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Qhe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Market News and Prices 
Review of Philadelphia Produce Market 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
Strawberries have been making up for 
lost time, and the heavy receipts have 
made it necessary to move them at com¬ 
paratively lower prices, best North Caro¬ 
lina strawberries selling around $4.50 a 
crate of 32 qts. North Carolina has been 
the heaviest shipper, and the Virginia 
berries will soon be coming in, a few ex¬ 
press shipments having already been re¬ 
ceived in Philadelphia. Strawberries are 
very perishable, therefore must be moved 
quickly, prices fluctuating very rapidly 
and often widely. In Baltimore the first 
receipts of the North Carolina crop sold 
at 42c a qt. ; two days later they were 
worth about 22c a qt. This is an extreme 
case, but a difference of several cents a 
quart from day to day is not uncommon. 
Shipments so far are probably 1,500 cars 
less than to the present time a year ago. 
and it is unlikely that Eastern States 
will equal last year’s output. The pre¬ 
liminary estimate for nine “intermediate” 
producing States, which include Dela¬ 
ware, Maryland. Missouri and New Jer¬ 
sey, is about 44,500 acres, or a decrease 
of about 4% per cent. 
Apple receipts have lightened some¬ 
what, and the market was a little firmer. 
New York Baldwin, A2%-in„ ranged $3 
to $4, as to quality, and Ben Davis $2.75 
to $3 per bbl. Nearby Rome, Stayman 
and Winesap came within the range of $1 
to $1.65 per. bu. hamper. 
The asparagus season is in full swing, 
with New Jersey growers supplying the 
bulk of the stock, supplemented by ex¬ 
press shipments from Delaware and 
Maryland. Prices tended downward, and 
much of the nearby stock has been too 
white, and cleaned up with some diffi¬ 
culty. Some small and medium sized 
stock has been going to canners. Prices 
on the open market ranged from $1 to $5 
per doz. bunches, depending on the size 
of the asparagus and how well it was 
graded. 
Rhubarb receipts were liberal, and low¬ 
er prices, $1.25 to $2 per 100 bunches, 
prevailed. Spinach was again irregular 
and generally only good stock was sal¬ 
able. A few sweet potatoes are still avail¬ 
able, but move slowly at the high prices. 
Cabbage shipments from South Caro¬ 
lina and other nearby States have in¬ 
creased materially and declining prices 
resulted. However, prices have held up 
to unusually high levels this season, espe¬ 
cially Avhile Texas growers were supply¬ 
ing the market, as South Carolina and 
other States immediately following were 
delayed, due to adverse weather condi¬ 
tions. At this writing barrel crates of 
Wakefield type ranged $3 to $4, compared 
with $2.50 to $2.75 a crate a year ago, 
and a good season for States now ship¬ 
ping is looked for with an acreage about 
equal to that of a year ago. The lettuce 
received, both Southern and Western, has 
been mostly of poor quality, and prices 
averaged low. At little of the best Cali¬ 
fornia Iceberg reached $4 a crate, but 
poor sold as low as $1.75, while South 
Carolina Big Boston sold at $1 per %- 
bbl. hamper. 
Florida potatoes continue to bring good 
prices, the market holding up well for the 
season. Best Spaulding Rose ranged $9 
to $9.25 per bbl. Old potatoes are hav¬ 
ing a rather limited sale, with Pennsylva¬ 
nia and New York Round Whites rang¬ 
ing $2.50 to $2.75 per 150-lb. sack. Flor¬ 
ida continues to be the source of supply 
for cucumbers, excepting hothouse, 
squash, peppers and sweet corn, but the 
season is gradually advancing up the 
coast,, and South Carolina is active with - 
peas and string beans. The Norfolk Va., 
market gardening section is also shipping 
quite heavily of Spring vegetables to 
Philadelphia. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
There has been a fairly good demand for 
eggs, and prices fluctuated within narrow 
limits. A comparatively few carefully 
selected candled recrated fancy eggs sold 
up to 32c, but the general run of receipts 
wholesaled from 23 to 2714c per doz., the 
latter price being for both nearby and 
Western extra firsts. This is an advance 
of about 2 c per doz. since the first week 
in May. The storage of eggs goes stead¬ 
ily on, but holdings in Philadelphia as 
well as in other large cities, are not as 
heavy as a year ago. On May 19 Phila¬ 
delphia storage stocks were 234,615 eases, 
compared with 238,632 cases a year ago, 
and for the four large cities, Boston, 
Philadelphia, Chicago and New York, 
there were only 2,131,373 cases, or about 
670,000 cases less than last year’s stock 
on the same date. 
Live poultry receipts were generally 
ample for the needs of the trade. The 
demand was generally slow and the mar¬ 
ket weakened. Live fowl dropped lc per 
lb., to 27 to 28c, for best colored stock, 
with small fowl, including White Leg¬ 
horns, raging 24 to 26c. Live broilers, 
both fancy Plymouth Rocks and mixed 
breeds, declined 2 c, the former bringing 
in a wholesale way 45 to 48c, and the 
latter averaging 44c per lb. White Leg¬ 
horn worked out all the way from 25 to 
37c, as to size and quality, while old 
roosters have been bringing up to 18e per 
lb. The market on fresh killed fowl was 
generally firm and good stock was kept 
well cleaned up. Receipts were light, and 
heavy fowl held steady at 30c, with 4 to 
54b. fowl ranging 31 to 32c for dry- 
picked, dry-packed barreled stock. Best 
boxed packed fowl brought 32 to 34c. Old 
roosters were weak on a dull market and 
worked out at from 16 to 23c per lb. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay has been firm at all times, and 
anything desirable was readily disposed 
of at good prices. No. 1 Timothy sold at 
$31 a ton. No. 1 light clover mixed aver¬ 
aged $29.50 a ton, and No. 2 Timothy 
hay sold at $2 under the best grades. 
►Straight rye straw advanced a little, to 
$18 to $18.50 a ton, while best wheat 
straw could be had for $17 to $18 a ton. 
B. W. s. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Hamburg, lb., 20c; kettle roasts, lb., 
8 to 14c; porterhouse steak, lb., 30c; 
round steak, lb., 22 to 25c; sirloin steak, 
lb., 25c; pork chops, lb., 30c; sausage, 
lb., 20c; veal cutlets, lb., 40c; veal 
chops, lb., 35c; lamb chops, lb., 40c; 
woodchuck, lb., 30c; rabbits, dressed, 
lb., 30c; sugar cured hams, lb., 30c. 
Live poultry—•Chickens, light, lb., 32c; 
fowls, heavy, lb., 32c; geeee, lb., 30c; 
ducks, lb., 30c; broilers, 30c. 
Dressed poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 
36c; fowls, heavy, lb., 3Sc; geese, lb., 
35c; ducks, lb., 35c; broilers, lb., 35c. 
_Eggs, extra, white, 28c; duck eggs, 
35c; milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 
5c; skim-milk, qt., 5c; butter, creamery, 
fancy prints, lb., 44c; best dairy, lb., 41c; 
cheese, cream, lb., 32c; cottage cheese, 
lb., 5c. 
Apples, No. 1, bu., $1.10; asparagus, 
% lb., 15c ; Lima beans, qt., 12c; beans, 
dry, lb., 10c; beets, lb., 5c; cabbage, lb., 
4c; new cabbage, lb., 8 c; carrots, lb., 5c; 
bushel, $1.25; celery, bunch, 10 c; dande¬ 
lion greens, peck, 25c; fresh horseradish, 
bottle, 12 c; new green onions, bunch, 
7%c, onions, dry, lb., 5c; onions, dry, 
bu., $2; onion sets, lb., 15c; kale, peck, 
20c; lettuce, head, 10c; Boston, head, 
15c; parsnips, bunch, 7c; potatoes, bu., 
90c to $1; popcorn, shelled, 3 lbs. 25c; 
pieplant, bunch, 5c; radishes, new, 
bunch, 7 1 / 4c; spinach, peck, 20c; sauer¬ 
kraut, qt., 15c; turnips, lb., 4c; bushel, 
80c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKETS 
Pork, light, lb., 10 to 11c; heavy, lb.. 
8 to 9c; veal, lb., 13 to 15c; mutton, ]b., 
15 to 27c; lamb, lb., 20 to 25c; beef, lb., 
6 to 10 c. 
Live poultry.—Ducks, lb., 30c; broil¬ 
ers, lb., 50c; chickens, lb., 26 to 32c; 
geese, lb., 28c; 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., 40 to 45c; geese, lb., 40c; turkeys, 
lb., 55 to 75c. 
Butter, lb., 50c; eggs, 22 to 27c; duck 
eggs, 35c; Italian cheese, lb., 20 to 25c. 
Apples, bu., 50c to $1.75; asparagus, 
doz., $2.50 to $3; beans, bu., $3.75 to 
$5.50; lb., 8 to 10c; red kidney beans, 
lb., 7 to 8 c-; cabbage, crate, 75c to $1; 
celery, doz. bunches, 75c to $1.25; gar¬ 
lic, lb., 10c; honey, qt., 65 to 75c; per 
cap, 25 to 30c; lettuce, Boston, doz. 75c 
to $ 1 ; lettuce, leaf, head, 6 to 8 c; maple 
syrup, gal., $ 2 ; onions, bu., 50 to 75c; 
doz. bunches, 30 to 35c; parsley, doz. 
bunches, 50 to 55c; parsnips, bu., $1.75; 
potatoes, bu., 70 to 90c; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 30 to 35c; rhubarb, doz. 
bunches, 35 to 40c; spinach, bu., $1 to 
$1.25. 
Hay, No. 1, ton, $22; No. 2, $18; No. 
3, $15 to $17 ; straw, ton, $14 to $17. 
Wheat, bu., $1.25; oats, bu., 64c; 
corn, bu., 60c. 
ROCHESTER MARKETS 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 15% to 18c; 
forequarters, lb., 14 to 15%c; hindquar¬ 
ters, lb., 17% to 18%c; dressed hogs, 
light, lb., 11 to 12c; heavy, lb., 9 to 10c; 
Spring lambs, lb., 30 to 31c; yearling 
lambs, lb., 18 to 20 c; mutton, lb., 10 to 
11c; veal, lb., 17 to 18c. 
Live poultry.—Broilers, lb., 50 to 55c; 
fowls, lb., 25 to 30c; stags, lb., 18 to 
20c; old roosters, lb., 12 to 15c; guinea 
fowl, each, 50 to 60c; pigeons, each, 15 
to 20c; ducks, lb., 25c; geese, lb., 18 to 
20c; turkeys, lb., 30 to 35c; rabbits, 
pair, 50 to 60c. 
Butter, country, crock, lb., 40 to 45c; 
eggs, 27 to 28c. 
Honey, strained clover, lb., 22 to 23c; 
qt., 65 to 75c; 5-lb. pail, $1.10; buck¬ 
wheat honey, 5-lb. pail, 75c; clover, 
comb, fancy, case, $4.75 to $5; buck¬ 
wheat, fancy, frame, 15 to 16c; maple 
sugar, lb., 22 c; maple syrup, gal., $2.15 
to $2.25. 
Hickory nuts, bu., $2; walnuts, bu., 
$1.50 to $2 ; butternuts, bu., $1.50 to $2. 
Apples, Baldwins, bu., 60c to $1; 
Greenings, bu., 75 to 80c; Ben Davis, 
bu., 50 to 75c; Russets, 75 to 80c ; straw¬ 
berries, crate, $4; beets, doz. bunches, 
$1.65 to $1.75; carrots, bu., $1.50 to 
$1.75; celery, doz.. $1 to $1.25; cucum¬ 
bers, doz., $2 to $2.75; horseradish. ]b., 
8 to 10c; lettuce, Iceberg, crate, $4 to 
$4.50; Boston, doz. heads, $2.50 to $2.75; 
lettuce, doz. heads, 65 to 80c; onions, 
yellow, bu., 75 to 90c; green, doz. 
bunches. 20 to 25c; parsley, doz. bunches, 
20 to 25c; potatoes, bu., 80 to 85c; rad¬ 
ishes, doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; rhubarb, 
doz. bunches, 50 to 60c; spinach, bu., 
$1.25; tomatoes, lb., 50 to 60c; vege¬ 
table oysters, doz. bunches, 30 to 40e. 
Beans, hand picked, per 100 lbs., red 
marrow, $ 6 ; white marrow, $ 10 ; red 
kidney, $ 6 ; white kidney, $8.50; pea, 
$3.75; medium, $4.50; Yellow Eye, 
$4.50; Imperials, $6.50. 
Hides, steers, No. 1, 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, 16 to 16%c; No. 2, 14% to 
15c; lambs, 25c; shearlings, 10 to 25c; 
wool, fleece, 40c; unwashed, medium, 40c. 
A, heat, bu., $1.10 to $1.15; corn 
shelled, bu., 8 S to 90c; oats, 56 to 57c; 
rye, 75 to 78c. 
Seeds, clover. Mammoth, bu., $15 to 
$16; medium, $14 to $15; Timothv, bu., 
$4.50 to $5; Alfalfa, bu., $13.75 to 
$14.75; Alsike, bu., $10 to $11. 
Hay, Timothy, No. 1, ton, $22 to $23; 
Alfalfa, ton, $21 to $23 ; mixed hay, ton, 
$17 to $19; oat straw, ton, $14 to $16; 
wheat straw, ton, $14 to $16; rye straw, 
ton, $ 20 . 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The produce supply is good, with 
prices fairly firm. Cold weather so cool 
that it is going to take a long time to get 
home stuff to take the place of southern. 
BUTTER—CIIEESE—EGGS 
Butter, steady; creamery, 38 to 43c; 
dairy, 28 to 33c; crocks, 22 to 25c; com¬ 
mon, 18 to 20c. Cheese, same; new long¬ 
horns, 21 to 22 c; daisies, flats, 20 to 
21c; Limburger, 34 to 35c; block, Swiss. 
35 to 38c*. Eggs, steady; hennery, 26 
to 28c; State and western candled, 23 
to 26c; no storage. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, firm; turkey, 30 to 
36c; fowl, 28 to 33c; capons, 38 to 40c ; 
springers, 28 to 31c; old roosters, 23 to 
24c; ducks, 26 to 28c; geese, 19 to 22c. 
Live poultry, steady ; turkeys, 25 to 30c ; 
fowls, 25 to 28c; broilers, 45 to 55c; 
ducks, 25 to 28c; geese, 17 to 19c. 
APPLES-POTATOES 
Apples, weak; Spy. bu., $1.25 to $1.50; 
Baldwin, $1 to $1.25; Greening, Rus¬ 
set, 90c to $1; Ben Davis, 50 to 75c; 
Winesaps, Rome, western, box, $2 to 
$2.25. Potatoes, active; home-grown, 
bu., 60 to 90c; Florida, bbl., $6.50 to $9. 
FRUITS-BERRIES 
Cherries, easier; California, 8 -lb. box, 
$3.25 to $3.75. Strawberries, lower; 
Louisiana, 24-lb. crate, $4.25 to $4.50. 
Cranberries, dull; Cape Cod, 50-lb. box, 
$3.25 to $4. Grapes, quiet; Malagas, 
keg, $7 to $8.25. Muwkmelons, steady; 
Mexican, crate, $5 to $5.50. 
BEA N S—ON IO N S 
Beans, quiet; white kidney, $10 to 
$10.50; marrow, $9.50 to $10; red kid¬ 
ney, $7.50 to $ 8 ; medium, $6.50 to $7; 
pea, $5.50 to $ 6 . Onions, firm; home¬ 
grown, bu., $1.50 to $2; western, sets, $3 
to $3.50. Texas white, crate, $2.50 to 
$2.75. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, steady; artichokes, box, 
50c to $1.50; asparagus, California, 
crate, $3.50 to $3.75; beans, wax and 
green, hamper, $4.25 to $4.50; beets, 
hamper, $1.60 to $1.75; doz. bunches, 
90c to $1; carrots, bu., $2 to $2.75; new, 
$5 to $5.75 ; cabbage, bbl., $4.50 to $5 ; 
cauliflower, bu., $4 to $4.25 ; cucumbers, 
hamper, $4.50 to $5 ; celery, crate, $4.25 
to $4.75; eggplant, crate, $4 to $4.50; 
lettuce, crate, $2.25 to $2.50; Iceberg, $3 
to $3.25; parsley, doz. bunches, 25 to 
35c; parsnips, bu., $1.75 to $2.25; peas, 
hamper, $2 to $2.25; peppers, crate, 
$4.25 to $4.75; pieplant, box, $1.75 to 
$ 2 ; radishes, doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; 
spinach, bu., 50c to $1 ; tomatoes, South¬ 
ern, bu.. $4.25 to $ 6 ; turnips, white, bu., 
$1 to $1.35; yellow, 50 to 65c ; vegetable 
oyster, doz. bunches, $1 to $1.25; water¬ 
cress, doz. bunches, 35 to 50c. 
SWEETS 
Honey, weak; white comb, lb., 20 to 
22c; dark, 17 to 18c; new, case, $2.50 
to $5. Maple products, quiet; sugar, lb., 
18 to 22c; syrup, gal., $1.25 to $1.50. 
FEED 
Hay, steady; Timothy, bulk, ton, $18 
to $22; clover, mixed, $17 to $21; rye 
straw, $12 to $14 ; wheat and oat straw, 
$10 to $ 12 ; wheat bran, carlot, ton, $23; 
middlings, $23 ; Red-dog, $35; cottonseed 
meal, $43.25; oilmen], $40; hominv, 
$33.25 ; gluten, $36.30; oat feed. $13.50; 
rye middlings, out of market, j. w. c. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
May 22, 1924. 
MILK 
May League price for Class 1 liquid 
milk $1.86 per 100 lbs. 3 per cent milk 
in 201 to 210-mile zone; Class 2A, $1.70; 
Class 2B, $1.80; Class 2C, $1.85; Class 
3, $1.60. 
Sheffield price, $1.70. 
Non-pool price, Class 1, $1.86; Class 2, 
$1.70; Class 3, $1.60. 
The Dairymen’s League Co-operative 
Association will return $1,835 gross for 
April milk. The deductions will be 8 %c 
per 100 lbs. for administration expenses 
and oc for certificates of indebtedness, 
making not return to producers $1.70. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy .$0.39 @$0.40 
Good to choice.36 @ .38 
Lower grades.33 @ !34 
Packing stock .20 @ 29 
Danish .40 @ ‘.41 
Argentine . 34 @ .36 
CHEESE 
Full cream held specials $0.24%@$0.25 
Average run .23 @ .23% 
Skims . 10 @ .16 
New made, fancy.16 @ .16% 
Average run .15 @ .15% 
EGGS 
White, choice to fancy.$0.34@$0.35 
Medium to good.26@ .32 
Mixed colors, nearby best .. .32@ .33 
Gathered, best .28@ .29 
Common to good. 21 @ .23 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls .$0.27@$0.2S 
Broilers . 4 Q@ .50 
Roosters .14@ .15 
Ducks .18(a) .25 
Gee se . 10 @ .14 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice .$0.36@$0.3S 
Common to good_ .... .25@ .32 
Capons, best .gi@ .50 
Undergrades . ’.3540 45 
Broilers, best .5040 .55 
Fair to good .4040 .45 
Roosters . 17 @ .21 
Ducks .22 40 23 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz..\‘ 6.5040 8.00 
9 to 10 lbs. 5.00@ 6.00 
7 8 lbs. 4.00@ 4.75 
FRUIT 
Apples—McIntosh, bbl.$3.00@$8.00 
Albemarle .. 3.00@ 6.50 
Greening . 1.50@ 4.00 
Baldwin . 2.004/) 4.75 
Russet . 2 . 00 @ 3.00 
. 2.504/) 7.00 
Stayman . 2.2540 4 25 
~ Rom e . 2.5040 4.00 
Grapes, Argentine, 20-lb. box 3.5040 5.50 
I ears, Keiffer, bbl. 1.5040 4.50 
Strawberries, qt. 12 @ .20 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz.$2.0040$5.50 
Beets, bu. 1.50@ 2.00 
Cabbage, %-bbl. bskt.75(S> 1.50 
Carrots, new, bu. 3.0040 4.00 
Celery, doz. hearts . 1.5040 2 °5 
Horseradish, bbl.16.004017.09 
Kale, bbl.5040 2.50 
Lettuce, bu. bskt.75@ 1.50 
Onions, 100-lb. bag . 1.25@ 1.80 
Parsley, bu. 1.5040 1.75 
Reas- bu. 1.504/) 2.75 
Radishes, bu. bskt. 2.00(d) 2.50 
Rhubarb, 100 bchs. 1.5040 3.00 
Spinach, bbl. 1.5040 2.00 
Squash, new, bu. 2.0040 3.00 
String beans, bu. 1.5040 4.00 
Tomatoes, 6 -till crate . 2.504/) 5 50 
Watercress, 100 bchs.3.00@ 4.00 
POTATOES 
Maine, 150-lb. sack.$3.0040$3.50 
State, 150 lbs. 2.504/) 2.75 
Florida, new, bbl. 2.5040 8^25 
Sweet potatoes, bu.3.50@ 5.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1 Timothy-$30,00@$3L0O 
No. 2 . 27.00(d) 29.00 
. N «- 3 . 23.0040 24.00 
Straw—Rye . 15.00@ 18.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best ; .$0.16@$0.17 
Good to prime. 12 @ 14 
Fulls .0640 .09 
Lambs, hothouse, each _ 7.004/10.00 
Pigs, 40 to 80 lbs.104/) .13 
Heavier .07@ .08 
LIVE STOCK 
Calves, best .$9.004012.50 
Lower grades . 6.0040 8.00 
Sheep . 6.7540 7.25 
Lambs .12.004017.00 
Hogs . 7.5040 8.00 
Retail Prices at New York 
Milk—Grade A, bottled, qt.$0.16 
Grade B, bottled, qt.13 
Grade B, bottled, pt.09 
Grade B, loose, qt.10 
Certified, qt.28 
Certified, pt. 17 
Buttermilk, qt. ; . 10 
Cream, heavy, % pt.28 
Butter, best .$0.4640 .48 
Cheese .3440 .38 
Eggs, best, doz.44 40 .46 
Gathered .304/) .38 
Fowls .30@ .45 
Chickens, lb.4540 .55 
Turkeys, lb.4540 .48 
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tense voice, “if you disobey me, I will 
spank you right here on the street.” The 
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