Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-10
I'M HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


readily taken care Of. Extra cream
cry, small pkgs, 231a@26c; northern
fresh, round lots. 23Q23hc; western,
23c; eastern, 221k@23c; firsts, 2OQ21Nc;
jobbers. 1ac to lie more.
Cheese is firm and prices have ad-
vanced during the week. The closing
was steady. New, 8 3-4@101Ac; old,
12@13c; sage, 12AQ13ac, jobbing, Nc
to 1c higher.
Eggs are firm at about last week s
prices. The demand is good. Western
fresh, 17@1SKc; eastern, 19@2Oc; near
by and fancy, 20u23c and up; jobbing,
1c to 1Ac higher.
Beans are steady here, with the coun-
try tirmer. Carload lots. peas, S1.70W
1.75; medium, $1.7Oa1.75; yellow eyes,
$2.25@2,30; red kidneys, $4,000 .35;
California small white, $2.10Q2.15;
jobbing, lOc more; Lima, &c per ID.
Old apples are quiet, with only small
offerings. Some new apples are selling
at 75cM$1.25 per bskt. Quotations are
fairly sustained. Ben Davis, $404.5O:
russets, $4M5.50; No. 2, all varieties,
S2.5O03.50; very choice and jobbing
lots, 50cMS1 more.
California cherries sell at 75c0S1 so:
apricots $1M1.50; plums, $1.5O0250.
The strawberry season is practically
over, though receipts are still noted
both of native and down east fruit.
They sell at 1NM15c. The receipts are
not separated.
Hay is firm, with shortage proba BILE
In the new crop; millfeed Is very firm;
straw is steady. Hay, S14@1S; fancy
and jobbing, S1S50M20; rye straw, $l7
ais; oat straw, S11M12.
There is a firm and advancing market
for pork provisions; lard Is higher.
Fresh beef is firm for choice heavy
cattle, with the supply short. Light
cattle are in full supply. Trade is fair
Muttons and lambs are steady in
tone, with prices fairly well held.
Lambs. 12M13c; eastern, 12M15c; year
lings, 1h@Sc; muttons, 51aM7Hc; veals,
e@10c; fancy and Brightons. 91sMJ0kc.
Poultry is in fair demand at steady
prices. Broilers have advanced. Iced
turkeys, 15M16c; iced fowls, 12M13c;
fresh native fowls, 13@15Ac; south
shore and eastern broilers, oO023c;
western, 16M2lc; fresh ducks, 140I1Gc;
live fowls, 11@12c.
There is a good supply of Georgia
peaches Of fine quality, which sell at
$1.5O@175.
Watermelons are in ample supp
and sell at 15M25c by the loau.
Rocky Ford canteloupes sell at $4,000
2.75 per crt.
Old potatoes are about out Of the
market, though few are still Offering
at 9Oc@$1 per bu.
New stock is i'll heavy supply, and is
easy at $2.5o@2.75 per Dbl.
Onions continue firm. Egyptian, So
per By; Bermuda, 50 per crt; new bunch.
25c per doz.
Marrow squashes are quoted at $1.5O
per crt; summer squashes, 5Oc0$1.5O
per pkg for good. Cucumbers sell at
$1G250 per bx. Tomatoes are selling
at $1@1.50 per crt. Hothouse are still
on the market at 10c per ID.
Asparagus is still Offering and sells
at $4@9 per bx of three dozen. Celery
Is at wide range, from 81 for large
bchs to 25c for small. Spinach is
quoted at 4Oc per blu, with beet greens
at 10c per bu. Cauliflowers are sold at
81 per doz. Lettuce is demoralized at
6@15c per bx Of IN doz. Radishes are
lower at SOC per bx.
Cabbages sell at 81 per Dbl for Long
Island. New bunch turnips bring SEA
8 per 100. Carrots are sold at $3.50 per
blu for old, with new bunch at $2@3 per
100. Beets are quoted at 50 per 100 for
new bunch. Leeks sell at 81; mint, 25c
per doz; cress, Soc; parsley, Zoe per
bx; egg plants, 50 per crt.
String beans sell at $1.50 per crit for
southern and 1925 for native for both
green and wax. There was furry in
green peas, owing to small supply
Some sold as high as $40 per Dbl. The
price later dropped to S3@3.50.
The hay crop of the states, as in
dicated in several hundred reports to
The Hay Trade Journal, will be fully
up to an average tonnage except in
New England, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and the south, making the
prospects promising for good trading
year.
There has been more activity and
strength in the Chicago grain market
than for any week since the Letter deal
Of 1898. Corn led the market, but July
wheat made gain for the week of
about &c per bu.
The advance in wheat was caused
principally by the unfavorable crop
weather and heavy rains in the winter
wheat country. Also the prospect of a
corner in July wheat is causing some
anxiety. Some Of the leading houses
are credited with having long lines
aggregating over 100000 bus.
George H. Phillips, the corn King,
says, regarding the wheat market:
wheat will gradually seek a higher
level and average for the 1902 crop as
good as 80 cents bushel. The wheat
l.