Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-16
BOstOn Market.
Reported for the vERHoNr FARMER BY
A. ID. HIBBARD,

Ne Ds lid ID AnDs
Produce Commission Msrchant0l John Street, Boston.
SATURDAY. April 10.
flour and Grdin.-Tho market continues
quite firm for all kinds OF -four. There hns
been considerable speculative inquiry for
good fresh ground white wheats ut prices
ranging from $3.50 to 7, and sales have been
TO some extent ut these figures, including
ILLINOIS and st. Louis. The sales of fancy
Minnesota brands have been Mt 81 to $50,
the latter price Tor very choice; white wheat
81. Louis, medium and choice brands, mt 80
TO 100, and a few favorite aud we'll known
brands ut 7,75 to g.; white wheat Illinois mt
to and white wheat Ohio. Indiana and
gan held at 6.25 to 675
The market is quite firm for corn. There
is fair demand from exporters and the
trade with sales of mixed and yellow at 93
to 95c, but the extreme prices now asked
rather check transactions.
Oats. Prices have further advanced. The
sales have ranged from ~ to zee for mixed
and white, with sales Of No 2 white at 75c,
and firm at that price.
Rye. The sales have been IN small lots Mt
95 to 81.
There have been sales of shorts ut SoS 10
20 per ton, and fine feed aud middlings at 30
to 81.
Groceries.-Coffee There is no change to
notice.
Fish. The market is firm for Goldfish, with
sales principally in jobbing lots at IS. so to 8
per qt, including Bank and Georges. We
notice sales Of 300 otis Newfoundland Goldfish
from store ut 1925 to $50 per qtl. All kinds
dry packing fish are very scarce, and dealers
find it difficult to fill orders. Mnckerel move
slowly, and have wide range OF prices, ac-
cording to quality. We quote neminnlly
$3.50 to $50 for No bay; Z to 725 for No
2; and $50 10 7 Tor No 3. Shore mackerel
of good quality may be quoted Mt $3.50 to 8
for Us and 10 to 10 for rs, but we hear of no
sales of consequence.
Fruit. Malaga raisIns remain without
change with II steady but moderate demand.
| The sales have been small lots Of layers ut
$3.50 10 2.65, and loose muscatel ut 3.65 to
$40 per box. Valencia Iaisins are selling mt
ll4c, and Sultana ut l5c per 10. Smyrna figs
range from 10 to l9c per Id for loose drums
and layers. Dates have been selling at to
SIC; prunes at g1c for Turkey, and l01 to l6c
for French; citron at Oslo for English and
27c for Leghorn. Lemons are selling ut
$3.50 to A; and oranges range from $3.50 to
4 per box.
Maple Sugar and Sirup. New sugar may
| be quoted at IA to l5c per 10 in small cakes,
but hardly enough has come along yet to
make price. Old sugar is selling at 10 to
l2c per 10. New strip would command 81
per gal.
Sugar. Refined sugars have been in de-
mand with sales of powdered and crushed ut
l03c,; grnnulated at l0sc, and the different
grades of coffee crushed at o TO lOc.
Pr0duce.-Apples. The market IS quiet ut
our quotations: choice Western 80 so to 9. 10,
common to choice LES to 3. Dried apples
There continues to be fair demand for
small lots ut steady prices. We quote !:
Southern quartered TO &c; state and West.
crn quartered to l0c do and Southern
sliced to llc Eastern sliced 10 to lie.
Butter. There is no material change to
report. Trade has been slow and unsatis-
factory, and prices still rule in buyers favor
Most OF the sales of old butter have been mt
ID to 2sc, and when buyers are willing to
go above this range they want IA better grade
than the market affords. For choice diaries
"a to Csc are extreme figures, with very few
sales over the inside price. New butter is
coming In pretty freely, but buyers arc not
taking hold ofsit with confidence. A few of
the finest lots command 25 to 29c, and an oc-
casional lot goes off ut SOC, but there is not
enough buoyancy to the market to warrant
very large shipments.
Beans. The sales of choice mediums have
been ut Sl.S0 to l.S5. and l.85 is the top of
the market for best lots. Pea are in moder-
ate demand, but receivers find it hard to
make sales ut over $3.50. Yellow eyes re-
main quiet.
Cheese. There has been steady demand
from the trade and prices are sustained but
the liberal receipts of the past two weeks
have caused an easier feeling, and BUYERS
are disposed to operate cautiously. The
sales have been ut l6 to l61c for choice, and
l5c is still the lowest for sound lots Par
cells more or less damaged have been sold Mt
lower range.
Eggs. The supply has been light and
prices have ruled at extreme figures during
the week, but large receipts are daily expect
ed and prices will rapidly settle down again
Sales yesterday at % to 2Sc.
Grass Seeds. Clover, Western III to lI1c.
do New York III to l2c per lb herds grass
bag; canary $3.50 to 8.
Hay and Straw. Choice hay is selling
more readily ut 1871 to % per ton, and under
the influences of light receipts the market /,
tirmer all round Rye straw is in good DC
mand at $40 to 90.
Potatoes. There has been n steady mar
! ket for potatoes, with sales ut 75c, and Earl,
Rose at 70 to 75c.
PrOrtSionS.- market for pork is YER
hrm and excited but the business has beef
quite light at the recent advance. We quot,
: sales of prime ut $lS to Is. so; mess ut Q
t to % so; and clear and extra clear at % Il
% per Dbl.
There is II firm feeling for beef but price
> remain unchanged. The sales have been n
$40. so to IL for mess and extra mess, and II
3 to II per Dbl for family.
The market is quite firm for lard at fur
tner advance ana there have been sales n
Is to l64c, with very little offering under tn
latter rate.
: Hams. The demand is good with stead,
sales ut l31 to lac per Id.
, City dressed hogs are firm and scarce, will
! sales at II to ll4c per III.
= W0ol.-There is no material change TO no
, tice in the market since last week. The de
maId has been lair and prices steady, witt
no great pressure to buy or sell. With larp,
! arrivals Of new Australia wool, and the new
0 spring clip of California so near at hand
, manufacturers are quite Indifferent abolI
operating, while holders of fine fleeces be
lieve that prices have now touched so low
point that any further conc ession can scarce
= ~ be looked for. Medium fleeces and comb
ing and delaino heeces are SO scarce an
!, wanted that all available lots ara readil
= taken Mt full prices. The safes of fleece
have been rather limited the past week
: The range of prices has been from SO to 6Oc
y and with the exception OF some small lots O
Michigan ut 494 to SIC, this is about all tn
= fleece wool that has been disposed of tn
past week. Good domestic combing an
delaine has been sold ut 90 to 66c, and choic
lots would readily sell ut the latter price AM
upwards.
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