St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-05-13
IN HUB MARKETS!
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand II


Boston, May 11.-Teere mas been q
check to the downward turn of prices
ON butter, though receipts are still In
creasing. The demand has improved
somewhat. Northern fresh, round lots,
22c; western, 22c; Vermont dairy, 1SD
zoe; renovated butter, 17@1S1zc; job
bling, 1z@1c more.
Old cheese is cleaning up well at firm
prices. Receipts of new are increasing.
but as yet the quality is not entirely
satisfactory. Round lots, 14h0l6c;
new cheese, 13@13Hc; jobbing, MQ2c
higher. ..... Nj -,g.1
Eggs show very little change. Re-
ceipts are liberal but prices are we'll
sustained with a good lemand. West
ern fresh, 16@17c; storage packed, 1TAc:
eastern, 17Q19c; jobbing, lie to INC
higher, ~. Gea< .3t ess
Beans are quiet in demand with
prices fairly steady. Carload lots, pea,
$2.3O@2.35; medium, s23O@2.35; vel
low eyes, $2.70@2 rs; red Kidneys, So. 10
@3.15: California small white, $3.50
260; jobbing, 10c more laa's s:sn:
Apples are in steady demand. with
prices firm on choice. stock, ;Baldwins
from cold storage, $22512.l5; fancy.
Baldwins, $2@2.75; Ne.a,1. Baldwins,
$1.50@2; No. 2, a$1.25Qh50? greetings,
$1.5O@225 russets, $212. rs; northern
spies, $2@3; Maine Ben Davis, $1;10@
2.25. Small lots and jobblng, 50cQ$1
per Dbl more. H 1,'.,
Strawberries were in heavy re-
ceipt, with prices lower. Later, how,
ever, the market was poorly sup
piled, prices advancing, the quotations
being 15@1Sc. >3 80 80 go
Potatoes are rather qdiet, with prices
easier Houlton Green mountains, IS
@95c; hebrons, 75@1Sc per bu; York
state, Green mountains. G5@70c; west
ern white, 60665c; Dakota reds, EGO
SOC; New FlWidas s4.50aa per Dbl:
Jersey sweets, bskts, S]@1.25; south
ern white sweets, S1.5002. .-,
A little bunch celery is offering at
75c@$1.25 per bch.
Onions are firm at: Egyptian, lgs,
So; Bermudas, $1.75 per CRIT.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted 1T BIC
per lib; southern, So 5013.50 per CRIT,
with mushrooms at So per bX. Rhubarb
sells at &c per lb for native.
Cucumbers sell at 81 .o0I5 per bx for
dollhouse, all sizes.
Yellow turnips sell at 81 per Dbl;
white French, $3.50 per hbl; white fiat,
81 per bx; beets, 500i5Jc; carrots, 90
@75c; parsnips, 50075c; egg liant, So
per CRIT.
Cabbages, new southern, sell at $150
@1.75 for large crts; Norfolk, Ibis, $125.
Squashes are quoted at $40 per ton
for Hubbard.
Lettuce sells at 500S5c per doz; lad
ishes, SOC per doz; Mint, SIC or doz;
cress, 35@5Oc per doz; satisfy, $3.50
per doz; leeks, 75c per doz.
New string beans sell at $3J0@4 per
crt for wax and $2.7503 for green.
Asparagus is quoted at S3Gl5 for
southern large punches, and $1.5O@250
per doz for native.
Spinach is quoted at 81 per Dbl for
southern, and 85c per Tx for native:
kale, 15c per bx for native; articholyes,
$3.50 per bu; parsley, dollhouse, $3.50
per bx; dandelions, SOC per blu; beet
greens, 40@50c per bu; new native bects,
$3.50 per doz bchs; bunch onions, soc
per bx. a.
Bermuda potatoes job at $3.50 per
Dbl; Florida potatoes, $4.5066; horse
radish, Sc per Dbl; peppers, So per crt.
Pork provisions are easier, with
lower prices quoted on some cuts.
There is a firmer market for fresh
beef and higher prices are expected.
The receipts for the week were total
Of 164 cars.
There is very firm market for
lambs, with some Brighton stock sell.
ing at 14c and above; mnttons and vtals
are steady and unchanged. Spring
lambs, 12@13c, with some fancy
higher; yearlings, 9@1oc; muttons, Ga
10c; veals, 9@10c, with some fancy
higher.
There is very quiet market for poul.
try, with prices steady as quoted:
Western turkeys, frozen, 1SM20c; iced,
16c; western fowls, iced, 13b114c;
frozen western fowls, 13013Hc; western
frozen chi$ens, 14@1Gc; fresh killed
northern chickens, 14@lec; fresh
killed northern fowls, 15@t6c; broilers,
30@35c; SQUAD broilers, per pair, rs
090c; spring ducks 25M3Oc
Hay has been a little more active.
with the best grades selling readily;
poor grades are slow and hard to move:
millfeed is firmer and was marked un
again. Choice hay, sgt; No. 1, $17019;
low grades, $13Q15 and up; rye straw,
S16@17; oat straw, S9@1O.
Speculative wheat shows Il slight de.
cline for the week, and scare over DOS.
sible damage to the winter wheat crop
having lost much of it's force. Armonr