Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-22
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the l eading
Products In Demand

Boston, Feb. 19.-Butter is higher In
sympathy with other markets. The de-
mand is fair and storage stocks are
steadily decreasing Northern cream
cry, round lots, 255AQ26c; western, -
Q25lzc; Vermont dairy, 19Q2Oc; reno
waited butter, 17@19c.
Cheese is quiet but steady. Round
lots, Vermont twins, 11l2U12c; New
York twins, 12G1214c.
Eggs are easier under full receipts
and a quiet demand, at 3Jd3Gc for east
ern and 34d35c for western.
Beans are firm, with a good de-
man. Carload lots, pea, $2.0502.1O;
meIium, S2.0J@2.10; yellow eyes, $3.50
ass; red kidneys, $3.25; California
small white, S2.40d2.4j; foreign pea
and medium, 50; jobbing prices higher.
There is Il quiet demand locally for
apples, but prices are steady, with
choice lots firm. Kings, $3@4; Bald
wins, $22JlQ3 %; greetings, $2.25d3;
HubbardstOns and Hurlburts, $1.50 .
2.2J; pound and Tolman sweets. $3.50
M225; northern spies, $2G3; Virginia
York imperials, $3.2J0 $50; No. ,, all
grades, $1.5OM2.
Cranberries are in fair receipt and
hold firm at So per bX and $500 per
bbl
Strawberries sell at 4Od50c per at.
Vegetables are in steady demand,
with few changes in prices from those
Of a week ago. Cabbages are firm and
in light supply. Spinach is scarce and
in good demand. The supply Of string
beans continues small ana cnOice fresh
stock brings good prices. Lettuce is
steady. Cucumbers are in good de-
mand and fair supply. Celery is steady.
Tomatoes are plantiful and quiet.
There is a good demand for choice
sQuashes and the market is firm and
high. Choice sound onions are in light
supply and firm, but there is still
good deal of ordinary stock offering
that has to go at low and irregular
prices. Turnips and beets are firm and
in steady demand. Carrots and rad
ishes are steady.
Receipts of potatoes are moderate
| and the market has firm tone. Sweet
potatoes are quiet.
Vegetables are quoted as follows:
Potatoes: AroOstook hebrOns, 90c;
| Green mountains, 95cQ$1; Dakota reds,
| S00S5c; sweets, Jersey, double heads,
$2035O.
Celery: Pascal, 81 .2J02 per long bx;
Boston market, $2@2.5O per long bx.
Onions: Spanish, large crts, $3.50;
natives, $1.2J@1.J0 per bu; bbls, s.
$3.50.
Cucumbers sell at $25O0S per bx.
Yellow turnips, $3.50 per bbl; white
French. So per bbl: white. 50075c per
bu; beets, S1.2501.5O per bu: carrots,
75c01 per bu; parsnips, $125Q1.5O
per bu.
Marrow squashes, 50 per Dbl; turban,
$3 per bbI; Hubbard, per ton, $40.
Cabbages, So per Dbl for native;
Savoy. $150 per Dbl; red, $3.50 per Dbl.
Lettuce. 5Oc@$1.5 so per bx; radisheF.
zoe per doz; mint, 75c per doz; cress,
SOC per doz; leeks, 75c per doz; oyster
plants, So per dOz.
Spinach at $202.50 per bu; beet
greens, $1M1.25 per bu; parsley, $25(
per bu; peppers, 81 per bu.
Brussels sprouts, 10015c per ct.
Caulifower. So per CRIT for California
and 81 for Florida.
There is a firmer feeling in pork pro
visions, owing to the Strengthening OF
the western markets on account of the
war demand. Prices here are firmer
The marketing of hogs has been con
siderably reduced the past week, bu
shows an increase of $4,000, compared
with the corresponding period last yea
in the packing returns. The quality i
generally good, comparing fayorabl.
with other seasons for the time of thu
year, although the weights in some in
stances appear to be relatively light
Prices have advanced, the average O
prominent markets at the close iEdicat
ing about 500 per 100 pounds
There is a quiet demand for fresl
beef, with a few choice cattle still sell
Ing at 1-4c. Quotations have no
changed for the week, though receipt
have been liberal.
, MuttOns and lambs are steady; veal
are firm. Lambs, 9@10c; yearling:
6QIc; muttons, 607c; veals, 9011c.
Poultry is in good demand for choic
western chickens and fowls, but tut
keys are quiet. Prices are steady
Turkeys, western, 1S02Oc; chicken:
northern, 13014c; fancy, 1Sd20c; ives
ern, 13@15c; fowls, northern, 14015,
geese. 11@12c.
Chicago wires that houses represen
ing eastern people who sold May cor
recently are replacing with July an
that foreign and seaboard houses WEI
again good buyers of wheat. ChoiC
cash No = red sold in Chicago at S1.(
and in Detroit at S10114, While No
northern spring brought about Ma
price in the former market
Sale of 10000 bushels cash No.
northern spring by Armour to mile
Fl is confirmed. The price was So lie