Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-01-28
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products in Demand.


1t is declared that the supply of best,
fresh creameries is short. Best cream
cry, small lots and pkgs, 24W2412c;
northern fresh, round lots, 2312M241aci
western, 23c; eastern, 23c; firsts, zoe;
limitations. 13j616c; jobbing, 12@1c
more.
Cheese is considered to be in firm
position, with the demand only fair.
1t is claimed that the supply Of cheese
of the first quality is we'll in hand:
New, round lots, 111aQ1214c; old, 13c.
jobbing, 15G1c higher; Liverpool, o1s
Sd for white; cOlored, 52s cd.
Eggs are firmer, and the cold snap
will render them still more so. AT
marks. fresh western, 23G231Ac; stor-
age, 2O62O1ac; eastern, 23id25c; nearby
and fancy, 25d35 and up; jObbing, 14
115c higher.
Beans are in quiet request at steady
prices.
Apples have been rather slow for sew
eral days, but with the market pretty
well sustained.
Only a few pears are now in the hands
of the jobbers, being generally held i'll
cold storage by the large retail con-
Germs. They range all the way from
S2.5O04.50 per box, as to quality and
condition.
Cranberries are steady at S7010 per
Dbl, as to quality. with crts at S2.3013
the upper price for jobbing.
There are Il few Florida strawberries
at hand. They sell at retail at 45@1oc
per bx, as TO quality. In refrigerator
lots they sold the other day at 4OG5Cc.
Potatoes are rather easy at: ARGOS
took HebrOnS, 6506Sc; Green noun
tains, 6SQ7Oc; York state and northern
white, 5S060c; Dakota reds, $4,000;
double head sweets, S1.5001.15.
Celery is firmer at S1.15d2 per dOz.
Spinach was easier late in the week,
TJcdS.25 per Dbl Some lots, in rather
bad condition, sold at low prices.
Onions are frmer again, at S2.5003
per Dbl. as to quality. BY the bushel
jobbers quote at S1.25@1.50 per crt.
Bermudas are quoted at S303.25 per
CRIT.
Radishes are quoted at 25c per doz
bchs. Lettuce is sold at 5Q075c per
doz, as to quality.
Squashes are still firm at $50 per ton,
with the jobbers selling at $1.7502 per
Dbl Cucumbers are firmer at S12G1J
per 100 for dollhouse No. 1. No. 2
bring scar, as to quality. Tomatoes
are firm at S27JG3.50 per crt, as to
quality.
Native cabbages continue to sell at 81
d1.2J per Dbl, with Savoy at the same
price Yellow turnips are quoted at
g5GS7c per Dbl; white French scarce at
Il per Dbl; white fat, 40c per bx.
The pork provision market is irmeT
for actual provisions, though options
went off little. Hogs are costing
more. Fresh ribs are in more active
demand at firm prices. Hams are adj
vanced somewhat.
The beef market is really firmer, with
a better trade. The supply is unusually
we'll sold ND. the small receipts having
continued In this market quotations
are more steady.
The market on lambs weakened q lit.
lie. under more abundant supply, with
muttons about steady and veals firm
Lambs. T61Oc; Brighton and fancy.
@1O1kc; muttons. 514@74zc; fancy and
BrightonS. TMSc; veals, 601015c; fancy
ana Brl90JOnS. lUt2GI11C.
There is better demand for choice.
young turkeys, and such bring full
prices readily. Other grades are dull
Chickens and fowls are i'll full supply
and rather easy, with fowls worth
about as much as chickens. Western
turkeys, 10I12c; fancy and northern,
13M15c; fresh chickens, fancy, 13M16c:
ordinary, 9612c; capOnS, 13GI14c; fresh
fowls, 9G14c; ducks, 10012c; geese,
9GI1Oc; live poultry, 9Q91ac.
The game market is rather better sup
piled with grouse although quail are
very scarce. Venison is also positively
scarce largely nominal, and mostly in
the hands of the retail trade. Rabbits
are more plenty. Whole deer, 14d16c,
saddles sell at 1Sd19c; grouse, $1M1.JG
per pair; Mallard ducks, SD per pair
black ducks, S1.2j; rabbits, western
10013c per pair; northern, 2OM25c
jack, 5O075c; pigeons, S1.25 per doz.
The flour market has continued dull
and easy. 1t is still Il fact that jobbers
in this part of the country are Offering
10 sell flour at lower prices than the
millerS will sell. Quotations are nom.
inally steady.
Cornmeal is unchanged, though the
position is a little tirmer, under the
slight advance in corn, and somewhat
stronger position. Oatmeal and the
cereals are quiet and unchanged.
The influence OF the large quantity OF
fire and smoke damaged hay on the
market is still being felt to the dis.
advantage of good and best hay. and
this continues to render the position
easy on all but the best hay that has
not been damaged. OF this class OF
nav there is no surplus, and the market
is firm. Rye straw is in better supply,
and the market is a little easier. Mill.
feed is steady, Notwithstanding easie,