Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-11-20
IN HUB MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.


strong butter situation and higher prices
than last week are quoted. Boston con-
tinues to lag a little behind the other
places, but she is gradually working up,
and buyers have to pay about II cent
more than the ruling rate a week ago
for fine fresh arrivals and the best June
stock. The advance is not freely re-
sponded to, and most receivers report a
slow trade, but the indications are that
buyers will soon come to terms where
they find that the butter cannot be
bought for less.
Sales OF what come under the head of
extra creamery are made at 241a to rs
cents. Receivers are not offering their
finest lots of assorted size tubs under %
cents, and enough sales are made at that
figure to make % cents the full quota
ton for new arrivals of northern cream
cry.
For June creamery there has been a
good demand, with sales at % cents.
The finest lines are not offered under "a
cents, and the indications are that this
will soon be established as top selling
rate.
There is nothing particularly new to
say about cheese. The demand has been
moderate, with sales in lots as wanted
by the trade at 121a to ID cents, including
the best Vermont and New York twins,
. but very few lots bring over 1919
cents. The country markets are firm,
and holders have full confidence in the
situation, but buyers do not seem to be
in a hurry to stock up. When cold
weather sets in, and the factories are
closed, some advance may be obtained.
Strictly choice fresh western eggs are
in better demand, with sales at % to %
10 to 20 cents is full selling rate, and
slow at that. Fresh eastern in demand
at % to "a cents, and fancy hennery at
% to 80 cents. The Iatetr are scarce and
wanted. Storage eggs rule quiet at
16 to II cents, but hard to sell many at
over 16 to 1872 cents.
Beans continue very firm, with yellow
eyes particularly scarce and firm: Car
load lots, pea, $1.90; medium, $1.90; small
pea, $1.9215@1.95; yellow eyes, 1925; red
kidneys, $3.50; California small white.
$2.15@2.20; Lima, sc per Id; jobbing, 10c
more.
The flour market is actually pretty
firm, in spite of the easier speculative
wheat situation, and the dull trade for
the week past. The principal milling
concerns are not lowering prices. Quo
tations are very steady: Mill shipments
committee, spring wheat, clears, $50
$50; patents, $3.9O@475; winter wheat,
clears $3.25@3.75: straights. So. $50 80;
patents, 3.75@4.25.
Cornmeal is pretty firm, owing to a
scarcity of track and nearby corn. Oat-
meal and the cereals are steady and I'M
changed. The market on corn is very
steady. The government crop report,
from November returns to the depart
ment of agriculture. does not change the
corn situation essentially. Oats are we'll
sustained, though trade is rather quiet.
The offerings here are limited. by reason
of the lack of transportation.
A steady demand for hay is noted,
with little change in prices. Rye straw
is quiet and unchanged: Hay, s12@17;
fancy and jobbing, ST. .50Q1S; rye straw,
S13@15.
On pork products a quiet market is
noted. Trade is only fair, with quota
tions unchanged. Boston packers have
1essened their killing of hogs somewhat,
the total for the week having been about
SO, 800.
A firmer beef market is noted. with the
idea general that the season of light
beef is about over. This is helping the
demand for better beef, which is in
short supply. Dealers are generally de-
termined to get better prices this week
Quotations are firm. The arrivals of
beef for the week have been heavier
than expected, since the report got out
early that the market was to be short
ened.
Lambs and muttons have continued
easy, under an over supply. Lambs,
7@S1zc; Brishtons and eastern, 712@9c;
yearlings, 5@612c; muttons, 412@6hc;
ID
fancy and Brightons, 9@101ac.
The supply of poultry is large, with
dry packed coming in freely. Prices are
easy Northern turkeys, 13@15c; west
ern, 12@13c; northern chickens, 12@16c;
fowls, 10@12c; iced chickens, 10@11c;
fowls, 9@11c; iced turkeys, 11@12c; green
ducks, 12Q15c; green geese, 14@15c; live
fowls. $3.50; chickens, S@9c.
The supply of game is rather small,
with quail quoted at s2@2.50 per dozen;
cartridges scarce, s1.5O@175 per pair
for eastern; western, s1.25@1.5O; wood
cock, S1@1.25 per pair. Venison is fairly
plenty, with whole deer quoted at 13@15c
per pound.
The apple market is believed to be
looking better, since the over supply of
fall and perishable fruit is nearly out
of sight. Good lots of Baldwins, green
ings and other storage and winter fruit
are likely to do better. Quotations are
a shade firmer. Gravensteins, S3@35O;
Baldwins, S2@2. $50; greetings, 81. 5000 25;
kings, $2.5O@3 per barrel; pound sweets,
$2@2.5 so: No. 2 and mixed varieties, S1@
$50; jobbing and fancy lots, 50c@S1 per
barrel more
Pears are in fair supply, but generally
out of cold storage. Prices are at wide
range, all the way from 81 to IS per bu |
the latter for fancy in jobbing way
Native grapes are in greatly lessened |
supply, with only Catawbas and a few !
Niagaras Offering. Concords are about /
done. Catawbas are quoted all the way |