The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22

HOsmer par OF working oxen girthng
six feet and six inches and weighing 200
lbs at 1925; by J. Goodnow, four mich
cows at $3.50 each.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
1862 head. Trade was firm at q to DC
for sheep and ~ to 5ic per Id for lambs.
SwINE.-The receipts were %, 1853 head.
The market was steady, Northern dressed
selling at to 6gc and Western live at Al to
5lc per pound.
VEALs-The supply of veals was ,O34
head. There was fair demand and prices
were firm at y to &c per pound.
POULTRY.-There were two and one-half
tons upon the market, chicks selling at 1Oc
and hens at Sc per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-We quote hides at
q to 73c per Id, calf-slins at to 10c per h.
dairy skins at % to soc each, lamb-skins
at 80 to Soc each, shearlngs at 10 to DC
each, Brighton tallow at d to SC and coun-
try at u to &c per 10.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BUTTER.-There is fair demand and
prices are better than last week. Western
stock is very firm and prices rule higher.
Imitation creamery is in good demand
and ladle-packed sells well at advanced
prices. We quote extra Northern cream
erv at u to 25c, extra Western creamery
AT 90 to 24c, choice do at 10 to Ole, the finest
Franklin county dairy at % to DC, good to
choice do at ~ to Doc, extra Vermont at 1Sc,
choice Northern dairy at IL to lie and fair
to good do at II to BE per pound.
CHEEsE.-The advance noted last week
still continues. The demand is good and
fresh receipts are held high. Western eX-
tras are in steady demand. We quote extra
Vermont at 9 to l0lc, good to choice at to
DC, common at to Sc and extra sage at
10l to lie per pound.
EGGs.-There is a good demand for all
kinds of choice stock and prices are gradu-
ally working upward. All stock is firmly
held. Extra Vermont lots sell at II
to 19c, New York extra at 19c and choice
Western at Ice per dozen.
BEANs.-The demand is moderate and
prices are well sustained We quote Pea
Beans at SIZE to 81 49, Mediums at 81. 80 to
$155, Yellow Eyes at SLAB to S1,50 and Red
Kidneys at Sl.75 per bushel.
PoTAToEs.-The demand has been poor
and receipts heavy, causing accumulation,
and the market has been somewhat lower,
Early Rose and Hebrons selling at 30 to sc
per bushe.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-The market is quiet but steady.
There is moderate demand for goods
in small lots. Fine goods sell at So
to $3.50, superfne at S2.75 to $500, COM
mon extras at 1926 to $40, Michigan
roller at $3.50 to Si.60, st. Louis patents at
SJN 10 SO.lO anu Su. LOUIS clears al S4.lJ
to $40 per barrel.
GRAIN.-The market is quiet, but has a
somewhat trmer feeling. No large trans.
actions are being made. Corn sells al
81 to Doc and oats at 37l to Ale per bushel
as to quality. Winter wheat shorts bring
$1,000 to $780, spring wheat bran S14.jC
to Sl5.50, middlings $500 to $500 and
cotton-seed meal S23 per ton.
THE WOOL MARKET.
| The market is strong, active and tending
upward. The number of manufacturers il
the market has been small, but there is 8
gradual appreciation of the fact that
wool is not only firm but advancing
/ Ohio Xxx sells at "a to Soc, Ohio X al
% to 33c, Michigan No. 1 at 35l to 36c
Oregon at 10 to Doc, Maine supers at 3Sc
extra Western supers at 90 to 32c ant
medium combng at "a to 35c per pound.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
| THERE has continued to be a good fail
call for Eastern lumber, and prices hav,
ruled steady. There has been an advance
/ in box boards, which have been in good
call by manufacturing corporations. There
| is good call for spruce cargoeS and cleal
| spruce boards and fair call for clapboards
shingles and laths. Hemlock boards ar,
rather quiet. Framing stock is also il
good demand. We quote as follows
| Rough hemlock boards at $1,000 tC
| 5000 and paned at 81 to 81; spruce
underfioors at SIG and Northern stock
| boards at $50; extra sawed cedar shingles a
! 1925 to $3.50 and tirst-quality shaved a
| S5.25; extra Aft. spruce clapboards at So
| to $40, clear at S26 to S27 and No. at 81:
to SID; spruce and pine laths, SLID to S1.90