The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-03-16
BOSTON MARKET REVIEW
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DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS
, The poultry market has furnished the
1nlg excitement duTing the past week.
and taiE is about over ~ The present
1--we fowl have been short Tor 4 consider
able period, and the active demand b.
Jewish trade this week forced a ycfg
sharp advance. prices jumping from -.
a-c up 70 1s-foc. bat selling back 10
sf-ssc Very few chickens have been
available for trade and these peddlcd Out
at varying ngures a. to quality Dressed
poultry likewise gained little. fowl sd-
ysHeing g3-sge. ehiakeHs bringing from
Rosters sold well around 26e Egg prices
continued their decline until western
fresh were down to 23c and nearbys %
2sc. but the low retail prices evidently
stimulated demand and the market has
recovered aboue &c. westerns bringing
2i-26ca and nearbys going up 20 32c
The season Of heaviest production Is
nearly az hand. and some are starting
To get supplies ready to put into cold
storage which accounts for some % the
advance. Cheese has advanced slightly
with the better dem and lighter sup
plies, fresh goods bringing up 60 2lhc and
the cured lots went up 20 2ac Butter
values have been tending upward lately
and the past few days has been an ad-
vance Of &c fresh northern in tubs sell
ing easily at 3sc. prints at t2-t3o and
western fresh brought 32-37c.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Good volume Of trading with prices
generally steady 10 higher except for
celery and tomatoes. which are in liberal
supply and lower. Apples steady No
Maine baldwins selling 10000 and Ben
Davis 550-s00 Dbl First California
a.. .Ea
week and brought 2A00-i0.00 doz
punches. Cabbage IN liberal supply and
dull Florida 100 10. crates bringing 25-
$50 and y Dbl Hampers 90e-1l0 Cali
fornia caulfiower steady at i.50-2.50
crate according 10 quality. Florida cell
cry lower at 3O0-35 90 crate for the best
sizes Norfolk kale Arm 40 200 Dbl
Native dollhouse lettuce active and Doc
higher al T5-200 a bu box. California
iceberg lettuce bringing 5000 so a crate.
Mass and New York state onions firm az
S.25-8.50 per 100 10. sack Florida oranges
active and higher az 6.00-70 90 box.
Maine Green Mountain potatoes steady
az S5-20O per 100 ID. sack Texas spin
ach In good demand AZ 50-2 So bu
basket Native squash higher AZ $50
800 a Dbl Florida tomatoes Tower AZ
2.00-3.50 a crate. y rive dollhouse vege-
tables selling az the following prices
5.00-i2.00 radi.hes 09-3.25 Hothouse
rhubarb higher al is-20c ID. Carrots
lower and other native root vegetables
steady at the following prices. per bu.
beets l.00-l.25 carrots and parsnips l.25-
l.50. turnips 75c-l 90.
BRIGHTON LIVESTOCK AND BOSTON
DRESSED MEAT MARKET REVIEW
Trading al Brighton was fairly active
and under fair receipts and demand,
price were generally steady with few
good and medium steers and oxen SELF
ing AZ 450-G5O. COWS and beifers 800 /
B25. Gamer and cutters 225-250 per
zoe lbs Veal calves were steady with
good light lots going az l0g0-l2.00 per
l0I lbs While the few hogs on sale met
with q ready outlet al ll.00-f1.50 per 100
lbs Leaten season has curtailed fresh
meat outlet which with Industrial dcvel- L
opments caused slow and dfaggy trade
Good steers today went az l3.G0-l350. 4
with medium al y 50-13.00 while cows
cows were soc lower with good grade
going at 1050-1i.00 and medium lots
3 SOLO 90 per 100 lbs. Bulls were slow
sellers at steady prices compared
with week ago Veal continued steady
with a week ago with western medium
selling at l400-l500.