Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-25

ITO MAKE tue 1OllOWlhR quotations OF value
to buyer and seller alike, it will necessary
Ia carefully note tho predatory remarks
which precede all articles quoted. In mar
RSt Of This character it Is impossible to give
the general tendency of trade, those given
vii! be found sufficiently close to enable
dealers to base their transactions thereon.l
The butter market shows II quiet tone for
best grades of fresh creamery and new milk
dairics. Low grades continue dull and easy
Cheese continues quiet with values quoted
steady. Eggs continue quiet, with prices
about steady. Flour is dull, with prices yet
quoted about the same. The market for
salt pork is quiet with lard lower,
and hams still unchanged. Fresh ribs are
1.c lower. The market for apples con-
tinues higher, with good stock firm Straw
erbres are less plenty. Oranges hold firm.
Sugar has advanced little.
EGGS-The market continues quiet with
prices about steady.
Hennery, choice, per doz, l5@ Ice Eastern
choice, per doz. l2@l2i9c Michigan, Indiana,
etc, l2c other western per doz, ll$4@l2c.
BEANS-The market continues quiet with
prices steady.
Pea, NY and Vt, per bush, 81 15@1 40.
Medium NY and Vt, per bush. 81 1901 20.
Yellow eyes per bush 81 goal 80. Red Kid
ney, per bush, 81 10G1 20. California, per
bush. 81 45CDl go. Foreign pea and med,
81 l0Ml 20.
BUTTER-The market shows II quiet
tone with choice grades of fresh creamery
and new milk daires selling best. Low
grades continue dull and easy.
Creamery, choice, per lb, 2Ota2lc; cream
cry fair to good, lSal9c creamery, June,
choice. l6a l9c; dairy. North, choice,
l4@l6 imitation creamery, per ID. l4c
ladlc packed. per lb, ll@lSc.
CHEESE-Trade continues quiet, with
values quoted steady.
Northern, choice, per lb, 81 lg@lOc North
ern, choice, twins. 9i9@lOlsc; Northern.
sage, ,11@l2c; Western, choice, per ID, s>a@
91ac; jobs, 1a@lc higher.
PROVISIONS - The market for salt
pork continues quiet with lard and hams
steady. Fresh ribs, steady.
Pork, long and sh cut, per bbl, ,S11 75. Pork,
lSt and hwy backs, $40 75@ll 10. Pork, loan
ends, per bb, $l1 rs. Tongues, beet, per bbl, ,S22
per Dbl, 80 50@11 so. Shoulders, corned and
fresh, per lb. &c. Shoulders. smoked, per
lb, Sc. Hams, per III, 9l5@l034c. Bacon, per
lb, o.. Pork, SALT per lb,6ls 90. Briskets, salt,
per lb, &c. Ribs, fresh, per 10. &c. Sau-
sages, per lb, ne. Sausages, meat, per ID.
7iac. Lard, in ties, per lb, 6lsc. Lard, in
pals, per ID, 6s5@6%c. Lard, in pals, pure
leaf, per lb, s14@ss.
POULTRY Turkeys continue steady, with
chickens and fowls in fair demand. Frozen
stock moves quietly.
Turkeys, west, small hens, ice; turkeys
large, per h., 13@l5c; turkeys, frozen,
choice, 13@15c; turkeys, frozen, CON-, l3c;
chickens, North, fr killed, 1s@2Oc; chickens.
West, fir killed, 12@15c; chickens, frozen,
choice. 12@l3c; chickens, frozen, CON- 100
lie; STACEY chicks and old spurs. 8@10c;
9al0c; ducks, fair to choice, 1901 l5c; grouse,
per pair, Sll COOL IS; quail West per doz
81 G0G2 IS.
FLOUR-The market continues dull
with prices yet quoted about the same
Spring patents, $404 20; Spring, clear
and straight, SO 20@3 80; Winter. clear and
straight, IS sO@4OO; Winter patents, SAC
A 80. Jobbing prices, 25c higher.
CORNMEAL-The market is steady at 7s@
soc per bag, and 81 S0@1 S5 per bbl, granu-
lated, 81 9O@2 20 per bbl.
CORN-Demand continues moderate with
prices quoted steady.
Steamer yellow, spot, Al @421lc; No. 8 and
steamer, spot, 40c; Chicago, No. yellow
to ship, 41@4l19c; country yellow, to ship,
40c.
OATMEAL-Quiet at 50 S5@3 20 per Dbl
for ground and rolled, and 80 25@3 60 for
cut
OATS-The market continues quiet, with
prices quoted unchanged.
Clipped white ,sgs SPOT s75s@9s5sc r y; No: 2
So wna spPsa 'e sAs fs aep ssip No s7$1ss s2ts
41@4l1a c26a mo. mixed,to ship, 264c.
MILLFEED-Trade continues quiet, with
prices steady.
Middlings, sacked to ship, s1s 25@
Is so; bran, sacked, spring, to ship,
$1S so; bran, sacked. winter, to ship, $14
ground wheat, toship, SIG; red dog flour,
to ship, SIG 250plG 25; cotton seed meal, to
ship, s21 5O@22.
FRESH MEATS--Beef continues quiet,
and unchanged. with lambs and muttons
moving fairly. Veal is steady.
Beef, steers, per lb. 6@71lc; beef, hind
quarters per Id, 714@9Ic; beef, ,forequarters,
per lb, 4@5c; lambs, spring. each 1906;
lambs, good to choice, 7@Sc; ;mutton, per lib,
6@615c; yearlings, per Id, 6@614c; veal, per
b,5@9c; hogs, city dressed per lb, 5Nc; hogs,
country dressed, per lb.4&c.
FRUIT-The market for apples holds
firm with good stock scarce. Strawberries
ore less plenty. Oranges are flrm.
4 so; apples, Baldwins, S3 5O@4; apples,
Greenfngs, 80 1908; oranges. VAL, per
case ,S4 50@7: oranges. Cal. per box, 30 75@
8 75;oranges, Pal. and Mes, per box, ,$3@3 so;
oranges, Ja.. repacked, per box. $4@4 so;
oranges, Pal.and Mes. per hf box, $2@3i
lemons, Med. per box, S2@3; grapes. Nal
Jer., per box, 50 %; peanuts, Virginian, per
lb, 4l@5c: hickory; strawberries, FL, cd
to ch 25c@30c, strawberries, Fla, fair, ,16c
020c.
SUGAR-Refned remains firm with prices
at the advance.
Cut loaf and crushed. G14c; Pulverized,
per ID 1sc;powdered, per ID $40; cube,per
h 5Jsc: granulated, per ID $3.50; granu-
lated, fine, per tb 5.56@53sc; granulated, at
retail. per ID &c; soft white, per ID 5.18@51ac
yellow confectioners' per ID 456@5.O6c; bag
yellow, per ID 411s@4.94c.
MOLASSES-Trade continues steady with
the markes firm. The following are whole-
sale lots:
N o fancy, open kettle 3s@4Oc; n O good
to ch, per gal, 33@35c; New Orleans, centrif,
fancy, 1s@23c; New Orleans, centrif, good to
ch. 15@17c; Ponce, ch to fancy, per gal,
27@3Oc; Barbadoes, per gal, 24@25c; Maya
guez, per gal, 25@2sc.
SEED-Trade rules moderate, with prices
unchanged.
Timothy, per bu, 81 75@1 so; clover, per
ID. s@9c; red top, West, per 5O-lb sack,
50 so red top, Jersey. per 50-lb sack, 50 80;
red top, recleaned, per h. 16@17c.
POTATOES-Th market continues quiet
with values easy. Sweets are quiet.
Choice Hebrons. per bu, 27@30c. Green
Mountain, per bu, ,25@2Sc. White Star, per
bu, 23@27c. Jersey sweets, per Dbl, s3
@3 so.
GRAHAM FLOUR--Trade rules quiet, with
the market steady at 50 5O@4 per Dbl.
TRUCK-The market holds about steady
with fair trade.
Lettuce, per doz soc; beets. per bu.
4Oc; turnips, st And. per Dbl, 81 Is; turnips,
VIII, fiat per bu, 40c: onions, native, per bbl,
81 25; squash, per ton, S35 cabbage,
nafiy. ner bbl II ~ ner bll 400