The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-11-18
IN HUB MARKETS.
Steadier Tone to Butter Prices
and Light Receipts.
Buyers Not willing To Pay Over Twenty
Cents For Fresh Product of Northern
CreamsrIes Finest Egys Selling slowly.

Boston, Nov 17--rhe butter market
started of with steadIer tone on fresh
receipts, as last weeks supplies were
pretty we'll cleaned up, and the situation
was more promising than for some
time previous. Receipts are running
light, and the stock in cold storage is
being steadily diminished. Last week
only go tubs were put in, While 1911
tubs were taken out, making a net re-
duction of g7g5 tubs. This amount,
added to the bulk of the fresh receipts,
1t is fair to assume, Went into consump-
tive channels, and on this basis large
consumption can be figured out.
The receipts of butter at Boston for
the week were 1852 tubs and 1910
boxes, a total of 630.65 pounds. against
702. 34I pounds the previous week, and
606,393 pounds for the corresponding
week last year. This shows a decrease
as compared with the previous week,
but an increase as compared with last
year. The receipts this week are run
ming lighter than last year The cold
storage statement for the week is as
follows: Put in, S20 tubs, taken out.
1915 tubs; stock on hand. III. 052 tubs.
year. For the corresponding week last
year 651 tubs were put in and sS74 tubs
taken out.
Very few receivers were willing to
name a selling price for fresh receipts
Some reported sales Of finest northern
creamery in TUBS at - cents, but most
of them said that there were not many
buyers at this or any other reasonable
price, and that If they forced sales they
might not realize IL cents Boxes
were quite plentiful and offered at about
the same price as tubs. though some of
the fancy makes could not be bought fer
less than 22i2 cents \ fair selling quo
tation would be from 21l2 to % cents.
outside for strictly choice in assorted
boxes. Some of the fresh western is
fully as good as the northern. and will
command as high a price After the
finest lots were disposed Of it was hard
to move the remainder 1T q cents. Buy
ers. after being supplied with fancy
grades, fell back on held stock. and for
this reason the average lots of both
northern and western fresh sold slowly
Choice cold storage stock sold more
freely at 20 cents. with a little northern
tno, - aa,l a,.ar On ,.'..t 9'H were WlII-
of June stock are willing to sell at that
price. Several johhers were found who
reported a fair trade and all the com
plant they had to offer was that they
could not get a full satisfactory price.
Their range for choice creamery was
from % to % Ger $. though most of
them admitted that 25 cents was an
extreme. Buyers who want strictly fine
fresh goods however may soon have to
nav more. as thew are getting scarco
Tba eey market VIC [,,,iot "a
=. o. ~ ., ant, 4"l.' an st','''ls
and others of the eame grade and *
to 20 cents for thu average of the west
ern Fresh eastern I'D at cato = cents.
All except the fluust sell slowly. Re
frigerator eggs spu slowly and are in
light demand at 1ftol5cents The stock
nj cold storage was reduced 54G2 cases
last week. and stood at 1884 cases.
against &c. 40l cases same time last wear.
Beas are Grlner and selling at 81 o.
to $110 per hushel for choice marrow
pea Extra yellow eyes and red kid
neys are quiet and steady. Potatoes
meet a moderate sale at 70 to - cents per
bushel for eastern Hebrone.
The market is ovcrstncked with or
binary chickens and turkeys for which
there is a light demand. For such tur-
keys as are offered ii is hard TO get
- Ns!.ts i0'uia anu N'S''I II run lower.
0..S ~ - 10 .'i,'7' itd''N cho'c' ioi
Vi ',oi' ~ 4" u, Keys would command l.
oe'''9' anu i''inal'S more
THE BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET