Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
THE BOSTON MARKETS.
Scarcity of Fine Creamery Had
Strong Effect on Prices.

Grades Under the Best Plentiful, aud
supply of Fresh limitations Increased
Scarcity of Fresh Eggs.
Boston, Jan. 19.-There has been
Ecarcity of fine creamery in the market
and extreme prices were secured for
fancy lots. AS our prices are higher than
at other places, 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 Sluse any mater
ial decline Some dealers are of the
opinion that prices will be higher before
they are lower on fine creamery, but on
this point there is room to differ. The
ups and downs of the butter market at
this time of 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 II, SOS tubs and 1857 boxes. a total
of 459,S6S pounds against COS 925 pounds
the previous week and ACC, 426 pou1 Ids for
corresponding week last yecr Last
weeks receipts were about the smallest
of the season. The exports of butter
from Boston for the week were 10 $40
pounds against 59,I7 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.
The statement of the Quincy Cold
Storage company for the week is as fol-
lows: Put in. 4S9 tubs taken out. 1855
tubs; stock, so, 765 tubs, against So. 745
tubs same time last year. For the cor
\ responding week last year 625 tubs were
put in and S340 tubs taken out
Il have no trouble in getting Pig cents
for my finest lots in assorted size tubs
and % to 22la 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 q cents. This rate COW
cred large portion of what is usually
shipped here as extra at this time of wear.
Small lots of fancy western ran up
even with northern and occasional sales
were reported at 21h to % cents, but
these were the exception, and the bulk
of the fresh western ruled at 20 to Il
cents. with Elgin and Chicago at 19
cents, and New York "a 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 imta =
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
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 little higher. The lower grades
are sold on this basis.
There is a scarcity of fresh eggs. and
81 prices have advanced since last Satur-
q day. Fresh western and eastern were
3 In demand a "A to 20 cents, but very few
"A were good enough to bring over % to ..
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 tc
p 20 cents. Lined eggs are firmer with
sales at Is to Il cents. The stock in colo
storage on Saturday was 1O.027 cases
against BIS cases same time last year
The market is firm for choice apples
and some fancy Baldwins run up tc
$3.50 per barrel. Most sales at SO to 81
Potatoes have been in fair receipt
and prices have ruled steady on a basi.
of so to So cents per bushel for choice
western Green mountains and 70 to Il
cents for eastern hebrons.
Choice turkeys and chickens are in E
little better demand, and the best grade
of turkeys command u to IA cents pc
pound. Western chickens command i
81 to II cents.
New york. Jan. l9.-Tallow, 3& cents
" BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET.
Pork and Lard-Pork and lard are quie
~ and unchanged: Barrel pork, SIP; fresl
RIBS, sec; smoked shoulders, &c; hams
~ 80lOc; bacon, 91ac; sausag 7l5c
l& Frankfurt sausages, TIC; lard, 57kc; fl
"a pals, 65s@6Bc.
~ Apples-Apples are generally shut III
AZ In the stores, by reason of the cold. Price
are unchanged.
Z,
good demand, but the track market i
M dull and depressed by some nearb,
stocks that must soon work out of tn
ft way.
Meal-Very little change is noted in tn
meal situation, with barrel oatmeal "a
l $l.624l.65 and bag meal at 7O@72c Oat
meal and the cereals are quiet.
W Poultry-Poultry is a little frmer O.
turkeys and fancy chickens TURKEYS
box lots, 9@14c; northern, 14616c; north
ern chickens, 10@15c; western. S612c
northern folws, 9Q14c; western fowls, S6
10c.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Sheep and lambs-As whole the mar
ket was quiet, with but few changes O
any note over the buying and sellin
ga averages of last week. What change
there were had but little effect on tn
~ general run of this week S market Their
,F was, however, decided drop in shee
and lambs, the prices going down a q
1ac lower than last week. The arrival
were very small and the demand was no
active enough to make the amount g
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