Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-08-26
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS;
GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS

Eortanu--W Whoat. biuestem, $l.t
bushel; fortyfold, 95c; club. 9Sc; r,
Fife, 92c; red Russian, 90c.
Oats--No. white feed, $3.50.
Barley - No. feed. s25; brewing
S26.
Millfeed - Spot prices: Bran, 81
ton; shorts. .$2s; rolled barley, $29C
lS0.
Corn-whole, $Ss ton; cracked, $ss
Hay--Eastern Oregon timothy, 81
QDl7 ton; valley timothy, SIS; alfalfs
sl2. 6o@ls.6o; cheat. slo.500ll; on
and vetch. $ll@l2.
Vegetables Cucumbers, Oregon. |
zoe dozen; artichokes, 90c; tomatoes
25@50c box; cabbage, 1c pound; hea
lettuce, 81 crate; beans. 230D4c pound
green corn. 10000 dozen; garlic, /,
@l2ic pound; peppers, 4@6c; egg
plant, 6@7c; pumpkins, lAc.
Green Fruits Cantaloupes, 65@
$1.7b crate; peaches, 30@50c box
watermelons, l@lac pound; plums. so,
@$l.26 box; new apples, Astrachans
76c@Sl; Gravenstein, $l@l. .25; pears
81 a l.25; grapes, 81 a Its crate
huckleberries, 6 a 7c pound; casabas,
81. 76@2 dozen.
Potatoes - New. 70 a SOC sack
sweets. 3a@4c pound.
Onions--60@75c sack.
Eggs-Oregon ranch, buying prices
No. l, 26c dozen; No. 2, zoe; No. 8,
tic. Jobbing price: No. /, 27c.
Poultry - Hens, Is a 14c pound /;
springs, l6 a tic; turkeys, lS@l9c;
ducks, s@l2c; geese, 22a0D26c.
Butter--City creamery, cubes, ex-
tras, 27c pound: firsts, 25c; seconds,
24c: prints and cartons, extra; butter
fat, No. l, 2Sc; second grade, &c less;
country creamery cubes, 223@26c.
Veal-Fancy. 12@12ac per pound.
Pork-Block, 9A@l0c pound.
Hops-19l5 contracts, nominal, 13@
l4c pound; 1914 crop, l4c; olds. l2@
l3c.
Hides - Sailed hides, 15ac pound;
salted kip, Ice; salted calf, 1sc; green
hides, lac; green kip, Ice, green calf.
lsc: dry hides, 25c; dry calf, 27c.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, medium. rs
g2SAc; pound; Eastern Oregon, fine,
l8@2lac; valley, 26@30c; mohair, new
lip. 3O@Slc.
Cascara bark-Old and new, DC.
Pelts-Dry long wooled pelts, 5ic;
Try short-wooled pelts, llic; dry
each, 10@ 15c; salted
15@25c; dry goat, long
lair. lie; dry goat, shearlings, l0@
'0c; salted long-wooled pelts, May, 81 |
D2.
Grain bags-In car lots, TIC; small
DTS, 3c more.
Cattle - Best steers, $3.50 a 6.75;
ood, Sc a 6.25; medium, $5.75 a 8;
hoice cows, $5.25@5. .35; heifers, SIS
15.s5; bulls, s4.5O@5; stays, $3.50
l6.
Hogs - Light, s7.5o@7. go; heavy,
2. 7.25@7. 40.
Sheep - wethers, s4.75@5; ewes,
s@4.60; lambs, $4.75@6.25.
A complex local situation is apt to
AXE the Portland wheat market un-
sually dull.
The farmers are showing themselves
tally unwilling to meet in any way
e prices offered by exporters. In
ct. following telegraph reports that
erling had declined to $4.58, one
aiding firm Of exporters announced .
at they were not in the market, and, I
oreover, did not expect to be in the
ar future.
The grower, generally, Is not in
med to take below 81. .06, the price
trent week ago, prior to the recent !
imp.
"And, If he holds for that price, he i
apt never to sell his grain," re- q
.rked one leading shipper. t
"The farmer is confident that grain e
ii go up" said another. "But then $
farmer fails to consider such little
estions as exchange"
The opinion seemed general that
leat trading locally would be at a
Indstill for some little time, the d
ter rate Of 80 cents by the canal h
king it practically impossible for 4
al mills to buy wheat here and COM
,e with -four on Eastern markets.
Exporters asserted that unless he c.
ships which he was compelled to O
buyer would be unlikely to buy y
all, because he might have to face
eavy deficit by the time his 60-day
'ment bill became due.
With the farmers firm for wheat at 10
06 and over, and buyers coy until .
money market is more settled, e,
re does not appear much chance Of "
WV aalea of Norfhmaat orain