‘Ptt RURAL NEW-YORKER 
971 
Market 
News and 
c e s 
N. Y. Produce Markets 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
New York State is beginning to get 
into the marketing game again. The sea¬ 
son has been late and outside of old po¬ 
tatoes and apples very little produce has 
been arriving from up-State sections un¬ 
til just recently. The Hudson River 
Valley section is now shipping strawber¬ 
ries and gooseberries and receipts of the 
former will soon be an important factor 
in the market. Orange County celery 
made its first appearance last week and 
lettuce, radishes, spinach, romaine and 
rhubarb are more or less important com¬ 
modities now coming from that county. 
At this writing the New York market is 
filled with New Jersey strawberries, but 
Delaware is nearly through shipping and 
soon New York State berries will domi¬ 
nate the strawberry market. Prices on 
strawberries have been showing a wide 
range in prices due largely to the condi¬ 
tion of the stock when received. A lot of 
poor berries have been selling at low 
prices, but on the other hand there has 
been a pretty good demand for really 
good strawberries although fine berries 
sold at 18 to 20c a quart and a lot of 
ordinary stuff sold from 10 to 15c a quart. 
A few New York States sold up to 25c a 
quart. The raspberry season is just open¬ 
ing up in New Jersey and first arrivals 
brought around 30c a pint. Huckleber¬ 
ries and black berries are chiefly a North 
Carolina product just now. Cantaloupes- 
have been playing an important part in 
the fruit trade, 335 carloads of Califor¬ 
nia’s being unloaded during the week, 
and hot weather has been favorable to 
their marketing. On the other hand 
Georgia peaches were slow and dull, 
many running small and wasty. Conse¬ 
quently prices were irregular and price 
ranges wide, selling all the way from 
$1 to $4 per six-basket carrier. Peas 
were good sellers, although price tenden¬ 
cies were downward. Lettuce sold slowly 
with plenty of nearby coming in as well 
as several carloads being received daily 
from the western coast States. Very lit¬ 
tle of the eastern lettuce sold above a 
dollar a crate of about two dozen heads, 
but plenty of it sold down to 50c a crate. 
Hot weather has affected the condition of 
a good deal of the asparagus received 
and prices averaged considerably lower. 
The onion market was generally firm on 
best Texas Yellows, although a day or 
two of unfavorable weather caused a 
slight drop which had not been recovered 
at the end of the week. New Jersey 
onions will soon be arriving, although it 
is unlikely that shipments will be large 
until about the middle of July. Celery 
is bringing good prices, $7 to $10 per 
two-third crate, and receipts from New 
York State are on the increase. Florida 
is about through with celery for the sea¬ 
son. Good wax beans were in demand, 
but the market was weak on green beans, 
while spinach and other greens were 
slow as usual at this season of the year. 
There is very little trading in old pota¬ 
toes and market has weakened consider¬ 
ably. The new potato market has been 
on a “quality and condition” basis. Many 
of the receipts showed more or less waste, 
some even being worthless and dumped. 
Fancy bright stock sold at firm prices. 
South Carolina shipments to New York 
were heavy, but the early potato season 
for that section is gradually closing. 
North Carolina is shipping liberally and 
Virginia is getting under way. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
Although egg receipts have been 
heavier than usual due to recent ad¬ 
vances in price attracting more shipments 
to this market, prices on fancy nearby 
stock continue to tend upward. Higher 
prices naturally restricted trading some¬ 
what, but the proportion of fine quality 
eggs has been decreasing and offerings of 
such have hardly been sufficient to meet 
the demand. The quality, too, has been 
affected by hot weather, buyers have been 
more critical in their purchases and price 
ranges were wide. Medium and ordinary 
grades were quiet. Many of the increased 
shipments were bought for speculative 
purposes and went directly into the ware¬ 
houses. At the end of the third week in 
June New York City cold storage hold¬ 
ings were nearly 473,000 cases less than 
holdings on the same week day a year ago 
and for the four leading cities the differ¬ 
ence was nearly 900,000 cases, A report 
of this kind would naturally have a ten¬ 
dency to strengthen the market. 
Weather conditions affect the poultry 
market and the warm weather has played 
its part in decreasing the demand for live 
fowl and causing a drop of 2 to 3c a 
pound during the week. Broiler receipts 
were quite liberal and the increased of¬ 
ferings made it difficult to maintain 
prices, but there was a fairly active mar¬ 
ket, especially on large, colored, fancy 
stock, and price ranges on such changed 
but little. White Leghorn broilers were 
draggy. Old roosters sold well, but Long 
Island ducks were in heavy receipt and 
slow. There has been some accumula¬ 
tions of dressed poultry due to the dull 
trading. The Jewish trade has been using 
considerable quantities of live broilers 
which accounts for the relative high price 
of live to dressed broilers. Cold storage 
holdings of dressed poultry for the four 
large cities, New York, Chicago, Phila¬ 
delphia and Boston on June 24 was 24,- 
140,840 lbs., about two-thirds as large as 
a year ago. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Receipts of hay by both rail and boat 
were liberal and the market weak. High 
grade hay was in good demand, bat 
medium and lower grades were weak with 
concessions often being made to move 
small bales and thus prevent demurrage 
charges. b. w. s. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON CITY-ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Kettle roasts, lb., 8 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., 45c; woodchuck, 
lb., 30c; rabbits, dressed, lb., 30c; ham, 
30c. 
Live Poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 32c; 
fowls, lb., 32c; geese, lb., 30c; ducks, lb., 
30c ; broilers, iy 2 lbs., 45c. 
Dressed Poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 
36c; fowls, lb., 38c; geese, lb., 35c; ducks, 
lb., 35c; broilers, lb., 55c. 
_Eggs, extra, white, 30c; duck eggs, 
37c; milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; 
skim-milk, qt., 5c. 
Butter, dairy, tubs, lb., 44c; creamery 
prints, lb., 46c; cheese, cream, lb., 32c. 
Asparagus, 14 lb., 12y 2 c; Lima beans, 
qt., 12c; beans, dry, lb., 10c; beets, lb., 
5c; ehbbage, lb., 6c; carrots, lb., 8c; bu., 
$1.25; celery, bunch, 10c; fresh horse¬ 
radish, bottle, 12c; new green onions, 
bunch, 5c; kale, peck, 20c; lettuce, 
bunch, 5c; Boston, head, 12y 2 c; onions, 
dry, lb., 5c; bu., $2; onion sets, lb., 15c; 
parsnips, bunch, 7c; potatoes, bu., 90c; 
popcorn, shelled, 3 lbs., 25c; pieplant, 
bunch, 5c; radishes, new, bunch, 5c; spin¬ 
ach, peck, 25c; sauerkraut, qt., 15c; tur¬ 
nips, lb., 4c; bu., 80c.. 
Buckwheat flour, lb., 5c; honey, card, 
22c; extracted, 18c; maple eyrup, gal., 
$2 to $2.25. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKETS 
Pork, light, lb., 11c; heavy, lb., 8 to 
9c; veal, lb., 13 to 15c; mutton, lb., 15 
to 27c; lamb, lb., 40 to 45c. 
Live Poultry—Ducks, lb., 30c; broilers, 
lb., 35 to 45c; chickens, lb., 23 to 28c; 
geese, lb., 30c; guinea hens, each, 75c; 
pigeons, pair, 75c. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb., 45c; 
ducklings, 65c; broilers, 70 to 75c; chick¬ 
ens. lb., 40 to 45c; geese, lb., 35c. 
Butter, lb., 45 to 50c; eggs, 26 to 30c; 
duck eggs, 35 to 40c; Italian cheese, lb., 
20c. 
Apples, bu., 75c to $1.50; asparagus, 
doz., $1.50 to $1.75; beans, dry, bu., $3.75 
to $5.50; lb., 8 to 10c; red kidney, lb., 
7c; beets, doz. bunches, $1.50; celery, 
doz. bunches, $1 to $1.25; garlic, doz. 
bunches, 50c; honey, qt., 65 to 75c; per 
cap, 25c; lettuce, Boston, 50c; leaf, head, 
4 to 5c; maple syrup, gal., $2; onions, 
bu., 75c; doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; parsley, 
doz. bunches, 50c; potatoes, bu., 60 to 
75c; radishes, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; 
rhubarb, doz. bunches, 20 to 30c; spinach, 
bu., 50c. 
Hay, No. 1, ton, $20; No. 2, $18; No. 
3, $15 to $17; straw, ton, $14 to $17; 
wheat, bu., $1.25; oats, bu., 64c; corn, 
bu., 60c. 
ROCHESTER PUBLIC MARKET 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 13 to 18c; 
forequarters, lb.. 16c; hindquarters, lb., 
17 to 18c; dressed hogs, light, lb., 11 to 
12c; heavy, lb., 9 to 10c; Spring lambs, 
lb., 30 to 31c; yearling lambs, lb., 18 to 
20c; mutton, lb., 10 to lie; veal, lb., 10 
to 17 c. 
Live Poultry—Broilers, lb., 33 to 38c; 
fowls, lb„ 24 to 27c; stags, lb., 18 to 20c; 
old roosters, lb., 15 to 18c; pigeons, each, 
15 to 20c; ducks, lb., 25c; geese, lb., 18 
to 20e; turkeys,, lb., 30 to 35c. 
Butter, lb., country, 40 to 45c; eggs, 
28 to 33c. 
Apples,_ Baldwin, bu., $1.25 to $1.50; 
Ben Davis, 50 to 75c; strawberries, 24- 
qt. crate, $5; asparagus, doz. bunches, $1 
to $1.25; kale, bu.. 50 to 60c; lettuce, 
Iceberg, crate, $4.25 to $4.75; lettuce, 
doz. heads, 45 to 50c; onions, green, doz. 
bunches. 12 to 15c; parsley, doz. bunches, 
20 to 25c; potatoes, bu., $1 to $1.10; 
radishes, doz. bunches, 10 to 12c; rhu¬ 
barb, doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; Romaine, 
doz. bunches, 40 to 50c; spinach, bu., 40 
to 60c; tomatoes, lb.„ 30 to 35c; beets, 
doz. bunches, 75 to 80c; celery, doz. 
bunches, $1 to $1.25; cucumbers, doz., 75c 
to $1.50 ; horseradish, lb., 8 to 10c. 
Clover honey, strained, lb.. 22 to 25c; 
qt., 65 to 75c; 5-lb. pail, $1.10; buck¬ 
wheat honey. 5-lb. pail, 75c; fancy, 
frame, 15 to 16c; maple sugar, lb., 22c; 
maple syrup, gal., $2.15 to $2.25. 
Pansies, doz., 75c; geraniums, doz. 
pots. $1.50 to $2; butternuts, bu., $1.50 
to $2 ; hickorynuts, bu., $2 ; walnuts, bu., 
$1.50 to $2. 
Wheat, bu., $1.20 to $1.22; corn, 
shelled,, 98c to $1; oats, 60 to 61c; rye, 
bu., 80 to 82c. 
Hay, No. 1, Timothy, ton, $23 to $25 ; 
mixed hay, ton, $20 to $22; oat straw. 
ton, $14 to $15; wheat straw, ton, $14 
to $16; rye straw, ton, $20. 
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, lb., 4c; horsehides, 
each, $2 to $3; sheepskins, each, 50c to 
$2.50; calf, No. 1, 16 to 16y 2 c ; No. 2, 
1414 to 15c; lambs, 25c; shearlings, 10 
to 25c; fleece, lb., 40c; wool, unwashed, 
medium, 40c. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The produce markets as a rule are 
stronger, in spite of the arrival of the 
active growing season. Butter, cheese 
and eggs are all 'firm. The demand for 
poultry is active. Old potatoes and ap¬ 
ples are still wanted. 
BUTTER—CHEESE-EGGS 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1 Timothy, $33 to $34 ; No. 
2, $27 to $29; No. 3, $18 to $22; clover 
mixed, $22 to $27; swale, $18 to $20. 
Straw—Rye, $23 to $24; oat, $14 to $15; 
wheat, $12 to $13. 
POTATOES 
Maine Green Mountain, 100 lbs., $2.10 
to $2.25; new, bbl., $4 to $4.75. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 25 to 27c; broilers, 30 to 35c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 31 to 32c; broilers, 40 to 43c; 
ducklings, 25 to 27c; old roosters, 20 to 
21c. 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, bu. box, $3 to $6; string 
beans, hamper, $1 to $2.50; cabbage, 
crate, $1.25 to $1.50; lettuce, box, 20 to 
35c; radishes, box, ,40 to 50c; spinach, 
box, 25 to 35c. 
N. Y. Wholesale Quotations 
Butter, firmer creamery, 40 to 46c; 
dairy, 28 to 33c; crock, 22 to 24c; com¬ 
mon, 18 to 20c. Cheese, firm, new flats, 
20 to 21c; daisies, longhorns, 21 to 22c; 
Limburger, 22 to 24c; block Swiss, 25 to 
27c. Eggs, higher; hennery, 29 to 31c; 
State and western candled, 27 to 29c; no 
storage. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, firm; Baldwin, Russet, bu., 
$1.25 to $1.50; Ben Davis, $1 to $1.25; 
general "sorts, 75c to $1. Potatoes, firm- 
ar; hoine-grown, bu., 75c to $1; southern, 
bbl., $3.50 to $4.25. 
FRUITS—BERRIES 
Cherries, steady; California, 8-lb. box, 
$2.75 to $3 ;- plums, California, box, $2.50 
to $3.75; peaches, Georgia, bu., $1.75 to 
$2; strawberries, light receipts, South¬ 
ern, crate, $4-50 to $6.50. Cantaloupes, 
California, crate, $3 to $3.25; water¬ 
melons, each, 85c to $1.10. 
POULTRY 
June 26, 1924. 
MILK 
June League price for Class I liquid 
milk, $1.86 per 100 lbs. 3 per cent milk 
in 201 to 2l0-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 . 
$0.43 
@$0.4314 
Good to choice ...... 
.39 
@ .42 
Lower grades. 
.33 
@ .36 
Packing stock . 
.20 
@ .29 
Danish . 
.42 
@ .43 
Argentine . 
@ .39 
CHEESE 
Full cream held specials 
$0.25 
@$0.26 
Average run . 
.23 
@ .24 
Skims . 
@ .16 
New made, fancy . 
.20 
@ .2014 
Average run. 
.18i/ 2 @ .19 
EGGS 
Dressed poultry, steady; turkey, 30 
to 36c; fowls, 20 to 31c; capons, 45 to 
50c; roasters, 32 to 35c; old roosters, 
19 to 20c; ducks, 25 to 27c; geese, 18 to 
22c. Live poultry, fair; turkeys, 25 to 
30c; fowls, 23 to 26c; broilers, 35 to 
38c; old roosters, 16 to 17c; ducks, 18 
to 23c; geese, 15 to 20c. 
BEANS-ONIONS 
Beans, steady; 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, firm ; new, 
California, white, crate, $2.25 to $2.35; 
Texas, $2 to $2.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, fair; asparagus, Mt. Mor¬ 
ris, bunch, $3 to $3.50; beans, green and 
wax, hamper, 90c to $1.15; beets, South¬ 
ern, crate, $1.75 to $2; dozen bunches, 
75c to $1; cabbage, Virginia, hamper, $2 
to $2.25; carrots, hamper, $1 to $1.25; 
cauliflower, bu., $1 to $1.25; celery, 
Florida, crate, $4.50 to $6.50; corn, doz. 
ears, 50 to 60c; cucumbers, southern, 
hamper, $1.50 to $2, (retail 5c each) ; 
eggplant, crate, $1.50 to $2.50; lettuce, 
home-grown, box, 60 to 90c; Iceberg, 
crate, $2.75 to $3; parsley, doz. bunches, 
40 to 50c; peas, bag, $1.50 to $3.50; pep¬ 
pers, southern, crate, $1.75 to $2; pie¬ 
plant, bunch, 20 to 25c; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 25 to 30c; spinach, bu., 50 to 
75c; squash, crate, $1 to $1.25; toma¬ 
toes, Florida, repacked, crate, $3.75 to 
$4.25; turnips, white, bu., $1.50 to $1.75; 
yellow, 60 to 65c; watercress, doz. 
bunches, 25 to 30c. 
SWEETS 
Honey, steady; white comb, lb., 20 to 
22c; dark, 12 to 17c; fancy, case, $4.50 
to $5. Maple products, dull; sugar, lb., 
18 to 22c; syrup, gal., $1.35 to $1.60. 
FEEDS 
Ilay, 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, $25; middlings, 
$25 ; Red-dog, $36 ; cottonseed meal, $45 ; 
oilmeal, $42,50; hominy, $37.50; gluten, 
$38.30; oat feed, $14; rye middlings, out 
of market. j. w. c. 
White, choice to fancy. ... 
Medium to good. 
. ,30@ 
.39 
Mixed colors, nearby best.. 
. .39@ 
.40 
Gathered, best . 
• .32 @ 
.33 
Common to good . 
. .24 @ 
.26 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, lb . 
Broilers . 
. ,34 @ 
.43 
Roosters . 
. .14 @ 
.15 
1 lucks . 
. .18(5) 
.21 
Geese . 
. ,10@ 
.12 
Rabbits . 
.30 @ 
.32 
• $0.39@$0.4() 
. .25 @ 
.32 
. .43 @ 
.45 
.42 
. .17 @ 
.21 
. .22 @ 
.23 
8.00 
6. (HI 
4.50 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice. 
Common to good .... 
Broilers, best . 
Fair to good . 
Roosters ... 
Ducks .22@ 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz.,.. 6.00(5) 
9 to 10 lbs. 4.50@ 
7 to 8 lbs. 3.75 @ 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best .$O.15@$0.16 
Good to prime.12’@ .14 
Culls .08 @ .10 
Lambs, hothouse, each. 4.00@10.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Calves, best .$9.00@$10.50 
Lower grades . 6.00@ 8.00 
Sheep . 4.00@ 6.00 
Lambs .11.0O@ 15.50 
Hogs. 7.00@ 7.80 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz.$1.00@$5.00 
Beets, bu. 1.00(a) 1.50 
Cabbage, bbl. crate. 2.00(5) 2.50 
Carrots, new, bu. 1.00(5) 
Celery, doz. hearts. 1.50(5) 
Cucumbers, bu.50@ 
Eggplants, bu.2.75(5) 
Lettuce, bu.50(5) 
Onions, bu. 1.00(5) 
Parsley, bu.75(5) 
Peas, bu. 1.25(5) 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.00(5) 
Peppers, bu. 1.00(5) 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches. 1.00(5) 
Spinach, bu.50(5) 
Squash, bu.75(5) 
String beans, bu. 50(a) 
Tomatoes, 6-till crate.75@ 
POTATOES 
2.00 
2.00 
1.50 
3.00 
3.50 
2.25 
.25 
.00 
2.00 
2.50 
2.00 
1.00 
1 .(H) 
4.50 
1.25 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Baldwin, bbl., $2 to $5; Ben Davis, 
$1.50 to $2.25. 
BUTTER 
Extra creamery, 42 to 44c; firsts, 41 
to 42c; seconds, 38 to 40c. 
CnEESE 
Held extras, 25 y 2 to 26c; firsts, 23 to 
25c; fresh extras, 2iy 2 to 22c; firsts, 20 
to 21c. 
EGGS 
Hennery, brown, extras, 38 to 39c; 
white and mixed extras, 34 to 36c; West¬ 
ern extra firsts, 29 to 30c; Western sec¬ 
onds, 27 to 27y 2 c. 
VARIOUS FRUITS 
Cranberries, crate, $7 to $8; straw¬ 
berries, qt., 10 to 25c; huckleberries, qt., 
24 to 25c; muskmelons, bu. crate, $2.50 
to $3; watermelons, each, 50 to 60c; 
peaches, 6-basket carrier, $1 to $1.75. 
Maine, 150-lb. sack .$3.00(5)$3.15 
State, 150 lbs.2.50(5) 2.75 
Southern, new bbl.1.25 (a) 3.50 
Sweet potatoes, bu. 6.50(5) 7.00 
FRUIT 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. . . . $2.00(5) $5.00 
Albemarle. 2.00(5) 5.50 
Gano . 2.00(5) 2.50 
Russet. 200(a) 3.50 
Spy .300 (a) 6.00 
Ben Davis . 1.50(5) 2.50 
Winesap . 3.00(5) 3.75 
Peaches, 6-till carrier ... 1.00(a) 2.75 
Strawberries, qt.05(5) .30 
Blackberries, qt.05(5) !lS 
Huckleberries, qt.0S@ .30 
Cherries, qt.08(5) .10 
Muskmelons, bu. 2.50(d), 3.25 
Watermelon, car.400.00(5)800.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1, Timothy .. . $29.00(5)$30 00 
No. 2 . 27.00(5) 28 00 
No. 3 . 20.00(d) 27.00 
Straw—Rye . 18.00(5) 19.00 
