St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-02
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on rhe Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, FEB. 29.-Choice lots OF
creamery butter are firm and are selling
on slightly lower basis than a week
ago, but the demand is still rather
quiet. Northern creamery, round lots,
25hQ26kc; western, 25A@26c; Yer
mont dairy, 1oQ22c; renovated butter,
17@19c
The cheese market is unchanged, the
demand being moderate and prices
steady. Round lots, Vermont twins, II
@12c; New York twins, 111s@121ac.
Eggs broke sharply, the best western
eggs selling as low as 25c. Choice
eastern are quoted at 26@27c and west
ern at 25@26c. Fancy nearby eggs
sell a little higher than above figures.
Country markets continue firm on
beans and prices here are higher on pea
and medium, though the demand is
quiet Carload lots, pea, $2.2O@225;
medium, s.. 2O@2. 25; yellow eyes, $3.50
@2S5; red kidneys, $3.3O@3.4O; Cali
fornia small white, $245@2. so; foreign
pea and medium, So; jobbing prices
higher.
The apple market has been rather
quiet, owing to the continued cold.
A few choice large Baldwins are selling
above quotations, but medium sized
stock is steady. Russe-s have not begun
to move yet in any quantity. The quo.
tations are: Kings, 1904; Baldwins,
$2.25@2.35; greetings, $2.25@3: Hub
bardstons and Hurlburts, $1,000. %;
pound and Tolman sweets, $1,000. %;
northern spies, $2@3; Virginia York i'm
perials, $325@3.50; No. 2, all grades
$1.50@2.
Cranberries continue in moderate
supply, choice Cape fruit selling at So
per bx and $500 per Dbl. Jersey cram
berries are quoted at 1926 per bx.
Strawberries sell at $25@3Oc per qt..
Table nuts are quiet at unchanged
prices. Walnuts 13@14c per Ib; casta-
mas, 9@10c; pecans, 9@11c; filberts, 1Oc;
almonds, 13M15c; hickory, ST. 80 per bu
Potatoes have eased up little and the
extreme high prices are no longer
quotable. The demand is fair. Aroos-
stock hebrons,e 9509Sc; Green noun
tains, 90d95c; Dakota reds, $4,000;
sweets, Jersey, double heads, $2@3.5O
Celery is selling higher at: Pascal,
$2@2.50 per doz; Boston market, $3@4
per doz.
Onions are firmer at: Spanish, large
crts, $3.50; natives, $3.50 per blu; bbls,
$3@3. so.
Cucumbers sell at s4@12 per bx.
Yellow turnipsNre unchanged at 81 80
per Dbl; white French, 50 per Dbl; white,
75c@$1 per bu; beets, $1.5O per bu; car
rots, 81 per bu; parsnips, 50 per blu.
Marrow squashes are quoted at So
per Dbl: Hubbard, per ton $40
Cabbages are unchanged at $3.50 per
Dbl for native; Savoy, So per Dbl; red,
$3.50 per bbl.
Lettuce is lower at 25c@$1 so per long
bx; radishes. 25c per doz; mint, S1.25
per doz; cress, 40c per doz; leeks, $1.50
per doz.
String beans sell at So .5O64.5O per
bx for green.
Spinach is in full supply, native hot
house being quoted at $1.75 per bu
Southern spinach is coming in, the sell
ing price being So per Dbl and $3.50 per
bu. No southern kale has yet been re-
ceiyed. Beet green's are quoted at 500
6Oc for dollhouse; parsley, $3.50 per bu;
peppers, $405 per blu.
Brussels sprouts sell at PC per at.
Cauli1ower sells at So per crt for Cali
fornia.
Pork products are firm and higher
The winter season in the packing rec
ords is nearing a close, with supplies of
hogs well maintained. Good quality is
maintained generally, with evidences of
some decline in exceptional instances.
Prices are decidedly higher prominent
markets Averaging about $685. pei
100 lbs.
Fresh beef has been quiet with prices
on somewhat lower basis. The re.
ceipts have again been large.
The supply of lambs has been a little
more plentiful and prices are easier,
muttons are steady; veaIs hold firm.
Lambs, SM9c; yearlings, 607c; muttons.
6@7c; vea1s, 9611c
Poultry holds steady though the de-
mand lis rather quiet, and receipts
ample. Turkeys, western, 10000;
chickens, northern, 14@15c; fancy, 1Sm
zoe; western, 14@15c; fowls, northern,
15@151ac: western, 14@141kc; ducks,
+ 14@15c; geese, 11@12c.
Hay is weaker owing to increased re-
ceipts and quiet demand; straw is
quiet with a full supply; milIfeed is
firm and higher. Hay, No. /, $2O@21;
low grades, $14M19; rye straw, $24@25;
oat straw $10@11.
The Chica go wheat market has shown
tremendous fluctuations and new rec
ords have been made, May reaching
$1.09 last Thursday. There has been
considerable reaction, however from
this high point.
The situation in -four is also very
much unsettled, with prices following
wheat pretty closely. A continued ac-
tive demand is looked for in bread
stuffs. as it is expected that supplies
for Europe will be cut off from Russia
shortly. Argentine is shipping ire
mendous amounts of wheat. One effect
of the extreme high prices in America