St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-14

lNOTE.-Parties sending poultry to this
market should observe the following: Poultry
should be kept twenty-four hours before
killing without food. Full crops injure the
appearance and are liable to sour. which
causes lower prices. Remove intestines and
crop. Never kill poultry by ringing the
neck; kill by bleeding in the mouth or open
ing the veins of the neck. Hang by the feet
| until properly bed. Scalded chickens sell
best to home trade, and dry picked best to
shippers, so that either manner of dressing
will do it properly executed. For scading
chickens the water should be as near the
boiling point as possible without boiling; pick
the legs dry before scalding; hold by the head
and legs and immense, and lift up and down
three times; if the head is immersed it turns
the color of the comb and gives the eyes q
shrunken appearance, which leads buyers to
think the fowl has been sick; the heads and
legs should be removed, stock sells
better without them: the feathers and
pin feathers should then be removed imme-
diately, very clearly, and without breaking
the skin; then plump by dipping ten sec
ondS in water nearly Or quite boiling hot,
and then Immediately into cold water; hang
in cool place until the animal heat is en-
tirely out. To dry-pick chickens properly
the work should be done while the chickens
are bleeding; do not wait and let the bodies
get cold. Dry picking is much more easily
done while the bodies are warm. Be careful
and do not break and tear the skin.
Bannanas-Yellow, per bunch s1.5o@s. So;
red, S1.50@2.50.
Lemons-S4@5.
| Oranges-S3. 1891 so; Louisiana, per Dbl,
S6@7.
! Apples-Choice winter fruit is quoted
at S2.1O92.35 for car lots; for nice
selected, small lots, 81. 5092. IS; eating or
stand apples, 50. 5092.75; cooking, $2.25@
! So. so; Illinois, S2N2 TO-
Cranberries-Prices are firm at S2@2.25 per
bu. aud S6@7 per Dbl.
| Cocoanuts-Per hundred S595.50.
| Dressed P0lltry-Parties in the interior
Will find the present a favorable time to for
! ward to this market good, nice, wellprepared
dressed poultry. That which was placed in
the ice houses about Thanksgiving time is
coming out in very poor shape indeed, while
| for fresh stock there is a good demand with a
moderate supply. Turkeys now command
! from 10c to 12c, and chickens from &c to &c.
with limited supply. The highest quoted
+ price is for unfrozen poultry.
| Game-Pheasants. So .2552. 50; venison sad
! dies with hide on, S@10c; with hide Off, 7GSc;
| whole deer, little sale for 394c.
| Cider-Choice Michigan. 16-gal. kegs, 81 Is
g3.25 per key; choice refined aS-gal. keg, 50
o. per kegs choice refined. 32-gal. barrel
$5.5OQ6.50 per Dbl. Ohio cider, 81 for "a bbls,
| ST for full bbls.
| Butter-Extra choice. fresh creamery, $50
! Csc; extra creamery, 22c bid, 25c asked: extra
| firsts, lie bid, 19c asked; fresh made. sweet
dairy, Is to l9c: choice stock, 16 to 1Sc:
roll and print, choice, 13D15c; common to
fair, st0I0c; packing stock, 506c; grease, SO
4c. Most of the butter coming in is Of the
lower grades.
| INOTE-Care should be taken in packing and
shipping; country shippers and dealers are in
! the practice of sending roll butter to this mar
keith every conceivable package including bar
! rels, pine boxes, etc. The above named pack
| ages should be entirely avoided, as pine will
have tendency to affect and favor the but
ter, while barrels are too large and not easily
handled, besides the weight brushes the roll.
New tubs or hardwood boxes are the most de-
sirable, while half barrels OR kegs will do
| equally as well, and these only should be used.
Care should also be taken before putting the
butter in packages, that all the sides and ends
of the package be lined with new white mus
lin, thus keeping the butter from DETACHMENT
by touching the wood. Another bad practice
is in putting the butter up in paper; this
should not be done, as the paper sticks to the
butter and damages the appearance. Each
roll should be separately placed in piece of
new muslin cloth washed in warm water to
take out the starch. and thoroughly wet in
good brine. The rolls should also be Of mod