St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-01-25
BOSTON MARKET

quiet, but there is feeling that prices
are pretty well down, with tone of
more confidence within day or two.
Best creamery small lots and packages,
21@21hc; northern creamery, round lots,
2OhQ21c; western. 19h@2OMc; eastern,
10000; firsts 17@19c; limitations, 15@
16c; jobbers, " to 1c more.
The tone Of the local cheese market
is firm, with prices well sustained.
Round lots, 11Ml1hc; sage 11h@12c; job
bling, kto lc higher; Liverpool, 49s.
Eggs are more steady with a feeling
that a cold snap might send them up.
Fancy fresh eggs are still selling at SIC
in Boston. Storage, l6@17c; western
fresh, 10000 Michigan and Indiana.
zO@21c; eastern fresh. 2l@22c; nearby
and fancy, 24@S5c; jobbing, " to lie more.
The position of beans is pretty firm,
though the market is quiet. Carload
lots, pea and medium, $l.3O91 .321R yell
low eyes, $1.55@1.60; red kidneys, 1850
1.9O; California small, white, $1,000;
Lima 405c per lb; jobbing, 1Oc more.
Flour has ruled quiet for more than
a week, and yet the market is very we'll
sustained. Mill shipment prices are at
$4Q4.SO for spring wheat patents, with
one or two fancy brands Sc to 1Oc more
Trade committee prices are: Spring
wheat, clears, $3@35O; patents, $40475;
winter wheat clears, $340m3.S5;
straights, $4,000; patents, $3.S5@44O
Cornmeal, oatmeal and the cereals are
little changed, with trade quiet
Corn is only fairly steady with re-
celpts more free. Offerings on track
here are little more abundant.
Oats are quiet and rather easy, with
offerings more liberal.
The hay situation is mentioned as
firmer, with the supply better worked
up. Rye straw is pretty firm, with mill
feed firm: Hay, $S@14; fancy jobbing
lots $l5@l6; rye straw, 5000; oat straw,
seas.
The market on hogs in the west is
reported firm, and pork products here
are firm for that reason, along with
very fair trade. Boston packers have
made pretty liberal output of hogs
for the week, the killing total amount
ing to about HOO; preceding week, 40
900; same week year ago, 46, 100. There
is reported to be a better demand for
Boston packed pork products for the
markets abroad The total value of the
exports of these products for the week
was about $2S5,OOO preceding week, $14O,-
COO; same week year ago, $130,O00.
Pork packing in the west has been
somewhat increased for the week, the
total having been about Sos, 900 hogs
preceding week, 100000 same week a
year ago, 100000. Since the new pack
ing season began, Nov. 1, the pork pack
ing in the west has amounted to g.
$4,000 hogs same time a year ago, s.
$4,000; increase, 1,25O,000.
Beef has continued to be quoted at
firm figures here, with reports from the
west indicating still higher prices paid
for cattle. Trade has been dull, how
ever, with choice cattle scarce and hard
to find.
/ The arrivals of beef here, though still
small to stop in this market, are little
larger than noted a week ago, the total
for the week having included 14O cars for
Boston and 100 cars for export a total of
Boston and So cars for export, total of
PIG cars; same week year ago, 154 cars
for Boston and lis cars for export, a total
of 272 cars.
The mutton market has been dull of
late, under full supply, and prices have
receded little: Lambs, 1@S1ac; Brgh-
ton fancy, SQ9c; muttons, 51a@7c; Brigh-
ton and fancy muttons, 7@71sc; veals,
@l0c; fancy Brightons, 10@101ac.
Poultry has been a little firmer Of
late, with choice chickens and fowls as
well as turkeys bringing good prices
Turkeys, western, 11@14c; northern, 12@
Ice; chickens, northern, 12@16c; west
ern, 10@12c; fowls, northern fresh. 9@
14c; western, 10@11c; live fowls, S69la,
chickens, S@gc; ducks, 9@12c: geese.
10@13c.
The game supply is pretty fair, with
trade also fair. Prices are pretty steady.
with little coming forward. The Job
bers and dealers quote at: Whole deer,
S@1Oc saddles l2@14c; grouse, 81 .25@1. 80
per pair; quail, $1.50@2 per doz: canvas
back ducks, $3@3,50 per pair mallard
ducks, $l.5O@2 per pair; black ducks
slips per pair; red heads. $125: rabbits
12@20c per pair; jack rabbits, 4M6c per
pair; pigeons $1.25 per doz; wild tur-
keys, zoe per lb.
Apples are in only fair request, though
there is an undertone of firmness in the
situation At present it takes strictly
choice carload lots to bring the full
quotations, though later the market may
no Ian
Baldwins and greetings, 80. 751325; Toll
man sweets. $2.25@3.25; spies, Kings and
SHOWS $3M4; seconds all varites $1.75
GD250; jobbng and choice lots, S1@1. 80
more.
For the week the receipts of apples
were 6091 bbls; same week a year ago
9053 bbls. The total exports of apples
for the week were 6S31 bbls, all to Liver
pool same week year ago 1856 bbls;
total since the season opened 1SS, $50
bbls; same time year ago, las, $50 bbls;
same time in 1896 no, 249 bbls.
Pears out of cold storage, are still
at wide range, though fewer are Offering
than a week ago. They may be quoted
at $25O04.50 per Dbl, and at $2@350 per
bu. in jobbing way.
Florida oranges are getting out of IL
market, though the prices are abo
steady at $9.50a4 for bright; russell
S3MS.5O Jamaica oranges are plenty
and easier at $3.75@4,75 per Dbl. Cal.
ifornia oranges are coming along freely,
and promise to continue. Some brant
are particularly fine. Navals are quoted
at So. 50M325 seedlings, $2@25O. Va
oil,