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Vht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 18, 192 J 
Market News and Prices 
N. Y. Produce Markets 
(Supplied by New’ Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets.) 
The general tendency of prices on 
fruits and vegetables has been downward. 
New York and New Jersey are heavy 
contributors just now. large quantities 
of produce arriving by truck and train 
front these States every morning. Penn¬ 
sylvania and other nearby States ate 
liberal contributors also and the added 
amount of various western and southern 
commodities makes the market look like 
a bee-hive during the early morning 
hours when the majority of the produce 
changes hands. Labor Day coming on 
Monday had considerable influence on 
prices and once they reach a low lavel V 
it difficult to bring them back. Saturday 
is generally known as a “clean-up day 
for perishables, but with Monday a holi¬ 
day receivers were unusually anxious to 
clear their houses of produce. On the 
other hand the regular trade only buys 
for immediate needs which. gives the 
hucksters and “specialty men” a chance 
to “clean up” highly perishables almost 
at their own prices, or at least receivers 
are in no position to refuse any reason¬ 
able offer during the last few hours the 
market is open before holidays. There 
has been but little demand for apples, 
the fancy stock moving only fairly. The 
bulk of ithe ordinary run of apples prob¬ 
ably sold between 75c and $1.25 a bushel, 
but the market was very irregular. A 
few Codling and Twenty Ounce ranged 
$2 to $2.50 a bushel if fancy, and best 
Gravensteins reached $2.25. Some bar¬ 
reled apples were reported in, such va¬ 
rieties as Wealthy and Maiden Blush 
selling generally $2 to $.1, fancy doing 
5(>c to $1 a barrel better. The ordinary 
run of pears was slow, especially mixed 
varieties. A few Bartletts were received, 
ranging $4 to $7 a barrel. Western box 
pears sold fairly wlmn fancy and such 
varieties as Bartlett, B. llardy and 
Clairgeau were offered. Practically all 
berries sold on a dull market and eliei- 
ries are about done. Just before Labor 
Day the market on eastern cantaloupes 
or muckmelons was in a demoralized 
condition and after the holiday the mar- 
ket continued weak. Rocky Fords from 
the West sold well. Peach offerings were 
liberal, but large fancv stock held about 
steady with Virginia Elbertas in six- 
basket carriers selling $3 to $3.o0. Or¬ 
dinary fruit was slow. Delaware is 
shipping quite heavily of peaches and 
New Jersey at this writing is in the mid¬ 
dle of the white peach season. A few 
New .Tersev ElbertaS are being picked 
in the southern part of the State, but 
the real movement will not occur until 
a’-ouud the tenth of the month. Water¬ 
melons have been doing a little better, 
especially on the large fancy sizes which 
were scarce. Onions have been very 
dull, although receipts were comparative¬ 
ly light. Carrots have been moving verv 
slowly and beets were rather easy. Cab¬ 
bage was weak and sweet corn was more 
plentiful and inclined to be dull. The 
market on cucumbers and pickles has 
been very unsatisfactory and tomatoes 
tended downward. Sweet potatoes were 
active with Virginia supplying most of 
the sweet potatoes offered, although Jer¬ 
sey stock is beginning to arrive and 
North Carolina is shipping a few car¬ 
loads a week. Best sweet potatoes have 
been selling up to $7 or $8 a barrel. I o- 
tatoes continue dull. For the week end¬ 
ing August 30 receipts of carlots were 
only 254 compared with 337 for the week 
previous, but considerable undetermined 
quantities are arriving by truck from 
Long Island and New Jersey. 
EGGS AND POULTRY 
The market on nearbv white eggs has 
been rather quiet. Buyers are critical 
and while prices on fanciest nearby stock 
have been sustained there has been a 
tendency toward accumulations of good 
and medium qualities which means a 
weak market. The use of storage eggs 
has hurt the sale on everything but high 
qualitv stock. During the last week in 
August 45.320 cases were withdrawn 
from cold storage, leaving 1.251.000 cases 
on hand on August 30, compared with 
1 588.385 cases a vear ago. During the 
same week 29.435 casts of eggs were put 
into storage. Many buyers prefer to use 
a high quality storing egg to a fair qual¬ 
ity fresh egg. 
The live poultry market was irregular. 
Early in the week broilers were weak 
and fowl sold on a firm market, but later 
fowl showed a little weakness and broil¬ 
ers held about steady. Receipts of dressed 
poultry were heavy and trading was gen¬ 
erally dull. Broilers were weak. Fowls 
generally were steady, although large 
sized stock strengthened a little. Spring 
ducks sold fairly. 
HAY AND STRAW 
There has been a good demand for 
high grade hay, either old or new, and 
buyers are beginning to seek new hay 
in preference to old stock when it can be 
bought at the same price. Western hay 
grading mostly Nos. 2 and 3 is becom¬ 
ing plentiful. ' Second cutting of choice 
Alfalfa was also in good demand. Rye 
and oat straw dull. B. 'V. s. 
Local Up-State Prices 
JOHNSON C1TY-ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Butter.—Fancy prints, lb., 46c; best 
dairy, lb 45c. 
Eggs.—Extra fancy, large whites, doz., 
44c; duck eggs, doz., 52c. 
Cheese.—Whole milk, cream, lb., 30c; 
cottage cheese, lb., 5c. 
Milk.—Sweet milk, qt., 10c; butter¬ 
milk, qt., 5c; skim-milk, qt., 5c. 
Fruit and Vegetables.—Apples, No. 1, 
bushel $1 to $1.50; Lima beans, qt., 12c; 
beans, dry, lb., 10c; beets, lb., 5c; cab¬ 
bage, lb.. 3c; cauliflower, lb., 10c; car¬ 
rots, lb., 5c ; bushel, $1.25; celery, bunch, 
10c; 3 for 25c; cucumbers, small, per 
100. 65 to 90c; medium, each, 3 to 5c; 
fresh horseradish, bottle, 12c; new green 
onions, bunch, 5c; kale, pk., 20c;_ let¬ 
tuce. bunch, 5c; Boston, head. 6c; onions, 
dry, lb., 5c; bushel. $1.75; onions, green, 
bunch, 5c r string beans, qt., 10c; 3 for 
25c; peas, 3 qts. 25c; Columbia berries, 
qt., 22c; gooseberries, qt., 12c; red rasp¬ 
berries, qt.. 35c; black raspberries, qt., 
20c; huckleberries, in 5-qt. Jots, qt., 20c; 
peaches, Elbertas, qt., 15c; potatoes, 
new, bushel, $1; popcorn, shelled, 3 lbs. 
25c; pieplant, bunch, 5c; radishes, new, 
bunch. 5c; spinach, pk.. 20c; sauerkraut, 
qt., 15c; sweet corn, doz., 35 to 40c; 
Summer squash, lb., 6c; tomatoes, lb., 
20c; turnips, lb., 4c; bushel. 80c. 
Live Poultry.—Chickens, under 4 lbs., 
lb., 25c; fowls, 4% lbs. or over, lb., 30c; 
geese, lb., 30c: ducks, lb.. 30c; broilers, 
1% lbs., lb.. 40c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Chickens, 4 lbs. or 
under, lb., 36c; fowls. 4% lbs. or over, 
lb.. 38c; geese, lb.. 35c ducks, lb., 35c; 
broilers, 1% lbs., lb., 48c. 
Meats.—Choice kettle roasts, lb., 8 to 
14c • hamburg, lb., 20c; pork chops, lb.. 
28c; porterhouse steak, lb.. 30c; round 
steak, lb., 22 to 25c; sirloin steak, lb., 
25c; sausage, lb., 20c; veal cutlet, lb., 
40c; veal chops, lb., 35c; lamb chops, lb., 
45c; pork chops, lb., 30c; rabbits, 
dressed, lb., 30c; sugar cured hams, lb., 
30c. 
Miscellaneous.—Young pigs, each, $5 
to $6; buckwheat flour, lb., 5c; honey, 
card, 23c; honey, extracted, 18c; pure 
vinegar, gal., 30c; maple syjrup, gal., $2 
to $2.25. 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Pork, light, lb., 14c; heavy, lb., 11 to 
12c; veal, lb., 13 to 15c; mutton, lb., 15 
to 23c; lamb, lb., 2Sc; beef, lb., 6 to 
10c. 
lave Poultry.-—D^cks. Spring, lb., 25c; 
broilers, lb.. 2Se; chickens, lb., 25c; 
geese, lb., 28 to 30c: guinea hens, each, 
75c; pigeons, pair, 75c. 
Dressed Poultry.—Ducks, 
broilers, lb.. 40c 
geese, lb., 35c. 
Butter, lb., 55c ; 
45 to 50c. 
Apples, bu., 75c: 
gooseberries, qt. 
chickens, 
lb., 
lb., 
50c; 
35c; 
new, bu., 90c to $1.10; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 10 to 12c; romaine, doz. 
bunches, 20 to 25c; Summer squash, per 
doz., 40 to 50c ; tomatoes, 14-qt. basket, 
25 to 30c: wax beans, 14-qt. basket, 50 
to 60c; green beans, 14-qt. basket, 50 
to 60c. 
Honey, strained clover, lb., 22 to 23c; 
qt., 66 to 75c; 5-lb. pail, $1.10; buck¬ 
wheat, 5-lb. pail, 75c; clover, comb, case, 
24-sec., $4.75 to $5; buckwheat, fancy, 
frame, 24c; maple syrup, gal., $2.15 to 
$2.25. 
Beans, per 100 lbs., hand picked, pea, 
$4.50; red kidney, $8; medium, $4.50; 
Yellow Eye, $5. 
Hides, steers, No. 1. lb., 5c; No. 2, 
4c; cows and heifers, No. 1, 5c; No. 2, 
4c; bulls and stags, 4c; horsehides, each, 
$2 to $3; sheen skins, each, 50c to $1.50; 
calf, No. 1. 17 to 18c; No. 2. 15 %c to 
16%c ; lamb. 25c to $1.25 ; shearlings, 10 
to 75c; wool, fleece, lb.. 38c; unwashed, 
medium, 38c. 
Wheat, bu., $1.35 to $1.45; old, $1.25 
to $1.30; new, corn, shelled, bu., $1.37 
to $1.38; oats, bu., 59 to 60c; rye, 95c 
to $1. 
Hay, Timothy, No. 1. $22 to $23; 
mixed, ton, $16 to $18; Alfalfa, ton. 
$20; damaged stock, t(yi, $15 to $18; oat 
straw, $14 to $16; wheat straw, $14 to 
$16; rye straw, $18. 
eggs, 40c; duck eggs, 
elderberries, bu., $1; 
6VUOV „___ ..... 10c; huckleberries, 
crate. $5 to $5.75; qt., 20c; blackberries, 
(it., 22c; peaches, basket. 75c; pears, 
bu.. $2; plums, basket. 35c; beans, bu., 
75c to $1: beets, bu., $1; cabbage, doz., 
40c; per 100, $4.50; carrots, bu., $1 ; 
cauliflower, head. 15 to 25c; celery, doz. 
bunches, 50c; cucumbers, bu., 75c; small 
cucumbers, bu., $1.25; eggplant, head, 
24c; garlic, doz. bunches, 50c; honey, qt., 
75c • per cap. 30c; Boston lettuce, head. 
10c; lettuce, leaf, bunch. 3 to 4c; onions, 
bu., $1.50; doz. bunches. 20c; potatoes, 
bu., 75c: peppers, bu.. $1.50; rhubarb, 
doz. bunches, 25c; spinach, bu.. $1.25; 
sweet corn, doz. ears, 15c; tomatoes, bu., 
75c; turnips, doz. bunches, 40c; squash, 
bu.. 50c. 
Hay. No. 1, ton, $18; straw, ton. $14 
to $17: wheat, bu.. $1.30; oats, bu., 65 
to 72c; corn, bu., $1.38 to $1.43. 
ROCHESTER 
Beef carcass, lb., 15 to 18c; forequar¬ 
ters, lb., 14c; hindquarters, lb., 17% to 
1814c; hogs, light. 11% to 12%c; heavy, 
lb.,9% to 10%c; Spring lamb, lb.. 27 to 
28c; yearling lambs, lb.. 17 to 19c; mut¬ 
ton. lb., 10c; veal, lb., 16 to 17c. 
Live Poultry.—Broilers, light, lb., 2oc ; 
heavy, lb.. 28c; fowls, light, lb., 18 to 
21c; heavy, lb., 24 to 26c; stags, lb., 
15c: old roosters, lb.. 15c; pigeons, each. 
15 to 20c: ducks, lb., 20 to 24c; geese, 
lb.. 16c. 
Butter, lb., crocks, 40 to 45c; eggs, 
35 to 40c. 
Apples. Red Astraehan. bu.. 75 to 90c; 
Yellow Transparent, bu., 70 to 75c; 
Dutchess, bu.. 70c to $1: blackberries, 
crate. $6.50 to $7 ; quart. 20 to 22c; el¬ 
derberries, 14-qt. basket, 50c; huckleber¬ 
ries. crate. $7; plums. 14-qt. basket. 50 
to 75c; peaches, 10-qt. basket, 40 to 50c; 
pears, 14-qt. basket, 50c to $1 ; beets, 
basket, 40 to 50c; cabbage, doz. heads, 
30 to 40c; ton, $8 to $10; cantaloupe, 
crate. $1.50 to $4; carrots, basket, 40 
to 50c; cauliflower, doz. heads, $3; cel- 
erv, doz. bunches, 50 to 75c; corn, green, 
doz., 15 to 25c; Golden Bantam, doz., 
15 to 25c; cucumbers, doz., 30 to 50c; 
dill pickles, per 100. 50 to 60c; pickles, 
ner 100. small, 30 to 40c; eggplant, 
doz.. $1.25 to $1.75; horseradish, lb., 8 
to 10c; kale, bu.. 45 to 50c; lettuce, doz. 
heads, 50 to 75c; Boston, crate, $1.25 
to $1.50; onions, Spanish, crate. $2 to 
$2.25; onions, green, doz. bunches, 15 
to 20c; onions, dry, 100 lbs., $3 to $3.25; 
parsley, doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; peppers, 
green. 14-qt. basket, 60 to 65c; potatoes. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
The city produce markets are pretty 
steady, with a good many articles more 
or less firm. Berries are about gone, 
which seems to firm up peaches, but 
melons have been too plenty. Not much 
homegrown green corn yet, so that is 
high. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter, firm ; creamery, 38 to 43c; 
dairy, 28 to 33c; crocks, 22 to 24c; com¬ 
mon, 18 to 20c. Cheese, quiet; new 
daisies and flats, ‘21 to 22c; longhorns, 
22 to 23c; limburger, 32 to 34c; block 
Swiss, 34 to 35c. Eggs, firm; hennery, 
38 to 44c; State and western candled, 
32 to 36c; no storage. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, firm; turkeys, 33 to 
36c; fowls, 2S to 30c ; broilers, 34 to 40c ; 
old roosters, 18 to 19c; ducks, 27 to 28c; 
geese, 20 to 25c. Live poultry, steady; 
fowls, 24 to 26c ; bi’oilers, 20 to 30c; old 
roosters, 16 to 17c; ducks, 22 to 25c; 
geese, 17 to 20c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, steady, after decline ; Wealthy, 
$1 to $1.25; Astraehan, 90c to $1; Duch¬ 
ess, sweets, 50 to 90c; seconds, 25 to 50c. 
Potatoes, firm ; homegrown, bu., 90c to 
$1; Eastern Shore, bbl., $2.85 to $3; 
sweets, $S.50 to $9. 
FRUITS-MELONS 
Peaches, firm; homegrown, 1/3-bu. 
basket, 75c to $1 ; others, bu., $3 to $4.25. 
Pears, steady; California, box, $3.50 to 
$3.75; Clapp, Tyson, bu., $2 to $2.25; 
Bell, $1 to $1.25. Plums, steady ; home¬ 
grown, 4-qt. basket, 25 to 30c. Can¬ 
taloupes, easy ; homegrown, bu., $3 to $4 ; 
Maryland, crate, $1.50 to $1.75; honey- 
dew, crate, $2 to $2.25. Watermelons, 
each, 20 to 60c. 
GRAPES—BERRIES 
Grapes, steady; Malaga, lug, $1.50 to 
$1.75; Thomson, $1 to $1.10. Huckle¬ 
berries, crate, $5 to $5.50; blackberries, 
qt., 10 to 13c; currants, qt., 20 to 28c; 
gooseberries, qt., 10 to 12c. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, steady; white kidney, cwt., 
$10.50 to $11; marrow, $9 to $10; red 
kidney, $7.50 to $8; medium, $6.50 to $7 ; 
pea, $5.75 to $6. Onions, steady ; Eben- 
ezer. bu.. $1.25 to $1.50; western, cwt., 
$3 to $3.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, unsteady ; beans, green and 
wax. bu. $1 to $1.25; beets, bu., $1.25 to 
$1.50; doz. bunches, 15 to 20c; cabbage, 
hamper, 30 to 60c; carrots, bu., $1 to 
$1.25; doz. bunches, 20 to 25c; cauli¬ 
flower, bu., $1.50 to $2; celery, small 
bunch, 20 to 25c; corn, Golden Bantam, 
doz. ears, 10 to 15c; cucumbers, bu., $1 
to $1.25; eggplant, bu., $2.75 to $3; let¬ 
tuce, 2-doz. box. $1.25 to $1.50; Iceberb, 
crate, $3.50 to $4; parsley, doz. bunches, 
30 to 40c; peas, bag, $2 to $2.25; pep¬ 
pers, bu.. 90c to $1; radishes, doz. 
bunches, 20 to 25c; spinach, bu., 75c to 
$1; tomatoes, bu., $1 to $1.10; turnips, 
yellow, bu., $1.25 to $1.50. 
SWEETS 
Honey, steady; white comb, lb., 20 to 
22c; dark. 17 to 18c; fancy 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 $14; wheat and oat straw, $10 to 
$12; wheat bran, c-arlot, ton. $29.50; 
middlings, $31 : Red-dog. $41.50; cotton¬ 
seed meal, $44.70 ; oilmeal, $46 ; hominy, 
$44.90; gluten, $43.90: oat feed, $16.50. 
j. w. c. 
50c to $1.25; Gravenstein, 50c to $1.50. 
BUTTER 
Extra creamery, 39 to 39%c; firsts, 37 
to 38%c; seconds, 35 to 36%c. 
CHEESE 
Fresh extras, 21 to 21%c; firsts, 20 
to 20%c. 
EGGS 
Hennery, brown extras, 60 to 61c: 
white and mixed extras, 54 to 55c; west¬ 
ern extra firsts, 3S to 40c; western sec¬ 
onds, 30 to 32c. 
VARIOUS FRUITS 
Huckleberries, qt., 10 to 25c; muskmel- 
ons, bu. crate, $1.50 to $2.25 ; watermel¬ 
ons, each 20 to 60c; peaches, 6-basket 
carrier, $1.50 to $3. 
nAY AND STRAW 
Hay—No. 1 Timothy. $30 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 Jersey, 100-lb. bag, $1.60 to $1.65; 
nearby, box, 75 to 85c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 25 to 27c; broilers, 28 to 30c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, 28 to 32c; broilers, 36 to 41c; 
ducklings, 24 to 27c; old roosters, 18 to 
20c. 
VEGETABLES 
String beans, bu., $1 to $1.75; vabbage, 
box, 50 to 60c; lettuce, box, 40 to 75c; 
radishes, box, 50 to 85c; spinach, box, 
75c to $1; squash, box, 25 to 50c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
APPLES 
Williams, bu., 50c to $1.50; Astraehan, 
N. Y. Wholesale Quotations 
MILK 
September 4, 1924. 
September League-pool price for 3 per 
cent milk in 201-210-mile zone: Class 1, 
$2.60 per 100 11m; Class 2A, $2; Class 
2B, $2.05; Class 2C, $2.05; Class 3, 
$1.45. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy .$0.39 @$0.39% 
Good to choice.36 @ .3S% 
Lower grades.33 @ Mo 
Packing stock.25 @ .29 
CHEESE 
Full cream, fresh spec. .$0.20%@$0.21% 
Skims .06 @ .12 
Watertown, N. Y., market.. .17% 
EGGS 
White, choice to fancy.$0.55@$0.56 
Medium to good. .45@ .52 
Mixed colors, nearby, best.. .47@ .4S 
Gathered, best . .42@ .43 
Common to good.28@ .35 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, lb.$0.20@$0.27 
Broilers .26@ .28 
Roosters.15@ .16 
Ducks, Spring.23@ .26 
Geese.11@ .12 
Rabbits, lb.28@ .29 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, choice .$0.39@$0.40 
Common to good.25@ .3.> 
Broilers, best.42@ .43 
Fair to good. .35@ .40 
Roosters .16@ .20 
Ducks.23 @ .24 
Squabs, 11 to 12 lbs., doz... 5.00@ 8.00 
9 to 10 lbs.5.25@ 6.50 
7 to 8 lbs. 3.50@ o.OO 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best .$0.18@$0.19 
Good to prime.14@ .17 
Culls.10@ .12 
LIVE STOCK 
Calves, best, 100 lbs. . . . $12.00@$14.00 
Lower grades. 7.00@ 9.00 
Sheen .. 2.50@ 5.00 
Lambs. 12.00@ 14.75 
Hogs . S.50@ 10.75 
VEGETABLES 
Beets, bu.$0.50@$1.00 
Cabbage, bbl.75@ 1.00 
Carrots, bu.40@ .75 
Celery, doz. hearts.75@ 1.25 
Cucumbers, bu.25@ 1.00 
Eggplant, bu. 1.00@ 1.25 
Lettuce, 2-doz. crate . 1.0O@ 2.25 
Sweet corn. 100 . 1.50@ 3.50 
Onions, 100 lbs. 1.25@ 2.75 
Parsley, 100 bunches.1.00@ 1.50 
Peas, bu.50@ 1.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches .... 1.00@ 2.00 
Peppers, bu.1.00@ 2.25 
Spinach, bu. 1.00@ 1.25 
Squash, bn. 1.00@ 1.50 
String beans, bu.25@ 1.50 
Lima beans, bu. 1.25@ 2.25 
Tomatoes, 6-till crate.75@ 1.25 
12-qt. basket .25@ .50 
POTATOES 
Eastern Shore, bbl.$1.00@1.75 
Norfolk . 1.00@ 1.50 
Long Island . 2.50@ 2.75 
Jersey, 150-lb. sack. 1.00@ 2.2o 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.3.00@ 7.00 
FRUIT 
Apples, bu. $0.50@ $2.25 
Barrel . 1.00@ 3.75 
Peaches. 6-till carrier ... 1.00i@ 3.50 
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