The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-10-05
Boston Wool Market.
MICHIGAN.
Current Comment.


CoRN.-The market is quiet but prices
have been further advanced for all grades,
Spot offerings are small. At the close No.
2 yellow on track is quoted at 3S4c while
steamer yellow is quotabie at 38c. Lower
grades range down as to quality and color.
BEANs.-The market remains about as
reported a week ago. Some Of the best
marrow pea are held higher, but S125 is
still the general selling price and
demand is slow at that. Some new yellow
eyes coming, but not much demand for
them. Red kidneys quiet.
Eoos.-Receipts continue moderate and
only small proportion strictly choice and
fresh. There has been q steady fair de-
mand and further advance in prices dur
ing the week, the market closing steady at
II to 17ac for best Michigan with good to
choice fresh western ranging from 16 to tic.
OATs.-The market has hardened some
what during the past week and prices are
about 1c higher The demand is not active
but buyers are paying the advance as they
need supplies. No, 2 clipped are quoted at
about Bic on track billed through with
fancy clipped at 321 to 33c. Lower grades
range down as to quality.
HAY AND STRAw.-There is no improve
ment in the market the demand for hay
ruling slow with prices quoted about the
same. For best new hay about S11 to ~ is
yet about the price ruling while lower
grades are dull with the range down to So
to for poor lots. Low grades are ct very
weak. Rye straw is quiet, but the market
holds steady for good lots, which sell up to
So. Dat straw dull.
CHEEsE.-Receipts for export 800 boxes.
Demand has improved considerably of late
and with light stocks here and strong adj
vices from country markets further adj
vance has been made in prices. Late sales
OF fine northern small sizes have been at 81
to 95c with fair to good lots in steady de-
mand at to SIC. Western twins close
steady OF 8 to 95c. Fine Ohio flats would
bring 81 to &c.
FLoUR.-The market is quoted steady but
prices have softened trfle from the TOP.
Rather more business is being done, very
good export movement being reported. Lo-
cal buyers are conservative however, and
purchase as their necessities REQUIRE.
Spring patents are selling mostly at about
$3.50 to $50 for good brands but the range
is above this, although few sales ale made
at any higher figures. Winter hours are
quiet and about SO so to $3.50 covers most
sales OF choice brands. Winter clear and
straight fiours are quiet at about 1926 to
$50 as general range Of sales but special
brands will range higher but move slow.
Low grades are dull.
DRESSED POULTRY Receipts were mod
crate following our last weekly report and
the market kept well sold up at steady
prices until Tuesday when the arrivals
were very much larger and did not clean
up although prices were shaded from a half
to a cent in both chickens and fowls. Since
then we have had dull market for west
ern fowls at lie and western chickens have
been very slow at 10 to 12c. A large pro-
portion Of the western chickens are of I'M
desirable size, too large for broilers and
too small for roasting. Such lots are hard
to place and have to go at about 10c. Young
turkeys are in moderate supply and sell
fairly when choice Choice northern and
eastern chickens and fowls in steady de-
mand. Eastern ducks doing little better.
BUTTER.-The market has been a little
quiet for the past week. Receipts OF fresh
butter have been considerably larger and
with good many jobbers working on stor-
age goods, the supply of fresh has exceeded
the demand somewhat. Prices have been
fairly well sustained, however, but late
sales of fine Vermont and New Hampshire
assorted have been generally al 211c. York
state lots are moving slowly, and some are
Offering at 21c. Western extras continue in
moderate supply and rule steady at dc for
assorted and 20 to 20Ac for large ash. West
ern June extras are selling generally at 10
to l9ac with now and then fancy mark of
assorted at zoe. Medium grades are steady
but quiet. Low grades keep well sold up.
Box butter firm. Prints quiet.
WooL.-Some light purchases of territory
wool, a limited interest shown in teeces at
lowest quotations. the absorption of long
carried block OF pulled woods and further
quiet buying by Canadians of Australian
stock in bond have constituted the market
for the past week. Otherwise the situation
has been featureless. The reported i'm
provement in the wooden goods trade, in the
shape of recorders of heavy weight cloths,
has failed TO affect the demand for woods.
Ii Is rumored that most mills are starting
their machinery either for such light weight
orders as they have received or to satisfy
the late demand for heavier goods. But as
IL is generally believed that mills have more
or less stock on hand in the way of finished
goods or in the shape of raw material, there
exists little hope of the inception OF stable
demand until the regular heavy weight sea-
son OF the year is well under way
LUMBER.-The market is beginning to as
sumo such proportions that lumber dealers
now consider the market to be fairly ac-
tive. One thing is quite certain, and that
year it should come now. The mills in
and the yards must lay in their stock now
IL ever.
Cargoes are taken up more readily than
they have been at any time in weeks, The
offerings of the latter are by no means large,
in fact rather lighter shipments than usual
has been the rule this season. One very
good feature to note in the market is the
small number of poor cargoes offering.
This indicates that the Nova Scotia ship
pers are not doing much, as they have here
tofore been the greatest shippers OF poor
cargoes on to this market.