Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-05-08
BOSTON MARKET.

tkDAf, May J.
FLOUR-rhe market is unaltered, and the sales
continue to be restricted to small lots Prices
for round lots are also entirely minal, as there
Is no dlsp'-ition to anticipate the fu.
ture. We quote supers at - 5Oa4 % per
OBJ; low extras range from ~ 'Oa3 - /;
g. .5a6 80 per bb including bakers extras; ONO
and Michigan Hours at 81 OOa6 IS; st. LOUIS
at s600a7, with one or two brands alta little higher
hgure; fancy Minnesota Hours sell at a. 25ts So
wnh one or two brands httle higher. The above
are whelesal lie quotations, and Job3ers prices are
somewhat hi her.
aud small sales are AIDE al 57a53; for high mixed
aud yellow.
and Nos and white range from 36a3se per bush,
and Nos and extra at 40,i2c per bush.
MIL fEtD-The market is SUI and the de,
per ton Tor SHORTS, Feed and Middlings.
PRDVlS .ON>-lhe demand Tor pork is mOder
ate and confined to small lots. Lard is dun and
unaitered. There is steady demand Tor smoked
Hams, and the market Is unaltered. Thore is no
chang to note IN Beef. and the market is unalter-
ed. We quote PorS at s'S " IL " per 6ol
all ~; extra prime at 80 75al0 per bbl. Lard at
sas'lc per Ito for city aud Western in a jobhng
way Naphey's kettle rendered Leaf Lard at l0lec
for 10 pals l04 Tor 10 do TO, for lbs, 80. c
for 10 lbs and l0a.c for ID cups. Fairbanks kettle
lbs do 90 for l0bs do i0a4c for 10 cups llc per
10 Tor plnts. smoked Hams at ga asa per ID tor
city and Western. and 9asaloc Tor fancy West
covered. Extra mess Beef At sl2 0Jal3 90
plates at sl3 0Oal4 80 per Dbl.
BUrrkR-The sales have been light and the
market remsins extremely quiet. CLoi e dairy
packed NUrthera sells at 20l2lc, and Choice West
at l9a l0c Choice creameres al q, and fair t.
good do at 20a9lc; Western ladle-packed butter
sells at l6alsc and store-packed at l57c, and loa
lic for common 10 good. J0Obcrs' prices are two
or three cents per 10 higher than the above quota
tons
CHEESG-The new cheese is mostly of infer Tor
quality, and there - very litile wholemik cheese
on the market. We quste Old cheese at Il .al3s ;
lair to good AT lOal2c new cheese nj Haze lair
To good AT sal0c per 10.
EGG~-rne market 10 nrn today at IL taal3c for
New Hampshire, Vermont and Eastern eggs
N,rthern are quiet at iGG, and We hear of sales of
lie and there MAJ he choice lots that woIld sell
a shade bctter.
BEANS Choice lots of medium continue to
bring 81 s5 and 81 7Ual IS will cover the prce for
the best lots. Pea beans are steady a I'D the mar
ket is firm at q"otatlons. Yellow eyes remain
scarce and sell at !! ZOa2 - per bush. Jobbers'
prices are 10; per bush higher Than the above
quotations.
POTAIOEe-The stocks are still in excess OF
the demand, but the best potatoes st II trie bet
ter. We quote choice Rose at 4sa55c Profcs at
45c and >, ceilings and Garnets at i0i45c per bu- h
Jacksons are so poor in quality that they dull
ut 25i303 per bush. Onions are IN fair demand at
sal - per Dbl.
MAPLE SUGAR-The market il finn and prices
well sustained. We quote choice in small cakes
at lOalgc; large cakes and tubs at sal0c pei Id.
GRASS SEEDS Clover and timothy cotinue to
be in fair jobh1g demand, and the maI ket is rm
We quote at Z isc per ID for Clover, and ! 55i
e. per hush to- Timothy. Red Top sells moder-
ateiy at 81 s0al 80 per sack.
HAY AND sTRAW-Ttere is a steady inquiry
for hay, and the ma ket j. finn Tor prime lots
straw is duh and unate ed W. quote at Sltal5
per ton Tor ordinart; sl6 00al7 % for fine and
medium hay, and s GOALS 90 for coarse, with now
md then fancy lot at so W per ton. Straw at
Sl3 O1al4 90 per ton
sUGAR-Raw is "A shade hrmer, W tn fair 10
quiry, and we note sales OF t5U hhds trinidad on
private terms, ami 90 hhds Port Spain at bs. e per
ID delivered In New York. Refined is STEADY and
in lair demand at previous prices. We quote
Jasper cube at Zoe pow dered at 81, &c; graduated
al ga a9 &C. standard al SEC extra at s4sc; eX.
ira yellow at sa7c;s and COL EN- yellow at I &C
per 10. Wholesale grocers ask 'sat per Id above
these prices.
COrTON-There Is no inquiry of note and
middling, l0aial0zsc; low middhng, l0t slO4c
good ordinary 9lsas'4 C, and ordinary Sac &C per
Id for upland and gun.