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American Agriculturist, June 16,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
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NEARBY VEGETABLES MORE 
PLENTIFUL 
HEBSCHEL H. JONES 
S upplies of fresh, green vege¬ 
tables from Long Island and other 
nearby trucking sections are becom¬ 
ing increasingly plentiful in the New 
York farmers’ markets. Lettuce, ro- 
maine and spinach constitute the bulk 
of present offerings, but a variety of 
other vegetables are included. Follow¬ 
ing were the farmer’s market whole¬ 
sale prices on June 7: 
ASPARAGUS—Per dozen bunches, 
white, prime, best, $2.60 @ 2.75; fancy, 
few sales, $3; culls, $1 @ 1.25. BEETS 
—Per bunch, 7 @ 10c. BEET TOPS— 
Per crate (32 qts.), best, $1 @ 1.25; 
ordinary, 50 @ 75c. CARROTS-^Per 
bunch, 5 @ 6c; fancy, large, 7 @ 8c. 
DILL—Small, per bunch, 1 @ 114 c. 
KOHLRABI — Per bunch, 4 @ 6c; 
fancy, large, 6c. LEEKS—Per bunch, 
best, 2% @3c; fancy, large, 214 @4c; 
small, 2 (S) 214c. LETTUCE—Per slat 
barrel, best, $1.75 @2; fancy, $2.25 @ 
2.50; fair, $1.25 @ 1.50; crates(32 qts.), 
best, $1@1.25; fancy, $1.50; fair, 60 
@ 76c. ONIONS—Spring, per bunch, 
best, 214 @214c; fancy, young, 2% @ 
3c. PARSLEY—Per bunch, curly, 2 @ 
214c. RADISHES—Per bunch, 2 @ 
214c; fancy, 2% @3c; ordinary, 114c; 
white tip, 114 @ 2c; fancy, 214 @ 214c; 
white radishes, 2 @ 4c. RHUBARB— 
Per bunch, 2 @ 214 c; large, 2% @3c; 
fancy, few sales, 314 (S) 4c. ROMAINE 
—Per crate, best, $1; fancy, large, 
$1.25; small, 50 @ 75c; per slat barrel, 
$1.25 @1.50; fancy, large, $1.75 @2; 
ordinary, $1. SPINACH—Crates (32 
qts.), 50 @ 75c. SPROUTS—Per slat 
barrel, 75c @ $1. WHITE TURNIPS 
—Per bunch, 3 @ 4c; few sales, 5c. 
New Jersey lettuce in crates of 24 to 
30 heads sold at $1.25 to $2 per crate. 
The first shipment of lettuce from 
Chester, Orange County, N, Y., re¬ 
ceived by truck last week, was of ordi¬ 
nary quality, leafy and not well 
bleached. It sold at $1.50 per crate 
of'24. 
VEGETABLES IN BUFFALO 
Supplies of nearby grown new vege¬ 
tables in the Buffalo market are lim¬ 
ited chiefly to lettuce, green onions, 
radishes, rhubarb, spinach and aspara¬ 
gus. Mt. Morris asparagus sold there 
at $4 to $4.60 per doz. bunches and 
75c to $1 per bu. Homegrown red rad¬ 
ishes, 15 @ 20c per doz. bunches; rhu¬ 
barb, 26 @ 40c per doz. bunches; spin¬ 
ach, 40 @ 65c. bu. 
STATE BERRIES COMING IN 
Strawberries from Milton, N. Y., 
Ulster County and other nearby State 
sections first appeared ip the New York 
market last week. The first Ulster 
berries sold at 15 to 25c per qt. The 
first Long Island berries brought 22c 
per qt. Germantown berries are ex¬ 
pected about the middle of June. 
Warrn weather caused a wide range 
in quality of receipts, most of which 
came from New Jersey and Maryland. 
Poor berries sold as low as 8c per qt., 
but the market for fancy continued 
good at prices as high as 26 to 30c. 
NEW POTATOES IN DEMAND 
South Carolina continues to be the 
largest source for new potatoes, with 
over 150 cars being shipped daily to 
consuming centers throughout the coun¬ 
try. In New York City there is a good 
demand for carefully graded new pota¬ 
toes properly packed of the right qual¬ 
ity. Prices range from $5.50 to $6.50 
per bbl. for fancy cobblers, poorer $5 
down, depending upon their condition. 
WHITE EGG MARKET WEAK 
The receipts of nearby white eggs 
continued considerable in excess of ac¬ 
tive demand last week. There is much 
more than enough to supply current 
needs and a decrease in the willingness 
of dealers to purchase for storage pur¬ 
poses is evident. The average ordinary 
qualities of nearby eggs are moving 
very slowly, and dealers generally seem 
willing to accept relatively low prices. 
The greater part of the miscellaneous 
receipts of small shipments were of¬ 
fered at a range of 28 to 32c, and the 
tendency toward the end of the week 
was for these average qualities not to 
exceed 29c, for the poorer qualities. 
lower. The latter part of last week 
Vineland shippers’ eggs of extra qual¬ 
ity could be had at 36 to 37c, and lo¬ 
cally graded New Jersey eggs were 
offered at the same range. 
In the four principal markets of the 
country, the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture reported 3,549,642 cases of eggs 
on hand in cold storage, June 7, com¬ 
pared with 4,015,333 on the same date 
last year. The quantity of eggs in 
storage in New York City at this time 
exceeds storage stocks last year on the 
same date by over 3,500 cases, but the 
storage stocks in Chicago are consider¬ 
ably lighter now than at the same time 
last year. The U. S. report for storage 
egg stocks in the entire country June 1 
shows 243,000 cases less this year than 
last. The accumulations of eggs in 
warehouses have been gradually ap¬ 
proaching the unprecedented quantity 
stored last year. The feeling has been 
growing, therefore, that a larger part 
of the current production during the re¬ 
maining period, and abnormal surplus 
ers immediately preceding the July 4, 
holiday. 
Express fowls sold at 23 to 24c 
per lb. 
LIGHT DEMAND FOR CALVES 
Calves both live and country dressed 
were weak and sold at irregular prices, 
due to hot weather. Dressed calves de¬ 
teriorated rapidly and to be sold at any 
price. Live calves dropped to $7.50 @ 
10 per cwt. for common to medium, and 
$11.25 @ 11.50 for prime. Spring lambs, 
live, sold June 7, per cwt., at: prime, 
$16.50 @ 16.75; common to good, $12 @ 
16.25; culls, $10.60 @ 11.50. 
HAY MARKET DULL 
There was very little change in New 
York Hay Market last week. Prices 
continue about the same with the usual 
shortage of No. 1 hay and liberal sup¬ 
ply of all grades of No. 2 down. Boat 
receipts have added to the supply of 
undergrades and these have moved very 
slowly. The reports from principal hay 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on June 7: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
New Jersey hennery whites uncandled, extras... 
Other hennery whites, extras. 
Extra firsts. 
New York 
. 38 @40 
36@37 
Firsts. 
' ou 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts. 
Lower grades. 
Hennery hrowns, extras. 
Zo (y) 
28 @31 
261/2 @27% 
33 @35 
29 @32 
27 @29 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extras.. 
Pullets No. 1. 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score. 
39i4@39% 
38 1/2 @38% 
' 38@38% 
37 @37% 
Extra (92 score).. . 
State dairy (salted), finest. 
Good to prime. 
Buffalo 
28 @29 
27@28 
42 @43 
40@41 
39@40 
32 @38 
Phlla. 
28 
25 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) u. S. Grades old Grade Standards 
Timothy No. 2. 
Timothy No. 3. 
$24 @25 
21 @23 
13 @18 
25@26 
28 @29 
10 
$20 @21 
$21 @22 
19 @20 
Timothy Sample. 
Fancy light ciover mixed. 
21@)22 
Alfalfa, second cutting.. 
Oat straw No. 1. 
15.50 @16 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 
Fowls, leghorns and noor. 
24 @25 
26 @27 
24 @25 
45 
38 
27@28 
25 @26 
56 @58 
Broilers, colored fancy. 
Broilers, leghorn.. 
50 @55 
35 @45 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 
9@11 
4@4% 
10 @14 
3@5% 
7% @7% 
4@11 
Bulls, common to good. 
Lambs, common to good. 
10 @17 
Sheep, common to good ewes. 
Hogs, Yorkers. 
7% 
should be forced into current consump¬ 
tion. To accomplish this, prices would 
have to be lower and a publicity cam¬ 
paign carried on among consumers to 
stimulate a larger demand. Producers 
should seek as far as possible to in¬ 
crease consumption in their own local 
communities. 
DAIRY PRODUCTS STEADY 
In spite of considerably increased re¬ 
ceipts of butter and an increasing sup¬ 
ply of cheese, the wholesale prices for 
these products continue on a high level. 
The butter storage season is now in 
full swing. Nearly 1,000,000 lbs. were 
put into local warehouses last week, 
and the movement to cold storage is at 
the rate of 200,000 to 300,000 lbs. per 
day._ The quality is excellent, but spec¬ 
ulative buyers are inclined to buy mod¬ 
erately in expectation of declines. 
Creamery extras, 92 score, continued 
at 38% to 38%c per lb., the same 
price quoted last week, compared with 
35 to 35%c per lb. on the same date last 
year. 
American cheese. State whole milk 
flats, fresh average mn, continue at 
22%c per lb., and held, average run, at 
28 to 28 %c, compared with prices on 
the same date last year of 17% to 18c 
for fresh average run. 
BROILERS HIGH—FOWLS LOW 
The hot weather last week reduced 
the demand for fowls, but caused an 
active market for broilers. In spite of 
liberal supply of express broilers they 
sold well at steady prices. Colored ex¬ 
tra large, 55c; colored average 50 @ 
52e; colored small 45 @ 48c; White 
Leghorn fancy large 48 @ 50c; White 
Leghorn average 40 @ 45c; White Leg¬ 
horn small 25 @ 35c. There is always 
an especially strong demand for broil¬ 
producing counties up-State are un¬ 
favorable for the new crop and con¬ 
sequently there is some tendency to hold 
the old crop hay. 
NEW STATE REPORT ON FEEDS 
Dairymen and poultrymen will be in¬ 
terested to know that the State Depart- 
men of Farms and Markets began last 
week issuing a new weekly market letter 
on grain and feeds, which will be sent 
free to any farmer on application to the 
Department at Albany. 
This new report translates primary 
market quotations into delivered prices 
per bushel or ton in various freight 
zones centering around Albany, Og- 
densburg, Utica and Rochester, Syra¬ 
cuse and Buffalo. 
With such information the farmer 
can check fairly accurately the prices 
charged him by his local feed dealer. 
A similar report is issued twice weekly 
in New Jersey by the New Jersey State 
Department of Agriculture at Trenton, 
giying quotations for various groups of 
shipping points in New Jersey. The 
New Jersey report is also sent free of 
charge on application. 
The publication of such complete in¬ 
formation as is contained in these State 
reports is impossible to the limited space 
available on this page. We, therefore, 
suggest that our readers apply to their 
respective State Departments for these 
reports. 
The tendency in future prices of grain 
has been downward during the last 
two weeks. The market for feeds has 
been very dull; linseed meal and cot¬ 
tonseed meal were weak. 
CASH GRAIN QUOTATIONS 
Cash grain quotations June 7 were as 
follows: 
New York: Corn, No. 2 yellow, 
$1.02% ; No. 2 mixed, $1.02; oats. No. 2 
white, 56c; No. 3 white, 54 @ 64%c; or¬ 
dinary white clipped, 53% @ 64 %c. 
Chicago: Wheat, No. 2 hard, $1.11; 
corn. No. 2 white, 84@84%c; No. 1 
yellow, 85c; No. 2 yellow, 85 @ 85%c; 
oats. No. 1 white, 45% @ 45%c; No. 2 
white, 45 @ 46%c; No. 3 white, 43% @ 
45%c; No. 4 white, 43% @ 44c; rye, 
70%c; barley, 60 @ 68c. 
MAPLE SYRUP MARKET SLOW 
With warmer weather, the demand 
for maple syrup has become very slight. 
Commission sales at Buffalo are quoted 
at $1.50 to 1.75 per gal. for syrup and 
16 @ 18c lb. for light sugar and 10 @ 
13c lb. for dark. N. Y. City quotations 
in wholesale market are $1.65 @ 2 per 
gal. for best syrup and 20 @ 25c lb. on 
sugar in 1 lb. cakes. 
RICHMOND, VA. GETS 1924 HOL¬ 
STEIN CONVENTION 
“The annual meeting of the Holstein- 
Friesian Association of America held 
at Cleveland on June 6 showed the best 
spirit and was surrounded by the best 
atmosphere that I have ever seen at the 
national meeting,” writes M. C. Bond, 
Secretary of the New York State Hol- 
stein-Friesian Association. 
All of the officers of the association 
were reelected. The four directors 
whose terms of office expired this year 
were reelected. Judge Peasely of Con¬ 
necticut was elected to take the place 
of W. D. Davidson of Avon, Pa., whose 
term expires in 1926. 
At a meeting of the Board of Direc¬ 
tors, the resignation of E. C. Schroeder 
of Minnesota was accepted. R. E. 
Chapih of Batavia, N. Y., was elected 
to take his place. Mr. Chapin is a 
director of the New York State Asso¬ 
ciation, and is an enthusiastic worker 
for Holsteins, and, in fact, any progress 
in the dairy industry. Mr. Chapin owns 
a large herd, headed by the great bull, 
Colantha Johanna Lad VIII. With the 
appointment of Mr. Chapin, New York 
now has three members on the Board 
of Directors, the other members being 
H. B. Noyes of Kenwood and D. L. 
Armstrong of Watertown. 
Battle Creek, Mich.; Des Moines, la., 
and Richmond, Va., competed for the 
1924 convention. After considerable 
discussion Michigan withdrew and a 
vote of the delegates showed Richmond 
the choice. Therefore the 1924 meeting 
will be held in Virginia. 
Approximately 500 attended the ban¬ 
quet. One of the features of the enter¬ 
tainment at the banquet was the new 
film developed by the Extension Serv¬ 
ice of the National Association on Cow 
Testing Association work. 
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