Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-21
Late Dairy Markets.

in all. Though the register showed over
2 900 boxes, only about 1000 were re lily
offered for sale, 700 having been sold on
Saturday. Of the amount offered, all was
sold but little over 200 boxes. Factory
men were firm in their demands, and their
views appeared considerably above buy
era until late in the afternoon. Sales
were finally made at liz to 12c, and one
lot reached 1911. For another, not regis |
tered, 1910, wss offered, and whether
sale was finally effected We did not learn.
The practice our factorymen have OF
selling at the factory during the week.
operates unfavorably ON the market. 1t
is partial return to the old system and
ives the buyers an advantage which
makes it favorite with them. Ii it suits
the factorymen better than to keep up
market day and thoroughly post them
selves before selling, there is no good
reason why they should not return to it
altogether, ard save the trouble and ex-
per Sc of keeg in : open a market place one
day in the week.
The receipts at New York, for the week
ending Saturday, were 66,59l boxes, and
the shipments were 4S,132 boxes. The
cable was SIS, gold closed at ia 10, and
the highest quotation for cheese was ll5c'
For the corresponding week last year. the
receipts were 6O268 boxes, and the ship
ments were 42,O82 boxes. The cable was
els, gold closed at ia, and the highest
quotation for cheese was 143c.
The market is reported bare, notwlth-
standing the receipts exceed the ship
ments by about twenty thousand boxes.
The receipts were mostly from this State
and met with ready buyers. Ohio cheese
did not arrive as freely as heretofore, but
whether, in consequence, we are to have an
avalanche by and by remains to be seen
1t is good sign to see cheese going out
of the country so freely. 1t shows thai
what has gone before has been consumed
and that more is wanted for consumption
} At Little Falls the farm dairy trade
was peculiar. 1t was decidedly amusing
: to an uninterested bellolder, very protlta
BILE to the statesmen, and whether the price,
will prove remunerative to the buyers
D thew heat know themselves. Certain
D was these buyers were willing to inVes
] at the high rates which for time pre-
8 vailed. They deployed as skirmisher
along the avenues leading to the marke
: place and bought many loads at the sell
: ers' price withouta word of bickerlng
= These statesmen, judging from last week
= quotations. thought 10 1,2c. surely hiel
enough, higher than they expected to gel
> and so they asked and obtained 1t without
J. lifting cover. They found out as the
e drove farther along that prices for goo
a lots were running at lie, II Ia, ar
. even II 1-2c. This was sudden aud III
:. expected inf ltion, and for this year {
q least unprecedented. 1t was spa
l. nodic movement in the trade an
" only lasted for an hour or two.
y little later in the day dairies Which ha
e refused offers of tic, sold for 10 &c, il
n stesd of 12c, as the holders cxPccte:
II Two classes Of salesmeu were disappoin
ed those who knew too little about II
u market and sold too soon, and those WI
le knew too much, and sold too late. II
e cheese was of good quality, the weath'
= cool, and every one expected good q
, tive market, though few anticipated II
re popularity we have described. II
n shipment was All boxes. The trade
ID factory cheese was less vacillating. Sale
men came into the market expecting
y good price and held on until they obtain'
- il. In view Of the mornings farm dali
e range, all of the beat factories were he
by their statesmen at - &c, and gre
nc many sold at thi. figure. The tra'
y opened with few small factories
II 1-2o., others brought 12c. and II IA
y From 12o. to 10 1-2c. was the range I
, good lots. Much more cheese sold at I
- highest figure than usual, aud factori
10 which, for the past few weeks, have
>; the market by 1-4o., fell back into Ii
in their demands and bargains clos
rather steady. The amount offered W
- estimated at about $4,000 boxes, Of viii
:. nearly 10000 were cold. The day was
good one for statesmen, common saIu
ton among them being, well, cheese
looking up little"
Die BUTTER.-There is a little advance
butter An advance of about on {
of ange county pals, and 2 to &c. on foe ST.
of has been realized in New York. The q
II tations there are SO to 35c. for State croa
cry 30 to 33c. for prime; and 26 to 2
for Welsh tubs. Ia our own mark
very little strictly fine is cffsring,
farmers generally sellipg this quh
directly to the consumer and N king
retailers profit Such an article would
- worth 26 to CSC. For the grades cfferil
buyers are not willing to pay over 20
r 26c. Low grades Of butter are !
- wanted here nor in New York, and if ,
people take them, it is because they {
.o' not get better. OF the present ndvan
'"f the Producers Price Current says:
On the general market the effect {
only be unfavorable; it may stiffen no
7"' ers in the country. but it will not ind'
age our trade to buy; the general situation
get the butter market is well understood, 6
the this little device is altogether "too tn
for to work What we want now to prod
a healthy state of affairs is lower pri(
u'' not higher, 80 that we can force an out
by in some direction for oar enormous ST
,rk. of State butter. If this is not soon d.
leir there will be tho biggest pile of gre
on, around here next spring that was e
~ seen by the "oldest inhabitant." We
'he tubs have arrived more freely, genera
up they are old favored and find but Fl
the sale Fresh-favored western has been
ok, good request at steady priceF, but