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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1890

Page

7

Grain and feed market mixed prices with firm oats and mill feed

Mixed grain quotes show higher shipping prices than bids. No 2 yellow and No 2 white demand remains strong, with some bids at 66 to 65 cents and other offers around 66 2 3 cents bush. Oats stay firm amid elevated prices. No 2 white on track near 55 1 2 cents, rye steady at 85 cents per bushel, and malt markets quiet with six rowed Canada at 90 to 96.5 cents and two rowed State at 80 cents. Mill feed remains firm. sack spring braw around 20 50 to 21, winter 24 22 50 per ton. middlings 23 27 4 per ton. cotton seed meal sales 25 75 to 26 per ton as available.

Apothere Chicago Canada London Mark Lane Liverpool England Oet California Manchester the Guardian India China

Provisions Market Dull as Bears Signal Lower Prices

Chicago trading shows light money dampening tone with bearish outlook for provisions. Quoted prices span pork products beef cuts and fats with steady demand for some items and ample supply. tallow and lard values noted along with current receipts and year-ago comparisons.

HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS ACROSS MAJOR TRADE CENTERS

Peoria hog market firm with prices mostly at 340 to 400, receipts 1800, shipments 1200. St Louis hog market weak with workers 375 to 485, mixed packers 350 to 390, butcher to extra 390 to 400. Cincinnati hog market firm, prices mostly 3200. Kansas City cattle and hogs mixed with steers around 3460, cows 155 to 225, stockers 200 to 275, hogs 3450 to 400, sheep 340. Chicago cattle receipts 22,000. slow and weak, steers 350 to 520, Texans 225 to 240, rangers 290 to 385. Hog receipts 35,000. active, steady to stronger, composites 350 to 385, good mix 595 to 410, prime heavy 412 to 425, pigs 250 to 3850. Sheep receipts 10,000. steady, natives 375 to 480, Western 890 to 450, Texans 340. Lambs 437 to 1260 OU.

Chicago Owen Park Wien Stee Ee Aes Choice Brighton New York Peoria St Louis Cincinnati Kansas City

Produce Trade Receipts and Market Report Summary

The market shows firm butter with large receipts and shrinking stocks. London Liverpool New York markets steady, cheese firm with small sales, eggs and Keans steady, beans and peas firm with scarce California kidney beans, poultry trade quiet but adequate to clean daily arrivals.

Isce Liverpool London New York Chicago Hexts Michigan Nova Scotia New Brunswick Keans York Vermont California Lima Choice Canada

Live fowls and poultry market roundup by the yard

The market reports steady prices for live fowls and a fair sale for all choice lots. Quail and pigeons priced per dozen or pair, snipe and partridge listed with ranges. Grass seeds show quiet demand at steady prices. hay and straw markets steady. Potatoes and sweet potatoes quoted with regional price variations. Truck crops include onions, carrots, beets, lettuce, turnips, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, beans, celery, and tomatoes with current price ranges and bundles referenced. Florida string beans arrive with sales at a set crate price.

North Aisike Lucerne Red Top West Jersey Rhode Island Bush Timothy Western New Hampshire Vermont Hebrons New York Nova Scotia New Brunswick Burbanks Houlton Rose Aroostook Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Hebronus Weavote Eastern Shores Malta Ohio St Andrews White Cape Hubbard Western Hubbard Florida

Florida and Mediterranean fruit markets show steady demand

The fruit trade reports quiet lemon and orange requests with small supplies. Lemons and grape fruit move at firm to steady prices, while apples and pears have steady demand and fair, small offerings. Michigan Baldwins and other varieties appear with varied price ranges, and dried fruits plus nuts show steady trade with described quotations.

Steamer Arrivals Note Fruit Shipments to Northeastern Ports

The steamer Brunel passed Gibraltar Oct 15 with 700 boxes Messina lemons for Boston and 10 900 boxes for New York. Sama due with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Ethelred due Friday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Norfolk boat due Friday carries 5350 bbls sweet potatoes.

Brunel Gibraltar Boston New York Sama Boston Fruit Company Ethelred Norfolk

Fruit Auction Prices From Harris & Co Sale

Fruit prices at auction listed by Harris and Co include Grape fruit 3 25 per box Almeria grapes 3 37 12 8 25 per barrel Florida oranges 1 25 23 10 per box and Florida lemons 4 50 per box California fruits cover Tokay grapes 2 55 38 85 per crate Muscat 1 75 2 05 per crate 75c per half crate Cornichan grapes 3 10 per package Emperor grapes 2 per package Quinces 2 10 2 15 per box Snow and Co sola Concord grapes sold at auction today 18 22c per 10 Ibs basket.

Florida Palermo Jamaica Ben Davis Michigan Baldwins Nova Scotia Snow King Russell Greenings Harveys Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire Hubbardstons Beurre Bose Bush Seckle Beurre Clairgeaus Vicars Beurre d’Anjou New York Virginia Cape Cod Almeria Concordia Hiarris & Co California Cornichan Snow & Co Sola Concord

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar demand remains steady with varied quotations for different forms. Raw sugars hold, prices firm for refined in New York, while wholesale grocers cite Thursday prices for large and small granulated varieties. Molasses demand is quiet with steady prices across Porto Rico Barbados Cienfuegos New Orleans consignments and centrifugals.

New York Porto Rico Barbados Cienfuegos New Orleans

Print Cloth Market Quiet in Fall River Trade

The print cloth market in Fall River remained quiet and steady with moderate demand for long contracts. Regular squares stayed quiet, and up to last night about 200000 pieces of 64s had been sold this week on contracts.

Fall River

Wool sales in Antwerp show moderate demand

At Antwerp on October 29 a sale offered 3400 bales with fair attendance and moderate demand. Australian wool declined 15 cents per kilo versus the previous price, reflecting softer markets for the commodity.

Antwerp

Last London sales report totals by port and price

The final London series lists Buenos Ayres selling 746 bales at 80.4220 francs per 100 kilos, Montevideo 48 bales at 170 200 francs, Melbourne with 170 greasy bales at 130 225 francs and 80 scoured bales at 210 385 francs, New South Wales 600 greasy bales at 90 230 francs and 100 scoured bales at 225 480 francs.

London Buenos Ayres Montevideo Melbourne New South Wales

Cotton Markets Show Mixed U.S. and Liverpool Rates

The New York cotton market opens easy and closes steady with both spot and futures showing modest shifts. Reports cite sales totaling 984 at 41,990 bales on hand, with future prices ranging around 9.80 to 10.32 cents and Liverpool noting quieter demand at slightly easier prices amid 8,000 bales sold and 7,000 bales receipts.

New York Steven We Ohuguc Liverpool Eees Esses Eae Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltmore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Britain France Ecee- Apvil Ccc Acve

Oil Market Closing and Opening Prices at Prescott Co

Oil market data from FE W Prescott & Co lists closing and opening prices for pipe line certificates. Crude runs shipments and equivalents are noted with figures. refined price given as 7.60 cents per gallon.

Prescott & Co Devonshire Street Ovis Ice

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Reported in New York

Turpentine closed at 40 42 cents with resin at 140 145 and tar at 250. Petroleum closed at 7.25 cents with ASW at 7.60 and Cases at 9.85.

New York

Brighton and Watertown Livestock Market Report Oct 29 1860

Report for the Boston Post by George J. Fox covers live stock at Brighton and Watertown yards for the week ending Oct 29 1860. Details include cattle sheep lambs and swine prices at market store cattle prices, hides tallow and skins, arrivals at Brighton and Watertown yards, and export shipments by steamers Palestine Stockholm City Norseman and Bostonian. Prices trend shows cattle steady to lower, sheep sharply down, hogs steady with good demand, veal calves down, milch cows weak, and horses quiet.

Brighton Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox Ryo Pega i Carrie Alreid Eae Iain Ane Ieee Ceesese Ona Talion Wye Lowell Fitchburg Shalltee Palestine Liverpool A Hathaway Rollinger Stockholm City M Goldsmith Shamburg

Brighton Market Yards Sees Modest Livestock Trade

Seventeen carloads of live stock arrived this week via Poston and Albany. Cattle, mostly for slaughter, included 102 good dressing Western steers of 1200 to 1400 lbs, with other stock from Watertown country. Prices were generally dull with milch cows in moderate demand. working oxen sold in small, quiet lots.

Maine Glines & Weston JC Libby & Son Gheifers Newcomb Trafton & Philbrook Trafton & Phil Brook Breck & Wood Piper & Pond Watertown New Hampshire Whitten JA Hathaway Seattle Moulton & Jones C Little F Fairbanks Courser & Sargent J Bailey Sc. d W Brighton Poston & Albany Geo H .Lammond W& Co Geo H Hammond & Co J D Hosmer JS Nason A M Baggs JS Henry Remick & Cheney J Melory

Imports and Exports in Liverpool Steamer Georgian cargo

Import list dated Oct 29 1890 from Liverpool shows a long cargo ledger for the Georgian 1113 including rags, waste paper, bales of old bagging, books and mdse, casks of mdse, machinery, caustic soda, figs, wool, Bries, and assorted goods. Notable entries include 380 pries miise and 681 bars iron plus 370 pieces boxwood and 215 tons cannel coal.

Liverpool Baring Bros & Co Fs Moors & Co Sherburn Linder & Meyer Warren James Hill Mige Co Pries Miise Stoddard, Lovering & Co Thomas Leyland Riley & Gray E & F King Co Zrokahazzi Bros Gulbenhain Rodocanadini Leigh & Co John A Whiting & Son Steel Stone Kecknall & Potter Ohn Milton

Global Export Ledger of Cargoes from Major Ports Oct 29 1890

Inventory of shipments from Liverpool, Rio de Janeiro, London, Sackville and Weymouth listing vast tonnage of beef, cheese, butter, corn, oil, leather, and machinery. Entries note vessels Cephalonia, Norseman, Stockholm City and Stockholm City sailing drums of cargo including 1500 boxes canned beef, 33,175 feet pine lumber, 72 bags fertilizer, 9 bales hides, 16,570 sacks flour, and other foodstuffs and goods.

Liverpool Eng Cephalonia Norseman London Stockholm City Sackville Mabel Weymouth Belmont

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