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American Agriculturist, August 25,1923 
Reviewing the Latest 
Eastern Markets and Prices 
NEW FRUIT CROP ESTIMATES 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
T HE report on crop forecasts of ap¬ 
ples and pears in New York State 
issued by the State Department of 
Farms and Markets, August 11, indi¬ 
cates a lower production than was esti¬ 
mated a month ago. The drop during 
July was greater than expected. The 
present prospects indicate a crop of 27,- 
000,000 bushels of apples, or about an 
average crop compared with 36,000,000 
bushels last year. The production of 
summer and fall varieties of apples will 
be considerably less than last year and 
slightly less than usual. Fall and early 
winter varieties will make up 21 per 
cent of the entire crop and winter va¬ 
rieties, 72 per cent. This is a larger 
percentage for winter varieties than 
usual. 
The decrease of nearly 8,000,000 bar¬ 
rels in the crop of apples this year 
compared with last is more than offset 
by increases in other commercial apple 
States. The total commercial apple 
crop for the country is now estimated 
at' 32,877,000 bushels, compared with 
30,955,000 bushels last year. There are 
very small increases in the crop in 
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Michigan, 
and considerable increases in produc¬ 
tion in the northwest over last year. 
The following are estimated 1923 crops 
of commercial crops of apples in New 
England States: Vermont, 127,000 
bbls.; New Hampshire, 198,000 bbls.; 
Masachusetts, 480,000 bbls.; Rhode Is¬ 
land, 24,000 bbls.; Connecticut, 128,000 
bbls.; Maine 643,000 bbls. All the New 
England States, except Vermont, will 
apparently have a larger production of 
apples this year than last, Vermont 
being very slightly below. 
Forecasts of peaches and grapes were 
practically the same as a month ago. 
The peach crop is estimated at 2,250,000 
bushels compared with 3,500,000 bushels 
last year. Prospects for grapes are 
slightly better than usual, although the 
crop is beginning to feel the effect of 
dry weather. In the Chatauqua section 
leaf hoppers are more plentiful than 
was expected. The August forecast in¬ 
dicates a crop of 71,000 tons of grapes 
cbmpared with 105,000 tons of grapes 
last year. 
FIRST N. Y. BARTLETTS ARRIVE 
The first New York State Bartlett 
pears arrived in New York market last 
week from Hudson Valley. They 
brought $2.50 @ 3.25 per bu. basket. 
Clapp’s Favorites, both barrels and 
baskets, were more plentiful, selling 
August .17 at $2 to 3 per bu., principal¬ 
ly $2.50 @2.75; barrels, $6.50 @ 8.50, 
principally $7.50 @ 8. 
There were a few Seckels, mostly 
from Oswego County, N. Y., with some 
from New Jersey. Demand is good for 
the right quality at $2.50 to 3.50 bu. 
No New York Kiefers are in yet,_ but 
some Sand pears, which are practical¬ 
ly the same as Kiefers, from Alabama 
sold in bushel baskets at $1 to 1.75. 
SUMMER APPLES IRREGULAR 
Although fancy large apples of either 
red or green varieties found a firm 
market last week, the bulk of receipts 
were of ordinary quality and sold at 
irregular prices. Following quotations 
represent wholesale sales of August 16: 
Per bushel hamper, DUCHESS, best, 
$1.25 @ 1.50; fancy, large, $1.75 @ 
2; poor to ordinary, 75c @ $1; 
WEALTHY, $1 @ 1.50; WILLIAMS, 
red, $1.25 @2; fancy, $2.50(5)3; 
GRAVENSTEIN, $1.25@1.75; fancy, 
$2 @ 2.25. 
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POTATO MARKET FIRM 
Long Island potato growers last week 
found a pretty good demand for their 
stocks at an advance of 20c a bushel. 
The shippers with orders coming in 
freely had to raise their price, in order 
to get the cars booked out on time. 
The general quotations on 150-lb. 
sacks f. o. b Long Island loading points 
ranged from $4 early in the week to 
$4.50 Friday. 
The demand for Jersey potatoes in¬ 
creased and Freehold quoted Cobblers 
in 150-lb. sacks from $4(5)4.25 f.o.b.; 
Salem, $4.25 (5) 4.50 f.o.b.; Robbinsville, 
$4 @ 4.25 f.o.b. 
The New York City market did not 
keep up to the rising prices in the 
country and the demand at the ad¬ 
vanced prices was slow. 
DECREASE IN POTATO ACREAGE 
The United States Department of 
Agriculture crop estimate report for 
August 1, indicates a big decrease in 
acreage in practically all important 
States and production far below last 
year. Maine is the only important 
northern state that expects a larger 
crop. The following is a comparison 
of estimates of 1923 and 1922: 
United States. . . . 
New York.. 
Maine . 
Michigan. 
Wisconsin . . j . . 
Minnesota. 
1923 
379,558,000 
30,365,000 
26,045,000 
29,297,000 
27,211,000 
37,510,000 
1 92 ? 
451,185,000- 
37,400,000 
21,600,000 
37,842,000 
40,672,000 
43,740,000 
NEARBY EGG MARKET STRONG 
Decreased supplies of nearby white 
eggs and relative scarcity of high-grade 
eggs in general western receipts, 
caused a strong market last week and 
advancing prices. New Jersey hennery 
whites, closely selected * extras, were 
All the large distributing markets 
were active and strong last week, but 
at New York there was a more con¬ 
servative tendency on the part of buy¬ 
ers toward the end of the week. Prices 
advanced on lower grades of creamery 
due to demand from outside sections 
near New York. Creamery extras, 92 
score, advanced to 44c per lb. The 
average quality is generally improv¬ 
ing. 
CHEESE MARKET FIRM 
The cheese market showed continued 
firmness last week. On August 16, 
New York State whole milk flats, fresh, 
average run sold at 24% to 25c lb. 
State flats of fancy quality sold chiefly 
at 2514 to 26c. Up-State dealers asked 
relatively high prices compared with 
New York market. Western prices ad¬ 
vanced also with a firm market. 
BROILERS DECLINE 
Increased supply and less demand 
caused the market for express broilers 
to fall off last week. Leghorn broilers 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which far: 
eastern farmers sold on August 17: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
New Jersey hennery whites uncandled, extras... 
Other hennery whites, extras. 
Extra firsts. . 
Firsts. 1... 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts. 
Lower grades. 
Hennery browns, extras. 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extras. 
I’ullets No. 1. 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score... 
Extra (92 score). 
State dairy (salted), finest. 
Good to prime. 
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.. 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 
Bulls, common to good.. 
Lambs, common to good. 
Sheep, common to good ewes. 
Hogs, Yorkers . .. 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 
Fowis, leghorns and poor... 
Broilers, colored fancy... 
Broilers, leghorn... 
n products of special 
New York 
Buffalo 
53 #55 
51 @53 
45 @47 
37 @39 , 
40 @ 44 
10 @ 46 
36 @39 
38 @ 45 
3 5 @3 7 
34 @35 
34 @37 
44i/o @45 
47 @ 48 
44 
45 @46 
43 @43 1/3 
43 @44 
40 Vj@ 13V3 
' 35 @42 
U. S. Grades 
Old Grade 
$27 @ 29 
$17 @18 
24 @26 
15 @20 
29 @30 
30 
14 @ 15 
. 
24 @ 28 
25 @ 26 
28 @25 
20 @22 
29 @30- 
25' 
27 @29 
23 
12 @14 
4@4% 
9% @14 
3 @ 5 
9@9y 2 
Pliila. 
29 <4 
Standards 
$26 @27 
22 @23 
26 @: 
25 @27 
19 @22 
38 
36 
quoted at 53 @ 55c per doz. on August 
16. Some Vineland, N. J. shippers are 
getting top quotation on New Jersey 
hennery whites f.o.b. Vineland, and 
some of the very fanciest Vineland 
eggs bring premiums of 1 or 2c above 
top quotations. New, York State and 
other nearby hennery white extras 
closely selected brought 51 (5) 53c; aver¬ 
age nearby extras, 48 @ 50c. These 
prices represent sales of only the very 
best quality of large, chalk-white, light 
yolk, full-bodied, carefully sorted eggs, 
however. The bulk of nearby receipts 
probably sold at between 40 and 45c. 
Extra firsts advanced during the week 
from a range of 42 @ 44c to 45 @ 47c, 
and firsts from 38 @ 41c up to 40 @ 
44c. The feeling at the end of the 
week was somewhat easier, however. 
No. 1 pullet eggs sold at 35 @ 38c per 
doz. Undergrades of pullets, including 
smalls, around 30c. 
At this time last year average ex¬ 
tras, nearby hennery whites, sold at 
45 @ 47c, about 3c below the quotation 
on the same date this year. In the 
last week of August, 1922, nearby white 
eggs advanced 4c. They then dropped 
back a little the first few days in Sep¬ 
tember and after that advanced stead¬ 
ily up to the peak of 94c, in November. 
BUTTER MARKET STRONG 
It looks now as though the shortage 
of storage stocks of butter in the coun¬ 
try would be greater by September 1 
than it was on August 1. Reports 
from producing sections indicate fur¬ 
ther shrinkage in production of 5 to 
10 per cent, or more, compared with a 
year ago. Large consumption of ice 
cream and use of milk for other pur¬ 
poses has reduced the supply for butter. 
sold slowly unless of large size. Some 
small Leghorns sold as low as 25c lb. 
Following were wholesale prices on ex¬ 
press broilers, August 16: colored 29 
@ 30c; Leghorn, large 29c, average 27 
@ 28c. 
Receipts of fowls by express were 
light and they sold well at higher 
prices. Colored fowls sold August 16, 
24 @ 28c and Leghorn and poor mixed 
23 @ 25c. Long Island ducks, live, 
spring, sold at 27c per pound and old 
ducks at 22c, ducks from other nearby 
sections 21 @ 23c. 
Attention is called to the Jewish New 
Year holiday, September 11-12, for 
which the best market days are Septem¬ 
ber 6, 7, and 8. Heavy fowls, turkeys 
and ducks are most in demand at that 
time. On September 17 and 18 light, 
white chickens and roosters will be es¬ 
pecially in deman 1 for the Jewish Day 
of Atonement which comes on Septem¬ 
ber 20. These are used ceremonially. 
From September 21 to 24 heavy fowls, 
ducks, and geese will be wanted for the 
Feast of Tabernacles which occurs Sep¬ 
tember 25 and 26. 
HAY CROP UNCERTAIN 
The crop report issued by the State 
Department of Farms and Markets last 
week says that quite conflicting reports 
were received relative to production of 
hay in New York State. Prospects dif¬ 
fer sharply according -to the distribu¬ 
tion of the summer showers. The crop 
is particularly poor in Chautauqua and 
Schuyler and around the Catskills. For 
the State as a whole about the usual 
yield is expected, probably a little over 
fourteen tons per acre. There is a 
larger percentage of clover and a smal¬ 
ler percentage of weeds than usual. 
The quality of hay harvested up to 
August 1 was high. On the other hand, 
the shortage of labor delayed the cutting 
of the crop in some sections, and there ■ 
is some hay still standing which will 
probably be left unharvested. 
New York market for hay was strong 
last week. Receipts were light and a 
large proportion of the hay arriving 
was not of best quality. Buyers were 
willing to pay higher prices in order 
to get good hay. Owing to light re¬ 
ceipts in Brooklyn, the market there is 
about $1 above the 33rd Street market.’ 
BUCKWHEAT HONEY STRONGER 
Extracted buckwheat honey was 
quoted wholesale at New York last 
week at 10 to 11c per pound. One 
trade publication had a top quotation 
of 14c, but this is not considered to rep¬ 
resent the market. Large dealers are 
offering 9c pound in carload lots f. o. b. 
shipping point and some offers 6f 10c 
per pound in the country are reported. 
There seems a fair prospect for better 
prices for any buckwheat which can be 
shipped by September 1. There is lit¬ 
tle demand at New York now for clover 
honey, although some buyers are going 
to production points with the object of 
contracting for later supply. New 
York quotations are $3.50 @ 4 on comb, 
and 9 @ 11c on extracted. 
BEAN CROP LARGER 
The bean crop in the United States 
was estimated August 1 at !4 to pj 
larger than last year and 2-3 larger 
than in either 1920 or 1921. New York 
State forecast is 1,479,000 bushels, com¬ 
pared with 1,302,000 last year; Michi¬ 
gan 6,825,000 bushels, compared with 
4,809,000; total United States 15,270,000 
compared with 11,893,000 last. 
Following are' New York market 
quotations on dry beans August 17: 
Domestic, 100 pounds pea $6.25 @ 6.50, 
medium $7.50; red. kidney choice $7 (5) 
7.25; white kidney, fair $8.25(5)8.50; 
yellow eye $7 (5) 7.75; pink $5.75. Pea 
beans selling slowly. Red Kidneys 
market weak. White kidneys were held 
in some instances for $9, though $8.75 
was the general market. 
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it to the post office. We take a number 
of papers but none can take the place 
of our American Agriculturist for 
clean reading. Wishing you a bigger 
success for the coming year.”—Mrs. 
Nellie M. Clark, R. D. No. 2, Miller- 
ton, Pa. 
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