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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
May 10, 1924 
Market News and 
c e s 
Review of the New York Produce Market 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Departmeut of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
Generally speaking, the produce mar¬ 
ket has been weak. Warm weather is 
approaching, and those having consider¬ 
able quantities of storage stock of apples, 
onions and other Fall commodities, have 
been willing to unload if they could get 
even reasonable prices, and often sales 
were made at a sacrifice. Then, too, the 
gradual decline in prices of new Spring 
vegetables makes the market seem weak. 
The highest prices for these commodities 
are usually received on their first appear¬ 
ance, and each successive shipment tends 
to bring the price down to a more normal 
level. The price on nearby scallions has 
been cut in half within a few days, $1.50 
to $2.50 per 100 bunches, compared with 
a range of $3 to $5 per 100 bunches a few 
days previous. Dandelion greens have re¬ 
cently dropped 50c, to a range of $1 to 
$1.50 per bu., and asparagus, when it 
first appeared on the market from Cali¬ 
fornia, brought very much higher prices 
than at present. Rhubarb has been hold¬ 
ing up well, as there has not been enough 
received as yet to satisfy the demands of 
the trade for this popular early Spring 
vegetable. 
Apples have been very draggy, and few 
Baldwins have been of sufficient quality 
to exceed $3.50 per bbl., and considerable 
scalded stock has sold as low as $2 per 
bbl. The market on old onions has be¬ 
come demoralized, and sales have been 
very slow and at low figures. The sea¬ 
son is late and considerable sprouted 
stock is in evidence, and it has been the 
case of finding a buyer rather than one of 
price, probably most sales being within 
the range of 40c to $1 a sack. New 
onions from Texas have been showing up 
well as to quality, but they have also 
been moving very slowly at low prices for 
the season, $1.50 per crate of about 50 
lbs. Imported onions also dragged heav¬ 
ily. Lettuce has been selling very well 
for several weeks and good Romaine was 
in demand. New Jersey asparagus made 
its first appearance last week and good 
asparagus from Western and Southern 
States has been popular. Sweet potato 
slocks are running low, and with fair 
trading dealers were able to get little bet¬ 
ter prices for good stock. The fact that 
very good prices have been received this 
season, together with the advocating of 
diversified farming in the South, has led 
to a great increase in acreage in Southern 
States this year. During early April the 
white potato market strengthened under 
receipts, but with the clearing up of 
muddy roads, the stimulus of better 
prices and the advancing season of new 
Southern potato offerings increased and 
prices declined. However, only about 
one-half of the total gain on New York 
round whites was lost in the reaction. 
Receipts of spinach have been liberal and 
kale was neglected. Florida growers have 
been forwarding such commodities as 
string and Lima beans, peppers, squash, 
tomatoes and cucumbers, which have 
found favor with certain classes of trade. 
The best strawberries are. now coming 
from Louisiana, and receipts of citrus 
fruit were quite liberal. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
Right after Easter there ie generally a 
decrease in the consumptive demand for 
eggs, and although receipts were also 
lighter the market was unsatisfactory. 
Receipts of nearby eggs have been liberal, 
however, and the demand has not been 
sufficient to prevent large accumulations. 
Jewish holidays on the 25th and 26th of 
April further restricted trading and tend¬ 
ed to increase the surplus, and efforts to 
maintain price levels even on the finest 
quality eggs were unsuccessful. There 
was some support for storage packed 
firsts, but the market was so very dull 
(hat buyers felt that they could afford to 
hold off and were inclined to show little 
interest except at easy prices. The ac¬ 
cumulations of storage eggs are not near¬ 
ly as rapid as last year, the difference in 
New York for the month of April this 
year compared with a year ago being 
about 200.000 cases. 
The live fowl market was swamped 
with freight receipts and prices dropped 
several cents a pound. Live fowl re¬ 
ceived by express also sold slowly at 
lower prices, but live broilers were in 
fair demand and market generally firm. 
Long Island duck receipts were heavy, 
and these also tended lower. Fresh killed 
fowl receipts continued to be light, and 
trading was such that an advance of 1c 
per lb. was well sustained. Fresh killed 
broilers, when fancy, sold well in spite of 
the increased offerings, and fresh killed 
ducks from Long Island were more plen¬ 
tiful and prices dropped to 25c per lb. 
Cold storage holdings of dressed poultry 
continue to be considerably under the 
amount on hand a year ago at this time. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay reserves in the market are much 
lower than they have been for some time, 
and this scarcity of all grades has led to 
higher prices all along the line. While 
there was very little hay good enough to 
reach $32 a ton, still there were a few 
sales of Timothy at that figure, and an 
occasional sale even higher, Brooklyn be¬ 
ing reported as considerably stronger 
than Manhattan. There was not the 
usual discrimination of $1 to $2 a ton 
between the small and large bales of hay 
of the same grade. Very little straw 
was in, but the market was dull. 
b. w. s. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENOICOTT MARKETS 
Kettle roasts, lb., 8 to 14c; hamburg, 
lb., 20c; round steak, lb., 24c; sirloin 
steak, lb., 25e; porterhouse steak, lb., 
28c; pork chops, lb., 24c; sausage, lb., 
20c; veal cutlets, lb., 40c; veal chops, 
lb., 35c; lamb chops, lb., 40c; wood¬ 
chuck, lb., 30c ; rabbits, dressed, lb., 30c. 
Live poultry.—Chickens, light, lb., 
32c; fowls, lb., 32c; geese, lb., 30c; 
ducks, lb., 30c; broilers, lb., 30c. 
Dressed poultry.—Chickens, lb., 30c; 
fowls, lb., 38c; geese, lb., 35c; ducks, lb., 
35c; broilers, lb., 35c. 
Eggs, extra, white, 27c; duck eggs, 
35c; milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; 
skim-milk, qt., 5c. 
Butter, creamery, fancy prints, lb., 
45c; best dairy, lb., 43c; cheese, cream, 
lb., 32c; cottage cheese, lb., 5c. 
Apples, bu., $1.10; Lima beans, qt., 
12c; beans, dry, lb., 10c; beets, lb., 5c; 
bushel, $1.35 ; cabbage, lb., 4c; new, lb., 
6c; carrots, lb., 5c; bushel, $1.25; celery, 
bunch, 10c; horseradish, bottle, 12c; new 
green onions, bunch T^c; kale, peck, 
20c; lettuce, head, T^c; Boston, head, 
12c; onions, dry, lb., 6c; bushel, $2.75; 
onion sets, lb., 15c; parsnips, bunch. 7c; 
potatoes, bu., $1; popcorn, shelled, 3 lbs., 
25c; radishes, new, bunch, 7%c; spinach, 
peck, 20c; sauerkraut, qt., 15c; turnips, 
lb.. 4c; bushel, 80c. 
Sweet cider, gal., 45c; buckwheat flour, 
lb.. 5c; honey card, 23c; extracted, 15c; 
maple syrup, gal., $2 to $2,25; cider 
vinegar, gal.. 35c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKETS 
Pork, light, lb., 11c; heavy, lb., S to 
9c ; veal, lb., 15c; mutton, lb., 15 to 27c; 
lamb, lb., 20 to 25c; beef, lb.. 6 to 10c. 
Live poultry.—Ducks, lb.. 30c; chick¬ 
ens, lb., 30 to 35c; geese, lb.. 28 to 30c ; 
guinea hens, each, 75c to $1; pigeons, 
pair, 75c; turkeys, lb., 40 to 45c. 
Dressed poultry.—Ducks,, lb., 45 to 
50c; broilers, lb., 70 to 75c; chickens, 
lb., 45 to 50c; geese, lb., 40c; turkeys, 
lb.. 55 to 75c. 
Butter, lb., 50 to 60c; eggs, 23 to 30c; 
Italian cheese, lb., 20 to 25c. 
Apples, bu., 75c to $2.50; beans, dry, 
bu., $3.75 to $5.50; lb., 8 to 10c; red 
kidney beans, lb., 7 to 8c; beets, 50 to 
75c; cabbage, crate, 50 to 75c; carrots, 
crate. $1.50; celery, doz. bunches, 75c to 
$1.25; garlic, lb., 10c; honey, qt., 65 to 
75c; cap, 25 to 30c; lettuce. Boston, doz., 
40 to 50c; leaf, per head, 6 to 8c; maple 
syrup, gal., $1.75 to $2; onions, bu., 75c 
to $1; parsley, doz. bunches, $1; pars¬ 
nips, bu., $1.50 to $1.75; potatoes, bu., 
70 to 85c; rutabagas, 50c; spinach, bu., 
$1 
Hay, No. 1. ton, $20 to $22; No. 2, 
$18; No. 3, $17 ; straw, ton, $14 to $17; 
wheat, bu.> $1.25; oats, bu., 64c; corn, 
bu., 60c. 
ROCHESTER 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 15 to 17c; 
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 iambs, lb., 
IS to 20c; mutton, lb., 10 to 11c; veal, 
lb.. IS to 19c. 
Live poultry.—Springers, lb.. 24 to 
26c; fowls, lb., 25 to 31e; stags, lb., 12 
to 15c; old roosters, lb., 12c; guinea 
fowls, each, 50 to 60c; pigeons, each. 15 
to 20c; ducks, 25 to 30c; geese, 18 to 
20c-; turkeys, 30 to 35c; rabbits, pair, 
50 to 60c. 
Butter, country, crock, lb., 40 to 45c; 
eggs, 27 to 30c. 
Apples, bu., Baldwins, 50c to $1; 
Greenings, 75c; Kings, $1; Spye, $1; 
Russets, 75 to 80c; asparagus, doz. 
bunches, $5.25 to $7; beets, bu., $2.25; 
cabbage, doz. heads, 50 to 60c; carrots, 
bu., $1.50 to $1.75; celery, doz. stalks, 
75c to $1.25; endive, French, lb.. 35 to 
40c; horseradish, lb., 8 to 10c; lettuce. 
Iceberg, crate, $6.75 to $7; lettuce, doz. 
heads, 65 to 75c; onions, yellow, bu., 75 
to 90c; Cuban, crate, $3.75 ; Texas, crate, 
$3.25; onions, green, doz. bunches, 25 to 
30c; parsley, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; 
potatoes, bu., 75 to 85c; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 25 to 30c; rhubarb, doz. 
bunches, $1.25 to $1.40; spinach, bu.. 
$1.40 to $1.50; vegetable oysters, doz. 
bunches, 30 to 40c. 
Honey, 'Strained clover, lb., 22 to 23c; 
qt. jars, 65 to 75c; 5-lb. pail, $1.10; 
buckwheat honey, 5-lb. pail, 75c; comb 
honey, fancy clover, 24-section crate 
$4.75 to $5 ; buckwheat, fancy, per frame, 
15 to 16c; maple sugar, lb.. 25 to 2Sc; 
maple syrup, gal., $2 to $2.25. 
Hickory nuts, bu., $2; walnuts, bu., 
$1.50 to $2; butternuts, bu., $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; Im¬ 
perials, $7. 
Hides, steers. No. 1, 5c; No. 2. 4c; 
cows and heifers, 5c; No. 2, 4c; bulls 
and stags, lb., 4c; horsehides, each $2 
to $3: sheep skins, each, 50c to $2.50; 
calf, No. 1, 17c; No. 2. 15^c; lambs, 
25c; shearlings, 10 to 25c; wool, fleece, 
lb., 40c; unwashed medium, 40c. 
Wheat, bu., $1.10 to $1.12; corn, 
shelled, bu., 88 to 90c; oats, 58c; rye, 75 
to 78c. 
Seeds, clover, Mammoth, bu., $15 to 
$16; medium, bu., $14 to $15; Timothy, 
$4.50 to $5; Alfalfa, $13.75 to $14.75; 
Alsike, $10 to $11. 
Hay, No. 1. Timothy, ton. $21 to $22; 
Alfalfa, ton, $20 to $22 ; mixed hay, $16 
to $18; oat straw, ton, $14 to $16; 
wheat straw, $14 to $16; rye straw, 
ton, $20. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
New made, fancy.16 @ .17 
Average run .15 @ .1 5y 2 
Eggs 
Receipts very heavy ; in one recent day 
2,3OO,O00 dozen, and prices considerably 
lower. 
White, choice to fancy . . . $0.32@$0.33 
Medium to good.26@ .30 
Mixed colors, nearby best .30@ .31 
Gathered, best .2S@ .2814 
Common to good.21 @ .23 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls . 
Broilers . 
Roosters . 
Ducks . 
Geese . 
The produce market is steady and 
quiet. Butter, cheese and eggs go slow. 
Vegetables run much ae formerly. 
BUTTER-CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, steady; creamery, 34 to 42c; 
dairy, 28 to 33c; crocks, 22 to 24c; com¬ 
mon, 20 to 21c. Cheese, quiet; daisies, 
flats, longhorns, 19 to 20c; Limburger, 
33 to 34c-; block Swiss, 34 to 35c. Eggs, 
dull; hennery. 25 to 28c; State and west¬ 
ern candled, 22 to 25c; no storage. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, firm; turkeys, 30 to 
36c; fowls, 26 to 31c; roasters, 34 to 
37c; capons, 3S to 40c; old roosters, 23 
to 24c; ducks, 22 to 25c; geese, 19 to 
24c. Live poultry, firm ; turkeys, 30 to 
33c; fowls, 24 to 29c; old roosters, 17 to 
18c ; ducks, 22 to 24c; geese, 17 to 20c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, dull; Gravenstein, Jonathan, 
bu.. $1.50 to $1.75; Wealthy, King, $1 
to $1.25; Greening, Baldwin, 75c to $1; 
Ben Davis, 50 to 75c; seconds, 40 to 50c; 
Russets, bbl., $3.75 to $4. Potatoes, 
steady ; home-grown, bu., 60c to $1; Ber¬ 
muda. bbl., $12 to $14; Florida, bbl., $10 
to $12; sweets, Jersey, hamper, $3.50 to 
$4.25. 
GRAPES—BERRIES 
Grapes, quiet; Malagas, keg, $7 to 
$8.25. Strawberries, slow; Louisiana, 
24-qt. case. $6.50 to $7. Cranberries, 
dull; Cape Cod, 50-lb. box, $3.25 to $4. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, dull; white kidney, cwt., $10 to 
$10.50; marrow, $10 to $10.50; red kid¬ 
ney, $7.50 to $S; medium, $6.50 to $7; 
pea, $5.50 to $6. Onions, active; home¬ 
grown, bu., 60c to $1; State and west¬ 
ern, cwt.. $1.25 to $1.50; Texas, crate, 
$3 to $3.25; western sets, bu., $3 to 
$3.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, active; Asparagus, Cali¬ 
fornia, crate, $4 to $4.50; artichokes, 
California, box, $1.50 to $2; beans, 
green and wax, $5 to $5.50; beets, bu., 
$1.60 to $2; new, Southern, $2 to $2.25; 
cabbage, bu.. 75c to $1; Florida, hamper, 
$2.50 to $2.75; carrots, bu., $1.35 to 
$1.75; cauliflower, bu., $2.50 to $3.75; 
celery, bunch, $3 to $4.25; cucumbers, 
basket, $3.25 to $3.50; eggplant, South¬ 
ern, hamper, $3.50 to $4; endive, hamper, 
$3 to $3.50; lettuce. Iceberg, crate, $6 
to $6.50; 10-lb. basket, $1.75 to $2; pars¬ 
ley, dozen bunches. 40 to 50c; parsnips, 
bu.. $2.50 to $2.75; peppers, Florida, 
crate, $5.50 to $6; peas, bag, $5 to $5.50; 
pieplant, California, $2.75 to $3; rad¬ 
ishes, doz. bunches, 40 to 50c; spinach, 
Texas, bu., $1 to $1.25; tomatoes. Flor¬ 
ida, repacked crate, $6.25 to $6.75; tur¬ 
nips, white, bu., $1.50 to $1.75; yellow, 
60 to 65c; vegetable oyster, doz. bunches, 
$1 to $1.35. 
SWEETS 
Honey, easy; white comb, lb.. 20 to 
22c; dark, 17 to 18c; new. case, $4.50 to 
$5. Maple products, steady; sugar, lb., 
15 to 22c; syrup, gal., $1.50 to $1.75. 
FEED 
Hay, firm ; Timothy, bulk, ton, $20 to 
$22; clover mixed, $19 to $21; rye straw. 
$12 to $14; oat and wheat straw, $10 
to $12. Wheat bran, carlot, ton, $25; 
middlings, $24.50; Red-dog, $33; cotton¬ 
seed meal, $45: oilmeal, $41; hominy, 
$33.25 ; gluten, $35.80; oat feed. $14.SO; 
rye middlings, $26. J. w. c. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
May 1, 1924. 
MILK 
May 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; 
Class 2B. $2.05; Class 2C, $2.05; Class 
3. $1.60. 
Sheffield price, $2. 
Non-pool price, $2.15 Class 1; $1.95 
on all-milk basis. 
BUTTER 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice .$0.34@$0.36 
Common to good.25(51 .32 
Capons, best .50(6) .51 
TJndergrades .35(61 .45 
Chickens, best .46@ .48 
Fair to good .28@ .40 
Roosters .20(61 .26 
Bucks .20(61 .25 
Geese .20@ .25 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz... 7.25@ S.50 
9 to 10 lbs.5.50(61 7.25 
6 to 8 lbs. 3.00(6) 5.50 
Guineas, pair . 1.25@ 2.25 
Fruit 
Apples—McIntosh, bbl.$3.00@$8.00 
Albemarle . 2.50(61 7.00 
Greening . 1.50(6? 5.00 
Baldwin . 1.50(6? 4.00 
Spy . 3.00(6) 8.00 
Stayman . 2.25(6) 4.25 
Rome . 2.50(6? 4.50 
Pears—Kieffer, bbl.1.50(6? 4.50 
Cranberries, bbl.2.50(6) 8.00' 
Half-bbl. box . 1.25(6) 4.00 
Strawberries, qt.20(6) .38 
Kumquats, qt.10@ .15 
Muskmelon, bu. crate . 5.00(6? S.00 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz.$3.50(6110.00 
Beets, bu. 1.50(6) 2.00 
Brussels sprouts, qt. ...... .10(6? .20 
Cabbage, new, %-bbl. bskt.. 2.<X)I@ 3.25 
Carrots, new, bu. 1.25(6? 1.75 
Celery, doz. hearts . 1.25(8) 1.75 
Dandelions, bu. 1.00(6? 1.50 
Horseradish, bbl.15.00@17.00 
Kale, bbl.75(6) 1.25 
Lettuce, bu. bskt. 1.00@ 4.50 
Onions, 100-lb. bag.25(6? 1.25 
Oyster plant, 100 bchs. .. . 6.00@10.00 
Parsley, bu. 2.00(6? 2.25 
Parsnips, bbl. 4.0O@ 4.50 
Peas, bu. 1.50@ 4.50 
Radishes, bu. bskt.1.00@ 1.50 
Rhubarb, 100 bchs.3.00@ 5.00 
Spinach, bbl.1.50@ 2.25 
Squash, new, bu.3.00(8? 7.00 
String beans, bu.1.00@ 6.00 
Tomatoes, 6-till crate . 1.75@ 5.00 
Turnips, 140-lb. bag . 2.6o@ 2.75 
Watercress, 100 bchs.2.50(6? 3.00 
POTATOES 
Maine, 150-lb. sack .$3.00@$3.25 
Long Island, 150 lbs.4.25@ 4.50 
State. 150 lbs. 2.50@ 2.65 
Florida, new, bbl.2.00l@ 9.00 
Bermuda, bbl. 7.60@10.50 
Sweet potatoes, bu.2.00@ 4.75 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1 Timothy_$31.00(6)$32.00 
No. 2 . 29.00@ 30.00 
No. 3 . 26.00@ 27.00 
Straw—Rye . 19.00@ 20.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves—Choice .$0.15 @$0.16 
Good to prime.11 @ .13 
Culls .04@ .09 
Lamb«, hothouse, each .... 7.O0@11.OO 
Pigs, 40 to 80 lbs..10@ .13 
Heavier .07@ .09 
LIVE STOCK 
Calves, best .$9.00@11.00 
Lower grades . 6.00@ 8.00 
Sheep. 6.00@ 8.50 
Lambs .11.00@17.00 
Hogs . 6.50@ 8.25 
Retail 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.10 
Certified, qt.28 
Certified, pt. .17 
Buttermilk, qt.10 
Cream, heavy, % pt.29 
Butter, best .$0.48@ .50 
Cheese .34 (6? .38 
Eggs, best, doz.42@ .44 
Gathered .30(6? .38 
Fowls .36(6? .45 
Chickens, lb.45@ .55 
Turkeys, lb. .45@ .4S 
Creamery, fancy . . .. 
.. $0,371/2 (61 $0.38 
Good to choice ... 
.. .35 
@ 
.37 
Lower grades .. .. 
.. .32 
@ 
.33 
Dairy, best . 
.. .36y 2 @ 
.37 
Common to good . . 
.. .32 
@ 
.35 
Packing stock . 
. . .20 
@ 
.29 
Danish . 
.. .39 
@ 
.40 
Argentine . 
.. .32 
@ 
.35 
Siberian . 
. . .31 
@ 
.34 
CHEESE 
Full cream held specials $0.24*4@$0.25 
Average run .23 @ .23% 
Skims .10 @ .17 
Wool Notes 
Foreign markets are steady and prices 
in London firm. Recent quotations it 
Boston are: New York and Michigan un¬ 
washed delaine, 53 to 54c; half blood, 
54 to 55e; quarter blood, 52 to 53c; Ohio 
and Pennsylvania, delaine, 55 to 56c; 
half blood combing, 56e; three-eighths 
blood, 54 to 55c. New England, half 
blood, 52 to 53c; three-eighths blood, 53 
to 54c. Texas fine, scoured basis, $1.15 
to $1.30. Montana, half blood combing, 
$1.25; mohair, 65 to 80c. 
