Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-11
9Natktts.
Boston .NHrEPf.
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER by
A. ID. HIBB4RD.


WEDNESDAY. Sept. o.
Butter aud Chcesc.--Brttrr: The market
has been very quiet during the week. and
there is an easier tendency and outside prize
Is are not easily obtained. Stocks continue
light, but il receipts should increase Il lower
range Of prices would he necessary to pre-
vent an accumulation of medium grades
Low grades are scarce and wanted. We
notice sales oil choice New York and YER
mont dairics ut 30 to Bic per H. but it must
he AN extra fine lot to command 3ic: and
fair to good ut % to 30. Western comes in
sparingly, with sales mostly ut 20 to 2Sc, aud
occasional choice lots 1T 30 to 30c pei h.
The lowest grade of butter on the market
commands 25c per ID.
Cheese: The market is we'll supplied, but
prices are sustained under the influence of II
moderate trade demand and u good export
inquiry in New York. Sales of choice fac
tory have been at l34 to l4c, aud far to good
ut II to be per Id.
Flour and G,uiH.-The demand for flour
continues quite steady, the trade still pur-
chasing cautiously mt the low prices now
current. The market is well supplied with
all kinds. The stock in the hands Of iohbers
and the interior trade is small and active
movements are soon looked for. At present
low prices, when trade begins to move, the
transactions are likely to be quite large, rs
is small. Fancy Minnesota brands continue
to range from So TO 0. aud faVoritc brands
at 10 TO IL white wheat st. Louis, medI-
um and choice brands at G. 25 to 8. 50, and
u few fiIvnritc aud well-known brands ut
S.75 TO o; Illinois at 6.75 Ia 7. so; and Ohio,
Indiana and Michigan ut Sc to CTS per Dbl,
tho latter M outside price for all except II
few Eivorit- brands that go up Ia 81 to :. 25
per bhl. In southern flour there is no
change. Common extras and choice family
are selling ut So to q per bhl. In Bakers
extras there have been moderate sales at
$50 To 80 for Minnesota, and Sc to 8 25 per
Dbl for Wisconsin. Low grades are in fair
request Tor the Provinces and the eastern
| trade with sales ut So at 575 for common
western extras, and $50 to per Dbl for SUI
| purs.
The market for corn has been quite firm
and prices have advanced to 3 per bu.
and tend upward. The demand is fair and
tho stock is small. The sales have ranged
from 80 To 96c per bu. for mixed and yellow
| In oats there has been "a fair business doing
! and prices are higher. The sales have been
ut 5j TO Gle for brown and No. white, and
| choice white are scarce and would bring GO
| to &c per hu. Rye has been sold in small
lots ut 30 to 92c per bu. Shorts have been
sold mt $24 and fine feed and middlings nj
S25 to 26 per ton.
! Fresh Mcdt.-Choice beef is in good de-
mand and prices sustained. Common beef
dull Lambs in light receipt and prices u
| shade higher. Mutton dull. Veal in fair
demand. We quote: Beef; hind quarters,
choice. per ID, l3 to l4I do. common to
good, 0 Ia IL; do, fore quarters, choice, 8 L
~ tie. common To good D to 1ic. Mutton
per III, extra, 0 to 10; do, common TO good
8 to 81. Spring lambs, per III. choice, 10 to
! IL; do, common to fair. @ 0. VGals, pei
| III, choice, II to l2; do. fair to good, 6 to 0
do, common, 3 to 81.
observation-disclosures: The market for cot
fee is very dull and prices are gradually set
thing down, the trade purchasing only il
small lots Us wanted. Ii is believed tina
| the II Oh prices ut which the article has bccI
| held for some time past has materially re-
duced the consumption, and with mncl
larger crops, particularly in Brazil, we shal
see much lower range of prices. I'll,
sales have hccn confined to small lots of in
va ut % to 29c. gold, the latter AN extreme
price for the choicest brown; Mocha nj 279c
Rio ut I54 to l9Ic; Porto Rico ut 10 to zoe
and Maracaibo ut la to zoe per lib, all IL
gold. Prices are lower NIL round, and il
limited demand at the decline.
Dyewoods: ST. Domingo logwood il
scarce and firm ut 81 80 to % per ton; AM
| st Domingo lustic is wanted ut 1913 per ton
All other kinds of dyewoods are quiet, bu
prices unchpngcd.
Fruit: The market is quiet for Malaga
raisins. Layers are steady ut previous pri
ccs, but for loose muscatcl prices have set
tied down. The sales Of layers have beer
IN small lots at 1925 to j. 30; and loose mus
cntrl at 3.75 to $50 per box. New crol
rnisinS are expected early in October. II
Smyrna ligs nothing AT any consequence hu
bevn done. New crop will he arriving IL
some three az four weeks. Dates have hcel
selling ut "a to Sc; entrants ut 6i to 6bc
Turkey prunes at ll1c; and ctrOn ut 30
per III for Leghorn aud English. Peanut
have been in fair jobbing demand Mt $50 t
|. 60 per hu for African, and 10 800 per bu
for southern. Lemons ARE selling ut . t
10. so per box, rs to quality.
Molasses Tho market continues YER
quiet and no sales TO report of any impor
lance. For high grades, about tho only kim
of molasses on tho market, there is very ll
tie demand, but II more active market 1
looked for. In sugar house and dlstlllnI
molasscs nothing has been done
Rice: The market Is quiet for rice. N
new crop has yet been received, and non
expected for some weeks. Sales of CAROL
na at 3 to 90; RangoOn Mt q to G4c, an
Patnn is held ut Tie per ID.
Sugar: Tho market has been very Quie
for sugar and no sales to report of any in
pOrttnce The stock here Is very much re
ducud, smaller than for some years at th
time, and good refining grades are not Offer
ing under sIe per lb. Refined sugars cor
tinue IN demand and are quite firm. Coffu
crushed is wanted for the West, and relinel
keep sold up close on grades suited to thu
market. We quote powdered and crushe
at lie; griInuated Mt l05c; and the diiferer
grades of coffee crushed at 81 to IOlc per II
Other ProdUce.-Apples There is n
abundant supply, and the indications Al
that the New England crop will be unusl
, ally large. Sales range from $50 to 3 pr
bbl rs To quality.
Beans; The bean market remains quie
and 81 per bu is AN extreme price for choiC
mediums. For pea there is u moderate d
mand at 2.25 to 2.62 psr bu, AS to qualit
Very choice hand-pieked northern mig
bring little more. Yellow eyes are scare
and sell in small lots ut previous prices.
> Eggs: Prices were "A shade iirmer, wi
4 sales Of eastern mt "a to csc per doz, the I
: side for round lots. Northern command %
and western range from IL 10 2sc, as
quality. The market closes weak with
light demand,