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American Agriculturist, May 17, 1924 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
Milk Prices 
T HE Dairymen's League Cooperative Asso¬ 
ciation announces the following prices for 
milk during May in the 201-210 mile freight 
zone, for milk testing 3 per cent: Class 1 , used 
chiefly for fluid purposes, $1.86 per hundred 
pounds; Class 2-A, used chiefly as fluid cream, 
$1.70; Class 2-B, used chiefly in the manufac¬ 
ture of plain condensed milk and ice cream, 
$1.85; Class 2-C, used chiefly in the manufac¬ 
ture of soft cheeses, $1.85; Class 3, for milk 
used chiefly in the manufacture of whole milk 
powder, evaporated whole milk and sweetened 
whole condensed milk, $1.60; Class 4-A, and 
4-B. based on butter and American cheese quo¬ 
tations in the New York market. Prices for 
April were: Class 1 , $2.33; Class 2-A, $2.00; 
Class 2-B, $2.25; Class 2-C, $2.25; Class 3, 
$1.95. 
Sheffield Farms Company Producers an¬ 
nounce that the price of 3 per cent milk in the 
201-210 mile freight zone for May is $1.70)4. 
Non-pooling producers association Class 1, 
fluid milk for city consumption, $1.86; Class 2, 
milk for cream, plain condensed and ice cream, 
$1.70; Class 3a, milk for evaporated, con¬ 
densed, etc., $1.60; Class 3b, milk for fancy 
cheeses, $1.45; Class 4 determined on butter 
and cheese quotations on the New York 
market. 
Interstate Milk Producers’ Association (Phil¬ 
adelphia price plan) receiving station prices, 
3 per cent, milk 201-210 mile zone, $2.19. 
BUTTER MARKET FAIRLY STEADY 
The week ending May 16th found the butter 
market fairly steady, although experiencing 
slight tremors. Early in the week, the market 
was decidedly firm at 3834c, but Wednesday 
found a slight flutter downward with a half- 
cent decline. This had a tendency to stimu¬ 
late business and clearances on better grades 
of tablestock were affected during the closing 
days. This week’s market ends in a firm con¬ 
dition. The arrivals are sufficient to meet re¬ 
quirements of the trade and at the same time 
business is good. Buying is quite general in¬ 
cluding chain stores. There is considerable 
business being done with out-of-town buyers. 
However, no one seems to be inclined to buy 
beyond present needs. With the butter mar¬ 
ket in such a nervous and flighty condition, it is 
decidedly a risky business for buyers to take a 
chance on the future. Creamery butter scor¬ 
ing higher than 92 is bringing anytvhere from 
38)4 to 39c with 92 score firm at 38c. Creamery 
firsts scoring in the neighborhood of 38 and 39c, 
were quoted at 37 to 37)4c. 
CHEESE MARKET FIRMER 
The market has taken on a much firmer 
tone, especially for the more desirable grades 
of fresh State flats. The up-State market is 
firmer and the demand in New York is steady. 
Qualities are running fancy and most sales are 
within the range of 16)4 to 17c. The market 
was firm during most of the week ending May 
10th, with one or two occasions when a rather 
easier tone crept in. However, the market in 
general is firm and it is expected that it will 
continue, providing nothing unusual turns up. 
According to the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, cold storage holdings on May 1, 
1924, amount to 10,584,492 pounds of American 
cheese compared with 5,042,125 pounds at the 
same time last year. These totffls are for the 
10 principal markets in the United States, 
including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, 
Chicago, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Providence, 
Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louis. 
EGG MARKET STEADY AND FIRM 
The egg market has been extremely favor¬ 
able during the past week. The market has not 
only been steady, but shows a decided firmness 
right along. Storage buying is in full swing 
and this has been absorbing a large percentage 
of the arrivals. In general business is brisk. 
The outlook seems to be decidedly favorable 
for advices indicate that the flush of the season 
in the West is about over. According to the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, cold storage 
holdings on May 1, for the six largest markets 
in the United States, amount to 1,745,155 
cases compared to 1,897,814 cases on May 1, 
1923, showing that storage holdings are over 
150,000 cases short of last year. This has had 
a more or less relieving effect on the storage 
trade and has kept business active. Nearby 
whites are meeting a steady market under the 
continued demand, not only for storage pur¬ 
poses, but for the consumptive trade. The 
egg business is holding up well, primarily due 
to the fact that the chain stores are offering 
consumers a fine quality of eggs at reasonable 
prices. 
LIVE AND DRESSED POULTRY 
The live poultry market has ruled steady 
during the entire week. Light fowls are selling 
well, while heavy stock is dragging to some 
degree with the result that there is a little 
shading on prices for the latter. Arrivals have 
been rather light, which condition has tended 
to maintain the steady tone. Express fowls 
are working out generally around 30c. Most 
of the stock is heavy. Express broilers are 
coming on in such liberal quantities that the 
trade has shown a more quiet attitude and as 
a result the market looks as though it is going 
to close weak. The trend on these live broilers 
seems to be slightly downward. 
Dressed poultry has not enjoyed the uniform 
steady tone that has been the case in the live 
poultry market. Fresh killed fowls are in fair 
supply but accumulations are considerable 
from previous receipts. Strictly fancy box- 
packed fowls are working out fairly jvell, but 
these accumulations that have been piling up 
are dragging and ordinary stock is being shaded 
a cent a pound or more in order to clear the 
holdings. In fact, at the close of the week it 
looked as though it is going to be difficult to 
move ordinary grade fowls. Fresh killed spring 
chickens are gradually increasing in supply 
with sales chiefly around 60 to 65c. 
According to the United States Department 
of Agriculture cold storage holdings of dressed 
poultry in the 10 principal markets on May 1 
amounted to 40,413,881 pounds compared to 
59,288,937 pounds on May 1, 1923; over ap¬ 
proximately 19 million pounds less. 
POTATO MARKET SAGGING 
The market on old potatoes is steadily get¬ 
ting worse. Last week’s report stated that 
$1.75 bulk was about the average price. This 
week the market is about 10 cents lower on 
bulk shipments; $1.65 a hundred seems to be 
the average of the market. Offerings are lib¬ 
eral, in fact arrivals have been heavier than 
usual for this time of the year and the demand 
is none too good. Just what has put a crimp 
in the old potato market is hard to say, but it 
looks as though it is the southern crop. It 
seems to be the general opinion in the market 
that the demand for old potatoes is about 1 to 4 
compared to southern stocks. Southern pota¬ 
toes of the Spaulding Bose variety are bringing 
$6 to 7 a barrel f. o. b. Florida. The quality of 
these southern potatoes is good and with the 
price coming within the range of the, average 
consumer, there is a general tendency to turn 
to this stock. Some shippers of States are still 
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M. ROTH & CO. 
EGGS 
321 Greenwich St., N. Y.C 
Write for Shipping Tags 
of the belief that the market is going to $1 a 
bust el. We are sorry to say that conditions do 
not look very favorable for such a turn. 
Maine is stilt shipping a few potatoes but the 
bulk of the arrivals are coming from the South. 
APPLE HOLDINGS STILL HEAVY 
Advices indicate that the holdings on apples 
in storage are still heavy. At the same time 
the season is steadily working toward a finish. 
Movements of ordinary apples have been 
heavy, the majority going forward on consign¬ 
ment. There seems to be no disposition to 
hold back fancy Baldwins and other late 
keepers until a better market develops. There 
are two reasons for this, one being that owners 
have come to the point where they are anxious 
to close out, with prices more or less a mere 
incident. Furthermore, apples are riper than 
ordinarily at this time of the year. Ben 
Davis’ which is usually depended on for the 
last of the season, are showing an unusually 
ripe condition with the result that clearings are 
beginning to be made. This will undoubtedly 
result in the season finishing earlier than has 
been expected by the majority, which may 
cause some rise in the market later on. But 
with the condition of fruit the way it is, it is 
pretty hard to say just who will benefit by it. 
HAY ARRIVALS HEAVIER 
Arrivals during the past week have been 
more liberal with the result that the market 
has taken on a somewhat easier tone and in 
some ways has been decidedly in the buyer s 
favor. However, the market is still firm on 
No 1 and No. 2 hay. Sales are reported at the 
33rd Street yards at $32 for choice hay in large 
bales. No. 2 has got to be pretty good to bring 
$29. Stocks of small bales, especially of the 
better grades, have been low in Manhattan 
with the result that prices have been about 
the same on large and small bales. The Brook¬ 
lyn market is about on par with Manhattan, 
although during the middle of the week, it was 
about $1 stronger. 
MAPLE SUGAR STEADY 
Incoming supplies of maple sugar in cakes 
have been light with the result that the market 
is steady and firm. Maple syrup, on the other 
hand, has been coming in in moderate supply, 
meeting a rather dull trade and an easy market. 
Sugar quotations vary from 22c to 25c per 
pound, while syrup is quoted at from $1.50 
to $1.75 per gallon. Most trading seems to be 
going at the inside price. 
MEATS AND LIVE STOCK 
The market on live calves has been fairly 
steady and has maintained a firm tone through¬ 
out the entire week ending May 10. At the 
close of the week prime veals were selling up to 
$13 a hundred with medium to good grades 
ranging from $10 to 12. Common stock has 
been .in the neighborhood of $8 to 9, with the 
culls ranging lower. No small calves have 
been in the offerings. The market has been 
steady on live spring lambs with the quota¬ 
tions unchanged at $21 per hundred. 
Country dressed veal calves have been 
arriving in more liberal supplies with the result 
that the trade is hardly equal to the offerings 
and the market on average grades has ruled 
weak. Strictly choice stocks were not in any 
surplus and therefore sold fairly good up to 
15c and 16c and even higher in some instances. 
However, on the average 15c has been difficult 
to get, with prime stock coming in from 12c to 
13c. There are fewer small veals coming in. 
Dressed hot-house lambs are in liberal supply 
and the market holds fairly steady on fancy 
WOOLS EASIER 
There has been a slightly easier effect in the 
Boston wool market during the past week. 
Delaines similar to Pennsylvania and Ohio 
group, are being offered on the market at 54c. 
Wools of this same grade and class have up to 
the present held firm at 55c. )4 blood comb¬ 
ings have been offered at 55c and some small 
lots are reported available at a slightly lower 
figure. $4 blood combing of the same group 
have been offered at 53 to 54c and Michigan 
Delaines at slightly above 50c. Advices state 
that offerings at these prices are limited. 
Justice at Work 
“ /''\UT on bail ” no longer holds good in 
the case of the perpetrators of the 
Standard Food and Fur swindle on which 
the American Agriculturist has been 
working for many months. The accused 
men, William Hecht, Thoma and James 
Varvaro, Vincent Lewis and Thomas 
Laines, who were released on bail follow¬ 
ing their indictment on December 28, 
1923, were up for trial as this issue of the 
magazine went to press. 
So voluminous was the evidence against 
the officers of the company that on the 
third day (Friday, May 9) not all of the 
testimony had been taken. We had 
hoped to announce the final decision in 
the case, but since our first article on last 
November 17, so many letters have been 
received by U. S. District Attorney Wm. 
Hayward, in charge of the case, that the 
accumulated mass has been too heavy to 
work through in a short time. 
American Agriculturist readers are 
to be congratulated on the part they have 
played in bringing these swindlers to 
justice. Only where the postal authori¬ 
ties have a volume of reliable evidence 
can they move against such violation of 
the postal laws. As will be remembered, 
Attorney Hayward said at the time the 
indictment was obtained, “I cannot suf¬ 
ficiently praise the work done by Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist in bringing this 
firm, which has long preyed upon farmers, 
to the bar of justice.” 
Next week or as soon thereafter as a 
decision is handed down we shall print 
the final chapter in the now notorious 
case of the Standard Food and Fur Asso¬ 
ciation versus the American people. 
SHIP YOUR EGGS 
WHITE AND BROWN 
To R. BRENNER & SONS 
Bonded Commission Merchants 
358 Greenwich St., New York City 
Extra (92 score). 
State dairy (salted), finest. 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) 
Timothy No. 2. 
New York 
Buffalo 
32 to 33 
29 to 31 
28 
27 to 29 
27 
27 to 28 
26 to 26 H 
29 to 31 
27 to 28 
26 to 27 
38to 39 
41 to 42 
38 
39 to 40 
37 H 
36 to 37 
36^ to 37 
30 to 35 
U. S, Grades 
Old Grade 
$28 to 29 
$20 to 21 
Phila. 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to Eastern formers 
sold on May 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. 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Standards 
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 . 
Broilers, colored. 
Broilers, leghorns.... . 
25 to 26 
15 to 20 
27 to 29 
31 to S3 
15 to 17 
28 to SO 
28 to 30 
40 to 50 
30 to 45 
29 to 30 
23 to 26 
24 to 26 
20 to 22 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 
Bulls, common to good. , „ 
Lambs, common to good. 1° e 
Sheep, common to good ewes... oka to 8 
Hogs, Yorkers. 7^to8 
10 to 12 
4 to 4 
165 Acres, Modern House 
3 Horses, 9 Cows, Poultry 
Hogs, season’s crops, machinery, tools thrown in; fine 
community, exceUent markets; all conveniences, iw 
acres loamy tiUage, bumper crops; pasture, wood, timeer. 
100 apple, 40 pear, plum, cherry, peach trees; 2-story u 
room house, bath, electricity, furnace, broad views. 
50-it. barn, running water, garage, hay barn, hog ana 
poultry houses. Woman owner must sell, °jw JW" 
part cash. Details page 52 Big Illus. Bargain Catalog 
money-making farms, best sections United States- 
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140 Cedar Street New York Cit y 
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