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American Agriculturist, August 18,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
HONEY MARKET OUTLOOK 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
T HE latest Federal Reports on the 
honey crop of the country confirms 
previous reports as to the very light 
crop in practically all sections except 
New York. Southern California has 
practically no surplus flow following 
the orange bloom. The crop of alfalfa 
honey in Central California will be a 
failure and the bee-men are said to be 
discouraged. In the Pacific Northwest 
many colonies were killed and others 
will produce no surplus this year as a 
result of spray poison. In Texas the 
bees are now gathering surplus from 
cotton blooms, but the general outlook 
is for much less than normal crop. In 
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Indiana ab¬ 
normal yield is expected, but in Ohio 
the clover crop is only fair and in some 
cases practically a failure. Dry weather 
in the northeastern States will gener¬ 
ally shorten the honey crop, whereas in 
the southeastern States rainfall is too 
abundant. Sales of extracted honey in 
60-pound cans in ton lots are reported 
in southeastern States as follows: 
white, 12%c, light amber 9 @ 10c and 
amber 7c. 
Very few sales are reported from 
northeastern States or other sections. 
The New York market quoted on 
August 9, clover in the comb per case 
at $3.50 @ 4; extracted, per lb., 9 @ 
11c; buckwheat comb, per crate, $3 @ 
3.25; extracted, per lb., 10 @ 11c. Some 
beekeepers up-State are asking as high 
as 15c per lb. for light clover extracted 
in 60-lb. cans, but no actual sales are 
known at this price. 
APPLE SUPPLY LIBERAL 
Supplies of bushel baskets of sum¬ 
mer apples in the New York market 
were very liberal last week expecially 
from New Jersey. Shipments from the 
Hudson River Valley sections were not 
heavy. Demand was moderate for 
fancy large fruit, but small and or¬ 
dinary stock was practically neglected 
and the market was generally dull and 
weak. Hudson River Valley apples 
were sold on August 9 at the follow¬ 
ing wholesale prices per bushel hamper: 
DUTCHESS—best, $1 @ 1.25; some 
fancy large, $1.50; ordinary, 75c. 
ASTRICANS, best, $1 @ 1.25; ordi¬ 
nary, 50@75c; poor, 25@35c. TRANS¬ 
PARENT, best, $1.50 @1.75; fancy, 
large, $2 @ 2.25; ordinary, 75 @ $1.25; 
WEALTHY, $1.25 @ 2. 
BERRY RECEIPTS LIGHT 
Supplies of berries at New York 
were very light last week and the mar¬ 
ket was dull. Hudson River Valley 
blackberries sold, per qt., best, 14 @ 
15c, few sales 16c; small and ordinary, 
10 @ 12y 2 c. 
Receipts of cherries from Western 
New York, however, were liberal and 
demand limited. MONTMORENCY 
from Western New York sold in the 
middle of the week from 60 (a) 75c, but 
later declined to 50c per 4-qt. basket. 
ENGLISH MORRELLOS from West¬ 
ern New York sold at 80 @ 90c on Au¬ 
gust 9, and from Hudson River Valley 
at 85 @ 90c for best. 
HUDSON RIVER PEARS “IN” 
Early varieties of pears are now 
coming into the New York market 
from the Hudson River Valley. Fol¬ 
lowing are wholesale prices at which 
they sold on August 9 per bu. basket: 
CLAPP FAVORITE, best, $2 @2.25; 
large stock, $2.50 @2.75; small and 
poor, $1.50 @ 1.75. BELLE, $1.50 @ 
1.75; FLEMISH BEAUTY, $1.25 @ 
$1.75. 
PEACH SUPPLY LIBERAL 
New York is quite liberally supplied 
with peaches at the present time from 
Southern New Jersey. Various early 
varieties of Hudson River Valley 
peaches were also received last week 
and sold mostly at 25 @ 35c per 14-qt. 
and 16-qt. basket. 
NO TRADING IN DRIED FRUITS 
There was practically no business 
last week in the New York market in 
dried fruits. Evaporated apples were 
quoted at 11 @ 11 %c per lb, for fancy 
and 10 @ 10 %c for choice, but there 
were very few sales. Early fall ship¬ 
ments of prime were quoted at about 
9 @ 914c f. o. b. One large dried fruit 
dealer in the New York market de¬ 
clared that not more than three car¬ 
loads of evaporated apples had gone 
into consumption in the New York 
market in the last year. He considers 
the evaporated apple business as very 
near dead because of the general sub¬ 
stitution of canned apples by res¬ 
taurants and pie bakers. 
POTATOES SLIGHTLY DULLER 
Last week, due to warm weather and 
the fact that all business was suspended 
on Friday the market for potatoes 
turned dull. Long Island cobblers in 
150-lb. sacks sold at from $3.75 @ 4.50. 
The buyers were inclined to hold off 
expecting bargains. 
Most of the large firms handling po¬ 
tatoes were well supplied with barreled 
stock from Maryland and the Eastern 
Shore and were anxious to clean up. 
Some barrels sold as low as $3.40, top 
$4. 
Southern New Jersey was offering 
egg shipper that a few hours out in 
the sun on a railroad platform will 
change the character of eggs very 
quickly in hot weather. Ship, if pos¬ 
sible, in the evening so that they will 
reach the market the next morning. 
Average extras, nearby and nearby 
Western hennery whites sold at 44 @ 
47c on August 9; extra firsts, 41 @ 
43c; mediums, 36 @ 40c. 
Hennery browns are in demand, New 
Jerseys selling at 44 @ 48c, and others 
at 38 @ 43c. 
BUTTER PRICES CONTINUE HIGH 
Extra creamery butter reached a 
firm price of 43 %c per lb. last week. 
Wholesale dealers seemed to feel that 
there was a slightly weaker tendency 
at the end of the week, but sales of 
extras continued at 4314 c up Friday 
when all businesses were closed. 
Lighter production is reported gen¬ 
erally. The American Creamery But¬ 
ter Manufacturers’ Association re¬ 
ported a decrease of 4.98 per cent in 
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carlots freely for $3.50 per 150-lb. sack 
f. o. b. loading point. The best sold in 
New York City from $4 @ 4.50. 
BROILERS SELL WELL 
Preceding the special Friday holi¬ 
day last week, the demand for broilers 
was very active. Receipts during the 
week by express were not heavy. 
Wholesale prices August 9 as follows: 
Colored, 31 @ 33c; Leghorn, large, 31 
@32; Leghorn, average, 30c; small 
mixed and Leghorn, 27 @ 29c. 
Fowls continued in good demand, 
fancy colored reaching 25 @ 26, and 
some large Leghorns, 22c or more. 
Pigeons, per pair, 30c; rabbits, per 
lb, 22 @ 23c; geese, 16c per lb; Long 
Island spring ducks, 26e. 
EGGS BRING HIGHER PRICES 
Nearby white eggs continued in light 
supply last week and cleared promptly 
at advanced prices. Pacific Coast eggs 
are only in moderate supply and fresh 
receipts of gathered eggs or express 
shipments from a distance cannot show 
the quality of nearbys. Really fancy 
quality white eggs from any nearby 
section will sell at 50c per dozen or 
more. It must be remembered by the 
output last week and a loss of 11.5 per 
cent compared with the same week last 
year. The shortage in cold storage 
holdings in the four large cities this 
year compared with last had increased 
to 10,000,000 pounds by August 9, and 
was causing much anxiety among but¬ 
ter dealers. The Government report 
on holdings in the entire country on 
August 1, however, shows a shortage 
of only 2,183,000 pounds. This indi¬ 
cates that a relatively larger propor¬ 
tion of butter is being held in storage 
houses outside the four cities. 
The average quality of the butter 
is better now than a few weeks ago. 
Danish butter is offered in some quan¬ 
tities at 35c per pound, with insur¬ 
ance and freight paid. About 2,000 
to 2,500 casks were bought early last 
week for shipment to New York. 
CHEESE SLIGHTLY STRONGER 
Although wholesale quotations have 
remained about the same all the last 
week, there was a little stronger feel¬ 
ing to the market toward the end of 
the week. American cheese, State 
whole milk flats, fresh, average run, 
continue selling at 24c a pound, with 
insufficient supply for demand at that 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on August 10: » 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) New York 
New Jersey hennery whites uncandled, extras... 50@52 
Other hennery whites, extras. 48 @50 
Extra firsts. 41 @43 
Firsts... 38 @40 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts. 38 @42 
Lower grades. 33 @36 
Hennery browns, extras. 37 @40 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extras. 34 @36 
Pullets No. 1... 33 @35 
Buffalo Phila. 
34 @36 32 
. 29 
33 @34 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score 
Extra (92 score). 
State dairy (salted), finest. . 
Good to prime. 
44@44% 46 @47 . 
43 % 44 @45 44 % 
42 @43 42 @43 . 
39% @41% 34@41 . 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) U. s. Grades 
Timothy No. 2. $27 @28 
Timothy No. 3. 25 @26 
Timothy Sample. 14 @20 
Fancy light clover mixed. 27 @29 
Alfalfa, second cutting. 30 @31 
Oat straw No. 1. 14 @15 
Old Grade Standards 
$17 @18 $25 @26 
. 21@22 
”!!!!] 25 @26 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 21 @26 
Fowls, leghorns and poor. . . .. 19 @22 
Broilers, colored fancy. 31 @33 
Broilers, leghorn... 31 @32 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium.. 11 @13% 
Bulls, common to good.. 4@4% 
Lambs, common to good. 9 @11 
Sheep, common to good ewes.. 3@5 
Hogs, Yorkers . .. 8% @9 
23 @25 
19 @20 
28 
26 
27 @28 
20@22 
38 
36 
price. June specials remain at 26 @ 
26 %c. There is a strong feeling on 
all grades of Swiss cheese. Produc¬ 
tion in New York State shows litttle 
change as yet. 
Washed curd cheese is in much bet¬ 
ter demand at Boston than New York. 
It is reported from Utica that cheese 
bought at independent factories during 
the week in that section was paid for 
at 22c, compared with 19c at the same 
time last year. 
DRESSED CALF MARKET DULL 
Although receipts of country-dressed 
veals were in light supply last week, 
demand was very dull and prices re¬ 
mained practically unchanged. Most 
sales were made from- 18c down, and 
a few strictly choice veals were sold 
at 19c. 
The outlook for live calves is a lit¬ 
tle brighter, and the best grades of 
veals sold as high as $14. There was 
little demand, however, for coarse, 
heavy stock, and a few lots went at 
$4.50 @ 5.50. 
Toward the end of last week the 
demand for live lambs improved and 
the bulk of the stock in the market 
moved more easily. Sales were made 
at $12 @ 14 for ordinary to strictly 
choice. 
RAISES HOGS THAT PAY 
Howard Fetterolf, proprietor of the 
Viewmount Farm, Mainville, Pa., 
writes as follows about his O. I. C.: 
“We had 67 living pigs farrowed by 
six sows in the spring of 1922 and 51 
living pigs farrowed by four sows this 
fall. Had a litter of March pigs to 
average 102 pounds when 100 days old, 
and a sow that weighed 548 when 15 
months old, but these pigs get this 
honestly, as our Schoolmaster boar has 
a length of 80 inches, a heart girth of 
63 inches and 11% bone. Our Junior 
boar, of Wildwood strain, bids fair to 
develop into a larger boar still, and we 
had grand champion sow at Blooms- 
burg Fair this fall on our big 700- 
pound sow C. C. Perfection. We have 
been sold out of spring boars since 
September 1st, but have bred 12 spring 
sows which are now ready to ship. We 
also have a better crop of fall pigs 
than we have ever had.” 
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