Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-01-01
BOSfOn Market.
Reported for the VERMONT FARuER by
n. ID. HIBBARD.
Produce Commission Merchant2l John Street, Boston
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n. ID. HIBBARD,
Produce Commission Merchant,2 John Street, Boston.
WEDNERDAY, Dec. 30.
Drugs Dyes, and Chemicals. Soda ash is
in larger supply and ranges from 1920 to
2iO, gold, with no sales of consequence:
Bleaching Powders ut 81 C, currency Sal
Soda continues firm nj 81 20. gold, TO arrive;
Caustic Soda has been selling ut Sc, gold
from wharf; English Bicarb Soda is steady
ut &c, gold, and American mt IIc. currency.
There is considerable excitement in the Cas-
tor Oil market and prices have further ad-
vanced and have II decided upward tendency.
The advance has been full % per Id from
the lowest point. There has been sales of
several thousand cases on private terms; %
bbls shaded ut Is C. and now held ut l65c
and upwards. Refined Camphor continues
in demand with sales ut 2Sc per lii; Cream
Tartar has been selling in small lots at 35c,
gold, for foreign, and 81 C, gold, for Ameri-
can: Potato Starch is firm and has been in
demand, with sales of 100 tons ut 5Sc, aud
wanted ut that price, with small lots ut SIC.
There is a very firm feeling for st. Domingo
Logwood, with sales mt 1924 per ton and firm
ut that price. In ST. Domingo Fustic sales
of 20 tons ut 80 50 per ton, and tho article is
scarce aud wanted at that price. Lima
Wood has been sold ut 575 to $50, and Sapan
Wood mt $50 per ton. The last sale of Cam
wood was II small lot ut Sl75 per ton, gold,
and the article is very scarce and wanted.
FiOur dnd Grdin.-lIOlders are not offer
ing flour ut any concession, rs prices are be-
liGved to be about low enough now, ruling
about SO per Dbl for choice white wheats
under the prices current mt this time last
year. In the present quiet state of the mar
ket sales cOuld only be forced ut concessions.
We quote sales of fancy Minnesota brands
Mt 50 to 9.25, EIvorite brands selling ut g. 80
to ops; white wheat ST. Louis, common and
choice brands, ut SIS to 80, with n few well
known brands shade higher; white wheat
Illinois ut SIS to 81; and white wheat Ohio,
Indiana and Michigan ut so to So per Dbl,
with II few choice brands mt 6.25 to 80 per
Dbl. Bakers Flour has been in moderate
demand, with sales Mt $50 to 80 per Dbl for
Wisconsin and Minnesota. In low grades
the sales have been ut IS to so for Western
common extras, and 4.25 to AS for West
ern supcrs.
The market for Corn has been quiet. We
quote mixed and yellow Western II 80 to
9i4c per bu; but ut East Boston all grades
bring an advance on these prices OF lc per
bu. rs the Eastern trade are supplying the M
selves from that point. Southern yellow has
been sold ut 93c per bu.
The market for Oats is dull and prices
have again cased off. The sales of No 2
mixed and No white have been mt IS to 20
per bu; and rejected ut 81 to Csc per bu.
Shorts are scarce and prices are nominally
500 per ton. Fine Feed is firm ut 1927 to
S25 and Middlings ut S29.
Groceries. -Coflee. The movements in
Coffee have been Of no Importance since our
last. For Java there is very firm feeling
rs thS supply On haHd and on the way for the
next three months is in the hands of large
dealers who control the market. The sales
of Java have been nj 81 to Soc, gold; Rio mt
II to zoe, gold; Maracaibo Is firm and stock
in few hands, with sales ut 10 to 20Ac per h.
gold
Fish. Goldfish are quiet but steady Mt $50
to SIS por qtl. for large. Small Goldfish
scarce and nominal. Nothing of conse-
quence doing in Hnke. Haddock or Pollock
We quote No Bay Mt $50 to 80; No Mt
$50 to IS; and No at 81 to 1875 per Dbl.
For Shore the range is $40 to IL for No | !;
and 80 to g. so per Dbl for Noe
Fruit. Malaga Raisins have been in mod
crate demand and prices are easier. The
sales have been mt IS to ESQ for layers, and
| 3.65 to 1915 per box for loose Muscatel. Va
enca raisins have been selling ut 1917 to lie,
and Sultana ut l7c per lib. Citron ut Soc for
Leghorn; PruneS mt II to lSc for French and
| IL to l3e Tor Turkey. In Peanuts the sales
have been mt | 2j to 40 for African, and
| LIS to , 90 for Southern. Lemons have been
IN fair jobbing demand ut 80 to 81 for Malta
ga, and 4.25 to 5 25 for Sicily. Valencia
| Oranges sold ut 9.25 to 1914 per case; Sicily
Oranges 3.75 to 4.62I per box.
MolaSses. There is II dull feeling and no
| sales of any Importance. The supply of low
| grades is exhausted and the better qualities
| are in limited demand. Small sales of Dem
erara ut A to 53c; and Porto Rico at 4sc.
| New Orleans moasses is held with consid-
able iirmness on account of an advance In
! othclSmarkcts. Some sales have been m adG
ut to 66c, but the best lots Mt held nj 6S Ia
zoe per gal.
Sugar Refined sugars are dull and sales
| quite limited. We quote crushed and pow
| dered mt lOsc; granulated ut l01c; and the
different grades of coffee crushed ut to Toe
with some very choice standard A ut 10! to
l0ic, us this grade is very scarce.
rOduce.-Apples. The market is wei
supplied with Eastern apples. We quote
Eastern, choice Sl75 to ?, common to good
| les To 80; Western, choice Baldwins 10
$50. Dried apples, Southern quartered tc
Sc, do sliced o to Zoe; Eastern sliced y to l0c
Beans. There continues TO he II dull mar
ket for medium beans. aud car loads cannot
be sold mt over 81 .S5 per hu. We quote
| Pea, Northern hand picked $3.50 to 262
| Western hand picked 2.25 To $50, common
? to 2.25; medium, choice l.S5 to 1877, Il,
common to good $50 to l.62i Yellow eyes 3
| to 3.l25.
! Butter. Very little butter has been solt
the past three days, and medium grades
could not be disposed of except Mt y conces
/ NlOl vi ~ Sc hpNl VI illC HllltS vi NtN
| York and Vermont diaries come within the
range of IS to SIC, with u few mt 3sc. Fine
| fall, which is very scarce, would command
| 80 to i0c, but we hear Of nu sales except in u
small jobbing way. The supply of Western
| butter confines to run poor, and sales range
from 25 to 39c, with n few fancy lots at IS to
3Gc. 1t Is still difficult to move Canada but
| ter, MS buyers cannot be found mt over 35c
which is under holders views,
Cheese. Tho demand for cheese has beer
confined to small lots, and we see no indiCa
| tions of any Improvement. l6c is nm outside
quotation for strictly choice factory. most o
the sales having been nj Is to l5lc, and i
would be hard 10 place round lot at ovel
l55c.
Eggs. Fresh eggs have been scarce, and
prices advanced to 80 to Soc, the outside be
| ing jobhing lots. Northern have been sell
ing at 33c and Western at 80 to Bic. LINED
| nrG dull.
Hay and Straw. The hay market is with
out activity, and only the choicest grades
will command 500 to 90 per ton. superior
q aides ARE dull. Rye straw easier, witt
sales nj IS to 10 per ton.
Hops. Market dull and hard TO sell a
quotations. We quote: Eastern, good t.
prime 30 to Ssc, do 1873 20 to Csc, do 1879 l;
| 10 l5c.
Onions SO to 3.25 per Dbl.
Peas. Choice cooking Sl.35 to lao, com
mon rs TO l,25.
Potatoes, The best Jacksons and Early
Rose have been selling ut SOC, with n good
demand. We quote; Jackson Whites 70 tc
SOC, Early Rose IS to 800, other kinds 70 u
Toe per bu.
Poultry. The Christmas trade cleared the
market OF choice turkeys, and on Thursday
sales were made ut 20 to 22c for Northern
and Is to lSc for common to good Western:
Chickens ruled ut Is to lSc for choice, and
lower figures for common. Geese sold well al
| ~ TO l6o.
Squash. Marrow sl2 to 10, Hubbard 20
10 Q5 mar ton