Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-12-12
Boston Produce Market.

SATU URDAl, Dec. :.
FLoUR-Market quiet, with no demand beyond
what is required lor immediate use We quote fan
fancy Minnesota az IS 00a9 25, per bbl. with few
ey brands selling at higher figure. st.
fancy brands selling at higher price; Ohio, In.
diana and Michigan brands al > j0a1 %; WisrOn.
sin anu Minnesota sPr ng wheat brands at s. 5)a
u; common extras a; - oca' Is; supers at
81 50S4 20 per Dbl.
CoRN-There was nothing doing to-day and the
market is quiet. The following We're the prices at
FIX yellow. Yellow. High mix. mix old Rejected
bid askd bid askd bid askd bid askd bid askd
Cash Gas 20 SO G7}a 9 "a
OATs-There is only a moderate demand to-day
No. white oats. Dec. rold At 59'sc per bush. The
White, No No. }. No.s. Mlx'd No, /, No. J.
GssA Sss. e g. 4 4 80 '0'' S St
Jan. az Al. 4Oa Al, 81
sHohTs-rhere Is no change to note, and the
market is quiet at so % per ton Tor Shorts on
track, and o.! 00l25 co per ton for Feed and Mid
dings.
PkoyIsIoNs-Pork is dull, and the market is
easy. There is very little Wholesale demand, and
we quote clear and BacRs at sl6al7 per Dol. Beet
quiet and the demand is light. Lard is selling
az ea91sc. smoked Hams are in moderate request
atl0k ai2c per Id i0r city and Western. We qu JtG
PORK at 10 OOal7 90 per bbl for clear and backs
mess at sii 0OaA 50, prime do at ~ 5Oall 10 PEI
and Western. Naphey,s P kettle 1 rcpdereS g,eS
leaf Lard al II for b pals. II ID do fl4
,or los, nc Tor 10 ibs, and ,l2c for lb cups
ID pals, Ilac Ior lbs do, lie for lC lbs do Y,
for Id cups, l24 per 10 Tor pibts. Smoked Hams
at Io3sl1se per 10 for city, aad fancy Western
covered at l31 lic. Extra mess eei at 50all 00
mess do az 81. 5OaJ3, and family plates at si t0I
IS super bbi.
BU'fTER-Trade drags heavily, and the sales
are coLhned to supplies for present use. Choice
creamcries and dairy packed butter are lirm but
after these grades are passed It is difficult to make
sales, ana prices are irregular and nominal.
We quote choice Few York and Yer.
mont fall butter at 25a2Sc; choice
creameries at 2sa3ic good long dairie, at 2Gl2
choice western dalfies at 2Oa22c; western mill
butter at l2al4c for common, and 4lI6c per Id ior
fair lots. Jobbers' prices are two cents per lb
above these quotations.
CHEESE-Ths feeling on strictly fine cheese is
little better, and prices are quite steady. We
quote lne Western and Northern at l2tsai3c per
10 good do at llal2c; fine and fancy factory at I3
alS5ec, and common and medium at 9Illc per 10.
EGuS-Fresh eggs eel at 20c, but there are IA
good many stale eggs that sell a. 2ia25c, AN Wes-
TERN range IRON -la43c per doz. Lined eggs are
BEANS Mediums are in good stock and sell at
~ OoA2 10 per bush. The market lor yellow ewes
Is quiet a .! l5a2 30. Pea beans are IN iair de
mand at 81 I2al IS per bush.
POULIRf-The receipts are light and the mar
ket Is hrm Tor fresh lots of choice turkeys and
chickens at l5al6c; common chickens and Old
fowls range from lOai4e. Ducks at l0atlc. Geese
at Gal0c.
APPLES-The market is oniet. and there ia en1v
moderate demand at - !5a3 o per Dbl Tor re-
cent receipts OF winter irut, and 81 81 from store
Somuloh hl1ples are seiiinS a. - J0aZ 10 per bOl
CRANBEkklES-The market is dull at - 50a
8 ~ per bbl Tor country and Cape.
POTATOES AND ONIONS he market is duh
for Potatoes, and with the exception OF cAoies
Houlton, Jacksons and Rose that sell at UOa63c per
bush, there are not many Potatoes that sell above
bec. We quote Bangor Jacksons at 4sa5Oc; North
ern Rose at 63a5sc' Sweet potatoes selt at 81 75a
20 per obl Tor Virginia and Jerseys. Onions are
quiet at o. 5OA2 0D per bDl.
HAY AND SrhAW There is no change to
quote, and the market is steady at quoted rates
we quote prime Northern hay at SIS 0Jal9 o. Tor
coarse; sl6 OOalT % for medium and sI6 90 per ton
for fine; poor hay at sl5 %, Western ut SlG Goa
Is w. otiaw at slo 10 per ton Tor rye.
SUGAR-kaw ls dull and we hear OF no transac-
tons. Quotations are 7}sd7'Sc per lb for fair to
good refining, with sales IN New York at q. c Tor
good refining. Refined was hrmer to day, with a
brlsk demand. We quote powdered at 9ssc; gran.
uated al ga a951 &c; standard at DC; extra { at
s1+c; extra elbow at 7lsa7a4c, and golden yellow
al "a per lD. Wholesale grOcers ASK laia c per
lb above these prices.
COTTON The market is quiet and unchanged
With liberal receipts, which are consigned direct
10 manuia .turers, and sales are confined TO sm all
lots. The New YORK market opened and closed
hrm and steady to-day ior contracts. with sales e
1900 bales. We quote middling, II l5salI7sc; low
miudlng, ll1<ailhc; good ordinary, l0ssalO7sc
ordinary, va alV1sc per Id for upland ana gulf.
COFfEE-Ihere was good demand and con
siderable movement in coffee TO day, with sales O
i50O mats Java, $50 bags Rio and 80 bags of Ma
TacaiDo, the market closing ii IN at higher prices
We quote Java at 2z5aaGGc; kiO at I4lsalgi,c, aut
Maracaibo at iIa2Ve per ID, gold.