The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19
MINNEAPOLIS PRODUCE

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The turns to, the produce market
Of late all seem to be, in favor of the
producer. Almost the entire list shows
advances this week, and the high range
recorded today promises to be well
maintained for some time to come. On
butter of the better grades there has
been. we'll defined scarcity at times,
and many jobbers had to buy. from
their neighbors in. order to keep their
regular trade supplied. y The arrival Of
more or less roll. and print stock shows
that farmers generally are not market
ing their cream and milk, heavily. This
make: Of; goodssis verywellreceived by
the trade, but the ;wea thers has not been
cool enough. to have stock carry salts
factorily.. Much of it is arriving mus
taken in handling rolls and prints to
have stock look as nice as possible when
exhibited to the buyer. Each package
should be done up in clean cotton cloth,
and they should be packed closely SO
that. butter will not move about in tran
sit, causing it to become broken or out
Of shape. Care should be taken not to
use ill-smelling boxes or barrels, as the
butter absorbs the favor very quickly.
Packages should be lined with heavy
brown paper, and, If the butter. is: Of
price, as there's are many people who
have a partiality:1 for "a homemade
butter and are willing to pay top for
it. Never rework solid pack butter
into rolls. :.
The egg market shows about: the
strongest tone on the list. Receipts of
fresh laid are moderate and best stock
from country points today is lobbing
at 26 cents per dozen for candled, while
case counts are quotable at $6.75. This
is exactly the same price as ruled a
year ago today on candled, but is
dollar a case higher on case count than
ruled at that time. There are larger
holdings of storage this year than last
bnts current values are, higher than at
that time, showing that, there is a. gooe
| substantial undertone to the market. A
turn to cold weather is more than like
ly to still further strengthen the. mar
ket, but, nevertheless, the steady ship
per will realize the best prices, as il
is only the fresh laid that will bring
top figures.
Cheese continues to hold up strongly
| Anew grading has been adopted by the
exchange during the week, but quota
tions are relatively the same as before
Advances are reportable on both live
and dressed poultry. The supply has
| not been up to the requirements of the
+ trade on any variety and this has fore
ed up prices strongly on~chickens ant
| turkeys.'4 The status of the: Thanks
legiying market on turkeys is' not as iKe
tory as to the supply throughout tht
Northwest. Shippers should get stocl
i'm early, as all the large buyers loat
| up several days ahead of the holiday
and they are Of the class willing to pay
! top prices; for desirable birds. Kee1
| thin stock at home as much as possible
| as they are slow sellers under the very
best Of conditions: Chickens will bt
| wanted; also fat ducks and geese. Ole
tom turkeys should. be marketed now
as during the holiday season round
| all stock straight in packages, as poul
try out of shape sells slowly, and es
| pecially SO if it is frozen:
r. Dressed meats. haye ruled quiet al
r the week, with no price changes, Their,
is "a good demand for pigeons ant
/ squads, with advancing figures on tn,
latter.
a decline of. FIVE cents per bushel OF
white potatoes this week. The late ad
vances attracted very heavy shipments
and a weaker tone developed. No chang
conditions prevail. Sweet potatoes ar
unchanged. New vegetables are firm
with nice range of varieties for tn
season.
The fruit market does not shov
much change. Bananas show anothe
decline, which is increasing the move
ment perceptibly. The market is wei
Esnpplied On. Florida and Mexican Or
anges. with heavy arrivals Of California
navels looked. for: the first Of the com
ing week.: There is. a novelty; :offere,
this week, known as Chinese Kumquats
a miniature orange, W hich job aroun,
35 cents per quart. Apple values ar
steady. Cranberries are higher: .Ther
is nice variety of new nuts offered.