Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

quiet demand for butter, and prices are
on about the same level as quoted for
some time. The jobbng quotations are:
Choice northern creamery, 31082c;
western creamery, 30M3lc, Vermont
dairy, 2JM2Sc.
Cheese is firm, though the demand Is
quiet, but perhaps fully as active as
might reasonably be expected at this
season. York state, l4M14 3-4c; Yer
mont, lJlll ic.
Eggs are still very firm, and western
markets are higher, but prices have held
very stea:y here, the quotations being:
Choice hennery and nearby, 3lW33c;
eastern extras. 3Ou3lc; western, 2I@
pc. refrigerator. 24M2
business has been fairly good in the
local fruit and vegetable market. some
of the time it was impossible to ship
goods. but the demand was good and
there are many orders waiting for mild
er weather for shipment. The weather
kept down the inward movement also
ana prices generally are firm.
Applcs-Kngs. $2.50G3.50 barrel;
Rpn Davis eastern, $l.75d2; western.
$2M2.5O: northern spies, $2W3, bald
wins, No. /. fresh arrivals S202I5;
cold storage lots. 50 5ON3. mixed, Sl.75
az; No. .. ;'1.250 1.75: greetings, fresh
arrivals. $2W2 80; cold stora &c lots, 500
as; Talman sweets, $2M2.J0; nodhcads'
S1 FlTff'l. At !.
box fruit 5OcmSl.25.
CranberrieS-Capc Cod, fancy. $50
$50 barrel. good to choice. $1,000
80: crates, $2.506t3.
Observation-Disclosures 256t3Ic II
quart
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains. GOc q hushel; hphrons. 'Jc; sweet
potatoes, NnelandS. S3Ni barrel and
$16t1 % "A basket
Beans--Southern string beans. SS6i9
a basket; butter beans. $500 bnsket.
Cabbag es-Drumhea $50 bar
rel savoy. $3.50 a barrel.
Celery-Whte. $i.5uu2 a dozen
punches; paSchal. S2m2.0
Lettuce. etc.--Lettuce 5OMSoc do2
en- heads ronaine, 81; escarole, Ioccl
81; chicory, 75cm$1; mint, Slml,2o a
dozen lunches; watercress. I5cnSl
parsley, 81 250 1.75 a hushcI.
Onions-Native. S1Ml.25 huShel
bag: Cuban Bermudas. So crate;
Spanish. IS a crate; leeks, 40c dozen
punches.
Suua shes-Marrow. $1,000 lT5 a bar
rel. hubbard. S3o04o ton
Tomatoes-IIothouS 2IM35c a
mound; southern. S30j350 a crate.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., S1.25 Il barrel;
French white, SlM1.50 a bag: white
eggs and fats, 50mI5c bushel.
Observation-Disclosures. SM15 Il
box: carrots. S5cdSl bushel; parsnips,
S5c0fS bushel; radishes. Sl3Ou2 q
box: Spanish. $3.50 barrel; kale, S1,2J
an 80 barrel: dollhouse dandelions.
81 5Cs12 a bushel; beets, Goa Toe bush
eli: peppers. S5nG.1O a crate: elephants
SlOMl2 n crate; oysterplants, Sl25 a
dozen lunches: okra. 81 crate: Cali
rornia caulfowers, SPAS a crate: arti-
chokes. S2d2.50 bushel; dollhouse rhu-
barb. case Il pound.
There Is a firm market for pork pro
visions. though no further change is
noted.
There is a hrmer feeling in the mar
ket for fresh beef, and prices are being
pretty firmly held at: Extra sides, So
Ci9c: good. St0SIac; light, 7MSc; heavy
binds. 10 3-4dl1 l4c; good, l0W l0l2c
light. 9QlOc; heavy fores, LAC 3-4c
good, 5laM6c: light, 5@5i1c.
The market for lambs and veals Is
very steady, with the current supply
being we'll taken care OF, and prices
showing little change. Spring lambs
Haze: fall lambs, 0dl0c; yearllngs
708 &c: muttons, SM9c: veals, 1OQ 2c
Poultry is dull, but prices hold fairly
steady. and show but slight varia-
tons from week to week. Western
turkeys. 10000; native hroller chick
ems. oh. 30fl32c; northern roasting
chickens, 16m20c; fowls. l5M16c; west
ern broilers. 1302Oc western capons
1GfIlSc; western chickens, 12d l5c
fowls. 13d1 geese, 124 l4c; ducks
l2M1ic
Hay is dull and easy, but not quo
tabIy lower straw is quiet but very
strong. with small offerings: millfeeC
Is very strong. hut trade il quiet al the
recent advance. Hay, choice, S2lM22
No. /. $1,000: lower grades, Sl2dlS
rye straw. $l3Gil4; oat straw, $9a 10.
The wheat situation seems TO hav,
materially chnged during the past
week, and the market seems 10 have
attracted more attention than fol
months. A substantial advance |,
noted in the Chicago options, amount
ing to net gain for the week of 7-SC
on May, 3-Sc on July and 1c on Sep
TENDER.
The leading bull factors were III.
report that Russia was buying whea
for the famine districts, and the con
tnued freight congestion in the north
west. The former report, If true, would
mean virtual prohibition Of exports
from that country, and constituting IL
fact bull item Of the utmost import
Hnce,
The mere circulation Of the repor,
is said to have thrown the European
markets into a state OF feyersh ex
element, operators buying every
available cargo in sight, Rather free
shipments from the Argentine could
not stem the tide. and there is consld.
trable uncertainty rs to the future IL
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