St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-08-10
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


Really choice fresh made is not plenty
and is firmly held: Northern creamery,
1S12@1914c; western, 1o1z@19c; firsts, IL
Q1Sc; dairy, 17@17h.
The cheese market shows little change,
the demand being light. and prices easy.
Round lots, York state, SQS3c; Yer
mont twins, 71k@Sc.
Eggs are very firm for choice nearby
and fresh gathered, but western ar
rivals are affected by the heat to some
extent and are easy. Choice nearby,
27@28c; eastern, 24Q25c; western, 100
pc.
Beans continue quiet, with prices
steady and unchanged. Carload lots,
pea, $1.S501.9O; medium, $2@2.05; vel
low eyes, 50 75@2 80; red kidneys, $50
@3. 20; California small white, $4,000
2.35; foreign pea, $1.85@1.95; foreign
medium, $1.9OQ1.95; jobbing prices.
1O015c higher.
New apples of all kinds are now COM
ing forward very freely, though large
percentage of the receipts are wind
falls. Prices are easy, though the de-
mand is good. Sweet boughs, $2@2.5O;
astrachans, $2@25O; Williams, $1,000
$50; other varieties, $1.5O@2; bskt
fruit, 35@5Oc.
Small fruits are still offering fairly
well, though the season is now well adj
vanced. The receivers quote: Blue
berries, 7@1Oc; blackberries, 1OQ15c;
respberries, S@1Oc for pints; 3@4c for
cups; currants, S010c.
Potatoes are selling at $2@2.25 per
Dbl as to quality. The best Bristol
stock brings the higher price, wh4.e
Jersey and Long Island sells at 500
2.121z.
Native celery is selling at 81 per doz
bchs.
Native onions are selling at 81 per
blu; bunch onions, SOC per bu.
Yellow turnips are easier at $1@1.25
per Dbl; white turnips, 5O@75c per bu;
carrots, 81 per bu; beets, 4Oc per blu.
Cucumbers are selling at 5O@75c
per bx.
New white squash sell at soc per 100;
yellow, 75c per 100; marrow, 75c per
100.
Lettuce is quoted at 25@4Oc per doz;
radishes, zoe per bx; mint, 25c per doz;
cress, 35c per doz; leeks, soc per doz.
String beans are quoted at 5O075c
per blu for wax and 81 for green. Green
peas are selling at $1.25 per bx.
Spinach is selling at 4OQ5Oc per bu;
parsley, 121ac per bu; peppers, 81 per
crt; chives, 81 per bx; Romano, soc
per bx; eskro, 35c; endives, 35c.
Norfolk tomatoes are quOtable at 30
@75c per crt; native, 1904 per blu. Hot
house tomatoes are quotable at 12c
per pound.
Bunch carrots are quoted at I've
each.
Green corn is selling at 60c0$1 bx.
Barrel pork is higher, but other pork
provisions are unchanged. There la
continuance Of restrictive conditions af
fecting the movement of hogs, but with
Indications of modification Of such in
f1uences. Prices are lower, prom
inent markets indicating a general
average of about 1925 per 100 pounds.
There has not been any sharp change
in fresh beef during the week, but the
tendency has been downward, the net
decline for the week being about 1c on
whole cattle. The best cattle are now
quotable at about 9@91ze, with kinds
at 11Q11kc and fores at 714QSc.
The call for lambs and muttons has
been quiet all the week, but prices have
been steadily held. as the receipts have
been small; veals are steady and I'm
changed Western fall lambs, 1O@12c;
spring lambs, 13@14e; yearlings, 9@1Oc;
muttons, SQ9c; veals. SQ9c.
There is quiet but steady market for
poultry, with choice stock well cleaned
up. Prices are steady on somewhat
lower basis. Frozen western turkeys,
1S019c; chickens, native broilers, $50
zoe; western broilers, 16@1Sc; fowls,
northern, 14@15c; western, 14e; frozen
western chickens, 15016c.
Hay ia dull, though receipts have de-
creased somewhat. Offerings are
heavy, especially Of the lower grades.
Straw is firm for the best. Millfeed is
firmer and higher. Hay, No. 1, $3.50
01S5O; low grades, $11Q16; rye straw,
$23G24 for old; new, $500; oat
straw, S9Q10.
The feature of the grain market has
been the sharp advance in all wheat OPP
lions. Friday, September went to
$1.OOz. The reports from all sections
Of the crop country Of heavy damage
by rust-thought by many to be
grossly exaggerate d-have caused the
phenomenal rise, prices having reached
the highest since February, when the
May option sold at $1.09. Should the
crop prove to be no larger than one
estimate Of $4,000, 900 bushels, there
will be but little for export trade, as
our home consumption calls for about
SOC, zoo, 900 bushels annually. There is
a possibility that the yield of wheat
will be the smallest for eight years, and
this taken with the fact that European
countries are also facing the prob
ability of short crops, will tend to keep
the price of grain from this years crop
at high level. 1t will be some weeks
before the spring wheat uncertainty is
removed, and in the meantime cratic
fluctuations may be anticipated. Mean
while, the results in winter wheat
states are much more satisfactory than
was first indicated.