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Reviewing 
the Latest Eastern 
American Agriculturist, January 12, 1924 
Markets and Prices 
EGG MARKET FLOODED 
E 3ERAL egg receipts of both storage and 
freshly gathered western stock, far in 
excess of the immediate demand, only served 
to maintain the more or less demoralized 
condition in the egg market that has existed 
for the past week. The market has had a 
continually irregular tone. However, while 
some receivers report a surplus stock and 
show some disposition to shade prices, others 
are effecting a fair clearance. In general, re¬ 
ceivers, even to the larger operators, are 
suffering a burdensome accumulation. Prices 
have been cut considerably and we have an 
unusual condition of nearby whites offering 
lower than the prices last obtained for Pacific 
Coast stock of higher grades. These latter 
have been sustained because of the preference 
they enjoy among the large chain store buyers, 
due to their more uniform packing. Even the 
market for Pacific Coast Whites is quite 
unsettled. 
I With the condition existing as it is in the 
market, country producers may find it more 
profitable to hold their eggs and dispose of 
them at home rather than try to get a return 
by shipping into New York. Many sales have 
been made that just barely pay for the trans¬ 
portation and selling charges, leaving not 
enough surplus to begin to pay the feed of the 
birds, let alone a profit on the investment. 
NO CHANGE IN APPLE MARKET 
Fresh receipts of barreled apples have been 
moderate from Western New York and Hudson 
River Valley. Offerings from other States 
have been comparatively light. The demand 
has been fairly moderate for fancy, good sized 
Greenings, well colored Baldwins, McIntosh 
and Northern Spies. Most other varieties have 
received very little attention. Just before 
going to press the tone of the market seemed 
to strengthen a little. With the coming of the 
cold snap several apple men expressed the 
opinion that there should be a decided turn 
for the better in the apple market very shortly 
with the clearing of a lot of common storage 
stock. Prices averaged about as follows for 
barreled stock “A” grade Sj^-inch, cold 
storage: BALDWINS, best, $4.50 to 5; few, 
fancy, $5.25 to 5.50; ordinary $4 to 4.25; 
common storage, $3 to 3.75. BEN DAVIS, 
$3 to 3.50. GREENINGS, best, $5.50 to 6; 
fancy, $6.25 to 6.50; fair, $5 to 5.25; ordinary, 
$4.50 to 4.75. HUBBARDSTON, $3 to 3.50. 
KING, $4 to 4.50; fancy, $4.75 to 5. McIN- 
TOSH, best, $6.50 to 7; fancy, $7.50 to 8; 
ordinary, $5 to 5.50. NORTHERN SPY, 
fancy, $7 to 7.50; few, $8; ordinary, $4.50 to 5. 
NORTHWESTERN GREENINGS, $4 to 5. 
ROME BEAUTY, $3.50 to 4.50. SNOW, 
$4 to 4.50. SPITZENBURG, $3.50 to 4.50. 
LEAF TOBACCO. 
SI.25: Ten S2.00; pipe and reel 
COOPERATIVE FARMERS, 
Chewing 5 lbs. SI.75: Ten 
S3.00; Smoking 51bs. 
je Iree, pay when received. 
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 
CATTLE 
HOLSTEIN BULLS for Sale 
Sons of 
DUTCHLAND C0LANTHA SIR INKA 
FISHKILL FARMS, Hopewell Junction, N. Y. 
HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Owner 
HOLSTEINS 
Extra fine lot registered 
cows fresh or soon due. 
10 registered heifers soon due. 20 registered heifers 
ready to breed. 4 high record service bulls. 
J. A. LEACH CORTLAND, N. Y. 
SWINE 
C y Bred sows, service boars and fall 
C pigs from Schoolmaster, Callaway 
Edd, Wildwood and White Eagle 
blood. Priced reasonable and shipped C. O. D. 
VIEWMONT FARM, MAINVILLE, PA. 
PEDIGREED BIG TYPE CHESTER WHITES 
'5 young bred sou's, $25 to $50; 35 service boars, $25 to 
■35; 75 good fall pigs, priced low, out of my Big Grand 
Champion Wildwood Prince boar and big sows. 
C. E. CASSEL, HERSHEY, PA. 
3 f O r»T O of fashionable breeding at $6. Sept 
I I V* I I . ^ Pigs. $10. Bred Sows to farrow m 
• * * ^* *■ IVJk-? jjarch. Papers for registration fur- 
ished. R. C. KRANTZ, Tuscarawas Co., Dover, Ohio, 
Big Type Chester Whites Bloodl in os'” r Pigs, i 0 each. 
Prepaid. GEO. F. GRIFFIE, R. 3, NEWVILLE, PA. 
DFriQTFPFn n I r AND CHESTER white pigs. 
KEiUlolClVLD U. 1. L. e. p. Rogers, wayville, n. t. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Grand champion breeding. Largest herd in America. Free booklet. 
HARPENDING Box 10 DUNDEE, N. Y. 
_POULTRY_ 
T URKEYS, Geese, Ducks, Guineas, Chickens, also 
r H' LARGE ILLU§. CATALOG FREE 
LOIUe UOgS EPWIN eouder „ „ seu-ersville, pa. 
TWENTY-OUNCE, $2.50 to 3.50. STARK, 
$3.50 to 4. WAGNER, $3 to 3.50. Fruit 
that graded “A” 2% to 3-inch sold generally 
from 50c to $1.50 per bbl. more than the above 
quotation, while 2)4-mch of the same grade 
usually brought from $1 to 2 a bbl. less. Stock 
in bu. baskets is bringing from 75c to $1 a bu. 
for red varieties while Greenings are bringing 
from $1 to 1.25. 
MODERATE TRADING IN POTATOES 
The potato market held firm for fancy bright 
well-graded stock. Even at that, demand has 
only been moderate. Undoubtedly the weather 
prevailing in the vicinity of New York has 
been responsible for this condition in the 
market. The weather has been wet, mild and 
generally sluggish. At the end of the week 
there was a decided drop in the temperature 
which it is expected will have a decidedly 
beneficial affect on the condition of the market. 
LONG ISLANDS in 150-lb sacks are quoted 
at $3.75 to 3.85; in bulk 180-lb sacks, $4.40 to 
4.50. STATE, Green Mt., 150-lb sack, $2.75 
to 2.85; bulk per 180-lbs $3.25 to 3.75. MAINE, 
Green Mt., per 150-lb sack, $3 to 3.15; bulk, 
180-lbs $3.75 to 3.85. 
CABBAGE MARKET DULL 
White Danish from State sections is quoted 
at from $27 to $30 by the carlot. White job¬ 
bing sales have been ranging from $30 to $35. 
Red Danish has been bringing from $30 to $40 
depending upon size, quality and condition. 
If cold weather sets in we may expect a slight 
increase all along the line. With the arrival 
of Southern cabbage on the market in quan¬ 
tity, it is to be expected that sharp rises for 
State stock will be minimized. 
BUTTER MARKET STEADY 
white, fresh and held, 24 to 25c. STATE 
SKIMS, fresh and held, specials, 16 to 18j^c: 
fair to good, 15 to 16c; lower grades, 5 to 14c. 
DOMESTIC SWISS CHEESE, fancy, 39 to 
41c; No. 1, 36 to 38c. 
LIVE AND DRESSED POULTRY 
Approximately 150 cars of live poultry 
arrived during the end of the week. Express 
shipments of fowls and chickens are coming 
in slowly and anything attractive is being 
picked up quickly. 
In the dressed poultry market, the fowls are 
in moderate demand with very good demand 
and firm prices for quality stock, especially 
large-sized fowls. Staggy stock is quite 
common. 
Capons are increasing in supply slowly and 
meet a moderate demand. Nearby capons 
averaging 5 lbs. are bringing from 31 to 33e; 
7 lbs., 36 to 40c; 9 lbs., 43 to 45c, slips and poor 
stock, 27 to 30c. 
DRESSED MEATS AND LIVE STOCK 
Dressed hot-house lambs are coming in 
slowly. The demand is slow and for choice 
stock only, prices of which range from $10 to 
13 each. Receipts of country dressed calves 
were fairly liberal and have met a good 
demand. The market is steady with no 
material changes in prices anticipated. 
HAY MARKET FIRM 
The hay market has been firm for choice 
stock as usual. The demand is slow for under¬ 
grades. Top quotation on Timothy, U. S. 
Grade No. 2, reached $29. Light clover mixed 
brought practically the same price as U. S. 
No. 2. Alfalfa, second cutting, has been 
averaging from $25 to 30 per ton. 
» A 
Considering the rainy and mild weather, 
the trade has been very good and a consider¬ 
able volume of business has been transacted. 
While main interest has been for fine, high- 
quality stock, “A” grades shared in the ac¬ 
tivity. 
Business is moving along steadily but buyers 
are keeping their purchases close to the needs 
of the moment. Undoubtedly this is due to the 
large amount of foreign butter that is arriving. 
The steamer Minekahda from Hamburg 
docked Thursday morning with several thou¬ 
sand casks aboard. 
CHEESE MARKET UNSETTLED 
In spite of slightly more activity on both 
fresh and held cheeses, nevertheless the market 
was what seemed to be termed unsettled, 
though toward the end of the week a steadier 
tone was indicated. Some of the large chain 
stores are featuring a special on cheese and it 
is believed that this will stimulate business 
considerably. Prices at the end of the week 
were quoted as follows: 
FLATS, whole milk, colored or while, fresh 
and held specials, 24to 26c; average run 
21^2 to 22^c; lower grades, 18 to 20c. 
TWINS, whole milk, colored or white, fresh 
and held, 23^ to 24c. YOUNG AMERICAS, 
colored or white, fresh and held, 25 to 26c. 
SINGLE DAISIES, colored or white, fresh 
and held, 24j^ to 25c; double daisies, colored or 
\ 
The Multiple Price Plan 
{Continued from page 30) 
superior to economic law. I believe that the 
rather radical price reductions which just now 
are causing so much disappointment were after 
all only a method of correcting some in¬ 
equalities and that it was eventually bound 
to come. 
Am I disloyal to the general principle of 
cooperation if I question the wisdom of the 
intricate and envolved plan of making the 
price of milk dependent upon the use which the 
purchaser makes of it? However, this is only a 
questioning of one particular method of 
operation and not of the general principle. 
The best thinkers are agreed that some sort of 
organized selling and buying is essential to the 
farmers’ prosperity and we are just now going 
through the first strenuous days of some of these 
organizations. I believe that the League has 
gone far enough so that any general collapse 
of the plan of cooperative marketing is most 
unlikely. Possibly some wrong methods have 
been attempted, but in any case the welfare of 
our whole farm economic system is tied up with 
the League, because if it fails the greatest at¬ 
tempt in all the history of organized agriculture 
would go for naught and it would set back 
farm organization for a generation. 
“Hold fast that which is good.” No organ¬ 
ization in the long run can be superior to 
economic-law. One thing is sure—that any 
efforts which seek ends that are economically 
false must fail after a longer or shorter time. 
W ise old Professor Roberts used to tell his 
classes, “You may break the laws of God and 
repent in sincerity and it will be forgiven you; 
you may break the laws of the state and if you 
hire a smart lawyer he may be able to help^ 
you to avoid the consequences, but if you 
break the eternal laws of nature, not even God 
himself can help you.” 
In all our striving'let us work in accordance 
with sound economic law. 
The Outlook for Farmers in 1924 
{Continued from page 36) 
in the West and hogs in the Middle West, 
More acreage may go into cotton in the South 
than the record area planted this year. In 
general, the tendency will be to diversify, 
particularly along the lines of dairying and 
poultry production. It is possible that poultry- 
men, dairymen, and sheep and wool growers 
will be obliged to operate on a narrower margin 
than last year. In general, agricultural income ! 
is likely to be more uniformly distributed 
among all farmers than in the last year or so. 
Little Chance for Lower Costs 
Costs of production are not likely to be much 
lower than they were last year, although a good 
deal of the outlay for machinery, fertilizer and 
farm labor during the first six months of the ; 
year was made at a time when a labor shortage ■ 
existed and when commodity prices were I 
close to the peak. This year markets may be 
a little bit more in buyer’s favor during the first J 
half than in the same fraction of 1923. So far 
as taxes and interest are concerned, 1924 
threatens no greater burden than 1923. On 
the other hand, a large volume of farm in¬ 
debtedness which held over from 1920 and 1921 
has been paid during the last twelve months, so 
that the total interest charge to be paid by, 
farmers should show some decrease. 
Not to be overlooked in a survey of future 
possibilities is the political factor. While this 
may tend to restrain business expansion, there 
can be no question of a desire by the party in 
power to bring improvement in the agricultural 
situation so far as possible. A government cor¬ 
poration to export wheat and hog products, 
a food loan or a gift of charity to Germany, 
official encouragement of cooperative market¬ 
ing and of diversification in agriculture, reduc¬ 
tion of freight rates on agricultural commodi¬ 
ties, and modification of the rural credit laws 
to make them more workable are legislative 
possibilities. Some reduction in* national 
taxation is probable, although this touches 
farmers less directly than general business. 
The effect of a bonus will be to cause inflation 
in the early future, although its long distance 
effects involve liquidation and further taxation. 
Instead of the mild improvement in agricul¬ 
ture outlined in the J’oregoing, it is possible 
that more radical changes will fake place. The 
psychological reaction of the public to good 
business prospects, to an abundance of invest¬ 
ment funds and to the failure of the present 
trade recession to develop serious proportions 
might result in a runaway movement. On 
the other hand, 1924 may prove to be a dull 
year, but few are pessimistic enough to look for 
depression. _ 
Program of New Jersey’s Agri¬ 
cultural Week at Trenton 
{Continued from page 37) 
Church Conference and the New Jersey Swine 
Growers. 
• At the potato meeting the following speakers 
will discuss potato-growing: F. R. Perry, Neff 
York State College of Agriculture; Kris Bemis 
of the Michigan Potato-Growers Exchange; 
E. E. West of the New Jersey State Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, and the following growers 
from New Jersey: W. F. Minch, Bridgeton; 
F. L. Jones, Freehold; and Earl Dilatush of 
Robbinsville. 
The Alfalfa Growers will be addressed by 
R. H. Cross of Fayetteville, N. Y., who will 
speak on raising alfalfa as a cash crop in Neff 
York. County Agent Mason of Warren 
County will also speak as will J. B. P. Diekej 
of the Pennsylvania State College of Agricul¬ 
ture. 
The Town and Country Church Conference 
will be held at the State Street M. E, Church 
in the Sunday School Room, and is open to 
minister and lay workers, both men and 
women. The address of the meeting will be 
made by the Rev. H. N. Morse of the Presby¬ 
terian Board of National Missions. The 
subject will be A Bird’s-Eye View of the Rural 
Church. ■ 
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New York 
52 
52 
48 
45 to 47 
45 to 48 
40 to 44 
48 to 52 
42 to 47 
37 to 41 
Buffalo 
Phila. 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to eastern farmers 
sold on January 4: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
New Jersey hennery whites uneandled, 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 ..... 
46 to 48 
47 
44 
43 to;45 
38 to 40 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score. 
Extra (92 score). 
State dairy (salted), finest. 
Good to prime. 
56 to 57 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) 
Timothy No. 3.. 
Timothy Sample. 
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. 
54 J* ' 
53 to 54 
48 to 52 
52 to 55 
52 to 53 
45 to 50 
56 
U. S. Grades 
$27 to 29 
24 to 26 
16 to 19 
27 to 29 
31 to 32 
16 
Old Grade 
$17 to 18 
Standards 
$27.50 to 28 
24 to 25 
27 to 27.50 
16 to 17 
29 
21 to 23 
25 to 30 
23 to 24 
24 to 26 
17 to 20 
23 to 24 
17 to 19 
26 to 28 
16 to 18 
23 to 25 
20 to 22 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium . 
Bulls, common to good .. . .. • °/2 to A A 
Lambs, common to good .,... 11 ri to 13 
Sheep, common to good ewes .. . " 
Hogs, Yorkers .. < /2 to 7 A 
