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American Agriculturist, September 29,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
THE APPLE EXPORT OUTLOOK 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
E VERY apple shipper has been talk¬ 
ing “export” this Fall in view of a 
British crop that is less than one-third 
as large as last year’s and heavy ex¬ 
ports are already under way. It is re¬ 
ported that about 200 carloads have 
left New York within a week. _ 
There is no denying the attractive¬ 
ness of the British apple market up to 
the present time. One recent shipment 
to Glasgow yielded the following gross 
selling prices per barrel: Kings, $10.24 
@11.38; Wealthy, $7.74@8.87; Yorks, 
$7.28(5)9.10; Baldwins, $7.05@8.97. 
As is well known the British trade 
likes a small apple. Commonly there is 
as good or better demand for 2% inch 
as for a larger size. A recent shipment 
of 214-inch Jonathans for example, 
brought $12 per barrel. Of course, from 
these prices there must be ^deducted 
freight and commission charges 
amounting approximately to $1.90 per 
barrel. 
J.ust what the market will be for 
the remainder of the season is difficult 
to tell. Great Britain last year iim 
norted from the United States 500,000 
barrels and 2,500,000 boxes. In addi¬ 
tion to this, she received heavy im¬ 
ports from Canada. It seems probable 
that her imports this year will be much 
larger in view of the short crop. She 
cannot rely on Europe which itself is 
short this year. The British crop has 
been practically cleaned up already, for 
shippers are attempting to sell their 
stock before the heavy expected imports 
arrive. Neither Great Britain nor the 
continent have storage facilities for 
any large proportion of the crop. It 
appears therefore, that the field is clear 
for imported fruit. 
In view of the heavy exports both 
in barreled and boxed apples already 
under way, dealers are anticipating a 
sharp drop in prices. It seems to be 
the feeling, however, that even a con¬ 
siderable drop would leave room for 
good prices to. the shipper. 
The prospective large exports make 
it more necessary this year than usual 
to put up a good pack. Freight rates 
are as high on cheap as on good apples. 
Apples for export should be sound and 
packed as tightly as possible in the 
barrel. 
APPLE MARKET WEAKER 
Receipts of barreled apples were 
heavier at New York last week and 
the market weaker on most varieties. 
Arrivals included principally Wealthy, 
Maiden Blush, Northwestern Green¬ 
ings, Rhode Island Greenings, Fall Pip¬ 
pins, McIntosh and Kings. 
Greening sold in a range of $3@6 
per barrel, with top price only for 
large clean “A” grade stock. “A” grade 
2 V 2 inch and over ranged from $3.50 
@6. Large chain store buyers are re¬ 
ported to have bought heavily of Green¬ 
ings “A” 2V 2 and over, in Western New 
York at $4.50 per barrel f.o.b. North¬ 
western Greenings 3 inch sold Septem¬ 
ber 21 as low as $1.25 per bushel basket, 
and are hurting market for Rhode 
Island Greenings. 
McIntosh were more plentiful and 
dropped off a little in price with a 
rather weak market. The trade ex¬ 
pects a better demand in the next two 
weeks, however. Fancy, large, well- 
colored stock brought as high as $7.50 
per barrel, but straight 2V 2 inch “A” 
stock would not move freely at much 
above $6. 
Kings “A” 2% inch and over, sold 
at $6 per barrel. No market established 
yet on Baldwins, but they are expected 
to be rolling this week. 
• The following quotations represent 
wholesale sales on other varieties Sep¬ 
tember 20: Alexander and Wolf River 
$4.50@5; fancy, $5.25@5.50; few, $6. 
Wealthy, $5@5.50; fancy, $6; few, 
$6.25; ordinary, $4.50. Duchess,, $4@ 
4.50. Fall Pippin, $5@6.. 
BUTTER MARKET FIRM 
The market on butter remained firm 
during the week, prices advancing %>c 
per pound on fresh creamery extras 
which sold on September 20 at 46% 
@47c per pound. The larger buyers 
have been shifting from fresh to stor¬ 
age stock in the last few days. 
In spite of the 8c duty on butter im¬ 
ports from other countries continue. 
Several cars of fresh Canadian cream¬ 
ery butter brought under moderate 
sales 46(5)46%sc per pound. Other ship¬ 
ments consisted of 2,015 boxes unsalted 
from Argentine and 3,200 casks from 
Latvia, Siberia and Lithuania. 
UP-STATE CHEESE FIRM 
The higher grade of New York State 
flats met a very firm market under an 
active demand. The fancy stock ranged 
in price from 27@27%c with some un¬ 
usually high-grade stock bringing as 
high as 28c. The demand for average 
run State flats however, was very slight. 
On most other grades of cheese the 
nfarket remained quiet. 
KRAUT CABBAGE MARKET GOOD 
With a short cabbage crop due to 
the extreme dry weather, there has 
been a fair demand for closely trimmed, 
kraut cabbage of good size, four pounds 
up. Shippers have been paying the 
growers $18@20 per ton. 
POTATO MARKET DULL 
Early last week Long Island potatoes 
were in demand at loading points and 
the growers were getting $1.40 bushel. 
Shippers were quoting 150-pound sacks 
at $3.60(5)3.75 f.o.b. 
Due to the Jewish holiday Thursday 
and heavy receipts the market declined 
and some shippers were paying the 
growers $1.25 bushel and quoting car- 
lots bulk at $1.31 bushel loaded; sacks 
of 150 pounds $3.60 f.o.b. 
The trade in New York City was 
light. Many buyers were turning their 
attention to Maine potatoes which 
were offered freely at prices rang¬ 
ing from $1.80@1.70 per cwt, delivered 
in bulk; sacks, 150-lbs. from $3.10@ 
2.80. 
Many buyers were expecting lower 
prices for potatoes and were not in¬ 
clined to make offers even at 10c under 
quotations. 
Reports from several points up-State 
show at least 15% reduction in yield 
over last year’s crop. The quality, how¬ 
ever, is better. Growers have been 
offered $1 per bushel. 
HAY MARKET CONTINUES WEAK 
The market on hay continued weak 
with considerable good hay moving out 
at lower prices than for some time. 
While hay was held on September 20 
at $28 per ton, there was practically 
none moving at above $27. Canadian 
and Western hay is beginning to arrive 
in considerable quantities. 
LIVE POULTRY MARKET WEAK 
There was an oversupply of live ex¬ 
press stock poultry on the market and 
prices declined under a very weak de¬ 
mand. On Thursday, September 20, 
there were no sales because of the 
Jewish holiday. 
. EGG MARKET FLIGHTY 
The egg market was in an unsatis¬ 
factory condition during the week due 
to an increasing accumulation of stock 
and a weak demand. On September 
20 the market was unusually dull on 
account of the Jewish holiday. Already 
dealers are beginning to draw heavily 
on storage stocks in spite of fairly 
liberal arrivals of fresh eggs and this 
tends to make the market on fresh eggs 
particularly uncertain. 
CASH GRAIN QUOTATIONS 
Cash grain quotations September 21, 
were as follows: 
New York: Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.15%. 
Corn — No. 2 yellow, $1.04% No. 2 mixed, 
$1.03% ; No. 2 white, $1.04%. Oats—No. 2 
white 51c; No. 3 white, 48% @ 49c; ordinary 
white clipped, 50 @ 53c. Rye—77o. Barley— 
78% @79%e. 
Chicago; Wheat — No. 3 red, $1.01%. Corn 
—No. 2 white, 86@86%c; No. 2 yellow, 86@ 
87c. Oats—No. 2 white, 40@43%c. Rye— 
69@69%c. Barley—56 @ 66c. 
LAMBS DECLINE 
There was a general weakness of the 
lamb market during the entire week 
and prices declined somewhat from 
those of the previous week. On Thurs¬ 
day the only sales reported were for 
some southern $13.50@14.50, while 
prime lambs held at the nominal quota¬ 
tion of $14.75(5)15, and common to good 
$10@14.50. 
SPRAY CONTROLS CELERY 
BLIGHT 
ALVAH H. PULVER 
More than one celery grower in 
Western New York knows what it is 
to have a lot of trouble with blight. 
Experiments conducted in the town of 
Williamson show conclusively that in¬ 
creases of from 60 to 130 crates per 
acre in yield may be expected in or¬ 
dinary seasons by controlling the 
blight through dusting or spraying. 
The experiments are grounded in five 
years of test and are therefore worthy 
of deep consideration. The average 
cost for the work runs up from $12 
to $20 per acre, or a few cents per 
crate. 
In the judgment of A. G. Newhall 
of this town, it is a mighty good plan 
to dust the plants in the seed bed once 
or twice at least. Commence when 
they are about an inch high, using a 
20-80 or a 15-85 copper-lime dust. Na 
poison is needed. It only takes a few 
minutes with a hand duster, and it 
will often prevent blight from being 
carried over from the seed bed to the 
field. 
When the plants are about six or 
eight inches high in the field, commence 
weekly applications of 20-80 dust or 
liquid Bordeaux. Use about twenty- 
five pounds of dust to the acre, the first 
two applications, and at least thirty- 
five pounds for the last three. One 
man should be able to take care of 
as much as four acres with a hand 
duster. Always dust when the dew 
is on the plants if possible. If blight 
gets a start, put on two applications 
at intervals of three days to check it. 
Keep the new growth covered. The 
time to dust or spray is, of course, 
before and not after a rain, because 
it is during wet weather that blights 
are spreading and the plants need pro¬ 
tection. Summed up, the surest way 
of controlling the blight is to com¬ 
mence work in the seed bed. Do not 
let the blight get the start of you. 
Keep new growth covered. Do not 
leave the trimmings from blighted 
plants on the field in the fall. 
WHERE NEW YORK GETS ITS 
APPLES 
Just half the apples received in New 
York City last year came from New 
York State, one quarter from Washing¬ 
ton and one quarter from all the re¬ 
maining States put together according 
to the tabulations of the New York 
Office of the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture. Other States in the importance 
of their shipments to New York City 
were Oregon, Virginia, New Jersey, and 
California. 
Figures for the last five years show 
that the proportion of shipments from 
New York State were larger last year 
than for any time in five years. Com¬ 
parative figures for Washington show 
that she supplied 25 per cent of New 
York’s receipts in 1922 and 30 per 
cent in 1921 and five years ago sent 
over 24 per cent of the supplies used in 
New York. 
These figures indicate that so far as 
the New York City market is concerned 
there has been little change in the sit¬ 
uation during the past five years. 
Of course these figures vary accord¬ 
ing to the size of crops in each section. 
The slight change in a five year period 
may be attributed in no small part to 
an increasing effort on the part of 
New York Growers to improve their 
marketing and packing methods. 
The center of the wholesale live poul¬ 
try market is the West Washington 
Market below Fourteenth Street on 
Hudson River. Freight carlot ship¬ 
ments are sold and unloaded* at the 
Thirty-third Street yards and various 
other terminals, the largest being at 
Jersey City. Express shipments are 
handled by a few firms downtown in 
the egg, butter and cheese section, and 
they usually realize good prices, pos¬ 
sibly. because not so directly in com¬ 
petition with freight receipts. 
* * * 
A new bulletin entitled, “Making 
Butter on the Farm,” has just been 
issued. You can get it free by writing 
to the State College of Agriculture at 
Ithaca. Butter-making is rapidly be¬ 
coming a lost art. There would be a 
bigger demand for home-made butter 
if more of it were of the high quality 
of that which our mothers and grand¬ 
mothers used to make. 
WHITE EGGS BOUGHT 
THE YEAR AROUND 
No Commission. Fresh, Clean, 
Unassorted Eggs Wanted 
SHIP TO 
• CENTRAL NYACK POULTRY FARM, Nyack, N. Y. 
References Upon Application 
SHIP YOUR EGGS 
WHITE AND BROWN 
To R. BRENNER & SONS 
Bonded Commission Merchants 
358 Greenwich St., New York City 
NATURAL LEAF TOBACCO 
■ lbs., $1.25; 10 lbs., $2.00. 
Pay when received, pipe and recipe free 
FARMERS TOBACCO UNION. Bl. PADUCAH, KY. 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
eastern farmers sold on September 21: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
New Jersey hennery whites uncandled, extras. 
Other hennery whites, extras. 
Extra firsts.. 
Firsts... 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts. 
Lower grades. 
Hennery browns, extras.. 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extras.... 
Pullets 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. 
n products 
of special 
New York 
Buffalo 
62@64 
60 @62 
49 @53 
46 @48 
46 @48 
46 @ 52 
37 @45 
53 @56 
45 @52 
43 @45 
38 @49 
47% @48 
51 @ 52 
46 % @ 47 
49 @50 
45% @46% 
47 @48 
43@45 
39 @45 
U. S. Grades 
Old Grade 
$26 @27 
$17 @18 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 
Fowls, leghorns and poor. 
Broilers, colored fancy... 
Broilers, leghorn..... 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 
-Bulls, common to good. 
Lambs, common to good. 
Sheep, common to good ewes.. 
Hogs, Yorkers. 
22 @24 
12 @17 
26 @27 
30 @31 
11 @12 
29 @30 
20 @23 
27 @ 28 
22 @23 
11 @15 
3% @4 
11 @13% 
3 @4% 
9% @9% 
27 @28 
21 @23 
28 
22 
Phila. 
44 
40 
48 
Standards 
$26 @27 
22 @23 
26@27 
29 @31 
19 @23 
32 
30 
