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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 6, 1924 
Market News an a Prices 
Phila. Produce Markets 
(Supplied by New' Jersey State Department ©f 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
Carlot receipts of fruits and vegetables 
have been light due to the profuse offer¬ 
ings of nearby produce. Cantaloupes 
have become a favorite breakfast fruit 
and seem to gain in popularity each sea¬ 
son. In spite of the large quantities of 
cantaloupes, which are mostly pink and 
green meated varieties that are trucked 
in from Delaware, Maryland and New 
Jersey, California and Texas still con¬ 
tinue to ship to the Philadelphia market. 
Honey Dews and Casaba melons are 
products of the West and Southwest but 
they seem to be able to compete with our 
local cantaloupes, as several carloads 
were received during the week. Prices, 
however, weakened, Maryland Pink 
Meats standard 45’s and 36’s ranging 
from $1.50 to $1.75 with some express 
shipments of 45’s reaching $2.50; Cali¬ 
fornia Salmon tints, standard 36’s and 
45’s were also quoted at $2.50 a crate 
for the best stock, out of which must 
come all costs of marketing from the 
west coast. Watermelon receipts have 
been heavy and prices in many cases 
were not sufficient to pay freight charges, 
prices ranging all the way from $150 
for a car of 20-lb. average melons to $250 
to $275 for a car of 22 to 24-lb. average 
melons. There was a moderate demand 
for the light supply of York State pears, 
Clapps Favorite in bushel baskets selling 
$2.50 to $2.75 and express shipments of 
Bartletts brought $3 to $3.25 a bushel. 
As usual, peaches have shown a wide 
range in the quality and condition of the 
stock offered, but good to fancy peaches 
have moved along fairly well. Georgia 
Elbertas ranged $2.50 to $3 per 6-basket 
carrier, and New Jersey Hileys sold gen¬ 
erally $1.50 to $1.75 a bushel. New 
Jersey Belles will be at the height of the 
season about September 1. Apples have 
been moving slowly but the prices held 
about steady. Pennsylvania growers have 
already begun shipping in barrels, the 
various odd varieties coming in selling 
for $2.50 to $3.50 a barrel. New Jersey 
growers are marketing Gravensteins, 
Wealthy and Duchess, which worked out 
at from 50c to $1.25 per %-bushel basket. 
Berries continue to arrive in adequate 
quantities for the needs of the trade, 
mostly from nearby. Raspberries have 
worked up to $6 to $7.50 per 00-pint 
crate, huckleberries $3.50 to $5.50 per 
32-qt. crate, and blackberries averaged 
about $2.25 a crate. California boxed 
pears, plums and grapes are arriving, the 
beginning of the influx of western fruit 
for the Fall trade. Until recently there 
has been a fair demand for onions but a 
slow market developed causing prices to 
weaken to $3.25 per 100-lb. sack for U. 
S. No. 1. Japanese sets, while No. 1 York 
State yellows, medium size, ranged $2.40 
to $2.75. A big cut in the acreage of 
late onions is reported in California while 
New York and Massachusetts are not ex¬ 
pected to have as large a yield as in 
1023. However, most of the other large 
onion growing States show an increase. 
The total commercial production in the 
late onion States is forecasted at 12.602,- 
000 bushels. Sweet corn has been sell¬ 
ing well this season and there has been 
an active demand for Lima beans, with 
prices fluctuating almost daily. Cabbage, 
beets and snap beans held steady. Sacked 
potatoes were dull. New .Tersev has been 
digging and shipping rather heavily for 
a week, although recent rains have slowed 
up the work for a few days. 
EGGS AND POTJI.TRY 
Receipts of high grade eggs have been 
relatively light and the continued good 
demand for this class of stock has caused 
an advance of 3 or 4c a dozen within the 
week, nearby and western extra firsts 
selling at 41c and firsts at 36c a dozen. 
There is plenty of medium and poor stock, 
however, which found a dull market and 
such were worked out at irregular prices. 
Receipts of eggs in Philadelphia since 
January 1 are lighter than for the same 
period a year ago by 53.000 cases, while 
cold storage holdings on August 25 were 
reported at 322,354 cases compared with 
345,419 cases a year ago. 
Offerings of fancy live fowl have been 
kept well cleaned up but the market in 
general was inclined to be weak. Fancy 
fowl, colored, sold at 27 to 23c a pound 
and White Leghorns .dropped to 18 to 
21c a pound. Broilers were rather quiet 
and prices eased off, fancy Plymouth 
Rocks averaging about 37c while smaller 
sizes of broilers sold as low as 30c a 
pound. The next Hebrew holiday comes 
the last two days in September and the 
best market days are September 24, 25 
and 26 for live fat fowls, Turkeys and 
ducks. Offerings of dressed poultry are 
about equal to the demand and prices 
have changed very little. Fresh killed 
fowls, dry picked, barreled packed, weigh¬ 
ing 5 lbs. or over, continued to sell at 29 
to 30c a pound, with small light weight 
stock going as low as 20c. Broiling chick¬ 
ens ranged all the week 37 to 41e a pound 
and nearby ducklings were steadily held 
at 23c. 
IIAY AND GRAIN 
Hay receipts continued light and the 
market held steady at $23 to $24 a ton 
for No. 2 Timothy, not enough No. 1 
Timothy coming in to establish a market. 
Best light clover mixed averaged $21.50 
a ton and medium clover mixed sold for 
about $20 a ton. Best rye straw was 
quoted at $18 to $1S.50 and wheat straw 
$13 to $14 a ton. b. w. s. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The produce markets are fairly strong, 
with Home advances. Eggs are feeling the' 
approach of the molting season and are 
higher, but live poultry is weak. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, steady; creamery, 38 to 43c; 
dairy, 30 to 37c; crocks, 28 to 30c; com¬ 
mon, 20 to 21c. Cheese, steady; flats, 
longhorns, new, 21 to 22c; daisies, 22 to 
23c; limburger, 32 to 34c; block Swiss, 
34 to 35c. Eggs, higher; hennery, 38 to 
42c; State and Western, candled, 32 to 
36c; no storage. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, firm; turkeys, 33 to 
36c; fowls, 27 to 30; chickens, 33 to 34c; 
broilers, 34 to 40c; ducks, 26 to 28c; 
geese, 20 to 24c; old roosters, 18 to 19c. 
Live poultry, weak; fowls, 28 to 30c; 
broilers, 28 to 32c; old roosters, 15 to 
16c; ducks, 25 to 26c; geese, 17 to 20c. 
APPLES-POTATOES 
Apples, dull; Duchess, bu., 75 to 90c; 
sweets, Astrakhan, Transparent, $1 to 
$1.50; seconds, 50 to 75c. Potatoes, 
steady; Eastern Shore, bbl., $2.65 to 
$2.85 ; homegrown, bu., 90c to $1; sweets, 
hamper, $3 to $3.50. 
PEACHES-MELONS 
Peaches, firm; Elbertas, bu., $3 to 
$3.50; Ililey Belle, $1.25 to $2.25; home¬ 
grown. 90c to $1. Cantaloupes, Maryland, 
crate, $1.50 to $1.75; homegrown, bu., $3 
to $3.50; honeydew, crate, $2.25 to $2.50. 
Watermelons, each, 35 to 65c. 
FRUITS-BERRIES 
Pears, steady; California, box, $4 to 
$4.75. Cherries about gone; red, crate, 
$3 to $3.50; oxheart, basket, $1.25 to 
$1.35. Plums, California, 24-lb. box, 
$1.25 to $1.75. Blackberries, homegrown, 
qt., 15 to 18c; huckleberries, qt., 20 to 
25c; raspberries, purple, qt., 20 to 22c; 
black, IS to 20c; red. 25 to 30c; goose¬ 
berries, qt., 10 to 12c; currants, red or 
black, qt., 12 to 15c; grapes, Malaga, 
crate, $1.50 to $2; Thompson seedless, $1 
to $1.25. 
BEANS-ONIONS 
Beane, dull; white kidney, cwt., $10.50 
to $11; marrow, $9 to $10; red kidney, 
$7.50 to $8; medium, $6.50 to $7; pea, 
$5.50 to $6. Onions, weak; Ebenezer, 
bu., $1.40 to $1.50; Massachusetts, bag, 
$3.25 to $3.50; Spanish, crate, $2.10 to 
$2.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables,' dull; beans, green and wax, 
bu., $1 to $1.25; beets, bu., $1.25 to 
$1.50; doz. bunches, 15 to 20c; carrots, 
bu., $1 to $1.25; doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; 
cabbage, 100 heads, $2 to $4; cauliflower, 
bu., $2.50 to $3 ; celery, crate, $1.25 to 
$1.50; corn, doz. ears, 25 to 30c ; cucum¬ 
bers, bu., $1.75 to $2; eggplant, bu., $2.75 
to $3; lettuce, 10-lb. basket, 10 to 20c; 
Iceberg, box, 50 to 75c; parsley, doz. 
bunches, 35 to 40c; peas, bag, $1 to 
$1.25; peppers, bu., 90c to $1; radishes, 
doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; spinach, bu., 75c 
to $1; tomatoes, bu., $1.25 to $1.50; 
turnips, yellow, bu., $1.25 to $1.50. 
SWEETS 
Honey, steady ; white, comb, lb., 20 to 
22c; dark, 17 to 18c; qt., extract. $8.25 to 
$8.50; case, $5 to $6. Maple products, 
quiet; sugar, lb., 18 to 22c; syrup, gal., 
$1.25 to $1.50. 
FEEDS 
Hay, firm ; Timothy, bulk, ton, $18 to 
$22; clover mixed, $17 to $21; rye straw, 
$12 to $15; oat and wheat straw, $10 to 
$12. Wheat bran, carlot, ton, $29; mid¬ 
dlings, $31; Red-dog, $41.50; cottonseed 
meal, $45.25; oilmeal, $48.50; hominy, 
$45; gluten, $44.70; oat feed, $16.50. 
j. w. c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Williams, No. 1, bu., $1 to $2; As- 
trachan, $1 to $1.50; Transparent, 75c to 
$2.25. 
BUTTER 
Extra creamery. 39% to 40c; firsts, 37 
to 39c; seconds, 35 to 36%c. 
CHEESE 
Held extras, 25 to 26c; firets, 23 to 
24c; fresh extras, 21%c; firsts, 20 to 21c. 
EGGS 
Hennery, brown extras, 55 to 56c; 
white and mixed extras, 54 to 55c; west¬ 
ern extra firsts, 37 to 38c; western sec¬ 
onds, 29 to 31c. 
VARIOUS FRUITS 
Huckleberries, qt., 10 to 20c; muskmel- 
ons, bu. crate, $3.50 to $4 ; watermelons, 
each, 20 to 60c; peaches, 6-basket carrier, 
$2.50 to $3.25; blackberries, 15 to 20c. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hav—No. 1 Timothy, $31 to $32; No. 
2. $26 to $27; No. 3, $17 to $19; clover 
mixed, $22 to $25; swale, $17 to $20. 
Straw—Rye, $22 to $23; oat, $13 to $15; 
wheat, $12 to $13. 
POTATOES 
New southern, bbl., $2 to $3; nearby, 
box, $1 to $1.25. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 26 to 28c ; broilers, 28 to 30c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 28 to 32c ; broilers, 36 to 40c; 
ducklings, 24 to 26c; old roosters, 18 to 
20c. 
VEGETABLES 
String beans, bu., $1 to $1.75; cabbage, 
bbl., $1 to $1.25; lettuce, box, 75c to $1; 
radishes, box, 50c to $1; spinach, box, $1 
to $1.25; squash, box, 50c to $1. 
N. Y. Wholesale Quotations 
August 28, 1924. 
MILK 
September League-pool price for 3 per 
cent milk in 201-210-mile zone: Class 1, 
$2.60 per 100 lbs.; Class 2A, $2; Class 
2B, $2.05; Class 2C, $2.05; Class 3, 
$1.45. Pool price July: Gross, $1.50; ex¬ 
panses, 8c; certificates, 10c; net cash, 
$1.32. 
Sheffield Farms: Class 1, from August 
16 to 31, $2.60; Class, 2, $1.70; Class 3, 
$1.55. September price not announced. 
Non-pool, tentative 
$2.40; Class 2, $1.85. 
prices: 
Class 1, 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy . 
Good to choice. 
.$0.39 
@$0.39% 
. .36 
@ .38% 
Ixjwer grades. 
. .33 
@ .35 
Packing stock . 
. .20 
@ .29 
CHEESE 
Full cream, fresh spec. .$0.20%@$0.21% 
Average run.19 @ .19% 
Skims.10 @ .12 
EGGS 
White, choice to fancy.$0.55@$0.50 
Medium to good.45@ .52 
Mixed colors, nearby, best. . .47@ .4S 
Gathered, best.42 @ .43 
Common to good.27 @ .30 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, lb.$0.20@$0.26 
Broilers.2S@ .30 
Roosters.15@ .16 
Ducks, Spring.23@ .26 
Geese.11 @ .12 
Rabbits, lb..26‘@ .28 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice .$0.40@$0.42 
Common to good.25@ .35 
Broilers, best.42@ .43 
Fair to good.35 @ .40 
Roosters.17 @) .20 
Ducks..23@ .24 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz. .. 6.00@ 8.00 
9 to 10 lbs. 4.50@ 6.50 
7 to 8 lbs. 3.50@ 4.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best .$0.20@$0.2l 
Good to prime.14@ .19 
Culls.10@ .12 
LIVE STOCK 
Calves, best .$12,00@$13.00 
Lower grades. 7.00@ 9.00 
Sheep. 2.50@ 4.50 
Lambs.12.00@ 14.75 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bu.$1.00@$1.25 
Cabbage, bbl. 1.00@ 2.00 
Carrots, bu.1.00@ 1.25 
Celery, doz. hearts.75@ 1.00 
Cucumbers, bu. >... 1.00@ 2.25 
Eggplant, bu. 1.25(it 1.75 
Lettuce, 2-doz. crate. 1.00@ 2.50 
Sweet corn. 100 . 2.00@ 4.00 
Onions, 100 lbs.1.25@ 2.85 
Tarsley, 100 bunches.1.00@ 1.50 
Peas, bu.75@ 1.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 1.00@ 3.00 
Peppers, bu. ,1.00@ 2.25 
Spinach, bu.1.00@ 1.50 
Squash, bu. 1.00@ 2.00 
String beans, bu. 1.50@ 3.50 
Lima beans, bu. 1.50(d) 2.50 
Tomatoes, 6-till crate.75@ 1.50 
12-qt. basket.75@ 1.00 
POTATOES 
Eastern Shore, bbl.$1.00@$2.00 
Virginia. 1.00@ 2.00 
Long Island . 2.00 (a) 3.00 
Jersey, 150-lb. sack. 1.00@ 2.25 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.3.00@ 9.00 
FRUIT 
Apples, new, bu.$0.75@ $2.50 
Barrel. 2.00@ 3.50 
Peaches, 6-till carrier. 1.00@ 3.25 
Bushel basket.50@ 1.50 
16-qt. basket.20@ .35 
Blackberries, qt.09@ .10 
Raspberries, pt.12(r? .18 
Huckleberries, qt.15@ .25 
Currants, qt.04@ .08 
Muckmelons, bu. 2.75@ 3.00 
Watermelons, car .100.00@345.00 
Grapes, 20-lb. basket. 1.00@ 1.25 
Pears, bbl. 2.50@ 6.50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1, Timothy_$29.00@$30.00 
No. 2. 27.00@ 28.00 
No. 3.-_ 22.00@ 24.00 
Straw—Rye.19.00@ 20.00 
Retail Prices at New York 
Milk—Grade A. bottled, qt.$0.17 
Grade B, bottled, qt.14 
Grade B, bottled, pt.10 
Grade B, loose, qt.10 
Certified, qt.28 
Certified, pt.17 
Buttermilk, qt.10 
Cream, heavy, % pt.29 
Butter, best .$0.49@ .50 
Cheese.34 @ .38 
Eggs, best, doz.60@ .65 
Gathered.40@ .55 
Fowls.40@ .45 
Roasting chickens .50@ .55 
Ducks, lb.35 @ .40 
Turkeys, lb.45@ .50 
Peaches, doz.25@ .35 
Watermelons, each.50@ .80 
Honeydew melons, each.35@ .50 
Blackberries, qt. 20@ .25 
Huckleberries, qt.25@ .35 
Potatoes, lb.02@ .03 
String beans, lb.10@ .15 
Onions, lb.06@ .08 
Lettuce, head .10@ .15 
Cabbage, lb.05 @ .06 
Cucumbers, each.05@ .10 
Corn, doz.35 @ .50 
Wool Notes 
Recent Boston quotations are : New York 
and Michigan unwashed delaine, 52 to 
53c; half blood, 52 to 53c; quarter blood, 
49 to 50c. Ohio and Pennsylvania half 
blood combing, 54 to 55c; three-eighths 
blood, 52 to 53c. New England half blood, 
48 to 50c; quarter blood, 47 to 48c. Tex¬ 
as, scoured basis, $1.20 to $1.35. Oregon, 
No. 1, staple, $1.35 to $1.38. Mohair, 
combing, 75 to 80c; carding, 65 to 70c. 
N. J. Grain and Feed Prices 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department, of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
The following quotations show approxi¬ 
mate cost of feed per ton and grain per 
bushel in carlots, sight draft basis, deliv¬ 
ered on tracks at the various stations 
given below. The quotations are based 
on sales for transit and nearby shipments 
Aug. 25, 1924, according to the United 
States Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
co-operating. Feed all in 100-lb. sacks. 
Figures are for Belvidere, Washington, 
Milford, High’bridge, Flemington, French- 
town, Passaic, Hackettstown, Lebanon, 
Belle Meade, Califon, Newton, Braneh- 
ville, Sussex, Lafayette, Hopewell, New 
Brunswick, Mt. Holley, Dover, Paterson, 
Morristown, Elizabeth, Somerville, Tren¬ 
ton, Newark, 'Perth Amboy and Mont¬ 
clair : Per bu. 
No. 2 white oats.$0.58% 
No. 3 white oats.57% 
No. 2 yellow corn. 1.33% 
No. 3 yellow corn. 1.33% 
Per ton 
Spring bran ..$32.40 
Hard W. W. bran. 32.90 
Spring middlings . 34.40 
Red-dog flour . 44.40 
White hominy. 4S.40 
Yellow hominy . 48.40 
Gluten feed . 44.90 
Ground oats . 46.40 
Dry brewers’ grains. 41.40 
Flour middlings . 38.90 
36% cottonseed meal. 47.40 
43% cottonseed meal . 52.90 
34% linseed meal. 53.65 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Sept. 3-5—Fifteenth annual convention 
of the Northern Nut Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion, Botanical Museum, Bronx Park, 
N. Y. 
Sept. 8-13—iNew York State Fair, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Sept. 14-20—Eastern States Exposi¬ 
tion, Springfield, Mass. 
Sept. 22-28—Fifteenth annual Dairy 
Cattle Congress, Waterloo, la. 
Sept. 27-Oet. 4 — National Dairy Ex¬ 
position, Milwaukee, Wiis. 
Oct. 1-4—Hemlock, Livingston Co., N. 
Y., Fair. 
Nov. 1-8—Fourteenth annual Pacific 
International Live Stock Exposition, 
Portland, Ore. 
Nov. 5-7—Annual meeting and exhi¬ 
bition, New Hampshire Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Rochester, N. IT. 
Nov. 11-lh—American Pomological So¬ 
ciety, annual meeting, Atlantic City, N. J. 
Nov. 12-14—National Grange, annual 
convention, Atlantic City, N. J. 
Nov. 12-14—New Jersey State Horti¬ 
cultural Sbciety, annual meeting, Vernon 
Room, Iladdon Hall. Atlantic City, N. J. 
Nov. 26-29—Cortland Fanciers’ Club, 
annual Poultry Show, Peekskill, N. Y. 
Congressman Dan E. Garrett, dur¬ 
ing his recent term in Washington, had 
received 10 applications for pea seeds 
from one of his constituents. He com¬ 
plied with each request, but when the 
eleventh application came in, sent the 
package of seeds with the following let¬ 
ter: “I am sending you the seeds, but 
what in Heaven’s name are you doing 
with so much pea seed? Are you plant¬ 
ing the whole State of Texas with peas?” 
“No,” came the answer. “We are not 
planting them at all. We are using them 
for soup.”—Houston Post. 
