Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-26
IN HUB MARKETS.
Fine Butter Is Scarce, Owing
to Hot Weather.

Cheese DuII-Eggs Also Affected by
Heat-Other Products.
| Boston, July 21.-The butter market is
bteady on strictly choice creamery, which
is hard to find as a great bulk of the re-
ceipts are more or less affected by the
hot weather, but on the other kinds there
| is an easier feeling. Trade continues
light, and buyers are very discriminate
ing, SO that many creameries that here
tofore graded with the best are now
| forced into second place.
Some of the receivers say that their
cOnslgnments run a little better than
last week, but it will be difficult to make
fine butter while the hot damp weather
continues. Therefore, an irregular mar
ket may be expected during the re-
nlaInder Of the month, and country ship
p7rs should not be disappointed if their
butter does not always command the
highest quotations.
The latest advices from abroad are
not favorable for shippers, and the in
Gications are that exports will fall off
for a while.
Still this condition of affairs is not
likely to last long. When the English
hnd Irish make begins to shrink it
be made up from America
The exports Of 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 10000 tubs. Most of the butter
sent off was made in the United States,
the shipments from Montreal being
largely from this side of the line
Prices took a wide range during the
week on most Of the stock offered. Very
few lots were free from not weather de-
fccts, and receivers had to sell at the
best prices they could get or put the
butter away for future use. Fancy lots
of New Hampshire and Vermont cream
cry brought 161a cents, but these were
sold mostly in a small way. For most
. of the northern offered, 16 cents was a
full selling price in trade lots, and re-
ceiVers said that was all that they could
return for the bulk of the butter COM
ing in.
Western creamery, when fine enough,
brought 16 cents, in assorted size spruce
tubs, and 1919 cents in ash, but these
were exceptional and the bulk of the
sales were from IA to IS cents, with
some lots running down to 13 cents.
This range covered some of the northern
butter as we'll as western. Fine quality
in boxes and prints sold at 1872 to 171z
cents and for this kind buyers We're
willing to pay a premium.
Jobbers were meeting the wants Of
their customers at about the same prices
as last week. Sales ranged mostly from
IL 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 ~ cents is a full selling rate
for the best Northern offered. Some of
the York state lots received this week
are held higher, and put away for bet
ter market. Choice Ohio flats are dull
at 61a to 6$z cents.
The country markets seem to have
toned up a little, with more demand.
At Utica, 5000 boxes large sold at 67s to
cents, ruling price cents. Small sizes
same price. At Little Falls, 1900 boxes
were sold at to ~ cents, outside for
cOlored.
The Canadian interior markets were
steady at 71a to cents, and Montreal
was quoted ct 81 to 81a cents. The ship
ments from Montreal last week were
104 40S boxes, against 53.207 boxes CORE
spending week last year.
The egg market was irregular and
unsatisfactory. Most of the receipts
were heated, and it was hard to find
lot of Western good enough to COM
mand over II cents. Most sales were
at 10 to II cents, with an occasional
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 on
Saturday was 114.512 cases, against a.
2O5 cases same time last year.
Rhode Island potatoes were not plen-
tiful, and sold at $2.75 to SO per barrel.
All kinds of new vegetables were plenti-
full. Choice Maryland apples sold at
Sc. so to So per barrel.