The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-05
Local Butchers Make No Quota.
tons on Dressed Carcesses
Brought to This City
RANCHERS WILL ATTEMPT
TO FIND NEW MARKET
Eggs Have Advanced "a Notch in
Price and Chickens Have
Dropped Still Lower in the
Scale-Haying in Full Blast

FARMERS OF THIS section or Yakima
county face a new condition now that
the city meat inspection ordinance has
taken effect. City butchers Monday
declined to make quotations on dress.
"a meats of any kind, saying that
under the ordinance they are prohib-
tied from making such purchases and
that the farmer will not be able to
do any Yakima business In dressed
meats. Just how this will work out is
question which awaits the future.
The present statement is that 1t will
result in shipping to Seattle where,
despite the fact that there is a fed
eral meat inspection, there is ample
opportunity to dispose of dressed
meats as is illustrated any day at the
railroad station here when carcasses
may be seen going through by ex-
press.
Rancher Likes Ellensburc
Il will settle it for myself" said
one rancher Monday, "by transferring
my marketing point. 1t is about as
easy for me to go to Ellensbure as
it is to come to Yakima. but I have
preferred to come to this city. I can
sell as we'll at Ellensburg and am
nearer to Seattle and Tacoma when 1t
comes to shipping. have ten hogs
at home which I have considered
Strengthening and bringing into the
market here. I will transfer to the
other town and try that. AS I see it,
the big mistake made, and I agree
with a proper meat inspection law, Is
IN the failure to realize that this is a
producing and not consuming com.
munity We farmers favor all the
good laws that can be made but there
should be provisions protecting the
industries of the country in a small
as we'll as "a large way and if we peo-
pie here. all through this valley. are
not producers and do not look at
things from that point of view where
do we get OFF,
Having is in, Progress
Hayfng has started ON the resorva-
ton, according to the reports Of Wis
itors to North Yakima MONDAY, and
the expectation Is Of a good harvest
Ehere remains on hand a considera Bile
quantity of the crop of last year out
at that the prospects are considere
excellent for the producer and ranch
ers are looking ahead to good crops
and good prices 30 far as their al
talfa, clover and timothy are con-
cerned The hay movement at the
present time Is normal
The end Of the old potato season
now is only about 80 days distant.
and the problem confronting the
growers who still have marketable
supplies is whether or not they VIII
be able to unload at prices satisfac-
tory to themselves within that time
The market may jump or it may go
completely to pieces. Nobody can
foretell what may happen at the
wind-up. 1t Is believed, however. that
there will lra demand up to the close
sufhcient to absorb the unsold stocks
remaining, provided the growers will
let go In manner to take care of
that demand, and not break the mar
ket completely at the finish by over
loading. Advice to the farmers would
be to sell wherever anything like fair
prices are offered, and not bank too
strongly on bulge at the finish.
Eggs Have Advanced
EGGS have gone up and chickens
advance of five cents dozen in the
egg price due to a growing scarcity,
the hens being ready to observe the
holiday season On the other hand
there is no inducement to market
the old stock, as live hens are quoted
at nine cents a pound only and live
ROSTERS at seven cents. Calves, alive.
are worth six to six and a half cents
pound. In the Portland market
fancy calves, light weight, have been
selling up to seven and three quarters
cents pound.
Yakima berries have displaced all
competitors and are selling now at
ten cents the quart.
General Quotations
The general market Is as follows:
Kalispell hard wheat -four, sack. 81. e6
Dutch mill ,s1.30
Yakima Best, per sack s1.45
Minnesota Blend, hard wheat $3.50
PrOSSer flour, per sack az