Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-13
Boston .U0rkeG.
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER by
A. ID. HTRR1RD.
commission Merchant 81 John Street, Boston


Produce Commission Merchant2l John Street, Boston.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. IL.
Flour and Grdin.-There is no improve.
mcnt to notice in the flour market. The re-
CENTS largely exceed the demand. BUYERS |
are moving cautiously, carrying as small |
stocks us possible, to keep up nssortments,
and receivers have no alternative but to
store or force sales mt low and unsatisfactory
prices. This state of things is not confined
to the flour trade, hut appears to pervade all
branches of business, and Western millers
who expect prompt sales and fair current
rates will he disappointed while the receipt
continue so large from all points. There is
no material change to notice in prices since
our last. Patent Hours have become quite
dull and prices have again eased off 25c per
hbl. The leading brands of white wheat
flour are Of such excellent quality that there
Is II prospect of patents settling down much
lower, and the wide difference of prices will
not be maintained. There has also been
more OF less deception about these tlours,
and if parties ut the West put patent brands
on medium white wheat Michigan. Ohio and
other Western, consumers soon find 1t out.
The fancy Minnesota brands range from
81. so to $50, very good and choice selling
from 80 to $50 per Dbl; white wheat st.
Louis from 1918 to s, and n few favoritc
brands ut IS 25 to 8. so; white wheat Illinois
at IS. IS to 7; and white wheat Ohio, Mchi-
gan and Indiana ut $3.50 to $50 per Dbl, in
Guiding choice brands ut the highest figures.
Southern -four is dull and sales limited. We
quote common extras and choice family ut
81 so to $50 per Dbl. Bakers extras have
been selling nj 1926 to 6 per bbl for Mimi
esota, the latter price an outside figure for
all except II few choice brands; and Wiscon-
sin ut IS to $50 per bib.
The receipts of corn have been light and
stock in elevators small but there is not
tn hn Laf ne
purchasing only for Immediate wants.
Mixed and yellow ranges from CSC to 81 .l2
per bushel. New corn is nominally 81 to
9sc per bushel for all grades.
Oats are firm and prices are higher. The
receipts have fallen of and stocks are not
| likely to increase for the present. We quote
mixed and No. white ut 90 to SIC per bush
al; rejected ut 50 to zoe; and no grade SO to
| 57c per bushcl.
The sales of rye have been confined to
small lots ut 81 to los per bushel.
I There have been sales of shorts at S2i to
81 so; and fine feed and middlIngs mt S26 to
30 per ton. The supply on the market ut the
| close is quite small.
GrOccl1eS.-Coiiee. There is very dull
feeling in the coffee market and the sales
continue to be confined to small lots. Buy
crs have no confidence in the high prices
generally asked, but the quotations for Java
continue TO be held up by the combination
that now controls the entire stock. The
sales of Java have been in small lots mt "a to
SOC per lb, gold, including common and
very choice; Mocha has advanced to % to
29c, gold, but has been sold only in small
lots; Rio is dull mt Is to zoe, gold; Maracai-
no ut Is to zoe, gold; and Porto Rico at ID
to 20c, gold.
Fish Goldfish, large grand bank COM
mand So so to 5.75, and Georges are selling
mostly ut So per bbl. Sales of Nova Scotia
Goldfish have been ut S. % to SIS per qtl.
Small Goldfish are nominally ut $3.50 to 4; 10
per qtl, but very few offering. Bay macke.
rel are in liberal supply and difficult to sell
ut quotations. We quote No. nj ~ To y. 10
per Dbl. hut 50. rs is IN extreme price for
choice Prince Edward Island, and most OF
those here could be bought ut $3.50 and I'M
der No. . range from SO to $50, but buy
crs are not willing to give much over 80 per
Dbl. No. 3 sell mostly mt 1925 to $50 pei
Dbl. Shore mackerol are in light stock and
steadily held ut $3.50 to IL for No and 50
to 925 per Dbl for No. 2. Picked herring
continues dull, and $3.50 per Dbl is the out
side for shore splits, and SO per Dbl for Lab
radOr, in round lots. Smoked herring have
become quite scarce and we hear OF sales tc
arrive ut 40c for sealed and 32c for No. /
Last sales of good Newfoundland salmon
were ut Sl5 per Dbl. AlewivCs quiet ut ~
per Dbl.
Fruit. Sales of Malaga raisins have been
to u lair extent at SO 05 for layers, and 80 81
per box for loose Mascatel. In Valencia
raisns the sales have been mt lot to lO4c pei
lb, with fair demand. Smyrna figs have
been in steady demand ut II to 2oc per Id
Dates have been selling ut "a to Sc; French
prrnes mt Is to lie in casks and cases; cit
ron ut 80 to 33Ic for English and Leghorn
and currants ut 81 to &c per Id. Lemons
range from So so to 6 for Malaga, and SO t.
for Sicily, with fair jobbng demand.
EAloIasScs. Low and medium grades ar
! NNHlh 0uN htFrl
which there is fair supply, are very little
inquired for Tho sales include Trinidad n
AS; Surinam ut Ale; and Porto Rico, IN lot
from second hands, at AZ to SOC per gal, fol
co mmOn to good.
Rice Tho market is quiet and the sales
have been limited We quote Carolina Al
to 7lc per lib; and Louisiana ut Ct to ~
: per Id. Mcssrs O'llara Il Billiards. circular
says: at is generally conceded prices viii
rule much lower this year than for man!
years past
Sugar. We quote granulatcd at lie; pow
dcred and crushed ut llIc; and the different
grades of coffee crushed mt OF to lOAc per Id
Petroleum. Refined is selling rather slow
ly for the season and prices are easier. Fo
small lots to the trade ia to l2c per gal i
the range, but lots of 100 bbls could b
bought lower. Crude continues duh a
, primary markets, and prices are lower.
Produce. Butter. The receipts have i'm
holders are less lnclinedto urge sales. Coun
try shippers are not willing to send their fat
, butter in unless full prices can be realized
and during the past two or three days Their
has been scarcity of fine fall lots, whc
are firm ut 80 to 40c per lii, and selection
about two cents higher. Straight Now YorI
and Vermont diaries are in good supply, an
selling from 20 to $40 per Id, with most {
tho transactions at IS to Soc for sound lot
and the indications are more favorable 70
sellers, though the demand continues mode
rate. The stock Of low and medium We.
-, tern has increased, with sales mostly at
' to 800 per lb.
Cheese. Choice factory l54 to lGc per II
fair to good IA to l5c perlb; w estern, choic
factory, l54 to l6c per Id; fair to good, l 81
l41c per Id.
Eggs. There is u scarcity of fresh egl
and prime lots ofEaslern win command 80
: but most of the sales have been at &c to 81
per dozen.
Hay and Straw. Choice, per ton, S22
23i fair to good, 10 10 % inferior, 10 to |.
{ Western choice, % to %; swale hay, to II
4 rye straw, 10 TO 90; Dat straw, II to IL.
a Onions command 50 per Dbl for choice