American Agriculturist, January 26, 1924 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
BLAME THE WEATHERMAN 
T HERE is no doubt but what the market 
on all farm products has been most erratic 
this year. *It has been both erratic and flighty. 
One day the market is strong, the next day it is 
easier, the day following that it is dull, the 
fourth day finds it strong again. It is up and 
down continually and it takes a pretty good 
man to follow it. As a matter of fact the men 
right in the market find it hard to keep even 
with it. 
Nobody is to blame but the weatherman. 
Folks do not eat as much when the weather 
is warm or even mild. Take for instance, dur¬ 
ing a really sharp New York winter, beans are 
in demand, for on a sharp cold day, there is 
nothing so satisfying as a hot plate of bean 
soup. Cold weather also invites corned beef 
and cabbage on the table of the working people 
in New York City. 
Advices from the West state that a severe 
cold wave is headed.East. If it reaches to the 
coast and stays a while, the market is almost 
sure to improve. 
POTATO MARKET DULL 
With the strong potato market which ex¬ 
isted last week, there was a feeling in the 
market that things were on the up-grade. 
However, a spell of mild weather set in that 
cut the props from underneath things and 
allowed the whole situation to settle percepti¬ 
bly, wi,th the result that a dull feeling exists in 
the potato market at present. Market men are 
praying for cold weather because there is a very 
heavy accumulation at the present time, and 
cold weather is the only thing that will help 
the situation to any degree. Long Islands are 
quoted at $3.25 150-lbs. f. o. b. Riverhead and 
other East End loading points. State stock is 
“asking” $2.75 per 150-lb. sacks delivered in 
New York Ci,ty, accepting $2>.65. In some 
cases $2.60 closes the deal. Maine potatoes are 
quoted at $2.00 a hundred deliveredat Harlem. 
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Friday mornings from WEAF. The condition 
in the market right now does not warrant 
heavy shipments. A sudden change in condi¬ 
tions may warrant loading and daily contact 
with the market is the only way to follow the 
situation. 
CABBAGE MARKET WEAKER 
Last week cabbage was being loaded in the 
country for anywhere from $25 to $28 a ton. 
At the present writing, it is doubtful if farmers 
can get much more than $18. At present, the 
price runs from $20 to $25 which means that 
country prices will average from $18 to $22. 
As it looks to us, if prices strengthen at all, 
and shippers can get clear for $25 to $27, it is 
wise to sell. Of course, the price may go to 
$40 or it may not. No one can say definitely, 
because of the weather factor. It involves 
a big risk. Keep posted by radio daily. 
APPLE MARKET DISCOURAGING 
The apple market is a problem in New York 
City. It is not only dull but decidedly dis¬ 
couraging. One of the reasons for the situation 
is that there is still a whole lot of common stor¬ 
age stock coming in, which is of ordinary to 
very poor quality. 
At the present time the following quotations 
prevail: BALDWINS, poor to average fancy, 
$2 to $4.50; large fancy $5 to $5.50. BEN 
DAVIS, poor to average $2 to $3.50. GREEN¬ 
ING, poor to average fancy, $2 to $5.25; 
large fancy $6 to $7. KING, poor to average 
fancy $2.25 to $3.25; large fancy $4 to $4.50. 
NORTHERN SPY, $2 to $4.50. TWENTY 
OUNCE, poor to average $2 to $3; large fancy 
$3.50 to $4.00. YORK IMPERIAL, poor to 
average $3 to $3.50; large fancy $3.75 to $4.00. 
EGG MARKET TURNS STRONGER 
The egg market has developed decidedly 
stronger during the latter part of the week, 
ending January 19. This is due chiefly to 
speculative buying which is based on advices 
from the West which have a very firm tone. 
Furthermore the reports are to the effect that 
the cold wave is extending, which will have an 
immediate effect on the egg market. However 
this strengthening was only on the leading 
grades of fresh eggs. The market on nearbys 
may be characterized as having a firm tone. 
BUTTER AND CHEESE STEADY 
The best that can be said of the butter 
market at this time is that there is still enough 
buying going on to hold the market steady for 
better grades of fresh wholesale. However, 
trading is confined to the needs of the moment. 
Even the large chain stores are not buying 
heavily. There is a feeling in the market that 
the reported cold wave that is sweeping from 
the West is likely to have some influence on 
the situation. 
The cheese market has a fairly steady tone. 
Trading has not been quite as brisk on held 
cheese, although there was quite an active 
movement on fresh, average run State flats. 
As we go to press, there is a strengthening 
tone to the market. Quotations are as fol¬ 
lows: STATES, whole milk, flats, held, fancy. 
white, 26 to 26j^c; colored 26 to 26j^c; average 
run 24 to 253^c; flats, fresh, fancy, 22 to 23c; 
average run, white 20% to 21c; colored, 21 to 
21%c; fair to good 19 to 20c. 
POULTRY MARKET STEADY 
With moderate receipts of fresh killed poul¬ 
try the trade continued satisfactory and the 
market maintains a firm tone. Capons are 
working out at steady prices where the quality 
is good. 
The live poultry market has taken on added 
firmness due to severe winter conditions in 
western sections. The fowls are in strong 
demand at this writing and the market closed 
this week decidedly in the favor of the sellers. 
MILK PRICES 
Country prices of milk in the 200-mile 
freight zone for 3 per cent, milk are as follows: 
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association, 
$2.33 per hundred pounds; Sheffield Farms, 
$2.35 per hundred pounds; Non-pool Associa¬ 
tion, flat price, $2.30 per hundred; Class I, 
$2.35. 
City prices are 10c per quart for loose milk 
on “cash and carry plan;” 14c for bottled 
Grade B. 
CASH GRAIN QUOTATIONS 
Prices at New York on cash grains are as 
follows: 
WHEAT, No. 2, hard winter, $1.2533; No. 2, red, 
$1.23No. 2, mixed, Durum, $1.1513. CORN, No. 2$ 
yellow, 97c; No. 2, white, 9813c; No. 2, mixed, 9613c. 
OATS, No. 2, 5813c; No. 3, 57-5713c; fancy white 
clipDed, 6013-6113c; ordinary white clipped, 57l3-59c. 
RYE No. 2, 83Me. BUCKWHEAT, sound milling, 
$ 2 . 10 . 
Prices f. o. b., Chicago: WHEAT, No. 1, hard, $1.1213; 
No. 2, $1.1013; No. 2, mixed, $1.1013. CORN, No. 2, 
yellow, 80c: No. 3, white, 7913c; No. 2, mixed, 78c. 
OATS, No. 1, white 50c; No. 2, 47!£c; No .3, 4734c. 
RYE, 7333c. 
FEED PRICES 
Prices of standard feed ingredients per ton 
are as follows: 
Buffalo rates: No. 2, white oats, 5213c; No. 3, white 
oats, 51c: No. 2, yellow com, 86)4;;; No. 3, yellow corn, 
8413c. Spring wheat bram $30.6 r 5 per T; hard winter 
wheat bran, $31.15 per T. Spring wheat middlings, 
$30.15 per T. Red dog flour, $35.65 per T. Brewers’ 
dried grains, $41.90 per T. White hominy feed, $34.40 
per T. Yellow hominy feed, $31.91 per T. Gluten feed, 
$43.65. Cotton seed meal, 36 per cent., $46.40; 41 per 
cent, cottonseed meal, $50.40. Linseed meal, 34 per cent., 
$45.40. 
HAY MARKET EASIER 
As a result of heavy receipts and moderate 
demand, the hay market is showing much 
easier tone. The reports have it that $30 is the 
top price on very best No. 1 hay in New York, 
while $31 is being reached in Brooklyn. In 
Brooklyn small bales of best quality are on par 
with large bales. Small bales of poor quality 
are a drug on both markets. 
BEAN MARKET QUIET 
There is no question but what the extremely 
mild weather which we are having is responsi¬ 
ble for the equally mild tone of the bean market. 
At the present time the quotations in New York 
on beans are as follows: Marrow, domestic. 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to eastern farmers 
sold on January 18: 
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, common to good . 
Sheep, common to good ewes ... 
Hogs, Yorkers . 
New York 
Buffalo 
Phila. 
48 to 49 
t 
47 to 48 
45 to 46 
43 to 44 
40 
42 to 44 
37 J3 
42 to 45 
39 to 40 
44 to 46 
41 to 42 
35 to 36 
53 to 5333 
5233 to 52*3 
51 *3 to 52 
48 to 51 
57 to 58 
55 to 56 
51 to 52 
44 to 49 
5233 
U. S. Grades 
$28 to 29 
25 to 27 
19 to 20 
Old Grade 
$17 to 18 
Standards 
$27.50 to 28 
24 to 25 
27 to 27.50 
30 to 32 
i 15 
17 to 18 
30 
24 to 26 
25 to 30 
22 
25 to 26 
20 to 22 
24 to 25 
19 to 21 
25 to 26 
20 to 22 
33 to 35 
10 to 1334 
4 to 434 
933 to 14 
4 4 to 7?4 
733 to m 
common to fair, $9.50; choice, $10. Pea, 
common to fair, $5.25; choice, $5.60. Red 
Kidney, choice, $7.30. 
Spreading Manure 
(Continued from page 72) 
wash by running water in the spring from 
rain and melting snow, the best results * 
are seen from direct from stable to field 
method. This method has also the ad¬ 
vantage of a minimum of labor. But on 
steep side hills and locations subject to 
overflow in the spring there is a serious 
loss of fertilizing elements in this method. 
Under these circumstances the best 
results are seen where manure is piled in 
long low piles and spread with manure 
spreader on the new seeding after the 
nurse crop has been harvested. — R, E. B. 
Governor Smith Addresses New. 
York Agricultural Society 
(Continued from, page 81 ) 
As the result of the election of officers, 
H. E. Babcock of Ithaca was named 
president. The following were reelected • 
P. G. Ten Eyck, Albany, vice-president ; 
C. E. Baldwin, Albany, secretary; and H. 
E.Winter, Albany, treasurer. 
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