The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-15

New York, Dec. 14.-ILve Poultry-Receipts
to-day were cars Western and l car South
western. with few lots of Southern by ex-
rress. Iobbcrs carried about cars nnsold ,; on
m%sh , hand foot Sr a at last
pigeons slow. Fowls. good 10 fancy. Ii,;c; poor
ducks Western: palr; soas9s; Geese; Western
sea,hsrn PAIR pair siSSisS Pigeons pair laGsas
Dressed Poultry-ReceiPts to-day. a,as pkgs.
ing off in the receipts. there was rataer firm
tone to values on strictly prime. fresh stock;
GRADES Of Of Wss,srn chickens and fowls Their
With the 4sa Rsrf s
IN strictly prime iry-pc ked with some Of the
fancy jobbing trade. who wanted all perfect
for ' the e' privilege Of Selecting them Most Of
the turkeys arriving, however were only OF
le straish Straight at over ise ce. on dry-rcked
Many from the Southern sections arrived thin
Large drv-picked also scarce and firm. but on
the prime Western ,sc was abou, al that
am p GRADES s'o Which ' wsTs HfeuIt At
ter grade o, poultry Choice heavy iry.picked
fowls hell slightly higher. but ordinary dry
Fancy ducks and geese sold little more frcs
iy. but oriinnry, without any impr3vement what
Dry-packed . turkeys - Western iry-nicsed
fancy 1saisc: do averase LIS: d." sealed
1i,s e:e' do common saide: western sealied.
1 iss axsTass 'f fndiaaas
1cc: Western dry-p:cked average 1l'se: scald,n
i issfi.e. Old roosters s,sasc. Ducks"wssssr
fancy lac: good TO to, prime Isplic. Geese,Fancy
aaIlc. Sauahs-whitc. choice. doz 80: mixed
s.. 5nae e.: prime dark s1.S2nl.,5.
EGGS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Dec. 14.-Egss-Rece!pts to-day
4.oss cases. With depleted stocks and cold
weather all over the country. the receipts can
only be held as trivial, and especially of fresh
as the list given above contained number
of cars, of held eggs Under these conditions
sellers had their own but
business settled down to quotations sxsn RE-
thirds, 2se, Kentucky. and Tennessee tirsts nc:
Sc: '" seconds &c: ihrSs &c: diftss ssa :s
chIeaso: Dss; li;5EEEa issIasaly strong: a,
aies pss s1ran soz higher
fresh nearby SIC at the mark: Western &c. loss
Of sSsshTe IVES, p1ss; snpths ras ,rm Mis-
souri, and Kansas cases returned. PC nar tloz ;
new No wildwood cases included e.,.c.
Butter and Checsc.
New York. Dec. 1i.-Iutter-Reccipts 54ia |
plgs.: steady: creamery base: State dairy Ii |
acc. Chcese-Reeeip,s 9.oI4 pkss.: quiet: State |
full cream, fancy. large and small. coored and !
white. Sept lsc: late made ioc
lSTsoc; diaries 1tMalc. Cheese steady: daisies |
10. al1,sc; twins ioc: Young Americas loi.c.
Philadelphia. Dec. 1i.-Bntter firm: good de- |
Western r
by prints &c. Cheese steady. but dull: New |
York full creams. fancy. 1lS4c: choice lii.c: |
fair to good lOa,M1li4c
ElGIN BUTTER MARKET.
Flgin. III. Dec. 1t.-Buttcr ruled firm on the
Board of Trade this afternoon. selling orc u |
H.. the same az last week Tine sales In the
region for the week were $4,000 lbs.
New York. Dec. lI-t'ofTee-Spot Rio steady;
cline of ~ points. under liquidation. following
steady: at the decline. at one time showing
port from briliah interests Toward the close.
however, the market again eased on under con-
.inusa rsalizns and the market rl,,t was iinaly
.3,c: Feb. s.i5dI.sOc: Marcel, s.6oaG.iOc: MAY
.i9e: Aug. ..l.e: Sept s.eSa .s5e: Oct. rs
!, Dried Fruits.
1ratsd apples liz quiet: with demand light but
irm The common are quoted at 4d4Ec: prime
At sG5l: choice at LGSisc and fsncy at SO
ic. Prunes are quiet and steady. with QUOTA
,hefl0iSc for extra choice and iiiI5c for fancy
e are quiet; choice are quoted at mo
~ dl0kc.