Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-02
! LOCAL MARKETS


A feature of the local market this
morning was the sale of a three-year-
old steer driven here from Sweet
which tipped the beam at 1910 pounds
after a 20-mile drive Eighty head of
cattle arrived last night from Ola,
Horseshoe Bend and the Sweet coun-
try. Cattle are reported to be in fair
shape but are showing the effects of
being on dry range and unless rain
comes soon the range cattle will not be
in good condition for fall trade Hogs
receipts are good but not as strong as
last week. The fruit and vegetable
market remained unchanged today.
Sugar continues to vary from 81 to So
per hundred with but limited amount
being sold.
Wholesale Markets.
(The following are the prices paid
to the producers and not what the
wholesaler charges the retailer, ex-
cept in vegetables)
Vegetables-(C Corrected daily by the
Capital Brokerage & Commission com
pany)-Potatoes, $1.95 per cwt.; cab
bage, 81 per cwt; squash. lie per pound;
pumpkins, lie per pound.
Local fruit Corrected daily by w.
]. Campbell & Som -Blackberries, 81
par crate; peaches soc per crate; wat
ermelons 75c per cwt.. grapes 4@5c
per pound; tomatoes: &c per pound
apples, 65@7oc 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, $1.70;
butter fat 32c per pound.
Livestock Corrected daily by the
Boise Butcher company.)--Cows. s4.75
@5 per cwt.; steers. s5.50Q5.70; fat
hogs. $SQ8.25 per cwt.; medium, s725
@7.75: heavy, $7@7.50; shearling weth-
ers, $4,000 per cwt.: ewes. 3@315c
per pound; spring lambs, &c per pound;
spring chickens, 12i5c per pound;
hens, SC per pound; turkeys. 121sc per
pound, live weight; 16c per pound
dressed; breakfast bacon, zoe per
pound; ham, Ice per pound lard, tree
base, 121ac per pound
Eggs, honey and ranch butter
Corrected daily by w. j. Campbell &
Son.)-Fresh ranch eggs, per case, Sc;
honey, per case s2.40@2.75; ranch hut
ter, % @3Oc per pound.
Hay and grain-Alfalfa, sS@8.50 per
ton, baled; timothy. baled. s10011;
wheat, S1.15Q1.25 per cwt.; oats. SIG
81 10 per cwt; barley. anc4$1.
Retail Markets.
Corrected daily by w. ]. Campbell
&c Son.)-Potatoes. IA pounds for 25c;
per cwt. $780, green peppers. Csc
per dozen; parsley. sc per bunch;
onions, for Sc; dry onions, &c
per pound; radies, for &c; car
rots. sc per bunch cucumbers, two for
sc; new beets, &c per bunch; new car
rots, sc per bunch; caulifiower, 10c
per head; wax beans, pounds for csc;
green beans, 3 pounds for 25c; sweet
corn, 15Q20c per dozen; celery, sc per
bunch egg plant, loo each; summer
squash, sc each; dill. loo per bunch.
Local fruits-Apples, pounds 25c,
per box, 81; local peaches, 15@25c per
basket; per apple box s1@1.15; per
crate, choice, soc; plums, zoe per bas-
ket: watermeons. lie per pound; can
taloupe. 5Q10c; tomatoes, &c per
pound. 55c per crate; Damson plums.
&c per pound; crab apples. &c per
pound.
Tropical fruits-Bananas. pounds
for zoe: cut off bananas. 15c and zoe
per dozen; Florida pineapples, 12hc per
pound; oranges. zoe to soc per dozen;
lemons, 3594oc per dozen. Tokay
grapes, CSC per basket.
Eggs, butter and honev--Ranch eggs.
per dozen, 25c; creamery butter, 40c
per pound; ranch butter 30c, best 35c
per pound; honey. 15e per pound.