Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-29
IN HUB MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

q slow trade.
Makers Of dairy are hurrying forward
their output and very few of these lots
are worth over - cents, while some run
down to is and 20 cents. Renovated but
ter continues to meet with fair sale at
20 to % cents This seems to be preferred
TO ladies. limitations or ordinary dairy.
Cold storage butter is about out of mar.
vet and has only a nominal value. old
fades are slow at II to is cents
Jobbcrs have been meeting thetwants
OF their customers at &c to - cents with
some fancy quality at rs cents. As the
market stands at present this is about as
low as the best grades can be bought at.
but but poor quality can be obtained
lower.
No more than steady market can BE-
reported for cheese. The demand CON
tinueS to be better for small lots to meet
current wants, and nobody seems To be
willing to stock up Sales Of tine Sep
tembei twins run along at 10 to 49,, cents
Very few buyers are ready to pay over
is cents for a Wholesale lot. Stocks are
small
Receipts Of eggs have materially in
creased, and prices have dropped OF
4 cents per dozen from last week Sales
of best marks of western are made at
l2lq to - cents Sales for later delivery
are made at L. cents Eastern rule at
131e to IA cents.
Cotnmeal is firm. with oatmeal and the
cereals generally steady, but unchanged
Corn is very firm II is reported the
supply is very small. with no particular
additions to come III sight for several
months. Locally the market is very
firm, with little or no track corn offer
ing. Nearby is also frmer and higher.
with the prices TO arrive higher.
The position Of hay is reported firm,
with a fair trade The recent destiuc-
ton Of hay by fire greatly reduced the
immediate supply and yet there has been
no particulariack Of quantity to meet the
demands of the trade. Rye straw re-
mains quiet. Milfeed is fairly steady.
The pork position is very firm Hogs
are the highest since 1898. Here lard
is higher, with barrel pork very firm.
Fresh ribs are Il cent off, however.
The beef situation is loss firm than last
week. when it was declared that prices
must advance. by reason Of the frmnoss
less beef was To be sent forward. But
it was found that beef enough was COM
ing, while trade was positively quiet. it
being one of the later " ecks in Lent and
near to the last Of the month, Still
quotations are nominally sustained.
Lambs ard muttons have continued
rather easy under the continued full
supply. Spring lambs are also easier
from the fact that more lave come for
ward than could be readily sold at the
fancy prices asked for them. Springers,
s7d1o; fall lambs. 7UJc; Brighton and
eastern. SM9isc; yearlings. 6d7iac; NUT
tons. 5iau7l2c fancy and Brightons,
6i@0st2c; veals S010c: fancy Brightons.
1Oa lie.
/ Poultry is in full supply, with the
! market rather easy. Capons have been
arriving more freely, and are binginS
easier prices. Frozen turkeys 10012o !:
fresh, III 14c; northern chickens. 1401s c:
fowls. 100 1212c: western chickens, 100
13c: fowls, 10G111ac; capons, 12Gl4c;
green ducks, logic; green geese. ga 100 4;
live fowls, Haze; chickens, 11@121ac.
There is little in the game situation
that is really new. 1t is possible that a
ward. but dark grouse are very scarce
There is only a very little venison at
hand. and that is in the hands of the cold
storage market men.
Domestic beans are short in supply
and very firm. The country is so short
that prominent dealers will not at
tempt to sell carloads to arrive. The
country is short. and hut for the foreign
beans coming forward. prices would adj
vance very sharply. Still these foreign
beans are 50 poor in quality that they
cannot take the place of the best do
nestle varieties. There are no pea
beans among them.
Apples have not been in the most
satisfactory position for the week. Ii
is felt that the damaged apples from
the wrecked steamer Californian hur
the market, at least on No. and low
priced lots Now, the understanding i.
that the poor stock has been worked of
and that the market is feeling better.
Florida strawberries have been IL
small supply, They have been selma
at 40n SOC per box in refrigerator lots
This has made them very high at retail
Potatoes are rather quiet, though pos
IL
duh and sell only very slowly. Aroos
took Green mountains, Co &c hebrons
60d62c; Dakota reds, 55c; northern am
Vermont Green mountains, 60N G3c: New
York, 5Sc; whites, 5jN57c; Jersey sweets
S225@2.75.
Onions are doing rather better, and ar.
quoted at $50 per barrel for good ma
tive. Cubans, or Bermudas, are sellin,
ST. s. per crate.
Southern string beans are on tho mar
ket at 81 per crate New Florida re,
peppers are at hand and quoted at So =
per crate.
Celery is scarce and very firm a.
S. per dozen for native. New southern
in big punches. is quoted at 75c0 81 ..
, Spinach is at rather wide range, sellin.
at sal 30 per barrel, as to quality Bee
. green's sell at soc per bushel; dandelions
% per bushel
J Squashes are very firm at s40N50 pc
! ton. or s.. 25n . 80 per 100 pounds.
Cubumbers are easy at sS010 per 10
for native dollhouse. with seconds 4
half price. Tomatoes are at wide range
} with southern at Sl500250 per crate
Native dollhouse are quoted at 25c pe
pound
Beets arc unchanged a zoe per bushe
Turnips are hrmer for yellow. at ST..
per barrel with white at 81 %; boxes, j
IffOc, carrots, SOC; parsnips easier, 81. d
nj 40 nor busheI and .tt SnGf3 40 ppr bl !