The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22
IN HUB MARKETS.
Fine Butter Is Scarce, Owing
to Hot Weather.
Prices Are Irregular and Trading Light
Cheese Dull Eggs Also Affected by
Heat-Other Products.

Heat-other Products.
Boston, July 1.-THE butter market Is
steady on stt.rt.y ehaice creamery, which
u hard u ind "a a great HuIk q the re-
ceipts arr more OF Iess affected D. The
hot weather but o. re 3ther kinds there
Is an easier feeaag Tfa4e continues
light, and buyers arr Sery discriminate
Ing, 50 that many lreameTles that here
tofore graded With th< Dest ars now
forced into second pace.
Some Of the receivers say that their
conslgnments run attI- ritter than
last week, but Il viii be d.ilel.t 10 make
fine butter h5ie the not, damp weather
continues. Therefore. an irregular mar
ket may b. expected during the re-
malnder OF the month, ana country ship
pers should not BE- DISAPPOINTED 4 their
butter docs not always command the
highest quotations.
The latest adyIces from abroad are
not favorable for shippers, ana ne in
eications are that exports a.ll fall off
for while.
Still this condition Of affairs is not
likely to last long. When the English
bind Irish make begins 70 shrink II
will leave deficiency and this must
be made UP from America
The exports Il butter from Boston.
New York and Montreal continue to
show an increase as compared with last
year. The total increase for the season
is about 5000 tubs. Most Of the but1ei
sent off was made in the United States.
the shipments from Montreal being
largely from tbs side Of the line.
Prices took vide range during the
week on most Of the stock offered. Very
few lots We're free from hot Weather de-
fcets, and receivers had 10 sell at the
best prices they could ct Ut put the
butter away Tor future us.. Fancy lots
of New Hamf shiTe and Vermont cream
cry brought lG12 cents, but these were
sold mostly III d small Nay. For most
of the northern offered, IL cents as a
full selling price in trade .ots, and re-
ceivers SAID that was ali that they could
return for the bulk Of the butter com
Ing in.
Western creamery, when fine enough.
brought II cents. in assorted SIZE spruce
tubs, and l5I2 cents in ash, but theS,
were exceptional, and the bulk Of tn
sales were from "A 10 10 cents, with
This range covered some Of the northern
butter as well as western. Fine quality
in boxes and prints sold at 16l2 TO la
cents, and for this kind buyers were
willing to pay premium.
Jobbers were meeting the wants q
their customers at about the same prices
as last week. Sales ranged mostly from
II to Is cents, With higher range for
fancy boxes and prints some Of which
run up as high as 20 cents.
So far as our market IS concerned
there is no change to note in cheese.
Dealers complain Of very slow trade,
and to IA cents is a fun selling rate
for the best Northern offered. Some Of
the York state lots received this week
are held higher, and put away for a bet
| ter market Choice Ohio flats are dull
at 6l2 to 90 cents.
The country markets seem 70 have
toned up a little. with more demand
At Utica, Sao1 boxes large sold at 67s 10
cents. ruling price cents Small size
same price. At Little Fails 200 boxes
were sold al TO ~ cents. outside for
colored.
The Canadian interior markets were
steady al H. to S cents. and Montreal
was quoted at "a to SD cents. The ship
ments from Montreal last week were
1o4. 4OS boxes. against $500 boxes CORE
spending week last year
The egg market WIS irregular and
unsatisfactory. Most OF the receipts
were heated and 1t was hard TO find q
lot of Western good enough to com
mand over II cents. Most sales were
at 10 10 II cents with an occS stona
fancy lot higher. Choice fresh Eastern
run up to Is cents. but large portion of
the Eastern were worth no more than
Western. The stock in cold storage or
Saturday was 114.512 cases against -
2o5 cases same time last year.
Rhode Island potatoes were not plen
tiful. and sold al SIS 10 s. per barrel
All kinds OF new vegetables were pienti
full Choice Maryland apples sold at
81 SO to SO per barrel.