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American Agriculturist, February 2, 1924 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
THE MARKET SITUATION 
I AST week dealers in the New York market 
were praying for cold weather because they 
believed that with cold weather, prices would 
improve and trading would be stimulated in 
general. Cold w T eather did come with ven¬ 
geance. In fact it came too strong. On Mon¬ 
day and Tuesday, January 21 and 22, the 
temperature dropped close to the zero mark 
in New York City with the result that prac¬ 
tically nothing moved. The reason for this 
have really got to keep in daily touch with the 
market. About the only way that they have 
to do this, is to get in contact with some one 
who has a radio and follow the quotations very 
closely. The man who holds for really high 
prices this year is skating on thin ice. 
CABBAGE MARKET FIRMER 
The cabbage market took a decidedly 
stronger tone during the latter part of the week 
and prices are quoted at $25 a ton F. O. B. 
shipping point for good medium Danish. The 
LEGAL AND OTHER HOLIDAYS AFFECTING MARKETS, 1924 
v With List of Food Stuffs in Demand and the Best Market Days 
Preceding the Holidays. 
HOLIDAYS 
DATE 
MARKET 
DAYS 
COMMODITIES IN 
DEMAND 
(Rosh Hashonoh) 
Day of Atonemeni 
(Yom Kippur) 
(Succoth) 
Thanksgiving Day.Nov 
(Hannukah) 
Christmas Day. 
Mar. 
.April 
20 . . . . 
20.... 
. Mar. 17, 18, 19 . 
. April 15-18. 
April 
19-20. 
.. April 
14-17. 
April 
25-26. 
. .April 21-23. 
June 
8-9... 
. June 
4-6. 
May 
30 ... . 
. .May 
26-29. 
July 
. Sept. 
4. 
29-30. 
. . June28toJuly2. 
. . Sept. 23-26. 
Oct. 
8. 
. .Oct. 
3-6. 
Oct. 
13. 
Oct. 
8-10. 
Oct. 
12. 
Oct. 
9-11. 
.Nov. 
29.. . 
. .Nov. 
24-28. 
.Dec. 
22. ... 
. . Dec. 
17-19. 
. Dec. 
25.... 
. .Dec. 
19-23.... 
Live and Dressed Fowls, 
Capons, Ducks, Geese, Rab¬ 
bits, Dressed Spring Lambs, 
and Prime Yeal Calves. 
Ducks and Geese. 
of live Poultry. 
Very little extra for th 
holiday. 
Broilers and prime stock < 
all kinds of live Poultry. 
Ducks and Geese. 
All prime stock of live 
poultry especially White 
Leghorn Chickens and 
Roosters. 
Geese. 
Rabbits. 
Geese, Fowls, 
Rabbits and 
Roasting Pigs. 
Capons, 
Dressed 
of live Poultry. 
. Live Dressed Turkeys, 
Geese, Fowls, Capons, 
Dressed Suckling Pigs, Live 
Rabbits, and Live Goats. 
Courtesy New York State Department of Farms and Markets. 
was that it was so cold dealers were afraid of 
having produce frozen. Consequently the dull 
situation in the market continued on Monday 
and Tuesday. 
Incoming stocks continued to accumulate 
which only helped to make matters slightly 
worse. On January 23 and 24 the weather 
moderated to the ideal. Were it not for the 
heavy accumulations on Monday and Tues¬ 
day, the market would have been a great deal 
better. But these accumulations had to be 
turned with the result that, although there may 
have been a fair demand, heavy supplies kept 
prices about the same. Friday, January 25, 
saw a reversion of the weather to the usual 
mildness that has continued regularly through 
the winter. 
There is no doubt whatsoever that this is a 
decidedly off year and farmers have got tc 
watch their step very closely as far as the mar¬ 
ket is concerned. As we have said in previous 
issues, the situation is so tense that farmers 
POTATO SPRAYER 
HIGH PRESSURE 
demand is fair. There are a lot of farmers 
wondering whether cabbage is going to $40 a 
ton or $70 a ton. Unfortunately we cannot 
say whether these prices will be reached. 
There are too many factors that are involved. 
The first is the volume in which up-State cab¬ 
bage comes into the market. Another is the 
weather conditions around New York City, 
while the third takes in the southern section. 
The recent cold spell was reported to have 
caused considerable damage as far south as 
Florida peninsula. Just what percentage of 
damage by frost was done in Carolina and other 
southern cabbage sections is not definitely 
known. It is reported that the Texas crop was 
cut 25 per cent. Growers who have any quan¬ 
tity of storage stock in hand should follow the 
market very closely. It may pay to turn part 
of the holdings if the price goes to $25 or $30 
and hold part for a better price. If the market 
goes up, they have the consolation of getting 
a high price on at least part of their crop. If 
it goes down, they have the consolation of hav¬ 
ing turned part at least at a fair price. 
POTATO MARKET DULL 
m GEARS KJfSBELTS 
CHAINS 1 1L/SPROCKETS 
CHAINS 
'FRIEND MFG.Co-.Gasport.HY 
OATS 
HEAVY ALBERTA 
Cluster, Canadian Grown 
(Weight 46 lbs. to measured bu.) $1.25 per bu. ol 32 lbs. 
Freight paid on 9 bu. or more. 
B. F. METCALF & SON, Inc., 206-208 W. Genesee St, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES Catalog Free 
A. G. ALDRIDGE SONS, 
FISHERS, N. Y. 
TURKEYS 
A FEW NICE BRONZE $g.00 
TOM TURKEYS LEFT 
EACH 
I am booking orders now for hatching eggs, 
$6 a dozen; $45 a hundred. Can fill ship¬ 
ments up to $soo at short notice. All from my 
own breeders. 
JAMES J. CUMMINGS, Plymouth, New Hampshire 
TURKEYS Util l ty - and Champion 
Mammoth Bronze; Imported 
100 egg strain non-roaming 
White Holland; Trios; $30. Winners: 35 lbs.; 
50 lb. sires. Immuned: Guaranteed. 
BUCKINGHAM, VA. 
MOHAWK FARM, 
baked beans sold in delicatessen stores in the 
larger cities, appeal to the housewife, due to 
their convenience. Where it is possible to buy 
beans in this form', the housewife merely has to 
heat and serve them, making them very desir¬ 
able for a meal that must be prepared on short 
notice. 
Another factor that Mr. Lohmann attri¬ 
butes to the present bean situation, is the fact 
that grocerymen have not been making a dis¬ 
play of dried beans, usually dumping their 
beans into a bin with the result that the trade 
has no opportunity to see them. Mr. Lohmann 
suggests that if the 350,000 retail grocers were 
to make a drive on beans, using attractive 
window displays, the bean market would 
undoubtedly take a sudden jump. He has 
suggested some very clear window displays. 
There is no question but what advertising to¬ 
day is the big thing that is-putting certain lines 
of produce across to the consumer and the 
present situation in the bean market certainly 
needs stimulation. Domestics are quoted as 
follows: MARROW, choice, $10 to 10.25; 
common to fair, $9.50 to 9.75. RED KID¬ 
NEY, choice $7.25 to 7.35; white kidney, 
choice $9.25 to 9.50; common to fair, $8.75 to 9. 
APPLES CONTINUE DULL 
market that desirable stock will hold firm, 
The cold weather has had a tendency to check 
production which has had an immediate effect 
on the market. There is a better movement in 
the storage egg market. 
BUTTER HOLDS FIRM 
At the present writing the butter market is 
very firm. Receipts during the past few days 
have been abnormally light due to transports 
tion conditions brought about by recent severe 
weather and storms. This has had a tendency 
to stimulate trading. In fact, the shortage o! 
fresh supplies has thrown the trade back on 
accumulations that they have carried for 
some time past, with the result that reductions 
have been quite heavy. If shipments that have 
been delayed due to the weather, come in all at 
once, it may have a dampening effect. 
STEADY TONE TO CHEESE MARKET 
The apple market continues to be weak. 
There is still considerable common storage 
stock and western boxed apples continue to keep 
the market dull. Western boxed apples fare 
common to good and a crop out there is about 
30 per cent, greater than last year. Western 
boxed Jonathans are turning for $1.50 to 1.75 
per doz. It is pretty hard to sell barreled 
apples against that price. As soon as these 
western Jonathans are out of the way things 
may improve. One encouraging tone to the 
market is that the export situation is im¬ 
proving. 
HAY MARKET WEAK 
Trading has been quieter in the cheqe 
market but there is a fairly steady tone on the 
better grades of held cheeses and prices show 
practically no change. The market has been 
rather slow on fresh State flats. STATES, 
whole milk flats, held, fancy, 26 to 26^e; 
average run 24 to 25j^c; flats, fresh, fancy, $ 
to 23c; average run 21 to 2l3^c; fair to good 
19 to 20c. 
MILK PRICES 
Due to liberal receipts and only a moderate 
demand, the hay market has taken on a weak 
tone for all grades, being unsettled even on 
No. 1. It is reported that the New York 
Central Railroad is issuing no further permits 
until present stocks clear up. Brooklyn is 
quoted slightly higher on No. 1. 
POULTRY MARKET QUIET 
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association 
has announced that price for February for 
Class 1 milk will be $2.33 per hundred in the 
200-210 mile zone; Class 2-a, $2.10; Class 2-h, 
$2.35; Class 2-c, $2.35; Class 3, $2.05; Class; 
will be based on butter and cheese quotations 
in New York City market. 
The Non-pooling Cooperative Association 
announces a flat price of $2.30 and $2.35 for 
Class 1. 
The Sheffield Producers announce that their 
present schedule of milk prices, $2.35 per 
hundred, will be maintained. 
DRESSED MEAT AND LIVE STOCK 
During the latter part of last week the 
market on fresh killed poultry was quiet. 
Exceptionally fancy stock, closely graded, 
received highest quotations on boxed packed. 
However, most of the chickens were so hard- 
meated and staggy that prices are quite irregu¬ 
lar. Fowls have been holding steady. The 
quality of capons is very irregular, bringing 
good price when fancy but many small ones 
lack quality. Turkeys are in fair supply, but 
average stock met a weak market, as many are 
running too large in size, while others are 
flabby and poor. The live poultry market is 
easier and the tone is tending downward. 
EGG MARKET STEADY 
The egg market continues to hold the gain 
it made during the early part of last week when 
cold weather turned prices upward. Reports 
indicate that lighter supplies of fresh eggs are in 
transit and there is a confident feeling in the 
The supply of live lambs continues very light, 
The market has a decidedly firm tone for god 
stock. Live veals have been in rather light 
supply and the recent advances in price have 
been maintained. Finer stocks sell up to 
$16.50. The market for live hogs is steady, 
Country dressed veal calves have been coming 
in slowly with the result that trade is more 
active and the market has taken on a firmer 
tone. Strictly choice veals sold quite generally 
at 21c, while prime stock brought from 18 to 
20c, and fair to good, 14 to 17c. 
New York County Notes 
{Continued from page 103) 
town where they can get shorter hours ant 
more pay. Anyone who can drive a truck 
or work in a factory is getting more than 
farmers can pay. Taxes are higher than 
last year and most everything is cheap 
If things keep on for a few more years 
the help will all be in town. It is cer¬ 
tainly very discouraging for farmers. 
As for hiring help, it is out of the question 
—H. D. S. 
The cold weather hurt the potato market 
for there was a considerable amount of stuff 
frozen. “States” are bringing from $1.65 to 
$1.75 per hundred in bulk delivered in New 
York City. Potatoes in 150-pound sacks are 
bringing from $2.65 to $2.85 delivered. How¬ 
ever, there was a lot of potatoes turning at 
figures slightly lower than these because many 
dealers are shading prices in order to turn 
stocks. Long Islands are bringing from $1.15 
to $1.20 per bushel to the farmer. Sacked 
stock is bringing from $3.35 to $3.45 per 150 
pounds at Riverhead. Up-state farmers who 
can get $1 a bushel will see how lucky they are 
compared to the Long Island grower. 
The market on Maine potatoes is a little 
stronger due to the cold weather which held 
up shipments. They are quoted at $2.10 to 
$2.15 per hundred in bulk and $3.25 to $3.35 
in 150-pound sacks. 
WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEANS? 
Writing in New York Commercial of Jan. 25, 
a grocery produce and trade paper, Henry 
Lohmann states, under Retail Grocery Notes, 
that the trouble with the dried bean market is 
that the readv-cooked canned beans and home- 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to eastern farmers 
sold on January 24: 
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 . 
New York 
Buffalo 
• Phila. 
55 to 56 
53 to 54 
51 to 52 
50 
50 to 52 
48 to 50 
52 
43 
40 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score. 52)4 to 53 
Extra (92 score). 52 
State dairy (salted), finest. 50 ’4 to 5114 
Good to prime. 47)4 to 49)4 
51)4 
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 . 
. S. Grades 
Old Grade Standards 
$26 to 27 
. $27.50 to 28 
24 to 25 
. 24 to 25 
18 to 19 
. 27 to 27.50 
26 to 27 
30 to 32 
15 
. 17 to 18 
26 to 29 
28 to 80 
23 to 26 
23 to 25 
28 to 32 
32 to 35 
24 to 25 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 
Bulls, common to good. 
Lambs, common to good . 
Sheep, common to good ewes . 
Hogs, Yorkers . 
9)4 to 14% 
4 to 4 2 
9)4 to 14)4 
4 ■ to 7)4 
7)4 to 7M 
20 to « 
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