Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-02
4tlarktts.
BOstOn Market.
Reported for the VERMONT FARNEn by
A. ID. HIRRA nd

Butter and Choese.-The recent advance
has stimulated the receipts of Butter, but the
demand continues fair and the market sus-
Lains II firm tone. Fine fall New York and
Vermont meets with ready sale ut 80 to 4Oc
per pound. Choice dairios are firm Mt IS to
BIC, but after passing the finest grades, deal
prs look principally for lots at 30 to. 33c,
which arc quite scarce. Good to choice
Western sells readily Mt 30 10 33c, with sales
Of extra lots to &c higher. Canada Is in
limited supply and readily commands our
quotations.
mand for Cheese In New York prices are
gradually working up, and the best factory
lit to lac arc now the asking figures, though
so far we have heard of no large lot selling |
over l4c. The demand hero continues mod
crate, but an increased trade is confidently |
expected in january. Wo quote New York
and Vermont, choice factory l39 to li1c, |
far to good II to l3c.
Flour and Grdin.--Thsre is no change TO |
notice in the Flour market. Stocks of lead |
ing brands family, bakers extras and COM |
mon extras are quite moderate, but there is |
II fair supply VI medium grades. There Is
every indication of II better market. Tho |
sales of fancy Minnesota have been ut $40 to |
l.50 per Dbl; medium and choice white |
wheat st. Louis from 8 to IL; Illinois ut 7.50 |
to $50; and Ohio, Indiana and Michigan at
7 so To per Dbl. Southern Flour is steady |
mt $3.50 to IL for common extras and choice
family. Bakers extras 81 to $50 for Wiscon-
sin and 7.25 to 9.25 for Minnesota. Low
grades selling Mt S6.75 to 7.25 for common
Western extras and $50 to G per Dbl for
supers.
The market for Corn sustains the improve
ment noticed last week, and is gradually
tending upward. Our receipts for some
weeks past have been very light and the
stock in Elevators is reduced to $4,000 bush
81. &, Ia, t,, a
vance since our last has been full &c per bu,
and there is y very firm feeling. The sales
of Western mixed and yellow have been at
81 to 90c per bu and new Southern yellow
at 93c. The market at the close is quiet.
Some Western yellow is Offering mt SOC, but
most of stock is held at 90c per bu. Oats are
also quite firm and low grades are so scarce
that dealers find it impossible to keep up
their assortments. We quote brown and
white ut SO to 64c por bu, but Mt the close
there is very little on the market offering UNI
der Coo, and but few No 2 brown to be had
at that price. Rye Sl.05 to Ito per bushel.
Shorts, Fine Feed and Middlings S26 to %
per ton. Barley $3.50 to $50 per bu. rs to
quality.
Other Produce.-Applcs. Choice Apples
are in steady demand ut unchanged prices.
We quote: choice 81 to $50, common TO
good to 1926 per Dbl. For Dried Apples
there is fair demand at 8 to Ice for Eastern
sliced, and 8 to &c per ID for quartered.
Beans. Mediums are in good demand at
1925 10 $50 per bu, with n continued light
supply. At the close. receivers are asking
1895. Pea Beans are quiet at unchanged
prices. Yellow Eyes scarce and wanted.
We quote Pea, choice Northern hand pick
ed, 1915, common to $685. Yellow Eyes 3
to 325; Red Kidney $50; Marrow $50 to
2.75 per bu.
Eggs. There has been good demand for
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80 to 3lc per dozen have been paid. Stale
are dull and remain at low prices.
Hay and Straw. Hay has been arriving
more freely, and none but the best lots sus
tain quotations. There have been sales of
choice Northern at $26, and choice Eastern
| Sls to %; inferior Is TO IL; Rye Straw % to
"a; Dat straw Is to IA per ton.
Hops. Good to prime, 1873, 80 to 40c.
Onions. In moderate demand, and firm
at $3.50 to 5 per Dbl.
Peas. Canada, good to choice 81 20 10 LAO.
Potatoes The Potato market is firm, I'M
| der the influence of n good home and ship
ping demand, and all arriving meet with
quick sale at our quotations. We quote !:
Early Rose IS to 90c; Jackson rs to SOC,
Peerless 90 TO Csc per bu.
Observation-Disclosures. Market firm, and
prices well sustained. Sales of Java 80 to
35c, and Rio 23i to 27c per pound, both gold.
Fruit. Sales of Malaga raisins at $40,
/ Loose Muscatcls $50, and London layers
600 per box. Ctron 26 to oslo and Cur
rants &c per Id. Lemons are scarce ut 1913
to $50 per box, and oranges $50 to 10 per
case. Cranberries 81 to 10 per Dbl.
Molasses There is very quiet tone TO
the molasscs market and no sales OF any
consequence since our last, but stocks are
| light and held firm.
Sugar. Market firm. Sales good refining
Cuba and Porto Rico ut u to 71c per lb. Re-
| fined sugars are tirmer and have been in
better demand. Sales of graduated at lCs
to lOic. now held mostly mt the latter rate ;
and coffee crushed at 81 to 9lc per Id.
| ProuisionS.-Thero continues to be n steady
demand for Pork and prices remain UNI
| changed. The sales have been ut $3.50 to
| II for primo; Is so to IL for mess; and Is
to 10 per Dbl for clear and extra clear. Beef
| is firm. Sales at Sll to IA for mess and eX-
| trn mess; and 1880 to 1850 per Dbl for
| family. Lard in demand, and market firm.
Sales at 81 to Ole per lib for City and West
ern. Smoked Hams 81 to lie per ID. Dress
| ed hogs are steady. The sales have been mt
81 to tic for Western, including choice lots
in refrigerator cars, at tho latter rate. City
dressed have been selling at II to 74c per Id.
WOOL MARKET.
| The past has been u broken week in the
| Wool market, and we look for II compare
lively quiet market until after the opening of
the new year. The tone of the market, how
| ever, is firm and buoyant, and the advance
| noticed for some weeks past continues not
only to be sustained, but the tendency is still
decidedly upward.
The only drawback to the market Is the
depressed state of the manufacturing bust
ness and the low prices at which woolens
continue to be forced upon the market.
There is always, however, q clearing out oil
goods mt the end of tho year, and prices arc
now not fair criterion. Unless the BUSH
ness community arc very much deceived, it
is believed that with the new year there will
be n general revival of trade, and woolens
will no doubt share in the Improvement.
Tho crisis through which we have passed
has also led to reforms in the management
of our wooden mills, that must in tho end
prove beneficial Our mills have produced
too many cheap and trashy goods, difficult
to place ut any time at n profit, and we can
scarcely hope to bring prices of raw material
down to this standard, Our manufacturers
should aim at n higher standard and more
uniform quality.
The principal transactions ofthe week have
been in Xxx Ohio and Pennsylvania feeces
nj 55c; Michigan and Wisconsin leeces at
4s1 to 53c; and good lines of super and \
pulled ut so to SOC per lb. Pulled Woods arc
scarce and good supers are now difficult ia
find ut SOC. Pelts arc high and scarce and
pullers are even now complaining that the
business is not remunerative. Some few
small lots of combing fleeces have been sold
ut 55 to sac per lib, but there is very little
that is available under COO. The market for
all grades is firm, and tho business OF the
week, although small compared with some
weeks past, is fully up to expectation.