The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-23
.HAVE:,.P'L,.E|::,N'T]Y
OF TURKEY
Supply 81 the Gobble 7: Is 50. About bout
Sufficient for the Popular
III, Appetite
aTHE PRICES or YESTERDAY + {
Commission Men Generally Re-
port Good Year, With Eli
couraging Outlook for 1904.

10 lack Of turkey meat will make ms
Christmas ii dull. dinncrlcss thing.
Along Cary Street the radiant soooler'
Z shiny and fat. hangs from many a nook'
j and whence he calnc are others coming
fer the Christmas meal betinles, MOI 80
many. perhaps, arc there as Of Sorc. ana
a right good price is set upon ms mead
The market will doubtless be cleaned up
before the first popcrackcrs begin 70 ea7
plode, but nobody need go unfed. inc
SIMPLY and the popular appetite arc about
evenly balanced.
THE CHRISTMAS TRADE
According to the local commission men
the Christmas trade Is what they en-
pccted-nothing sensational. but unHlonbt-
.dIv r,pod. The supply is excellent and
large receipts arc expected to-day me
demand is likewise excellent, and between
nov and Christmas the buying is expected
IL be very brisk Some things are scarce,
ard there is a .superflulty Of nothing. y
!, round average of tho market would ing
the supply at about equal TO the dcn,allo'
-9As for turkeys there will probably De
s enough for all. The crop was rainier
short however. and there will he nothing
loft over. The Indispensable CRANBERRY NC
commandment Is an easy ACCOMPLISHMENTS
There appears TO bc a plenty OF them On
the market. The prices for turkeys are
high. and arc subject to constant chansc.
Choice drawn turkeys brought ~ cents
per pound wholesale Yesterday; choice
undrawp (feet and head Off, II to 10
cents; choice undrawn Ueet and head on
1912 TO l71-2 cents. Dressed chickens
were worth Il to Ii cents per pound, ana
dressed hens II TO 70 cents. Live
poultry sells ms follows: Turkeys 0argei,
IA 10 is cents: turkeys (smalD, l. to Ii
cents; chickens (smalD, to 40 cents:
4 chickens {redium and large, 10 :
cents: hens. cents; ducks. 10 to Il IL
cents; ROSTERS. Is cents each: geese, AZ to
4 s. cents each.
Large receipts OF, game have supplied
4 The n.arke. well on this feature. ne
" holesale prices are; Whole deer, cents
Der pound; renison saddles. II 10 10 cents;
Wild turkeys. II 10 Il - cents: par
t-idcrs slargel, SIS TO $50 per dozen;
cartridges lsn,alp. 81 per dozen; pleas
ants. 3, rents each: IA bbits nargel, l.
10 IL cents; rabbits (sInalD, TO cents;
\ squirrels. s TO 5 cents each
Errs are selling at % cents per dozen.
TIE, have stood z; this remarkably
hzgai tigz--e fer so,ne time, ar. now STOW
e Il: se-.sr-yEy 70 60 GOWN ttLfS-t. Ss!1o4Se
ta.aiiy pscs4d. II, 70 ls cents: fancy,
1. c.s-r ls,scEssl II TO ~ CENTS; choice dairy
ssatf.tt. IL % 1.acsnrs. choice store pack
IS To IS rents: medium. l. 10 II cents:
exs-,-.tl-r. il 10 - cents: choice yellow
tells IS 10 I. cents; mixed white and
widow rolls. q TO u cents
i'-uits and Vegetables: Apples ftanoEo,
sest 10 Is PSF barrel; choice, s22o 10
s.-ss; medium. 40 10 s.; COMMON, IA
10 s,.sY; Fiorida oranges, SIS TO SIG
....oas. s. 10 s5.;D per box; Concord
sssas,es, IS CENTS per tice pound BASKET :
ca,awba. IL TO Is cents same, BLACK
psss, IS 10 IS cents: tlzcx-eyed peas, II
10 Size: navy. bsans. Sl-a2 10 ss,Ss; poiz.-
,oes. - to q cents per hlsfaa; oIaoi-E.
BIS 10 s. per barrel: cabbage. q u :.
Dor 100. Gallery ia-get, 50 70 90 CENTS PEI
dozen; small. IS 10 IS cents Pr d0.en-
a GOOD YEAR.
on the eve Of Christmas. ttss tso-n -r!2s.
sion sceu as a !li!= report sc.oa y+ssa.
On IN. whole, the amount Of Etu.t hzh'
died has 70. been 50 g-ezi Is s.Eai o.
last year, but the prices have s,f':z-s :!!gts,
and things have e.snea LIP i. Staas Tas
An cncoura ging feeling s1lsis T':sa -e,'
creme. 4 .ae.I.sT ystSs
The Organization i. the Produce As-
ISOLATION has brought t..c trade :1ts
dose. relation ard = oTe-znrg 10 az
advantage Of all. II emphasizes t'1s 70
c,al feature. II will hold 4 big paa2Ee'
shortly.