The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-13
Matkets.
Brighton and WATERFOWL
Live Stock.

POULTRY. The receipts were one ton,
The ruling price was Toe per pound, live.
vEALs-Receipts, 1887 head. Sales were
slow. Prices ranged at p to 5lc per pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
1919 head. Sheep sold at % to 54c and spring
lambs at to &c per pound.
SwINE.-The receipts were 13,029 head,
Northern dressed selling at to tic and
Western live at st to 6bc per pound.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 1908 head.
The market was active Northern dressed
sold at a to 74c and fancy at q to Sc per Id.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.-We quote Brighton
hides at to ole and country lots at to 4lc
per lb; calf-skins, &c per lb; pelts, 75c to
S1.50 each; dairy-skins, 10 to 20c each;
Brighton tallow, 3 to 4c and country lots
at Il to &c per pound.
Boston Produce.
EGGs.-The arrivals have been moderate,
but the demand is not active. Fresh lots of
Vermont sell at IA to 154c and Western at
IA to 144c per dozen.
BEANs.-Choice hand-picked Pea sell at
$3.50 to $500, Mediums at $3.50 to $40,
Yellow Eyes at 1926 to 1886 and Red Kid
neys at $50 to 500 per bushel
CHEEsE.-The market is dull A good
many buyers still have more or less old stock
on hand and the demand for new is very light.
Extra Vermont sells at 81 to &c, good to
choice at 8 to Sic and common at to TIC
per pound.
HAY AND STRAw-Choice hay is steady
and the best grades sell well. Ordinary
grades of winter-pressed hay move slowly.
Choice lots sell at $500 to $780, fair to
good at $40 90 to $1,000 and poor at $500 to
S14.OO. Rye straw brings S24.00 to $500
and oat $1,000 to S11.00 per ton.
BUTTER.-The general opinion seems to
be that prices have touched bottom for the
present, at least and there are indications of
slight reaction on some of the finest grades.
Northern creamery Is in light supply and in
good demand. There is some stock held
at prices exceeding our quotations, but
we hear of no sales. We quote extra
Northern creamery AT 10 to zoe, extra
Western creamery at ~ to zoe, choice
do at Is to 10c, the finest Franklin county
dairy at 10 to 20c, good to choice do
at Is to 19c, choice Northern dairy at II to
lSc and fair to good do at Is to 17c per h.
Flour and Grain.
GRAIN.-Corn sells at 6il to CSC and
oats at ~ to 494c per bushel, as to quail
ity. Winter wheat bran brings S2l 90 TO
500 80, spring wheat bran $500 to 5000,
middlings $500 to 5000 and cotton-seed
meal S23,75 to S24,0O per ton.
FLoUR-There is no change to note in
the market, sales ruling light and prices re-
naming about the same. Buyers are only
operating as they are in want OF small lots
to keep up ASSIGNMENTS, and it is in this quiet
way that sales are made at about quo
tations Carload lots of fine flour are
selling at So 10 to $500, superhne at $40 TO
S325, common extras at $500 to $500, Mich
igan roller at S4.25 to S475, New York roller
at "a. % to S4,75, st. Louis and Illinois clears
at 81 % to 81 80 and spring wheat patents
at S5l5 to S5.40 per barrel.
Lumber.
THERE is no improvement in the demand
and no particular activity in any kind OF
lumber. The demand for laths is moderate,
but prices are steady. Shingles are in
/ fairly good demand at steady prices.
There is good call for spruce clapboards
and the stock of the better grades is
rather light. Rough hemlock boards
sell at $1,000 to $1,000 and planned do at