The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-26
PRODUCE MARKETS.

Chicago, Dec 26.-All interest on
South Water street was conferred on
the poultry market and dealers in this
line were kept active the greater part
express arrivals on the market and
all the folws were disposed of at out
side prices. In the early hours of the
day the supply of turkeys had been
exhausted and a few dealers who had
fancy stock on hand were receiving
premiums of lie to &c over the regular
was rather quiet Most of the retail
dealers had supplied their wants pre-
Vlously and today they were staying
at home to tend TO their local affairs
Quotations on round lots ranged:
Butter-Receipts, 1873 tubs; cream
cries, extras csc; price TO retail deal
ers, soc; prints. sic; firsts. 24@ 26c;
seconds, 20Q2 1c; ladies, No. l, 19c;
renovated, extras. gle; frsts. zoe; dali
ries, extras, 25c: frsts. 21c; seconds, II
q Sc; packing stock. 17@1712c
Eggs-Receipts. 2,5lS cases; miseel-
laneOus grade. eases returned, 1 ; a 1Sc :
cases included, 15Q1S12c; ordinary
hrsts, 16Q1Sc; firsts. packed in new
whitewood cases and 45 per cent fresh.
25c; prime firsts, packed in new 30-doz
whitewood cases and must be 50 per
cent fresh, Csc; extra, packed especially
for the city trade and must be 10 per
cent fresh, &c; dirties, No. l. J. q Is y c;
Is Y Q19c; ordinary firsts. 16 q lie.
Enthusiastically pts, 10 cars; choice to
fancy, $50 SIC; fair to good, so a sac.
Sweet potatoes-IIlinois. $4,000 4.25.
order were as follows: so to so lbs
weight. Az q &C. so to so lbs. GO 7 X c 4;
so to 100 lbs. 71kQ8'c.
Dressed beef-No. l ribs, 1850; No. !
loins. lSc; No l round, S12c; No. /
chuck, &c; No. l plate &c.
Live poultry-Turkeys, per lb. lie;
chickens, fowls, Sc; springs, Sc; roost-
ers, sac; geese. $500 100; ducks, Sc.
Chi DO
doz. $3.50. grass. SIPS; bear. carcass.
hide on. $1,000 a $500; cubs. hide on.
$1,000 1900; bear saddles. per lb, 15c;
rabbits, good large, per doz, l5cQ Sl.25;
opossum. each. 251 ACC.
Fruit-Apples. $2.00G 400 per brl;
$1,000 200 per bu: bananas jumbo. per
bunch. S1.75; straight, $50; culls. Soc
0$125: bouquets 6O6 S5c lemons,
$3.50 q 30; oranges, Sl75Q 500; pine
apples, 1925 per crate: grapes, 13Q14o
Berries~Cranberries, Cape Cod. $500
0700 per brl; boxes l bu. Jerseys.
$2o0a 80: Strawberries, Florida, Zoe
per at; California. per pit, zoe,
choice S2l2G215, common to fair,
$160dl.S5; red kidney, per bu, choice,
SI.S5 G1.90; lower. grades, depending on
Swedish. $1.90@2.0; off grades $500
$50; limas, California, per zoe lbs, S5.50
q 5.621sc to arrive: spot. $500
Green vegetab les-Beets, $4,000 soc
per brl; carrots S5G50c per sack
cauliflower. $500 2.25 per crate; celery
35c $500 per crate; cucumbers. 356
soc per doz, eggplant $3.50 q 2 50 PEI
crate; garlic. q &c per lib. horserad-
ism. sac per bunch. lettuce. $1,000 4.5e
per brl; leaf 121e d17l5c per crate
mushrooms, 150 25c per box; peppers
50 pa 300 per crate. parsley. 12% g SC
per doz: radishes. home grown 10 SOC
per doz; string beans, green, $3.50 q
400 per box wax, $3.50 500, squash
s2OOQ2.25 per brl; onions. IS q soc pei
hu: spinach soc per tub tomatoes
$3.50 500 per crate turnips 80 G 600
per sack; watercress, zoe per doz