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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1889

Page

7

Agricultural Market Reports From Various Cities

The market dull and steady for several commodities with mixed receipts. Graham flour and cornmeal show firm wholesale quotes, while oats rye barley and malt markets reflect quiet demand and unchanged tones. Local prices across New York Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Peoria and Michigan show nominal variations in grade quality.

New York Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Peoria Canada Michigan

Butter Market Quiet as Returns Rise to 1121 Pkgs

Butter receipts today total 1121 packages, vs 6656 last year. demand remains quiet with small lot sales. Outside creamery prices at 18 to 19 cents, with 20 cents asked for top Western creamery but few sales at that level. Grass creameries expected to arrive by month end, pushing a stronger market. Cheese and eggs show mixed activity, with steady quotes on creamery butter and quieter egg trading amid ample supplies.

Orthern Vermont New York Eastern Creamery Western Creamery Eastern Dairy Chicago Baltimore Ohio Liverpool New Hampshire Michigan Nova Scotias Islands Eastern Canada York Alifornia Lima West Clover West Jersey Timothy North Bush Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Vermont Hebrons Burbanks Rose Hebrons Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Chenangoes Florida North Carolina Tennessee East Swale

Savannah boat brings vegetables for Monday delivery

The Savannah boat arriving Monday carries 950 barrels and 270 crates of vegetables. Market reports show good seasonal supply and steady demand, with prices listed for cabbage, onions, Bermuda and Spanish onions, carrots, lettuce, turnips, radishes, pars nips, dandelions, spinach, kale, beet greens, cucumbers, and rhubarb across various units.

Savannah Bermuda St Andrews

Local Produce Prices Listing

A fragment lists various produce items with prices and origins. Items include parsley from North Carolina at $1 per bush, green peas, Savannah 50 cents per crate, Southern beets $2 per 250 crate, asparagus Norfolk 25 cents per dozen bunches, native asparagus 60 62 cents per dozen, string beans Florida $150 per crate, Florida wax beans $225 per crate, Florida tomatoes $3 per crate, Southern cabbage and related crates, native cauliflower 36 dot, summer squash $1 per crate.

North Carolina Savannah Norfolk Florida

Fruit Prices and Receipts Parade Markets This Week

Apples receipts 401 bbls, last year 43 bbls. Demand softer as season advances, trade quiet. Baldwins Maine 2.25 bbl, Massachusetts 1.26–1.50 bbl, russets 1.75–2.25 bbl, common 0.50–1 bbl. Oranges and lemons steady. supplies ample. Florida oranges scarce. Messina lemons 3.4, Messina/oranges 3.50–4.00 per box. Valencia oranges 3.80–5.75 per case. large 5.00–6.25. Pineapples 11–18c each. Jamaica pines at 15 per 100. Bananas well supplied. Jamaica prices 1.25–2.00 per bunch. Baracoa varieties 1.12–1.25. Cocoanuts 27.50 per 1000. Mangoes scarce. 40c per crate. Cherries California small lots 4 per box.

Baldwins Maine Massachusetts H Harris & Co Norseman Bostonian Florida Messina Palermo Kong Alf Jamaica Alf Boston Fruit Company Baracoa Schweigaard WW & CR Noyes Viking Banes Cuba Seaverns & Co California

Fruit steamers bring citrus and bananas to Boston

The Caledonia passed Gibraltar May 4 bound for Boston carrying 2400 boxes Naples oranges 200 boxes Catania oranges and 2000 boxes Catania lemons. Cervin passed Gibraltar April 27 with 2000 boxes Mesina oranges 1300 half boxes Messina oranges 1200 boxes Messina lemons 5750 boxes Palermo oranges and 20000 boxes Palermo lemons. Ditmarschen is due with bananas for Boston Fruit Company. Fitzroy loaded at Messina for Boston with 1700 boxes oranges and 1500 boxes lemons.

Caledonia Gibraltar Boston Naples Catania Cervin Messina Palermo Ditmarschen Boston Fruit Company Fitzroy

Auction notices for Tennessee strawberries and cases

Jonathan Bigelow & Co will auction Tennessee strawberries on Monday. Snow & Go will auction 150 cases of strawberries on Saturday.

Jonathan Bigelow & Co Tennessee Snow & Go

Provisions Market Report With Regional Prices

Meat and fat prices across cities show steady demand. Pork and lard receipts and varying consignments are listed, with New York Chicago and St Louis markets noting steady or strong tone. Fresh beef and other meats quote ranges, including bacon and ham prices, reflecting regional price dispersion and current supply.

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Markets Report

Stock yards in Kansas City show steady cattle with receipts 2195 and varied bids from natives to stockers. Hogs nationwide, including Chicago and St Louis, are mostly lower to steady with heavy and light classes trading between 4 30 and 4 85. Sheep receipts small but market firm, Peoria and Cincinnati show mixed hog activity with steady to softer tendencies.

Kansas City Peoria St Louis East Buffalo Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Cotton planting progress in May by state and average

The Department of Agriculture reports May cotton planting progress as of May 1 at 87 percent of the planned area, one point above the era’s average. Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida trail slightly, with state figures: North Carolina 74, South Carolina 86, Georgia 87, Florida 94, Alabama 87, Mississippi 88, Louisiana 89, Texas 90, Arkansas 86, Tennessee 84, general average 87.

Department of Agriculture North Carolina Florida South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee

Early Planting Struggles Across Cotton Belt Amid Weather

Planting began earlier in many counties but germination suffered from dry spells and excessive rain in others. Replanting crews work on poor stands while southern belts cultivate second time. New York and Liverpool markets show mixed futures with varied upland and gulf prices and steady to weak demand as receipts and exports shift.

Mississippi Texas New York Ves Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans France Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Great Britain Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Summary From Today's Receipts

Sugar receipts total 274 bbis and 17 600 bags, with last year’s figure 25 bbis and 9520 bags. Trade is quiet and market steady. refined sugars in small supply with fair demand. Molasses receipts 56 hirds, last year 9 bbds, market steady with fair demand. Prices listed for various sugar grades and molasses types in cents per pound.

Cuba Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Oil Market and Certificate Listings From May 1889

Market notices show PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES and COTTONSEED OIL CERTIFICATES with opening and closing times in May 1889. Highest and lowest price markers appear for May 9 and May 10, reflecting market activity and certification results for oil and seed products.

Coe Cope Mat Liciecs Ccevick Daccan Enone

Receipts and Market Wrap From Ta'ow Today

Ta'ow receipts show 8 barrels 3 tierces 9 bags, same day last year 99 bbls. City 4% sc, country 4c, rough 142 2e 2c, grease 3 4c. Market quiet unchanged. New York trade quiet at 45 16c. Coffee steady in New York Riots, fair car goes 18% c. Turpentine and petroleum notes: turpentine 40c, rosin 1 12 4%2 115, tar 2 10, petroleum 7.10c with KSW 6.85c and cases 8.75c.

New York

Wheat and corn market notes from Liverpool and Europe

Market brief shows quiet or firm signals across major grain belts. California wheat and Antwerp levels hold. Liverpool reports steady to firm futures for corn and wheat with mixed currencies, and provisions steady to firm including pork and lard.

Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool Antwerp Yaris

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