The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-29
NARkETS.
Current Comment.

Hay. The market tor,Ihay is-dull,
and trade rules quiet. The supDlyiof
choice hay on the market is small,
and such holds firm in price withs
good demand About $40. 80 to IL
will cover sale for No. / making, but
fancy would go higher Lower grades
range down in price as to quality.
Rye straw is firmer under light avail
able offerings. For choice grades,
about $50 to 81 is quoted. Dat straw
is dull and in slow demand. 1tsss
Corn. - The market has worked
easier during the week, under a light
demand and moderate spot offerings.
At the close steamer yellow on track
is quotable at about 5415c, with low
er grades running down as to quality
and color. For No. 2 yellow to ship
from the west lake and rail about,;54
to 541ac is the price.
Oats. The demand has ruled slow
and the tone during the week is
easier. At the close No. 2 clipped
white on track are quoted at 44c with
the range on lower grades down as to
quality.
Dressed Poultry. Receipts show
some increase this week but western
arrivals have run largely to medium
and light weight chickens and small
pin feathery fowls. Young turkeys
have been in light supply and there is
! an increasing demand for choice,
good-sized stock, Choice western
fowls have been in moderate supply
and steady demand at 1876, with
some common lots ranging down to
| l2c. Strictly choice large western
roasting chickens have been in light
! supply and bringing full former
| prices, but for the bulk of receipts 10
! to 1212c has been a full quotation.
Eastern fowls and chickens have been
/ coming in snail lots but are increas-
ing in supply. Strictly choice OK
/ has steady sale, but common lots
sell no better that the same grade of
| western.
Meat Beef has had slow sale for
the past week, and at the close best
cattle are barely steady at S1s to $40.
Extra mutton has been in light de-
mand at 61a to &c. Yearlings have
been very dull with most sales at to
| &c. Lambs have been in full supply
and light demand, with most sales at
6 to Sc, and only few fancy exceed
selling fairly at about former prices.
Stictly choice medium weights bring
10c, and occasionally reach lie, with
fair to good lots at to sc.
Provisions. Pork has declined 500
per Dbl. since our last report and
closes quiet at quotations. Lard is
also lower. Small hams steady, medi-
um and large a shade easier
Live poultry Receipts liberal, and
a good many of the fowls very
poor and scrubby. Demand has been
light, and prices ruling low and weak
Late sales of best lots have been at 10
to lO19c. with some poor fowls as low
as &c.
Butter. Receipts have fallen off
considerably this week and there has
been only a moderate supply of fine
fresh butter offering. There has been
a steady fair demand, with prices
| showing increasing strength. Assorted
sizes of extra creamery have been SELL
ing generally at 22c, but since Mon
day have had occasional sales frac-
ton higher, and close firm at 2216c.
Large tubs have advanced to 22c and
close steady at that figure. Firsts
have been in good supply and moder-
ate demand, some of the best marks
selling today at 2lc. The lower grades
are quiet and unchanged. Northern
dairy in light supply Boxes and
, prints selling fairly but without quot
able change in price.
Eggs. Receipts have been moderate
for the past week and we have had a
good market for choice fresh stock.
The small lots of etxra Mich, Ind,
ETC., have mad ready sale at 20 to
26c. Other choice fresh eastern have
been in steady demand at full quota
tions. Candled dirties steady at 16
to 1715c. Uncandled very irregu lar
| in quality and value. Refrigera tors
! steady.
| Cheese. There has been full sup
! ply Offering, but demand has been
light and for small lots, with price,
ruling about as last qouted. Strictly
extra late made York State twins
have to go at lls1 g and best Vt lots
are not quotable at over 1l19c. Fair
| to good early made stock remains
quiet at l01a to lie Hardly any
western cheese offering.
| Beans. - Receipts show little in
crease this week but the supply of
white beans has been ample for the
demand and prices have been barely
sustained. Choice domestic pea have
been selling in small lots at 50. 80 but
would be hard to place in any quaint
ity at over 81 10. Foreign pea remain
quiet at 80 to 2,l5 Yellow eyes and
~ AA6hb supply
tied demand.
Potatoes. Receipts have been mod
crate again this week and under
steady fair demand general advance
in prices has been made. Since Mon
day choice Aroostook Green Noun
tains have been selling at 81 to $50,
and at the close some of the best stock
is held at coo. Choice Aroostook
Hebrons have been in moderate de-
mand at Soc. No York State or YER
mont stock of consequence Offering.
Furs-. The market is steady for
choice furs, with trade quiet.
Hides and Pelts. The market for
hides is dull, and the tone is weaker.
Butt hides at Ohio points of shipment
are held at $40, with Chicago at
SIC, but sales are slow. Seconds and
BIS range about lc below the price of
bluffs. New England hides are dull
at &c fiat for cows, and 81 to &c for
heavy steers. - Calfskins are steady,