News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-03-15
BOSTON MARKET REVIEW
Week Ending March 10, 1922
prepared by U s. Bureau OF Markets
and Crop Estimates) -

DAIRY ANDs POULTRY PRODUCTS
The poultry market has furnished the
only excitement during the past week,
and this is about over for the present.
Live fowl have been short for a consider
able period, and the active demand by
Jewish trade this week forced a very
sharp advance, prices jumping from 20
32c up to 3S40c, but selling back to
34-35c. Very few chickens have been
available for trade and these peddled out
at varying figures as to quality. Dressed
poultry likewise gained little, fowl ad-
vancing 1880, chickens bringing from
32c for Isman up to 43c for capons
BOOSTERS sold well around 25c. Egg prices
continued their decline until western
fresh were down TO 23c and nearbys to
Csc, but the low retail prices evidently
stimulated demand and the market has
recovered about &C, westerns bringing
24-26c, and nearbys going up to 32c.
The season of heaviest production is
nearly at hand, and soHe are starting
to get supplies ready 70 put into cold
storage which accounts for some OF the
advance. Cheese has advanced slightly
with the better dem. l4 and lighter sup
plies, fresh goods bringing up to 2lhc and
the cured lots went up to FAC. Butter
values have been tending upward lately
and the past few days has been an ad
vance Of Nc, fresh northern in tubs sell
ing easily at 39c, prints at 42i3c and
western fresh brought 32-37e.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES '
Good volume of trading with prices
generally steady to higher except for
celery and tomatoes, which are in liberal
supply and lower. Apples steady, No.
Maine baldwins selling 1904 500 and Ben
Davis 10000 Dbl. First California
asparagus Of the season arrived this
week and brought 24.00-4o.00 a doz.
punches Cabbage IN liberal supply and
dull, Florida 100 ID. crates bringing 81
ESQ and Y Dbl Hampers soc-1.10 Cali
fornia cauiifiower steady at l.5o-2.56
crate according to quality. Florida cell
cry lower at 3.o0-3.50 a crate for the best
sizes. Norfolk kale firm at 200 a Dbl
Native dollhouse lettuce active and 5oc
higher at l.76-70o a Blu. box. California
iceberg lettuce bringing 6.0o-S5 so a crate.
Mass. and New York state onions firm at
S.25-S50 per 100 ID. sack. Florida oranges
active and higher al 6.00-7.00 box.
Maine Green Mountain potatoes steady
at 1S5-2.09 per 100 ID. sack. Texas spin
ach in good demand at 2.50-2Ss a bu.
basket. Native squash higher at $50
500 a Dbl. Florida tomatoes lower at
2 .00-S.50 a crate. Native dollhouse vege-
tables selling at tn following prices, a
Blu. box: beet greens LOO %, cucumbers
5 .00-12.00, radishes 2.00-32 b Hothouse
rhubarb higher at 1890 ID. Carrots
lower and other native root veg etabIes
steady at the following prices, per bu.:
beets 1.o0-l.S, carrots and parsnIps r25-
1.50. turtiips 75c-1.oo.
LIVESTOCK AND BOSTON
DRESSED MEAT MARKET REVIEW
Trading at Brighton was fairly active
and under fair receipts and demand.
prices we're generally steady with few
good and medium steers and oxen sell
ing at t5o-<.so, cows and heifers AGO.
%, Gamers and cutters 225-250 per
100 lbs. Veal calves were steady with
good light lots going at 100o-l2.00 per
loV lbs. while the few hogs on sale met
with ready outlet at I1.cO-1i.5o per 100
lbs. Lenten season has clrtailed fresh
meat outlet which with industrial devel- I
Opments caused SLOW and draggy trade. !
Good steers today went at 1s.0O-175o, |
with medfsn At 13-Se- l10o, while COVE
cows were SOC bower With good grade
going at % and medium lots
} -so-H.0 per lee lbs. Balls were slow
seaws at steady prices compared
vita q week ago. Veal continued steady
vtA q week ago with western medipm
em.g at 1Ao0-Ikeo.