New-York tribune., 1912-02-07
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.

at full rates. with good jobbing business.
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COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.
For the week ended Tuesday. February 8. 1912.
BEANS AND PEAs-Receipts for the week,
1924 bags beans. 1,4S0 bags peas; exports
700 beans, 1915 peas: imports, 1882 beans,
300 peas. Domestic white beans more quiet
though without change in prices. Choice mar
row offered at s5qs5 O5. and best lots OF pea
sell at 81 So q 81 60. Not many medium here.
home trade, but export orders slow, ana mar
ket has weakened a little; closing business Is
at $j4S510, White kidney easy Black
beans scarce and wanted. California lima
quiet and round lots can be bought lower
SrSe6 peas rs spW Sut nfTor stocK neg
lected. BEANS marrow, choice, 100 ID. $50
s. %; poor to good, 81 S5 81 90; medium,
choice, S455 Ss4 go; poor 10 good, 81 log
81 45; red kidney choice, s. 959sS 10; poor poor
green. imported. So 75G 81 75.
BUTTER-Receipts for the week, 47743
to other countries 800. Fresh creamery has
declined about &c. and market still unset
tied. Recelpts very heavy. Oleomargarine Is
tions. that fresh butter is sent here for sale.
with supplies heavy and demand limited. the
Special creamery mainly at sc; sales Of 125
tubs on Change at that price, and II became
easy to buy from store at the same rate,
prices unusually close together extras selling
at 31ilc. frsts at 30la q Bic and seconds 81
29i4 q soc Holders OF storage creamery. not
offering stock and values entirely nominal,
II effort was made 70 realize our quotations
would have 70 be accepted. Process has de-
cined lc and closes slow. Factory and PACK
ing stock dull at the close Creamery, spe- p
seconds. 29ia q 3Oc; thirds. 2Sl5 q 2oc; held,
specials 52c: extras 2lIsc: frsts. SolA a$ic;
seconds 20ia q soc; thirds, IS a. zoe; state
dsfr ba q
common to fair 25d &c; process, specials
29c; extras. 2Sa2shc; irsts, 1914 27igc;
sgs4n4 2a2Sc ,.d9GSs SgsGs tffd Rfds
22ii o 24c; packing stock. current make, NO .
2filc: No 3. % 2a23isc. 80,
CHEESE Receipts FOR the week. e7o6
boxes; exports 10 Europe, 100: TO. other coun-
tries. 25l. Market firm, especially on white,
which arc in light supply. Receipts have
for srall lots, large holders willing to sup.
ply trade on the basis ot lIc for good colorei
fats. few fine marks held mp TO l7kc ana
some under grades at 1Ggl6Ac. For white
cheese there is little Offering under l7c; seem
fine marks held above All grades Of skins
hrm. state, whole milk. held, specials, white
white. lie; cOlored, lCNc; winter make spe-
ciaIs. 16isc; average fancy. 16i=c; under
best, l7at7isc; state. skins fall and earlier.
specials 14Lc; choice. 13G14c winter make,
specials 13H q 14c; choice, lS4l3i9c; under
grades. nominal. ~ 1l2lgc.
EGGS-Receipts for the week, 24947 cases
Receipt. small, and with steadily reducing stocks
further advance has carried fresh gathered
Western up 10 4ld43c for good 70 fine with
lower grades including held fresh which have
lost quality, and some that show damage froIn
frost. selling at 3Ia4Oc, in instances even low
er. Market closes fairly firm at these prices
although trade has been lighter. Advices indl-
cate scarcity in most sections, but there are
evidences OF slight increase In shipments H3m
Southe ern points The total reserve stock IN thls
market including fresh held goods in wholesae =
hands has been reduced 10 approximately 2OOoO
have been
eraby beyond the quantity arriving. storage
eggs have improved under the strong holding
are some lots for which owners refuse 10 accept
latter price. Nearby whites higher under scar
came in Friday and sold mainly at 4lG42c; an
other car In to-day and IS working out at 54G
45c for whites and 43c for brown and mixed, but
the whites have not all been sold. Fresh gain
cred. extras, dozen. 44Q45c; frsts 424t3c: sec
ties 33G35c; checks 3Oa32t: refrigerator frsts,
36isq37c; seconds, 35g36c; thirds, 33q3ic; state.
Pennsylvania and nearby, hennery whites. fancy,
large, now laid, 4IG4sc; selected. fair TO good
44q46c: nearby small. 39d42c: Western gathered
42a45c state, Pennsylvania and nearby hennery
browns 44a45c; gathered and mixed colors, AZ
Ts-DRIED-Receipts for the week.
6.443 cases dried apples ard 2l.l03 pkgs other
dried fruits; exports. 1921 pkgs dried fruits.
spot evaporated apples quiet; at the close sAsc
is full for prime IN car lots, with sale report
ed up state for immediate delivery at sac. de-
liyered here In futures az the close sisc Is bid
and sac asked Tor prime fepEuary, q. SpOt
chops nominal; little waste here and quotation
given represents about their value, X here. In
futures up state chops quoted at g 90 per loQ loQ
sale reported at 81 70 per 100 10 FOR Febru-
sry. loose, I b. and that IS quoted at the close.
where from 271 1G2sc in barrels, b. aprcots
prunes and peaches very quiet: APPLES, eyap-
Grated fancy, car lots, ib loGlOhc; jobbing
prime, car lots, ShqSSc; jobbng, SBG9c; com
mon TO good ,aec; sun drisd' quarters id @ bags
domestic, bags. 81; Canadian, bbls, s.; RAsP-
BERRIES, 2Ta2sEc: APRICOTS. California
Royals, n I4isQl7c; PEACHES. unpeeled, l0is
zoos 10 SOS SS s 70 boxes Ss ga 5Sose P9ee' ~"
FRUITS-FRESH-Rece for the week.
4i.325 bbis apples and .92 66Is ana 70 crate. crates
only moderately active and easier. Pears ar
riviug freely and selling fairly Cranberries
arriving but demand light and market shows
little change. Tangerlnes dull and weak unless
strictly fancy. Oranges in good demand and
firm. Grapefruit firm for fancy. Pineappes dull
and weak. APPLES. Spitzenburg and Northern
Spy. bb. 81 75aS4: Twenty Ounce and Hubbard
son, s2a$3 70; King 81 T5aS3 %: Baldwin, 81 80
81 1888: Greening S2qS3 so; common and badly
frozen. SlaN 70; Far Western. boxes, SlaS3;
RIES, Cape Cod and Jersey Howes, bbi, S9a
so 50 fair to prime. So 5Od$S so; New York,
standard crate, ST 5Oas2 90; New York, 81 OO8
quart 25a55c: GRAPE
FRUIT. Florida, box. 81 joaS7 so; Cuban. SSd
81 80; ORANGES Florida, box, 81 25Qs5 call
fornia. 81 25aS4 so: TANGERINES, strap, 81 80
asa 70; KUMQUATs, quart, llQi4c; PINE
APPLES, Porto Rico. crate, SlgS3 60: cuban,
7JcaS2 rs: Florida SlQS2 25
HAY AND sTRAW-Easier. due to heavier
supplies, high grade timothy firm. Rye straw
steady. HAY. large bales. timothy. No to No
l, 100 n, 81 iOqSl 35i shipping, 81 00: packing.
65d7Oc; clover mixed. light, 81 1jdSl 20; heavy,
s1as1 20: pure. SldSi 90: STRAW, long rye, 90
Ge5c; oat and wheat, 5OG6Oc.
HOPS-Receipts for the week, 2,021 bales;
exports 5i2 Lower prices have ruled and the
market has been stuptdly dull. There have been
contracts for 1912 Pacifcs at 2Tc. and some
three-year contracts have been placed on 22c
basis. State. 1911, prime to choice, 10. 53q55c;
medium to good, 4Td5lc: Pacific Coast, 1911.
prime to choice. 4TQ4sc; medium to good. asa
46c; 1910, nominal. 34a36c; 1902 30G33c: older
growths. 20926c: Germans. 1911, S6cd$l.
GAME-Foreign quiet but unchanged. Do
nestle cottontail rabbits more plenty than eX-
pected, and large sales have had TO be made at
l0612c per pair. while lac is about too for prime
chilled lots, with occasional sales at l5c.
Scotch. so; PLovER. So Eoa$t; black cocks and
gray hens. S79$7 80; VENISON, hind saddles,
20c: RABBITS. cottontail, domestic, pair, prime,
RY-ALIvE-Receipts for the week.
10 carloads by freight and about % .
held on tracks under limits Market unsats-
factory. most offering having shown poor con-
diton, but there has been fairly active De
mand and last week. from Monday until Sat-
urday some 90 freight cars were unloeded:
and only or cars remained In Joooers
hands at the. close. THIS week opened WIN
feeling developed. with fowls advanced lc and
chickens hc per lb top reached only Tor
primo, though an occasional car OF exception
MUM over quotations Ducks dragging and
% III lower. CHICKENS. ID, l2h 9lSe;
FOWLS. 12a I4e; R0oGSsIEESS; Gs KS gc5 Ht;as