Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-26
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

iIlirkel is nOIeu, WIN prices Dctter
than early in the week by about 1c.
1t is declared that the supply OF best,
FRY, small lots and pkgs, 24Mo4Hsc;
northern fresh, round lots, 231aM24iac;
western, 23c; eastern, 23c; tirsts, zoe;
limitations, l3M1Gc; jobbing, lzM1c
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, 11hM12Ac; old, 13c;
jObblng, 1aM1c higher; Liverpool, 01s
I'D for white; colored, 52s Cd.
Eggs are tirmery and the cold snap
will render them still more so. AT
marks, fresh western, 23623Rc; stor-
age, 2O6l2OAc; eastern, 23N 25c; nearby
and fancy, 25Gl35 and up; jobbing, Ia
1hc 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 few pears are now in the hands
Of the jobbers, being generally held in
cold storage by the large retail COLI
Germs. They range all the way from
E2.50M4.50 per box, as to quality and
condition.
Cranberries are steady mt $7M10 per
bbl, as to quality, with crts at S2.50M3,
the upper price for jobbing.
There are few Florida Strawberries
at hand. They sell at retail at 4oM75c
per bx, as to quality. In refrigerator
lots they sold the other day at 40H SOC.
Potatoes are rather easy at: Aroos-
took Hebrons, 650l6SC; Green noun
tains, GSM7Oc; York state and northern
white, 5SM60c; Dakota reds. 5SMG0c;
double head sweets. $1.5oM1.75.
Celery is trmer at S1.15M2 per doz.
Spinach was easier late in the week.
75cu$25 PER Dbl. Some lots, in rather
bad condition, sold at low prices.
Onions are firmer again, at $2.50G3
per Dbl as to quality. by the bushel
Bermudas are quoted at $3M3.25 per
crit.
Radishes are quoted at 25c per doz
bchs. Lettuce is sold at 50M75c per
doz, as to quality.
Squashes are still firm at $50 per ton,
with the jobhers selling at S1.7Nt2 per
Dbl. Cucumbcrs are tirmer at $l2M15
per 100 for dollhouse No. l. No. =
bring $6M7, as to quality. Tomatoes
are firm at $2.7oM3.5O per crt, as to
quality.
Native cabbages continue to sell at 81
M1.2o per Dbl. with Savoy at The same
price Yellow turninS are quoted at
75MS7c per Dbl; white French scarce at
So per Dbl; white fiat, 4oc per bx.
The pork provision market is firmer
for actual provisions. though options
went off a little. Hogs are costing
more. Fresh ribs are in more active
demand at firm prices. Hams are adj
yanced somewhat.
The beef market is really firmer, with
a better trade. The supply is unusually
we'll sold up. the small receipts having
continued In this market quotations
are more steady.
The market on lambs weakened a lit
tie. under more abundant supply, with
muttons about steady and veAlS firm.
lambs, 70i1oc; Brighton and fancy. 8
@1OEc; muttons. 51gM71ac; fancy and
Brightons, 7MSc; veals, 6W1Dlac; fancy
and Brightons, 1O1aM1lc.
There is a better demand for choice.
young turkeys, and such bring full
prices readily. Other grades are dull.
Chickens and fowls are in full supply
and rather easy, with fowls worth
about as much as chickens. Western
turkeys. 1opll2c; fancy and northern,
13M15c; fresh chickens, fancy. 130i ice:
ordinary. 9M12c; capons, l30il 4c; fresh
fowls, 9Ml4c; ducks, 10M12c; geese,
96i1Oc; live poultry, 9M9lac
The game market is rather better sup
piled with grouse although quail are
very scarce. Nenison is also positively
scarce. largely nominal, and mostly in
the hands of the retail trade. Rabbits
are more plenty. Whole deer, Ia ICE;
saddles sell at 1SM19c; grouse, %lNi1.5O
per pair; Mallard ducks. $1.25 per pair;
black ducks, S1.25; rabbits, western,
1OM13c per pair; northern, 2Wl25c;
Jack, 5O075c; pigeons. S1.25 per doz.
The flour market has continued dull
and easy. 1t is still IL fact that iobhers
in this part of the country are offering
to sell flour at lower prices than the
millers will sell. Quotations are NOM
innlly steady.
Cornmeal is unchanged, though the
position is little firmer, 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
hay there is no surplus, aud the market
is firm. Rye straw is in better supply,
and the market is little easier. Mill
feed is steady, Notwithstanding easier
Chicago wheat. Hay, $19.5CM20; fancy
md jobbing, $20.50; rye straw, $17@1S:
oat straw, S9M10.
Corn seems to have held the slight adj
rance under decline in wheat, which
indicates some inherent strength in
rorn. Here the market, after being
very dull. has developed better local
demand, with prices advanced at least
NC.
Oats are steady, with fair demand