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American Agriculturist, October 20,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
THE APPLE MARKET TO DATE 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
O NE of the Produce Trade papers re¬ 
cently described the apple market 
as “in the doldrums,” which “hits it” 
about right. Reports from the Rochester 
section, from Pittsburgh, from Boston, 
from Philadelphia, and all the large 
eastern markets have been about alike 
for the last week or two. The New 
York market has shown a higher gen¬ 
eral range of prices than most of the 
other markets, except for baskets of 
certain varieties in a few instances, 
but all the markets have been oVersup- 
plied with ordinary or average quality 
fruit. 
If any man douLcs that the way to 
get good prices and make money out of 
apple growing is to grow good fruit, 
let him pay a visit to the New York 
market from midnight to 8 A. M. at 
this time of year. For very fancy ap¬ 
ples there is always a buyer who is 
willing to pay premium prices. For 
the average quality stuff, it is ten times 
as much work to sell them at prices 
that hardly pay the grower for pack¬ 
ing them. Last week, for example, 
some really fancy McIntosh grown 
with the most modern methods and 
packed as fancy fruit should be, sold 
at $10 per barrel, while other apples 
from the same part of the country and 
from trees that took up just as much 
room and in packages that cost almost 
as much, moved very slowly at $2.50 
per barrel. 
The New York market has been 
glutted with B Grade and unclassified 
apples of the cooking varieties, both 
barreled and in bulk. Pie bakers and 
restaurants have been the chief con¬ 
sumers. 
Most of the A Grade apples of keep¬ 
ing quality have been going into stor¬ 
age. The supplies of boxed apples 
have been heavy, also barrels from the 
South. 
The October 1 crop estimates shows 
an astonishing increase in the produc¬ 
tion of apples in New York State and 
Maine. 
The October 1 crop estimates of the 
United States Department of Agricul¬ 
ture show about a million barrels less 
of commercial production of apples in 
New York State than was estimated 
September 1. 
Following wholesale prices represent 
the range on dock and wholesale market 
sales at New York last week for New 
York States and Hudson River apples: 
McIntosh, per barrel, $4 to 8; Wealth, 
per barrel, $2.50 to 6; Fall Pippin, per 
barrel, $3 to 5.50; W^lf River, $2.50 to 
5.50; King, $3 to 5; Twenty Ounce, 
$2.50 to 5.50; Greenings, $3 to 7.50. 
BIG INCREASE IN POTATO YIELD 
The government estimate of the po¬ 
tato yield as of October 1, shows an 
increase over that of September 1 of 
nearly 12,000,000 bushels. But the 
most significant point for eastern grow¬ 
ers is that over 10,000,000 bushels of 
this increase comes from only three 
States, New York, Pennsylvania and 
Maine. The estimated yield for these 
three States is now over 1,000,000 
bushels greater than their yield last 
year, although the total for the coun¬ 
try as a whole is 50,000,000 bushels 
less. If this estimate is sustained by 
the final returns it appears that there 
will be an abundance of potatoes for 
New York and other nearby eastern 
markets. 
The market in New York continued 
weak with little demand. Most of the 
potatoes sold now are Maines, which 
are bringing, for Cobblers $2.50 to 2.75 
and Green Mountains $2.90 to 3.15 per 
150-pound sack. Long Islands on Oc¬ 
tober 11 were quoted at $3.50 to 3.75 
per 150-pound sack. Dull markets are 
reported from practically all large re¬ 
ceiving points. 
BUTTER MARKET STRONG 
The Federal report on butter hold¬ 
ings throughout the country on Octo¬ 
ber 1 showed that the September short¬ 
age had been cut down over 8,000,000 
pounds, making total holdings 95,673,- 
000 pounds. The elimination of this 
shortage caused a sudden drop in 
prices. But this drop has been over¬ 
come by unexpected strength in the 
market so that prices on October 11 
were actually higher than the previous 
week. 
Increase in September production is 
reported as largely responsible for the 
disappearance of the butter shortage. 
Consumption, however, has continued 
very satisfactory and operators feel 
the condition of the market is sound. 
HIGH PRICES ON FANCY EGGS 
Intermediate grades of eggs showed 
the first improvement in weeks with 
a slight decrease in shipments. The 
demand was still far from strong on 
October 11, however, when fresh 
gathered eggs mixed with held eggs 
brought from 28 to 33 cents. In con¬ 
trast high grades of eggs continued to 
advance. Nearby hennery white ex¬ 
tras brought from 72 to 75 cents per 
dozen, while Pacific Coast white extras 
of 8,000,000 bushels from the estimate 
for September 1 did not have so 
much influence as the fact that the 
yield of high quality bread grain in 
the three northwestern States is less 
than needed for domestic consumption. 
Corn prices advanced at a more rapid 
rate, than wheat. The influence of 
these two grains caused oats likewise 
to move upward. 
Cash grain quotations on October 
11 were as follows: 
New York—WHEAT, No. 2 red, 
$1.2614; CORN, No. 2 yellow, $1.25%; 
No. 2 mixed, $1.2414; No. 2 white, 
$1.2514; OATS, No. 2 white, 54 to 
5414c; No. 3 white, 53to53%c; ordi¬ 
nary white, clipped, 5614 to 57% c; 
RYE, 8014c; BARLEY, 76to78%c. 
Chicago—WHEAT, No. 2 red, 
$1.11%; CORN, No. 2 white, $1.07 to 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on October 12: 
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. 
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, medium to good. 
Sheep, common to good ewes. 
Hogs, Yorkers. 
New York 
Buffalo 
Phila. 
74 to 76 
72 to 75 
61 to 65 
54 to 60 
55 to 58 
42 to 44 
38 
54 to 63 
40 to 51 
55 to 60 
50 to 54 
35 to 49 
49 to 52 
48 to 48% 
47 to 471/2 
451/2 to 46% 
43 to 45 
50 to 51 
48 to 49 
46 to 47 
39 to 44 
48 
U. S. Grades 
Old Grade 
Standards 
$28 to 29 
26 to 27 
$17 to 18 
$26 to 26.50 
22 to 23 
17 to 21 
30 
26 to 26.50 
31 to 32 
11 to 12 
29 
20 to 23 
23 to 24 
21 to 25 
26 to 27 
16 to 19 
23 
19 
32 to 33 
22 to 25 
28 
27 
11 % to 15 
3% to 4 
11 to 13 
3 to 4% 
8% to 8%* 
I fully understand why. You Ameri¬ 
cans do not realize what you have. 
Speaking of both living conditions and 
opportunities as compared . with those 
of any other nation in the world, 
America is just heaven—just heaven.” 
Hold Hay or Sell Now 
( Continued, from page 267) 
price. If you have U. S. No. 2 you 
obviously will get more money than 
if you have U. S. No. 4. It may be 
that the hay buyers are quoting you 
just what your hay is worth. Why 
not consult your county agent and ask 
him to give you an estimate of the 
grading of your holdings. If you have 
U. S. No. 2, the hay buyers are offer¬ 
ing you less than the average. Our 
correspondents report through county 
notes, that hay buyers are offering any¬ 
where from $15 to $18 a ton for good 
No. 2 hay. 
No one can say whether the price 
of hay is going to go up by spring or 
not, however, indications are that the 
hay market this winter is going to be 
strong due, as previously stated, to 
conditions in the field. If you have a 
sufficient amount on stock, and you are 
financially able to do it, it wouldn’t 
be a bad idea to press up and sell part 
of your hay, holding the rest and 
speculating on the spring market. Of 
course, this all depends upon your own 
personal financial conditions. 
Color Your Butter 
“Dandelion Butter Color” Gives 
that Golden June Shade and 
Costs Really Nothing 
Before churning add one-half teaspoonful 
to each gallon of cream and out of your 
churn comes butter of Golden June shade 
to bring you top prices. “ Dandelion Butter 
Color” costs nothing because each ounce 
used adds ounce of weight to butter. Large 
bottles cost only 35 , cents at drug or 
grocery stores. Purely vegetable, harmless, 
meets all State and National food laws. 
Used for 50 years by all large creameries. 
Doesn’t color buttermilk. Tasteless. 
sold at 66 to 70 cents. A shortage of 
Pacific Coast eggs continues due to high 
prices in the West. 
CHEESE MARKET WEAKENS 
No doubt the Federal report on stor¬ 
age holdings which showed storage 
stocks this year to be 13,500,000 pounds 
greater than last year was the princi¬ 
pal factor in causing a weakness in 
the cheese markets. Prices on State 
flats have declined 14 to 1 cent per 
pound, on the New York market. In 
spite of this decline at primary 
markets, holders of cheese were not in¬ 
clined to -lower asking prices. Another 
factor in affecting the cheese situation 
has been the declining markets in 
Canada and Great Britain. 
BETTER DEMAND FOR BROILERS 
An increasing demand for broiling 
chickens made itself felt on the market 
last week. On October 11, colored 
chickens brought 24 cents for best 
grades. The market on colored fowls 
continued steady. 
HAY PRICES FIRM 
The hay market continued strong 
with prices on No. 2 ranging from $29 
to $30 per ton. There is no timothy 
on the New York market of No. 1 
quality. 
LIVESTOCK SUPPLIES LIGHT 
Very light receipts of live calves dur¬ 
ing the week created a firm market and 
some fancy veals brought as high as 
$16 to 16.50 on October 11. Live sheep 
and lamb supplies were likewise light, 
medium grades bringing $13 to 14.50. 
Stocks of country dressed calves were 
pretty well cleaned up in anticipation 
of the holiday October 12. 
GRAINS SHOW SHARP ADVANCE 
Grain markets have shown sharp 
advances under the influence of Fed¬ 
eral crop estimates. On wheat the loss 
1.09; No. 2 yellow, $1.07 to 1.10; No. 
3 yellow, $1.07; OATS, No. 2 white, 
43% to 4714c; RYE, 7314 cents; BAR¬ 
LEY, 62 to 74 cents. 
The Holstein-Friesian Association of 
America has just announced that the 
only cow in the world to make three 
yearly records, each over 30,000 pounds 
of milk and 1,000 pounds of butterfat 
in one year, is Adironda: Wietske 
Dairy Maid. In three years she pro¬ 
duced 97,882.6 pounds of milk and 
3,186.61 pounds of butterfat. 
Dairy Show High Lights 
(Continued from page 266) 
world will take back to their own coun¬ 
tries about American dairy cattle and 
American dairymen. These delegates 
have been in the country for weeks 
and have been across the nation to 
California. They are now taking trips 
around the eastern United States, all 
of the time studying our dairying busi¬ 
ness. 
A friend of mine asked one of them 
what was his leading impression of 
the United States, and the foreign dele¬ 
gate said: “So beeg, so beeg, I no can 
grasp it.” 
After visiting the show at Syracuse 
and seeing ( the cattle judged in the 
great Coliseum, which was just finished, 
these delegates came to Ithaca where 
the new Dairy Building in the College 
of Agriculture was dedicated on Satur¬ 
day morning. While standing by the 
side of a delegate from the govern¬ 
ment of Switzerland in this beautiful 
building, the finest and most up-to-date 
dairy educational building in the world, 
I asked him what he thought of his 
trip to America, and he said: 
“The people of Europe have always 
looked upon the United States as the 
land of opportunity. After this trip, 
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