The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-21
IN BOSTON MARK ETS
Demand For Poultry Hardly Up
to Expectations.
Butter Remains Firm at Past Prices
But Trade Is Dull-Little Change In
the Egg Market-Potatoes Are Firm.


Boston, Dec. 20 notwithstanding the
near approach of Christmas the demand
for poultry is not up to expectations and
not many sales have been recorded up to
date. There is not, however, large
quantity of fresh killed stock in the mar
ket. Some inquiries are made for turkeys
which are selling as follows; Northerns,
10 to Is cents; and westerns, II to IA cents.
Western fowls are calling for 8 to 10 and
northern at 12 cents. Chickens are slow
In demand and are selling to u cents
for western and 10 to Ii cents for natives
Rhode Island geese call for shilling a
pound and westerns Mt 10 cents. Native
ducks are bringing 10 cents and western,
ID cents.
Butter.
Butter remains firm at the prices which
have ruled for the past six weeks. Trade,
however, is dull and no advance in prices
is expected at present. Extra northern
creamery is firm at 2S 1-2 to 90 cents, and
fine western calls for 2S cents, while the
New York and Vermont creameries are
selling at 25 and 20 cents, while other
brands are bringing in anywhere from
90 to "a cents.
The market has ruled steady during the
past week, but the demand Is very light.
The best northerns call for IL 1-2 and
IL Ia cents; westerns choice, 10 and IL l-2
cents; fair to good can be placed at 8 and
10 cents.
Eggs.
There is little change in the price ruling
in the egg market and business while
firm is not active enough to warrant an
advance on present rates. There is a
scarcity in the stock of fresh eggs and, in
several instances, the finest fresh have
brought as much as 80 cents, while the
eastern fancy call for 80 to So cents, east
ern fresh q to 20 cents, provncials "a to
26 cents, westerns % to "A 1-2 cents, lined
10 l-2 to 81 cents.
Vegetables.
The demand for potatoes is pretty firm
for Irish and whites There is u large
supply in the markets, and these prices
are ruling: Aroostook hebrons, 65 and 10
cents; New York, IS and 90 cents; Dakota
reds, SO and GO cents; chenangoes, 81 and
90 cents. Cabbages are calling for e per
hundred; celery in boxes of three dozen
50 and IS; onions, natives, 81 per bushel;
$3.50 per bushel; squashes, $40 per ton;
Canadian turnips are worth 81. 25 a barrel.
Fruits
Apples hold firm prices, but trade is
dull. No. l Baldwins calling for 50 rs and
q; No. greetings 50 so and 50 rs; Toll
man sweets, 81 to a So Best selected
oranges are being sold at 50 50 and fancy
brights 81. A fair supply of grapes on
hand at IS per keg, and good Cape Cod
cranberries are selling at 81 per barrel
The Quotations.
HAy-Hay continues quiet, with the market
steady. Straw is selling fairly well for good
/ lots. Bran Is very steady. with wider range
of quotations. There is noted very good de-
mand for mixed feed. Quotations are about
as follows: Good to choice hay, S18 5G617 10;
fancy, SIS: fair to good, $l5 scale 80; eastern
choice, sl5I1l7: poor to good, $l3ftl5; eastern
swale, Slofolo 30; rye straw, sl3 50d1l4 oat
straw, 500; sack spring bran, to arrive. $17O
II 10; sack winter, $17 76dcls25; sack middlings,
$7 5001s 30; for spring winter, $40 D92s
mixed feed, SIS 756119: cottonseed meal, SAB
to arrive, and at s2t 10 for spot.
BEEr-Shippers are trying to get more for
beef by some SOC per 100, but buyers object,
and the advance will come hard, especially
with the present dull trade in the seaboard
markets and the low prices of poultry and
/ muttons. Quotations are quiet firm at: Choice
fancy steers, sl4G1slac prime. 7l.,GDsc; good, SO
&c; Night, 5l8c; extra heavy kinds, lnlDllc;
good, a19ISc; lights, 7@osc heavy fores, 8lsQ16c;
light, +lt5c; backs 5d6l4c; rattfes, +M6c;
chucks, 416c rounds 5g7c; rumps, s6ol2c;
Pumps and loins, 90l6c: short ribs, 7lslDllc;
loins, SG11Sc.
BUTTER Butter 10 selling pretty well at
about full prices. There is good call for
imitation creameres: Fancy creameries, in
small packages, 2a0b20l1c; western creamery,
Ytrn rat nd bplI irni Tn
ton creamery, 2;sd2ic; factory. lsGD22c; north
ern creamery, extra, 2slslt29c; mort hern dairy.
2:tlt25c; eastern creamery extra, 21Gt28c. These
are prices for round lots. .Iobbing lots and
fancy lots cost more.
MUTToNs AND LAMBS The mutton market
does not improve. The supply is too large for
the demand, and prices are easy at: Choice
to fancy lambs, aftSl3c; good TO choice, 8617l6c;
common to good, 41SlD5c; poor and ordinary,
4c yearlings, 5d6lsc; muttons. 5Is@8lec; poor
to good, +d5c; choice heavy Brghtons, 6I6c;
choice eastern veals, l0al0lac; common to
good, 50D7c Brightons and fancy, l16llc.
PoTAToEs-PotatOes are pretty steady for
Irish with sweets easy: Honlton and Aroos-
took hebrons, 65b70c; Houlton and Aroostook
rose. 55lDe0c; New York stars and burbanks,
65QD89c; Dakota reds, 5s1GOc chenangoes $50
Coo: Virginia cloth heads, extras, 81 756p2
double heads, 81 10.
CoRN-Corn is about steady for corn to ar
rive, with country yellow quoted at 46lac; No.
yellow. 1890 nc; No. yellow. +Sc. The spot
market Is firm, with the offerings very small
Steamer yellow sold yesterday AT as. Steamer
mixed is quoted at 47lac.
OATs-Oats are steady on oats to arrive No.
clipped are quoted at Sc, and No. clipped
at Soc. The spot market is well supplied, and
prices are easy; Clipped, 311a615Sc fancy. 3gc;
No. white, }6laf137c; No. 3 white, ;,6c; mixed
y5do38c.
CHEEsE-Cheese is steady, with the market
little changed: Northern full creams and
twins lllS@l2c: fair to good, 9jf0lOlec; west
ern choice, ltNDlll1c; fair to good SdQ9c sage,
13Gbl3lac: Liverpool is quoted at BIS.
EGGs-Eggs are quiet and steady, with
fresh very firm; Eastern fancy fresh, a0i3jc:
eastern fresh, 27@20c; provincial, 24028c;
Michigan, 25lalD27e; western, 2aG24lsc; held,
la12lc: lined, l9laGb2lc.
PoRK-The market is quiet on pork md lard,
with quotations Dominally unchanged. The
packers note quiet market.
Generous Action.
New LONDON, Conn, Dec ia largely
attended city meeting appropriated 5000
for public works to provide employment
for idle men Wages will be not less than
10 cents an hour, and only men with
families will be employed,
For Killing Fisher Ayers.
BosToN, Dec. 19.-George Colburn of
Needham, the old man found guilty last
September of killing Fisher Ayers on Jan.