The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-11
Brighton and WATERFOWL
Live Stock.


CATTLE.-The receipts were 1866 head.
Northern dressed sold at 4 to Gle and fancy
at to nc per pound.
SwINE.-The receipts were 81 ,7S1 head
There was slight advance in prices, North
ern dressed selling at to Tic and Western
live at 81 to &c per pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.--The receipts were $40
head. There was no change in prices.
Sheep sold at % to 43c and lambs at to Gle
per pound.
VEALs.-Receipts, 1886 head. There was
a steady demand. Prices ranged at p to
6lc per pound.
PoULTRY.-There was three-quarters of a
ton of live poultry upon the market Prices
ranged at to 12c per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.-We quote Brighton
hides at 6 to SIC and country lots at 81 to &c
per ID; caf-skins, 6 to &c per lb; sheared pelts,
15c to 81 EACH dairy-skins u to 25c each;
Brighton tallow, 3 to &c and country lots
at II to &c per pound.
Boston Produce.
EGGs.-There is light demand and prices
are somewhat lower. Vermont sell at "a to
PC and held lots at II to pc per dozen.
PoTAToEs-Th There is no change to note
in the market. Good lots of Early Rose sell
at 20 to SOC, Hebrons at IS to SOC and Bur-
banks at Soc per bushel.
BEANs.-Choice hand-picked Pea sell at
500 to S2.75 Mediums at $40 to S2.45,
Yellow Eyes at 1925 to S2.35 and Red Kid
neys at S2.10 to 1925 per bushel.
CHEEsE.-There is good demand, with
an advance in prices. Extra Vermont sells
at II to 12bc, good to choice at 10l to lie,
common at 8 to sc and extra sage at II to
13c per pound.
HAY AND STRAw.-The demand is good
with slight change in prices. Choice hay
sells at S17 90 to $500, fair to good at $3.50
to $1,000 and poor at $3.50 to $3.50. Rye
straw brings S17.00 to $3.50 and oat $500
to $3.50 per ton.
BUTTER.-The market is quiet with no
material change TO note in prices. Re
ceipts of fine fresh-made goods are light
and meet with a ready sale. We quote
extra Northern creamery at 26 to &c,
extra Western creamery at % to 29c,
choice do at % to 24c, the finest Franklin
county dairy at ~ to 2Sc good to choice do
24c and fair to good do at 20 to 2lc per pound.
Wool.
THE tone of the market is somewhat i'm
proved and in some exceptional cases a
Slight advance on quotations has been re-
allied on certain grades that are in exceed
ingly light supply. Ohio Xxx sells at 30 to
33c, Ohio at 80 to 31lc, Michigan No. l at
"a to 35c, Maine supers at 40 to 43c and ex-
ira Western supers at ~ to 3Oc per pound.
Lumber.
THERE is a good demand for random cargoes
of spruce boards, clapboards and shingles.
Laths are in moderate movement. Box
boards are in fair demand. Rough hemlock
boards sell at $1,000 to $1,000 and planed do
at $500; the best clear spruce floor boards
at $500 to $3.50, coarse at $500 to $500
and refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch box
boards at So. 90 to 800 and seven-eighths dc
at S1l00 to 11.50; Eastern sawed cedar
shingles at $40 to S362l, clear do at $500
to S3123, best shaved shingles at S5.25,
other grades at 1926 to $4.75 and No. l
spruce at S1.25 to S1.50; extra four-foot
spruce clapboards at $1,000 to S27 90, do
clear at S24 to $500 and other grades
at S12to $1,000; pine and spruce laths at
$500 to 1925 and spruce under-foors at
$1,000 to S11.00.