Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-02-05
BOSTON Market.
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER BY
Il. ID. HIBBARD,
Produce Commission Msrchant,2I John Street, Boston

Produce Commission Msrchant,2 John street, Boston
SATURDAY, Jan. 30.
Flour and GrdiH.-FOur. There is n
very dull feeling in all branches of business,
the recent cold weather and the scarcity of
water in all the small streams having COM
| PEELED many manufacturers to suspend Oper-
| atiOns. The sales OF fancy Minnesota brands
| have been at -. so to 8, and tho latter is an
extreme price for the choicest on the mar
ket. with one or two exceptions. White
| wheat St. LOUIS has been selling nt So. rs to
| 3, including common and very choice brands,
white wheat Illinois at $50 to 7, and white
wheat Ohio Indiana and Michigan mt $50
| to q. so the later price obtained only for n
few choice brands. Southern flour ranges
from S475 to 3 for common extras aud
choice family Bakers extras are in mod
| crate demand, with sales ut 1925 to 6.25 for
| Wisconsin and Minnesota. In low grades
the sales have been Mt "a. To 5 for common
Western extras and 4.25 to $50 for supers.
There continues to DO u dull feeling for
corn and the sales have been quite limited.
We quote mixed and yellow ut S5A to $50.
The market is dull for oats but prices re-
main about the same. The sales have rang
ed from GO to 67C for mixed and white.
Rye. The sales have been in small lots ut
: Il TO LOS per bu.
The market Is quiet for shorts at $29 per
ton. Fine feed aud middlinys are quiet and
prices ARE nominally 500 to 30 por ton.
GrOceriGS-Coilee. Sales of Java mt 254
to Sic, including fancy lots ut the latter rate |;
small lots of Rio, Mt 10 to Gle; Mocha at 80
to Sic; Rico mt % to 221c; Porto Rico ut
l94c, goid other kinds ut previous prices.
Fish, There is more nctivity in the job
bling trade, and Goldfish are in good demand
ut low prices. The sales of large bank have
been Mt $3.50 TO SIS per qtl, aud Georges
mostly ut q. No small Goldfish Offering.
There has been II little more inquiry for
mackercl, but not enough TO give stability to
prices. A few lots have been sold from re-
.ceivers' hands Mt 81 for 3's, for 2's. and 0
per Dbl for Is. Holders generally are not
willing to sell ut these figures and we con-
tinur to quote hay No. ut 30 to $50; No
ut IT'S to 8; and No 3 ut to $50 per Dbl, rs
to quality. Shore No are quoted ut $ll to
10, and No ut to o per Dbl. Picked her
ring continue in moderate demand, with
sHIes of choice shore and Labrador ut IS to
per Dbl, the latter for small lots of Labrador.
Smoked herring remain quiet at 81 to 29c
per box for scaled. Alewives are scarce
and in few hands, with sales of st. John Mt
$3.50 per Dbl. Salmon ARE quiet without
movement of Importance.
Fruit. Malaga Inisins are quiet but steady,
with sales ut 81 90 per box for layers, and
1913 10 $50 per box for loose muscatel. In
Valencia rasins the sales have been ut llAc
and Sultana Mt ld1c. Dates have been sell
ing ut q Ia 64c; prunes ut 100 TO llAc for
Turkey and II to lbc for French; citrOH has
been selling NJ 2Sc for Leghorn; and cur
rants Oic per III. Lemons ARC very scarce
and wanted and have been selling in jobbing
lots ut 80 TO per box. In oranges the sales
have been at 80 10 3.25 per box for Sicily,
and to per ease Tor Messina. Peanuts
have been in fair lobbing demand, with sales