Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 5, February 2, 1884.: A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and FiresideVarious
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 5, February 2, 1884.: A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside
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CHEESE.—Choice full-cream cheddars 13½@14c per lb.; medium quality do
10@11c; good to prime full cream flats 13½@14c; skimmed cheddars
9@10c; good skimmed flats 7@9c; hard-skimmed and common stock 3@4c.
EGGS.—In a small way the best brands are quotable at 34@35c per dozen,
fresh; 25@28c for good ice house stock; 20@25c per pickled.
FEATHERS.—Quotations: Prime live geese feathers 52@54c per lb.; ducks
25@35c; duck and geese mixed 35@45c; dry-picked chicken feathers body
6@6½c; turkey body feathers 4@4½c; do tail 55@60c; do wing 25@35c;
do wing and tail mixed 35@40c.
HAY.—No 1 timothy $ 9@10 per ton; No 2 do $8 00 @8 50; mixed do $7@8;
upland prairie $8 00@10 75; No 1 prairie $6@7; No 2 do $4 50@5 50. Small
bales sell at 25@50c per ton more than large bales.
HIDES AND PELTS.—Green-cured light hides 8¼c per lb.; do heavy cows
8c; No 2 damaged green-salted hides 6c; green-salted calf 12@12½
cents; green-salted bull 6c; dry-salted hides 11 cents; No. 2 two-thirds
price; No. 1 dry flint 14@14½c. Sheep pelts salable at 28@32c for the
estimated amount of wash wool on each pelt. All branded and scratched
hides are discounted 15 per cent from the price of No. 1.
HOPS.—Prime to choice New York State hops 25@26c per lb.; Pacific coast
of 23@26c; fair to good Wisconsin 15@20c.
HONEY AND BEESWAX.—Good to choice white comb honey in small boxes
15@17c per lb.; common and dark-colored, or when in large packages
12@14c; Beeswax ranged at 25@30c per lb., according to quality, the
outside for prime yellow.
POULTRY.—Prices for good to choice dry picked and unfrozen lots are:
Turkeys 13@14c per lb.; chickens 9@10c; ducks 12@13c; geese 9@11c. Thin,
undesirable, and frozen stock 2@3c per lb less than these figures; live
offerings nominal.
POTATOES.—Good to choice 30@34c per bu. on track; common to fair
25@28c. Illinois sweet potatoes range at $4@5 per bbl for yellow.
TALLOW AND GREASE.—No 1 country tallow 7@7¼c per lb.; No 2 do
6¼@6½c. Prime white grease 6@6½c; yellow 5¼@5¾; brown
4½@5.
VEGETABLES.—Cabbage, $12@18 per 100; celery, 25@35c per doz bunches;
onions, $1 25@1 50 per bbl for yellow, and $1 for red; turnips, $1 35@1 50
per bbl for rutabagas, and $1 00 for white flat.
WOOL.—from store range as follows for bright wools from Wisconsin,
Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Eastern Iowa—dark Western lots
generally ranging at 1@2c per lb. less.
Coarse and dingy tub 25@30
Good medium tub 31@34
Unwashed bucks’ fleeces 14@15
Fine unwashed heavy fleeces 18@22
Fine light unwashed heavy fleeces 22@23
Coarse unwashed fleeces 21@22
Low medium unwashed fleeces 24@25
Fine medium unwashed fleeces 26@27
Fine washed fleeces 32@33
Coarse washed fleeces 26@28
Low medium washed fleeces 30@32
Fine medium washed fleeces 34@35
Colorado and Territory wools range as follows:
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