Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-06-08

Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Vermont dairy, 2l@22c; renovated but
Ter. ls4@l9c; jobbing, l4alc more.
Old cheese is about out of the market,
with new qIoted easier Round lots.
old. l4haIJc; new cheese, l2di2Lc;
jobbing. hd2c higher.
Eggs are firm. Western fresh. liza
l1lc; storage packed. 1Ta17I4c: east
ern, lSdl9c; iobbing. 1c TO IL higher
Beans are firm. with country adviccs
very strong. Carload lots. pea. -. la
200. medium, SAB; yellow eyes, $40
az 80, red Kidneys, S3.2Ju3.3O. Cali
foruia small white, S2.G5; jobbing, zoe
more.
Apples are very quiet, although tie
cool weather frightened trade n little
Baldwins from cold storage, $2!Od3;
No. =, all kinds. St.2s01.JO; russets. 50
V3. northern spies. S203: Maine Ben
Davis, $202.5O Small lots and job
bling. 5Ocd$l per bbl more
Strawberries have been coming In
large numbers for the week. the total
being 62,JiT crts, agains; 80. SGs crts for
the same week last year. Prices are
from 20 TO lie per bx.
Potatoes are easier. Green noun
tains, SJd9Oc; hebrons, 15nSOc per bu:
York state, Green mountains, 1JIiSOc:
western round white. TOd73c; Dakota
. reds. GJ0dSC; new Floridas, S4.5Odi5
I per bbl: Jersey sweets, bskts. 81; south
4 ern white sweets. S1.JO6I1T5.
Bunch celery is Offering at 5Ocd$1.25
s per bch.
Onions are firm ut: Egyptian, bgs,
s 500; Bermndas. $40 per crt.
HOthOuse tomatoes are quoted ut 15c
(. per 10; southern. 81 2jd2: per crt, with
4 pnushrOoms at SO per alb bskt; hot
house. 81 Uer III.
Cucumbers sell at $1.5Od45O per bx
for dollhouse. all sizes.
Yellow turnips sell at So per Dbl:
white French. So per Dbl: beets, soc;
carrots, JOGS5c; parsnips, 81; egg
3" plant. S25Od3.5O per crt.
The market for Norfolk cabbages Is
femOralized, with prices at 75cd$1.2
Der Dbl
Lettuce sells ut 25dGOc per doz: rad
shes, 10c per doZ; mint. soc per dOZ:
tress, 35c per doz: satisfy, $50 per
boz: leeks, 40c per doz.
New string beans sell at 81 5O0o per
rrt for wax and green.
Spinach is quoted at 15d20c per bx
for native: kale. orc per bx for native:
rtichOSeS, Sl.5O per bu; parsley, hot
louse. Sl.2J per bX; dandelions. 81
per bu; beet green's, 40c per bu: native
beets. GOdT5c per doz bchs: southern,
f'OM4Oc per doz; bunch onions, roc
per bN.
Bermuda potatoes job at So per bill:
horse radish, So per Dbl; peppers, $50
tI2 per crt.
Choice hay is very scarce and prices
re very firm, with a poor outlook for
he future crops. Straw is firm: mill
feed is quiet hut firm. Choice hay, S23
fl2i; No. /. $2Od22 low grade. $1JU10
nd up; rye straw. $22d %; oat straw,
f901O
Fork provisions are easier and prices
w revised. The Kill of hogs by Boston
boxers has been somewhat smaller
Prices are decidedly reduced, AMI the
verage OF prominent markets is about
300 per 100 pounds. compared with
i5O week ago. $3.50 two weeks ago.
jDU year ago, and $50 two years
30.
Fresh beef is fairly steady. with trade
Their slow. The beef arrivals are
UGH smaller.
Lambs are fairly steady, but the
parket is much overstocked with year
nps. Neals are steady. Spring lambs,
}Gtl4c; yearlings. Ii1d9c; muttons, %
1Oc: veals, 1OQ1l, with some fancy
CHER.
There is a good demand for poultry
steady prices. Western turkeys,
fozen, lStd zoe; iced, Ice; western
(wis, iced. 13@131c; western frozen
hickens, IiGI1Gc. fresh killed northern
lickcns. 25d2Sc: fresh killed northern
Nwls, Jd,1Cc; broilers, 3Od35c: west
pa broilers. 256I30c: squad broilers,
Rr pair. IJGigOc. spring ducks. 20d2ic.
The Massachusetts agricultural state
bard, in its report of June 1. says that
ports show that the prevailing
Bought has checked vegetation and pre-.
Hnted termination of seeds. making re-
hitting necessary i'm some instances.
le drought mas practically stopped the
owth Of grass, and feed In pastures
ready is becoming short. Even with
entiful rains the hay crop will be a
anty one. Upland mowings have he
"a To turn brown, and the grass on
,vlands is short and thin.
Reports from Connecticut are as bad.
rains there for nearly month.
The Maine Farmer says: Maine to-
is suffering from what soon will
tSe tremendous loss unless rains
ue. The area Of drought is abroad
p late extremely low temperatures
Te brought ruin TO all crops Which
broken ground. and especially TO
it blossoms and trees.
here has been practically no rain Of
ment anywhere in the New England
feS for over sir weeks