Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-27

sugar Still holding at ~ with =
supply fair. .
sess . . .
Continued activity in the livestock
market has been shown this week with
hogs leading in receipts and sheep a
close second. The poultry market Is
we'll supplied and again today the re-
ceipts were strong. The peach season
is on full blast and the heaviest offer
ings will be made this week, according
to dealers. Peaches are selling largely
on quality. Choice crates Of liberia
peaches range from IS to SIS cents.
Peaches sold in apple boxes range from
81 to $1.15. Tomatoes are plentiful
and the offerings are especially choice.
Sugar is stil holding at So per hun
dred with the market unsteady. The
first pumpkin offerings of the season
were made today but the supply on
the market was limited. Following
are the prevailing prices:
Wholesale Markets.
(The following are the prices paid
to the producers and not what the
wholesaler charges the retailer, ex-
cept in vegetables:)
Vegetables-(Correct daily by the
Capital Brokerage & Commission COM
pany,) S1.25 per cwt; cab
bage, 81 per cwt.
Local fruit-(Corrected daily by w.
]. Campbell & on)-Blackberries. 81
par crate; peaches soc per crate; wat
ermelons Toe per cwt.; grapes 4Q5c
per pound; tomatoes; &c per pound
apples, 65@75c per box.
Dairy produce-(Corrected daily BY
! the Jensen Creamery company
Creamery butter solid pack SIC: prints
extra; cream, per gallon, 81; milk per
gallon, zoe; per hundred pounds. s1.7O;
butter fat, S2c per pound.
Livestock-(Correct daily by the
Boise Butcher company)-Cows, $4.75
as per cwt.; steers, $5.50@5.7o; fat
hogs $s.259s.5O per cwt.; medium,
$7.5O@s; heavy, $7@75o; shearling
wethers. $4,000 per cwt.; ewes, so
sac per pound; spring lambs, &c per
pound; spring chickens, 13c per pound;
hens, SC per pound; turkeys, 121sc per
pound, live weight; Ice per pound
dressed; breakfast bacon, zoe per
pound; ham, 19c per pound; Lard, tree
base, 12hc per pound.
Eggs. honey and ranch butter
Corrected daily by W. ]. Campbell &
Son.)-Fresh ranch eggs, per case. So;
honey. per case s2.4o02.75; ranch but
ter, % 93oo per pound.
Hay and grain-Alfalfa, $8@s5o per
ton, baled; timothy, baled, s1o911:
wheat, s115@1.25 per cwt.; oats, SIG
s1.1o per cwt.; barley. aoc@$1.
Retail Markets.
Corrected daily by w. ]. Campbell
& Son.)-Potatoes, II pounds for Csc;
green peppers, Csc per dozen; parsley,
sc per bunch; onions, for &c; dry on
ions, &c pound; radishes, for Sc; car
rots, &c per bunch; cucumbers, two for
SC; new beets, &c per bunch; new car
rots. 30 per bunch: caulihower, 10c
per head wax beans, 8 pounds for 25c:
green beans, pounds for 25c; sweet
corn, 10000 per dozen celery, &c per
bunch; egg plant, 10c each; summer
squash, sc EACH dill, 1oc per bunch.
Local fruits-Apples, 8 pounds Csc,
per box, 81: local peaches, 15@25c per
basket; per apple box S1@1.15; per
crate, choice, 65c; plums. zoe per bas-
ket; watermelons, 11sc per pound; can
taloupe, 5Q10c; tomatoes, &C per
pound. 55c per crate.
Tropical fruits-Bananas, 8 pounds
for 25c; cut off bananas 15c and zoe
per dozen; Florida pineapples. 121sc per
pound; oranges. zoe to soc per dozen;
lemons, So @40c per dozen. Tokay
grapes, Csc per basket.
Eggs, butter and honey-Ranch eggs,
per dozen, Csc; creamery butter, 40c
per pound; ranch butter, 30c, best 35c
per pound; honey, 15c per pound.
Sugar and lard-Beet sugar. per
cwt, $750@775; cane sugar. per cwt,
$500; lard, per 10lb. pail, $3.50;
maple sugar, 25c per pound.
Fish-Halibut 2Oc per pound; sal
mon, zoe per pound; perch, zoe per
pound salmon trout. soc per pound;
salt cod, i5e per pound; smelts, zoe
per pound
Poultry and mentions. zoe; ducks.
22c; spring frys, soc to Coo; roasting
chickens, 22c; spring ducks, 22c per
pound; Jones dairy farm bacon. 35c;
cod. 15c per pound.
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