The Penn's Grove record., 1916-09-01
PRODUCE AND PRICES
Farm Crops Small in This Re.
gion Because of Dry Weather
and Smaller Acreage

Farm produce has been bringing fair
prices all She spason in Wilmington.
THIS week prices in the Jersey market
have been ~ fpllnws: Cshtaloupes, %
to 50 cents; apples. 10 cents. Tie qlini.
ity IL poor. Onioiis, 10 to 80 cents; pep.
pers, ~ 10 45 cent-: lima beans, 20 to IS
cents. Peaches ase. plentiful aud sell
for from rs to rs cents n basket.
Very few sweet POTATOES have been
seat from ~Jetsey. They sell for from 30
cents to III u basket. The few Jersey
water melons sent over sold for from $40
to $2I 4 hundred.
In fact, less jersey produce has beeil
sent TO Wilmington than in fifty years
Less iiss been shipped from penne Grove
liz auy direction than in fifty Yeas. The
produce has not been grown in this re-
gI0n, because the demand for labor at
iiigh. prices ut the " der mills has taken
llTpIt nom the farms and some faims are
! Ut TILED this year because OF the diff
Guilty in helpers. Many farmers soHs
have gone TO dlle powder mllls; in fact,
tben who w farms have gone TO the
mills and grow DULY enough for q lev
lIorsee aid cows. As \ consequence
there is not enough farm produce in tIIie
lrgior To Iced the people. Much is im-
pa trd iiOtm the South aud West.
Nlile J0lY Mas Il wet month, August
llss beeh dry. TIE sweet potato crop has
not grown up 10 marketable size because
0f day weather. Very few have been
dug around Sw~edesboio, which il the
g~rrate.t center ior early tomatoes and
sw eet potatoes in Sontl. Jersey. a lew
rains Ia September will swell the sW eeis
to marketable size. hut the crop will lie
small 1--WE were set out THE year be.
Cause potasl, could u0t be procured in the
fertilizer with which most are now grown.
Very lew have used manure to grow
sH eel posatOes IN recent years.
Tie early tomato crop was smaller
crop will lie s~maller. not only because OF
the dry Weather, but because of less
acreage. A lew III Oldman's Township
made big ploh,s. but t,Asy got very
.ittle. especially IN The eastern part OF the
L. wnsliip in the region OF Courses Land
ing where hail managed the early crop.
The latter part oil the early crop viva
sold to baltimore tanners for from Is
10 20 cenIs u basket. ri,e price for the
late crop started At ~ cents a basket.
The small clop, BECAUSE ut the dry
weather amt Rrsas ttmsHd slaenld keep
the price up 10 ~ ce.,is or higher.
THE piIce ot toui9tues was % cents a
basket tiis fol~part Of tie week. To
6nislI u boat or carload rs high Ms
80 cenis were paid tor extra good iruit at
W oodstown
Capt. "A. d. Webber has been paying
70 cents ut COURSES Landing. Ne takes
tomatoes to BaitiiBore canners.
Capt. w. r. Wright has paid % cents
vt STOW Creek. lie buys Tor Campbell's
Soup Company at Camden.
Jersey sweet potatoes have been sent
to Wilmington in larger quantities the
last few days aud tbs price has dropped
to 20 cents y basket.
The peach growers in O.dman's Town
strip have beet sending some OF the fin.
est fruit 10 Wilmington aud getting from
so TO 20 cents u bisket.
Mitchell and R,sner have been ship
ping y fewssweet pOtatoes in hampers the
past lew weeks. The price opened at
$3.50, blu has gone down to $l.20
tomatoes are scsrce and Gamer need
them. The competitive buying the fore
part Of The week wac good for the growers.
On Thursday Campbell Company aud
Baltimore canners sent word to their
buyers they did not need touatoes and
the price would be unly from 10 TO Ii
kcents u haskell.
Tie inference ia drawn that the heads
of canning corporations had been in con-
ference on the wires. The farmers are
the meek lambs who are sliorn, both as
producers and consumers.
David q. Sparks buys tomatoes for Ii.
8. Justice & Co. on Denuy's wharf tor
Baltimore 'canners lite has been getting
from 500 10 1000 baskets daily. This is 4
very small shipment.