The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

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old ROSTERS, s4@4.50. young ROSTERS. $7.5O@
$50; do extras. ss@10; fryers.. s7Gs; large
ducks. ssaS Tor young A and Ios ss@s for oid
pigeons, s1.25@I. 80: squads s2@2 so; geese 81
g2.5o per pair; gosings, s2.50@5 per pair; tur-
| Game-Nominal
Butter, Cheese and EGGS
There were important changes In the quota
tions under this head yesterday, 1t being rather
| an of day in eggs and dairy produce. Business
In nuttef was quiet on regular local account. be
cause or the. hot weather and there was not
much doing In shipping channels The market
was firm at Mondays decline. however, as the
movement into storage. while not general: was
enough to keep the surplus down TO small pro-
portions; Cheese was quiet. bot steady, being
governed largely by the butter market.
The only change in eggs was a decline in
hrsts, which were nc dozen lower sales at
Ice. On the exchange a bid OF 2O1lc for extras
met with no response. and there nc
offers TO sell the previous quotation was allowed
TO stand. The local agent Of the Sonoma county
| cooperative poultry association still sup
| plying retailers with extras at 20c Dozen
The following sales made the ex-
change:
Butter-30 cases of extras at 22c pound
Eggs-20 cases OF frsts at 19c q dozen.
Cheese-75 fancy California fats at 12c a
Receipts were $1,000 lbs butter. 1850 lbs
| cheese and 9T5 cases eggs
The following are official quotations estab-
1 lished by sales, bids and offers on the noor of
the dairy exchange. Prices the street, while
governed by the exchange quotations, generally
| range from 1ac to &c higher, owing to the Vari-
| Gus charges to be added:
Butter.gresh creamery extras. 22c per Ib.
| firm; do frsts. 21i1 firm; do seconds 21c, nrm
no; NO; packing stock, 1e15c. steady; No. do.
Gheese~Eancy California new fats. 1oc no,
H., steady; do frsts, ll1ac. nrm; do seconds.
arm: do arsts, i21tac. -nrmi fancy New York
Eggs (per dozen, cases included California
fresh extras, 21c, steady; do nrsts. 19c, steady
No. soiled. isc. steady; No. DO. i7c, steady.
Egg Market In Nearby Counties
SANTA CRUZ. April 2s.-Merchants still
pay 17hc for eggs which they retail at zoe.
Daily average product is unchanged and ship
meSSs s, to & Santa Cruz N markets continues good.
market has never before been as STEADY as il
HoLLIsTER. April 2s.-Egg and poultry
shipments were heavy today. Packers with
drew from the market but the prize. remained
quired for local consumption the entire re-
ceiPts were shipped TO San Francisco.
showed no abatement In receipts this after
noon, and many cases are coming In. The
try association Will not enter any additional
orders at present Is causing speculation
among the other buyers and producers who are
not members Of the asSocia ton
Manager Schultz has telephoned from San
Francisco that all the eggs have been sold UP
to the present time and that he viii be able
to handle all the product in the future. This
Is believed to mean that he will sell all the
eggs on the market In the metropolis. sub
division of the Petaluma branch Of the assocfa
tion Is to be organized at Tomales. and IL Ia
expected that almost a hundred cases OF eggs
membership Of the local association and that
| at Petaluma Is growing rapidly. Quotations
today were 1ec and lie for choice and seconds.
Deciduous and Citrus Fruits
| Yesterdays car Of Strawberries from the Los
that Which apPvsd % on = Monday All Of tbe
being wilted and SOFT owing tosthe hot weather.
Prices for general offerings ranged from 4oc to
turned over to peddlers at 25c crate after the
wants of early buyers had been supplied Re
chests, and they too showed elects of the
weather, being more or less sun scOrched, but
not badly damaged the southern stock
Longworths and Cheneys were lower. while Ma
lindas stood as before quoted There were nc
new arrivals of oranges up to late hour. but
stocks, while light. were ample, the demand
was light at the current prices. Grapefruit was
closely cleaned up and drm, while tangerines
were in good supply and unchanged IN price.
Lemons showed no change, one way or the
other.
! There was heavy increase in the receipts Of
cherries from Vacaville and the river districts,
the deliveries up to aggregating $50 draw
ers. few scattering sales on shipping account
si.75
Cheney. ss@11 per chest; Malindas, sSG1o pei
chest; Los Angeles. 40G75c per crate.
CherrieS-Sl.25@1.15 per drawer for purple
Guigne and s1Q125 for other varieties.
Apples (Per b0x)-Fancy, $1.2501.75; common
to choice. 60cGs1
/ Citrus Fruits (per box)-Nayel oranges. s.. So
! OARS; tangerines, s1-25@1.75 per box; lemons,
81 25@2-5o for fancy, sl.75@2 for choice and
for seedless and s2@3.25 for common; lines,
nominal.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, s16I.75 per bunch
for Hawaiian and So 5O13- so for Central Amer
| team. nineannlss szGSfs 1er dozen Tor Hawsif.n
and and s3as -'s for Mexican pe' ''-A - Ia" -'''
! Dried Fruits, Rsisins, Nuts and Honey
Though prunes no higher, they are very
agree that this years output will be even
smaller than last years, posted authorities esti-
| mating it at from rs, ,000, 900 TO O,0OO, ,OOO
| pounds. against 100, 00o, 900 pounds last year,
than these estimates. The demand for this fruit
is now excellent. The other fruits are easy,
| with several showing declines.
Raisins are weak, with further decline in
| several descriptions.
Fruits-Apricots 12@14c; evaporated apples,
5h G6% c; pears. T1s961ac; peaches. IA @S15c:
| nss. 2A @3c; prunes, 4 size basis, 3931c per
| pound.
| crown. 4e; crown. 494kc; seeded, 6061sc:
| seedless sultanas, 4Ac; 0Oc6S1 for London lay
ers and 81. 25Q150 for clusters.
Nuts-Almonds-Nonpareil 1sH @i41ac; XXI.
1115c; Languedocs. 10c; hardshells, 7171sc.
| Wainuts-13c per Ii for No. softshen and Toe
| for No. 2 do: 121ac for No. / hardshen and
sisc for No. 2 do; Italian chestnuts, 10Q12hc
per h.
Honey-water. white. comb, 16Q17c:. white.
| 15c; water white. extracted SGs11c; light am
| Der. 7G7iac; dark amber and candied, 6A1
sac per ID.
/ Provisions
The local trade are now reDorfinr a 6ru,er