Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-01-24

Scarcity of Fine Creamery Had
Strong Effect on Prices

Grades Under the Best Plentiful, and
Supply of Fresh limitations Increased
Scarcity of Fresh Eggs.
Boston, Jan. 19.-There has been q
scarcity of fine creamery in the market
and extreme prices were secured for
fancy lots. AS our prices are higher thar
at other places, a larger share of the
fresh made will probably be turned in
this direction. Of course, nobody can
tell what another week will bring forth,
but it is not probable that the market
will increase fast enough during the re-
mainder of January to cause any mater
ial decline Some dealers are of the
opinion that prices will be higher before
they are lower on fine creamery, but OF
this point there is room to differ. The
ups and downs of the butter market at
this time CT year are very uncertain
things, and all that an impartial re-
porter can do is to give the facts and
figures as he finds them and leave the
future to decide the rest.
The receipts of butter for the week
were 1858 tubs and 1857 boxes, a total
of 459,S6S pounds, against COS, 925 pounds
the previous week and 1876, 1926 pounds for
corresponding week last year Last
weeks receipts were about the smallest
of the season. The exports of butter
from Boston for the week were 1920
pounds, against III pounds for CORE
spending week last year From New
York last week only about 200 tubs were
exported. From Portland, IVA tubs
were exported, mostly on Canadian ac-
count.
q c. of 1n MI
Storage company for the week is as fol-
lows: Put in, 489 tubs; taken out, 7O55
tubs; stock, 5O,765 tubs, against So, 745
tubs same time last year. For the cor
responding week last year 625 tubs were
put in and $40 tubs taken out
Il have no trouble in getting 211a cents
for my finest lots in assorted size tubs,
and p to 2212 cents for boxes,'' said one
dealer. 'but the great trouble is to get
enough butter of this kind Other re-
ceivers of fresh Vermont and New Hamp-
shire talked in the same strain, and buy
erS who looked around confirmed these
statements. Grades just under the best
We're plentiful enough, and sold rather
slowly at 20 to 81 cents. This rate COW
cred a large portion of what is usually
shipped here as extra at this time of year
Small lots of fancy western ran up
We're reported at 211a to % cents, but
these were the exception, and the bulk
OF the fresh western ruled at 20 to 81
cents With Elgin and Chicago at 10
cents, and New York at 20 cents, it is
not likely that much western fresh will
be sold here at over 20 cents in large
packages. The supply of fresh imita-
tions has increased, and 16 to II cents is
full selling rate to the trade Ladies'
are not plentiful and but few offered
under Is cents. The returned lots from
England are nearly all disposed of, and
in respect to low grades the market is in
a pretty good condition.
There has been a fair jobbing trade
at the slight reduction made last week.
and the principal complaint of jobbers
is that they cannot find enough desirable
fresh creamery to meet the wants Of
their customers. They are selling this
week AT % cents for tubs and "a cents
for boxes, with occasional fancy pack
ages a little higher. The lower grades
are sold on this basis.
There IS a scarcity of fresh eggs and
prices nave advanced since last Satur-
day Fresh western and eastern were
in demand at "a to 25 cents, but very few
were good enough to bring over % to "a
cents. Fancy new-laid range consider
ably higher, but offered only in small
lots. Most of the stock in cold storage
are fall held, and these range from IS to
20 cents. 1imed eggs are firmer, with
sales at 10 to II cents. The stock in cold
storage on Saturday was 1O.O27 cases
against BIS cases same time last year.
Beans have been in moderate request.
with sales of choice marrow pea at SLIP
to S1-15 per bushel, and mediums a s.. 20.
Yellow eyes and red kidneys ruled quiet
at previous prices.
The market is firm for choice apples
and some fancy Baldwins run up to
$500 per barrel. Most sales at So to 81
Potatoes have been in fair receipt.
and prices have ruled steady on basis
OF 50 to 80 cents per bushel for choice
western Green mountains, and 20 to rs
cents for eastern hebrons
Choice turkeys and chickens are in a
little better demand, and the best grades
of turkeys command II to IA cents ner
pound. Western chickens command 10
to L cents.
New York, Jan. 19.-Tallow, 80 cents.
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET
Pork and Lard-Pork and lard are quiet
and unchanged: Barrel pork. So: fresh
TBS; o12G; smoked shoulders, &c; hams,
SQ1Oc; bacon, SEC; sausages nc.
Frankfurt sausages, 712c; lard, SIC: i'm
pals, 65s@6%c. III
Apples-Apples are generally shut up
in the stores, by reason of the cold Prices
are unchanged.
Oats-Oats are f1rmer to arrive. with a
good demand, but the track market is
dull and depressed by some nearby
stocks that must soon work out of the
way.
MeaEVer.y little change is noted in the
meal situation, with barrel oatmeal at
$162Ql.6o and bag meal at 7O@72c. Oat-
meal and the cereals are quiet.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Sheep and lambs-As a whole the mar
ket was quiet, with but few changes of
my note over the buying and selling
averages of last week. What changes
there were had but little effect on the