Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17
SPUDS
IN BIG SUPPLY
OVER TWENTY CARLOADS AR
RIVED SATURDAY
Local and Northern Eggs Drop to %
and 21 Cents--Vegetable Mar
ket Is Stronger, Due
to Rain

Heavy handlers of eggs influenced quo
tations Saturday on the stock exchange,
and caused another reduction in jobbing
prices-a drop of one cent for local and
northern. Prices, 22c and 2lc respectively,
are liable to change, receipts and weather
conditions mainly controlling the action
of the committee. Receipts posted were
S51 cases.
to local brokers', 5744 sacks being regis
tered for Saturday, enough to supply local
consumption for while. Nevertheless
prices are held firm for all grades.
The vegetable market Is strong. North
ern asparagus of excellent quality Is on
sale also rhubarb and fancy Mexican
tomatoes
BUSINESS generally was active.
Halibut and rock cod are in liberal sup
ply; likewise Holsters, heavy shipments OF
the latter being made to Salt Lake. Small
fish wanted Striped bass and salmon
came from the north.
There were seven sales on the exchange
yesterday: Fifty sacks northern Aus
trallan brown onions, three, i've and ten
sacks of garlic, ten sacks fancy white
sweet potatoes, and twenty-five and fifty
sacks of Minnesota Early Rose seed po-
tatoes.
Produce Receipts
Eggs cases ..............,...'..'''''. d 60d
Butter, pounds ........................ 2,933
Cheese, pounds .............'.'''..''''ho none
Potatoes, sacks ....................... b,i44
Sweet potatoes. sacks ................none
Beans, sacks .......s........'..'.'''.' '''none
Produce Prices
The following are the jobbing prices
In the local market:
EGGS-Fresh California ranch, 22c;
BUTTER Fancy local creamery,
soc; valley creamery, 60c; coast creamery,
SOC; choics, 521ac; cooking, 2oc -
comb, 81 m'' water white. lib. frame. lsci
white. 15@16c; light amber. lac;
sc AnsRor aree so S Young S&2Tass &msr
lea, 19c; Hand, zoe; eastern, singles,
l7@1oc;r twins; lie ,o,t cheqdars' fIl'r' 1s@ ,sS!
sMiss lSf impoEted p@gaSfnEss ss@ssc swss. domes s
tic, G0c; Llmburger, 1Sc.
CHILL Evaporated, 13@13kc; sun
PoiTAToEs (all per 100 lbs. )-Early
Rose s2.25 @2.50; Salinas, $3.50; High
land Burbanks. s2.25; Nevadas, $2.d0;
Idahos. $500; Colorado, .$2.1o; Wiscon-
sin Burbanks, $21o; Minnesota Bur-
sS BEANS ;aii per 100 lbs.)-Pink No. 1,
s2.75; No. 2, $3.50; Lima, No; !. $500;
small white, $3.25@340; blackeye, $3.50
90 100; GarvanzaS, S425 q 4.5U; German
lentils, $9.00@10.00.
ONIONS (per 100 lbs)-Yellow Dan
vers northern, $1.75; garlic, &C; Austria
liam browns, $1.75
APPLES-Beiieieurs s1.2591.4o: choice.
S1.00.
CRANBERRIES-$9.0 a barrel
POULTRY-Jobbers sell dressed poultry
to the trade as follows lper pound)
Hens, 21c; young roosters. 22c; fryers.
23c; old roosters, 13c; broilers. 25c; tur-
keys. 23@ Csc; old. %; young, Csc; hens.
22c; geese. zoe; ducks. 2oc.
For stocks in good condition dealers
pay live weight as follows: Hens, 15c:
young ROSTERS. 17c: fryers 17c: broil-
ers, 19c; old roosters. Sc: turkeys, local.
tic; old toms. tic; young toms, 19c; hen
turkeys, Ice; geese. l2c; ducks. 12c.
BAKERS FLOUR-Made OF eastern
hard wheat-Per bbl. S5.25; blended
wheat, $3.50; eastern rye. sb2s.
CEREAL GOODS-Wholesale prices are
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