Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-04-25
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leadin :
Products In Demand

ing anu prices CoHtIHue 10 decline.
Northern creamery, 21Q211sc; western,
201z021c; Vermont dairy, loa19c:
BITTER, 1701712c
Cheese is steady, with a fair demand,
without much change in quotations.
Round lots, Vermont twins. 1O1a@11c;
New York twins, 11G111ac.
Eggs are firmer on western, but the
demand is not very active Prices are
steady at: Choice nearby, 2O021c;
eastern. 196i1912c; western, 1Sh@19c.
Beans are in very light demand, with
prices barely maintained. Carload lots.
pea, $1.95d2: medium, $202.05; vel
low eyes. $2.7502. 80; red kidneys. $3.15
M3.25; California small white, $2.3Ot6
235; foreign pea, $1.9001.95; foreign
medium, 81 9Od1 .95; jObbing prices, 10
015c higher.
There is a better demand for choice
apples, especially Baldwins, and some
lots bring 25d50c above quotations.
Very few lots, however, are good
enough for this, as there are plenty of
medium grades offering, though the
market is in much better shape than
fortnight ago. Russets. S203: Kings.
s3d4; Baldwins, $2G2.75; greetings, 50
@2.50; Tolman sweets, $15O02 %;
northern spies. $2.5O03.5O; No. 3, all
grades, $1.5OG2.
The quotations on choice Cape cram
berries is unchanged at $7.5OtdS.5O per
Dbl and $2.5Od3 per crt. Jersey crts
are quiet at $1.75.
Strawberries are coming forward
freely, but prices hold up surprisingly
well. Choice fruit sells at 2O03Oc
from the receivers.
Maple sugar is jobbing at 13014c for
small cakes. 12013c fo- large cakes and
1O011c for pals; maple syrup, coca
$1.1O per gal.
Potatoes have declined a little from
the extreme top, owing to better re-
Ceipts, but the market is still firm.
Aroostook hebrons, $1.1501 20; Green
mountains, $1.15@1.2O; Dakota reds,
$1O5; rose, S1.1501 20; silver dollars,
S161.O5; sweets, Jersey double heads,
1.5O03. %.
Celery is quiet. Boston market being
quoted at $3.50 per doz. Southern sells
at $1.50 per doz.
Onions are firmer at: Spanish, large
crts, 1926; natives, S1.75 per bu; bbls,
$3.50; Bermuda, crts, $165.
Cucumbers are selling lower at $50
$50 per bx.
Yellow turnips are firm at $3.50 per
Dbl; white French, So per Dbl; white
fat, 75c per bu; beets, $3.50 per bu;
carrots, 75c@$1 per bu; parsnips, ST
per bu.
Hubbard squashes are selling higher,
at $40 per ton; new southern white,
$3.50 per crt.
Cabbages are firm at $3.50 per Dbl
for natives; Savoy. $2.5O03 per Dbl;
new southern, 1925 per crit
Lettuce is frmer at 5O0S5c per doz;
radishes, 40c per doz: mint. SOC per doz
cress. 15c per doz; leeks, 81 so per doZ.
String beans are quoted at $202. -
per bx for green and $202 % for wax.
Spinach is selling at $1.25015 80 per
Dbl. Beet green's are quoted at 4Oc;
dandelions, 90c0$1 per bu; parsley.
75c per bu; peppers. $3.50 per bu.
Rhubarb is quotable at &c per Id.
Hothouse tomatoes are quotab1e at
25c per Id for choice; southern crts, 81. %
@1.75.
Bermuda potatoes are quotable at
$3.50 per Dbl.
Bunch beets are selling in a small
way at 75c per doZ.
Charleston asparagus is selling at S3
per doz for large lunches
Prices are revised on pork products
and are generally frmer. There has
been some decrease in offerings of hogs
compared with the preceding week. but
the total number exceeds corresponding
time last year. The quality is rather
more variable. but mostly good
Prices average lower than a week ago
prominent markets indicating a gen
eral average of about $40 per 1OC
pounds
Fresh beef has advanced quite ma.
terially, but trade is not particularly
active and receipts continue large.
The market for lambs has cleaned mr.
we'll and prices are materially stronger
yearlings are also very firm and mut
tons and veals are firmly held. Lambs
10011c; yearlings, SAGE; muttons S0
&c; veals, 10011c.
Poultry is quiet, with western fowl,
arriving more freely Prices are gen
orally easier but very little changed
Fresh killed western turkeys, 17G1Sc
frozen western, 1S019c; fancy chick
ems, 1Sa22c: western, 14015c; fowls
northern, 15016c; western. 140141bc
Hay has continued in heavy supply
and prices have eased off, especially OF
medium and low grades; straw is il
good demand for rye, with oat easier
millfeed is dull but steady. Hay, No
1, $19Q20: low grades, S1201S: nv,
straw, $25027; oat straw, S1O612.
Crop and weather advices have do1ni
mated sentiment in wheat circles mos
of the week. The chief DOint q
strength in crop accounts lies in the So
rious delay to spring seeding. Bear
have fondly expected that the eviden