St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-29
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, March 27.-Butter has ad-
yanced again in sympathy with other
markets, being firm but quiet Cholce
fresh made, 29Q3Oc; northern cream
cry, 2S@29c; western, 27@28c; dairy,
25@26c.
Cheese is firm, with prices fully
maintained on the recent basis. Liver
pool has been steadily advancing. The
quotations. are: York state, 140141sc;
Vermont twins, 13014c.
Eggs have been in good demand and
prices are well sustained, in spite of
heavy receipts. Choice nearby, 200
21c; eastern, 1S@19c; western, 17@18c.
Beans are easier, with trade rather
quiet. Carload lots, pea, $1.S2h@1.S5;
medium, $220@2.25; yellow eyes, $215
@2.25; red kidneys, $2.9O@3; Cali
fornia small white, $250@2.60; job.
bling prices, 1O@15c higher.
1t cannot be learned that there is any
new maple sugar or syrup in the mar
ket, though there are plenty Of COM
pounds, made up from cane sugar or
syrup and last years sugar melted
over. The new law bears hard upon
this kind of trade, as the full story re-
garding the compound" must be
printed ON the package.
1t has been a rather quiet week in
the local market for fruits and vege-
tables. Changes in prices have not
been very numerous, and in most cases
they have been declines. The market
is we'll stocked.
Potatoes are still verys plenty, and
as there has been no improvement in
the demand, they continue weak.
There is a. full supply of domestic
onions, and only choice, sound stock
brings top quotations. Turnips are
easy under rather large offerings, and
a light inquiry. Spinach is coming in
freely and is cheap. Drumhead cab
bages are lower, but the other kinds are
firm. Lettuce has declined, but celery
Is higher String beans are in steady
request at slightly lower prices than
prevailed a week ago. Squashes are
firm. Tomatoes are not plenty, and
| fancy lots are held above quotations.
Rhubarb is moving we'll, and aspara gus
meets with a ready sale. Cucumbers
are bit easier. The call for sweet
potatoes is quiet, and supplies are
cleaning up slowly.
Apples are quiet and little changed
Cranberries have a very slow sale at
irregular prices. Strawberries, par.
ticularly choice lots, are scarce and
high.
Potatoes-Aroostook green noun
tains, $3S040c bu; hebrons, 35@3Sc
Dakota reds, 35c; sweets, Vineland
$3.50 a Dbl; half-bbl bskts, $1.75.
Onions-Native, $1.5O a blu; Bermu
das, $303.25 crt; leeks, TIC a doz
bchs.
Turnips-Yellow, ST a Dbl; white
75c0$1 bu; French white, 81 bag.
Spinach, etc-Hothouse spinach
SIPS a blu; Norfolk, $1.25@1.75 Dbl
dollhouse dandelions, $125 a bu; BEEF
greens, Coo a blu.
Cabbages-Drumhead, 81 Dbl; "a
voy, SIZE Dbl; red, SIPS box.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, SIC
2.25 box of three doz heads; mint, so
a doz bchs; watercress, 75c doz bchs
parsley, 75c Blu.
Celery-White, $1@1.25 a bch; pas
call 1904 a doz bchs; Boston market
$405 doz bchs.
Beans-Southern string beans, SIS ;
crit; butter beans, S. crt.
Squashes-Turban, $1.25 hbl; mar
row, $1.50 Dbl; hubbard, $2O@25. 1
ton.
Tomatoes-Southern, 81 a crt of ST;
bskts; dollhouse, 50060c a pound.
Northumberland native
dollhouse, 40c bch; California, seas
doz bchs; new bch beets, $1.5O61.75 &
doz bchS; old beets. 75c bu; carrots
$4,000 bu; parsnips, 75c0s1 a Blu
cucumbers, $3@1O a box; elephants
$1.50@2 a doz; radishes, soc a do;
bchs; brussels sprouts, 121a@15c a at
oyster plants, .$1.50 at doz bchs; south
ern peppers, $3.50 crt; dollhouse rhu
barb, 3@6c a pound; California cauli
flowers, SIS crit.
There is a firmer market for porl
provisions, with barrel pork and ham,
higher. There has been a further de
cline in the market supplies of hogs, a
compared with the recent movement.
Fresh beef is easier, and trade L
quiet and draggy, even at the decline
Choice heavy cattle, 7071zc; light, 81
@6hc; heavy kinds, 9@10c; light, 61a@
Sc, heavy fores, 5@5 lac; light, 4d41ac
Lambs are scarce for choice ant
prices are much higher. The best east
ern springers bring $1O@15 each
while New York springers are quoted
at $5@10 each; muttons and yearling
are steady; veals are scarce and firm
Fall lambs, 11k@12Ac; yearlings, Sc
&c: muttons, S09c; veals, 11@111ac
fancy, higher.
Poultry is in moderate supply. TIL
bulk of the receipts is quiet for 81
fowls. The demand is quier for al
grades and prices show little change
Western turkeys, small, 21@23c; mixet
sizes, 2O021c; northern chickens large
19@21c; medium, 15@16c; northern
fowls, 14@1Gc; western, 13@14c; geese
1O011c; ducks, 12@17c.
The best grades of hay are in goo'
demand and prices are firm; low ant
medium grades are dull. Straw is Il