The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-10
NARKETS.
Current Comment.

Hay. The demand for hay is slow,
and the market is weak for lower
grades. For No. hay, about SIG. 80
to to SIT. is the market, with fancy
cars even exceeding this price, while
lower grades range down as to quail
ity. Rye straw is quiet, but the mar
ket holds firm at 81 90 for choice cars.
Dat straw is dull. =:
Oats. The demand for oats con-
tinues slow. but the market is quoted
rather finer as a whole. At the
close No. 2 clipped white on track is
quotable at 4319c, with lower grades
down as to quality. The range to
ship from the west is AZ to 44c, as
to quality.
Corn The demand has been slow,
but values have hardened somewhat
during the week in sympathy with
the higher cost to ship from the west.
Steamer yellow on spot is quotable
at about 5519c, with the range for
lower grades down as to quality.
New No. 3 yellow to ship is costing
53c.
Meats. Beef has been in light de-
mand for the past week, with prices
only fairly steady. Mutton has had a
steady, moderate sale. Yearlings
were more called for early in the
week OH account of the light supply
of lambs, but are quiet again at the
close. Lambs were in light supply
Monday and choice stock brought I0c,
but receipts have been liberal since
then, and today sc is about the top
selling price for best lots Veals have
been in moderate supply and steady
demand. Country dressed hogs are
| having moderate sale at to 70 as
TO grade.
Live Poultry Choice fowls have
| been in moderate supply and at the
! close are bringing 111ac. Chickens
/ generally too shaggy TO bring full
| quotations.
Dressed Poultry. = Receipts have
been liberal since Thanksgiving, but
there has been very slack demand
| for turkeys, and the small sales made
have been at easy prices. No L. west
ern close dull at y to 18c There has
been a fair demand for choice large
chickens and fowls, but medium sized
chickens and common small fowls
have beeL plenty and dull. Choice
broilers are scarce and bring full
| prices. Old cocks in steady demand.
Ducks sell fairly. Geese in limited
demand. Small lots of chickens and
| fowls have a steady sale at quotations.
Provisions. - Trade continues quiet
and there has been further decline in
prices
Butter. Receipts of fresh made but
ter have been light for the past week
and irregular in quality, very few lots
grading extra. Demand has been
light on account of the free use of
storage goods, and there has been
little change in prices, strictly extra
fresh creamery selling generally at 24o
for asssosrted sizes and 2319 for large
tubs. Stock not good enough to
pass as extra has been hard to place
in competition with storage goods and
has had to 60 at easy prices. Storage
creamery has been in steady demand
at 2215 to 23c for best marks. Medium
and low grades remain quiet and I'M
changed. Boxes in moderate supply
and steady demand. Prints I'M
changed.
Cheese. There has been no change
since our last report. There has been
a full supply offering an limited de-
mand. York State Sept. ana Oct.
twins hold firm, fancy marks selling
at 12c, but late made stock NOV
slowly and is rarely good enough to
exceed lie. Best Vt. twins have a
moderate sale at about 11hc. Sage
cheese plenty ami dull.
Eggs. Demand has fallen off good
deal since Thanksgiving and althogh
receipts for the week have been light.
there has been further decline in
prices. Western fresh gathered firsts
have been selling since Tuesday at
SOC, and average best at 26 tc Csc, but
the feeling is little stronger at the
close Refrigerators have been in
steady moderate demand and are
pretty we'll sold up. but it takes fancy
! stock to bring full quotations.
Potatoes. Receipts have been a
little lighter than last week and there
has been good steady market, choice
Aroostook stock selling fairly at 6S to
zoe for Green Mountains and So to SIC
for Hebrons
Hides and Pelts. The market for
hides and pelt is again quiet, buyers
having recently bought quite freely.
At the close bluffs at Ohio points of
shipment are quotaDle at 81 TO $40,
with Chicago lots at about s to $40
as full range. Seconds and BIS are
quotable about lc below butts. New
England hides continue quiet at 60
for COWS, with heavy steers at 61a to
70. Calfskins are steady, with pelts
quiet.
Fruits = Receipts of apples are
steadily failing off but there is large
accumulation on the market and the
feeling is dull and weak. There has
been some call for fancy red table
fruit but Baldwlns, Greetings, and
mixed sorts of all kinds have had a
very dull sale, a large proportion CO.
ing at inside prices. Receipts of cram
berries have been moderate but de-
mand has been light. Strictly choice
sound berries hold steady at So 80
to 100, with common plenty at g. so
to 90. Grapes have been in moder-
ate supply but have had very dull
sale. Florida oranges plenty and
choice.
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