St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-04-12
BOSTON MARKET

Best creamery, small lots and packages,
21@21Rc; northern creamery, round lots,
2O@21c; western, 20Q2O%c; eastern,
20hc; firsts, 17@1Sc;; limitations, 15Q16c;
jobbers, 1a@1c more.
Cheese continues firm, with quiet de-
mand. The supply is reported to be in
strong hands. Round lots. 13@19hc;
sage, 13@13Ac; jobbing, 1ac higher;
Liverpool cable, SIS Cd.
Eggs are pretty well held, with prices
seemingly steady. Western, l3Q139c;
eastern, 13Q14c; southern, 12@1Sc; near
by and fancy, 15@21c; duck, 26Q2Sc;
goose, 35@40c; jobbing, 1@11Rc more.
Beans are in quiet request. In the
country firr3 prices are reported, but
here they rather favor the buyer, though
not quotably changed. Carload lots,
pea, $1.37h@1.4O; medium, $1.37A OIL 40;
yellow eyes, $1.50@155; red kidney, $1.SO
@1.90; California, small white, $1,000
1.95; Lima, &c per lb jobbing, 1Oc more.
The flour market has been we'll sus-
tanned, in spite of a dull demand Of late.
The millers have shown no signs Of being
inclined to yield prices. In the first
sections are being greatly bothered to
get wheat, and will have to shut down
very soon, under the present small sup
ply of winter wheat. A good demand for
export has also continued.
Flour quotations are little changed.
Mill shipments prices are: Spring pat
ents, $4Q4.4O; winter wheat patents,
$3.40@4.10. Trade committee prices are:
Spring wheat, clears, $2.9OQ3.4O; patents,
$4@475; winter wheat, clears, $3.40@3.70;
straights, $4,000; patents, $3S0@4.35.
The meal markets are rather easy,
with the cereals little changed: Barrel
rornmeal, $1.S5@1.9O; bag meal, S3@S5c
yellow granulated, $2.25@425; rolled oat-
meal, $4@4.20; ground and cut, 81. 40Q4. go;
rye flour, $340@375 graham flour, 50. IS
ga; bolted meal, $2.25@2.5O; rye, 75@SOc
per bush.
No great changes are noted in the
position of corn. Corn to arrive is fairly
well sustained, while the spot market
continues dull and rather easy.
Oats to arrive are fairly sustained, but
the spot market continues dull and easy.
Hay Is unchanged, except considerable
firmness in strictly choice Straw is
steady, with only a moderate demand.
Millfeed is rather easy: Hay, $8@14;
fancy jobbing lots, $15@17; rye straw,
s9@9.5O.
The pork market is easier on fresh
ribs, with hams firmer. Lard is slightly
easier. The kill by Boston packers has
been somewhat increased, the total for
the week having been about 3S, 1OO pre-
ceding week, $4,000; same week a year
ago, 27.Soo- Ahere is only a fair de-
mand for pcW provisions for export.
The total value of the pork and lard ex-
ports by Boston packers for the week
was about $1S5, 900; preceding week, $780,
600; same week a year ago, $247 900.
Pork packing in the west has been some
what lessened.
The market on fresh beef has ruled
dull Dealers complain that the de-
mand is small, while prices are really in
the buyers favor, except on strictly
choice beef which is in small supply.
The arrivals of beef are being kept down
to reasonable figures, but this does not
| yet seem to help the dull demand. For
the week the arrivals for Boston were
1873 cars, with 109 cars for export. total
of 247 cars; preceding week, 1874 cars.
with III cars for export, a total of 25J
cars; same week a year ago, 100 cars
for Boston, and LAT cars for export. a
total of 3O7 cars. In prices the market
is very little changed.
The mutton market has been ruling
pretty firm, with lambs and muttons
bringing more money than a week ago
Veals are dull and easy: Springers. S5@
.; fall lambs, S@9Ac; Brighton fancy, 81
Q9hc; muttons, 1000; Brighton and
fancy muttons, 7h@9hc; veals 6@9c:
fancy Brightons, 9@1Oc.
Poultry is dull, with the supply of
fresh getting to be limited. Iced fowls
are arriving to some extent: TURKEYS
frozen, l2@16c: chickens, fresh, 14@2Oc
frozen, 1O@14c; fowls, fresh, 1O@16c,
frozen, 9@12c; ducks, 9@12c; geese. 91b@
12c; iced fowls, 11@12c; live fowls. 11@
12c
Game is generally steadily held anf
mainly all in first hands. Still a. num-
Der of fresh deer saddles came in from
Maine the other day-shipped Illegal,
out of the state-but they were not ir
good condition, being poor and this from
their long winter feeding on browse
They sold very low; hardly more thar
enough to pay freight and other costs
Marketmen are not pleased with sucl
stuff, and generally prefer not to hav,
anything to do with it.
Apples are steady, with some choic,
lots selling considerably above marke
quotations. Occasionally a lot of Bald
wins is good enough to bring $3.50, bu
such is not the general market. Bald
wins, at $4,000; russets, 1904; Tolma,
sweets, $4@4.5O; spies, $3.5O@45O sec
onds, all varieties $2@3; jobbing AM
choice lots, $1@1.5O more.
For the week the receipts of apple
were 334O bbls; preceding week, 1901 bbls
same week year ago, 4346 bbls. TIL
total exports of apples for the week wer
1899 bbls, all to Liverpool; total since tn
season opened, 231,73 bbls same tim
a year ago, 176,346; same time in 1891
1,009,347 bbls.
Strawberries have been coming for
ward more freely, but all from Florida
since the season is very late, especiall
farther north. 1t is suggested that
will be three or four weeks before an
good Carolina berries will be at hanc
Florida berries have been selling thi
: week at 25@S5c, in refrigerator lots. a
to quality. They retail all the way fror
30 to so cents, as to size of boxes an
, quality.
Potatoes are very firm on seed ros
and Hebrons, with ordinary cooking va
rites ABOUT steady. Sweet potatoes ar
scarce and firm Aroostoolx and 90 s+ar