Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-26
HAY IS RULING
VERY ACTIVE
CROP ALL GATHERED AND
LITTLE FROM ARIZONA
Butter Remains Active and Dealers
Think Price VIII Advance-Eges
Scarcer for Ranch-Fish
Ample for All Uses

Los Angeles hay dealers say that they
are not able to supply the demand for
good No. / grain hay, and that the
present range of prices is possibility
for some time to come.
Poor hay, as is usual at this period
OF the year, owing to accumulation and
natural losses, is in large supply, and
this quality is not over active.
The base of the supply is principally
from San Diego, Los Angeles and Ven
comes from near Corona. in Riverside
county while no hay is being supplied
by the Imperial country or the alfalfa
lands In the Salt River valley in Ari
zona.
Stocks of alfalfa are not over large.
and irrigators contend that the crop
will be reduced AS 1t Is, the price has
advanced and the market for alfalfa is
said to be unusually firm.
The hay market as whole is firmer
than in months. and should the present
dry period continue, the advance in
first-class grain hay will be more pro-
nounced.
The receipts yesterday were about
twenty carloads from Newhall, Comp
ton. Corona and other near by points
In the face of assertions made by
the members of the creamery board, the
large commission houses that handle
butter say the price in the north is not
lowered and that the market is still
firm, and that reports of impending
weakness are not supported by actual
conditions. Official action may be lack
ing now to sanction 60c roll of two
pounds but the opinion is strong that
butter will go up before it will drop to
55c. The big factor in the case is the
one word rains" and around this the
entire market revolves.
Another carload of fresh eastern eggs
is reported on the tracks between here
and Albuquerque. and these will arrive
this week to sustain the market. Local
fresh ranch are scarce and are held
ero T1nVss N Go n i =, ,,1f
favor their active purchase, because the
public is taking the eastern fresh and
storage at far less prices.
Onions by force of market conditions
are quiet, as the crop is large, offer
ings heavy and the demand only for
the daily use of the trade. Local white
are not good keepers.
Salinas fancy potatoes ranged from
$1.35 @1.50, and had to be fancy to
reach the last price, although many
dealers said the offerings of fancy were
lighter and that an advance in the mar
ket was not a matter of conjecture.
Choice and common spuds are still in
large supply.
Sweets of all grades range from $1.25
to $1.50 a hundred.
In vegetables, celery was jobbed at
3O@40c dozen; egg plant, 3@4c
pound.
Chilis were steady at IL @2c a
pound, bell peppers 2@3c and wax
beans the same.
Tomatoes dropped to 25@3Oc a box
for the best. Demand slow.
Tokay grapes were more plentiful
and jobbed at $1@11.15 a box, the sea-
sons low price. Muscats are sweeter
and steady at 90c.
Peaches are S5c @S1 box. and fancy
pears > 90 &c a pound.
All poultry was quiet, with offerings
sufficient for the needs of the market.
Lobsters were plentiful. and fish
stocks were ample for market needs.
Produce Quotations
The following prices rule in a jobbing
way in the Los Angeles market:
BUTTER-Local creamery, 511ac a roll;
fresh valleJ creamery. 55@571sc; cook
ing, 25c.
EGGs-southerh California ranch, can
died, 35@36c; eastern fresh, 9O@32c; east
ern storage, 2Sq3Oc.
CHEESE (all per lb)-Northern, 800
13c; Anchor Qarge), local, 14Ac; Young
America, 15Ac; handmade. 16Ac; eastern
singles, 14@15c; eastern twins, 14@15c;
lac; eastern longhorns, l4@15c; eastern
daisies, 14@D15c; Swiss domestic 19c; Swiss
imported, 29c,
BEANS Call per 100 lbs.)-Pink No. /,
$425G4.35; No. 2, $4.OO@4.25 lima, No. 1,
S5OO@5.5O; Lady Washington No. 1, $3.50
1885, small white No. l, $3.75; Garvanzas,
$500; lentils, $7.50@S,00.
POTAToEs-Fancy Salinas (all per 100
pounds, $1.2541. As; fancy Woodward
Islands. $110q1.15.
SWEET POTATOES-All grades, $1.25
ONIONS (per 100 poundsl-Local silv r
POULTRY (per dozen)-Dealers pay live
weight as follows: Broilers, 14915c;; fry
ers, 15@15c; old hens, 12@13c; old roos-
ters, &c: young ,, poosters' 14Q15c; ducks
CEREAL GO0DS-As follows.