The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-07-11
NORTH YAKIMA MARKETS.
A Sale Of 100000 Pounds Of Wool Crop
Outlook ana Produce Quotations.

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Outlook and Produce Quotations.
Wool AND SHEEP.-The leading feat
ure in the sheep industry this week was
the sales Of 100000 pounds of wool by
the different holders of the county.
Fred Joslyn, representing The Dalles
securing mills, was the purchaser.
These sales were divided among the fol-
lowing sheepmen: Coffin Bros, 100, 900
pounds at from Z to &C.; vessey & Nc
Rea, 100, 600 pounds at Sc; Cramer Bros,
10000 pounds at &c. Mr.. Joslyn also
purchased from Robert Hamilton l50, 900
pounds at prices ranging from ~ to &c.
An offer of size was made on the Chas.
McAllister wool, but it was not accepted.
There is still left in the hands OF the
producers of this county $50, 900 pounds
of wool, and there is about the same
amount in the Ellensburg warehouses.
On Sunday Wesley & McRae shipped
5000 head of spring lambs to the Chi
cago market. No price had been set
tied on beforehand, but it is expected
this shipment will bring extra good
prices, as the lambs were very choice.
Eight hundred head Of these were sold
to Wesley 4 McRea by Coffin Bros.
They were five months old and the av-
erage weight was 80 pounds each. They
are considered the largest and best
spring lambs ever shipped out OF the
state.
Yakima mutton is acquiring an en-
viable reputation in the Chicago market,
and as the industry grows and improved
methods for caring for sheep are con-
stantly looked after, the demand for the
mutton will grow in proportion. There
has been an upward tendency in the
market for the products of the sheep
ranch. Lambs are steady at 1902 25,
and mutton sheep are holding at So per
hundredweight.
FRuITs.-The Yakima fruit season has
begun to show some signs of its APP
proach in earnest, and from all indica-
cations it looks as though this season
would beat the record. The strawberry
season is PRACTICAL, over. Though a
few late berries are being brought into
the local markets, shipment to other
places has ceased. The shipment of
cherries has been pushed along gradu-
ally to correspond with the supply,
which has been o. a desultory nature
until this week, when an unusual num-
Der OF the finest varieties were brought
in. Many shipments have been made
w Wv VI VIC oouiltt poIHlS dt prices
ranging from to Sc per pound.
The first peaches were brought to
market this week. The variety is the
Alexander. The fruit is of good quality
and brought the stiff price Of 75c per
box. E. M. Harris has the honor of
making the first shipment of this valu-
able fruit. It was hardly expected that
peaches would be ready for. market f)r
another week or so. The peach crop
will be extra large this year. There are
a large number OF new orchards in bear
ing and the season has been Just right.
There will also be big crop of apricots,
and it will not be oyer week before
they are brought to market.
Cooking apples have been brought to
market this week and they commanded
price OF &c per pound and are of fine
quality.
POTATOES the introduction of new
seed in this valley by J. NJ. Perry 4 Co.,
IL. NJ. Gilbert, f. NJ. Harris and others,
the potato crop this year is expected to
exceed all those of previous years; and
the quality will sustain the reputation
of the Yakima valley as potato coun.
try. For more than month early po-
tatoes have been brought to market in
sufficient quantities to supply the local
demand and shipments have been light.
But the shipping season will begin soon
and there will be an immense quantity
of potatoes sent to the Sound and other
markets.