The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-12
DETROIT MARKET.

DETROIT, May 10, 1871.
The seasonable activity i'll farm work causes
a corresponding falling off in city business.
The daily sales Of wheat at board maintain {
fair average, at the following range of prices
Extra white, a1.52@1. ST. No. and Treadwel
S1.H@1.46 amber, S1.3S@1.40. Corn anG
oats steady. Corn, mixed. 5i@55c; white, 56c
Beans are in better request and firmer; aver
age to good country hand-picked, S1.70@1. so.
Butter, 20G22c for good to prime roll. Eggs
steady, at 12@13c. Maple sugar, fair to good,
12@15c. Potatoes are unsettled. They were
firmer and higher early in the week than during
the middle OF last week, but are again inclined
to weagness mixed may be quoted at 75@80c,
and peachbows $4,000 by the car load, free
on board. In the prevailing want OF interest
in the general markets, some remarks are ap-
pended under the special heads of Butter and
Wool.
BUTTER.
In New York, Detroit, and other markets.
there Is an accumulation OF inferior and poor
butter, that must needs be got rid Of at very
low prices. while good butter always commands
outside prices at ali points. In New York, there
is difference Of 10@15c between favorite
makes OF State butter and the best OF Western
butter. There s no reason for this other than
the manner OF making and sending to market.
The New York method Of packing in baled
tubs and pals, is preferred to the Western
style Of firkins and kegs. Why should not our
Michigan farmers, within county or given
district, form butter makers associations,
through which they could ascertain and follow
the best modes OF manufacture and market
ing? Michigan is no more than twelve hours
farther from New York city, thanks to this
orite brands Of York State Butter, as " Orange
County pals" ETC., are always quoted at the
highest figures in New York. There 10 no
good reason why Oakland, Washtenaw and
Kalamazoo, or other county tubs and pals, or
Central, Western, or Northern Michigan club
butter, should not contest their merits with the
best makes. The thought is gwen for what it
is worth, and cooperation is all that is required
to bring about the result.
WOOL.
The high prices Of wool still continue For
eign woods have advanced, and orders per ca
bic from this side remain untitled, prices being
higher than manufactures in this country are
1t present willing to pay. Thos. McGraw a.
Co., wool commission merchants, Of Detroit
report average fleece wool 8@9c higher than IN
January. II is difficult to discourse any suf-
lcient cause for this, other than the fact that
he bulk OF stocks are in the hands OF few
holders, who having got the manufacturers in |
corner where they are compelled to come to
heir views or stop their mills, are thus enabled !
o command their own terms. Present prices
re therefore no indication OF what they NAV
re in the future. 1t should be noted further
hat the advance is only on clothing wools,
Vhile combiDg or delaine woods. as Leicesters
nd other long woods, are no higher than In
7inter. In this uncertain state of the market
10 one ventures to name price for the new
IMP. While good prices are most likely to pre-
all, prudence would suggest to growers not to
ct their expectations 30 high as to frighteu
dyers out Of the market, and 80 demoralize
he trade that it must OF necessity react.