Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18
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 jobbing quotations are:
Choice northern creamery, 31@S2c;
western creamery. 30Q31c; Vermont
dairy. 2J02Sc.
Cheese is firm, though the demand Is
quiet, but perhaps fully as active as
might reasonably be expected at this
season. York state, 14q14 3-4c; Yer
mont, 13d14c.
Eggs are still very firm, and western
markets are higher, but prices have held
very steady here, the quotations beng:
Choice hennery and nearby. 31@33c;
eastern extras. 30@31c; western, 2IG
29c: refrigerator, 24d26c.
Business has been fairly good in the
local fruit ard 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
auG prices generally are firm.
Apples-Kings. $2.50G3.je a barrel;
Ben Davis. eastern. $1.75@2: western,
S202.J0: northern spies. S2G3; bald
wins. No. /. fresh arrivals. S2d2.1o;
cold storage lots. S2.50d3: mixed, $1.13
az: 40. >. 81. 2lGi1.T5: greetings. fresh
arrivals. S202 80: cold storage lots, $50
a.: Taiman sweets. $2M2.5O; nodheads'
S2ll2.-0: RoXbury rusSets, $l.oOd2.oo;
box fruit -0cNS1.25.
Ceanaerr;es-Cape Cod. fancy. SSCd
so a barrel; good to choice, $6.oO0
30: crates. $25C@3.
S.r5wherrieS-Flo Florida, .25Q33c Il
quart.
Observation-Disclosures Green noun
.ains. GOc bushel hebrons. DOC; sweet
potatoes. Vinelands, $3Q4 barrel and
$iu1.25 u basket
Btans-Southern string beans. SSd9
a basket: butter beans. $Sa9 a basket.
ages-Drumhead, $3.50 a. bar
rel: savoy. $50 a barrel.
CeIery-Whte, $1.5002 a dozen
punches: paschal, $2@2.5O.
Lettuce. etc.-Lettuce. 50MS5c doz-
on heads: romaine. 81; escarole, 75c0
81: ch;cory. 75c0$1; mint, S1@12o a
dozen lunches; watercress, loc0SI;
parsley. 81 .25@1.75 a bushel.
Onions-Native, S1@1.25 bushel
bag: Cuban Bermudas, So a crate;
Spanish. So a. crate; leeks, 40c dozen
punches.
Observation-Disclosures 81. J0@1.75 bar
rel; hubbard, $3O@40 a ton.
Tomatoes othouse, 25035c a
mound: southern. S303.5O crate.
Turnips-Yellow, $1.25 a barrel;
French white. S101.50 bag; white
eggs and flats, 50@75c bushel
Miscellaneous-C S4G1o a
box: carrots. S5c6$1 a bushel; parsnips,
S5cGS1 a bushel; radishes, S1.5Od2 a
box: Spanish. $3.50 barrel; kale, %
also a barrel; dollhouse dandelions,
81. 5Od2 a bushel; beets, 60@75c bush
81: peppers. S5@G.50 a crate; elephants
S1O612 a crate; oysterplants, $1.2o
dozen lunches; okra, SIS a crate; Cali
rornia cauliflowers, $203 a crate; arti
chokes. S2d2.50 bushel; dollhouse rhu
barb, case a pound.
There is a firm market for pork pro
| visions. though no further change il
noted.
There is a firmer feeling in the mar
ket for fresh beef, and prices are being
pretty firmly held at: Extra sides, 81!
eI9c; good, SdSkc; light, 7@Sc; heav!
binds. 10 3-4@11 lac; good. 10@101hc
light. 961Oc; heavy fores 1-4@6 3-4c
good. 51a@Gc; light, 5@51kc.
The market for lambs and veals il
very steady, with the current suppl.
being we'll taken care of, and price
showing little change. Spring lambs
Halle: fall lambs, 9610c; yearlings
70S lac: muttons, S@9c; veals, 1Od12C
Poultry is dull, but prices hold fairl
steady, and show but slight varia
tons from week to week. Wester
turkeys, 19620c; native broiler chick
ems. 2-lb. 30d32c; northern roastin
chickens. 16620c; fowls, 15@16c; ives
ern broilerS. 13M20c; western capons
1Gd1Sc: western chickens, 12@15t
fowls. 13@15c; geese, 12@14c; duck
! | 12d14c.
Hay is dull and easy, out not qu(
| tabIy lower: straw is quiet but yer
strong, with small offerings; millfee
is very strong, but trade is quiet at IL
recent advance. Hay, choice, $21@2:
No. l, $1,000; lower grades, $12@1;
S rye straw, S13@14; oat straw, S9@10.
The wheat situation seems to hay
y materially chnged during the pa
week. and the market seems to hay
j attracted more attention than Fl
8 months. substantial advance
n noted in the Chicago options, amour
:, ing to a net gain for the week of l Z;
@ on May, 3-Sc on July and 1c on Sc
TENDER.
. The leading bull factors Were Il
=. report that Russia was buying whe
> for the famine districts, and the co
tinued freight congestion in the mort
Is west. The former report. if true. won
al mean a virtual prohibition of expor
50 from that country, and constituting
fact a bull item of the utmost impo
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