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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1890
Page
7
The market reports robust sales across flours and meal with high activity in spring and winter wheat flours. Prices range from Minnesota and Wisconsin brands to export grades with patents and straights selling near 5.75 to 6.60 per barrel, and rye and graham flours showing steady or moderate demand.
The day’s receipts include 16 80 bus corn 8700 bus oats 204 tons malt feed 5400 bus malt and 9 bales shops. Car show 1 car Nol white winter wheat 1 car high mixed corn 7 cars steamer corn 2 cars no grade corn 1 car Nol white oats 7 cars No 2 white oats 5 cars No 3 white oats and 1 car rejected white oats. Total 25 cars with 1 car wheat 10 cars corn 14 cars oats. Visible supply shows Wheat Corn and Oats at major markets with August 15 23 4 1890 readings. Prices eased for corn steamer yellow 62 62 14c. steamer mixed 6 1 4c. On track No 2 white 47c on track No 3 white 46 47c in elevators. Old No 2 white 49c No 3 white 48c shipped 50 51 4c. Cats prices heavier. Malt steady 72 75c bush. Millfeed in fair demand. Sack spring bran $19 1950 winter $20 26 2100 ton. Middlings scarce $21 25 24 50 ton. Cotton seed meal demand $26 50 spot to arrive.
Market quotes show onions at 2.75 per 300 pounds, Malta onions at 275 per 300 baskets, carrots at 60 cents per dozen bunches, beets at 0.60 per bush, lettuce 36 cents per dozen, turnips 24 per barrel, Long Island yellows at 24 per barrel, mauve and parsley priced at 75 and 50 cents respectively per bush.
Readable price list shows turban squash 175 dollars per 200 pound barrel, marrow squash 1 754200 per barrel, spinach 30 cents per unit, cabbage 47 dollars per 100 count, savoy cabbage 1 per barrel, cucumbers 50 cents per 100 count, native celery 1.50 per dozen bunches, Jersey celery 60 to 76 cents per dozen, Kalamazoo celery 20 to 25 cents per bunch, tomatoes 75 cents to 1 per bush, corn 50 to 60 cents per bush box, parsnips 55 cents per dozen bunches, Jersey exiz plant 1 to 2.25 per half-basket to basket, natives 1.60 per dozen.
Mediterranean lemons firm with light supply and fair demand. oranges scarce. California fruits steady with steady demand. Cantaloupes, muskmelons, apples, pears, berries, and tropicals show varied but steady to fair demand, with prices listed for specific varieties and carton or basket sizes. Notable items include Sorrento lemons, Jersey and Rhody melons, native Bartlett pears, Virginia grapes, and Hudson River peaches with quoted prices across multiple markets.
The Saina docks Thursday with Jamaica bananas and oranges for the Boston Fruit Company. Banes and George Dumots are due Thursday and Friday with Banes bananas for Seaverns & Co and Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co respectively. Dana arrives Wednesday with Baracoa bananas for WW & C R Noyes. Flamborough due Monday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
The steamer Trinacria is due in New York around September 56 with 23 000 cases of Valencia onions the first of the season arriving aboard the vessel.
A railroad train on Tuesday carried one car of watermelons and nine cars of sweet potatoes. The shipment underscores regional farm outputs and logistics for fresh produce deliveries to markets.
This day’s provision trade shows large pork and lard movements with steady prices. Beef and pork products demand remains firm with prices varying by cut, while tallow stays steady. notes on hogs, hams, and smoked meats reflect overall market strength and looming price pressures.
Kansas City market notes show cattle weaker on shipping with steers at 250 dollars, native cows around 160 to 180, stockers 240 to 290, range cattle 230 to 300. Hogs about steady with heavies near 370, cutters and mixed 380 to 385, Yorkers 420 to 395, lights 340 to 430. Sheep steady at 340 to 500 per head.
In Chicago Aug 25 Gilman Cheney Co reports curb on December wheat at 107 3 4 in a weak close. Local factors and bear dominance push prices down with outside selling and profit taking by farmers. Spring wheat ahead faces potential lower levels unless rain or stronger foreign demand boosts movement. Corn also weak, with the late advance eroded.
The report shows closing prices for grain futures in New York with wheat at August 108, September 104, October 109, December 110 and May 114 dollars. corn at August 55.5 cents, September 56.4, October 56, December 56.4, May 58.2. oats at August 42.5, September 41.58, October 41, May 38.4. plus St Louis and Minneapolis quotations and on track cash prices. Also listed are freight and commodity movements including lumber, steel, and beef shipments tied to August clearances in London and Liverpool markets.
Sugar demand remains quiet at firm prices with quotes for various forms from cut loaf to confectioners and standard grades. Wholesale prices for Tuesday August 26 show granulated sugar and cubes ranging 6.44 to 6.88 cents per pound, while molasses quotations cover Porto Rico, Ponce, Cienfuegos, Barbados and other blends with cents per pound ranges and several quality grades.
The cotton market in New York shows dull sales with upland grades at 89 16 to 11 10 16 cents and various futures opening and closing weak. Prices and open close data are provided for Aug and Sep with related figures for other commodities and global markets, including Liverpool refined oils and fresh wheat and breadstuffs values, plus country by country price standings.
England Nova Scotia Belgium Italy Argentina and other regions list values for dry goods lumber eggs wool coal hats machinery provisions and more. Totals include grand total of 1 486 054 with many named items and regional totals across ports and countries.
Market notes from W Prescott & Co show closing details for pipeline certificates with times listed as 3pm and a later 12 m on August 24 1989. Readings include references to opening and closing events at Devonshire Street offices and related certificate activity.
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