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American Agriculturist, November 17,1923 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
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THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY 
OUTLOOK 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
F ROM reports of producing sections 
there has been little rain and very 
favorable weather during the growing 
season and the crop is believed to be 
somewhat larger than last year. Judg¬ 
ing from the large consumption of 
poultry during the entire season and 
improved industrial conditions there is 
likely to be an unusually big demand 
for Thanksgiving turkeys. The prob¬ 
able prices and supply cannot be given 
with any certainty at the present time, 
but some of the larger operators and 
dealers are of the opinion that the New 
York market, Thanksgiving week will 
be about 45c for southwestern stock, 47 
to 50c for best western and 50 to 55c 
for Maryland and nearby. 
The United States Department of 
Agriculture reports holdings of last 
years storage turkeys in the United 
States on Oct. 1, 1923, at 6,337,000 lbs. 
as compared with 2,645,000 lbs. on Oct. 
1 last year. There has been a consider¬ 
able reduction in the storage holdings 
since Oct. 1, probably 1,500,000 lbs. to 
take care of a very good consumptive 
demand. The storage turkeys are 
mostly below fancy and largely of poor 
to medium grades. 
Shipments intended for Thanksgiving 
market should reach New York not 
later than Nov. 26. Allowance should 
be made in timing shipments for delays 
in transit which are frequent at this 
time due to congestion. 
APPLE DEMAND BETTER 
With the gradual cleaning up of the 
poorer grades of barreled apples that 
have been on the market in the last few 
weeks, there was a firmer feeling in the 
market for barreled apples last week. 
Baldwins are mostly packed and in 
storage. Now that they are gone from 
shipping points buyers are beginning 
to take a more active interest in ship¬ 
ping point quotations. 
Exports have fallen off but the British 
market has not yet recovered. Latest 
reports on English sales last week were 
18 to 22 shillings per barrel on both 
Baldwins and Ben Davis, which is 
equivalent to an average of about $2.60 
per barrel f.o.b. New York. This ap¬ 
plies to 2*4 inch stock principally. 
Wholesale prices at New York were 
lower on some varieties than at ship¬ 
ping points. Only fancy apples were 
in active demand. Following quota¬ 
tions represent sales November 8 at 
New York on A Grade 2% inch: 
BALDWIN, $4; fancy, $4.25 to 4.50; 
ordinary, $3.75. GREENINGS, best, 
$6.25 to 6.50; few, fancy, $6.75 to 7; 
fair stock $5.75 to 6; ordinary, $5 to 
5.50. KINGS, $3.50 to 4; fancy, $4.50 
to 5. FALL PIPPIN, $5 to 5.50. 
HOLLAND PIPPIN. $5 to 5.50. Mc- 
INTOSH, best, $8 to 8.50; fancy, $8.75 
to 9; few, $9; fair, $7 to 7.50. HUB- 
BARDSTON, $3 to 3.50; fancy, $3.75 
to 4. NORTHERN SPY, best, $5.50 to 
6.50; ordinary, $4 to 4.50. PEWAU- 
KEE, $3 to 3.50. SUTTON BEAUTY, 
$3 to 3.50. TWENTY OUNCE, $4 to 
5. STARK, $3 to 3.50. WAGNER, 
$3 to 3.50. 
POTATO MARKET DULL 
Heavy supplies of potatoes from 
Long Island, Maine, New York and 
other sections came in to the New York 
City market last week and found most 
of. the buyers on the lookout for bar¬ 
gains. A few cars of Long Islands sold 
for as low as $3 per 150-lb. sack at the 
loading point; bulk $1.05 per bu. loaded. 
Some of the large buyers contracted 
for enough to last until the first of next 
year. 
New York State sold 150-lb. sacks 
for $2.60 delivered, a few at $2.40; bulk 
$1.60 to $1.50 cwt. 
Some Michigan potatoes continued to 
arrive. The buyers in general were not 
satisfied with the stock and several 
cars would not pass as U. S. No. 1. 
CABBAGE WEAK 
The wholesale markets last week 
were oversupplied with cabbage almost 
entirely from York State. Shippers 
were quoting medium Danish in carlots 
at $14 per ton loaded; a few cars sold 
for less. 
Domestic cabbage, large size, suitable 
for kraut, met a slow demand late in 
the week due to the cold weather. Many 
kraut factories have stopped cutting. 
$10 per ton loaded was the general 
quotation. 
HAY MARKET VERY STRONG 
Hay receipts were very light last 
week at the 33rd Street yards and very 
few boat shipments. The market is 
very strong with $30 top quotation at 
Manhattan and $31 has been reached 
in Brooklyn for both large and small 
bales No. 1 hay. Most of the hay re¬ 
ceived in Manhattan has been of rather 
poor quality in small bales, a consider¬ 
able amount being heavily mixed with 
clover. 
VEALS STEADY 
Although arrivals of live veals were 
fairly liberal, 'the market was firm and 
the stock moved out readily, bringing 
$14 for choice selections and $12.50 to 
13.50 for medium to good grades. 
Country dressed veal calves were in 
lighter receipt, but trade was only 
moderately active and offerings filled 
requirements with market only steady 
at 13 to 15c for prime and 10 to 12c 
for fair to good. 
BUTTER MARKET FIRM 
Active trading at the beginning of 
last week left a very moderate supply 
of fine and fancy fresh creamery extras 
available on the market. While some 
sales of 92 score were made at 52c 
supplies of fancy butter were insuffi¬ 
cient to meet the demand and sellers 
found little difficulty in obtaining full 
prices listed. 
The shortage, however, will soon be 
relieved by the arrival of fresh Danish. 
It is estimated that already some 8,000 
to 10,000 casks have been purchased to 
come here. 1,650 casks of butter arrived 
Nov. 9 from Copenhagen, considerable 
of which has been sold in transit at 
49 ^ to 50c, duty paid. 
CHEESE MARKET ACTIVE 
Trading in the cheese market last 
week continued improving. Most of 
the movement was in Daisies at 2514c. 
Wisconsin markets were weak and it 
was possible to pick up some lots under 
quotations. 
State flats, whole milk, sold on No¬ 
vember 8 at 2614 to 2714 c. 
FRESH EGGS SCARCE 
In spite of the fact that the propor¬ 
tion of strictly fresh eggs has been very 
limited, and demand firm, quotations 
have not advanced further. In some 
instances, however, sales were made at 
premiums above quotations. Medium 
grades of fresh gathered met a fair 
demand. 
LONG ISLAND DUCKS FIRM 
Although receipts of Long Island 
ducks were fairly liberal, the demand 
was good and supplies moved readily 
at 29c per lb. 
Offerings of fowls were liberal, but 
there was no surplus of strictly fancy 
stock which sold at premiums of lc 
and in some instances 2c for very fine 
quality. The market for white leg¬ 
horns and chickens, howeve^, was easy, 
and stock did not work but readily. 
Some sales were made at concessions of 
lc below the market. Roosters con¬ 
tinued in light supply. 
CASH GRAIN QUOTATIONS 
Cash grain quotations on November 
9 were as follows: 
f EW York —Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.26. Corn, 
2 yellow, $1.18% : No. 2 mixed, $1.09% ; 
No. 2 white, $1.18%. Oats, No. 2 white, 53c; 
No. 3 white, 52c; ordinary white clipped, 54 
to 55%c. Rye, 77%. Barley, 75 to 80c. 
Chicago —Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.03. Corn, 
No. 2 yellow, $1.01 to 1.02%. Oats, No. 2 
white, 43% to 45%c; No. 3 white, 42% to 
43 %c. Rye, 71c. Barley, 55% to 70c. 
Putting Eggs Into One 
Basket 
(Continued from page 337) 
The first surveys were made in New 
York State under G. F. Warren. In 
these surveys it was found that the 
diversified farms were making more on 
the average than the specialized ones. 
From this a rule was deduced that 
diversification was far better than spe¬ 
cialization. Later other surveys were 
made, and it was found that in these 
surveys this rule did'not hold. 
They have found that in the cotton 
region the profits from farming de¬ 
pended upon the amount of cotton 
raised. The greater the amount of 
cotton the greater the profit. They 
found in the Freehold area of New 
Jersey, where the specialty is early po¬ 
tatoes, the more potatoes the greater 
the profit. In a district where the 
orange is the special crop, the greater 
the acreage of oranges, the greater the 
income. In the corn belt the same rule 
held for corn. 
Now this fact might seem strange to 
one who had the preconceived idea that 
diversity is always desirable, but in 
every case we find that there are cer¬ 
tain conditions which explain the ap¬ 
parent failure to conform to the rule. 
The potato grower in New Jersey had 
certain conditions which made potatoes 
the logical crop for him. He had soil 
perfectly adapted to potatoes, with 
yields running up to around 300 bushels 
per acre, a network of railroads, mak¬ 
ing it unnecessary to haul the heavy 
and bulky crop far to the shipping 
point, and the world’s greatest market 
at his door. 
As to putting all your eggs into one 
basket, you always put all your eggs 
into one case. You simply get a good 
case with good fillers, and the eggs go 
to market. You would make a failure 
of putting them into about sixteen 
boxes of various kinds and a few into 
paper bags. You would be sure to lose 
a lot of them, whereas, if you put them 
into one case, you make that case 
strong. If you have more eggs than 
will go into one case, you use two. You 
do not go around looking for a new 
sort of receptacle. _ „ 
There are advantages to diversity. 
You usually get. a better labor distribu¬ 
tion, and you are less likely to be badly 
stung some year when the breaks are 
against you. 
There are big advantages to special¬ 
ization too. You need only one outfit* 
of machinery, making the overhead 
less. You have less trouble in market¬ 
ing one thing than several. Of course 
one can carry specialization to ex¬ 
tremes. One should not rob the soil, 
and he should not bite off more than 
he can chew. 
In my opinion, based on a good many 
years experience, about two or three 
specialties, so chosen as to fit in well 
together is far better than a wide 
diversity, and in this State, New York, 
is better than a single specialty. See 
what the most successful farmers in 
your neighborhood (as shown by the 
bank account, not the farm buildings) 
are doing. If you do' about the same 
with slight changes to fit the soil on 
your farm, you will not be far wrong. 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on November 9: 
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. . 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) 
Timothy No. 3 
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 mpHum 
Bulls, common to good. 
Sheep, common to good ewes. 
Hogs, Yorkers.. 
New York 
82 to 84 
82 to 84 
Buffalo 
Phila. 
67 to 70 
60 
56 
65 to 69 
65 to 72 
50 to 64 
65 to 70' 
58 to 64 
56 
45 to 55 
52 % to 53 
54 to 55 
52 
52 to 53 
53 
50% to 51% 
50 to 51 
47 to 49 % 
43 to 48 
U. S. Grades 
Old Grade 
Standards 
$28 to 29 
$17 to 18 
$26 to 26.50 
25 to 26 
23 to 24 
15 to 20 
30 to 31 
• • *. 
27 to 27.50 
31 to 32 
.... 
.». 
11 to 12 
. 
16 to 16.50 
25 to 26 
23 to 25 
26 to 27 
17 to 18 
18 to 20 
18 to 20 
22 
21 
26 
20 to 22 
19 
24 
in In 171/, 
tn4 “ . 
il to 12 
3 to 4 % 
7% 
The Apple Exposition 
(Continued from page 343) 
show that I should eat more apples, but 
I certainly won’t pay fifty-five cents to 
get into the show in addition to the 
carfare.” 
However, the many who did come, 
could not help' but be impressed with 
the fact that Eastern fruit growing is 
a great industry and that Eastern fruit 
is mighty good. 
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