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W* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Juiit IB, 1024 
Market 
News 
Prices 
Review of the New York Produce Market 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of 1 Markets.) 
The Georgia peach deal, always an 
event in the produce world, has opened 
up, the first shipments starting about June 
1. The prospects are good for a large 
crop in nearly all early peach States, 
and from now until into October peaches 
from one section or another will find 
their way to the New York market. To 
the end of the first week in June, 21 car¬ 
loads were received from Georgia, mostly 
Mayflowers and Uneedas, prices ranging 
all the way from $1.50 to $5.25 per six- 
basket carrier, the latter price being re¬ 
ceived for a few crates of fancy peaehes. 
Probably most sales were of fair quality 
peaches, ranging from $2.50 to $5.50 a 
crate, depending a good deal on the con¬ 
dition when sold. During the 1923 sea¬ 
son New York produce dealers received 
nearly 4,700 carloads of peaches, not 
counting truck loads, nearly one-half of 
which came from Georgia, and most of 
the remainder from New York and New 
Jersey. New Jersey’s contribution was 
1,027 carloads, which is probably 40 per 
cent of the total number of carloads of 
peaches going from that State to the New 
York market, the other 00 per cent being 
shipped by truck. Strawberries are com¬ 
manding a good deal of attention from 
the trade, For the week ending June 7 
nearly 500 carloads were received in New 
York, Mainland supplying about 250 car¬ 
loads, Virginia 140 carloads, and the rest 
were from Delaware, New Jersey and the 
Carolinas. Florida watermelons are ar¬ 
riving. and the Imperial Valley canta¬ 
loupes are being received in increasing 
volume, 90 carloads being received last 
week. The quality has been very good, 
with standard crates of 45s ranging from 
$3.50 to $4 a crate, salmon-tinted Jum¬ 
bos reaching $5; New York City receives 
on the average 4.500 carloads of canta¬ 
loupes a year, 2,200 coming from Cali¬ 
fornia. The apple market strengthened a 
little, with a few fine quality Baldwins 
selling at from $4.50 to $0 a barrel. 
There are still a few old crop onions on 
the market, selling at irregular prices, 
the onion market in general being very 
weak. The New Jersey lettuce supply 
has been increasing steadily. This State 
at present is supplying about one-third of 
the receipts, California about one-third. 
Iceberg type, the rest being from North 
Carolina and nearby States. Most of the 
Eastern lettuce ie not showing up very 
well as to quality, and very few sales ex¬ 
ceeded $2 per standard lettuce crate, with 
poor stock selling around $1 a crate. The 
sweet potato market continues strong, 
and prices have been averaging higher 
than for years past. Receipts, of course, 
are very light. Cabbage was weak. Po¬ 
tato shipments have been heavy, the total 
for the country amounting to over 1,000 
carloads daily. South Carolina, with 300 
to 375 carloads daily, is the heaviest 
shipping State ; North Carolina and Ala¬ 
bama together are shipping daily about 
300 carloads more, but the Virginia sea¬ 
son has hardly opened up as yet. Of the 
nearly 700 carloads received in New 
York during the week ending June 7, 
South Carolina furnished over 500 car¬ 
loads. Old potato receipts are light and 
decreasing, Maine and New York’s total 
for the week equalling 56 carloads, about 
one-half the amount received the week 
previous. Recent reports show a fairly 
good demand for new potatoes, and a 
firmer market prevailed. Old potatoes 
dull, although prices until recently have 
held up well. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
The egg market in general has devel- 
open some firmness, the bullish sentiment 
being attributed largely to the govern¬ 
ment report for the end of May, showing 
a decrease in storage holdings for 26 
cities of 954.079 cases, compared with a 
year ago. The demand for current re¬ 
ceipts of storage packed eggs has not 
been very active, but there has been con¬ 
siderable changing hands of eggs already 
in the warehouses. Offerings of nearby 
eggs have decreased gradually, but are 
still plentiful for the needs of the trade. 
Fancy, closely selected stock advanced a 
little in price and accumulations of aver¬ 
age offerings are not as heavy as for the 
week previous. 
The freight market generally controls 
the price on live poultry, sales on express 
shipments often being based on the 
freight market. During the first week in 
June 231,492 lbs., or 13 carloads, figuring 
18,000 lbs. to the car, were received by 
express, and 187 carloads by freight. The 
live fowl market was firm for several 
days, but the market turned in buyers’ 
favor, prices dropping 2 c per lb. and 
since holding barely steady. lave broil¬ 
ers have been holding fairly steady, al¬ 
though freight receipts show an increas¬ 
ing number of broilers to the car. Fancy 
large sizes were in the best demand, and 
White Leghorns, being plentiful, worked 
out more slowly. Fresh-killed broilers 
eased off under more liberal receipts, and 
fowl weakened under similar conditions. 
HAY AND STRAW 
A very good demand for high grade 
hay, especially large bales, caused an ad¬ 
vance of $1 a ton on fine Timothy. Sup¬ 
plies of small bales of hay were fairly 
large, and the market on such was not as 
firm as on large baled stock. Rye straw 
dull. b. w. s. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-EN DICOTT MARKETS 
Kettle roasts, lb., S' to 14c; hamburg, 
lb., 20c; 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; wood¬ 
chuck, lb., 30c; rabbits, dressed, lb., 30c; 
sugar cured hams, lb., 30c; live pigs, four 
weeko old, each $4.50. 
Live Poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 32c; 
fowls, heavy, lb., 32c; geese, lb., 30c; 
ducks, lb., 30c; broilers, 1 y 2 lbs., 30c. 
Dressed Poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 
36c; fowls, heavy, lb., 38c; geese, lb., 
35c; ducks, lb., 35c; broilers, lb., 35c. 
Eggs, white, extra, 28c; duck eggs, 
35c; milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; 
skim-milk, qt., 5c; butter, creamery, fan¬ 
cy prints, lb., 44c; best dairy, lb., 41c; 
cheese, cream, lb., 32c. 
Asparagus, y 2 lb., 15c; apples. No. 1, 
bu., $1.10; Lima beans, qt., 12c; beans, 
dry, lb., 10c; beets, lb., 5c; cabbage, lb.. 
4c ; cabbage, new, lb., 8 c ; carrots, lb., 5c-; 
bu., $1.25; celery, bunch, 10c; dandelion 
greens, peck, 25c; fresh horseradish, bot¬ 
tle, 12 c; new green onions, bunch, 7%e; 
kale, peck, 20c; lettuce, head. 10c; Bos¬ 
ton, head, 15c; onions, dry, lb., 5c; bu., 
$2; onion sets, lb., 15c; parsnips, bunch, 
7c; potatoes, bu., 90c to $1; pieplant, 
bunch, 5c; radishes, new, bunch, 7%c; 
spinach, peck, 20c; saurekraut, qt., 15c; 
turnips, lb., 4c; bu., 80c. 
Buckwheat flour, lb., 5c; honey, card. 
22c; extracted, 18c; popcorn, shelled, 3 
lbs., 25c; maple syrup, gal., $2.25; cider 
vinegar, gal., 35c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Pork, light, lb., 11c; heavy, lb., 8 to 
9c; veal, lb., 13 to 15c; mutton, lb., 15 to 
27c; lamb, lb., 20 to 25c; beef, lb., 6 to 
10 c. 
Live Poultry—Ducks, lb., 25 to 28c; 
broilers, lb., 50c; chickens, lb., 27 to 
32c; geese, lb., 30c; guinea hens, each, 
75c; pigeons, pair, 75c. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb., 45 to 
50c-; broilers, lb., 65 to 70c; chickens, lb., 
40 to 50c; geese, lb., 35c. 
Butter, lb., 50c; eggs, 25 to 28c; duck 
eggs, 35c; Italian cheese, lb., 20c. 
Apples, bu., 75c to $2; asparagus, doz., 
$1.50 to $2; beans, bu., $3.75 to $5.50; 
red kidney beans, lb.. 7c; celery, doz. 
bunches, $ 1.20 to $1.25; garlic, doz. 
bunches, 50c; honey, qt., 65 to 75c; per 
cap, 25c; lettuce, Boston, doz., $1.75; 
leaf, head, S to 10 c; maple syrup, gal., 
$2; onions, bu., 75c; green, doz. bunches, 
25 to 30c ; parsley, doz. bunches, 50c; po- 
ratoes, bu., 70 to 90c; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 25 to 35c; rhubarb, doz. bunches, 
20 to 35c; spinach, bu., $1 to $1.50. 
Ilay, 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 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 16 to 19c; 
forequarters, lb., 16c; hindquarters, 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., 
IS to 20c; mutton, lb., 10 to 11c; veal, 
lb., 16 to 17c. 
Live Poultry—Broilers, lb., 38 to 45e; 
fowls, lb., 24 to 28c; stags, lb., 18 to 20c; 
old roosters, lb., 12 to 15c; guinea fowls, 
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. 
Apples, Baldwin, bu., 60c to $1; Ben 
Davis, 50 to 75c; asparagus, doz. bunches. 
$1.40 to $1.60; beets, doz. bunches, $1.40 
to $1.50; celery, doz. bunches, $1.13 to 
$1.35; cucumbers, doz., $1.50 to $2.25; 
horseradish, lb., 8 to 10c; kale, bu., 50 to 
60c; lettuce, Iceberg, crate, $5; Boston, 
head, doz.. $2 to $2.25; lettuce, doz. 
bunches, 40 to 50c; onions, green, doz. 
bunches. 15 to 20c; parsley, doz. bunches, 
20 to 25c; potatoes, bu., 75 to SOe; rhu¬ 
barb, doz. bunches, 25 to 30 c ; spinach, 
bu., $1 to $ 1 . 20 ; string beans, hamper, 
$1.50 to $2.25; tomatoes, lb., 40 to 50c. 
Honey, strained, clover, lb.,-22 to 23c; 
qt. jars, 65 to 75c; 5-lb. pails, $1.10; 
buckwheat honey, 5-lb. pails. 75c; fancy, 
cap. 15 to 16c; maple sugar, lb., 22c; 
maple syrup, gal., $2.15 to $2.25; pan¬ 
sies, doz., 75 to 90c; geraniums, doz. 
pots, $1.50 to $2.25. 
Iliekorynuts, bu., $2; walnuts, $1.50 
to $2 ; butternuts, $1.50 to $2. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand picked, red 
marrow, $ 6 ; white marrow. $ 10 ; red kid¬ 
ney, $6 ; white kidney, $8.50 ; pea, $3.75 ; 
medium, $4.50; yellow eye, $4.50; im¬ 
perials, $6.50. 
Hides—Steers. No. 1. lb., 5c; No. 2, 
4c cows and heifers, No. 1 , 5c; No. 2, 
4c; bulls and stags, 4c; horsehides, each, 
$2 to $3; sheepskins, each, $2.50; calf, 
No. 1, 16c; No. 2, 14 to 15c; lambs, 25c; 
shearlings, 10 to 25c; fleece, lb., 40c; 
unwashed medium wool, lb., 40c. 
Wheat, bu., $1.10 to $1.15; corn, 
shelled, bu., 90c; oats, 58c; rye, 75 to 
78c. 
Glover, Mammoth, bu., $15 to $16; me¬ 
dium. bu., $14 to $15; Timothy, bu., 
$4.50 to $5; Alfalfa, $14 to $15.75; Al- 
sike, 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 
Butter and cheese are up, but the ad¬ 
vancing season creates weakness in vege¬ 
tables. Poultry is weak and demand 
light. 
BUTTER—C HEESE—EGG S 
Butter, higher; creamery, 39 to 45c; 
dairy, 32 to 37c; crocks, 22 to 24c; com¬ 
mon, 20 to 21c. Cheese, higher; flats, 20 
to 21 c; daisies, longhorns, 21 to 22 c; 
Ifimburger, 32 to 34c; block Swiss, 34 to 
35c. Eggs, firm ; hennery, 28 to 29c; 
State and Western candled, 24 to 27c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys, 33 to 
42c; fowls, 2S to 32c; broilex-s, 37 to 
45c; capons, 38 to 40c; chickens, 32 to 
33c; old roosters, 21 to 23c; ducks, 25 to 
28c; geese, 20 to 23c. Live poultry, 
weak ; turkeys, ^28 to 30c; fowls, 23 to 
27c; broilers, 35 to 40c; old roosters, 17 
to 18c; ducks, 24 to 27c; geese, 17 to 20c. 
APPLES-POTATOES 
Apples, steady; Baldwin, Gravenstein, 
bu., $1.25 to $1.50; King, Russet, Weal¬ 
thy, $1 to $1.25; Greening, 65c to $1; 
Western, box, $2 to $2.50. Potatoes, 
steady; homegrown, bu., 90e to $1.10; 
Florida, bbl., $4.50 to $6.25; Bermuda, 
$7 to $S. 
FRUITS AND BERRIES 
Cherries, steady; California, S-lb. box, 
$3.25 to $3.50. Strawberries, firm ; mid- 
Southern crate, $3.50 to $4.25. Grapes, 
quiet; California Malagas, keg, $7 to 
$8.25. Cantaloupes, steady; California, 
crate, $3.50 to $4. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, steady ; white kidney, cwt., $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 Ebenezer, 
bu., $1.75 to $2; Texas, crate, $1.75 to 
$2.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, various; asparagus, home¬ 
grown, doz. bunches, $1.50 to $1.75; 
beans, wax and green, hamper, $1 to 
$1.50; beets, hamper, $1.15 to $1.50; 
doz. bunches, 75c to $1; cabbage, new, 
hamper, $1.75 to $2.25; carrots, new, 
hamper, $1.40 to $1.50; doz. bunches, 
90c to $1.25; cauliflower, California 
crate, $2.50 to $2.75; celery, Florida, 
crate, $4.50 to $6.50; cucumbers, Florida, 
hamper, $1 to $1.50; eggplant, crate, $4 
to $5; lettuce, homegrown, box, 75c to 
$1.25; Iceberg, do., crate, $5 to $5.50; 
parsley, doz. bunches, 40 to 50c; pars¬ 
nips, bu., $2.25 to $2.50; peas, bag, $1.75 
to $2; peppere, Florida, crate, $4 to $5; 
pieplant, bu.. 30 to 40c-; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 10 to 20c; spinach, bu., 50 to 
75c; turnips, white, bu., $1.50 to $1.75; 
yellow. 60 to 65c; vegetable oysters, doz. 
bunches, $1.50 to $1.75; watercress, doz. 
bunches, 25 to 30c. 
SWEETS 
Honey, white comb, lb., 20 to 22c; 
dark, 13 to 15c; case, $4.50 to $5. Maple 
products, dull; sugar, lb., 18 to 22 c; 
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; oat and wheat sti-aw, 
$10 to $12. Wheat bran, carlot, ton, 
$22; middlings, $22; red-dog, $35; cot¬ 
tonseed meal, $43; oilmeal, $40; hominy, 
$34; gluten, $37.80; oat feed, $13.50; 
rye middlings, $ 22 . j. w. c. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
June 12„ 1924. 
ilILK 
June League price for Class I liquid 
milk. $1.86 per 100 lbs. 3 per cent milk 
in 201 to 210-mile zone; Class 2A, $1.70; 
Class 2B, $1.85; Class 2C, $1.85; Class 
3, $1.55. 
Non-pool and Sheffield prices; Class 1, 
$1.86; Class 2, $1.70; Class 3A, $1.55. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy . 
$0.42 
©$0.421/ 2 
Good to choice. 
.39 
© 
.41 
Lower grades. 
.33 
© 
.35 
Packing stock . 
.20 
© 
.29 
Danish. 
.41 
© 
.42 
Argentine. 
.38 
CHEESE 
Full cream held speeials$0.25 
@$0.25i/o 
Average run . 
.23 
© 
.24 
Skims. 
.10 
© 
.16 
New made, fancy. 
.19 
© 
.20 
Average run . 
•181/4© 
.I 81/2 
Watertown, N. Y., cheese 
market. 
.171/4 
EGGS 
White, choice to fancy.$0.36@$0.37 
Medium to good. ,26@ .34 
Mixed colors, nearby, best.. .34@ .35 
Gathered, best.31@ .32 
Common to good.24@ .26 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz.$2.00@$7.00 
Beets, bu.50@ 1.00 
Cabbage, bbl. crate.2.00© 2.75 
Carrots, new, bu. 1.00@ 2.00 
Celery, doz. hearts.1.50© 2.25 
Cucumbers, bu.50© 1.50 
Lettuce, bu. basket. 1.00© 2.25 
Onions, 100-lb. bag. 1.25@ 2.50 
Parsley, bu. 1.50© 2.75 
Peas, bu. 1.25© 3.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.00© 2.00 
Peppers, bu. 1 . 00 @ 3.75 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches. 1.00© 2.00 
Spinach, bbl. 1.00© 2.00 
Squash, bu.50@ .75 
String beans, bu.50© 2.00 
Tomatoes, 6 -till crate. 1.50© 3.50 
POTATOES 
Maine, 150-lb. sack. 
State, 150 lbs. 
Southern, new, bbl. 
Sweet potatoes, bu. 
$3.25@$3.40 
2.75© 3.00 
2.50© 4.50 
5.50© 6.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1 Timothy 
No. 2. 
No. 3 . 
Straw—Rye. 
$31.00@$32.00 
28.00@ 30.00 
26.00@ 27.00 
17.00© 1S.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best .$0.15@$0.16 
Good to prime. 12 @ .14 
Culls.06@ .10 
Lambs, hothouse, each. 4.00@10.00 
Pigs, 40 to 80 lbs.10@ .13 
Heavier.07@ .08 
LIVE POULTRY 
Bowls > lt>.$0.26@$0.27 
Broilers.34© .40 
Roosters.14 @ .15 
Ducks.is© .25 
geese..10@ .14 
babbits.34>@ .35 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice .$0.39@$0.40 
Common to good.25@ .32 
Capons, best .54© .55 
Undergrades.36@ .45 
Broilers, best .45@ .48 
Fair to good. .40© .44 
Roosters. 17 © .21 
Ducks. 22 © .23 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz... 6.00@ 8.00 
9 to 10 lbs. 4.50® 6.00 
1 to 8 lbs. 3 . 75 @ 4.50 
ERUIT 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl.$2.00© $5.00 
Albemarle. 4.00@ 7.00 
Gano. 1.50© 2.00 
Russet. 2.00© 3.00 
Spy. 2.50© 8.50 
Den Davis .. 1.50© 3.00 
^ Rome. 2.50@ 4.00 
Grapes—Argentine, 20-Ib. 
hox. 1.50© 5.00 
Peaches, 6 -till carrier- 1.00© 3.50 
Strawberries, qt.0S@ .22 
1 laekberriee, qt. 10 © .25 
Huckleberries, qt.15© .30 
Muskmelons, bu. 4.00© 4.50 
Watermelons, car.400.00@800.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Calves, best .$9.00@$12.50 
Lower grades . 6.00© 8.00 
Sheep.6.00© 6.50 
Lambs.15.00© 18.00 
Hogs. 7.00© 7.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat—No. 2 red.$1.28 
No. 1, dark, Spring. 1.47 
No. 2. mixed, Durum. 1.21 
Corn—No. 2, yellow. 1.00 
Oats—No. 2, white.61 
Fancy clipped .64 
Kye.84 
Barley.90 
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, y 2 pt.2S 
Butter, best .$0.50@ .52 
Cheese.34© .38 
Eggs, best, doz.46© .48 
Gathered.35© .40 
Fowls.30© .45 
Chickens, lb.55© .60 
Turkeys, lb.45@ .50 
Wool Notes 
Business is dull and prices remain 
without special change. Recent Boston 
quotations are: New York and Michigan 
unwashed delaine, 48 to 49c; half blood, 
50c; quarter blood, 45 to 46c. Ohio and 
Pennsylvania, half blood combing, 51 to 
52c; three-eighths blood, 48 to 50c. New 
England, half blood, 46 to 47c; quarter 
blood, 43 to 45c. Texas, scoured basis, 
$1.15 to $1.30. Oregon, No. 1 staple, 
$1.28 to $1.30. Mohair, combing, 75 to 
SOe; carding, 65 to 70c. 
