The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-04

with prices off again. New mich butter is
quoted at 10 to 16c, and some selections bring
higher price; cheese, new, &c per 10; eggs,
15c per dozen; potatoes, 60c per bushel;
beef, 3 to &c per 10; pork, &c per ID;
lamb, 6 to &c per lb turkeys, fresh, 10
to lac per lb; chickens, fresh, 10 to 14c per 10.
Brighton and Watertown
Live Stock
POULTRY The receipts were light The
ruling price was 10c per pound, live.
VEALs.-Receipts, S37 head Sales were
active. Prices ranged at % to 54c per pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
S,60S head. Sheep sold at Al to i3c and spring
lambs at to Sc per pound.
SwINE.-The receipts were 4,225 head,
Northern dressed selling at to 74c and
Western live at 81 to &c per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.-We quote Brighton
hides at . to 5lc and country lots at to Ale
per ID; calf-skins, 3 to &c per lb pelts, 7jc to
S1.50 each; dairy-skins, 10 to 20c each;
Brighton tallow, 3 to &c and country lots
at II to &c per pound
CATTLE.-The receipts were ,005 head.
The market was dull. Northern dressed
sold at to sc and fancy at to DC per ID.
Among the sales we note the following:
BY j. Meloy, six springers and one mich
COW at $50 each and two mich cows at S9j
EACH by f. II. Coolidge & Son, twenty
four mich cows at from S25 to $50 per head;
by j. S. Henry, four mich cows at 500 for
the lot; by Breck & Wood ten mich cows
at from $40 to $50 each: by Libby & Merrill,
three springers at SOB for the lot
Boston Produce.
PoTAToEs.-The receipts have been mod
crate and the demand fair New potatoes
are selling at $500 to $3.50 per. barrel and
old at 80 to 60c per bushel.
BEANs.-Choice hand picked Pea sell at
| 50 80 81 OD MpIiumg at 80 to - IN
Yellow Eyes at $3.50 to $3.50 and Red Kid
neys at ST. to $500 per bushel.
CHEEsE.-The market is steady and quiet
! The demand is fair and prices are unchanged
Extra Vermont sells at 81 to &c, good to
choice at to 71c and common at to &c
per pound.
EGGs.-The market is steady and prices
are firmly held. The demand is good and
arrivals are not especially heavy. Fresh
lots of Vermont sell at II TO 17bc and West
ern at l6 to 16lc per dozen.
BUTTER The market is very firm. Prices
are unchanged and are well held, although
| the arrivals of new butter are heavy. Under
| ordinary circumstances these arrivals would
break the market, but there is an excellent
demand. Wequote extra Northern creamery
al 20 to 2lc, extra Western creamery at 20 to
pic, choice do at Is to l9c, the finest Franklin
county dairy at 10 to zoe, good to choice do
at IL to l9c, choice Northern dairy at II to
loc and lair TO good do at 16 to lie per h.
Flour and Grain.
GRAIN.-Corn sells at 64I to &c and
oats at AZ to 49Ic per bushel, as to quail
ity. Winter wheat bran brings S21 80 to
$3.50, spring wheat bran $500 to 5000,
middlings $500 to 5000 and cotton-seed
meal S23,75 to S24.00 per ton.
FLoUR.-The market is in somewhat
peculiar condition. There is fair de-
mand but the views of the holders are to a
higher basis of prices than the dealers care
TO pay. The consequence is that trade
holds off little, although there is healthy
tone. Carload lots of fine -four are
selling at S2,75 to $500, superfne at S2.75 to
$3.25, common extras at $500 to $500, Mich
igan roller at S4.25 to $4,75, New York roller
at S425 to $4.75, ST. Louis and Illinois clears
at S425 to $3.50 and spring wheat patents
at S5l5 to $40 per barrel