Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-22
Iflarkets.
HOstOss Market.
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER by
A. ID. HTBB1RD.
Produce Commission Merchant 81 John Street Boston

A. ID. HIBBARD,
Produce Commission Merchant 81 John Street, Boston
WEDNESDAY, May co.
Butter and Cheese--In butter there has
been decidedly weak tendency, under the
influence oi increased receipts. and prices of
good b. choice must he quoted 3 and 4c per
ID. lower than last week. The sales have
been ut 80 and 33c Tor good to choice New
York and Vermont, and 30 and 3lc for
| Western but ut the close 33c is AN extreme
price for Vermont, and receivers are Offering
very good lots mt 30 and 321c per 10. Tho
! receipts So FAR have been Of uniform quail
ity, and very few sales have been made un-
der 800, but us stock begins ~ accumulate.
and the weather becomes warmer, low
grades will be plentier, and prices will take
u wider range. Although we quote Western
ON nm average 90 lower than New York and
Vermont. several lots offered this week were
equal to any other kind ON the market and
sold just as high.
The market is very bare of old cheese and
the sales are altogether in II small way ut
full prices. There have been sales OF new
cheese ut l6 and l6Ic for choice full cream,
but the supply of this kind is still quite small,
and most of what is here is of AN inferior
quality and ranges from 10 to Ice per Id.
SKINNED cheese Is very dull and difficult to
sell ut and &c per ID.
Flour and GTain.--The market for flour
| remains without Improvement. Medium
| grades Of white wheat ARE almost unsaleable
except ut u very unsatisfactory price, and it
is difficult to realize over SO per bbl for the
best brands Of Michigan Ohio and Indiana.
| The sales have been at IS. so and III for fancy
| Minnesota brands, and this description con-
tinues to meet with more favor from the
trade than any other kind; medium and
| choice st. Louis white wheat at $3.50 and
| 1880; Illinois ut 81 and 8; AMI Ohio, lndi-
ana and Michigan at 81 1926 per Dbl.
! Southern flour ranges from rs to $50 per
| Dbl for common extras and choice family.
In bakers extras the sales have been ut SO. rs
and $50 for Wisconsin, and 81 and per Dbl
| for Minnesota Low grades are III fair de-
mand for the Provinces, with sales of com
mon Western extras ut IS and B.75; and
| supers mt $3.50 and per Dbl.
! The market for corn has been quiet but
with small supplies, prices continue to be
sustained. The sales have been mt 90 and
and 95c per bu. for mixed and yellow, new
and old, and rs and 92c per bu for rejected,
hut If sales were forced these figures could
not be realized Oats are quiet. The sales
have ranged from Ga to 73c per bu. for brown
and white, us to quality. In rye small sales
at 81 20 per bu Shorts have been selling mt
1913, and fine feed and middings at 1874 and
35 per ton. In barley nothing doing aud
prices arc quite nominal.
Groceries. Coffee. The market remains
without improvement, and the sales continue
to be- confined to small iobbing lots Us want
ed by the trade. The transactions comprise
Java mt % and 27Ac, gold small lots of Mocha
ut SOC, gold; Rio at II and gle. gold; Porto
Rico mt 201 and Gle, gold; prime Santos mt
pic, gold; and small lots of Maracaibo mt IS
and pc, gold, rs to quality.
Fruit. There is u very firm feeling for
rlisins and prices of Malaga have again ad-
vanced To 1886 for layers, and S3.50 and
3.75 per box Tor loose Muscatel, rs to quality
In Sultana rIisins small sales ut l44c per ID.
Smyrna figs are scarce and continue to be
taken in small lots mt IA and lie per lib. Cur
rants &c, and citrOn ut 2Sc per Id. Lemons
have advanced to 81 and 7.50 per box, and
oranges ut So per box.
Maple Sugar and Sirup. The demand for
sugar has eased off and prices are about lc
lower. We quote: Small cakes IL to he;
large cakes 10 to llAc; tubs to Toe. Sirup
60 tn 90c per gal.
Sugar. There is very dull feeling in the
sugar market. and although fair to good re-
filming grades are still nominaly u aud SC
per H., these prices would now be difficult |
TO realize. st. Domingo 7c per h.. Porto |
Rico Ste. Refined sugars are dull and prices |
have eased off sc all round. Wequote gram |
uluted nj l0ac, and the different grades of |
coffee crushed ut ~ and 9sc per ID.
Other Produce. Receipts of dried apple |
continue. to he taken rs fast aS they arrive. |
and prices are well maintained. Good lots |
of quartered and sliced readily command l3 |
and lac per H.. aud extra lots of sliced go |
higher. We quote: Eastern, sliced, per ID. |
l3 and lac; do. quartered IL and l3c; West |
ern, sliced l21 and l34c; do. quartered liz |
and l3c Southern. sliced l24 and l34c; do.
quartered II and l25c.
Beans. Medium have been in good de-
mand mt 81 .95 and per bu. Pea are steady
at 80 25 and 2 go per bu., including Western
and Northern. We quote: Choice Northern
II. p. per bu., 1925 and 2.6O; do. Western
1925 and 2.50i do. common 30 and 2.l0;
A. u n 4.
good $40 and l.80; yellow eyes 1926 and
$50; red kidney 1915 and 4; marrow 49,
and 2.75.
Eggs We quote; Eastern II and Isc;
Northern is and lie; Western Is and Ice
Grass Seed Sales of round lots clover
have been made ut 10 and lie per h., in
GLIDING Western and New York, and herds
grass ut S2.97 and 3, 10 per bu Red top is in
demand ut "a. so per bag. The market closes
quiet, and from this time forward it will be
hard to sell large lots.
Hay and straw. The supply of choice hay
continues light and Eastern and Northern
readily command $27 and 30 per ton, with
extra lots shade higher. Inferior grades
are in full supply and slow of sale. Straw is
in fair demand ut advanced rates: Hay
choice Northern S28 and 30; choice Eastern
$26 and 81 fair TO good SIS and %; inferior
$l2 and l6; Western choice S25 and 81;
swlle hay $l3; straw, rye S24 and IS; oat
Sl3.
Hops. No improvement in demand or
price. A few prime lots are held ut 33c, but
we hear of no siles ut over 30c per Id.
Onions. Bermudas are plentiful and dull
at 80. so per box.
Potatoes. Early rose are little easier.
but are still comparatively scarce, and in de-
mand for seed ut 81 IS and l. 80 per bu.
Jackson whites ARE lirmer ut Sl05 and LIS
per bu. Garnet Chill. Davis seedlings, and
other common kinds range from soc to 81
per bu
Provisions. provision market has ,,
been gather quiet since our last, but prices of
pork are well sustained, and for heavy clear !
is quite firm. The sales have been at $l4.5
and Is for prime; Il. SO and Is for mess; and
% and "a for clear and extra clear, rs To |,
quality. Beef remains without change. The
sales have been ut Sl3 and 1850 for mess ,
and extra mess; and 1850 aud $50 for fam
lily. Lard continues firm and has been in 7
steady demand. Sales of Boston and West
ern mt III aud ll4c for steam and kettle rem
dered. Smoked hams are selling ut ll3 and
Be per h., us to quality, and have heen in
mir demand. Cut-meats range from 80
10 l2c per h., rs to quality. City dressed
hogs have been selling ut and SIC per lib.
WOOL MARKET.
The wool market is quite firm and for all
desirable kinds very full prices have been ,
realized during the week. This iirmness is
wholly in consequence of the small stocks of
wool in manufacturers and dealers hands.
So iIlr rs goods are concerned manufacturers 4
report no Improvement. Woolens are still
except in very limited quantities,
and prices ARE very unsatisfactory but man
have no alternative hut to pur-
chase wool from week to week or stop their
aud of the two evils they choose !
he least. How long thus state of things will !
continue il ~ difficult to predict, hut no inn
DrOvement is looked for in trade generally I
until the demand for all goods commences |
California wool is now coming forward
quite freely, and il is estimated that about
!, 200, 900 lbs. are now on the way To Eastern '
mNrkets. The dnnand is good and the nrti- S