American Agriculturist, September 6, 1924 
eviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
MILK PRICES 
T HE Dairymen’s League Cooperative Asso¬ 
ciation announces the following prices 
for the month of September for milk testing 
3% in the basic zone of 201 to 210 miles from 
New York City: Class 1 , milk used chiefly for 
fluid purposes, $2.60 per 100 pounds: Class 
2A, used chiefly as fluid cream, $1.90. If 
skim-milk is used for any other purposes, 
additional payment over this base price is 
added, depending on use. Class 2B, used 
chiefly in the manufacture of plain condensed 
milk and ice-cream, $2.05; Class 2C, used 
chiefly in the manufacture of soft cheese, 
$2.05; Class 3, used chiefly in the manufacture 
of whole milk and sweetened whole condensed 
milk, powdered and evaporated whole milk, 
$1.45; Classes 1A and based on butter and 
American cheese quotations on the New 
York market. 
Class 3 has dropped 10 cents per hundred 
beginning September 1. This reduction was 
due to and made necessary by, according to 
the League, unusually heavy stocks of con¬ 
densed milk. Storage stocks are way above 
normal and dealers are cutting prices to reduce 
these stocks. This competition must be met. 
At the same time, buying interest is not keen, 
so all factors are working to a lower price. 
Class 1 price is same as for the latter part 
of August. 
Sheffield Producers 
The Sheffield Farms Company Producers 
announce the following prices for September for 
3% milk in the 201 to 210-mile freight zone. 
Class 1, $2.60 per 100; Class 2, $1.70; Class 3, 
$1.55; Class h, to be determined by market 
quotations of butter and cheese. 
In August Class 1 was $2.10. 
Non-pool Cooperative 
The Non-pool Dairymen’s Cooperative an¬ 
nounced that the September price for Class 1 
milk is $2.40 per 100 pounds; Class 2, $1.85; 
Class 3A, $1.55; Class SB, $1.45. 
In August Class 1 was $2.00. 
Interstate Producers 
Interstate Milk Producers Association 
(Philadelphia) receiving station price for 
September for 3% milk in the basic zone of 201 
to 210 miles from Philadelphia is $2.19. In 
the 101 to 110-mile zone the price is $2.29. 
NO BIG CHANGE IN BUTTER 
The situation in the butter market remains 
about the same as that of last week. On 
Monday and Tuesday, the 25th and 26th, 
there was quite a pessimistic tone to the market 
and prices receded to 38c for 92 score butter. 
The market has been weak and unsettled and 
prices yielded under the pressure of full supplies 
an d in the face of inadequate outlets. In 
other words, buying interest has been slack 
and with heavy supplies coming in there is no 
way to move stocks except to shade the prices 
to a point that would induce buying. Specula¬ 
tors are not interested until prices begin to 
shade. Advices report splendid conditions for 
production. It seems quite certain that 
receipts will run way ahead of normal as well 
as ahead of consumption. 
The consumption demand, as is expected, 
is not anywhere near up to i^ormal. Summer 
vacationists do not return until just after 
Labor Day. When school begins we should see 
the old buying market back on its feet once 
Established 1898 
EGGS WANTED 
-by- 
H. WITTNER 
318 Greenwich St., New York City 
1. PROMPT RETURNS 
2. HONEST PRICES 
3. EFFICIENT SERVICE 
Ref.: This Paper 
Bank of America 
(Atlantic Off.) 
Franklin Nat. Bank 
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SHIP YOUR EGGS 
WHITE AND BROWN 
To R. BRENNER & SONS 
Bonded Commission Merchants 
358 Greenwich St., New York City 
Farmers Supplied with 
STEEL WIRE BALE TIES 
FOR HAY AND STRAW BALING, ETC. 
Quality Guaranteed 
H. P. & H. F. WILSON CO. 
520 Washington St. NEW YORK 
more and if the weather is anywhere right, we 
will see better buying. However, we cannot see 
any real material betterment until fall sets in. 
On Wednesday the butter took a sudden 
upward turn that yielded a one-half cent ad¬ 
vance all along the line. This is looked upon 
as only temporary, however, for buying has 
been stimulated in anticipation of require¬ 
ments to carry over the holiday on September 
1. As we go to press, creamery 92 score butter 
is 38j^c with lower grades running corre¬ 
spondingly low. 
CHEESE MARKET QUIET 
The quiet tone that exists in the cheese 
market is not helping prices at all. It is a 
good thing that the demand for market milk 
for the fluid trade is as great as it is. It is 
absorbing so much stock that there is little 
manufacturing going on in New York State. 
The chief activity at the present time is in 
well cured cheese. This stock is selling in 
small lots only and at irregular prices. June 
State Flats are anywhere from 21c to 21j^c. 
However, some stocks of Junes can be bought 
for less money. As a matter of fact, so few 
State Flats are moving that values are not 
very well defined. 
EGGS HOLD THEIR OWN 
The egg market is about the same as it was 
last week. As we go to press, there is some 
indication that stocks are beginning to accumu¬ 
late. This is especially true of stocks that fall 
below fancy grades. However, this was true 
last week, so as far as news is concerned it is 
nothing out of the ordinary. 
The market opened on the 25th with a light 
supply of fancy quality eggs that met a firm 
market. In general the trade was in the 
seller’s favor. However, as business progressed 
the stocks began to back up slightly and eggs 
in less desirable grades are in buyer’s favor. 
Closely selected nearby hennery whites 
typical of the finest Jersey products are 
bringing from 53c to 56c with one cent or two 
premium for candled goods. Average extra 
nearby hennery whites are bringing from 50c 
to 52c while extra firsts are from 45c to 49c, 
with first dropping down to 40c and 44c. 
Gathered nearby whites are running anywhere 
from 40c to 48c depending on quality, with 
pullets down as low as 36c and 40c. Extra 
fancy hennery browns from nearby points are 
quoted from 44c to 48c. 
LIVE POULTRY 
The live poultry market has been more or 
less unsettled during the week. Due to lack 
of advices on the freight market, prices were 
not established and quotations have been 
more or less flighty. As we go to press, the 
market on fowls js firm. Colored stock will 
bring anywhere from 23c to 27c, depending 
on quality. The freight market prohibits any 
further advance as receipts via freight have 
been liberal. However, there is a ready market 
for fancy colored stock. Leghorns that are 
poor and rangy are bringing as low as 20c to 
22c, but good stock will find a one cent premi¬ 
um waiting. Broilers were meeting a fairly 
good market during the week, but by the 27th 
a weaker tone developed in sympathy with 
the freight market. Labor Day will have 
some effect on the market. 
POTATO MARKET WEAK 
The potato market took a temporary jump 
following the heavy storm on Tuesday which 
swept the entire Atlantic coast. The rain held 
up digging on Long Island and in New Jersey 
with the result that prices hardened more. 
However, with clear weather following, prices 
are tending downward. Prices at Riverhead, 
Long Island, are in the neighborhood of $1.90 
F. O. B. per 150 pound sack. It looks, how¬ 
ever, as though they will drop at least ten 
cents and maybe fifteen cents. Farmers are 
now getting 65c a bushel and it looks very 
much as though they will be taking 60c before, 
this issue reaches the readers. Jersey potatoes 
are bringing from $1.80 to $1.85 F. O. B. 
With a weakening outlook Long Islanders 
are easing off digging in anticipation of a 
better market after Labor Day. This may- 
have a tendency to harden quotations. 
APPLE RECEIPTS LIBERAL 
Supplies of early apples from Jersey and 
up-river sections have been liberal. They 
have been fairly moderate from south and 
western New York. As a result the market 
has been slow and generally easier on every¬ 
thing except real fancy marks. Average 
grades and poor qualities of small and medium 
sizes have been working out slowly at steadily 
weakening prices. It is too bad that shippers 
are flooding the market with a lot of wind 
falls that only tend to knock the market off its 
feet. 
There has been a little better demand for 
pears, especially for good stock coming from 
Jersey and up-river sections. As is always the 
case, poor grades are dragging badly. 
BEAN MARKET QUIET 
The bean market is quiet and slow, and 
business is dragging heavily. However, 
values are holding firm and some varieties 
are even tending to harden. This is a very 
dull period in the bean market. Consumption 
is light as baked beans served cold are about 
the only dish that is at all common. We have 
got to wait for cold weather to speed up bean 
soup consumption. 
Domestic pea beans vary from $5.50 to 
$5.75 for common to fair stock while choice 
marks will bring as high as $6.25. Red kidneys 
are from $8.75 to $9 for common to fair while 
choice marks will bring 25c additional. White 
kidneys are anywhere from $10.50 to $11 
depending on quality. 
But little information is to be obtained from 
the market on the outlook for beans. Reports 
from producing areas vary so that it is im¬ 
possible to draw any conclusions. Some 
growers report too much rain while others 
report not enough. We cannot get much of a 
line on the bean market until we get a little 
closer to harvest. 
HAY MARKET STEADIER 
The hay market has been firmer during the 
past week. Supplies have been more limited 
and with the firmer tone the range of values 
narrowed. As August draws to a close there 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to Eastern farmers 
sold on August 28: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
New Jersey hennery whites uncandled, extras. 
Other hennery whites, extras. 
Extra firsts. 
Firsts....... 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts. 
Under grades. 
Pullets.. 
Hennery browns, extras. 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extras.... 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score. 
Extra (92 score). 
State dairy (salted), finest. 
Good to prime. 
New York 
53 to 56 
50 to 52 
45 to 49 
40 to 44 
40 to 48 
34 to 39 
36 to 40 
44 to 48 
38 to 41 
39 to 39 
38 to 38)^ 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) 
Timothy No. 2. 
Timothy No. 3. 
Timothy Sample.. 
Fancy light clover mixed No. 1. 
Alfalfa, first cutting No. 1. 
Oat Straw No. 1. 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 
Fowls, leghorns and poor. 
Chickens, colored fancy. 
Chickens, leghorns. 
Broilers, colored. 
Broilers, leghorns. 
U. S. Grades 
$27 to 29 
24 to 25 
12 to 19 
27 to 29 
25 to 26 
14 to 15 
23 to 27 
20 to 23 
Buffalo 
42 to 45 
38 to 39 
40 to 41 
39 to 40 
32 to 38 
Old Grade 
$20 to 21 
Phila 
40 )^ 
40 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 
Bulls, common to good. 
Lambs, common to good. 
Sheep, common to good ewes. 
Hogs, Yorkers. 
28 to 29 
27 to 28 
11 to 
3 to 4 
10 to 13i/£ 
3H to 5V 2 
10J4 to 103 ^ 
25 to 26 
21 to 23 
28 to 32 
23 to 26 
Standards 
$23 to 24 
19 to 20 
21 to 22 
14 to'lo 
is very little hay in New York City that is 
good enough to exceed thirty dollars. That 
figure represents the price of Number 1 stock. 
Number 2 hay is from a dollar to two dollars 
lower, depending on size of bale, et cetera. 
New hay is bringing about thirty dollars for 
Number 1 with other grades ranging lower 
in proportion. 
GRAINS AND FEED v 
According to New York State Department 
of Farms and Markets, the following prices 
prevailed August 23. , . 
The quotations given in this report show the approximate 
prices at which feed can be purchased per ton, and grain 
per bushel, in straight carlots through billed from Western 
points, delivered on track at points in the freight zones as 
indicated. Mixed carlots cost approximately $2 per ton more. 
Retail feed and grain prices vary with different local dealers 
depending upon their individual cost of doing business, volume 
handled, etc. In the case of feeds the retail price may some- 
) times be as high as $5 perton above the wholesale prices given 
in this report. 
Albany 
Ogdens- 
burg 
Utica 
Rochester Buf- 
' Syra- Jalo 
No. 2W. Oats.62 
.63 
614 
cuse 
.61 
.58*4 
.57 4 
No. 3W. Oats.61 1 
.62 
.604 
.60 
No. 2 Ycl. Corn. . 1.37 
1.384 
1.36 
1.35 
1.31 
No. 3 Yel. Corn. . 1.36 
1.37 4 
1.35 
1.34 
1.30 
Ground Oats.46.00 
46.60 
45.60 
45.30 
43.90 
Spr. W. Bran.. . .33.00 
33.60 
32.60 
32.30 
30.90 
Hard W. Bran.. .34.00 
34.6d 
33.60 
33.30 
31.90 
Standard Mids. . .35.00 
35.60 
34.60 
34.30 
32.90 
SoftW.Mids.... 39.50 
40.10 
39.10 
38.80 
37.40 
Flour Mids.39.00 
39.60 
38.60 
38.30 
36.90 
Red Dog Flour.. .44.25 
44.85 
43.85 
43.55 
42.15 
D. Brew Grains. .41.00 
41.60 
40.60 
40.30 
38.90 
W. Hominy.48.25 
48.85 
47.85 
47.55 
46.15 
Yel. Hominy._48.25 
48.85 1 
47.85 
47.55 
46.15 
Corn Meal.51.00 
51.60 
50.60 
50.30 
48.90 
Gluten Feed.44.75 
55.35 
44.35 
44.05 
42.65 
Gluten Meal.. 
— 
-. 
— 
36% Cot. S. Meal 49.00 
49.70 
48.60 
48.10 
46.90 
41%Cot,S.Meal52.50 
53.20 
52.10 
51.60 
50.40 
43% Cot. S. Meal 55.00 
54.30 
54.60 
54.10 
52.90 
31% OP Oil Meal 51.25 
51.85 
50.85 
50.55 
> 49.15 
34% OP Oil Meal 52.25 
52.85 
51.85 
51.55 
50.15 
Beet Pulp.. 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Since Buffalo is an important milling center for wheat feeds 
and linseed meal, quotations are given for this point on both 
a through-billed and a local basis. Ground oats $41; spring 
wheat bran $29.50; hard wheat bran $31; standard middlings 
$31; soft wheat middlings $35; flour middlings',$35.50; red 
dog flour $41; dry brewers grains $34; white hominy $46.50; 
yellow hominy $46.50; corn meal $49; gluten feed $44.25; 
gluten meal $56.25; 31% old process oil meal — —; 34% old 
process oil meal $48. 
For points taking New Yorkrate add to Albany price 4 
cents on oats; $4 cents on corn; 10 cents on cottonseed meal; 
and 20 cents on other feeds. 
Catering to Consumers 
(Continued from page 150) 
Paterson, Hackensack, and also New York 
City. In some cases, the motor trucks 
loaded with peaches are going to points a 
distance of 120 miles from the point of 
production. 
Elberta peaches picked from the trees 
in the morning, graded and packed, 
inspected and branded in the afternoon, 
are delivered by motor truck and are 
on the consumer’s table within less than 
24 hours. Peaches packed in solid 
carlots and sent to more distant markets 
by fast freight service are likewise de¬ 
livered rapidly and in the refrigerated 
cars they carry with practically no 
deterioration. The motor trucks within 
the short-haul territory run right up to 
the retailer’s door or to the chain stores, 
and there is little rehandling of the 
fruit with its consequent delays. 
In a word, there is back of the honest 
pack of peaches of cooperating growers, 
an entire business in itself—a business 
which has called for the meeting of the 
same problems of executive direction, 
organization, financing, transportation 
and selling, as are involved in many other 
businesses. Modern fruit growers, through 
their cooperative associations, are build¬ 
ing up an industry, if you please, whose 
avowed purpose is to place the growers’ 
products on the consumer’s table with 
the minimum loss of time or quality and 
in the best condition for the consumers 
needs. 
How My Father Cured Tobacco 
{Continued from page 159) 
tobacco light and worthless. But tobacco 
harvested when the sap is down and oil 
in the leaves renders it easily cured and 
makes it rich, oily and “waxy.” This is 
because the tobacco is full of oil instead of 
sap and the oil being unable to evaporate 
remains to give the tobacco weight. I 
shall be pleased to answer any corre¬ 
spondence from tobacco growers who may 
desire to write me.—W. H. Davis, North 
Carolina. 
