Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-27

Id, including fair TO choice. with most of the
sales Mt 30 to 3Sc per To- Medium and COM
mon CRATES Of Western move rrther slowly.
with sales ranging from 25 to 32c per 10.
Fine fall Western would command 80 to SIC,
but very little oft is coming to this market.
Some inferior Western is held ut % to 23c
per lb, with no buyers. No Canada butter
has been received this season, and not much
is expected during the winter rs large ship
ments have been made direct to Liverpool.
Cheese Tho sales have ranged from IA to
l6c per lib, but l6c is IN extreme price for
best lots, aud the trade find plenty to suit
lhcm nj l5l To Isle per TO- The market is
well stocked, but while the export demand
holds up in New York, prices will probably
be maintained.
Eggs. The market has rulod quiet, with
sales OF Eastern ut 30 to 3lc, and Northern
ut W TO SOc per dozen. Good Western COM
niand ~ to 2Sc per dozen.
Hay and Straw. The market Is well sum
plie'l with hay, and 522 to % per ton is the
highest range we can quote Tor choice Ens-
tern and Northern. Plenty of fair To good
is selling ut 10 to 20 per ton. Rye straw is
steady ut 30 per ton.
Onions, 80 to 1926 per bbl
Potatoes. Prices of potatoes have adj
yanced Toe per blIshel and close firm and in
good demand. Jacksons Whites and Early
Rose ranged from rs to SOC, with most ofth
sales at SOC.
Poultry. Liberal supplies of poultry have
arrived from the West and prices have de-
Glued. For the best lots OF chickens and
turkeys ~ To 20c Is the top of the market,
per Id. Mixed lots range from IA to lie.
large portion received tho past week has
been III poor condition, and hard TO sell Mt
amy price. Only the best poultry is wanted
for Thanksgiving.
Provisions. There is u very firm feeling
IN the provision trade aud all kinds of the
hog product ARE tending upward in conse.
quence of tho small stocks offering. Clear
pork has advanced about 81 per Dbl, but
other kinds remain about the same. Tho
sales have been ut SlS To 1880 for prime;
VI To 2l.5O for mess; and 26 to 81 per Dbl for
clear and extra clear, rs to quality. Beef
remains the same and continues in steady
demand, with sales of mess ut $40. so to
1850; extra mess ut 10 to l3. so; and family
extras mt 1880 to 10 per Dbl. Lard is quite
firm and excited and prices have advanced
&c per Id. The sales have been to some eX-
tent and include city and Western Mt l55 10
lGc per lii, as to quality. Smoked hams re-
main the same with steady sales at 10 to l3c
per lib for city and Western. Dressed hogs
are firm and prices have advanced with
sales ut 10 to l0ic per ID. Cutmeats are
iirM and have advanced &c per Id.
! WOot,-tluto large number of buyers
are looking round aud offers about lc under
current rates have been made for large lots
and refused. Holders of fleece are very in
different about selling, aud no desirable lots
of fine or medium could be bought except at
current rates. We look for u quiet MAJ ket
for some weeks 10 come, but we would not
be surprised if the demand from mnnuilc.
turers became more urgent before the close
of the year. Notwithstanding the dull tone
of the market for some time past, stocks are
becoming reduced every week, and with an
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soon disappear. AS these stocks cannot be
replaced from any point, holders have con-
siderable confidence in the future of the
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