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American Agriculturist, November 10,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
APPLE SHIPMENTS HEAVY 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
A PPLE shipments for the whole 
. country to October 30, amounted to 
62,910 carloads, compared with 55,185 
to same date last year. The State o.f 
Washington is shipping at the rate of 
400 to 600 carloads per day, compared 
with 150 to 300 cars a day from New 
York State. 
The heavy shipments of boxed ap¬ 
ples are depressing all the large 
markets. New York received as many 
as 79 carloads of boxed apples alone 
in one day last week. The general 
market is still dull, but for certain pre¬ 
ferred varieties of barreled apples, 
looks a little more hopeful. Some of 
the accumulations of lower grades bar¬ 
reled apples have been cleaned up. 
Hudson Valley sections are now pack¬ 
ing late varieties such as Newtowns 
and Ben Davis and at some points pack¬ 
ing will be over in another ten days. 
In the week ending October 27, there 
were 139,578 barrels and 276,500 boxes 
of apples exported from New York port 
alone, compared with 30,199 barrels 
and 63,306 boxes in corresponding week 
last year. 
New York City continues ahead of 
other large markets. Following are 
quotations for November 1 on barreled 
apples, A 2% inch at New York: 
BALDWINS, $3.75 to 4.50. GREEN¬ 
INGS, $6 to 7.50. JONATHAN, $3.50. 
KING, $3.50 to 4.50. McINTOSH, $7.50 
to 8.50. HUBBARDSTON, $3 to 4. 
NORTHERN SPY, $5.50 to 6.50. 
PEWAUKEE, $2.75 to 3.25. SUTTON 
BEAUTY, $3 to 3.50. SNOW, $5.50 
to 7.50. ROME BEAUTY, $3 to 4. 
TWENTY OUNCE, $4 to 5. STAY- 
MAN, $3 to 4. STARK, $3 to 3.50. 
WAGNER, $3 to 3.50. NONE SUCH, 
$3 to 4. 
POTATOES DULL 
This was a week of hqavy shipments 
from the northern potato producing 
sections and the large city markets 
throughout the country were generally 
over-supplied and prices in the buyer’s 
favor. New York City was getting 
carlots of Long Islands as low as $3.15 
per sack 150 pounds f.o.b. loading point, 
bulk $1.15 bushel loaded. 
Maines came in for $2.80 sack 150 
pounds, bulk $1.65 to $1.75 per cwt. 
delivered. States arrived for $2.60 
sack of 150 pounds; bulk, $1.60 to 1.70. 
Michigans were confirmed at $2.50 sack 
of 150 pounds. 
Due to heavy supplies in practically 
all the yards the dealers sold 180 
pounds Maines for $3.25 and States 
for $3. Trading was light, buyers 
were holding off expecting lower prices. 
CABBAGE MARKET QUIET 
Best Danish cabbage medium size 
grocery stock sold for $16 per ton f.o.b. 
shipping point. 
For Domestic cabbage, large size, the 
buyers were offering $11 ton f.o.b.; a 
few $12. The kraut factories will 
probably finish cutting within a week 
and will be through buying for the 
season. 
SHORTAGE OF BUTTER 
There was an actual shortage of 
high grade butter on the New York 
market this week and dealers had to 
dole out supplies in small amounts to 
their customers. Prices in consequence 
moved up sharply and 93-94 score 
brought 50c per pound or better. Re¬ 
ceipts of butter are below that of last 
year and the shortage has met an un¬ 
usual demand. There were no receipts 
of foreign butter during the week. 
CHEESE MARKET BETTER 
A general feeling of weakness in the 
cheese markets accompanied by lower 
prices at the first of the week was fol¬ 
lowed by a little better tone and some¬ 
what higher prices on November 1st. 
Lower markets were generally reported 
in Wisconsin and in Canada and Eng¬ 
land. State fiats, well cured, which 
were sold at 26 V 2 to 27c during the 
middle of the week, brought 27 V 2 c be¬ 
fore the close. 
CALF SUPPLIES HEAVY 
Receipts of western calves were 
heavy this week but they could not meet 
competition of nearby stock and were 
• 
largely unsold after several days, al¬ 
though a few sold at prices ranging 
from $4.50 to 7 per 100 pounds. 
The market on country dressed veal 
was generally easy during the week. 
Lamb supplies were about equal to the 
demand but the market tended to drag 
somewhat at the close. 
POULTRY DEMAND GOOD 
In spite of large holdings of turkeys 
in storage warehouses the first fall ar¬ 
rivals are bringing good prices. Fancy 
turkeys brought as high as 60 cents per 
pound during the week. It is pointed 
“What Are They 
eggs still remain large and most buyers 
prefer to purchase storage eggs rather 
than take a chance on eggs held by the 
farmer or not graded. 
GRADE YOUR EGGS 
We have drawn attention again and 
again to the depressing effect that held 
eggs have had on the market this fall. 
In many cases it has been almost im¬ 
possible to dispose of such eggs at any 
price and many complaints have been 
made against reliable dealers for fail- 
Worth To-day?” 
Guernseys were placed on the block con¬ 
sisting of 6 bulls, 43 cows and 23 heif¬ 
ers. The bulls averaged $792.50, with 
Langwater Guardsman topping at $2,- 
500. Langwater Guardsman was pur¬ 
chased by H. S. Haskill of Cossart, Pa. 
The cows averaged $500.46. Langwater 
Paysanne topped the cow class with a 
bid of $2,500, going to Emmadine 
Farms, Hopewell Junction, N. Y. Two 
other cows brought $1,000. They were 
Cosquay’s Golden Maggie purchased by 
A. S. Zell, Riderwood, Md., and Alba- 
mont Corydelis to Dorothy Calwalder 
of Wayne, Pa. The 23 head of heifers 
averaged $270.20. Three of these went 
to Oscar Nevares of San Juan, Porto 
Rico. The bids were handled by George 
Bayne. 
TWTY dear Mr. Eastman, I cannot resist sitting down and writing 
■*■*■*■ you a few lines about the very unusual experience which I had 
yesterday. 
My crop of ten acres of late Irish potatoes is just about ready to 
be harvested and sold; also my five acres of tomatoes. The question 
arose in my mind—what are potatoes and tomatoes worth to-day? 
I remember reading in the American Agriculturist about your 
radio market reports. I went into the house and without any diffi¬ 
culty got WEAF on my radio. It was about 10:45 and I listened for 
a few minutes to Miss Mable Carney of Columbia University give a 
very excellent talk on the rural school situation. Then I heard Mr. 
Albrecht announce and read the American Agriculturist market re¬ 
ports. Mr. Eastman, I got a real thrill listening to those market 
reports. » 
In the first place, I learned what potatoes and tomatoes were sold 
for in New York that morning. This gave me an excellent idea what 
I should ask for my crop in my neighborhood. But besides this, I 
cannot get over the wonderful service which you are rendering by 
giving these daily market reports, and I feel sure that every farmer 
who has something to sell and has a radio receiving set, must be 
greatly indebted to the American Agriculturist for this remarkable 
reporting service. Very truly yours, 
Hiram Morgan. 
out by operators that the general in¬ 
dustrial conditions which are good may 
result in a larger demand this year 
than usual. Generally prices of 40 to 
45c are expected by dealers during the 
season. 
Heavy supplies of poultry during the 
past few weeks have met a good de¬ 
mand and have been absorbed readily. 
Express arrivals generally, however, 
were lighter during the past week and 
express colored fowls brought as high 
as 30 cents per pound. 
PRICES CHECK EGG DEMAND 
There is a feeling on the New York 
market that the high price of fancy 
eggs has checked demand to such an 
extent that prices will not go much 
higher. Wholesale prices of nearby 
extras closely selected were 82 to 84c 
per dozen on November 2. There have 
been unusually heavy receipts of such 
eggs lately in response to the very 
active demand. 
Supplies of mixed and undergrade 
ing to make immediate returns when 
the dealer was doing his utmost to sell 
the consignment. 
There is an impression in the New 
York market that some shippers have 
deliberately mixed held eggs with their 
fresh collections. If this is so it is a 
mighty poor policy because instead of 
making the held stock worth more, it 
simply makes the fresh eggs worth 
less. Of course, at this season fresh 
gathered eggs coming into shippers’ 
hands contain many stale, shrunken, 
farmer held goods and when these are 
a majority the shipments, unless as¬ 
sorted, are of the undesirable quality 
above specified. 
MERRYMAN GUERNSEY SALE 
AVERAGES OVER $448 
L. McL. Merryman of Timonium, 
Md., writes that he held a most satis¬ 
factory sale of Guerneys during the last 
week of September. Seventy-two 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on November 2: 
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. 
Chickens, colored fancy. 
Chickens, 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. 
82 to 84 
82 to 84 
70 to, 73 
66 to 68 
55 
63 to 09 
49 to 50 
63 to 71 
45 to 62 
50 to 62 
56 to 58 
51 to 51 Vi 
52 to 53 
50 V' 
50 to 51 
50 
40 to 50 
48 to 49 
46 to 48 
41 to 46 
J. S. Grades 
Old Grade 
Standards 
$26 to 28 
$17 to 18 
$26 to 26.50 
24 to 25 
23 to 24 
1 6 to 19 
28 to 29 
32 
27 to 27.50 
11 to 12 
16 to 16.50 
28 to 29 
23 to 25 
26 to 28 
20 
18 to 20 
17 to 20 
24 to 25 
24 
26 
22 to 24 
22 
25 
10 to 13 Vi 
3 Vi to 4 
11 to 12 Vi 
3 to 4 Vi 
7% to 8 
Farm Bureau—What It Is, 
What It Does 
{Continued from page 317) 
is all that is necessary. The aim of 
the county agent is not primarily to 
increase production but to help farmers 
to produce more economically. The 
agents also give farmers information 
on marketing and have furnished the 
facts which have assisted them in or¬ 
ganizing many of their successful co¬ 
operative organizations. 
“A system of agriculture which is 
profitable to the men who are engaged 
in it is absolutely essential not only to 
country people but to city people as 
well. If we are to maintain our present 
standards of American citizenship the 
prosperity of the city as well as the 
country must be assured by a per¬ 
manent and profitable agriculture. The 
county agricultural agents and the farm 
bureaus are working toward this end, 
the service being available to those who 
care to use it. 
“Like most service organizations, the 
amount of benefit you receive from the 
farm bureau depends on how much you 
put into it. The community in which 
the majority of farmers are actively 
working with the bureau is the one 
which gets the most benefit. The more 
you make use of the county agricultural 
agent the more you will value his ser¬ 
vices. When he does not have the in¬ 
formation you desire he knows where 
to secure it for you.” 
What Is Wrong With the 
Cooperatives ? 
{Continued from page 321) 
farmers more loyal than ever and that 
the discussion of the failures will help 
them to correct mistakes and make 
them more determined to see that less 
are made in the future. 
These articles will include discussions 
of such problems as the salaries of of¬ 
ficers, the kind of cooperative officers 
that should be elected, the problem of 
why the non-member gets more in many 
cases than the member, the problem of 
overhead expenses, politics in the co¬ 
operatives. What about the form of 
management, shall it be largely central 
control or local control? Shall the con¬ 
tract with members have teeth in it 
and shall it be for a long or short 
period? What about the problem of 
volume of business? Should the co¬ 
operatives advertise? These and other 
similar topics which should be intensely 
interesting to every farmer whether or 
not he believes in the cooperative move¬ 
ment. 
“I have been a subscriber for a good 
many years to the American Agricul¬ 
turist and enjoy reading it very much, 
and have gathered a good many valu¬ 
able hints from its perusal. I simply 
could not geUalong without it.”—Flor¬ 
ence E. J. Deitz, Berne, N. Y. 
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