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American Agriculturist, January 6, 1C' 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
APPLE MARKET CONTINUES DULL 
B oxed apple receipts at New York 
still greatly exceed barrel apple re¬ 
ceipts. The market for barrels con¬ 
tinues dull. Fancy colored stock met a 
fairly steady demand at New York, but 
demand was light for ordinary. Re¬ 
ceipts were 160 cars less last week than 
the week previous. Out of 304 cars 
received, 176 were boxed from the West 
and 112 were barreled from New York 
State. 
F. O. B. sales at Rochester were very 
limited. British markets are weaker. 
Up to December 16 exports this season 
totaled 1,000,771 barrels and 1,802,272 
boxes. 
Because of the heavy stocks in stor¬ 
age, the future of the market is very 
uncertain. 
The following were wholesale prices 
per barrel at New York, December 27: 
Apples Best Fancy Ordinary 
Baldwin.. $4.75®5 $5.2o@5.50 $4 @4.50 
Greening.. 4.50@4.75 5 3.75@4.25 
McIntosh. 7.50@8 8.25@8.50 6.50@7, 
Northern Spy5.50@6 .6.25@6.50.. 4.50@5 
Ben Davis 3 @3.25 3.50@3.75 2.50@2 75 
Potatoes Tend to Move More Freely 
Reports from various shipping points 
indicate that there was a tendency 
for potatoes to move more freely in the 
country last week. In up-State New 
York the general price paid to farmers 
seemed to be about 45 cents per bushel, 
with some higher offers. A cold snap 
in the next two or three weeks would 
undoubtedly cause a higher market, as 
it would check shipments from north¬ 
ern sections and quicken demand. 
Long Island Green Mountains contin¬ 
ued to sell at $1 per bushel f. o. b. in 
limited quantities, but in general the 
market was about 90 cents per bushel, 
which is higher than the situation of 
supply and demand would seem to 
warrant. 
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Maine potatoes sold affer Christmas 
at about $1.25 per cwt., delivered at 
Harlem yards, and $1.30 per cwt., de¬ 
livered at 33rd Street. These moved 
to retailers and jobbers at about $2.85 
per 180 pounds bulk. 
New Bermuda potatoes are now in 
the market in sufficient quantities to 
bring the top price down to $10 per 
barrel, although the first shipments 
brought $15. 
The Michigan Potato Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation is taking the initiative in call¬ 
ing a conference of potato shippers and 
growers for January 15 at Sherman 
Hotel, Chicago, to consider the problem 
of marketing this year’s enormous 
crop. The situation calls for the most 
profound study and analysis, they 
state. One prominent potato man 
claims that restaurants charge too 
much and chain stores too little for 
potatoes, and that the jobber must be 
encouraged with a wider margin than 
he is now getting, or he will discontinue 
handling potatoes this season, greatly 
handicapping distribution. 
Receipts of potatoes at New York in 
week, there was a slightly better de¬ 
cars, of which 79 came from Long 
Island and 61 from up-State New 
York. 
Sweet Potatoes—During the last 
week there was a slightly better de¬ 
mand for New Jersey sweet potatoes, 
owing to the absence of barreled Vir¬ 
ginia sweets. Some fancy graded stock 
went up to $1.50 per bushel hamper, 
but most Jerseys sold at 60 cents to 
$1.25, depending on quality. The Ocean 
County New Jersey Sweet Potato 
Growers’ Cooperative Association made 
its first shipment of graded sweets to 
the New York market last week. They 
brought $1.25 to $1.50 per bushel. 
Cabbage Holds Steady 
Old-crop ^Danish cabbage was in 
moderate supply in the week before 
New Year’s, and the market was 
steady, especially for fancy, firm, green 
stock. Wholesale prices, however, were 
$1 to $2 lower per ton on December 27 
than the week before. Best white, bulk, 
per ton, sold at $20 @ 22, with a few 
small sales of fancy green at $23, ordi¬ 
nary $18. Red cabbage was slightly 
more plentiful, but continued at $45@ 
50 per ton for fancy large. Out of 80 
carloads received at New York in pre¬ 
vious week, 78 came from New York 
State. 
Onions Moving Earlier Than Usual 
As usual, only a small proportion of 
the bulk of offerings of onions were 
fancy, well colored and large sized, for 
which there was a firm market. The 
best onions were received from Ohio 
and Indiana, and sold December 27 at 
$2.75 @ 2.85 for No. 1 Yellow, best, with 
a few small sales up to $3. Present 
prices for best yellows are about half 
what they were at this time last year, 
but No. 2s are very little lower. 
Orange County yellows, $2.25 @2.50; 
reds, best, $2 @ 2.15. Total carlot ship¬ 
ments of onions in the country to 
date exceed those last year to same date 
by several thousand cars. One of the 
largest dealers in onions in this market 
said last week that this is the first time 
this season he has been able to make any 
money on onions. The best demand for 
them usually comes just before Easter, 
but ordinary stock should be moved 
whenever a good' market can be found. 
Butter Weakens Slightly, Reserves 
Short 
After months of continual advanc¬ 
ing, butter prices declined slightly last 
week. Increasing supplies of foreign 
butter caused a weaker feeling among 
buyers. Creamery extra was 54 cents 
on December 27, one cent lower than 
the week before. Reserve stocks in 
storage at New York are now down to 
3,657,302 pounds, as compared with 
10,346,906 pounds this time last year. 
In the four largest markets storage 
holdings are 19,000,000 pounds less 
than last year. Winter production in 
this country has so far shown no 
increase. 
Importations of foreign butter here 
so far this fall and winter total 19,- 
579 casks Danish, 50 casks Holland 
and 100 boxes Argentine. At least 
3,000 casks of Danish are due here be¬ 
fore January, and altogether about 
98,500 casks of New Zealand butter 
are reported either on the way or about 
to be shipped to New York. A large 
portion of this New Zealand butter has 
already been sold to chain stores. The 
dairy industry in New Zealand is re¬ 
ported by trade commissioners to be 
undergoing a remarkable development. 
Near-by Eggs Drop Eleven to Twelve 
Cents 
All near-by eggs dropped 11 to 12 
cents per dozen last week, and the mar¬ 
ket was very weak. Receipts were 
much larger, and future prospects are 
very uncertain. The top quotations for 
New Jersey hennery whites and other 
near-bys of equivalent quality was 
61c on December 27, compared with 
71 @73c a week previous. Some very 
fancy near-by eggs, both white and 
brown, brought premiums above quota¬ 
tions. The mild weather around Christ¬ 
mas caused greater production, and 
buyers became more cautious. 
Storage eggs continued to move free¬ 
ly. Reserve stocks at New York, how¬ 
ever, were about 10,000 cases in excess 
of a year ago on December 23. In the 
four largest markets of the country the 
reserve stocks were 1,114,713 cases on 
December 23, as compared with 815,113 
cases on the same date last year. The 
apparent movement of eggs into chan¬ 
nels of consumption was lower last 
week than in either of the two weeks 
preceding and less than in the corre¬ 
sponding week of last year. 
Poultry Market Dull After Holidays 
Turkeys arrived in such large quan¬ 
tities just before Christmas that prices 
dropped 6 to 8 cents, and at close fancy 
Western turkeys sold at 42 @ 45c. 
Since Christmas, speculators have se¬ 
cured for freezing a good many cars at 
44 @ 45c for young toms and 35c for 
old toms. All poultry declined after 
close of Christmas market, and prob¬ 
ably will not recover till after New 
Year’s. The receipts of fresh killed 
poultry continues heavy. Market is 
very weak for hard, coarse and poor 
quality stock, but fancy, soft-meated 
chickens sell well. Dressed geese are 
in good demand, but ducks have been 
rather slow. Although fowls are in 
liberal supply, they move well at steady 
prices. 
The receipts of live poultry have 
been extraordinarily heavy. The de¬ 
mand is good, but not sufficient to dis¬ 
pose of the supply at satisfactory 
prices. Fancy, heavy fowls have sold 
most easily. (See quotation in center 
of page.) 
Country Dressed Meats Hold Fairly 
Steady 
Although receipts of dressed calves 
'were light, they exceeded the demand 
last week and sold slowly. Wholesale 
prices were 1 cent per pound lower on 
all grades than a week previous. Per 
pound, choice, 17 @ 18c; good to prime, 
15 @ 16c;, nKedium„ 12 @ 14c; small, 
8@10c; with skins, 18 @ 24c. 
Dressed pigs found a fair demand at 
steady prices. Per pound, white, 
skinned, roasting, 10 to 15 pounds, 30c; 
16 to 40 pounds, 20 @ 23c; 40 to 60 
pounds, 15 @ 16c. 
Live Stock—The market steady on 
all kinds of live stock last week, and 
prices were practically unchanged f/om 
previous week. 
Hay Market Dull After Christmas 
Spurt 
The advance in hay prices just be¬ 
fore Christmas did not continue, and 
on December 27 the market was dull, 
with prices barely steady. Owing to 
heavier supplies, Brooklyn prices were 
about $1 per ton lower than at 33rd 
Street. Prices on December 27 were 
practically the same as a week before. 
The new Federal hay grades will be 
used exclusively in the New York mar¬ 
ket after January 1. It would be well 
for every hay shipper to write to the 
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco¬ 
nomics, Washington, D. C., and secure 
a copy of them. 
Feed Market Inactive 
The Buffalo feed market was quiet 
and inactive after holiday recess, pi’ev- 
ious quotations ruling. Corn declined 
1 cent per bushel. 
Prices quoted by State Department 
of Farms and Markets December 27 
on carlots f. o. b, Buffalo, 100-pound 
sacks, per ton, follow: Gluten feed, 
$44-25 @ 45; cottonseed meal, 36 per 
cent, $49.50 @ 50; cottonseed meal, 43 
per cent, $54.75 @ 55.25; oil meal, 33 
to 34 per cent, local billed, $54 @ 54.50; 
dried brewer’s grains, $49 @ 50; stand¬ 
ard spring bran, $32.30 @ 32!80; hard 
winter bran, $33.25 @ 33.80; standard 
spring middlings, $31.55@32.05; choice 
flour middlings, $35.50 @36; white 
hominy, $36.30 @ 36.80. 
Grain—The following were cash grain 
quotations per bushel at New York 
the last week in December: No. 2 red 
wheat, $1.41; No. 2 hard winter, $1.41; 
No. 2 yellow corn, 91c; No. 2 mixed, 
90%c; No. 2 white oats, 56c; No. 3 
white oats, 55c; barley for malting, 
82 @ 84c; i-ye for export, $1.05. At Chi¬ 
cago: No. 2 red wheat sold at $1.32^4 
@1.34; No. 2 hard winter, $1.27%; 
No. 2 white corn, 74 @ 74%c; No. 2 
yellow corn, 74 @ 74%c; No. 2 white 
oats, 45% @46c; No. 3 wheat, 43% @ 
44%c; barley, 64 @ 72c; rye, 9i%c. 
Grain prices, Buffalo, per bushel: No. 
2 yellow corn, new, 84%c; No. 3 yellow 
corn, new, 83%c; No. 2 white oats, 
new, 53c; No. 3 white oats, 51c. 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers hold on December 27: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
Hennery, whites, extra lancy. 
Extra first 
Firsts . 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts. 
Lower grades. 
Hennery browns, extra fancy. 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extra fancy. 
Extra first. 
Pullets. 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score. 
Extra (92 score). 
State dairy (salted), fine to fancy. 
Good to prime. 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) 
Timothy No. 2. 
Timothy No. 3. 
Shipping hay. 
Fancy light clover mixed 
Oat straw No. 1. 
Rye straw No. i. 
Live Poultry> Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. . . . 
Fowls, leghorns, fancy, heavy. 
Chickens, colored, fancy, heavy. 
Roosters. 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 
Bulls, common to good. 
Lambs, common to good. 
Sheep, common to good ewes. 
Hogs, Yorkers . .. 
New York 
60@62 
56@58 
51@54 
50@51 
48@50 
52@55 
50@54 
49@51 
44@46 ■ 
54 
62@53 
44@47 
$24@25 
21@23 
18@20 
24@25 
24@25 
Buffalo 
5'6@58 
60@52 
'52@55 
5S@59 
54@55 
49@53 
$19@20 
21@25 
24@25 
18@19 
16@20 
19@20 
23@25 
17@18 
13% @15 1/3 
4@5%' 
12@14 
4y2@5 1/2 
14%@16 
181 / 2 ® 16 
6@7y2 
6y2@7 
8 % @ 91/3 
9 
Phila. 
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$20@21 
17@19 
13@14 
19@20 
12.50@13 
25@27 
19@22 
23@24 
16@17 
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