St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-16
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, March 14.-Butter is little
steadier than a week ago, but the de
mand is still light, with the lower grades
accumulat ting Northern creamery.
round lots, 25k@26c; western, 25@26ci
Vermont dairy, 20@21c; renovated but:
ter, 17@19c.
Cheese remains quiet with prices
easier. Foreign markets have fuctu.
ated somewhat, closing higher than
week ago. Round lots, Vermont twins
11@12c; New York twins, 117s@12c.
Eggs have been in small supply, espe.
cially for strictly fresh eastern, but
prices are barely maintained, and the
tendency is downward. Choice nearby,
241s@25c; eastern, 23@24c; western.
22@23c.
Beans are steady in price with fail
demand. Carload lots. pea, s2.2o@2.25.
medium, $4,000. %; yellow eyes, $3.50
@2.S5; red kidneys, $3.30@3.40; Cali.
fornia small white, $2.45@2.5O; foreign
pea and medium, So; jobbing prices
higher.
Apples are easier and some kinds
are lower, owing to free offerings. The
low prices realized abroad have caused
some fruit intended for export to be
thrown on this market and therefore
the market is glutted. Kings, 1904:
Baldwins, $2.25@3; greetings, $2.25@
2.75; Hubbardstons and Hurlburts.
$1,000. %; pound and Tolman sweets,
$1.50@2. %; northern spies, $2@3; Vir.
ginia York imperials, $3@3.25; No. 2, all
grades, $1.50@2.
Who ics oh orya RI 70 in n,
berries, choice Cape fruit selling at So
per bx and $500 per Dbl. Jersey cram
berries are quoted at 1925 per bx.
Strawberries have been in full supply,
but the quality is not yet frst-class
Quotations have ruled lower at 25@30o
per qt.
There is free movement of potatoes
and prices hold fairly steady on basis
somewhat lower than the top. ARGOS
took hebrons, 93@95c; Green noun
tains, 95@98c; Dakota reds, 90c; sweets.
Jersey, double heads, $2@4.
Celery is firmer and still further adj
,vanced at: Pascal, $3@3.5O per doz,
Boston market, $4,000 per doz.
Onions are firm at: Spanish, large
crts, $3.50; natives, $1.5O per bu; bbls,
$4,000.
Cucumbers sell at $4@15 per bx.
Yellow turnips are unchanged at
$3.50 per Dbl; white French, So per Dbl,
white, 75c@$1 per bu; beets, $1.5O pei
bu; carrots, 75c@$1 per bu; parsnips,
$3.50 per bu.
Marrow squashes are quoted higher
at So per Dbl; Hubbard, per ton, $50.
Cabbages are higher at So. 5O64 per
Dbl for natives; Savoy, So per Dbl; red,
$3.50 per bbl
Lettuce is higher at 50c@S1.75 pei
long bx; radishes, 35c per doz; mint,
75c per doz; cress, 4Oc per doz; leeks,
81 per doz.
String beans are lower at So. 5O03.50
per bx for green.
Spinach is in full supply, southern
selling at 81 per Dbl and $1.5O@1.75 per
bu. Southern kale brings So per bu
Beet green's are quoted at 81 for hot
house; parsley, $3.50 per bu; peppers,
81 per-bu.
Brussels sprouts sell at zoe per qt.
Caulif1ower sells at $2.5O03 per crt
for California
Fresh ribs are higher, but pork prod
ucts are generally steady and un.
changed. There has been decided fall
ing off in the marketing of hogs. The
quality runs from fair to good! Prices
are higher, prominent markets indicat-
ing an average of about $3.50 per 100
pounds.
The market for fresh beef is still fully
supplied and prices are easy at the de.
cline
The supply of lambs is still large, and
prices are barely steady; muttons are
quiet; veals hold firm. Lambs, S09c,
yearlings, $4,000; muttons, 6@7c;
veals, 9@11c.
Poultry is quiet in demand, with con.
siderable of poor quality now arriving.
Choice fresh killed chickens are in mod
crate supply, but western chickens and
fowls are in full supply and easy. Tur-
keys are nominally unchanged. Tur-
keys, western, $4,000; chickens, north
ern, 15c; fancy, 1S@2Oc; western, 14@
15c; fowls, northern, 141a@15c; western.
131A@14c; ducks, 14@15c; geese, 11@
lie.
Hay is in full supply and the market
is weak on all grades except very
choice; rye straw is firm with oat
steady; millfeed is frmer for shipment.
but spot prices are unchanged. Hay,
No. 1, $1,000; low grades, $17@1S; rye
straw, $23@24; oat straw, $1O@11.
The feature of the wheat market for
the week was the government report
showing the invisible supply to be near
ly 100000 bushels less than at the
same time last year. With decrease of
abOIlt 12OO0OO0 bushels in fha visible
supply, this makes the total available
supply 100000 bushels less than last
year, and indicates that there will be
barely enough to fill requirements until
the new crop is available, The effect
on the whole was bullish, which was
strengthened by the unsatisfactory po-
sition of winter wheat. With large re-
duction in the export surplus, the pos
sibility that Russia will be a buyer of
wheat later is considered to make the