The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
Current Weekly Comment.

PoTAroEs.-Receipts "a, 900 bushels. There
has been steady, fair demand the past
week. Receipts have not been heavy, but
with previous accumulations there has been
an ample supply and prices are still ruling
low.
CoRN-Receipts, "a, 801 bushels; stock in
elevators, 1894 bushels; exports, 90621
bushels. The market has been quiet but
the firm tone in the West has fore ed up
prices here about 1c as compared with last
week.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 1900 packages. The
supply is still quite moderate, especially of
fresh killed, and prices have been well sus-
tanned on choice fresh turkeys and choice
soft chickens. Eastern live fowls are SELL
ing fairly.
OATs.-Receipts, 81 1896 bushels; stock in
elevators, II 1888 bushels. The market is
firm and about 1c higher than last week,
although the general demand has ruled
quiet Buyers are operating to meet their
present needs
EGGs.-Receipts, 70 barrels, 1878 cases.
The course of the market has been steadily
downward. The demand has been grad
ually increasing but so far has not kept up
with the receipts and stocks have accumu-
lated considerably.
CHEEsR.-Receipts 1871 boxes, of which
3,051 were for export There is no sign of
improvement in the market as yet. Hold
u
rule have to make liberal conc ,ssions in or
der to affect sales OF any consequence.
HAY AND STRAw.-Receipts, 299 cars hay,
IS cars straw. The market continues quiet
and trade is dull for all but the choicer
grades. There is still large supply of low
and medium grades on hand and for such
there is no improvement noticeable, the
market being dull and easy. Rye straw is
showing tirmer tone; oat straw is dull.
BUTTER Receipts, 617,671 pounds; ex-
ports, 52013 pounds. There has been
short supply of fine fresh creamery, and the
market for such goods is ruling lie higher
than last week. Good fresh firsts are SELL
freely. Fine Northern dairy sells WELL
but common dairy lots are still dull and
easy.
FLogR.-Receipts %, S08 barrels, 18Th
sacks; exports, 2,095 barrels, 81, 242 sacks.
The market closes with firmer tone noted
and there il a little improvement in bust
ness. The recent furry in wheat has
caused more trading in winter wheats, but
no one appears inclined TO buy at the high
prices unless one is entirely out OF stocks
Spring patents have been further advanced
in price, but the makeup amounts to moth
ing in the way Of sales. Goods are being
sold to ship from second hands at much less
than the mill prices.
Wool. - Sales for the week, LAS, 500
pounds. The market continues extremely
dull. The attendance has been poor and
the whole tone Of trade is depressed. The
rumor of single large sale OF a million
pounds OF domestic was based upon the
heavy delivery recently made OF wool
owned by mills and stored in Boston. 1t 10
at least encouraging that the mills are be-
ginning to pull down the breastworks that
have so long stood in the way of q more
liberal movement of the material There 10
also reason for hope that the advance now
taking place abroad may not be without
some slight favorable influence on the
market for domestic wool.
Observation-Disclosures is still light, but the
feeling is better. The car mills are not get
ting good prices, but it is not to be expected
that frames would be active at this
time. Prices for random cargoes are much
better than the opening of last year. Short
lumber is firm. Good clapboards are not
plentiful and are firm. Shingles are steady
at present, as they are not offered in large
quantities. What will take place when red
cedar shingles come in from the Pacific
coast cannot be foreseen. Last year they
We're sold here at S2.05 per thousand, and
Eastern manufacturers who started with
$500 had to come down from ten to twenty
cents to secure even fair portion OF the
trade.