St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-02-10
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Producers In Demand

Ter, WIFI SONIC recovery from Inc ioW-
est point, on the finer grades. Other
grades are steady. Northern cream.
cry, round lo-s, 24@2458e; western, 23A
@24c; Vermont dairy, 18@20c; reno
waited butter. 17@18c.
Cheese is fairly steady with the de-
mand quiet There has been some
sagging off In. New York twins Of the
best quality. but otherwise the quota
tons are unchanged. Round lots, Yer
mont twins, 111k@12c; New York twins,
12@121zc.
Eggs are firm, but the demand is
light, and choice fresh have dropped off
little from the high point of the week.
Fresh eastern are quotable at 35@3Sc,
with western at 34@36c.
Beans are a little firmer, with the
demand fair. Carload lots, pea, $2.05@
2.1O; medium, S2.O5M2.1O: yellow eyes.
$2.SO@2 So; red kidneys, S280@2.9 80;
California small white, $4,000 so;
foreign pea and medium, So; jobbing
prices higher.
Apples have been rather slow, owing
to the cold weather. Better weather
will bring renewed demand. Prices
hold steady. Kings, 1904; Baldwins,
So 1908; greetings, $2.25@3; Hubbards-
tons and Hurlburts, S1.5Ot02.25; pound
and Tolman sweets, $1,000. %; north
ern spies, 1908; Virginia York i'm
perials, $3.25@3.5O: No. 2, all grades,
$1.5O@1.75.
Cranberries are in fair receipt and
hold firm at So per bx and $500 per
Dbl.
Strawberries sell at 40c per at. The
arrivals were seven refrigarators.
There is a steady demand for vege-
tables and with receipts small the
markets keep well cleaned up. Cab
bages are in short supply and higher.
Lettuce is steady and in good demand.
Spinach continues scarce and nigh.
The demand for kale is dull and there is
little offering. String beans are in
moderate supply and fair demand.
Prices, however, take Il wide range, ac-
cording to quality and condition. Gel
cry is in good demand and higher than
it was a week ago. Tomatoes are in
| good supply, but are moving slowly.
There is a good demand for choice
squashes and the market is firm and
high. Receipts of onions are moderate
and sound stock is steady and in good
demand. Beets and turnips are firm.
Receipts of<potatoes are light and the
market is fine and closely sold up.
Sweet potatoes are quiet and lower
Potatoes: Aroostook hebro1s, 9Oc;
Green mountains, 95cM$1: Dakota reds,
| SO@S5c: sweets, Jersey, double heads,
| $2@3. so.
Celery is selling at: Pascal, $1.25@
| 1.75 per long bx; Boston market, $1.5O
| o. per long bx.
Onions: Spanish, large crts, $3.50;
| natives, 81 % per bu; bbls, So.
Cucumbers sell at $250@8 per bx..
yellow turnips are selling at 81 80 per
| Dbl; white French, So per Dbl; white,
| 5O@75c per bu; beets, 81 .25@1.5O per
blu; carrots, 75c@$1 per bu; parsnips,
| $1.25@1.5O per bu.
Marrow squashes are quoted at So
per Dbl; turban, So per Dbl; Hubbard,
| per ton, $40.
Cabbages sell at So per Dbl for ma
| tive; Savoy, $3.50 per Dbl; red, $3.50
| per Dbl.
| Lettuce is quoted at 50c@$2 per bx;
radishes, 15@25c per doz; mint, 50075c
| per doz; cress, 6O@75c per doz; leeks,
75c per doz; oyster plants, $1.5O per
| doz
String beans sell at So per bx for
! green.
Spinach is quoted at 500. so per bu;
beet green's, 81 per blu; parsley, $3.50
per blu; peppers, 81 per blu.
Caulifower sells at So per crt for
| California and $3.50 for Florida.
Pork provisions are frmer with
/ higher prices asked on many kinds.
| The marketing of hogs is being main
tanned in fairly liberal numbers, which
| considers bly, exceed corresponding time
| last year for the week. Prices are
| about the same as week ago, in1icat
/ ing for prominent markets an average
1 of $500 per 100 lbs.
Fresh beef is quiet, but prices are I'M
/ changed, with a few choice heavy cat
tie still selling at 1-4c.
There is steady market for muttpns
and lambs; veals hold firm. Lambs, 6
@10c; yearlings, 6@7c. muttons, 6@7c;
| yea1S, 9111c.
!. Poultry is firm for choice stock, fol-
| which full quotations are obtained.
Turkeys, western, 19@2Oc; chickens
northern, 13@15c; fancy, 1S@20c; west
ern, ,13Q15c; fowls, northern. 14@15c
western, 13@14c; ducks, 14@15c; geese
11@12c.
Hay is steady, but prices are firm
| with moderate demand. Receipts are
light, and stocks are becoming reduced
Straw is III better demand and firmer
Millfeed is firm and unchanged. Hay
No. /, $1S.50@20; low grades, $12@17
rye straw, $24d25: cat straw, S11@12
4 There has been considerable excite
ment in the wheat market, prices hav.
ing made net gain in Chicago of 2 1-4t
on September, 2 5-Sc on July and 3 3-4t
on May Wheat touched tie dollar
mark during the week for cash, all rec
crds for several years having beer
4 broken. There have been severa
sensa tionaI upturns due to the wal