Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-02-24
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

Stronger prices. There is considerable
gall for June extras, choice fresh being
Scarce. Extra creamery, small pkgs,
2S02Stac; northern fresh. round lots,
21l4m2Sc; western, 2G1am2Ic; eastern,
2Gl2Gt21c; June extra, 23M24c; dairies,
22W23l4c; tirsts, 231am24c; ladies', log
l9c; jobbng, 1ac to 1c more.
Cheese is iirmer, with prices very
Strong. Round lots, 111am12Ac; sage,
121au1312c; jobbing, 1aGt1c higher.
Eggs are firm. owing TO cold weather.
"A few warm days would be very likely
TO cause slump, ana for this reason
buyers are working cautiously. Fresh
western 3OGt31c; eastern, 31M33c; near
by and fancy, 33c and up; jobbing, lie to
1iac higher.
Beans are in fair demand, at steady
prices. The west is well sustained.
Apples are i'm fair request, with prices
firm. ON choice even better than QUOTA
tons are obtained inround lots. Fancy
Baldwius Si2JGi4.75; ordinary to good,
$32JU3TJ; greetings, S3TJGt45O;
Kings, S4256t55O; Tolman sweets, SO
W3.1j: No. >, all varieties S2.7503.25;
mixed lots. S3.25ft3.75; very choice and
jobbing lots. 1OcUS1 more.
Cranbcrrics are at pretty wide range.
with barrels quoted at $G.JOM9 and cases
at S2.2j6i27I.
Only - refrigcrators of Florida
Strawberries came forward for the
week. thcWcathcr being too cold forthc
berries TO ripcn. They have sold at -
@Ijc per bN, in refrigerator lots, with
small lots more. At retail they sell all
the way from 25c to soc per bX, accord
ing to size of boxes.
lthubarb is scarce and brings high
prices. 1t jobs at about s. per 100 lbs.
Honey is steady at lie for fancy white
clover, with other grades less.
Potatoes have been ruling rather
easy, with some ridiculously low prices
accepted at auction; lower, i'm fact, than
the potatoes can he laid down here for.
Sweet potatoes are still scarce and firm.
II Green mountains. SOUS3c: IICbronsS0
GiS2c; rose. TSGI soc: DakOtas, TUGi72c;
l.. T.. ]. ChaulngOcs, 7OM7Jc per bU;
magnums, $2U2.1J per bg; BcIgians.
S1.SOM1 90; Jersey sweet, S3.TlGI4 per
Dbl; Nineands, S4.25Gi45O.
Celery is firm at 81 .2jM1. - per doz. as
to quality. Spinach is scarce. with
southern quoted at So per Dbl. There
is no native dollhouse on the market.
Beet green's are sold at$1 per bX.
Lettuce is still lower ut 25Gt75c per Goz
heads. Kadishes are sold at 25c per
doa bchs. Caulihowers are quoted by
the iObbcrs at So per crt.
CabbageS are firmcr at 81 % per bhl !;
red, $3.50 per Dbl. or $12j per bX. GU
cumbers are easier at S12M1G per 100,
with seconds about half price Toma-
toes are still scarce and high Il t S3Gi4 per
carrier for southern. and with native
dollhouse at soc per lb.
SQuashes are most remarkably scarce
and firm, with even as high as S9Od1OO
per ton mentioned At such prices they
N have to be jobbed at S4.5OM5.5O per 100
i lbs The latter price per ton is about
the highest ever paid in this market
Brussels sprouts sell at 15c per at;
satisfy, 81 per doZ. Leeks sell at Gjc
per dOz by the jobbers; artichokes, 80
per bu.
G6 per crt. There are no green peas
on the market just at present.
Canadian yellow turnips job at 81
per Dbl, with st. Andrews at Toe; white
French, $1.25; globe white and white
fiat, SOC per bu; beets, 90c per bu; car
rots, GOWT5c; parSnips. S5c. Mint is
quoted at T15c per doz; cress, Toe; parsley
$3.50 per bu.
Pork provisions are steady, with quo.
tatiOnS revised.
Beef is rather easy, with the supply
ample. Still, quotations are pretty well
adhered to- though 3-4c is all that the
best sides will bring. But now and ther
a side of extra quality is sold for more
The mutton market is pretty firm
with veals very firm. Quotations arc
well sustained. Lambs, 91aM1I1kc
fancy and Brightons. 1OM12c; yearlingS
60S1ac; muttons case: fancy. 70S1hc
veals, 90l1c; fancy and Brightons, 1O1!
ale.
Poultry is firm, with turkeys bringfn.
better prices. Western turkeys. 40
lie; fresh native chickens. 1Gm2Oc
western, 12M 16c; fresh fowls, 1O013c
live fowls, 11M12c; capOnS. 15M1Gc
geese nominal, 12U13c: ducks. 1301Gc
The supply of game is yet small. Rab
bits have been coming i'm more freely
for a few days, doubtless for the reas
that the season in which they may b.
sold in this market ends March an,
holders are anxious to get rid of thei
stock. More wild ducks are being re
ceived, with prices a little easier. Ouai
and grouse are very scarce. No venisol
is being offered at wholesale, it being il
the midst of the close season in all til
New England states, and the Lacey Law
preventing the shipment of deer whel
ever killed. 1t is Il fact Of which MAJ
ket men are generally aware that the
are liable, under the Lacey act, for re
ceivfng deer during the close season i
the state from which they are shipped
Rabbits. 2OM30c per pair; big jacks, I
assoc per pair; pigeons, $1.25M1.5O pc
1Oz. SuuobS S213 30 Dpr dOZ. bIoc