The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-29
Current Comment,


DRESSED POULTRY Receipts have been
liberal for the past week but owing to the
warm weather there has been but little
stock received in condition to hold, and
there has been an unusually light demand
for the week previous to Thanksgiving.
There has been no very marked change in
prices OF strictly choice turkeys in good
order, but good many lots have been
showing up more or less affected and few
sales have been made at full quotations.
Most sales OF western turkeys have been at
about 10c, with some poor lots cleaning up
al to &c. IL takes strictly choice dry
packed lot TO bring anything over 10c.
West chickens and fowls have been IN
heavy supply and very dull, with a large
proportion Of sales NJ to &c. At the close
it takes fancy lot Of chickens to bring l0c
and fowls have to be selected, all Oh dice
and large, to bring over Sc Western ducks
selling generally at to 10c a. to grade. y
FLoUR-rhe market shows values well
maintained but the demand continues slow.
Buyers have no stock OF -four on hand but
they are content to urchase from time 10
Time Just what il needed to keep them
along. The mills have kept prices firm and
in several instances bids lOc below the mill
price nave been made without success, but
this was AZ close IA buyers could be- forced
For spring patents abont SO 90 10 40 will
| take in about the full range of sales,
although some brands might be bought be-
low SO 30 and some special brands are held
above 81 10. Most business for choice
brands IL at 81, or under, however, only
special brands going above. For winter
patents the demand is slow at 1910 to 3 90,
| while clears and straights mostly range be-
tween SO 20 to 800 Low grades are dull
| and nominal.
EGGs.-Receipts have been larger than
| last week but there has been no increase in
the supply of fancy fresh and such goods
| have zen in demand at full prices. Fancy
! fresh Mich, meet with a ready sale At 23c
The lower grades of fresh western are ir-
regular in quality and value and range
| from 30 to 21c down to the price OF storage
goods. Reirigerators plenty and dull with
prices low and irregular.
CoRN.-The market shows a frmer tone
at the close, but the demand is quiet, and
confined to meeting pressing needs. For
choice old No. 2 yellow on track billed
through Az is quoted, with steamer yellow
al Ate. Lower grades range down in price
as to quality and color. New corn is quiet.
PoTAToEs - Receipts have been rather
| light again this week. There has been
good steady demand and gradual advance
| in prices the market closing firm AT % to
Coo for Arootook Green Mountains with
Aroostook Hebrous at 50 to 5Sc. York
state stock has a steady sale at so TO 55c az
to grade
BEANs-Demand has not been very ac-
tive since onr last weekly report but the
tone of the market has been strong with a
further advance in prices. Late -ales Of
choice marrow pea have been a. S 50 but at
the close choice lots are generally held at
81. Best yellow eyes have advanced TO
So 20 with some holding higher Red kid
neys firm at 50 20 for best.
CHEEsE.-Receipts for export, 1929 boxes.
Demand continues light and there IL moth
ing new 20 report Fine northern fan twins
are selling as wan ed al 12l to 1899 gcner-
all kVrs
are firmly held at 10. Fine western twins
steady at 121c.
HAY AND STRAw-The receipts Of hay
have been larger, but they include 113 cars
for export, which do not affect the local
market. OF this export hay a part is from
Canada in bond and is destined for South
Africa. Local sales are quiet, but choice
hsy is steady, with sales OF fancy at SIG and
S17, the latter for large bales. Rye straw
If quiet, but the best grades are selling at
S13 and S14. Lower grades of hay and
straw range down as to quality.
BUTTER Receipts OF inc fresh butter
have been light for the past week and The
market has kept closely sold up, with prices
rnling higher and firm. Since Monday the
finest northern creamery has been selling
at 26c. Strictly fine fresh western would
bring the same, but there is hardly any
coming. The under grades are steady at
quotations. Fine June creamery finn at
24c., with some holdings higher Boxes
and prints firm at quotations.
OATs-Trade continues moderate but the
market is firm with general values well
maintained Best fancy clipred white oats
on track billed through will sell az SAC
while for No. 2 clipped white about 33c is
the price, Lower grades range down in
price as to quality.
LUMBER To fill orders for spruce as
promptly as purchasers would like requires
more energy on the part OF wholesale than
ever before The mills with Immediately
available ock are now so few In nun Der
that to find them call for the expenditure
OF time and strength, and the outlook is
for an eXa geratOn rather than mod flea
ton of these features. A great scramble
during the next few weeks is indeed Rnx-
ousy anticipated. Hemlock, too, is rCh
wanted, but it has for 50 long now been
| scarce that consumers are becoming recon-
cied to waiting,
WooL-The market is still active for not
only manufacturers but dealers realize that
wool is better than money and hey are buy
ing wool. The enormous increase in the re-
ceipts here shows that wool has been strip
ped from the country and the indication is
confirmed by those who have recently re-
turned from the West. There is fall wool
in California and Texas and little in New
Mexico, but little or nothing else in the far
West The combined stocks OF ST. Louis
and Chicago are reported TO be less than ten
million pounds and Philadelphia is quoted
az having less than twenty million pounds
OF domestic wool for sale. New York is a
much smaller factor. There remains Bos-
ton. The average brokers' guess at stocks
here is seventy million pounds.