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The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
July 19, 1924 
Mar ke 
N. Y. Produce Markets 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
The berry season is progressing rapid¬ 
ly, one producing section after another 
coming into bearing and cleaning up 
about the time another begins shipping. 
We are on the last lap of the strawberry 
season. With New Jersey and adjoining 
States about cleaned up, New York State 
growers are taking care of trade require¬ 
ments. Strawberries have been moving 
out moderately well when fancy, with 
20c a quart about top price for fancy, 
with most sales ranging 10 to 15c for or¬ 
dinary to good berries. A few Oswego 
County strawberries brought a little high¬ 
er price. Raspberries are going out of 
season in the Delaware-Maryland district, 
coming in strong in New Jersey, where an 
unusually large crop is expected, and a 
few have been received from the Hudson 
River Valley, good stock selling generally 
around 10c a pint, but fluctuating daily. 
North Carolina is about done with black¬ 
berries, New Jersey is just beginning, and 
Maryland is quite strong with them. 
Huckleberries are about as far along aw 
blackberries, and gooseberries from the 
Hudson River Valley sold slowly at 10 
to 16c a quart, as to size, quality and 
condition. Cherries sell fairly only when 
fancy, ordinary and poor moving slowly. 
Georgia peaches were active, and a strong 
market was reported before the holiday 
(July 4), but the market weakened im¬ 
mediately after. Carmens and Hileys were 
the principal varieties received, with 0-till 
carriers selling $2.50 to $4.50, according 
to size, quality, etc. Recent reports indi¬ 
cate that Georgia will ship around 11,000 
carloads of peaches this year, compared 
with 8,700 cars last season. Potatoes 
have been fairly active, but the heavy re¬ 
ceipts from North Carolina and Virginia 
caused the market to weaken. During 
the first week in July over 500 carloads of 
new potatoes were received in New York, 
despite the fact that the Fourth was a 
holiday and that very little trading was 
expected on the day following. Shipments 
for the country are equaling about 1,000 
carloads a day. Old potatoes, of course, 
are practically done, only an occasional 
carload being received. During the 1922- 
28 season Maine shipped 24,400 carloads, 
as compared with over 34,700 carloads 
this season. On the other hand, New 
York State has shipped 11,400 carloads, 
compared with 11,900 cars to about July 
1 last year. The cabbage market has been 
very unsatisfactory. Prices have been 
low under a limited demand and heavier 
receipts that the trade could well take 
care of. Lettuce has sold at low prices 
for some time; in fact, it did not pay 
shippers to consign to this market, as the 
nearby trucked-in lettuce kept the market 
well supplied. During the week only 
about 10 carloads were received by rail, 
mostly New York State and New Jersey 
grown. A few carloads were of the Ice¬ 
berg type, originating in California, and 
this sold at good prices when the quality 
was up to the standard. Peas were de¬ 
cidedly easier, and celery was quiet. Beets 
and carrots were slow, especially beets. 
Occasionally a carload of New York State 
old carrots arrived, but generally found 
an indifferent market. String bean re¬ 
ceipts were heavy from New Jersey, and 
the asparagus season is waning. Sweet 
corn is late, nothing having arrived as 
yet from any farther north than North 
Carolina. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
Egg receipts have been decreasing 
somewhat and trading was light, as many 
people leave the city over the holiday and 
retailers take this into consideration when 
buying. Receipts during the first week in 
July were about the same as for a similar 
period a year ago, or 140,000 cases. Cur¬ 
rent receipts have shown fair quality for 
the season, with the bulk of them probab¬ 
ly selling around 27c a dozen, with some 
fancy Western bringing 3 or 4c a dozen 
more. The quality of nearby eggs has 
been very irregular, with only a fair pro¬ 
portion grading high enough to sell above 
32 or 33c a dozen. Only very closely 
graded eggs brought the top quotations 
of 40 to 42c. The cold storage holdings of 
eggs in New York on July 7 were about 
409,000 cases less than last year. 
Fowl and broilers make up the bulk of 
the live poultry offerings at this season 
of the year. The fowl market has been 
very unsatisfactory. Trading was slow 
all the week, even sluggish, and conces¬ 
sions often had to be made in order to 
move the stock. Live broilers sold fairly 
well most of the week, but increased sup¬ 
plies forced values downward. Old roost¬ 
ers were generally steady, and the demand 
for Long Island ducks showed a little 
improvement. Freeh-killed broiler receipts 
were larger, but the demand has been 
chiefly for fancy stock, with ordinary 
quality selling at a wide range in prices. 
Fresh-killed fowl were very slow, and iu 
market on barrel packed fowl declined 
about lc per lb. Long Island ducks were 
fairly active and prices were sustained, 
with considerable stock going into stor¬ 
age. 
IIAY AND STRAW 
The hay market showed some improve¬ 
ment' during the week as receipts de- 
t New 
creased and invoices were reported as 
running light. There was a scarcity of 
large bales of No. 1 hay, and prices tend¬ 
ed to advance under a good demand for 
good quality stock. Undergrades, how¬ 
ever, moved slowly, as considerable quan¬ 
tities of Canadian hay in small bales was 
available. Rye straw in light receipt 
and steady. 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 ; ham, lb., 30c; veal cutlets, lb., 
40c ; veal chops, lb., 35c; lamb chops, lb., 
45c ; woodchuck, lb., 30c ; rabbits, dressed, 
lb., 30c; young pigs, each, $0. 
Live poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 32c; 
fowls, heavy, lb., 32c; geese, lb., 30c; 
ducks, lb., 30c; broilers, 1% lbs., 45c. 
Dressed poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 
36c; fowls, heavy, lb., 38c; geese, lb., 
35c; ducks, lb., 35c; broilers, 1% lbs., 
55c. 
Eggs, extra, white, 32c; duck eggs, 40c; 
milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; skim- 
milk, qt., 5c; butter, creamery, fancy 
prints, lb., 45c; dairy, in tubs, lb., 46c; 
cheese, cream, lb., 32c. 
Apples, No. 1, bu., $1.10; asparagus, 
half pound, 12%c; Lima beans, qt., 12c; 
beans, dry, lb., 10c; beets, lb., 5c; cab¬ 
bage, lb., 6c; carrots, lb., 8c; bushel, 
$1.25; celery, bunch, 10c; horseradish, 
bottle, 12c; kale, peck, (20c; lettuce, 
bunch, 5c; lettuce, Boston, head, 8c; 
onions, lb., 5c; green, bunch, 5c; onions, 
bu., $2; onion sets, lb., 15c; parsnips, 
bunch, 7c; potatoes, bu., 90c; pieplant, 
bunch, 5c; radishes, bunch, 5c; spinach, 
peck. 20c; sauerkraut, qt., 15c; turnips, 
lb., 4c; bushel, 80c. 
Buckwheat, flour, lb., 5c; honey, card, 
22c; honey, extracted, 18c; popcorn, 
shelled, 3 lbs., 25c; vinegar, gal., 35c; 
maple syrup, gal., $2 to $3.25. 
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; beef, lb., 
6 to 10c. 
Live poultry—Ducks, spring, lb., 40c ; 
broilers, lb., 25 to 35c; chickens, lb., 23 
to 28c; geese, lb., 28 to 30c; guinea 
hens, each, 75c; pigeons, pair, 75c. 
Dressed poultry—Ducks, lb., 65c; 
broilers, lb., 65 to 70c; chickens, lb., 40 
to 45c; geese, lb., 35c. 
Butter, lb., 45 to 50c; eggs, 30 to 
33c; duck eggs, 35 to 40c; Italian cheese, 
lb., 15 to 20c. 
Apples, bushel, 75c to $1.50; cherries, 
crate, $4.50; strawberries, qt., 15c; crate, 
$3 to $5; asparagus, doz. bunches, $1.25 
to $1.50; beets, doz. bunches, 50 to 75c: 
carrots, doz. bunches, 70 to 75c; celery, 
doz. bunches, $1 to $1.25; cucumbers, 
doz., 75c to $1; garlic, doz. bunches, 50c; 
lettuce, x-(oston, doz., 35c ; leaf, bunch, 3 
to 4c; onions, doz. bunches, 35c; parsley, 
doz. bunches, 50c; peas, bu., $1.75 to $2; 
potatoes, bu., 60 to 85c; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 25c; rhubarb, doz. bunches, 25c; 
spinach, bu., 50 to 75c; turnips, doz. 
bunches, 70 to 75c. 
Hay, No. 1. ton, $20; No. 2, $18; 
straw, ton, $14 to $17. 
Wheat, bu., $1.25; oats, bu., 64c; 
corn, bu., 60c. 
ROCHESTER PUBLIC MARKET 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb., 15 to 17c; 
forequarters, lb., 14c; 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.. 
18 to 20c; mutton, lb., 10 to 11c; veal, 
lb., 16 to 17c. 
Live poultry—Broilers, White Leghorn, 
lb., 26 to 30c; colored, lb.. 30 to 35c; 
fowls, Leghorn, lb., 18 to 20c; colored, 
lb., 24 to 26c; stags, lb.. 18c; old roost¬ 
ers, lb., 15c; pigeons, each. 15 to 20c; 
ducks, lb., 25c; g(*ese, lb., 18 to 20c. 
Butter, country, crock, lb., 35 to 40c; 
eggs. doz.. 28 to 35c. 
Apples, Baldwins, bu., $1.50; cherries, 
red, sweet, lb., 12 to 15c; black, sweet, 
lb., 15 to 18c; strawberries, crate, $3.50 
to $4.25; asparagus, doz. bunches, $1 to 
$1.25; beets, doz. bunches, 35 to 40c; 
carrots, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; celery, 
doz. bunches, 90c to $1; cucumbers, doz., 
$1 to $1.25; green peas, bu., $2.25 to 
$2.50; horseradish, lb., 8 to 10c; kale, 
bu., 40 to 45c; lettuce, doz. heads, 20 to 
25c; Boston, crate, $1 to $1.25; onions, 
Spanish, crate, $2 to $2.25; green, doz., 
bunches, 12 to 15c; parsley, doz. bunches, 
20 to 25c; potatoes, bu., 75 to 80c; 
radishes, doz. bunches, 10c; rhubarb, doz. 
bunches, 25 to 30c; romaine, doz. 
bunches, 30 to 35c; spinach, bu., 30 to 
40c; tomatoes, 10-lb. basket, $2.25 to 
$2.75. 
Honev, strained, clover, pound jars, 
22 to 23c; qt., 65 to 75c; 5-lb. pail, $1.10; 
buckwheat honey, 5-lb. pail, 75c; fancy, 
per frame, 24c; maple syrup, gal., $2.15 
to $2.25; hickorynuts, bu., $2; butter¬ 
nuts. bu., $1.50 to $2; walnuts, bu., 
$1.50 to $2. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand picked, red 
marrow, $6; white marrow. $10; red 
kidney, $6; white kidney, $8.50; pea, 
s and 
$3.75; medium, $4.50; Yellow Eye, 
$4.50; Imperials, $6.50. 
Hides, No. 1, steers, lb., 5c; No. 2, 
4c; cows and heifers, No. 1, 5c; No. 2, 
4c; bulls and stags, 4c; horsehides, each, 
$2 to $3; sheep, each, 50c to $2.50; calf, 
No. 1, 16c; No. 2, 15c; lambs,, 25 to 
50c shearlings, 10 to 50c; wool, fleece, 
lb., 38c; unwashed medium, 38c. 
Wheat, white winter, $1.25 to $1.28; 
corn, shelled, bu., $1.07 to $1.10; oats, 
62c; rye, 84 to 85c. 
Hay, Timothy, No. 1, ton, $22 to $25; 
mixed hay, ton, $20 to $22; oat straw, 
ton $14 to $16; wheat straw, ton, $14 
to $16; rye straw, ton, $20. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The arrival of the long-deferred fast¬ 
growing season has weakened the prod¬ 
uce market somewhat, but prices remain 
about where they were. Home-grown 
potatoes are going out and apples will 
not last long. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, steady; creamery, 41 to 46c; 
dairy, 28 to 33c; crocks, 22 to 24c; 
common, 18 to 20c. Cheese, steady; new 
flats, 20 to 21c; daisies, longhorns, 21 
to 22c; Linrburger, 32 to 34c; block 
Swiss, 34 to 35c. Eggs, steady ; hennery, 
29 to 31c; state and western candled, 26 
to 29c ; no storage. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, easy; turkeys, 30 to 
36c; fowls, 26 to 30c; capons, 45 to 
50c; roasters, 34 to 40c; old roosters, 
18 to 19c; ducks, 25 to 27c; geese, 18 to 
22c. Live poultry, firm ; turkeys, 25 to 
30c; fowls, 22 to 25c; broilers, 25 to 
28c; old roosters, 16 to 17c; ducks, 22 
to 27c; geese, 17 to 20c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, steady; Gravenstein, Wealthy, 
King, bu., $1 to $1.50; Baldwin, Green¬ 
ing. 75c to $1.25; western, box, $2.50 to 
$2.75; new early Harvest, bu., $2.25 to 
$3.25. Potatoes, steady ; old home-grown, 
bu., 50 to 75c; Eastern Shore, bbl., $4 
to $4.25. 
PEACHES-MELONS 
Peaches, scarce; southern, crate, $1.25 
to $1.75. Cantaloupes, firm; standard 
crate, $2.75 to $3; honey dews, $2.50 to 
$2.75. Watermelons, each, 75c to $1. 
FRUITS—BERRIES 
Cherries, 4-lb. basket, 65c to $1. Plums 
crate, $2 to $2.25. Blackberries, south¬ 
ern, 32-qt. crate, $2.50 to $4.75. Huckle¬ 
berries, southern, crate, $7.50 to $8. 
Strawberries, home-grown, 24-qt. crate, 
$4 to $4.50 (13c qt. retail.) 
BEANS-ONIONS 
Beans, easy; marrow, cwt., $10.50 to 
$12; white kidney, $10 to $10.50; red 
kidney, $8 to $8.50; medium, $6.50 to $7; 
pea, $5.50 to $6. Onions, steady ; Texas, 
crate, $3 to $3.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, easy; asparagus, doz. 
bunches, $1 to $1.25; beans, green and 
wax, hamper, $1 to $3; beets, hamper, 
65 to 90c; home-grown, doz. bunches, 50 
to 60c; cabbage, southern, hamper, $2.75 
to $3.25; carrots, hamper, $1 to $1.25; 
celery, California, crate, $6.50 to $7; 
cauliflower, hamper, $1.25 to $1.75; corn, 
crate, $1 to $1.25; cucumbers, hamper, 
$1.25 to $1.75; eggplant, crate, $4 to 
$4.50; lettuce, home-grown, box, 60 to 
75c; California, Iceberg, crate, $4 to 
$4.50; parsley, doz. bunches, 40 to 50c; 
peppers, crate, $2.50 to $2.75; peas, bag, 
$1.50 to $2; pieplant, bunch, 15 to 25c; 
radishes, doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; spinach, 
bu., 40 to 60c : tomatoes, repacked crate, 
$4 to $5; turnips, white, bu., $1.50 to 
$1.75; yellow, 60 to 65c; watercress, doz., 
bunches, 25 to 30c. 
SWEETS 
Honey, weak; light comb, lb., 20 to 
22c; dark, 17 to 18c; case, dark to light, 
$2.50 to $5. Maple product, dull; sugar, 
lb., 18 to 22c; syruf>, gal., $1.25 to $1.50. 
FEEDS 
Hay, firm ; 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, 
$26; middlings, $27; Red-dog, $37.50; 
cottonseed oil, $45.75; oilmeal, $43; hom¬ 
iny. $38.50; gluten, $41.30; oat feed, 
$13.50. J. \L c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Western boxes, $2.75 to $4; Early Har¬ 
vest, bu., $2.25. 
BUTTER 
Extra creamery, 41 to 42c; firsts, 39 
to 40c; seconds, 37 to 38c. 
CHEESE 
Held extras, 25% to 26c; firsts, 24 to 
25c; fresh extras, 22 to 22%c; firsts, 21 
to 21 %c. 
EGGS 
Hennery, brown, extras, 40 to 41c; 
white and mixed extras, 37 to 39c; West¬ 
ern extra firsts, 28 to 2S%c; Western 
seconds, 26 to 26% c. 
Prices 
VARIOUS FRUITS 
Cherries, qt., 10 to 12c; strawberries, 
qt., 10 to 15c; huckleberries, qt., 30 to 
35c; muskmelons, bu. crate, $2.25 to $3; 
watermelons, each, 35 to 60c; peaches, 6- 
basket carrier, $2 to $3. 
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., $1.50 
to $2; new, bbl., $3 to $4. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 24 to 26c; broilers, 30 to 35c. 
Dressed poultry 
Fowls, 30 to 31c; broilers, 38 to 40c; 
ducklings, 24 to 26c; old roosters, 20 to 
21c. 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, bu. box. $3 to $6.50; string 
beans, hamper, $2.25 to $3; cabbage, 
crate, $1.50 to $1.75; lettuce, box, 20 to 
50c; radishes, box, 40 to 50c; spinach, 
box, 25 to 30c. 
N. Y. Wholesale Quotations 
July 10, 1924 
MILK 
July League price for Claes I liquid 
milk, $1.86 per 100 lbs. 3 per cent milk 
in 20l to 210-mile zone; Class 2A, $1.80; 
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 @$0.42% 
Good to choice.37% @ .41 
Lower grades.35 @ .37 
Packing stock ..20 @ .29 
Danish.43 @ .44 
Argentine .37 @ .39 
CHEESE 
Full cream held specials $0.25 @$0.26 
Average run.23 @ .24 
Skims. ..10 @ .13 
New made, fancy.21 @ .21% 
Average run.19 @ .19% 
EGGS 
White, choice to fancy.$0.41 @$0.42 
Medium to good.30@ .39 
Mixed colors, nearby best... ,38@ .39 
Gathered, best.31@ .32 
Common to good.24 @ .28 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, lb.$0.21 @$0.23 
Broilers.30@ .37 
Roosters.13@ .14 
Ducks.18 @ .23 
Geese.10@ .14 
Rabbits.25@ .28 
dressed poultry 
Turkeys, choice .$0.39@$0.40 
Common to good.25@ .35 
Broilers, best .42@ .43 
Fair to good.35@ .40 
Roosters.16 (h) .20 
Ducks.21@ .22 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz.,.. 6.00@ 8.00 
9 to 10 lbs. 4.50@ 6.00 
7 to 8 lbs. 3.75@ 4.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best .$0.15@$0.16 
Good to prime.11@ .14 
Culls.0S@ .10 
LIVE STOCK 
Calves, best .$10.00@$11.00 
Lower grades . 6.00 @ 8.00 
Sheep . 4.00@ 6.00 
Lambs.11.00@ 15.00 
Hogs. 7.00@ 8.00 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz.$1.00@$7.00 
Beets, bu.75@ 1.00 
Cabbage, bbl. crate. 1.00@ 1.75 
Carrots, new, bu. 1.00@ 1.50 
Celery, doz. hearts.1.50@ 2.00 
Cucumbers, bu. 1.00@ 2.00 
Eggplants, bu. 1.75@ 2.50 
Lettuce, bu.50@ 1.25 
Onions, bu.... 1.00@ 1.50 
Parsley, bu. 1.00@ 2.00 
Peas, bu.. 1.00@ 1.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.00@ 1.50 
Peppers, bu. 1.00@ 3.00 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches. 1.50@ 2.50 
Spinach, bu.75@ 1.25 
Squash, bu.75@ 2.00 
String beans, bu. 1.00@ 2.50 
Tomatoes, 6-till crate.75@ 3.00 
POTATOES 
Eastern Shore, bbl.$2.25@$3.25 
Norfolk. 1.25@ 3.00 
North Carolina . 1.25@ 3.00 
FRUIT 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. . .. $2.00@ $6.00 
Albemarle. 2.00@ 6.00 
Gano . 2.0O@ 2.50 
Russet. 2.00(@ 3.oO 
Spy. 3.00@ 6.00 
Ben Davis . 2.00@ 3.00 
Winesap. 3.00@ 4.00 
Peaches, 6-till carrier.... 1.50@ 4.00 
Strawberries, qt.05@ .25 
Blackberries, qt.'. .08@ .28 
Huckleberries, qt.15@ .35 
Cherries, qt.08@ .15 
Muskmelons, bu. 2.50@ 3.25 
Watermelons, car .260.00@710.00 
