The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-27

Northern dressed selling at to 71c and
Western live at Ct to &c per pound.
CATTLE.-The receipts were I ,S0j head.
The market was dull Northern dressed
sold at to &c and fancy at to Tic per ID.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.-We quote Brighton
hides at to 5lc and country lots at 4 to 4Jc
per lb caf-skins, . to &c per ID; pelts Toe to
$1.50 each; dairy-skins, 10 to 25c each;
Brighton tallow, 3 to &c and country lots
at X to &c per pound.
Boston Produce.
EGGs.-The market is steady and strong.
Fresh lots of Vermont sell at 10 to lie and
Western at 159 to 16c per dozen.
CHEEsE.-Thc market is steady and firm.
Extra Vermont sells at 81 to SC, good to
choice at Z to 7lc and common at to &c
per pound.
BEANs.-Choce hand-picked Pea sell at
$3.50 to $500, Mediums at $3.50 to $40
Yellow Eyes at S2.S5 to $3.50 and Red Kid
neys at S1.90 to 500 per bushel.
PoTAToEs.-There is not so heavy stock
of potatoes in the market and the demand
continuing good, there is a general advance
in prices In new potatoes it amounts to
S100 BARREL in old, to 10c bushel. New
potatoes are selling at $500 to $3.50 per
barrel and old at 30 to G0c per bushel
BUTTER.--The market is steady. Prices
are well held and the list is unchanged
and Western extra creamery. These are
somewhat stronger in tone and advanced in
quotation. Otherwise there is no change to
note, We quote extra Northern creamery at
90 to dc, extra Western creamery at 20 to 21c,
choice do at Is to 19c, the finest Franklin
county dairy at 10 to 20c, good to choice do
at Is to 19c, choice Northern dairy at II to
1Sc and fair to good do at 16 to lie per 10.
Flour and Grain.
GRAIN.-Corn sells at 645 to &C and
oats at ~ to 493c per bushel, as to quail
ity. Winter wheat bran brings S21.50 to
$3.50, spring wheat bran $500 to 5000,
middlings $500 to $1,000 and cotton-seed
meal S23.75 to S240O per ton.
FLoUR.-The market is steady and firm.
Buyers and holders, however, can not agree
upon the prices, and, feeling secure in their
position, holders in general prefer to store
their goods rather than accept the prices
offered. Carload lots of fine flour are
selling at S275 to $780, supertne at 1913 to
S3.25, common extras at $500 to $3.50, Mich
igan roller at S4.25 to S4.75, New York roller
at S4 % to S4.75, st. Louis and Illinois clears
at S425 to $3.50 and spring wheat patents
at S5,15 to S5.40 per barrel.
Wool.
THE market is dull and presents but few
interesting features. Ohio Xxx sells at 90 to
SOC, Ohio X at IS to 29c, Michigan No. at
81 to 4c, Maine supers at 80 to SOC and extra
Wstern supers at u to 25c per pound.
Lumber.
THE market for lumber remains in about
the same condition as last week There is
a moderately fair movement in lumber, but
nothing like what was anticipated or what
should reasonably be expected at this time
of the year. Rough hemlock boards
sell at $1,000 to $1,000 and planed do at
Sl2,00; the best clear spruce floor boards
at ST. 100 to $500, coarse at $500 to $500
and refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch box
boards at $1,000 to $3.50 and seven-eighths
do at S11.0O to S11.50; Eastern sawed cedar
shingles at $40 to S3.62I, clear do at $500
to S312l, best shaved shingles at S5.25,
other grades at 1926 to S4.75 and No.
spruce at $1.25 to S1.5O; extra four-foot
spruce clapboards at $1,000 to 5000, do
clear at 1914 to $500 and other grades
at Sl2to $1,000; pine and spruce laths at
$500 to 1925 and spruce underhoors at
$1,000 to Sl1.00.