Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16
Butter and EgEs Still Down-Poultry
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High.
The intimation given in this column last
week that an advance In butter and
further decline In eggs would follow dur
ing the present week was fulfilled. We'd
nesday eggs had fallen to 121s cents q
dozen, while butter today shows a general
advance, averaging about a cent a pound,
all grades considered. 1t Is believed that
butter will now steadily. but slowly, per-
haps. advance. but while eggs have ad-
vanced since Wednesday, and the cold, wet
weather of the past few days may occa-
sion still further slight advance, It il
porary one. In butter. although the
market has been weak and uncertain. there
Is every indication of a material and early
Improvement As explained last week,
prices IN butter have not been so low at
this season since 1880. The explanation
Tor such a condition in the market is that
the farmers. unwilling to dispose of their
gram at the prices which have prevailed
have fed their accumulated grain to thsir
cows ana In that way increased the yield
ana quality of butter to an extent never
before Known 1t is, Of course, but natural
70 conclude. however that the fall in but
ter Will cause producers to cut the cost by
ieeding less grain. In that way, IL is be-
a the supply will be somewhat less
eneo, ana that, In turn, will affect in a
measure the expected advance. No one
expects any further decline and every
one believes in a gradual If not early, adj
vance vance m prices Yesterday Elgin and
otner western fancy creamery extras were
quoted at from 70 to p cents a pound:
nrsts. IL to 10; seconds, Is to 16, and imi.
5ssat "a. IA, to Is Prints, fancy creamery,
-; dairy, IS to 90 and Virginia and Mary
land. 16 to Is. Choice bakers stock "a.
New York tubs. prime, IL to IS and good.
IA to 15. Choice Maryland and Vireinia
9 11 packed, IA to 15. and good to prime,
II to Y; other grades. s to I6. Cheese
New York state full cream, large. I21k
cents pound; fats and ponys, 49,
FROM IN cents a dozen on Wednesday
Just about what they were a week ago
receipts have been unusually FARCE and
the demand equally good. The unsettled.
raw weather during the last day or SO
may cause a continued slight advance
but no radical difference one way or the
other is probable.
Inc supply of poultry has not been large
although there has been a strone demaHc
for both live and dressed. Conseouent1v
prices have materially advanced Dressed
turkeys run from ID to 15 cents a pound.
a ar I'VE. from II to Is. Dressed chickens.
~ 10 IA; 1--we. 10 to II. Live winter chicks.
IL to 10. Dressed old fowls, 10 to II, and
I'VE, to ~ Dressed ducks, IL to 10; live,
oid, ~ to II; young. 10 to II. Live geese,
to :. and dressed, to g.
Apples continue high and scarce. partfcu-
iariy fancy stock, running from 81 to O. a
rarreL. Cahlornia oranges. s. to 81 a box;
Messina. = to g, and Valencia, 81 to .
In vegetables prices experienced little
change. Fancy new Irish potatoes, $50 q
barrel; choice, S. and medium, 81. Old
steck-New York-70 to 20 cents a bushel:
Maryland and Virginia, so to 90, and cuIls.
80 to IS. Fancy sweets. 81 .25 to 81 so a bar.
rel; Eastern Shore, 81 to 81. 90 and common.
IS cents to ST. Cabbages, Sc to $lS per hum
bred. Bermuda onions, s. % to $3.50 a crate,
and yellows, $3.50 to s. barrel Turnipe.
60 to. % cents a bushel
In live and dressed stock, good or choice
grades were in demand prices remaining
about stationary. Cattle, live, from / IL
| to IA cents pound; hogs, to 1-2;
sheep, 2 to 3; spring lambs, g to r. and
others. 1-2 to 1-2; calves, 1-2 to 1-2,
and cows 50 to $35 apiece. Dressed stock
calves. 8 to cents pound; sheep, 4 to 8;
hogs. to 1-2; country sugar-cured hams,
to 10.
No material changes are reported in the
grain market Flour. s1.50 to $4.25 barrel;
rye, $50 to 81: New York buckwheat, g
per hundred weight: corn meal, 60 to 81;
wheat, 81 to 81 cents a bushel; rye AZ to
46; corn, Il to 40: oats. SO to 80; bran, 1850
to IS a ton; middlings-white-$l6 to SIT,
and brown. $14 to SIS. Timothy hay SO to
Si3 a ton; other grades. s. to 5000. Cut,
SIS to $14. Rye straw. bundled. $3.50 to 50:
machine threshed, $50 to g. and wheat, s.
to $3.50