The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-10-08
NORTHWEST MARKET
REPORTS.

Portland Wheat trading in the
country was limited, not only because
Of the extreme prices asked by farm
ers, but also owing to the congested
condition Of the docks here and at the
Sound ports.
Local buyers on the Exchange bid
lower for club and red wheat, offering
"a cents for the former and 88d89
cents for the latter, but Tor forty-fold,
bids were advanced balf cent to 983
cents. Bluestem was unchanged at
s1.02S bid.
Weakness was in evidence in the
oats and barley markets. For spot
oats, buyers offered $3.50 and for
November oats, s26.50. For barley,
$40 was bid, Mill feed was unchanged.
Wheat . Bid: Bluestem, s1.02tc
per bushel; forty-fold, 98sc; club,
90c; red Russian. $50; red Fife, 89c.
Oats - Bid: No. / white feed,
s25. so per ton.
Barley-Bid: No. feed. $50 per
ton; brewing, $40; bran, s23; shorts,
s24. so.
Millfeed-Spot prices: Bran, s25@
26.50 per ton; shorts, s28@28. so;
rolled barley. s2S.
Corn-Whole, s3S per ton; cracked,
500.
Hay-Eastern Oregon timothy, SIC
all per ton; grain hay, s11@l2; al
falfa. s12@13.50.
The English hop crop is turning out
to be larger than was estimated.
Every cable received in the past few
days makes the quantity greater. The
cables estimated yield Of 500, 900
cwt., and a cable sent by one of the
largest London firms said the crop
would be 600, 900 cwt. Either the
English merchants were badly fooled
by the size of the crop before it was
picked. for they estimated it then at
$50, 900 to 400, 900 cwt., or they are
trying by means of these big figures to
J get prices down. The market in
London has gone off badly. A cable
quotation being so to 80 shillings per
cwt, equal to 1911 to 1929 cents per
: pound.
This break in London prices is not
: only severe blow to the English hop
growers, but it is also carrying down
hop prices on the Pacific Coast. The
best price reported in the local market
is 13t cents. The market stood al
that figure just before the war. After
hostilities began prices started climb
Il ing until they touched 1919 cents anc
u a fraction over Now they are bach
N ,.-ko~o 41ox, "a Thaea lor.
g prices, if they are maintained, viii
: give the shorts an opportunity to cover
It their sales at profit. Thousands Of
/. bales of Oregon hops were sold shor
for October delivery at IA to Is cents
l. Two individual sales of 1000 bale
o each are known to have been mad
s within this range of prices. An activ'
If covering movement in the near futur
y can therefore be looked for.
Eggs - Fresh Oregon ranch, cas-
~ count, sac per dozen; candled, $50
al 35c.
ID Poultry = Hens, 13@13i cents pc
u pound; turkeys, young, l8 a zoe
ducks, 10@1lc; geese, 10@11c-
E. Butter - Creamery prints, extras
" S5c per pound; cubes, 30@32c.
he Pork-Block, 101@l3c per pound.
is Veal-Fancy, 12a@13c per pound
y rough and heavy, 9@10c.
IN Vegetables = Cucumbers, sl.50 pc
= box; eggplant, &c per pound; peppers
e. &c; artichokes, S5c@s1 per box; Il
p matoes, 100000 per crate; cabbag,
as 1sc per pound; peas, 10@1lc; beam
case; corn, 75c@s1 per sack; celery
S, 50@85c per dozen; caulifiower, s1.2
ct @1.75; asparagus, s2.25; sprouts, 10
re per pound.
es Onions Yellow, s1@1.25 per sacl
Green Fruits - Apples. 75c@s1. s
per box; cantaloupes, 81 a 1.50 pc
crate; casabas, s125@1. so per dozer
pears, s1@l. so per box; peaches, 45C
" Csc; grapes, 75c@s1.50 per crats
cranberries, SO. so per barrel.
Of Potatoes = Oregon, l.35G1. so p'
q sack; Yakima, S1.50.
m Hops - 1914 crop, IL a l3tc p'
pe pound; 1912 crop, nominal.
he Wool-Valley, 1S3@20ac per pounC
of Eastern Oregon, 16@20c; mohair, 19l
,st clip, &c.
M Cascara bark-Old and new, &c p'
pound.
n Cattle-Prime steers, S6.75@6. 81
of choice, Sc. 50@6.75; medium, S6.25
in $50; choice cows, s6@6.15; medium
ar. s5.25 a 5.75; heifers, s5.5 a 6.5
lie calves, seas; bulls, s3@4.75; stag
est 4.50@6.
Isl Hogs-Light, ss@s O5; heavy. 81
.ed 7.O5.
ed Sheep - Wethers, s4@5. 40; eve
,tb SO. SOFA. so; lambs, s5@6.
ult
Seattle-Butter is so plentiful tn
prominent jobbers predict that t
market will not move in either dire