The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-22
WHEAT HAY IS .
SOLD HEAVILY
w. w. Robinson Interests Pick Up
Large Quantity in the Yakima
Valley for Contracts
HAVING OPERATIONS
BEGIN ON RESERVATION
Kennewick Strawberries Have
Taken the Yakima Market But
Heavy Picking Operations Have
Not Yet Begun

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Heavy Picking Operations Have
Not Yet Begun
For the purpose of fillfng out con.
tracts he has on hand w. w. Robinson
of Seattle has been buying here ex-
tehsively recently of wheat hay and
while the price has not advanced ma
terially, If at all, in consequence, the
demand has been stitched. 1t is re-
ported that 800 tons have been picked
up in this valley the past two or three
weeks and a great deal Of 1t has al
ready been shipped out. Mr.. Robin
son has not yet made his purchases
OF alfalfa and timothy to fill the con-
tract he recently received from the
federal government. For that, all
purchased will be old crop and so far
as the alfalfa is concerned the report
is that there is plenty to meet all
needs. E. c. Pape Of Toppenish, who
Is representing the Robinson in
terests there, was a North Yakima
visitor Monday He reports that in
his opinion there remain in the Yak
ina valley at the present time about
$4,000 tons of last years crop and ac-
10000 tons left when the seasons
purchases have all been made.
Haying on Reservation
Haying commences on the reserva-
ton this week, according to Mr.. Pape,
and will be on in full force next week
when the bulk of the growers plan on
harvesting their crop. The season, as
weeks in advance and in addition
thQra 10 I'M 70 -
early on the first crop Instead of per-
mittinE It to- mature, as his hitherto
been the custom. Whether this Is
good Judgment or not is "a debatabls
question: but Mr.. Papes says, the Cali.
fornia growers cut their, crop in the
bud instead of waiting for the blossom,
and this gives them more time for the
second and the third crops. ,l
Tt would appear that the bottom Is
out from under the potato market.
There is little buying or selling and
about SIS appears to be the recogl
nized price. Opinions seem to unite
on the fact that there remain unsold
in this valley about IS carloads OF
potatoes. There is better feeling Ii,
tht market. however.
Demand i'm Colorado
A fact of some interest is the de.
mand that has developed in Colora dc
within the past week. That state
ordinarily Is a shipper. instead of a
buyer. of potatoes, but sthe crop In
the Greeley and other districts las,
year was a short one, and that state
now needs potatoes. both for con.
sumption and for seed. 1t is believed
that a dozen to 20 carloads of the
western surplus can be marketed IL
Colorado, If the growers here will
take prices in line with those obtain
able in Colorado.
regards hay, is, he says, a couple OF
For shipment there and elsewhere
buyers say they can pay 90 cents to
$l.10 a hundred, but at the same time
they assert that they are not in the
market for very great quantities. al
these or any other figures.
The outlook, however, is more
hopeful than at any time during the
past month, and some incline to the
belief that the demand between now
and the wind-up of the season will be
such as to absorb at least the greater
portion of the unsold holdings.
Chickens Are Cheaper
In the meat markets there are nc
changes except a further drop in the
prices paid producers for chickens
and feathered stock is now hardly
worth the care it demands. There
have been some shipments of sheer
to the west side, bunch of a thou.
sand going through Monday from the
lower valley and there have beer
some importations of cattle to be fat
ted. the purchases being made In
Idaho, Oregon and Montana
kennewick berries have taken the
Yakima market and were quoted
Monday at 20 cents quart. Heavy
picking is not yet in pgroress at Ken.
newick. but will be as soon as the eff.
fects of the present rain have passed
Pineapples have made their appear.
ance in North Yakima and there is a
good supply of southern fruits O,
other kinds. Portland has been pro.
curing green peas by the carload from
California and a proportion of the
shipments have been coming te
Yakima.
General Quotations
The general market Is as follows:
Kalispell hard wheat -four, sack. .S1.e5
Dutch mill ..... .Sl.SC
Yakima Best, per sack ..S1.45
Minnesota Blend, hard wheat ..$1.5C
Prosser -four. per sack. .$1.35
Washington hard wheat flour ...S1.45
Kennewick Best, patent flour ...S1.45
Alfalfa, ton. Wholesale. IS. 90 q 1890
Wheat hay, per ton. $500 Q$s.O(
Timothy hay, per ton ..s12 to $12.5C
Potatoes, per ton ...... SIS to $40
onions, per ton. ............. .S2s
Fruits, Vegetables, Groceries, Retail
Creamery butter. lb ...35c, 2 for CSC
Ranch butter. pound. ...25,
Eggs, per dozen. ................2 zoe
Cheese, Wisconsin, pound. SOC
Brick cheese. pound. .35e
Imported Swiss cheese. pound. Acc
Limburger cheese, pound 49,. use