The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-29
BOSTON MARKET REVIEW
For Week Ending June o. 1877
Prepared by U. S. Bureau OF
Crop Estimates
pptc4rax LIVE STOCK AND
DRESSED NEAT MARKET

BRIGHTON LIVE sToG cFe t.,. AN
DRESSED NEAT MARhhl'
Evidently usual light summer runs VI
live stock at Brighton nave
aarnas, Will demand has been aceise
- - nd medium steers and oxen
=. an "a fsV, sg00 Butcher cattle cows
- h.,tsr5 q 5o-6. ~, few 300, Buiis
81 - 50. eanuer cows and heifers SD
. "a pr tn0 lbs Receipts OF caves were
nqht firm To 81 90 higher with light and
,nedtntn lots s1o00-ll00. choice slo.oo
nor 1no lbs. Hogs we're firm with bulk
of salcs 81 25-1i.75 per 100 lbs.
DAIRY MD POULTRY PRODUCTS;
Mr. activity was apparent on butter
This week with prices advancing. ifao-
ing WIS good on Monday with the ae
ma nj for 30 point butter or better and
the street has been kept fairly clean OF
this class of goodsau Week 800 score
was slow and accumumtihg' uheh
Wednesday when the BULK OF this eaass
of goods was cleaned up on export or
ders. Prices advanced on Thursday re
on all grades the advance stimulated
trading and all scores moved wei the
bulk going Into storage ON FRIDAY there
was another lie advance with lalr
amount Of trading. fhese mas peth
moving better this week with the bulk
of the business on Twins around 20ts
2ti6c, Single Daisies and Young Americas
are slow at 21c. Hay cheese IL pretty
well cleaned up on the street ana tuli
grass is about all that Is hVaiiaple at
present. Supplies have been liberal and
cold storage stocks are rapidly accum-
ulatfng. Egg market has been rather
unsettled with prices little easier. Bulk
of the business was on current receipts
which are selling today 24-25c on firsts,
Trades and Dirties 2l22lzc. Storage
packed slow around 25-2Ghc on flrats
with better quality and more style up to
2Sia. Fancy nearby hennerys moving
well at 35-37c. Receipts OF dressed poul-
try liberal and an easier feeling is noted
fowls 2S-3tc. Brnilers 40-45c. Live Fowls
26-2sc. Broilers 3537c.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES:
Trading somewhat duh during rainy
weather. followed by fairly active buying
at close of week. Most commodti@s in
liberal supply and steady to lower in
price. First car OF Maryland transpar-
eut apples sold $500 a bu. basket. Bal
tl4f.ore green beans much lower at 81 90
150 a blu. hamper. Fancy Connecticut
beans $1.50-200 a hamper. Baltimore
cabbage lower at $1.00s1 rs per 100 ID.
crate. Native asparagus over at SO. CO.
$50 a bu box Native beets lower at 75c-
st.25 a bu. box and carrots at 75c-s115 a
dozen bunrhes. Connecticut beets $1,000.
and carrots 90e-S1.o0 dozen punches.
Hudson River cherries 12-15c n quart for
sour and 25-25c for sweet. Fancy native
cueumsers steady at s600-s.5o a bu. box.
North Carolina cucumbers 81 SOB 90 a
bu. hamper. California cantaloupes s3.25-
go Il standa I'd crate of IS melons, or less
than half than last weeks price. Native
lettuce slightly lower at 5075c bu. box.
New Jersey lettuce $1.25-150 a crate.
California or ns lover at $3.50 crate.
Native peas lower at s2.o0-30O blu. box.
Georgia Hiley peaches lower at $3.00-35o
crate. New potatoes lower, Eastern
Shore Virginias selling $5.25-5.50 and
Norfolks sf0oi.50 IA Darrell Maine pota-
toes l5c higher at S1.l0-1.25 per 100 Id.
sack. Native rhubarb steady a Is SIC a
bu box Native scallions higher at So
s5c. and spinach steady at 50-75c n bu.
box. Native Strawberries lower at 10
zoe quart, condition soft because OF
recent rains. Mississippi tomatoes in
very heavy supply and lower at 75c- 81 cd
crate. Southern watermeions lower at
,0-50c each, for melons averaging 22-2s
hounds in weight