The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-07
EASTERN EGGS
ARE SCARCE
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Local Dealers Unable to Supply
Market at Any Price.
DUCK SEASON SOON CLOSES
APPLES, ORANGES AND BANA-
MAS REACH MARKET.
DUCK SEASON SOON CLOSES

The scarcity Of eggs throughout the
country is becoming a serious question
With the local dealers. Most cf tfc eggs
that have supplied the salt Lake market
LOT the past two months have been
shipped in from Kansas City Tut during
the last two weeks the shipments have
been cut down and there win no doubt
be raise IN both retail and wholesale
prices. The commission houses are sell
ing eastern eggs at $50 "A case and they
are being retsiled al 20 and - cents a
dozen. Utah eggs are so scarce that il is
seldom case reaches the market and
the dealers are offering as high as 81 a
case for them II is proha bic that the
eastern stock Will rise I'm price again in
few days. and the dealers believe eggs
viii reach as high as 40 cents dozen by
holidays
Ducks are stin coming in from Bear
river in large shipments. and ut present
they are taking the place of chickens.
Ire season VIII soon be closed. however.
and then the poultry market will be
NNclier. Turkeys are coming N slow but
the dealers expect 10 see a rush during
the coming week for holiday orders.
supply OF smoked salmon bloaters
and salt mackerels arrived or .he mar
ket vest erdsy in fine condition. No
changes were made. however in their
prices. Salmon and halibut are plentiful.
and another shipment of crabs and lob
sters reached the market yesterday from
the coast
a few crates OF Strawberries came in
vest erday. but they were soon disposed OF
al D. cents a box. Apples. oranges and
bananas also arrived in large shipments.
Yesterdays retail quotations:
Meat.
Beef Il TO PC per pound Veal. prime.
l2lzc to 2oc. Mutton, Sc 10 l5s,- Pork. lZe
20 9c' Dressed lamb, H}sc to 2Oc' iaH'
9Aa hass 1Eo - ,-a f7facL- haes
$5c per pound. Salt Goldfish, 15c yer pound.
Barracuda. 15c per pound. Idaho trout,
large size. 3oc per pound Sa,men. The
9er pound. Halibut l5c. Striped bass, zoe;
and founders, l21zc.' Catfish. l5c.
Perch l5c. Salt mackerel l0c TO SSc.
smelts. 1Sc per pound. Utah catfish. l9c.
FRESH Goldfish. 15c. Holsters, California,
per quart can; 60c a quart; New York
counts. 75c can: 25c a dozen. Prawns.
zOc per pound. Smoked salmon, 2oc per
pound: Bloaters. &c each Finnan had
dies. 17is cents per pound. Blue points in
shell, soc dozen. California crabs S0c
Poultry.
Hens. live, u to 15c: dressed. IS to i5c
per pound Spring chickens. dressed. lSc
per pound. Mallards Coo 20 l5c a brace.
Dairy Products.
Butter. creamery. 9oc per pound. Ranch
lSe TO &c per pound. Eggs. 25c 10
10 Dc Der pound; eastern. zoe; timber
Ter. Ar7 imported Swiss. 40c: brick. Csc.
Honey comb. 15c box; strained. sc per
pint
, Vegetables.
Parsnips, 2Oc per peck. Potatoes,
new Utah. zoe per peck. Sweet potatoes
s pounds for 2oc. Radlshes 21kc per bunch.
NauIfiower, Utah. lec each. Wax beans.
10c per pound. Turnips, &c huncu, Young
beets. 2z7c pee bunch. Parsiey &c per
tuce. Utah, &c per bunch: California. sc
per bunch Picking onions, 6oc per peck
very scarce. Celery, &C bunch. Peppers,
green, f0c pound. yellow squash. DC. Sum
mer squash. sc each. Hubbard squash. loo
each. Egg plant, sc each Cabbage,
white. &c per pound: red, &c per pound.
Vegetable marrows, for iSc. Oils. sc
bunch. Pumpkins, 15c. Winter water
melons, 10 to 35c.
Fruits.
Black grapes. 12izc a pound: 75c a bas-
ket Lemons, 80 to Csc dozen. Figs, l5c
per package. Naval oranges. 10 to zoe.
Bananas. 10 to 4ec per dozen, Utah
watermelons. 10c. Utah apples. 20 to 4oc
per peck. Fears. Utah. S1sc per pound:
20 TO 30c peck. Cranberries. quarts for
25c. Pine apples, SOC each. ounce 40c
peck. Cocoanuts. 10c each. California
strawberries, 20c a box.
Grain.
Bran and shorts. sl.10 per hundred
Corn. 81 80 per hundred. Oats, $50 per
hundred Milling wheat. q 10 per hushel
Feed wheat 81 per husheI Barley
feed. sl.35; rolled. 81 50. Corn meal, $50.
Hay and Straw.
Alfalfa, Sc per ton. Timothy SIS per
ton. Straw. t5c per bale.
Flour.
High patent, $3.50; straight grade, g. 20;
bakers No. !. $3.50