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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  10,  49::.; 
Mar  ke 
Review  of  New  York  Produce  Market 
(Sujitilieil  by  New  Jersey  State  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Bureau  of  Markets) 
Apples,  which  have  been  in  rather  a 
moderate'  demand  all  Winter,  showed  a 
little  more  activity  last  week.  Receipts 
were  lighter  and  a  stronger  market  de¬ 
veloped  for  the  good  stock.  Best  A lb - 
inch  Greenings  and  Baldwins  ranged  $5 
to  $5.50  a  barrel  thejast  of  February, 
an  advance  of  50  to  75c  a  barrel  since 
the  first  of  the  month.  Values  on  York 
Imperials  from  Virginia  and  Maryland 
also  showed  some  improvement,  best  sell¬ 
ing  around  $0  a  barrel.  Florida  growers 
shipped  about  40  carloads  of  strawber¬ 
ries.  which  is  a  little  under  the  average 
they  have  been  shipping  for  several  weeks 
past.  The  demand  lias  been  better,  with 
45c  a  quart  representing  about  the  top 
price  for  good  berries.  Fancy  yellow 
onions  have  been  doing  better,  making  a 
gain  within  the  week  of  25  to  40c  a 
sack.  Red  varieties  continue  to  move 
slowly.  Shipments  of  new  cabbage  to 
date  equal  about  one-third  of  last  year’s 
earlot  shipments,  and  this  has  paved  the 
way  for  high  prices  on  old  cabbage  as 
well  as  on  the  new.  The  best  of  the  old 
cabbage  has  recently  brought  as  high  as 
$50  to  $55  a  ton  in  the  New  York  mar¬ 
ket.  which  is  about  $5  a  ton  more  than 
was  received  at  this  time  a  year  ago. 
New  cabbage  brought  all  the  way  from 
*5.25  to  $4  for  approximately  100  lbs., 
or  $65  to  $80  a  ton.  Cold  weather  has 
interfered  with  potato  shipments,  and 
with  prices  advancing  at  country  points 
a  higher  market  naturally  developed. 
Fancy  Long  Islands  especially  were 
wanted,  and  these  took  a  jump  of  around 
75c  per  180  lbs.  bulk  during  the  week 
ending  February  23,  but  advances  in 
potatoes  from  other  sections  were  more 
moderate.  Approximately  1,500  barrels 
were  received  from  Bermuda  last  week, 
best  selling  at  $13  to  $14  a  barrel.  Car¬ 
rots  have  been  selling  a  little  more  read¬ 
ily  of  late.  Offerings  of  old  carrots  from 
New  York  State  were  light  and  the  mar¬ 
ket  was  a  firm  one.  Arrivals  of  new 
carrots  from  Texas  were  fairly  liberal, 
but  they  worked  out  well,  while  beets 
were  inclined  to  be  a  little  slow.  Cali¬ 
fornia  has  been  a  heavy  shipper  of  cauli¬ 
flower  and  plenty  of  lettuce  has  been 
coming  in.  mostly  from  Florida,  some 
from  the  Pacific  coast.  Texas  spinach 
was  plentiful,  and  a  few  carloads  were 
received  from  South  Carolina. 
EGGS  AN I)  POULTRY 
Th«  cold  waves  which  swept  the  coun¬ 
try  caused  a  decrease  in  production  and 
the  market  stiffened  a  little,  but  toward 
the  close  of  the  week  fresh  arrivals  were 
fairly  liberal  aud  the  market  commenced 
to  ease  off.  Although  there  was  no  sur¬ 
plus  of  the  finer  grades  of  nearby  eggs, 
the  market  dropped  a  little  in  sympathy 
with  the  general  decline.  Cold  storage 
holdings  have  been  further  reduced,  only 
2,243  eases  being  on  hand  on  the  26th, 
makinsr  a  very  small  reserve  stock  to 
draw  upon. 
The  freight  market  on  live  fowl  has 
been  in  poor  shape.  The  market  was 
oyer-supplied  and  stock  had  to  be  carried 
over  from  day  to  day  and  prices  declined 
considerably.  Chickens  held  fairly 
steady,  as  receipts  were  light  in  com¬ 
parison  to  fowl.  However,  most  of  the 
chickens  were  coarse  or  staggy,  and  these 
had  slow  sale.  Capons  were  in  fairly 
good  demand.  The  express  market,  on 
fowl  was  overshadowed  by  the  offerings 
of  freight  stock,  but  the  demand  for  ex¬ 
press  chickens  was  good.  The  first  of 
the  Spring  broilers  to  reach  the  market 
brought  as  high  as  85c  a  pound.  Re¬ 
ceipts  of  dressed  poultry  showed  further 
decrease  last  week,  but  with  moderate 
trading  there  was  little  change  in  prices. 
Fowl  have  been  running  large,  conse¬ 
quently  medium  and  small  sizes  sold  on 
a  firm  market.  Cartons  were  in  good  de¬ 
mand  when  desirable  stock  was  offered, 
but  poor  quality  stock  was  dull.  Frozen 
poultry  has  come  into  a  little  more  favor 
as  the  receipts  of  fresh-killed  have  fallen 
off,  but  holdings  in  New  York  are  still 
about  5,000,000  lbs.  heavier  than  at  this 
time  last  year.  Cold  storage  holdings 
for  the  United  States,  as  reported  for 
February  1.  show  au  increase  of  about 
27.000.000  lbs.  over  the  five-year  aver¬ 
age.  and  17.000.000  lbs.  over  cold  storage 
stocks  on  hand  on  the  same  date  a  year 
ago. 
IIAY  AND  STRAW 
Receipts  of  hay  have  been  very  light, 
the  market  being  almost  cleaned  of  No. 
1  stock,  aud  the  market  has  ruled  firm, 
prices  advancing  on  No.  1  Timothy  and 
light  mixtures  about  $5  a  ton  during  the 
1<>  days  ending  February  20.  Straw  has 
been  very  scarce,  and  prices  moved  up 
t.>  .830  a  ton  on  Jersey  stock.  R.  w.  s. 
Buffalo  Wholesale  Markets 
The  markets  are  pretP-  quiet.  The  cold 
weather  was  against  much  activity  in 
vegetables.  Butter  went  urt  and  is  now 
declining;  potatoes  and  apples  are  only 
steady. 
RUTTER — CHEESE — EGGS 
Butter,  lower;  creamery.  4*  U>  55c; 
dairy,  41  to  51c;  crocks.  40  to  50c;  com¬ 
mon.  30  to  35c.  Cheese,  dull;  daisies, 
flats.  2S  to  30c;  longhorns.  20  to  30c: 
limburger,  30  to  32c.  Eggs,  firm;  hen¬ 
nery.  40  to  44c;  State  and  Western  can¬ 
t  New 
died,  39  to  41c;  storage,  39  to  40c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed  poultry,  quiet ;  turkeys,  40  to 
48c ;  fowls,  16  to  32c ;  broilers,  37  to  44c ; 
chickens,  16  to  32c;  old  roosters,  22  to 
23c ;  ducks,  26  to  32c ;  geese.  22  to  24c. 
Live  poultry,  fair;  turkeys,  35  to  40c; 
fowls,  24  to  28c :  springers,  26  to  28c ; 
chickens,  22  to  28c ;  old  roosters,  22  to 
23c ;  ducks,  28  to  30c ;  geese,  20  to  22c ; 
rabbits,  steady;  cottontails,  pair.  40  to 
6oc. 
APPLES — POTATOES 
Apples,  quiet;  McIntosh,  bu.,  $2-$2.50; 
other  sorts,  $1.25  to  $2  except  Baldwin, 
Greening,  $1.25  to  $1.50;  common,  75c 
to  $1  ;  Western,  box,  $1.75  to  $2.50.  Po¬ 
tatoes.  steady ;  home-grown,  bu.,  40  to 
75c ;  Bermudas,  bbl.,  $14  to  $16 ;  sweets, 
hamper,  $1  to  $1.85. 
GRAPES  AND  BERRIES 
Grapes,  steady ;  California  Malagas, 
keg,  $7  to  $10;  Tokays,  box,  $2  to  $3.75  \ 
Strawberries,  steady ;  southern,  qt..,  25 
to  45c.  Cranberries,  weak ;  Cape  Cod. 
box,  $3  to  $4. 
BEANS - ONIONS 
Beans,  dull ;  white  kidney,  $9.50  to 
$10.50 ;  red  kidney,  marrow.  $8.50  to 
89.50 ;  pea.  medium.  $8.25  to  $9.25. 
Onions,  quiet;  yellow,  cwt..  $2.25  to 
$2.75;  Ebenezers,  bu..  tf'1.75  to  82.25; 
Spanish,  small  crate.  81.70  to  $1.85. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables,  slow ;  beans,  green  and  wax, 
hamper,  $5  to  $7;  beets,  bu.,  75  to  90e : 
doz.  bunches,  80  to  90c;  carrots,  bu.,  50 
to  75c;  doz.  bunches,  75  to  85c;  cabbage, 
cwt..  $3  to  84 ;  do.  new,  86-lb.  crate, 
$4.75  to  $6.25 ;  cauliflower,  crate,  $2.75 
to  83 ;  celery,  Florida,  crate,  $2.75  to 
83.50;  cucumbers,  doz.,  $2.50  to  $3;  en¬ 
dive,  lb..  25  to  35c ;  lettuce,  Florida, 
hamper.  $1.75  to  $2.25;  do.  iceberg,  crate, 
$2  to  $3.50 :  parsley,  doz.  bunches,  35  to 
50c :  parsnips,  bu.,  75c  to  $1 :  radishes, 
doz.  bunches,  30  to  40c;  soinach.  bu..  $1 
to  $1.25;  squash,  cwt.,  $3  to  $5.50:  to¬ 
matoes,  Florida,  crate.  $3  to  $7  :  turnips, 
yellow,  bu.,  45  to  65c ;  white,  81  25  to 
81 .75 ;  vegetable  oysters,  doz.  bunches 
75e  to  81  :  watercress,  doz.  bunches.  45 
to  50c.  ; 
SWEETS 
Honey,  quiet;  white  comb,  18  to  25c; 
dark.  12  to  16c.  Maple  products,  inac¬ 
tive:  sugar.  10  to  16e ;  syrup,  gal.,  81.25 
to  $1.75.  f 
FEED 
Hay,  steady;  Timothy,  bulk.  ton.  $20 
to  $23:  clover  mixed.  $19  to  $22:  straw, 
$10  to  $12.  Wheat  bran,  earlot.  ton.  834 ; 
middlings.  $34;  red  dog,  838.50;  cotton¬ 
seed  meal,  $48;  oilmeal.  $50  50:  hominy. 
$35;  oat  feed.  $17.25:  rye  middlings, 
$34.40.  J.  w.  o. 
Boston  Wholesale  Markets 
APPLES 
Baldwin,  bbl.,  $3  to  $6.50:  Greening, 
83  to  $5 ;  russet.  $4  to  $5.50. 
BEANS 
Pea,  100  lbs..  $7.50  to  $9;  red  kidney, 
87.50  to  $8.75;  yellow  eye.  $7  to  $8.75. 
BUTTER 
Creamery,  best.  53  to  53 ;  good  to 
ehoiee,  48  to  52c ;  storage,  48  to  51c. 
EGGS 
Nearby  hennery,  45  to  46c ;  gathered, 
choice.  42  to  44c;  storage,  30  to  33c. 
POTATOES 
Maine,  Green  Mountain,  bag.  $1.50  to 
81.55:  Spaulding  Rose  and  Cobbler.  81.40 
to  81 .45. 
PRESSED  POULTRY 
Turkeys,  43  to  44c :  fowls,  26  to  29c ; 
roosters,  19  to  20c;  squabs,  doz.,  $3.50 
to  $8:  ducks,  lb.,  22  to  26c:  geese,  18  to 
23c.' 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage,  bbl.,  $2.25  to  $2.50;  lettuce, 
bu.,  25  to  75c;  tomatoes,  lb..  35  to  50c; 
string  beans,  bu.,  $4  to  $5.50;  spinach, 
bu..  $1  to  $1.35 ;  carrots,  bu.,  $1.50  to 
$1.75;  onions,  100  lbs..  $2.50  to  $3.00; 
radishes,  bu..  $1.25  to  $1.50;  squash, 
bbl..  $3  to  84.50. 
HAY 
s  and 
EGGS 
White,  choice  to  fancy 
.46 
Or 
.47 
Medium  to  good. .  . . 
.40 
(a 
.44 
Mixed,  col’s,  u’bv.  besr 
.46 
Ot 
.47 
Fair  to  good . 
.40 
Or 
.44 
Gathered,  best . 
.40 
Ot 
.41 
Common  to  good .  .  . 
.30 
(a 
.36 
Storage  . 
.32 
(<ii 
.35 
BEANS 
Marrow,  100  lbs .  10.00 
Or, 
10.75 
Pea  . . 
8.00 
m 
Of. 
8  25 
Red  kidney . 
8.25 
8.50 
White  kidnev  . 
9  00 
Of 
10.00 
Yellow  eye  . 
8.00 
@ 
8.25 
Black  turtle  soup . 
5.25 
Ot 
6.25 
FRUITS 
Apples,  bu.  basket.  .  .  .75 
Of 
2  00 
Baldwin,  bbl . 
Ben  Davis  . 
3.00 
Oi 
5.00 
2.25 
Ot, 
3.25 
Greeting  . 
3.00 
01 
6.00 
Jonathan  . 
3.50 
Of 
4.50 
King  . 
2.75 
4.50 
McIntosh  . 
6.00 
Or 
11.00 
Russet  . 
2.00 
Or 
3  00 
Albemarle  . 
3.75 
Of 
5.00 
Wealthy  . 
2.50 
Ot 
1.25 
Winesap  . 
4  00 
Or 
5.00 
York  . 
4.00 
Oi 
6.00 
Pears.  Kieffer.  bbl.... 
1 .50 
Or 
3.00 
Cranberies,  bbl . 
4.00 
Of 
12.00 
Kumquats,  qt . 
.10 
Oi 
.15 
Strawberries,  qt . 
.30 
Oi 
.45 
LIVH  STOCK 
Steers  .  8.75 
01 
9.00 
Bulls  . 
4.25 
01. 
6.25 
Cows  . . . 
1.75 
5.00 
Calves,  prime  . 
14  50 
Oi 
16.00 
Culls  . 
6.00 
Or 
10.00 
Sheep  . 
4.00 
Oi 
7.00 
Lambs  . 
Ot 
15.50 
Hogs  . 
7.75 
Oi 
9.25 
COUNTRY -DRESSED  MEATS 
Calves,  best . 
29 
or 
.23 
Common  to  good .  .  . 
.11 
Oi 
.16 
Lambs,  hothouse,  each 
10  00 
Oi 
13.00 
Roasting  pigs  . 
.20 
Oi 
.30 
Pork  . 
.08 
Or 
.10 
DRESSED  POULTRY 
Turkeys,  best . 38 
On 
.40 
Common  to  good.  .  . 
.30 
0i 
.35 
Chickens,  choice,  lb... 
.40 
on 
.46 
Fair  to  good . 
.25 
O' 
.35 
Fowls  . 
.17 
Oi 
.29 
Capons,  best . 
.40 
Oi 
.42 
Fair  to  good . 
.32 
or 
or 
.37 
Roosters  . 
.10 
.21 
Ducks  . 
.25 
01 
.31 
Geese  . 
.15 
Oi 
.23 
Guineas,  pair . 
.75 
Oi 
1 .00 
Squabs,  large,  doz..  .  . 
11.00 
on 
12.00 
Small  . 
3  00 
or 
6.00 
VEGETABLES 
Beets,  bu .  1.00 
Oi 
1.25 
Carrots,  100  lbs . 
1.50 
or 
1.75 
Cabbage,  ton  . 
50. 00 
01 
55. (X) 
New,  Go -bbl.  basket 
2.00 
01 
4.25 
Collards,  bbl . 
2.00 
Oi 
2.25 
Celery  hearts,  doz.  .  .  . 
1.00 
on 
1.50 
Leeks,  100  bunches.  . 
3.50 
if 
6.00 
Salsify.  100  bunches.  . 
9.00 
14.00 
Parsley,  bbl . 
4.00 
if 
5.00 
Parsnips,  bbl . 
Peas,  bu.  basket.... 
3.50 
@ 
4.00 
2.50 
0i 
4.00 
Eggplant,  bu . 
2.00 
I 
3.75 
Lettuce,  bu . 
2.50 
Or 
4.00 
Onions.  100  lbs . 
1.75 
0i 
3.00 
Peppers,  bu . 
2.50 
Oi 
3.25 
Radishes,  bu.  basket. 
.50 
0i 
1.25 
Spinach,  bbl . 
1.50 
0i 
3.50 
Squash,  bbl . 
3.00 
U 
3.50 
String  beans,  bu . 
2.50 
0i 
4.00 
Chicory  &  Escarol.  bbl. 
2.50 
(a) 
5.00 
Brussels  sprouts,  qt.. 
Tomatoes,  6-till  crate. 
.20 
Oi 
.40 
1.50 
@ 
4.00 
Turnips,  bbl . 
2.00 
(5) 
3.50 
Cucumbers,  bu . 
5.00 
0i 
8.00 
Kale,  bbl . 
1.75 
or 
2.50 
Watercress,  100  bnchs. 
2  50 
or 
3.50 
POTATOES 
Long  Island,  180  lbs.  .  4.00 
@ 
4.50 
State.  180  lbs . 
2.85 
Oil 
3.25 
Maine.  180  lbs . 
3.25 
0i 
@ 
3.75 
Pennsylvania.  150  lbs. 
1  90 
2.00 
Bermuda,  bbl . 
7.00 
m 
14.00 
Sweet  potatoes,  bu.. . , 
.65 
m 
1.50 
HAY  AND  STRAW 
Hav,  No.  1.  Timothy.  30.00 
Oi. 
31.00 
No.  2 . . . 
28,00 
Oi. 
29.00 
No.  3  . 
26.00 
Oi 
27.50 
Clover  mixed ...... 
19.00 
Oi 
25.00 
Straw,  rye  . 
27.00 
(ft 
30.00 
Retail  Prices  at  New  York 
Prices 
* 
25  per  cent  took  place  in  potatoes,  cab¬ 
bage,  apples,  sweet  potatoes  and  some 
less  important  lines.  There  was  no  un¬ 
derlying  shortage,  except  in  cabbage,  but 
supplies  were  prevented  from  reaching 
the  market  because  practically  the  whole 
country  was  in  the  grip  of  hard  weather 
conditions.  Almost  every  Winter  there 
is  a  chance  like  this  for  the  nearby  farm¬ 
ers  to  rush  things  to  market  before  dis¬ 
tant  shipping  points  have  time  to  get 
thawed  out.  As  the  weather  moderated 
shipments  increased  at  once  and  the  city 
markets  were  soon  as  heavily  supplied 
as  before.  A  more  lasting  effect  is  the 
presence  of  a  great  deal  of  frozen  stuff 
in  the  markets  and  considerable  slight!  v 
frozen  produce  from  the  South. 
the  Freeze 
reached  clear  down  across  Texas  and 
nearly  to  the  end  of  Florida.  The  mosl 
tender  vegetables  were  killed  or  badly 
damaged,  and  many  must  be  replanted. 
Florida  potatoes  were  set  back  about  two 
weeks.  This  will  help  the  Northern  mar¬ 
kets  a  little  this  month,  although  the 
whole  Florida  crop  hardly  more  than 
equals  a  week’s  shipment  of  Northern 
potatoes.  Competition  between  the  old 
and  new  potatoes  does  not  amount  to 
much  until  South  Carolina  begins,  in 
May,  but  production  becomes  very  active 
during  that  month,  and  after  the  first  of 
June  the  demand  for  old  potatoes  be¬ 
comes  very  limited. 
THE  CABBAGE  BOOM 
has  flourished  wonderfully  under  the 
combined  effect  of  retarded  shipments, 
the  approaching  exhaustion  of  supplies 
in  storage  and  the  light  shipments  from 
the  South.  Much  of  the  old  stock  offered 
in  the  markets  shows  the  effect  of  warm 
spells  of  weather  during  the  Winter  and 
is  not  first-class.  Good  sound  cabbage 
has  reached  $60  per  ton  in  many  of  the 
city  markets,  while  the  price  '  of  new 
cabbage  exceeded  $100  in  some  instances. 
The  growers  obtained  the  benefit  of  the 
rise  of  old  cabbage  wherever  they  had 
stored  a  part  of  the  crop  in  furrows, 
shallow  pits  and  cellars.  Those  who 
raise  the  long-keeping  kinds  have  the  ad¬ 
vantage  of  being  able  to  hold  for  the  late 
market  for  advances  which  occur  during 
the  Winter  of  almost  every  alternate  sea¬ 
son.  Many  farmers  raise  both  early  and 
late  varieties  in  order  to  use  the  market 
the  whole  season.  Consuming  centers 
everywhere  seem  to  want  small  to  me¬ 
dium  cabbage,  and  the  big  kinds  are  out 
of  favor  except  for  kraut  and  pickle  mak¬ 
ing.  The  little  cone-shaped  Wakefield  is 
popular  for  early  market,  but  the  small 
flat  kinds  are  nearly  as  early.  The  main 
crop  is  chiefly  of  the  medium  size  kinds 
like  late  flat  Dutch  and  the  hard,  long- 
keeping  sorts  like  the  Danish  Bali  Head. 
RED  AND  SAVOY  CABBAGE 
Somebody  asks  about  red  cabbage.  In 
former  days  a  relish  made  of  chopped  or 
shredded  raw  red  cabbage,  with  plenty 
of  salt  and  spices,  was  the  popular  item 
of  food  on  the  lunch  counters  of  the  city- 
bar  rooms.  Of  late  years  the  demand 
for  red  cabbage  is  confined  to  limited 
sections  of  the  foreign  population.  From 
two  to  six  carloads  will  supply  almost 
any  large  city  the  whole  season.  More 
of  it  would  break  the  market.  A  carload 
at  Baltimore  was  many  weeks  selling  out. 
a  barrel  or  so  at  a  time.  The  price  is 
often  $10  per  ton  higher  than  other  cab¬ 
bage,  but  sometimes  it  is  hard  to  sell  at 
any  price.  If  there  is  a  city  colony  of 
Italians,  French,  Poles  or  Germans  in 
the  vicinity  it  might  be  well  worth  while 
for  a  cabbage  grower  to  raise  a  little  red 
stock  and  try  to  develop  a  trade.  Much 
the  same  may  be  said  of  Savoy  cabbage. 
It  is  bought  mainly  by  Italians  and 
others  of  recent  foreign  descent,  although 
some  of  the  American  stock  have  learned 
to  like  •  the  fine  delicate  quality  of  this 
cabbage,  and  there  is  quite  a  demand  for 
it  in  New  Y'ork  and  Boston  and  in  some 
other  Eastern  cities.  It  is  not  a  good 
shipper  and  keeps  poorly  after  shipment. 
Savoy  cabbage  should  be  grown  only  by 
those  who  know  what  to  do  with  it  in 
advance.  ,  f. 
Fleas  on  Dog 
Timothy,  No.  1.  $28  to  $29 :  No.  2.  $26 
to  $27  :  No.  3,  $23  to  $24  ;  clover  mixed. 
822 
817 
to  $27.  Straw,  rye.  $28  to  $31 :  oat. 
to  $18. 
New  York  Wholesale  Quotations 
March  t.  1923 
M  1T.K 
Dairymen’s  League  Go-operative  Asso¬ 
ciation.  Inc.,  price  for  March  Class  1 
fluid  milk.  3  per  cent,  in  201-210-mile 
zone,  $2.80  per  100  lbs. ;  Class  2.  for 
cream  and  ice  cream.  82.50. 
BUTTER 
Creamery,  fancy,  lb..  $( 
Good  to  choice . 
Lower  grades . 
Dairy,  best  . 
Common  to  good.  . . 
Packing  stock  . 
CHEESE 
Whole  milk,  special . . 
Average  run  . 
Skims  . 
.53  0t 
$0.531 
.50 
Oi 
.52 
.40 
Or 
.44 
.51 
Oi 
.52 
.40 
Or 
.46 
.35 
Oi 
'  .38 
.28  L,  Ot 
29 
.27  ~Oi 
.28 
.21 
Oi 
oo 
Milk- 
Grade.  A.  bottled,  qt. 
Grade  B.  bottled.  M .  . 
Grade  B  bottled,  pt. . 
Grade  B.  loose,  qt. .  . 
Certified,  qt . 
Certified,  pt . 
Buttermilk,  qt . 
Cream,  heavy.  x/->  pt. . 
Butter,  best  . 
Or 
Cheese  . 
. .  .  32 
or 
Eggs — Best,  doz . 
.  .  .  .58 
Oi 
.  .  .  .45 
or 
Fowls . . 
Oi 
Chick es.  lb . 
...  .40 
Oi 
Turkevs.  lb . 
Oi 
Potatoes,  lb . 
.  .  .  .02 
0, 
l  )nions.  lb . 
Or 
l  ettuce,  head  . 
...  .10 
Oi 
Cabbage,  head  . 
or 
.18 
.15 
.10 
.11 
.28 
.17 
.10 
.30 
.58 
.37 
.60 
.50 
.40 
.45 
.55 
.03 
.10 
.15 
.20 
General  Crop  and  Price  News 
The  general  rise  in  farm  products 
the  last  half  of  February  proved  a  gold* 
opportunity  for  those  who  could  reai 
the  markets  quickly.  Advances  of  10 
I  have  a  white  poodle  dog  that  has 
fleas  and  wish  some  advice  as  to  treat¬ 
ment.  s. 
Ohio. 
In  cold  weather,  when  a  liquid  cannot 
well  be  used,  dust  the  infested  parts  thor¬ 
oughly  with  freshly  powdered  pyrethrum 
and  then  wrap  a  big  towel  or  blanket  to 
retain  the  fumes.  In  an  hour  or  two 
afterward  brush  the  coat  and  comb  it 
thoroughly  to  remvoe  the  numbed  fleas, 
which  should  be  destroyed.  Repeat  the 
treatment  as  often  as  found  necessary. 
Give  the  dog  a  new,  clean  bed,  and  in  it 
put  some  flowers  of  sulphur.  Laurel  or 
tobacco  leaves  placed  under  the  bedding 
also  help  to  prevent  flea  trouble.  In 
warm  or  moderate  weather  the  dog  may 
be  tubbed  in  a  solution  of  coal  tar  dip 
made  according  to  directions  printed  on 
the  label  of  the  container.  It  may  be 
bought  at  any  drug  store  and  at  some 
harness  or  feed  stores.  Repeat  the  tub¬ 
bing  at  intervals  of  10  days  nr  so,  if  seen 
to  be  necessary.  If  possible,  keep  the 
dog  4  of  sandy  places  in  warm  weather. 
