‘P* RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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Phila. Produce Markets 
(Supplied by New' Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
The aspect of the Philadelphia jobbing 
district has changed greatly during the 
past several weeks. Earlier in the sea¬ 
son when carlot receipts were much 
heavier, the sidewalks were covered w r ith 
all kinds of southern and western prod¬ 
uce received in bushels, % bushel, half¬ 
barrel hampers, barrels, lettuce crates, 
round bushel baskets, 6-basket carriers, 
etc. While there are considerable quan¬ 
tities of these packages in evidence, they 
no longer predominate as thousands of 
% bushel baskets, typical of the Phila¬ 
delphia market, are stacked up on the 
sidewalks and fill the commission houses 
waiting to be sold on the early morning 
market. Many lines of fruits and vege¬ 
tables have been so plentiful that prices 
in general were considerably lower last 
week than for the week previous. Then, 
too, the quarantine against the Japanese 
beetle is beginning to show its effect on 
all green produce, cabbage, string beans, 
and other listed commodities which are 
being hampered by government restric¬ 
tions in their free movement from Phila¬ 
delphia to towns and cities outside of the 
regulated area. String beans have been 
a glut on the market, but prices have re¬ 
cently recovered a little under lighter 
receipts with % bushel baskets selling 
35 to 70c, occasionally a little more being 
received for something fancy. Cabbage 
sold on a w r eak market and when it could 
be moved ranged 25 to 35c a % basket, 
while carrots and turnips were very slow. 
Asparagus is done. Onions stiffened a 
little, ranging $1.50 to $1.90 a bushel for 
Jersey yellows and lettuce was fairly 
steady with the majority of sales between 
50c and $1 per crate of two dozen heads. 
The southern tomato season is about over, 
and although Jersey receipts are increas¬ 
ing daily the supply has been unusually 
light for this time of year and prices 
held up well. Five-eighths bushel baskets 
selling $4.50 to $5.50, occasionally $6 with 
20-qt. crates bringing about the same or 
a trifle more. Blackberries weakened a 
little. Raspberries held fairly steady at 
$3 to $4.50 per 60-pt. crate. Apples held 
steady to firm with Delaware and New 
Jersey supplying Yellow Transparents 
and Starrs. Delaware Transparents, 
2sold $1.75 to $2.50 a bushel, while 
% bushel baskets of Starrs and Jersey 
ranged $1.25 to $1.60 as to size. Ship¬ 
ments of early peaches from Georgia have 
overloaded the market and sales in many 
instances barely paid for the freight. 
Much of the stock is only medium in size 
with Hile.vs selling chiefly $1 to $1.50 per 
6-basket carrier. A few Early Elbertas 
brought $1.50 to $2 per carrier, and it is 
hoped that with the coming of the free¬ 
stone peaches the market will revive. 
Potatoes have dropped to unusually low 
price levels at least prevailing prices be¬ 
ing below the average for the last five 
years. Eastern Shore of Virginia Cob¬ 
blers sold around $2.35 a barrel for No. 
1 stock, while the f.o.b. price in Virginia 
was $2 to $2.25 a barrel, compared with 
$4.75 to $5 a barrel last year. The gov¬ 
ernment forecast of production for July 
1. the first issued this season, estimates 
the potato crop at 373.000.000 bushels, 
compared with their final estimate in De¬ 
cember for the 1923 crop of 412,000.000 
bushels. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
There has been very little change in 
the egg situation, it being a buyer’s mar¬ 
ket for undergrade stuff, which makes up 
the bulk of the supply, but there is suf¬ 
ficient demand for the light offerings of 
the finer quality eggs to keep the market 
well cleared of the high grade product. 
Nearby extra firsts held fairly steady at 
30%c a dozen, western extra firsts selling 
for V>c less. Lower grades ranged 25 
to 28c a dozen. The government report 
for cold storage holdings for July 1, 1924 
shows 8,697,000 cases on hand, compared 
with 10,222,000 a year ago and 8,395.000 
cases, the average for the past five years. 
The poultry market has been quiet and 
few price changes occurred. Both live 
fowl and broilers dropped a cent or two 
a pound about the middle of July, but 
up to this writing the market has since 
held steady under light trading. Live 
colored fowl ranged 20 to 25c with an 
occasional lot of fancy selling for a lit¬ 
tle more, w T hile Leghorns averaged about 
20c a pound. The ordinary run of 2-lb. 
or more live broilers sold 38 to 40c, 
smaller ranging 32 to 35c and White Leg¬ 
horns worked out as low as 25c. Large 
Plvmouth Rock broilers topped the mar¬ 
ket at 42 to 45c a pound. Old roosters 
were steady at 16 to 18c a pound. The 
movement on dressed poultry was light 
and market steady on fresh killed fowl 
at 28 to 29c a pound for barreled-paeked, 
dry-picked, weighing 5 lbs. or more. Light 
weight fowl sold as low as 20c and broil¬ 
ing chickens worked out at 37 to 41c a 
pound. 
HAY AND STRAW 
The better grades of hay have been 
in fairly good demand with very little 
No. 1 hay in the market. ^Number 2 
Timothy has been selling $25 to $26 a 
ton. Undergrade hay was dull with No. 
3 Timothy averaging $21.50 a ton. There 
was also considerable difference in the 
prices of No. 1 and 2 light clover mixed, 
the former averaging $24.50 a ton and the 
t New 
lower grade $20.50 a ton. Straw steady, 
but quiet at $18.25 for best rye and 
$16.50 for best oat straw. 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. 
Live Poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 32c ; 
fowls, heavy, lb., 32c; geese, lb., 30c; 
ducks, lb., 30c; broiilers, 1%-lb., 45c. 
Dressed Poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 
36c; fowls, heavy, lb., 38c; geese, lb., 35c; 
ducks, lb., 30c; broilers, 1%-lb., 45c. 
Eggs, white, extra, 32c; duck eggs, 40c ; 
milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; skim- 
milk, qt., 5c;- butter, dairy, tub, lb., 46c; 
creamery, prints, lb., 45c ; cheese, cream, 
32c. 
Apples, No. 1, bu., $1.10; asparagus, 
V -2 lb., 12 * 40 ; Lima beans, qt., 12c; 
beans, dry, lb., 10c; beets, lb., 5c; cab¬ 
bage, lb., 6c; carrots, lb., 8c ; bu., $1.25 ; 
celery, bunch, 10c; fresh horseradish, bot¬ 
tle, 12c; kale, peck, 20c; lettuce, bunch, 
5c; Boston, head, 8c; onions, dry, lb., 5c ; 
bu., $2; onions, green, bunch, 5c; onion 
sets, lb., 15c; parsnips, bunch, 7c; pota¬ 
toes, bu., 90c; pieplant, bunch, 5c; rad¬ 
ishes, bunch, 5c; spinach, peck, 20c; 
sauerkraut, qt., 15c; turnips, lb., 4c; bu., 
SOe. 
Buckwheat flour, lb., 5c; honey, card, 
22c; extracted, lb., 18c; popcorn, shelled, 
3 lbs., 25c; maple syrup, gal., $2 to $2.25 ; 
cider vinegar,' gal., 35c. 
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., 30 
•to 40c; broilers, lb., 28 to 40c; chickens, 
lb., 20 to 26c; geese, lb., 28 to 30c; 
guinea hens, each, 75c; pigeons, pair, 75c. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb., 65c; 
broilers, lb.. 65c; chickens, lb., 40 to 45c; 
geese, lb., 35c. 
Butter, lb., 50c; eggs, 30 to 35c; duck 
eggs, 35c; Italian cheese, lb., 15 to 20c. 
Apples, bu., 75c to $1.75; cherries, 
crate, $3 to $3.50; strawberries, qt., 10 
to 15c; crate, $2 to $4.50; asparagus, 
doz., $1.50; beets, doz. bunches, 50 to 
05c; cabbage, doz. heads, $1 to $1.25; 
carrots, doz. bunches, 50 to 65c; celery, 
doz. bunches, $1 to $1.25; cucumbers, 
doz., 75c to $1; garlic, doz. bunches, 50c; 
honey, qt., 60 to 75c; cap, 25c; lettuce, 
leaf, 3 to 4c; Boston, doz., 35c; onions, 
doz. bunches, 35c; parsley, doz. bunches,' 
50c; peats, bu., $1 to $1.25 ; potatoes, bu., 
65 to 85c; radishes, doz. bunches, 25c; 
rhubarb, doz. bunches, 25c; spinach, bu., 
50 to 75c; turnips, doz. bunches, 65 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*40; 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 Leg¬ 
horn, lb., 26 to 30c; colored, 30 to 35c; 
fowls, White Leghorn, lb., 18 to 20c; col¬ 
ored, 24 to 26c; stags, lb., 18c; old 
roosters, lb., 15c; pigeons, each, 15 to 
20c; ducks, lb., 18c; geese, lb., 16c. 
Butter, country, crock, lb., 35 to 40c; 
eggs. 28 to 32c. 
Apples, Baldwin, bu., $1.50; Ben 
Davis, bu., $1.25; cherries, sour, red, lb., 
5 to 6c; red, sweet, lb., 9 to 10c ; white, 
sweet, lb., 6 to 8c ; black, sweet, lb., 8 to 
10c; currants, red, lb., 12 to 14c; goose¬ 
berries, lb., 8 to 10c; strawberries, crate, 
$3 to $5. 
Asparagus, doz. bunches, $1 to $1.25; 
beets. doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; cabbage, 
doz. heads, 80c to $1; carrots, doz. 
bunches, 20 to 25c ; celery, doz. bunches, 
75c to $1; cucumbers, doz., 90c to $1.35 ; 
green peas, bu., $1.25 to $1.50; horse¬ 
radish, lb., 8 to 10c; kale, bu.. 40 to 45c; 
lettuce, doz. heads, 20 to 25c; Boston, 
crate, 75c to $1; onions, Spanish, crate, 
$1.90 to $2; onions, green, doz. bunches, 
15 to 20c; parsley, doz. bunches, 20 to 
25c; potatoes, bu., 75 to 80c; radishes, 
doz. bunches, 10 to 12c; rhubarb, doz. 
bunches. 25 to 30c; romaine. doz. bunches, 
15 to 20c; spinach, bu., 25 to 30c; to¬ 
matoes, 10-lb. basket, $2.25 to $2.50; wax 
beans, 14-qt. basket, $1.50 to $1.75; green 
beans, 14-qt. basket, $2 to $2.25. 
Honey, strained, clover, lb., 22 to 23c; 
qt., 65 to 75c; 5-lb. pail, $1.10; buck¬ 
wheat honey, 5-lb. pail, 75c; comb, fancy, 
clover, case, $4.75 to $5; buckwheat, fan- 
cv, frame, 24c; maple syrup, gal., $2.15 to 
$2.25. 
Beans, per 100 lb., hand-picked, red 
kidney, $7 ; pea, $4 ; medium, $4 ; yellow 
eye, $4.50. 
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, 
s and 
$2 to $3; sheepskins, each, 50c to $2.50; 
calf. No. 1, 16c; No. 2, 14 to 15c; lambs, 
25 to 50c; shearlings, 10 to 50c; wool, 
fleece, lb., 38c ; unwashed, medium, 38c. 
Hay, No. 1, Timothy, ton, $23 to $25; 
mixed hay, ton, $20 to $23; oat straw, 
ton, $14 to $16 ; wheat straw, ton, $14 to 
$16; rye strtaw, ton, $20. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The produce markets are not very 
strong as a rule. The production is large 
and the rapid growth of everything is sure 
to keep the supply up for the season. 
Cherries are a great crop and peaches 
will yield fairly well but apples and 
pears do not promise so well. 
BUTTER—CHEESE-EGGS 
Butter, steady; creamery, 41 to 46c; 
dairy, 32 to 38c; crocks, 22 to 24c ; com¬ 
mon, IS to 20c. Cheese, dull; ne,w daisies, 
flats, longhorns, 21 to 22c; Limburger, 32 
to 34c; block Swiss, 34 to 35c. Eggs, 
firm ; hennery, 29 to 31c; State and West¬ 
ern candled, 26 to 29c; no storage. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, weak ; turkeys, 30 to 
40c; fowls, 27 to 30c; broilers, 38 to 42c ; 
capons, 45 to 50c ; old roosters, 18 to 19c; 
ducks, 25 to 27c; geese, 19 to 22c. Live 
poultry, weak; turkeys, 25 to 30c; fowls, 
broilers, 30 to 35c; old roosters, 15 to 
16c; ducks, 22 to 26c; geese, 17 to 20c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, new only ; Earlv Harvest, bu., 
$3 to $3.25; Western box, $2.50 to $2.75. 
Potatoes, weak; homegrown, old, bu., 50 
to 60c ; Southern, barrel, $3.25 to $3.50. 
PEACHES—MELONS 
Peaches, fair ’trade; Southern, bu., $1 
to $1.75. Melons, steady; cantaloupes, 
California, crate, $2.75 to $3 ; lioneydews, 
$2 to $2.25; watermelons, each, 30 to 75c. 
FRUITS—BERRIES 
Cherries, oversupply; Oxheart, qt., 14 
to 15c; currants, qt., 11 to 1.3c; goose¬ 
berries. qt., 14 to 15c; strawberries, 32-qt. 
crate, $3 to $5; blackberries, $5 to $6. 
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, dull; Kentucky, 
cwt., $2.50 to $4; California, crate, $3.25 
to $3.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, easy; asparagus, doz. 
bunches, $3 to $3.50; beans, green and 
wax, bu., $3.50 to $4; beets, doz. bunches, 
30 to 40c; cabbage, bu., 50 to 75c; cauli¬ 
flower, no offerings ; carrots, doz. bunches, 
45 to 50c; celery, California, crate, $7 to 
$S; cucumbers, Southern, hamper, $2.75 
to $3 ; eggplant, hamper, $2.75 to $3 ; let¬ 
tuce, homegrown, box, 50 to 75c; Iceberg, 
doz., 75c to $1; parsley, doz. bunches, 40 
to 50e; peas, bag, $1 to $1.25; peppers, 
hamper, $1.75 to $2 ; pieplant, bunch, 20 
to 25c; spinach, bu., 75c to $1; radishes, 
doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; tomatoes, re¬ 
packed crate, $6 to $6.50; turnips, white, 
bu., $1.50 to $1.75; yellow, 60 to 65c; 
watercress, doz. bunches, 25 to 30c. 
SWEETS 
Honey, quiiet; white comb, lb., 20 to 
22c; dark, 13 to 15c; fancy case, $4.50 
to $5. Maple products, quiet; sugar, lb., 
18 to 22c; syrup, gal., $1.25 to $1.50. 
FEEDS 
Hay, dull; 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, carlot, ton, $26; mid¬ 
dlings, $27 ; red-dog, $38.50; cottonseed 
meal, $45.75; oilmeal, $43; gluten. 
$41.30; hominy, $42.50; oat feed, $13.50. 
J. w. c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Earlv Harvest, No. 1, bu., $2.25; No. 
2, 75c to $1 
BUTTER 
Extra creamery. 40 to 41c; firsts, 39 
to 40c; seconds, 37 to 38c. 
CHEESE 
Held extras, 25*4 to 26c ; firsts, 24 to 
25c; fresh extras, 2114 to 22c; firsts, 20 
to 21c. 
EGGS 
Hennery, brown, extras, 43 to 44c; 
white and mixed extras, 37 to 39c; west¬ 
ern extra firsts, 2814 to 29c; western 
seconds, 26 to 2614c. 
VARIOUS FRUITS 
Cherries, qt., 12 to 13c; strawberries, 
qt., 10 to 12c; huckleberries, qt., 25 to 
35c; muskmelons, bu. crate, $2.25 to $3; 
watermelons, each, 25 to 65c; peaches, 6- 
basket carrier, $1.25 to $2.50. 
IIAY AND STRAW 
ILav—No. 1 Timothy, $32 to $33; No. 
2, $26 to $28; No. 3, $18 to $21; clover 
mixed, $22 to $26; swale, $17 to $20. 
Straw—Rye, $23 to $24; oat, $13 to $15; 
wheat, $12 to $13. 
POTATOES 
New, bbl., $3 to $3.50. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 24 to 26c; broilers, 30 to 35c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 28 to 30c; broilers, 38 to 42c; 
Prices 
ducklings, 24 to 26c; old roosters, 18 to 
20c. 
VEGETABLES 
String beans, hamper, $1.25 to $2.50; 
cabbage, crate, $1.25 ; lettuce box, 20 to 
40c; radishes, box, 50 to 75c; spinach, 
box, 50 to 75c. 
N. Y. Wholesale Quotations 
July 17, 1924. 
MILK 
July League price for Claes I liquid 
milk, $1.86 per 100 lbs. 3 per cent milk 
in 201 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 .$0.41 @$0.41*4 
•Good to choice.37*4 @ .40 
Lower grades.35 @ .36 
Packing stock.20 @ .29 
Danish.43 @ .45 
Argentine .37 @ .39 
CHEESE 
Full cream held specials $0.25 @$0.26 
Average run.23 @ .24 
Skims.10 @ .13 
New made, fancy.20 @ .21*4 
Average run.19 @ .19 14 
EGGS 
White, choice to fancy.$0.41 @$0.42 
Medium to good.30@ .39 
Mixed colors, nearby best. . . ,40@ .41 
Gathered, best .31@ .32 
Common to good.24 @ .28 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, lb.$0.21 @$0.22 
Broilers.35 @ .40 
Roosters.13@ .14 
Ducks.17 @ .18 
Geese.10@ .14 
Rabbits.24 @ .25 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice .$0.39@$0.40 
Common to good.25@ .35 
Broilers, best .42@ .43 
Fair to good.35@ .40 
Roosters.16@ .20 
Ducks.22 @ .23 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz.,.. 6.00@ 8.00 
9 to 10 lbs. 4.50(id 6.00 
7 to 8 lbs. 3.75@ 4.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best .$0.17@$0.18 
Good to prime.13@ .16 
Culls.08 @ .10 
LIVE STOCK 
Calves, best .$12,00@$13.00 
Lower grades . 7.00@ 9.00 
Sheep . 4.00@ 6.00 
Lambs.11.00@ 15.00 
Hogs. 7.00@ 8.00 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus, doz.$1.25@$6.00 
Beets, bu.50@ .75 
Cabbage, bbl. crate.75@ 1.50 
Carrots, new, bu.50@ 1.50 
•Celery, doz. hearts.90@ 1.50 
Cucumbers, bu.50@ 1.50. 
Eggplants, bu.2.00@ 3.00 
Lettuce, bu.50@ 1.25 
Onions, bu. 1.00@ 2.00 
Parsley, bu. 1.00@ 2.00 
Peas, bu. 1.00@ 1.75 
Radishes, 100 bunches.75@ 1.25 
Peppers, bu.1.00@ 4.00 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches. 1.50@ 2.00 
Spinach, bu.75@ 1.25 
Squash, bu. 1.00@ 1.50 
String beans, bu.50@ 2.00 
Tomatoes, 6-till crate. 1.00@ 3.00 
POTATOES 
Eastern Shore, bbl.$1.50@$2.75 
Norfolk . 1.25@ 2.75 
North Carolina . 1.25@ 2.75 
Long Island . 3.O0@ 3.25 
FRUIT 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. ... $2.00@ $6.00 
Albemarle. 2.00@ 5.50 
Ben Davis . . .'. 2.00@ 6.00 
New, bu.50@ 3.75 
Peaches, 6-till carrier. 1.00@ 3.00 
Blackberries, qt.08@ .16 
Raspberries, pt.03@ .08 
Black caps, pt.08@ .10 
Gooseberries, qt.04@ .14 
Huckleberries, qt.15@ .35 
Cherries, qt.08@ .20 
Muskmelons, bu. 2.50@ 3.25 
Watermelons, car .120.00@345.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hav—No. 1, Timothy.$30.00@$31.00 
No. 2 . 27.00@ 28.00 
No. 3 . 24.00@ 26.00 
Straw—Rye. 18.00@ 19.00 
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, *4 pt.28 
Butter, best .$0.50@ .51 
Cheese .34 @ .38 
Eggs, best, doz.48@ .50 
Gathefed.35@ .45 
Fowls.40@ .45 
Chickens, lb.55@ .60 
Turkeys, lb.45@ .50 
