Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-09
Boston Market.
Reported for the vERnoNr FARMER BY
A. ID. HIBBARD.
Produce Commission Msrohan,al John Street. Boston.

unchanged. Prices ARE well sus-
tanned, hut the demand has fallen off and |
the trade has not been so active rs for SEINE /
previous weeks. Low and medium grades |
are still quite scarce and the stock of lead
ing brands Is hut moderate for the season.
There is very confident feeling that prices
will be sustained, and the season is near at
hand when we can reasonably Look for more
nctive movements. Tho sales Of fancy Min
nesota brands have been Mt 81 to $50, and
choice and we'll known brands Of this de-
scriptioD are in fair demand; white wheat
st. Louis ranges from SO to 7, and favorita
brands from 750 to 8, but the latter price is
still very extreme figure; white wheat
Illinois ut SO to 7; and white wheat Ohio,
Indiana and Michigan ut 1915 to @ so.
Choice brands Michigan are mostly in the
hands of Spectators and are held ut 6.25 to
$50. Southern flour is firm and has been
in moderate demand ut 1925 to 8 for COM
mon extras and choice family Bakers ex-
tras arc firm and in demand Mt $50 to 6 IS
for Wisconsin and Minnesota. Low grades
are selling mt $685. to $50 for common ex-
tras, and i.25 to $50 for supors.
There has been more activity in corn for
some days past. The sales have been ut 80
to Ole for mixed and yellow, and now held
higher, from 30 to 92c.
Oats. The market remains quite steady
with sales Mt II to 74c per bu for mixed and
Mt 73c per bu
Rye. The sales have been in small lots at
95c to 81.
Shorts are dull and prices have eased off,
with sales Mt $28 so to 90 per ton. Fine feed
and middlings range from 500 to 81.
Grocefies.-'The market for coffee has been
quite firm since our last, with rather an in
creased demand from the trade. The sales
have been 1000 mats Java Mt 25 to 29c. gold;
Mocha IS very scarce and prices have ad-
vanced to "a to 35c, gold; 500 bags Rio, in
lots, ut l6 to l9c. gold; 200 bags st. Domin-
go ut Ice, gold; small lots of Maracaibo mt
ls to 2lc gold; and Porto Rico ut 10 to l95c,
gold.
Fish. The sales o Goldfish have been con-
fined to iobbing lots ut steady prices. There
is no stock of bank Goldfish in first hands,
and the supply will be light for some time 10
come. New Georges Goldfish are getting
more plentiful, with sales in Gloucester ut
1915 per qtl. Small fish for packing are
very scarce, and orders are waiting to be
filled. Small sales Of bake have been made
ut SO TO 3.25 per qtl, loose. Holders OF good
macEerel are little lirmer, but the demand
has not improved. and there Is II large stock
| of poor quality here which it is difficult to
move except at very low prices. The best
quotations we can give tor Bay and Nova
Scotia mackerel are $3.50 to $50 for No |,
81 TO 7.25 for Ne 2, and G. so to G. rs for No 3.
Forced sales of Is could not he made at 81 so,
and we hear of some sales of Us as low as
$50 per Dbl. No 3, in separate lots, sell as
| high rs 2's. There has been very little in
quiry for picked herring, and choice splits
and Labrador are held ut IS to SIS per Dbl
without sales of Importance.
| Fruit. Malaga rnisins have been quiet
and the sales confined to small lots mt So. 80
to 2.95 for layers, and 3.65 to $40 per box
| for loose muscatel Valencia raisins have
/ Ill G..IN- 4
| l51c per Id. Smyrna figs range from l3 TO
100 per lb for loose drums and layers. Dates
have been selling at to &c; prunes at 94c
| for Turkey, and l01 to l6c for French; cit
ron ut 25c for English and 21c for Leghorn
and currants ut 8lc per Id. In Sicily oranges
the sales have been at SO to $50 per box
| and lemons at 81. so to 4 per box. Peanuts
have been in fair demand ut 1925 to 2.75
per bu for Southern.
MOlasses. The market is very firm and
prices continue to be well sustained. The
sales comprise $50 hhds Cenluegoes ut AZ to
45c; 300 hhds Porto Rico at so to Soc; ia
hhds Surinam on private terms; and small
lots of Barhadoes mt 48c per gal.
Rice. There has been good demand
and prices are quite firm. The sales com
prise $50 ticrces Carolina mt "a to Sc; 500
bags Rangoon ut &c; and $50 bags Palna at
&c per lb.
Refined sugars have been in fair demand,
with sales of powdered at l0lc; granulated
at l04c; and the different grades of coffee
crushed mt to l0c.
Pr0dUce.-Appes. Market quiet, with no
change in prices. Choice Western 81. so TO
8, common TO choice l.25 to2 Dried apples.
The sales have been IN small lots. Southern
| Quartered 81 to 9Ac; state and Western
quartered 8 to loo, do and Southern sliced
to lie; Eastern. sliced 10 TO lie.
Beans. Pea, Northern hand picked 80 25
q 10 - n
do common LIS to 2; medium, choice l. IS
| to 100, do common TO good l.25 10 I.50
yellow eyes 3 to 3l21.
BITTER. The demand has been irregular
during the week, and the market is still in
an unsatisfactory condition. though prices
are little more settled. Holders are les;
anxious to force off good butter, and FOL
strictly choice lots there has been more in
quiry, but the bulk of the stock is not wha
buyers want and therefore it Is difficult tC
make sales. A really choice lot of New
York or Vermont might bring more thar
Csc, but this is the highest figure we Cal
quote for the stock now here. Most OF i
can be bought at prices ranging from IL t
23c, and these figures cover the bulk of thu
sales. A few inferior lots run down to Is t.
Ice, but lSc is the lowest for anything in
sound condition. New butter is arriving il
small lots and selling mt % to 30c, but no
enough TO make regular market price.
Cheese. There continues to he II good de
mand from the trade and prices are sustain
ed. Sales of choice factory have been mad,
mt Ice to l64c, and some fine lots ut l6l 4
lie per Id.
Eggs. The supply has increased ant
prices have declined to "a to Csc per doZ
The market closed unsettled
Grass Seeds. The jobbing trade has beel
active the past week. and all kinds are nov
on the move. Clover has been in particular
request, with sales of Western in round lot
at ii to lltc, and choice Michigan readl
commands the outside figure. Herds gras
has been moving more freely, hut round lot
cannot be placed mt over $375, and som
sales have been made ut less. Red top
jobblng Mt - to 425 por bag.
Hay and Straw. Hay, Eastern and North
ern. first quality 800 TO 81, medium II to Is
fine 10 to 10, poor IA to IS; swale hay II t
IL, New York rye straw 10 to 90.
Hops. Good to prime, 1874, 80 to $50, do
1878, 90 to csc.
Onions, $2.25 to $50 per Dbl.
Peas. Tho market is quiet, with sales G
, common ut 10. Choice cooking 1925
100 par bu.
Potatoes. Receipts have been moderat
and prices ruled firm, but no change IN que
} tations. Jackson Whites readily sold mt rs
for best, and Early Rose ut 20 to 75c. Com
: mon varieties range from 60 to zoe.
Wool.-There has beon very fair bus
ness doing in wool the past week, and W
notice rather better feeling for fine feece
rs recent sales have considerably reduce
stocks and there is less pressure to sell tina
, for some previous weeks. The season, how
ever, Is now so far advanced we do not loo
for any Improvement, and the supply wi
evidently be sufficient to bridge over TO III
new clip, although stocks of domestic wool
of all kinds, will probably DO sold up niue
closer than usual
Medium and coarse X Ohio continues
bring higher price than "A choice Xxx, an
desirable lots nre difficult TO find. Michiga
and other fleeces remain about the SAM
, with sales of l35, 900 lbs during the week
40 to sac. Pulled woods continue in d,
mand and are quite firm. Good lines
super are most sought after and readi