Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-03-18
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

bOSlOd, 81 IioIc SledNiS
butter position is noted, with the mar
ket apparently better sustained 1t is
suggested that in spite of a decline the
best creameries, fresh made, are in
small supply. Extra creameries, small
lots and pkgs, 2J0251ac; northern fresh,
round lots, 2S1zM241ac; western, 230
PIC; eastern, Z3024c; frsts, 20021c;
ladies, 16I17c; jObbing, 1a01c more.
The market on cheese is in good shape,
with the supply in good hands. The
demand is moderate, with prices steady.
Round lots. 111A0I121ac; jObbing. 1201c
higher; Liverpool. 49s for white and sos
for colOred.
Eggs have continued to decline till it
is suggested that they are getting pretty
low for so early in the season, and that
q cold snap or succession of storms
ana blockaded roads would send them
up rapidly. At present they are rather
dull at: At marks, fresh western, IS
0161zc: eastern. 1SG19c; nearby and
fancy, 2OG25c and up; jObbing, 1M112c
higher.
Beans are in quiet request and rather
easy, although quotations are nOminally
unchanged Red kidneys, S2.6O02. 50;
CdlllOTuIl SIidl NulIc- sH.b-fOGI DID, JOu-
bling. 10c more; Lima, G12MIc per ID.
Apples have been in rather quiet
movement. First the weather was too
severely cold, and since the cold it has
been too soft. Quotations are pretty
steady. No 1 Baldwins, out of cold
storage, $25063; kings, S2.50G3.5O;
Tolman sweets. seas; spies, $2.50@3.5O;
mixed lots and No. 2, $1.50G2; above
prices are for carload lots; jObbIng and
fancy lots, JOc@$1 more.
Pears, out of cold storage, are still
Offering, but in small quantities and at
a wider range of prices. all the way
from $3.50 TO "a per bx, in a jobbing
way
Cranberries are little easier, though
the best are still held at high prices.
Barrels, S5@S; fancy higher; crates,
S1.75d2.5O.
Straw berries are coming in more free
", and the quality begins to be better.
They have sold at from 25c 10 4Oc, in
refrigerator lots. They are being re-
tailed around the markets at 25035c.
Lettuce has continued in full supply,
with the market somewhat demOralized
at 2503Oc per doz heads Radishes are
retail markets We're almost cleaned out
of them, and the demand could not be
supplied.
Onions continue very firm, with ma
tive in bbls quoted at S3.75Q4.25; bus,
jobbing, $202.5O. Spanish onions are
out of the market just at present.
Bermudas are very firm at $303. % per
cS.
CabbageS are pretty firm at $3.50 per
Dbl, and Savoy at the same price. Gu
cumbers are Il little easier at $1O012
per bx for native dollhouse. Tomatoes
are quoted at 35c per Id for dollhouse,
with southern cases at $2Q2.5O.
Potatoes are quiet, with the market
about steady AroostOok Hebrons, 60
663c; Gren mountains, 650I6Sc; York
state and northern whites, 55d5Sc; Da-
kota reds. 53655c; double head sweets,
81. 2561.75 Bermudas are quoted at
S5.5O@6 per Dbl.
st. Andrews turnips are firmer at 81
01.25 per Dbl; white French, $202. 90
per Dbl; white hat, 4OG5Oc per bu.
Beets are unchanged at SOC per bU;
carrots. 50d60c; parsnips, 75c.
Mushrooms are again frmer at 400
soc per To. Peppers are high at $50
$50 per cs. Leeks sell at 5OQ6Oc per
bch.
String beans are still scarce. They
vary in price Il good deal, as to quality
and size of package; say, $3.5OQ4. Ber-
Inuda potatoes are quoted at $5.5O06
per Dbl
The pork provision market is very
firm. not only in n speculative way, but
actual provisions are much firmer.
Hogs are higher, and quoted at the
highest prices for year atleast. The
speculative market was advanced
sharply for the week. The spot mar
ket here is firmer, with all barrel pork
advanced PC.
The tone of the beef market is re-
ported better, with a rather better trade
late in the week. Quotations are steady,
with the best beef in small supply.
The mutton market is pretty steady,
with full supply and a pretty good de-
mand. Veals continue easy, with ship
pers inclined to oyerdo the market.
Lambs, 70i91ac; Brightons and fancy,
9G10c; muttons, 70Sc; fancy and Brigh-
tons, 7@S12c; yeaS, 709c; fancy and
Briehtons, 9d10c.
Poultry sold pretty well, with thegmar-
ket we'll sustained. though both ship
pers and receivers still claim that prices
are low. compared with other seasons.
Western turkeys, 9012c; fancy and
northern. 12014c; fresh chickens, fancy.
13d1Gc; western, 12@14c; fresh fowls
1Od14c; ducks, 1O012c; geese, 1O111c:
live poultry, 91zt01015c.
The supply of game continues small
with the exception that pigeons are in
pretty full supply. Quotations are
largely nominal with about all the SUD-
ply in the hands of the retail dealers in
cold storage.
Cornmeal is pretty firm, though I'M