The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
Topeka People No Longer Eat
ers of Flesh.
That's What the Commission
Merchants Say.
and THERE is A REASON
Meat Is Sky High While Vege-
tables Are Cheap.
Kaw Valley Potato Crop Big
Southern Fruits on Way.

According to local grocers hundreds
of Topekans have adopted a vegetarian
! diet. Meat is selling at top-notch
prices while vegetables are between 81
and 40 per cent cheaper than year
ago.
Kaw valley "spuds'' are now on the
market and selling at 20 and % cents
a peck. Good porterhouse steak re-
| tails at 30 cents a pound Thus it can
readily be seen why there is a tend
ency to eat little meat. Then, it must
i be admitted, however, that the butchers
never do their heaviest business in the
1 hot weather.
| The quality of the local vegetables
on the market is excellent, and the
supply is plentiful.
Sweet corn has dropped in price in
| the past day or two from 25 cents to 20
cents a dozen. The crop will be heavy
| and the quality good.
Kaw Valley "Spuds'' on the Way.
Within a few days the Kaw valley
potato harvest will be in full swing. A
| number of growers in the vicinity are
now digging their "spuds". The local
commission men have orders for sup
plying Kansas potatoes in various parts
of the country where the supply is not
so plentiful. However, there is not as
large an early demand for Kaw valley
potatoes as usual, and according to
one of the leading Topeka commission
men considerable portion of the crop
will be held. It is estimated that po-
tatoes may be had at from 40 to so
cents a bushel in car load lots, as the
crop is extremely heavy.
Acreage Less But Yield Great.
The acreage in potatoes in the Kaw
valley is said to be less than in past
seasons due to the failure of the crop
last year. However, many of the fields
will average close to 200 bushels to
the acre according to present estimates.
T G411 h. Snfl ~
of Topeka will run about 800 bushels to
the acre. OF course others will not
come up to the figures mentioned.
There is a good supply of fruit in
variety on the local market. The finest
deWberries ever seen here are selling
at Is cents for a quart box. and they
will likely be cheaper. Blackberries,
on the other hand, are inclined to be
scarce and of poor quality. They sell
at two boxes for a quarter.
Green apples are on the market, and
as the crop of apples will be decidedly
heavy in this part of the state, the
prices for apples will be more reason
able than for some time past.
Southern Peaches in Car Lots.
The heaviest peach crop ever re-
corded in the south is about to be har-
vested. In a week or 10 days peaches
ket lots They are said to be of ex-
tremely good quality.
Peaches will be immensely cheap as
there is an over prodictiov in the
SOUTH" said a local commission man
today. 1.-The wholesale price will prob
ably range from 81 to $3.50, although
the prices will probably be a little
higher when the peaches first begin to
come in
1t takes from four to five days for a
car load of peaches to be shipped from
Texas or Arkansas to Topeka. They
come in refrigerator cars. The fruit is
picked when it is barely ripe, so that
it will keep as long as possible.
At the present time lemons are
scarcely more expensive than they were
last March, but if the present warm
weather continues for any great length
of time the prediction is that the price
will soar.
The first blue plums were received
from California today. Water melons,
and other fruits are now being shipped
in to Topeka from warmer climates.