The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1915-02-04
NORTHWEST MARKET
REPORTS.

the Western markets have seen in
many years. Beyond this they will
make no prediction. Prices, of course,
will be good, but whether they will be
high, or how high, no one cares to
guess.
A dealer needs a brave speculative
disposition to undertake forward bust
ness in the face of the conditions this
year. Nevertheless it is said con-
tracing has been done to consider
able extent in Utah and it is also re-
ported that some contracts have been
signed around Arlington. The terms |
were not mentioned, nor could the re-
ports be verified.
Sheep growers are confident that
prices will go to high range and
some of them are talking of a 25 or
30-cent market With stocks in
America as low as they are and spot
prices here and abroad continually adj
vancing. there is no doubt the 1915
market will open very strong, but buy
ers are not willing to concede that
farmers will get the prices they are
expecting.
The demand for eggs was better the
latter part of the week, and receipts
cleaned up quickly. Oregons were held
at 80 cents, case count, and 33 cents
candled.
Wheat business came to a stop in
the local market this week, and for
the first time this year there were no
sales on the Merchants Exchange.
Most of the dealers evidently had
nothing to offer, and those with sup
ply on hand wanted too much for it.
Bids for most deliveries were ad
vanced from half cent to IL cents,
while asking prices were generally
to cents above bids, and in the case
of prompt bluestem the spread was 8
cents.
Arrivals of poultry and meats were
moderate and prices were steady and
unchanged.
Butter and cheese moved at last
quotations.
Wheat-Bid: Bluestem, 81. 45; forty
fold, s1.44; club, s1.42s; red Russian,
s1.36; red Fife, s1.38.
Oats-No. / white feed, $3.50.
Barley = No. l feed, s32 so; brew
ing, $42.50; bran, s3O.25; shorts, s31.
Millfeed-Spot prices: Bran, 5000
81; shorts, s32@32. so; rolled barley,
s34. 50@35.5 so.
Corn-White, $36 ton; cracked, $37.
Hay-Eastern Oregon timothy, $14
ole; valley timothy, $3.50; grain
hay,..s10@12; alfalfa, s12@13.
Vegetables - Cucumbers, dollhouse,
$2@2.25 dozen; peppers, 81 crate; ar.
tichokes, $4,000 dozen; cabbage, II
@1ac pound; celery, $3.50 crate
caulifiower, s2.25; sprouts, SC pei
} pound; pumpkins, lie; squash, 1ac
! carrots, SLIPS sack; beets, s1.25
parsnips, s1.25.
] Green Fruits = Apples, 75c@$1. 81
box; casaba, S1.65 crate; pear, sic
1.50; cranberries, s9@11 barrel.
Potatoes, 24c pound.
. Onions-Oregon, buying price, s1.2I
f. o. b. shipping point.
Eggs = Fresh Oregon ranch, cas-
count, &c; candled, 33c.
Poultry-Hens, lie pound; mixed
11@11dc; broilers, 1S@20c; turkeys
dressed, 21c; live, 18c; ducks, lac
= Ice; geese, 12@l4c.
Butter - Creamery, prints, extras
&c pound in case lots; &c more in les
than case lots; cubes, 26@27c.
Pork-Block, 8h@9c pound.
Veal-Fancy, 12a@13c pound.
crop, nominal.
Hides - Sailed, lac; sailed bulls
f 10c; sailed kip, 15c; sailed calf, 19c
green hides, 13c; green bulls, &c
e green kip; 15c; green calf, 19c; DIR
n hides, 26c; dry calf, CSC.
Wool = Valley, 17@1Sc; Easter
Oregon, 15@2Oc, nominal; mohaii
1914 clip, 27ac.
4 Cascara bark-Old and new, 4@4t
pound.
Cattle = Prime steers $7.50@8. 90
e choice, s7.25@7. so; medium. s6.75C
5. 7.25; choice cows, s6@6.S0; medium
: s5@6; heifers. s5@7; bulls, So. 50@f
stays, s4.50@6.
Hogs = Light, s6.25@6.sO; heav,
$5.25@6.
Wethers, s5.75@6.65; eve
s5@5.75; lambs. s6.25@7.s0.
Tacoma - Apples = Green cooking
SOC box; Spitzenbergs, Winesap
Rome Beauties, Arkansas Black
Staymen Winesaps and Black Twig
75@85c box; Delicious, s1.65@1.75.
Cider-30c gallon; Oregon, SO kel
25c gallon.
Comb honey-Yakima, 1925 crats
strained honey, $3.50; Idaho, s3.5
Nevada, $3.50.
Pears-Yakima, 81. so box.
Cranberries, S8.25@11.
Vegetables-Cabbage, homegrown
1ac pound; carrots, local, 75c@$
beets, homegrown, 75c@s1; turnip
s1.35; potatoes, Yakima, s22@23 to-
White River, s17@18; Burbanks, 81
onions, green. zoe dozen; Greg
brown onions, s1.75 "a q; Yakim
s1.50; garlic, 15c pound; radishe
local, zoe dozen lunches; parsle
40c dozen punches; lettuce, head, 6
dozen punches, 81 crate; spinach, loca
6c roupd. m, crrr,, hare Q1 60<60 doza