The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

MoNTPELIER.-Selectio of freshly-made
butter sell at II to 15c per pound; cheese,
SIC per lb eggs, Zoe per DOZEN new potatoes
are plenty at SOC per bushel; beef, 3 to SIC
per ID; pork &c per lb lamb, &c per Id; veal,
3 to 4lc per Id; mutton, q to Sc per pound.
RICHMOND Fair to good butter sells at
II to lac and choice at ID to l6c per lb; fac
tory cheese at q to Sc, and dairy at Z to 7bc
per Id; eggs, 15c per dozen.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK,
CATTLE.-The receipts were 2,293 head.
The market was unchanged, prices ranging
at to nc for Northern and SC per Id for
fancy stock. Among the sales we note the
following: BY A. Stone, two springers at
$40 each and two mlch cows at $50 EACH Ivy
F. III. Coolidge & Son, seven mich cows at
SOL each, one extra Jersey at $50 and forty
one veal calves that would average 13l lbs
at 54c per Id; by w, Scollans eight mich
cows at $40 each and two at $50 each; by j.
S. Henry, two new milch cows for S115 the
pair and others at $35 to $50 per head.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
1899 head. Trade was steady at % to &c
for sheep and to 6fc per Id for lambs.
SwINE.-The receipts were II 1906 head.
The market was firm, Northern dressed
selling at to 63c and Western live at5f to 5Ic
per pound.
VEALs.-The supply of veals was 1,099
head. The market was more active, prices
ranging at q to &c per pound.
PoULTRY.-There were three tons upon
the market, chicks selling at 12lc and hens
at 10c per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-We quote hides at
u to Sc per 10, calf-skins at S to lie per Id,
dairy skins at % to SOC each, lamb-skins
at 80 to 65c each, shearlngs at - to 25c
EACH Brighton tallow at % to Sc and coun-
try at Il to &c per h.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BUTTER.-The market is dull and prices
are in buyers favor, although they contine
their purchases to immediate wants on ac
count of the heat. Common grades are eX-
! tremely dull. We quote extra Northern
creamery at 90 to bic, extraWestern creamery
at 10 to zoe, choice do at Is to lie, the finest
Franklin county dairy at 16l TO lie, good to
choice do at II to Ice, extra Vermont at lie,
choice Northern dairy at IA to 15c and fair
to good do at u to 13c per pound.
HAY AND STRAw.-The demand is mod
crate and stocks are decreasing We quote
choice prime hay at $500 to $500, fair to
good at $500 to $1,000 and poor at $1,000 to
1880 Rye straw sells at $1,000 to S1700
and oat at SIS to $40 per ton.
CHEEsE.-The market has shown an up
ward tendency and good stock is held at an
advance. We quote extra Vermont at
s to Sic, good to choice at 7 to SC, common
at 8 to &c and extra sage at 81 to &c per
pound
BEANs.-The market is quiet and prices
are about the same as last week. We quote
Pea Beans at $l.75 to S1.S5, Mediums at
S1.50, Yellow Eyes at SLAB to S1.50 and Red
Kidneys at SLIGO to $40 per bushel.
EGGs-The market has been dull receipts
are increasing and prices are easier Extra
Vermont lots sell at II to 174c, New York
extra at Tic and choice Western at IA &c per
dozen.
PoTAToEs-Th demand has been light
ALL Il.
dency Prices ranged at $l75 to 1928
per barrel.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-The market is dull, there being
even less trade than last week. Prices have
dropped in some few cases. but the remain
der are comparatively well maintained
We quote receivers prices as follows Fine
goods sell at $3.50 to $3.50, superiine at
$3.50 to $500, common extras at S325 to
$40, Michigan roller at $500 to S4.6O, St
Louis patents at $500 to 500 and st. Louis
clears at Sab to $3.50 per barrel.
GRAIN.-The market is rather quiet and
prices show no material change. There
is moderate trade in shorts. Corr
sells at As to 60c and oats at 80 to 47c pei
bushel, as to quality. Winter wheat
shorts bring $500 to $1,000, spring wheat
bran S14.00 to S14.50, middlings $15.0t
to $3.50 and cotton-seed meal S22 per ton
THE WOOL MARKET.
, BEYOND the marketing of Oregon in con
siderable quantities, little has been don,
throughout the week on what is emphat
ically waiting market. The large mills il
: this country, as has been often stated have
plenty of wool, or at least sufficient to en-
{ able them to run smoothly for some tim,
q yet with no further purchases, beyond few
thousand pounds to exc out some particua
sort. Hence the general apathy amonl
buyers and the dullness of this market il
the face of activity all over the world
: 30 to 33c, Michigan No. / at SO to SIC
Z California spring at % to &c, Easter
Oregon at % to Doc, Maine supers at $50
l. extra Western pulled at % to 32c an,
l. medium com hing ut a To 2lC per mound