526 American Agriculturist, May 31, 1924 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
Milk Prices 
Dairymen’s League 
T HE Dairymen’s League Cooperative Asso¬ 
ciation announces the following prices for 
milk during June 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, $1.55; Class 4--A, and 
J r 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 Producers 
Sheffield Farms Company Producers an¬ 
nounce that the price of 3 per cent, milk in the 
201-210 mile freight zone for May is $1,703^. 
Non-Pool Cooperative 
Non-poolers May prices are: 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 h determined on butter 
and cheese quotations on the New York 
market. 
Inter-State Producers 
Interstate Milk Producers’ Association (Phil¬ 
adelphia plan) May receiving station prices, 
3 per. cent, milk 201-210 mile zone, $2.19. 
Platform Price 
The May platform price is $2.60 per can for 
pasteurized milk in shippers’ cans F. O. B. New 
York City; where an allowance of 10c per can 
is made city dealers furnish can, making it 
$2.50. Competition from unorganized milk 
has forced this price lower in many instances. 
BUTTER MARKET STILL FIRM 
The butter market is still a seller’s market. 
At the close of last week there was a slight 
flutter downward due to accumulations. 
However, this had the effect of stimulating 
trading with the result that on Monday trading 
was more active and the market was good 
with a decidedly firm tone. As the week pro- 
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Dept. N. Paul, 370-371 South St., New York City 
gressed the market displayed an increasingly 
firmer tone and prices gained slightly. While 
receipts are running heavy, nevertheless there 
has been no surplus of fine quality butter 
which shows that consumption is holding up 
very well due in large measure to the chain 
store business which is effecting a heavy turn¬ 
over. Receipts are being absorbed about as 
fast as they come in, in fact some houses have 
been running short of their requirements. 
Grass is becoming more pronounced in a 
number of receipts of creameries. In fact 
numerous lots are reported as showing evi¬ 
dences of weed and garlic odors. Another 
complaint that the men in the market have to 
make is that they are having difficulty with 
high color and some of the creameries are salt¬ 
ing too heavily. 
CHEESE MARKET STEADIER 
During the early part of the week the cheese 
market took on a rather weak tone. However, 
toward the end of the week there were fewer 
fresh State flats offered, which together with 
bad weather and a heavier demand for market 
milk, has tended to tighten the market up a bit. 
Some factories are showing a decrease in their 
output. How long this will continue it is 
hard to say but it is quite reasonable to expect 
that we will have an increase in make as soon 
as weather i conditions become more normal. 
The steadying of the market did not affect 
prices to any degree. Fancy fresh State flats 
in some cases advanced a half cent, bringing 
quotations up to 16}^ to 17c, with average 
run for fresh State flats at 15y%c. Held 
State flats, grading fancy, are still quoted at 
24 to 24)^c with average run a cent lower. 
EGG MARKET STAYS THE SAME 
The egg market is featureless. Receipts 
were very heavy during the whole week ending 
May 24, but there has been a steady outlet to 
storage houses. There has been no change in 
prices so that it is rather difficult to say a whole 
lot about the market. In the early part of the 
week there was a slight accumulation of near- 
bys and the market on these receipts has been 
very quiet. There has been good activity in 
the storage market, government reports in¬ 
dicating that storage this year is many thou¬ 
sand cases below last year. 
LIVE AND DRESSED POULTRY 
The market on live fowls coming in by freight 
has been steady throughout the week. Ar¬ 
rivals have not been any too heavy with the 
result that the market has been steady and 
firm especially on light stock. In fact this 
condition has reacted to the benefit of heavy 
fowls to some degree. Live broilers have been 
coming in sparingly with the result that the 
market has been firm. 
Express fowls have been in light supply and 
have been going very well. Some of the stock 
has been working out at a premium of a cent 
a pound reaching 29c. The market on express 
broilers is active and firm. About the time 
this issue reaches the readers the Decoration 
Day market will be over. It will be interesting 
to see just how the market turns for that day. 
The market on fresh killed and dressed 
poultry has not been quite as good as the live 
market. Fresh killed fowls have been dragging 
and the market weak. Receipts of fresh killed 
broilers are increasing so fast that prices are 
turning weaker although the range continues 
wide. Many lots are reported to be made up 
of small and immature birds that should not 
have been killed at this time of the year but 
held to be put in better condition. 
POTATO MARKET DULL 
The dull tone in the potato market is not 
confined to early potatoes. The southern crop 
has been hit just as hard. Trading is slow and 
dragging. The weak tone in the new potato 
market bids fair to continue if the Florida 
shipments keep up as they have been. The 
Carolinas are beginning to ship and if thgir 
crop comes on with the Florida crop still rolling 
in, there is almost bound to be a resulting 
weaker market. 
In the old potato market, “States” are 
quoted at $1.60 per cwt. in bulk delivered. 
Stocks in 150-pound sacks are quoted at from 
$2.35 to $2.50 delivered and $3 to $3.25 per 
180-pound sacks. Maines are generally quoted 
at $3 per 150-pound sacks. The high quality 
that has characterized the Maine potatoes 
through the season is holding up very well. 
It is quite evident that the Maine Potato 
Growers Cooperative Association has been a 
big factor in improving the market for Maine 
potatoes this year. 
HAY OUTLOOK GOOD 
The general conditions throughout the coun¬ 
try seem to indicate that the hay market from 
now on is going to be mighty strong. One of 
the biggest operators in the Metropolitan 
District told the writer that North Carolina 
is now the heaviest buyer of New York hay, 
formerly drawing its main supplies from Ohio 
and Indiana, which indicates that that terri¬ 
tory is pretty clear of hay. Over a thousand 
carloads of New York hay have already gone 
into North Carolina and most of the hay that 
is in the dealers’ hands is now intended for the 
southern market. Most of the Canadian hay 
of good quality is cleaned up leaving nothing 
but poor undergrade in the Canadian hands. 
In view of the $14 per ton charge for transpor¬ 
tation and handling it seems very doubtful that 
this Canadian undergrade stock will be a 
factor. 
Reports are coming in to the effect that many 
farmers in the North Country and Western 
New York have oversold themselves and are 
now compelled to buy for their own purposes. 
On May 16 the situation in New York was very 
favorable to the seller. There was practically 
no hay for sale in the entire Greater City. 
No. 1 is being quoted at $31 to $32 for large and 
small bales; No. 2 from $29 to $30 on large and 
$28 to $29 on small bales; fancy light clover 
makes $29 to $30 for both large and small bales. 
LIVE STOCK AND DRESSED MEATS 
The market for live calves has met active 
demand throughout the week ending May 24 
with the result that the tone has been steady 
and firm. Country dressed veals have been 
in moderate supply. Trading has been slow 
100-Acre Lakeside Farm 
$3000 Income; 13 Cattle and 
3 Horses, 10 bogs, 200 poultry, crops, equipped shingle 
mill, great lot implements, tools; immediate substantial 
income; convenient R. R. town, lake on farm; dart: 
loamy soil, brook-watered pasture, valuable wood, 
timber: apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, acre 
berries; income S3,000; 7-room house, porch, water at 
sink; 60-it. basement barn, poultry houses. To settle 
affairs, only $4,000, part cash. Details page 23 big 
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Bank Bldg., directly ^across street from Patent Office, 
Washington, D. C. 
NATURAL LEAF TOBACCO 
Chewing 5lbs. SI.75; 10lbs. $3.00. Smoking 5 lbs. $1.25; 
10 lbs. $2.00. Pay when received; pipe and recipe free. 
FARMERS TOBACCO UNION, Ol, PADUCAH, KY. 
New York 
34 to 85 
32 to 33 
30 to 31 
28 to 29 
28 to 30 
25 to 27 
31 to 33 
29 to 31 
Buffalo 
27 to 29^ „ 
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Phila. 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to Eastern faimers 
sold on May 23: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
New Jersey hennery whites closely selected, 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) 
Creamery (salted) high score. 
Extra (92 score). 
State dairy (salted), finest. . . 
Good to prime. 
25 J4 
26 to 27 
to 43 
to 41 
to 38 
31Yo 36 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton 
Timothy No. 2. 
Timothy No. 3. 
Timothy Sample.. 
Fancy light clover mixed No. 1. 
Alfalfa, second cutting No. 1. 
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. 
41 
Standards 
$28 to 29 
26 to 27 
29 to 30 
' i6 to 17 
26 to 28 
24 to 26 
45 to 48 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. 91 4 to 
Bulls, common to good... 
Lambs, spring common to good . sd 
Sheep, common to good ewes. to 
Hogs, Yorkers. to 
5 M 
7M 
and the market has been weak. Choice veals 
vary from 16 to 17c with fair to good 12 to 13c. 
Receivers of country dressed calves havc > | 
been notified bv the New York State Depart-, 
ment of Agriculture that complaints have) 
been made to the effect that too many small? 
calves have been received in the New York 
market of late, and shippers are warned not 
to send any more small veals as the law against 
them is still in force and will be enforced 
strictly by the inspectors. 
GRAINS AND FEEDS 
According to New York State Department 
of Farms and Markets, the following prices 
prevailed, through billed from western points: 
The quotations given in this report show the approximate 
prices at which feed can be purchased per ton, and grain per 
bushel, in straight carlots delivered on track at points in the 
different freight zones as indicated. Mixed carlots cost 
approximately S2.00 per ton more. 
Retail feed and grain prices vary with different local dealers, 
depending upon their individual costs of doing business, 
volume handled, etc. In the case of feeds the retail price may 
given in this report. May 17, 1924. 
Ogdens- 
Albany burg Utica 
Roch¬ 
ester 
Syra¬ 
cuse 
Buf¬ 
falo 
No. 2 Wh. Oats. 
■5814 
.59 J* 
.57 H 
•57 J4 
.55 V 4 
No. 3 Wh. Oats. 
•57J4 
.58^ 
■56M 
•5634 
M\{ 
No. 2 Yel. Corn 
.92 
.9334 
.91 
.90 
.86 
No. 3 Yel. Corn 
.90 
•9134 
.89 
.88 
.84 
Ground Oats... 
41.00 
41.60 
40.60 
40.30 
38.90 
Sp’g. Wht. Bran 
25.50 
26.10 
25.10 
24.80 
23.40 
H’d. Wht. Bran 
26.50 
27.10 
26.10 
25.80 
24.40 
Standard Mids. 
25.00 
25.60 
24.60 
24.30 
22.90 
Soft W. Mids.. 
36.00 
36.60 
35.60 
35.30 
33.90 
Flour Mids. 
30.00 
30.60 
29.60 
29.30 
27.90 
Red Dog Flour. 
38.00 
38.60 
37.60 
37.30 
35.90 
D. Brew. Grains 
29.25 
29.85 
28.85 
28.55 
27.15 
White Hominy. 
34.75 
35.35 
34.35 
34.05 
32.65 ' 
Yel. Hominy... 
34.25 
34.85 
33.85 
33.55 
32.15 
Corn Meal. 
36.50 
37.10 
36.10 
35.80 
34.40 
Gluten Feed. .. 
38.25 
38.85 
37.85 
37.55 
36.15 
Gluten Meal... 
46.50 
47.10 
46.10 
45.80 
44.40 
36% Cottonseed 45.50 
46.20 
45.10 
44.80 
43.40 
41% Cottonseed 
48.75 
49.45 
48.35 
47.85 
46.65 
43% Cottonseed 
50.00 
50.70 
, 49.60 
49.10 
47.90 
31% OP Oil M.. 
43.50 
44.10 
43.10 
42.80 
41.40 
34% OP Oil M.. 
44.50 
45.10 
44.10 
43.80 
42.40 
Beet Pulp. 
36.00 
36.60 
35.60 
35.30 
33.90 
Note —Since Buffalo is an important milling center for 
wheat feeds and linseed meal, quotations are given for this 
point on both a through-billed and a local basis. The local 
market is as follows: No. 2 white oats, 54k£c; No. 3 white 
oats, 52J4c; No. 2 yellow corn, 84Hc; No. 3 yellow corn, 83c; 
ground oats, $40; spring wheat bran, $22.50; hard wheat bran, 
$24; standard mids., S22.50; soft wheat mids., $28; flour mids., 
$29; red dog flour, $33.50; dried brewers’ grains, 827; white 
hominy, $33; yellow hominy, $32.50; corn meal, $32; gluten 
feed, $35.75; gluten meal, $43.75 ; 36% cottonseed meal, 
$43.25; 41% cottonseed meal, $45.50 ; 43% cottonseed meal, 
$47.25; 31% old process oil meal, $38.50; 34% old process oil 
meal, $40; beet pulp, $38.50. 
BABY CHICKS 
Day-old Chicks 
from our trapnested hens in the following breeds: 
Leghorns, Rocks, Reds, Mlnorcas and Wyandottes. 
9 to 16 cents a chick. 
ECLIPSE FARMS, Selinsgrove, Pa. 
I 00K* Bsbv a 100 and up. 
FEED with order. 
CHICKS^ Postage paid. Live ar- 
f * rival guaranteed. 300 egg 
stock. Quality supreme. Catalog free. 
Nabob Hatcheries, Avo. 19, Gambier, Ohio 
Member Int. Baby Chick Ass'n. 
EIGHT WEEK LEGHORN PULLETS" 
We give our WORD that every BIRD 
Will SATISFY the most critical EYE 
Delivery each week after May 1st—$1.15 each, $100 per 
100. Illustrated Catalog. 
JUST A POULTRY FARM, Box A, SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y. 
HUMMER’S GUARANTEED CHICKS, prepaid, full 
count, live arrival, note low prices. . _ 
Barron W. Leghorns, $13; 1000, $ 125 . Byerlay Brown 
Leghorns, $14. Bar. Rocks & R. I. Reds, $15; 1000* 
$140. May delivery. June & July delivery: White & 
Brown Levhorns, $10 per 100; 1000, $90; Bar. Rocks 
& R. I. Reds, $13 per 100; 1000,$100. 
HUMMER’S POULTRY PLANT, Frenchtown, N. J. 
2 EAA DAY OLD MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS, 
,OUU all full blooded. 65c each. A limited number 
of Mammoth White Hollands; same price. This is a reliable concern 
and stand behind their goods. Warrant ^nfe arrival and full couni. 
Hatching eggs 90 to 95 per cent Fertility; $35.00 per hundred. 
JAMES J. CUMMINGS? PLYMOUTH, N. H. 
TOM BARRON S. C. W. LEGHORN 
THE WORLD’S BEST LAYERS. BABY CHlCKo. 
DAVID M. HAMMOND, CORTLAND, N. Y. 
nUWVQ S.c. Buff and White Leghorns, $10 per lOOj 
Ln LKA Barred Rocks, Sll per 100; White Rocks, S13 
VlilOIVU per 100 . RedSi S12 per 100.. Light mixed, S* 
per 100; heavy, S10 per 100. All good chicks. Circular free. 
JACOB NEIMOND Box A McAliite rville, Ba . 
Barred PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
A strain with official record of 313 eggs. Sell nothing but 
our own breeding. Baby chicks for May and June l^/ac. 
MARVEL POULTRY FARM Georg etown, Delaware 
BABY CHICKS— 
8 c; 100% live delivery guaranteed; postpaid. Reduced ill 
500 lots Order from ad or write for free circulars. x j 
F. B. LEISTER, Box 49. McA llstervilie, "• e 
CHICKS— White Leghorns, 10c; Barred Rocks 12c; 
and mixed 8c. Safe delivery guaranteed Circular ire 
GREEN FOREST POULTRY FARM, RICHFIELD, RA . 
fUIY Barred Rocks 12c; Reds 14c; White Leghorns 10c. 
LnlA mixed 8c. Reduced on 500 lots. 100% guarantee • 
Order from advertisement. Circular. Twin Hatchery, McAhstervi e , 1 
DUCKS 
Plf f T DUCKLINGS 
EGGS AND DRAKES 
Price List Free 
Roy Pardee, Isllp, *• 
