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American Agriculturist, May 19,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
BKOILER MARKET GOOD 
HERSCHEL H. JONES . 
T he demand continues active for 
spring broilers especially express 
shipments from nearby sections. There 
is an increasing proportion of broilers 
among the freight shipments of live 
poultry from the West, but the total 
supplies have not been so far in excess 
of demand. The fanciest large colored 
live broilers still bring 60c; average 
colored, 50 @ 55c; White Leghorn, 
large, 50c; white leghorn, average 40 
@ 45c. 
The demand for broilers for the 
Memorial Day holiday will be greater 
as this is one of the best periods of the 
year for marketing broilers. The 
small size broilers of 1 lb. and under 
sell at a decided discount and are in 
limited demand. The choice being for 
fancy large stock of 2 lbs. and over 
each. 
There is little demand at present for 
heavy fowls. Ducks and geese are 
neglected except the Long Island spring 
ducks which have been selling in large 
quantities at 29 to 30c. 
EGG MARKET WEAKER 
Although top quotations for extra 
fancy hennery white eggs were about 
the same on Thursday of last week the 
general condition of the market, espe¬ 
cially on average quality of nearby eggs 
was weaker. The supply of nearby 
white eggs was very plentiful and they 
moved slowly. The bulk of the nearby 
eggs sold at prices ranging from 30 
to 33c with probably a larger propor¬ 
tion at around 30 @ 31c. Even at 
these prices trading was not particu¬ 
larly active. 
Many egg shippers have asked the 
question recently as to why their returns 
are much lower than quotations, also as 
to why the New Jersey hennery white 
eggs would be quoted so much higher 
than other nearby hennery whites. 
This situation is due to the fact that a 
certain limited fastidious trade is 
willing to pay higher prices for their 
regular supply of fancy, selected eggs 
which they can buy without shopping 
around and taking any risk as to 
quality. The New Jersey exti’as bring 
higher prices because the eggs covered 
by the top quotation are selected to a 
uniform large size, perfect cleanliness, 
chalk white color, new laid quality and 
light colored yolks. Furthermore these 
eggs are in the market in sufficient 
quantities to provide a continuous 
source of supply under brands of reli¬ 
able character all during the year and 
dealers become familiar with them and 
can fill their needs without spending 
time in picking out cases here and there 
around in the market. 
Most of the nearby white eggs reach 
the market in small lots of irregular 
quality and lacking in the careful 
selection required by the more particu¬ 
lar buyers. Even occasional lots that 
are of exceptional quality are not of 
this quality and are not on the market 
continuously. 
When the market is heavily supplied 
with irregular qualities of eggs as at 
present, dealers must find other outlets 
than their regular trade for immediate 
consumption and whenever it becomes 
necessary to sell to buyers who candle 
and repack for storage, concessions 
must be made to make it worth while 
for the speculative buyer. Such buyers 
will buy in lots of 100 or 200 at a time 
at a round price which may be more 
than the value of some of the eggs and 
less than the value of others. 
The highest prices are paid only for 
eggs which are very closely selected 
out of fairly large production and this 
selection involves expense in both 
labor and rejections. Quotations at 
best are merely an attempt to repre¬ 
sent the market and report on a gen¬ 
eral way in which sales are made. 
The fact that eggs of a given quality 
are quoted at a given price does not 
mean that they can on that day be 
sold in unlimited quantities at that 
price. 
Buyers for storage are much more 
conservative this year than last, be¬ 
cause of the heavy loss last year due 
to the excess supplies in storage. It is 
to be expected that the quantities of 
eggs put into storage this year will be 
less than last year unless prices drop 
to very much lower level. On May 10, 
there were reported on hand in the 
four largest markets of the country 
2,023,240 of eggs compared with 2,835,- 
961 at this time last year. The total 
receipts of eggs at New York last week 
were approximately the same as the 
previous week and considerable in 
excess of the receipts in the corres¬ 
ponding week last year. 
BUTTER MARKET STRONGER 
Creamery butter advanced still high¬ 
er last week by %c on high score and 
^c on extras, 92 score. The receipts 
up to and including Thursday last 
week were about 5,00^0 packages short 
of the previous week which reduced 
the supply below the consumptive re¬ 
quirements and made it necessary to 
draw on the very moderate reserve 
stocks. This caused a very active and 
strong market for all fresh receipts 
with trading mostly at 44c per lb. for 
creamery extras and a few favorite 
brands selling at a fraction above 44c. 
Continued cold weather has delayed 
expected increase in butter production. 
Shipments are coming in from the 
West by express and two cars of Can¬ 
adian were due the end of the week. 
Some additional Danish butter is ex¬ 
pected this week. In general it may be 
said that the butter market is in a 
very healthy condition and promises 
to continue so. There was an extreme 
shortage of unsalted butter last week 
and premiums as high as 6 (a) 7c above 
quotations were paid in some instances. 
CHEESE PRICES STEADY 
In spite of an increase in receipts of 
cheese last week, the prices continued 
steady, with an average run: State 
whole milk flats, fresh, selling at 22c 
per lb. A considerable increase in pro¬ 
duction last week was reported in 
Wisconsin and it is expected that Wis¬ 
consin primary market prices will de¬ 
cline somewhat in the next few days. 
The cold storage season has hardly 
begun as yet and the market continues 
in very healthy condition. 
DRIED APPLES NOT ACTIVE 
There is practically no market for 
dried apples at New York just now. 
Prime apples for early shipment are 
being held, up-State at about 914 to 
914 c lb. f. o. b. Prices quoted New 
York: Prime, 914 @ lO^Ac; choice, 
10% @ 1114c; fancy, 11% @ 1214c lb. 
POTATO MARKET QUIET 
Receipts of old potatoes in the New 
York freight yards were relatively 
light last week, but the demand fell off 
considerably. Consequently prices were 
low and the movement dull. States 
sold at from $2.75 per 150-lb. sack for 
the best, to as low as $2 for poorest 
in the wholesale markets. 
Because of the inferior quality of 
most old potatoes, the buyers are turn¬ 
ing their attention to new and these are 
selling from $7 to $7.25 per bbl. on 
the dock. 
Potatoes from the West are coming 
in sprouted, spongy and some are 
showing rot. Stock of this kind has a 
bad effect on prices and tends to keep 
them low. Furthermore, the stock in 
storage is larger than at any time this 
season. 
The total carlot shipments of the 
1922 crop up to May 5 were 234,279 
cars, compared with total of 226,651 up 
to May 6 last year, and a total of 238,- 
288 for all of last season. Apparently 
the carlot shipments by the end of this 
season will exceed by quite a large 
figure the total shipments of last year. 
HAY PRICES STEADY 
Top grades of hay in the New York 
markets held steady last week, but 
toward the close of the week there was 
a tendency toward lower prices. 
Staples were buying only from hand 
to mouth. Shipments were increasing 
as a result of issuing of new permits, 
but no hay was received by boat. 
Prices at Brooklyn terminals were $1 
lower than at Manhattan on top 
grades and $2 lower per ton on lower 
grades. 
LIVE CALVES ADVANCE 
At the end of last week there was a 
stronger demand for live calves and 
the wholesale price advanced $1 per 
cwt., making the top quotations on 
prime veal, live, $13.50. Medium to 
good sold at 8 to 11c and culls 6 to 8c 
per lb. The market was stronger for 
lambs. State spring lambs of best qual¬ 
ity bringing 14 to 17c per lb.; medium 
to good, clipped, 11 to 14c; fair, 10c, 
and culls, 8 to 10c. Hogs were weak, 
Yorkers selling $8.50 to $8.80 on 
May 11. 
DRESSED CALVES DULL 
Trade was slow on country dressed 
calves last week and prices were barely 
steady, except for finest veals which 
are scarce and sell readily. Wholesale 
prices of dressed calves during the 
week held at around the following per 
lb.; choice, 16 @ 17c, prime, 13 @ 15c, 
good, 10 @ 12c, common, 6 @ 9c. Very 
few sales above 16c. 
Dressed lamb receipts were light and 
sold slowly at range of $3 @ $9 each, 
with a few heavy at $9.50 to $10.- 
Dressed sheep sold at a variety of 
prices not exceeding $4 each. 
MAPLE SYRUP SELLS SLOWLY 
In the New York. wholesale markets 
there was very little selling of maple 
syrup shipped on consignment last 
week. Prices on pure maple in gallon 
cans, wholesale, varied from $1.90 to 
$2.35, but trade quotation was $2 per 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on May 10: 
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. 
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@41 
35@36 
32@34 
30@31 
30@34 
28@29 
33@35 
29@32 
29@30 
4414@45 
44 
43^2 
9 @ 111/2 
4 @ 4% 
9 @12 
31/3@ 51/3 
8 @ 81/2 
Buffalo 
Phila. 
30@31 
29@30 
46@47 
44@45 
28% 
27 
44 
42% @43 
34@40 
U. S. Grades 
$23@26 
20@23 
13@16 
26@27 
27@29 
11 , 
Old Grade Standards 
$20@21 $21@22 
. 19@20 
21@22 
. 
15.50@16 
27@28 
22@24 
26@28 
24@25 
2S@29 
25@26 
16@1S 
14 
17@18 
9 @ 101/2 
4i/a@ 5% 
11 @13 i/j 
7 @ 8 
81/2@ 8% 
* 
gallon. Supply of maple sugar light, 
quoted in lb. cakes at 25 to 30c. Quan¬ 
tities of very dark poor-quality sugar 
from Vermont and Canada have been 
sold at around 20c lb. in blocks and 
sacks. Uniform quality dark sugar 
made from filtered syrup and not burnt 
will bring from 21 to 24c lb., depend¬ 
ing on volume of sales and purity. 
FURTHER DECLINE IN FEEDS 
With the exception of gluten feed, 
which advanced slightly, there were 
further declines in most feedstuffs last 
week. Trading was limited. Whole¬ 
sale quotations on carlots, in 100-lb. 
sacks, Buffalo rate basis, per ton on 
May 10, were: 
Gluten feed, $41,05; cottonseed meal, 
$44.80: oil meal, $39 ; standard spring bran, 
$34; hard winter bran, $34.60 ; standard 
spring middlings, $34.50; choice flour mid¬ 
dlings, $37; white hominy, $35.80. Peed 
grains per bushel. No. 2 yellow corn, 92c; 
No. 2 white oats, SSy^c; No. 3 white oats, 
51%c; barley feed, 74 @ 78c; No. 2 rye, 89c. 
CASH GRAINS AT NEW YORK 
Cash grain quotations May 11 at 
New York were as follows: 
Wheat, No. 2 $1.47; No. 2 hard winter, 
$1.33%: corn, No. 2 yellow, $1.00%; No. 2 
mixed, 99%; oats. No. 2 white, 55% @ 56c; 
No. 3 white, 54@54%c; rye, o. i. f. export, 
90c. 
Chicago-—^No. 2 white corn, 81i/4@81%c; 
No. 2 yellow corn, 82 @82 14 c; oats. No. 2 
white, 46% @ 47c; No. 3 white, 45% @ 47c: 
rye, 77%@77%c; barley, 65 @ 68c. 
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