The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884: A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and FiresideVarious
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The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884: A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside
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Agriculture -- United States -- Periodicals; Farm life -- Periodicals; United States -- Rural conditions -- Periodicals
POULTRY.--Prices for good to choice dry picked and unfrozen lots are:
Turkeys 14 @ 15c per lb; chickens 10 @ 11c; ducks 10 @ 12c; geese
9 @ 11c. Thin, undesirable, and frozen stock 2 @ 3c per lb less than
these figures; live offerings nominal.
POTATOES.--Good to choice 35 @ 40c per bu. on track; common to fair
25 @ 30c. Illinois sweet potatoes range at $3 @ 3 50 per bbl for yellow.
Baltimore stock at $2 25 @ 2 75, and Jerseys at $5. Red are dull and
nominal.
TALLOW AND GREASE.--No. 1 country tallow 7@7-1/4c per lb; No. 2 do.
6-1/4 @ 6-1/2 c. Prime white grease 6 @ 6-1/2 c; yellow 5-1/4 @ 5-3/4c:
brown 4-1/2@5.
VEGETABLES.--Cabbage, $8 @ 12 per 100; celery, 35 @ 40c per doz bunches;
onions, $1 00 @ 1 25 $ 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:
Lowest grades 14 @ 16
Low medium 18 @ 22
Medium 22 @ 26
Fine 16 @ 24
Wools from New Mexico:
Lowest grades 14 @ 16
Part improved 16 @ 17
Best improved 19 @ 23
Burry from 2c to 10c off: black 2c to 5c off.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
The total receipts and shipments for last week were as follows:
Received. Shipped.
Cattle 25,594 13,722
Calves 353 166
Hogs 45,376 31,864
Sheep 14,206 8,903
The live stock receipts are increasing, and show a large gain over last
week.
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