The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-05-25
IN BOSTON MARKETS
Trade Reaches the Expectation of
Reasonable Persons.

Strawberries the Feature of the Fruit
Market-vegetabies Appear in Great
Abundance-Butter at Reduced Prices.
BosToN, May 24-Iittle complaint has
been heard that trade for the past week
has not been fully up to the expectations
Of any reasonable person. The last three
days of hot weather have not changed the
situation to any great extent Possibly
there is a little better demand in the fruit
market, especially in the strawberry trade.
As was expected the advancing season
has had an effect to reduce prices in the
The Butter Market.
With the warm days the supply Of milk IL
Increased and consequently more butter Is
made Ruling prices at Boston today are;
Best western and northern, 20 cents; fine
dairy selections from % to "a cents, and in
n jobbing way best creamery brings n to
2S cents.
Vegetables.
There Is great abundance in the vege-
table market The warm days have hur-
ried along stock under glass so that weeks
ago the sashes were taken off the beds
and full perfection reached in the open air.
Southern growers are sending green peas
and string peas in crates, also tomatoes
and cucumbers About 1000 bags OF Egyp-
tian potatoes have been landed the past
week. Aroostook and Houlton potatoes
are worth about g. % to %. so barrel
Some other quotations are Radishes, Is
cents dozen; native onions, a to s4.50
bushels; spinach, 40 to 80 cents a box; par
ships, so to rs cents box; rutabakas, 81. 50
for yellow, and 81 20 for white; bunch
beets, Sl75 to 81 dozen lunches, while
old ones are worth 80 a bushel. Cucum-
bers are growing less in demand and sell
at 6 to 7 cents apiece.
The Strawberry Trade.
Is the feature OF the fruit market. Good
Maryland berries are worth ~ cents box
in large lots Norfolk and Carolina ber-
ries are not as good and sell for IS to 20
cents, while No. 3 berries from all localities
some times go as low as 7 to 10 cents by
trade lots.
The Quotations.
PoRK-The pork market is firm, and quota
tions are revised: Long cut, short cut and
backs, S22 80; lean ends, s23 30; extra prime,
S2l butt pork 81; pork tongues, 81: fresh
ribs, l2c; sausages, 1I1e1l2c; bologna sausages,
&c; hams, l4l6c; small l5Iac; skin back hams.
lie; smoked shoulders, 1lI1c; corned lie;
smoked ribs, 10lSc; homeless bacon lac, pressed
hams. I41ac choice lard, l14c per ID in tierces
and tubs; aO-lb pals, l1Ac BIB, l2c; alb, l214c;
choice city dressed hogs, 101xc; country. 9a4c.
ByTr The beef market is very firm indeed,
and tile trade is greatly excited. Dealers con-
tend that the market is bound to be sustained:
Choice 10 fancy steers, e0l0c; prime, 80sI1c;
good. iteltSc; light, 7c; extra heavy kinds, Ito
l3c; good, 9tS0tl0Ihc; light, S9Sxc; fores, $50
6lee light +s4t5c; backs. 76D9c; rattles 5l151fc;
chucks, GltTlac; rounds 9l110c; rumps, 1016QDl4c;
Pumps and ioins, 12Gl6c short ribs, 101l8c;
loins 1+6b19c.
MrTToSs AND LAMBs-Muttons and lambs
are also f1rmer, 9th veals easy: Spring lambs,
lpa s--c. TO quality; choice fall lambs, 11lvQ1
l211c, as to quOlity choice fall lambs, 1l1t0t
G12lfc. as to quality; common TO good, afbl0c;
Chicago muttons, 8Dl0c yearlings 8Qtl0c;
choice heavy Brightons, 9It0l2c; choice east
ern veals, 70tSc; common to good, 60Sc;
Brighton and fancy, &D10c.
MEAL-Cornmeal Is easier. under the easier
position of corn: Kiln dried cornmeal for ex-
port % 1902 81; bag meal, 81 02lD1 "; yellow
granulated, q 1903 Oatmeal IL quoted At
- 7015 for ground cut and rolled. Rye Is
quoted at 70G72c for dealers, and 85Q170c for
round lots to arrive. Rye flour, % 25db3 90 per
barrel for round lots, with jobbers' prices al
% 6Oa4.
OArs-Oats are fairly steady here, but rather
easy in the west. Chicago clipped, to arrive,
are quoted at 42D%2hc and up to $40 for
fancy oats. No. white are quoted at 61Q61Ifc,
also to arrive. The spot market 10 quoted at:
Clipped, 431f044c; fancy, +aif045c, No. white,
480D431bc; No. white, <lf0421fc; mixed, 10
042c.
PoTAroEs--The market Ia easier on potatoes
under full receipts: Aroostook hebr0ns, 81 100
4. hah r. unm1tau xnan
81 TOOL 49, Dakota reds, 90c; New York bur-
banks and white stars, 900e6c; p. E. !. chem
agoes, sOc; Irish and Scotch magnums, q 100
2 30 per Big.
FLouR-The flour market continues dull.
Prices are easy at: Fine and supers, 32D3, ex-
ira and seconds, sos y; Minnesota bakers,
clear and straight, 48 aO08 70; winter, clear
and straight, % 1903 aOc; winter pat, S4D& 10
spring pat, - aO05; fancy brands, s605 10.
CoRN-Corn Is easy in the west, but fairly
steady here. Chicago No. . yellow Is quoted
at baO521fc to arrive, with No, 8 yellow at &c.
The spot market IL quoted at: No. 3 yellow,
NIfc; steamer yellow, H05A}kc; steamer
mixed, b8c.
HAY-There Is little that 10 new in the
position of hay. Choice hay Is firm and quoted
at $cO02l. Bran Is steady, with sack spring,
to arrive. at sle0ls 80 and sack winter at sls
01s2S.
BUrrER-Butter IL again easier There were
sales Of creameries early at 26c and later at
24c. Eastern creameries also sold at &C. The
market Is expected to be at Ac for choice
northern and western creameries today.
Eaas-Eggs are decidedly frmer at la018l1c
for fresh western, and at 17GD171fc for northern
and eastern.
CHEEsE-The cheese market is quiet and un-
changed. The best lots Of old cheese are
firmly held.
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