Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-03

The collections we're easy. Tkanksgfv-
ing day bad bat little influence on the
general market. A large number OF
turkeys we're consumed. bus the supply
vas ample. and demonstrated the fact
that oar farmers are keeping up that
department OF their farms This 10
as il should be, and every demand OF
our markets should be met by an ample
supply from our fertile farms.
HDPS-The Inarkst IL very dull a. q
quiet. Few transactions have been
made for the past two weeks Letters
I from New York aud London show the
market 10 be dull there. No change Is
I looked for soon; bat there Is posslbil-
( ity that the Loudou market Will bright
en up after the holidays are past.
/ Prices are quoted at 9tdc ceats per
Iolnd.
/ OATS-Tne market still rem aims un
changed. Rstsii prices rua from SO to
I SO per ton.
Hay Market unchanged. Retail
prices remain a, $40 to fll per toa-
] POTATOES-Markst has decline l..
/ For some reason or other the farmers
have been rushing their potatoes TO
market in such numbers that prices
[ have fallen considerably. Oae farmt Z
said be thought his neighbors wanted
ready money with which TO pay taxes.
and that Is probably the reason they
sers so anxious to dispose of their
or 'ps. The farmers receive bot 81 TO
$40 per ton, laid down ia the city. Re
tail prices are from 90 cents " 70 cents
Per GENITAL.
ONIONS-Supply small in California
a. well as at home. They bring cents
per pound.
FRUIT-The only change in the fruit
marke; has been in apples. Prices have
declined, and are sold here for 30 TO IS
cents per box. No advance is expected
until after spell If cold and severe
weather, when good keeping apples will
bring better prices. Prices fer other
fruit remain as follows: Oranges Cali
formal 81 50 per box, Mexico aud island
e. 30 per 100; Sicily lemons &1(d$ 80;
California lemons IS 80 per case; grapes
80 cents to $50 per box. Pears are
nearly all marketed, but will bring good
prices as long as they last.
GAME-DariRg the stormy weather
ducks and small game were scarce in
this market, bot the supply is on the
increase again. Retail prices remain as
follows: Mallards, $2ld250 per dozen;
widgeon, $l.5otG2; wild geese, $450 psr
dozen. and brant, 81 so per dozen.
POULTRY-No change whatever is
noted in the poultry market. Thanks
living week helped our dealers to dis
pose of many ducks, chickens and tar
keys, but the supply remains large and
the prices are unchanged. Farmers
receive oil the way from 81 80 to "a per
dozen for chickens, according to size
and condition. Geese, extra fine, bring
$l.50 to 81 per pair. Pigeons are bought
for 81 per dozen, and sell for so cents
per pair.
BUTTER - Still in good demand.
Farmers receive from 60 to 65 cents per
roll for good and fresh.
FLOUR-StiIl quoted at $4.50(d4.75
per barrel jobbiug; standard brands re-
tail for 81. 20 per sack for Oregon, and
( % for California brands.
EGGS-Still in good demand, bring
ing the farmer as high as 40 cents per
dozen. when they are good and fresh.
FEED-Market unchanged. Quote as
follows, Ground barley, $25128 per ton;
mixed feed. $27(d23 per ton; middlings,
S25; bran, $lStd2O; cracked corn, $35;
feed meal (corn), $35 per ton.
HIDES-Green hides bring sac cents
per pound. Sheep pelts. wool estimated
at % cents per secured pound.
FRUIT 1REES-The trade in fruit
trees is still increasing. Our farmers
are stocking their farms with the best
kinds Of trees they can procure. Prices
remain as follows: Apple, from 10 to 20
cents each; pear, 30 to so cents; plum.
q to 40 cents; cherry, 35 to so cents;
peach, % to 40 cents; apricot, 30 to 80
cents; ornamental trees of all kinds,
from p cents to 81 each; blackberry
| bushes, 80 cents psr dozen and upwards;
| raspberry bushes, so cents per dozen !;
ourrants, IS cents per dozen; strawberry
vines. from 81 30 81 per hundred.
MEATS-A subscriber wrote very anx-
iously concerning rumored rise of 2
cents per peund in the price of beef
| during the last week in the Portland
market. On close inquiry this rumor
was found to be Rrouadless. There
might have been an advance in the local
retail trade of that city, bat our whole
sale dealers, who huV largely in Port
land, say the m arket has not advanced,
and cur readers will be informed when
the advance in prices ia noted. Beef is
wholessled here at cents per pound
dressed. and 81 eents per pound on
foot. Mutton, o cents dressed, and 81
to $3.50 each on foot. Pork, 81 to
cents dressed. and cents on foot. Veal,
5 cents dressed, and cents per pound
on foot.
CANADIAN Pacific BLocKADE.-The
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