The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-02
NEARLY TEN TONS
Sold at the Second Session of the
Dairy Board.

Dairy Board.
The second sale of the Minnesota
dairy board of trade was held yes
terday afternoon. There was a good
crowd present, including creamery men.
commission men, and railroad repre-
sentatives. President Ames. Of Litch-
field, presided, while Secretary Beck
did the announcing. and recording. Quo
tationS for butter on other markets
were as follows:.
Chicago, 1870, quiet, demand light;
Elgin, 14Hc; sales yesterday, 14@15c.
New York, market firm at 15c; Phil
adelphia. firm at 15@151sc, receipts
light; Pittsburg, market weak at l5@-
151Ac. -
Offerings were made as follows: MAN.
chester, 20 tubs; Fort Ridgely, 10 tubs;
Freeport. 10 tubs; st. Joseph, 10 tubs;
Chenille, rs tubs; Cottage Grove, 1S
tubs; Shakopee, 10 tubs; Adrian, 10
tubs; Webster, 40 tubs; Newport, 20
tubs; Rockford, 20 tubs; Garfield, Is
tubs; Goodhue, 25 tubs; Delano. 90
tubs: Richmond,s 20 tubs; Redfeld, So
tubs; Forest City, 80 tubs; Waverly, so
tubs.
Pitt, Barnum & Co, of New York.
bid 10 cents on the entire board. Moody
of ST. Paul, bid 1914 on entire board. G.
G. Emerson, OF st. Paul, bdd lS1s on
Chenille. A. H. Barber & Co.. raised
the bid on the balance of the board to
Shakopee. 10 tubs, and Adrian. 10
tubs were sold to Barber for 1919,
equal to Mondays E1gin sale at H.
when the matter Of freight is con-
sidered.
chester. Delano, Forest City. Waverly
Rockford and Chenille.
Barber raised the bid to 1917 on Man.
chester and Chenille.
Emerson raised Delano and Webster
to 1917.
Fit RidgelY, 10 tubs. Barber & Co..
tage Grove, Is, Stout, 1875; Adrian, 10.
Barber. 1919; Webster 40, Emerson.
13%: Rockford, 20, Stout, 1875: Good
hue. 25, Barber, 1872; Delano, 10, En-
erson. 13%; Richmond, 20, Barber, 1872;
Waverly, 20, Stout, 1875. Total pounds
of butter sold, 11,2SO, pounds at prices
ranging from 1917 to 1874.
There was a total of ALSO pounds
of butter offered and 1880 pounds sold
at prices even higherath Chicago or
New York, The success of the Mime
sofa diary board offtrade seems as
sured, the sale exceeding the expecta-
tons Of every one connected with the
board. Out of 40Ss tubs, offered BIB tubs
were sold The balance withdrawn by
the agents Of the. creameries Offering,
because they had been instructed not
to sell unless certain price could be
obtained. Every pound could have
been sold at 1871 +. o. b. factory. That
price is all the market warrants. and
freight considered lis higher than
either Chicago or New York. The di-
rectors met after the call and fixed the
market at 1874 for the week.
June Is has been fixed as the date
Of the prize butter contest. The judges
have not yet been chosen. but it is
intended to haven two. Eastern experts
and one frcm the West. Marks will
be removed from each tub and there
will be no means Of Identification ex-
cept by the number on each tub, placed
there by the committee in charge and
recorded in a book provided for that
purpose The contest Will be absolute
ly fair, and the judges themselves will
not know to whom they have awarded
prizes. They will simply hand in their
scorings and the highest scorings will
win. In case of ties the judges will be
asked to score off.
The prizes will be as follows:
f1rst PRIZE ..........s.......... Szo.Uu