Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-20
THE BOSTON MARKETS,
Quotations on the Leading Prod.
ucts in Demand.

Boston, Oct. 19.-The butter rnarlrat b,.
been very quiet for several oavs mast
and while the general range of nrices is
unchanged it is not easy to get tho CIV
IRENE rates that ruled a week ago. Tbis
may be owing to the mild weather. but
dealers think it is owing mainly to the
large use of storage goods and the fact
that buyers bought quite freely two
weeks ago, when the tendency of nrices
was upwards.
fllces IN the interior are maintained
but reports indicate some falling off in
the demand and If general trade does M.
improve, slight concessions NAV he
necessary to keep the fresh make cleaned
up.
For fresh New Hampshire and YER
mont creamery, in assorted size tubs %
cents Is top selling price, and lots in
larger tubs are hard to move at over
25ia cents, If at that rate. Creamery in
DoNes Is not cleaning up well at 25 cents
ana olds of "A cents are accepted rather
than let buyers go awey. Fresh dairy
lots at ~ TO Y cents, with some fancy
selections at % cents.
The cheese market maintains firm,
tone ana trade is fair, considering the
nigh prices. Sales of choice late rnada
twins at lZ42 to 1S cents, and. although
1t Is not easy to get more than 12% cents
for large lots, it would be hard 70 INV
hnest Septembers under 10 cents. At a.
cost of u to 12A cents in the countrv
they should be worth 10 cents here. and
unless there is a great change in the
situation this price or more will be the
ruling rate before long. Stocks are
small at all points.
The egg market is a shade easier the
best western not selling at over q cents.
with most Of the offerings slow at 1910
70 cents. Eastern fresh at % to % cents
and fancy new laid at 20 cents. Storage
quiet at 16 to II cents.
The bean market maintains a strong
and buoyant tone, with sales of choice
marrow pea and mediums at s.. 80 to 81. IS.
yellow eyes are up to 81 and red kidneys
are quoted at $2.40 to $3.50 per bushel.
1hese prices show an advance of 80 to 80
cents per bushel in two or three weeks.
A small crop and good consumptive de-
mand are the causes of the rise, which
1t Is believed will be maintained.
coarse grains are particularly strong,
The local market is fairly active at firm
and advancing prices. Corn on the track
here is quoted at 44c for No. yellow and
4S1ac for steamer and No. yellow.
Shippers generally asking 431sc for No. 2
yellow to arrive and 43c for No. yellow.
with higher prices probable should Chi
cago further advance.
The market for oats is very firm.
Limited supplies of spot oats are meet
ing with quick sale. Dealers quote
fancy barley on the track at 331bGS4c:
No. clipped at 32932Ac, and No.
clipped at Gle per bushel. Shippers are
quoting higher prices for oats to arrive
including IS to 40 lbs at 3134 032c. and &c
to IS lbs al 31h@S1Ac.
Millfeed is very firm, but high prices
restrict trade somewhat. Bran is quoted
at 81 for spring and S17.75 for winter.
Middlings range from $17.50G19, ana
mixed feed from S17.75Gi9. Red dog
flour at $3.50; cottonseed meal at $24,
and linseed meal at $29 per ton.
Hay is firm for choice at $16.5O6r17 per
ton. Medium grades quoted at $146l5
and low grades at $1OQ12 per ton. Rye
straw quoted firm. at $1OQ11.5O. Oat
straw quietSat 656Q7 per ton.
Flour market firm and prices are
higher. Spring patents at $4.15@475;
spring bakers at $S2Od9.6O: winter
patents at $3.95@460; winter wheat
clears at S3.4OSD3.9O per Dbl, including
jobbers' and millers prices.
Cornmeal firm at S6QSSc per bag and
$1S5d1.90 per Dbl. Oatmeal quiet at
$S.SOQ4.10 for rolled and $4.25@4. so for cut
and ground. GRADUATED and bolted
meal at $2.15Q24O. Rye flour at $S1Oq
$50. Graham flour at S2.5OQ4, as to
quality.
The market for pork is quiet and
steady. Long cuts quoted at S1S; short
outs at $13; backs at S12Q13, and lean
ends at $14.50. Hams quiet at 11Q111Ac;
loose pork at &c; fresh ribs at 101Ac;
bacon at $4,000; lard at 6 5-Sc, in tierces.
and 71sQ15sc in pals. Fresh beef quiet
at S@912c for steers; 10@12c for kinds,
and 6071ac for fores. Spring lamb quiet
at 7Q9c; mutton and yearlings at Ga
nc and veal at 6Q9c.
Iced poultry is in full supply, with
prices easy: Northern chickens, fresh
12Q1Sc; fresh fowls, 11q14c; western
iced chickens, 101a@12hc; fowls, 100
111ac iced turkeys, 12Q15c; fresh ducks,
12@15c; live fowls, SQ9c; chickens S@9c
The demand for apples is fair and
prices are steady. Choice gravensteins
rule at S3@3.25 and ordinary at $25O@
2.75 per Dbl. For most other varieties
the range is from $1.50Q2.
The market for cranberries is quiet at
$1.2591.50 for crate and $4Q425 per Dbl
for choice Cape and $3.50 for light col
ored
Delaware grapes are firm at 14Q15c,
Concords at 9Q10c and Marthas at 9Q10c
per pony basket
The potato market is steady, with
sales of Aroostook hebrons al 45Q5Oc per
bush. Sweet potatoes plentiful at S1.25
@15O for eastern shore, $1.75@2.25 for
Norfolks and Jerseys.
Native onions, 50Q60c per bush; native
cabbages, 1905 per 100; tomatoes, native,
at 25Q5Oc per bush; corn at 25Q35c per
box.
There has been a good volume of trade
in salt fish, and the general range of
prices is maintained. Dealers have been
kept quite busy on orders for mackerel.
Goldfish and various kinds of canned
goods.
There has been a steady demand for
Goldfish, and, although receipts are quite
liberal. all have been distributed al full
previous rates Orders from the in
terror continue to be numerous, and deal
ers are quite busy. A large portion of
the fish arriving are used for homeless.
Picked herring are arriving more free
" but all seem to be wanted, and prices