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American Agriculturist, October 6,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
APPLE SHIPMENTS INCREASING 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
S HIPMENTS of apples from east¬ 
ern sections were increasingly 
heavy last week, and prices generally 
lower. The warm weather has been 
the chief factor in causing a dull mar¬ 
ket, as demand has not accelerated as 
much as might be expected at this sea¬ 
son. The total receipts of apples at 
New York from all sections were equal 
to 520 carloads in the week ending 
September 22, compared with 191 cars 
the week previous, and in the week 
ending September 29 they ran much 
higher. 
Two-thirds or more of present re¬ 
ceipts are from New York State, chief¬ 
ly Hudson River Valley. The Southern 
States of Maryland, Delaware, West 
Virginia and Virginia are next in im¬ 
portance now. 
Up to September 25 the carlot ship¬ 
ments of New York State apples were 
only one-third of those shipped last 
year, or 1,278 cars, compared with 
3,749 cars last season. While this 
year’s crop in New York is low, re¬ 
ports from other Eastern States which 
have been shipping indicate a larger 
production than last year. New Jer¬ 
sey this season shipped 329 cars and 
only 318 cars last season, Maryland 
267 this year and 153 last, and West 
Virginia 682 this and 365 last season. 
Virginia’s shipments so far this sea¬ 
son, on the other hand, were only two- 
thirds as great as last year’s, and 
Pennsylvania’s slightly less. 
While carlot shipments of eastern 
barreled apples thus far this year are 
only two-thirds as large as last year, 
shipments of western boxed apples are 
about 80 per cent greater than those 
of last season at the same time. Most 
of the western shipments so far have 
been from California. Washington ap¬ 
ples are coming into the market rather 
slowly. 
As usual at this time of year, 
shippers are sending the poorer grades 
of fruit to New York for sale and 
putting the best into storage. This 
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makes a low and irregular market on 
lower grades. Prices quoted in Gov¬ 
ernment reports do not represent the 
market on B grade or unclassified fruit, 
or less than 2%-inch size. 
McIntosh are not yet at their best 
in the New York market. Much of 
the stock has been too green for imme¬ 
diate consumption and the Jewish de¬ 
mand is not very active yet. Highly- 
colored fruit of large size is sought by 
buyers. The best receipts last week 
were from Finger Lakes section land 
the Champlain Valley, some of which 
brought as much as $1 per barrel above 
top on other McIntosh. Kings of good 
size and color were in demand. No 
market yet on Baldwins, which growers 
in Hudson Valley are now beginning 
to pick. 
The following quotations cover sales 
of A Grade minimum 2%-inch New 
York State barreled apples on Septem- 
A considerable quantity of Canadian 
hay of a cheaper grade on the market 
is affecting local prices. 
The summer drouth caused a heavy 
feeding of hay which should be used 
for winter purposes and this promises 
to lessen the usual supply. 
DRESSED CALF RECEIPTS HEAVY 
Heavy receipts of country dressed 
calves caused a lower market last week. 
By September 27, however, receipts be¬ 
gan to lessen somewhat and strictly 
choice veals brought from 21 to 22 cents. 
The market for live calves continued 
steady under light receipts. Lambs held 
fairly steady, but by the end of the 
week prices of $14 were exceptional. 
OVERSUPPLY OF MEDIUM EGGS 
There is an increasing accumulation 
of medium grade and held eggs on the 
New York market with the result that 
New York 
64 to 66 
62 to 64 
50 to 53 
46 to 49 
46 to 52 
40 to 45 
47 to 51 
40 to 49 
52 to 55 
46 to 46% 
45% 
44% to 45 
42% to 44 
XT. S. Grades 
$26 to 27 
24 to 25 
15 to 19 
28 
30 to 31 
11 to 12 
Buffalo 
46 to 48 
43 to 45 
Phila. 
41 
37 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on September 28: 
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 . . . 
Pullets No, 1..... .. . . 
Nearby, extra browns, fancy. ............... 
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 Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
49 to 50 
47 to 48 
45 to 46 
38 to 40 
Old Grade 
$17 to 18 
47 
Standards 
$26 to 26.50 
22 to 23 
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, medium to good..... 
Sheep, common to good ewes. 
Hogs, Yorkers .. 
31 to 33 
21 to 25 
26 to 27 
21 to 23 
11 to 14 
3% to 4 
10 to 11 
3 to 4% 
8% to 9 
—.... 
26 to 26.50 
26 to 27 
29 to 30 
21 to 23 
18 to 20 
28 
30 
22 
28 
that the average yield of surplus honey 
up to September 1, was only 34.9 
pounds, compared with 50 pounds last 
year. This should give a pretty ac¬ 
curate estimate of the season’s produc¬ 
tion since 87 per cent of the honey is 
usually harvested by September 1. 
New York State honey production is 
reported this year at 71 pounds, com¬ 
pared with only 51 pounds last year 
and the five year average of 57 pounds. 
The unfavorable weather conditions 
of the passed season have undoubtedly 
been a decided influence on the honey 
crop. This will evidently result in a 
stronger market later on. 
New York Market quotations, Sep¬ 
tember 27, as follows in 60 pound tins: 
Clover, extracted, per pound, 10 to 13c; 
Buckwheat, extracted, per pound, 10 
to 11c. 
CASH GRAIN QUOTATIONS 
Cash grain quotations on September 
28j were as follows: 
New York: WHEAT — No. 2 red, $1.21%. 
CORN—No. 2 yellow, $1.12%; No. 2 mixed, 
$1.11% ; No. 2 white, $1.12%. OATS—No. 2 
white, 52 to 52%c; No. 3 white, 50 to 50%c; 
ordinary, white clipped, 55 to 56%c. RYE — • 
80c. BARLEY—77% to 78 %c. 
Chicago: WHEAT—No. 3 red, $1.07. 
CORN—No. 2 white, 92 %c ; No. 2 yellow, 92% 
to 93%c. OATS—No. 2 white, 43% to 44%c. 
BARLEY—57 to 60c. 
her 28, per bbl.: GREENINGS, best, 
$5.50 to $6; fancy, $6.25 to $6.50; or¬ 
dinary, $4.50 to $5. HUBBARD- 
STON, $3 to $3.50. McINTOSH, best, 
$6 to $7^ fancy, $7.25 to $7.50. 
KINGS, best, $5 to $5.50; fancy, $5.75 
to $6. 
CABBAGE WEAKER 
Due to heavy rains last week the 
cabbage in New York State grew very 
rapidly and the New York City trade 
is discriminating against the large 
stock. A medium sized head, about 
four pounds, is preferred. The market 
was weak with shippers offering car- 
lots freely at $20 per ton f.o.b. load¬ 
ing point. 
POTATO MARKET DULL 
Throughout the country from the dif¬ 
ferent potato growing sections, car- 
lots have been moving this past week 
in hundreds and the total for the 
United States on some days has ex¬ 
ceeded 1,700 cars. The receipts in 
New York City from Maine have been 
heavy and wholesale dealers have had 
difficulty in moving full weights, 180 
pounds, as low as $3.25, top $3.50. 
Long Islands were quoted in car- 
lots bulk at $1.25 bushel, loaded, and 
in 150-pound sacks at $3.40 f.o.b. Buy¬ 
ers are having everything their own 
way and are buying from day to day at 
concessions. 
The digging in New York State is 
light and few cars were being offered. 
Within a week or two “States” will 
be moving more freely. 
HAY MARKET IMPROVES 
Light receipts of hay resulted in an 
increasingly firm market. On Septem¬ 
ber 27 some number one hay was sold 
at $29 per ton. There continued to be 
an oversupply of small bales, however, 
which moved slowly. 
the market continued weak. At this 
season of the year it seems that farm¬ 
ers are inclined to hold their eggs 
longer than usual because of the di¬ 
minishing production of their flocks. 
The outcome is, that the market is 
swamped with inferior grade eggs. The 
farmer who does this is sure to lose 
money, for at the same time higher 
grade eggs shipped promptly to market 
begin to move up in proportion to their 
scarcity. a 
During the last week there was an 
unusual scarcity of fancy fresh eggs 
and a heavy glut of prime and medium 
eggs. Prices of nearby extra hennery 
whites advanced two cents per dozen 
while medium grades met a very dull 
demand even at lower prices. 
Two cars of fresh eggs were exported 
to England during the week. It is re¬ 
ported that several other cars of storage 
eggs are contracted for export. The 
cost of rehandling and candling storage 
eggs for this trade amounts to about 
six cents per dozen and unless a great 
difference develops between the home 
and English market, it appears un¬ 
likely that any large quantity of stor¬ 
age eggs will be exported. 
BUTTER SLIGHTLY FIRMER 
The butter market became slightly 
firmer toward the end of the week 
following a decline of one-half to one 
cent. Fresh butter generally was 
rather weak on account of heavy with¬ 
drawals of storage butter. The chain 
stores began using storage butter ex¬ 
clusively on which they realized a hand¬ 
some profit. Imports dropped off some¬ 
what because of higher prices in for¬ 
eign markets. 
HONEY YIELD LOW 
Reports to the United States Division 
of Crop Estimates from farmers 
throughout the United States, indicate 
How To Sell Your Poultry 
(Continued from page 230) 
commands the highest prices just as 
does every other highly seasonal prod-* 
uct which is ready for sale before the 
mass. Broilers are very scarce in 
late April, May and June, for exam¬ 
ple, so that they bring a big premium 
over fowls and a much higher price 
than later on when the supply becomes 
more abundant. The farmer who can 
have broilers weighing from one and a 
half to two pounds to market early in 
the season can be certain of handsome 
returns. 
Since a bird which is a “broiler” at 
one stage of its growth becomes a 
“fryer” later on, and still later a 
“roaster” and then a “fowl” or “stag,” 
it is not so easy to determine the Com¬ 
parative merits of selling at different 
seasons of the year. The chart on 
page 230, however, shows the trend 
of prices on the different kinds, using 
quotations on fresh-killed western 
chickens at New York. Live chicken 
prices maintain a fairly uniform differ¬ 
ential below dressed. Broilers decline 
during July and August from their 
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