Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-05
DECLINE IN THE
PRICE OF NELON rs
Slight Drop Also Occurs in
Peach Market-Ranch
Eggs Advanced.

Watermelons dropped ncent per
pound this morning, the retail price
now being three cents per pound and
a further decline is anticipated before
the end of the week Peaches now sell
at SIS cents per crate and have dropped
slightly in the wholesale market The
early peach crop is heavy and lower
prices are predicted. Tomatoes we're a
trifle cheaper this morning but the re-
ceipts are not yet heavy enough to
cause much Of q drop. Prices on fin
ished porkers made another adv hnce
today, dealers now offering 1926 per
hundred. Hog receipts are slow but it
is thought the condition Is only tenn
porary and within a few weeks offer
ings will be good. Ranch eggs adj
vanced 25 cents per case today. AS
let the local market has not been af-
fected by the war developments in the
east but if actual fighting occur it
is said the price on staple articles
will be greatly advanced:
Wholesale Markets.
(The following are the prices paid
to the producers and not what the
wholesaler charges the retailer, ex-
cept in vegetables:)
Vegetables Corrected daily by the
Capital Brokerage & Commission COM
pany.)-New potatoes, $1.60@1.75 per
cwt., new cabbage, $125 per cwt; tur
nips 81 per cwe
Local fruit-(Corrected daily by w
]. Campbell & Son)-Cherries, zoe per
gallon; rasrberries, 90c@S1 per crate;
dewberries, s5c@$1 per crate; black
berries. s5c9S1 per crate; peaches, zoo
roc per crate watermelons, &c per
pound.
Dairy produce-(Correcte daily by
the Jensen Creamery company.)-
Creamery butter, solid pack, &c; prints
extra. cream. per gallon, 81; milk, per
gallon, 20c, per hundred pounds, S1.70;
butter fat, 27c per pound.
Livestock Corrected daily by the
Boise Butcher company)-Cows, S4.75
a per cwt.; steers, $5.50@5.70; fat
hogs. $sQS.25 per cwt.; medium. S6.75
@7.25; heavy, 1915; shearling wethers,
$4,000 per cwt,: ewes, 3@3Ac per
pound; spring lambs, &c per pound;
spring chickens, 1904 per dozen; hens
10c per pound; cockerels, Sc per pound;
turk eys. 12hc per pound, live weight;
Ice per pound dressed; breakfast ba-
con 19c per pound ham, 1Sc per
pound; lard, fierce base, 12Ac per
pound
Eggs. honey and ranch butt err
Corrected daily by W. ]. Campbell &
ISon.)-Fresh ranch eggs, per case. 1916
Q6; honey per case, $4,000 rs;
ranch butter, 20Q22Hc per pound
Hay and grain-Alfalfa, $SQS.50 per
ton, baled; timothy, bales, s10d11;
wheat $1.25 per cwt; oats. $1.25 per
cwt.
Retail Markets
Corrected daily by w. ] Camphtll &
SOM Green peas. 4 pounds for R5c;
sc: green peas; 4 pounds for 25c
green peppers, 40c per dozen; paraley.
sc per bunch; onions, . for SC; dry on
ions, DC pound radishes, for SC; ear
rots, sc per bunch; cucumbers, two for
SC; green peas, a pounds for Csc
new beets, sc per bunch; new tur-
nips, &c per bunch new carrots. SC
per bunch cauliflower, 1Oc per head;
wax beans, 8 pounds for Csc; green
beans, 3pounds Csc; sweet corn. 150
Csc per dozen; tomatoes, pounds for
25c; celery, sc per bunch; egg plant
10@15c each; summer squash, sc ehcA.
Local fruits-Apples. lbs. for a5c;
ries, three boxes for Csc; per ate
$125; loganberries, 121zc per hox;
dewberries. three boxes for 25c; s1,25
per crate; local peaches. 1td25c
per basket per crate, s5c; plums, soc
per basket; watermelons. &c per pound.
Tropical fruits-Bananas pounds
for 25c; cut off bananas. 15c and zoe per
dozen; Florida pineapples, 121sc per
pound; oranges, zoe TO SOC per doz en-;
lemons, 35940c per dozen; cantaloupes,
l10@12lAc each.
| Eggs. butter and honey-Ranch eggs,
per dozen, Csc; creamery butter, s5c
per pound; ranch butter. soc per pound !;
honey. 15c per pound,
Sugar and lard--Beet sugar. per cwt.,
s5.25; cane sugar. per cwt., $500; lard,
per 10-pound pail, $780, maple 81 gar,
Csc per pound.
Fish-Halibut, zoe per pound BAL
mon zoe ner mound. uerch 20c uer