New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02

AFTER April arrivals were excessive, ac-
foundations very large. and with a cool
summer and unusually light waste, the
fall season opened with an unprecedented
quantity in storage. The high cost of re-
serve led TO high fail prices. especially as
hot weather In September made a scarcity
OF high grade fresh The height Of the
fall advance was reached in late Novem-
| ber when prime TO average finest West
ern fresh reached 81 TO 3Sc. but during
the early fall storage eggs were urgently
offered at or near output cost, say, Il to-
24l2c, and the movement was so moder
ate In relation to quantity on hand that
in November the market weakened under
| increasing pressure to sell, and in Deem
Der it broke badly. to a general range OF
! III TO 20c. Several hundreds of thou
| sands OF cases have thus been closed out
at heavy losses. Mild weather during De-
| cember has increased production and led
to serious decline in fresh eggs also, and
! the year closes with weak and unsettled
market for fire. h stock and about $50, 900
cases Of storage eggs remaining in New
York and Jersey City. Closing prices
range at % to csc for fair to average
best Western and Southern fresh and IS
to 20c for fair to average finest refriger-
ators. Receipts for the calendar year
were 4.72S,5jS cases OF 30 dozen each.
against 5.o16.721 cases last year. when
the early winter receipts were abnormally
heavy.
LIVE POULTRY.-The rapid increase
In the Hebrew population OF greater New
York and its suburbs has steadily in
creased the consumptive demand for poul-
try. and as their religion compels the use
of kosher killed poultry II has required
larger quantities of live to supply this in
creasng demand. The receipts from Janu-
airy ] TO December 81. 1912. by freight
and express footed UP a total Of 5,607
carloads, against 1898 carloads during
1911. Notwithstanding the larger supplies
the consumptive demand has Increased In
proportion and receipts have cleaned UP
from week TO week. with prices averaging
shade higher than during the previous
year.
DRESSED POULTRY. - Business in
dressed poultry has been a profitable one
for NEST all Interested. from the producer
to the retailer. The crop was large one,
with receipts at New York footing
total Of 1854 21 packages, against l,Ol5,-
729 packages in 1911. The larger proper
ton OF receipts are shipped In barrels,
though a good many came packed I'm
small boxes-twelve birds in n box-espe-
cially I'm cold weather Taking all styles
of packages fair estimate OF weight
would be about $50 pc inds per package,
which would total weight of 16S.659,36O
rounds.
HAY-The highest prices for years
were recorded on the New York hay
market Iring 1912 The market opened
last January with the best timothy sell
ing up to s26 a ton, and prices rose
steadily until s33 was reached early i'll
May. rare sales even higher The 1911
American crop was very short and TINS
country drew heavily on Canada, paying
81 ton duty on all imports. From June
on prices gradually declined. as the l9l2
crop was very heavy. 1881 900 tons
against 54,916,000 tons in 1911. and at
this writing s22 marks about the top OF
the market.
MILK AND CREAM-On December
the New York Milk Exchange adopted
the classification of milk OF the New
York City Board OF Health, and since
then two grades have been quoted. The
fluctuations In prices. which are net to
the shipper I'm tho CSC zone. follow.
January To February .. nc; February
is to 90, &C. March. $50; April 3i2c;
May, SIC; June TO July Is. Sc; July 10
to September 80. 3isc; October sac;
November &c: December, 4i.c for Grade
3. and 4Ic for Grade g. The rates
which go into effect to-day are &c for
Grade u and 3Mc for Grade 6 ite-
ceipts Cf milk for 1912, 10 December 81.
in 40-quart cans. were l13lu"Ou. OF
cream and condensed milk, $4,000 cans.