Frost Reported in Alabama Districts
Interruption to picking noted as week ends with lower temperatures and frost observed in districts across Alabama.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1889
Page
7
Interruption to picking noted as week ends with lower temperatures and frost observed in districts across Alabama.
The wool market shows steadiness across types as London auction sales influence prices. Holders remain confident with no expected domestic price rise, while buyers revert to a cautious stance. Dealers anticipate steady demand in the near term and a continued active market for weeks.
The report covers flour and grain from Boston elevators and New York markets. It lists carload deliveries of several grain types, visible stock figures, and mixed price quotes for flour and grains with dull to steady demand and large dealer inventories.
Market notes include 301 tons and moderate demand for sacks and bran at 14 14 50 tons and 15 50 ton for Michigan bulk. Cottonseed meal receipts zero today, 1600 bushels last year, new meal quotes 23 50 per ton for December shipment. Malt receipts 2600 today, last year 5150, market quiet with light demand. Hops receipts 64 bales, market dull. New York six-rowed and two-rowed prices, and State varieties quoted in cents.
Receipts include butter 748 pkgs, oleo 1242 pkgs, cheese 6604 boxes, eggs 6 bols and 854 cases, beans 912 bols, potatoes 96 cars, sweet potatoes 139 bols, hay 46 cars, straw 7 cars. Market notes firm butter demand, prices quoted for Western and New York creamery and dairy, eggs at high levels, beans steady, poultry mixed, and hay and straw pricing easing for lower grades.
Trade notes steady prices for onions and assorted vegetables. Listings include onions at 75c bush and $2 per barrel, beets 60c per box, carrots 40c per box, lettuce 50 to 75c per dozen, cabbage around $3.50 per 100, spinach 30c per bush, celery $2.40 per box, squash and turban squash at listed premium, and other items with various unit formats.
Wholesale apple prices show demand for choice lots with varied varieties and prices. Exports by Lombard’s Sons report weekly totals to Boston New York Montreal Halifax and other ports, with season totals and comparisons to last year. Oranges and lemons show steady Florida arrivals and regional box prices, while grapes report firm markets for Concord and abundant common lots. Cranberries remain quiet with Cape Cod and Almeria lot prices noted.
Quotations list fruit prices with emphasis on non apple items. Buyers seek premium lots across assorted varieties as market activity for select fruit segments remains robust.
Apple market in Liverpool opened weak but improved through the day and closed firm. Short supply of good fruit keeps values high while poorer quality fruit remains discounted. Quotations show No 1 Baldwin around 14 to 16s, Greenings and Northern Spies about 13 to 18s, Maine No 1 Baldwins 15s 18s, and Northern Spies 14 to 16s with No 2 lots 3 to 5s lower.
The Coventry sailed from Palermo November 28 bound for Boston. The Howick left Palermo on November 27 carrying 20 000 boxes of mixed fruit for Boston. A steamer is reported loading at Palermo for Boston. The Tordenskjold is due around December 15 with Baues bananas for Seaverns & Co.
H Harris and Company to auction 6200 boxes of Florida oranges on Tuesday. Local buyers may bid on the cargo as part of the fruit sale event.
Receipts today include tallow 55 pkgs beef 23 bbls pork 81 bbls lard 734 kgs hams 14 bbls. New York pork firm. Beef strong. Lard easier. Chicago and Cincinnati notes reflect mixed activity and price levels for cuts, tongues, sausages, and corned beef with tallow and fresh beef prices also listed.
The report lists prices and quality for several items including Fancy Ponce at 40c and 38 39c for Peal and fair to good at 36 39c, with Cien fuegos at 25 78c and Barbados at 37c for boiling grades 50 test nominal. The New York market is described as steady.
Peoria reports a firm market for whiskey at 103 with spirits at 1.05, while St Louis quotes whiskey at 102, and Cincinnati notes whiskey steady at 102.
Turpentine closed at 45 46c with rosin at 110 115 and tar at 2 50 while petroleum closed at 7 80 with RSW at 7 50 and cases at 9 70 Coffee in New York Rio dull and easy with fair cargoes at 19 4c
Liverpool cotton market described with firm demand and high receipts. Various U S and Atlantic ports show net receipts, shipments, exports to Britain and the Continent, and stocks with market tones ranging from quiet to steady. Consolidated U S port stocks tallied and overall trade activity noted.
Kansas City cattle steady with steers near 3.25 to 4.00 and stockers 2.00 to 2.90. hogs mostly lower with heavies around 3.50 to 3.65 and lights 3.45 to 3.80. sheep steady near 3.25 to 4.40. Cincinnati hogs active and higher, cattle receipts and shipments noted. Chicago cattle and hog markets mixed with steady to lower tendencies and varied loads.
The market shows firm tones with 101 bales traded uplands and varieties from ordinary to middling. Opening and closing quotations are listed, with Saturday’s close noted, and futures opening and closing steady.
Sugar receipts total 1250 barrels and 4611 bags with last year’s same day at 4 barrels and 10120 bags. Raw sugars remain firm with higher prices. Cuba and Manila grades quoted. refined sugars firm with solid demand. Havana notes upward trend with 3000 bags centrifugal sold at 350 gold per quintal and 2000 bags at 325. Molasses receipts 285 barrels 280 hogsheads and 10 puncheons. small arrivals noted in New Orleans area.
Shipping list for the steamer Catalonia and other vessels shows cargoes including cocoa butter books hats wine berries skins tubes brushes earthenware woollens and linens from Henry Atkin Co and many traders. entries span Beal Higginson Henderson Brown Bros Co Cochran Co Cumner Jones Co and more with grandes quantities of wine brandy oil and hardware. also lists fish potatoes and produce from Yarmouth NL and PEI ports with multiple buyers and consignors.
In Cradpoud and Charlottetown areas consignments of bush potatoes numbered 5300 and 3700 bushels are noted from Vernon River and Barclay & Co. Boston Produce Co handles bags of potatoes and turnips. Saint Johns reports salmon and trout lots with canvas and rope from Holmes & Nichols. Albertson and Hillsboro schedules include plaster and related orders from W G Nash.
A freight list from Buenos Ayres shows imports for Bark Scott with cotton waste tallow oil machinery and farm goods among 491 049 feet total. Glasgow via Manitoban lists flour cattle and tobacco with leather goods and baking supplies totaling heavy cargoes.
London market notes quiet but steady trading in wheat and corn with mixed regional firmness. Prices show Dec Feb Mar futures for No 1 California wheat and mixed American corn. Liverpool offerings reflect steady breadstuffs and firmer club wheat with pork and bacon movements.
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