Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-24
1d1NIx RECORD FEBRUARY a. 1882
A GLIMPSE OF THE EXTRA oILT-EDaED BUTTER
AT FANRUIL HALL MARKET.

A GLIMPSE OF THE EXTRA oILT-EDaED BUTTER
AT FANEU1L HALL MARKET.
If you want to see the results of high farm
ing, take a look into Faneuii Hall market,
where you will be sure to find much that is
suggestive Of rich soil, large crops and gener-
Gus feeding. The best Of everything grown
in New England is quite likely to fud its way
to the place where there is always a constant
demand. Passing the stall Of Benton, Gov
erly & Co., found l.. d. jackson, tbs junior
member of the firm, ready to give points on
glt.edged butter. His firm make II specially
of selling the best dairy products, and their
customers are among the Wealthiest Boston
people, who are willing to pay large prices
for Il superior article This is especially true
relative to the high grade of butter, made
from the milk OF Jersey and Guernsey cows
and which is nicely put up in quarter, third
and half pound cakes, each tastefully wrap
ped in cotton CLOTH Much of the verv best
is sold to the Parker House, Young's HOTEL
the Brunswick and the Vendome That sue
cessful hotel.keeper, Harvey d. Parker, set
the example, and most of that found on the
tables of the Parker House cost SOC pound
It is bought of Benton, Coverly & Co., and
comes in quarter-p pound cakes, just large
enough to fill butter plate. II is an inter
esting fact that the best butter. makers are ell
Their retired or active business men in Boston,
some of whom live on Beacon street sin
gular locality to fnd hardy son Of toll but
Boston is full Of surprises, and this is one of
them. Among the diaries represented at
Benton, Coverly & Co.'s are those of L. +.
Bowditch of birmingham, Jacob O. Rogers
of Peabody, James Lawrence of Groton,
George b. Williams of Walpole, N. H., and
f. @. Bourne of Leominster. Mr.. Bowditch's
herd are of the Guernsey breed. His butter
is put up in half-pound cakes and sells for so
cents per pound. Mr.. Rogers is one Of the
largest banking firms of this city and resides
on Beacon street. His farm is at Peabody,
near Salem, and his herd are Guernsey and
Jersey crossed. He gets soc pound for his
butter, which is put up in one-thrd pound
cakes. Mr.. Lawrence's herd are also a cross
of Guernsey and Jersey. He is now making
500 pounds of butter a week and his product
will soon go up to 2OO0 pounds. 1t is a fine
article and readily sells for Coo pound. II
is put up in half pound cakes. Mr.. Williams
was formerly of the Boston firm Of McCullar,
Parker Il Williams, but has withdrawn from
active business. He is the best butter maker
in New Hampshire, and his product brings
6Oc pound. His COWS are pure Jerseys and
his butter is sent to market in quarter. pound
cakes. Mr. Bournes herd are Jerseys and his
butter, which sells for SOC a pound, is put up
in cakes of one-fourth of pound. The firm
who sell this gilt-edged butter receive 5000
pounds on Tuesdays and several thousand on
other days of the week.
The butter market just now is quite firm
and prices are well maintained. The export
demand is not as good as it was a year ago.
The weekly shipments from Boston are small
in comparison with those of New York, and,
since the month of January, have amounted
to about 5000 pounds week. At New York
for the week ending February IL, the ship
ment of butter to Europe amounted to 1885,
III pounds for the same time in 1881, G2O,-
1853 pounds. OF cheese the shipment from
New York for the same week of this year,
was l, 5i3, l54 pounds Last year it was p
1896 pounds. Thus far the export of dali
ry products from this country will not reach
half what they were in the same time last
year. Cor H0mestead