Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-05-22
BOSTON MARKET.

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FLOUR The market to-day partook OF the usual
saturd y character of business and there was
yer, o. lit'e GO inquiry; We quote supers at
from o. Goa, ss Wisconsin, aed fs Mnpe aaf
extras als5 25ae SO per Dbl including bakers ex-
tras OHIO and Michigan hOurs at 81 00a6 IS ;
st. Louis at $600a7, with one or two brands at lit
tie higher figure; fancy Minnesota fours sell at
q 25as so, wllh one or two brands little higher
prices are somewhat higher.
CORN-There was very little done, and the sales
were made ut prices ranging from so, for steamer
to See per bush Tor yellow.
OATS-Thcre |. no change to note In prices and
the market Is 8 eady at 35atlc per bash for mixed
and white Including extra at the latter price
MILL FEED-Shorts on the spot are held at w
per ton but tor future delivery lower prices are
accepted. Feed and Middlings are quiet at sl7 90
PROvIsIONs-The inquiry for Pork is linn
It'd to small lots. and there is no wholesale trade
tatons: There continues to be steady demand
tered, Ger we gsots Pork at .ls 90 i 90
ali so; extra prime at - 75alo per bbl Lard at
sas1sc per ID for city and Western IN a iobbng
for ID pals lO.c Tor 10 do, lOc for lbs, CSC
for 10 lbs, and lOsc for ID cups. Fairbanks kettle
rendered leaf lard at lo.c for ID pals lOc Tor
ID Tor pnts. smoked Hams at So as &C per ID tor
city amt Western: and s4aioc for fancy West
plates Mt $l3 00al4 80 per Dbl.
BUTTER-Ths market closes with less 6rmness
and II Is impos .iUe to obtain 20c for any lots oil
butter unless they can be classed as stri 'tIy fine
and we think 1t would not be easy to had a To- OF
New York butter that would Sell above lSal9c
Western butter is in good receipt, and lisa DC are
the euts lie prices for anything ex ept f.ncy lot
Ladle anu store packed Western butter sells at
4ai6c for lade-packed and 9al4c for store packed
although the lower grades are almost entirely
nominal. Western creameries sell nj l9a22c Tor
choice and l7alSc for good. Jobbers' prices are
two or three cents per ID above these quotation.
CHEESE-The receipts are ample for the de-
mand. and with oRlv moderate trade prices are
weak, and lOal0h,c is the outside auotati IN for
anything excep. avery fancy article. Good lots OF
cheese sell at ss8c. and common at sac per 10.
EGGS-lhe demand for egg is slack, and buy
ers look over the MAJ kets carefully to seei there
are any weak spots. Some sharp buyers have
picked up lot OF h stern eggs at llc, b most OF
hem are firm at iahc. although there is not an
OF Western eggs ae firmly held at lie. and there
have been occasional sales OF some brands at IL xc
per doz eggs ra' ge In prize at from II IA
he; Western sell at Hal 1ac per dOz. .
BEANS-The market has rt ed quiet to-day and
prices are unaltered. We quote Yellow eyes at
.. 45a2 80 per bush; mediums at 81 GOAL 10 per
bush for choice. AMI Pea beans at 65aI IS per
bush. Jobbers prices are !"c per bush higher
than the above quotations.
POrATuES-The market for Maine Central
Rose range al from SO i55c per bush but Northern
stock Is not Of 20 goo quality, anu sell at toa50c
Profit . sell at 4oa5o and jackson Whites are
very dun at 25alsc per bush. In other varieties
there is hardly enough ing to give quotations.
Hay AND sFHAw-1he market is quiet
and prices for all descriptions unalt red
We quote at slt GOALS w per ton for ordina
~; SIC 00ai7 o. for fine ana medium hay, and
I Is O0ai9 90 for coarse, with now and then fancy
lot at $!0 GU per ton. Straw at els 00aii % per
ton.
COTTON - The market Is firm, with
slight inquiry. We quote middling HAL. low
middiing. i0lial0se; good Ordinary, ssasA.c.
and ordinary, s1sasS per ID for upland and gull.
SUGAR = Raw is held nrm, with dis.
pc ition to force sales, We quote Jasper
cube At lnc; powderedat exc; granulated
at sa9Hc; standard A NJ 81 a9,< 9; extra ut SIC
extra yellow q 1880, aud golden yellow c at
7ko per ID. Wholesale grocers ask Wake per ID
above these prices.