The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
BOSTON MARKET
Current Comment.

Current Comment.
Hay. The demand for hay continues
quiet but values are about the same.
Supplies as a whole are liberal al
though there is no excess of choice
grades. For the best hay about GIG
to l6. 90 will yet cover the range of
sales. while lower grades range down
in price as to quality. Rye straw is
yet meeting with a quiet demand but
values hold about the same. The trade
look for lower prices when receipts in
crease but present conditions are
steady. Dat straw dull.
Corn. The local market is dull
while supplies on hand are small.
Spot offerings command q premium
over the cost to ship and prices OBJ
tanned depend largely upon how bad
the buyer is in need of supplies. AT
the close about II to nc is the range
of sales made on track with new No.
3 yellow to ship quoted at fOc while
transit lots will range above this
price
Oats. The market for oats is quiet
but prices hold about the same. There
is no disposition shown to buy beyond
meeting daily needs as they come up.
At the close about 3915 to 40c is quoted
for best clipped white oats, while
lower grades range down as to quality.
The cost to ship is SO to $3.50 for SO
to AZ 10 oats
Flour. Market has shown generally
a weaker tone for wheat thus causing
the price of -four to be forced down.
Buyers appear to have no confidence in
the market and only keep fair working
stocks on hand.
Eggs. -Receipts have been consider
ably larger than last week but the in
crease has been in held stock. Choice
fresh eggs suitable for best trade have
been scarce and selling in small lots at
full prices. frigerator- have been
in steady demand at well sustained
prices.
Butter There has 0een no change
in the market during the past week.
Trade has been quiet but receipts of
fine fresh creamery light ara firmly
held OFF grades IN full supply Fine
storage butter steady at 2215 TO 2315c
Boxes in fair supply ana steady. Prints
quiet.
Cheese. Trade has been rather quiet
for the past weeL but the market mas
ruled firm on fine stock Some fancy
York State Sept twins are held aoove
quotations Most Of The vt. stock
Offering is late made and rarely ex-
ceeds 1917 to lie.
Potatoes. Receipts increased little
in the past week but supplies are still
moderate. There has been good,
steady market for choice Aroostook
Green. Mountains at SOC Hebrons in
limited supply at 81 to 5Sc.
Apples Receipts Of apples have
been liberal aud demand has been con-
fined pretty closely to choice and fancy
red varieties Common Baldwins,
Greetings, and other cooking sorts are
dragging at easy prices.
Dressed Poultry. Receipts for the
past week have been much larger than
anyone could reasonably anticipate from
the tenor Of advices received rom the
country during the past month. Deal
ers were led to expect that turkeys
would be very scarce and that prices
would rule extremely high, too nigh
for the general run of trade aud a
good many were inclined to pass them
altogether, The btst retailers cut
their orders down to actual wants and
on Saturday and Monday the sales
were unusually light. Receipts mod
crate however and choice turkeys sold
at % TO Boo for northern and ~ to 25c
for dry packed western and Kentucky.
Western iced sold at 23c gel orally.
Wednesday there were lew sales of
dry packed at over zoe, and a good
many at II to 1916. load lots sold down
to 10 to Ice. good deal of stock ar
rived IN poor order from the effects of
animal hear, and "a considerable guam
tity WAS condemned as worthless.
There were few sales Of northern tar
keys after Monday at over 25c Chick
ems, fowls, ducks, ana geese were in
moderate supply, aud in steady de-
mand at we'll sustained prices ur-
keys cleaned mp fairly at the reduced
prices.
Live Poultry - Receipts moderate
and demand Light.
Fresh Meals There has been light
demans for all kinds of fresh meats
for the past week ont the moderate
sales made have been at steady prices.
Beef has been i'll moderate demand at
9 TO $50 for best cattle with common
grades dull and easy Mn ton and
yearinRs have had a limited sale,
most lots at . to &c. Sprng lambs
have been in fall supply and light DE-
maud at unchanged quotations Veal
receipts limited 7n1 prices well sus-
tanned Country dressed hogs e4dy
C quotations.
Hide and Pelts. Tanners are very
conservative in their purchases of
hides but prices hold steady under
the moderate supplies available. Buff
hides at western points of shipment
are quotable at I05sto 1890. with SEQ
Ou0S and Rs at iC less talfekiup ara