The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-12
Forty Carloads Have Gone From
Yakima Towns Within the
Past Thirty Days
CHICKENS STILL LOWER
AND NO HOPE IN SIGHT
That the Town and Valley Are
Buying Heavily of Outside
Products Is Shown by the Car
lot Arrivals From the South

Il. l.. lies returned to North Yakt-
ma Monday from Oregon, where he
has been buying potatoes for eastern
shipment. He says the spuds there
are not cheaper than those in Yakim 4
but they are better for his needs.
which are shipped to markets south
and east from this state. Within the
past month there has been a m ove-
ment of potatoes east from Yakima
which is an aggregate of forty cars
or more. Selah, Mckee, North Yakima,
Sunnyside. Outlook, Toppenish and
other points joining in through the
dealers there and kansas City and st.
Paul have been the point of destina.
ton OF the greater proportion.
Conditions just Right
1t Is not often that tho conditions
are such as to permit of eastern ship
ments OF potatoes When they do not
permit of it the argument is that the
west has produced more han it can
consume, that the price here is low,
below SIS per ton, and that the east
has scarcity and that the price there
Is such that the potatoes can bear a
freight charge of about $13 ton and
still sell in the market at a profit.
That is the condition this year. Last
year at this time the potatoes were
coming west from the east.
Hay Harvest is on.
Hay harvesting is ON in full force
In fact 1t is reported that in some
sections, Mckee, for example, the cut
ting has been done and that stacking
will be the order of the day. There is
every reason to expect, this season. q
splendid harvest of excellent quality
hay. That is the present report.
Grain and feed prices continue to
be high. Oats are quoted at $41.50,
corn at the same figure, bran at $3.50
and shorts at $3.50.
Chickens are Cheap Food.
Chickens, as. has been the case for
some time past, are the cheapest food
that one can eat now, in the meat
line. Butchers are offering to produ-
GERS eight cents a pound for live hens
and seven cents a pound for live
roosters, while authentic spring chick
ems are bringing is cents a pound
Last year at this time the old birds
were selling at Is cents pound and
Whereabouts, but this year the supply
not only in this valley, but around
Tacoma, Seattle and other points, is
so heavy that the bottom is out abso-
lutely from under the market.
Town j., Buying Heavily
That Yakima is buying heavily OUT
side is shown by the fact that on Sat-
prday this market received from the
south a carload each of lemons, or
anges and bananas and on Monday
received carload or onions, the last
from Stockton. Cal.
Though the berry supply from the
home growers appears to be undi.
minished there has arrived here a
number of consignments of berries
from Auburn and that section Of the
west side, sent on consignment by
Japanese growers. They are in ex-
cellent shape and have found a ready
sale.
Word About Hops
In the hop market trade has verv
| nearly come to a standstill, and the
trend of values, both on 1911s and
the coming crop, is clearly downward,
says an Oregon report. One contract
for 10000 pounds of the new crop at
22 cents was reported closed yester-
day, but no other business of impor-
lance came to light. For the time
| there seems to be very little demand
for either spot goods or futures, buy.
ers showing a disposition to wait for
further developments. In a more or
less nominal way 1911s are quoted at
prices around 35 cents.
What old hops will sell for between
now and the opening of the new crop
season will depend wholly on the ex-