The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
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to II, while occasionally extremely
fancy cars will range above the latter
price For lower grades the demand
is slow, with prices ranging down as
to quality. Rye straw is firm for
choice grades, most arrivals being oat
straw, which is dull. For choice cars
sales are making up to 1922. 30 per ton,
with lower grades down as to quality.
Dat straw IS dull.
Corn. The demand for corn lis
slow but prices hold about steady,
values being based on the cost to
ship from the west. For steamer yell
low, old corn on track, about 5615c is
tine price, while new corn on spot is
quotable at about 80 to 5515c. New
! yellow corn TO ship is costing about
! 531ac for prompt and 53c for 30 days
shIpm ent.
Oats. TIL ere is firmeI tone to the
oai market, but the demand S slow
and only hand. to-mouth business is
being done. For No. ? clipped white
/ on track the close is steady at Al &c,
| while lower grades range down in
price as to quality.
Mill Feed-The market is quite firm
but trade is quiet.
Provisions. Trade continues quiet
but prices for pork and lard have
made a slight advance Hams a shade
easier.
Meats Beef has been in moderate
demand but the tendency has been to
higher prices, and at the close choice
cattle are firm at ~ to Sc. Mutton
aud yearlings have had a moderate
sale. Receips of lambs have been
moderate and prices have advanced,
late sales of choice at l0c. The mar
ket has been wei supplied with yeals
and choice lots have been in moderate
demand at 10 to 1015c Country
dressed hogs in light demand at 6 to
619c.
Dressed Poultry. - Receipts have
been liberal since Christmas but have
run largely to ordinary chickens and
common fowls. TIE supply of turkeys
has been moderate and choice lots in
| steady demands, with prices ruling
a shade firmer since Tuesday. At the
close selected hens are firm at 100,
with choice toms selling fairly at 1Sc,
! and best mixed lots steady at IS to
| &c. Strictly choice large soft
roasting chickens are scarce and want
ed but the market is heavily over
stocked with medium and common
grades, which have to be worked off at
low prices Common fowls are also
very plenty and extremely dull Bruil-
ers in light supply. Old cocks slow
at9 C. Ducks steady. Very little call
q for geese. Northern and eastern re-
{ ceipts are light and choice chickens,
s. few Is, and ducks rule steady at quota
tions
% Live Poultry. Choice fowls have
. been in limited supply and late sales
. at l2o generally.
3 Butter. Receipts have been very
! light for the past week but there has
also Deen a quiet trade, especially in
10 fresh goods, and there has been but
I little improvement i'll the condition Of
Q the market. The small lots of strict
!: ly fancy VT and n. II. assorted sizes
% have been ruling fairly firm at 24c4
but most OF the fresh stock received
has been wintry and hard to place, a
: good many buyers taking fine storage
stock i'll preference. Held creamery
has been in fair demand and ruling a
shade higher since Tuesday. Medium
and low grades dull and easy. Fine
box and print butter steady but off
grades dull and weak.
}. Cheese. There has been no change
in the condition of the market during
the past week. There is a full supply
Offering and light demand York
State Sept. and Oct. twins selling in
small lots at l2c. Best Vt. stock
slow at 11ao. Receipts of late made
continue fairly liberal and have a
70 dull sale at to lie as to quality.
4 Eggs. The weather has been cold
Z for the past week, receipts light, and
u prices generally we'll sustained, but
demand for fresh. gathered stock has
been only moderate Fresh gathered
western keep fairly we'll sold up at
30 to 35c, as to quality. Receipts of
% fancy nearby and extra eastern are
. increasing and the supply at the close
Is is fully equal to the demand. Refrig-
4 orators have been selling we'll and are
% in limited supply and firmly held.
Y Beans. Receipts have been liberal
Z for the past week, and as usual at the
close of the year trade has been quiet
There has been no material change in
prices. Best domestic pea have been
selling at ~. O5 to 3 10, the outside for
small lots. Best foreign pea slow at
Sl,95 to 400. Yellow eyes move
slowly, with prices in buyers favor.
Red kidneys dull and easy.
Potatoes Receipts have been mod.
crate but the cold weather has inter
fered With trade good deal for for
: the past week. and but little stock has
Deen moved. There has been mo
change in prices, Green Mts. have
ruled firm at 70 to 75c and Hebrons
at zoe p. e. Island stock steady at
quotations..
Hides. The market for hides is
steady but trade has quieted down.
Offerings are moderate as a whole.
Bun hides are quoted at 80 to sac at
western points of shipment, with Sec
onds and BIS 10 less New England
hides are quiet a &c fiat for COWS.
butchers weight, with heavy steers {
So to &c. Calfskins are steady with
pelts quiet
Furs. Values hold steady with the