Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25
IN HUB markets
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

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1Oc; jobhiag. 1sMlc more.
There Is very little change to note in
the cheese market The demand is
moderate. but prices hold steady.
Round lots, old, nominal, lilb0i15c; new
cheese. 11M1l Lie; jobbing, lsU1c
higher
Secretary Boy of the Vermont stat
board of agriculture, in his report of the
output of creameries and cheese fac
tories of the state in 1902. states that
the total output of butter Amounted to
2o.4SU.6I9 pounds and $50, sol pounds
of cheese. In Windsor county tho fac
tories produced 1,09O iS3 pounds of but
ter and 2S7,5 pounds of cheese. Soc
rotary Bell thinks that the amount of
batter produced by the crnamcrics is
about tlree-quarters of the output OF
the state
Eggs ara steady in both demand and
price. Western fresh. l5iaGi lie: storage
packed. 16iaM17c. eastern, 2Uu21c;
nearby, 23M25c; iobbing, 1c to NC
hiahcr
Scans are firm and unchanged
Stocks are becoming reduced and the
situation in thc country is frmcr. Car
load lots. pea. S2.40: medium 81 4n:yel-
low eyes, So. 10; red kidneys. So 3OM3. 30 /;
California small white, S26i: foreign
pea and medium, 50 250 go; jobbing.
10c more.
There is only quiet demand for ap.
pies but prices are steadily held
Baldwins from cold storage. s.. lOai3;
No. ,. all kinds. S1.25M1.5O; rusSrts,
S-d3; northern spies. SPAS: Maine Ben
Davis. S2u250. Small lots and job
bling, 50cm$l per bu more.
Strawberries have been in heavy sun
ply during the week, the receipts being
71.477 crts. against 1O10O crts for the
same week last year. Prices range
from 12c to lie per bx.
Watermelons sold by the load at %
030c each.
California cherries sell at S1o50
1.1o per bx; apricots, 81 SOAP per bx.
There is a very firm market for old
stock but new potatoes are easy. The
Norfolk steamer has $500 bbls. Green
mountain, $1.1on1 20: Dakota rods. 81:
new rose and hebrons, bbls, S3.5ON4:
white Bliss bbls. S3G3 25: red Bliss,
S215U3; sweets, crts, $2.5O03; white
sweets, bbls, S15O02.
Bunch celery is selling at 5OcIS1
per bch.
Onions are firm at: Egyptian, bgs,
S275G3; Bermudas. 1925 per crt:
bunch onions. Coo per bx.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at
12iac per lb; southern, So 1913 per
crt, with mushrooms at S2.5OG3 per g.
ID bskt.
Cucumbers sell at 81 500 per bx for
dollhouse, all sizes.
Yellow turnips sell at $3.50 por Dbl;
beets. Soc bu: carrots, S135Q1 80 bu;
parsnips. $50 bI.
Cabbages sell at So 25N3.5O per large
crt, Norfolk.
Marrow squashes bring $3.50 per
CRIT; crooknccks $3.50 crt.
The market for lettuce is demoralized
at 20M35c per bx, 11sdoz in bx. Rad
ishes sell at So per bx; mint 4Oc per doz;
rress, SOC per doz; satisfy. 81 80 per ,loz:
lceks. 75c per doz.
New string beans are selling at 50 70
N215 per bskt for wax, ard S303.5O
per CRIT for green.
Spinach IS quoted at 65N75c per hu
for native; parsley, dollhouse, S1M1 %
per bu; ramona, Coo per bu; beet
greens, 25c per bu; bunch carrots. nc
MS1.25 per doz: bunch beets 5GiGc for
natives and &c for southern; rhubarh lc
per ID; horseradish, So per Dbl; pep
pers, So per CRIT.
There is an easier market for pork
provisions, with some cuts marked
down. In the aggregate movement of
hogs there has not been much change
disclosed in the exhibit for the past
week. the total falling moderately
short Of corresponding time last year
Fresh beef was well cleaned NJ. not
withstanding receipts continued npavy.
Prices, however, eased off little.
Lambs are well cleaned up, the clos
ing being firm; muttons and veals are
steady. Western fall lambs, 1;Nil4r;
spring lambs, 15c: ycarlings. 71,1luc;
muttons, 7h411c; veals, 7U1lc.
Fowls are easier, but the poultry
market generally is steady at previous
quotations. Fresh fowls hold firm;
western turkeys, frozen, 1S02Oc. iced.
15M16c; western fowls, iced, 150il5,sc.
western frozen chickens, 14M 16c; fresh
killed South Shore chickens. 3lNt:.Sc.
fresh killed northern fowls. t5I,Ml,;c
broilers, 30432c; western broierS. 23
@2sc; squad broilers, per pair, 7!lSOc:
spring ducks, 16M17c.
Hay is very firm for choice grades
The late rains have had beneficial ef-
feet upon the hay crop. There will,
however. be a shortage in the hest
grades though it seems now likely that
the poorer grades will be ample for the
demand. Millfeed is firmer Hay. No.
I, S25Q $3.50; lower grades, S17M32 rye
straw, S2O024; oat straw. $9n1l.
Reports show that the present condi-
tons are favorable to the corn crop.
There has been an abundance If moiS-
ture, and where the crop has suffered
from Hoods much repla nting has nocn
done or Is now under way. Fields that
were planted in other crops have been
put down in corn and from present in
dications there will be no ultimate re-
duction in acreage. The plant is re.
ported to have terminated well and to
have made fair start Much OF it has
been cultivated in spite of the Wet
weather. Reports from Iowa, Illinois
and Nebraska, the three leading corn