News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-12-28

Demand For Poultry Hardly Up
TO Expectations.

the Egg Market-POtatoes Are Firm.
| Boston, Dec 20. Notwithstanding the
near approach of Christmas the demand
for poultry is not up to expectations and
not many sales have been recorded up to
date. There is not, however, large
| quantity of fresh killed stock in the mar
ket. Some inquiries are made for turkeys
which are selling as follows; Northerns
| 10 TO 10 cents; and westerns, II to IA cents
western fowls are calling for to 10 and
northern at II cents. Chickens are slow
IN demand and are selling to 70 cents
for western and 10 to Is cents for natives
Rhode Island geese call for a shilling a
pound and westerns at 10 cents. Native
ducks are bringing 10 cents and western,
| ID cents.
Butter.
Butter remains firm at the prices which
nave ruled for the past six weeks. Trade,
however is dull and no advance in prices
is expected at present. Extra northern
creamery is firm at IS 1-2 to 90 cents, and
| fine western calls for % cents, while the
New York and Vermont creameries are
selling at % and % cents, while other
% to q cents.
Cheese.
The market has ruled steady during the
past week, but the demand is very light.
The best nOrtherns call for II 1-2 and
II 1-2 cents; westerns choice, 10 and II 1-2
cents; fair to good can be placed at and
10 cents
Eggs.
There is little change in the price ruling
In the egg market and business while
firm is not active enough to warrant an
advance on present rates. There is a
scarcity in the stock of fresh eggs and in
several instances, the finest fresh have
brought as much as 36 cents, while the
eastern fancy call for 80 to 30 cents, east
ern fresh % to % cents, provincials "a to
26 cents, westerns % to p 1-2 cents, lined
10 1-2 to p cents.
Vegetables.
The demand for potatoes is pretty firm
for Irish and whites. There is large
supply in the markets, and these prices
are ruling: Aroostook hebrons, 65 and 20
cents; New York, IS and go cents; Dakota
reds, So and 60 cents; chenangoes, 5S and
GO cents. Cabbages are calling for 81 per
hundred; celery in boxes of three dozen
50 and 50; onions, natives, 81 per bushel;
west Massachusetts and Connecticut,
$3.50 per bushel; squashes, $40 per ton;
Canadian turnips are worth S1.25 a barrel
Fruits.
Apples hold firm prices, but trade is
dull. No Baldwins calling for 50 IS and
81; No. 1 greetings, 50 so and So rs; Tol-
man sweets, 50 to 81 80. Best selected
oranges are being Gold at So 80 and fancy
brights, 81. fair supply of grapes on
hand at s. per keg, and good Cape Cod
cranberries are selling at s. per barrel
The Quotations.
BEEF-Beef is again dull; Quotations are
nCminally unchanged at: Choice fancy steers,
S146S15; prime. 71260Sc; good, G67c; light SO
&c; extra heavy kinds, 101lle; good, 9a91Sc:
light 162Sc; heavy fOre5, 512 f96c; light, 465c;
backs 50GlSc; rattles, 4616c: chucks. 4G6c;
rounds 5l7c; rumps S66l2c; rumps and loins,
90l6c; short ribs. 7140llc; loins, S01sc.
PoTATOEs-The potato market is steady.
with fair demand. Quotations are steady at:
Houlton and Aroostook hebrons, 6567Uc;
HoultOn and Aronstook rose, 55QG0c; New
York stars and burbanks, 5506lc: Dakota reds
6S060c; chenangoes. 5SG60c: Virginia cloth
heads, extras. 81 5091 80; double heads 81 rs.
oATs-oats are about steady. Clipped oats,
TO arrive are quoted at 51G03S13c, the latter for
fancy heavy oats. No. 3 white, also to arrive
are quoted at 36c. The spot market is not very
active. Quotations are fairly steady at:
Clipped, 371563Sc; fancy, SOC; No. 2 white, 361b
BIC; No. white 36c; mixed, 35@y36c.
PoULTRY-There is better call for turkeys.
and the Christmas trade is developing rapidly
Turkeys are firmer and slightly higher The
quotations are: Northern and eastern turkeys
140e16c; western, 120l5c; chickens, 50ll3c fancy,
l4Q116c; geese, 12e.
APPLEs-Apples continue firm with quota
tons unchanged at: No. l Baldwirs, So 1904:
No. greetings, So sos 70; No. kings, $40
4 SO; fair to good, 81 1903 %; seconds, S212 20;
gravensIeins, S3G,4; Tolman sweets S3Q14 80.
MUTToNs AND LAMBs-Muttons are very
quiet, with the supply very full and prices
easy at the quotations noted yesterday. At
tention is icing given to the poultry trade
rather than to muttons and lambs.
CoRN-Corn is easier to arrive, with country
yellow at 4614G19c; No. yellow, 4GLSc; No. .
yellow. 41c. The spot market is very firm for
the reason that there's little offering. Steamer
yellow, 4Sc; steamer mixed, 47c.
HAY-There are no changes to note in the
market on hay. Prices are unchanged. Straw
is dull and unchanged. Bran is very steady.
and the same is true of middlings. Cottonseed
meal is unchanged.
EGGs-Eggs are quiet, with a steady. light
demands Eastern fancy, fresh, 3O613jc; east
ern fresh, 27929c; provincial ,24@26c; Michigan
251s127c; western, 2aD241ac; held, l9Q2Ic;
lined, 1919921c.
PoRK-Pork provisions are in quiet demand.
with prices unchanged since the recent reduc-
ton in the price of lard, bringing lard in
tierces down to SIC.
MEALr-The cornmeal market is quiet and
unchanged. Oatmeal is lower, but it is ex-
planned that the price will go back again
within few days.
BUTTER-There is steady demand for but
ter, with prices well sustained. Quotations
ire unchanged.
CHEEsE-Cheese is steady in prices, with the
demand quiet. The foreign market is I'M
changed.