Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-06-26
IN HUB MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

is quiet and firm. While it is the general
opinion of dealers here that prices are too
high for a healthy trade, there is no indi-
cation that June creamery will be bought
at any lower rate. A good demand is re-
ported in the west for all the butter Of
fered. and>nost of this months make
there and in other dairy sections is con-
tracted for at preSent ruling price. I'm
der these circumstances, nobody can
blame creamery men for holding up the
price as long as they can.
The market so far as selling prices are
concerned is in about the same condition
as a week ago. The ruling rate is 10
cents for all extra creamery, western and
northern, in tubs.
The high prices paid in the country for
cheese have strengthened the market
here, and an advance of about II a cent
is asked on fine lots. Buyers are not
prepared to respond, and sales from
stock on hand were made at S14 to 81
cents, but it was generally understood
that 812 to cents would be lowest rate
for the fine lots of twins to arrive.
There was liberal supply of eggs the
past few days, and IA to 141a cents has
been a top rate for most of the western
offered. A fancy lot of Michigan might
bring 15 cents, but most of the receipts
are considerably injured by the heat,
and they are considered we'll sold at IA
to 141s cents. Even at this rate there are
more than enough for the demand. East
ern choice fresh command Is to Is cents,
but other eastern are hard to sell at any
more than western.
There has been a better movement in
Hour for several days, with agents rep
resenting the big Minneapolis concerns
noting an excellent weeks business.
Here the market is firmer, with quota
tons better sustained.
Cornmeal is firmer, with bag meal ad-
vanced lie. Oatmeal and the cereals are
steady. Corn and oats are quiet, but
generally we'll sustained. Chicago adj
Vanced nearly 1c.
Hay is reported very firm. Farm
ers are holding on to old hay that they
had intended to ship. The drought has
been especially severe in New England,
and the rains have not come in season to
save the hay crop from being a remark
ably small one. Straw is steady. Mill
feed has been advanced so cents per
ton by some millerg. by reason of the
increased demand, caused by the dry
weather. Hay, s11@18; fancy and job
bling lots, $1S.5O@20; rye straw, $10.50@
H.
The pork situation is very steady, with
fresh. Barrel pork, $12@12.5O; light
backs, S11: lean ends. $14; fresh ribs,
TIC; corned and fresh shoulders, SIC;
smoked shoulders, &c; lard, &c; in pals,
6h@7c; hams, 1O@10hc: skinned B
hams, 10Ac; bacon, 81A@9c; sausages,
!@8c; Frankfurt sausages. 71A@8c;
pressed ham, lie; raw leaf lard, 7c; pure
leaf lard. 7c; in pals. 7A@Sc; pork
tongues. $3.50; loose salt pork. &c;
briskets, &c; savage meat, &c; bolognas,
TIC; city dressed hogs, &c; country, sc.
The beef market is firmer. with a bet
ter trade. At least NC better prices are
claimed. Very choice steers, SIC; good
steers, &c; light and cows 71s@7Ac;
extra heavy binds, 101sc; good kinds,
10c; light binds, 91a@9Ac; heavy fores,
&c; good, size; light. 5@5kc; backs.
6@71sc; rattles, 4@4Ac; chucks, $40
GIG; short rib, 9A@12c: rumps and loins.
101k@121sc; loins, 1O1s@13c.
For the week the receipts were Ill
cars for Boston and 1873 cars for ex-
port, a total of 294 cars.
The market on lamb is better sold up,
and prices are higher. Muttons and
veals are only steady. Spring lambs,
100000 per ID, as to quality; fall lambs,
101a@12c; Brighton fancy, 11@121Ac;
muttons, 7@8Ac; veals, 5000; fancy
Brightons, 9Q10c.
Poultry is steady and unchanged.
Northern chickens, 1S@2Oc; fancy broiI-
ers, 1S@25c; fowls, 13@14c; western iced,
10@1115c; live fowls. 10@111ac.
Apples are out of market mainly, with
few old russets and spies selling in a
retail way at $5@7 per Dbl. No new ap-
pies of any consequence have yet come
forward from the south.
Southern blackberries and blueberries
go hard. It is in the height of the straw
berry season, and other berries do not
seem to be wanted. Blackberries are
nominaHy quotable at S@10c per quart;
blueberries, 7@9c. The supply of straw
berries is excessive, and the fruit not in
good order. They sold from &c to Toe,
according to condition and the state Of
the demand. For the week the receipts
of strawberries were IL 5S9 crts; last year,
1926 crts.
California peaches are quite abundant
thus early here, and the quality is fair.
They sell at S1.25@1. so per cs.
Potatoes are uncertain and easy. Old
are steady at 65@S0c per blu, as to quality;
new southern, fair to good $2@2.5O per
Dbl; extra, $3@3.50, the latter jobbing
price for small lots. Sweet potatoes are
uncertain at $125@2 per Dbl or CRIT
Celery is in small supply and jobs at
$4,000 per bx. Asparagus is plenty and
$1.5O to 81 per bx. Spinach sells at $50
40c per bx; beet greens, Csc per bx.
Cabbages are at very wide range. The
late steamers brought a good many in
bad order. They sell all the way from
soc to So per crt or barrel, as to quality.
Squashes sell at $1.50@2 per Dbl for
marrow, with other varieties at prices
lower as to quality. Summer squashes
are not very abundant. and sell at $40
A50 per doz.
Turnips sell at s1.25@1.5O per Dbl for
yellow with very few white on theImar-