Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-04-15

The market is generally quiet but steady,
many lines showing considerable tirmncsS.
OF course at this season there are c rtain
farm products which naturally decline, but
on the whole prices are better maintained
even in these articles, than year ago, which
clearly demonstrates the healthy condition
Of trade. Western crop reports continue
favorable, and now that sound currency
is assured, there is no reason why business
from this Oh should not he good, AS there Is
, marked absence Of anything OF Npecua'
i've character in trade.
BITTER.-Thc demand may be said TO
be only fair, and prize, are in sympathy
with other leading commercial centres,
Quotations: Western extra creamery,
21W2 fancy wcll-known higher; irsts
aud extra iirSlS, 29M2Gc; extra imitation
creamery, 300 BE; fartory choice. -" T.;
Northern creamery choice IS; anu VI
dairy good to choice. - ate eastern cream
cry, good to choice. !id2Ic. These are re-
ceycr,' prices for strictly wholesale lots.
JoObng prices, a. &C higher.
BEANS.-Thc market is about as at last
report. the demand being light and prices
the same as last quoted.
Quotations New York hand.pckcd pea,
a Sjdl 20 marrow pea, ~ 81; choice
screened rcI, 81 60 81 -; hand-picked med,
~ 15dl 50: choice screened, & COOL 70;
choice yellow eyes, 81 NOto 81; California
pea beans, - 30n2 20; hand-pickcd, s. ~
az 90; red kidneys, g az 10: lima, )
(o3!r. =! ID; foreign med. 81 15t1l 81, pea.
: 1jtnl 90. Jobbins prices Toe higher,
nI'L'L' ,rn .,u,ao hat lIrra
but the quality is such that prices have been
well maintained. Corncd beef /, in fair re-
quest, hui unchanged.
Quotations; Choice to fancy steers G3H1t;
common to good. MoG!c light, IN dc; extra
heavy binds, 9IHl0c: com. Ia good. Str'
9!r; light, 7!oS, choice htayy flores, ~,
com to good 3iio tie; nsht, BE; rattIr>, !"
&c; Chucks, $500; backs, - "6C, rump~. 'rt
re rounds. i!"G!r; rumrs and lolns. So
lie; short ribs, syn lie, Iuins. 10" lic; thl-
cago butts and rolls, Zoe; tcuderoins. 2oc.
Corned beef Extra plate and extra family,
SO jO,all; plates. 81; beef hams, els, beef
tongues, hbl-. $50; III bbls Siu -; trlpe.
hf bbl>. s. 9io3 ~; honcycomb. = e half
hbl.
CHEESE The market is very quiet. but
prices are steady.
Quotations, Choice Northern full creams
and twins l2lCo BE; fair 10 good. 9"l!r;
Western choice, l2r; fair to good, lo"I Ne:
sage. l3r'I 34c
COAI.-1hcrc is nothing to say IN regard
to the coal market which would he new or
interesting, the same conditions and prices
prevailing RS last week,
Quotations. stove, S37i"5 %: egg. $500
r., l r,,l..n chestnut
e3jDto3GI; Iykcns Valley, broken, 500
egg, Sjlo5.lO stove, 500, chestnut, Si.H
These prices are for coal free ON board III
New York.
Retail priccs-Nto,e, $500; nut. s5i0;
Egg, 500; furnace, 1915; Franklin,
g., all sizes. Lchigh egg, $50; furnace,
e. -. Wharf prices SOC less than the fore
going. Bituminous coal so" i.2j dcIiNrrcd
EGGS.-Thc market continues to gain
.;rcngth under the influence Of a fair de-
mand and lighter receipts. Dealers general
urc asking l5c, but sales are few at over y
Tie.
Quotations: Eastern extras. l1c Vt.
IA al5c: southern choice, l4!c; Western
'irsts, ~ aljc.
FLOUR.-Thc market for Ii)ur is in sym
palhy with the general trAlc and is quiet.
Cornmcal is steady.
Quotations: Fine and Super-. 81 75(o3 81;
extra and seconds, q JOlT4 20: Minnesota
baker clear and straight, - 25lri 81; winter
wheat clear and straight, 81 4Old5 90: winter
pat, a. $500 30; spring pat, - 900 30
for Wis aud Minnesota. Cornmeal-C hoicc
Kiln dried for export a. 2jC2 20 h Dbl;
bag meal, 81 O3(r O5; choice graduated,
10. Rye flour-Job lots at 81 joCaI 70 foo
patent. Dat meal--G round, 81 20; cut
and rolled, 81 9ja4 ~.
FRUIT.-Thc state Of the fruit market,
with quotations, is given below.
Apples Unchauged and in fair demand
s2@2 %; No. Ba!dwins and greetings,
/ 81 2j(tl 80; russels, S2@2 -; Tallman
sweets, ST jOl12.50.
Oranges The demand continues
quiet, with offerings large and pr.ces
only fairly steady. Very few Florida4 sell
ut over So -, Choice Floridt brIgpts and
russcts ARE bringing 81 7jW3 %, with fancy
higher. Fair to good fruit brings 81 30.
( Choice nayels are worth S3dl per box.
Messinas choice, 81 SCAT; PLlcrmos, g 10
al; Catanias, S3ai.
Lemons-Quct aud steady. Choice Messnas
and PaermoS, 1898 10 per box; fair to
BNOu, O. JOW- ~ per DoA'
Cranbcrries Steady, with choice to fancy
lots OF Cape berries selling Mt 81 per bbl.
and - 0Oa2 - per bushel box.
Driet applcs-Qaiet and unchanged,
Choice to fancy evaporated, sale per ID;
,undried, 3a5c.
Pcanuts-Quict ut 3H4ic q II.
StrawbeIries-Flo are Sc ling at 30 q
Zoe per quart.
GRAlN.-The market is moving quietly
Tor corn, with prices about the same, and
he same is true of oats.
Quotations: Chicago No. yellow to
ship is quoted at 52!0a 5ic as to route; Coun-
Try grades, 52h@53c. Spot high
mixed, j3lc; steamer yellow, j3lMj3lc
'tcamer, % G524ci no grade, 5l@52lc for
good to choice Oats-clipped. 39a40 No. =
whites, 3S4@30c; No. 3 whites, 57!m3sc
dipped to arrive are quoted Mt 39IWi0IC
Chicago No whites at 3)4@39lc; No. 3
white, oslo.
HAY Market steady and in fair de-
mand. Straw dull and steady.
Quotations: Choice, sis O0dtl0 90; some
fancy higher; fair to good, Sl6ml7 30; East
tine, $i2al4; poor to good, sl3ali; East
swalc, $500. Choice rye straw, Sl3 30;
oat S8d0.
MILLFEED AND COTTONSEED.- The
market is quiet, with quotations steady.
Quotations; Spring bran in sacks to ar.
rive $40 jOtlO IL per ton; winter wheat
$40 5Oa2O Is; middlings, in sacks, SO 5OCa
- 90 per ton /; & ) meal qnct at $2i 25GtH D.
to arrive.
MAPLE SUGAR.-Quict, ut 10 az per II
for small cakes and G("9' for large Maple
syrup is bringing 10 oSjc q gal cans, with
small cans at ijW zoe.
MUTTON AND NEAL.-Mutton is fairly
steady; lambs are firm aud IN fair demand