News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-04

1904. 1908.
Small singles, boXes.... 1888 1865
Twins boxes 2O,329 55,lo'
Total, boxes 20, 262 $1,000
Eggs are easy for choice nearby, but
the demand for eastern and western
frsts is relatively better, and more
frmness is apparent. Refrigerator
stocks are also doing better at slightly
higher prices. Choice nearby, 3od36c;
eastern. @2M34c; western, 2GQ2oc;
storage, 20Q21Kc.
Beans are quiet, with prices gener-
ally easier. though very lh;le changed
Carload lots. pea, $1.15G1.e0: medium,
| 81 .S5a1 SO: yellow eyes, $225@2.35; red
kidneys. $2.5O@2.55; foreign pea, Sl.S5
also; foreign medium, $1.90Q1.95;
| iobbine prices. 10015c higher.
There is only quiet demand for ap-
pies, but choice lots are flrmer, and in
some cases better prices are realized.
There are still plenty of bulk Bald
wins and greetings offering at low
prices. Shows. $1.50M2; Baldwins,
81. 25GI2. %: greetings, S1.2502; Hub
bardstons. $1.5OM2: Tolman sweets,
| 81. 2562; Kings, seas: Nodheads, $l.5o
az: northern spies. S1.15M2.50; bulk
Raldwins and greetings, 15cM$1.25 Dbl;
bu box. 25d75c.
Potatoes are easier, except for the
/ very best stock Houlton Hehrons, 40
! N4Sc: Green mountains, 500 53c; Da.
| kota reds. 40d43c: York state. white.
| 4Oc; sweets, So SOFA for Jerseys and
Vinelands.
Celery is higher at ST per doz bchs
| for white: Pascal, $1@1.25; Boston mar.
ket. S1.75@2.
Onions are selling at $101.20 per Blu
for native; Spanish. $3.50 per crt.
Yellow turnips are higher at 81 per
Dbl: white turnips, 50M75c per bu;
globe, Toe per bu; white French, 81
| per bu.
Green peas are quoted at 50 per bu;
Bermuda potatoes. $2.75 per bu; beet
| green's, 65c per bu.
| Beets are selling at j0060c per bui
carrots, soc; parsnips, Soc.
Hubbard squash sell at $15@1S per
| ton: marrow, 75c per Dbl; turban, 75Q
SOC per Dbl; pumpkins, $1.25 per bx.
Cabbages are quoted at 81 per Dbl for
| drqmhead; Savoy, 81 per Dbl; red, 81
per box.
Lettuce is quoted at 10M25c per doz;
radishes, 35c per doz; mint, $1.25 per
doE; cress, Coo per doz leeks. SOC per
doz; egg plants, $3.50 per doz; oyster
plants, 81 per doz.
String beans are quoted at 81 per bu
for wax.
Spinach is selling at $3.50 per Dbl;
parsley, $3.50 per bu; romaine, eskro
and endives, 81 per box.
Hothouse tomatoes sell ut 35c per Id
artichokes are quoted at 81 per bu
okra, 81 per crt; Brussels sprouts, 15@
1Sc per qt; peppers, $3.50 per crt.
Pork provisions are steady, with a
fair movement at unchanged prices
Short cut and heavy backs, $16.25
long cut, SIT; medium, $15.50; lean
ends, SIS. 25@192 %; bean pork, $40. 500
10; fresh ribs, 1Ok@1O 3-4c; fresh
shoulders, 8 3-4c; smoked shoulders
s 1-Sc; corned shoulders, s 1Sc; hams
Q 3-4d11 3-4c; skinned hams, 10 1-S0
Il 7-Sc; boiled hams, 16 1-4016 3-4c
pressed hams, 1OG13 3-4c; bacon, II
Ql41ac; sausages, S3-4@13c.
For the holiday week the marketing
of hogs has been comparatively liberal
although falling decidedly short of re-
cent weekly records. There is a con
tinuance of generally good quality OF
current offerings. Prices have been
fairly steady and closed slightly high
en- than a week ago, prominent markets
Indicating a general average of about
$4.55 per 100 lbs.
There is a quiet demand for fresh
beef at unchanged prices, though very
little sells at &c or above. Trade has
been quiet of late, but is expected tc
improve with the passing of the holi
day season. Choice heavy cattle, ga
9lac; light, 51k071kc; heavy kinds, 100
12c; light, 61A@9c; heavy fores, 512@7c
light 405c.
| There is a steady demand for lambs
with prices we'll sustained. Veals are
in moderate supply and hold steady
Spring lambs, 10011c; yearlings, 6kQ
TIC; muttons, 71aQSAc; yeals, 9Q11c
fancy, 12c.
Turkeys are in moderate supply
with western steady and unchanged
Chickens and fowls have come forward
very freely and the market is easy in
consequence. The inquiry has not
been particularly active. Western tur-
keys, 1S02Oc; northern, nominal; north
ern chickens, large, 16d1Sc; western
chickens large 13d14c; medium, 10
d12c; northern fowls, 13@14c; western
12d12hc; geese, 11@13c; ducks, 13
@15c.
Hay is dull and weak, with prices
still in buyers favor, owing to heavy
receipts, especially of medium and low
grades, which show some accumula-
ton; straw is firm, with a moderate de-
mand; mill feed is firm at: Hay, No. 1,
S1G@17; low grades, S11d15; rye straw,
S2050d21 so; oat straw, $10@11.