The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-15
Dealer Reports That He Was
Able to Purchase What He
Wanted at SIP Per Ton
STOCK FEEDS HIGHER THAN
FOR SEVERAL YEARS PAST
Humble Chicken Has Fallen OF in
Price Because of Heavy Produc-
ton and Advanced Interest in
Breeding

If there is any well established
Yakima market at the present time
for any of the products of this vail
ley the dealers have been unable to
find 1t. The fact is that right at this
season of the year there is nothing
doing and the Eiost pronounced feat
ure of the conditions is the manner
in which the bottom has slipped from
under the potato proposition. Taco
ma reports that "a car of first-class
netted gems arrived from the Yaki-
ma valley yesterday at the market
price of $2S." A dealer here says he
bought two carloads of as good po-
tatoes as any one could want at this
time of the year for $12 a ton, and
that he declined to make further pur-
chases. The sound cities report new
potatoes there at less than four cents
a pound.
Much Southern Produce
Potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, green
peas and such things are coming up
from the south in carload lots and
are finding a ready sale. Oranges,
lemons, bananas and similar fruits
are also coming in carload lots and
California strawberries are being dis
tributed lavishly from Portland, Ia
coma or Seattle. Kennewick reports
that it has been shipping a few crates
of Strawberries, receiving $500 to
$500 per crate for it's products in
that line. 1t is expected that another
four or five days will bring the crop
on in full blast and that prices will
drop rapidly. Yakima is as much of
an importer as it is an exporter of
Strawberries and in commercial way
to the rancherS at large, the business
does not cut much figure.
Some Price Differences
In the Daily Produce News of Sc
attic Yakima potatoes are u'loted at
$25 to $2S ton. Alfalfa It 111.50
to $1,000 a ton, timothey 81 - ST.,
and wheat hay at $12. In tn. ,ame
paper live hens are quoted at Is toa1 Z
cents. and ROSTERS at liz to 12k,
which it will be seen by comparison
are higher than the Yakima figures.
The potato quotations are lower,
whether the Tacoma or Yakima end
be taken, than they have been for
several months and there appears to
be no idea remaining that the ex-
pected advance will materialize.
Everything is not lower than it has
been for months. however, as will
readily be seen by reference to the
prices asked for oats, corn, barley,
higher than they have been for two
or three years and the really inter-
esting thing in connection with them
is the apparent promise of the pres
ent conditions that they will fall to
the other extreme before any great
time has passed
Year Gives Great Promise
The present year gives greater
promise for wheat, oats and other
grains than has been the case for a
| long time. 1t must be admitted.
however, basing the statement on
| federal government statistics, that
consumption is rapidly outgrowing
production and that the tendency is
upward. Annually the farms are
| falling behind in the effort to keep
pace with the demands of the pop
ulation, though greater efficiency in
farm work is everywhere shown.
Oats in Yakima today are quoted at
$43.50 per ton, corn at $4,000, rolled
barley $4,000 and bran at $3.50,
while shorts are two dollars a ton
| higher.
Hens Go to the Butcher
There has been local drop in the
price paid for live hens, the decline
running from one to two cents The
offerings have been very heavy. In
| the past twelve months or there
abouts there has been an immense in
crease in the flocks in this valley.
| Hundreds of incubators have been
sold. thousands of dollars have been
expended in stock and eggs and the
result has been manifest for several
months past in the increased egg pro-
duction and the low price paid for
birds. Just at this time ranchers are
lowering their holdings. The birds
have ceased laying and become anx-
| ious to raise families and are being
sacrificed. Poultry appears to be the
only crop which is keeping pace. in
this section. with the local demands
| General Quotations
| The general market is as follows:
Kalispell hard wheat -four sack. 81. 65
Dutch mill ............... 81. 80
Yakima Best, per sack -. .$1.45
Minnesota Blend, hard wheat $3.50
Prosser flour. per sack. 81. 35
Washington hard wheat flour :. ST. 40
Kennewick Best, patent flour ..$145
Alfalfa. ton, wholesale. IS. 90 a So. 90
Wheat hay, per ton. $500 "a 50. 90
Timothy hay. per ton SIP to $3.50