The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-07
Weekly Market Review.


Selections of freshly-made
butter sell at II to 15c per pound cheese,
&c per Id; eggs, 13c per dozen; potatoes,
40 to 45c per bushel beef, 3 to &c per
lb; pork, &c per Id; lamb, &c per lb; veal,
to DC per Id; mutton, p to &c per pound.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 2,217 head.
Trade was steady at last weeks rates. to
nc for Northern and &c per Id for fancy
lots. Among the sales we note the follow
ing: By A. Stone, three mich cows at $50
each and two others at $3.50 each; by r.
II. Coolidge Son, thirteen mich cows, all
the way from $40 to $50 each; by G. III.
Merrill, four steers, average weight 1000
lbs, at 4c, and 3 beef cows, average weight
800 lbs, at &c per Id, live weight by j. s.
Henry, some thirty milch cows at from 1856
to 500 per head.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
LII head. The market was quiet and
prices were unchanged. Sheep ranged
at "a to DC and lambs at to TIC per pound.
SwINE.-The receipts were 16,267 head.
The market was steady, Northern dressed
selling at 55c and Western live at Al to Sc
per pound.
VEALs:-The supply of veals was LAG
head. The supply is decreasing. Prices
ranged at p to 5Ic per pound.
PouLTRY.-The supply was 1000 lbs,
mixed lots selling at 10c and chicks at 18c
per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.-We quote hides at
81 to &c per ID, calf-skins at s to 10c per ID,
pelts at Toe to Ito each, dairy skins at 25
to soc each, lamb-skins at 40 to SOC each,
shearlings at 10 to 15c each, Brighton tallow
at p to &c and country at u to &c per ID.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BUTTER.-The arrivals have been large
demand al
grades except extra. We quote extra Ver-
mont at 15I to 16c, choice Western creamery
at 10 to 16c and good to choice at ii to 15c
per pound.
HAY.-The market is no better than last
week, the accumuations ruling heavy, a
large proportion being of a medium or or
binary quality Wequote choice prime hay at
l1OOto $500, fair to good at $500 to $1,000
and poor at $1,000 to $3.50. Rye straw sells
at $40 and oat at $40 to 81 per ton.
CHEEsE.-Trade has not been active the
past week, but there has been a slight adj
vance in prices. We quote extra Vermont
at u to Sc, good to choice at to &c,
common at to &c and extra sage at 8
to SIC per pound.
BEANs.-Good hard dry stock is wanted
at firm prices. We quote Pea beans
at S1.75 to $3.50, Mediums at S1.35,
Yellow Eyes at S1.3S and Red Kidneys at
S1.62 to S1.6S per bushel.
EGGs.-The demand has improved and
prices are looking up. Extra Vermont lots
sell at 13l to 14Ic, New York extra at lac
and choice Western at 1910 per dozen.
PoTAToEs.-The market is quiet, Vermont
Hebrons, Rose and Prolifics ranging at 60 to
zoe per bushel.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN
Decentralization point to a better
market in the near future. The demand
inpraaCaI nj
somewhat better. Fine sells at $3.50
to S2.65, superfne at SO to $685., COM
mon extras at 1886 to S3.40, Michigan
roller at $3.50 to S4.75, st. Louis patents at
$500 to S5.25 and st. Louis clears at S4. &c
to $40 per barrel.
GRAIN.-Trade is fairly active and a
steady tone is noticeable all around. Corn
sells at 30 to 47c and oats at 80 to
44c per bushel, as to quality. Winter
wheat shorts bring S1475 to S15.25, spring
wheat bran S13.75 to $14.00 middlings $14.OC
to $500 and cotton-seed meal 500 per ton.
The above are receivers prices.
THE WOOL MARKET.
THE market has ruled active throughout
the week, but except in the case of Ohio
Xxx we are unable to make any further adj
vance on quotations. The sales are exceed.
ingly large, but to a considerable extent con.
sist of speculative purchases between deal
ers, the number of manufacturers in the
market being less than last week The
tone OF business is strong, but there is to be
noted in some quarters disposition to ques-
ton any rapid advance at present. Ohio XX
sells at "a to 35c, Ohio X at 81 to 32c, Michi
gan No. l at 80 to 34c California spring al
"a to 25c, Eastern Oregon at 10 to 23c
Maine supers at 36 to 39c, extra Western
pulled at 2S to SOC and medium combing al
"a to BIC per pound
THE LUMBER TRADE.
THERE has been rather better demand
| for Eastern lumber the past week, though
the trade is as yet of moderate proportions
| We quote rough hemlock boards at $40 tC
$1,000, and planned at S11 to SO; spruce
undertloors at SIG and Northern stock
boards at $50; extra sawed cedar shingles al
$3.50 to S3.62i, and frst-quality shaved al
1928; extra Aft. spruce clapboards at 500 tC
$780, clear at S27 to 500 and No at S12 to
| SIS; spruce and pine laths, 1925 to S2.35.
Rnsfness Mntf1es.