The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-08-03
BOSTON MARKET REVIEW
For Week Ending July %. 1922.
Prepared by U. s. Bureau of Markets and
Crep Estimates
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES:


Supplies were liberal, with buying de-
mand only fair and prices on most lines
barely steady or slightly lower. Della
ware Williams Early Red apples lower at
81 .n0-l. so II bu. basket Native green and
wax beans higher at $t.25-1. rs a bu. box.
Connecticut shell beans lower at zoe 90
hamper. Native beets lower at 80 6Oc
bu. box for punched and $l0O-l.50 for
cut of. Native blueberrleS lower at
lS-2sc quart. Native cabbage higher
at S1.00-125 n barrel. Bunched carrots
slightly lower at 75c-1'OO and celery at
$275-3.0o blu. box. Native and Con-
necticut sweet corn steady at s125-L so
bu. box. Native cucumbcrs slightly
higher mt .$l.00-3.50 n bu. box. Good
Western cantaloupes higher at 81 90 3. 30
standard crate, but most arrivals We're
in oVerripe condition and sold S150-2. 90
crate. New Jersey eggplant lower at
Wool . Blu. hamper. California hon
eydew melons lower at $l.00-1 % n crate.
New York lettuce Mt 81 00-15O a crate,
and native lettuce at 25-11c a bu. box
! MasSa chusetts onions steady at mostly
300 per 100 ID. sack. New York peas
lower at $l.00-l.75 hu. baaket Georgia
and North Carolina iberia peaches low
or under heavy receipts at mostly 100
$50 crate. New Jersey Bell peppers
II .OO-1.25 hamper Virginia and Mary
-
rel. The market in New York slumped
to s20O-2.25 a barrci Tomatoes lower
New Jerseys at 75cl.00 a crate, Connec-
ticut at $3.00-3,50 n bu. box and best
native at 5000 80 a box.
BRIGHTON LIVE. STOCK AND
DRESSED MEAT MARKET
Steady on most all classes of live stock
Good and medium steers and oxen $3.50
y lint
heifcrs $350-6.50, few 500. Bulls $3.50
30; Gamer cows and heifers steady at
s&,a0-2.S5. Receipts of calves light with
nght and medium lots going Mt $1,000
} O0 and a few choice at $1,000. Under
ght supply, hogs were steady on good.
aull going at $l1.25-11.75 with heavier
averages slo.50-11.00 per 100 lbs Fresh
meat trading fair Shipments carry all
grades. Good steers sold at $l4 .50-l5. 90.
medium s14OO-145O and common $1,000
ID IN per 100 lbs. Good cows were scarce
lille "grassers' wont at $l00 II co.
md medium $1150-12 so per 100 lbs. Re-
'aipts of veal light and under fair de-
mand, prices STEADY Western medium
at S1200-14.00 Brighton dressed $500
400, good country dressed S17,00-l9. 90.
few choice, s2000-22.00 per 100 lbs Lamb
receipts liberal. Choice lambs sold at
S25.O0- 100 with good 1922 90 %. 90 and
medium kinds s2O0122.OO per 100 lbs.
Mutton supplies decreasing. Good grade
scarce and medium kinds S14.00-l6.00
with heavier averages $500 90 per 100
lbs Under slow derland and light re
ceipts pork is bareE' steady. Fresh $40
loins selling at $2i Cn-22. 90 and 1912 at
$1,000 2l,00. Picnlcs steady, 4I6 average
bringing SIG .00-i6
DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS
Butter market opened weak on Monday
and continued weak and unsettled until
Thursday when prices recovered slightly
and Western Extras sold ut 36c. Trad
ing has been dull all week. buyers only
coming into the market when in need of
butter for immediate use Fine butter
has been very scarce with receipts of
medium and lower grades liberal and ac-
eumulating. Market appears weak to-
day (Frlday) with Western Extras quot
ed at 35isc and Northern Extras assorted
size spruce tubs S6-36hc. Cheese mar
ket has been rather unsettled the past
week with a tendency toward lower
prices. There has been no speculative
demand and only a moderate demand for
immediate consumption. Western and
Northern producing markets report lower
prices but these lower prices have only
been slightly reflected on this market