The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
KENTUCKY AND INDIANA.
PULLED AND SECURED
Current Comment.

BEARS. Receipts are not very heavy, but
trade is quiet and the market no more than
steady. Best marrow lea hard TO place ex,
cept in q jobbing way at over S1.35 Ezra
yellow eyes In moderate demand at Sl.40
OATs.-There is moderate business do
ing with the market showing about &c adj
vance for the week. Fancy clipped " bite
oats on the track billed through are quoted
at 34-3Ic, with No clipped white at about
292c Lower grades range down as to quail
ity.
CORN The local demand is slow and
sales are limited, most business being done
in purchasing to arrive from the West. For
No. yellow on tack billed through to out
side points the price Is about All to 42kc,
with steamer yellow about 4c less. For
lower grades the price ranges down as to
quality and color.
POTATOES. - Receipts con tinae liberal,
and rather in excess of the demand. Prices
have fallen off little since our last weekly
report and since Moaday 43c has been the
extreme for best Hebrons and Green Noun
tains with plenty of good fair stock al 40,.
| The market closes with a dull and rather
weak tone.
CHEKsE-Receipts for export, 423 boxes,
| Supplies are moderate, and the market has
a firm tone but demand is not very active
| at the high prices. Some OF the best north
erd twins are held at 12c, but there h ~
! been little business except in jobbng way
at III at 1lac. Fair to good stock in light
supply at 10 at lie Extra western twins
in steady demand at 1lac
EGGs.-Receipts have been fairly liberal
but there has also been q steady, good de-
mand for the past week with gradual im-
provement in prices. Since Monday fancy
Mich. and some OF the best north western
have been selling at 18c, with other selected
western at III" and fair to good grades at
16 TO tic. Fancy aiby and extra eastern
in light supply and bringing full prices
Auu "A m RI ar al rta AZ q
a steady tone for the best hay, and such is
quite finn in price. Lower grades have
been reduced somewhat in stock through
the more moderate receipts, but values are
no better, such yet ruling rather easy, with
in the tange quoted. Rye straw ls STE idy,
with most business doing at about SO to 10.
The demand is moderate with offerings
fair. Dat straw continues dull.
DRESSED cULTRY.-Receip pts have been
larger than last week but there has been a
fair demand, and the market for western
fowls has ruled steady up to-day at III to
12c. But at the close there is some accu-
mutation of stock and best marks have to
go at 11ac. Choice large western roasting
chickens have ruled fairly steady at IL to
13c, but medium sizes have been dull and
hard to place al II to 11ac. Fancy broilers
steady at III TO 12c. Old turkeys bring IL
to IL in a small way. Northern and east
ern receipts sell in small lots at quotations.
bUTTER.-The market cleaned up we'll
last week, and since our last weekly report
an advance of 11c has been established on
fine fresh goods. Receipts have been mod
crate and demand was fairly active early
in the week, but at the advanced prices
fresh goods are little quiet and buy ers are
giving more attention to early made stock.
Fine fresh northern creamery continues in
light supply, and late sales have been at
231c generally. Fresh western creamery is
in moderate supply and firm, but no quota
able sales OF assorted sizes have been made
at over 23c
FLoUR.-The tone of the market is quiet,
but there has been a little better sale dur
ing the week which is due to the fact that
some buyers happened TO need supplies.
No one is buying ahead because they feel
that now is good time to put in supplies,
but they operate when their necessities
compel them, and will not buy largely even
then. There is no excitement even on q
rising or falling market, buyers only TAX
ing supplies as they require to meet their
trade. Spring patents are mostly selling al
SO 80 TO 81 10 with few sales above $500 to
05 Some off brands can be bought at
$3.50 or below. Winter patents are NOV
ing quietly at So rs TO 800 as a genera
range OF sales with some special brands
held at $500. For clear and straight win
tiers the market is about So % to 1856 as a
full range of sales.
WooL-There has been something OF d
scramble for wool during the week ending
large and small manufacturers participat-
ing in the very large operations 1t has
been more general inquiry than has been
experienced for many day, and the trad
ing has been widely distributed not con-
fined to few houses as was the case last
week The wool district has been in a
high state Of activity, with the lover the
river" section displaying perhaps the great
est amount Of liveliness. At the close there
was no diminution Of activity. many great
lines of the supply of domestic holdings be-
ing under consideration with manufactu-
ers on the ciosins days of the week
LUMBER.-The wholesalers have enjoyed
an exceptionally good demand again his
week and speak of prospects for the Autumn
trade with as much buoyancy as ever. For
all sorts of lumber customers are numerous
and urgent and the delay in getting sup
plies forward is still the only trouble 70
contend with. Latest news from Bangor
seem to indicate that this difficulty is likely
= to increase, for the drouth which has pre-
vailed in that section Of Maine since mid
summer still continues, recent showers hav
ing had but little effect on the rivers. The
Penobscot is at very low pitch, so that the
lumber mills depending wholly upon water
{ are in some cases able to run only part Of
1 their machinery. On some OF the small
rivers operations have been suspended alto
| gether for q time.