Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-03

Buyers Waiting For Increased Supply to
Cause a Drop-Cheese Still Continues
Unchanged Products About the
Same as Last Week.
Boston, April 28.-The tone of the but
ter market is steady, on about the basis
OF last weeks prices. The demand for
fine stock has been equal to the supply,
but second and third grades showed
some accumulation and were in buyers
favor Dealers generally complain, of a
light trade and a further slight increase
in the receipts would be likely to weaken
the market.
This is what buyers are hooking for,
and it is impossible to tell what day
will bring forth. Everybody is carry
ing light stocks because they do not
want to be caught With much on hand
when the decline comes. and d. slow bust
ness may be expected until bottom is
touched.
Receivers Of Northern butter give in
definite quotations. For small lots Of
fancy they talk as high as 1872 cents
but in a regular wholesale way they are
willing to sell at Is cents, and. this is the
selling rate for finest New Hampshire
and Vermont tubs. The finest creamery
in boxes is quoted at ISL. cents to 10
cents. ete
There is no change to note in the cheese
market. The old stock is. closing out at
IL to 1212 cents, and it will soon be all
disposed of. The new make is arriving
in small quantities, and only a few spe-
cial brands move off readily. Sales
range from 10 to 1112 cents, as to quality.
The Liverpool quotation holds at Sc
shillingS and pence.
The most important feature of the
week is the opening of the Utica market
on Monday, when the first sales of the
season were made. Sales aggregated
$50 boxes, and go boxes were consigned.
The ruling price on large was 9A cents,
and on small 1914 cents. The offerings
were smaller than expected. The open
ing prices last year were ITO S5s cents.
The egg market has been steady, with
D. moderate demand for current con-
sumption. Western fresh sold at 10 to
10A cents, and selected lots for cold
storage at 101s cents. Receipts continue
to run large, and over 10000 cases were
put into cold storage Last week, making
a total stock of 1914 cases, against 49,
OBS cases same time last year. Fresh
Eastern command 101astb II cents.
The bean market has developed a lit
tie better tone, in sympathy with the
ANSW IOIh hCl,OUI C1leI3 is no CfldnR6
in prices to report. Choice marrow pea
rule at So to 80 cents penbushel.
Maine hebron potatoes have advanced,
owing to the better demand for seed and
consumption, and sales Were at As to As
cents. New York stock quiet at 80 to SO
cents. New Southern are arriving, and
selling at $3.50 to SIS per barrel.
The maple sugar season is about
closed, so far as the wholesale trade is
concerned. Sugar is cleaning up at
to cents for small cakes, and to
cents for tubs and pals. Sirup is slow
at 40 to so cents per gallon.
There is a firmer tendency in prices
of grass seed, but trade here is light
and dealers have not changed j their
prices, which are as follows: Timothy,
$1.45 to $3.50 per bushel; red top, s2.75 to
81 per sack; clean red top, Is to IS cents
per pound; alsylSe clover, S1a to Il cents;
red clover, ~ TO 10 cents; white clover,
IA to 16 cents per pound. o