Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
HUB MARKETS.
ter Market Has Developed
q Firmer Tone.

I'M MExport Demand Increasing Yearly
r.b rthern Creamery Being Held by the
1mlSers-No Improvement In Cheese.
4 ston. June 23.-The butter market
4 developed a frmer tone and receivers
Asking a slight advance, but very few
gers were willing to pay any more
Am last week. The Western markets
y half a cent higher and extreme prices
+ reported to have been paid in north
4 New York by Canadian operators,
I bur trade continues tame and there
nbthing here to warrant any higher
lille our receipts are a little less
III last year at this time, owing to the
I#ing back of cold storage buyers,
- is a very liberal supply of the
ID make, and reports from all of the
~ sections indicate a large produc-
II The increased strength in the
IL is owing to the larger demand
fn cold storage buyers there, and
lie that continues we may have to
ii little more in order to keep sup
Ab coming in this direction, but it
III be difficult to maintain an advance
ID the present volume of trade.
Mill there are several encouraging
.tllres in the situation, and many of
Il conservative dealers are looking for
much larger consumption than last
u. In the first place there is the in
Ased export demand, which already
Nj taken from Boston, New York and
ntreal about p, 900 tubs more butter
q May 1 than a year ago; and,
Sumption which should follow from
" shutting out of colored oleomar-
n ne in Illinois, where the larger por-
n of that aticle has heretofore been
hufactured.
be general quality of the receipts
! week is better than last, owing to
improvement in the weather, and
Ihitions in all sections are likely to
tinue favorable. The flush make
probably run we'll into July and
ipensate for the light production
der in the season.
It would be we'll for you to leave
N trade price of Northern creamery
Il of your article altogether for a
9TH or two as very little of it is Of
#d for sale in q large way" said a
liver. THE creamery men will not
it at the current rate, except in
MI lots" But there is more or less
Il sent here every week, and country
bpers would be disappointed if no
Itations were given.
pr New Hampshire and Vermont lots
assorted sizes 1615 cents was asked,
no regular sales were reported at
2 16 cents. Buyers were looking
plnd a good deal, and they may be
ing to pay the asking price later as
offerings were light. Boxes sold for
to II cents. Most receivers of West
asked Is cents for assorted sizes.
buyers were not willing to pay more
b 1512 cents, and this was as high as
y wanted to go. For extra creamery
arSe ash tubs 151a cents was asked,
buyers heSitated about paying over
20 15A cents, and sales were light.
'bbers were supplying the wants of
Ir customers at IL to IS cents in tubs
is to 10 cents in boxes, but trade was
because it was difficult
get any margin of profit There is
cry sharp competition in the jobbing
iness, and it often happens on a ris-
market that the goods are sold for
price rather than lose a customer.
{ at present the best buyers are those
are operating for cold storage.
There is no Improvement in the
ese situation here, Notwithstanding
buoyancy reported at other places,
cents is the highest price that
be obtained for finest Northern, in
lie lots. Western is offered freely
to 8 cents, with most sales at z to
cents.
ggs were fairly steady with sales
Western fresh at at IL to liz cents,
side for Michigan. For most of the
rings II cents was a full selling
e. Eastern were quoted at u cents,
few sales were made. In most
es buyers prefer Western to East
The stock in cold storage on Sat
ay was 103,6SS cases, against 1850
IS same time last year.
ew potatoes were in more liberal
eipt, and sales were at $3.50 to SO per
rel. Old potatoes sold at from 60
% cents per busheI.
-e plentiful and sales were mostly at
n to 10 cents per quart.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
1eep anC Lambs-There was COM
atively the same amount of stock con-
led to til market this week as last,
there was a falling off in the demand,
CHI caused a decided drop in prices.
general sales of sheep were about
,ent per 10 lower, fall lambs dropped
ant per 10, and Kentucky lambs an
red at 612@1 cents per ID.
orthern and Eastern Beef Cattle
hit receipts made up the market on
stock, but they sold readily enough
generally steady prices. Cattle sold
E@412 cents per 10, bulls, 21a@4 cents
10; cows, 21a@312 cents per 10, and
ch COWS, S25@50 per head.
Testern Cattle-The total consign-
1t for the export trade; none offered
nome Slaughterers.
cal CalVRS-Thp Wav that fbic stool