The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-29
TURKEYS ARE
At LOW PRICE


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and it cannot consign them. The big
markets are supplied from other cen
tiers which are willing to take less thar
the Yakima farmer. 1t takes the
farmer a year to get onto conditions
ana then they have changed. Last
year with turkeys scare the price was
good This year they are not scarce
aud the demand is small yet the farm
ers want - cents n pound. They
talk of cooperative selling agency
because the butcher is making fifty
per cent profit Butchers never make
a dollar handling poultry and that end
of the business is a nuisance"
Eggs Have Gone Up
Eggs have gone up another five
cents and are now retailing at 50
cents a dozen Butter stands at the
old figure but is sitter.
All the new nuts have arrived for
the season. Hitherto almonds and
walnuts have been the only new nuts
of the year on the market but now
North Yakima Monday a carload of
cranberries from New Jersey and a
car of sweet potatoes from California.
Native potatoes are selling at $19 and
$40 per ton with the demand steadily
but slowly growing sitter There
seems to be little interest in hay.
The general market is as follows:
Kalispell hard wheat flour, sack 81 So
Dutch mill ................. $1.25
Yakima Best -four, per sack ..$1.30
Prosser flour, per sack ...... 81 3 .
Washington hard wheat -four 81. 80
Kennewick Best, patent -four $3.50
Alfalfa, per ton, wholesale $4,000
Potatoes, per ton 49,. $4,000
Onions, per ton $1b a SIG
Fruits, Vegetables, Groceries, Retail
Creamery butter, pound, Acc; Q for S5c
Ranch butter, pound 35c
Fresh ranch eggs dozen ...-.... .55c
Cheese, Wisconsin, pound .25c
Brick CHEESE, pound Zoe
Imported Swiss cheese, found ...40c
Limburger cheese, pound ....... Zoe
Dill pickles, per dozen ...-......20c
Bananas, dozen 30c
Lemons, dozen 35c
Oranges, dozen .... 35c 40c and 60c
Florida grape fruit each .......1 0C
Tomatoes, pound ......20C; 2 for 15c
Apples for table use, pound E. sc to &c
Sauerkraut, per pound ...........5 DC
Dried onions Nv pounds zoe
BeetS, bunch ..-.-.."-..... ..5c
Carrots, bunch ............... &c
Parsnips, bunch ...............6 &c
Turnips bunch .........'. &C
Cabbage, pound &c
Summer squash, pound ........4 c
CauliflOwer, head .15c a zoe
Preen peppers, pound ...........15c
California grapes basket 40c
Celery, bunch .................. loo
Get potatoes, 7 pounds for ,..25c
g plant, each ................1O Toe
uce, per head ...............5 sc
ms, pound .......... 4C
toes, pound .......-.....11a c
raen onions, punches ........ sc
adishes, . lunches ............ &C
Ialuuts, ncw) per pound ..25c
Almonds, Cnew) per pound 25c
Hickory nuts, per pound .25c
Pecaus. per pound ............25c
Hrazils, per pound ..25c
Hazel nuts ................ zoe
PrUnos, new .........2 lbs for Csc
Pumce, pounds for ...........25c
Huckleherries pounds for .25C
Cranberries, pound zoe. for 35C
Sugar, Is pounds for .........$1 90
Squash, per pound ............21 II c
Pumpkin, per pound ............2c
AIeats-Prices Paid Producers
Live hogs, pound ..........6 ~ C a 7c
Dressed hogs, pound ...........10c
Calves, pound .............9c0 lie
Mutton sheep (alive), pound SC
Dressed, mutton, pound .....6 a 6 y c
Reef cows pound ..........4 a Il c
Steers, pound ..............5 ld Il C
Dressed cows, pound .......S q S Il c
Dressed steers, pound ......9 a 8 IL c
Live chickens pound ........9@ loo
Lard, 1O-pOuud can ...........$1.25
Hams, per pound ............-..1S c
Bacon, local, per pound ........2 5C
Bacon, eastern, per pound ......30o
Turkeys, per pound ...,.......1SC
Geese, per pound ..............lO &C
Ducks, per pound ............ 12 " {
Dried Fruits
Apples, pound .................2 Csc
Prunes, pound ................1 5C
Peaches, pound ......20c; . for $50
Apricots pound .....-.........25 o
Pears, pound .................. zoe