New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-05
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.
Tor week ending February 4, 40
BEANS AND PEAS-Receipts for wee

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Tor week ending February 4. 1918
BEANS AND PEAS-Receipts for week,
soi2 bags beans, 24O peas; exports. loo
beans go peas; imports, IA. l3s beans. 1929
peas. Trade very quiet. and prices Il shade
easier. Within the last few days pea and
medium have dropped about DC. best lots now
selling at 81 loasi -, latter in ioobng way.
Holders ask SIS sOaS5 b for choice state mar
row. but demand II slack. since red kidney
have advanced 10 81 81 export orders have
come To hand slowly. and a little softer tone
+ developing at the close. White kidney
quiet. Yellow eye lower and in light de
mand Black beans have some call at about
- for best quality. Increased supplies Of
california lima and weaker advices from the
Coast have caused a decline OF fully 1oc Not
! much doing in either Scotch OF green peas
and prices 5dl0c lower. BEANS Marrow.
choice. 100 n, s. 30dS IS. common to good
| SoqSj -. medium, - l5afi ~: pea, - l5q
81 -. imported. s. 9jaSi 10: red kidney.
/ kidney 81 15GSj 80: yellow eye, 81 35aS4 40;
| lima. California. choice, loo 10 80 @Ods" 20;
! PEAS. Scotch. 100 10, 81 o5ns3 90 green. i'm
/ ported S3as3 ~
BUTTER Receipts for week. 36.I47 pkss,
last week. 5',op2: exports 10. Inc nrn .ss ;
/ by advance Of 1c on the best fresh table
grades after which there was "a good trading
AMI quite strong feeling UP to the close. On
| Monday another advance came rather timex
pectedly. There Is now steady 10 firm mar
| ket at 20 d31c for fresh creamery extras. and
secondary grades have sympathiZed In the I'm
provement 70 some extent The demand from
4 out Of town has helped undcrgrades. stocks
| Of storage butter have been greatly reduced.
ana comparatively lltue iahcS cteailsIy nov ~.
| remains IN first hands. Sales are reported ~
33n3fc. latter still rather exceptional There
! Il little cail for medium grades at 80 S-c.
| Process moving "A little better. but prices un
changed Factory quiet. Some increase In
the supply 81 packing stock. and values barely
! sustained. Creamery. extras. S8'su3,c; hrsts
$685. seconds, 2gH32c; thirds. 26d2sc; held,
I eytras 3Ja34c: nrsts 3lG32c seconds. 2sq3Oc
thirds q21c. state dairy finest 32ddt
| good 10 prime. 2s03lc. common 10 fair. 20
&c: process. eNtras. 26q2dhc: lrsis, ga
| 25isc. seconds 2Ia23c: thirds i9d2oc. imita
lion creamery nrsts. 2Ia25c; factory. held.
| 22a23isc; current make. hrsts. 22'sn%'c; sec
| onds 2la2iisc. thirds. lsnHc; packing stock.
held 2oa II 'sc: current make. No 2 20H2o''c;
so 3. l7nlyc
CHEESE Receipts FOR week. $500 boxes;
! exports 35i boxes and % boxes o Z.
/ The market has essed OF slightly. CLOSING
about IN the same condition as reported Iast
week There IS a great deal Of irregulariiy
/ iu the sales. even OF Ike quality, top quota
| lions represent exceptional transactions. ara
n would Ice almost impossible 20 realize on
prompt sale OF any line 81 cheese. Buying
| Is still only for immediate requirements. ana
there Is no speculative lhtedes' a, p 6,,ia,
! state whole milk held. colored. specials. Il !.
! ais nc. white. li'.dlsc, average fancy, l'a
i7igc. lower grades tal6izc; winter, Spe-
Gals 100 lie. average run, l5tIlo'1c white
| ijt.Ql5i1c. undergrades. l4dl3c; daisies
| held best l7iraisc: state. skins. held, spe-
Gals l3n IA. fair 20 choice. loulZc. winter
! choice. yqiic; poor 20 fair, 3ase; fun skins.
2a3c.
EGGs-Recepts for week. 4T.430 cases.
Market steady TO firm for fresh gathered UP
to the close % last week. There has been
some enlargement in the demand. a. many
dealers are shifting from storage 10 tresh
owing 20 the poorer quality OF the FORMER
| leading to an advance Of about '5c on Sstur
day 80 faY this week receipts have shown
considerable increase. and there are reports
~ larger shipments In transit. particularly
| from Southern points. Recent adFlces' how
ever, have indicated a severe cold wave IN
western and southerly producing sections. and
offerings have been restricted by speculative
| orders To hold stock OF the market. inns
has resulted in "A further Improvement OF about
| I.r on the leading grades. and the market
| closes firm. although the Improvement Ii en-
| ,lrely speculative and gained at the cost OF a
| considerable accumul alton Of stock In receiN
ers' hands Undergrades or fresh gathered
| quiet Storage eggs close irner on desiI able
qualities. although the full range Is without
Ing lots showing quality necessary to grace
as frsts and command top quotations Nearby
| white eggs IN fair demand. and good sized.
chalk white. rule Arm Much OF the supply
lack. size and color 20 exceed second quota
tons Fresh gathered. extras. dozen 20 &c
extra hrsts 25i9a26c; tirsts, iq2oc seconds
| average best. lsG2lc. poor to fair. iod lsc:
fresh gathered. dirtie-. iIdlso: checks, i5f
igc: refrigerator, nrsts. l9n 1915 seconds. II
Glsiac: thirds and poorer. lOgloc; nearby,
nal: selected. defective. 22d2sc; Western.
gathered, 25a2sc nearby. hennery browns, Is
| n 2pc: gathered and mixed. 25Q &c.
Fruits DRIED--Ouict market on spot
for evaporated apples. Upstate market barely
steady. closing with &c bid for prompt de-
livery, prime, b, and 5'sc asked. higher
in futures, last sales at sac FOR october No
yember delivery prime. q b. Upstate chops
quiet and about steady al 81 5OQ$l o. per
I00 n Tor prime In bbls. b, and waste
| .,tu az loose. terms. Hagp-
berries dull. Cherries quiet. Apricots, prlnes
ana peaches quiet, though steady. especially
larger size OF prunes and Moorpark apricots
APPLES eyaporated fancy. NJ. IhaSise:
choice. 6.a6ss; prime Job6ins; S.aaSc; &C, car
o,s ~ sa's; sun sun dried q ssss .d No. Sme
81 s76s2: RASPBERRlES. eyaporated, 17is9
zoe: CHERRIES. 12dl3c; iIUcKLEBERRlES,
isai7c: APRICoTs, california. Moorparks, 10
ia. a l6c: Royals. 1lal4c; PEACHES, CALI
fornia peeled. 22a2Sc; nnpeeled. 10. 9%qs..9c;
PRr'NFs, TOs to 30s. 25-ib boxes. 6i.Giihc;
i2Os to Sos. sO-ib boxes. 8ha5hc
HAY AND STRAW-Continued free offer
.ng OF hay but ombargoes are shutting OF
shipments and a better cleanup Is expected
Large baled hay, ton. timothy, No l. s2on
2. ti5aSIs 80; light clover, mixed SIS; No
4 mixed $i7Ikis; heavy mixed. 81 (small
baied hay &c lees than large.
UOPS-Receipts for week, ., S5f bales: eN-
ports, 100 Dealers keep picking up stock
in the interior so that the market has good
support from the country. Recent purchases
AT IHd lSc: some finer are held higher and
lower grades offering down 10 1879 14c. II IL
estimated that there are not over 5000 bales
now remaining In first hands In California.
8 little trading In the Interior OF New York
state mostly In grades worth 15dl7c,
sometimes little higher. Locally the
movement is very moderate. Brewers
taking In good deal OF stock. much OF II
on early purchases, and dealers make occa-
siopnl purchases. The feeling is Arm, and
prices without quotable change. State 1912.
brine to choice. 10. 20 q CSC; medium TO good,
20 n 2Sc: common. l5aisc; 1911. 1oQle
Pacific Coast 1912, prime to choice. 81 a 23c;
medium TO good. 1sp zoe; common, 15d17c;
IplI i2m18 older growths 81 l0c; inn
ported. 1912. 45T50c.
TRIITS-FRESH- Receipts for week. 20.
053 pkqs There have been free supplies OF
apples but the market has been well sus-
tained or leading varieties. and occasional
very closely selected marks have worked out
in special channels at n premium over quo
tntions Kierer pears arriving freely and
selling rather slowly Light trading in cra1-
berries. but holders not disposed to make
reductions Fancy oranges have been sus-
tanned; poorer stock has declined In values
Fancy grapefruit firm. and average sales
from. all sections slightly higher. Pineap-
pies elieh'ly easier on average offerings.
APPLES. Northern Spy. s2dSS rs: Spleen
berg So Jp0 50 70. Gano. S.gS3. Hubbard
son. Ben Davis and Beilsasur, 81 T69e2 10;