The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
Weekly Market Review.
VERMONT PRODUCE.


MONTPELIER of freshly-made
butter sell at II to lac per pound; cheese
SC per Id; eggs, 12c per dozen; potatoes,
80 to 40c per bushel; beef, to &c per
Id; pork, 8 to 5bc per lb lamb, &c per lb;
VEAL 3 to &c per Id; mutton, % to &c per
pound.
RIcHMoND.-There was a better feeling re-
great advance over last week Butter sold
at IA to 1Sc per pound; eggs, 12c per dozen !;
potatoes, 30c per bushel.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 1862 head.
The requirements were light and the mar
ket weak, Northern selling all the way
from to 73c and fancy at 8 to SIC per ID.
Among the sales we note the following: BY
Libby & Son, one new-milch COW that gives
sixteen quarts of milk per day, at $40 by
+. II. Coolidge x Son, one new-milch COW,
grthing six feet and eight inches and weigh
ing 1,420 lbs, and would give twenty-five
quarts of milk per day, at $40; by II. M
Taft, one pair of working oxen, weighing
2,400 lbs, at S105; by j. ID. Hosmer, one
pair of working oxen, weighing 800 lbs,
at S140i by W. Scollans, five mich cows at
$50 each and three springers at S45 each.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
9,115 head. The movement was steady,
sheep ranging at p to 5ic and spring lambs
at s to lie per pound.
SwNE.-The receipts were 20,398 head.
The market was steady, Northern dressed
selling at 51c and Western live at Al to &c
per pound
YEALs'--The supply of veals was 9, 272 head.
The market was quiet and prices the same
as last week, ranging at % to 55c per pound
PouLTRY.-There were 1000 lbs on the
market, mixed lots selling at 11cper pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.--We quote hides al
6 to 6bc per 10, calf-skins at 8 to 1Oc per h.
pelts at Zoe to S1.10 each, dairy skins at 2t
to 35c EACH Brighton tallow at % to &c and
country tallow at II to &c per Id.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BUTTER-The receipts have been rather
heavy and the demand slack. Prices are
somewhat lower than those quoted week
ago. There has been plenty of western
creamery offering, and northern creamery
is also in moderate supply. Imitation
creamery and ladle-packed are very
dull and hard to sell. Vermont dairy
lots sell well at 16 to lie, with now
and then an extra lot at 174c. Western
creamery brings 16 to lie, and extra North
ern creamery sells fairly at II to 17lc per ID
BEANs-Choice stock sells very readily
and there is a steady demand for bright Pes
medium at quotations, but soft, damp stool
is very hard to place at any price. yellow
Eyes are in steady fair demand at quota
tions. We quote Pea beans at $1.65 to S1.75
Mediums at S1,35, Yellow Eyes at $1.38 ant
Red Kidneys at S1.62 to $16S.
CHEEsE.--The receipts are little lighte
than last week, but the demand is proper
tionately lighter also, and prices hav
dropped about one cent. We quote extr
| Vermont at to SC, good to choice at
| to &c, common at 3 to &c and extra sag
at to 91c per pound.
EGGs.-The market has been rather dul
during the past week, and prices ar
somewhat lower. Choice Vermont sci
at III to 12c and choice Western at III
per dozen.
PoTAToEs.-Vermont Hebrons and Ros
sell at 80 to zoe and Prolifcs at 55c pc
| bushel.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-The market is quiet and sale
slow, but prices are steady Fine sell
at S2.65 to $2.85, superfne at SO to S3.4(
common extras at $500 to 1886, Michga
roller at S4.65 to S4.S5, st. Louis patents q
$500 to 1925 and St. Louis clears at S4.9
to S4.65 per barrel.
GRAIN.-There has been decline in tn
price of oats. Otherwise the market is III
changed. Corn sells at As to 511c and oats 6
Sc to Acc per bushel, as to quality. Winte
wheat shorts bring $1,000 to $3.50, sprin
wheat bran S14O to S14.50, middlings $15.C
to $500 and cotton-seed meal S22 per tor
The above are receivers prices.