The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-04-19
ALFALFA is
SHORT CROP,
State of Washington Not Produc-
ing as Much as Il Consumes
According to Observer
POTATOES ON THE RISE
IN ALL STATE MARKETS
Prices Brought by the Last Car
load of Fruit Of the Northwest
Exchange Should Interest Home
Growers

1t has been stated within the past
week that the state Of Washington is
mot producing, within $4,000 tons the
quantity OF alfalfa that IL IS uslns'
Annually, importations are naue
from California and Oregon and from
Montana or some other eastern states
of hav crops such has been the
case this year despite the fact that
lthe bulk of the government contracts
for hay went outside of this state.
There is reported at this time fair
supply of timothy, for those who will
pay the price, and "A. scarcity IN al
falfa. because the article has not been
baled and everybody is too busy
right now to get to the baling OF 1t.
Eden who have been through the
Mckee and lower valleys report that
considerable quantities of hay are
held there, counting the aggregate of
the small lots, but that it is not
a"ailable, being unbaled. The Her
aid has already recorded that there
has been talk of importing hay from
Twin Falls. Ida. where the price
asked is sc a ton or Whereabouts.
Potatoes on the Rise
Potatoes are still on the rise, and
the price quoted Tuesday in Spo-
kan was S2.25 per hundred, whole
sale. The same figure is quoted at
Seattle, and at Portland and San
Francisco the price rises as high as
s2.15 for Burbanks. 1T is reported
that eastern potatoes are rolling
w. of y-a 4 tn al tla arl, nt
at the figures.
Eggs, butter and other dairy pro-
ducts are reported to be firm and
higher in value but not in price. The
meat market holds strong, especially
cattle, and the Portland market,
despite its large offerings, has shown
an advance over the highest price
for several weeks, This naturally
controls in all the Northwest terri
tory.
California berries have been arriv-
ing north in poor shape aud have not
gone into a ready market. The wea-
Their conditions have been such that
1.-THE buyers would not take the risk
of carload purchases for the Port
land, Seattle or Tacoma markets and
naturally the shippers also fought
shy. Such lots as have come here
have, therefore, arrived in poor con-
dition as compared with what may
be expected.
Prices ON Fruit
! Following are PRICES brought ut
Little Rock for what the Northwest
ern Fruit exchange considers win be
the last straight carload shipment
| oh srto
| growers. They are: 119 orchard run
Ben Davis. $3.50: Sc orchard run
Gano, $3.50; orchard run Rhode
| Island Greetings, $3.50: II orchard
run Minkler, $3.50; orchard run
yellow Newton Pippns, Sis: &C"
grade mixed apples. S150; extra
fancy spitzenberg, s2.25; IA fancy N.
| W. Greening, S1.50: Il fancy Bald
win. $l.75; fancy Rome Beauty. 50:
Bdldwins, s1,40; fancy Delaware
Reds. s1.15; 1853 fancy Bon Davis,
sl.65; 1aS "t,'' grade Fen Davis.
$I3' All f, %. b. Meyers Falls,
Missouri Pippins, 81 40: &C., grade
Missouri Pinpins. $175; 't"' g.ade
| fancy Wabridge, si.75; orchard
washington TO buyer in Little
Rock, Arkansas
General Quotations
COOKING apples. box ..15c@s1.n %
Dried onions, pound &c
Beets, pound 70
carrots. pound 20
YAKIMA Best flour, per sack ...s12s
Prosser flour. per sack Al ~
halispel hard wheat -four, sack $3.50
Alfalta hay. per ton .S23 20
/ Oats, per ton saa 70
Rolled barley. per ton ..seSsN
Fruits. Vegetables. Groceries
Crea merry butter. pound 400
, hanch butter, pound ~,
rTesh ranch. eggs, dozen zoe
| sugar 10 pounds $500
Cheesc, Wisconsin. pound roc
prlcK cheasc' pound .25c>
Inlpotted Swiss cheese, pound 4oc
lhmourger choes, pound n5c
Bananas, dozen 2sc
| Lemons. dozen CSC
ORANGES dozen -. %. 30. 40 and soc
hlorida grape fruit each 15o
CaIlfornia tomatoes, pound 1,c
Apples for table use. hound So
run Northern Spies, $17j: - fancy
lurnips., pound 20
Parsnips, pound Ole
Gelery' bunch Toe; three for ...25c
Parsley, bunch sc
Cucumbers. each e5r
rotatoes, pcr 100 pounds saGo
lthubarb, two pounds 13c
spinach. pound ... foc. for .ac
Asparagus, pound
Meats
lave hogs. pound cMe.
dressed hogs. pound 1sd01a1sc
Calves pound omoo
Dressed veal. pound oc01ac
Mutton sheep pound 3isc6ea,
dressed mutton, pound Scda
seer COWS. pound cp5Hc
steers. pound ecGs1
dressed COWS, pound &c 511nH
Dressed steers, pound ...1oc ~ IL
Live chickens. pound ~.
Lard, 10-pound can s,1
Dried Fruits
ruhes pound .1oc@l.lye
reaches pound .... Ia.
Apricots. pound ... "a.
ponuo ''.''...........17