Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-10-18
LOWER PRICES
ON PRODUCE
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Dakota, and around 100000 each Ne
braska and Washington. Total forecast
for the United States was reduced bit
to AGA, 100000 bushels-still the largest
crop ever produced in this country.
The average yield is fully 12O BUSH
els per acre. Buying in the corn belt
states has not been so active as last
autumn because of the larger crops
within that area.
On account of low prices, most
stock was going into country storage
in the important producing districts.
Keeping quality of potatoes this sea-
son probably will be good, because
many sections are sorting out the
small and inferior tubers before stor-
ing their supplies. Starch factories
in northern Maine were very busy,
grinding Gull potatoes purchased at
35 cents per barrel. Most fields in
western New York were yielding po-
tatoes of medium to large size. Some
operators feel that the higher prices
for other vegetables will stimulate
demand for potatoes, and they are
storing as heavily as usual. Pennsyl-
vania reports great many under
sized tubers. However, the local de-
mand was good and some local mar
kets were paying better prices than
those received by carlot shippers.
The Michigan crop seems to have
suffered very little damage from
h iuh h,,f rTir nc
growers only soc per 100 pounds.
Blight damage in Wisconsin probably
amounted to 1919 or 1870 and there
was frost injury in some parts of the
state. Much small-sized stock was
harvested. Growers were receiving
only 4Oc per 100 pounds. Quality of
Colorado potatoes is better than aver
age, but loadings so far have been
rather light. The crop in the Delta
district of California was about half
harvested by mid-October Potatoes
of good quality are rather scarce
there, and as much as S5c per 100
pounds was being paid, on the basis of
F. o. B. river-bank. Cold storage
stocks in California were nearly three
times heavier than a year ago. AS a
result of long spells of hot weather,
northwestern potatoes were not yield
ing as well as in other years. Cars
loaded about 80 per cent No. is were
returning the growers SIS or SIG per
ton.
Total shipments of potatoes decreas-
ed about 800 cars and were $500 less
than for the same period last year.
The weeks movement included $500
cars. F. o. B. markets in the east
and north declined considerably.
Northern Maine shippers were get
ting Csc to 75c per 100 pounds OF
CObblers or Green Mountains, while
the north central range was 55c to
soc on Round Whites. Very few
sales were being made in southern
Idaho, but the ,cash-track market
there was nominally 45c on Rurals
and Csc on Russets. Colorado ship
ping points quoted 55c to Csc on
such cars as were forwarded. The
city jobbing range on Maine Green
Mountains and eastern Round Whites
was 81 to $3.50. Chicago carlot sales
of northern Round Whites were quot
ed at 75c to S5c, with Early Ohios
at 90c to 81. Idaho Rurals were SELL
ing in Chicago at 81 to $1.1O, but Rus
set Burbanks advanced sharply to
S1.70 to $3.50.
Cabbage Prices Decline.
Cabbage took a slump; western
New York F. o. B. prices declined
81 to $40 per ton. Shipping points
reported domestic type cabbage at $25
to $2S and Danisheat $50 to $32 Do
nestle stock was cleaned up at Wis
consin points and Danish type sold
lower there at $40 to $22. Colorado
shippers were getting S5c to 9Oc per
100 pounds. Total forwardings de-
creased slightly to 1925 cars. Wis
consin shipped 500, compared with
43O during the same week last sea-
son, but New York's $40 cars were
few in comparison to the $50 of a
year ago. City dealers were getting
only $35 to- $40 on New York Domes-
tic and $2S to $50 on similar stock
from the north central region. Danish
type from western New York ruled
$3S to $44, with northern Danish at
$50 to SAB. Acreage of cabbage in
Florida may be increased 10 per cent
this season.