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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 3, 1924 
M a r k e 
Review of Philadelphia Produce Market 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
Although cool weather has made 
Spring vegetables late, the market has a 
much different aspect than it had a few 
weeks ago. Many of the nearby Spring 
vegetables are quite plentiful and south¬ 
ern greens no longer predominate. The 
first offerings of the season of nearby 
vegetables usually bring a good price, 
but as receipts increase, as they have 
done in many lines during the past week, 
the tendency of prices is usually down¬ 
ward. The market on turnip greens, 
spinach and kale has at times been al¬ 
most demoralized. Leeks and scallions 
have been fairly plentiful and parsley 
has been selling at $6 to .$10 per 100 
bunches. New rhubarb sold well, but the 
market declined rapidly during the week 
as supplies increased, prices ranging at 
this writing $2.50 to $5 per 100 bunches. 
There has been a strong market for all 
good lettuce, both western and nearby, 
the latter bringing $5 to $6 a barrel for 
the ;i)bt-bed product. Old beets are about 
cleaned up for the season and there was 
a limited demand for the few old car¬ 
rots offered. Sweet potato prices have 
been averaging a little lower due, to the 
lighter demand. The firmness which pre¬ 
vailed on potatoes a few weeks ago has 
reacted and the market was barely steady 
with Maine Green Mountains ranging 
$3.25 to $3.50; and New York Round 
Whites, $2.65 to $2.75 per 150-lb. sack. 
Nearby white potatoes held steady at 75 
to (Soc per %-bushel basket for Redskins 
and Round Whites. Shipments of new 
potatoes have been heavier this season 
lhan last and although receipts in Phila¬ 
delphia have been relatively light, the 
market weakened with slow demand, best 
selling $9 to $9.50 a barrel. South Car¬ 
olina growers started shipping asparagus 
1o Philadelphia early in April, coming 
into; competition with California stock 
andra-/lower market has been the result. 
With favorable weather, New Jersey as¬ 
paragus should be in the markets the 
first of May. The onion market was 
weak and most of the old stock has been 
only fair in quality, New York State 
yellows ranging $1 to $1.75 per 100-lb. 
sack, poor selling even lower. The total 
onion shipment of old stock to April 22 
is reported at 28,040 cars, new 540 cars, 
compared with 29.680 carloads of old 
onions to same date a year ago and 116 
cars of new onions. New onions from 
Texas have been selling in Philadelphia 
at $3.75 to $4 a bushel crate. Apples 
continue to move slowly at steady prices. 
New York A2%-in. Baldwins selling 
generally $3 to $3.50 a barrel and Ben 
Davis at $2.50 ‘a barrel. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
The egg market has been irregular, but 
fluctuations have been within narrow 
limits. Just before Easter there is al¬ 
ways a good demand for fine quality 
eggs-and the market ruled firm. After 
Easter' the market was not as active and 
with liberal offerings eggs grading as 
firsts dropped a little in price. Nearby 
and western extra firsts sold generally 
at 26c a dozen and firsts 24% to 25c a 
dozen. Prices on duck eggs declined 
about 7c soon after Easter, selling at 33 
to 35c. Eggs are not being put into 
storage as rapidly as last year, especially 
in New York and Boston, and even Chi¬ 
cago holdings are a little lighter, Phila¬ 
delphia being the only one of the four 
markets showing any increase over the 
holdings at this time a year ago and that 
a small one. 
The live fowl market, while an active 
one early in the week, ruled quiet later 
as the trade demand for the holiday was 
pretty well satisfied. Prices, however 
held up fairly well, especially on broiling 
chickens, the 1% to 2-lb. stock ranging 
50 to 55c, 2% to 3-lb. size 40 to 45c, and 
Spring chickens of 3% to 4 lbs. going 
as low as 32c; Most of the heavy fancy 
fowl worked out at 28 to 30c with oc¬ 
casional lots bringing a. little more and 
fancy large ducks, live, averaged about 
30c a pound. There has been very little 
■change in prices on dressed poultry. 
Heavy fowls have been holding steady at 
28 to '29c for several weeks, although 
there was a temporary advance on 4 to 
5-lb. fowl to 31 to 32c. These soon de¬ 
clined. however, to the former range of 
29 to 30c a pound. Heavy, fresh killed, 
barreled-packed chickens held steady at 
30 to 34c. and there was no change in 
prices on 1% to 2-lb. broilers which sold 
up to 41c. Cold storage holdings in 
Philadelphia at the present time are over 
a million pounds less than last year and 
for the 'four cities. New York, Chicago, 
Boston and Philadelphia, the total hold¬ 
ings on April 12 were 43,422,867 lbs. 
compared with 57,684,700 lbs. a year ago. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Desirable grades have been selling 
without difficulty, but trading in under- 
gradeS was inclined to be slow. Best 
Timothy hay has been selling mostly at 
$28 to $28.50 a ton. with occasional lots 
bringing a little better price. Number 
1 light clover mixed and No. 2 Timothy 
were valued at $26 to $27 a ton. Straight 
rye straw brought up to $20 a ton. while 
best wheat and oat straw worked out at 
$17 to $18 a ton. b. w. s. 
t New 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENOICOTT MARKETS 
Lima beans, qt., 12c; beans, dry, lb., 
10c; beets, lb., 5c; bushel, $1.35; cab¬ 
bage, lb., 4c; new, lb., 8c; carrots, lb., 
5c; bushel, $1.25; cauliflower, lb., 18c; 
celery, bunch, 10c; 3 for 25c; citron, lb., 
10c; fresh horseradish, bottle, 12c; new 
green onions, bunch. 7% c; kale, pk., 
20c; lettuce, head. 714 c; Boston, head, 
12c; onions, dry. lb., 6c; bushel, $2.75; 
green, bunch, 7%c; parsnips, lb., 6c; 
potatoes, bushel, $1; sweet potatoes, 6 
lbs. 25c; radishes, new, bunch, 7%c; 
Hubbard squash, lb., 7c; sauerkraut, qt., 
35c; Swiss chard, lb., 10c; turnips, lb., 
4c; bushel, 80c. 
Live poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 28c; 
fowls, 4% lbs. or over. lb.. 32c; geese, 
lb., 30c; ducks, lb., 30c; broilers, 1% 
lbs., lb., 30c. 
Dressed poultry.—Chickens, light, lb.. 
35c; fowls. 4y 2 lbs. or over, lb., 38c; 
geese, lb.. 35c; ducks, lb., 35c; broilers, 
I % lbs., lb., 35c. 
Choice kettle roasts, lb., 8 to 14c; ham- 
burg, lb., 20c; pork chops, lb., 24c; por¬ 
terhouse steak, lb., 28c; round steak, lb., 
24c; sii’loin steak, lb., 25c; sausage, lb., 
25c; veal cutlet, lb., 35c; veal chops, lb., 
30c; pork chops, lb., 24c; lamb chops, 
lb., 40c; woodchuck, lb., 30c; rabbits, 
dressed, lb., 30c; sugar cured, lb., 30c. 
Butter, creamery, fancy prints, lb.. 
55c; best dairy, lb.. 53c. Eggs: extra 
fancy, large whites, doz.. 28c; duck eggs, 
doz., 38c. Cheese: whole milk (cream), 
lb., 34c; cottage cheese, lb., 5c. Milk: 
sweet milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 
5c; skim-milk, qt., 5c; cream, qt., 80c; 
goat’s milk, bottle, 25c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKETS 
Pork, light, lb., 10 to 11c; heavy, lb., 
8 to 9c; veal, lb., 14c; mutton, lb., 15 
to 27c; lamb, lb., 20 to 25c. 
Live poultry.-—-Chickens, lb., 30 to 35c; 
ducks, lb., 20 to 22c; fowls, lb., 27 to 
35c; geese, lb.. 30 to 35c; guinea hens, 
each. 75 to 80c; pigeons, pair, 75c; tur¬ 
keys, lb., 42c. 
Dressed poultry.—Chickens, lb., 50 to 
55c; ducks, lb., 45 to 50c; turkeys, lb., 
55 to 75c. 
Butter, lb.. 50 to 55c; eggs, 25 to 30c; 
duck eggs, 40c; Italian cheese, lb., 20c; 
maple syrup, gal., $1.75 to $2. 
Apples, bu., 50c to $2; beans, bu., 
$3.75 to $5.50; lb., 8 to 10c; red kidney 
beans, lb., 7 to 8c; beets, bu., 50 to 75c; 
cabbage, crate, 75c; carrots, crate. $1.50; 
celery, doz. bunches, 50c to $1; garlic, 
lb.. 10c; honey, qt., 65 to 75c; cap.. 25 
to 30c; lettuce, Boston, doz.. 40 to 50c; 
leaf, per head, 6 to 8c; onions, bu., 75c 
to $1; parsley, doz. bunches, $1; pars¬ 
nips, bu., $1.65 to $1.75; potatoes, bu., 
75 to 90c; rutabagas, bu., 50c; spinach, 
bu., $1. 
Hay. No. 1. ton, $20 fo $22; No. 2, 
$18; No 3, $15 to $17; straw, ton, $14 
to $17; wheat, bu., $1.25; oats, bu., 64c; 
corn, 60c. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 15 to 17c; 
forequarters, lb., 13 to 15c; hindquarters, 
lb., 17 to 18c; dressed hogs, light, lb., 
II to 12c; heavy, lb., 9 to 10c; Spring 
lambs, lb., 26 to 28c; yearling lambs, lb., 
18 to 20c; mutton, lb., 10 to 11c; veal, 
lb., 18 to 19c. 
Live poultry.—Springers, lb., 25 to 
26c; fowls, lb.. 25 to 31c; stags, lb.. 12 
to 15c; old roosters, lb., 12c; guinea 
fowls, each, 50 to 60c; pigeons, each, 15 
to 20c ; ducks, lb., 25 to 30c; geese, lb., 
18 to 20c; turkeys, lb., 30 to 35c; rab¬ 
bits. pair, 50 to 60c. 
Butter, country, crock, lb., 40 to 45c; 
eggs. 27 to 30c; hickory nuts, bu., $2; 
walnuts, bu., $1.50 to $2; butternuts, 
$1.50 to $2. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand picked, red 
marrow, $6.25; white marrow, $10; red 
kidney, $6.25; white kidney. $9; pea. 
$4 ; medium, $5 ; yellow eye, $5; Imper¬ 
ials. $7. 
Hides, steers. No. 1. lb., 5c; No. 2, 
4c; cows and heifers. No. 1, 5c; No. 2. 
4c; bulls and stags, lb.. 4c; horsehides, 
each. $2 to $3; sheep skins, each, 50c to 
$2.50; calf. No. 1. 16c: No. 2. 15i/ 2 c; 
lambs. 25c; shearlings, 10 to 25c; wool, 
fleece, lb., 40c; unwashed, medium, 40c. 
Wheat, bu.. $1.10 to $1.12; corn, 88 
to 90c; oats, bu.. 58c; rye, 75 to 78c. 
(Seeds, clover, mammoth, bu.. $15 to 
$16; medium, bu.. $14 to $16 ; Timothv, 
bu.. $4.50 to $5; Alfalfa. $13.75 to 
$14.75 ; Alsike, bu.. $10 to $11. 
Hay, Timothy, No. 1, ton. $21 to $22; 
Alfalfa, ton, $20 to $22 ; mixed hay, ton, 
$16 to $18; oat straw, ton. $14 to $16; 
wheat straw, ton, $14 to $16 ; rye straw, 
ton $20. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The produce markets are pretty steady, 
but the weather does not favor early out¬ 
door crops in this territory. It still 
snows now and then. Canteloupes have 
made their appearance, but they may not 
be ready for regular quotation. They 
wholesale at $10 a crate. 
BUTTER-CHEESE-—EGGS 
Butter, firm; creamery. 36 to 41c; 
dairy, 2S to 33c; crocks. 22 to 24c; com¬ 
mon. 20 to 21c. Cheese, quiet; flats, 
daisies, longhorns, 20 to 28c; Limburger, 
s and 
33 to 34c; block Swiss, 34 to 35c. Eggs, 
firm ; hennery, 25 to 28c; State and 
western candled, 22 to 26c; no storage. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, steady ; turkey. 33 to 
37c; fowl, 2S to 32c; roasters, 33 to 34c; 
capons, 38 to 40c; old roosters, 23 to 
24c; ducks, 23 to 25c; geese, 20 to 23c. 
Live poultry, firm; turkeys, 28 to 30c; 
fowls, 24 to 30c; chickens, 22 to 28c; 
old roosters, 17 to 18c; ducks, 22 to 24c; 
geese, 17 to 20c. Pigeons, pair, 28 to 
30c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, easy; King. Gravenstein, bu., 
$1.25 to $1.50; Baldwin, Wealthy, $1 to 
$1.25; Greenings. $1; seconds, 40 to 
50c; Russets, bbl., $3.75 to $4; western, 
box. $2 to $2.25. Potatoes, dull; home¬ 
grown. bu., 60c to $1; State and western, 
cwt., 75c to $1.25 : Bermudas, bbl., $16 to 
$18; sweets, Florida, bbl., $13 to $14; 
Jersey, hamper, $3.50 to $4. 
GRAPES—BERRIES 
Grapes, quiet; California, Malagas, 
keg, $7 to j?8.75. Strawberries, quiet, 
Fla., qt.. 40 to 50c; Louisiana, crate, 24 
quarts, $3.75 to $4.25. Cranberries, dull; 
Cape Cod. 50-lb. box, $3.25 to $4 (retail 
at 20c qt.) 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, quiet; white kidney, cwt.. $10 
to $10.50; marrow. $9.50 to $10; red 
kidney, $7.50 to $8; medium, $6.50 to 
$7; pea, $5.50 to $6. Onions, weak; 
home-grown, bu., $1 to $1.50; State and 
western, cwt.. $1.50 to $2; Spanish, 
crate. $2 to $2.25; western sets, bu., $3 
to $3.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, steady; asparagus, crate, 
$5 to $6; artichokes, $2.75 to, $3.25; 
beans, green and wax, hamper, $5.50 to 
$7; beets, bu., $1.50 to $1.75; cabbage, 
bu.. $2.25 to $2.50; carrots, bu., $1.50 
to $1.75; cauliflower. California, crate, 
$3 to $3.25 ; celery. Florida, crate, $4.25 
to $4.50; cucumbers, Ohio, basket. $2 to 
$2.25; eggplant, doz., $2 to $2.25; en¬ 
dive, hamper. $3 to $3.50; lettuce, Ice¬ 
berg. crate, $5.75 to $6; hothouse, basket, 
80e to $1; parsley, doz. bunches, 30 to 
40c; parsnips, bu.. $1.50 to $1.75; peas, 
bag. $7 to $10; peppers. Florida, crate, 
$3.75 to $5; pieplant, California, box, 
$2.75 to $3; radishes, doz. bunches, 25 
to 30c; spinach, bu., $1 to $1.25; tur¬ 
nips. white, bu., 75c to $1.25; yellow, 40 
to 50c; tomatoes, Southern, box. $4.50 
to $6; vegetable oyster, doz. bunches, $1 
to $1.25. 
SWEETS 
Honey, easy; white, comb. lb.. 20 to 
22c; dark, 17 to 18c; case. $2.50 to $5 
Maple products, steady; sugar, lb., 18 to 
22c; syrup, gal., $1.75 to $1.90. 
Feed 
Hay. steady; Timothy, bulk, ton. $18 
to $21; clover, mixed, $17 to $20; rye 
straw. $12 to $14 ; oat and wheat straw. 
$10 to $12. Wheat bran, carlot, ton. $25 ; 
middlings, $24; Red-dog. $33; cotton¬ 
seed meal. $43.70; oilmeal, $41.50; homi¬ 
ny. $32,40; gluten. $35.80; oat feed, 
$13.40 ; rye middlings, $26. j. w. C. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
April 24. 1924. 
MILK 
April League price for Class 1 liquid 
milk. $2.33 per 100 lbs. 3 per cent milk 
in 201 to 210-mile zone; Class 2A. $2.10; 
Class 2B. $2.15; Class 2C, $2.15; Class 
3, $1.95. 
Sheffield price, $2.20. 
Non-pool price. $2.30 Class 1; $2.15 
on all-milk basis. 
Creamery, fancy .$0.39 @$0.39)4 
Good to choice.35 (d) .38 
Lower grades .32 @ .34 
Dairy, best.37 (d) .38 
Common to good.32 (O .35 
Packing stock .20 (O .28 
Danish .39 (O .40 
Argentine . .32 (0 .35 
New Zealand .38 @ .38)4 
CHEESE 
Full cream held specials $0.24)4 @$0.25 
Average run .23 (0 .23)4 
Skims .10 Oi .18 
New made, fancy.16 (0 .17 
Average run .15 @ -15)4 
EGGS 
White, choice to fancy .... $0.34 @$0.35 
Medium to good.28@ .33 
Mixed colors, nearby best .. ,30@ .32 
Gathered, best.28@ .29 
Common to good.21 @ .24 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls .$0.27@$0.31 
Broilers .55 @ .70 
Roosters .14@ .15 
Ducks .27 @ .30 
Geese .,.. .14 (d) .15 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice .$0.34@$0.36 
Common to good.25@ .32 
Capons, best .50@ .51 
Undergrades .35@ .45 
Chickens, best .46@ .48 
Fair to good .28@ .40 
Roosters .2 ()@ 27 
Ducks .». .20@ .25 
Geese .20@ .25 
Prices 
Squabs. 11 to 12 lbs., doz... 7.25(a) 8.50 
9 to 10 lbs. 
6 to 8 lbs.. 
Guineas, pair . 
... 1.25 @ 2.25 
Fruit 
Apples—McIntosh, bbl. 
.. .$3.00(3112.00 
Albemarlqf .. 
Greening . 
... 2.50 @ 6.CO 
Baldwin . 
Spy . 
Stayman . 
... 2.25@ 4.25 
Rome . 
Pears—Kieffer, bbl. 
.. 1.50(a) 4 50 
Cranberries, bbl. 
Half-bbl. box . 
. . 2.50(d) 3.00 
Strawberries, qt. 
. . .lord) 45 
Kumquats, qt. 
. . .10(d) .15 
Muskmelon, bu. crate . . . 
. . 6.00(d) 8.50 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz. 
Beets, bu. 
. . 1.50@ 2.25 
Brussels sorouts, qt. 
.. 10(d) .25 
Cabbage, new %-bbl. bskt. 
... 2.00(d) 3.00 
Carrots, new, bu. 
.. 1.25(d) 1.75 
Celery, doz. hearts . 
.. 1.25(d) 1.75 
Dandelions, bu. 
. . 1.00@ 2.00 
Horseradish, bbl. 
. . 14.00(d) 16.00 
Kale, bbl. 
.. .75(d) 1.00 
Lettuce, bu. bskt. 
. 1.50(d) 4.50 
Onions, 100-lb. bag . . . . 
. . 1 50(d) 2.25 
Oyster plant, 100 bchs. . 
. . 10.00(d) 12.00 
Parslev, bu. 
Parsnips, bbl. 
.. 4.00(d) 4.50 
Peas, bu. 
.. 4.00@ 7 00 
Radishes, bu. bskt. 
.. 1.00(0) 1.75 
Rhubarb, 100 bchs. 
Spinach, bbl. 
Squash, new, bu. 
. . 2 50(d) 3.50 
String beans, bu. 
. . 1.00(0) 7.00 
Tomatoes. 6-till crate . . . 
. . 1.75(d) 5.25 
Turnips, 140-lb. bag . . . . 
.. 2.00(a) 2.25 
Watercress. 100 bchs. .. . 
. . 2.00(d) 4.00 
POTATOES 
Maine. 150-lb. sack . 
Long Island. 150 lbs. . . . 
. . 4.25(d) 4.40 
State, 150 lbs. 
.. 2.50(d) 2.75 
Florida, new. bbl. 
Bermuda, bbl. 
.. 7.00(0)13.00 
Sweet potatoes, bu. 
.. 1 50(d) 4.50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1 Timothy .. . . 
$29.00(0$30.00 
No. 2 . 
26.00(d) 28.00 
No. 3 . 
22.00@ 23.00 
Straw—Rve . 
19.00(0 20.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED : 
meats 
Calves—Choice . 
.. $0.13(O$0.14 
Good to prime. 
.. .11(0 .12 
Culls . 
Lambs, hothouse, each . . . 
.. 7.00(011.00 
Pigs, 40 to 80 lbs. 
. . .10(0 .13 
Heavier . 
. . ,07@ -09 
LIVE STOCK 
Calves, best . 
.$11.75(013.50 
Lower grades . 
.. 7.00(010.00 
Sheep . 
Lambs . 
. 11.00(017.00 
Hogs . 
. 6.50@ 8.25 
Retail Prices at New York 
Milk—Grade A. bottled, qt.$0.17 
Grade B, bottled, qt. . . 
Grade R, bottled, pt. . . . 
Grade B, loose, qt. 
.10 
Certified, qt.. 
.28 
Certified, pt. 
Buttermilk, qt. 
Cream, heavy, % pt. . . 
.29 
Butter, best . 
..$0.48(0 .50 
Cheese . 
Eggs, best, doz. 
.. .45(0 .48 
Gathered . 
Fowls . 
.. .30(0 .45 
Chickens, lb. 
. . .45(0 .50 
Turkeys, lb. 
. . .45(0 .48 
New Jersey Local Grain and Feed Prices 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department of 1 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
The following quotations show approxi¬ 
mate cost of feed per ton and grain per 
bushel in carlots, sight draft basis, de¬ 
livered on tracks at the various stations 
given below. The quotations are based 
on sales for transit and nearby shipments 
Monday, April 21, 1924, according to the 
United States Bureau of Agricultural 
Economics co-operating. Feed all in 100- 
lb. sacks. Figures are for Belvidere, 
Milford, Washington, Highbridge, Flem- 
ington, Frenchtown, Passaic, Hacketts- 
town. Belle Meade. Califon, Lebanon. 
Newton. Branehville, Sussex, Lafayette, 
Hopewell, New Brunswick, Mt. Holly, 
Morristown, Dover, Paterson, Elizabeth, 
Somerville. Newark, Trenton, Perth 
Amboy and Montclair: 
Per bu. 
No. 2 white oats .$0.58% 
No. 3 white oats.57% 
No. 2 yellow corn .96% 
No. 3 yellow corn.94% 
Per ton 
Spring bran .$29.40 
Hard W. W. bran. 32.90 
Spring middlings . 27.40 
Red-dog flour . 37.40 
White hominy . 34.15 
Yellow hominy . 33.65 
Dry brewers’ grains . 31.40 
Flour middlings . 32.65 
36% cottonseed meal . 45.40 
43% cottonseed meal . 49.90 
34% linseed meal . 45.10 
