The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-13
Weekly Market Review.
VERMONT PRODUCE.

Observation-Disclosures ly-made butter sells
at 10 to &c for selections, summer-made lots
are very dull at IA to 16c; cheese sells at 9
to 10c per pound; eggs, 25c per dozen pota-
toes, 40 to DOC per bushel; beef, DC per pound;
pork, &c per pound lamb, 81 to 4c per
pound; mutton, % to Sc per pound. Fine
new-milk butter is worth rs cents, but must
be strictly gilt-edge.
WORCESTERSHIRE were light at this
market Late-made butter sold at 10 to 1Sc,
and October-make at 10 to pc per Id; eggs
at 25c per dozen; beans at 81 to 81 80 per
bushel; apples at 81 to 81 .50 per barrel; po-
tatoes, 30 to 40c per bushel Potatoes are rot
ting badly.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT grades of butter sell
at 10 to 18c, and October-make at 20 to 22c
per lb factory cheese at Toe, and dairy at
to Sc per ID; eggs, 20 to 22c per dozen; pota-
toes, 40 to SOC per bushel; hay, $15 per ton.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 2,0A head.
Northern cattle sold at d to TIC, dressed, an
advance of fully &c per ID over last weeks
prices. Mich cows were in moderate de-
mand. Among the sales we note the follow
ing: BY j. b. Cook, three Northern steers,
average $50 to 700 lbs, at &c, live, and five
heifers, average 725 to $50 lbs, at Sc, live, and
SO over on lot; by r. w. Brown, two oxen,
average 1650 lbs, at 4lc, live, and four mich
cows for 5000; by j. Engrem of Rutland,
VT, one yearling bull, at $l5, and two mich
cows, one for S19 and one for $40; by A. n.
Monroe, sixteen Western steers, average
$50 lbs, at 5tc, and fifteen others, average
1881 lbs, at 5lc per ID, live; by j. ID. Hos
mer, one pair of cattle for work, girthing
seven feet and weighing 300 lbs, at S136,
and another pair, girthing six feet six inches
and weighing 2450 lbs, at S105; by Aldrch
& johnson of New Hampshire, mich cows
all the way from $50 to S55 per head; by f.
H. Coolidge, one Ayrshire COW, to give
twenty quarts of milk per day, at 500.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-Receipts, 6,904 head.
Sales were brisk at an advance in prices of
to &c per lb, live. Sheep ranged at 81 to
ole, and lambs at # to &c per 10, live.
SwINE.--The receipts were 1902 head.
The market was firm, Western live selling
at # to 42c, and Northern dressed at to
SIC per lb.
VEALs.-The supply of veals was 1876 head
The demand was fair, prices ranging at q
to &c per ID, live weight
ULTRY.-There were 1 800 lbs at market,
mixed lots selling at Sc per Id.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-We quote hides at
s to SIC per Id, calf-skins at lie per lib, pelts
at Zoe to S115 each, dairy skins at 80 to 75c
each, Brighton tallow at A to sc and coun-
try tallow at p to &c per Id.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BUTrER.--The market is slightly stronger
in some cases and weaker in others, but the
variance from last weeks prices is slight.
Vermont fall-made diaries sell at % to 23c,
selections at 2ic, common to good at 10 to
20c and winter-made diaries at 10 to 18c, as
to quality. Extra fresh Western creamery
is worth 80 to SAC per h. Jobbing prices
are to &c higher than these quotations..
CHEEsE.-The market is slightly stronger.
Prices of upper grades are gradually i'm
proving. Poor grades remain quiet. We
quote extra Vermont at 10c, good to choice
at to 95c common at to &c, extra sage at
IL to 12ac, good to choice do. at to 10c, and
skins at to &c per pound.
HAY AND STRAw.-The receipts are mod
crate and prices are in buyers favor. We
quote choice prime at $40 to $40, fair to
good at SlS to $40 and poor at S13 to S14.
Rye straw sells at $40 to $50 and oat straw
at S11 to SO per ton.
PorAToEs.-The mar ket closes firmer
| than last week Receipts have been light
and prices are firmly held. Vermont He
brons and Prolifcs bring So to 5Sc and Rose
GO to 65c per bushel.
BEANs.-Receipts are plenty, the demand
| light and prices little lower. Hand-picked
Pea sell at SLIGO to S1.65, common to good
at S1.55 to Sl6O and choice screened at
$1.35 to $1.40 per bushel.
EGGs.-The general market is quiet and
dull, Vermont and New York selling at "a
to 25c and Western at % to 2ic per dozen.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-The market remains very dull and
inclined to weakness. Round lots cannot be
moved except at concessions and prices are
trhe easier for jobbing lots. Fine grades
sell at S2.75 to 50, superiine at SHE to $3.50,
common extras at 1915 to "a, Michigan
roller at S475 to So, St. Louis patents at
So. 40 to $3.50, and st. Louis clears at $3.50
to S4.S5 per barrel.
OATs-There is a steady market. We
quote fancy oats at A to 45c, No. white at
~ to 43c, No. 2 at 40 to 405c, No. 3 at 39l to
4Oc and No. mixed at SS4c per bushel.
CoRN.-The market is quiet. We quote
old corn at 81 to 53c new steamer yellow at
| 80 to 50lc, steamer mixed at 10 to 491c and
no grade at 4S to 49c per bushel.
SHoRrs.-Winter wheat sells at S1S to
$3.50, spring wheat bran at SIT to $3.50,
middlings at SIS to $50 and cotton-seed meal
at $24 per ton. The above quotations for
flour and grain are receivers prices for car
lots.
WOOL AND LUMBER.
LUMBER.-The prospects for trade this
year are regarded as very promising by the
dealers. House-building, which promises
to be good in the spring, calls for large
amount of different sizes and classes OF
lumber and is one of the most profitable
sources of demand. Clapboards are UNI
changed and there is some disposition tC
purchase them in advance of requirements
as it is believed that they have reached bot
tom. There is fair demand for frames
We quote rough hemlock boards at $40 to
$1,000, and planed at S11.5O to So; spruce
underfloors at SIG and Northern stock
boards at 500; extra sound cedar shingles al
$3.50 to $780, and tirst-quality shaved al
$5.25; extra Aft spruce clapboards at S2S tC
$50, clear at $50 to S22 and No. at S12 tC
SO; spruce and pine laths, ~ to 1920 =
WooL.-The market can be better charac
terized as a waiting market than anything
else. There have been some manufacturers
about trying to pick up cheap lots, but there
is little pressure either to buy or to sell
Prices are unchanged, but there is an UNI
mstakable upward tendency in certain
grades. We quote XXX Ohio at "a to 35c
Ohio X at 80 to 33c, Michigan No. at 30 tc
36c, California spring at 20 to 25c, Eastern
Oregon at 20 to 23c, Maine supers at 3S tt
40c, extra Western pulled at u to 3Oc. and
medium comhino at 33 to Bic per pound.