The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-12-03
NORTHWEST MARKET
REPORTS.

Portland.-Oats were again the
strongest feature OF the grain market,
and $3.50 was bid for any quantity of
May delivery at the session OF the
Merchants Exchange. Only one lot
OF 100 tons was available at this fig
ure, however For prompt delivery
$3.50 was bid with no sellers.
The export demand for oats is like
ly to keep the market firm as long as
the supply lasts. The British steamer
Lowther Range has sailed with $500
tons of oats for England. The Den Of
Airlie took out 500 tons, and 100 tons
was on the st. Hugo.
The barley market Is also firm. In
California there is sharp foreign de-
mand and export inquiries have also
been received here, but at current
prices European business is not yet
possible in the northwest
The call for January club was the
feature of trading in the wheat mar
ket. Four 5000-busbel lots were sold
at $1.16.
The week opened with quieter hop
market, but prices were on steady
basis. The Schmidt crop of 1856 bales
at Aurora was bought by H. L. Hart
at IL cents.
In California, buying has been heavy,
according to advices received by deal
ers. The Uhlmanns purchased 750
bales of Sacramentos at tx and s
cents. Flanagan e Faust sold 322
bales of Sacramentos at cents. Sales
of Sonomas included the crop of j. c.
Williams, POI bales, to Ballerd & Hunt
at 10 1-8 cents; Sanford Bros crop of
$50 bales at cents and other lots at
81 to 95 cents.
Imports of hops in September, ac-
cording to official statistics, were "a
842 pounds, compared with 98,092 in
the same month last year. Exports
were 483,986 pounds, compared with
2,867,148 last year; total imports at
New York up to November IA were
2447 bales.
Wheat-Bid: Bluestem, SLIT per
bushel; forty-fold, $1.1615; club
s1.13h; red Russian, s1.081z; red fife
$1.10.
Oats-No. white feed, $3.50.
Barley-No. 1 feed, $24.50; brewing
$500; bran, $500; shorts, $3.50.
Millfeed-Spot prices: Bran, S24d
$2450 per ton; shorts, s26@26.50; roll
ed barley, s27.50@2850.
Corn-Whole. s36 per ton; cracked
s37 per ton
Hay-Eastern Oregon timothy, ST.
@15.50; grain hay, s10@11; alfalfa
s13.50@14; valley timothy. $13@14.
Eggs-Fresh Oregon ranch, cas-
count, 40c; candled, 42hc; storage
27@30c; fresh. eastern, 35@37hc.
Poultry-Hens, 13c; springs, 13c
turkeys, ordinary 1S@19c; culls 15G
TIC; live 17@18c; dressed (choice)
20@21c; ducks, 10@14c; geese, 10Q
12c.
Butter-Creamery, prints, extras
1870 per pound in case lots; 15c NOR
in less than case lots; cubes, 31c.
Cheese-Oregon triplets, jobbers
buying price, 15c per pound I. o.
dock Portland; Young Americas, 15 "
per pound.
veal-Fancy, 11h@12c per pound
Pork-Block, 10c per pound.
Il Vegetables Cucumbers, SCOTS
per doz.; eggplant, &c pound; peppers
GOTHIC per pound; artichokes, 90c pc
doz.; tomatoes, 60c@$1 per crate
cabbage, A@1c per pound; peas, 10
per pound; beans, 6@7c per pound
celery, 50@75c per pound; cauliflowe
40@75c per dozen; sprouts, &c pc
pound; head lettuce, S1.S5@2 pc
! crate; pumpkins, lie per pound
] squash, lie per pound.
a Green Fruits-Apples, 65c@$1.5
e per box; casabas, 1Hc per pound
1 pears, $1@1.25; grapes, 75c@$1.75 pc
| crate; cranberries, 5000 per barrel.
= Potatoes-Oregon, 75@85c per sacl
Idaho, 85c; Yakima, 85cQ$1; swe'
potatoes, &c per pound.
Onions-Yellow, $4,000 per sack.
Hops-1914 crop, sole; 1913 GRO
nominal.
Wool-valley, 17@18c; eastern Or
3 gon, 10000 nominal.
= Mohair-1914 clip, 271hc per poun
!. Cascara Bark-Old and new, 4c p'
pound.
!, Cattle-Prime steers, s700@7.5'
II choice, $6.50@6.75; medium, 1925
$50; choice COWS, $5.75Q6.25 mediu
$525 q 5.75; heifers, $5.25 a 6.2l
}. calves, s6.00@8.O0; bulls. s3.00@4.7l
n stays, S4.50@6.00.
Hogs-Light, s700@7.45; heav
$6.00@6.45.
i Sheep-Wethers, s4.OO@5.60, eve
A $400@5.00; lambs, s5.00@6.50