Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-08
PRODUCE.
Wholesale Market Quotations.
REGISTER OFFICE,
WHEBLING, Feb. Z, 1873.

REGISTER OFFICE,
WHEELING, Feb Z, 1873.
The local market continues almost bare
of fresh eggs and for the time there is not
much difficulty in realizing fancy prices,
although buyers continue to buy very spar
ingly, from which il is evident that they do
not expect present prices to be maintained
auv length Of time Choice butter cOntin-
ues in good demand and prices are steady
as quoted. Fine country butter is in bet
ter demand owing 10 its being so much
cheaper than choice creamery. Dressed
poultry OF all kinds continues in scaut
supply and prices are brm at the recent id
vance. Potatoes continue 10 meet with
steady demand, and good sound stock COM
mands full prices.
Butter, creamery, strong at % to SOC and
fair supply; country choice 2Oa3Oc; country
good Sal0c; country fair 4s5c.
Eggs at 80 to 40c per dozen; scarce. De
maud strong, supply very limited.
Navy Beans, hand-picked, & OOs2 % per
bushel.
Cheese, prime Ohio factory, llHal21ic;
New York, 12al2}Sc; Limberger, lO4al2c;
SweitzeP, 12i5c; maaket nominal, demand
fair. supply fair.
Poultry, old, live chickens, 50 00a9 80 per
dozen. Chickens, hens per pound, lOallc,
spring chickens s. C0a3 ~ per dozen.
Ducks, Is 20 per dozen. Geese, 5Oa55c
each. Turkeys, live weight, l0allc.
Lard, country prime, Sal0c; very scarce.
Home grown onions, 81 p per bushel.
Home grown cabbage, g. ~ per barrel.
Potatoes, 75c per busbel.
Appels. s. 00a3 p per barrel.
Beets, 20 per bushe..
Green Onions. 20a25c per dozen.
Caulihower, soc per dozen.
Spinach, 15casl 90 per barrel.
Celery, 3Oc per dozen lunches.
Sweet potatoes, new Baltimore, 81 5Oa
4 10 per barrel. Jersey Sweets q 5Oa4 40
per barrel.
Cranberrles, Cape Cod, s. OOa3 25 per
crate.
Chestnuts. e. OOs4 30 a bushel.
Onions, 81 GOAL % 2 bushel.
Turnips, 81 50a1 Is per barrel.
Parsnips 81 IS per barrel.
Carrots, 3 90 q barrel.
Rabbits, 81 50al IS dozeL.
CHICAGO, February IA squeeze in
wheat was the vision that alarmed shorts
in the product to-day. 1t is understood
that Fairbanks and Cudahy sre the big
longs. They are said to have been buying
when the market was below 1lC, and have
been following the long side ever since,
taking profits occasionally and settling. It
they had already realized SOC, coo in profits
from their transactions. Wheat opened
higher, mainly on the extremely cold
weather, which caused considerable alarm
as 10 the effect OF the growing wheat, but
there was not much business. Gables were
easier. There was q big increase in the
amount on passage and free selling by
some OF the prominent local operators, and
prices went OF. Corn was quite active
within ltaSc, closing without change from
last nights figures. Oats, moderately act
i've, with q gain Of 80. Flour, dull and
steady. Wheat, cash No. = spring, 74]<c;
No spring 6la65c; No. , red 741<c; Febru-
sry 745Ss a75Ssc, closing at 1850; May 7S14a
791Sc. closing at 7S1fc; July 77%aTS5xc,
closing at 7Sc. Corn, cash No. ., 43sfc;
February 4s]]fs4S3<c, closing At 45SSo; Nay
465<a47I{c, closing at a. sc; July AZ 4a47sIc,
closing at 4714o Oats. cash No. 2. 3lAa
Sl1{c; February 81 1ssSl NJ closing at 81 Nc;
May s45Ea54sS(c, closing at s45Sc Rye,