Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-01-08

Porto Rico at 10 to 2Oc. all gold. Stock small
and market very firm ut the close.
DyewOOds In st. Domingo logwood
there have been further sales ut 1874 per ton.
and market firm Mt that price st. Domingo
fistic is scarce and wanted and would bring
N35 per ton. Lima wood Is firm ut S75 and
Sapan wood 60 per ton.
Fish. The market continues firm for cod
lsl ut $3.50 to 5.75 per qll for large bank,
ana 5.6I to Tor Georges. Small Goldfish
scarce aud nominal. llake hadtlock and
pollock quiet and unchanged. Alackcrel;
Quotations are nominally tho same. We
quote bay No ut 50. so to o; No 9 $50 to 8;
and No Sat TO 7.25 per bbl. Picked her
ring range from $50 to @ per Dbl, for COM
mon round and Labrador, with sales of the
latter ut 5.75 to @. Smoked herring quiet mt
~ to Joe per box. Alcwives and salmon
selling IN small lots at previous prices.
Fruit. Malaga raisins have been quiet but
prices are iirmer. The sales have been ut
$2.95 for layers and $40 to 3.75 per box for
loose musCatel Valencia rnisins have adj
vanced to ll1c, and Sutana arc selling ut
l64c per lb. Smyrna figs are in fair jobbing
demand with sales at Ia to lSc per 10, ms to
quality. In dates, sales mt "a to Sc; turkey
prunes ut lee; and French ut IA to l0c per
lib; currnnts ct to 64c and citron 30c per lib
for Leghorn. Lemons are selling at SO to 4
for Malaga, and $50 to so per box Tor Sic
lily. Valencia oranges are selling $3.50 To
so per case.
MOlnsses. There continues to be u quiet
feeling The sales comprises Demrrara ut
40 to SOC; Porto Rico Mt 46c; and New Or
leans ut 65 to zoe per gal. The latter is held
quite firm, and the most desirable lots arc
not Offering under zoe. New mUlasses, how
ever, is near Mt hand, and sales of new Ma
tanzas nave been made, to arrive. mt Phila-
delphia, for boiling, ut 35c, which is &c per
gal higher than the opening price of last
year
Rice. The market for rice is quiet but
firm. with sales of Carolina Mt Il to 9lc;
Louisiana ut 81 to TIC Rangoon mt 6ac, and
Patna ut &c per ID.
Sugar. Refined sugars are firmer and
have been in moderate demand. We quote
powdered and crushed at l0sc: granulated
Mt l0Ac; aud the different grades of coffee
crushed ut 0to l0lc.
prod"ce.-..Applcs. Tho market continues
dull. and 50 per Dbl is I'M outside for the
best lots. Dried apples, Southern, quartered
to Sc, do sliced to Zoe; Eastern. sliced
to Zoe per lb.
Beans. The market continues dull, and it
is difficult To make sales ut our outside quo
tatiOns. We quote: Pea, Northern II Z mt
1925 10 2.37, ito Western III Z 2.20 to 1926,
do common LIS to .; medium, choice 40
to l.15, do common to good 1875 to l.5O;
| Yellow eyes to 3l2Ic.
Butter. Trade has been light the past
| week, and prices are without material
| show an increase OF 1855 packages over
last year, the stock in receivers and jobbers'
| hands is smaller, and the year opens filvoril-
| BILE for holders if the demand comes any
| where near What it usually is in january.
| We quote: New York aud Vermont, fine
fall SO to 40c, good to choice diaries 50 to
38c, common to far 80 to 34c; Western,
choice fall "a to SIC, fair 10 good 25 to zee,
| comm on % To 24c; Canada, good to choice
"a to 36c; bakers 20 to 22c; pearl butter %
| to 25c.
Cheese. The market is quiet and steady
Mt our quotations, but Ice is an extreme
price for small lots of fancy. We quote;
| New York and Vermont, choice factory l51
| to Ice, fair to good l3 to l41c.
Eggs There has been moderate de-
mand for the best grades of Eastern and
| Northern, with sales ut 80 to 35c.
| Hay and Straw. Tho hay market is yer
quiet, and $22 to % per ton is the highes
range for choice Eastern and Northern.
Straw quiet ut SlS to 10.
Hops. The demand is light, and it is diff
ficult to place round lots ut our quotations.
Good to prime, 1874, 30 to 3Sc, do, 1873, 20
to 25c.
Onions are dull mt S2.75 to 3.
Potatoes. Jackson Whites 20 to 75c, Early
| Rose IS to zoe, other kinds 60 to Csc.
WoOt-Ihe market has been comparative
ly quiet the past week. but prices are very
firm, and from the number OF buyers in the
| ~ Ilit tHcIc Is II lhiT prospect
| OF more active movements next week. We
| commence the new year with prices for
most kinds about tho same rs last year. In
feeces there is in fact scarcely any difference,
| but pulled woods arc from 2 to SC per Id
| lower. We also commence the new year
with some $500, 900 less fleece and fine for
egn woods than at this time last year. with
u comparatively small supply also in the
hands of three houses and there is u very
confident feeling that the price of this de-
months. Xxx Ohio and Pennsylvania is firm
at 55c; choice lot of No sold ut SIC and u
lot OF XXX mt Coo. We have now the largest
and best assortment III the country to select
from. but with the anticipated activity at the
commencement of the year. the most desir-
able lots will soon disappear