Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-01-29
BOSfOh Market.
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER by
n. ID. HIBBARD,

Produce Commission herchant2l John Street, Boston.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. %.
Flour and Grdin.-The market for -four
remains in the same quiet state previously
noticed. Tho receipts have been light but
the market is still well supplied with all
kinds. Jobbers ARE purchasing only in lots
for immediate wants, and. with "a limited
demand for the interior aud from the local
trade, buyers are not disposed to carry more
stock than sufficient to meet present wants,
which, Tor some weeks to come, is likely to
be quite limited. The sales have been vt
$3.50 TO for fancy Minnesota brands, the
latter I'M outside price for the best brands on
! the market, with lew exceptions. White
wheat st. Louis ranges from 1915 to 3 for
| common and choice brands; white wheat
Illinois ut $50 to Z; and white wheat Ohio,
Indiana and Michigan at $50 to g. so per Dbl.
In Southern flour very little has been done.
Prices range from $4.75 to for common OK
lr',s and choice family. Bakers extras
in steady but moderate demand, with sales
mt S.. 25 to 625 for Wisconsin and AlinneSo-
Ia extras. Low grades remain without
change aud have been in moderate request.
We quote common Western extras at $4.75
| to 8; and Western superhne ut 4.25 to 4.50.
Tho market Tor corn remains about thu
same rs previously noticed. AT East Boston
| prices are now shade lower than in city
elevators, the demand at that point having
| have ranged lrom 81 to 90c for mixed and
and yellow.
The market is firm for oats with light re-
ceipts and "a steady demand. The sales have
been ut 6S To 70c for No linked and No 2
white; II To RS for No white; and reject
ed at ~ To Go.
| Rye. The market is quiet and the safes
have been small ut 81 to los.
Shorts have been selling at $25. and fine
| feed and middings ut 20 to 80 per ton.
GrOcerieS-There is II very firm feeling
| for coffee with an increased demand for Jl-
w and similar descriptions. For Rio there
is very little inquiry. The sales comprise ia
va, in lots, ut 254 to Sic, gold, the latter
| price lOr mnCy lots; Mocha ut 80 to Bic,
| gold; Maracabo ut l94 to pc, rs to quality /;
| Costa Rico al 20l to 2lAc; small lots of Porto
Rico nj l9d to 2lG; and Rio, in small lots, at
! II to 2lc, all gold.
Fish. Trade has slightly improved, but
not enough TO impart any animation to the
market. Goldfish are firm, with sales of
large bank mt $3.50 to SIS, and Georges
! principally mt q per qtl. Hake, haddock and
| pollock ARE quiet, with no sales Of lmpOr-
tance. Mackcre are beginning TO move
| from dealers hands. We continue To quote
bay No ut 80 to $50; No . ut IT'S to 3; and
No ut TO $50 per Dbl for round lots.
Shore No may be quoted from Sll to l3
| per Dbl, rs to quality, but holders are firm at
II and upwards for choice lots. Shore No .
range from 80 to per bb.
MoNsses. The market continues very
| quiet, and we have only to notice small sales
of choice Porto Rico ut SIC per gal. New
| Orleans molasses have been selling in small
lots ut 65 to 69c, NJ TO quality. New crop
Cieniuegos is daily expected.
Rice. The sales have been small for Car
olinn ut "a to sici Rnngoon ut 81 to 6Ac; and
| Patna is nominaly 7c.
Sugar Refined sugars arc scarce and
hrm. The production recently hns been
small and is now sold up close. The sales
bave been ut lOsc for powdered and crushed,
lO4c for graduated, and o to l0c for the diff
terent grades OF coffee crushed.
PfOduce,-Apples. The market is dull and
II Is hard 10 sell large lots ut any reasonable
price. Tho stock here Is rotling last, and
holders are anxious to unload, We quote
choice $3.50 to 2, common to good 10 1875.
Dried apples. We hear Of no sales OF con-
sequence. ....
Beans. Mediums have hceu in limited
demand, and 81 so for car loads OF choice Is
an extreme price, with sales mostly mt l,75
Sales OF pea have been at "a. 90 to LIS, with
occasional lots of extra nj 1891.
Butter. Trade has been very dull the
past week and prices had u downward ton.
dency on all grades except the very finest
which are almost entirely out of market
We quote choice New York and Vermont
daires ut from IS to SIC, but $40 is an OK
IRENE price, and buyers refuse to give oven
3oc, unless every package runs strictly
choice. The sales Have been mostly ut -
10 S5c for lair 10 choice, with occasional lots
at higher figures, For tho best Western 5Yc
Is INV the top price, with sales mostly NJ 20
Ia 3Our Canada cannot Ire quoted over ~ 10
3bc, but this price Is not satisfactory ana the
receipts continue light.