Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
New York Produce Market
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BUTTER-The activity Of several
out-of-toWn buyers resulted in a &c
advance yesterday in table stock.
although most receivers did not
think conditions justified a higher
range. Better trading followed
tho recent decline, and the adj
vance was justified There is
Il good deal of stock on hand,
with a tendency toward accumula-
ton, particularly of the undergrades,
Held creamery is urged for sale on
account of the large supplies, which
are being increased by shipments
from the interior. Process is without
demand. There is little doing in
ladies'. Packing stock is steady on
best lines. Prices follow: Creamery,
extras. 2502512c; firsts, 2Sm241ac; Sec
onds, 21d22c; held extras, 24c; flrsts,
22923c: State dairy, finest, 2ic; good
to prime, 22d23c; process extras, 20q
Ole; firsts. 19@191ac; ladies'. current
firsts, 19c; packing stock, current
make, No ., 15@Ml6c; No. 8, 13ml5c.
CHEESE-The market is firm and
a trifle higher on the top grades OF
cured cheese Fresh makes are a lit
tie more plentiful. Fancy skins firm
Prices are: State, white, specials, l9c;
colored, specials, 1910; average fancy
1SibM1S&c; undergrades, 16nlSc;
skins, held, specials. 14@14%c; held
choice. 12@19c: skins, fresh, good to
choice, 101h@6111ac; poor to fair, Ga Zoe.
EGGS-The violent decline early in
the week resulted in "a slight reaction
Yesterday and the market advanced
1bc under better trading. Lower
prices have stimulated consumption
and the outlet is greatly increased
Receipts yesterday We're 21.993 cases
being the heaviest so far this week,
even SURPRISING Tuesdays arrivals,
which usually shows the heaviest ar
rivals of the week. Nearby eggs show
better movement and are firm. Since
retailers offer as many as fourteen
eggs for Zoe, all fresh, the consump-
ton is heavy. Duck eggs not suf-
ficent to meet demand. Not enough
goose eggs to quote. Prices follow:
Fresh gathered extras, 221a @23c; extra
first, &c; firsts, 21@211ac; seconds.
20Iac; Pennsylvania and nearby hen
merry whites, fine to fancy, 23@24c;
hennery browns, 221h @23c; brown and
mixed colors, 2113M22c. Duck eggs,
State and nearby whites. SS@4Oc; Bal
timore, 37M3Sc Western, 36@37c; Ten
nessee and other good Southern $50
36c
LIVE POULTRY-There was quite
an active demand and the market
cleaned up with fowls particularly in
good demand and higher. Receipts
were four cars Western and six
Southern by freight, making eighty
six for the week SO far, with twelve
cars on track. Quotations follow
Fowls. 16hc; ROSTERS, old and young,
PC; turkeys, mixed hens and toms,
16m1Sc; ducks, Western and South
ern, 1sc; geese. Western and South
ern, 14c; guineas, per pair, Csc;
pioeOng. npr pair. 90
DRESSED POULTRY-Th demand
for fresh killed fowls is SLOW and
prices have been cut to stimulate
trading. Fresh-killed fowls furnish
the bulk of the arrivals. Old ROSTERS
are scarce. Squads more plentiful
but slow. Frozen chickens and fowls
are irregular Fancy frozen turkeys
firm, but cheap grades in little re-
quest. Frozen ducks and geese dull
Philadelphia, fancy, IL lbs. each, per
10, 39a42c; . lbs each, 33d Soc. Chick
ems, Philadelphia, fancy, 24o 25c;
mixed, 17d19c: coarse, 14c. Capons.
Philadelphia, 8 to 10 lbs, Csc; slips.
2O@21c; Western. lbs, 24c; 6 and I
lbs, 91@22c.
Fowls, Western. boxed, so lbs and
over to doz., 1Sc: SO TO AZ lbs, lea
161ac; under 80 lbs. 14m1415c; in bar
rels, los, Id7ac, western, tancy
scalded. lie; Western and Southern,
poor 12@1fc Old roosters. 14c.
Fro2en-Turkeys, small Western
selected hens and toms, 25c Ten
nessee and Kentucky, 93@231ac;
Texas, 23c; old hens, 23m24c; old
toms, 22623c. Broilers, u to box,
milk fed. fancy. IS to "a lbs, 25@
26c; corn fed. 23m24c. Chickens, milk
fed, 81 to SO lbs. to doz., 1S@19c; corn
fed, 16d17c Fowls, Western, boxed,
60 lbs and over to doz., 1sc; 30 to 81
lbs, 15@15hc; old ROSTERS, 1870 t4c.
Ducks. Long Island, 15m1Sc; Western,
Ice; No 2, 12@13c. Geese, Western,
fancy, 15@16c; No. 2. 12@13c.