Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-08

shucks. 6@7c: short ribs, 1o@12c; rounds.
fh@Sc; rumps, Hobo; runps and loins,
11@141sc; loins, 11@16c.
Muttons and lambs have been firm,
with the market rather quiet. Veals are
strong: Springers, $2@8; fall lambs,
91h@10hc; Brighton fancy, 1O@11c; NUT
tons, 715@91ac; veals, 6@9c; fancy Brigh-
tons, 9@10c.
The market for poultry is quiet, though
prices are firmly held for choice fresh
killed: Turkeys, frozen, 12@16c; chick
ems, fresh, 10000; frozen, 10@14c; fowls,
fresh. 10@15c; iced fowls, 1a@101hc; live
fowls, 10@101ac.
The receipts of fresh fish at G1ouces-
ter for the week were 1,545, 900 pounds as
against 965, 900 pounds landed at Boston.
The receipts of all kinds of fish for the
same period were 100000, the 1898 re-
ceipts for the same period being 100000
pounds.
The salt fish market has not developed
any new features. There has been
fair demand for the season, and prices
are steady Stocks of Goldfish, mackerel
and herring are light and supplies are
likely to run short if more are not soon
received The situation generally is
favorable for the maintenance of values
for several weeks to come.
No salt mackere1 have been received
from any quarter during the week, and
the stock here is mostly in second hands.
It consists mainly of Irish, which are
being jobbed at $40 to $22 per barrel.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
ones and bloaters are nearly all sold out,
at a range of from $23 to $50, as to quail
ity. The market will be in a good con-
dition for the distribution of new salt
mackerel, when they come to hand.
No encouraging news has been re-
ceived from the fishing fleet, and the
catch promises to be much later than
usual.
Oysters are out of season by the cal
endar, and demand is dropping off fast,
but the quality is as good as ever, and
will probably hold so for several weeks,
at least until the weather is warmer.
CLAIMS are not in good form at present
and trade is light. HOLSTERS have been
in large supply, and prices have de-
clined Sales in a wholesale way at
S. per crate.
Fruit trees are usually sprayed in the
summer, if at all; but the best author1-
ties are now unanimous in recommend
ing that these sprayings be preceded by
an application made in early spring be-
fore the leaves start. This is primarily
to forestall the various fungi, Scab,
blights and molds. Though these dis
eases do not appear till Later in the sum-
mer, their spores or germs are already
in the orchard, usually lodged in the
rough bark or in the crevices of branches.
The best remedy for all fungous dis
eases is the Bordeaux mixture. The
method of making this as recommended
by the Vermont experiment station is to
Stake four pounds of fresh lime in 40
gallons of water and add six pounds of
blue vitriol, taking care that it dissolves
fully. For early spring spraying, recon-
mended above, however, the lime may
be omitted and the spraying done with a
solution of blue vitrio1 alone, one pound
to Is gallons of water. If the buds have
started it will be necessary to add the
lime to prevent injury to the tree.
These applications are made most con-
veniently with a good force pump pro-
vided with a fine spray nozzle.
In addition to the various fungi against
which this spring spraying is directed
there are many insects which are best
killed before the leaves appear. They
are sucking the life out your trees and
should be attended to at once. Give
them a strong dose of whale oil soap,
made and sold for the purpose, using one
or even two pounds to the gallon of hot
water and applying while still hot. After
the foliage starts this must be used
weaker, one pound to five gallons of
water. Kerosene emulsion is another
excellent remedy for these scale insects.
Ordinary poisons like paris green do not
affect them at all.