The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28
Continued Drouth in California
Has Sent the Prices There
Toward the Sky
INQUIRIES ARE MADE
AS TO SUPPLIES HERE
Eggs Are Going Down Slowly But
Butter and Sugar Are Holding
at Substantial Figures for the
Season

While there is no special market
said that there is general belief
that things look pretty good and
| that the situation" is improving.
There is some slight buying of pota-
toes with $25 a ton being the price,
some sales a little above and some a
little below that figure. It is not
thought that the market on the SCUM
VIII Justify a price higher than S27
at this time and for that reason many
of those who would otherwise be buy
ing are holding. Business is begin
ming to look up little also for the
hay men. Because of long continued
drouth in the alfalfa growing dis
tricts in California it is now practically
certain that there will be a short crop
of that staple in the state of Cali
fornia this year.
California Enquiries
California dealers are now endeav-
oring to ascertain whether it will be
possible for them to make purchases
In this state. e. G. Burlingame one
of the large producers of the Walla
Walla district has been asked if it
will be possible for the southern con-
Germ to purchase 10000 tons, at onca
at or near Walla Walla. The coast
demand for timothy and alfalfa has
been gradually strengthening and the
shortage in California Is likely to adj
vance the prices which have hitherto
held steady. Another important factor
is the commencement, in various parts
of this state Of railroad construction
and other kind of building in which
teams are used which will use up the
surplus in several of the producing
districts.
1t is the anticipation that the Cali
fornia crop having failed the big gov
eminent contracts will come north
this year which will take consider
able tonnage from the Yakima valley
either to fill part of the contract or to
move forward and fill in the vacancy
made by removing the government
hay.
Meat Prices Steady
Meat prices are holding steady and
there are no changes of any conse-
sequence to be reported in that con-
nection. 1t seems to be pretty well
settled that the meat food produce
ton of the Yakima valley will be
greatly augmented the next few years
Feeding is slowly but surely taking
the place of selling the hay in the
bale and. as reported by the professors
of the state college there has been a
great awakening in the livestock bust
nescs in the Yakima country within
the past two seasons
Eggs are now retailing at 25 cents
a dozen and the hens are about do
ing their best at this time. Butter
remains at it's recent advance of forty
cents per pound straight. Sugar has
been advancing considerably of late
and is now retailed at fourteen or
fifteen pounds for the dollar, some
stores giving one and some the other
amount.
General Report
The general market is as follows:
Kalispell hard wheat flour, sack $1.65
Dutch mill ........ ...... SI.2o
Yakima Best -four, per sack $3.50
Prosser -four, per sack So
Washington hard wheat -four ..$1.30
Kennewick Best, patent -four $3.50
Alfalfa, ton, wholesale. $3.50 q $3.50
Wheat hay, per ton $3.50 % $3.50
Timothy hay, per ton s1S@$13.50
Potatoes per ton $22 "a $26
Onions, per ton .............. $50
Fruits, Vegetables, Groceries, Retail
Creamery butter, pound. So. Acc
Ranch butter, pound .30c
Eggs, per dozen soc
Cheese, Wisconsin, pound .25c
Brick cheese, pound ........... soc
Imported Swiss cheese. pound ..4Oc
Limburger cheese. pound .25c
Dill pickles, dozen zoe
Bananas, dozen 35c
Lemons, dozen .30c
Oranges, dozen .25c. 40 and soc
Florida grape fruit, zoe. 2 for 35c
California grape fruit ...... for Csc
Turnips, pound ................. &c
Beets, pound ..... &c
Parsnips, pound ..............2Ia C
Cabbage, pound .............. 4c
Apples for table use, pound, sc to 7c
Sauerkraut, per pound ....... &c
Dried onions ....... 8 pounds CSC
Caulifiower, head ......... .15c % 20c
Green peppers, pound zoe
CtltTy, 1UC
Lettuce, per head loo
Potatoes, pound ........ Inc
Walnuts (new) per pound ...... .25c
Almonds (new) per pound ..... use
Hickory nuts, per pound ..25c
Pecans, per pound use
Brazls, per pound Csc
Hazel nuts. per pound ..... use
Chestnuts per pound use
Prunes (neW) ...... 2 lbs. for Csc
Cranberries, pound 20, for $50
Sugar, IA pounds for ...... 800
Mcats-Prices Paid Producers
Live hogs. pound ......... s. u c 90 &C
Dressed hogs. pound .71ac q SC
Calves, pound 49,. cQ11c
Mutton sheep (alive) Id. ..31 c@4c
Dressed mutton, pound $50. TIC q Sc
Beef cows, pound ......4c % 4.c
Steers, pound ...........5 &c a SIC