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American Agriculturist, November 1, 1924 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
MILK PRICES 
T HE Dairymen’s League Cooperative Asso¬ 
ciation announces the following prices 
dealers will pay the League during the month 
of November 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 
$3.07 per 100 pounds. . This is an advance of 
f7c per 100 pounds over the October price; Class 
2A used chiefly as fluid cream, $1.90; Class 2B, 
used chiefly in the manufacture of plain and 
condensed milk and ice cream $2.05: Class 2C, 
used chiefly in the manufacture of soft cheese, 
$2.05. These prices in Class 2 are the same as 
in October Class 3, used chiefly in the manu¬ 
facture of whole milk and sweetened whole 
condensed milk, powdered and evaporated 
whole milk, $1.60. This is a 15 cent advance 
over October's Price. 
Class 4 milk will as usual be based on butter 
and American cheese quotations on the New 
York market. 
The 47 cent advance in Class 1 and the IS cent 
advance in Class 3 will be most welcome to 
League members. 
'' Sheffield Producers 
The Sheffield Farms Company Producers 
announce the following prices for 3%' milk in 
the 201 to 210-mile freight zone until futher 
notice; Class 1, $2.60 per 100; Class 2, $1.70; 
Class 3, $1.55; Class 4, to be determined by 
market quotations of butter and cheese. No 
changes announced for November. 
1 Non-pool Cooperative 
^The s Non-Pool Dairymen’s Cooperative 
price for Class 1 milk is $2.40 per 100 pounds; 
Class2, 85; Class3A, $1.55; Class SB, $1.45, 
until further notice of November changes. 
) Interstate Producers 
The Interstate Milk Producers’ Association 
(Philadelphia Price Plan) announces that 
receiving station prices, or the price to farmers 
in the 201 to 210-miles zone from Philadelphia 
for 3% milk, is $2.19. In the 101 to 110-mile 
zone the price is $2.29. 
BUTTER SLIGHTLY WEAKER 
The butter market has turned weaker due 
to continued heavy receipts. Very little real 
good butter is arriving and such meets fair 
trade. Medium grades are in heavy accumu¬ 
lation and turn slowly, causing wide spread 
of value. 
Creamery 92 score, is now 37cents. 
Higher than 92 score is bringing 38 to 38 J-L 
Most arrivals are lower than these grades, are 
in heavy accumulation and bring from 30c. 
to 36c. 
CHEESE MARKET SLOWER 
During the; 'past week the cheese market has 
continued with the same slow tone and lack of 
activity that has characterized the market for 
the past several weeks. In fact, there has been 
a slight decline in fresh State flats. Even this 
decline did not stimulate much buying interest. 
Most of the business reported is in cured cheese 
and in small lots at that. Buyers seem to be 
only taking on enough to satisfy their current 
needs. Fancy New York State held flats are 
bringing around 20c with a few pet marks reach¬ 
ing 21c. Average-run marks are bringing any¬ 
where from ]8j^c to 19c. Real fancy fresh 
flats, whole milk, are in about the same price 
range as held goods with a tendency to come 
down to 19c. Average run fresh goods are 
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about 18)/jjc. Advice states, and conditions 
prove it, that the make has not been running 
as heavy as were expected, bift in spite of this, 
speculative interest has been lagging with the 
result that we have an uninteresting market) 
If we had a heavy make at this time we could 
expect prices to take an awful slump, but eon- 1 
ditions in the market indicate that present 
quotations will hold for a while, with possibly 
slight variations one way or the other. 
EGGS GO HIGHER 
Fancy nearby fresh eggs took another jump 
during the past week with the result that extra 
fancy closely selected nearby hennery whites are 
now bringing anywhere from 81c to 86c depend¬ 
ing on the kind of packages they are arriving in. 
In fact, stock of this quality is so scarce that 
a stronger tone has been reflected into the 
market for the more medium grades and they 
are being taken at fair values. However, buyers 
are still critical when paying these high prices 
and there is still rather a free use of storage 
eggs which is quite seriously interfering with 
the sale of competing qualities of fresh re¬ 
ceipts. There is some complaint of mixed 
quality and a considerable proportion of these 
goods is shrunken and weak bodied due to 
country holding. The market is showing 
enough strength now for shippers to pay a 
great deal of attention to the methods they 
employ in holding eggs. The spread between 
gathered stock and fresh goods is anywhere from 
15c to 20c a dozen or an item of $4.50 to $6 a 
crate, an item worth taking into consideration 
where a little care is the only outlay. The market 
on nearbys has been showing such strength of 
late that it can be said the market is pretty 
much in the seller’s favor. 
POULTRY QUIET AND EASIER 
The tone of the poultry market is very quiet 
and prices are slightly easier than last week. 
When trading was resumed on Tuesday, 
Monday being a Jewish holiday, there was 
some accumulation, with the result that the 
market opened in a very unsettled condition. 
This was primarily due to the fact that there 
was an unusual influx of chickens and old fowls 
on previous days. It was the same old story as 
on the occasion of other Hebrew holidays. As 
the week progressed, the market seemed to 
gain slightly, but this was more in trade than 
in prices. Consumptive demand is picking up 
and next week we should see things in pretty 
good shape. It has taken some time to clear 
accumulations and when arrivals are only 
mediocre, we can’t expect changes to take place 
over night. 
The express market on chickens has been 
showing a great deal more activity than fowls 
and the market on them is firm. White Leg¬ 
horn chickens are selling in the neighborhood of 
24c with small stock reaching 25. Small stock 
usually approaches fryer size and therefore 
brings a slight premium. Leghorn fowls of 
average quality are down as low as 18c, with 
the best marks bringing 22c, colored fowls are 
bringing anywhere from 26 to 30c, depending 
on quality. 
Poultrymen who have young stock that 
weighs in the neighborhood of IU2 pounds will 
find a satisfactory market at the present time. 
Broilers are bringing 35 to 40e. Stock that is 
slightly heavier than that is not worth quite 
as much, falling into the class known as fryers. 
Chickens are those birds weighing 4 pounds or 
over. 
POTATOES STILL CHEAP 
There is no improvement in the potato 
market. Consumption seems to be pretty 
good, but prices do not seem to get any better. 
One of the large car lot operators in New York 
told the writer that if consumptive demand 
were to increase 50 per cent, he doubts very 
much if prices would react to any degree. That 
shows pretty conclusively that there are too 
many potatoes in the market and in the country. 
Down on the East end of Long Island, in the 
Riverhead and Southampton section, potatoes 
are bringing anywhere from 60 to 70c per bushel 
to the farmer. In Nassau County, where 
farmers are trucking into the market, they are 
getting better prices; in fact, some are getting 
relatively fancy prices, depending how they 
are marketing their stocks. Some are getting 
$1 a bushel straight, but that is almost a 
retail price. Maine potatoes are now being 
delivered in New York City at $1.10 per 
100 lbs. in bulk. Deduct from this about 65c 
freight and you will see how much Maine 
growers are getting after they have put pota¬ 
toes in the car. Maine potatoes in 150- 
pound sacks are being delivered in New York 
for $1.90. States are almost bringing as 
much money as Maines, sacks holding 150- 
pounds bringing $1.70 delivered in New York. 
According to recent Government reports, 
the potato crop is not as short as was originally 
expected. The U. S. D. A. crop report of 
September 9 reads as follows: 
Late potatoes in the Northern States have been 
favored by the August weather. The total potato 
crop is now forecast at 412*761,000 bushels, 
which is about 14 , 000,000 bushels more than 
promised on August 1, almost the same as the 
crop of 1923, and about 22,000.000 bushels 
greater than the jive-year average. 
APPLE EXPORTS OFF 
The export apple market has had a slump. 
Several shippers have sold their Ben Davis 
and Yorks at a loss, the English markets paying 
less than what buyers on this side had to pay 
for the stock they shipped. This has had 
rather a dampening effect on the market in 
general. One prominent operator in the trade 
tells us that this reaction is likely to be felt 
for another month. By the end of Nove nber, 
or the first week in December, he looks for 
better export trade when English markets will 
be interested in apples for the Christmas holi¬ 
day trade. For three weeks at least he looks 
for no improvement on the other side. 
Baldwins have been passing in the trade at 
anywhere from $4 to $4.50 F.O.B. Farmers 
both in western New York and Hudson Valley 
are holding for $5 where cold storage is 
available. Whether they are going to $5 or 
not remains to be seen. One man’s guess is 
as good as another. We do know that the 
Baldwin crop is short. 
There is some complaint in the trade about 
the method which New York growers are fol¬ 
lowing in their pack and we shall hear more of 
this at a later date. Sufficient to say, the 
trade is not satisfied with the way many New 
York growers are packing their apples, and 
in view of methods employed by western 
growers, we are apt to experience a loss of 
business, unless this is watched more closely. 
There is a strong demand for 3-inch apples 
for baking purposes. Kings have been sell¬ 
ing anywhere from $6.50 to] $7.50, 3-inch 
size. Baldwins and Greenings of this same 
size are reported to be bringing up to $17. 
GRAINS AND FEED 
According to New York State Department 
of Farms and Markets, the following prices 
prevailed October 18. 
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 per ton above the wholesale prices given 
in this report. 
Ogdens- 
Rochester 
But- 
’Albany 
burg 
Utica 
Syracuse 
falo 
No. 2 W. Oats.... .62 
.63 
.6194 
.61 
.5894 
No. 3 W. Oats.61 
62 
.5994 
.60 
.579-4 
No. 2 YeL Com.. 1 29 
l.30>4 
1.28 
' 1.27 
1.23 
No. 3 Yel. Corn. . 1.28 
1.2994 
1.27 
1.26 
1.22 
Ground Oats._45.00 
45.60 
44.60 
44.30 
42 90 
Spr. W. Bran... .32.75 
3335 
32.35 
32.05 
30 65 
Hard W. Bran... 33 00 
33 60 
32.60 
32.30 
30.90 
Standard Mids.. .33.50 
34.10 
33.10 
32.80 
31.40 
SoftW. Mids... .40.00 
40.60 
39 60 
39 30 
37.90 
Flour Mids.39.50 
40 10 
39.10 
38 85 
37.40 
Red Dog Flour.. .47.00 
47 60 
46.60 
46.30 
44.90 
D. Brew Grains. . 44.00 
44.60 
43.60 
43.30 
41.90 
W. Hominy.44.00 
44.60 
43.60 
43.30 
41.90 
Yel. Hominy.44.00 
44.60 
43 60 
43 30 
41.90 
Corn Meal.. 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Gluten Feed.47.25 
47.85 
46.85 
46.55 
45.15 
Gluten Meal.. 
— 
— 
— 
— 
36% Cot. S. Meal 45.50 
46.10 
45.10 
44.85 
43.40 
41%'Cot.S. Meal 49.00 
49.70 
'48.60 
48.10 
46.90 
43% Cot. S. Meal 51.00 
51.70 
50.60 
50.10 
48.90 
31% OP Oil Meal - 
— 
— 
— 
— 
34% OP Oil Meal 51.00 
51.60 
50.60 
50.30 
48.90 
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. No. 2 White Oats, .5794; 
No. 3 White Oats, .5694; No 2 Yellow corn, -; No. 3 
Yellow corn,-; Ground oats, 839.50: spring wheat bran 
$27.50; hard wheat bran, $31; standard middlings, $30; soft 
wheat middlings, §35.50; flour middlings, $36; red do^ flour, 
$43; dry brewers grains, --; white hominy, $43.25; yellow 
hominy, $43.25; com meal, $49; gluten feed, 844.75; gluten meal 
$53.75; 31% old process oil meal,-; 34% old process oil 
meal, $47. 
For points taking New York rate add to Albany price 94 
cents on oats; cent on corn, 10 cents on cotton seed meal; 
and 20 cents on other feeds. 
MEATS AND LIVE STOCK 
Live calves are a little bit lower than last 
week. Real prime stock will bring $14 per 
hundred, which is 50c under recent market. 
However, at this price the market is steady 
with fair to good marks bringing from $12.50 
to 13.50. Common stock is as low as $8.50. 
Prime lambs are worth in the neighborhood of 
$14.50, a few extra fancy marks bringing 25c 
more. Fair to good stuff is $1 lower. Common 
stock isblown in the neighborhood of $9 to 10. 
There is moderate demand for live hogs, but 
nevertheless the market is irregular. Yorkers, 
weighing in the neighborhood of 200 pounds, 
are bringing from $10.25 to 10.50 per hundred. 
Country dressed veal have been meeting a 
steady market right along. The outlet has 
been good and here and there choice marks are i 
working out at a premium, bringing anywhere 
from 18 to 19c a pound. Primes are worth I 
from 15 to 17c, with fairly good stuff bringing 
11 to 14c. Small veals are down as low as 8 to 
10c. Roasting pigs are bringing 28 to 30c for 
10 to 15 pound stock, while 25 to 30 poimd stock 
is worth 17 to 20c. Intermediate weights fall 
somewhere between these extremes. 
Hunting for the Ideal Forage Crop 
{Continued from page 300) 
Orient. One helps the farmer by auto¬ 
matically planting itself season after sea¬ 
son, the other two have a special value in 
time and forage saving. The plant from 
Korea comes early in the year before 
other forage crops are ready, but is ripe 
and dead at least a month before the 
killing frosts come, but then the farmer 
by having a mixture of the two can de¬ 
pend upon the J apanese cloverlike plant 
that is still green until late in the year. 
Scientists are thus lengthening the season 
and giving more forage and saving far¬ 
mer’s time and making money for him. 
Science is, however, never fully satis¬ 
fied. Hundreds of experiments are neces¬ 
sary, Dr. A. J. Pieters warns, before a 
variety is found that is i > all respects abso¬ 
lutely satisfactory and is certain to be of 
the greatest value to American farmers. 
The ideal of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture scientists is to make the American 
farmer the most prosperous in the world 
and the most intelligent as far as his busi¬ 
ness is concerned of supplying foods for 
the dining-tables of the nation. 
Special importance is attached to the 
clover experiments because this plant is 
fundamental in all crop rotation plans 
and consequently may be considered the 
basis of scientific farming. 
Moravia Team Best at Morrisville 
{Continued from, page 308) 
teacher, De Alton Smith, rode to Moravia 
from Morrisville in a Ford touring car. 
The boy wouldn’t trust the express 
companies. 
There were six events in the contest 
with medals for the two highest in each 
event. The boys judged fruit, crops, 
White Leghorn poultry, Barred Rock 
poultry, a ring of 4 Holstein-Friesian cows, 
and a ring of ’4 Holstein-Friesian heifers. 
In addition to receiving medals, the two 
highest scoring individuals in the two 
poultry classes received White Leghorn 
cockerels. The silver and bronze medals, 
presented the two highest scorers in each 
event, were awarded as follows: Fruit, 
1st, John McIntyre, Jordon; 2nd, Ber¬ 
nard Norton, Boonville: Crops, Merwin 
Robbins, Pulaski, and Allen Wyckoff, 
Marcellus, tied for 1st place: Leghorns, 
1st, Clifford Wilcox, Moravia; 2nd, 
Maurice Richardson, Pulaski: Plymouth 
Rocks, 1st, Merwin Robbins, Pulaski; 
2nd, Allen Wyckoff, Marcellus: Cow’s, 
1st Clifford Wilcox, Moravia; 2nd, Foster 
Brown, Boonville: Heifers, Thomas 
O’Toole, Moravia, and Glenn Morse, 
Moravia, tied for first.—-D. H. T. B. 
IF! — 
If you have eggs to sell; 
If you believe in the New York market; 
If you would rather sell in this great market than at 
your shipping point; 
If you need some one to do your Belling in New York; 
CONSIGN ME. 
Fancy Brown now selling above 60 cents. 
Fancy White now selling above 70 cents. 
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Eggs Exclusively. Established in 1894. 
331 Greenwich Street New York 
Live Poultry Shippers 
IF YOU WANT HIGHEST PRICES re¬ 
turned promptly—market reports and infor¬ 
mation—-free use of coops AND SERVICE 
UNEXCELLED—SHIP TO: 
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West Washington Mkt., 28 Thirteenth Avenue 
New York City 
SHIP YOUR EGGS 
WHITE AND BROWN 
To R. BRENNER & SONS 
Bonded Commission Merchants 
358 Greenwich St., New York City 
