The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-19

Id; pork, to 5lc per ID; lamb, b to &c per
ID; veal, to 4c per ID; mutton, p to &c per
pound. Maple sugar is dull at to &c per
ID; strip, 80 to SOC per gallon.
VERGENNEs.-B Butter is firm at 16 to 1Sc
per pound, selections selling higher eggs
| 10c per dozen; beans, S1.00 to S1.25 per
bushel; potatoes, 80 to Soc per bushel; hay,
$500 to $1,000 per ton.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 1924 head.
Trade in beef cattle has been good the past
week, and the market is fairly active at a
slight advance in prices, Northern dressed
selling all the way from to &c and fancy at
81 to SIC per pound. Among the sales we
note the following: By F. III. Coolidge, three
new-mich cows at S45 each and one at $50;
by j. Wilder & Son, three heifers at $50
each; by j. Meloy, fifteen beef cattle, aver
age /, 100 lbs, at 5Ic and eighteen others at
seven mich cows at $50 each; by III. M.
Taft, one pair of working oxen, girthing six
feet and ten inches and weighing $500 lbs
at S135
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
7146 head. Trade was quicker at firm
prices, sheep ranging at % to 5fc, and lambs
nearly one year old at 81 to &c per ID, live
SwINE.-The receipts were 1852 head.
The market was steady, Northern dressed
selling at 5lc and Western live at Al to &c
per pound.
VEALs.-The supply of veals was 1899 head
! The market showed more life, with slight
advance in prices, which ranged at p to &c
per pound.
PoULTRY.-There were 900 lbs on the
market, mixed lots selling at lie per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-We quote hides at
6 to 6Ic per Id, calf-skns at s to 10c per ID,
pelts at 75c to 81 10 each, dairy skins at %
to 35c each, Brighton tallow at to SIC and
country tallow at to BIC per h.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BUTTER.-There has been fair trade the
past week, but receipts have increased and
the market tends in favor of buyers. Late
arrivals show marked improvement in
quality. The best Vermont dairy lots sell
well at zoe, with now and then an extra lot
at dc. Western creamery brings ~ to 22c,
and extra Northern creamery sells fairly at
% to 224c per pound.
BEANs.-There is a good demand for very
choice dry Pea and Medium beans at 81 60
to S1.75 for the former and $1.35 for the lat
ter, but only small portion of the receipts
answer this description. Most of the beans
offering are soft and damp and, with the
near approach of hot weather, buyers are
afraid to handle them, Yellow Eyes sell at
$1.3S and Red Kidneys at $1.62 to S1.6S per
bushel.
CHEEsE.-Fine old cheese is in moderate
There is some inquiry for new cheese but
none offering. We quote extra Vermont at
81 to 10c, good to choice at 81 to 9lc, COM
mon at 3 to Sc and extra sage at 49, to lac
per pound.
HAY.-Much of the receipts arrive in a
heated condition, and the market is fiat on
all but the best fresh pressed hay. Some
receivers are slaughterng prices on this hot
hay, and it is having bad effect on the
general trade We quote choice prime al
$40. to $1,000, fair to good at SIT 90 to $3.50
and poor at $1,000 to $3.50. Rye straw sell:
at $50 to $21 and oat at $40 to Sl1 per ton.
EGGs.-Trade still continues dull and the
prices are lower than week ago. Choice
Vermont sell at III to 12c and choice West
ern at l1ac per dozen.
, PoTAToEs.-The arrivals are heavy ant
prices have a downward tendency. Yer
, mont Hebrons and Rose sell at 65 to Csc ant
Prolifics at 53c per bushel.
, BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-The demand is light. Prices ar,
) steady at quotations, but sales of any mag
nitude are often at concessions. Fine sell
a at S2.65 to $2.S5, superfine at So to $3.40
= common extras at $500 to 1886, Michigan
roller at S4.65 to S4.S5, st. Louis patents a
a $500 to S5.25 and st. Louis clears at 81 3
to $4.65 per barrel.
I GRAIN-Large supplies are arriving, an,
concessions would have to be made wer
= any anxiety to sell shown. On the whole
. the market is fairly good at quotations
Corn sells at 40 to 51hc and oats at Al to 4S
per bushel, as to quality. Winter whea
y shorts bring $3.50 to $500, spring whea
bran $3.50 to $l7,00, middlings $500 T.
II $3.50 and cotton-seed meal 1923 per ton
> The above are receivers prices.
! THE WOOL MARKET.
+ LIGHT sales and dropping prices are still
e the rule, and it is doubtful If buyers will
take advantage of the present easy market
N Ohio and Pennsylvania fleece is exceed
n ingly flat and holders refuse to sell at cuI
a rent rates; Michigan fleece is quiet; goo
California wool is firm at quotations, an
territory wool is in light supply. Ohio Ky
. sells at 81 to 33c, Ohio X AT 80 to sic, Mich
Q gan No. at 81 TO 33c, California spring a
y 20 to DC Eastern Oregon at 10 to 23C
VI Maine supers at 36 to 3Sc, extra Wester
pulled at n to 20c and medium combing a
u "a to 35c per pound.
II THE LUMBER TRADE.
IS The mills in the North and East are noN
pretty generally running, but good man
l. logs are chung up" ON account of loN
4 water. There is little demand for spruc
If plank, timber and joists. Clapboards are /
1 fair request, as the old stock is getting 10y
~ and the new is not yet coming in. Ceda
shingles are also in good demand. There
a fair call for aths and spruce boards, bu
hemlock boards are dull of sale at presen
s. We quote rough hemock boards at $40 [
S. 5000 and Dlaned at 81 90 TO SD: spruo