New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-19
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.


New York December IS 1913.
BUTTER-ReCeipts. T.llS pkEs. Improve
n-cnt II quality Of fresh creamery tends 20
soften the tone a little. especially as trade
IS light. Secondary grades slow and easy.
Process quiet bus steady. Creamery, extras.
SGg3 SIC; frsts. 2S3 SAC; seconds "a &c;
thirds, 22Q2So; held extras. 81 q S3c; held
20 q 23c: state dairy. finest. 81 q $50; good TO
prime. 26 a 3Oc common 70 fair, 2O0@oc,
process. extras 24is @ % &C. hrsts. 70 9 -4c'
% u 2312c, factory. held. Il 22ci current
make, frsts, p 82l nc; seconds, 1912 q -vc
thirds. is Ice; packing stock, held. 1872 q
e0hc; current make, No ?. l9Ql91ec NO
CHEEsEEReceipts. 2.4s2 boxes Trading
quiet on colored. A little more activity on
prices being hid. State. whole milk, held,
cO'orcd, specials, 1870, white, l5% q ne
average, fancy. IGi4 q 1910; fresh, coiored.
specials. lOc; white, lC4lb%c' average
fancy, 1874 U15&c, under grades. l2iz q
15i5c; daisies, held, best 16%c; Wisconsin,
daisies, held. best 16G 16izc, fresh. Ice,
twins and hats held. best 16q16lec state,
skins. held, specials 1SH13lgc, choice. ia
12c; fresh, choice. 1Oi7 q II nc: poor 10 fair
bq10c, full skins or badly defective, = ri &c.
EGGs-Receipts 1883 cases. Fresh gath
cred eggs unsettled and irregular. offerings
appear 20 DC more than sufficient for needs
and holders with surplus are anxious TO
sell. Sales under the call on Change ranged
81 88 33izc for frsts. Storage eggs quiet,
and while most holders ask unchanged prices
Eion. Fresh gathered, extras. dozen. SEC;
extra hrsts, 34835c; frsts 30 a. nc; sec
onds, 3Og sc, dirties 2j &c; checks, 2" p
25o: refrigerator, special marks fancy SOci
frsts. % 29izc; seconds, 27}7 g2sl5c lower
grades, 20 &c; nearby hennery whites, fine
10 fancy, 40Q 42ci gathered, fine 70 finest
B23S5c; Western. gathered. 80 q $50; nearby,
henuery brown, sec, gathered and mixed, 30
Q35c; fresh. foreign. l20-dozen cases, fair
70 prime, c6Q30c; held fresh, poor 10 fair,
229 2dc; refrigerator, poor 10 good. % q 2jc;
T TGif fir to RTiPRss 22A S24o - on,,ss
s. SOS bbs. Apples barely steady. Pears weak
except Kener, which rule firm. APPLES,
jonathan. Dbl. So 608S6. Twenty Ounce. 81 500
e.; Snow and SPY. 81 5oQS5; Spitzenburs, Bald
win AMI Hubbarcson, 81 508s4 80; York I'm
perial, S3Q$4 80; CreeninG, S24S4 90. King.
S31S5; Ben Davis, 81 25TS3 20: Far Western
box apples, 81 5oQ$2 50; PEARS, Beurre Bose.
Sheldon, Sass; Lawrence, S49S4 80; Kiettcr,
S2gS3 80; basket Socqsl 80; BeQrre q, Anton,
Cape Cod. late. Dbl. S. 5oqslo: New York crate.
6ushei crate s2a$2 %; New York. 81 e0afl S.;
detective. Dbl; $Sq$6 Long Island. crate, $40
$40; Early Black, 50 5O0Ss; Jersey, fancy,
large la;e sass 20. ordinary sorts. So 5Gd
s. %; crate. 81 T54S2 Is; STRAWBERRIES,
Florida quart. 4"4G5o' 0RSA an Florida
S0cqSl 80: Jamaica and Nassau, Sl8$l %
California 81 15QS4 %; GRAPEFRUIT Flor
ias, box, $2g$t; Cuban, 81 25yq$2 80; Isle Of
Pima 81 2jNS2 20; Porto Rico. 81 SS6S3 GO; ia
maica and Nassau, S1dS2 50: PINEAPPLES.
Porto Rico. crate, slgS2 70; Cuban and Florl5a,
HAY AND STRAW - Market generally
steady. with moderate offerings Of high grade
timothy. HAN-Large bsled. ton. timothy, No
]. $50 5OQS21 90; No 10 STANDARD, Sl5dS2U:
mixed sI4aSls 5O No l clover Sl7aSis; RYE
STRAW. s17TS1S; DAT STRAW, S12 Csmall
&-ALi I'VE: Is ~ unloaded 10
carloads by freight and about cars by eX-
press. Trading moderate and feeling somewhat
unsettled. CHICKENS, 10 13'sq14c; FOWLS.
l69i6ac; OLD ROSTERS 12c. TURKEYS,
mixed 1sc; DUCKS spring 16qlsc; GEESE.
10. l4c; GJINEAS. pair, Sc; PIGEONS, pair.
2oc. DREsSED-Receipts. 1907 pkGs. Move
ment in turkeys moderate early. but receivers
feel a little more steady, and the market ap-
pears 10 be in good healthy shape, on the
basis Of 24c for strictly fancy Western. I'm
boxes, and @3923iac in barrels. Tennessees
and Kentuckies held at 22022izc There ia
considerable stock here Of Western, Of simply
sale at 22q22izc Chickens and fowls in fair
demand for strictly large fancy roasting chick
ems and heavy fowls, and prices firm, espe
cially on scslded stock, but medium sized
geese firm for fancy. Fresh kllled-TURKEYS
dry packed, Maryland. Delaware and Jersey.
hens spd medium toms, fancy. 25c; large toms
poor to fair 1sg2Oc; state and Pennsylvania,
fancy, 2442Jc; Western, small boxes. Dir,
picked. fancy, 24c; bbls. 25Q23i3c; average, q
a22c. scalded. fancy. 23ikc: Ohio and Mlchi-
gan, bbls. fancy, 24c; Tennessee and Kentucky
average best. 2lh122hc; poor, 16Qlsc; Balti-
more, scalded. 2Oiz q21c; Texas average. 2Oq
pic; old. 21022c; BROILERS, dry packed, Il
20 box milk fed, fancy, 1SU2+ 10 20 dozen,
iz425c; p 70 q n, pc; corn fed. IS 20 a
u, 22d23c; 25 to 30 70. 1ea20c; CHICKENS.
10 dozen. 1sd1oc 60 n and over. 21izc; 4s N
and over. 20Hc: corn fed 81 20 - n. l6alTc;
so n and over 2Oc; IS - and over. 1sizal9c,
BRODERS. bbls. Philadelphia. fancy, ] = 70
. n each. 26a2sc; average, 23425c; Pennsyl-
vania, fancy. 24f25c; Virginia, milk FED. 23c;
Western, Z92lRc; corn fed. lie Michigan,
EMS. frying. TO @ n 10 pair. Philadelphia,
fancy, 1920; Pennsylvania, average. 16d17c.
Western and Virginia, milk fed average. &c;
corn fed, mixed, 14hc; Michigan. scalded, 14c,
other Western 13hc; roasting, Philadelphia.
fancy. ~ 23825c; Pennsylvania, 1902Oc: Penn
syivsnia and virginia mixed, 17alsc. West
corn fea fancy. 3 70, ls]sc; to AZ h, 17hg
soaidsd, i5s: Fowls. 70 to box, western,
iSc is to IS n 1sc: ~ to II n. i7c SS 5' TO-
AZ n, 14lz@15c; 30 70 35 n, 18ha14c. under
so 10 l28l8c; bbls, n each. n. 17lzc; 10.
Southern and Southwestern average, 1916:
Michigan. scaldoi. fancy. lie: mixed 1h4
15iic. other Western. fancy. 16c; small 13c;
poor. 10412c: OLD COCKS n. 15o; DUCKS.
spring, Maryland. fancy. zoe; poor TO fair u
gl6c: Wisconsin. stan fed, 1920; Ohio and
Michigan. fancy. 1sc: other Western, choice,
lIQlect average lONlpcs poor. lOg12cs GEESE.
spring. Maryland fancy 10000; Door 90 fair
14416c Wisconsin. stall fed. fancy. 1890:
Ohio and Michigan, 1sG19c: choice, lie: aver
age. l49l5c; poor. 10Q12c; SQUADS. prime.
white 10 70 70 dozen. Dozen 81 IS: o n. 81 q
ga so; 6 10. 50 80: n. 50; 10 GU H. 81 30:
dark. 81 rs: GUINEAs. spring. N 70 pair,
pair 81 1881 %; N each. pair, 76cGS1.
POTATOES AND NEGETABLFS Re-
ceipts sSo7 bbls potatoes and 1.es2 pkgs onions.
Potatoes steady for domestic. but European
in heavy supply and weak. Sweet potatoes
lower Brussels sprouts lower. Florida beans
higher Cabbages. chicory and escarol lower.
Romaine lower Kale and spinach lower.
POTATOES, Bermuda. Dbl, g 25lt5 %; Viz
ginia. late crop. 81 S7Q$2: Maine. bag &Z9
s2l5: $50 rbs. t2a32 q: Long Island. Dbl or bag.
50 25aF2 90; state $50 ms. S2dS2 u: jersey. Dbl
or bag. 81 B4t2. European lGS-io bag. SlaH Is:
sweets. Southern. Dbl. SldN 30; Jersey, 81 500
81 rs: no l. bskt. 6Ocdsl; ONIONS, white,
crate 81 b0lS2: yellow or red. lO0-ro box, 81 5Od
81; BRUSSELS SPROUTS; quart eai llS
BEANS. Florida. s20t4: BETS, Dbl, 81 ?39
81 30: loo-b lag s1Gsl 25; 100 punches sl6
$50; CARROTS. Dbl sq,i 25 bas 80 sS; :, 8
cT,CTrMBERs. bskt. s2as3 20: CELERY, state
and Western, dozen 25ae5c; standard crate.