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American Agriculturist, September 15,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
FALL APPLE PICKING BEGINS 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
spectionf is the fundamentel P of^bet- States^uch asaffected 1 the the k Y n j ted even 31c per lb. White Leghorn fowls 
4 m -- ter marketing. It is hoped that the vear The d H n ? a T. kets 1 !f st brought mostly 22@23c, with some 
Ax various points in the Hudson Val- service established by the Department wise* advancedfharnlv*^ ^ llke ' ar # e St ° Ck S f ling at lc and 2c hi S her - 
Jr\. ley packing houses were opened last of Farms and Markets will be made aa d - ' 1,1 ’ 
week and the first Greenings and other use of to the fullest possible degree bv 
fall or early winter varieties received. New York State potato shippers this 
Other packing houses will mostly be m year, 
operation by September 
17. Some 
growers have already begun to pick 
McIntosh. 
The New York market has been well 
supplied in last week with apples from 
Virginia, Delaware and Maryland, 
principally northwestern Greenings 
sharply. 
EGG PRICES ADVANCE RAPIDLY 
Owing to light supplies of nearby 
hennery white eggs last week, and 
small proportion of extra fancy full 
New York State had n« q *- strong-bodied light yolk eggs, whole- 
ber 1, shipped o„? y 47^ 3 cEtlge ^ 
compared with 154 to same date last New Jersey h * .quotation on 
CV™ r7- ? the 'j ght s Y pply ’ thcre selected ex&as 
has been a fairly good market at New 
CABBAGE SHIPMENTS LIGHT 
higher grades 
New Jersey, hennery whltes7"dosely 
-- r—j no.cunooceui vricciungs uac uccu a iairiy gooa market at New extras on September 6 was 
Duchess, Wealthy, Stark, Gravensteins, York. A few safes of bulk cabbage n r e vJJ 3 ^ d i W1 th 5 , 7c a week 
and Wolf River, m bnaliel KaeVo+o were made at $50 per ton and fancv P revious - Medium and mixed mmlitlea 
up to $55. y 
and Wolf River, in bushel baskets. 
The following were prices on State 
and Hudson River apples September 6, 
in bushel baskets: 
Variety Best 
Wealthy .$1.25 @1.75 
Gravenstein . 1.25 @1.50 
Maiden Blush. 1.25 @1.50 
Alex. & Wolf River . 1.25 @1.75 
Duchess. 
Ordinary 
$0.75 @ 1.00 
0.75 @ 1.00 
0.75 @ 1.00 
0.75 @1.00 
0.75 @ 1.00 
BUTTER TRADE ACTIVE 
Following Labor Day there was 
marked activity in the butter market 
with a considerable movement of stock 
to large buyers such as the chain 
and mixed qualities, 
however, continued to move slowly at 
somewhat irregular prices. It is ex¬ 
pected that the decreased demand at 
summer resorts will result in larger 
week mentS t0 NeW Y ° rk in the n ^ xt 
Average extras, nearby and nearby 
western hennery whites went up to 51 
Barreled, A grade 2%-inch Alexan¬ 
der, Fall Pippin, Gravenstein, Maiden 
Blush, Wealthy and Wolf River sold 
at $4@5. There were a few Hubbard- 
sons in the market, which were picked 
too early, some Porters for which there 
is no demand, and a few McIntosh in 
baskets. No market is yet established 
on early McIntosh. It is expected that 
demand for them will be good by the 
middle of the month. The first Mc¬ 
Intosh in the market last year sold at 
$4@5, and they went up $1.50 per 
bbl. around October 1. The first Green¬ 
ings, A grade, 2%-inch, in barrels, 
brought $4@5 per bbl., $5 being the top 
price up till the last of October. At 
the 
is 
Appreciates Market Radio 
I MUST say that I enjoy the market report which your station 
broadcasting by the courtesy of the American Agriculturist I 
was going to write for some market report blanks, but I couldn’t 
catch the right address. So I thought the best I ould dd was to 
write and ask you kindly to ask the gentleman who reads the market 
report to send me some of these market report blanks to my epclo^ed 
address as I have understood him to say that he would gladly send 
any one w o asked for these above mentioned blanks free of 
charge. I would like to take the market ■nvioee a 
\ cast them from day to day.-T. D. V., Bergen Co., 
Express colored broilers were in lib-’ 
eral supply and fancy stock sold at 
around 28@29c. The bulk of receipts 
of Leghorn broilers moved at 26@27c, 
with 28c as an extreme price. 
Rabbits were in demand at 25c per 
lb. Little trade for pigeons, which 
were quoted at 35c per pair. Ducks, 
express, sold as follows: Long Island 
spring, 30c lb.; other nearby, 24@25c: 
Muscovy, 14c. 
LAMB MARKET IMPROVES 
The lamb market which was some¬ 
what lower the day after Labor Day, 
had improved by September 6, when 
supplies were cleaned up with prime 
lambs bringing mostly $14.50(5)15. Six 
deckloads of Canadian lambs brought 
for the most part $13.50. Sheep 
showed little change, prime ewes selling 
on September 6, for $6.25@6.50. 
The market on country dressed calves 
remained steady, most of the sales 
ranging from 12@18c. Under mod¬ 
erate trading live hogs brought on 
September 6, for light to medium $9.90 
HAY SUPPLY HEAVY 
Hay buyers held off prior to Labor 
Day anticipating an accumulation of 
supplies. On Tuesday following there 
were 67 cars at the West 33rd Street 
yards with trading still quiet. The 
market remained steady, however, in 
the face of fairly heavy arrivals by 
both train and boat. 
HONEY CROP LIGHT 
present time it looks as though 
fancy A grade, 2%-inch Greenings 
would bring about $6 per bbl. at New stores. On Thursday September 6. the (n)Wr ^ _ Tke latest Federal report on honey 
York. Small to medium size Greenings trading had slackened somewhat Un- wppk a? 1531 ’ 611 A w . ltk 48@51c of the confirms previous reports as to a light 
are n°t .in demand. ^ salted creamery with good supplies on receints i larg u 6 P r °P° r tion of crop in the West and practically all 
This is a year m which large size band sold slowly. On the Exchange selliJJ ir, ld cla f s be , Iow extras,” over the country. The clover honey 
fruit is likely to bring a good premium, Thursday, creamery extras brought 45c ner ra xp ° f Probably 44@49c crop m northeastern States has been 
because of the small size of the bulk and a shipment of 87 score 40V 2 c ner ^ ea rby hennery browns, good, but buckwheat flow was cut short 1 
of the fruit. pound. /2C per ^rad ng as extras, sold at 44@52c. by cool weather in August. 
Price advances in the European wholesale %% J,?/* ^ SeIling r B ? ckA lheat honey extracted was 
markets are tending to check imports, tra firsts Jtiul ’ S° a , st * x ~ f re f ly ofl K ed J . n bhe New York market 
Nevertheless boats arrived during the nrofit^ ^ he °, utIo <? k for last week to jobbers and retailers at 
POTATO MARKET DULL 
Good weather for digging and-a price 
of $1.30 per bu. to the grower, com¬ 
pared with 60c per bu. at this time last 
year, brought a great many cars of 
Long Island potatoes into the New York 
City market last week. As a result, 
prices were easy and in the buyers’ 
favor. Dealers found it hard to get 
$4.25 per 150-lb sack, and the chain 
stores were buying them delivered to 
,their doors in some cases for less than 
week with cargoes of butter from Hol¬ 
land, Denmark, Ireland and Buenos 
Aires. 
Stocks throughout the i country are 
reported somewhat lower than last 
year and the condition for butter pro¬ 
duction rather favorable. 
CHEESE MARKET IRREGULAR 
The maiket on cheese was irregular 
$4. Generally, prices quoted f.o.b. Long throughout the week, but a number of 
Island loading points for carlot bulk, dealers reported a better movement at 
grocery stock, were from $1.31@1.36 satisfactory prices by September 6 
per bu., loaded; sacked, 150 lbs., $3.40 Average run flats, fresh, were quoted 
@3.75. Farmers were not inclined to at 25%c and fancy at 26(5)26 %7 npr 
haul freely at offers of $1.25 bu. Be- pound. p 
cause of the Jewish holidays, many Canadian cheese markets are re 
dealers believe the demand will be light Ported so high that it is expected there 
and that prices will go lower. 
nrnfif/l 8 ’ f 44 @ 47c - The iur .. w -- aIll 
profits on storage eggs is rather gloomy 10c and 10%c per pound. 
Jr + bcddm &? m tbe fbur leading Clover extracted from 
markets are still heavy and the Au¬ 
gust decrease this year was less than 
last year. 
Jersey round stock was offered freely 
in carlots at prices ranging from $3@ 
3.25 sacW, 150 lbs., f.o.b.; Giants, $L90. 
A few cars of Maine potatoes reached 
this market. Most of the buyers who 
inspected them reported that they were 
too “green” to bring good prices. 
SHIPPING POINT INSPECTION 
The New York State Department of 
Farms and Markets has just announced 
the expansion of its inspection and 
certification service on potatoes, which 
was started in an experimental way 
last season. A small appropriation 
by the last Legislature will make it 
possible to develop the shipping point 
inspection work in only a limited ter¬ 
ritory, and growers and shippers who 
are interested should make application 
at once to H. D. Phillips, State De¬ 
partment of Farms and Markets, Al¬ 
bany, N. Y. All over the United States, 
in the important potato shipping sec¬ 
tions, governmental inspection service 
is. being rapidly established because it 
eliminates a great amount of the risk 
for both buyers and shippers and is the 
most effective check on illegitimate re¬ 
jections of shipments. Where inspec¬ 
tions are made and certificates issued 
as to the quality and condition of a 
carload of potatoes at the time it is 
shipped there can be little ground for 
dispute as to its condition on arrival 
unless some unusual condition of trans¬ 
portation has caused deterioration in 
transit. Standardization of farm prod- 
CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS 
For the Hebrew Day of Atonement, 
which comes September 20, there will 
be an especial demand for chickens 
and roosters. These are used cere¬ 
monially to a. considerable extent at 
this time, and lightweight birds are 
preferred. The best market days are 
September 17 and 18. 
The demand last week was chiefly 
for fancy heavy fowls. Fancy express 
f ° wls • SoId 1 mostl y a t around 
28@29c, occasionally up to 30c, and 
c , , . . - - New York 
btate is not m much demand yet and 
competition of California honey offered 
at 8@9c keeps the market down. The 
wholesale quotations on clover are 9@ 
11c per pound, buckwheat 8@9c per 
pound at New York. 
CASH GRAIN QUOTATIONS 
Cash grain quotations September 7 
were as follows: 
New York ; Wheat—No. 2 red, $117% 
0°™ — No 2 /enow, $1.06%; No. 2 mixed; 
$105% ; No. 2 white, $1.06%. Oats—No. 2 
clipped 49@51c Whlt6 ’ 48%C: ordinar y white 
Chicago: Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.05%. Corn 
—No. 2 wmte, 88%@89c; No. 2 yellow 89 V, 
@ 89 % c. Oats—No. 2 white, 39@41c No 3 
71 @72c 371/2@39c - Barley ~ G2 @foe. ’ Rye- 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
easier Jfarmers ZZfc'gSS&S'g ^ Prod " rts <* ^ to 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
nt 6 hl/t rSey henQ ? r y whites uncandled, extras. 
Other hennery whites, extras. 
Extra firsts... . 
Firsts 
New York 
60 @62 
58 @ 60 
48 @50 
Gathered, whites, 'first to extra firsts 7 7 7 7 7 fl f 
Lower grades. ttriVh 
Hennery browns, extras.A. 
PuTlets b N 0 o Wn i S aDd “ iXed C ° Iors ’ e ‘ xtras 43 @ 46 
. 35 @40 
Butter (gents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score. 45% @46 
Extra (92 score). 45 
State dairy (salted), finest...*’."/.’".. 44 
Good to prime.j.. 44 
Buffalo 
45 @47 
42 @44 
48 @49 
Phila. 
38 
34 
44% 
43 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) 
U. S. Grades 
Timothy No. 2. $27(5)28 
Timothy No. 3.|. *240 25 
Timothy Sample.7.’ 16 @ 18 
Fancy light clover mixed. * * ‘ 29 @30 
Alfalfa, second cutting.. 30@32 
Hot otronr "1 ••••*••• . . Sr 
Oat straw No. 1 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy.. 
Fowls, leghorns and poor.V. 
Broilers, colored fancy.. . 
Broilers, leghorn. ..777' 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium... 
Bulls, common to good.7 7 7 7 7 7 ! 
Lambs, common to good.7 7 77 7 
Sheep, common to good ewes.7 7 7" 7, 
Hogs, Yorkers . .. 
11 @12 
28 @ 30 
18 @23 
28 @ 30 
22@28 
12 @14 
3 @3 % 
8 @12 
3 @ 5 
9% 
46 @47 
44 @45 
36 @42 
46 
Old Grade 
Standards 
$17 @ 18 
$26 @27 
22 @ 23 
27 @28 
21 @23 
30 
22 
31 @32 
23 @25 
33 
31 
Raising Healthy Calves 
(Continued from page 179) 
lined by Dr. Udall showed that feeding 
them in the beginning about 5 per cent 
of their body weight of milk he was 
able to gradually, increase this up to 
about 12 per cent in the course of three 
weeks and to carry the calves along at 
a steady rate of growth. 
. Everything considered, my observa¬ 
tion of Dr. Udall’s work convinces me 
that he has the right system, particu¬ 
larly for calves of the Channel Island 
breeds, and I know of no better meth¬ 
ods to use than those he outlined to me. 
WHITE EGGS BOUGHT 
THE YEAR AROUND 
No Commission. Fresh, Clean, 
Unassorted Eggs Wanted 
SHIP TO 
CENTRAL NVACK POULTRY FARM, Nyack, N. Y. 
References Upon Application 
SHIPYOURjEGGS 
WHITE AND BROWN 
To R. BRENNER & SONS 
Bonded Commission Merchants 
358 Greenwich St., New York City 
