Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-02-19
BOSfOn Market.
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER by
A. ID, HIBRARD.
Produce Commission Merchant,2l John Street, Boston.
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Produce Commission Merchant.2l John Street. Boston
SATURDAY, Fob. l3.
Fresh MedtS.-There has been fair de.
mand Tor fresh meats at steady prices
| We quote: beef, hind quarters, choice 10 to
| l3Ic, do common to good to lie, do fore
quarters, choice 8 to SIC, do common to good
8 to 61c, mutton, extra TO Toe, do common
to good to Sc; lambs, choice 10 to lie, COM
mon to fair o to &c; vealS, choice ~ to l3c,
fair to good to lie, common 6 to &c.
Flour and Grdin.-There is no change in
the Hour market and no prospect Of improve
ment ut present. The receipts of the week
have been small, but the supply is quite
equal to the demand, particularly of patent
tlOurs. Many of tho brands of this descrp-
ton now offering arc of so uncertain quality
that buyers prefer some of the well known
aud favorite brands OF white wheat. In low
grades there is very little doing, and we do
not look for an active movement until the
demand for the Provinces commences n
month or two later in the season. The sales
OF fancy Minnesota brands have been ut 81
to o, the latter an outside price for the best,
with few exceptions. White wheat ST. Louis
ranges from 1918 to 8, including common
and lavorite brands; white wheat Illinois at
8. so to Z: and white wheat Ohio, Indiana,
and Michigan ut $50 to $50, including choice
brands ut the latter rate.
Prices of corn are n shade lower, with n
moderate demand from the trade and very
little export inquiry. The sales of mixed
and yellow have been ut s31 TO S6Ic.
The demand for oats is good and prices
continue to DO we'll sustained. The sales OF
No. mixed and No. white have been at
90 TO zoe, and No. l.white II to 72c.
Rye. We have only to notice small sales
at Csc to 81.
Sales of shorts ut 500. and fine feed and
middlings u; 30 to 80 per ton.
- 'nfina Tho calac nc Ta,y,
have been in small lots ut % to SOC; Mocha
ut 30 to 3lc; Rloat 10 to Gle; and Maracaibo
at 81 To 22ic, all gold. The market closes
quiet, the trade purchasing only in small lots
for immediate wants.
Drugs, DyOs, and Chemicals. The con-
sumption OF dyestufls and chemicals has been
greatly curtailed by the forced idleness of
the mills. Sal soda is quoted NJ 81. 80 to l.6o
gold, to arrive; bleaching powders are Of
fered mt 5-l6c, gold, to arrive by steamer,
but no buyers. Cream tartar Is firm ut 344c,
gold, for French, and 33Ac for American.
Refined camphOr has been selling Mt soc.
Potash has advanced to lSc. Potato starch
Is not so firm, with sales at SIC to SIC, cur
rency, but the demand is quite moderate on
account of the stOppage Of mills. Castor oil
Is IN fair demand at IL to lSc per Id for casks
and cases,
Fish. There has been n good demand for
Goldfish, which are in light stock and firm nj
So,oO 10 per qtl Tor large bank, and b 80 to
7 for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, In lots
rs wanted by the trade.
Fruit. The market Is quiet for Malaga
raisins, with small sales OF layers at SO 80,
and loose nnscatel at $50 per box. In VA
lencia raisins sales mt llAc, and Sultana Mt
l6Ac per Id. Smyrna figs have been in mod
crate demand with small sales at IA to I9c
per Id. Lemons have been in fair jobbing
demand Mt rs to $50 per box. In oranges
the sales have been ut S2.75 TO 3 for Palermo
and 1926 to $50 Tor Messina. Valencia
oranges arc selling at 81 TO 8 per case for
sound fruit.
Molasses. Market quiet and very little
done since our last. Sales OF Cienfuegos Mt
45c; small lots of Matanzas Mt doc; and old
Porto Rico mt IS TO SIC.
Rice. The market for rice continues Quiet,
with small sales of Carolina at u to Sic;
Rangoon at 81 TO &c; aud Patna at to 40.
Sugar. The proposed duty on sugar has
led to rather an unsettled feeling. Refined
sugars arc firmer and have been selling ut
lOsc for powdered and crushed, lOlc for
graduated, and u 10 loo for the ditiereue
grades Of coffee crushed. Market firm at the
close and stocks sold up close.
Produce. The market continues
dull and unsatisfactory. Stocks are rotting
last, and holders are losing money every day.
We qnotei choice $3.50 TO 2, common TO
good to 1876, Dried apples. The demand