The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-02
CURRENT COMMENT.


consequence during the past week There
is full supply of most all kinds Offering,
but trade Is very quiet and the sales are
in small jobbng lots as rule. Domestic
marrow pea have to be strictly choice to
bring 81 70. Foreign beans dull and UNI
changed. Choice yellow eyes have a slow
sale at S215 TO 20. Red kidneys i'm linn
tied supply and steady.
HEEsE--Beceipts for export 1856 boxes
There has been little change during the
past week. There has been "a fair supply
and IA steady moderate demand, fine
northern twins selling generally at 10 to
10 lac OFF grades keep pretty well sold
up at steady prices.
DRESSED POULTRY. In edition to
above 1,OU packages arrived for export.
Receipts have been considerably larger
than last week, and receivers have been
obliged TO shade prices on western iced
fowls TO keep them moving. Since Mon
day l3C has been an extreme price, and
most lots have been cleaned up at II l-2c
Broilers have been plenty and rather
slow, but at the lower prices are beginning
to sell more freely. Turkeys steady. Old
cocks selling generally at 10c Best north
ern and eastern fowls have been in mod
crate demand at lac. Broilers lower and
at the close have to be strictly choice to
exceed 20c Green ducks in limited sup
ply and steady,
POTATOES Receipts Of new southern
have been quite liberal for the past week.
ulltl olilNt 'bliudN DtSb N'ilulh iNOst ana
Hebrons have been selling at $3.50. East
ern shore stock has been running small,
hardly any good enough To bring over
So %. White Bliss have had moderate
sale at $50 to 3.2j ana Red at 50 80 to 300
as to quality. Old potatoes about done.
Some small lots OF good, hard stock clean
ing up at soc to 81 per bush.
HAY.-The hay market is quiet and ar
| rivals have been liberal. Receipts for
the week include 2j2 cars for export on
| through bills and 300 cars for local use.
| Hay commanding above 81 is not in
| large supply, and fancy cars will sell at
| SIS to Is 30. Grades ranging from S1i to
| 16 are in large supply and hard to sell.
| he price is too high to attract exporters
and the hay not good enough to attract
| buyers of the better grades Rye straw
is in larger supply and rather easier under
a slow market Sales range at about
| Sl6.5O to L.
LUMBER.-The log crop in Maine this
| season. according to the OstOn CONNER
cial Bulletin, is $50 million feet; New
Hampshire has yielded $50, Vermont 150
| New brunswick, $50, Nova Scotia. 375,
making total of 2175 million feet, 1915
going to sawmills, 575 to pulp mills, and
| 70 TO Nova Scotia for pilng To harvest
this enormous crop of logs required the
| labor of Co.. 900 men and 2l,750 horses, the
payroll amOuntn = to about $4,000 600.
such cuts as his make great inroads into
| the northern forests, but even at this rate
of standing timber will last 30 to 80 years,
| figuring on any new growth. Pred lotto ms
are numerous, however, that the pulp
mills will get control of the forest lands
before many years. At Boston, situation
continues strong and prices firm at recent
basis For prompt shipment 81 premium
is often demanded
EGGs.-Receipts have fallen off a little
this week, The weather has continued
cool and favorable aud there has been a
| faip .i,.f.,
and towards the close slight advance in
prices on best grades Fancy Michigan
and some of the best northwestern have
been selling az II lie. but today some of
the best marks of closely candled stock
command lSc Uncandled western RAJ ely
good enough to bring over 16 IL to 17c
} Drties tirmer but in only moderate de-
} | mand
OATs.-Trade is duh but prices are work.
} ing higher in sympathy with increased
! cost to ship from the west spot offerings
continue small. Fancy clipped white at
) the close are quotable at 60 1-2 to GO 4c
; on track with No 2 clipped white at
So IA TO IS LIE. Lower grades range down
i'll price as to quality
Corn The market continues bare of sup
plies, with the local demand quiet, most
business being done in purchases to arrive
from the west. At the close steamer yell
5 lop on track is quotable at 73c with lower
grades lower as to quality and color Ar
\ rivals for export were small this week.
Q FLOUR Trade continues slow with the
| demand confined to meeting pressln .
. needs from time to time. No ont appears
inclined to stock up, and sales made are
| confined mostly to car or so here and
there as needed. The cost of grain pre-
vents weakness but buyers show no dispo-
| sition to purchase for future needs in an
ticipation of any advance. Selling prices
have hardened tritle during the week
Sales OF spring patents made are mostly al
| about "a 10 to 20, although many OF the
| more popular brands are held above the
latter figure. Spring patents that can be
bought below 81 10 are export tours con-
sisting of about 80 per cent patent. Winter
wheats are quiet, with general range OF
prices about the same. The range for
winter patents is about 81 to 40, with a
slow sale. For clear and straight winters
the range of sales is about 1915 to 4, the
latter being for strictly straiehts, most so
. | called straights offering being little better
4 | than clears.
1 BUTrER-The market has ruled very
~ steady since our last weekly report. Re
ceiptS have been liberal but with steady
| conSumptive demand and fair amount
of buying for storage the market has KEPT
pretty well sold up Fine fresh creamery
has been selling generally at pc. Some
special marks of assorted sizes have been
held IA fraction higher, but no quotable
sales reported Strictly extra western il
large ash tubs has been selling fairly al
Soc, Duu IL Is all OUTSIDE price, anu undrhs
not strictly ap to grade in every respect
have to be shadee a little, Good trsts
have been moving off fairly. Seconds
quiet. Fine northern dairy lie steady de-
mand. Imitation creamery and ladle
goods quiet and unchanged. Fine cream
cry boxes and prints IN steady fair de-
mand.
WooL.-A fair average business is re-
ported III woods at seaboard markets, al
though no special activity is manifested,
and prices are only steady. The situation
is rather peculiar. Buying in western
producing sections continues active al
fully &c per Id higher basis than last sea
son, and prices abroad have advanced
yet consumers buy sparingly and some
times wiring price concessions from anx-
ious sellers. The supply of old is conced-
ed small by the trade and the new croI
moderate. Receipts of wool, both do
nestle and foreign, at Boston, for week
\ ending June 4, were %, 059 bales, against
"a l4,l39 for previous week and 1882 last
year Sales at same point were 3.277 00t
bales against 100000 for previous week
and B. 1S5. 900 snme time wear ago: since