Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09


market, prefaclng the quotations. should be
carefully read. n market of this Charac-
ter 1t Is impossible to give prices for every
general tendency of trade, sufficiently ac-
Curate QuotatlOnsNwll be given on which
Nealers can safely base their transactions.
The widesnread cold wave has civ
en- needed stimulus which has been
badly needed the past few days in
nearly all markets except those af-
fected by the holidays. Business has
been quiet in the butter market, and
prices are no more than steady.
Cheese continues quiet, but prices are
firm. Receipts Of eggs have been
rather light the past few days, and
the tone of the market has been rath-
er irregular.
FLOUR-Mill shipments, spring pa
tents, $4.75@5.15; winter patents,
S44O@4.G5; trade committee spring
patents, $4.75@6; clears, S3.6O@425;
winter patents, $4GO@515; straights,
$4,3O@5; clears, $4@4,5O.
BUTTER-Creamery, Vermont and
New Hampshire extra, 2S623 1-2c. I;
northern New York extra, % 1-2@
23c.; western extras. % 1-2@23c.; (;
tirsts, eastern best marks, 22@
% 1-2c.; fair to good. 20@21c.; north
ern firsts, 21@21 1-2c; western, 21@
q l-2c.; creamery seconds, 10000; {;
thirds, 17@1Sc.; dairy Vermont ex-
tras, zee; New York and Vermont
tirsts, 2lc.; seconds, 19@2Oc.; west
ern imitation creamery, II 1.2@
18 1-2c.; western ladies', 16 1.2@
II 3-4c.; package stock, 1G017c. rem.
ovated butter, 17@20c.; boxes, extra
northern creamery, 24c. firsts, % 10
@23 l-2c; extra dairy, 22c.; frsts, 20
W2lc,; common to good, 15@19c.;
prints. 15@24c.
PROVISIONS-Eeavy backs, $1S;
medium backs, $1725; heavy short
cuts, SIS; medium short cuts, $17.25;
long cuts, $1S.25; lean ends, S19.5O@
20; bean pork, $13.50@14; loose salt
pork, S-Sc.; corned shoulders, s 3-Sc.
smoked shoulders, s 5-Sc.; fresh shoul-
ders, 8 3-4c.; fresh ribs, 10 lao
10 1-2c.; pressed ham, 1-2@12 1-2c.;
skinned hams 10 1-4@11 1-2c.; regu-
lar small hams 10 3-4@12 3-4c.; boiled
hams, 16 3-4@17 lac; bacon, 10 $40
17c.; brisket, 8 7-Sc.; bologna, &c.;
frankfurts 96D1O -1-4o.r f-osl17 sausage,
9@13 1-2c.; sausage meat, &c.;
tongues, $3.50 bbl.; raw leaf lard,
10 3-4c.; rendered leaf lard in bulk.
10 1-2c.; in pals, II 1-4@11 1-2c.;
pure lard in bulk, &C.; in pals, 8 $40
lOc. country dressed hogs, 6 100
3-4c.
EGGS-Fancy hennery, 4O@42c.;
eastern extras, 33635c.; eastern fair
to good, 26430 Michigan fancy, 81
O32c.; northwestern best marks, 24c.;
Indiana, Illinois and northern Ohio
best marks, 30032c.; other western,
24@26c.; western dirties, 17c.; refrig-
orators. 19022c.
CHEESE-New York and Vermont
twins, fancy, 1908 1-2c.; fair to good,
11012 1-2c.; Wisconsin twins, fine,
13c.
DRESSED POULTRY-Fresh killed
northern and eastern turkeys, choice
yoNng, 20023c.; common to good, Is
012c.; fowl, choice, 14c; common to
good, 12@13c.; chickens choice large,
Ice. lb.; mixed sizes, 12@14c; ducks,
14G1Gc.; geese, 13@1Jc.; nearby
brolers, choice, 1-2 to lbs. pair,
10000. lb.; fair to good, 15017c. h.;
pigeons, $1@1.75 doz. squads, $500
3 doz.; western ice-packed turkeys,
choice young, 1G@17c.; common to
good, 13015c.; fowl, choice, 12 1-2@
12c.; fair to good, 11012c.; chickens,
large roasting, 13c.; mixed sizes, 100
12c.; broilers, 8 to 4 lbs, 15016c.;
western dry-packed turkeys, choice
young, 17@1Sc. lb.; common to good,
14@1Gc.; chickens choice large, 14c.;
fair to good, 12013c.; fowl, choice,
13c.; common to good, 11012c.
FRUIT-Apples, kings, s3.50@450;
spy, No. /, $304; baldwin, No. /, $3.50
03,25; No. 2, $150@2 greetings, So
@3; pippins, $1.75@225; pound
sweet, $250@3.50; talman sweets, So
@3; common sweet, s1.2501.75; COM
mon sour varieties, S1.5O@2; pineap-
pies, Florida. smooth cayenne, 1904
crate; cranberries, Cape Cod choice,
large dark. $40 bbl. common to good,
$7D9; crates, $25O03.25; grapes,
western New York pony baskets, Con-
cords, 1S020c.; catawba, 14@17c. Is
abellas 13015c. Penn concords, 23c;
S-lb. baskets; oranges, Florida,
choice, $250@275; common to good,
$2@225 box; pears, common cooking,
$1@15O bu.; Jersey keiffer, 75985c.
basket; seckels, $2@350 bu.; boscs,
s2,5OQ3 bu,; anjous, $1@2 bu.; shell
dons, $1@2 bu.
POTATOES-Aro Green Mt,
GS@7Oc; hebron, C5@GSc; dakota
reds, G3065c.; chenangoes, 5S6G0c.;
sweets, southern cloth head. 5000
S1.5O; Jersey double-heads, 50; vine
lands, $3.50.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., drum
head, $112 1-2@1.25 bbl.; savoy, 81
bbl.; red cabbage, 6Oc. box; string
beans, $3.50 bskt; butter beans, 500
bskt; cucumbers, No. 1, Sc box; No.
2, S1@3; carrots, 5O075c. bu.; pars-
nips, 75c. bu.; lettuce, 25@30c. doz.;
romaine, 75c. doz; escarole, 75c doz.;
onions, native, 75c. bu.; west Mass,
75c. bu.; spinach, SO crate; leeks, 40
05Oc. doz.; yellow turnips, 90c. bbl.;
French white, $1.5O bbl.; white egg
and purple top turnips, soc. bu.; rad
ishes, $202.50 box; spinach, 40c bu.
beets, 81 bu.; marrow squash, 75c.
bl.; turban squash, 81 bbl.; hubbard
squash, $1,000 ton; pumpkins, 40c.
box; peppers, $2@2.50 box; egg
plants, southern, S2.5O@3 bkst; cell
cry, white, $1@1.25 doz.; pascal, s1.35
also, Boston market. s1.50Q1.75
doz.; parsley, $4,000 bu.; mint, 4Oc.
do2.; watercress, CSC. doz.; tomatoes,
hothouse, zoe. lb.; okra, "a crate;
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