Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-07
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

supply is not large. There are no good
Junes or OctoUers left, with neither
dairies nor limitations on the market.
The arrivals of fresh creamerieS are
moderate. Extra creamery, small pkgS,
2Sd2Siac; northern fresh round lots,
2I1aM2Sc; western, 21W2113c; eastern,
2IU211ac ;tirsts, 2312M2412c; reno
waited, Doc; jobbing, 1aM1c more.
Cheese is in limited supply, and i'll
strong hands. Round lots, 12013Rc;
sage, 121a014c; jobbing, 1a01c higher.
Eggs continue easy, with little chance
that they will be much higher right
away. Those who store are looking for
still lower prices. Western fresh, 150g
1Gc; eastern, 16616hc; nearby and
fancy, 19M22c and up; jobbing, 1c to
lee higher.
Beans continue in quiet demand, with
the market rather easy. Still, quota
tons are not particularly lower.
Apples have continued to sell well
considering the high prices, but the best
of the demand has been for choice,
though some lots of seconds and low
grades have been taken up by the bak-
ers. Quotations are steady. Fancy
Baldwins, $4.2JM475; ordinary to good,
$3.2J03.75; Ben Davis, So. 75M4.5O; Toll
man sweets, 1925; No. ., all varieties,
$2.7503.25; mixed lots, So. 2JM3. 10; very
choice and jobbing lots, 5OcM$1more.
A quiet demand is noted for hay,
with prices pretty well held. Straw is
quiet and pretty firm. Milfeed is easy.
Hay, $11.5O017.50; fancy and job
bing, $1S.5OM19; rye straw, $1650CI
1850; oat straw, $11M12.
The pork and lard position is very
strong one, with prices promising to be
still further advanced The scarcity of
hogs and the high cost Of feeding them
is given as the principal reason for high
prices.
Beef is in a firm position, so far as
the shippers are concerned, the cattle
costing high, especially under the ire
mendously high cost of feeding. Here
the market is well sustained. with bet
ter trade looked for, now that the fast
days are over.
Neals have been ruling high, but a
greater throw" is expected this week,
which may weaken prices. Lambs. 10
G12c; fancy and Brightons, 1OEM121zc:
yeRlings, Im1Oc; muttons. S1a61Oc;
fancy 9@1O&cg veals, 1OM111ac: fancy
and Brightons, 11M12c.
The supply Of fresh poultry is limited.
while frozen is i'm pretty full supply.
Alive is higher. Turkeys, frozen, 1JH
lie; western chickens, 12M14c: fowls,
11@12c; fresh fowls, 100 15c; live fowls,
121a@13c; capons, 15016c
The game supply in the wholesale
market is decidedly limited, while the
supply in the refrgerators of the deal
ers is said tobe very small \ few wild
ducks are coming forward, and will
bring S1.256t1.5O per pair, if they are
good enough but so far the quality
has been inferior. Pigeons are scarce
and sell for S1.IJM2 per doz for good
Squads, very scarce at $3.50 per doz
Cranberries are in pretty good sup
ply, for so late i'm the season. and are
quoted at $I01O for bbls; crts, S.. 5OIi
3.
Strawberries are coming along quite
freely for the season. They sell at 20
Q35c, in refrigerator lots. At retail all
sorts of prices prevail, from 2Oc to JCc,
according to size Of box and quality of
the berries
New maple sugar is now fairly plenty.
and sells at 1OM12c for old and re-
melted, also large cakes of new: new.
small cakes, 12M1Jc. Maple syrup is
III falr supply, and at very wide range,
as to q"ality, 150S1.25 per gal. Comb
honey is steady at 1Sc for best Yer
mont with other grades at 15M1Gc.
Cocoanuts are steady at $2.7503 per
100.
Potatoes are not quite as firm as In ST
week, though sweet potatoes arc firm.
Green mountains, HebrOns and rose
9JQ9Sc; Dakotas, S5M9Oc; magnlms.
S2.1J022J per By; Belgiums. S2O5GI
2.15; Jersey sweet. $3.5O64.5O per bbI.
Ninelands, $4,000; new North Caro-
lima, $3.50 per crit.
New Bermuda potatoes sell at S. ner
Dbl, and at So per bu.
Onions are easier. Native S3GI1 for
bbls; bus, $10125; Valencias, So per
cs; Havanas, $2.3502. 80; Spanish. small
cs, S1.JO.
celery Is scarce and high at S2.5,MI3
per doz. Spinach is in better supply
and last sold at 175@2 per bbl: kalc.
S101.20; Beet greens job at 9Oc per Iu;
dandelions, soc. Lettuce is very high
and quoted at 5O@75c per croz. Rad.
ishes of good quality bling soc per doz
bchs. Cauliflowers are scarce and sell
at 1915 per doz.
Cabbages are in pretty full supply
and at wide range of prices. Native
sell at Tjc0S1 per Dbl; New York Dan.
ish, $t.25@1.50; red, 50.
Cucumbers are quoted at SScd1O per
100 Tomatoes are still high at 2Jc per
ID for hothouse southern crates. 81
Peppers are quoted at So per crit for
good to best. Egg plants sell at 81 Del
CRIT.
Squashes are not quite as firm as last
noted, and 500 per ton is all that the