The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-08-27
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS;
GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS

/ Portland-.w Wheat, Bluestem. Si.0l
bushel, fortyfold. sbe, club, csc, re'
lFife. 9ae; red Russian. e0c.
oats--No. l white feed. sab.bo,
Barley - No. I feed. s26; brewing
$40,
Minfeed - Spot prices, Bran. 81
ton; shorts. sas; rolled barley. sasW
80.
Corn-whole, SIS ton: cracked $50,
Hay-Eastsrn Oregon timothy, SIC
1i7 ton; valley timothy. SIS; alfalfa,
si2. boeeiS.6o, cheat, Sl0.boWii; oa'
and veteh, siiWla.
Vegstablss-Cucumbers. Oregon. Ii
zoe dozen; Artiehokes. 90c; tomatoes,
a60l6oc box; cabbage, lie pound: head
lettuce. 81 crate. beans. 2iGete pound
green corn. lS0Caoe dosen: garlic, 10
@iaie pound: peppers, tGl6c: egg
plant. 6Gl7e; pumpkins, iie.
Green Fruits - Cantaloupes, 6b0e
si.7S crate: peaches, SoI6oe box;
wstermelons. iGelie pound: plums. bOe
Glsi.a6 box; new apples. Astrachans,
76e0fsl; GrAvenstein, sl0li.a5; pears,
81 90 l.a6: grapes, 81 90 l.76 crate:
huckleberries. 6 ec &c pound; essabas,
l.76de2 dosen.
Potatoes - New. 20 0e soc sack;
sweets. si6eac pound.
Onions 60el76c sack.
Eggs-oregon ranch. buying prices:
No. l, csc dozen; No. 2. zoe; No. 5,
l7c. Jobbing price: No. !, 27e.
Poultry - Hens. lS a. lSc pound;
springs. Is a lie; turkeys, ls6plse:
ducks, s6el2c; geese. 22iGi26c.
Butter-City creamery. cubes, ex-
trss. 27e pound: hrsts, Csc; seconds,
24e: prints and cartons, extra; butter
fat, No. /. 2se; second grade. &c less;
country creamery cubes, 22i6e26c.
Veal-Fancy. l20Gi2ie per pound.
Pork-Block. 9i6ci0c pound.
Hops-lsl5 contracts, nominal. lS0c
lae pound: 1914 crop, lIe; olds, l2@
lSc.
Hides - Salted hides, l5ic pound;
salted kip. Ice: salted calf. lse: green
hides. lte; green kip. l6e. green calf.
lsc: dry hides, Csc; dry calf. 2Tc.
wool-Eastern Oregon. medium. 20
G2SSe: pound; Eastern Oregon. hne,
ls@2iie; valley, 26GS0c: mohair, new
clip. S0@Sle.
caseara bark-old and new, &c.
Pelts-Dry long wooled pelts. blc;
dry short wooled pelts. lice: dry
shearlings. each. 10 u l5e; salted
l5Q26c: dry goat. long
hair. lie; dry goat. shearlings, loo
zoe; salted lOng-wOoled pelts. May. 81
az.
Grain bags-In car lots. 7se: small
lots, ie more.
Cattle - Best steers. $3.50 @ 6.75:
good, $6 a 6.25; medium. S5.75 % 9:
choice cows. $6.26@5.S6: heifers. IS
G5.s5; bulls, s4.6OG5; stags. $3.50
@s.
HOgs = Light, s7.5O@7.sO heavy,
81. 25d7.40.
Sheep - wethsrs, S4.76@6; ewes,
lambs. s4.75@6.26.
A complex local situation is apt TO
make the Portland wheat market un-
usually dull.
The farmers are showing themselves
totally unwilling to meet In any way
the prices offered by exporters. In
fact, following telegraph reports that
sterling had declined to s4.bS, one
leading firm of exporters announced
that they were not In the market. and.
did not expect to be In the
near future.
The grower, generally, Is not In
rlined to take below $l.06, the price
current week ago, prior to the recent
slump.
"And, IL he holds for that price. he
s apt never to sell his grain, " re-
marked one leading shipper.
The farmer Is confident that grain |
will 60 up" said another. "But then
he farmer fails 20 consider such little
questions as exchange"
The opinion seemed genera! that
wheat trading locally would be. Mt a
Itandstill for some little time, the
water rate Of so cents by the canal
making 1t practically impossible for
ocal mills to buy wheat here and COM
,ete with -four on Eastern markets.
Exporters asserted that unless he
lad ships which he was compelled to
III, a buyer would be unlikely to buy
t all, because he might have TO face
! heavy deficit by the time his 60-day
bill became due.
With the farmers firm for wheat at
i. .06 and over, and buyers coy until
be money market Is more settled,
here does not appear much chance Of
eavy sales of Northwest grain.