American Agriculturist, Apr! 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
Potatoes Take Slight Spurt 
D URING the week ending April 19, the 
potato market took on a decidedly 
stronger tone. The strengthening was more 
manifest in trading than in any price increase. 
However, there was some advance in price 
which as far as the immediate future is con¬ 
cerned, looks rather favorable. Conditions 
in the country are responsible for the situation 
due to the fact that roads are very muddy and 
heavy. The result is that farmers find difficulty 
in hauling in their stocks which means light 
shipments. Indications are that with the 
clearing up of the roads, receipts will immedi¬ 
ately increase and undoubtedly result in 
somewhat weaker conditions in the market. 
Whether conditions will pan out this way no 
one can say. If conditions in the South are 
satisfactory undoubtedly we will see a slight 
weakening. However, if a rainy spell sets in 
down there, we may find that “States” and 
“Maines” will maintain their present strong 
position. On the 16th and 17th, “States” 
took a spurt from $1.75 per 100 in bulk up to 
$1.90. “States” are now quoted at $3 per 150- 
pound sack delivered compared to quotations 
last week that varied from $2.60 to 2.70. Those 
growers who were not afraid of heavy roads 
and used the simple deduction that under 
adverse conditions trucking would be lighter, 
have cashed in on the present increase. As 
far as futures are concerned there is still no 
apparent justification for the absolute holding 
of all of a man’s stock for higher prices. Those 
fellows who are marketing orderly are gaining 
this slight advantage, but conditions are too 
flighty and uncertain to shut down hauling 
altogether for higher prices. The south is 
beginning to ship quite heavily and receipts 
from that section are reported to be of very 
good quality. 
Maine potatoes are bringing the same price 
as Long Island’s at $4 per 150 pound: de¬ 
livered. Maine is shipping a very fine grade of 
stock and with the strengthening of the market, 
prices responded in proportion. New potatoes 
from the South are bringing $11.50 to $12 per 
barrel for Spaulding Rose and $3.25 per 50 box 
for Red Bliss. This last variety, however, 
enters the more exclusive trade and does not 
compete in any way with domestic potatoes. 
APPLE MARKET VERY WEAK 
During the latter part of the week ending 
April 19th, the apple market was absolutely 
dead, due primarily to the Jewish holidays. 
On Friday morning there was no one present 
on the docks to do any trading at all. The 
general situation on the market, however, is 
very weak. There is a flood of stuff coming 
in that is nothing better than tree run and 
continues to depress the market on practically 
everything. During the early part of the week, 
there was a very good market for McIntosh, 
but they are getting so scarce now that it is 
pretty hard to find them. Baldwins of “A” 
grade are going for $3.50 a barrel on 23^-inch 
stock. A lot of Baldwins are going for less. 
A -few fancies are bringing as much as $4. 
Greenings are way down, most of them showing 
considerable scald. Stock grading 2)4 inch 
of this ordinary quality, bringing from $2.50 
to $3.50; a few as high as $4.50. 
GOOD HAY STILL IN DEMAND 
The hay market continues its firm condition 
and the demand for No. 1 and No. 2 hay in 
large bales is still acute, both in New York and 
Brooklyn. The firmness is undoubtedly due to 
the existing scarcity of the better grades of hay. 
There is still an oversupply of low grade Cana¬ 
dian hay in small bales and domestic under 
grades. These poorer grades continue dull, 
and in most cases are turned at heavy dis¬ 
counts. 
In the metropolitan district, the barge re¬ 
ceipts have been pretty well cleaned up. 
Brooklyn market is slightly firmer than Man- 
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hattan with No. 1 quoted at $31 and No. 2 at 
$27-29. Small bales bring from $1 to $2 less. 
NEARBY EGGS STILL FIRM 
As we go to press the market for fancy 
nearby eggs still holds its firm tone. The egg 
market this year has been unusually good on 
fancy stocks. There is no question but what 
consumption has had a very decided influence 
in maintaining this strong condition. In spite 
of heavy receipts, which normally would war¬ 
rant a severe reduction in price with heavy 
speculative buying for storage, the opposite 
has been quite the order of the day. Consump¬ 
tion has been heavy and spot delivery has 
kept things moving regularly with a propor¬ 
tionate clearing of accumulations. During the 
early part of the week, the demand was very 
active for spot delivery, but business on fu¬ 
tures was as dead as a door-nail. Receipts on 
Tuesday were heavy but in spite of this the 
market held its firm tone. Wednesday’s re¬ 
ceipts were also heavy, in fact enough to create 
a weak tone, but the heavy demand enabled 
prices to hold onto their level. By Wednesday, 
however, more storage activity was in evidence. 
As we go to press the market on nearby fancy 
stock still holds steady but the special Easter 
trade is beginning to slacken and receivers are 
selling freely. The chances are that we will 
see a lower price with heavier speculative buy¬ 
ing for storage purposes. 
cream, $2.00; Class 2-B, used chiefly in the 
manufacture of plain condensed milk and ice 
cream, $2.25; Class 2-C, used chiefly in the 
manufacture of soft cheeses, $2.25; Class 3, 
for milk used chiefly in the manufacture of 
whole milk powder, evaporated whole milk 
and sweetened whole condensed milk, $1.95; 
Class 4-A and b~B, based on butter and Amer¬ 
ican cheese quotations on the New York 
market. 
Sheffield Producers organization announce 
the price of milk in the 201-210 mile freight 
zone for milk testing 3 per cent., is $2.20 1 /2. 
Non-pool prices: flat price all milk, $2.15; 
Class 1 , $2.30; Class 2, $2.00; Class 3-A, $1.95; 
Class 3-B, $1.80, all quotations subject to 
change if conditions warrant. 
BUTTER MARKET HARD HIT 
LIVE POULTRY MARKET GOOD 
During the past week, the live poultry mar¬ 
ket has developed considerable strength and a 
firm tone exists throughout. The market for 
fowls developed considerable strength in the 
latter part of the week and stocks cleared 
rapidly. In fact conditions were such that 
some lighter stock cleared at a premium. Ex¬ 
press broilers have been going very well. A 
great deal of the quality stock was working out 
at a premium, some bringing as high as 75c. 
It is only the smallest stocks, particularly the 
white Leghorn broilers that have to go as low 
50c and they have to be pretty poor. There 
has been an active demand for express fowls 
and most clearances on quality stocks have 
been on 30 to 31c. White Leghorns that show 
poor quality experience a shading down to 26c. 
When the market is active on this fancy and 
attractive stuff, poor quality stuff gets a pretty 
rough deal. The market on Long Island spring 
ducks is firm and active at 30c. 
CHEESE WEAK AND DULL 
MILK PRICES 
The Dairymen’s League Cooperative As¬ 
sociation, Inc. announces the following pool 
price for March for 3 per cent, milk in the 201- 
210-mile zone: Gross pool price, $1.88 per 
hundred, from which there are deducted 8 
cents for expenses leaving a gross price to 
farmers of $1.80. From this $1.80, the as¬ 
sociation deducts 5 cents on certificates of 
indebtedness leaving a net cash price to 
farmers of $1.75. 
Prices for milk delivered in April are as follows: 
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association, 
3 per cent, milk in the 201-210 mile zone. 
Class 1 , used chiefly for fluid purposes, $2.33 
per hundred; Class 2-A used chiefly as fluid 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to eastern farmers 
sold on April 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, leghorns. 
Spring Broilers . 
New York 
37 
35 to 36 
33 to 34 
30 to 32 
30 to 33 
28 to 29 
30 to 32 
26 to 28 
Buffalo 
Phila. 
27 to 29 
26 
25 
26 to 27 
36 to 36% 
42 to 43 
35% 
40 to 41 
37% 
35 
37 to 38 
34 to 34% 
31 to 36 
U. S. Grades 
Old Grade 
Standards 
$27 to 29 
$19 to 20 
$26 to 27 
25 to 26 
25 
10 to 17 
24 to 26 
26 to 27 
31 to 32 
14 to 15 
17 to 18 
28 to 32 
27 to 29 
28 to 30 
26 to 27 
22 to 24 
22 to 25 
35 to 36 
24 to 26 
25 to 26 
20 to 22 
55 to 65 
50 to 55 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 10% to 12% 
Bulls, common to good. 4 to 4 % 
Lambs, common to good. 13 to 16% 
Sheep, common to good ewes... 4% to 7% 
Hogs, Yorkers... 8 to 8% 
trade has been active, although within range 
of quotations. Average quotations on the 
better class of fleece wools similar to Ohio and 
Pennsylvania (fleece basis) are, fine combing 
56c; fine clothing, 48-49c; )4 blood combing 
56c; Yz blood clothing 48-49c; %s blood comb¬ 
ing 55-56c; blood clothing 49-50c; Y blood 
combing 52-53c; Y blood clothing 44-46 P . 
common and braid 43c. 
MEAT MARKET SLOW 
During the past week the butter market has 
taken a very decided slump. On April 14, the 
market in general was easier with prices vary¬ 
ing from 38)4 to 39c. On Tuesday a weaker 
tone prevailed and prices dropped to 38c. 
On Wednesday, there was a very serious drop 
of a cent and a half and Thursday saw the 
price take another tumble to 35c. However, 
the price recovered Y c - Just what course 
the market will now take is very difficult to 
predict with any degree of accuracy. We can’t 
say positively whether it will weaken further 
or whether it will maintain its prices. Evi¬ 
dences are that the present bottom has been 
reached. When the price of 35c was reached 
speculative buying increased and purchases 
were very free by jobbers and chain stores with 
a resulting fair amount of business and a 
steadier tone developing. As we go to press, 
the feeling of the market inclines to_a slight 
firmness. 
According to the U. S. Dept, of Agr., the 
cold storage holdings of creamery butter are 
as follows: March 1, 1924, holdings amounted 
to 9,837,000 lbs. compared to 8,910,000 lbs. 
on March 1, 1923. On April 1, 1924, they 
totaled 7,830,000 lbs. compared to 4,824,000 
lbs. on April 1, 1923. 
The market on live calves is dull, weak and 
lower. The top quotation on prime veals is in 
the neighborhood of $13, and poorer qualities 
ranging down as low as $5 for small calves. 
The general range of the market is $9.50-12.5(1 
Spring lambs are quoted at 22c with yearlings 
varying from ll-17c, depending upon grades. 
Ewes graded from common to good are quoted 
at $4.50 to $7.50, with culls going as low as 3c 
per pound. 
Country-dressed veal calves have been in 
heavy supply. The demand has not been 
equal to the offerings with the result that the 
market rules weak, lower, and the outlook is 
none too good. The portion of choice veals 
has been small, but the price on this stock 
shared in the decline. Very choice stock had 
difficulty in bringing 16c with the result that 
15c is the more active trading point on only the 
finest stock, prime veals ranging down to 13c, 
and poorer grades dropping off to as low as 5c. 
GRAINS AND FEEDS 
According to New York State Department 
of Farms and Markets, the following prices 
prevailed on April 12th: 
Syra- 
Ogdens- cuse Buf- 
Albany burg Utica Roch- falo 
ester 
The cheese market has been rather quiet. 
On Wednesday the 16th, there was a decided 
weakening. Fresh stocks dropped to 15 and 
16c. Held stocks maintained their prices of 
24)4 to 25c but buyers were extremely fussy 
and critical in their purchases which did not 
help the market in any degree. As we go to 
press the market still remains weak and rather 
inactive although there is pressure in some 
quarters to sell. Fancy held state flats are 
quoted from 24 to 24)4c, while fancy fresh 
state flats are quoted from 15)4 to 17c storage. 
No. 2 Wh. Oats .58% .59% .57% .57% .55% 
No. 3 Wh. Oats .57% .58% .58% .56% MX 
No. 2 Yel. Corn .96% .98% .95% .94% ,90V 
No. 3 Yel. Corn ’ .92% .94% .91% .90% .863/ 
Wheat Bran.. .. 33.25 33.85 32.85 32.55 31.15 
Spring W.Mids. 27.50 28.10 27.10 26.80 35.40 
SoftW.Mids... 36.00 36.60 35.60 35.30 33.90 
Flour Mids - 32.00 32.60 31.60 31.30 29 90 
Red Dog . 37.25 37.85 36.85 36.55 35.15 
Brewers Grains 33.00 33.60 32.60 32.30 , 30 90 
Hominy Feed W 33.75 34.35 33.35 33.05 '3165 
Hominy Feed Y 32.75 33.35 32.35 32.05 30.65 
Gluten Feed.... 38.50 39,10 38.10 [37.60 36.40 
36% Cottonseed 45.00 45.70 44.60 44.10 42 00 
41% Cottonseed 47.50 48.20 47.10 46 60 45.40 
43% Cottonseed 49.50 50.20 49.10 48.60 47.40 
32%Linseed... 41.50 42.10 41.10 40 80 39.40 
34%Linseed... 43.00 43.60 42.60 42.30 40.90 
*Note. —For points taking New York rate add to Albany 
prioe % cents on oats; % cents on corn; 10 cents on cottonseed 
meal; 20 cents on other feeds. 
WOOL MARKET SLIGHTLY BETTER 
A little more activity has developed in the 
last few days in the Boston wool market. 
Prices seem to be hardened slightly and the 
tendency is to a firmer condition. The Boston 
and domestic fleece wools are showing a slight 
improvement. Prices have not changed 
materially, but offerings seem to be fairly 
well cleaned up. Delaines have been in some¬ 
what better demand throughout the week for 
Feeding Calves 
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getting about 7)4 or 8 pounds. They are fed 
this until they reach four months of age. 
When they are about one month old, grain is 
fed them three times a day just what they will 
clean up in a reasonable length of time. The 
mixture used is composed of the following 
ingredients: Equal parts bran, ground oats, 
cornmeal or hominy (whichever is the cheaper) 
and oil meal. After about five months old they 
are fed the regular dairy ration. If they are 
fall calves about the first of June they are 
turned out. They are fed grain also at this 
period. Late winter and early spring calves 
are kept in the stables. 
A few points that will be well to be remem¬ 
bered are feed, liberal but not over feed, many 
a calf is injured by overfeeding. Keep separate 
as much as possible so that they cannot come 
in close contact with one another, especially 
after feeding. Give them plenty of fresh water. 
And, above all, keep them clean and dry, and 
away from draughts.—L. D. Hugley. 
FLEECE WOOL 
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satisfaction shipping to us. Prices quoted. Get 
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