The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-07-16
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hay market, and the tendency is
towards weakness. Buyers are only
meeting their pressing needs, and sales
are slow. The rainy weather of late
has undoubtedly helped the hay crop,
and buyers are less anxious for sup
plies, except where they need the hay
at once. The best hay Offering on
the market is selling at about $2l to %,
but fancy cars if available would sell
above this range. For lower grades
the price ranges down as to quality.
Rye straw is quiet, with general prices
held about the same, most sales being
at $21 to %. Dat straw is dull.
Oats. The market for oats is dull,
and under quite large arrivals spot
offerings will hardly command the
cost to ship from the west. Buyers
are only meeting their pressing needs
from time to time. At the close about
1870 is the price for No. 2 clipped
white on track, with lower grades
down as to quality. Fancy oats to
ship are quoted at sic.
Corn. The market continues quiet
but values have hardened little dur
ing the week. There are only moder-
ate arrivals, but the wants of buyers
are small, and it does not take much
to meet present needs. For steamer
yellow on track the price is about 60
to 6016c at the close, with other grades
ranging down rs to quality and color.
Butter The market was very quiet
following our last weekly report and
but little business was done until
Tuesday, when buyers began to take
! hold more freely. Since then the mar
! ket has been firm at 21c for strictly
d nd Of bo plnca Df
some sales of fancy marks of assorted
sizes are making at 2lc, but hardly
enough doing at this price as yet to
warrant the quotation. A good deal
of the stock arriving for the past day
or two has been more or less soft and
out of condition, making liberal sup
| ply of firsts which meet with a slow
sale at about zoe. Strictly extra dairy
continues in steady, fair demand at
, zoe, with under grades slow at l6 to
| l9c. Imitation creamery and ladle
goods have been ruling little easier
Strictly extra creamery boxes and
prints in steady fair demand at 22c.
Cheese. Receipts show considerable
increase this week but there has been
little, if any, improvement in demand
and prices have eased off little.
Strictly extra York State and Wiscon-
sin twins have been selling in a mod
crate way and close and steady at l0c,
with firsts slow at 1910. There is
quite an accumulation of Vermont
stock but only a small proportion
strictly fine. Most lots have had
slow sale at 10 to 1910.
4 Eggs. Receipts for the past week
have been heavy for this season of the
year. The weather has been hot
since Monday, and demand slack.
The stock coming is showing up very
irregular in quality and value A few
from Michigan and northern Ohio,
good enough to pass as extra are bring
ing 1Sc. but of other fresh gathered
western there are hardly any good
enough to exceed 16c. and an increas-
ing proportion have to 90 at ii and
15c Dirties are lower and range
from 10 to l3c. as to quality and con-
dition. Fancy nearbby and eastern
IDressed Poultry. We have had a
generally dull market for the past
week, Western receipts have been lib
eral but generally behind time, and
since Monday good many lots have
arrived nearly, if not entirely, out of
ice, and more or less damaged The
best of this stock sold yesterday at 8
and l0c, but considerable had to be
condemned as unfit for food. Today
choice fresh fowls are selling general
ly at 12c. Broilers we're dull early in
the week but demand has improved
within the past day or two, and choice
western sell we'll today at 16 and TIC.
Old cocks slow at 8 and 10c.
Choice eastern fowls steady at Il
and 15o. Roasting chickens still in
light supply. Broilers steady. Ducks
in good demand Pigeons lower since
Tuesday.
Live Poultry There has been fair
supply and steady market since our
last report. Choice fowls have been
selling at 13c and best chickens at 15c.
Beef. Mutton, Veal. There has
] been a further slight decline in beef
since our last report, and at the close
best steers are having slow sale at 7 >
and Sc. Mutton has been dull, and
today extra sheep are slow at 10.
Yearlings have also been dull and
weak. Fall lambs are lower, and have
to be choice to bring &c. Lambs have
been plenty, and most sales at 8 and
lie, with now and then an extra lot
at 12c. and some common down to Sc.
Veals have been plenty, and good
many have arrived more or less affect
ed by heat Most sales at and Sc,
with few of the best at &c.
Hides and Pelts. The hide market
is dull, but offerings are not excess
sive, and general prices are held about
the same. Buff hides at Ohio points
of shipment are held at &c. but no
sales could be made above Sc. Sec
ends and BIS are 1c lower than the
range for Bluffs. New England hides
continue quiet at 6 and 619c fiat for
butchers weight. Calfskins are quiet
with lambskins dull
Live Stock. Supply runs fair in
hogs, sheep and calves, but not heavy
! in cattle. Market prices on cattle
steady ON the finer lots such as best
western steers while cows, heifers
and the inferior grades off 14c.
Sheep and lambs rule easier by "A and
| go per Id. Coming freely from the
west, on account of easier rates.
Butchers say that the Boston trade
for mutton is somewhat demoralized.
Hog market easier on western by &c.
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