The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07
IN HUB MARKETS.
Grocers Using Large Quantities
Of Held Stock of Butter.
This Pays Better Profits Than = supply
of the FRESH Product of the DAIRY.
Egg. Remain Practically Unaltered


Ter supply have taken the sharp edge
off the butter market, and prices are not
quite as strong Az last week. Buyers
have refused to follow the advance IN
the West on fresh stock. and have fallen
back on cold storage supplies, which
have been III good demand. The ind
cations are that the upward tendency
has been stopped, and While no material
reaction may set in. the decline in Chi
cago shows tLat the holding back policy
OF the Eastern dealers has had some
effect
The receipts for butter for the week
We're 1902 tubs and 10, l37 boxes. total
OF BIS, 125 pounds, against S97 456 pounds
for the previous week and 1871 sos pounds
for corresponding week last year. I his
statement shows an increase In receipts
as compared with the week previous and
last year. For Monday and Tuesday OF
this week the receipts have run less than
for same time last year.
The exports for the week were 43, 1872
pounds, against 191, 093 pounds for cor
responding week last year. Total ex-
ports from Boston since first of May,
2,1s3,9l3 pounds, against l. Al, OF pounds
same time last year.
The cold storage statement for the
week was as follows: Put in AIS tubs,
taken out Il, $50 tubs, stock 172,242 tubs,
against l95,l00 tubs same time last year
For the corresponding week last year
$50 tubs were put In, and 1878 tubs taken
out
Monday and Tuesday were dull days
IN the butter market so far as fresh sap
Plies We're concerned. Buyers were op-
posed to paying the full prices asked,
and receipts were not cleaning up. Sew
eral lots were carried over from last
week. Vermont and New Hampshire
held the same prices as last week, %
cents for tubs and % cents for boxes.
but there was not much heavy buying
This is not a high rate compared with
other places. but grocers are using large
quantities of held stock. which is paying
them much better PR its than any fresh
which they can handle or course a Ger
tain portion of fresh made butter must
be had, but at the high price little of
II goes good ways. A few fancy marks
of Western creamery ran up to % cents.
but these were the exception. and are
not fair criterion of the market.
Grades or fresh creamery at lS to 20
cents, and fresh limitations and ladies'
at Ia TO l6 cents have been receiving
more attention, and these will come into
favor If the price of first class fresh
creamery X held where 1t is But buy
ers give preference to June creamery
at 10 to 20 cents as il has all the char
acter Of fna butter except the very fresh
favor and is better than a great deal
OF what IS coming as extra. Northern
June sells at 20 cents and Western at
~ to 1919 cents. This stock at these
prices pays fair profit, and holders are
WISE "a y " lille the demand continues
JobbefS h1Ne been meeting the wants
or Their customers on the basis of % to
q cents f'f fine fresh creamery in tubs,
and a to - cents In small packages
They have hecn working in their June
creamery as much as possible and find
1t gives good satisfaction. This to a.
great extent accounts for the light de-
mand for Fl sh goods.
Their IS Lo change to note in the cheese
situation. Buyers are as slow as ever
in their operations. and tie fa,tthatt the
better trade coming in IS li,ety 10 stiffen
prices seems to give them No. concern.
Sales of choice Northern run along in
lots as wanted at 81. to 10 cents. with A
few fancy makes a shade h'g er. Round
lots cannot be forced oil at over gI1
cents
There is not much change in the egg
situation. The quality of the Western
receipts show some Improvement. but
great many are still of an inferior
grade. Sales OF choice Western al 1911
to 17h cents, apd fancy Michigan at
Is cents The latter Ore SCARE and
wanted. Some of the receipts are no
better than refrigerator stock and can
not be sold for more. Sales OF refriger-
ator lots have been reported at IAN to Is
cents Eastern fresh command 10 to 20
cents, and fancy new laid take a higher
range. The stock in cold storage was
reduced 1905 cases, and on Saturday
stood at 701S4 cases, against 54,274 cases
corresponding time last year.
Beans have been quiet and steady
with sales of best marrow pea and ne
diums at I,l5 per bushel Yellow eyes
and red kidneys sold slowly at I'M
changed prices. Potatoes were q little
easier, With sales mostly at IS To 80
cents per hushel
The market IS well supplied with all
kinds Of seasonable frut-- and tra4.e IS
fair Apples are in liberal recent and
not quite as firm as last week. Peaches
continue to arrive from various places
and the ruling rate is from 10 cents to
81 per basket
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET
oats are rather easy to arrive. with
IA leo
Track fancy clipped, 2949c: No. > SIC
No. 3. ac, rejected, 27Ac: no grade. 27IGo.
Hay-Hay, straw and milfeed are little
changed: Good to choice hay, $l6@I6 So +,
rye straw, N1Ql2 So cat straw, 37ds
sack spring bran, Sl2Q12 Is; sack winter.
nS rs, middlngs &l3Gl6
AeA-Cornmeal oatmeal nd the Ger
eals are steady and UNCHANGED; Barrel
cornmeaA 81 65@ 20; bag meal 7s47sc
yellow graduated. s. 4o02 So. rolled and
ground oatmeal. 50 goa 3 SIS. cut 81 loQ
70, graham flour s. 2502 10; bolted.
81 20d2 40. rye flour, 50 2bG9 so; rye. 6Oa
zoe per hueheL
Apples Apples are still rather easy.
though the best are selling Craven
stems Nova Scotia, S4h4 30 per Dbl;
Missouri and Illinois Jonathans 1904;
pippine S-@4 49, Western and NJ tssouri
s. 5OdS. pound sweet. 81 5oa8.
huttous ana l,amhs-A uttone and
lams are quItt and rather easy. Spring
lambs. To-. Br ghton and fancy. ga
9Lsc, mu,tas. eaic. year!inEs, safe
Bra htou ard fancy muttons. 61a9Sc
veals. 5@9a. fancy and BrKhtons, 80
l0c.
Potatoes Potatoes are stil easy. with
quotations slightly lower: Houlton.
Aroostook and York state hebrons 7bf
SOC per Gashel5 jersey double head
sweet s. 81, Virginia, s2Q a rs. Norfolks.