Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-04
BOSTON .UHTket.
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER by
II. ID.
Produce Commission Merchant, 81 John Street, Boston.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. ..

Produce Commission Merchant, 81 John Street, Boston.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. ..
Flour aud GruiH.-Elour. The market
is quite firm for all kinds, though not very
active. Common extras are in good tie.
maud for the provinces and the Eastern
trade and supplies of this description have
been readily disposed of rs fast rs received.
High grades arc in steady demand but have
not been selling rs freely rs other kinds,
with few exceptions. The quality of all the
-four received so far this season has been ST.
very good, high grades have not attracted so
much attention, and the difference in prices
has been less marked than usual. The sales
of fancy Minnesota have been ut $3.50 to
0 so per Dbl, favorite brands ranging from 0
to $50; white wheat st. Louis. including
common and choice, from s. so toS and II few
f~avorite brands % to soc per hbl higher;
white wheat Ohio, Indiana and Michigan ut
6. 80 to 6, with II few well known brands at
mn advance on the latter rate.
Corn. New corn continues to come along
quite freely and prices are gradually settling
down. The sales have ranged from 90 to
93c for No. , mixed to yellow. Old corn is
in light stock and held from SOC to 81 per
bushel, with small sales in this range.
Oats. The market is very firm and the
stock in elevator is becoming steadily re-
duced. White are quite scarce and have
been in moderate demand. Wu quote sales
of rejected ut 81 to Csc; No. , mixed and
No. . white nj GO to lie; aud No. | white are
nominally ~ to 73c per bushol.
Rye. The market is quiet and the sales
have been in small lots ut 81 to LOS per
bushcl.
Feed. The market is quiet for shorts, with
sales ut S2i to 81. so per ton. Fine feed and
midd!ingS range from 500 to SO per ton.
Groceries .-COflee. The market for coffee
Is quito firm with II steady demand for job
bling lots. and the sales continue to be made
ut full prices. The sales comprise Java, in
lots, ut 81 to SOC, gold; small lots of Mocha
ut % to 2SAc, gold; Rio ut l41 to Gle, gold,
for common and choice; Maracaibo ut II to
201c, gold; and Porto Rico ut l6l TO l9lc per
Id, gold.
Dyewoods. Tho market is quite bare of
all kinds of dyewoods and prices continue to
be well sustained. Recent sales of st. Do
mingo logwoOd were ut 1914 per ton, and tho
market Is firm ut S23. 80 to ~ per ton. Fuss
tic Is scarce and wanted, and would bring
81 per ton.
Fish. Goldfish continue quiet, but prices
are well maintained ut $3.50 to i.75 per qtl
for large Grand Bank, and 5.S7t to 0 for
Georges. Mackerel continue very dull. We
quote No. 1 Bay nj $50 to $50; No. , NJ
$50 to 8; and No. 3 large mt 7 to 7.25 per
Dbl. but we hear of no sales except in u small!
way. Shore mackorcl are quiet ut $40 To IL
per bbl for No. |, MS Ia quality, and 8 10
$50 for No. .. Picked herring are in light
demand, and best LLbI ador cannot be quo
ted over SO per bbl. Common round and
choice shore splits range from $50 to $50
per Dbl. Smoked herring are dull vt the de-
cline noticed early in the week, and cargo
lots OF scaled are difficult to place ut 80 to
23c per box.
Fruit. Recent imports of Malaga raisins
have been pretty much disposed of and tue
stock on the market is quite small. The
sales nave been at SO per box for layers, 3 80
to 1886 per box for loose muscatel and AIS
per box for London layers. Smyrna figs ii
to 2Oc per III, rs to quality, Dates "a To Sc;
citron 3lA to 33lc for English and Leghorn
French prunes 10 to 1876, as to quality; and
currants ut Gle per Id. In lemons the sales
have been in jobbing lots ut IS. 25 for Mila-
"a; $50 TO 0 Tor Sicily and @. so for MesSina
Ric~ The market for rico remains with
ont change, with II moderate demand. The
sales have been Mt Ito 7ic for CarOlinq, com
mon to good, and 8 to SIC for very choice
and Louisiana o TO 10 per lib. Rtngoon is
dull ut 0l to &c per Id, with some small
sales.
Sugar. The sugar market has been very
quiet, but prices are firm and continue to DO
sustained for both raw and refined. Refined
sugars ara firm and have been in steady de
mand at l05c for powdered; lOic for granu-
lated; and 9to lOsc per Id for the different
grades of coffee crushed.
kerosene OIL Sales mostly at lie per gal,
bbls $50 extra, The sales of ease oil have
been mostly in small lots Mt ia to lso per
gal, tins included.
Produce. Apples. There is n largo stock
Of apples on the market and 1t is difficult to
place round lots ut our quotations. We
quote: Choice, $l.75 to . per Dbl; common
to good, | % to so per Dbl. Dried apples,
Southern, quartered, 7 to Be per lbi South
ern, Sliced, o to l2c.
Beans. The market is quiet for mediums,
WartNl -. ...sl - 4 ~ -. a nE .n.. Iuahnl
and occasional lots OF prime Mt 2 per bushel;
Pea beans nave been in moderate demand
Mt 2,25 to ESQ per bushel, with some extra
hand-picked Northern Mt 2.624. yellow
eyes remain quiet ut 3 per bushel.
Butter. The only change that we notice
in the market Is u lirmer tendency ON me
fall butter, which is growing scarcer every
week. Sales of Northern have been made
at 40 to Acc per lb, but to obtain tho outside