American Agriculturist, December 20, 1924 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
MILK PRICES 
T IE Dairymen’s League Cooperative As¬ 
sociation announces the following prices 
that dealers will pay the League during the 
month of December for milk testing 3% in 
the basic zone of 201 to 210 miles from 
New York City. It is to be understood, of 
course, that the prices mentioned below are 
not received by the farmer, but go into the 
pool. They represent the prices dealers pay 
to the League. Class 2 A, used chiefly as 
fluid cream, $2.10, Class 2B, used chiefly 
in the manufacture of condensed milk and 
ice cream, $2.25, Class 2C, used chiefly in 
the manufacture of soft cheese, $2.15. Class 
3A, $1.80. Class 3B, $1.75. Class 3C,$ 1.65. 
Class 4, prices will as usual be based on 
the butter and American cheese quotations 
on the New York market. 
The only increases over November prices 
are in Class 2, 20 cents per hundred in 2A 
and 2 j B and a 10 cent increase in 2 C. 
Sheffield Producers 
The Sheffield Farms Producers announce 
the following price for 3% milk in the 201 
to 210-mile zone: Class I, $3.07 per hun¬ 
dred; Class 2, $2.00; Class 3, $1.50; Class 
4, determined by market quotation on but¬ 
ter and cheese. 
Non-Pool Cooperative 
The Non-pooling Dairymen’s Cooperative 
prices for Class 1 milk is $2.80 per hun¬ 
dred; Class 2, $2.00; Class 3A, $1.60, with 
freight and fat differentials. 
Interstate Producers 
The Interstate Milk Producers’ Associa¬ 
tion (Philadelphia Price Plan) announces 
that receiving station prices, or the price to 
farmers in the 201 to 210-mile zone from 
Philadelphia for 3% milk, is $2.19. In the 
101 to xio-mile zone the price is $2.29. 
BUTTER PRICES LOWER 
The day after the A. A. went to press 
last week, the butter market suffered rather 
a decided setback. Prices dropped from 
47/2 and 48c on the highest grades to 40^3 
and 41c. The turn downward was quite 
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STROUT FARM AGENCY, 150R Nassau 
St., New York City. 
working against the market. In the first 
place there was considerable fresh stock 
received, - and inasmuch as the trade was 
well supplied, a large proportion of these 
receipts had to be carried over. With ad¬ 
vices indicating that additional supplies 
would be coming along immediately and 
with the demand apparently narrowed down 
due to the use of a great deal of storage 
stock, a decided weakness developed. About 
the middle of the week ending December 
13, however, the market had recovered 
from some of the price slump and went 
back to 44 r /2 to 45c on the highest grades. 
However, at that time fresh butter was 
still accumulating and the market continued 
in unsettled tones. Buying has been weak, 
and the trade finds it hard to recover to 
the position it enjoyed something over a 
week ago. 
Indications are that the Christmas trade 
will bring the market up again. Fresh re¬ 
ceipts, however, will determine just how it 
will hold up after the peak of the holiday 
buying is over. Storage stocks are too 
heavy to expect continued high prices. Just 
as soon as the market experiences a little 
accumulation, prices reflect the condition 
immediately. Receipts for the week end¬ 
ing December 13 were heavier than the 
week previous. This doesn’t look like a 
very sudden advance of any magnitude. 
Medium'grades of creameries declined in 
sympathy with fancier marks, while lower 
grades did not suffer near as much. Al¬ 
though the prices on these lower sources 
ire slightly lower than last week, neverthe¬ 
less the reduction suffered by these classes 
is only fractional compared with top grades. 
EGG MARKET HOLDS FIRM 
The egg market is holding firm, due to a 
continued scarcity of high grade eggs. 
There is a good demand on nearby whites 
and these marks are holding steady. Prac¬ 
tically all sizes of good fresh, well graded 
and well packed whites are selling rather 
freely. This is especially true of medium 
grades and pullets. Prices are about the 
same as last week, with little likelihood of 
any reduction coming during the holiday 
period. Mixed sizes and colors are moving 
slowly and prices are trending a little bit 
easier. There is no question but what the 
market absolutely demands quality pack. 
It is becoming more and more evident the 
man that ignores this fact is losing money. 
It is a whole lot better to keep these small 
or off-colored and poorly shapen eggs at 
home to be disposed of in a local market 
rather than ship them to the Metropolitan 
district at high express rates only to get 
a low price. 
FANCY POULTRY WILL SELL 
As far as we make out the live poultry 
market is going to be fairly satisfactory 
for Christmas. According to the Producers 
Price Current, their records for the past 
several years show that when turkeys have 
sold well at Thanksgiving, poultry sells 
better at Christmas. This is no definite 
prediction, but is merely an indication. This 
deduction is quite reasonable, however. 
Consumers usually feel that if they have 
had turkey for Thanksgiving, that is 
enough and they will be satisfied with 
chicken at Christmas. When turkeys are 
poor at Thanksgiving they usually come 
back at Christmas time. In view of the 
. fact that the freight market is so decidedly 
off, due to the heavy death rate among ar¬ 
rivals from the west, it looks as though, 
express receipts that are fancy will enjoy 
a particularly strong position. There are 
reports current that there will be an em¬ 
bargo on certain freight shipments which 
will work to the advantage of nearby ex¬ 
press poultry. Just because freight receipts 
are out of balance and because this is a 
holiday period, is no excuse for shippers 
unexpected. There were several factors 
to try and j^alm off a lot of undesirable 
birds on the trade. The holiday spirit will 
be tolerate to it. At least at advanced 
prices. Every holiday during the past fall 
has told the same story, common and un¬ 
dergrade stock has dragged badly and will 
drag undoubtedly badly at_ this time. The 
demand for fancys is going to create a 
good market. Naturally colored birds will 
take the preference, but unless these are 
fancy shipments cannot expect top prices. 
The outlook for turkeys is problematical. 
Everything depends on the consuming 
trade, a rather unknown quantity. As 
stated above, the Thanksgiving trade was 
so good that there is a strong likelihood 
of turkeys weakening for this holiday. 
Actual conditions, however, are to the con- 
on turkeys are advancing. Whether the 
eastern markets will support these ad¬ 
vances remains to be seen, and this will not 
be known until just before the holiday. 
Texas and western states shipped heavily 
for Thanksgiving, and reports indicate 
that the supply out there is rather light. 
Operators are showing a great deal of cau¬ 
tion in their buying. This, however, is truer 
for freight traffic than in the express mar¬ 
ket. If the consumptive trade shows the 
same preference as at Thanksgiving, there 
is going to be a stronger demand for heav¬ 
ier turkeys, with light ones tending weaker. 
The Thanksgiving trade developed a sud¬ 
den appetite for heavy birds. Of course, 
the Christmas market has one favorable 
The Market at a Glance 
The following are the prices on the New 
York Market, at which farm products of spec¬ 
ial interest to eastern farmers, sold on .... 
Eggs, nearbys (cents per dozen) 
Jersey hennery whites, closely se¬ 
lected . 73 to 74 
Other hennery whites, extras .68 to 72 
Extra firsts.,.64 to 66 
Firsts.58 to 62 
Gathered,! whites, first to extra firsts. 59 to 65 
Undergrades. 51 to 57 
Pullets .46 to 53 
Hennery browns, extras . 65 to 75 
Gathered browns and mixed colors. 51 to 60 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score (93 
score) ... 44% to 45 
Extra (92 score) c.c. ..44 
Firsts (90-91 score) .. 41%to43% 
Firsts (88-89 score). 38 to 40 
Hay and Straw, large bales (per ton) 
Timothy No. 2 . 24 to 25 
Timothy No. 3 . 21 to 23 
Timothy Sample .16 to 20 
Fancy light clover mixed No. 2.. 21 to 23 
Alfalfa, first cutting No. 2 ..... 25 to 26 
Oat Straw No. 1 .. 14 to 16 
Beans (domestic, per lb.) 
Marrow .-.9% to 10% 
Pea .5 % to 6 
Red Kidney .1.8% to 8% 
White Kidney .9% to 10 
Yellow Eyes . — — 
Live Poultry, via express (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy ., 25 to 30 
Fowls, leghorns and poor ... 15 to 19 
Chickens, colored fancy . 21 to 22 
Chickens, leghorns .. '. ... 19 to 20 
Broilers’, colored .35 
Broilers, leghorns ..30 
Ducks, nearby . 22 to 23 
Ducks, Long Island . — — 
Turkeys .:. 25 to 30 
Live Stock (cents per lb.) 
Calves, good to medium .10 to 13 
Bulls, common to good. 2% to 4 
Lambs, common to good. 11% to 15% 
Sheep, common to go«d ..... 5 to 6% 
Hogs, Yorkers (200 lbs.) ... 8% to 9% 
feature attendant to it? in that the New 
Year follows one week later and there is 
always a good demand at this time. As we 
go to press, the price of turkeys arriving 
via express is about the same as prices just 
before Thanksgiving. 
POTATO MARKET STILL DULL 
There is little life to the potato market 
just before the holidays. Potatoes can be 
easily stored and therefore retailers load 
up well ahead of the holidays in order to 
devote their time to more specialized com¬ 
modities and to their local trade needs. As 
a result along just now the potato market 
is dragging and lifeless; $1.65 to $1.75 is 
about the range covered by State potatoes, 
while Maines will anywhere from $1.90 
to $2.10 delivered. Long Islands are now 
in the neighborhood of $2.25 F. O. B. east 
end shipping points. A few operators in 
the market have been able to get a prem¬ 
ium price at one time or other for excep¬ 
tionally well graded stock, but these occa¬ 
sions are rare. There are too many pota¬ 
toes to warrant for any material improve¬ 
ment. There seems to be a general disposi¬ 
tion on the part of many to hold stocks for 
higher prices. In view of this year’s heavy 
crop and in view of the lack of interest in 
the buying market, there is little likelihood 
of much improvement being experienced. 
Obviously from time to time we are going 
to see a temporary price boost. These in¬ 
creases, however, are due for short lives, 
for this very simple reason that just as 
soon as the price improves a lot of ship¬ 
pers are ready to send on supplies. A man 
is skating on thin ice who is holding for a 
real high price. If he is able to get any¬ 
thing that is at all reasonable he will be a 
wise man to let at least some go. The 
actual circumstances determine what is 
reasonable. If a man has some strictly 
fancy, well graded stock that will natural¬ 
ly call for a better price than average field 
run. But to hold on to one’s entire crop 
until the price goes up is entirely too risky 
and is the most dangerous kind of specula¬ 
tion outside of buying wildcat stock fot 
cold cash. 
CABBAGE PRICES OFF 
The cabbage market is in quite sympathy 
with the potato market. Trading is dull, 
due to the fact that stocks in the Metro¬ 
politan districts are ample and prices have 
eased off so that now $10 or $11 a ton F, 
O. B. is quite common. This bears out our 
surmise of last week when we said that we 
wouldn’t be surprised to see cabbage down 
again to $10. The cabbage market is the 
same as the potato market. Just as soon 
as the price seems at all reasonable it is 
going to pay growers to loosen up some 
of their stock. • 
BEAN MARKET DULL 
The bean market continues to drag heav¬ 
ily with prices showing an easier tendency. 
Domestic marrows are offered as low as 
$9.25 for common stock, with choice marks 
bringing anywhere from $10 to $10.50 It 
is very rare that sales reach this top figure. 
Pea beans are also meeting a dull outlet 
and prices on this variety are easier. Com¬ 
mon to fair marks average anywhere from 
$5.50 to $5-75, with a few fancy lots bring¬ 
ing $6. Red and white kidneys are also 
dull and bringing easier prices. Red kid¬ 
neys are bringing anywhere from $8.25 to 
$8.65, depending on quality, with a few 
real choice lots bringing $8.75. White kid¬ 
neys are worth about $1 more all along the 
line, with the exception of real fancy quali¬ 
ties that are worth $10, but few are turn¬ 
ing at this figure. 
NO. 1 HAY SCARCE 
The hay market has taken on a much 
firmer tone, especially on the higher grades. 
There is little or no No. 1 in the market, 
with the result that prices on this grade 
have a tendency to harden. In fact, lower 
grades in large bales are meeting a firmer 
tone, although the movement in these low 
grades is still rather slow. Low grade hay 
in small bales is moving slowly, especially 
in Brooklyn. 
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