Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-26
Boston Wholesale Market
Review
For week ending October "a, 1922
Dairy and Poultry Products

Butter market firm with prices A
full cent to cent and half higher on
practically all grades. Trading has
been quite active the past week With
a good volume of business on under
grades which at present are very
short. Eighty-nine- ninety score cars
OF centralized are in good demand
and selling around 39ac ard Al. re.
spectivcly. Western extras i6iC
Northern extras 47c-iIlc. Cheese
market continues firm with a fair
amount of trading mostly on fresh
single Daisies. Young Americas are
selling very slow and Twins are NOV.
ing in fair way. Buyers are not
inclined to speculate and arc only
taking small lots for immediate
needs. Held cheese selling at about
same price rs fresh arrivals. Twins
255c-2Gc Daisies 25lc-2Gc. Young
Americas 25c-2 54c. Eggs ruled firm
under advanced prices thioushOG
the week with the bulk demand and
trading on finer lots of fresh eggs
Ordinary receipts selling slow So
CSC. Firsts S9c-4Sc. Extra first i9c.
55c. Extras 56c-6ac. Rcfrigeratm
firsts showing a fair movement sell. |
ing around 29c-29sc with rcfliseratr
extra first 30c-30ac. Nearby hennew
very short arrivals going out in ii
jobbing way with practically DI
wholesale business. No quotations
on account of so few sales. Dressed
poultry firm with a good demand Oh
heavy fowl and heavy chickens; 9th.
or grades of fowl and chickens SLOW
Heavy fowl (4a-6 ID. av) 52c-2N
Chicken (3-3s Id. av.) 2sc-29c witt
heavier chickens up to 35c. Broiler
very short G. ID. av) 36c-3sc: ell
Id. av.) 32c-25c. Live poultry mar
ket steady to firm with the bulk al
receipts showing inferior quality
Choice fowl 22c-2jc Chickens 2l-?5
Lcghorns 1Sc-20c.
Fruits and Vegetables
Celery, lettuce and potatoes high
or, other lines mostly inactive
Native-McIntosh apples higher al
Sl.00-s1.25 bu. box. Rccts IN
changed at s1.25-s1.5O and carrots
lower at 75c-1.25 bu White ar.
Savoy cabbage steady at s1.O0-slg
barrel. Cauifower higher al
s1.25-s1.50 q box Celery higher al
S2.25s2.75 box for white and i5.@
$3.50 for Pascal. Cucumhcrs higher
at S.00-s1i.00 Il box. Escaroe IN
changed at 1oC-35c n box but lettuc'
advanced to 35c-S1.5n a boH|
Parsnips firm at $125-s1.75 a bl.I
radlshcs unchanged at 50c-65c box
Blue Hubbard squash lower at most
~ &c a pound. Spinach higher o.
6Oc-75c a box. Ripe tomatoes higher
at 3.o0-s6.oO a box.
Shipped Invest Virginia \ II
inch York Imperial apples $3.50 Al
barrel. Maine Wolf Rivers s9.Oo
s2.i5 barrel. Norfolk beans stcafy
at Sa.00-s2.50 a 5 peck hamper Cali
fornia Casaba melons steady al
so.oo-s3 $50 a crate but Colora1'
Honey Dew melons lower at sl.-1'
sl.5O a crate. massachusetts cram
berries higher at S450-s4.75 crate
New York Concord grapes dull q
'5c-S5c a II at. basket. New Yofh
lettuce higher at so50-s300 a crate
Middle Western onions weak a.
sl.35-s1.75 and massachusetts, onions
at s11o-s1.25 per 100 Id bag Mahs
potatoes higher at s1.15-s1.S5 per j"
ID. sack. Baltimore spinach higher
at S5c-s1.00 a Blu. basket. Virginia
sweet potatoes weak at $500 bar
rel.
distributed from the Boston Once
OF the L. S. Department of Asricui'
ture, Bureau of Agricultural ECO
nomics, 402 Atlantic avenue.)