Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-06-01


market prefacing the quotations, should be
carefully read In II market Of this CharaC.
ter 1t Is Impossible to give prices for every
day Of the week Noting however, the
general tendency Of trade sufficiently ac-
Gurate quotations will be given on which
Oealers can safely base their transactions
Flour, although having advanced
slightly is duh at nominal prices. Pork
products are steady and unchanged
with the exception of lard which has
just been marked down. Beef, mutton
and poultry are steady and show but
little change. Potatoes and other vege-
tables are in brisk demand with quota
tions firm. The dairy markets hold
firm under a good demand Receipts
OF butter are light but eggs are in
good supply.
FLOUR.-Mill shipments, spring pa
tents $5.66@6, spring clears $3.90@45O,
winter patents $4S5@535, winter
straights $4.60@5.05, winter clears $425
04.75, Kansas patents $5.2O@5.5O.
BUTTBR.-Creamery, extra, Vermont
and New Hampshire 24Q25c, northern
New York 24@24 l-2c, western 24c,
creamery firsts, northern 22@23c, west
ern 22023c, eastern creamery, best
MARKS 23c, fair to good 21922c, dairy
fancy zoe, common to good 1S921c,
common te good 1S@21c, western imi-
tation creamery 20Q22c, western ladies'
1992Oc, packing stock 18@19c, renovat-
ed butter 21@22c, box and print stock
19@25c
CHBESE.-New York twins, fancy
old IA 1-2@l4 3-4c, new IL 1-2@13c, fair
to good old 13Q14c, now 10@12c, Ver-
mont twins, fancy old "A 1-4@14 1-2c,
new ~ 1-4@12 3-4c, fair to good old
13@14c, new 10@11c.
EGGS-FanCy hennery zoe, eastern
extras 19c, common to good 16@1Sc,
western fancy tic, choice 16 1-2c, COM
mon to good Ice, fresh laid southern
10 1-2@16c, western dirties 15c, western
storage packed II 1-2Q1Sc
PROVISIONS.-Heavy backs S19.75,
medium backs S19, heavy short cuts
$1975, medium short cuts $19, long
cuts $21.50, lean ends $23 3.50@26.25, bean
pork $16@16.5O, loose salt pork 10 5-Sc,
corned shoulders 10 lac, smoked shoul-
ders 10 3-4c, fresh shoulders 10 3-4c,
fresh ribs IL 34@12c, pressed cooked
meat IL 14@14 lac, skinned hams
Is 5-8016 1-Sc, regular and small hams
IA 1906 lac, boiled hams 22Q22 lac,
bacon 5000 lac, briskets II 5-8c,
bologna &c, frankfurts 91-2@1OS-4c,
fresh sausage II 1-4@15c sausage meat
Sc, tongues $2l50 Dbl, raw leaf lard
10 3-4c, rendered leaf in bulk II lac, in
pals 1903 lac, pure lard, in bulk
10 3-4c, in pals IL 1-2@l1 SAC.
FRESH MEATS.-Beef, choice SO
Size, good 71-4@Sc, hindquarters,
choice 10 1-4@1O 1-2c, common to good
9Q10c; foreQuarters, choice GA
@6 1-2c; common to good 1-2
@6c; mutton, extra western 9 l-2
Q1O 1-2c, common to good 6QSc, year.
lings, good to choice western 10@11c;
lambs, western 13 1-2Q15c; veal, choice
eastern 10@11c, fair to good 5000,
common 6@7c.
DRESSED POULTRY.-Fresh killed
northern and eastern fowls, choice 100
tic, common to good 14Q15c, nearby
broilers 35@4Oc; pigeons 75c@$1.50 doz;
squads $2@2.50 doz; western ice-packed
turkeys 14Q15c; fowls, choice $50
Is 1-2c, common to good 13@14c, old
cocks 10 1-2@11c; frozen turkeys,
choice 1601Sc, good 14015c; capons 16
@17o; chickens, soft roasting 15@16c,
fair to rood 12Q14c, fancy broilers 1S
Q22c, fowls, choice IA l-2c, common to
good 1S@14c.
LIVE POULTRY.-Fowl IA 1-2Q15c,
r0osters Sc.
FRUIT.-Apples, Ben Davis, eastern
$3@3.50 Dbl, western $404.50, northern
spies $3@450, No. Baldwins, fresh ar
rivals $4@450, cold storage lots $4@5,
No. Baldwins $250@$S, No. russets
$35OQ4.5O, No. 2 russets $29250, box
fruit $1@15O, grapefruit, Florida $50
box, CalifoYCia 1904, lemons, foreign
$465.50 box, California $4.5095.60;
oranges, Florida, fancy late tardiffs 81
@4.5O box. California navels, $500
8 box, bloods $175@225 half box, tan
gerines $2Q2.5O half box, Valencias So
@6.5O box, Sorrentos $3@3.50 box;
pineapples, Havana red Spanish $3.50
GA case; strawberries, North Carolina
1o@1Sc, Norfolks 11Q14c, Maryland 10
@16c.
POTATOES.-Aroos Green Mts
75@SOc bu, Hebrons 75@SOc bu; rose
SOC bu, new Floridas IS bbl; sweet pO-
tatoes, North Carolina $3.50 crate;
.Vinelands $2@2.25 bskt.
VEG TABLES.-Asparagas native
$15OQ2 doz, Jersey 1904; string beans.
southern green $3@4 bskt, wax S292. so
bskt; cabbages, new southern $3.50
$50 crate; white celery $3.50 dog; Gu
cumbers, native $250Q4 box, Florida
$2@2.5O crate; spinach, Providence
$1.50@1.75 hbl, native 70@75c bu; kals
5O@6Oc bu; beet greens $1@125' bu.
dandelions 50@60c bu, lettuce 50cQS1
doz, romaine $1@1.25 doz, escarolle 75c
6$1 doz, chicory 81 doz, mint 81 doz,
watercress 50@75c doz, parsley S1.759
2 bu; onions, Texas $3.50 crate, Ber-
muda $3.50 crate, Egyptian $3.2503.50
bag; leeks $l,5OQ2 doz; rhubarb 500
75c box; squashes, Hubbard $3C ton,
summer $3.50 crate; tomatoes, hot
house zoe 10, southern $2.5093.5O crate;
turnips, yellow 81 Dbl. French white 50
bag, white eggs and flats 50Q75c bu,
bunch turnipS $1.25 doz; beets 75c4St
bu, bunch beets $1.5OQ$2 doz; carrots
$lQl25 bu, bunch carrots 81
@l.25 dos; egg plants $3.50
crate; oyster plants $1Q1.6O doz:
parsnips $lQ1.25 bu; southern peas
$1.5O93 bskt; peppers $2.5OQ3 crate;
radlshes $1Q1.5O box; okra SO crate;
mushrooms $1.5092.5O bskt.
The Explanation.