Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-01
IN hub MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

n still further decline, fully &c per
pound in week, or 33c "A week ago
against 24c at present. Extra cream
cry, small pegs. 2I0l2ltac; northern
fresh, round lots. 231am2ic: western,
ia 23iac; eastern. 800 23iRc; frsts,
22Co DC; renovated, 22M22iac; jobbers,
1sc TO 1c more.
Cheese is very firm. under a limited
supply, with high foreign market.
Round lots. 12m l3iac; sage, 121ad 1Ic /;
5obbing. 1an1c higher.
Eggs are rather easy. but there is a
demand for storage that cannot he
supplied. 1t is explained that consider
able storing is being done in the west.
hence the eggs do not reach the east
ern markets. Western fresh 17N1T1ac:
eastern. 17l2MlSc; nearby and fancy.
20U DC and up; jobbing, 1c to 11ac
higher.
Beans are firmer with fair trade
Apples are getting toward the end Of
the season. and yet the receipts are
large for the season Prices are firm
for good stock. with the tendency
strong. Baldwins, S4.5Oa5; ordinary
to good, $3.5ou4.50 No. =. all varieties,
S2.50M3: mixed lots. S3.2503.75: very
choice and iobbing lots. 5Ocm$1 more.
Under the very high prices Of mill
feed, hay is well sustained. with straw
stfndy. A premiuns of 81 a ton is
readily paid on spot and nearby feed.
Hay. Sl2M Is; fancy and iobbing, SIS 30
@l9.50; rye straw. $165OM175O; oat
Straw. SHOP.
Pork products are still further ad-
vanced under n higher cost of hogs.
Boston packers have paid the farmers
here DC per Id for dressed hogs. while
only few years ago they were bought
as low as 312c. Hogs in the west are
equally high.
Beef is very firm, though trade is dull.
Buyers have held off as much as pos
siblc, under the feeling that the cost
is too great.
Mutton and lamb continue to rule Mt
nigh prices. as well as beef, though
lambs are shade easier. with NUT
tons hrm and vcals easy. Lambs. II
a ne; fancy and Brightons, 11Ad12lbc:
spring lambs, eastern. $3@S; western,
l4M loo: yearlings. 11612c; muttous.
lo1sM re; fancy, 12M12Ac; veals, ga
1oc: fancy and Brightons, 1O01Ohc.
The poultry market rules steady. with
a pretty good demand. considerably
helped by the high prices on beef nd
mutton. Quotations are firm. Tur-
keys, frozen. 15Q17c; western chick
ems, l2M14c; fowls, 11m12he: iced
lows, ia l214c; fresh fowls, 12ls0
13i2c; live fowls. 12413lsc.
Strawberries were firmer by reason OF
limited receipts. They sold at 35M4Oc.
in crate lots. AT retail they were selling
at 2ofni0c per bx, according to size and
quality.
Onions are very firm. Natives are
quoted at S4n4.5O per Dbl for good:
bushels, S1.25M 80; Egyptian. S2.75d
3; BermudaS. $23593: Spanish. small
crts. $1.250l50.
Potatoes are very firm, with higher
prices quoted. Best stock, Green
mountains. $1.o5: Hebrons, S1M1 %:
rose. 9ocnSl; York state white. SSd9oc:
Dakotas, S50SSc; silver dollars. $50
9Oc: magnums, S250Go75 Der b.:
South Carolina sweet, S3.5Od4 per crt;
new Bermudas. Se5Od7 per Dbl.
Truck and vegeta bles are generally in
good supply. Celery is quoted at roc
Sl25 per doz; spinach, S1a1 % per Dbl:
kale. ooc; asparagus. S36i6 per doz, ms
to quality and size Of punches: lettuce.
2oM15c per dog; radishes, 1925; beet
greens, 30c per bx; dandelions. oOGa5c:
new cabbages, $3.50 per CRIT old, 50 per
Dbl; red. 81 per bX; cucumbcrs. S4dJ6
per 100; tomatoes, crts. 50 5OM3; hot.
house, 2oc per lb; peppers, S.. so per
crit; egg plants. $3.50 per crt; mush-
rooms, SOC; squashcs very firm $40
per ton; per 100 lbs, S6.5Od7; satisfy.
81 per doz: lceks, 75c per doZ: Canada
yellow turnips, 81 per bbl white
French, 5oc per bx; white fat and
globe white. 75c per bx; bects, 1.75 per
bu; carrots S1@125; parnsips, 4Oc Der
bn; mint, 75c per doz; cross. 75c per
doz; parsley. 81 per bu; southern string
beans, 2.5O per CRIT wax beans, 2.5OM3:
green peas. S2Gd3 per crt for California.
as to quality; rhubarb, 81 per 100 lbs.
outside of crop reports there is lit
tie that is new in the wheat situation.
Exporters are scarcely bidding I'D to
null quotations, while heavy clearances
from nearly all ports indicate that
there Will be no actual shortage of that
grain. The interior movement of
wheat is light, with the idea that the
farmers are not giving their attention
u the marketing of wheat. but that
later there will be a scramble TO get
their savings of wheat into the sea-
board markets before new wheat be-
gins.
The -four market is little changed
though trade has ruled dull for several
days, with the jobbers and grocers
buying only on their actual necessi-
ties. 1t is understood that nearly one
third of the capacity of the Minnea-
polls Touring mills is shut down. and
shut down wholly on the low prices
of -four, as compared with what they
Rave TO pay for milling wheat
After a very sharp advance early in
the week, corn is again easier, with a
decline Saturday OF 1-2c, bringing the
market down within lc of where il was
week ago.
Oats are ruling quiet, but prices are
IT changed.
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