Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-01
The Markets

We condense the following from the
Boston Journals comments on the mark
ct situation:
An advance of at least one cent must
be quoted on butter, and buyers will be
lucky if they do not have to pay more be-
fore the week is out. On the basis OF
the prices ruling in Elgin good two-cent
advance would be fair basis, but it is
well to keep at a moderate pace and dis
courage excitement as much as possible.
The danger now is that values will be
forced too high, which would stop the
consumption and cause reaction. But
so far as can be seen at present the mark
ct has healthy tone, with little or no
real speculation. The dronth in July did
more damage to the make than was at
first supposed, and in all sections of the
West the summer production of butter
has been materially curtailed. There is
every prospect of good fall feed and this
may compensate partly for the loss, but
it can not wholly supply the deficiency.
There will no doubt be enough butter to
go round, but the surplus can not be as
large as last year. Receipts here and in
New York show a marked falling off as
compared with year ago, and we GER
tainly have good deal less in cold stor-
age The fact that the ice house stock is
now selling at an advance of to 6 cents
pound on the cost in June, and that sew
eral lots of old which could not be sold
at any price about six months ago, are
now going off at nice profit, show the
healthy condition of the market. But in
order to maintain this healthy tone prices
must be kept on a reasonable plane, and
it is now about time to cry halt.
Selling prices in Boston Wednesday
were unsettled and irregular. The sup
ply of fine creamery was small, and very
| little was Offered in round lots. A few
sales of western extra creamery were
made at % to % cents, mostly from last
| weeks receipts. For fine fresh creamery
| to arrive Wednesday or Thursday, % to
| "a cents was asked, and this rate will
probably be obtained, though buyers go
over % cents very reluctantly. Perhaps
90 cents is enough to quote, except for a
few pet brands, but the tendency is to
the higher figure. 1t is safe to call fresh
northern creamery 241a to % cents, but
owners are not putting it on the market
in large quantities, and the quotation is
more or less nominal. Jobbers put their
price to grocers up to 90 cents for the
finest stock, but some pretty good cream
cry could be bought at 81 to % cents. In
fact, in the present conditions Of the
markets dealers are more inclinod to sell
small than large lots at the same price.
All the under grades have been in better
demand, and the trade is running salts
factorily from bottom to top. Ordinary
stock that was hard to sell early in the
summer at IL to u cents, is now taken
freely at 16 to Is cents, and choice ice
house creamery that were offered at to
cents and put away for the want of a
customer have been sold for export at lC
cents. Fair dairy selections are worth
81 to % cents, and for the regular aver
age lots this week Il to 20 cents will prob
ably be obtained
The cheese situation has more elements
of strength than at any time this season
and it is evident that higher prices mus
be paid for the remainder of the year
production The upward tendency was
indicated in our report last week, anC
prices steadily gained strength under thu
rising tone of the Liverpool market anC
the determination of the factorymen no
to sell any more at the low rates ruling
for the summer stock. Up to Monda,
sales of choice factory were made at Il
, 81 cents, but Tuesday none was offere'
under 81 cents, and 8 cents was general
ly asked for lots of August make to al
rive.
The potato market does not fluctuat
. much from day to day, receipts ben
t about equal to the demand, and price
run along at 1926 to 80 per barrel an
so to sc cents per bushel.
/ Choice new apples continue in light II
ceipt. and No. l Gravensteins and Viii
p Jams command 81 to So per barrel. Con
! mon varieties and windfalls, 81 to So pc
! barrel. Evaporated apples are scare
q and firm at IA to II cents per pound.
: Eggs have ruled steady, with good d.
n mand. Western command Is cents, Micl
lean 10 cents, and Provincial Is to
cents Eastern rule at 20 to % cent
and small fresh laid lots "a to 26 cents.
;, The hay market shows little or no in
provement. Strictly choice qualii
meets with a fair demand at SIS to 81
per ton but all the lower grades continu
=. to drag and sell at a wide range of price
say from $40 to Slipper ton. Rye stra
: is quiet at $l4 to SIG per ton.
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