Connecticut western news., 1890-02-05
MARKET REVIEW OF THE WEEK
BOSTON. Feb, 3. 1S9O

The markets abroad are quite stiff on wheat, but weak and dull on flour. Indeed the flour m ,rket is dull here.
 The meal markets are quiet. Cornmeal Is in very moderate request, with the tendency easy, though the prices on bag meal are very low. The sellers of oatmeal are asking steady prices. There are no new features in rye or rye flour.
 Corn Is dull. The markets of the West are dull and generally easier, and the position here is entirely in sympathy with that of the West, though the offerings are not very large.
 For the week the total receipts of corn here were 313, ,715 bus; same week last year, 92,920 bus.
 Oats are dull. The best selections of oats on track and billed through sell quite readily and about full prices are realized.
 For the week the total receipts of oats were 102,3oO bus.; same week last year, At, 1865 bus.
 is still declines4h the receipts, with the market cleaning up rather better, but still there is hay enough to keep prices low. Straw is in moderate receipt, but the demand is also moderate. Seldom has there been winter dull.
 The pork provision market is fairly steady, though the west is not quite so high as week ago. The local marketis is very steady, with a fair trade. The kill of hogs is kept up to full propo- tions, and the hogs are running larger than earlier in the season. The total kill for the week by Boston packers has been about A, 800; previous week, 24 ,5OO; last year, same week, 23,2O0. There is fair request for ex- port, with the market steady. The total value of the exports by local packers for the $122,000. There is far request for fresh, with the market steady in that direction.
 The receipts of beef in Boston are very heavy. The surplus, if it keeps up, means lower prices, unless the owners of the beef are able to induce conditions of the market beyond the law of supply and demand. The request is repor ed better on forequarters, hindquarters are barely steady.
 The total receipts of beef here for the week were 189 cars, previous week, 24O cars; last year, same week, 138 cars.
 The mutton market is about steady, with the position of prices a little easier, unless it be on very choice light lambs or heavy nut ton.
 The poultry market is firm on turkeys, with chickens in full supply; Still the request is not very brisk for anything in that line.
 The butter market Is firm for the best fresh goods, the arrivals of which are scarcely up to the wants of the trade. Good fresh dairies are also wanted, but the market is easy on held goods, aAd such are cleaning up rather slowly. For the week the receipts of butter were 12,57S pkgs; last year, same week, 10,934. The cheese market is steady for really good lots but there are some offerings that cannot be considered as good, and these are decided ly dull and hard to sell. For the week the 1 total receipts of cheese were 7683 bXs.; las year, 8618 bXs.
 The request for eggs is dull and unsatisfac- tory, especially when taken in consideration with the very heavy arrivals for the season. The chances are now not very good for a firmer egg market this season, and the next season brings them into the miust of the greatest pientifulness of the year. The mar ket is quoted easier. For the week the total receipts of eggs were 100 bbs. and 5S97 cs; last year 455 bbls. and O,375 cs.
 There is still moderate request for beans. foreign pea and medium very dull. New York Pea and ma.rows are steady.
 The potato market is very firm. Choice Maine potatos are very firm, wi h soc asked for choice hebrons. The receip:s of forei n are small with few on the market at present.
 Apples are very firm, with the market higher. There Is particularly good demand for choice Maine Ba1dwins, and higher prices are being asked and paid. This class of ap- much this season as usual, however.
 For the week the total receipts of apples here were 2524 bbls; last year, same week, 3S35 bbls.
 The market on cranberries is very firm, though quiet. The supply is small, especially of choice, and this is not favorable to full trade.
 The supply of oranges is generally heavy, the supply of lemons is small, with the market firm, but the demand is also light.
 The fish market has been quiet the past week, with prices a little off and receipts of most all kinds light.