The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-07
BOSTON MARKET
PRICES RULE
LOWER
Light Receipts of Meats
Keeps Rates This
Week Steady

Danny and Poultry Products
The weakness at other markets
was reflected here and this to-
gether with an increase III ar
rivals of both wstern and north
ern fancy butter caused the break
which finally settled at 37c on
western and 3712c on northern.
Storage butter has been shown
very literally but has been slow,
because of the fresh supply.
The egg market steady to firm
throughout the week and has
caused prices to make slight adj
vances to 2612 -27c for the general
run. Some fancy grade lots bring
premium. Receipts of nearby
Hennery's show considerable in
crease and accumulation, supply
exceeding the remand. Whole
sailing around 31c, jobbing mostly
32-34c. Storage packed eggs are
moving slow, shippers holding Of
ferings too high to attract buy
ers and ordering them into the
coolers rather than to accept bids
rendered. Sales this week at 28-
29c.
Cheese shows no material
change. Arrivals of fresh light
and readily taken mostly at 22c
and 2212c in small way. Cured
cheese still moving good up to
24l2c.
Fresh killed poultry steady with
receipts light but lower country
prices and limited demand. Prices
show no change Arrivals of
western live poultry heavier, with
fair demand. Prices show no
change. Arrivals of western live
poultry heavier, with fair demand
on the whole. Fowls 23-28c,
chickens 2S-31c.
Maple syrup and sugar easier,
supply more liberal. Syrup Sis
100. $500, little extreme. Pound
cakes 10000.
Fruits and Vegetables-Some-
what less buying demand than last
week. with more lines showing a
downward than an upward price
tendency. Apples steady, best
New York state Baldwins selling
$8.25-S.5O and Maine No. l Ben
Davis $500-5. SO a barrel. Cabbage
in heavy supply and lower, Florida
crates and Texas barrels selling
$225-2.50. Florida celery scarce
and higher at $3.75. California
cauliflower lower at S2.25-2.50 a
crate. Native dollhouse lettuce
higher. Connecticut Valley onions
higher at S11.50-12.00 per II ID.
sack. Florida oranges slightly
lower at $700-S00 a box.
Maine potatoes SC higher at
$175-190 per 100 ID. sack. First
Louisiana Strawberries many in
green condition, sold this week
at 15-22c a pint. Florida toma-
toes plentiful but selling we'll at
S150-3.00 a crate.
Brighton Livestock and Boston
Dressed Meat Market-Thc mar
ket on livestock at Brighton this
week ruled generally steady with
good and medium steers and oxen
selling at S4.50-6.50; cows and
METERS tpo.OO-O.UU, Cd1lIlclS anu
cutters $1.75-2.25. Under liberal
supply, veal calves sold in light
lots from $10.00-12.00 per 100
lbs. while hogs found a ready out
let at S10.50-11.00 per 100 lbs.
Steers are soc lower this week
with good selling today at $1,000
1880 and medium S11.50-12.00 per
100 lbs. Cows, under light receipts
and fair demand are soc lower,
good goin gat $10.00-10.50 and
medium S9.50-10.00 per 100 lbs.
Receipts of veal were liberal and
under fair demand, prices are bar
ly steady. Light receipts of
lambs and slow demand made
prices $100-2.00 lower than u
week ago with choice selling at
$2700-2s.00 per 100 lbs. Under
light receipts and good demand,
mutton as a lamb substitute is
81 higher than week ago with
good going at the close at $4,000
21.00 per 100 lbs.