St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-06-10
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

the west, with slight advance SHOWN
for the week. Northern fresh. rourd
lots, 231a@24c; western, 23023Kc; YER
mont dairy, 21@22c; renovated butter,
17@19c; jobbing, 1z@1c more.
New cheese is in moderate demand,
with prices easy. Liverpool has ad-
vanced. Round lots, old, 14kG1oc;
new cheese, 11A@12c; jobbing, kG2c
higher
Eggs hold steady at the recent adj
vance. Arrivals of strictly fresh west
ern are not large. Western fresh, IL
01Sc; storage packed, 17kG1Sc; east
ern, 1S019c; nearby, 20@21c; jobbing,
1c to 11Ac higher
There is firm arket for beans, both
here and in the country, though no fur
Their advance is noted Carload lots,
pea, $2.45; medium, $2.45; yellow eyes,
2.7O@2.75; red kidneys, $3.30@3.35;
California small white, $2.65; foreign
pea and medium, $225@2.30; jobbing,
10c more.
The apple market isyery quiet. Bald
wins from cold storage, $250G3; No. .,
all kinds, $1.25@1.50; russets, S2@3;
northern spies, $2@3; Maine Ben Davis,
S2@2.5O Small lots and jobbing, 50c@
81 per Dbl more.
There is quiet market for all kinds
Of nuts, with prices unchanged.
olo Of CO|TO
per bx.
The market for potatoes is very firm
for old stock, owing to small arrivals,
as fires in the Aroostook section have
delayed shipments to considerable ex-
tent Green mountains, 90c@$1; he
brons, $4,000; Dakota reds, 65G170c;
new, rose and hebrons, bbls, 1898 80:
white Bliss, bbls, $2.5OtG3; red Bliss,
$225@275; sweets, crts, So; white
sweets, bbls, $1.50@1.75.
Bunch celery is selling at 50c@$1. Is
per bch.
Onions are firm at: Egyptian, bgs,
$2.75; Bermudas, $2.10 per crit.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at 15c
per lb southern, $125@2 per CRIT, with
mushrooms at So per Alb bskt.
Cucumbers sell at $150@4 per bx
for dollhouse all sizes.
Yellow turnips sell at $3.50 per Dbl;
beets, soc; carrots, 50685c; parsnips,
81; egg plant, $3.50@45O per crit.
Cabbages sell at $1.5O@1.75 per large
CRIT, Norfolk.
Marrow squashes bring S150I1.75
per crt; crookneck, 81 per crt.
Lettuce sells at 25@60c per doz; rad
ishes, 10c per doz; mint 30c per doz;
cress, 35c per doz; satisfy, $1.50 per do4;
leeks, Coo per doz.
New string beans are selling at $3.50
per crt for wax, and $3.50 per CRIT for
green.
Spinach is quoted at 15@2Oc per bu
for native; parsley, dollhouse, S1.25 per
bx; romaine, $3.50 per bu; beet greens,
15c per blu; native beets, 75@S5c per doz
bchs; southern, 60@S5c per doz. bunch
onions, 60c per bX; bunch carrots. 75r7
81 per doz; Bermuda potatoes, $414.50
per Dbl; rhubarb, 1c per ID; horseradish,
sc per Dbl; peppers, $2.5002.75 per crt.
Pork provisions are somewhat frmer,
though few chances are noted. The mar
ketings of hogs indicate moderate
reduction in number in comparison viii
the preceding week, but continuance
of enlargement in comparison with cor
responding time last year.
There is a firmer market for fresh
beef, prices having been advanced, not
withstanding slightly increased re-
ceipts.
There is a very firm market for lambs
and choice Kentucky stock is held at
high prices: muttons and veals are
steady. Kentucky lambs, 14llGc;
spring lambs, 13@14c; yearIings, 7%@
&c; muttons, 71a@9c; veals, 9@11c
Poultry has advanced slightly for
fresh killed fowls and chickens. The
supply is moderate and the demand Of
Il seasonable nature. Western turkeys,
frozen, 1S020c; iced, 15@16c; western
fowls, iced, 13A@14kc; western frozen
chickens, 14@16c; fresh killed South
Shore chickens, 30@33c; fresh killed
northern fowls, 14@15c; broilers, 30@
35c; western broilers, 23Q2Sc; SQUAD
broilers, per pair, 75@s0c; spring ducks,
20@21c.
Hay is very strong owing to the
drought, which promises to materially
shorten the crop; millfeed is firm. but
not further advanced. No. !, $230i25;
low grade, $15Q19 and up; rye straw.
$23@25; oat straw, $9@11.
The shortage in feedstuffs throughout
the east means much larger consump.
ton of all western grain, particularly
of corn and oats. Eastern dealers al
ready have made heavy purchases in
the west for forward delivery, particu-
larry Of oats. The oats area will I'M
doubtedly show heavy shrinkage from
that of last year, and Of corn also,
conservative estimates of the probable
corn yield being less than 1000, 900, 900
bushels, against 2,5OO,O00,OOO bushels
last year.
The improved eastern demand has
found its effect in Chicago in sales for
eastern shipment of 100000 bushels
corn and $4,000 bushels oats. Included
in the latter was a sale of 10000 bushels
standard oats for shipment to st. Louis,
certainly novel transaction. There