Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-18
BRIGHTON MARKET.

livestock receipts at the Brighton
abattoir have been on about the same
scale az for the previous week, but beef
prices Tuesday were somewhat easier.
and low-g stun was lower. Quar-
antine conditions have not been relaxed
in the slightest degree, and no one is
allowed within thu danger line unless
properly clothed. Hogs held firm. but
this, was due to light run and firm
prices in the West.
Total arrivals for the week We're "a
cars. of which Il cars came in Tuesday
morning. This included three cars from
Canada. II cars from the Boston &
Maine and four cars from the Boston
Il Albany. Before Tuesday the weeks
arrivals We're 43 cars. including eight
cars cattle and II cars hogs from the
West, is cars from the Boston & Maine,
two cars from the Boston & Albany.
one car from the New Haven and three
cars from New York State.
Bids for heavy cattle Tuesday morning
did not exceed seven and one-half cents,
and this appears to have been the top
for anything sold, the range being seven
to seven and one-fourth cents for good
stuff and six and one-half to seven cents
for light.
An easier tone was noted for Gamer
cows. prices paid being three and one-
half to four cents. Best cows sold at
six and one-fourth TO six and onehalf
cents, with good cows at five and one
half to six cents and ordinary COWS at
five to five and one-half cents.
Bulls brought six cents for the top,
with ordinary at hve to five and one
half cents and holognas at four to four
and one-half cents
Calves held up well for choice stock.
with fancy selling as high as ten and
one half to eleven cents. Round lots
Of best calves sold at nine to ten cents,
with mixed lots at eight to nine cents,
poor lots at six and one-haf to seven
cents and small calves at s. each.
Hogs We're firm and unchanged some
fancy selling as high as seven and one
half cents. The range on good lots was
seven to seven and one-fourth cents.
with rough lots at six and one-half to
six and three fourths cents.
Sheep and lambs were in small sup
ply. but prices We're nomlnaly un-
changed at five to eight cents for lambs
and four to six cents for sheep.
The mich COW trade has received n
severe blow in the new quarantine reg
ulatons, which went into effect last
week Recently dairy farmers have been
allowed to receive shipments of milch
cows direct from Maine and Vermont
where no cases of the foot-and mouth
disease have yet been found. This plan
has been working we'll, the drovers say,
hut now this privilege has been rescind-
Cd and they are all at sea again. Here
after the United States authorities will
require that all mich cows thus shipped
must remain In quarantine for fifteen
days before being released. Drovers say
that no business can be done under this
provision.
Receipts Of hogs from the West con-
! tinue to decrease, though still much
larger than al this time last year The
total kill reported for the week by Bos-
ton packers was 10000 hogs, against % ,ONO
for the preceding week and 1880 for the
1918. the total Kill by Boston packers
he same period in 1914
Exports Of pork products are fairly
liberal the total reported for the week
| by Boston packers being valued at 3l35,-
O0 against sl25OD0 for the preceding
week and $4,000 for the same week last
year. since January |. 1915. the total
exports by Boston packers have been
valued at Sl6i5.ND, against 81. +O3, Ooo FOR
the same period in 1914
Dressed hogs are quoted at the figures
OF week ago the packers quoting nine
10 nine and ne.fourth cents