Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-13
Markets.
BOstObs Market. -
Reported for the VERMONT FARHRR nv
A. ID. HIBBARD..

Produce Commission Merchant. q John Street. Boston
WEDNESDAY,. March TO-. L.
Butter and Cheese.--There has been nm
increased demand for butter the past week,
and prices have been steadily advancing,
with gain of to &c per Id. Stocks in the
hands of dealers AFRO very light, and there is
now very little butter to come forward from
any quarter. Fine fall lots readily sell at "A
10 45c and selections ut 40 to 46c. Good to
choice dairics have been selling principally
mt 80 to Ale, hut ut the close choice New
York and Vermont will command 40 tn 43c
sDd Western and Canada 40 to 42c. Com
mon to fair grades are almost entirely out Of
market. and although we quote as low ms
35c, II is difficult to find anything under 40c.
For Cheese there has been ~ steady de-
mand from the trade, with an advancing
tendency in prices. The hast New York and
Vermont factory now commands l71c per
Id. in lots as wanted. and we hear of u very
few sales under l6c. We quote; New York
and Vermont. choice II to l74c, fair to good
Is to Ice.
Flour and Grdin.--No Improvement in
Flour Sales OF fancy Minnesota at &c. so TO
1878; medium and choice white wheat st.
Louis range from $50 tn 1880; Illinois ut
7 to 0 IS: and Ohio. Indiana and Michigan
Mt to 8 50 per bbl. Southern -four is dull
Mt 50 25 to 1850 for common extras and
choice family Bakers extras continue in
ut $3.50 to 1876; and Minnesota ut to 3.
Low grades are firm ut SO. 25 to CTS for COM
mon Western extras; and $50 to o per Dbl
| for supers.
With light receipts of corn and reduced
stock, better feeling has prevailed and
prices are higher. The sales of new mixed
and yellow have been at 674 to 9Oc per bu.
Oats are becoming quite scarce and all ar
irving has found n ready sale ut advancing
prices. Tho range for brown and white is
SO to Soc. Rye 81, 10 to liz per bu. Shorts
| S27. SO to %; and fine feed and middings at
% To 30 per ton, with n small supply Offering
Barley $l.75 to per bu.
Other Produce.-Apples. The stock is
steadily reducing and prices are we'll main
tanned. We quote; Greetings IS to so;
Russetts S. so to g.; Baldwins $50 to 8. For
dried apples the demand Is only moderate,
and BE is AN extreme price for round lots ot
choice sliced.
Beans. There is AN ample supply of me-
diums and 81 per bu Is still the highest fig
ure ut which large lots can be disposed Of
| The sales of pea have been ut 50 SO and un-
der, as to quality. Yellow eyes scarce with
small sales at 1926 per hu.
| Eggs. Fresh eggs are arriving quite fr'ce-
ly, and prices are of about ic per doz. The
highest figures for the best Eastern is 24c in
round lots, with "a lower range for Northern
and Western.
Grass Seeds. The season for active oper-
ations in grass seeds has arrived, and good
trade is expected. Western clover commands
3 to &c for new, hut there are old lots offer
ing ut II lower range New York clover %
to loo. The sales uf herds grass have been
mostly at LIZA Ia 1926 per bu, and it must
he very nice lot that win bring 3 374. job
bling lots about 25c per bu higher. Red Top
is quiet ut $3.50 To 3.75 per bag for round
lots.
Hay and Straw. Choice Northern hay is
scarce, with sales at S25 tO 90 per ton. Choice
Eastern and Western commands S25. In
feriOr grades quiet. Rye straw has been
selling at S2l 10 % per ton.
Hops. The demand from brewers has
somewhat increased. and If the restrictions
now imposed by the prOhibllory law are re-
moved, an active market Is expected. Prices
are iirmer, with sales of good to choice ut IS
to 4Oc per Id. We quote: good TO prime,
1873. 80 20 40c, 1879, 20 to Csc.
Onions. There il nm overstock, and prices
have declined IA S5 10 5 so per bbl
Peas. Canada. good To choice 81 30 TO
lao, common To LOS.
Potatocs. No material change in pot,,toes.
Sales Of Eastern JacksOns nj soc, and North
ern at 80 to s5c. Early Rose ARE in demand
for seed Mt 81 to los. Peerless and other
common varieties have been selling mt 70 to
80 per bu.
Groceries. Coffee Is quiet. Sales Java al
2s3 to sec, and Rio Mt 23A to 27c, both gold
Fruits. Oranges per box 81 to $50; lem
ons 8. Since thes" quotations were made
there have been large arrivals. among 9th
ers the barqueS FredOnia, from Fayal. with
1880 boxes aud 1855 baskets oranges and the
Atlantic, from Palermo, with 2727 boxes
oranges and $3.50 boxes lemons.
Rice. Carolina ~ to DC, lndia u 10 nc
! Molasses. Sales choice Porto Rico at zoe
} and cienfurgoes ut 80 to 40c per gallon.
Sugar. TIL" sugar market is dull and the
GALES limited. Sales of 900 hhds fair to gooC
! refining at "a To 10. Refined sugars have
I been in demnud at l0ac for granulatrd HnC
? 81 to 01c for The different grades OF rOfie'
crushed.
Provisions, In the pork market there Il
no Improvement. Sales nj Sl4.50 Ia Is fo
prime; 10. so to II Tor mess; and 10 to 20 pc
) Dbl for clear and extra clear. In beet there
Is no change. Sales nj $ll to IA for mes
and extra mess; and 10 SO to II for family
Lard 81 To lOtc as to quality, for city AM
. Western Smoked hams IN fair demand n
D ll4 to lac. The arrival OF dressed hugs ha
|, been light. Sales Western 7 to IL, nnC
= fresh city dressed range from To Ste.
wool MARKET.
The sales of fleece wool have been pre-
cisey;at the SAME prices rs noticed hast week
q A choice XXX cannot be purchased under 81
II per III. and sales under this figure, includes
wool not fully up IN condition COmbln
wool has been more inquired Tor and Is hrm
: err, with some sales Of domestic as high n
n I25c The supply of this description is vor,
n small, and, from present indications, III
market will soon be cleared Super and
pulled wool have been in demand, and
I, good portion of the sales. il will he noticed
n are from so Ia 55c, with one choice lot {
Eastern supers rs high rs SOC.