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T>»  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
July  7,  1923 
M  a  r  k  e 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
UNEVEN  CROP  CONDITIONS;  FAIR  YEAR 
FOR  apples;  southern  produce  high; 
A  record  potato  season  closed. 
If  the  rainfall  had  been  spread  a  little 
more  evenly,  there  would  have  been  good 
‘•rops  this  year.  Parts  of  the  South  had 
loo  much  water  even  for  melons  and 
other  super-juicy  crops,  while  the  North 
and  West  had  shortage  of  rain  when 
moisture  was  most  needed  for  hay  and 
grain.  The  Northeastern  dairy  regions 
suffered  from  light  pasturage  and  mow¬ 
ings. 
FRUIT  PROMISES  WELL 
Still  the  falling-off  in  the  general  crop 
outlook  is  not  extreme,  as  compared  with 
the  average  yield.  Fruit  promises  better 
than  usual  for  an  off  year.  The  East 
has  fewer  apples  than  last  season  and 
the  West  more.  If  the  Eastern  crop  turns 
out  good  in  appearance  it  should  be  able 
to  hold  its  own. 
PRICES 
Price  of  most  crops  does  not  depend 
wholly  upon  yield.  The  country  will  be 
able  to  pay  well  for  these  less  than 
average  crops  if  business  continues  good. 
While  industry  has  slackened  a  little 
since  Spring,  most  authorities  seem  to 
expect  a  good  degree  of  activity  for  the 
rest  of  the  year  with  wages  high  and  a 
job  for  all  good  workmen.  Six  months 
is  as  far  as  most  farmers  need  to  look 
ahead.  The  great  bulk  of  the  crops  will 
be  out  of  their  hands  by  that  time. 
Judging  from  the  prices  paid  for  South¬ 
ern  produce,  the  later  crops  ought  to  pay 
even  with  lighter  yields.  Around  July 
1,  Virginia  farmers  were  getting  $4  to 
$5  per  barrel  for  potatoes.  Georgia 
growers  received  $200  to  $700  per  car  for 
melons  (20  to  70c  each)  ;  Georgia  or- 
chardists  $3  per  bushel  for  peaches ;  Mis¬ 
sissippi  truckers  $3  per  bushel  for  toma¬ 
toes — and  so  on.  With  good  prices  for 
truck  and  a  boom  in  cotton,  the  South  is 
feeling  better. 
Northern  farmers  are  not  selling  much 
yet.  but  have  been  doing  fairly  well  -with 
early  fruit  and  vegetables.  New  Jersey 
started  shipping  potatoes  the  last  of 
June  as  usual,  which  suggests  that  the 
■season  is  catching  up  with  the  schedule. 
Over  in  Europe  they  are  having  a  cold 
Summer,  but  at  last  accounts,  their  fruit 
prospects  continued  good.  They  will 
want  such  of  our  grain  and  meats  as 
they  can  pay  for.  On  the  whole,  the 
general  conditions  in  Europe  look  more 
promising  for  settlement  of  several  of 
the  more  disturbing  problems  which  have 
stood  in  the  way  of  trade  recovery. 
OVER  200.000  CARS  OF  POTATOES 
Just  about  4.000  cars  of  main  crop 
potatoes  were  shipped  per  week  during 
the  1022-23  season  ending  July  1,  beside 
as  many  more  sold  in  small  lots.  This 
is  a  record  breaking  movement.  It  was 
the  combined  result  of  a  big  crop,  in- 
creasing  population  and  good  business 
conditions.  The  farmer,  as  usual  with  a 
big  crop  of  anything,  get  the  small  end  of 
the  market.  This  season  the  price  out¬ 
look  is  somewhat  better  because  of  lighter 
acreage  and  probably  lighter  yield,  al¬ 
though  not  much  information  that  is  re¬ 
liable  can  be  had  before  the  August  re¬ 
port.  G.  B.  F. 
Review  of  the  Philadelphia  Produce 
Market 
(Supplied  b.v  New  Jersey  State  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Bureau  of  Markets) 
The  variety  of  fruits  and  vegetables 
from  within  trucking  distance  of  Phila¬ 
delphia  has  been  increasing  daily,  but  the 
volume  of  the  receipts  of  nearby  produce 
is  not  nearly  what  it  should  be,  due  to 
extreme  beat,  and  most  of  all,  the  pro¬ 
longed  drought.  The  strawberry  season 
has  been  cut  short  and  they  are  about 
done,  a  few  Pounsylvanias  coming  in 
ranging  20  to  35c  a  quart.  Good  peas 
have  been  rather  scarce,  and  as  high  as 
$3.25  per  %-bu.  basket  was  i-eceived  for 
large  green  varieties.  Asparagus  held  up 
fairly  well,  but  the  season  for  that,  too.  is 
shorter  than  usual  on  account  of  the  dry 
weather.  Best  asparagus  ranged  35  to 
45c  a  bunch.  The  raspberry  season  is 
rapidly  coming  on,  and  with  increased  re¬ 
ceipts  the  market  declined  to  15c  a  pint 
for  good  stock.  A  few  currants  were  of¬ 
fered,  but  the  demand  was  poor,  and  12c 
a  quart  was  about  all  that  could  be  pro¬ 
cured  for  them.  The  harvesting  of  New 
Jersey  cherries  is  at  its  height.  A  good 
crop  is  reported  for  this  season,  nearly 
all  the  commercial  crop  in  New  Jersey 
being  sour  cherries,  which  on  the  27th 
ranged  7  to  10c  a  pound,  and  10  to  33c 
a  quart.  Summer  apples  are  just  begin¬ 
ning  to  come  in  from  New  Jersey,  a  few 
Henry  Clays  and  Transparents  wholesal¬ 
ing  as  high  as  $1.25  per  %-bu.  basket. 
Huckleberries  from  New  Jersey  made 
their  first  appearance  of  the  season  last 
week,  a  quart  selling  20  to  25c.  Car¬ 
mans,  Hile.vs,  Dixie  Queen  and  Early 
Bose  were  the  principal  varieties  of  Geor¬ 
gia  peaches  offered.  Carmans  selling  $4 
to  $4.50,  and  best  Hileys  $5  to  $5.50  per 
six-basket  carrier.  New  Jersey  cabbage 
held  fairly  steady  on  good  stock  at  75  to 
85c  per  %-bu.,  but  Virginia  cabbage  was 
of  irregular  quality  and  prices  during  the 
week  ranged  all  the  way  from  50c  to 
$2.50.  but  closing  on  the  26th  at  $3.50  a 
t  New 
crate.  String  bean  receipts  were  liberal, 
market  weak  and  prices  declined  to  90c 
to  $1.25  per  %-bu.  basket  excepting  for 
stringless,  which  brought  25c  a  basket 
more.  The  first  of  this  season's  tomatoes 
from  New  Jersey  sold  at  good  prices,  a 
strong  market  prevailing  on  the  26th  at 
$5  to  $6  per  %-bu.  for  good  tomatoes. 
Most  of  the  tomatoes,  however,  are  com¬ 
ing  from  Mississippi  and  Florida,  the  lat¬ 
ter  State  also  shipping  eggplants  and 
sweet  corn.  New  York  State  growers  are 
now  sending  a  little  lettuce  to  the  Phila¬ 
delphia  mrket,  most  of  which  is  the  Big 
Boston  type,  which  sold  at  $1.50  to  $2  a 
crate.  South  Carolina  Lima  beans  have 
been  bringing  $3  to  $4  a  bushel.  Potato 
receipts  were  heavy  the  last  of  the  week 
from  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Virginia  and 
North  Carolina,  and  the  market  weak¬ 
ened,  best  Eastern  Shore  stock  selling  $4 
to  $5  a  barrel. 
EGGS  AND  POULTRY 
Egg  receipts  for  the  past  week  have 
dropped  off  considerably,  compared  with 
the  week  previous,  but  were  about  30,000 
cases  heavier  than  for  the  same  period  a 
year  ago.  The  proportion  of  really  fine 
eggs  received  has  also  decreased,  supplies 
of  fancy  stock  being  light,  the  demand 
good,  and  the  market  firm,  nearby  and 
Western  extras  wholesaling  all  week  at 
27c  a  dozen.  There  is  still,  however,  an 
abundance  of  undergrade  stock  and  the 
market  was  dull,  seconds  averaging  about 
23c  a  dozen.  The  cold  storage  holdings 
of  eggs  in  Philadelphia  are  not  as  heavy 
as  a  year  ago  by  nearly  70,000  cases,  but 
the  final  report  on  storage  holdings  for 
June  1  by  the  United  States  Bureau  of 
Agricultural  Economics  for  the  United 
States  show  even  more  eggs  in  storage 
than  their  preliminary  report  indicated, 
total  holdings  on  June  1  amounting  to 
8.056,000  cases,  or  only  172,000  cases  less 
than  last  year  bn  the  same  date. 
There  was  a  fair  demand  for  desirable 
fowl,  and  the  market  ruled  steady  at  25 
to  26c  a  pound  for  fancy  stock.  White 
Leghorn  fowl  dropped  off  a  cent  early  in 
the  week,  but  have  since  held  steady,  sell¬ 
ing  around  20c  a  pound  for  best  stock, 
ordinary  bringing  about  2c  less.  Live 
broilers  were  freely  offered  and  the  mar¬ 
ket  eased  off  on  White  Leghorns  from  2 
to  4c  during  the  week,  after  the  drop 
selling  at  30  to  32c  a  pound  for  the  2-lb. 
size.  Fancy  Plymouth  Pock  broilers  of 
the  same  size  averaged  about  54c  a  pound 
and  mixed  colors  of  1%-lb.  size  about  41c 
a  pound.  Prices  on  White  Pekin  ducks 
held  steady  at  16  to  20c  a  pound,  only 
fancy  reaching  the  top  price.  There  was 
practically  no  change  in  the  prices  on 
fresh  killed  poultry.  There  was  a  fair 
demand  for  broilers  early  in  the  week,  but 
the  market  was  quiet  at  the  close.  Dry- 
picked  fowl,  barreled  packed,  weighing  4 
to  5  lbs.,  sold  at  2S  to  29c.  Nearby  fresh- 
killed  broilers  ranged  from  40  to  50c,  and 
fancy  nearby  ducklings  24  to  25c  a  pound. 
HAY  AND  STRAW 
Eastern  hay  markets  have  been  quiet 
and  the  Philadelphia  market  was  no  ex¬ 
ception.  There  has  been  a  little  demand 
for  a  high  quality  product,  No.  3  Tim¬ 
othy  selling  mostly  at  $24  a  ton  ;  No.  2 
averaging  $22.50,  and  No.  3  $39.50  a  ton. 
Light  clover  mixed  was  quoted  chiefly  at 
$23  to  $22  a  ton  for  No.  3,  and  No.  3 
medium  clover  mixed  $1  under  these  fig¬ 
ures.  No.  3  rye  straw  eased  off  $1  a  ton 
to  $26  to  $26.50,  hut  wheat  straw  was 
unchanged  at  $14.50.  b.w.  s. 
Boston  Wholesale  Markets 
APPLES 
Baldwin,  bbl.,  $5  to  $10;  Ben  Davis, 
$2.50  to  $5. 
BEANS 
Pea,  100  lbs.,  $7.25  to  $7.85  ;  red  kid¬ 
ney,  $8  to  $8.25;  yellow  eye,  $7.75  to  $8. 
BUTTER 
Creamery,  best,  40  to  40%c;  good  to 
choice,  3S  to  39c ;  seconds.  37  to  37%e. 
EGGS 
Nearby  hennery,  3S  to  39c;  gathered, 
choice.  30  to  32c ;  lower  grades,  26  to  28c. 
POTATOES 
Maine,  Green  Mountain.  100  lbs.,  $3.40 
to  $1.65 ;  new,  bbl.,  $3  to  $5.50. 
DRESSED  POULTRY 
Fowls,  28  to  30c;  roosters,  16  to  17c; 
broilers,  4S  to  52c;  squabs,  doz.,  $8.50 
to  $6. 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus,  bu.  box,  $1  to  $4.50;  let¬ 
tuce,  bu.,  75c  to  $1  ;  tomatoes,  crate, 
$1.50  to  $6:  string  beans,  50c  to  $2;  rad¬ 
ishes,  bu.,  75c  to  $1. 
HAY  AND  STRAW 
Timothy.  No.  1,  $29  to  $29.50;  No.  2, 
$24  to  $26;  No.  3,  $20  to  $21;  clover 
mixed,  $22  to  $23.  Straw,  rve,  $31  to 
$32;  oat.  $15  to  $16. 
New  York  Wholesale  Quotations 
MILK 
Dairymen’s  League  Co-operative  Asso¬ 
ciation.  Inc.,  price  for  July  Class  1  fluid 
milk,  3  per  cent,  in  201-210-mile  zone, 
$2.33  per  100  lbs. ;  Class  2,  for  cream 
and  ice  cream,  $2.05. 
BUTTER 
Crea mery,  fa ncy  . $.39%  @$.40 
s  and 
Good  to  choice . 87  @  .38% 
Lower  grades  . 34  @  .36 
Dairy,  best  . 3S  @  .38% 
Common  to  good . 35  @  .37 
Packing  stock  ....: . 28  @  .31.. 
Danish  . 39  @  .39% 
CHEESE 
Fresh  specials . 25%  @  .26 
Average  run  . 25%  @  .27% 
Skims  . 10  @  .19 
EGGS 
White,  choice  to  fancy  ...  .41  @  .42 
Medium  to  good . 34  @  .39 
Mixed  colors,  nearby,  best  .37  @  .38 
Gathered,  best  . 29  @  .30 
Common  to  good . 22  @  .27 
BEANS 
Pea,  100  lbs .  7.50 @  8.00 
Red  kidney  .  8.00@  8.25 
White  kidney  .  8.50@  9.00 
Yellow  eye  .  7.50(^  8.00 
LIVE  POULTRY 
Fowls,  lb . 17@  .22 
Spring  broilers  . 35 @  .50 
Boosters  . 12@  .13 
Geese  . 13@  .16 
Ducks  . 20@  .25 
DRESSED  POULTRY 
Turkeys,  best . 40@  .42 
‘Common  to  good . 30@  .35 
Broilers,  best,  lb . 50@  .53 
Fair  to  good  . 35  @  .45 
Fowls  . 22  @  .27 
Capons,  best  . 44  @  .46 
Fair  to  good . 32@  .40 
Roosters  . 13@  .16 
Ducks  . 20(a)  .25 
Squabs,  11  to  12  lbs.,  doz..  7.00@  8.00 
9  to  10  lbs .  5.50@  6.50 
6  to  8  lbs . 3.00@  5.25 
FRUITS 
Apples — Stark,  bbl . 4.00@  5.50 
Baldwin,  bbl . 4.00@  6.00 
Ben  Davis  . 3.75@  4.50 
Gano  .  4.00@  5.50 
Albemarle  .  7.00@  10.00 
Strawberries — ‘Up-river  . .  .  .10@  .28 
Blackberries  . 1S@>  .82 
Raspberries,  pt . 05@  .15 
Huckleberries,  qt . 18@  .32 
Gooseberries,  qt . 12@  .18 
Cherries,  qt . 15 @  .20 
Peaches,  Georgia,  crate  .  .  .  3.00@  6.00 
Muskmelons,  bu.,  crate  . .  .  4.00@  5.50 
Watermelons,  car  .  500.@  950. 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus,  doz.  bunches  .  .  1.50@  6.00 
Beets,  bu . 7 5@  2.00 
Carrots,  new,  bu . 1.50@  1.75 
Cabbage,  bbl . 1.75®  2.50 
Parsley,  bu .  1  00@  1.25 
Peas,  bu.  basket  .  2.25@  3.00 
Eggplant,  bu .  1.50@  2.00 
Lettuce,  bu . 50@  1.75 
Onions,  bu . 1.50@  2.25 
Peppers,  bu . 2.00@  3.50 
Radishes,  bu .  1.00@  1.50 
Sweet  corn,  bu .  2.00(a)  3.50 
Spinach,  bu .  1.00@  1.25 
Squash,  bu .  1.00@  2.00 
String  beans,  bu . 75@  3.00 
Rhubarb,  100  bunches  ....  2.00@  3.00 
Tomatoes,  6-till  crate  _ 2.50@  5.00 
Turnips,  bbl .  2.00@  3.25 
Cucumbers,  bu . 50@  2.00 
Watercress,  100  bunches  . .  3.00 
POTATOES 
Wis.,  150-lb.  sack  .  1.25@  2.00 
Mich.,  150-lb.  sack  .  1.00@  2.00 
Maine,  150  lbs.  .  .  .‘ .  1.25@  1.75 
Southern,  new  bbl .  1.00@  5.00 
Sweet  potatoes,  bu . 1.00@  2.25 
LIVE  STOCK 
Steers,  100  lbs .  9.10@  10.90 
Bolls  .  5.50@  6.15 
Cows  .  1.50@  6.25 
Calves,  best  . 12.00@  12.50 
Lower  grades  .  5.00tf/)  9.00 
Sheep  .  4.00@  6.00 
Lambs  . 14.00(a)  15.00 
Hogs'  . „. .  .  6.50@  8.25 
COUNTRY-DRESSED  CALVES 
Veal,  best . 15  @  .16 
Common  to  good . 10@  .14 
HAY  AND  STRAW 
Hay,  No.  1  Timothy  . 24.00@  25.00 
No.  2  . 22.00@  23.50 
No.  3  . 19.00@  22.00 
Straw,  rye  . 23.00@  24.00 
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 . 30 
Butter,  best  . $0.50@  .51 
Cheese  . . . . 32  @  .37 
Eggs,  best,  doz . 48@  .50 
Gathered  . 35 oe  .45 
Fowls  . 35@  .40 
Broilers,  lb . (i0@  .75 
Turkeys,  lb . 48@  .50 
Potatoes,  lb . 04@  .05 
Onions,  lb . 05@  .10 
Lettuce,  head  . 10@  .15 
Wool  Notes 
The  market  is  slow  and  unsettled.  Re¬ 
cent  quotations  at  Boston  follow :  New 
York  and  Michigan  unwashed  delaine, 
Prices 
.>5  to  56c;  half  blood,  54  to  55c;  quarter 
blood,  52  to  53c.  Ohio  and  Pennsyl¬ 
vania:  half  blood  combing.  57  to  58c; 
three-eighths  blood,  56  to  57e.  New  En¬ 
gland  :  half  blood,  51  to  52e.  Texas: 
fine  scoured.  $1.30  to  $1.50.  Wool  ship¬ 
ments  from  Bradford,  England  to  this 
country  during  May  were  valued  at  about 
•So. 000.000.  Uruguay  shipped  about  10,- 
000,000  lbs.  of  raw  wool  during  March, 
a  little  more  than  one-third  of  this  came 
to  the  United  States. 
New  Jersey  Local  Grain  and  Feed  Prices 
(Supplied  by  New  Jersey  State  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Bureau  of  Markets) 
The  following  quotations  shows  approx¬ 
imate  cost  of  feed  per  ton  and  grain  per 
bushel  in  carlots,  sight  draft  basis,  de¬ 
livered  on  tracks  at  the  various  stations 
given  below.  The  quotations  are  based 
on  sales  for  transit  and  nearby  shipments 
Monday.  June  25,  1923,  according  to  the 
New  Jersey  Bureau  of  Markets  and  the 
1  nited  States  Bureau  of  Agricultural 
Economics  co-operating.  Feeds  all  in 
100-lb.  sacks.  Figures  are  for  Branch- 
ville,  Belvidere.  Mt.  Holly,  Montclair, 
Milford,  Washington,  Ilighbridge,  Freneb- 
town,  Sussex,  Flemington,  Trenton,  New¬ 
ton,  Lafayette,  llackettstown,  Belle 
Meade,  Lebanon,  Clifton,  Hopewell,  New 
Brunswick,  Perth  Amboy,  Morristown, 
Dover,  Paterson,  Elizabeth,  Somersville. 
and  Newark. 
«  ,  .  Per  ^u- 
No.  2  white  oats  . $0.53% 
No.  3  white  oats . 52% 
No.  2  yellow  corn  .  1.04% 
No.  3  yellow  corn  .  1.04% 
.  Per  Ton 
Spring  bran  .  28.40 
Hard  W.  W.  bran  .  27.90 
Spring  middlings  .  32.90 
Red  dog  flour .  40.90 
Dry  brewers’  grains  .  37.40 
Flour  middlings  . 37.40 
White  hominy  .  3S.40 
Yellow  hominy  . ; . 37.90 
Gluten  feed  .  43.65 
36%  cottonseed  meal  .  43.65 
41%  cottonseed  meal  .  49.65 
43%  cottonseed  meal  .  52.50 
31%  linseed  meal  .  43.85 
34%  linseed  meal  . . 44.85 
Foreign  Grain  Crops 
WHEAT  CROP  IN  EIGHT  ■  FOREIGN  COUN¬ 
TRIES  SHOWS  INCREASE. 
The  1923  wheat  crop  in  Spain  is  fore¬ 
cast  at  142.070,000  bushels  compared 
with  125.469,000  bushels  in  1922:  rye, 
30,309.000  bushels  compared  with  26,- 
252.000  bushels  last  year;  barley,  91,- 
731.000  bushels  compared  with  77,533,- 
000  bushels  last  year;  and  oats,  36,991,- 
000  bushels  compared  with  31.214.000 
bushels  in  1922.  The  1923  wheat  crop 
of  Bulgaria  is  forecast  at  38,783.000 
bushels  compared  with  27,925,000  bushels 
last  year ;  rye,  8,480,000  bushels  com¬ 
pared  with  7.201,000  bushels  last  year; 
barley,  12,281.000  bushels  compared  with 
9.324.000  bushels,  and  oats,  10,053,000 
bushels  as  compared  with  19,802.000 
bushels  harvested  in  1922. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
July  30- Aug.  3 — Farmers’  Week,  Con¬ 
necticut  Agricultural  College,  Stores, 
Conn. 
Aug.  9-10 — International  Baby  Chick 
Association,  eighth  annual  convention. 
New  Ebbitt  House,  Washington.  D.  C. 
Sept.  26-28 — Northern  Nut  Growers’ 
Association,  fourteenth  annual  conven¬ 
tion.  Washington,  D.  C. 
Get.  6-13 — National  Dairy  Show  and 
World’s  Dairy  Congress,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Nov.  27-Dec.  1 — -Poultry  Show,  Wash¬ 
ington.  D.  C.  Secretary,  D.  Lincoln 
Orr.  Orr’s  Mills,  N.  Yr. 
Dec.  13-15  —  North  Bergen  County 
Poultry  Association,  fifth  annual  show, 
Westwood.  N.  J. 
Jan.  23-27,  1924 — Poultry  Show,  Madi¬ 
son  Square  Garden,  New  York  City, 
Secretary,  D.  Lincoln  Orr,  Orr’s  Mills-, 
N.  Y. 
Cemetery  Fence  and  Sidewalk 
Must  a  cemetery  company  maintain  a 
fence  tight  enough  to  keep  out  neighbors’ 
chickens?  If  so,  must  neighboring  land 
owners  maintain  half  of  the  line  fence? 
The  cemetery  being  in  a  borough  bounded 
on  two  sides  by  streets  with  about  4  ft. 
of  ground  between  present  line  of  fence 
and  occupied  burial  lots,  can  the  borough 
compel  cemetery  company  to  move  fence 
in  to  line  of  occupied  lots,  and  lay  side¬ 
walks  along  streets?  Cemetery  company 
was  organized  and  chartered  about  40 
years  ago.  Borough  was  chartered  about 
10  years  ago.  s.  B.  l. 
Pennsylvania. 
We  would  not  say  that  a  cemetery  was 
obliged  to  fence  so  as  to  keep  chickens 
from  coming  into  the  c-emtery.  We  would 
say  the  cemetery  was  in  no  better  posi¬ 
tion  in  regard  to  building  sidewalk  along 
its  land  than  an  ordinary  citizen,  and  if 
the  borough  has  an  ordinance  by  which 
they  can  compel  the  building  of  sidewalks 
that  the  cemetery  will  have  to  comply. 
N.  T. 
