The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-04-16
NORTHWEST MARKET
REPORTS.

Portland - Wheat - Bluestem, bid,
s1.2S; forty-fold, ss$1.26; club, $1.27;
red Russian, $1.22; red fife, $1.22.
Millfeed-Spot prices: Bran. ,.$26.5O
ton; shorts, $50; rolled barley, $31
@32.
Corn-Whole, $35 ton; cracked, $36.
Hay - Eastern Oregon timothy, $l4
a Is; valley timothy, $12 q 1880;
grain hay, $10@12; alfalfa, $12.5o@
1850.
Vegetables - Cucumbers, hothouse,
$1.50 dozen; peppers, 30@35c pound;
artichokes, 75@85c dozen; tomatoes,
IS crate; cabbage, 1a@3c pound; eel
cry, $3.50 crate; cauliflower, 75c@$1
dozen; head lettuce, $2.25 crate; hot
house lettuce, 75c@$1 box; spinach, 5
@6c pound; rhubarb, 1a@3c pound;
asparagus, white, $1.25@1.75 box;
green, 9@lOc pound; eggplant, 30c
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pound; peas, 11@12ac pound.
Green fruits - Strawberries, $3.50
crate, apples, 5Oc@$1.50 box; cram
berries, $11@12 barrel.
Potatoes-Oregon, $1.25@1. so sack !;
Washington, $1.25@1.50; new pota-
toes, l0c pounds; sweet potatoes, 3ac
pound.
Onions-Oregon, selling price, 75c
sack, country points.
Carrots, s1.50 sack; beets, $1.50;
parsnips, $1.25; turnips, $1.75.
Eggs - Fresh Oregon ranch, case
count, 18@1Scac; candled, 19c dozen.
Poultry = Hens, 15a@16c; broilers,
25@27ac; fryers, 18@20c; turkeys,
dressed, 22@23c; live, 16@19; ducks,
12@15c; geese, 8@9c.
Butter - Creamery, prints, extras,
29Ac pound in case lots; &c more in
less than case lots, cubes, 23@25c.
Hops - 1914 crop, nominal; con-
tracts, nominal.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, coarse, 22@
25c; Eastern Oregon, fine, 18@2Oc;
valley, 24@27c; mohair, new clip, 20
@S1clpound.
Cascara bark = Old and new, 4ac
pound.
Cattle - Best steers, $7.25@7.75;
choice, $7@7.25; medium, 6.75@7;
choice cows, $6@6.7O; medium, $50
5.75; heifers, s5@6.25; bulls, $500
6; stays, $5@6.50.
Hogs = Light, s5.5O@7.55; heavy,
SIS. 90@6.50.
Sheep - Wethers, $7@8.25; ewes,
$6@7; lambs, $7.50@9.25.
Seattle! i Wheat, Bluestem, s1.28;
forty-fold, $1.26; fife, $1.24; red Rus
sian, $1.20; barley, $25 ton. Car re-
ceipts: Wheat, 18, oats, 8; barley, q;
hay, 15;r,four, 10.
Tacoma-Apples- Cooking, 75@90c;
Winesaps, $l.25@1.35 box; local,
85c.
Vegetables = Cabbage, Flat Dutch,
24c; carrots, $l.50@1. .65; beets, home
grown, SLIPS sack; potatoes, Yakima,
$32 ton; Idaho, $2S@3O; sweets, $3.50
cwt.; Early Rose seed, $50; tomatoes,
So case; Onions, green, zoe dozen;
Walla Walla, SITS box; Oregon yell
low Danvers, $1.75; Yakima, $1.50;
garlic, soc pound; radishes, local, zoe
dozen punches; parsley, Sc dozen
punches; lettuce, head, 1925 crate;
spinach, &c pound; cucumbers, $2.25
dozen; celery, 81 a 4.50; rutabagas,
$1.S5 sacks; caulifower, 1925 crate;
Oregon, So crate; artichokes, 75c
dozen; Brussels sprouts, &c pound !;
rhubarb, local. &c; asparagus, Walla
Walla, $1.55 box; green peas, 12c
pound.
Fresh Meats - Steers, IL a 121c
pound; cows, 12c; heifers, 12@12Ac;
wethers, l4ac; dressed hogs, 11ac;
trimmed sides, 15Ac; combinations,
l5c; Diamond T. c., 16hc; yearlings,
15c; ewes, 13c.
Poultry-Ducks, live, 10@12c; hens,
dressed, 16 a 18c; live, 10 a 14c;
springs, dressed, 22c; live, 14@16c;
squads, live, $3.50 dozen; dressed, Sc;
turkeys, live, 18c; dressed, 2s@SOc;
geese, zoe.
Butter-W Washington creamery, 100
SOC pound; Oregon and California, 28c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 1S@21c.
Spokane-Cattle-Prime steers, Sc
@7 cwt.; heifers. and cows $5@6.
Sheep - Wethers, Sc a q; ewes, Sc
@6; lambs, $6@7.
Hogs-Heavy live hogs, $6.25 cwt.
light, $7.25.
Wheat-$46 ton, delivered in city.
Oats-$S5 ton, whole, $50 rolled, de-
livered in city.
Bran = S25 ton; shorts, sS2; bran
and shorts, $27.
Hay-Timothy, $l6 ton; SIS ton in
carloads; alfalfa, SIS ton delivered in
city; $14 ton in carloads.
Corn-$37 ton; cracked, $38.
Barley--Rolled, $35 ton.