The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-12
Weekly Market Review.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.

WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK,
CATTLE.-The receipts were 2,0i0 head.
There was a iirmer feeling in prices.
Northern sold at 73c and fancy at to
sic. Among the sales we note the fol-
lowing: BY II. f. Coolidge Il Sons, five new
mich cows at S45 each; j. Meloy, four new
mich cows at $4750 each j. Carroll, four
farrow cows at S25; j. b. Remick two
new mich cows at sos each j. S. Henry
mich cows at $50 to $50 each; j. ID. Hos
mer, one pair of working oxen, grthing six
feet and six inches and weighing $500 lbs,
at S122; A. Williamson, one new mich COW
at $50
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
500 head. Prices have declined. Sheep
ranged at % to 5fc, and lambs nearly one
year old at % to to 81 per Id, live.
SwINE.-The receipts were 1896 head.
The market was steady, Northern dressed
selling at 5lc and Western live at a to &c
per pound.
VEALs.-The supply ofveals was 1922 head.
Last weeks prices-29 to 5fc per lb-were
well sustained.
PoULTRY.-There were 1000 lbs on the
market, mixed lots selling at 10 to lie per 10.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-We quote hides at
to Gle per h. caf-skins at s to 10c per ID,
pelts at 75c to $110 each, dairy skins at 20
to 35c each, Brighton talow at 3 to SIC and
country tallow at to 2fc per Id.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BuTrER.-The market has improved dur
ing the past week. and there has been quite
demand for fine grades. Most of the West
| ern creamery offered has been of poor quality.
Extra Vermont new-milll dairy sells at q
to 22c do. extra firsts at 20 to PIC, poorer
grades at II to 19c, and fair to good at IA to
| 16c per pound.
MAPLE SuGAR.-The trade is now nearly
over for the season and the stocks are being
disposed of at easy prices. For the best lots
| in small cakes s to &c per pound is top price,
and large cakes are selling at to Sc. Some
| sugar in pals is hard to sell at to &c. Choice
| strip in cans is in fair demand at 90 to Toe
per gallon. In kegs it is selling as low as
As to Doc.
BEANs.-Choice medium beans command
S1.35, and marrow pea are taken readily at
$1.30 per bushel in large lots. New York
small pea are worth S1.55 to 81 50, and Ver-
mont pea find buyers at S170. Sales in a
iobbing way are 10 to 15c per bushel higher
| than above quotations.
CHEEsE.-The market has been dull and
sales have for the most part been con-
mont at 10 to 10lc, good to choice at 81 to Sc,
common at to SC and extra sage at IA to
| 145c per pound.
HAY.-The general tone of the hay trade
has been dull, and the general situation is
rather weak. We quote choice prime at
$500 to $1,000, fair to good at SIT to $500
| and poor at $1,000 to S1400. Rye straw sells
at $21.OO to 500 and oat at $40 to Sl1 per ton.
EGGs-Trade has been dull and unsatis-
factory, with prices ruling shade lower
than last week for most kinds. Choice Yer
mont sell at II to 12lc and choice Western
at 12c per dozen.
PoTAToEs, The market is steady and
sales fair. Choice stock is quite firm. Yer
mont Hebron and Rose sell at 60 to Csc and
Prolifics at 53c per bushel.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-Trade is quiet, with no change to
note in prices. The demand is confined to
small lots as wanted from day to day to
meet actual necessities. Fine grades sell
at $3.50 to $2S5, supertine at 50 to S3.4O,
common extras at $500 to $685., Michigan
roller at $465 to S4.S5, st. Louis patents al
$500 to $525 and st. Louis clears at 81
to 81 IS per barrel.
OATs.-The market is somewhat firmer
than last week. Fancy lots sell at 46l to 47lc
No. white at 46lc, No. 2 at AL to Acc and
No. at 43l to 44c per bushel.
SHoRTs.-Winter wheat sell at SIT 80 to
$500, spring wheat bran at $3.50 to S17.OO
middlings at SIT to $3.50 and cotton-seed
meal at 1913 per ton. The above quotations
for flour and grain are receivers prices.]
WOOL AND LUMBER.
WooL.-The market continues dull, flat
and uninteresting. There is but little in
quiry from manufacturers and but little
strength in prices. The presence of a num-
Der of Philadelphia dealers in the Boston
market trying to dispose of their wool has
not tended to improve matters. There
seems to be little doubt that manufacturers
are generally running short of wool. Threat
ened almost daily with the desertion o.
help, numbers of the smaller mills have pur
chased wool from hand-to-mouth, wisely alb
staining from mourning Indebtedness fol
large supplies of wool which fortnight''
strike would render them unable to meet
When these manufacturers all begin to buy
brisker trade will of course result, but i
is idle to prophesy the date of the termination
of the labor difficulties. We quote Xxx Ohio
at 81 to 33c, Ohio X at 80 to Bic, Michigan
No 1 at 80 TO 33c, California spring al
20 to 25c, Eastern Oregon at 10 to 23c
Maine supers at sc to $50, extra Western
pulled at 81 to 29c and medium combing a
"a to 35c per pound.
LUMBER There has continued to be {
good demand for the season for Eastern an(
Northern lumber, though other classes o
lumber are comparatively quiet. Hemlocl
boards are quiet and prices are rather easier
There is also good call for frames. W.
quote rough hemlock boards at SO tt
$1,000, and planed at S11.0O to So; spruce
, underfoors at SIG and Northern stock
boards at $40; extra sawed cedar shingles a
$3.50 to S3.62l, and trst-quality shaved a
$5.25; extra Aft. spruce clapboards at $50 Il
800 clear at S27 to 500 and No. at SD t
: SIS; spruce and pine laths, 1928 to S2.35.