Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-03-24
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, The butter mar
kct is pretty well sustained, with New
York more steady. Extra creamery,
small pkgs, 2Su2S1ac; northern fresh,
round lots, 2714@2Sc; western, 27Cl
211ac; eastern, 270271ac; June extra,
23@2ic; diaries, 221a@231ac; tirsts, %
Q2Ic; ladies, 15M19c; jobbcrs, &c to
1c more.
Cheese is frmer in the home mar
ket, with Liverpool further advanced.
Round lots, 120131ac; sage, 121a014c;
jobbing, 12Gt1c higher.
Eggs are very easy, with New York
off Zee further. The decline has been
a most remarkable one, from Sc to &c
per doz; western fresh. 176i171zc: east
ern, lIWlSc; nearby and fancy, 2OGl25c
and up; jobbing, 1c to 11ac more.
Beans continue dull in demand, with
prices rather easy.
The apple market has ruled rather
quiet under the effect of the trans
poltation strike and the very warm
weather. But prices are pretty we'll
sustained, with receipts considerably
fallen off, Fancy Baldwins. 81 25M
40; ordinary to good, .S32563.75:
greetings, S3.7J04.5O; Kings, Sl250
$50; Tolman sweets, S3M3.75; No. 2,
all varieties, $2.7JM3.25: mixed lots.
S3.25G3.75; very choice and jobbing
lots, JOcMS1 more.
Cranberries are about steady at $7Gl
8 for bbls; cases, $2.5O03.
Marketmen who have lately returned
from the market districts along the
coast find that so far the strawberry
crop is very late. They have sold at
3OU3Jc in refrigerator lots here for a
few days. At retail they sell at 250
4Oc. The boxes vary greatly in con-
tents.
Rhubarb is not in very full supply
and sells at 56t9c per ID in jobbing lots.
Vermont comb honey sells at lie, with
other grades at 15u ice.
Potatoes are well sustained, with
sweet potatoes in slack demand. though
a few choice bring full prices Green
mountains, 93@95c; Hebrons, 9O092c;
rose, SSM9Oc; DakOtas, TS6LSOc; p. E.
/. Chenangoes, 7OM75c per bu; mag
NUNS, S2u2.15 per bg; Belgians, S19O;
Jersey sweet, 81 per Dbl; Vinelands,
S45O05.5O.
New Bermuda potatoes sell by the
jobbers at $SaS.50 per bbl
Onions continue firm. Native $3.50
as for bbs; bus, $1.5O01. 10; Valencias,
$36t3.73 per cs; Havanas, $2.S562.9O;
Spanish, small cs, S1.7JM1S5.
Celery is in small supply, and sells 1T
wide range, $1.50Gt3 per doz. Spinach
is more plenty and sells at wide range,
as to quality, at $1.25@2.50 per Dbl.
Caulidowers are not in very full supply,
and sell at $3.50 for California.
Beet green's are pretty plenty and are
quoted at 81 per bX; dandelons, S1.25
per bX. Lettuce is quoted at 81 per bx.
Radishes are sold ut SOC per bx. Cab
bages are quoted at 81. 2Jd1 80 per Dbl
for about all varieties, though red
brings more.
Cucumbcrs are still at wide range, as
to quality, with quotations at $S012
per bX. Tomatoes are pretty firm at 25c
per lb for dollhouse with southern crts
at S3m350. Peppers are scarce at
$3.5OM4 per crt. Egg plants are firmer
at about 81 per CRIT
The very high position of squashes is
maintained, with the quality not the
best and very limited. They are
quoted at about 500 per ton, with
jobbers obliged to get $J.5O6G per 1OC
lbs to keep them from actual losses.
Brussels sprouts sell at zoe per at;
satisfy, $1.25 per doz; artichokes, scarce
at So per bX; leeks, ST per doz; Canadian
yellow turnips, SJM9Oc per Dbl; ST.
Andrews. 750S5c per Dbl; white
French, Zoe; white fiat and globe
white, soc per bu.
Beets are firm at 81. % per bu: carrots
75caS1; parsnips, 81 per Du; mint, 75c
per doz; cress, Toe per doz; parsley
$l2o per bu. Southern string beans
sell at about $6 per crt for wax anC
green. There have been a few Cali
fornia green peas on the market of late
but the quality has been poor and solo
for what it would bring. Good lot.
would bring S202.50 per CRIT
Pork quotations here are about SOC
easier, with lard unchanged.
Beef is considerably firmer. with ,
better trade. Sellers have reports of :
higher market west and that higher
prices will be urged here.
The mutton market is firm at the adj
vance. Lambs. 1O012c; fancy anC
Brightons. 1O1a@12Ac; yearlings, Ga
9Ac; muttons, 7@914c; fancy. 71S6
Toe; veals, 9@10c; fancy and Brightons
10d10ac.
Poultry is easier with trade quiet
Western turkeys, 1jM17c: fresh natfv,
chickens, 1501Tc; western. 12G14c
fresh fowls, Haze; live fowls. ia
111ac; capons, 15@16c; geese nominal
12d13c; ducks, 13016c.
There is very little game on the mar
ket. Pigeons are in full supply at 81 Q
0140 per dOz.
Hay is dull and rather easy. Stray
is easy, but unchanged. Millfeed cor