Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-03-05
Boston Market.
n. ID. HIBBARD,

Produce Commission Merchant,ol John Street. Boston
SATURDAY, Feb. %.
Flour anil Grdin.-Flour. In common
extras there his been an advance of 25 to
Doc per bhl from the lowest point aud tboy
are now quite scarce and difficult to find.
The market for Corn is quite firm. with n
steady demand and moderate receipts Tho
sales have ranged from 81 to 90c per bushel
for mixed aud yellow.
The market for Oats remains without ma
trrlhl change, and prices are still quite firm.
We quote sales of mixed No 2 aud No |
white at II tO 7ic per bu,
lhe market iur Shorts is firm. with sales
principally vi S3l per ton. In line Feel aud
Middlings the sales have been ut 1872 To 81
per ton.
Groceries. -Thrro is u very duh tone TO
tho Coffee market and prices still continue
To rule in favor of buyers. The sales Of Java
have been III small lois ut 25I to 2OIc: Rio
mt Ia to 20c; Mocha ut Bee; aud Mtrtcnibo
at 10 to Gle per IN, all gold
MollsseS. The market has bonn rather
dull and the transactions since our last linn
tied. We quote small sales OF new crop
CienfuUgos ut 42c; small lots Of Matanz1s ut
3sc; and 1853 hhds old Porto Rico Mt 40 to $50
per gal.
The market for Rice remains quite steady,
with sales of Carolina ut II to SIC for COM
mon aud prime; Rangoon ut 6ic; and Pltna
at 10 per h.
For Refined Sugar there is u better feeling
and prices have advanced. The sales have
been vt llsc for powdered and crushed, lOsc
for granulated, and to loo per lib for the
different grades of coffee crushed.
Produce-The market for Apples Is In the
same dull and unsatisfactory condition nrc-
viously noticed. The highest figures obtain
ed only for extra lots, and most of the sales
have been at SIZES to $50 per Dbl
La Ia, Al.
| prevalent feeling that prices had about
touched bottom, hut the slow movements
of buyers and the continued liberal receipts
have discouraged holders and prices of all
| kinds except the very finest have further
settled down to &c pur lib. When we speak
of the finest grades, we mean strictly choice
lots in which every tub is first quality. But
there is hardly enough OF this kind coming
10 market to be taken into ACCOUNT and th o
bulk of the stock consists of fair to good
| New York and Vermont dairies which now
rule ut 90 to zoe per ID.
Beans. Mediums have been in moderate
demand, with sales of choice Mt SI.75 to
l.sO per Blu, and l.s0 is the very highest price
that can he obtained for large lots. Pea and
Yellow arc quiet at 80 to 2.l2.
Cheese. The market pursues the even
| tenor OF its way without any particular
change. The stock is light, and choice fac
tory continues to he taken in lots us wanted
ny inc trade NJ 10 To l65c, with an occasion
al fancy lot ut lie per 10.
The mild weather caused u rapid decline
in the price of Eggs, with sales Mt 80 to "a,
per dozen, and ut the close the tendency was
still downward.
There is no change in Potatoes. The de-
mand is about equal to the supply, and good
Jacksons still command 80 to s3c per bu
with Csc as IAN outside price. Other kind.
range from 65 to Use, rs to quality.
Choice Hay is in more liberal supply ant
not so much called for, but prices are sus
tanned, and we notice sales mt S22 to 90 pei
ton, the outside for extra lots of Eastern
The demand runs more particularly on me
dunn grades, with sales within the range OF
our quotations Rye straw is in fair reques
at $l9 per ton.
There is no life to the hop market. and
and sales continue to be confined to small
lots. We quote:-Good to prime, 1874. pei
ID 80 to 80 Good to prime, 1873, 30 tU rs.
VOot.-The past has hcen the dullest week
we have had to record Tor II long time. and
rs usual on II dull market, prices have ruled
in FAVOR of buyers, and sales to any cxten
could only be made at concessions. Comb
ing and delaine fleeces medium flceces, ant
desirable lots of super and Y pulled are eX
ceptions to this remark, the scarity of thes,
Woods imparting Il iirmer tone TO the mar
ket for them, but all other kinds are dull
and depressed.