News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-03-22
Boston Market Report
For week ending March 17.-Report.
ed by U. S. Bureau of markets
Dairy and Poultry Products

Dairy and Poultry Products
The increased demand for eggs due
to the very low retail prices, coupled
| with some holding back of eggs for
| Matching purposes and active buying
| for storage, served to shove prices up
sharply. Nearby eggs have been
wanted and are up to 1926 cents.
Western fresh jumped about 3 cents
selling up to 1928 cents while a few
suitable for placing in storage for
later needs went out at 1921 cents.
The butter market gained steadily
during the first few days in the week
but is closing about steady with
northern tub butter short at 40-41
cents and prints active at As cents.
Western butter was also scarce and
most of the larger business was on
shortage goods. These selling more
easily at 1896 cents. Cheese prices
also joined in the advance, fresh
receipts from New York state bring
ing 211a cents and cured fall made
goods selling readily at "a cents.
The holiday demands for live poultry
brought rapid advance and as sharp
a decline, prices dropping down to
1898 cents for fowl and $3.50 cents
for chickens at the close. Dressed
poultry has been irregular, some
styles gaining slightly due to scare
ity, chickens ranging 32-42 cents as
to size and quality, fowl more active
at 1926 cents and ROSTERS bringing
25 cents. The first of the maple pro-
ducts arrived this week, syrup going
out up to 1925 and sugar ranging
25-35 cents.
Fruits and Vegetables: Trading
in moderate volume with price de-
clines in several lines compensated
by advances in other lines. Apples
steady, best New York state Bald
wins selling $8.00-8.50 and No. l
Maine Ben Davis $5.50-6.00 a Dbl.
Cabbage supplies at last show signs
of cleaning up, Alabama cabbage
being higher at $300-3.25 per 100
ID. crate and Florida cabbage at
$1.25-1.50 a hamper. California
caulifower scarce and higher at
3.00-3.25 crate. Florida celery
lower at $200-3,00 crate according
to size. Norfolk kale considerably
lower at 1.00-1.25 a Dbl. Native hot
house lettuce 25 cents lower at $3.50
1.75 a blu. box. Connecticut Valley
onions steady at $8.25-8.50 per 100
lb. sack with supplies at country
shipping points nearly cleaned up
Florida oranges higher at $7.0O-7.75
a box. Maine potatoes Is cents low
err at $1.75-1.85 per 100 lb. sack.
Texas spinach lower at $1.75-2.0O a !
blu. basket. Native winter squash |
higher at $600-6.5O Dbl. Native
dollhouse vegetables steady to lower
at the following prices a blu. box.
Beet greens $1.00-1.25; cucumbers
dandelions $2.0O-2.25,
radishes $3.00-3.25. Hothouse rhu-
barb lower at 1917 cents lb. Ma
tive carrots and parsnips higher at
$1.50-1.75 with beets and turnips I'M
changed at $100-1.25 and rs cents
81. 90 respectively, blu. box.
Livestock and Meats: Trading at |
Brighton was slow and under liberal |
receipts and only fair demand, the /.
market was steady with few good
and medium steers and oxen going at
$4.50-6.50, cows and heifers $500
5.25, Gamers and cutters 25 cents
lower at $1.75-2.25 per 100 lbs, while
an over supply of hogs on sale met
with slow outlet at $10.50-11.0O
which was $1.00 lower on the poorer
grades.
Lenten season, moderate weather
and draggy forequarters constitute
depressed factors .in fresh beef trade.
Compared with a week ago, good
steers are $1.00 lower at $12.50-13.00
and medium $12.00-12.50 per 100 lbs.
Cows are so cents lower with good at
S1O.50-11.00 and medium $10.00-10.50
Der 100 lbs. Bulls moving slowly at
steady prices with week ago, good
going at $8.00-9.00 per 100 lbs. Veal
continued steady with week ago al
hough market was weak at times.
Western medium went at S14.00-15.00
Brighton dressed S6.00-1O.OO, good
iountry dressed $18.OO-20OO and |
hoice $20.00-2200 per 100 lbs.
light receipts of lamb and fair de-
nand forced prices $1.00 higher than
week ago with choice selling at
29.00-3000 and good S2S.O0-29.OO
Ter 100 lbs. Very light receipts of
mutton with good demand as lamb
forced prices $1.0O higher
han week ago with good "A poun-
ers going at S190O-2O.OO per 100
BIS. Heavier sheep went at $500
500 per 100 lbs. under light receipts
nd slow demand, prices have been
arely steady with a week ago.
'radlng generally has been slow with
ellers making concessions to move |
tocks while price seemingly does not
emain a factor as much as lack of |
assumption. Light $40 loins went
t Sl9.OO-19.50 today. Picnics are
rm with 6-S lb. average at 1880 i