Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-11-07
WHEAT AND flour.

Mondays advance IN wheat was not
carried through Tuesday. The bull con-
tingent received 4 check and quotations
were set back, the net decline for the
day being sc. Cash wheat closed at 66c,
December at 66ssc. and May at 6714 O.
673sc. Corn was also off sc, but oats
gained sc.
Bradstreet's visible supply statement
follows: Wheat stocks east of the
Rockies increased 2.3S3, geo bush. Euro
pean stocks increased $500 600. world s
stocks increased CESS, 600. United States
corn stocks decreased 1923, 000 oats in
creased SO, 900.
The price of $3.50 which is made on
some brands is the lowest at which
spring wheat patents are openly offered
and there are not many sellers at that
price. Good -four can be bought at
around 81 per barrel, a range Of five
cents either way covering most of the
well-knOwn fiours, with some fancy
brands quoted at $4.39. Spring wheat
bakers are for sale q : around 8 per
barrel. For winter wheat patents So. so
is the lowest price MADE by the mills fcr
good flour, and from that prices range
up to 81. The range for straiGIts is from
$3.50 to 1913 per barrel for popular goods
While there is not very much pressure
to sell ON the part Of the mills N view
of the large sales previously MADE, ana
the somewhat uncertain future OF the
wheat market, the feeling Tor several
days has been such that q bid of five
cents under asking prices would prob
ably find acceptance.
The following quotations were made
yesterday by the flour trade price COM
mittee covering the n2iiiere' and the
inh
from $500 to $3.50; spring wheat clears
from So to $3.75; winter wheat paten
from $3.50 TO t.35; winter wheat straights
fro $3.50 to Sic, and winter wheat clears
from $3.50 to 1896 per barrel as to quail
ity Of the -four and size of purchase.
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
There was fair supply Of good cattle
on the market, but buyers and sellers
were SO far apart concerning prices that
trading was slow. Well-fnished west
ern cattle are now bought at a very low
figure, local markets are oversupplied
with beef, and the British ma rl1ets are
demoralized. Some of the ch2icest cattle
on the market We're held for IA c Id, but
drovers could get no bids above sc, and
no business was reported above that
figure.
There was not much trading in mixers
but drovers reported a very good INQUIRY.
There is no change in the condition of
the calf market. The supply remains
about the same and under a steady de-
mand prices are unchanged at about &c.
Butchers did rot show any great anxiety
to do business, but were picking up lots
here and there in an Indifferent manner.
The supply of sheep and lambs was
rather large. But for the free buying
of a local slaughtering company CixGvers
would have been forced to sell II prices
considerably below what they did OBJ
tain. Considering the supply the mar
ket held remarkably steady.
The Chicago market during the past
week was an exceedingly lad one for
sellers and owners. There was a steady
decline in prices all the week The bulk
of the trading was at $4,000. 20 cwt,
compared with S4.S5@5.50 during the
previous week. Local slan ghterers were
free buyers, but exporters bought very
slowly.
The receipts of swine We're small and
the trading was of little Importance.
Sales included: Four hogs, average go
Tallow dull; city, 35sc; country, $3.50.
as to quality.