Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09
IN HUB
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.


Is firmer, following New York. Extra
creamery, small pkgs, 2JG25hc: north
ern fresh, round lots, 24hG25c; western,
24d24hc; eastern, 23hG24c; diaries. %
G21c: frsts. 2OG221zc; ladies, 15d1Sc;
3obbing, &c to lie more.
There is a steady market for cheese.
with the demand fair and prices well
sustained.
Eggs are firm in sympathy with New
York and western markets. The cold
snap has restricted receipts. Storage,
1Shd19hc; fresh western, 22d25c;
choice Michigan, 26d3Oc; eastern, 259
soc; nearby and fancy, 32d3sc and up;
Jobbing. &c to 1hc higher.
Receipts OF beans are still small and
there is somewhat Of a scarcity in the
local market. Prices are steady.
There is a steady demand for apples
ut firm prices, with the supply only
moderate. Fancy BaIdwins and green
ings, $3.5Od4; ordinary to good, S2.50G
3.25; gravensteins. S3.5OG4.25; western,
Ben Davis, S3d3.jO; SHOWS, S2.50d3-50;
pound sweets. S3.5Od4; Tolman sweets,
$3G3.5O; No. 2. all varieties, S2d2.50;
mixed lots, $2.jOd3; very choice and
jobbing lots, soc to 81 more.
A few pears are still being taken out
of cold storage. and sell at S363.5O;
seckels, S2.5Od3.50.
few baskets of domestic grapes have
ben in the market They job at 159
17c. California grapes are about out of
the market.
C~ranberries are in smaller supply.
They sell at $5.50G7 per Dbl, and at $1.75
M225 per crit for wholesale and jObbing.
Potatoes are firm, but trade is quiet.
Houlton Green mountains. S5GSSc; He
brons. S0dS5c; rose, 75dS0c; Dakota
reds, 7jTS0c; C~henangoes, 15c; western
Hebrons and Green mountains, 75dSOc;
Virginia sweet, S2.5OG2.75 per Dbl; Jer-
6ey double head. S3G3.50.
Onions are firmly held. They are
quoted Mt S464.5O PER Dbl for native and
at S1.50 for small crts, with large crts
at $3.25.
Celery is in good supply, with little
change in prices. Pasquale. S364 per
3-dOZ bx; Boston market, S4G5; white,
$2G2.5O. Spinach is quoted at 25c per
bu. Cauli1owers sell at $50 per bx.
Radishes are at 5Oc@S1 per bX; lettuce,
5Ocd$1 per bX of three doz. Beet green's
sell at 5Od75c per bu.
Squashes are firmly held at S5O660 per
ton, including all kinds. Pumpkins are
sold at 75c per bx. Tomatoes are scarce
and bring 25&35c per Id for dollhouse.
Cucumbers are higher at $7d9 per 100,
with seconds at half price.
Cabbages are higher at 81 per Dbl;
brussels sprouts. 10G121kc per OF; vel
low turnipS. 90c per Dbl for st. Andrews
and Canadian; white French, 75c0$1
per bel; globe white and white fiat, 35c
per bu. Beets job at o per bu; car
riots, 50d60c; parsnips. Goo. Mint sells
at SOC per doz; cress, 40c; parsley, 75c
per bu.
There is a good demand for fresh beef,
with prices firm, and an advance pre-
dicted.
There was an improved demand for
muttons and lambs, following the
Thanksgiving trade, but the supply is
ample, and prices are only steady.
Lambs. 5hGSc; fancy and Brigh.ons,
\ ,7GSHc; y~earlings, 4d6c; muttons, 40
&c; fancy, 62c; veals, S610c; fancy and
tBrightons, 101h611c.
The market for poultry holds up we'll
in prices, the continued cold weather
being favorable. The demand is high
and o are heavy. Choice northern
young turkeys, bX lots, 16G17c; good
northern. 12d14c; western. 1OG12c: iced.
P1zG11c; fresh native chickens, 13M15c:
western, 9d12c; freshfow1s, 1OG11c;live
fowls. Sd91kc: live chickens. S61Oc;
green ducks. 13615c.
For the week the receipts of poultry
were 21,323 pkgs, against p, O21 pkgs
for the same week last year.
Venison is IN good supply and sells at
15c for whole deer and 30G35c for sad
dies. Quail are quoted at $4,000 per
doz; rouse. S22o per pair; rabbits, $50
40c per pair.
Hay is firm. with a good demand.
Straw is well sustained. There is a very
firm market for miIlfeed. The shortage
in the corn crop, estimated at 700. OO0. 900
bus, will be swe1led by other grain CROPS
to over 1000 900, 900 bus. This fact ac-
counts for the tremendous advance in
the prices OF feed, as they are being used
to an unusual extent for feeding in place
OF grain. The advance on bran has been
81 TO So per ton. 1t lis said that one
W dealer here had an order placed in the
summer for several carloads of bran at
then ruling prices for delivery now.
Recently this bran has been bought
back by the millers at the present ruling
prices in the east, which represents a
handsome profit TO the dealer. The mil
lers can find a mor profitable market
for the stuff west owing to the scarcity
N of grain. The local prices are: HAY.
SI261S.5O; fancy and jobbing. S1S.5O6
10; rye straw, S16G17.50; Oat straw. s11
G12.
The most prominent feature in the
" wheat situation is the continued liberal
movement of spring wheat and the light