The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
Brighton and WATERFOWL
Live Stock.

Brighton and Watertown
Live Stock
POULTRY. The receipts were $500 lbs
The ruling price was II to 12Ic per pound.
vEALs-Receipts, ,799 head Sales were
slow. Prices ranged at % to sic per pound.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 2,7S0 head.
The market was steady. Fancy lots brought
lower prices. Northern dressed sold at to
&c and fancy at g to &c per pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
6,203 head. Sheep sold at to &c and spring
lambs at to &c per pound.
SwrNE.-The receipts were 1888 head,
Northern dressed selling at to 74c and
Western live at st to &C per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-We quote Brighton
hides at 6 to &c and country lots at 4 to &c
per Id; calf-skins, &c per lb; pelts, 81 to
Sl.25 EACH dairy-skins, ~ to zoe each;
Brighton tallow, 3 to 4c and country lots
at l. to &c per pound.
Boston Produce.
EGGs.-The arrivals have been light
and the market is firm. Fresh lots of
Vermont sell at 145 to 15c and Western
at IA to 14lc per dozen.
BEANs.-Choice hand-picked Pea sell at
$3.50 to $500, Mediums at S2.65 to $40,
Yellow Eyes at 81. So to $3.50 and Red Kid
neys at S1.90 to $500 per bushel.
PorAToEs.-The demand is fair and the
market is more in buyers favor. Good
lots of Early Rose sell at SOC to S1.05,
Hebrons at IS to SOC and Burbanks at roc.
CHEEsE.-The demand for new cheese
continues light, and as rule sales have to
be made at easy prices. Extra Vermont
sells at 10 to 101c, good to choice at 81 to Ole
and common at to Sc per pound.
HAY AND STRAw.-Choice hay is steady
and the best grades sell well. Ordinary
grades of wnter-pressed hay move slowly.
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good at $500 to $1,000 and poor at $500 to
S14.OO. Rye straw brings $4,000 to S24.0O
and oat $1,000 to S11 90 per ton.
BUTTER.-Receipts are increasing and the
market is pretty well supplied, especially
with the finest class of goods. Buyers are
holding off as much as possible and will not
buy until they are forced into it by lack of
stocks. Prices have dropped off about
one cent and are rather unsteady yet.
| Dairy lots and imitation creamery but
ter are in no better condition. We quote
extra Northern creamery at "a to DC,
extra Western creamery at "a to 25c,
| choice do at 90 to 22c the finest Franklin
county dairy at % to 24c, good to choice do
at 90 to PC, choice Northern dairy at 10 to
20c and fair to good do at IS to 19c per ID.
Flour and Grain.
GRAIN.-Corn sells at 66I to 69lc and
oats at 40l to 47c per bushel as to quail
| ity Winter wheat bran brings 5000 to
500 80, spring wheat bran S21 90 to S21 80,
middlings 5000 to S24.00 and cotton-seed
meal S23.25 per ton.
FLoUR.-The recent reaction in wheat does
not lend a great deal of confidence to
| -four buyers and the trading is therefore
rather dull. Sellers are firm in their views
and rather than grant concessions they will
not make sales. Carload lots of fine -four are
selling at $3.50 to $500, superine at S2.75 to
| S3.25, common extras at $500 to $780, Mich
| igan roller at S4 .25 to S475, New York roller
| at 81 % to 81 rs, st. Louis and Illinois clears
at S4 % to $3.50 and spring wheat patents
at So 10 to $40 per barrel.
Lumber.
The weather has improved and has given
a better tone to the market, but business has
not improved to any extent. There has con-
tinued to be quiet market for spruce lum-
Der generally, though prices are unchanged.
| There is fair demand for dry boards, both
spruce and hemlock. Laths are quiet at
steady figures Shingles are in fair
call. Clapboards are in good demand at
full prices. Rough hemlock boards
sell at $1,000 to $1,000 and planned do at
$500; the best clear spruce floor boards
at $500 to $500, coarse at $500 to $500
and refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch box
do at S11 90 to S11.50; Eastern sawed cedar
shingles at $40 to $3.624 clear do at $500
to S3.12l, best shaved shingles at 1925,
other grades at 1925 to S475 and No.
spruce at 1925 to $780, extra four-foot
spruce clapboards at $1,000 to S27 co. do
clear at S2i to $500 and other grades
at S12to $1,000; pine and spruce laths at
$500 to 1928 and spruce underhoors al
$1,000 to S11.00.