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American Agriculturist, August 11,1923 
Reviewing the Latest 
Eastern Markets and Prices 
POTATO MARKET FIRM 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
W HILE trading in the New York 
City market for potatoes is light, 
there is a good demand for carefully 
graded stock. The shipping season on 
the Eastern Shore of Virginia is prac¬ 
tically over. Cars from that section, 
although few in number, were selling 
last week for prices ranging from $4.50 
@ 5.50 bbl., most of them from $5 @ 
5.25. 
Potatoes from Maryland branded 
stocks, were being sold at about the 
same price. 
A few cars have been rolling from 
South Jersey at higher prices. Quota¬ 
tions on the best stock ranged from 
$4.25 @ 4.50 per 150-lb. sack at the 
loading point. The digging, providing 
the weather is favorable, will increase 
within the next week or ten days. 
On the north side of Long Island 
most of the potatoes were still being 
shipped in barrels. A few cars have 
been sacked. Prices on the Long 
Islands in barrels ranged from $4.75 @ 
5.25; in sacks, 150 lbs., from $4.25 @ 
4.75. On the south side of Long Island, 
with the exception of some Cobblers, 
very few growers have been marketing 
their potatoes. Conditions are quite 
favorable and a good crop is expected. 
The price talk is $1.50 per bushel or 
better. Compared with last season, 
when prices dropped as low as 45c, the 
prospects are pleasant indeed. 
GREEN VEGETABLES QUIET 
Lettuce growers shipping to the New 
York City market met with the lowest 
prices imaginable and some of the com¬ 
mission merchants stated that at times 
“we couldn’t give it away.” It seems 
that a great many more cars than 
usual landed in New York, and in spite 
of the fact that crates sold from 10c 
up, some cars had to be dumped. 
Beans sold lower and the poor stock 
barely moved at extreme prices. Most 
of them came in from New Jersey. 
Prices on stringless ranged from 
$1.50 @ 3.50 per basket; green, $1 @ 2; 
wax, 50c @ $2.25; Long Islands, per 
bag, 25c @ $1.25. 
Peas came in more freely and the 
buyers had the advantage. State Tele¬ 
phone Peas sold from $2 @ 2.50 per 
basket; other kinds from $1.50 @ 2, in 
bags. Some went a quarter higher. 
There is a good demand for fancy 
green corn and prices held from $2.50 
@ 3.50 per sack. 
Tomatoes also were firm with sup¬ 
plies arriving from Maryland, Dela¬ 
ware, South Jersey, Keyport, and near¬ 
by sections. The Keyports brought the 
best prices, from $3.50 @ 6 per crate; 
South Jerseys, 20-qt., $1.50 @3.50; 
State, per carrier, $3.50 @ 4. 
Celery, regardless of the light sup¬ 
ply, met a slow demand. State sold 
from 18 @ 25c. 
Yellow onions from Massachusetts 
sold from $3 @ 3.25 per 100-lb. sack. 
FRUIT MARKET DULL 
State Dutchess apples in liberal sup¬ 
ply moved slowly with prices from $1.50 
@ 1.75 because of ordinary quality. 
"" Peaches sold at lower prices with a 
weaker market, most of them coming 
from the South. Jersey Sixes Green- 
boros sold from. 75c @$1.25; Car¬ 
mans, $1.25 @1.75; poor stock, down 
to $1. 
SMALL FRUIT SUPPLY LIGPIT 
Supplies of blackberries and black¬ 
caps from Hudson Valley were light. 
Blackberries, per qt., 25 @ 27c; some 
as high as 30c; small, 20 @ 22c; Black¬ 
caps, per pt., 10 @ 12c. State cherries 
from Hudson Valley, 4-qt. basket, Red, 
sour, 85c @ $1; small, 75 @ 80c. 
Currants, Gooseberries, and Rasp¬ 
berries from nearby State sections were 
in light supply. Last week Currant 
prices, per qt, for red were 11 @ 13c; 
black, 20 @ 25c. Gooseberries, 4-qt. 
basket, 85c @ $1. Raspberries, on ac¬ 
count of poor quality, sold as low as 8c 
per pt. There was a good demand for 
sound, fancy stock, and prices on the 
best ranged from 15 @ 25c. 
UTAH EGGS IN NEW YORK 
All the world seems to pick New 
York as a market for its eggs. Now, 
Utah, through the Utah Poultry Pro¬ 
ducers’ Association, promises to send 
to New York fancy graded eggs equal 
in standard to those from Petaluma. 
After all the rest of the United States 
has organized to give New York City 
perfectly uniform, high quality eggs, 
the nearby producers may begin to ap¬ 
ply modern marketing methods. Of 
course, some are doing it now, but there 
seems to be plenty of opportunity for 
the distant producer to find an outlet 
With the increase in the supply of 
broilers the market tendency was in the 
buyers’ favor. Large fowls met a good 
demand. Those under four pounds sold 
at lower prices with a weak market 
feeling. Colored fowls reached 36c last 
week. White Leghorns of poor quality 
sold as low as 19c. 
Broilers were in heavy supply and 
the demand dull. Broilers, colored, 34 
@36c; large Leghorns, 31 @ 32c; 
CALENDAR FOR THE POTJLTRYMAN 
Cut Out and Save This List of Hebrew and Legal Holidays for Rest of 1923, 
Which Affect Market for Poultry. 
Best Market 
Holiday 
Date 
Days 
Commodities in Demand 
Jewish New Year. . . 
Sep. 11 
Sep. 5-8 
Broilers, especially fat Fowls, 
Turkeys, Ducks and Geese 
Day of Atonement. . . 
Sep. 20 
Sep. 17-18 
All prime stock, especially 
White Leghorn Chickens 
and Roosters 
Feast of Tabernacles. 
Sep. 24 
Sep. 18-21 
Ducks, Fowls and fat Geese 
Columbus Day. 
Oct. 12 
Oct. 9-11 
Live Chickens, Fowls and 
Rabbits 
Thanksgiving Day. . 
Nov. 29 
Nov. 22-28 
Turkeys, Geese, Fowls Ca¬ 
pons, Young Pigs and Rab¬ 
bits 
Feast of Law. 
Dec. 3 
Nov. 28-30 
Prime quality of all kinds 
Christmas Day. 
Dec. 25 
Dec. 19-23 
Turkeys, Geese, Fowls, Ca¬ 
pons, Suckling Pigs, Live 
Rabbits, Live Goats 
New Year. 
Jan. 1 
Dec. 26-30 
Turkeys, Geese, Fowls, Ca¬ 
pons, Suckling Pigs, Live 
Rabbits, and Live Goats 
for graded, standardized goods, by vir- 
ture of his standardization. Cars of 
the new Utah pack have already ar¬ 
rived and regular shipments from now 
on are predicted. 
NEARBY WHITES IN DEMAND 
The supply of nearby fancy white 
eggs was light last week and demand 
was good with receipts clearing rapidly 
at firm prices. Irregular quality and 
lower grades dragged unless offered at 
very low prices. It is believed in 
some quarters that there may be a late 
summer reduction in the egg supply 
which will have a tendency to put the 
market in good condition, regardless 
of the fact that August reports show 
an excess of reserves in storage. 
Express shipments of good nearby 
hennery eggs sold readily. Very fancy 
selected hennery whites sold for 47c per 
doz. The best gathered and other 
grades in comparison sold slowly at 
much lower prices from 26 @ 37c per 
doz. Nearby medium quality eggs from 
34 @ 40c. 
HEAVY POULTRY IN DEMAND 
Light stock poultry is giving ground 
to heavy varieties at lower prices. 
small and mixed Leghorns, 27 @ 29c; 
old roosters, 16c; pigeons, pair, 30c; 
rabbits, 22 @ 23c. 
BUTTER TONE STRONG 
Most grades of creamery butter last 
week advanced one-half cent, due to 
light receipts. Creamery extras 92 
score, were quoted August 2 at 42%c; 
Creamery, higher score than extras, 43 
@ 43 %c. Stocks of lower grades were 
quoted 35% @ 36%c, with a good de¬ 
mand for the best at 37 %c. 
CHEESE LOWER 
Last week part of the time the cheese 
market seemed to be standing still with 
the buyers on a vacation. Since prices 
in general were below the cost of much 
cheese stored, speculators began to buy. 
This activity caused a firmer feeling. 
New York State whole milk flats were 
quoted at 26 @ 26%c. 
The markets throughout the country 
are lower. 
DRESSED CALF SUPPLY LIGHT 
Country-dressed veal calves did not 
arrive in large enough volume last week 
to hurt the market and the demand for 
choice was good. Lower grades sold 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on August 3: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) New York 
New Jersey hennery whites uncandled, extras... 44@47 
Other hennery whites, extras. 43 @45 
Extra firsts. 36 @38 
Firsts. 32 @35 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts. 32 @37 
Lower grades. 23 @ 31 
Hennery browns, extras. 35 @38 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extras.. 29 @34 
Pullets No. 1. 26 @32 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score 
Extra (92 score). 
State dairy (salted), finest.. 
Good to prime. 
43 @43% 
42% 
41 @42 
39 @40% 
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. 
U. S. Grades 
$25@26 
21 @23 
13 @ 17 
27 
28 @ 30 
10 @12 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 23 @25 
• Fowls, leghorns and poor. 19@22 
Broilers, colored fancy. ..... 34@36 
Broilers, leghorn. 31 @32 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 11 @14 
Bulls,'common to good. 3% @4 
Lambs, common to good. 9 @13% 
Sheep, common to good ewes... 3@5 
Hogs, Yorkers . . .. 8%@8% 
Buffalo Phila. 
33@35 30 
. 27 
32@33 . 
45 @46 
43 @44 
41 @42 
33 @ 40 
43 
Old Grade Standards 
$17 @18 
$23 @24 
19 @20 
22 @ 23 
24 @26 
27 @28 
21@23 
21 @23 
28 
38 
26 
36 
6@14 
8 % @8% . 
slowly. Best veals sold for 16 @ 19c 
per lb., poor as low as 10c. 
Lambs arrived in better quality and. 
the demand improved. The best stock 
sold for as high as $15 cwt. 
CASH GRAIN QUOTATIONS 
Cash grain quotations August 3 were 
as follows: 
New York—Corn, No. 2 yellow, 
$1.06%; No. 2 mixed, $1.05%; No. 2 
white, $1.07%. Oats—No. 2 white, 
52% @ 53c; No. 3 white, 51c; ordinary 
white clipped, 51 @ 52 %c. 
Chicago—Corn, No. 2 white, 87% @ 
87%c; No. 2 yellow, 88 @ 89c. Oats— 
No. 2 white, 40 @ 41c; No. 3 white, 
37% @ 39c. Barley, 62 @ 65c. Rye, 66. 
BETTER HAY ARRIVING 
Last week the new hay which ar¬ 
rived was of excellent quality. No. 1 
Timothy sold for $27 per ton. Lower 
grades as low as $21. 
A NEW SWEET CHERRY 
A new sweet cherry, comparable in 
every way to the Black Tartarian, but 
ripening from a week to ten days 
earlier than any cherry now grown 
and from two to three weeks 
earlier than the Tartarian, is the lat¬ 
est contribution of horticulturists at 
the New York State Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station at Geneva. The new 
cherry, named the Seneca, is a cross be¬ 
tween an unknown variety and Early 
Purple Guigne, fruited for the first 
time in 1922 with a full crop. The va¬ 
riety has produced a full crop again 
this season and all the fruit had 
ripened by June 26, fully ten days 
ahead of either parent or of any other 
variety. Dr. Hedrick states: 
“The Seneca, a station seedling, gives 
promise of becoming one of the most 
popular sweet cherries for the home 
planting and may have the same com¬ 
mercial possibilities that the Black 
Tartarian now enjoys. The tree is 
apparently hardy and the prospects 
are that the variety will be a prolific 
and annual bearer. The fruit is large 
for a sweet cherry, smooth, purplish 
black, and has an unusually pleasant, 
spicy flavor.” 
Following the usual practice in re¬ 
gard to the introduction of the new 
fruits developed by the New York Ag¬ 
ricultural Experiment Station, trees of 
the Seneca will be distributed for fur¬ 
ther testing by the New York State 
Fruit Testing Cooperative Association, 
Inc., probably in 1924, when it is hoped 
to have a sufficient number of trees 
available for that purpose.—A. H. P. 
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