Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-03
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.
Continues Quiet and Weak, With But
ter and Eggs FavorinS
Buyers.

Quotations below are for job lots. on
small lots higher prices are asked and OBJ
tanned, enough being asked TO cover extra
cost of caring for and filling them.
BpTTER-The tendency of prices is still
downward, and sales slow. Creamery but
l715c, dairy fancy, 1Sc; fair, 1Oc; store
packed. Sc; packing stock, steady, &c; coun-
try roll, neatly packed and sweet, lvc;
choice, &c. mussy, unwrapped stock. &C.
EGGS-Again lower and slow sale. Kan,
sas and Missouri strictly fresh gathered
stock. 12c per dozen; cold storage. 1Oc.
FOULTRY-Offerings light and market
firm. Hens, sc per pound; ROSTERS. G!Ge
each: springs, &c; coarse young roosterS, &c;
broilers, from IL to pounds. &c. Turkeys,
wanted: old gobblers. &c; ducks. &c; geese,
&C. Pigeons, dull, practically no demand;
dealers doing the best they can with them.
lie: medium grades, i2c; high grade, 1iISc;
1-pound rolls, bricks and prints, 1c over
above prices; 2 and 3-pound rolls, 10 and 20
pound gsfkaEs GyeT Tew a99HG york aGd Ohio
full cream, I3c; Wisconsin fancy. full
cream. 1Olac; Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.
full cream, sd9c; light skim, sac per
America, full cream, lie.
FOTATOES-Steady and in fair demand
Home grown. 2Oq2216c in a small way: lie
in. car lots. Wisconsin and Minnesota Bur-
banks, 35d36c in car lots. 4oc in a small
way; Pearls. &c less; Iowa stock, 25d2Sc in
car lots: SO4S5c in a small way;
SWEET POTATOES-Still dull. Quoted
APPLES-Weak and slow sale. Choice
eating stock sells at 4Oq6Oc per bushel; in
Davis, 20940c. Wine Saps, 40G65c, according
to quality. Huntsmans Favorite, 6Od75c
per bushel for fancy stock in small way.
Shippers are paying for Northern Spy 1.O0
per barrel in car lots; for fancy fall and
winter varieties. $1.00G125 per barrel: jon
athans, $l,25a1:5O per barrel for fancy and
75cmS100 for No. 2 stock. New York and
Michigan stock, 9Ocdsl.OO per barrel -
FRUITS-Lemons. Verdelli, fancy, $4,000
AS; choice, S5.50d3.75 in a small way. Mall
aga lemons. 4.O0 for fancy, $40 for choice.
oranges, standard boxes, 3.5Od3.I": Califor-
MIA 500: navels, $S.25a35O; Florida man
peddler stock. 9Oc@a.2O. Cranberries, Wis
consin B. and B.. S6.50a7.00 per barrel; Cape
Cod. fancy, $6.I5{t7.25 per barrel; SIZE per
bushe box Ss d 5erry o S692gSzS ft MaaE q g
NUTS-slow sale. Cocoanuts $3.50 per
100, small lots. SOC per dozen. HazeInuts,
2i4c per pound. Pecans,. Missouri. 546c per
pound: Texas. 5d6c; polished, 6Gtl0c. Pea
nuts, Virginia, white, raw, &c per pound;
Tennessee, raw. 4a5l2c; roasted. 74Sc; Kan
sas 2I2c. Hickory nuts 0arge shellbark),
$l.00 per huShel; small Missouri stock, ssh
45c. California walnuts. 10I15c. Fllberts,
l0c. Native walnuts. soc per bushel. Pinou
nuts, 16c per pound. Butternuts, SOC per
bushel. Chestnuts, 15c.
GAME-Rabbits continue dull. Ducks are
scarce and firm. Young squirrels and jack
rabbits are also lower, and find very slow
sale at the low prices. The weather has
been very unfavorable. Wild geese, 500
per dozen; curlew, $50 per dozen. Salt
water turtles, on order, 1Oc per pound.
Young squirrels. 25c per dozen. Ducks, can
vasbacks, $50; Mallards $500; red heads,
$3.25, teal green wing, 81. .25; blue wing S1.JO
and mixed. $3.50 per dozen. Jack rabbits,
&c; cottontaiis drawn, 30c for fresh stock,
&c for damaged stock. Prairie chickens,
$50 per dozen. Venison saddles, l0g12c;
| buck carcasses, Sd9c per pound: black tail
or mule deer carcasses, 6nSc. Shippers of
| game should not forget that official inspec-
tion of game in Kansas City is very rigid.
| aud that anything like "oT stock is con-
denned by the local food Inspector
FEGETABLES-Sales slow, hut prices
| steady. Cabbage Holland stock in best de-
| mand; fancy home grown. 35c; medium. SOC:
culls, Op35c per dozen, 15G34c per pound
Wisconsin and Iowa stock. fancy iobhing
| I5c per 100 pounds, in n small way S5c(r$f. 90
| fiat Dutch, S0H9oc in bulk, slOOaI.I0 in a
small way; Holland, $1l5 in bulk, S1.25 in a