The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-23

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Prices for northern and eastern cattle
dressed weight: Choice, 5l$D6S4c pr. ID; firsi
qqslity Ss@s1se; sseop bas quality eSac. la
ity, 303lSc; poorest grade Of coarse oxen,
COWS. bulls, stays Texans, ETC., a03c.
Hides tallow etoH III O pr ID; ts
&c prlb.
duced price of western cattle caused falling
off in the values Of New England stock, Sales
showed decline in values Of nc pr lb.
Mich cows and springers-Drovers did not
bring in many cows this week. The demand
for the past few weeks has been so dull that
they do not consider 1t profitable to offer their
Veal calves The demand was none too
heavy for the supply, and the general quality
OF the stock was not what could be called
first-class. Values may be said to be a shade
easier than one week ago.
Sheep and lambs-A clearance was effected
at q strong Ac pr Id lower rate than last week.
Swine-Swine are selling at 6Hc pr Id W,
showing decline of &c from last week.
Boston Produce Quotations.
HAY-Hay is quiet and steady. Straw is
dull. Bran is steady. Good to choice hay, SIT
OH so; fancy, 1sC11S 5O fair to good, Sl5 500
IS 50; eastern choice, $l8@l7; poor to good, len
ID; eastern swale, S10U1l rye straw, S12 5011S;
oat straw, IS 500 so; sack spring bran to ar
rive, SlS IS; sack winter, $1,000 rs; sack spring
middlings, SIS 720l9; winter, $40 5O0l9 IS;
mixed feed, Sl9 5O019 IS. Cottonseed meal is
firm at S24 rs for meal to arrive.
BUTTER-The butter market is quiet and
fairly firm: Best fresh creameries, in small
lots, 2SG29c; western creamery extra, 266D27c;
first and held, 22@24c; imitation creamery,
2023c; factory, 1Gl8c; northern creamery ex-
ira, &c: northern dairy 2l023 eastern cream
cry extra, 261261ac. These are prices for round
lots.
OATs-Oats are very steady. No l clipped, to
arrive, are quoted at 4S34049c. with No. l and
fancy at 40D4lc. The spot market is firm, vita
the offerings rather small: Clipped, 3s34lt39Ifc;
fancy, 4004lc; No. 2 white, 3SGD3S1sc; No.
white, 3793z14c; mixed, S59S7c. Some very
choice seed oats are as high as 42c.
CoRN-Corn is fairly steady, though offered
at slightly lower figures to arrive; Chicago
No. yellow is quoted at 4714c, with No. 2 yell
low at 4sc. Country yellow is quoted at 47c.
The spot market is steady at: Steamer yell
low, E647lkc; No. 2 yellow, 47l5c; steamer
mixed, 451k64616c.
PoTAToEs-Potatoes are firmer, with choice
rose and hebrons higher: Houlton and Aroo-
stock rose, Csc; Houlton and Aroostook heb,
rons, CSC; New York stars and burbanks, 55c;
Dakota reds, soc; chenangoes, 6Oc; Scotch mag
NUNS, 81 67lf'0l rs, Jersey double head sweats,
81 5Od2 70.
EGGs-Eggs are a little easier, though not
changed in quotations. Eastern fancy. fresh,
z3a25c; eastern fresh, 21122c; provincial. nomf-
nal at 1SG2lc: Michigan, 2lG2c; western, 2l1
BIC; held, 126l6c; lined, l21l4c.
FLoUR-Flour is dull, and well IL may be,
under the fact that wheat has not been sus-
tanned in the improvement that took place on
Still. quotations on -four are not
changed.
CHEEsE-Cheese is steady: Northern full
cream and twins. l2al3c; fair to good. I01llc;
western choice. 101xGf2J6c; fair to good,
'l&G9lfc; sage, l39l3I4c. Liverpool is cabled
IT 57s.
PoULTRY-Poultry Is dull and easy: West
srn turkeys, e5zdl0ifc; fancy lots, 1l6l2l<;
western chickens, 96llc; northern and east
Urn, 10Gl2; fowls. S11lc; geese. s6ec.
APPLEs-Apples are very firm: Baldwins.
Il 75G5 so very choice, S595 50. No. l green
nge, si15 3; fair to good, s3Gk seconds. g. Is
D; Tolman sweets, 50 SOFA so
PoRK-There are no changes TO note in pork |
md lard Trade is quiet, with quotations IN
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