Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-28
New York Produce Market

Yesterday.
BUTTER-There was another ad-
vance in fancy stock yesterday of nc
and the market closed last night firm
and well cleaned up. Every held
stock sold fairly well, but process,
ladies and other undergrades were
slow. Much delayed stock Is still In
transit. Prices follow: Creamery ex-
tras, 31932c; firsts, 2SQ31c; seconds,
24@27c; held extras. 29@30c; firsts, 26
@2Shc; State dairy, finest 30@31c;
good to prime, 26@29c; process extras,
221s@23c; firsts, 21@22c; ladies', cur
rent frsts. 2ols@21c; packing stock,
current make, No. 2, 1870; No. 3
16@1sc.
CHEESE-There were no changes
in quotation yesterday. Fair trade.
Receivers are taking pains to keep
frost out of the fresh arrivals as
much as possible. But little held stock
Is going into consumption, the
receivers preferring to clean up their
fresh arrivals and hold the fancier
stock. Lent, receivers say, is bring
Ing little more trade without an in
crease in price. Prices are: State,
white, specials, 18@1Shc.; colored,
specials, 1S91Skc.; average fancy,
17A@17%c.; undergrades. 14x@16hc
Daisies, held, best. Tx 91Sc.; skins,
held, specials, 1871 @14Ac.; held, choice,
11q12hc.; Skins, fresh, good to choice,
10@11Ac.; poor to fair, 6@10c.
Eggs-Rece.pts of nearby produc-
ton are heavier and price off 1c for
those. That was about the only
change in quotations yesterday, with
a fairly good trade. At the call of
the Mercantile Exchange yesterday
there were sold 100 cases of frsts at
2SAc, 500 at 30c, so at 29iac, and 100,
sellers next Wednesday, at &c. This
would indicate a lower market. Duck
eggs are becoming more plentiful, but
they will be high until after Easter.
Prices follow: Fresh gathered extras,
extra firsts. 30lac; firsts,
294s@30c; seconds. 28@29c; Pennsyl-
vania and nearby hennery whites, fine
to fancy. 32c; hennery browns, $40
312c; brown and mixed colors. $40
3O1ac; refrigerator, finest, 261s @27c;
fair to good, 24@26c; European, fresh,
120 doz. to case, common to prime,
21@26c. Duck eggs, State and nearby
white, 39@40c; Baltimore, 37h@3Sc;
Western, 35@36c; Tennessee and other
good Southern. 34Q35c,
LIVE POULTRY-Yesterd saw
fifteen cars of freight stock unloaded,
with ten cars left on track. This has
expected with the bad weather pre-
vail'ng. Buyers are talking easier
prices for next week They could
not change quotations this week and
there will be some poultry carried
over under the sheds of receivers.
Quotations follow: Chickens, nearby,
16c; fowls, 18c; old ROSTERS, 125kc;
turkeys. 1sc; Western and Southern
ducks. 1Sc; geese, lac; guinea fowls,
pair. SIC; pigeons, pair, soc.
DRESSED POULTRY-yesterd
some of the fresh-killed stock. which
has been on the road for over a week,
arrived. These all show frost, and
some are badly discolored. Scarcity
of receipts keeps prices steady. Frozen
poultry continues In evidence. and
virtually all turkeys offered are
frozen. Good frozen fowls in fair
demand, with better prices prevailing
for smaller sizes. Frozen old roosters
go out at 14c, with chickens moder-
ately active. Fresh squads In fair de-
mand for large sizes. The small are
irregular in price and slow sale.
Quotations are: Fresh-ki' led turkeys,
Western, box and barrels. fancy, 25c;
Tennessee and Kentucky, best, 2SQ
291sc; Texas, best. 23c; broilers, Phila-
dnlnhia, fancy. 1h lbs. each. ner H.,
oUW1VCs iOo- edCAy OVNHooGg = mo-
m lk-fed, 1902 lbs, 24c; chickens,
Phiie delphia. fancy. 24625c; mixed,
17@1Sc; Western milk fed, 17q19c;
coarse, 14c; capons, Philadelphia, 9G10
lbs, 2S@30c; slips. 20@21c; Western, 8
lbs, 24c; 6@7 lbs, 21@23c. Fowls,
Western. boxed. so lbs. and over to
dozen, 19c; S6@42 lbs, lie; under 80
lbs, 15c; In barrels, lbs, 1Sc: Michi-
gan scalded. 161s@1sc; Western and
Southern, poor, 129141sc. Frozen
Turkeys, small Western selected hens
and toms. Csc; Tennessee and Ken
lucky, 23@231c; Texas. 23c; old hens,
2S@24c; old toms, 22@2sc; broilers, II
to box, milk fed, fancy, 1904 lbs,
26@27c; corn fed, 24@25c. Chickens,
milk fed, 31636 lbs. to dozen, 10000;
corn fed, 17@1sc. Fowls, Western,
boxed, 60 lbs and over to dozen. 19c;
S0@35 lbs, 16@161kc; old ROSTERS, lac;
ducks, Long Island, 1S@19c; Western,
17@1Sc; No. 2. 13@14c. Geese, West
ern, fancy. 16617c; No, 2, 13614c.