Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-04
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Produce as Viewed From a Clinton
Merchants Standpoint.
FRUIT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS FIRM.
Wheat, Oats and Hay SurpasS all Former
Records in Output
WEEKS WORK AT THE LIBERTY YARDS
FRUIT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS FIRM.
WEEKS WORK AT THE LIBERTY YARDS
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
THURSDAY October 3. lSS9.

THURSDAY, October 3. 1889. :
A Clinton storekeeper, who deals exten-
sively in country produce of all klnds,
reports the trade situation for the western
portion of Allegheny county, and the Pan
handle. as follows: Poultry has not been
as scarce for many years through the section
for so miles west OF Pittsburg. We are not
able to supply demands of trade In this
line. Choice butter is also becoming scarce,
and prices are 10 to 15c pound better than
they were a month ago. We have no
trouble selling all the good butter obtainable
at 25c per pound, and could sell much more
than we can get.
Good eggs that can be warranted, readily
bring q cents per dozen in a wholesale way"
Fruit of all kinds is in scant supply. Plums
are total failure. The apple crop will scarcely
be one-half that of last year. Grapes, too are
little more than half a crop. Potatoes gave
good promise in the early part of the season;
but
Do Not Show Good Keeping
qualities, and in Clinton they are now selling
readily at IS to 80 cents per bushel, while year
ago they were drug at little more than half
this price. Last fall at this time it was hard to
give away apples Now they are picked up
quickly al 70 cents per busheL"
veloped the fact that the year 1855 was year
of abundance, when all products of field and
garden went begging for buyers, and that this
season the situation is entirely reversed.
As an offset to the shortage of fruits and veg
etables IN this section, we have large wheat,
oats and hay crop this season which was never
excelled in Western Pennsylvania as to guam
tity and quality. The wet summer. which in
terfered with the keeping quality of potatoes.
oil ha HEhi1 cereal
croB, and the result is seen in the largest yield
on record in these lines. We cannot have all
we want. and proinc yield of wheat, oats and
hay is better than large crops of fruit and veg
etables so far as public needs are concerned.
Live Stock.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago to-day were o, 900
head and prices are off l5c per cwt. The range
of prices there, as furnished by wire to one of
our leading packers this morning, was SS 4o@
4 s. The average weight of hogs received at
Chicago during September was 26S pounds.
This average was above any previous fall
month, and only one winter month in the past
eight years has exceeded this average. At
East Liberty the hog market showed a dispOsi-
tiOn TO seek a lower level this morning, fact
explained by the situation at the Western
metropolis.
tendency in provision markets. The weak
factor of trade is October pork. Picked hams
are the strong factor. Ham and lard are fairly
steady.
The heavy run of low-grade cattle at East
Liberty this week demoralized the markets
A large quantity of poor stock was sold at
prices which must have entailed loss on some
parties. The depreciation since Monday, in
some cases, amounted to 40c per cwt., and not
40 per cent. as the types made this column say
in to-day's DISPATCH. Prime beeves held their
own this week as compared with last week
The same is true as regards light, tidy butcher
ing stock. But medium and low-grade CATTLE
being in excessive supply here have been
begging for buyers, and markets are slow for
this class at reduction of 25c to 4Oc per cwt.
Sheep and lambs have also been drifting
downward, and to-day it seems that hogs have
joined in the movement towards lower level.
Transactions at East Liberty.
Following is the report of the weeks trans
actions at East Liberty stock yards:
RECEIPTS.