The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-12-05
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CATTLE Prices trine lower.
Shipments good.
POULTRY-Price of turkeys low
er than Wednesday, at 14M 15c.
OATS-A trihe higher than last
week Demand strong.
HAY-Demand good. Supply
short. Prices going up strongly.
APPLES-With the exception of
en- Davis, which have raised to coo
the price on all varieties is the
same.
PRODUCE-Ma Market shows no
change from general prices.
With the opening of the railroads
the flood prices were bound to break
and go lower, as they have. All the
roads leading to Portland are now
in running order and carrying train
loads of cattle to the yards there.
This is bound to influence the home
market to a certain extent, as is evil
denced by the fact that the price of
steers in the local market has drop
ped % cents a hundred in the last
three days. Other livestock feel
the slight slump in proportion. Cows
that are old never will bring good
prices, but just now there is not
very good market for this kind of
stuff.
Sheep, lambs and hogs are selling
almost the same as last week, but
there is a slight tendency toward
drop in all livestock quotations.
The poultry market is holding its
own very we'll considering the de-
mands made on it during the last
week. Very often the bottom drops
out of the poultry market after
Thanksgiving for week or so, but
this is not the case this year. Last
week turkeys were selling at from
12c to lac pound. Wednesday
the price went up to 20 cents and
Immediately after Thanksgiving 1t
dropped to IA and Is cents, SO that
the present price is from to cents
higher than before the holidays.
In the grain market everything is
easy with the exception of oats, the
price of which has risen this week
SO cents ton.
The condition of the hay market
is causing great deal of uneasiness
among those who have prospects of
being heavy feeders before spring.
The price of timothy, alfalfa and
wheat hay is on the raise and is
soaring rapidly to record breaking
place. With timothy demanding SIS
ton in the open market and the
supply short at that price, orders
coming in fast from the coast and
other places reporting short crops,
it seems certain that before spring
the price will be as high as $50
ton. One dealer, who is almost out,
said Saturday that the highest price
he knew of being paid in the west
for hay in the last few years was
$31, but that everything looks a.
though that price would be passed
Wheat hay furnishes no way of
escape from the threatened hay fam
inc. as dealers claim the available
supply of this kind of feed will not
exceed SO tons. Most of this has
already been contracted for.
Alfalfa is getting very scarce. The
supply seems to meet the demand,
but the price continues to go up
Farmers are hauling all the time
and there is enough being brought
into the city to supply the local
trade, but the calls from outside
are getting louder every day and as
soon as foreign dealers offer a big
ger price than the dealers here the
hay will be shipped out and the
price will advance another dollar or
two here at home.
The impression that as soon as
the roads get better the price will go
back to where it was in the fall, ac-
cording to one of the local dealers,
is unfounded. Every day the grow
ers are bringing in all they can haul
and the hay that was damaged has
not been touched yet This has no
effect on present prices. so the in
crease in price is caused by condi-
tons outside of the Yakima valley.
and the amount OF hay to be had in
this valley. whether it can be gotten