The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-04
Weekly Market Review.
VERMONT PRODUCE.

MoNTPELIER.-Selec of freshly-made
butter sell at IL to 15c per pound; cheese
SIC per lb eggs, 15c per dozen; potatoes, 80
to 65c per bushel; beef, to 5lc per Id;
pork, &c per lb lamb, &c per lb; veal,
3 to Ale per ID; mutton, % to &c per pound
VERGENNEs. Butter, II to 13c per ID:
eggs, 15c per dozen; beans, 81 TO $1.25 per
bushel; potatoes, 40 to SOC per bushel; pork,
3 to 5Ic per 10; beef 8 to &c per ID; veal,
to 4Ic per ID, live weight
R1cHMoND.-Fair to good butter sells at
u to 14c and choice at 10 to 16c per ID; fac
tory cheese at to SC, and dairy at to TIC
per lib; eggs, 15c per dozen.
MIDDLEsEx CENTER. Butter, 15c per ID;
live hogs, 4lc per lb; spring lambs, 5bc per
lb; new potatoes, Toe per bushel.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 1901 head.
The market was weak at to 75c for North
ern. There was no fancy stock offering.
Among the sales we note the following:
By A. Stone, four mich cows at S45 and two
others at 500 per head; by F. H.. Coolidge
& Son, two springers at 1897 80 and others at
sos per head; by l. G. Libby e. Son, two
common mich cows at 1915 and two SPRING
ers at 1888 each; by j. II. Fogg, one pair
| of working oxen girthng six feet and eight
inches and weighing 200 lbs, at S130; by
w. Scollans, five mich cows at $40 each /;
| ny ~. WILLIAMSON, TWO mich COWS al sou
each; by Buck Il Wood, number of mich
cows all the way from $50 to $50 per head.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
13,50S head. Trade was steady at q to &c
for sheep and to &c per Id for lambs.
SwINE.-The receipts were 10,62O head
The market was firm, Northern dressed
selling at q to 6bc and Western live at to 5bc
per pound.
VEALs.-The supply of veals was 1017
head. The market was slightly dull, but
prices were unchanged, ranging at 24 to 55c
per pound.
PoULTRy.-There were three tons upon
the market, chicks selling at 15c and hens
at 10c per pound.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BUTTER.-The market is quiet on all
grades, but strictly extra lots are held
steady. Medium grades continue slow.
We quote extra Vermont at 164c, choice
Western creamery at 16 to Tic and good
to choice at II to 15c per pound.
| CHEEsE.-The market is quiet and only
fairly steady at quotations. We quote
extra Vermont at to Sic, good to choice
at to 73c, common at 4 to &c and extra
sage at to SIC per pound.
EGGs-Prices are unchanged and the
demand is little slack Extra Ver-
mont lots sell at 175 to 1Sc New York
extra at 1Sc and choice Western at 14lc per
| dozen.
PoTAToEs-The market is firm and prices
are well maintained. Choice Norfolk sell
at s.. % to $500 and mediums at S175 to
| 81 per bushel.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
! FLoUR.-Prices are somewhat lower. Fine
! sells at $3.50 to $3.50, superfine at
| $500 to $500, common extras at 1926 to
$40, Michigan roller at $3.50 to S4.60, St.
Louis patents at $500 to S5.25 and st. Louis
clears at S4.15 to $40 per barrel.
GRAIN-There is fair business doing in
grain. The market is steady and the
demand is quite good. Corn sells at
As to 56c and oats at 80 to 47c per
bushel, as to quality. Winter wheat
shorts bring $500 to $1,000, spring wheat
bran S14.O0 to $1450, middlings $500
TO $3.50 and cotton-seed meal $22 per ton.
| The above are receivers prices.
THE WOOL MARKET.
THE market is quieter, although prices are
! firmly maintained at the same level. Ohio
Xxx sells at "a to BIC, Ohio at
80 to 33c, Michigan No. l at SO to SIC,
Oregon at % to 24c, Maine supers at $50,
extra Western pulled at 2S to 32c and
medium combing at "a to 35c per pound.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
THE demand for eastern lumber has been
unexpectedly good this week. Usually at
this time of the year the demand falls off
The summer dizziness will probably come
this month. Prices are unchanged. We
| quote rough hemlOck boards at $40 to
$1,000, and planed at 81 to $12; spruce
underfoors at $16 and Northern stock
boards at $50; extra sawed cedar shingles at
1928 to $3.50, and tirst-quality shaved at
S5.25; extra Aft. spruce clapboards at SOS
to 800 clear at 500 to S27 and No. at $l1
to S15; spruce and pine laths, $500 to 1925