Milford chronicle., 1930-04-11
PRODUCE MARKET
NOTES

potato prices showed some lurInSl
-" tba fourth week of March,
s9'i+I, advances of 5 to 10 cents per
100 Mounds in various produclns
soo+ions mostly in the east ana III
4Io Rocky Mountain region. SAFES
-, tho Rochester district averageu
nbo,It 50 90 for sacked stock ana III
s1oTtbern Maine S2.05; bulk STOCK au-
--oncad cents in the Presque lsie
s;-+1ict i..t Haulings were limited i'll
nrincipal eastern sectlons' peO'1~S "1.I-,S
IF had condition of roads, DeaIo.9 .',
in western New York reported heayS
wire inquiry, especially from sou'n
orn markets. Occasional saleS
GO % ner sack, compared with SS.IV
~ 90 % the preceding week, but most
so1os were $3.50 and $3.25. Many
dooIars in that section were lncIlneu
- ovnect a setback to former prices
Lecanse of the heavy current snip
1,oo,,te from Maine. Movement mas
Ioar active also from Idaho, MIME
sota and wisconsin since the sllSn'
rise in prices. Growers IN the NJ
otos+er district were mostly receN-
ino e1 ner bushel In some secIlois
oP Steuben county, it was imposslDle,
- market stock from the growers
etoroges owing to road condltlons'
The intended increase OF totaI Poe"It P1,It
acreage by "a per cent, woulu 9ule af
in production something IKE Ih'sC
1927 if Weld per acre shOulu pe "a -
" good. In 1927, the average yIelu
was 116 bushels per acre. tn9 pa
I'o+ion over 400 million bushels anu
tba average price usually between
S1 sO and S1.75 per 100 pounds aI
Cbicaqo with New York JoDDllls
.o.ioos most of the season DetWeell
60 Ok and S2.75. Many of the iarsel '
roins in acreage intended are Ill tlle
So,,+I, and in States which are con
s",T,inq rather than shipping areas
Srownrs of Maine and New Hork III. III
tnnd slight decrease, Dut mus mus
'oar+beasterJ States would increase
from 8 to 6 per cent. od-
Onion supplies are reported , nlou,
crate in Iearly all la!ee ~, and
markets, but demand Is SIC" "a ca
nrices irregular because o. "t 4be
range o. quality of old STOCK az ~, omN
time of year. New York yeliowv W o4. -,
IONS. of good grade, sold at 9i.I2 ~
90 ner 100 pounds in the prlnclpa
@,,orlrrt near the end of March SONS
nas+orn stock brought only o. ~
S% n and there were few lots sen
70 obove $50 in the East and as MS ms
ns one 60 25 to $3.50 in the South NeI.
Sit+Io demand was reported aHioHs
abinners r in the Rochester dlstric
end onlv a few sales were maGe
.Snol,od yellow onions No. l Droush
"Stiv around $1.55 per lOO pouiu,
J On cents in 5O-pouno saoNa
anu ,~s 0 in that section expect u
clean up remaining supplles o,ding az %
nresent prices. They plaGe ace i1o,,' ao,.as il !,
in western New York at ooV az ,,',.,,a,
ia+e March, but no accurate eu, ;s ~
has been made. Shipments Oh opan4%' :,
aSions sssS from Colorado seem 10 y
Cnarino the end of their season an
noUnbined shipments from all soui00
are decreasing slowly to,diros =
check of the storage holullse !
oorrots in Wayne county, New toIi
Nv one of the large operators late
SSorch showed 1913 carloads RENAL
;ng including 80 held by the sou
onufa cturers. These are cohsIueleI !
heaviest holdings in any one coun' ~
- +ba district. Counties west OIL n,
oboster are estimated to have lou
900 carloads, which wouia DIllS NJ -
tal to 35O-400 cars. Price oI ~
York carrots has ranged neaL
stoadv at S1.15 to $1.25 per ousn
End 81 S5 to S1.9O per 100 pounds
Now York market. Prices shoW'
more firmness in producing section
Nth occasional sales as hlgh
S1 SO per 100 pounds, compared WI
q s0 to 81 go the week before. We
little bushel stock has Deen nloEli NOW
lately. with few sales Oh "aSI
SSH SLinments of sweet potatoes ave
oqed around 60 carloads daily ITO
oiI sources the last half of Marc
SunnIies in city markets were llg
- moderate and demand rather Ill
tod in the largest eastern marke
prices were irregular on account
onaIitv. Best New Jersey yello
9tocl[ brought So to $3.50 in Nc
York. Sales of Delaware anu MAJ va
land potatoes ranged from SI.5o
60 ner bushel in eastern marKe
Virginia barreled sweets rang
$3.50 to 5 in Baltimore ana M
York during late March. ..
Intended gains in planting
su+aat notatoes average near . ?
cont in the leading states producI
tbe market crop in the northeaste
mart of the sweet potato region ~ ~
aware decreases 2 per cent out otn