The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
Current Comment.
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Hay and Grain. The market has
worked higher during the week ow-
ing in part to the absence of rain,
which made it bad for the hay crop.
With the drouth broken, the tone is
easier at the close. There is no choice
hay on the market, but for the best
cars available, sales are being made
at $2l to 20, while the range is down
from this price as to quality. Rye
straw is also higher at 500 to % for
good cars, and fancy would go higher.
Corn. The market is quiet but I'M
der moderate receipts prices hold
about steady The best yellow corn is
selling at 5915 to 60c on track, with
lower grades as to quality and color.
Oats. Worked higher in price dur.
ing the week, but at the close the tone
is easier.
Beef, Mutton, Veal There was a
slight advance in beef early in the
week but demand las been slack and
at the close prices are sustained with
difficulty. Receipts of mutton have
not been very heavy but the stock has
been generally coarse, and ordinary,
best lots rarely good enough to exceed
SC. Yearlings have been in moderate
| have been in moderate supply and
steady at ~ to 13c. Receipts of eastern
| spring lambs have been moderate but
demand light and most sales at So and
under. Western spring lambs in fair
supply and best lots steady at IA to loo.
| Veals have been coming in freely and
| have had a slow sale, most lots at
| to &c, and only a few extra choice at
full quotations.
Pork. Pork and lard have been in
steady, moderate demand at unchanged
quotations. Hams slightly firmer.
Live Poultry. There has been a
steady market for fowls since our last
report, choice lets selling generally at
! 1890. Receipts of broilers are in
creasing, and at the close it takes
very choice lot to bring full quota
tions.
Dressed Poultry Choice eastern
fowls have been selling in small lots
at 10 to Ice. A Jew choice roasting
chickens bring 80 to Soc. per lb.
Broilers more plenty and have to be
choice to bring SOC. Ducks have been
in liberal supply and are lower and
dull, with 1Sc an extreme price for
fancy.
crate increase in receipts this week,
and so far the market has kept fairly
we'll sold up, although demand has not
been quite as active since Tuesday as
it was for the first three days follow
ing our last weekly report. Extra
creamery has ruled firm at 23c all the
| week, with some special marks of
assorted sizes bringing fraction more
| Firsts have met with steady moder
ate sale at % to 2215c. Not much do
ing in northern dairy. The small
lost of strictly fine have steady sale
at 22c. There is a good inquiry and
firm market for imitation creamery
and ladle goods but receipts still very
light.
Eggs. There has been little change
in the general condition of the market
since our last weekly report. Receipts
have continued liberal and contain a
large proportion of ordinary stock
Strictly extra eggs are still in limited
supply and are bringing full better
prices than last week. Good dirties
hold steady. Fancy nearby and east
ern ruling higher and firm.
Hides and Pelts. The hide market
continues quiet but as the season adj
vances the quality improves. and val
ues are firmer Bluffs i'll the west are
firm at to &c, with some asking &c
more. Seconds and BIS range 1c be-
low the price of Bluffs. New England
hides are quiet, but steady at 6 to 61ac
fiat for butchers weights. Calfskins
are lower, with lambskins steady and
quiet