The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-10
Boston Produce Quotations.


PoRK-Pork provisions are a little easier,
with lard Off little and fresh and smoked
shoulders a little lower: Long cut, short cut
and backs, SIS; lean ends. $40 10: prime mess
Sl1; light bac>s, Sli Ii; butt pork, Sl4: pork
tongues, $40 80; loose salt pork and briskets,
Slbc; fresh ribs, ec; snusages, Si3c; sausage
meat ,Iac bologna, &c; hams, l0lac: bonclr
hams, Zoe; small hams lie; sKiuback hams,
1Ol2c; fresh and smoked shoulders, 7Iac;
corned, &c. smoked ribs, slac; homeless bacon
l0}9c: pressed ham, lie; choice lard, hlac per
lb; tierces and Tubs, l0lb pals SIC; 5-lb pals
DC; BIB pals, 9iIc; pure leaf lard, l0iglDl6c for
pals; choice city dressed hogs, illc country,
6Iac
LAMBS AND Mutton The tone of the market
is rath her better and spring lambs are frmer
From now out springers will be- quoted by the
pound Spring lambs, Booze, TO quality;
choice to fancy fall lambs, SdSlYc good to
choice, 6ledt1l2c common to good, 5lec; poor
to ordinary, +tjc: yearlngs, 5d6lec; muttons,
bd8c; poor to good, 3dilsc; choice heavy
Brightons, ~ az PC; choice eastern veals. so
&c; common to good, 20ic; Brightons and
fancy, &tslec.
BUTTER butter market is about steady.
with quotations at Best fresh crcamerics in
small lots, lSn he western creamery extra, II
GDl7lac; first and held, lidlr; imitation
creamery, l3lflic; factory, l2dl3c; northern
creamery extra, l74clsc; northe. n creamery,
l40l7c; eastern creamery extra, l1Gpllp. These
prices are for round lots.
OATS Oats are steady with the market to
arrive firmer. Chicago No. | clipped are
quoted at 4y4c, with No. 2 clipped at 43iic.
No. = white are quoted at +ilac: No. 3 white is
E,c: No. = mixed, ill4c. Oats on track are
steady to firm: No. clipped i3leGttc, No
clipped, 4'c: No. white, T. 81; No. white
42c; mixed, i0ttllec.
POTATOES Potatoes are easier with fair
demand Houlton ana Aroostook rose, SOC;
InultDu and ArpDSfnDk lpbrouS k1frs2r NnNy
Brunswick rose and hebrons. 15c; New York
stars and burbanks, 70c Dakota reds, 65 ltSc:
rhenangoes. Toe; Scotch magnums, 81 Logo %;
Jersey double head sweets 81 50if.2 -
MEAL-The meal markets are trmer, on the
rather stronger position of corn. Quotations
are at; Kiln dried corn meal for export, 81 10
az Is per Dbl; bag meal, 93d0ic; yellow gran
ulated, 81 .niG3 IS. ground and rolled oatmeal
81 10 "A 20 per Dbl; cut oatmeal, 81 sptci IS per
Dbl; rye, Gte per bush
Corn Corn is mole firm Chicago No.
yellow. 10 arrive, ia quoted at isIIc, with No.
fellow at iac The spot market Is pretty firm
with quotations at: No. yellow, 5d0aOl9c;
steamer yellow, 40 sl5oc steamer mixed, +lLs
i6ipe.
BEEF The beef market is better in tone, and
there was good trade yesterday. in spite %
the warm weather. Quotations are not
changed, though Ie4c is claimed to be obtain
able for fancy steers.
FLOUR The flour market is not any better,
under the wea er position of wheat in Chi
cago still the millers are not making any
changes rs To prices, which are the same as
last quoted.
EGGs-E Eggs are very well held, with prices
steady: Eastern fancy fresh, i351lc; eastern
fresh. l2d62lsc; provincial, llle1l2lec; Michi-
gan, l26l2 &C; western, llGl2c; southern, ll6b
lllsc.
CuEEsE-The cheese market is steady, wit H.
out change, either in price or demand.