I I 10 
August 23, 1924 
Vbt RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Market News and Prices 
Phila. Produce Markets 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department o t 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
Receipts of fruits and vegetables from 
nearby points have been heavy and the 
variety large, while carlot receipts were 
comparatively light and limited to a few 
commodities. Delaware and Maryland 
cantaloupes are gradually taking the 
place of the western melon. Cantaloupes 
weakened a little last week, Eastern 
Shore Maryland green and pink meats 
standard 45’s selling $2.75 to $3 with 
Jumbo 36’s bringing $3.25 to $3.50 a 
crate. Georgia is shipping Elberta 
peaches as well as Georgia Bells and 
some early white varieties are coming in 
from nearby orchards. Prices advanced 
during the week, Georgia Elbertas sell¬ 
ing $2.75 to $3 per 6-basket carrier and 
nearby Carmans ranged 50c to $1 per 
%-bu. basket. According to the govern¬ 
ment estimate of production from indi¬ 
cations August 1, the total peach crop 
will be about 6,470,000 bushels larger 
than the 1023 crop with New York State 
showing over half a million bushels in¬ 
crease, New Jersey and Pennsylvania 
have a little lighter crop and Georgia, 
which has already shipped over 4,000 
carloads more than a year ago, shows an 
increase over the 1023 crop of about 2,- 
300.000 bushels. The weather has been 
excellent for the sale of watermelons 
which have moved along a little better 
on a firm market. There has been a 
moderate demand for Summer apples at 
fairly steady prices. Williams Early 
Reds from Delaware ranged $1.25 to 
$1.75 a bushel and Gravensteins and 
Red Astraehans brought 50 to 05c per 
% bushel. Shipments of New York 
State cherries are considerably heavier 
than last year and a few continue to be 
received in Philadelphia, sour cherries 
working out at 50 to 55c per 4-quart 
basket. Lettuce advanced 50 to 75c a 
crate during the week. York State Big 
Boston type selling 75c to $1.75 per crate 
of two dozen heads with higher prices 
expected. Beets and carrots showed very 
little change, beets ranging $1.50 to $2.50 
and carrots sold up to $3 per 100 
bunches. Corn was in good demand, 
whole snap beans held about steady. 
Cucumber offerings were heavy, also pep¬ 
pers and eggplants and prices declined. 
Tomatoes were irregular, prices dropping 
sharply under heavy offerings, recovering 
quickly under light receipts and weaken¬ 
ing again as more tomatoes were at¬ 
tracted by high prices. The onion mar¬ 
ket was dull with Massachusetts yellows 
ranging $2.75 to $3 per 100-lb. sack, and 
Pennsylvania onions in bushels sold at 
$1.50 to $1.60. The potato market con¬ 
tinues dull. New Jersey 150-lb. sacked 
Cobblers and Eastern Shore barrels sell¬ 
ing around $1.75. Total shipments for 
the country are reported around 550 car¬ 
loads a day, but there are more potato 
districts being drawn upon than a few 
weeks ago. New Jersey and Long Island 
potatoes have come in and some of the 
Middle Western States are shipping 
heavier, but the Eastern Shore of Vir¬ 
ginia output is falling off, however, there 
are probably 2.000 carloads or more left 
in that district. The New England po¬ 
tato crop outlook is slightly below aver¬ 
age according to a recent government 
crop report. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
Egg receipts have been decreasing and 
the proportion of fancy to extra fancy 
eggs now coming into the market is small. 
The demand for the finer qualities has 
been good with nearby extra firsts selling 
at 35c a dozen, an advance of 2c a dozen 
since the first of the month. Western 
extra firsts sold generally at 34c and 
firsts 30 to 31c a dozen. Undergrades 
were irregular, much of the stock being 
unattractive, some heated and prices on 
such varied according to value. Cold 
storage holdings on August 10 were 338,- 
444 cases compared witli 354.365 cases 
on the same week day a year ago. 
Live poultry prices were inclined to be 
easy although there was an occasional 
day when choice stock met a pretty good 
outlet. For the most part colored fowl 
ranged 23 to 27c a pound with White 
Leghorn fowl selling down to 20c. Fancy 
Plymouth Rock broilers weighing 2 lbs. 
or more brought 35 to 38c a pound; 
mixed breeds ranged 28 to 33c, and White 
Iveghorns, 25 to 28c a pound. Old roost¬ 
ers averaged about 17c, a pound. The 
dressed poultry market was very quiet. 
Of course there was a moderate amount 
going to restaurants, hotels and through 
other channels of trade, but there was 
no real activity in the market and prices 
changed very little. Fresh killed fowl, 
5 lbs. and over, barreled-packed, dry- 
picked and dry-packed, sold at 28 to 20c, 
iced-packed for lc a pound less and light 
weight fowl sold as low as ISc. Broiling 
chickens ranged 37 to 41c and fancy 
nearby ducklings were quoted at 23c a 
pound. 
ITAY AND STRAW 
The hay market was also quiet with 
prices holding steady. No No. 1 Tim¬ 
othy was offered and No. 2 brought $25 
to $26 a ton. No. 3 Timothy averaged 
$21.50 a ton, while sample hay sold as 
low as $12 a ton. Best light clover mixed 
hay could be bought for $24 a ton and 
straight rye straw averaged $18.25 a 
ton. ' 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., 28c; sausage, 
lb., 20c; veal chops, lb., 35c; veal cutlets, 
lb., 40c; lamb chops, lb., 45c; rabbits, 
dressed, lb., 30e; ham, lb., 30c; young 
pigs, each, $6. 
Live Poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 25c; 
fowls, heavy, lb., 30c; geese, lb., 30c; 
ducks, lb., 30c; 'broilers, lb., 40c. 
Dressed Poultry—Chickens, light, lb., 
36c; fowls, heavy, lb., 38c; geese, lb., 
35c; ducks, lb., 35c; broilers, lb., 48c. 
Eggs, white, extra, 40c; duck eggs, 50c; 
milk, qt., 10c; buttermilk, qt., 5c; skim- 
milk, qt., 5c; butter, fancy prints, lb., 
46c; best dairy, lb., 45c; cheese, cream, 
lb., 30c. 
Apples. No. 1, bu., $1.50; asparagus, 
% lb., 12^0; Lima beans, qt., 12c; 
beans, dry, lb., 10c; beets, lb., 5c; cab¬ 
bage, lb., 4c; cauliflower, lb., 15c; car¬ 
rots, lb., 5c; bu., $1.25; celery, bunch, 
12c; cucumbers, small, per 100, $1; me¬ 
dium, each 3 to 5c; horseradish, bottle, 
12c; kale, peck, 20c; lettuce, bunch, 5c; 
Boston, bead, 6c; onions, dry, lb., 5c; 
bu., $2; green, bunch, 5c; string beans, 
qt., 10c; 3 qts., 25c; peas, 3 qts., 25c; 
cherries, qt., 10c; Columbia berries, qt., 
22c; gooseberries, q't., 12c; currants, 2 
qts., 25c; red raspberries, qt., 35c; black¬ 
berries, qt., 20c; huckleberries, qt., 25c; 
peaches. Elberta, qt., 20c; potatoes, new, 
peck, 35c; popcorn, shelled, 3 lbs., 25c; 
pieplant, bunch, 5c; radishes, new, bunch, 
5c; spinach, peck, 20c; sauerkraut, qt., 
15c; sweet corn, doz., 35c; Summer 
squash, lb., 7c; tomatoes, lb., 20c; tur¬ 
nips, lb., 4c; bu., 80c. 
Buckwheat flour, lb., 5c; honey, card, 
23c; extracted, 18c; cider vinegar, gal., 
35c. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Pork, light, lb., 12c; heavy, lb., 8 to Oc; 
veal, lb., 13 to 16c; mutton, lb., 15 to 
27c; lamb, lb., 40 to 45c; beef, lb., 6 to 
10c. 
Live Poultry—Ducks, Spring, lb., 25c; 
broilers, lb., 25 to 30c ; chickens, lb., 22 
to 26c; geese, l'b., 28 to 30c; guinea hens, 
each, 75c; pigeons, pair, 75c. 
Dressed Poultry—Ducks, lb., 50c; 
broilers, lb., 45 to 55c; chicken's, lb., 38 
to 45c; geese, lb., 35c. 
Butter, lb., 50c; eggs, 3S to 42c; duck 
eggs, 45 to 50c. 
Apples, bu., $1.50 to $2 ; cherries, crate, 
$2.50 to $3; gooseberries qt., 10c; cur¬ 
rants, qt., 10c; red raspberries, qt., 35c; 
black raspberries, qt., 20 to 25c; crate, 
$5 to $6; Columbia berries, crate, $4.50 
to $5; qt., 20c ; huckleberries, qt., 25c; 
Long blackberries, qt., 30c. 
Beans, bu., 75c to $1; beets, doz. 
bunches, 30 to 35c; cabbage, doz. heads, 
50 to 60c; carrots, doz. bunches, 30 to 
35c; cauliflower, doz., $2; celery, doz. 
bunches, 50 to 75c; cucumbers, bu., $2.50 
to $3; garlic, doz. bunches, 50c; lettuce, 
Boston, doz., 30c; leaf, head, 3 to 4c; 
onions, green, doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; 
bu., $1.50; parsley, doz. bunch,e's, 50c; 
peas, bu., $1 to $1.50; potatoes, new, bu., 
$1 to $1.25; peppers, bu., $4; rhubarb, 
doz. bunches, 25c; spinach, bu., $1.25; 
sweet corn, doz. ears, 25 to 30c; tomatoes, 
qt., 35c; turnips, doz. bunches, 40c. 
Hay, No. 1, ton, $20; straw, ton, $14 
to $17; wheat, bu., $1.25; oats, bu., 64c; 
corn, bu., 60c. 
ROCHESTER 
Beef, carcass, lb., 15 to 18c; forequar¬ 
ters, lb., 14c; hindquarters, lb., 1714 to 
18 %c; hog,s, 11% to 12%c; heavy, lb., 
0*4 to 1014c; Spring lamb, lb., 20 to 
30c; yearling lamb, lb., 18 to 20c; mut¬ 
ton, lb., 10 to lie; veal, lb., 16 to 17c. 
Live Poultry'—'Broilers, light, lb., 25 to 
27c; heavy, lb., 28 to 32c; fowls, light, 
lb., 18 to 20c; heavy, lb., 24 to 26c; 
stags, lb., 18c; old roosters, lb., 15c; 
pigeons, each, 15 to 20c; ducks, lb., ISc; 
geese, lb., 16c. 
Butter, country, crock, lb., 35 to 40c; 
eggs, 35 to 40c. , 
Apples, Harvest, 14-qt. basket. 50 to 
60c; cherries, red, sour, lb., 4 to 5c; cur¬ 
rants, red, lb., 7 to Sc; black, lb.. 14 to 
15c; huckleberries, 32-qt. crate, $7.50 to 
$8; gooseberries, lb., 7 to Sc; raspberries, 
black, crate, $5.75 to $6; qt., 18 to 20c; 
red, crate, $8.50 to $0; pt„ 12 to 15c; 
purple, crat'e, $5.50 to $5.75; qt., 15 to 
18c. 
Beets, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; cabbage, 
doz. heads. 40 to 50c; cantaloupes, crate, 
$4.75 to $5; carrots, doz. bunches, 20 to 
25c; cauliflower, doz. heads, $1 to $1.25; 
celery, doz. bunches, 75c to $1; cucum¬ 
bers, $1 to $125; dill pickles, per 100, $2 
to $2.50; peas, green, bu., $1.25 to $1.50; 
horseradish, lb., 8 to 10c; kale, bu., 40 
to 45c; lettuce, doz. heads, 20 to 25c; 
Boston, crate, 75 to 00c; onions, green, 
doz. bunches, 15 to 20c; Spanish, crate, 
$1.00 to $2; parsley, doz. bunches, 20 to 
25c; peppers, green, 14-qt. basket, 75 to 
00c; potatoes, new, 14-qt. 'basket, 55 to 
60c; radishes, doz. bunches, 10 to 12c; 
rhubarb, doz. bundles. 25 to 30c; ro- 
maine, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; Summer 
squash, doz., 75 to 00c; sweet corn, doz. 
ears, 35 to 40c; tomatoes, 12-lb. basket, 
$1.50 to $1.75; wax beans, 14-qt. basket, 
35 to 40c; green beans, 14-ot. basket, 35 
to 40c. 
Honey, strained, clover, lb., 22 to 23c; 
qt., 66 to 75c; 5-lb. pails, $1.10; buck¬ 
wheat honey, 5-lb. pails, 75c; clover, 
comb, fancy, 24-section case, $4.75 to $5; 
buckwheat, fancy, card, 24c. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand-picked, pea, 
$4.50; red kidney, $8; medium, $4.50; 
yellow eye, $5. 
Hides, steers, No. 1, l'b., 5c; No. 2, 4c; 
cows and heifers, No. 1, 5c; No. 2, 4c; 
bulls and stags, 4c; horsehides, each, $2 
to $3; sheepskins, each, 50c to $1.50; 
calf, No. 1, 16 to 17c; No. 2, 14 to 16c; 
lambs, 25c to $1; shearlings, 10 to 75c; 
wool fleece, lb., 38c; unwashed medium, 
38c. 
Wheat, bu., $1.30 to $1.35; corn, 
shelled, $1.25 to $1.26; oats, 6Sc; rye, 
bu., 00 to 05c; hay, Timothy, No. 1, ton, 
$18 to $22; mixed hay, ton, $16 to $18; 
Alfalfa, ton, $16; oat straw, ton, $14 to 
$16; wheat straw, ton, $14 to $16; rye 
straw, ton, $20. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
Poultry is off, but eggs are higher. 
Most other items in the list are fairly 
strong. 
BUTTER—CH EESE-EGG S 
Butter, firm; creamery, 37 to 42c; 
dairy, 28 to 33c; crocks, 22 to 24c; com¬ 
mon, 20 to 22c. Cheese, firm; daisies, 
flats, longhorns, 21 to 22c; limburger, 32 
to 34c; block Swiss, 34 to 35c. Eggs, 
higher; hennery, 36 to 40c; State and 
western, candled', 32 to 35c; no storage. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, steady; turkeys, 33 
to 40c; fowls, 27 to 30c; broilers, 34 to 
36c; capons, 45 to 50c; chickens, 33 to 
34c; old roosters, 18 to 10c; ducks, 25 
to 27c; geese, 22 to 24c. Live poultry, 
weak; turkeys, 35 to 37c; fowls, 18 to 
24c; broilers, 23 to 30c; old roosters, 14 
to 15c; ducks, 10 to 22c; geese, 17 to 20c. 
APPLES-POTATOES 
Apples, firm; Gravenstein, box, $2.75 
to $3; Transparent, bu., $1.50 to $2; 
Duchess, $1.50 to $1.75; homegrown, 
$1.25 to $1.50. Potatoes, weak; home- 
growm, 90c to $1; Virginia, bbl., $2.25 to 
$2.50 sweets, hamper, $3.25 to $3.50. 
PEACHES—MELONS 
Peaches, heavy supply; Elbertas, bu., 
$2.50 to $2.75; Arkansas, bu., $2.35 to 
$2.50. Pears, liberal .supply ; California, 
box, $2.50 to $4. Cherries, firm; red, 
sour, crate, $2.50 to $3; black, basket, 
$1.10 to $1.25. Cantaloupes, steady; Cal¬ 
ifornia, crate, $4 to $4.50; honeydews, 
box, $1.75 to $2. Watermelons, each, 65c 
to $1. 
GRAPES-BERRIES 
Grapes, steady; Thompson Seedless, 
lug, $1 to $1.25; currants, red, qt., 8 to 
15c; raspberries, red, qt., 20 to 25c; 
black, crate, $5.50 to $6; huckleberries, 
crate, $6 to $7 ; gooseberries, qt., 10 to 
12c. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, steady; white kidney, cwt., 
$10.50 to $11; marrow, $10 to $10.50; 
red kidney, $7.50 to $8; medium, $6.50 to 
$7 ; pea, $5.50 to $5.75. Onions, weak ; 
Ebenezer, bu., $1.50 to $2; Spanish, 
crate, $1.85 to $2; Jersey, hamper, $2.25 
to $2.50. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, liberal supply; beets, bu., 
75c to $1; doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; beans, 
green and wax, bu., $1 to $1.25; cab¬ 
bage, bu., 40 to 50c; carrots, bu., $1 to 
$1.25; doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; cauli¬ 
flower, bu., $2.25 to $2.50; celery, large 
bunch, 75c to $1; corn, doz. ears, 25 to 
35c; cucumbers, bu., $2.75 to $3; egg¬ 
plant, hamper, $2.25 to $2.50; lettuce, 
2-doz. box, 75 to SOc-; parsley, doz. 
bunches, 35 to 40c; peas, bag, $1 to 
$1.25; peppers, Jersey, bu., $2 to $2.25; 
radishes, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; spin¬ 
ach, bu., 75c to $1; tomatoes, 20-lb. bas¬ 
ket, $1.75 to $2. 
SWEETS 
Honey, steady ; new, case, $2.50 to $5 ; 
white comb, lb., 20 to 22c; dark, 13 to 
15c. Maple products, quiet; sugar, lb., 
IS to 22c; syrup, gal., $1.25 to $1.50. 
FEEDS 
Hay, steady; Timothy, bulk, ton, $10 
to $22; clover mixed, $18 to $21; rye 
straw, $12 to $14; wheat and oat straw, 
$10 to $12. Wheat bran, carlot, ton, $28; 
middlings, $20.50; Red-dbg, $40.50; cot¬ 
tonseed meal, $47.75; oilmeal, $45.50; 
hominy, $44.50; gluten, $42.30; oat feed, 
$14. j. w. c. 
white and mixed extras. 52 to 53c; west¬ 
ern extra firsts, 34 to 35c; western sec¬ 
onds, 28 to 30c. 
VARIOUS FRUITS 
Huckleberries, qt., 18 to 27c; muskmel- 
ons, bu. crate, $3.50 to $4 ; Watermelons, 
to 85c; peaches. 6-basket carrier, 
$l.<o to $2.25; blackberries, 18 to 22c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
„ 1 Timothy, $31 to $32 ; No. 
-. $-6 to $27; No. 3, $18 to $21; clover 
mixed, $22 to $25; swale, $17 to $20. 
* 28; «“• *<• * 15 ‘ 
POTATOES 
New, bbl., $2 to $3. 
live poultry 
Fowls, 23 to 24c; broilers, 23 to 30c. 
dressed poultry 
Fowls, 28 to 30c; broilers, 36 to 40c; 
ducklings, 24 to 26c; old roosters, 18 to 
20c. 
VEGETABLES 
Km Str l? g ^ b( l an !L b, i-’ to $ 2 ; cabbage, ' 
bbl., $1.50 to $1.75; lettuce, box, 50c to 
71 ’ radishes, box, oOc to $1; spinach, 
7oc to $1-25; squash, box, $1.25 to 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Williams, No. 1, bu., $1.75 to $2; As- 
traelian, $1 to $1.50; Transparent, 75c 
to $2. 
Butter 
Extra creamery. 30 to 30% c; firsts, 37 
to 38c; seconds, 35 to 36%c. 
cheese 
Held extras, 25 to 26c; firsts, 23 tc 
24c; fresh extras, 21%c; firsts, 20 to 21c, 
EGGS 
Hennery, brown extras, 54 to 55c; 
N* Y. Wholesale Quotations 
August 14, 1024. 
Milk 
.The ^ague-pool announces price of 
$2 60 per 100 lbs. for Class 1 , 3 per cent 
nulk in 201 to 2 io miles zone, beginning 
August 18. No revised figures of other 
associations available at this writing. 
BUTTER 
Creamery fancy.$0.30 @$0.30% 
Good to choice. 34 ® gg “ 
Lower grades. ’,32 @ ’33 
Backing stock.20 @ *20 
CHEESE 
Full cream fresh spec... $0.21 @$0 21% 
Average run. 19 @ . 10 % 
Sknns . 10 @ .13 
eggs 
White, choice to fancy.$0.53@$ 0.54 
Medium to good...45@ .50 
Mixed colors, nearby, best... . 45 ® .46 
Gathered, best.37@ 3 g 
Common to good.24® .28 
LIVE POULTTRY 
J ow :] s ’ lb .$ 0 . 20 @$ 0.28 
Ducks, Spring.23@ o- 
S”**;. 00 ® .10 
Rabbits.20@ .21 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice .$0.40@$0.41 
Common to gobd.25@ .35 
Broilers, best . 43@ 45 
Fair to good. .35 @ .40 
£°°? ters .. .21 
Ducks..23® 24 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz... 6 . 00 ® 8 00 
? *° W . 4.50® 6.00 
7 to 8 3.75@ 4.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best .$O.17@$0.18 
Good to prime.12® .16 
0ulle -.0S@ .11 
live stock 
Calves, best .$11.00@$12.50 
Lower grades. 7.00@ 0.00 
8hw P. 4.00® 6.00 
Lambs. 12.00® 14.50 
vegetables 
Beets, bu .$0.50@$0.75 
Cabbage, bbl*. 1 . 00 ® 1.25 
Carrots, new, bu. 1.00® 1 25 
Celery, doz. hearts.50® 1 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 . 00 ® 2 75 
Eggplant, bu. 1.25® 3 00 
Lettuce, bu. 50 ® 1.50 
iSweet corn, bbl. 2,00@ 3.00 
Onions, 100 lbs. 1.25® 2 75 
Parsley, 100 bunches. 1.00® 3 00 
Peas, bu.1.25® 2.00 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 2.00® 2 50 
Peppers, bu.1.00® 2.00 
Spinach, bu. 1.00® 2.25 
Squash, bu. 1.00® 2.00 
String beans, bu. 75 ® 2.75 
Lima beans, bu. 2.50® 4.50 
Tomatoes, 6 -till crate. 1.00@ 4.00 
12-qt. basket .45@ 1.50 
POTATOES 
Eastern Shore, bbl.$1.75@$2.50 
Norfolk . 1.75® 2.50 
Long Island . 1.75® 2.75 
Jersey, 150-lb. sack . 1.25® 2.50 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.3.00@ 7.00 
FRUIT 
Apples were plentiful and slow, except 
for best. 
Apples, new. bu.$0.50@ $2.75 
Peaches, 6 -till carrier.... 1.50® 2.75 
Bushel basket . 1 . 00 ® 4.00 
Blackberries, qt.08® .14 
Raspberries, pt.08 @ .16 
Gooseberries, qt.04 @ .15 
Huckleberries, qt.15® .23 
Cherries, qt.10® .20 
Muskmelons, bu. 2.75® 4.75 
Watermelons, car .175.00@665.00 
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