The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-15
Brighton and WATERFOWL
Live Stock.

LlNt SbOCks
CATTLE.-The receipts were 1884 head.
Northern dressed sold at 4 to &c and fancy
at to q per pound.
SwINE.-The receipts were 1921 head,
Northern dressed selling at to tic and
Western live at to &c per pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
1888 head Lambs were firm. Sheep sold
at p to 5lc and lambs at 81 to &c per pound.
VEALs.-Receipts, 5lS head. There was
a steady demand. Prices ranged at q to
&c per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.-We quote Brighton
hides at to 69c and country lots at 81 to &c
S5c to ST. each; dairy-skins, II to 25c each;
Brighton tallow, 3 to &c and country lots
at u to &c per pound
Boston Produce.
BEANs.-Choice hand-picked Pea sell at
$3.50 to $500, Mediums at $500 to S2.65,
Yellow Eyes at $40 to S2.75 and Red Kid
neys at $3.50 to $3.50 per bushel
EGGs.-There is moderate demand and
prices have dropped from one to five cents
per dozen on all grades. Vermont sell at
90 to 23c and held lots at II to 1Sc per dozen.
PoTAToEs.-There has been marked in
crease in receipts and the market is fairly
active. Good lots of Early Rose sell
at 90 to 95c, Hebrons at 10 to SOC and Bur-
banks at S5c per bushel.
CHEEsE.-The market is steady and prices
are firm. The stock is rather light Extra
Vermont sells at II to 13c, good to choice
at IL to 12c, common at 9 to 10c and extra
sage at - to lac per pound.
HAY AND STRAw.-The market is steady,
with a fair demand at quotations Choice
hay sells at $1,000 to Sl7.0C, fair to good
at Sl4.00 to $500 and poor at $500 to
$3.50. Rye straw brings Sl700 to $3.50
and oat $500 to $1,000 per ton.
BUTTER.-The market is in an excellent
condition and the demand is steady for all
grades Strictly extras will exceed quota
tions. There is not much dairy butter in
the market and what there is ranks rather
poorly. We quote extra Northern creamery
at q to 29c, extra Western creamery at 30 to
32c, choice do at % to &c, the finest Franklin
county dairy at % to 29c, good to choice do
at "a to &c, choice Northern dairy at % to
24c and fair to good do at 20 to pc per pound.
Flour and Grain.
FLoUR.-The market is quiet and some
difficulty is experienced in maintaining
quotations. Carload lots of fine -four are SELL
ing at $500 to $500, supertine at $3.50 to
$40, common extras at S3.25 to $3.50, Mich
igan roller at S425 to $3.50, New York roller
at S4.25 to S4.75, st. Louis and Illinois clears
at S4.25 to S4.95 and spring wheat patents
at $40 to $5.35 per barrel.
GRAIN.-Corn sells at 62I to 65lc and
oats at 40s to 465c per bushel, as to quail
ity. Winter wheat bran brings $1,000 to
500 80, spring wheat bran S21 90 to S2l.50,
middlings 500 to S24.00 and cotton-seed
meal S23.25 per ton.
Wool.
THE market is steady and there have been
| liberal sales. Ohio Xxx sells at 81 to 32AC,
Ohio X at 80 to Bic, Michigan No. 1 at "a to
BIC, Maine supers at 40 to 42c and extra
Western supers at % to 2Sc per pound.
Lumber.
THE demand is almost wholly for delivery
in the spring, and there has not been as yet
any considerable amount of business done.
The reports from the lumber regions indi-
cate that there is very large amount of
timber being cut and heavy log crop is
now looked for both East and North. We
quote as follows: 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 $1,000 to $500
and refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch box
| boards at $500 TO 1900 and seven-eighths do
at $11 to 100; Eastern sawed cedar
shingles at $40 to S3.62l, clear do at $500
to $3.l2s, best shaved shingles at 1928,
other grades at 1925 to S4.75 and No. /
spruce at S1.25 to $1.50; extra four-foot
spruce clapboards at $4,000 to $27 90, do
clear at S24 to $500 and other grades
at Sl2 to $1,000; pine and spruce laths at
$500 to 1928 and spruce underhoors at
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