New-York tribune., 1912-01-24
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.


Roots firmly held at fun prices.
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.
For the ,voek ended Tuesday. January 25, 1912.
RF,Ns AND PEAs-Reccipts for the week,
pof4 bags beans, 4JS bags peas, exports, l.2l0
beans 2.53i p,as lpGs p,I,, 'ars aVV OtSms ana m
| unoer more active trading. Marrow and pea
| showing the most strength At the close
choice marrow ar held at 495' shaded only
/ fnT a conriderabic lot, and some goods held
nm ia s. Medium have not shared so much
| ia the advance. and are quiet. on grades do
ing fairly we'll Red kidney weakening; orders
| for export layc come IN slowly ana SITUATION
| IL uncsrtSir: IS 20 for Cnoicc Is obtained in .
! ,,hhir1 ,yay but would be shaded for whole
! sale business White kidney very strong.
strictly choice, n here, would bring full quo
| re Lrinpi,,y sellers price. yellow eye weak
and further shading OF values al the close.
! llttle stronger. BEANS marrow, cholce, 100
! H. i9udSi %: poor TO good, ~ i"o0S4 oo'
medium, choice. s. 2SgS459 poor to good,
$8aS4 20, pea, choice, 81 ~ o 81 %; poor 10
GOOD. 81 d 81 30: red kidney, choice s. 20; poor
TO good. s. Il 81 10 white kidney choice, ~ 80
| cSG; bllck, choice, So; yellow eye Gnoice
! scotch choice, SO o. Sc 10; green, Imported,
commcn TO choice, S. I5gsI -. -,o
rkgsi last week, 37TS2; exports TO Europe
/ I 655; 10 other countries. J6j With heavier
receipts and a shrinking demand prices nave
declined. There is some speculative support
/ but outlook uncertain. ana prices still reld-
/ lively high. The cause of the decline Is inc
lighter demand and heavier shipments. De-
/ iayed stock has come In. and receivers have
10 desire to carry a surplus from day to Jay.
/ At the close special fresh crcamcr, is SenInE
fairly VII at CSC. not much snap to trade, win
otner grades down IN proportion Very litur
| business in held creamery, and quotations
nominal Process. factory and packing stock
| all firm. little packing stock Offering mere
! Creamery. specials, ID, 3sc; extras DC; htsts,
held, specials. S7iac: extras, 36i5 a d31c, frsts
san %Oc' seconds, - "a &c; tnirdf' -Na 9lt,
state dairy, tubs, finest, JGis n 81 &c; good to
prime, - a Soc; common to fair - Isic q zoe;
| process. specials, 2JT 40lzc; eNTas, SH-S'sc'
rent make, hrsts. 20 be: seconds, 2ilac; thirds.
22H23 tsc. packing stock current make, No :,
20 /. n a2tc: No ., 81 @e2isc.
! boxes: EXPORTS to Europe. L4s5 pkgs 10 other
countries, 153. Market steady all week. Re; re;
! lack by cold weather. Demand moderate. bat
| prices well sustained on all grades. Iost
mix nats. High Eradc skins hrm. most
business In fresh Al 13Hl%Ac. state. whole
milk. fall and earlier specials ID. l,ci aver
/ age rauC,. 1870. winter make. specials, l6l lsg;
sverage fancy, l6'ac, under grades. li's n Ice
| Daisies. sal and earlier, best. TIC, state,
| Skins full and earlier, specials. l4t n lfla";
choice, l24lic: winter make. specials, l3la
| i%7,c; .oho &C. 13 gi"h.c; under grades, nom
! EGGS-Reccpts for the week ~ 100 cases.
| General speculative demand very quiet. accu-
mutations In receivers hands not materially
! reduced. hut there has been steady reduction
| il th, stock Ia cold storage, and with pros
| poets Of continued light receipts most le-
| ceiyern have felt confidence and prime stock.
/ free from material damage by frost. has been
I bccn mo, 'ns moderately. fairly hrpi, a. full
/ former quotations Fresh gathered extras.
I dozen, 3ST}Ic, extra nrsts, "4Q %Jc, nrSts,
~ &5c seconds ~ 9S2c: thirds and poorer.
checks. prime, - q 23'; poor Ia fair, lhd 3lc;
! rrfrg"ratprs special marks. fancy 29ls q "Vc;
nrss, - q 29c: seconds. ~ 2sc, thirds. - -
PC. poor Is q :1c; state, Pennsylvania and
' grbv, heuuery whites. fancy, large, new laid,
GOO; far 10 good. selected. SOC: hennery
! utowns 3G Y BE; gsthcied ana mixed, 32g35c.
! whites. Western. a5G:sc.
/ FRtITS-DRIED-Recs for tue week.
/ 90 cases dried apples ard N.lS7 pkgs othor
/ dried fruits. exports, 35.942 rkgs dried f,uts.
/ tvaTolated apples barely stead,. with outside
] quotations lull. In futures trhc weaker feel
I ing developed. and at the close We quote SIC
. Z for January. Prime, ssasNc, January
when he,o. demand fIili quotations for prime.
/ market bare Of sliccs. spot chops nominal. SPOT
/ at The close. 81 J9ss " pr 100 IL January IN
/ thls o b. future waste lower. closing at 81 ~
| Tot immediate delivery and 81 sTdt2 for Fcbru-
| AIRY March. Rasphcrrios quiCt but hrm. Apr
! co.'s, prIues ard peaches quit APPLES, cyap-
oiatod. fancy. ~. 'arlots. lo.sr johblng salcs.
lo,a iosg .hs ~ o s-ro,5; 5tt,5 S.r io'Sing S az g.
/ good, "a =r. sun dried qU5uerf. bags, III. Sn
! Sc. Chopf. bhIs. ln H. s. ioaS2 -. waste,
! RAsPBERRlES 2s92s 'ar. APRlCOIS, Califor-
PEACHES. Uos'oI .UH2.r. Unr'rlcd. To-. dl2. .sc.
/ PRt' MES. So 10 20 - 10 boxes, lopl3hc. loos
] FRlIT>-FFESH- Receipts for the week
/ ara Ihls appIes and 4al hbls and T! crates
] cruuncrri,r Apples have been iu heavy sup
/ rly. and market is active and hrm for good
/ stock. anything chilled ur frozen drags1g. Pears
quite plenty aud scll slowly, UU.ess fancy. 'ran-
| berries DUN and prices slightly roduyfd straw
ierriNs arriving arc largely green aud -ell slowly.
! and market nrmcr Iueappcs moving slowly.
| Nt7LES. SuitAeLhIrg. northern sP>. TWENTY
ounce ana king en, t2n$ tu3lordfon S2l
! 81 -. Baldwin. - 2aps3 80; Ben Davis. 81 2aT
/ So. NoH, Imperial. II 7.4S3. Gre'ninl. S2GN4
| common and badly frozen, Na&l 70 faT West
| EN-, toNes, SiaSl PEARS. kIeTcr, basket 50rh
| 81 CRANbERRiES Care COD euI Jersey
| lioues fancy. bbi SO. average SgqSa -. f,ir
| e. prime 81 50dSs 80. New York crate S2a
! ~ 20. native. tbl - 5O0SO standard crate Saq
/ 81 80: New lork. s. lopS2 -; Long Island late.
/ ~. Si0qslo 20. Eary Elsck. IS 5oata %.
I FRUIT, Florida. hos $3.50 30. Cuban. s. iaaS5:
/ Nassau. 81 I2dSf g.. ORANGES Florida. box,
/ aSl CO. Porto Rico. 60cq$2 -, TANGERTNEs.
| stap, S2Nki, bUMQIATs, quart, ll0lIc;
/ FINEAPPl.ES, Porto Rico, crate. 81 l0dS5 ~.
/ C.han I5cqS2; Florida, 81 25dSa -.
! HAY-Dcinand active FOR al grades Of ,iu-
otHy hsy with the market hardening; receipts
! moderate. High grade clover mixed hay arm
| low gsde small baled hay dull Rye strnw quiet.
| Hay, large bales timothy prime. 100 No. 81 35.
No to no J. 81 logsl 20 EhipPI4s. slgSl G];
| 81 20; heavy. tiasi ~ purc slasi -: STRAW.
| i'n.g ryc. aoaa1c, oat and wheat aOaGoc.
itOfN- ktt'lple ioI li' week. G'iN bales.
exports, 5.l'2 Brewers are not IN need ~
stock. and dealers are cautious The strong
statistical position however gives a hrm aud
confident ceiling. and offerings are reserved
Stocks very light and bids have been made for
| ono Years contract AZ 2dc without results There
has been q disposition 10 make further contracts
! for three wears At rates previously bid IN New
| YORK few prime sold at 8jc and about 800
hnlfs "t l9Ois al l5,-c. on tho Pacific Coast
sales ranged from 42i.C n 4Ic iu California and
! Oregon, part hy dealers and part by growerf
STATE. 1911. prime 20 choice. 5ja57c; medium 20
good. 50nj4c: Pacific Coast 1911. prime to choice
asa lc. medium e. good fJniS-. 1910 nominal
SsMiOc; 1902. 3Oq3jc: older growths, @Od2sc;
Germans. 1911. aOcaSl 10
GAME Foreign shows little chang. DO
| me stir cottoutaII rabbits lower PHEASAN'rS
English, dozen. SIS. SCOTCH GROUSE SD
BLACK rLo2YER3 g 5ogE!; nLAck cocks
saddles, Ea ;-jc. fore quarters, l0c; DEER.
whole, 1870: RABBITS. cottoutail domestic
pair ,Io prime 1'glSG; JACK RABBITs. ESQ 40.
67 carloads by freight and about ~ carr by OK
press. Strong adv"es. predicting short supplies
aud higher prices caused shippers OF live poultry
10 use eNtraOrdlnary Efforts TO secure stock, ro-
suiing tn the largest receipts ~ fowls ever
| active. and prices steadily declined under the
heavier arrivals. This week opened with feeling
still unsettled. buyers holding on the larger
proportion OF receipts limited at extreme prices
by shippers and scarcely sufficient business 10
establish values Ono carload sold at auction az
II lsc. and another at 11Ac for fowls but I'm the
market only one carload was sold during the day
at wholesale ~ l2iac for fowls and II Lc for
| chickens To-day two cars OF prime Western
sold ~ l3c Tor fowls and i2c for chickens. which
established thos" quotations. hut some holders
claimed II impossible 10 realize these figures. and
several cars were delivered i2c chcaner. Turkeys
were In liberal supply and steady Ducks in fair
demand and firm. CHICKENS. express. N. 12a
il2lsc; Western freight. p-imc l2c; southern
freight. primo. 13c: poor 10 fair. l2igc: south
crn. average best. i2'sc; RoOsTERS 9c; TuR-
Western, 1sc southern. nc: GEESE Western.
l2H he: Southern, II isc; GUINEA FOWLS. pair,