The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-07-20
BOSTON MARKET REVIEW
For Week Ending July "a, te22.
Prepared by u. S. Bureau of Markets and
Crop Estimates
BRIGHTON LIVE STOCK AND
DRESSED MEAT MARKET.

Light receipts and strong western
prices made local OFFERINGS firm on most
al classes Of live stock, Good and medium
steers and oxen $3.50 300 Butcher cattle,
COWS and heifers $5.00-G.50 few $500.
Bulls S450-5.50, Gamer cows and heifers
steady at S2.50-2.S5. Receipts Of calves
light and market wetk on thin kinds, with
light and medium lots going 1T $S.00-9Oo,
and a few choice at sll00. Under llght
supply. hogs were firm. bulk going Mt
$11.25-11.75 per 100 lbs. Fresh meat trad
ing was fair.
DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS
Butter market has been rathet unsettled
the past week with prices practically IN
changed from week ago Speculative
demand has not been heavy. but some
butter has changed hands going INTO
storage. Quality has not been up to the
usual standard and practically all but
ter arriving show effects Of the hot
weather. Gomsumptivc demand CON
tinues good ard buyers Tor this tfade
have kept the market fairly clean 81
fancy butter. Supplies have been hber-
al on an grades but on account of the
beat defects. fine butter has at times
been scarce. Western Extras firm al
371zc with Northern Extras assorted sizes
spruce tubs 3S-3S1ac. Cheese market con
tinucs to rule firm with demand ana
movement fair York State Twins Hte
most in demand with prices ranging q u :
224 mostly 22i2c Single DAISIES ana
Young Americas unchanged from last
week at 2f-21ke. Egg market rather
unsettled with only fair amount OF trad
ing. Street stocks are liberal buy the
quality is not always satisfactory as inc
bdli of the fresh arrivals show the Ell
fects Of the heat quite badly, CurRht
Receipts selling mostly 2325l4c with
graded receipts 2627lac. Trades and
Dirties easier 20-2llac. Nearby hennerys
37-39c with fancy all browns selling ut
Il premium of from 2-3c per dozen.
Dressed Poultry trading SLOW Northern
dressed fowl selling 2S-32e with hrolieis
in liberal supply around 3s-42 Live fpuI-
try market has IA tendency toward a llrin-
ei feeling on account OF lack Of western
receipts Fowls 2S-29c. Brollers 52-3le
White Leghorn Broilers 3O-3le
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Offerings considerably lighter with
trading dull and prices mostly steady TO
lower. Southern yellow Transparent
apnles slightly lower nj sl.5O-2OO
blu. basket Native green beans higher Mt
$I5O-2OO "A bu. box. Native bcets lower
mt 50-75c n bu. box and Connecticut beets
ut i-5c a bunch. Native hlucberries
steady at 2S-35c quart, New York black
berries lower at 20-30c a quart Native
rabhage lower Mt mostly 4lae barrel.
Demand for California cantaloupcs has
slackened. and prices declined $l.o0 to
range of $2.00-2.50 per standard crate Of
e to 36 MELONS. Native carrots lower at
t00-1. % n bti. box New York currants
II Ice a quart, condition somewhat soft.
California honeydew melons $2.5O-3.00
hu box. New York lettuce firm M $l.75-
zoo a crate. but native lettuce lower at
Gu-S5c a bu box. Virginia and New Jcr-
scy onions lower at $1.25-1.5o bu. ham
Der. Native green peas lower at $l15-2.5 so
bu box. and New York peas Al S250-S00
"A bu basket Georgia lGlberta peaches
slightly lower at $2.75-3o0 crate New
Jersey peppers lower at S2.25-2.5o IL bu.
hamper. Virginia potatoes considerably
lower at $i25-4.75 ii barrel New York
red rcspberries active at 2o-25c a pint for
Germantown and 1920 for hudson
River berries. Native summer squash
lower at $i.752.5O a bu. box. Nova
Scotia strawberries at 2G-3oc quart
Raltimorc tomatoes in good demand at
s.. 00-S.50 n crate. Southern watcrnelons
lower at 25-40c each for melons averaging
20 to &c pounds in weight.