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7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 29, 1924 
Market News and 
Review of the New York Produce Market 
The Florida potato season has opened 
up, a few carloads already being received 
in New York and selling at prices rang¬ 
ing from $8 to 812 a barrel, the top price 
being paid only on very fancy stock. The 
Florida potato acreage as estimated for 
March 1 is nearly 30.000 acres compared 
with a little under 20,000 acres last. year. 
Alabama and Georgia have a little in¬ 
crease in acreage over last year, and the 
combined acreage of South Carolina and 
Virginia shows a gain of about 0.000 
acres with North Carolina plantings 
about the same this year as last. The 
vield is reported to be light in Southern 
Florida, but the stand in the Hastings 
section is unusually good and growers 
expect to start shipments from there 
about April 10. Old potatoes continue 
to drag and the market has been a little 
easier. Maine continues to be the heav¬ 
iest carlot shipper to the New York mar¬ 
ket with New York State and Fong 
Island supplying most of the rest, al¬ 
though several potato growing States are 
represented by a carload, or two . every 
week. Old cabbage was' in very limited 
demand and the market weakened. Onions 
were irregular, but generally slow at $2 
to 82.75 per 100-lb. sack for yellow stock. 
Imports of fruits and vegetables have in¬ 
creased considerably during the past 
year and are of sufficient quantity to 
affect our markets. The moderate supply 
of domestic onions left an opening for 
foreign stock and receipts in New York 
from Spain last week were equivalent to 
51 carloads. To the end of January 
more than 58.000,000 lbs., or about 2,- 
320 carloads of foreign onions had been 
received in the United States, an increase 
of 7,500.000 lbs. over last season accord¬ 
ing to the U. S. Department of Agricul¬ 
ture. For the week ending March 15. 
the equivalent of 61 carloads of cabbage 
were received in New York from Holland, 
also 31 carloads of carrots or more than 
double the amount of the receipts of do¬ 
mestic stock for that particular week. 
Bermuda ships a few potatoes and just 
now Mexico is supplying many of the 
peas. There are more or less apples, po¬ 
tatoes, turnips, etc. coming in from Can¬ 
ada each year and the West Indies sup¬ 
plies us with considerable quantities oi 
fruit. Foreign competition is a factor 
which will have to be taken into consider¬ 
ation in any attempt to predict market¬ 
ing conditions for many of our crops. The 
local apple situation has shown no im¬ 
provement and there still seems to be 
quite a lot to be moved before the end of 
the season and prospects are not very 
bright. There has been no difficulty in 
disposing of fancy apples, but few such 
were offered and other stock was dull. 
Cheap oranges have undoubtedly had in¬ 
fluence on the apple market. Chain 
stores have been selling medium-sized 
oranges around 22c a dozen and mixed 
■•arlots of ungraded oranges and grape¬ 
fruit have been shipped north and sold 
by the bushel from the car door to those 
who would supply their own containers 
and do their own delivering. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
Receipts of western eggs were not 
quite as heavy last rveek as they were 
the first of March, but nearby offerings 
increased and Pacific Coast receipts were 
fairly liberal. However, with chain 
stores using eggs as “leaders” the de¬ 
mand has been fairly active and high 
quality nearby eggs were steadily held 
with finest selected whites selling up to 
36c, but more of them selling 30 to 34c 
a dozen. At this season of the year 
there are always many lots of eggs from 
which the finest have been removed for 
use in the incubators and these, of course, 
do not bring the best prices. Egg prices 
have been unusually low for the season, 
prices changing but little during the past 
week as they have been low enough to 
tempt dealers to take the surplus for 
storage purposes which had a steadying 
effect on the market. However, increased 
receipts from the west are looked for and 
dealers have been willing to keep stocks 
moving in anticipation of lower price 
levels for eggs to be bought for storage 
purposes. Early Spring eggs are the 
most desirable, however, as they have not 
had a chance to be affected by the heat 
and generally come out of storage in bet¬ 
ter condition than those put away later 
in the season. 
The live poultry market has not been 
entirely satisfactory. Receipts of fowl 
were too heavy for the requirements of 
the trade and the market was irregular 
and inclined to be weak. The coming of 
the Jewish holiday on the 20th should 
have a stimulating effect on the market 
for a few days as fowl, especially, are in 
good demand for use on that date. The 
next Jewish holiday, the Passover, comes 
on the 19th and 20th of April, and for 
a few days previous to those dates there 
: s a good demand for live^ geese, ducks, 
mrkevs and heavy fowl. Very few near¬ 
by chickens are being received, either 
live or dressed, and those that are com¬ 
ing in are mostly staggy and do not 
command full prices. Good capons, both 
live and dressed, have been rather 
scarce and market firm. Five broiler re¬ 
ceipts showed a little increase and were 
inclined to be weak. Fresh killed fowl 
were dull with barreled-packed stock 
easing off a little. Government storage 
reports for the United States for March 
1 show an average amount of broilers 
and roasters'in the refrigerating plants, 
but a shortage of fowl amounting to 
about 6.000,000 lbs. Holdings of turkeys 
are heavier than a year ago and vei-y 
nearly double the average for the past 
five years. 
HAY AND STRAW 
There has been a pretty good demand 
for hay, especially for large bales and 
high quality stock. Considerable quanti¬ 
ties of Canadian hay continues to come 
in which contains more or less clover 
mixed and sells slowly. Straw was quiet. 
B. W. S. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT MARKET 
Kettle roasts, lb., 8 to 14c; hamburg, 
lb., 20c; porterhouse steak, lb., 30c; 
round steak, lb., 28c-; sirloin .“teak, lb., 
25c; pork chops, lb., 24c; lamb chops, 
lb.. 40c; veal chops, lb., 30c; veal cutlets, 
lb., 35c; sausage, lb.. 25c; woodchuck, 
lb., 30c; rabbits, lb., 30c; pigs, live. 4 
weeks old, each, $4.50. 
Live poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 28c ; 
fowls, heavy, lb., 32c; geese, lb., 30c; 
ducks, lb.. 30c; broilers, lb.. 30c. 
Dressed poultry—Chickens light, lb., 
35c; fowls, lb., 38c; geese, lb.. 35c; ducks, 
lb.. 35c; broilers, lb., 35c. 
Eggs, extra, white, 30c; duck eggs, 
53c; milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; 
skim-milk, qt.. 5c; cream, qt., SOc; goat’s 
milk, bottle, 25c. 
Butter, creamery, fancy prints, lb., 
5Sc; best dairy, lb., 56c; cheese, cream, 
lb.. 34c; cottage cheese, lb.. 5c. 
Lima beans, qt., 12c; beans, dry, lb., 
10c; beets, lb., 5 rt ; bushel, $1.35; cab¬ 
bage. lb.. 5c; new. lb., Sc; carrots, lb., 
5c; bushel, $1.25; cauliflower, lb., 18c; 
celery, bunch, 10c; citron, lb. 11c; fresh 
horseradish, bottle, 12c; new green 
onions, bunch, 7i/4c; kale, peek, 20c; let¬ 
tuce, head. 10c; Boston, head, 12c; 
onions, dry, lb., 6c; bushel, $2,75; green 
bunch. 7 1 / 4e; parsnips, lb., 6c; potatoes, 
bu., $1.10; radishes, bunch, 7%c; Hub¬ 
bard squash, lb., 7c; sauerkraut, qt., 
16c; Swiss chard, lb., 10c; turnips, lb., 
4c; bushel, SOc. 
Sweet cider, gal., 45c: buckwheat 
flour, lb., 5c; honey, card, 23c; strained, 
lb., 18c; popcorn, 3 lbs., 25c; maple 
syrup, gal.. $2 to $2.25; cider vinegar, 
gal.. 35c. 
Florida oranges, peck. 50c : tangerines, 
peck, 75c; grapefruit, doz.. SOc. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKETS 
Pork, light, lb., 11 to 12c; heavy, lb.. 
S to 9c; veal. lb.. 14c; mutton, lb., 15 
to 27c; lamb. lb.. 30 to 35c; beef, lb., 6c. 
Live poultry—Ducks, lb., 20c; chick¬ 
ens. lb.. 28 to 35c; fowls, lb., 28 to 35c; 
geese, lb.. 20c; guinea hens, each, SOc 
to $1 ; pigeons, pair. 75c; turkeys, lb., 
50c. 
Dressed poultry—Ducks, lb., 45 to SOc; 
chickens, lb.. 40 to 50c ; fowls, lb., 40 to 
45c; geese, lb., 40c; turkeys, lb., 55 to 
75c. 
Butter, lb.. 50 to 60c; eggs. 28 to 40c; 
duck eggs, 45 to SOc; Italian cheese, lb., 
40c. 
Apples, bu.. 75c to $2.50; beans, 
bushel, $4 to $6; white kidney, lb.. 9 
to 10c; red kidney, lb., 7 to 8c; beets, 
bu., 75c to $1; cabbage, crate, SOc to $1; 
carrots, crate, S5c to $1.25; celery, doz. 
bunches, SOc to $1; garlic, lb., 10c; 
honey, qt., 65 to 75c; cap. 25 to 30c; 
Boston lettuce, doz., 40 to SOc; lettuce, 
leaf, head, 5c; onions, bu., S5c to $1.25; 
parsley, doz. bunches, SOc; parsnips, bu., 
$2 to $2.25; potatoes, bu., 75 to 95c; 
rutabagas, bu., S5c to $1; turnips, bu.. 
90e to $1; Winter squash, lb.. 3 to 5c. 
Hay, No. 1. ton. $20 to $22; No. 2, 
$18; No. 3, $15 to $17; straw, ton, $14 
to $17. 
Wheat, bu.. $1.25; oats, bu., 60c; corn, 
bu., 60c. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 14 to 16c; 
forequarters, lb.. 13 to 15c-; hindquarters, 
lb.. 17 to 18c; dressed hogs, light, lb., 11 
to 12c; heavy, lb.. 9 to 10c; Spring lambs, 
lb.. 26 to 28c; yearling lambs, lb.. IS to 
21c; mutton. lb., s 10 to lie; veal, lb., 
IS to 19c. 
Live poultry—Springers, lb.. 25 to 28c; 
fowls, lb., 25 to 29c; stags, lb., 12 to 
15e; old roosters, lb., 12c; guinea fowls, 
each, 50 to 60c; pigeons, each, 15 to 20c; 
ducks, lb., 25 to 30c; geese, lb.. IS to 
20c; turkeys, lb.. 30 to 35c; rabbits, pair 
50 to 60c. 
Butter, country, crock, lb., 45 to 50c-; 
eggs, 30 to 33c. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand picked, red 
marrow. $6.50; white marrow, $10; red 
kidney. $6.50: pea. $4; medium. $5; 
white kidney, $9; yellow eye. $5; Imper¬ 
ials, $7. 
Apples. Baldwin, bu.. SOc to $1 ; Green¬ 
ings. 75c to $1; Kings, $1 to $1.25 ; Spysl; 
$1 to $1.50; Russets. 75 to SOc; beets, 
bu.. 75 to 80c; cabbage, doz. heads, 50 to 
60c; per 100 heads, $4.50 to $5; cab¬ 
bage, red, ton. $50; carrots, bu., $1.50 
to $1.75; cauliflower, crate, $2 to. $2.25, 
celery, doz. stalks, 70 to SOc ; endive, lb., 
35 to 40c; horseradish, lb., 3 to 10c; let¬ 
tuce. doz. heads, 40 to 50c; Iceberg, crate. 
$3.25 to $4; onions, yellow, bu., $1.15 
to $1.30; Spanish, crate, $1.75; parsley, 
doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; potatoes, bu.. 
S5 to 90c; radishes, doz. bunches, 20 to 
25c-; rhubarb, doz. bunches, $1.35 to 
$1.50; rutabagas, bu.. 75 to SOc; spinach, 
bu., $1.50; vegetable oysters, doz. 
bunches, 40 to 50c. 
Hickory nuts, bu., $2; walnuts, bu., 
$1.50 to $2; butternuts, bu.. $1.50 to $2. 
Furs, skunk. No. 1. $2.25 to $2.50; No. 
2. $1.25 to $1.50; No. 3. $1 to $1.25: 
No. 4, 60 to 75c; muskrat. No. 1, large, 
$1 to $1.60; mink, prime. $5 to $10; 
raccoon, prime, $3.50 to $5.50; small, $1 
to $2; weasel, white, 25c to $1. 
Hides, steers. No. 1, 5c; No. 2, 4c; 
cows and heifers. No. 1. 5c; No. 2. bulls 
and stags, lb., 4c; horsehides, each. $2 
to $3; sheep skins, each, 50c to $1.50; 
calf. No. 1. 16 to 18c; No. 2. 14 to 
16%c; lambs, each. 25c; shearlings, 25 
to 75c; fleece, lb., 40c; wool, unwashed, 
medium. 40c. 
Hay. No. 1. Timothy, ton. $22 to $23 ; 
Alfalfa, ton. $21 to $23: mixed hay. $17 
to $19; oat straw, ton. $14 to $16; wheat 
straw, ton, $14 to $16; rye. ton. $20. 
Wheat, bu.. $1.10 to $1.15; corn, 
shelled, bu., 93 to 94c; oats, bu., 52 to 
54c; rye. bu., 80 to S2e. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The continued cold weather has kept 
the produce market dull. Southern green 
stuff has increased in volume, while the 
demand has been light, resulting in some 
decline of prices. 
BUTTER-CHEESE.—EGGS 
Butter, steady; creamery, 47 to 53c; 
dairy, 40 to 44c; crocks, 35 to 36c; 
common, 25 to 28c. Cheese, dull: new, 
flats, daisies, longhorns, 23 to 24c ; Lim- 
burger, 33 to 34c; block Swiss, 34 to 
35c. Eggs, weak; hennery, 26 to 29c; 
State and western candled. 24 to 27c; 
storage, 21 to 22c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, steady; .turkey, 30 to 
37c; fowl, 28 to 32c; capons, 33 to 38c; 
springers, 24 to 31c; old roosters, 20 to 
22c; ducks, 28 to 30c; geese, 20 to 23c. 
Live poultry, firm, quiet; turkeys, 28 to 
32c; fowls, 24 to 27c; capons, 30 to 
32c; springers, 25 to 26c; old roosters, 
17 to 18c; ducks. 22 to 27c; geese, 17 
to 20c; pigeons, 25 to 30c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, quiet; Spitzenburg, bu.. $1.25 
to $1.75; Spy. King. Wagner, $1.25 to 
$1.50; Baldwin. Wealthy, Greenings, $1 
to $1.25; seconds, 50 to 75c; Jonathan, 
Rome Beauty, box, $1.65 to $1.90. Po¬ 
tatoes. steady; home-grown, bu.. 70 to 
90c; Bermudas, bbl.. $15 to $16.50; Jer¬ 
sey sweets, hamper, $3.25 to $4. 
GRAPES—BERRIES 
Grapes, quiet: Malaga, keg, $6.15 to 
$8. Strawberries, weak; Florida, qt., 
60 to 75c. Cranberries, quiet; Ca'pe 
Cod, 50-lb. 'box, $4 to $4.50. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, quiet; white kidney, cwt., $10 
to $10.50; marrow, $9.50 to $10: red 
kidney. $7.50 to $8; pea. medium. $7 to 
$8. Onions, steady; home-grown, bu., 
$1.75 to $2; State, cwt.. $2 to $2.25; 
Spanish, crate, $2.25 to $2.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, steady; asparagus, Cali¬ 
fornia. crate, $6 to $S; beans, wax and 
green, hamper. $6.50 to $7.50; beets, bu., 
$1.50 to $1.75; Brussels sprouts, qt., 30 
to 35c; cabbage, bu., $1 to $1.25; Florida, 
hamper, $2.25 to $2.50; carrots, bu., 
$1.75 to $2; Southern, crate. $2 to $2.25; 
cauliflower, California, $1.75 to $2.25; 
celery, Florida, bunch, $4 to $4.50: cu¬ 
cumber, doz., $2.25 to $2.50; eggplant, 
Florida, crate, $3 to $3.50; endive, Cali¬ 
fornia, crate. $3.50 to $4; Jettuce, 5-lb. 
hothouse basket. 30 to 35c; Iceberg, 
fancy crate. $2.75 to $3.25; parsley, doz. 
bunches, SOc to $1.75; parsnips, bu., 
$1.50 to $1.75; peas, bag.^ $6 to $7; 
peppers, Florida, crate, $5.75 to $6; 
pieplant, California, box. $2 to $2.25; 
radishes, doz. bunches. 30 to 35c; spin¬ 
ach. bu., $1.35 to $1.60; tomatoes, Flor¬ 
ida. crate, $4.75 to $5.50: turnips, white, 
bu.. SOc to $1; yellow. 60 to 65c; vege¬ 
table oyster, doz. bunches, $1 to $1.25. 
SWEETS 
Honey, easy; white comb, lb., 20 to 
22c; dark. 13 to 15c; qts., 70 to 80c. 
Maple products, more active; sugar, lb., 
old. 10 to 18c; new. 30 to 35c; syrup, 
gal.. $1.25 to $1.75. 
FEED 
Hay. steady; Timothy, bulk, ton, $15 
to $19: clover, mixed. $14 to $18; rye 
straw. $12 to $14; oat and wheat straw, 
$10 to ' $12. Wheat bran, carlot. ton, 
$28; middlings. $28; Red-dog. $32.50; 
cottonseed meal. $43.o0: oilmeal. $40; 
hominy, $32.50: gluten. $38.30; oat feed, 
$14.50; rye middlings $27.40. J. w. c. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
March 20. 1924. 
March milk prices are as follows for 
3 per cent milk in 201-210 mile zone: 
League Pool. Class 1. $2.33; Class 2A. 
$2.10; Class 2B, $2.25; Class 2C, $2.25; 
Class 3, $2 ; Sheffields, $2.20. 
RUTTER 
Creamery, fancy .$0.4Si/> @$0.49 
Good to choice. 
. .46 @ 
.471/2 
Lower grades . 
. .41 @ 
.43 
Dairy, best . 
. .47 @ 
.471/2 
Common to good . .. 
. .41 @ 
.44 
Packing stock . 
,. .24 @ 
.31 
Danish . 
. .4Sy 2 @ 
.49 
Argentine . 
. .43 @ 
.45 % 
New Zealand . 
. ,46i/> @ 
.47 
c HEESE 
I 
till cream held specials$0.24 1/5 @$0.25 
Average run .. 
Skims . 
New made, fancy 
Average 
run 
.23 @ 
.10 @ 
.2014 @ 
.1914 @ 
. 231/2 
.19 
.2IV2 
.20 
EGGS 
White, choice to fancy ... .$0.35@$0.36 
Medium to good.30@ 
34 
.31 
.2S 
ON 
Mixed colors, nearby, best . . .30@ 
Gathered, best .26@ 
Common to good.22@ 
Storage, best .20@ 
live poultry 
Fowls .$0.26@$0.28 
Chickens . 27@ 
Broilers ...55 @ 
Roosters .15@ 
Ducks ...30@ 
Geese ..18@ 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice .$0.34@$0.36 
.21 
.60 
.17 
.34 
.21 
Common to good.25(_ 
Chickens, best .44 @ 
Fair to good.28@ 
Roosters .18@ 
Ducks .20 @ 
Geese .20@ 
.32 
.48 
.40 
.24 
.27 
.26 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz... 9.00@10.50 
9 to 10 lbs. 
.25 @8.50 
.$2.75@$7.50 
. 2.50@ 6.00 
2.50@ 
.. 3.00@ 
. . 3.00@ 
. . 2.25@ 
. 2.50@ 
,. 2.50@ 
. 1.50@ 
.. 5.00@ 
. 2.50® 
. . 20 ® 
. , 10 @ 
5.00 
6.50 
4.00 
4.25 
4.50 
4.00 
4.50 
7.50 
3.75 
.80 
.12 
, $1.25@$2.00 
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00 
75 
3.00 
1 . 
9 ' 
6 to S lbs.3.50@ 6.75 
Spring guineas, pair . 1.00@ 1.75 
FRUIT 
Apples—McIntosh, bbl. . 
Greening . 
Baldwin . 
Spy . 
King . 
Sfayman . 
Rome . 
York . 
Pears—Keiffer, bbl. 
Cranberries, bbl. 
Half-bbl. box . 
Strawberries, qt. 
Ivumquats, qt. 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bu. 
Asparagus, Cal., doz. bchs... 4.00@ 9.50 
Carrots, 100-lb. bag . 3.25@ 3.60 
Cabbage, 100-lb. bag . 2.25@ 2.50 
Ton .40.00@45.00 
New, bu. basket . 1.50@ 4.00 
Kale, bbl. 1.50@ 
Parsley, bu. 4.50@ 
Eggplant, bu.2.00@ 
Lettuce, bu.2.50® 
Onions, 100 lbs. 2.25@ 3.00 
Peppers, bu. 2.25@ 6.00 
Radishes, 100 'bunches. 5.00@ 8.00 
Spinach, bu. 1.00® 
Peas, So., bu. basket . 2.50@ 
Squash, bbl. 3.00@ 
String beans, bu.3.00@ 
Tomatoes. 6-till crate ..... 
Turnips, bbl. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Watercress, 100 bunches . 
Brussels sprouts, qt. 
Celery, washed, doz. hearts. 
POTATOES 
Maine, 150-lb. sack .$2.75@$3.25 
Long Island. 150 lbs.3.75® 4.00 
State. 150 lbs. 2.50@ 2.65 
Florida, new. bbl. 5.00@12.00 
Bermuda, bbl.10.00@13.00 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.50@ 4.50 
HAY AND GRAIN 
Hay—No. 1 Timothy .. . .$29.00@$30.00 
No. 2 . 26.00® 27.00 
No. 3 . 22.00® 24.00 
Straw—Rye . 20.00@ 22.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves—Choice .$0.19@$0.20 
Good to prime.12@ 15 
Culls ..05 @ .09 
Lambs, hothouse, each . 6.00@11.00 
Pigs, 40 to 80 lbs.10® .12 
Heavier .05@ .08 
LIVE STOCK 
■Calves, best .$13.00@$15.00 
Lower grades. 10.00@ 12.50 
Sheep . 4.00® 8.00 
Lambs . 13.50® 15.50 
Hogs .. 6.50® 8.25 
1.50® 
1.50 
6.50 
5.50 
7.00 
4.25 
1.50@ 2.25 
3.00@ 8.00 
3.50® 4.50 
.15® .30 
1.00@ 1.75 
Retails Prices At New York 
Milk—Grade A. bottled, qt.$0.17 
■Grade B, bottled, qt. .14 
Grade B, bottled, pt.10 
Grade B, loose, qt.11 
Certified, qt.28 
Certified, pt.17 
Buttermilk, qt.10 
Cream, heavy, % pt.29 
Butter, best .$0.58@ .60 
Cheese .34 @ .38 
Eggs. best, doz.50@ .55 
Gathered '.35® .45 
Fowls .,.30@ .40 
Chickens, lb.45® .50 
Turkeys, lb. .45® .48 
