Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-17
WIDER RANGE IN
Price OF SUGAR
Offerings of Sheep and
Lambs Good The Days
Prices Open Steady.

While a wider range in price is
price is shown today by the quota
lions on sugar. still the general ad-
vance predicted by some dealers did
not materialize. Beet sugar ranged
from $3.50 to IS per sack this morn
ing and cane sugar from IS to $3.50.
Steveral big sales of hogs were made
on the market Saturday afternoon.
Offerings on both sheep and lambs
are good and cattle offerings are fair.
Prices today opened steady and are
a. follows:
Wholesale Markets.
(The following are the prices paid
to the producers and not what the
wholesaler charges the retailer, ex-
cept in vegetables:)
observation-disclosures daily by the
Capital Brokerage & Commission COM
pany.)-New potatoes, $1.35@1.50 per
cwt,; new cabbage, $1.25 per cwt; tur-
nips, 81 per cwt
Local fruit-( Corrected daily by w.
j. Campbell & Son -Blackberrie S5c
@$1 per crate; peaches. IO@70c per
crate; watermelons, lac per pound.
Dairy produce-(Corrected daily by
the Jensen Creamery company)-
Creamery butter solid pack. zee: prints
extra; cream, per gallon, 81; milk, per
gallon, zoe; per hundred pounds. $1.70;
butter fat, 29c per pound.
livestock Corrected daily by the
Boise Butcher company Cows. SAFE
Q5 per cwt.; steers, $5.50@5.70; fat
hogs, $S@S25 per cwt; medium, $40
$50; heavy, 81; shearling wethers,
$4,000 per cwt.; ewes, $3@31sc per
pound; spring lambs, &c per pound;
spring chickens, 1904 per dozen; hens,
10c per pound; cockerels, SC per pound;
turkeys, 121ac per pound, live weight;
Ice per pound dressed; breakfast ba-
con, 19c per pound; ham, 1sc per
pound; lard, fierce base, 12hc per
pound.
Eggs, honey and ranch butter
Corrected daily by w. j. Campbell &
Son. Fresh ranch eggs. per case, 1915
@6; honey. per case, $2.4o@275;
ranch butter. 2O@221sc per pound.
Hay and grain-Alfalfa, $8QS.5O per
ton, baled timothy, baled, $1O@11;
wheat, $1.15 @1.25 per cwt.; oats, SIG
$40 per cwt; barley, 9Oc@s1.
Retail Markets.
Corrected daily by w. ]. Campbell
& Son)-Green peas, pounds for 25c
potatoes, 10 pounds for Csc; green
peppers, 40c per dozen; parsley,
DC per bunch; onions, 2 for &c; dry on
ions. sc pound ;radlshes, for &c; car
riots, sc per bunch; cucumbers. two for
sc; green peas, pounds for Csc; new
beets, &c per bunch; new turnips. &c
per bunch; new carrots, sc per bunch;
cauliflower. 10c per head; wax beans,
pounds for 25c; green beans, pounds
for Csc; sweet corn, 10 @25c per dozen;
tomatoes, pounds for Csc; celery, sc
per bunch; egg plant, 10c each; sum
mer squash. &c each.
Local fruits-Apples to pounds for
Csc; local peaches 15@35c per bas-
ket; per crate. e5c@s11o; plums. zoe
per basket; watermelons, &c per
pound; cantaloupe, 5@15c each.
Tropical fruits-Bananas, 3 pounds
for 25c; cut off bananas, 15c and zoe
per dozen; Florida pineapples. 12hc per
pound; oranges, zoe to soc per dozen;
lemons. S5@40c per dozen.
Eggs. butter and honey-Ranch eggs,
per dozen. 25c; creamery butter. s5c
per pound; ranch butter, zoe per
pound; honey. 15c per pound.
Sugar and lard-Beet sugar, per
cwt, s7b0@S.0o; cane sugar, per cwt,
ss.@s6o; lard. per lob. pail, $3.50;
maple sugar, 25c per pound.
Ffsh-Halibut 2oc per pound; sal
mon, zoe per pound; perch, zoe per
pound; salmon trout, 30c per pound;
salt cod, 15c per pound; smelts, 20c
per pound.
Poultry and meat-Hens. zoe; ducks.
22c; spring frys, soc to 65c; roasting
chickens, 22c; spring ducks, 2Sc per
pound; Jones dairy farm bacon, s5c;
cod 16c per pound