Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-07

while ducks are of to 12c and 13@17c
with demands limited and offerings
light.
Dressed Meats-Beef and pork are
both firmer while mutton is steady.
Quotations on steers and COW are up
Csc this week, the figures being 1878
and $5.75, and hogs have also adj
vanced, the quotations being $3.50
$50 for light and $7.25@7.50 for
heavy.
Lard and Cured Meats-The mar
ket on smoked meats is very firm
with quotations up 1c on eastern B. r.
shoulders and bacon and indications
of an advance within the next few
days on local products. Eastern lard
is of Nc on tierces, the figures being
11kc, sos, $5.S7k; los, S7.35; So,
S7.42R, and 3s, $3.50. Local remains
firm at former quotations of 10hc for
tierces.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples-Arrivals of eating stocks is
noted this week and quoted at SITS,
with other varieties selling at COCO
$3.50. sas
Berries-Al varieties of berries are
offered at the same quotations as last
week except logans, which have taken
a little wider margin at 81. 5@2. The
supply of blackcaps and c~urrants are
becoming very limited.
Other Fruits-Choice lemons are up
soc at $500, and oranges are offered
at $3.50 against $3.50@3.75 last week.
Apricots and cherries are quoted at
once price, the former at 81 and the
latter at $1.25. Peaches have also lev
eled to 75c with watermelons off to
1hc. California grapes are in and
1obbing at So, while pears are offered
at $1.5o@2.25. Egg plant is also a
new commodity, selling at SC per
pound.
Potatoes-1ncreased receipts of tu-
bers has lowered the quotations to
$1.75 per hundred on the local market.
The spud market at New York was
steady with values lower. The potato
market continued in very unsatisfac-
tory shape at Chicago. At the opening
considerable strength was shown, but
values went off early and receipts
were not large. At the close barrels
sold at $2.4O@2.50, with receipts light
and demand slow.
Other vegetables-There has been
no change in this division with the
exception of the widening of the a
gin on dry onions to $2@3, and a de.
cline in green corn to 10c per dozen.
Green peppers are now on the market
and quoted at SC per pound.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wheat-Prices on wheat are up a
few cents this week over former fig
ures, the quotations being 74hc for
bluestem, 721Ac for club and 69hc for
red Russian. There is very little
wheat moving as the war scare in Eu-
rope has had a tendency to cause
holders to hang on to their stocks. A
most peculiar feature of the wheat sit
uation has been the weak tendency of
prices in America and the strong DO
sltlon of wheat in the International
market.
F1our-Millers report Improvement
in flour sales, yet are still disappoint-
at the volume of business, which
they had hoped would be much larger
on the movement of new wheat. Some
reason for the lack of business is prob
ably due to the fact that most mills
have not yet started to grind new
wheat. Domestic flour trade is pick
ing up gradually and millers as a rule
are advising customers that -four at
present prices is a safe purchase.
Feed-New crop hay and alfalfa is
coming to hand in good volume with
prices on this variety quoted at SIS
timothy and $14 for alfalfa. Feed
wheat is dropping, a lowering of 81
being noted this week at $29.