The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-11-27

and No yellow on track command Tic.
with other lower grades down as to quail
lty and color fair amount yet going
for export.
WOOL 1t is not extraordinary that tine
American wool trade. wool growers and
wool manufacturers view with apprehen-
SION any attempt to touch the tariff on
wool and woolens. Almost the only coun-
Try III the world where the wool industry
Is prosperous is the United States Both
Australia and South America show n
dropping back from the improvement
noticed last summer. In the United States
thanks to the tariff, business still contin3
ues good. The counting rooms in Boston
thls week have not been thronged though
fair business has been done with the
smaller mills The lofts, on the.contrary.
are i'll state of high activity. Wool is
being packed and going into consumption
to most liberal extent.
DRESSED POULTRY Receipts have been
quite liberal for the past week and de-
mand generally slack, with prices ruling
lower and in buyers favor Western iced
poultry has been especially dull and hard
to place. Since. Monday iced turkeys
have been dragging at 10 to lie Fowls
nave been dull at IL to 8 l-2c for most
lots, with few of the best mt 1Oc. Chick
ems Offering freely and hard to place at 8
TO lie. Receipts of western dry-pacKed
stock have been increasing and since
turkeys, with most sales at 12c and under,
Some Kentucky turkeys drawn and head
ed arrived yesterday and sold at l3c, and
some OF the best western headed are SELL
ing mt the same figure today For stock
with heads on. 12c has been the ton so
far There has been but little stock suit
able for Thanksgiving on the market as
yet ana indications so far point to a mod
crate supply of good turkeys and DOS
slbiy some advance i'll prices Chickens
ana fowls have been i'll very limited de-
mand Choice ducks in good demand
choice geese in moderate request
BEANs.-The market has been well sup
plled Tor the past week and demand has
been light and for small lots Sales of
choice domestic marrow pea have been
generally at sos, but some are Offering
at the close at -. Yellow eyes are ruling
lower and are i'll light demand
HAY AND SrRAw.-The market is slow
on hay, while under large arrivals stocks
on hand are accumulating Weeks re-
ceipts include AS cars for export and 3O4
cars Tor local use Best hay is quiet but
values are held about steady, sales making
at s. 10 1.5U Grades below the best are
weak, however, and while the range is
about the same values favor the buyer.
Rye straw has come toward freely and the
market 81 ows a surplus of supplies.
Prices favor the buyer, although fancy
cars sell up to SIS to Is.
BUTTER--Receipts have been moderate
Tor the past week and there has been a
limited supply of fine fresh butter offer
ing, but demand has continued slack and
only slight advance has been estab-
lished, prices still ruling comparatively
low. Some of the late sales of fancy as
sorted sizes have been at 24c, but most of
the business for the week has been at %
I o % LIE Western large ash tubs have
been slow at 23c. Fine June goods have
been in moderate demand and at the
close some of the finest marks are held at
&c. Medium and low grades quiet at
quotations. Box and print butter steady.