The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-09
CURRENT COM m EMIT.

LUMBER-The lassitude always obser-
vable during the first week in July is
upon the market for spruce lumber.
Buyers have been holding off ever since
our last report. and viii probably con-
tinue to do so until the memories of the
Fourth have had time completely to fade
away. This little cessation from the or
binary activities in no way perturbs
either buyers or sellers and has no ten
dency TO affect any alteration whatever
IN the sentiment as TO prices The tone in
fact is every whit as firm as ii has been
for everything on the list. For short lum-
Der the market Is quiet but steady For
clapboard it is still practicable to obtain
the eXtravagant rates quoted, while laths
and shingles hold their own.
BUTTER.-At Boston, prices shade lower
under more liberal supplies. Vt, and N.
II creamery extra &c per ID, n. Y. pc,
western nc, first u to q lie, Vt. dairy
extra 21c, n. Y. q IL, firsts 10 to zoe.
western int. creamery 10 to 20c, ladle lS
TO l9c.
FRESH FRUITs-At Boston. strawber-
ries in moderate supply and steady at to
IA per q, blueberTies II to 14c, blackber-
ries ! to l0C, gooseberries TO &c, raspber-
ries to DC per pit. cherries to Sc per ID,
currants to Sc, apples 81 to LID per bask-
ct, muslmelons $50 TO 2 per crate, wa
termelons 10 to 30 per 100 honey zoe p h.
PoTAToEs.-Th present outlook for the
potato crop in the vicinity of Springfield
is generally good. Season is somewhat
later than usual, well-informed dealer
stating that they probably will not come
IN freely until after mid-July He also
claims the supply Of new potatoes will be
moderate for some time after the Fourth,
until about July 10. and prices continue
firm. Quality of goods now coming from
Eastern Shore, Va is up to standard and
demand good Another dealer said far
mer having six acres OF tine-looking pota-
toes called on him and said he did not
want to dig before Aug. |. to allow them
| to Yet well grown. southern States have
a moderate crop. At Boston, receipts of
new southern have been liberal and prices
shade lower. Southern Rose and Hebrons
S2.i5 to 3.2j per Dbl, White Bliss $3.50 to
215, Red $3.50.
| POULTRY AT Boston, live fowls i'm fair
supply and steady at Il to II 2 per lb,
! ROSTERS to Sc, broileTs IL to Ice, north
| ern and eastern fresh killed fowls II to
! 14c, chickens Is to 33c. ducks 10 to Ice.
| pigeons 15c to S1.5O per dozen, squads 2
| to go, western iced turkeys 10 TO Ice per
ID, fowls IL to - lie.
BEANs.-At Boston receipts continne
light and prices firm, trade not especially
active. Choice marrow, Sl.70 per bu,
screened 30 to 1.6O, mediums 1.5O to
10 foreign so to LEO. yellow eyes = to
20, red kidney 2.1j to 30
EGGs-At Boston, prime stock firm,
offerings fairly ample. Nearby fancy. at
mark q to BE per doz,, eastern fair to
choice Il to Is 1-2c, fair to good 10 l-2 to
16 lie, dirties, 10 II to IA lie.
VEGETABLEs.-At Boston, Asparagus
about done at $50 per doz bchs. new
carrots % to 35c, celery TO > cress 35c,
string beans $50 to per bu, peas 25 to
! 10, peppers $50, spinach 25c, new turnips
90 to 15u, beets : p loo bchs, cabbage Sl.25
to L50 per crate cauliflower , per doz
heads, cucumDeTs wanted at 2 to 450 per
100, egg plant 81 80 per dozen, honey 20c
per ID, horse radish to loo, mushrooms
15c to 81, rhubarb lie, squash $50 per Dbl,
tomatoes LOO to , per 6-bskt era
WOoL.-Trade in wool circles has been
fairly active and at slightly frmer prices
Movement at seaboard markets is confined
mainly to old stock. Both large and small
buyers have been on the market and with
mills generally well employed the out
look is encoura sing Strictly fine woods
are in quite moderate supply and higher.
Receipts at Boston since January l, 314, l5S
bales, against 304, S65 corresponding period
last year. Total shipments since Jan /,
125, l4l 1874 lbs.
HAY AND STRAW At Boston, in moder-
ate supply and firm Prime timothy SIS
to Is 30 per ton. No. l. 517 to 1850, No. 2,
Sl4 30 to 1850, No, ,, Sl2 to ID, choice fine
Sl2 to ID, clover mixed Sl2 to Is, clover
Sl2 l220; damaged and poor SO to II,
sNdlt 60 w ~, pllIlt SlIdN, SlO,OO W 1 :
do tangled Sll to T., oat $3.50 to $50
CoRN.-The continuous high price of
corn in the west affords no relief for east
ern dairymen depending upon such feed
stuffs The feature of the present week
is the sharp advance in July corn at Chi
cago, owing to the fact that spectators
We're at least temporarily, i'll complete
control. No. mixed, to be delivered
any time this month, was pushed up Tues
day to 7Sc per bush, a figure actually
higher than wheat subsequently, reacting
8 to 4c, but greatly unsettled Meanwhile
the western markets show comparative
steadness in corn TO be delivered after
the new crop is harvested. Dec selling at
Chicago at As to soc; but even this was
/ to &c higher than recently Grain trade
quiet in n. f., prices generally firm At
Boston, yellow corn "a to 75c per bush,
oats higher with No. white clipped 63 to
65c, lower grades 62 to 63c. IN. Y, corn
firm, No. , mixed in shipping order II IL
to Il per bush, No. white oats 60 to Gle,
choice clipped 81 to CSC. At toston, bran
$40 80 to $50 per ton, middlings SD to
$50, mixed feed SD to %, red dog S2625.
cottonseed meal, $3.50, linseed meal S27 so
to 20, corn meal Sl40 to LAP per 100 lbs.
These prices in a wholesale way, one car
more, spot cash. Boston or Boston rate
points, small parcels usual advance.
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