OCR Text |
Show FRESH TROUT OBTAINABLE IN THE CLOSED SEASON They Arc Raised in Private Hatcheries and Arc in Demand at Good Prices. , , . . t dressed, 20c a pound; mallards, 30c each; teal, 25c each.- Dairy products are quoted as follows: Butter, creamery, cream-ery, 30c per pound; ranch, 20c a pound; eggs, 30c a dozen. , i here hs teer. no change In the price of meats during the week. Boiling beef Is quoted from 84 to 10 cents; prime ribs, 15 cents; porterhouse, 20 cents; fiKwmg mutton, Jiyi tents; mutton chops, 1015 cents; legs-, 15 cents; spring Iambs, per quarter. S1.001.25; veal. 12 20 cents; veal. 12tt20 cenist veal loaf. 20 cents a pound; pork, 10&17ft cents a pound. i - ' The trout season for the year 1904 closed Thursday', December 15, and the fisherman will have to forego the cast until the 15th of next June. The closed season for ducks commenced the same time. The former will be on the market mar-ket for some time yet as the Idaho season sea-son does not close until some time later. la-ter. But even when It does close It will still be possible to get, a mess of the gamey fish should you so desire, and they will not be the cold storage variety, either, but right fresh from the water. Several persons have taken to raising rais-ing trout for the market and find it to be a paying business. The largest private pri-vate hatchery in the State is that of Harry Bowen, which is located Just opposite op-posite Calder's park. Mr. Bowen now has over 300,000 trout of different sizes and expects to hatch about 600.000, dur- j ing the present season, which is just commencing. Nearly all are of the rainbow variety. When the fish are hatched they are removed from the hatchery to a flume In which there is a stream of running water two feet wide and a foot deep. Here they are allowed to remain from eight to ten months when they are removed re-moved to ponds in which the water Is three feet deep. The small fish do not do well in water over two feet deep. A few months after they are placed In the ponds they are ready forthe market, mar-ket, their length being from seven to eight Inches, four or five of them weigh a pound. The price at which they sell, 10 cents each, is but little more than Is paid for the fish during the open season. Mr. Bowen has two large breeding ponds which are located directly in front of his house. One glance at these ponds is enough to make the devotee of Isaak Walton long for his rod and fly, as each pond contains several hun-' hun-' dred trout from a foot to two feet in length. To therequest to be allowed to fish in one of the ponds for only a few minutes, which request is made by visitors several times each week, Mr. Bowen shakes his head. - "They are the foundation of my entire en-tire business," says Mr. Bowen. "I certainly would be foolish to sell them." , According to the statement of those in a position to know it is said that the raising of trout for the market is on the Increase every year and is found to be a paying business. The wholesale dealers are beginning to receive goods for the Christmas trade. The shipments are expected to be unusually large during the next three or four days, as the demand both locally and from outside points is larger larg-er this year than ever before. During the past week the first shipment of the season ' of Tangerines, or Japanese oranges was received.- This fruit is much smaller than the navel orange but is well flavored and sweet. They are quoted at 25 cents per dozen. The first shipment of the season of Norway stock fish was also received during the week. They are quoted at 15 cents per pound. Crabs are still scarce, whilo turkeys and chickens are plentiful. During, the week Martin & Co. received re-ceived a car of oranges, a car of apples, ap-ples, a car of bananas, together with a large shipment of strawberries, dates and fits. The W. M. Rash company received a car each of cranberries, eggs and oranges, a large shipment of East-em East-em holly and heavy shipments of Idaho trout, striped bass, sealshipt oysters, chickens and bloaterettes. The latter are an extra fancy variety of the bloater. bloat-er. Hancock Bros, received a. car of bananas and another shipment of winter win-ter watermelons from Green River. The Crabtree company received two cars of oranges, one of California sweet potatoes, pota-toes, one of bananas, one of lemons, one of Idaho apples, a car of imported figs and dates, and a half car each of California small vegetables and pineapples. pine-apples. The following prices are quoted by retail dealers. Apples, '30 to Cue a peck; figs, 10c per package: lemons, per dozen, 25c; oranges, or-anges, per dozen, 40c to 60c; bananas, per dozen. 25c to 40c; pears, per pound. 5c, by the bushel, 31 to $1.25; limes, 20c per dozen: grapes, black. 15c a pound; Tokay, 10c; pomegranates, 12Hc per pound. Pineapples, 25c to 40c each; quinces, 5c per pound. The following prices are quoted on vegetables: Celery, 6c a stalk; oyster plants, 5c a bunch; Chinese radishes, 5c a bunch; parsnips. 5c a bunch, 20c a peck; peppers, three pounds for 25c; red cabbage, four pounds for 25c; sweet potatoes, eight pounds for 25c; cauliflower, cauli-flower, 10c a pound; turnips, 25c a peck green onions, three bunches tor 10c; carrots and beets, 2c a bunch; Utah lettuce, 5c; California, two for 15c; dills, 5o a bunch; chile peppers, 25c a pound; parsley, three bunches for 10c; potatoes, pota-toes, 20c a peck; new . spinach, three pounds for 25c; Hubbard squash, 10c to 25c; curly kahol, 5c per bunch; cauliflower, cauli-flower, 12c per pound; cabbage, 3c per pound; artichokes, 10c each; Brussels sprouts, 12c per pound. Fish prices are as follows: Walleyed Wall-eyed pike, 20c; sturgeon, 15c; sea bass, 15c: codfish, 15c: Idaho trout. 40c; black bass, 35c; halibut, 15c; striped bass, 20c; Mackinaw trout, 20c; soles and flounders, floun-ders, 12c; mackerel, fresh. 20c; salt, loigSc; fresh codfish, 15c; lobsters, 20c; brook trout, 40c; blueflsh, 20c; red snappers, snap-pers, 20c; pike. 20c; finnan haddie. 12c. Oysters are quoted at 75c a can for New Tork counts; extra selects are 50o a can, and New York counts are selling at 30c a dozen. The following prices are quoted on poultry: Hens, alive, 10c a pound; dressed, 13c a pound; spring chickens. |