The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-06-23
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growu Dot saoagh f3r home cousump-
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tee brpughi a market f3g butter almost
= tie LaFmaFa own door. more atiea-
taa sss paid 70 raising stock. bu, noR
De erval staple i butter aud cheese --
Efery farmer Is engaged il il, anc1rd-
lag T. Bis poaeszloL q broad acres -
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10 10. ghila she astrage j. not i&r from
CO - 20. As Jet nearly everything is
done 10 private diaries, though . few
cheese factories have been started
The marketing Is now mostly done Al
81 Adams on Tuesday II each week.
and from eighi 10 twelve O'Clock, Main
AID Lake streets u that beautiful VII
lagc are crowded Rith farmers teams,
having come Ia with tubs u butter 49,
The walks are crowded With buyers
and Nc llors. aud before midday spir-
tied scene i presented II tho demand
is good. and the supply short. tho FELL.
ers combine for an advance II tho
condition Of the market is the reverse,
then tbs buyers agree on certain iig-
ures. and hold of with yiew Of bring
ing the farmers 10 their terms THIS
sometimes doesn'i work as well in the
execution as the planning. and single
departure on the part Of tho buyer
from the agreement, Is soon found out
on ti,e street. and everything goes with
o rush at advanced rates.
The buyers are mostly commission
men. resident Of the county. who are in
constant Geographic communication du-
ring thc market day with the houses IN
Boston, which they represent, giving
them at the opening the condition of
tho market, aud then receiving orders
ion the amount to buy They All re-
ceive a uniform commission Of Que cent
per pound from the Boston dealers. for
al that is purchased.
The sales Of slngle day amount TO
from 10000 TO $50 600, aud for year
on both butter aud cheese, not less than
mlftoA aud haalf dollars. For the
seventeen years, since the railroad was
opened through 10 Boston, there have
boon shipped from st Adams to Bos-
ton. 3s9il, 1913 pounds Of butter. and
Is, l35, 949 pounds 81 cheese. These
reckoning the average prco OF butter
At 80 cents and cheese Al IL, which We
think IL loa figure brought IA round
numbers, fourteen millions u dollars
Nearly All 81 this il the product Of
Franklin county alone, although before
tile reciprocity treaty was abrOgated Ia
1862, some u il camc from the towns ii
Canada near the border
The shipments "a pounds from ".
Adams during 1867, are as follows
ca i month il given hy itself.