The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-01-30

little. At the close best domestic marrow
pea are slow at 81 211, 2.30. Yellow eyes in
light supply and bringing full former prices.
Red kidneys In moderate demand.
CHEERE-Receipts for export, 2 ,118 boxes.
rhe arrivals are light and stocks on hand
moderate but trade Is 80 quiet that the feel
ing is no more than steady. Fine northern
fall twins are still held at III and 12c, but
move very slowly. Fair to good lots quiet
at 1O9 to 119c. Western twins in limited
supply but slow at quotations
PoTAToEs- Receipts continue fairly liber-
al and the supply exceeds the demand.
Trade has been dull all the week and prices
have been gradually working downward.
At the C ose best Aroostook Green Noun
tains are having no quotable sales at over
65c, and 63c is about the top selling price
for best Hebrons. Other kinds slow at quo
tations
BUTTER-Receipts continue fairly liberal
but,sas usual, at this season of the year,
show only small proportion OF strictly fine
butter. Fancy fresh northern creamery has
been in light supply for the past week and
in steady demand, with most sales at 23c
Receipts of fine fresh western creamery
have also been limited, but only now and
then lot good enough to bring over % to
221c There is large accumulation Of me-
dunn and SLOW grades which are selling
very slowly and at low and irregular prices.
Fine boxes in steady demand. June cream
cry quiet.
DRESSED PoULTRY.-Receipts have been
steadily falling off, but trade has been very
quiet for the past week, and supplies have
been more than ample for the wants of the
trade. Choice western hen turkeys keep
fairly well sold up at well sustained prices,
but for the general run of mixed weight and
tom turkeys we have had slow and barely
steady market Western chicks are gem
orally running hard and shaggy and have
only moderate sale at to 10c, with few
Of hn haut apfsr Tod af 10,
range from to 10c, but have to be strictly
choice and large to bring the outside. Az
erage lots are dull at 10 &c. Capons have
been coming quite freely but meet with a
slow SALE Choice ducks steady.
FLoUR,-The market has somewhat weak
| ened in pr CO since our last report, but the
| trade is dnll and sales meagre. Buyers are
| operating only as their pressing needs re.
quire, and will purchase nothing ahead.
| The feeling apparent is that the high prices
asked will not hold and some second hand
| fiours are yet to be had below the cost to
ship from the mills. Spring patents are
mostly quoted at about 81 10 TO 49, some
special brands higher, but sales making are
at about 81 to 80 with little doing at the
| latter price. Kansas patents are dull and
quoted at 81 to 10. Winter patents are
slow Of sale, about SO 80 to 4 % being a full
range of the market. The market for clear
and straight winters is nominal at SO 60 to
so for New York and Michigan, with Ohio
and So. Illinois at $500 10 8 &c. Some spe-
| cial brands held above these hgnres.
LUMBER.-The winter mills are only now
| getting fairly under way The delay has
| been caused by the want of snow, which
has until recently rendered it in some cases
| difficult, and in others i'm possible, to get
the logs from the stump to the mill. Per-
| severance and the snowstorm OF last week
have made Ii tie of this obstacle and saw
| ing operations are becoming important.
This has already had a sslutary effect upon
the demand. So long as sellers here we're
unable to specify with any reasonable de-
gree of certainty when they would be able
to deliver there were many buyers who de-
clined to enter into negotiation. From
these people orders are coming along fairly
we'll now that sellers can fix the date for
| the reception OF the lumber. The tone of
the market is steady and the prices below,
which are those Of last week, still give
fair idea Of the figures at which business Is
possible.
WooL.-The somewhat better feeling
noted last week still continues, and the
sales made this week will aggregate the full
average of healthy business. There is
nothing even approaching boom. The
inquiry, however, continues to improve,
and sales are made up Of a large number Of
small transactions. The American Wool.
en- Co., the Wanskuck, the Manchester and
the Lorraine mills have all been in the
market this week, together with a large
number OF smaller N ills. They have bought
| every thing from Ohio delaines to B supers
but it would be improper to state that any
grade above fine medium approaches sctiv-
| ity. The bulk of the sales, as last week are
| OF fine medium territory wool and medium
| unwashed fieeces. Australian WOOL as last
| week, continues to contribute a relatively
larger amount to the total than for some
weeks past.