Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-01
DULL HOME MARKETS.
The New Year Festivities Interfere
With the Commission Trade.
BIG RECEIPTS REDUCE PRICES.
Quotations of Cereals Compared With Those
of Year Ago.
TIE LEATHER BUSINESS PICKING UP
OFFICE OF The DISPATCH,
PITTSBURG, December 81

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COUNTRY PRODUCE Jobbing prices =
Supply of poultry and eggs exceeds demand,
and markets are weak and slow. Cold
storage eggs that are not frst-class have
! cnly a nominal value Best storage stock
is selling at 22c, and fresh eggs are not ac-
| tive Mt pc per dozen. Dairy products con-
| tinue quiet Country butter is still drug.
The New Years turkey brought better prices
than the Christmas turkey, weather being
more favorable now than then. There is no
glut now as there was last week, neither is
there boom. Tropical fruits are in better
demand, and Florida oranges are a shade
higher than they have been the past few
weeks. As compared with this time last
wear. all garden products are lower by more
than one-half Last wear at this time pota-
toes were active at 81 80 per bushel, now
they are slow at SOC per bUshel. Apples
sold a year ago at more than double present
prices Dairy products vary little In price
from what they were year ago. Cheese
ranges about l15c above last years prices.
Other dairy products are about the same
now as then.
APPLEs-sl 5Oda co per barrel:
BUrrER-Creanery ElRin. 316Isoc: Ohio brands.
a'@SOc: common country butter. 1ea17c; choice
REISs@New York aud Michigan pea. 81 soa2 o.;
marrowfat, g 1sa. 25; Lima beans. 4@4'fc = 10;
hand picked medium, 81 s0eG2 90 a
BEEswAx-Choice, Saa &c n: low grades, 2a9
25c.
BuckwHEA1 FLouR-New, e,se92kc ? b.
cheese, I1e61l&c: Lmburger. i2.e@1s'sc, Wiscon-
sin, Sweitzer, full cream, lSle@4c; mpoI ted sweit-
CfDEk-country cider, s. Sos5 90 p barrel: sand
CRASBERRiEs~per box. g. oa@2 so; per barrel,
g. OH1S 90.
died eggs. 2162sc; cold storage eggs. 2c@2lc.
FEATHEKs-Extra live geese. 57@5sc; No. 1, 4sa
SOC ? n; mixed lots s. Ss@4oc. ,,,,o- s,, ,,,
ated apples S19c; apricots. 9hloc: biackherres
@sl5c: raspberries f(el71sc; dried grapes. 44@4Ac
GAMEGwild turkeys. 81 5oae 90 each: maIlard
ducks. 81 Oo5 90 per dozen: teal ducks. s2 1908 90
per dozen; pheasants s. 1906 90: quail 81 2Sdl so;
whole deer. 1a0l5c p 10: saddles. 1sa20c ft:
: HoNEY-New crop white clover 1sc; California
honey la0I5c p ID.
MAPLE E>YRUP-I5d90c p gallon
MAPLE SUGAR-10c q ID.
PoULTRY-Alive-Chi 6Odf5c pair large;
so9soc. medium; live t9rkeys aoisc H. ducks
Rib.
store IOaljc bushel: Southern sweets. 81 5O91 IS
a barrel: Jerseys, s. 0oGS 25.
SEEDs-Western recleaned medium clover job
hing at s. 20: mammoth. IS IS; timothy. 81 t for
prime and 81 20 for ciocest blue grass 50 6Sd2 so:
orchard grass ~ IS: miet. 81 90: German: 81 Is.
Hungarian 81 10; fine lawn, sc per fb; seed buck
wheat 81 4Nd1 so.
TALLow-Country, &c; rendered. 81.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. "a 0cCG4 30: Florida
oranges; s. .5dse % box bananas 15@2 90 hrsts
81 25d. 20 good seconds per bunch: Malaga grapes,
s 50dlO O0 a half barrel; layer figs. 14@l6c
per 10.
yEGfTABLEs-C Cabbage. g oo@4 co hundred;
toes So 90 per hushel: celery, 2Idb50c pee dozen:
turnips 9UGSl 90 barrel. i