St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-04

Total. boxes .29,262 1850
Eggs are easy for choice nearby, but
the demand for eastern and western
firsts is relatively better, and more
frmness is apparent Refrigerator
stocks are also doing better at slightly
higher prices. Choice nearby, 3oq36c;
eastern, 32034c; western, 26g2Sc;
storage, 2O021kc.
Beans are quiet, with prices gener-
ally easier, though very little changed.
Carload lots, pea, S175@1.SO; medium,
S1.S5d1 90; yellow eyes, S2.25Q235 red
kidneys, $25O@2.55; foreign pea, Sl.95
also; foreign medium, $1.9Og1 80;
jobbing prices, 10d15c higher.
There is only a quiet demand for ap'
pies, but choice lots are Grmer, and in
some cases better prices are realized.
There are still plenty of bulk Bald
wins and greetings offering at low
prices Shows, $1.50@2; Baldwins,
S125G2.25; greetings, $125d2; Hub
bardstons, S1.5OQ2; Tolman sweets,
S1.25@2; Kings, $2d3; Nodheads, $3.50
az; northern spies, $1.7502.5O; bulk
Baldwins and greetings, 75cQ$1.2o Dbl;
bu box, 25@75c.
Potatoes are easier, except for the
very best stock. Houlton Hebrons, 40
@4Sc; Green mountains, 50@53c; Da'
kota reds 4Od43c; York state, white
40c; sweets, $3.50d4 for Jerseys and
Vinelands,
Celery is higher at 81 per doz bchs
for white: Pascal, $1@1.25; Boston mar
ket, S1,75@2.
Onions are selling at $1@1.20 per bu
for native; Spanish, $3.50 per crit.
Yellow turnips are higher at 81 per
Dbl; white turnips, 50075c per bu;
globe, 75c per bu; white French, 81
per blu.
Green peas are quoted at 81 per bu;
Bermuda potatoes, $275 per bu; beet
greens, Coo per bu.
Beets are selling at 50d60c per bu;
carrots, soc; parsnips, Soc.
Hubbard squash sell at $15G1S per
ton; marrow, 75c per Dbl; turban, 75Q
Soc per Dbl; pumpkins, $1.25 per bx.
Cabbages are quoted at 81 per Dbl for
drumhead; Savoy, 81 per Dbl; red, 81
per box.
Lettuce is quoted at 10025c per doz;
radishes, 35c per doz; mint, $1.25 per
doz; 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 endiyes, 81 per box.
Hothouse tomatoes sell ut 35c per lb,
artichokes are quoted at 81 per bu;
okra, 81 per crit; Brussels sprouts, 150
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, $3.50; lean
ends, $1S25M19.25; bean pork, $12.5 Od
10; fresh ribs, 101A@1O 3-4c; fresh
shoulders, s 3-4c; smoked shoulders
8 1-Sc; corned shoulders, 8 1-Sc; hams
Q 3-4011 3-4c; skinned hams, 10 lisa
1G 7-Sc; boiled hams, 16 1-4016 3-4c
pressed hams, 1O013 3-4c; bacon, II
M1415c; sausages, s 3-4013c.
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
er than week ago, prominent markets
indicating general average of about
$455 per 100 lbs.
There is a quiet demand for fresl
beef at unchanged prices, though very
little sells at &c or above. Trade ha.
been quiet of late, but is expected IL
improve with the passing of the holi
day season. Choice heavy cattle. S0
SIC; light, 51@Q712c; heavy kinds. JOG
12c; light, 6k@9c; heavy fores, 5Rd7c
light 405c.
There is a steady demand for lambs
with prices well sustained. Veals ar,
in moderate supply and hold steady
Spring lambs, 10011c; yearlings, 61b0
TIE; muttons, 772GS1sc; veals, 9@11c
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 il
consequence. The inquiry has no
been particularly active. Western tur
keys, 1S@2Oc; northern, nominal: north
ern chickens large 1601Sc; wester,
chickens, large, 13d14c: medium. II
G12c; northern fowls, 13014c; western
, 12d12kc; geese, 11013c; ducks, /.
@15c.
: Hay is dull and weak, with price
still in buyers favor owing to heav,
receipts, especially of medium and low
grades, which show some accumnIa
ton; straw is firm, with a moderate de
mand; mill feed is firm at: HAY, No. I
S1fa17; low grades, $11@15: rye straw
$2o5OQ21.50; oat straw, $1Od11.