Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-28

Butter Market Firmer, but
Prices Not Advanced.

Fair Demand, and Receipts Are Being
Cleaned Up-Disappointment of the
Dealers In Cheese-Weste ''Hen
Fruit" Even With the Eastern Product
as to Price.
Boston, March 23.-There is some talk
Of slight advance in the butter market,
but the majority of the dealers are of the
opinion that trade is not active enough
to warrant any rise. They think that
prices will steadily rise from this for
ward, and that if any advance were
forced it could not be maintained for
more than a week or two, and might
tend to check consumption. OF course,
if supplies should run short, as some pre-
dict they will before this month is out,
prices will find their natural level. Last
year at this time there was an advance
of four cents in the west, but this market
did not respond more than cent or two.
and in two weeks the whole advance was
lost and prices continued to decline
Sudden changes such as these have &
bad effect, and result in no good to any
body.
Receivers have been selling Vermont
and New Hampshire fresh lots at u
cents in tubs and at 211a cents in boxes
Last week it was difficult to get over q
cents for boxes, and a few were left
over at that. This week the boxes are
not so much in excess, but there is
plenty OF them and it is not easy to
get more that a half a cent difference
Sales from cold storage have been
made the past few days at IL to IS cents.
but the most desirable lots are now
ali out of the way, or held by dealers
who want them for their small trade
and most of what remains will have to
be offered at lower rates. The stock is
now so small that it cannot have a
material effect on the market, and deal
ers Will have to work solely on fresh
arrivals. From all accounts the make
is not increasing much in the west, and
the northern creameries are not turn
ing out any more than last year at this
time.
The leading jobbers report fai.
trade, and they do not seem disposed
to make any change in prices. They
may have to pay little more than last
week for the favored creameries, but
this will not probably make any differ
ence to their customers, for this week at
least. Sales run along at % to "a cents
outside for fine makes in boxes. OF
course, the poorer qualities take a lower
range.
The cheese situation is without i'm
proVement. There is little or no de-
mand for large lots, and transactions
are confined to small parcels for i'm
mediate use Dealers are very muck
disappointed at the course of the market
this year, and all who had stock on hane
must be losing money. The best fall
rules at to cents in lots as wanted
and common to good stock at So tie
cents.
The bulk of the egg business has beer
at IL cents, and it is question if this
price can be shaded on first class stocls
suitable for storing. Eastern sold fol
IL to 111s cents, but in the regular way
1t is harder to get more for eastern thar
Tor western. Receipts for the week
were 22135 cases, against %, $40 cases the
previous week and 29,051 cases for the
corresponding week last year. About
700 cases are now in cold storage. Duck
eggs are selling in a jobbing way at
"A to 25e cents per dozen.
The bean market has been slow and
marrow pea cannot be placed in large
quantities at over s1.10 per bushel,
Choice mediums are light in supply and
not offered under $1.15. Other kinds
quiet and steady.
In the potato market the only new
feature to note is the scarcity of early
rose for seed. These command S110
to $115 per bushel. Eastern hebrons
are selling at rs to 70 cents, and west
ern Green mountains a so to SO ce1yts
New maple sugar is arriving more
freely, and it is hard to sell in a whole
sale way at over II cents per pound.
New syrup is in fair demand at so
to
syrup not wanted.
The grass seed trade is fairly active
on the basis of the following prices
Red clover, to cents per pound; white
clover, 10 to Is cents; timothy, $3.50 to
$3.50 per bushel, and red top, $3.50 to
81 per sack, and IL to IL cents per pound
Tafiow is quiet, with the market firm.
Bulk, 4@41sc; tallow oil, 41@43c.
New York, March 23.-TaIlow quiet.
City, Ills; country, 5-S033-4, as to
quality.