Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-01-15


1913 to pie per ID, gold Market firm and
stocks quite small.
Fish. Trade has not started to any extent
and the market continues quiet for all kinds
Goldfish are firm ut $3.50 to SIS per qtl for
large bank, with II very light stock. No
small goldfish on the market aud prices nom
mai. There is no Improvement IN mnckerel;
buy No $3.50 to o; No. Q $50 TO 3; and
NO. ! to 7.25 per Dbl. Shore No. 80 to
~ ana No. 2 ut to $50 per Dbl. In picked
herring sales range from SO so to for COM
mon up To to $40 for choice shore aud Lab.
rau0r. Smoked herring dull ut % to 2Sc
pur ooN Tor scaled. Alcwives and salmon
remain quiet, and prices unchanged
Fruit. There is very little doing in any
klnu OF irult aud since our last lie sales of
| Iiuslns have been confined to small lots
| we quote layers at 1886, and loose mus,,ntel
ut $40 to $50 per box. Valencia raisins
have been selling ut ll1c. and Sultana ut
loac pcrlb. In Smyrna figs the sales have been
confined to small lots at from Ii to 2sc Der
Id, as to quality. Dates have been selling
| Mt ~ to Sc; currants 81 to 6Jc; prunes 10 IoI.
turkey and 10 to l7c Tor French and citron
ut 2Oc Tor Leghorn. Peanuts are firm. There
is no African IN market and Southern have
| been III lair jObbing demand ut 81. rs to los
per bu. Lemons remain about tho same.
Sicily have been selling ut SO. so to AS, and
| Messina ut 5.25 to $50 per box. Valencia
oranges So to 1874 per case.
| MOlasses. The market for this article
| continues quiet and no transactions of any
Importance. Sales OF Demerara at 43 to 49c;
| Porto Rico ut 455c; and small lots of New
Orleans at 65 to Csc pei gal. New crop
molhsscs g expected the last of the month.
Rlce. Carolina rice is steady but firm,
with small sales ut II to &c, and Louisiana
81 to Ilc. In Rangoon sales ut st to &c,
and Patna mt 6Sc
Sugar. The market has been very quiet
al
remain nominally 81 to Ssc for fair and good
refining Sales of Demerara mt SIC; Porto
Rico 3-l6. Refined sugars remain the same,
with sales ut logo for powdered and crushed;
lO4c for granuIated; and 9 to l04c for tho
different grades of coffee crushed.
Protfnce. Apples. The market is dull
ana VIII probably continue so until the stock
has been worked off. 1t is difficult to find
buyers ut outside prices. We quote: choice
SlI5 to =, common to good 25 to so
Dried apples. There has been Il slight
movement, with sales Of Western q uartered
at &c, and sliced at Sc, but prices are still
| more or less nominal. WequOte: Southern
quartered to Sc; state and Western. quar-
tered u to Be, do sliced to lOc; Eastern,
sliced to l0c.
Beans. The bean market continues dali.
and $l.75 is the best that can he obtained
Tor car loads of mediums. Sales of pea
| beans mostly ut S225. Yellow eyes auiet.
We quote: Pea, Northern H. p. 50 Is to
237, do Western II. p. 2.20 to 2.25, do com
mon l.Io -; medium, choice 10 tn rs,
do common TO good l.25 to $50; Yellow
eyes to 3.l2l.
Butter. There has been IL little more in
| curry, but the sales have not been to any ex-
tent, aud the tone of the market continues
| quiet and slightly in buyers favor. We
omit quotations tor fine tall lots, because
| there Is none of that kind in the market, and
IL Is difficult even 10 find II lot good enough
to command 3Sc, which may he considered
The top price for the best Now York and
Vermont dairics. Buyers are operating
principally III medium grades, with the bulk
OF the sales varying from 81 to 36c. Good to
choice Canada butter is quoted ut 80 to Soc,
| but we hear OF no sales ut over 35c. West
ern takes wide range, owing to the differ
ence in quality. Some very inferior grades
can be bought ut 20 to 22c, but most of the
stles OF fair to good have becu at from 25 TO
33c, with occasional Tine lots ut IS to So.
| New York and Vermont, choice diaries 81
| to 3oc fair 10 good 80 to 36c; Western choice
| "a to 36c, fair to good % 10 3d. common 20
33c; Canada, good to choice 80 to 36c; Ba-
kers 20 to 22c; pearl butter % TO 2jc.
Cheese. The cheese market has settled
down into IL quiet trade with dealers, who
are buying in small way at steady prices.
Our quotations show range of from IL to
| lie, including common to choice factory
| but only II few odd lots sell ut the inside
price, and the bulk of the s;Ilcs are at Is to
l53c with occasionally Il lot of fancy ut l5l
to l6c. The indications are that prices will
be maintained. with the chance IN favor of
nsslight rise in values. We quote: New
York and Vermont, choice factory l5I to 10,
fair to good IL to l4Ac; Western, choice fac
tory 10 to l53c, common 10 good IL to l4ic.
Eggs. There is no material change in the
market. We quote: Eastern 81 to 35c
Northern 81 to 49,, Western 30 to 81, lim,d
20 to 25c.
Hay and Straw. The demand for hay is
decidedly slow, but owing to the moderate
receipts prices are sustained with sales of
choice Eastern and Northern ut S22 to 90
per ton, and ordinary ut II lower range. Rye
straw is coming more freely aud outside
price not so easily obtained We quote:
choice $22 to 2? fair TO good Is TO 20; info
rior 10 to IL; Western choice % to %; rye
straw Is to 10; oat straw IL TO IL.
Hops. Good TO prime, 1874, 30 to 49,, do
1873, 30 to 25c.
Onions nre dull ut 225 to 2.75.
Peas. Peas have been arriving more
freely and prices have settled down. We
quote: choice cooking $l.25 to 1856, common
Ito to Lis
Potatoes. Jackson Whites are a little
hrmer. with sales yesterday at 70 to 78c.
Early Rose rule mostly ut 20 to 75c, and
poorer varieties run down to 60c per bushel
We quote: jackson Whites rs to 1856; ELrly
Rose 70 to 75c; other kinds 60 to Csc.
WoOl-Average lots of Xxx are selling ut
55c, and choice XX and No have been sold
ut So to 5Sc. Michigan and Wisconsin
| ileeces continue to be inquired for, and have
been sold in the range of 40 to safe. There
is very little fleece wool OF any kind TO be
had under SOC, and the lots of Michigan are
held at SO to 53c. Combng aud delaino
heeces continue in demand, and prices range
from 524 to 62ic US to quality and condition,
most OF the sales having been made in the
range of 81 to &c. Pulled woods are selling
more freely and prices are steady and firm
Manufacturers have taken 293, 900 lbs dur
ing the week, mostly from As to 52Ic. and
some small lots OF choice Maine supers ut
| 56I to SIC.