Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-20
Markets.
BOstON Market.
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER BY
A. ID. HTRRARD.


Produce Commission Merchant q John Street Boston
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10.
Batter and Cheese.-Undgr the influence
Of light receipts and u steady demand, the
market is very firm, with M upward tendcn-
CIV. Fine fall lots are quito scarce and read
ily command 40 to 40c per lb, with grocery
selections ut n higher range. Tho bulk Of
the stock here consists Of fair to choice dali
ries, which sell mt prices ranging from 80 to
SOC. including Western Canada, New York
and Vermont. The very poorest butter here
now sells ut 30c, and n small supply at that.
We quote: New York and Vermont, fine
fall 40 to i2c, choice diaries 81 to 39c, COM
mon to good 80 TO 36c; Bakers butter 30c;
Canada, choice 81 to 40c, fair TO good 20 10
35c per h.
Tho Cheese market is firm 10 to l61c per
Id for choice factory, and some holders re-
fuse to sell fancy stock under l63 to lie.
The trade buy sparingly, but while exporters
are willing to pay l6Ac, and prices continue
high in England, we cannot expect any de-
cline here. We quote: New York and YER
mont, choice factory is to l6lc, fair to good
II to l51c.
Flour dnd Grdin--The market remains
in the same dull state previously noticed and
the stock continues to accumulate. There
is very little demand and no great pressure
to sell, because in the present state of tho
market sales TO any extent could not he fore
ed ut n satisfactory price The shipments Of
wheat and -four from New York continue on
u large scale, and there Is y prospect that
the long period of dizziness will be succeeded
by more active market ut nm early day.
Tho trade, however, since the first of the
year, has disappointed expectation. and in
the meantime, with much larger receipts
than usual, stocks have accumulated. The
sales Of fancy Minnesota have been at 90. SO
to IL; medium and choice st. Louis white
| rashn &c NJ To 4 Nrr0 ,n1
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan at $50 to Q per
Dbl. Southern -four is dull Mt S6.25 TO IL for
common extras and choice family. Bakers
extras have been in moderate demand mt
1915 to so for Wisconsin; and to 8 per
Dbl Tor Minnesota. Low grades range from
| 1925 to 7 for common Western extras and
5.25 to for superline.
There continues to be II dull feeling for
corn and prices remain without improve
ment. Old corn is neglected, the demand
having been almost exclusively confined to
new which is coming forward dry and in
good order. SO much so that experts find it
difficult To decide what is new or old. The
sales of new mixed and yellow have been at
"a to SIC per bu; and old is nominally SO TO
| soc. Oats are firmer and have been in bet
ter demand from the trade with some specu-
lative inquiry. The sales of brown and
white have ranged from 81 to 66c, and firm
at these prices. Rye has been selling in
| Il
sales at S25; fine feed and middlngs ut 26
to 2s per ton. Barley is firm ut prices rang.
ing from $l.75 to 2.l0 per blu.
Other PrOduce.-Apples. There are very
few apples now here selling under $3.50 por
Dbl, and the best Russets sell ut $50. We
quote: Greetings $3.50 to 5, Russets to
$50, Baldwns 5 to $50 per Dbl.
Beans There has been an easier feeling
| in the market for mediums, and sales have
been mostly at S2.l0 to 2.l2I. Pea sells
principally at 80. so per bu, with an occasion.
al choice lot of Northern hand picked at 2.60
to 2.62. Yellow eyes are scarce and wanted
Mt 1926 TO $50.
Eggs. Although it is believed that bottom
has been touched, there is very little i'm
provement in the demand, and receivers find
some difficulty in getting buyers ut Csc per
dozen, which is the highest price the market
will bear.
Hay and Straw. There is u little stronger
feeling In hay and sales of choice have been
made at $25 to 90 per ton, which is 81 per
ton over last weeks sales. Inferior grades
continue plenty and dull. Rye straw 90 to
"a, oat straw 10 per ton.
Hops. Brewers are buying moderately
ut our quotations: good to prime 1873, 30
to Acc, 1872, Is to Csc per ID.
Onions have advanced and the best Dan
vers command Sc per Dbl
Potatoes. Prices have advanced to Csc to
|
LOS, JacksOns Csc to ST. Peerless and other
kinds 90 to 95c.
Groceries. Coffee dull. Sales Java ut 80
to 33c, Rio 81 to &c per lib, both gold.
Fruits. RaIsinsIvery firm at$3.05 per box
for layer. and 3.45 for loose muscatel. Sui
tanas l3Ic, currants 6ac, and ctron 271c per
Id. Lemons are selling in Jobbing lots Mt
per case for Valencia, and $50 to per box
for Sicily. Cranberries, cape, $l3 to Is per
Dbl.
Molasses. In fair demand. Sales supo-
rior Cienfuegoes at 43c.
Sugar. We quote fair to good refining ut
II to SIC per ID. The demand for refined
has been quite limited, and sales of granulat-
crushed at 81 to 9ic per Id.
ProUiSions.-There has been rather IL dull
feeling for pork. Sales at Sl45O to 10 for
prime; $50 to II for mess; Is to 90 for clear
and extra clear, rs to quality. Beef remains
the same and continues in steady demand.
Sales ut Sll to ii for mess and extra mess:
and l6. so TO II per Dbl for family extra. For
| lard prices arc not so firm. Sales 81 to l0tc
| per lib for city and Western. Smoked hams
are in demand at ii to l21c per ID. Hogs
are quiet: Good aud choice Western range
from u to 7sc; and city dressed arc steady
at SIC per h.
There continues to be quiet tone to the
market, with very little pressure to buy or
| sell. but the transactions of the week,
amounting to upwards of 100000 lbs for
eign and domestic, have been Il fair average.
| Buyers have been more numerous than the
previous iweck, but they still purchase eau
tiousy.
The transactions of the week have been
largely made up of super and y pulled, for
which the demand has been quite active,
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