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American Agriculturist, June 2,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
PEEPAY EXPRESS TO AVOID 
OVERCHARGE 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
S hippers of eggs to the New York 
market never cease to have trouble 
with express overcharges. Most ship¬ 
ments are sent express collect. The 
commission merchant or buyer pays the 
express and deducts it from the re¬ 
turn. In. the hurry of making deliv¬ 
eries, the express agents seem to find 
it difficult to make out accurate 
charges. The wholesale receiver has 
neither time nor • facilities to check up 
the accuracy of the charges. When 
the shipper gets his account of sales, 
which he should always examine care¬ 
fully, he may find an overcharge of 
several cents, or much more. 
One man, I know, shipped early 
broilers to New York from a distance 
and on investigation discovered he was 
overcharged nearly $1€ on one lot of 
coops. 
While overcharging is mere cai'eless- 
ness, the mistake most frequently seems 
to be made on the safe side for the 
express company. The surest remedy 
is to learn the correct tariff, weigh the 
case yourself and prepay the charges. 
Be sure the local agent puts the pre¬ 
paid label on the case. When you 
notify the receiver that the shipment 
has l^en sent, state that it is “express 
prepaid.” Your receipt from the ex¬ 
press company will enable you to sub¬ 
stantiate any claim for loss from care¬ 
less handling in transit. The shippers 
who are doing this, find it completely 
eliminates difficulties with overcharges. 
EGGS MOVING SLOWLY 
Receipts of nearby white eggs con¬ 
tinue considerably in excess of the de¬ 
mand for current consumption, and 
the market for them has been quite un¬ 
satisfactory. Receivers are compelled 
to move out job lots of 100 cases, or 
more, at even prices to prevent accu¬ 
mulations, in which there may be some 
good and some poor eggs. The quality 
of the general receipts is very irregu¬ 
lar. A small proportion of the best 
nearby whites sold at 32 to 33c, occa¬ 
sionally as high as 35c, but the bulk of 
them sold at 28 to 31c. Even fancy 
New Jersey hennery whites moved 
slowly with a top price of 40c. 
The supply of fancy, large size, hen¬ 
nery brown eggs, with dark brown 
shell and light yolks, was light, and 
the market for them advanced. N. J. 
hennery browns brought 36 @ 37c, and 
other nearby browns, extras, 33 @ 35c. 
Pacific Coast whites were in heavier 
supply and dull and weak. Surplus 
had to be stored. Fancy Petaluma 
packings offered at 37c doz. 
Total receipts of eggs at New York 
since January 1 were on May 23 only 
3,598,574 cases, compared with 3,647,- 
740 to same date last year. The 
amount on hand in storage on that 
date was 1,137,347 cases, compared 
with 1,241,311 cases same date in 1922. 
It should be remembered that last year 
there was such a surplus in storage 
that a great deal of money was lost by 
the storers. 
HOLIDAY MARKET FOR BROILERS 
After Memorial Day, the next best 
market time for live broilers is preced¬ 
ing July 4. Shippers should plan to 
get their broilers to market by June 29 
this year for the July 4 trade. If you 
have no coops for shipping don’t wait 
till the last ten days to write for them. 
It often takes two weeks to get them. 
There is strong demand for really 
fancy live broilers, especially those 
weighing over 1J4 lbs. Wholesale prices' 
May 24 follow: Broilers, colored, 
large, 55c; colored, small, 50c; broilers. 
White Leghorn, fancy, large, 45 @ 50c; 
broilers. White Leghorn, small to me¬ 
dium, 25 @ 40c. 
CHEESE MARKET FIRM 
With a good demand for cheese, the 
market is more in the seller’s favor, 
which trend is partly due to the cold 
weather. Dealers, therefore, are in a 
better position and are inclined to hold. 
Because of the light stocks in reserve, 
buyers are forced to take hold at pre¬ 
vailing prices. 
In some circles it is felt that there 
is an increased consumption of cheese. 
due to the general improvement in 
business conditions. 
Prices ranged from 28 to 2914c on 
average run and fancys. State whole 
milk flats, average run, were quoted 
28 @ 281/40. 
BUTTER MARKET EASIER 
This season of the year brings but¬ 
ter into the market with a decided 
grass flavor and with inferior quality, 
together with heavier receipts, the tone 
is easy. Buyers are not anxious to 
take hold except for immediate needs. 
The receipts from Denmark will 
probably total during May over 800,000 
lbs. 
Creamery extras (92 score) sold 
from 41 to 4 IV 2 C lb.; June extras, 
391/20. 
WOOL STILL FIRM 
The Boston and New York markets 
are still firm for better grades of wool, 
with a little weakening on certain cross¬ 
breds. There is less Western trading. 
Yorkers, $8.35 @ 8.50 cwt., a few at 
$8.60; medium to lightweight pigs, 
$8.30 @ 8.50; heavies, $8 @8.40, and 
roughs, $6 @ 6.40. 
DRESSED CALVES INACTIVE 
There was a limited supply of coun¬ 
try-dressed calves, but with a quiet 
and less active market prices were 
barely maintained. For the best veals 
there was better demand and the tone 
firmer. Wholesale prices. May 23, per 
100 lbs., country-dressed veal calves, 
prime, $15 @ 17'; fair to good, $1^ @ 
14; small and common, $11 @ 13. 
Choice dressed lambs sold well, but 
poor quality received practically no at¬ 
tention; $10 was top. 
NEW POTATOES LOWER 
South Carolina potatoes are coming 
into New York City more freely from 
20 to 30. cars a day. Considering the 
lateness of the season, they will soon 
occupy most of the attention. Floridas 
sold on the docks from $6.50 to $7.50 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on May 24: 
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 frowns, 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. 
New York Buffalo Phila. 
37@40 . . 
36@37 ...... . 
32@33 29@30 29 
29@31 . 27 
29@33 . . 
2714 @28 . 
33@3.') . . 
29@31 28@29 . 
28@29 . 
41 44@45 . 
401/2 42@43 42 
40 40@41 . 
39@39y2 32@39 • . 
U. S. Grades Old Grade Standards 
$22®24 $20@21 $21@22 
19@20 . 19@20 
11@10 . 
24 . 21@22 
27@29 . 
10 . 15.50@16 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 30 
Fowls, leghorns and poor. . 
Chickens, leghorns. . 
Roosters. 16 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 
Bulls, common to good. 4@4% 
Lambs, common to good.. 
Sheep, common to good ewes. 3i/^@5i/h 
Hogs, Yorkers. 8 %@ 8?4 
26@28 30@31 
24@25 . 
. 26<g'27 
17@18 16@17 
Large buyers think growers are asking 
too high prices and are refusing to buy. 
Last week’s wholesale quotations 
follow: 
Domestic fleece, unwashed, Ohio and 
Pennsylvania, per lb. Fine Delaine 57 
@60c; XX 52 @ 54c.; Half blood 55 
@ 56c; % blood 52 @ 53c; 14 blood 50 
@ 51c. 
Territory, clean basis, fine, fine medi¬ 
um, staple $1.45 @ 1.50; fine, fine 
medium, clothing $1.35 @ 1.40; Half 
blood staple $1.32 @ 1.35; % blood 
$1.05 @1.10; 14 blood 96c @ $1. 
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace 
has approved of the official standards 
for grades of wool to become effective 
July 1, 1923. The standards provide 
for seven grades: fine, V 2 blood, % 
blood, 14 blood, low 14 blood common 
and braid. These standards are estab¬ 
lished as the result of investigations 
carried on over several years by the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture. 
STEADY PRICES FOR LAMBS 
Live sheep and lambs were steady 
last week. Demand was less active, 
but supplies were light. Both South¬ 
ern and State “springers,” as the out¬ 
door real spring lambs are called, sold 
at $17 to $17.75 per cwt. Common 
stock from other sections sold May 24 
at around $16 @$16.50; prime State 
clipped, $14.50 @ 15.75; common to 
good State, clipped, $10 @ 14. Sheep 
sold as follows : Choice ewes, $6 @ 
7.50; choice, clipped, $8; common to 
good, $3 @ 5; culls, $3 @ 4. 
With moderate receipts and active 
demand, live calves sold fairly readily 
in spite of restricted business early last 
week on account of Jewish holidays. 
Prime stock brought $13 to $13.25 cwt. 
Hogs, arriving chiefly on direct ship¬ 
ment to packers, were quoted May 24: 
bbl. South Carolina cobblers sold from 
$6 to $7, a few higher. 
Old potatoes are still coming in, but 
only about 25 per cent of all carlots are 
from Northern sectioiis. The demand 
is light and the market dull. States 
sold from $2 to $2.50 per 160-lb. sack. 
BUFFALO FEED PRICES EASY 
Due to liberal offerings, spring bran 
receded 50c and Winter bran $1. The 
demand is quiet and market easy. Quo¬ 
tations on carlots, Buffalo rate basis in 
100-lb. sacks per ton on May 23, were: 
Gluten feed, $41.05; cottonseed meal, 
$45.30: oil meal, $40.50 ; standard spring 
bran, $32; hard winter bran, $32; standard 
spring middlings, $34.50: choice flour mid¬ 
dlings, $37: white hominy, $36.55 ; No. 2 
yellow corn, per bushel, 92c ; No. 2 white oats 
per bushel, 50 14 ; No. 3 white oats, per bushel, 
491 / 20 . 
NEW YORK CASH GRAINS 
Cash grain quotations May 23 at 
New York were: 
Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.50% : No 2 hard 
winter, $1.34%; No. 2 mixed durum, 
$1.29; corn. No. 2 yellow, $1.00%; No. 2 
mixed, $1; No. 2 white, $ 1 , 001/2 ; oats. No. 
2 white, 56c; No. 3 white, 54% @ 55c; rye, 
89c. 
Chicago ; No. 2 hard winter, wheat, $1.30 ; 
corn, No. 2 White, 82 @82%; No. 2 yellow, 
82%@82%c; oats. No. 2 white, 45 % @ 
45%c; No. 3 white, 44% @45%; barley, 
70 @ 72e. 
HAY MARKET SLIGHTLY BETTER 
Although the New York hay market 
continued weak, there was a slightly 
better feeling toward the end of last 
week, resulting from the gradual clean¬ 
ing up of accumulations of undergrades 
of hay. Receipts were a little lower 
than the week previous but trade was 
very dull. Surplus of poor quality hay 
hurts the whole market. 
The Hudson River boats have had 
difficulty in getting loads, due it is said. 
to larger local demand where railroad 
construction work is going on. There 
is no demand for clover mixed hay e.x- 
cept fancy light clover mixed. Follow¬ 
ing prices per ton, based on U. S. 
Grades for May 24: 
Timothy No. 2- $22 @ 24 ; No. 3 $19 @ 20 ; 
No. 4 $17 @18 ; sample, $11 @ 16 ; fancy light 
clover mixed. No. 1 $24 ; No. 2 $22 @ 23 ; No. 
3 $19 @20; mixed grade. No. 1 $22 @23; 
No. 2 $20 @ 21. 
MAPLE SYRUP LOWER 
Larger offerings of new crop maple 
syrup in the wholesale commission 
houses made prices lower last week. 
Pure maple syrup in gallon tins of 
irregular quality sold at $1.75 to $1.90 
per gallon. Some farmers accepted as 
low as $1.60 per gallon for small lots of 
fairly good syrup. Fancy No. 1 New 
York State syrup cooperatively packed 
sold at $2.35 per gallon wholesale. 
Dark maple sugar, bulk lots, at 20 to 
25c per lb. depending on quality, and 
pound cakes of medium or light sugar 
are quoted at the same price. 
HONEY MARKET DULL 
There is practically no market in 
New York at present for comb honey. 
Extracted in 60 lb. cans has some out¬ 
let among jobbers supplying bakers, 
confectioners and restaurants. Re¬ 
ceipts of foreign honey light but de¬ 
mand is too slow to make an active 
market. Dealers who specialize in honey 
are well stocked. The following quoted 
prices are more or less nominal: Comb, 
clover, case $3.50 @$4; Extracted, 
clover 9 V 2 @ lO^/^c lb.; Buckwheat 9 @ 
10c lb.; mixed or irregular flavors 714 
@ 8%c lb. 
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