The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-12-11
CURRENT COM M EMIT.

BEANS. -Receipts have been fairly lib
eral and demand moderate Choice do
nestle marrow pea have had a steady
sale at ~ and in small way have brought
2 IL to &c more. Yellow eyes have been
quite plenty and ruling easier. Red kid
neys in moderate supply and choice lots
steady at $3.50
HAY AND STRAW The market for hay
shows little change The best hay is
steady and will command S17 to $3.50
but lower grades are duh, with values ia
voring the buyer The general call for
supplies is moderate Weeks arrivals in
clude IS cars for export and 161 cars for
local use, with 10 cars straw. Rye straw
is quiet but under small arrivals the tone
Is hrmer est cars range up to SIS to
SIG per ton, the latter for fancy. Dat
straw dull
CHEESE. - Receipts for export 9,270
boxes Trade has been quiet for the past
week but prices have been fully sustained
and the market closes with fairly firm
tone Fine northern fall twins have been
in moderate demand at 10 1-2c and at
close some are holding a fraction higher.
Fair to good lots steady at to l0c West
ern twins and Ohio flats in steady moder-
/ ate demand.
CORN The market has worked vet
higher during the week, while the moder-
ate spot offerings will still command a
premium over { e cost to ship from the
Wcst. AZ tue clOst StedllleT yellow ana
No. yellow are commanding 76c, with
lower grades ranging down as to qualit,
and color.
OATs-TheTe is a fair demand for spot
oats, and offerings are commanding a
sharp premium over the price to ship
from the west Available supplies are
moderate, but few coming in. At the
close No. 2 clipped white ON track are
quoted ut "a "a to Csc, with lower grades
ranging down as to quality
UTTER.-The market was very quiet
Tor day or two following our last weekly
report, but since Tuesday there has been
a little more inquiry for fine fresh stock
sorted sizes at "A l-2c Receipts Iof fresh
western have been light and the finest
marks selling at "A TO "A l-2c A large
proportion of receipts is more or less de-
fectve, and frsts and seconds are in full
supply and dull at quotations Fine June
goods steady at II TO u 1-2c, and some
holding at 22o. Box and print butter
steady.
FLOUR. - The market shows more
strength and prices have worked higher
during the week. The demand continues
quiet, however, and it is only in slow
way that sales are making Some fair
sales have been made during the week,
but 1t is only systematically that fiours
are taken. An agent who can get low
price on an advancing wheat market can
generally sell little, but 10 does not take |
much to fill this demand Spring patents
at the close are generally held higher at
about "A 10 to A 25, but few sales have been |
made above "a 10 while the range is down |
to 81 to 4O5 Winter patents are dull at !
S3 80 to 40, the latter for choice brands, /
while about SO So to $50 will cover the |
range for clears and straights Boston's |
stock of -four Dec | was 92 797 bbls. in |
Guiding 20,226 bbls in regular storehouses,
81 500 at railroad and on track and q ,OO3 |
bbls for export on through bills. took !
Nov. was 94,20S bbls, Dec |, 1900, was
l04 235.
LUMBER There is good deal of stir in
the market for spruce lumber. Ii may
be, rs some merchants contend, that the
demand is hardly so urgent as il was a
fortnight ago, but it is certainly still true
that for everything that can be promptly
laid down here there lisa quick sale. As IA
matter of fact the mills are constantly
compelled TO reject orders calling for inn
mediate satisfaction, having already ms
much or more work on hand than they
can attend to AT all comfortably This Is
rs true today as il has been for some time
back, and the prospect foI the winter
mllls having busy season would seem az
THIS writing To be very good. The season
for shipping by water from Bangor is now