lb.. 35c: sausage, lb,, 
25c: salt pork, lb., 20c; pork loin, lb., 28 to 
32c: pork chops, lb.. 30c: sliced ham, lb., 30 to 
35c: brisket bacon, lb.. 22c; Dold bacon, lb.. 30c; 
lamb chops, lb.. 30 to 35c: mutton, lb., 10 to 
25c; veal chops, lb., 30c; veal cutlets, lb., 35c; 
veal loaf. lb.. 30c: rabbits, live, lb., 25c; 
dressed, 35c: eels, live, lb.. 25c: dressed, 30c. 
Live Poultry.—Chickens, lb., 28c; fowls, lb., 
28c; old roosters, lb., 22c; turqeys, lb., 45c; 
geese and ducks, lb., 30c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Chickens, lb., 32c; fowls, 
lb., 32c; turkeys, lb., 50c; geese and ducks, 
lb., 35c. 
Eggs, extra, white, 72c; browns. 71c: mixed, 
70c; milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk and skint-milk, 
qt., 5c; cream, pt., 30 to 40c: butter, lb.. 52c; 
cheese, cream, 30c: skim. 17c; cottage cheese, 
lb.. 10c: pimento cheese, lb., 15c. 
Popcorn, on cob, lb., oc; shelled. 8c; buck¬ 
wheat flour, lb., 4c; maple syrup, gal., $2; 
bread. 17-oz. loaf, 5c; vinegar, gal., 45c; sweet 
cider, gal.. 50c: butternuts, bu., $2.50; walnuts, 
qt.. 20c; honey, clover, card, 23c; extracted, 
18c. 
Pears, bu., $3; dried apples, lb., 12%c; cit¬ 
rons, each. 10 to 15c; pie apples, qt., 8c; apples, 
best, peck, 75c. 
Beans, dry, lb., 6 to 10c; beets, bu., $1.25; 
cabbage, white, lb., 2c; carrots, bunch, 5c; per 
bu., $1.30: caulifiotver, lb., 8c; celery, bunch. 
10c: eggplant, best, 15c: medium, 10c; kale, 
60c; lettuce, large heads, oc; Boston, 8c; onions, 
green, bunch, 5c; dry, lb., 6%c; 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.. 
2 to 3c; rutabagas, bu., 80c; vegetable oysters, 
bunch, 10c. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 10 to 15c; fore¬ 
quarters, lb., 8 to 10c; hindquarters, lb., 14 to 
16c; dressed hogs, light, lb.. 10 to 12c; heavy. 
8 to 10c; Spring lambs, lb.. 18 to 22c; yearling 
lambs, lb., 14 to 16c; mutton, lb., 8 to 10c; 
veal, lb., 17 to 19c. 
Live Poultry.—Ducks, lb.. 27 to 29c; geese, 
lb., 28 to 30c; fowls, lb., 24 to 25c; Springers, 
24 to 25c; eggs, 75 to 90c; butter, crock, 40 
to 45c. 
Apples, per bbl.—Spys, Kings, Greenings. $7 
to $8; Baldwins, $5 to $6; apples, per bu., $1.25 
to $2.25. ^ , 
Beets, bu., 80c to $1; cauliflower, doz. heads, 
$2 to $3; cabbage, doz. heads, 75c to $1.25; per 
ton, $30 to $35; carrots, bu., 70 to 80c; per ton, 
$20 to $22: celery, doz. bunches, 50 to 60c; 
Hubbard squash, lb., 2 to 2%c; lettuce, doz. 
heads, 30 to 45c; head lettuce, doz., 40 to 50c; 
mint, green, doz. bunches, 30 to 35c; onions, 
dry, bu.. $1.25 to $2.25; green, doz. bunches, 
20c; potatoes, bu.. 95c to $1; pumpkins, doz., 
$1 to $1.25: parsnips, 14-qt. basket, 45 to 50c; 
radishes, doz. bunches, 18 to 20c: spinach, bu., 
$1.25 to $1.50: turnips, bu., 75c to $1; vegetable 
oysters, doz. bunches, 45 to 50c; watercress, doz. 
bunches, 40 to 50c; beans, per 100 lbs., hand¬ 
picked, medium, $3.50; red and white marrow, 
$0; white kidney, $7: red kidney, $6; pea, $3.50; 
yellow eye. $5: Imperials, $5. 
Hides.—Steers, No. 1, 5c; No. 2, 4c; cows and 
heifers. No. 1, 4c; No. 2, 2c; bulls and stags, 
3c; horsehides, each, $2 to $3; lambs, each, 50 
to 00c; calf, No. 1. 12c; No. 2, 10c; fleece, lb., 
15 to 18c; unwashed, medium, 15 to 18c. 
Skunk, No. 1. $3 to $3.25; No. 2, $2 to $2.25; 
No. 3, $1 to $1.25; No. 4, 40 to 50c; muskrat, 
No. 1, Fall and Winter, $1 to $1.50; mink, each, 
$2 to $5; ’coon, each, 50c to $0; weasel, each, 
10 to 75c. 
Wheat, bu., $1.05 to $1.10; corn, shelled. <0 
to 72c; oats, white, 44 to 46c; rye, 85 to 90c; 
hay. Timothy, ton, $25 to $27; straw, ton, $14 
to $18. 
SYR A FUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Pork, light, lb., 12c: heavy, lb., 11c; sausage, 
lb., 18 to 25c; lamb. Spring, lb., 18 to 25c. 
Live Poultry.—Ducks, lb., 18c; chickens, lb., 
22 to 28c; capons, lb., 35c; fowls, lb., 22 to 
28c; geese, lb., 28 to 30c; guinea hens, lb., 75c; 
turkeys, lb.. 40 to 45c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Ducks. Spring, lb., 23 to 
28c; dressed, lb., 45 to 50c; chickens, lb.. 30 to 
35c: fowls, lb., 30 to 35c; geese, lb., 35c; tur¬ 
keys, lb., 60 to 70c: butter, lb., 50 to 70c; eggs, 
doz.. 75 to 85c; duck eggs, 90e; Italian cheese, 
lb.. 45c. 
Fruits.—Apples, bu.. $1.50 to $2.50; pears, 
bu.. $2 to $2.50. 
Vegetables.—Beans, dry, bu., $3 to $5; beets, 
bu., 50c; cabbage, doz. heads, 50 to 90c; red. 
doz. heads, $1: celery, doz. bunches, 40 to 75c; 
carrots, bu., 65 to 85c; chives, bunch, 10c; en¬ 
dive, doz. heads, 50 to 65c; garlic, lb., 20c: 
honey, pt., 35c; squash, Hubbard, crate, 60 to 
75c; kohl-rabi, per doz., 60c; lettuce, leaf, crate, 
65 to 75c; Boston, doz., 25 to 50c; onions, bu., 
$2 to $3; parsley, doz. bunches, 50c; parsnips, 
bu., $1 to $1.25; potatoes, 50c to $1.25; per 
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; No. 2. $18 to $19; No. 
3. $15 to $17: Timothy, $22. Straw.—Rye, ton, 
$13; wheat, $11; oat, $12. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
SWEETS 
Honey, quiet; white comb, 24 to 25c; dark, 
19 to 21c. Maple products, quiet; sugar, lb., 22 
to 28c; syrup, gal., $1.25 to $2. 
FEED 
Hay, firmer; bulk Timothy, ton, $18 to $20; 
clover mixed, $17.50 to $19; rye straw, $9 to 
$10.75; wheat bran, higher; ton, carlot, $24 to 
$25; middlings. $25.25; red dog, $34.75; cotton¬ 
seed meal. $41.50; oilmeal, $46; hominy, $28; 
gluten. $38; oat feed, $11.50; rye middlings, $25. 
J. W. C. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Offerings mostly of medium and under grades, 
which continued dull and irregular in value. 
Fresh, solid-packed creamery, fancy, high-scor¬ 
ing goods, 48 to 50c, the latter for jobbing 
sales; extra, 47c; extra firsts, 44 to 45c; firsts, 
36 to 40c; seconds, 32 to 34c; sweet creamery, 
choice to fancy, 49 to 50c; fair to good, 40 to 
48c; ladle-packed, as to quality, 30 to 34c; pack¬ 
ing stock, 28 to 30c. Fancy brands of prints 
were jobbing at 59 to 61c; fair to choice, 51 
to 58c. 
EGGS 
Nearby extra firsts. 58c; firsts, 57c; seconds, 
40 to 50c; Western extra firsts, 57 to 58c; firsts, 
55 to 56c; seconds, 40 to 50c; inferior lots lower; 
fancy, carefully selected candled eggs were job¬ 
bing at 73 to 74c, and fair to good at 07 to 72c. 
CHEESE 
New York whole milk flats, fancy, 22% 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. 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, bbl., fancy, $7.50 to $9; fair to good, 
$4.50 to $7. Cranberries, fancy, bbl., $15 to 
$28; 32-qt. crate, $3 to $7. Grapefruit, Florida, 
box, $1.85 to $5.25. Oranges, Florida, box, $2.95 
to $7.40. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes and cabbage steadily held. Onions 
quiet and easy. White potatoes, 100 lbs., fancy, 
$2.10 to $2.35; fair to choice, $1.75 to $2. Sweet 
potatoes, Jersey, %-bu. basket, No. 1, 85c to 
$1.10; No. 2, 35 to 60c. Cabbage, ton, $30 to 
$50. Onions. 100-lb. bag. No. 1, $5 to $5.75; No. 
2 and medium, $2.25 to $3. Carrots, new, per 
bunch, 2% to 4c. Beets, new, per bunch, 2% 
to 4c. Lettuce, Florida, per crate, $1 to $2.75. 
Celery, Pennsylvania, per bunch, 4 to 15c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
F'owls, 22 to 28c; chickens, 20 to 24c; roosters, 
17 to 18c; ducks, 23 to 26c; geese, 20 to 23c; 
guineas, pair, $1 to $1.60. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best, 54 to 56c; medium to good, 43 
to 50c; chickens, 30 to 35c; fowls, 28 to 32c; 
roosters, 20 to 21c; ducks, 32 to 34c; geese, 22 
to 25c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
The market was quiet but steady under mod¬ 
erate offerings. Timothy hay, No. 2, $20 to 
$21; No. 3, $18 to $19; sample, $14 to $16; no 
grade, $12 to $14. Clover-mixed hay—Light 
mixed, $19.50 to $20; No. 1 mixed, $18 to $19. 
Straw—No. 1 straight rye, $20 to $20.50; No. 2 
do., $18 to $19; No. 1 wheat straw, $13 to 
$13.50; No. 2 do.. $12 to $12.50; No. 1 oat straw, 
$12 to $12.50; No. 2 do., $11 to $11.50. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Raldwin, bbl., $4 to $6.50; Sp.v, $4 to $6.50; 
Greening, $4 to $6; bu. box, $1.25 to $2.50. 
BEANS 
Pea, 100 lbs., $5.10 to $5.25; red kidney, $7 
to $8.25; yellow eye, $7.50 to $7.75. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, best, 44% to 45%c; good to choice, 
36 to 43c; dairy, 30 to 35c. 
EGGS 
Nearby hennery, 78 to 80c; gathered, choice, 
70 to 72c; common to good, 50 to 60c; storage, 
36 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, $26; 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 
The weather has turned more Wintry, but it 
is not cold enough to prevent shipments of green 
produce. The markets are well stocked, only 
onions remaining strong, though butter is again 
up to 50c. Potatoes are plenty, but poultry as 
higher on a light supply. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, steady; creamery, 43 to 59c; dairy, 38 
to 43c; crocks. 35 to 42c; common, 27 to 30c. 
Cheese, dull: flats. 22 to 23c; daisies, 23 to 24c; 
longhorns, 24 to 25c; limburger, 26 to 27c; block 
Swiss, 26 to 30c. Eggs, weak; hennery, 68 to 
72c: State and Western candled, 58 to 60c; 
storage, 38 to 48c. 
POULTRY—RABBITS 
Dressed poultry, light demand; turkey. 48 to 
54c: fowl. 20 to 32c; chickens, 24 to 32c; old 
roosters, 22 to 23c; ducks, 34 to 38c; geese, 28 
to 32c. Live poultry, strong; turkeys, 40 to 
45c: fowl. 20 to 28c; chickens, 20 to 26c; old 
roosters, 16 to 17c; ducks, 24 to 27c; geese, 22 
to 24 c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, dull; best varieties, bu., $2.75 to $3; 
seconds, $1.50 to $2 25: common, $1 to $1.25. 
Potatoes, dull; best white, bu., $1 to $1.10; 
seconds, 50 to 90c; sweets, hamper, $2.25 to 
$2.50. 
FRUITS AND BERRIES 
Melons, quiet; California Casabas, box. $1 to 
$1.25: quinces, bu., $1.50 to $2; cranberries, 
bbl., $17 to $18: grapes. California Malagas and 
Tokays, box, $2.25 to $2.75. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, easy: kidney, cwt., $8.50 to $10; mar¬ 
row, $7 to $7.50; pea and medium, $5.25 to $6. 
Onions, rising; homegrown, bu.. $3 to $4; State 
and Western, cwt., $5.50 to $6; Spanish, small 
crate, $2 to $2.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, quiet. Artichokes, box, $6 to $7.50; 
string beans, hamper, $2 to $2.50; beets, bu., 
75c to $1; cabbage, ton, $28 to $35; bu., 75c to 
$1: carrots, bu., 75c to $1: cauliflower, bu., $1.25 
to $2.25: celery, bunch, 30 to 75c; endive, doz. 
heads. 50 to 90c: lettuce, 2-doz. box, $1 to 
$1.50: parsley, doz. bunches. 30 to 40c; 
parsnips, bu.. $1 to $1.25; pumpkins, bu., 
40 to 50e; radishes, doz. bunches. 22 to 25c: 
squash, cwt., $2 to $3: spinach, bu., $1.15 to 
$1.35; tomatoes, hothouse, lb.. 20 to 30c; tur¬ 
nips, white or yellow, bu., 50 to 75c. 
Nearby, bu. box. $2 to $3; Connecticut Valley, 
best, 100 lbs., $5.25 to $6; lower grades, $3.75 
to $4. 
POTATOES 
Maine Cobbler, 100 lbs., $1.65 to $1.75; Green 
Mountain. $1.85 to $1.90: sweet potatoes, bu., 
$1.75 to $2. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Native roasters. 35 to 38c; fowls, 28 to 30c; 
broilers, 35 to 40c; ducks. 26 to 30c; squabs, 
doz., $4 to $7: turkeys, best, 47 to 50c; fair to 
good, 30 to 45c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 28 to 30c; chickens, 26 to 28c; roosters, 
18 to 20c. 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bu., $1 to $1.25; 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 $1.25; tomatoes, lb., 25 to 35c; ruta¬ 
bagas, 140 lbs., $1.50 to $2; spinach, bu., 60c 
to $1; squash, ton. $40 to $60. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
DECEMBER 15, 1921 
MILK 
New York price for December fluid milk in 
201 to 210-mile zone, $3.37 for 3 per cent fajt. 
City retail prices: Grud< 
bottled, qt., 15c; pt.. 10i 
buttermilk, lie; certified 
heavy cream, % pt., 29c: 
19c. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
Good to choice. 
Lower grades . 
City made . 
Dairy, best . 
Common to good. 
Packing stock . 
CHEESE 
Whole milk, fancy. 
Good to choice. 
Skims . 
EGGS 
White, choice to fancy.... 
Medium to good. 
Pullets . 
Mixed colors, nearby, best 
Medium to good. 
A. 
bottled, 18c; B. 
; B, 
qt.. 
loose, 
12c; 
qt. 
, 28c; 
; Pt., 
17c; 
route cream, % 
Pt., 
R 
.45 
@ 
.46 
.38 
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.42 
.32 
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.34 
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.75 
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.46 
@ 
.60 
Gathered, best . 
.59 
(at 
.60 
Medium to good... 
.40 
<5? 
.55 
Lower grades .... 
.30 
(5) 
.33 
Storage . 
.32 
<($. 
.44 
LIVE 
POULTRY 
Fowls, best . 
.29 
(51 
.30 
Fair to good. 
.25 
.27 
Chickens . 
.25 
@ 
.30 
Roosters . 
.15 
(d) 
.16 
Ducks . 
.23 
(S' 
.26 
Geese . 
.24 
<51 
.26 
Turkeys . 
.45 
@ 
.50 
DRESSED POULTRY 
The cool dry weather has been favorable for 
shipments, so that most of the stock has come 
in good condition. 
Turkeys, best .58 (a) .60 
Common to good.40 (S) .55 
Chickens, choice, lb.40 (rg .44 
Fair to good.25 <S? .35 
Fowls .25 . (a) .35 
Roosters .17 (d! .22 
Ducks . 25 0) .35 
Squabs, doz. 4.00 (5) 11.00 
Spring guineas, pair. 1.25 @ 1.75 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers . 6.00 @ 9.10 
Bulls . 4.00 (a) 5.60 
Cows . 1.25 (ft) 6.00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.. 12.00 ©> 15.00 
Culls . 4.00 (at 8.00 
Hogs . 7.50 @ 8.75 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 2.50 <S> 4.00 
Lambs . 9.50 @ 12.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best .22 (a! .23 
Common to good.12. fig .18 
Hothouse lambs, each. 10.00 @ 12.00 
Pork. 80 to 100 lbs. each.12 @ .13 
100 to 150 lbs. each.11 @ .12 
RABBITS 
Arrivals moderate. Sound cottontails have 
brought 35 to 50c per pair, and jacks 60 to 90c, 
Tame rabbits are quoted 20 to 23c per lb. 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bbl. 
2.00 
(5) 
2.25 
Brussels sprouts, qt. 
.10 
<5> 
.20 
Carrots, bbl. 
2.00 
(5) 
2.15 
Chicory, bu. 
2.00 
(a) 
2.50 
Cucumbers, bu. 
3.50 
(5) 
4.00 
Celery, standard crate. 
2.50 
(a) 
4.50 
Cabbage, ton . 
(fit. 
56.00 
Cauliflower, bbl. 
(fit 
12.00 
Eggplant, bn. 
1.50 
(5) 
3.00 
Fennel, bbl. 
@ 
4.00 
Kale, bbl. 
1.25 
(at 
1.50 
Lettuce, bu. 
1.00 
(5) 
4.00 
Mushrooms, lb. 
.30 
(5> 
.40 
Onions. 100 llis. 
(5> 
6.00 
Peppers, bu. 
(5) 
8.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
.50 
1.25 
Spinach, bu. 
1.00 
(fit 
1.25 
Squash, bbl. 
1.50 
<5! 
2.00 
String beans, bu. 
2.50 
m 
6.00 
Turnips, bbl. 
1.00 
(5) 
2.00 
Tomatoes, hothouse, lb. 
.30 
(5) 
.40 
Watercress, 100 bunches. 
2.25 
3.00 
IIAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. 
27.00 
<s> 
28.00 
No. 2 . 
Co) 
2<» 00 
No. 3 . 
23.00 
(at 
24.00 
Shipping . 
20.00 
(5) 
21.00 
Clover mixed . 
20.00 
(a> 
26.00 
Alfalfa . 
22.00 
(fit 
29.00 
Straw, rve . 
22.00 
0) 
23.00 
Oat and wheat. 
15.00 
(5) 
17.00 
BEANS 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 
5.00 
(5) 
6.00 
Medium . 
(5) 
5.25 
Pea . 
4.75 
(5> 
5.25 
Red kidney . 
7.00 
(5) 
7.25 
White kidney . 
9.00 
<5> 
10.00 
Yellow eye . 
7.00 
<5> 
7.50 
FRUITS 
Apples. Baldwin, bbl. 
5.50 
(at 
7.00 
Greening . 
0) 
10.00 
Spy . 
6.00 
0> 
.8. (Ml 
Wealthy . 
0) 
7.50 
Western, box . 
2.00 
(at 
2.75 
Pears, bbl. 
4.00 
(d> 
7.00 
Cranberries, bbl. 
23.00 
(fit 
25.00 
Oranges, box . 
4.25 
(fi 
10.00 
Grapefruit, box . 
4.50 
(5) 
7.75 
Kumquats. qt. 
.06 
.13 
POTATOES 
Long Island. 180 lbs. 
5.15 
(5) 
5.40 
Jersey, 150 lbs. 
2.00 
®, 
2.50 
Maine, 180 lbs. 
3.25 
(a) 
4.00 
State. ISO lbs. 
3.25 
(at 
3.90 
Sweet potatoes, bu. basket.. 
1.00 
@ 
2.25 
Ailing Flock as Breeders 
We have bought a small place here 
with 350 head S. C. White Leghorns that 
were recommended very highly and sup¬ 
posed to he two years old. We did not 
know how they had been kept, but were 
told that grit had never been fed, and that 
the owners had bought calves a day or 
two old and fed a great deal in place of 
beef scrap. As soon as the hens begin 
to lay they seem to go to pieces, limp 
around for a day, then lose control of 
legs and become helpless. After a few 
days they may get up again. We have 
also discovered white diarrhoea, but were 
not told of this hy the sellers. Would you 
tell us what is best to do? Would you 
use these birds for breeders? Did those 
calves start the diarrhoea? c. l. d. 
Meat from healthy calves should cause 
no trouble in a flock, if fed in proper 
quantities. White diarrhoea is a term usu¬ 
ally applied to a contagious disease of 
young chicks, not to the diarrhoeas of old 
fowls. Diarrhoeas in the latter are usu¬ 
ally caused by digestive disturbances, 
sometimes of a contagious nature, some¬ 
times not. The best plan to pursue in a 
case of the kind that you mention is 
probably to remove all evidently sick birds 
from the flock, kill and bury them. Then 
clean up and disinfect their quarters by 
spraying or whitewashing: disinfect all 
drinking vessels with boiling water and 
maintain generally healthful conditions. 
Birds that have been sick, even though 
they have recovered, do not make good 
breeders. They lack the vitality which 
needs to be transmitted if good results in 
hatching and rearing are to be expected. 
You would probably be able to select a 
good pen of strong, healthy fowls from 
your flock, however. M. B. D. 
