The Advocate and news., 1899-02-08

pound; firsts, 16c; seconds, 15c; dairy
fancy, 15c; country roll, ll@1So; store
packed, 10c; packing stock, Sc.
EGGS-NOt many coming In but prices
no higher Receipts, 272 cases. Fresh
candled Missouri and Kansas, 15C per
dozen.
POULTRY Springs and ducks in good
demand and Arm. Turkeys selling fairly,
but hens dull. Receipts, 66 cOops The
quotations are as follows: Hens, live,
&c per pound; broilers, lOc; springs, SIC
per pound; capOns, over s pounds, 100
lie; slips, case; rOosters, old, each 15c,
young zoe; ducks, TIC per pound; geese,
5@6c; turkeys, hens Sl5c young toms &c,
old toms &c; pigeons, soc per dozen;
squads, $1.2O per dozen
BUTTERINE-Dairy grades, 1116c;
medium grades, 12hc;- high grades,
141bc; 1-pound rolls, bricks and prints lc
over above prices; and S-pound rolls,
10 and 2O-pound packages, 11sc over
above prices.
CHEESE Steady. The quotations are
as follows: New York and Ohio full
cream, 11h@12c; Wisconsin fancy and
full cream, 11@11hc; Young America,
full cream, 11h@12c; Missouri, Kansas
and Iowa, full cream, 10@12hC.
POTATOES-Su Supply only fair and
feeling firm, but no receipts or ship
ments, owing to cold weather. Home
grown, soc per bushel; Minnesota large
Burbanks, 4505Oc in car lots, 55060C
in a jobbing way; Rurals, SOC; mixed
varieties, 48@50c; Iowa, large white, Az
050c; choice mixed, 45050c; Colorado
Greeley, Rurals, 65c in car lots, &c il
small lots; Dakota, Ohio and Rose, Soc
Seed, in car lots Minnesota Early Rose
4Sc; Early Ohio, Sic; Red River nose
sic.
SWEET POTATOES Steady. Home
grown, SO@35c per bushel
APPLES-Quiet, but firm. The quo
tations follow: New York and New Eng
land varieties, good to choice, $S@S.75;
Michigan choice SS@S75; California
Reds, S1,6O01.75 per box; Oregon and
Washington stock, $1.50@1.75 per box.
VEGETABLES-Th quotations are as
follows: Home grown spinach, $1.25q
1.50 per bushel; Arkansas, soc per bushel
box; Florida, 40c per dozen bunches New
beets, Arkansas, 45c per dozen. Egl
plant, SO per dozen. Radishes, Florida
81 per half-bushel basket, 25c per dozen
New carrots, SO04Oc per dozen punches
500 per ton In car lots. Beans, green
Florida, 81 per hamper Tomatoes, Flor
ida, S465.OO per 6-basket crate. Cucum
bers, Illinois hothOuse, $1.50 per dozen
California cauliflower, $3.50 per crate, 81
per dozen. Lettuce, home grown, $l26q
1.50 per bushel. Beets, home grown, 3Ot
per bushel. Carrots, 30@40c per bushel
Turnips, home grown, 15025c per bushel
$40 per ton in car lots Cabbage, North
ern stock, Holland, $25@S0 per ton; New
York Danish $25@3O per ton, $1.25@1.5C
per 100 pounds. Onions, Red Globe, 6Od
Csc per bushel; Red Wethersfield, 50@
6Oc; White Globe, 81. HOrseradish, $l.2I
01.4O per busheI. Hand picked nav!
beans, $1.35 per bushel. California eel
cry, 45c per dozen. Squash, Hubbard
75c6S1 per dozen; Northern, 800 per toI
in car lots. Celery root, 81 per bushel
California rutabagas, SIT per ton. Water
cress, 30@4Oc per dozen punches. Pie
plant, 60c per dozen punches in a small
way.
Kansas City Live stock.
Kansas City, Feb. g. Receipts Of cattl
up to 12 o'clock, Monday, were 1892
head; held over, 3,17O head; total on sale
6,454 head. Calves, "a head; held over
21O head; total on sale 234 head.
The receipts in cattle to-day were no
large enough to break prices, but Chi
cago, with 14,5OO cattle on sale, CAM
steady to weak, and buyers on the loca
market were acting very indlfEerently
The supply officially amounted to 1928
head, which was about evenly divided be
tween the native and quarantine division
The latter division proved to be thu
meanest Of the trade, as values wert
quoted weak to a dime lower and yer!
slow at that. On the native side the Of
ferings were pretty we'll split UP between
beef steers, cows and heifers and stocl
cattle Some of these classes sold arounC
steadv nricps but fhe general quotation