St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21
BOSTON MARKET

Is considerably stronger than at the be
ginning of last week, with most of thu
millers from 10 to Is cents higher O,
spring patents and fully 10 cents o,
winter patents than a week ago. 1
Is also feature of the present demant
that on all the old wheat -four sold al
most immediate shipping direction.
quickly follow, indicating plainly tina
buyers have held off as long as the,
have been able to. New spring whea
| patent fiours are selling to arrive al
sS.So@4, the latter price for some of thu
best known makes. Spring wheat pat
ents, old wheat, are selling at $40, ant
up to $3.50 for the best brands, these
prices all being on round lots, from mill
sight draft in payment. The flour trade
| committees prices, on all old wheat
hours, are unchanged. Spring wheat
clears, $3.25@3.75; straights, $3.75@4.25,
patents, s4.25@5; winter wheat, clears
$S.15@S.45; straights, $3.5OQ4; patents
$3.65@4.25.
Cornmeal Is quiet and unchanged
Oatmeal and the cereals are unchanged
Barrel cornmeal, s1.7O@175; bag meal
75@77c; yellow graduated, $225@2. so:
rolled and ground oatmeal, $3.6O@4: cut
$4@44O.
Corn quotations are shade easier
Track steamer yellow, SIC; No. yellow,
3Sc; No. yellow, to arrive 37hc; No.
3 yellow, 37Ac.
oats are quiet and rather easy with
more liberal offerings On track thew
are quoted at: Fancy heavy, 32@33c
No. 2 clipped. 30c; No. 8, 29c; rejected
29c; no grade, csc. To arrive they are
quoted at 2S@29c for "a to SO, lbsi So toS3s.
2S1A@29c; SO to 40, 29@29kc; fancy heavy.
29@32c.
Hay Is easy, with very full offerings.
Straw is dull, and rather easy Mill
feed is rather firm. Hay, $6@14; fancy
old, in jobbing lots, $l5@16; rye straw,
$4,000; sack spring bran, $13; sack
winter bran, $l3.25; middlings, $13@l6:
mixed feed, $13.50@15; llnseed meal. old
process, $24; cottonseed meal s2l. 5O@
21.75.
BUTTER. CHEESE AND EGGS.
The butter market continues firm. with
better trade. New York and the west
are better sustained: Best creamery
small lots and pkgs. 21k@22c; northern
creamery, round lots, 20k@21c; western
2O@21c; eastern, 19@20hc; firsts, l6@1Sc.
limitations, 14@15c; jobbers get NC to 1c
more.
Cheese is also in a firmer position.
with cooler weather having helped the
trade considerably: Round lots. S@Shc:
sage, SQ9c; jobbing, NC higher.
Eggs are still firmly held, especially
for the best fresh, with quotations fully
sustained: Refrigerator. 14@l5c: west
ern fresh. l51l5Rc; Michigan and In
diana, l6@l7c: eastern. 1SMl9c; nearby
and fancy, 20@23c; jobbing 1p2c more.
POTATOES AND BEANS.
The potato market has been consider
ably frmer for a couple of DAYS. but II
Is believed that the market will be aasv
again. under full receipts. Sweet pota-
toes are in oyersupply. with the market
considerably easier: Eastern and north
ern. 5O@55c per bush; Virginia sweet.
$1.50@l.75; double head, $2@2.25,
Onions are in full supply, with the
market rather easy. Natives are quoted
at s1.25@1,5O per bbl per bush, 5O@6Oc.
Apples have been selling better, and
the market is well sustained on good
stock: Pippins and Porters. s1.5O@1. rs:
Gravensteins, s225@275 other good va
rieties, $1.25@2; sweet apples, $1@2: by
the bushel $1@1.50 for Gravensteins:
Pippins and Porters. s5O@s1; ordinary
varieties, 5O@75c.
Beans are good deal firmer. especial-
1y on California small white. Small
white now cost, laid down here, 81. 80 per
bush, against $1.15 year ago: Carload
dots, pea. $l.SO; medium, sl3O; yellow
eyes, $1.5O; red kidneys. $2.O5@2. O71a:
California small white, 81. 96@1. 95; Cali
fornia Lima, 4h@5c per lb. Jobbing lots
are 10c more.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
Beef has sold we'll of late, with a
firmer market especially on the best
beef. Quotations are very steady:
Choice steers, $4,000; good steers, SA@
S1sc; light and cows, TX @Sc: extra heavy
kinds, 11h@12c; good kinds, 1O1a@11c;
light binds. 1O1s@10%c: heavy fores, Ga
6Ac; good, SIC; light, 5hc; backs, ia
TIC; rattles, 4h@4&c: chunks, 5%@6c:
short ribs. 111s@12hc; rounds, 7h@Sc:
rumps, 12@13c; rumps and loins, 14@15c:
loins, 15@l7c. The arrivals amounted to
Ill cars for Boston and lib cars for ex
port, total of 2S4 cars; preceding week.
141 cars for Boston and III cars for ex-
port, a total of 25S cars; same week a
year ago, 1856 cars for Boston and 1O5 cars
for export. total of 240 cars.
Muttons and lambs are fairly sus- |
tained, with a very fair trade. Veals |
are quite well sustained on rather
smaller arrivals Spring lambs 9@1Oc;
Brighton and fancy, 10@11c muttons.
6@Sc; Brighton and fancy muttons, 71k@
sac; veals, S@9c; fancy and Brighton.
9@10c.
The poultry market is well sold up on
Iced with the position a little firmer
Fresh is not very plenty, and good lots
bring full quotations: Turkeys, iced,
10@11isc; chickens, fresh, 15@lSc: iced
l0@12c; fowls fresh, 12@15c; iced, 11@12c;
live fowls, 9@9isc; live chickens, 10@11c;
green ducks, 1Oh@11c.
The pork situation is steady, with the
exception that pure leaf lard is adj
vanced Nc, with fresh ribs firm at the
advance of early in the week. Barrel
pork, $13@135O; light backs, $12; lean
ends, $14.5O; fresh ribs 9kc; corned and
fresh shoulders 6%c smoked shoulders.
nc; hams, 9@9Ac; skinned B hams
nc; bacon, 9lac sausages, 71sc; Frank
'urt sausages. SC: pressed ham 11c. ,a,a