Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-05-05
HUB MARKETS
|otations on the Leading
Products In Demand


|cbnd in a week, or 33c week ago
NainSt 24c at present. Extra cream
|If, small pkgs, 24@241ac; northern
nh, round lots, 23A@24c; western,
|1H 231Ac; eastern, 23@231Rc; firsts,
<N DC; renovated, 22d221ac; jobbers,
M to 1c more.
cheese is very firm, under a limited
NNpply, with a high foreign market.
Iohnd lots, 12d131ac; sage, 121AQ14c;
.obbing, h@1c higher.
& Eggs are rather easy, but there is
enand for storage that cannot he
applied. 1t is explained that consider
DIe storing is being done in the west,
ence the eggs do not reach the east
fn markets. Western fresh, 1701TKc;
stern, 17h@1Sc; nearby and fancy.
ft23c and up; jobbing, 1c to 11kc
s her.
Beans are firmer, with a fair trade.
Apples are getting toward the end of
ne season, and yet the receipts are
rge for the season. Prices are firm
f good stock, with the tendency
rpng. Baldwins, $4.5O@5; ordinary
good, $3.5004.5O; No. 2, all varieties,
5O@3; mixed lots, $32503.75; very
leice and jobbing lots, 5Oc@$1 more.
nder the very high prices of mill
81, hay is well sustained, with straw
nndy. A premiuns of 81 a ton is
adily paid on spot and nearby feed.
ny, $1201S; fancy and jobbing, $3.50
l9.50; rye straw, $165O017.5O; oat
law, $11012.
Pork products are still further adj
hced, under a higher cost of hogs.
1ston packers have paid the farmers
re DC per lib for dressed hogs, while
" a few years ago they were bought
low as SIC. Hogs in the west are
ually high.
'eef is very firm, though trade is dull.
gers have held off as much as DOS
e, under the feeling that the cost
too great.
utton and lamb continue to rule at
IN prices, as well as beef, though
hbs are a shade easier, with NUT
IS firm and veals easy. Lambs. II
2c; fancy and Brightons, 111k@12hc;
ing lambs, eastern, $3@S; western.
f15c; yearlings, 11@12c; muttonS.
kQ12c; fancy, 12@12hc; veals. 9M
fancy and Brightons, 1061OHc.
he poultry market rules steady, with
pretty good demand, considerably
ped by the high prices on beef and
tton. Quotations are firm. Tur-
IS, frozen, 1501Tc; western chick
12d14c; fowls, 11012hc; iced
vls, 12td12hc; fresh fowls, 12k@
&c; live fowls, 12@13hc.
'trawberries were firmer by reason of
tied receipts. They sold at 3564Oc,
rate lots. Atretail they were selling
2ot04Oc per bx, according to size and
lily.
mons are very firm. Natives are
ted at $4d4.50 per Dbl for good:
hels, $1.25@1.50; Egyptian, $2.75@
Bermudas, $2.35@3; Spanish. small
}, $1.25d1.5O.
Potatoes are very firm, with higher
les quoted. Best stock. Green
lntains, $1.05; Hebrons, $1m1. O5;
9Scd$1; York state white. SSM9Oc:
Iotas, So0SSc; silver dollars, $50
magnums, $2.5O@2.75 per bg;
tn Carolina sweet, $4,000 per crt A;
Bermudas, $6.5O07 per Dbl.
ruck and vegetables are generally in
d supply. Celery is quoted at soc
p per doz; spinach, $1@1.25 per Dbl
P, soc; asparagus, $3@6 per doz, as
uality and size of punches: lettuce.
75c per doz; radishes, SLIPS; beet
ms, Doc per bx; dandelions, 2O0o5c:
cabbages, $3.50 per crt; old, So per
red, 81 per bX; cucumbers, $4G6
100; tomatoes, crts, $25O03; hot
Sc, 25c per Id; peppers, $3.50 Der
egg plants, $3.50 per crt; mush-
ns, SOC; squashes very firm, $40
ton; per 100 lbs, $6.5O@7; satisfy,
er doz; leeks, 75c per doz; Canada
Pw turnips, 81 per Dbl; white
hch, SOC per bx; white fiat and
white, 75c per bx; beets, LIS per
carrots, $1@1.25: parnsips, 4Oc rer
mint, 75c per doz; cress, 75c pei
parsley, 81 per bu; southern string
s, ESQ per crit; wax beans, 2.5O@3;
n peas, $2d3 per CRIT for California,
quality; rhubarb, SO per 100 lbs
tside of crop reports there is lit
hat Is new in the wheat situation
Prters are scarcely bidding up tt
quotations, while heavy clearance.
nearly all ports indicate tina
will be no actual shortage of tina
b. The interior movement O
t is light, with the idea that tn,
ers are not giving their attention
be marketing of wheat, but tina
there will be a scramble to ge
savings of wheat into the sea
markets before new wheat be
flour market is little changed
sh trade has ruled dull for severa
with the jobbers and grocer
e only on their actual necessi
1t is understood that nearly one
of the capacity of the Minnea
Touring mills is shut down, an
down wholly on the low price
ur, as cOmpared with what the