St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-19
CARS RECEIvED-336.
CARS SHIPPED-1S2.
Produce Exchange.

INOTE.-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 bled. Scalded chickens sell
best to home trade, and dry picked best to
shippers, so that either manner of dressing
will do, if properly executed. For scaldng
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 immerse. and lift up and down
three times; if the head is immersed it turns
the color of the comb and gives the eyes a
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 cleanly, 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 s1.5O92 so:
red, S1.5002.50.
Lemons-S4@5.
Oranges-S3. I59t 50; Louisiana, per Dbl,
s6@7.
Apples-Choice winter fruit is quoted
at S2.1092.35 for car lots; for nice
selected, small lots, 81 5092.75; eating or
stand apples, 81. 5O92.75; cooking, S2.250
So SO; Illinois, s2@2 10.
Nuts-Hickory nuts. large, S1.50@1.75 per
bu: hickory nuts, small, $2@2.25 per bu. al
monds, Tarragona, Ice per 70; chestnuts, 81
per bu or DC per %; almonds, California,
lie: walnuts, California and Naples, 12%0
lie; filberts, Sicily, 12c; pecans, medium, 10c:
peanuts. hand-picked. &c; roasted. Sc.
CranDerrIeS-PriceS are firm at S242.25 per
bu. and S6@7 per Dbl.
Cocoanuts-Per hundred S595.50.
Dressed Poultry-The market is overstocked
with chickens, but the supply of turkeys is
more limited. The quotations for chickens
are given at from 69Sc, but the best stock
will not bring over &c. Stock is accommodating
rapidly. Turkeys readily bring from 10012c.
Game-Pheasants. s.. 50G2 .65; venison sad
dies with hide on. s@10c; with hide of, 10sc;
whole deer, little sale for 394c.
Cider-Choice Michigan. legal. kegs, So IS
@3.25 per key; choice refined, legal. keg, So
"a per kegs choice refined, 32-gal. barrel
S5.50G6.50 per Dbl. Ohio cider, 81 for u bbls,
81 for full bblS.
Butter-Extra choice, fresh creamery, 259
CSC; extra creamery, 22c bid, 25c asked; extra
firsts, lie bid, 19c asked; fresh made, sweet
dairy, Is to 19c: choice stock, Is 70 lsc:
roll and print, choice. 13@15c; common to
fair, s@10c; packing stock, 5G6c; grease. so
&c. 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