Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-10-26
Tbe Markfts.
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE MARKET.
Beans Scarce-ImpOrted Beans In the Mar
ket-A Cartload Of Pumpkins Arrive
Corn and Flour Climbing up.
Wednesday Morning, October 25.

Wednesday Morning, October 25.
Home grown beans hard TO get and he market
ia almost bare. As dealer said. 'they are scarce
There is no doubt that many farmers are holding
back their beans with an expectation that higher
prices will prevail Last fall We recollect shrewd
specuator in one of the country towns went around
and engaged all the beans he could find at 500
blsh,l, Before spring they vent up to $3.50. Ii is
needless say that these farmers VERY this fall
But baked beans are a necessity TO the average
Yankee. and as necessity is the mo her Of inven-
tonr the result is that the average citizen who sits
down 70 a dish of baked beans on Sunday morning
can contemplate the fact that he is eating German
beans. These beans, imported from Germany are
now kept by nearly every grocer and come cheaper
than Anne riean article costing at the wholesale
$2.37 bushel and retailing at i0c a quart. They
are of all sizes, from that of od-fashioned pea
bean up TO large-sized yeow-eye, and are OF a
grayish white color.
would have created a sensation in the Augusta mar
ket. But there hasn't been pumpkin brought in
before this season. and when kimball of winthrop
came in Tuesday morning with big cart body piled
full of golden beauties our marketmen were, to say
the least, surprised. The LOAF weighed 600 pounds,
and was quickly snapped up by knowing dealer at
&c a pound. Another farmer brought in few
the same day. Those who are languishing for pump
kin pie can now have at least taste.
Corn has been climbing up at a rapid pace during
the past fortnight. "Within the past Is days,"
leading grain dealer informs "cOrn has gone up
i5c on bushel An actual decrease in the visible
supply of corn last week is now reported of ], 3d.
GIG bushels. The aggregate is now down to 4isl 93S
bushels 1t stood at the extraordinarily high figure
of Is. .6S SO bushels at this date year and 20
265,Ol bushels ut the corresponding date in 1880
The stock of corn at five Atlantic seapnrts last
urday low 670,660 bushels, against ,1o5,S0l
bushels the preceding Saturday, and ,22S SIS BUSH
els at this da year ago. Corn now retails in this
city for CSC. 1t will most likely be higher before
long. Few people have any idea how much corn is
consumed here. One of our grain merchants
tailed out carload during Monday and Tuesday.
Flou: has advanced 20c on a barrel within week.
1t is very cheap however, and bread is the cheapest
article of die. at this time
There is not much change in ,p potatoes toes
bring SGSse ,S c9%paMnt is maae that
injured-that is have more or less rotten ones
among them. recent letter from Vermont speaks
OF a bad state OF potatoes there: Round hog is
steady at lOc. Onions are coming in from Winthrop
and wholesale for 81 rs bushel.
APPLEs-Green. eating, 75casl.o 90; cooking, 80
01ee eXyspoTaed II tSee so y,G dried s%Se a.
BEEF-Small. case; OK, 9alOc.; Chicago dressed
BUTTER-sohd, 25a2sc.: ball. 25a3oc.; com mon
16a2Oc.
CABBAGES-2c per pound.
CRANBERR1ES-$250d3 GO per bushe1.
CHEESE-Factory and domestic, l2dl3c.
EGGS-25d26c per doz.
HIDES AND SKINS Hides over 90 pounds. sac.;
under 7Ic; calf skins, 12c. per pound deacon skins
25a5Oc. apiece; sheep skins, 5Oc.as1oo
H.Y-New loose, sl2a$14; old, $l5asl6; pressed,
$l6asls; straw, $7aS9.
HONEY-Box, 20c. per pound.
LARD-Domestc, 1ial6c.; western, l5c.
LAME-7dSc.
ONIONs-Yellow Danvers. slal.2s per bushel.
OATS-ssd5Oc.
PoRK-Round hog. 1oc.
POTATOES-7Ou75c.
PUMPKINS-2c.
PoULTRY-Dressed, spring chickens, Is a2c g.;
fowls l2dl5c
SQUA>HES-3c. per pound.
TURNIPS-lac per pound.
WOOI1-Washed, Y5c. unwashed, 25c.
WOOD-Dry hard, s5 5oa$6.6 60; prepared for stove,
$50 per cord; soft. s4OO