Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-07-07
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, The butter mar
ket is pretty firm. Prices do not yield,
though it is in the midst of the best
creamery season. 1t is evident that the
supply coming forward is not II ore
tnan the trade is ready to take. Extra
creamery, small pkgs, 231a@24c; north
ern fresh, round lots, 23@231ac; west
ern, 23c; eastern, 23c; firsts, 201211Ac;
Jobbers, 1Ac to lie more.
cheese has eased off in prices q lit
tie on new, but the markt is low more
steady, with old about out Of market.
New, 901Oc; old, 12@13c; sage, 121z@
lo12c; Jobbing, k@1c higher
Eggs are firm at full quotations.
western fresh, 17M1S1ac; eastern, 10
@l9c; nearby and fancy, 2O@23c and
up; Jobbing, lie to 11Ac higher.
Beans are in a firmer position in the
country, with the supply we'll forward.
This market is more steady, with quo
tations firm.
Apples are rather dull, while the re-
celpts are larger than expected. Quo
tatlons are fairly sustained. Ben
Davis, S4G450; russets, $405.50; No. 2,
all varieties, $25O@35O; very choice
and Jobbing lots, 50cd$1 more A few
new apples from the south are being re-
celYed. They are very green, dealers
have scarcely been able to establish
market for them.
line strawberry season is about over.
Stlll, there has been no break in prices,
with berries sold at a loss The
squeezers and extract people are get
ting very few strawberries this year. It
mas been good year for the growers
Other berries are coming in fairly free.
Blueberries sell at 10014c; black berries.
12d1oc; raspberries, S@12c for pints;
gooseberries, 6@Sc; currants, 701Oc.
Southern peaches are on hand and sell
at wide range of prices, 1882 per bx.
Rhubarb is yet on the market and
jobs at about 75c per 100 lbs
Old potatoes are about out of the mar
ket, but sell at good prices. New are
plenty and easier. Old, $161 10 per bu:
new, $2.50@3.25; fancy, $3.5O6l3. IS per
Dbl.
Onions continue in small supply ard
firm. Egyptian, 1926 per Big; Bermuda,
$19O02 per crt; Virginia, 81 per bskt;
new bunch, 15@20c per doz.
Southern canteloupe melons are in full
supply, and sell at 75c@S1 so per crt, as
to quality.
Marrow squashes are quoted at $1M
1.50 per crit; summer squashes. S1M1 %
per pkg for good. Cucumbers sell at
$2.50@3.50 per 100. Tomatoes are still
plenty, with Mississippi selling al COO
95c per CRIT. and with Texas t about the
same price. Hothouse are still on the
market at 10c per TO-
Asparagus is near the end of the
season and sells at $407 per bx Of three
dozen. Celery is at wide range. from
$3.50 for large punches to S125 for
small. Spinach is quoted at 35c per bu.
with beet green's at zoe per Du Cauli-
flowers are sold at $1.25 per doz Let
tuce is low at 1O025c per doz. Radishes
are higher at 75c per bX.
Cabbages sell at $1.25 per crit for
Long Island; Norfolk, $1@1 % for crates
and barrels. Old turnips are out Of
market. New bunch bring 81 .5OGl2 per
100. Carrots are sold at I.25 per blu for
old, with new bunch at &c per doz.
Beets are quoted at 50 per 100 for new
bunch. Leeks sell at 75c; mint soc per
doz; cress, 4Oc; parsley, 1Oc per bx; egg
plants, $2.5O@3 per CRIT.
String beans sell at $1.250l1 80 per
crt; wax beans, $202.5O; green peas,
$1.2502 per blu, as to quality
The mutton market rules rather easy,
with prices lower than a week ago. Fall
lambs, S@10c; fancy and Brightons,
91Ac; spring lambs, 12@14c; eastern, IL
@16c; yearlings, 51a@Sc; muttons, 5h@
re; veals, 6@10c; fancy and Brightons,
91a@1Okc
Poultry is rather quiet and easy. Iced
turkeys, 15016c; iced fowls. 12M13c;
fresh native fowls, 13@16c; south shore
and eastern broilers, 1S@22c; western,
16120c; fresh ducks, 14@17c; live fowls.
11@12Kc.
Hay is firm, under the extremely high
prices of other feed, and the fact that
the new crop is late and light in many
sections. Straw is very steady. Mill
feed is we'll sustained. Hay. $14M1S;
AdhCy anu JODUluS, pIS.OULzU, rye
straw, $17@1Sc; oat straw, $11M12.
The pork position continues very
firm, with ribs and several items higher
for this market
The beef position is a stronger one,
with cattle having reached the highest
price noted for period of several
years, if ever before, $40 per 100 lbs
live weight. Here the market is I'M
satisfactory, with dealers declaring
that prices will have to advance and II
@13c per lib is set for the best sides.
Millers' agents here have reports from
the winter wheat mills, saying that the
new grain is light, while the quantity
grown is much smaller than anticipated.
The winter wheat millers are finding
it hard to get wheat to grind. The
spring wheat is making fair progress,
but the season is cold and keeps the
plant back.