The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
II HUB MARKETS.
Butter Prices Slightly In Favor
of Buyers.
Summary of Years Prices and RetsIpts.
Cheese Firmer-Pronising outlook For
Eggs-PrOduce Quotations.

summary of Years Prices and Reesipts.
Cheese Firmer-Promising Outlook For
Eggs Produce Quotations
Boston. Jan. 6-There has been a light
trade in outer the past few days, and
the tendency is slightly in favor of buy
ers In the absence of much demand.
however it is difficult To give exact
quotations Strictly fine fresh creamery
is in small supply, and is kept fairly
well cleaned up. but the other kinds
have accumulated little.
The ruling rate yesterday for the best
fresh creamery MAS 70 to y cents, in
Guiding western and northern. Only
small lots of Vermont and New Hamp-
shire brought the outside price in tubs.
Sales of boxes at - cents. \ large por-
tion of the receipts were hard to sell a [
! over 20 cents. Eastern creamery is
slow at is to IS cents, and very little
fresh New York creamery Will bring
| over 70 cents.
Choice June creamery was held up to
Is cents, but no sales We're reported at
! over Il cents, and exporters were buy
ing some good stock at Il To 16 cents.
Holders of the best June stock are not
forcing sales at present, because it Is
! believed that the proportion of that
kind is small.
The cold storage stock last week was
reduced 24S tubs, and on Saturday was
| 72, 543 tubs, against 1854 tubs same time
a year ago. For the past four weeks
| there has been an average reduction OF
| over 10000 tubs per week, and if this
could be kept up for this month it would
materially relieve the market.
Both sellers and buyers are waiting
! for developments, and the outlook IS
somewhat uncertain, but the prevailing
opinion is that there will not be much
change for a couple of weeks, or until
the make of new butter begins to in
| crease.
| The range of prices of extra butter
for the year was 10 to &c cents, against
| II to % in 1895, and II to % cents in 1891.
| The highest prices We're in January,
with decline to u cents in February
March stiffened up a few cents, but
April dropped to 16 cents at the close,
May ranged from is to Il cents. In
June and July most sales We're at Is
| to 16ls cents. There was slight ad-
vance III the otlef illollns' reaching "a
! cents III December pul the year closer
duh at 20 to % cents.
Inc yearly statement SHOWS an IN
| crease in the total receipts of IS, asa tubs
and 1875 asa boxes for the year 1896, "a
! compared with 1895. There was some
| increase every month from January to
july inclusive. august zen OIL sIlehtlV'
September gained, ana the remaining
months alterhated, december showing
quite uecIease. y re pan u 'ile III
crease was III MAY, June ana July
| required up IN POUNDS the totai weight
lor lH9o Is $1,000 POUNDS against
4o,tShS94 POUNDS Iof 1852 an increase OF
| h'lo4'9ll POUNDS
year were 1862 packages. against %. SAC
| packages in 1896. ar IS0,g4G packages
| in 1891
The nxports of butter for the year
1eoe wv, . 1-c al ,,o,,rde ,.,i,,.t % ton
| ro, -, t ,ea. -, t,,'.,..e
w po"iuH III io''' "h NV u.s. u l'o'f'
@"' pounds me l'fE'sl h~Nehehts
We're in August, September and Octo-
Der, when over 800. 600 pounds were eX-
ported. December was the fourth larg-
| est month. sending off 367. 5G6 hounds
pho cheese market has da,.eIonod ,
| -, t..,,.. -, ;. -, ,,e,
| 90 80 = -" NiiiiO VI
" pus "Iu'" ieoiy H'e Ian iiidhe at
less lhaii IL Genus, some holdefs are IN
different about selling under IN to liz
cents, hut in the absence of much de-
mand it is not safe to quote n selling
|