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American Agriculturist, May 5,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
HAY-PEEMIT SYSTEM ABUSED 
A ttention has frequently been 
. called on this page to the abuses 
that were possible in the administra¬ 
tion of the permit system that has been 
used by the railroads for controlling 
hay shipments to the New York City 
market. Under this system the rail¬ 
roads, particularly the New York Cen¬ 
tral, have issued quantities of permits 
to receivers of hay in the market pro¬ 
portionally, supposedly, to the amount 
of business these receivers did, and 
these permits were then forwarded to 
the shippers. They were used quite 
generally by receivers as a means of 
soliciting business for themselves, it 
being impossible for shippers to send 
hay here on consignment without hav¬ 
ing such a permit. 
A few weeks ago, when the New York 
Central ceased to issue any more per¬ 
mits because of congestion, the hay 
shipments continued to come in with 
very little difference. Complaints were 
made to the New York Central, and 
an investigation revealed that permits 
issued as far back as early in 1922 had 
been altered and used for present ship¬ 
ments. 
As a result of the discovery of this 
condition, a conference was held this 
week between the receivers and repre¬ 
sentatives of the N. Y. C. R. R., at 
which the railroad agreed to begin a 
new system of issuing permits in May. 
This new plan involves the issue of a 
certain number of permits to each re¬ 
ceiver, probably on the 1st and 15th of 
each month, these permits to have time 
limits of fifteen days. There will he 
a system of checking to prevent dupli¬ 
cation or other misuse. 
This may be an improvement over the 
old system, but it will still permit of 
favoritism and a great amount of abuse, 
and makes it practically impossible for 
any independent shipper who is not 
working with an established receiver 
here to send hay into this market. In 
our judgment the hay producers and 
shippers should protest against the 
continuance of the permit system at all. 
The local hay market dragged along 
last week, and prices tended lower on 
medium and low-grade hay. A ship¬ 
ment of two river barges arrived early 
last week containing chiefiy lower 
grades. It is reported that there is 
a large quantity of hay on hand at 
country points and an abundance of 
Canadian hay, which would be sent here 
at the first opportunity. 
Rye straw continues scarce, selling 
generally at $32 per ion for either 
State or Jersey. 
POTATO MARKET WEAK 
Heavy arrivals of old potatoes in 
New York City yards, over 300 cars, 
and a good supply of new have made 
prices react sharply. Warmer weather 
has a tendency to slow up the trading. 
States are offered in car lots, deliv¬ 
ered not freely at prices ranging from 
$3 @ $3.50 per 150-lb. sack; Idahos 
at $2 cwt. in uneven-weight sacks; Wis¬ 
consin round whites at $2.80 per 150- 
lb ssck 
Maine's in the yards are selling from 
$4.50 @ $5 per 180 lbs. bulk; Long 
Islands, same amount, $6; States, $2.75 
@ $3.50 per 150-lb. sack. Floridas on 
the piers are selling at $9 @ $10 bbl. 
Many buyers will feel inclined to 
favor new potatoes if the arrivals con¬ 
tinue to increase. 
The Crop Reporting Board of the 
United States Bureau of Markets esti¬ 
mates that the planting of Irish pota¬ 
toes this year will be 90.9 per cent, and 
will be 99.6 per cent of the average 
annual acreage in the last five years. 
The decreases in planting are noted in 
Maine, New Jersey, South Dakota, Ne¬ 
braska, New York, Wisconsin, Virginia, 
Michigan, Colorado, North Dakota, and 
Idaho. 
EGG SUPPLIES INCREASING 
The more seasonable weather has 
brought a larger production of eggs, 
and the movement to the large markets 
is steadily increasing. There was a 
much heavier supply of average qual-, 
ity near-by eggs in the New York mar¬ 
ket last week, and there were liberal 
offerings at 29 @ 31c. Fancy near-by 
hennery white and brown eggs were 
relatively scarce, however, and the mar¬ 
ket was steady for them. Prices in 
general showed very little change dur¬ 
ing the week, but a considerable pro¬ 
portion of average quality eggs were 
probably sold at prices somewhat be¬ 
low quotations. 
The movement into cold storage has 
increased, but the supplies are still 
much shorter than last year. Buying 
for storage purposes was not as brisk 
last week as the week previous. Many 
operators held off expecting lower prices 
in May. 
GOOD DEMAND POR BROILERS 
Receipts of spring broilers were light 
last week, and the demand for them 
continued very active. Prices continued 
at previous levels, the best colored 
stock bringing 65c. each and leghorn 
broilers 55c. Some leghorn broilers 
of lighter weights sold at 40c. and col¬ 
ored at 60c. With larger receipts these 
prices would probably decline some¬ 
what, but the condition of the market 
is very good. 
The market for fowls was quite ir¬ 
regular last week, and all sales were 
not made at the publicly quoted prices. 
The demand is chiefiy for fairly light 
stock, and,express shipments of light 
fowls sold at 29c., with the heavier at 
28c. per lb. 
BUTTER CONTINUES LOWER 
Wholesale butter prices continued to 
decline last week and were on April 26 
2%c. per lb. lower on all grades of 
creamery. Creamery extras, 92 score, 
were quoted April 26 at 42c., compared 
with 44 %c. a week previous. It is the 
opinion of the New York wholesale 
trade that prices are still several points 
above the level at which it is practical 
to put much butter into cold storage. 
It is expected that another week or 
two will pass before still larger pro¬ 
duction results from turning stock on 
to pastures, and large storage move¬ 
ment will begin. 
Last week the movement out of stor¬ 
age at New York exceeded the move¬ 
ment into storage. The amount on 
hand in cold storage in four large 
markets April 26 was only 1,379,908 
lbs. compared with 2,420,816 at this 
time last year. The receipts of butter 
at New York last week were only 500 
lbs. in excess of the week previous, and 
were 7,000 lbs. below the receipts in 
the same period last year. 
The Boston and New York markets 
were about the same in price last week, 
but Philadelphia was about %c. lower 
at the end of the week, and Chicago 2c. 
lower. A number of fairly large sales 
of creamery extras for June delivery 
have been renorted at prices ranging 
from 391/4 to 11c. per lb. Undoubtedly 
the prices this summer will be higher 
than last year, and the indication is 
that the large purchases for storage 
will be around 38 @ 39c. seaboard. 
CHEESE MARKET STEADY 
The wholesale cheese market was 
firm last week. Prices on State whole 
milk, held; flats, average run, held 
steady at 27% @ 28c. lb., and fresh 
flats, average run, sold %c. higher. 
Storage stocks in the four large mar¬ 
kets, April 26, amounted to 4,616,551 
lbs., compared with 3,889,618 lbs., at 
this time last year. Receipts at New 
York last week were over 60,000 lbs. 
in excess of the previous week. 
Production in Wisconsin is still run¬ 
ning slightly ahead of last year, the 
increase being estimated at about 8 
to 10 per cent. It is reported that 
many more up-State factories have 
contracted their entire output for the 
season, and the shipments of uncon¬ 
tracted State cheese to New York will 
be very small. 
HONEY PRICES FIRM 
The New York market on honey last 
week was rather quiet and trading 
principally in small job lots, but prices 
were firm due to a very light supply of 
domestic honey and still lighter supply 
of foreign goods. New York comb 
buckwheat remained steady at $3 @ $4 
per crate and extracted at about 9 @ 
10c. per lb. Clover in the comb per 
case $3.50 @$4.50, extracted per lb. 
9% @ 10 %c. 
MAPLE PRODUCTS HIGHER 
The high price of sugar may tend to 
help the market for maple sugar and 
maple syrup. The bulk of the sale of 
blended syrups comes in the fall but 
since the prospect is for even higher 
prices of cane sugar in the fall, it is 
possible that the demand for maple 
sugar at better prices than last year 
will be active before then. 
Farm packed pure maple syrup of 
irregular quality is quoted at New 
York at $2 per gallon and maple sugar 
at 25 @ 30c. lb. The best graded uni¬ 
form quality No. 1 syrup from both 
Vermont and N. Y. State is selling in a 
limited way in gallon tins at higher 
than $2 per gal. wholesale. No firm 
price yet established on Vermont sugar. 
I 
LIVE CALF MARKET STEADY 
Although very heavy receipts of live 
calves at New York on Monday, April 
23, caused a sharp break in the mar¬ 
ket, the receipts were very much lighter 
the rest of the week, and the market 
tended to be generally steady. Prime 
live veal calves sold per 100 lbs., April 
26, at $11.75 @ $12; fair to good, $10.50 
@ $11.50; common to medium, $7.50 @ 
$10.50; and culls, $6 @ $7. Quality 
had to be choice to command the out¬ 
side figures. At the end of last week 
there were no live sheep and lambs on 
the commission market, all consign¬ 
ments being direct. The tone appeared 
to be steady to firm. Spring lambs, if 
prime, would bring about $19 @ $20. 
DRESSED VEALS LOWER 
Country dressed veal calves declined 
considerably last week, choice bring¬ 
ing on April 26 only 14c. per lb., com¬ 
pared with 16 (5) 17c. last week; good 
to prime on April 26, 11 @ 13c.; poor 
to fair, 8 @ 10c., common, 4 @ 7c. All 
these prices are considerably below last 
week. There is a shortage of really 
choice and fancy veals, but an abun¬ 
dant supply of ordinary quality dressed 
lambs were fairly plentiful last week 
and in good demand when of desirable 
weight. Prices, April 26, for poor to 
good country dressed lambs were $3 @ 
$9 per carcass; choice hothouse, $10 
@ $ 11 . 
WHEAT-FEED TRADE BRISK 
Lighter offerings and brisk demand 
brought higher prices on wheat feeds 
last week. Trading in other feeds was 
quiet. Buffalo market prices, April 26, 
on carlots, Buffalo rate basis in 100- 
lb. sacks, sight draft, were as follows, 
per ton: 
Gluten feed, $39.55 : Cottonseed meal, 36%, 
$47.25; Cottonseed meal, 43%, $53.25; Oil 
meal, $43 ; Dried brewers grains, $34; Stand¬ 
ard spring bran, $35.25 ; Hard winter bran, 
$35.76; Standard spring middlings, $34.75; 
Choice flour middlings, $37; White hominy, 
$34.80. 
Corn advanced one-half cent per bushel. No. 
2 yellow corn sold per bushel at 95c; No. 2 
white oats, 53%c; Barley, feed, 73@77c; 
No. 2 rye, 95c. 
CASH GRAINS IN NEW YORK 
Cash grain quotations at New York, 
April 26, were as follows: 
Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.52 ; No. 2 Hard winter, 
$1.41% ; Corn, No. 2 yellow, $1.02% ; No. 2 
mixed, $1.02; Oats, No. 2 white, 57c; No. 3 
white, 55%c; Rye, c. i. f. export, 96%c 
Chicago — Wheat, No. 2 hard, $1.28 ; Corn, 
No. 2 white, 84%@84%c; No. 2 yellow. 
85@85%c; Oats, No. 2 white, 47@47%c: 
No. 3 white, 46%@46%c; Rye, 87%c; Barley, 
65@70c. 
WANTED 
If you have HAY and STRAW to sell 
write us for quotations and free Book¬ 
let “How to market Hay and Straw.” 
JOHN E. MURRAY, Inc. 
1658 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. 
WANTED FRESH 
Brown and White Eggs 
Also- Duck Eggs 
GEO. M. RITTENHOUSE & CO. 
23 and 25 Jay Street, New York 
Established 1867 
Spring Egg Season 
Means Plentiful Production 
-SHIP TO- 
TAUBER BROS. 
140 READE STREET NEW YORK CITY 
EGGS WANTED 
Well-packed, evenly graded. Whites and Browns 
bring highest prices 
LEWIS & SANDBANK 
Bonded Commission Merchants 
152 Reade St., New York 
REFS. GREENWICH BANK: COM. AGENCIES 
SHIP to the right house 
M. ROTH & CO. 
321 Greenwich St.—N. Y. C. |L* 
Write for shipping Tags 
SHIP YOUR EGGS 
WHITE AND BROWN 
To R. BRENNER & SONS 
Bonded Commission Merchants 
358 Greenwich St., New York City 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on April 26: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
New .Jersey hennery whites uncandled, extras. 
Other hennery whites, extras. 
Extra firsts. 
Firsts. 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts. 
Lower grades. 
Hennery browns, extras.. 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extras..,. 
Pullets No. 1. 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score. 
Extra (92 score). 
State dairy (salted), finest.. 
Good to prime. 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) 
Timothy No. 2. 
Timothy No. 3 . .. 
Timothy Sample. 
Fancy light clover mixed 
Alfalfa, second cutting.. 
Oat straw No. 1. 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 
Fowls, leghorns and poor... 
Chickens, leghorns. 
Roosters.t. 
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 
38 @39% 
35 @36 
32% @34 
30 @32 
30 @34 
28 @29 
33 @35 
29 @32 
25 @27 
42% @43 
42 
41% @42 
40% @41 
U. S. Grades 
$23@25 
21 @23 
14 @17 
24 @25 
27 @ 29 
13 @14 
28 
Buffalo 
30 @31 
29 @30 
46@47 
44@45 
42 @43 
35@41 
Phila. 
28% 
26% 
41 
Old Grade Standards 
$20 @21 $21 @22 
. 18 @19 
22 @24 
16 
10@11 
4@5 
9 @ 12 % 
3% @5% 
8% @9 
25@26 
23 @24 
i7@i8 
9@11 
4% @5% 
12 
6 % @ 7 % 
8 % @ 8 % 
21 @22 
15%@i6 
29@30 
26@27 
19 @20 
