Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-05
i'm HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the ading
Products In Demand

with prices firm rs last quoted. Round |
lots, Vermont twins, 111aMl1 3-4c; New |
yor,, twins, II 3-4M1 re.
Eggs are steady and unchanged. |
Western fresh, 25u2Ic; eastern, 2SGr
20c; nearby. 3lQ36c.
Beans are easy. with quiet move
ment. Carload lots. pea. 50 21d go; me
dunn, S2.25d2.3O; yellow eyes. S321;
red kidneys. S34Vd3.5O: california
small white. 81 6OW2.G5 foreign pea
and medium, 81 2Oo2 20: jobbing, 30
Zoe more.
Apples are in full supply and mixed
lots are selling SLOWLY at easy prices.
Fancy red stock is firm. Maidens
blush. $2ft2 30; Maine pippins. $l23d
10; Harvies. So 25Gi2.1O; wealtIiies,
81 .|03; SHOWS. S2.5nf3; Kings, 600
G350; Baldwins. Sl.75n225; green
ings, $i.15W2 %.
CranberrieS are steady at S2m250per
bx and sea- - per Dbl
Domestic GRAPES sell at 1IM l6c per
hskt for Concords, 22d 28c for NiacaraS,
17MlSc for Nergennes and l4G 15c for
| CAtawbas AlmCria grapes Are selling
at s325Gi6 per Dbl. California Tokay
grapes are quoted at $15U02; Corni.
chon, 81 1872
Chestnuts are in full supply and sell
at SG01 per IN.
There is firm market for potatoes,
with a good demand ut the recent al
vance Aroostook hobrons. i3ut,ic:
Green mountains. f2M65c. sweets, Nor
folk. cloth heads, Sl.25u LOO; Jersey,
double heads. S2GI2.25.
N&tite celery is selling at 60N15c per
doz bchs; Pascal. 81 per doz.
Onions are quoted at: Spanish, large
crts. So. 80: natives, 15c per bu; bhs
1923
Tomatoes arc quoted at: Native, per
bx. SCAT; green, 1lc per bu
Cucumbers sell ut $20S per hx.
yellow turnips are selling at Soc per
Dbl white French S1.50 per Dbl; white,
Soc per bn; beets csc per bu, carrots.
zoo per bn: parsnips T5c per hu
Marrow squashcs are quoted at Sl0
% per Dbl for native: BAY state, s. -
per Dbl: turban. 81 b per bhl.
Cabba ees sell ut 365" each for native;
Savoy. I5c per hhl; rcd. &c per bx.
Lettuce Is quoted al 2On4oc per hu
bx; radishes. SOC bx. mint pc Der doz
cress. pc per do2; leciis. 4oc per doz.
String beans sell nj 81 30 for green.
Spinach is quoted at poe per bu; pars-
lcv. dollhouse, 25040c per Id; peppers,
81 per pkg
Linn leans sell at 75c@S2 per bu: egg
plant. S+.10 per crt for native.
Al. :, -
Brussels sprouts sell at 10c per ct;
beet greens, zoe per bu.
Pork provisions are easier and many
prices are lower. There Is but little
tendency yet apparent toward increase
in market offerings of hogs The
Q'Hlily is from fair to good. the latter
prevailing. Prices were well sustained.
There is an easier market for fresh
beef. with only a very few choice steers
bringing full prices. The arrivals OF
fresh beef have been almost as usual
for local consumption. but the ex-
port trade has been almost nothing.
MuttOns and lambs are little lirner
Thc market Is well cleaned ur and
somewhat higher prices are predicted
NealS are selling well. Western fall
lambs 16iSc: spring lambs, SlaMGlqc
warnings, sac; muttons, t@7c: veals
9M1lc.
There is quiet demand for poultry
with the market fully supplied. Price,
are firm. Turkeys, northern, 20G o.
western iced. l7G,2Oc; chickens. 15c
western. large, 14Q l3c; medium, l2HG
13c: fowls, northern, 14n l5c; western
13N1312c; ducks. 16nlSc
There Is a continued heavy supply o
hay and prices are only steady. straw
Is FIRM mllfeed Is firm and unchanged
Hay, No. !, S1SU19; lower grades, Sl"G
rs: rye straw, $2lM22; oat straw. SlU.1
Oil.
The wheat market has been aCains
the bull operator during the pa, ST week
ana IT is considered remarkable tina
prices have not declined more than the
have. A decline Of several cents
bushel was caused in 81. Louis by TN
financial disturbance tn re. This wa
supplemented hY material increa So i
farm offerings of spring wheat, with
larger movement expected. Even = il
normal conditions an expanding move
-
under present conditions, with exporter
out of line. Argentine crop affairs i
excellent shape, the Australian Gro
promising about 6O.0O0.GW bush !!
against only l2,4OO,0O0 bushels las
year, with about half of it avaia Bile fo
export, and Russia shipping freely ever
week, II becomes especially dlScOura.
ing.
The explanation is given OF the lat
continuous very heavy Russian Y het
exports, that the grain trade there
largely In the hands of Armenians an
other aliens, ana Just as ionL as there
danger of war, there Is possibility {
their grain stocks being seized al
their having TO wait several years Il
payment, so that there Is a strenuOl
effort being made to Get grain stool
shipped as soon as possible.
1t is worthy Of note that with on
third of the crop year gone, the Anne
ican wheat visible Of -, 5Oo,UOn bushc
f. 1900 600 bushels loss than last yea
100000 bushels less than two yea
ago. 100000 bushels less than thr
Years ago, and 26000,JnU bushels le
than the past 10 years average and III
these radical decreases promise 10 /
como even greater as the period
Gott,ac IN a, mar of r