Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-19
NEW HAY IS
FREELY OFFERED
RANCHERS FILL THE MARKET
BY WAGON LOAD LOTS
BUTTER IS VERY FIRMLY HELD
Eggs Rule Active and May Be ADJ
vanced-New Potatoes Not So
Firm-Too Many Fish-AlI
Fruits Are Plentiful
BUTTER IS VERY FIRMLY HELD

| Ranchers are bringing new crop com
mon hay into market in large wagon load
lots that is sold at $S.OOq10OO ton
Other grades of hay are coming in from
| eight to ten carloads a day from faraway
joints The best barley, wheat and oat
mixed hay is selling $100Oq120O a ton.
The market for old hay is steady and 1T;
1900 a ton. The entire consumptive de-
mand now is practically for new hay.
The, grain crop promises to be large, but
| New barley is coming at the rate of fouI
and five carloads a day from Imperial and
| is down to $1.05 a hundred, a loss of u:
| cents in the past week.
New crop wheat, from the San Joaquin
valley, is In transit and Is quoted $1.471a0
1.50 per hundred. This is high price, but
Is usually the rate for the first shipments
| New crop oats are offered in this marl<e
on sample only, from the San Fernando
valley and desert regions, where the sea
sons rainfall and free irrigation CAV,
large crops. Prices, while high are helC
| 1.4001.50 a hundred.
BUTTER is FIRM-The butter market
opens today very firm, as little surplus
was noted last week and storing was linn
| tied. Contrary reports that the market
| is weak are without foundation, as all
coast cleaned up and dealers are await
| ing the steamer that is due today. On
| Saturday even creamery men were buying
| from each other, as the valley receipts
did not supply the local and shipping de-
EGGS REMAIN FIRM-With light re-
ceipts all of last week the egg market
closed steady to firm, and If the receipts
shall be no larger this week the chances
for an advance are good The price fixed
Saturday in the produce exchange was zoe
for northern, 23c for local ranch and 21Q
pc for eastern.
| POTATOES AND ONIONS-No change
is noted in these two articles. One car
load of red northern onions came Satur-
day that jobbed 81. .4Oq1.50: Bermudas are
$1.5O@1.75 a small crate of so lbs. Silver
skins are weak at about S1.00. with free
concessions. New crop fancy potatoes
ranged $1.25@1.50, but the tail end of the
old crop was held $1.50@1.6O New cror
and some billed to arriye ;,.r
VEGETABLES PLENTIFUL-North
peas on Saturday glutted the market and
We're weak at 21sq3c a pound, with ship
pers advised to stop shipments.
String beans were weak at 1@@3c a
pound and wax beans only steady at S@4c.
Tomatoes were slow for locals at 81 .25
a crate and MeXicans We're limited, job
bing in four-basket crates at $3.50.
Cabbage was weak and quoted In quail
ity 35c 4Oc and SOC a sack. Demand was
slow. No other changes.
favor at 75c a box, and red currants were
slow at 60@65c a box.
Figs were abundant from Yuma, Por--
terVille and Hollywood, and whites Jobbed
at Sc a pound and blacks 10c.
Blackberries were steady at $1200l1. 30 a
crate; loganberrieS $l.25 crate and In
good demand; raspberries, Sql2c on quail
ity.
Strawberries were again plentiful and
canneries got large lots. About 5000 trays
came from Tropico and jobbed $l.2Oq1 5t
crate, and 500 crates from Moneta that
were slow at 90c@$1.10 crate.
Offerings of plums We're large and prices
varied with quality and the desire to pur-
FRUITS TOO MANY-Apricots still
glutted the market on Saturday and be-
cause they We're overripe We're forced into
trade at 4Oc and under a picking box.
Three carloads were smashed on the
coast line and two cars came in to add to
the holdover and general confusion.
Freestone peaches came in and jobbed
$15O box, the 60 boxes going quickly
White astrakhan apples the first of the
season. came Saturday and sold 81
a standard box. Red apples were steady
OF the 1856 boxes of cherries that came.
Royal AIMS jobbed Scd10c a box. and of
fair quality only. Black In bulk We're
scarce and this week VIII see this truit
PoULTRY AND FISH-On Saturday
the weekly cleanup occurred In poultry
and while prices We're unchanged the de-
mand did not take all of the old hens
offered Young stock was steady, but
nothing was noted to excite conditions.
All fish were plentiful. The only eXcep-
tion was halibut and striped bass, from
the north, that were scarcer than usual
Crabs were also plentiful and moved fair
ly. Warm weather Is against the use OF
fish and shippers are notified to limit
their shipments.
Receipts of Produce
The produce exchange reports the follow
ing articles received on the date named:
June 16-
Eggs, cases ....sssssss'sss.ss's'ss''s ~
Butter, pounds ...........,....,....... 16, 467
Cheese, bounds Observation-Disclosures. 2,410
Potatoes, Irish. sacks ........,....... $3.50
Potatoes. sweets, sacks ..............
Onions. sacks .......................... 5l2
Beans sacks OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Local Produce Prices
The following prices rule In a jobbing
way yy,lO II the Los Angeles market: