Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-05
New York Produce Market

BUTTER-There was an easier
feeling yesterday under liberal re-
ceipts, but it was not enough to
cause any change in quotations. The
market closed last night weaker
than it has since the opening of the
week. There was plenty of good
butter to meet demand and prices
were so high that receivers did not
want to speculate. Quality is at its
best. Process holds its own and
packing stock was taken as it came
at quotations. Prices: Creamery
extras, 27@2712c; f1rsts, 251z9261ac;
seconds, 23@25c; thirds, 2lhM2212c:
State dairy tubs, finest, 2512 M26c;
good to prime, 23Ia425c; common 70
fair. 19@23c; process, extra, 21q211sc;
firsts, 191aQ20lac: lower grades, 1i1
1S1sc; ladies, current make, firsts,
19@1915c; seconds, 1S61S1ac;- packing
stock, current make, No. 2, 17@111sc;
EESE-Trading was heavy yes
terday, as the quality showed a good
deal of grass, in fact, it was nearly
all grass, and consumption is larger.
Quotations in some of the dailies at
| 14Ac as the outside price was wrong.
The fanciest cheese will bring 141ac,
few lots selling at &c higher. A
further advance is expected this
week. Prices: State, whole milk,
fresh colored and white, specials,
| 14A @141ac; colored and white, aver
13%c: State. skim, fresh, specials.
| 11A@11&c; poor to fair, 5@91sc; full
skins or badly defective, 1kq4c.
| EGGS-Consumpti continues lib
eral and there is little accumulation
| of fine stock. There is some trading
in a speculative way on storage eggs.
few cars. have been sold at 241ac,
charges paid until January Receiv-
ers are beginning to believe there will
be repetition of last years high
prices for fancy eggs in the winter.
Nothing but big supply of foreign
stock can keep the price down.
Southern stock is showing good deal
of deterioration and nearby stock is
in demand. Prices follow: Fresh
gathered extras, 23M24c; extra firsts,
2114@22c; firsts, 20@21c; dirties, No. I,
17%41Sc; No. 2, 15G171ac; Pennsyi-
yania and nearby hennery whites,
large. fancy, 2Sh@2412c; hennery
browns, 23@24c; browns and mixed
colors, 191a@2219c; Baltimore duck,
2o@23c; Western, 19421c; Tennessee
and other Southern, 1S@20c.
LIVE POULTRY-There were
three cars sold at auction yesterday
with a range of 15B@161sc on fowls.
There were unloaded % cars by
freight and q car by express. Re-
ceipts are heavy and the general mar
ket on fowls with the independent
receivers is 16c. BOOSTERS are a little
better than the day before, with sales
at 10c. Turkeys are in light supply,
but fully enough to meet the demand.
AS a rule they are poor. Outside
price is 13c. Southern ducks show
thin conditions and are not desirable.
Broilers are a little more plentiful.
with the top csc. Prices follow:
| Broilers, 55@3Sc; fowls, 15s@161sc;
old roosters, 91ad10e;. turkeys, 14d
| 15c: spring ducks, 1Sn1Slac; old
| ducks, 14c; geese, 10@11c; Guinea
fowls, pair. I06S0c: pigeons pair, 40c.
DRESSED POULTRY-Out of town
| buyers held the market up in good
shape, and there was more trading
| than expected. The demand was for
prime iced fowls and, selected COM
| manded lie. There was a premium
on dry packed boxed fowls, and they
were up 1sc, Old roosters were selling
more freely as We're Long Island
ducks. Squads in moderate supply,
with smaller ones down 25c dozen.
Movement in frozen poultry was mod
crate without a change in prices.
Prices follow; Fresh killed turkeys,
| average a lb., 1S@19c; broilers, Phila-
delphia, fancy, Ia lbs. each, lb.,
4OG42: 2 lbs. each, SsQ4Oc; fowls,
| Western boxed, so lbs. and over to
doz, 1S@1S1ac; 6to AZ lbs. 16@164c;
under 80 lbs, 1879 a@14c; in ballers,
iced, lbs, 161sc: fancy, scalded,
| 1910; Western and Southern, poor,
12613c; ducks, spring, Long Islands
| Ice; old roosters, 111a@12c; SQUADS,
white, 10 lbs. to doz., S4M4.25; Z lbs,
81. 25; frozen turkeys, small Western
| selected hens and toms. 25c, Ken
lucky. 23Q23tac; Texas, 23c; old hens,
23@24c: old toms, 22429c: broilers.s II
| to box, milk fed, fancy, Is to ~ slbs.s
22623c: corn fed, 19@20c; chickens,
milk fed, 81 to SO lbs to doz.. sl6@ 1lc ;,
corn fed, 141a@15c; fowls Western,
boxed, 60 lbs. and over to doz:, 1sc;
80 TO 35 lbs, 14RQ15c; old ROSTERS
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