Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-21
I'm HUB MARKETS.
receivers of Butter Disposed
to Show Backbone.

Of-Rate Dropped by Jobbers-Egg
Remunerative Basis.
Boston, March 16.-The quality of this
Feek's receipts shows a decided change
or the better in butter. Very little
desirable stock was carried over from
ast week, and the supply since has been
>nly moderate, so that receivers can
ford to show little backbone, but
hey cannot wholly check the downward
tendency. The New York and western
harketS have dropped one cent during
he week, and our dealers will probably
have to follow suit, though there is
likely to be demand enough for all the
good butter that comes to hand this
week. Most of the desirable old stock
being out of the way, dealers are now
forced. to use the new make, and this will
materially increase it's consumption
The quality of butter needed for the full
wants of the trade each week is not less
than 100000 pounds, and so far the re-
ceipts have run considerably under this
amount. Therefore, no radical decline
can be expected here until we have much
larger supplies.
The finest lot of Vermont and New
Hampshire creamery sold to a moderate
extent at q cents for assorted tubs, and
R1A cents for boxes, but buyers did not
want to pay over u cents for any kind
of package, and thought they ought to
get tubs at 2013 cents. Sellers were
willing to concede half cent decline
from last week, while buyers wanted
cent off. A quotation of 2015 to q cents
may be given for tubs and u to 211a
eents for boxes. The proportion of
boxes to tubs this week is not as IarEaa
Jas last week. Western receivers are
willing to concede a decline of one cent
on most of their receipts, and are sell
ing best creamery in assorted spruce
tubs at 20 cents, and ash tubs at 1912
cents. Some of the fancy makes for
which there are regular CT stomers ruled
half a cent higher, but generally speak
ing 20 cents was the top price.
Offerings of the best held butter were
made at Is cents, and this is now the
top for what remains. AS the stock is
pretty we'll picked over, holders will prob
ably be disposed to let it go at lower
rate.
Jobbers have accepted the situation,
and have dropped their rates about one
cent right through. They are now meet
ing the wants of their customers at
p and % cents, with "A cents for fine
boxes. On this basis there is a fair
distribution, and the volume of trade
is perhaps as large as could be expected
on a falling market.
The receipts of butter for the week
were 1922 tubs and IA, TIC boxes, a total
of 624, $50 pounds, against ST., 233 pounds
the previous week and 612, TIC pounds for
the corresponding week last year Last
weeks receipts did not come up to ex-
rectat1ons, but they are on the increase
this week and will probably make a
larger showing. The exports of butter
from Boston for the week we're SO 500
pounds, against 22,235 pounds for the
corresponding week last year.
The statement of the Quincy Ccld
Storage company for the week is as fol-
loYs: Put in, none; taken out. 3711
tubs; stock, 1921 tubs, against 1929 tubs
same time last year. For the CORE
spending week last year 1854 tubs were
taken out and nothing put in.
There has been a slow trade in cheese,
and prices have favored buyers all the
fweek. Holders are considerably dis
Icouraged, and have been selling early
made stock at very low prices, say 5ss
to cents per pound The best northern
fall has been selling in round lots for
to So cents, and in a small way at
- cents. Dealers are of the opinion that
factory men should not make any foder
cheese this year, as it is not wanted, and
Will tend to further depress the market.
Ihere has been a good business in eggs
the past week, and prices seem to have
Struck steady basis. For the best
western IL cents was the ruling price.
Especial marks were held at liz cents.
with some sales, but most buyers con-
.s1dered IL cents the top and some lots
were bought at 10A cents. Southern
sold mostly at 101s cents. Eastern fresh
ruled at IL to liz cents, and some fancy
marks held higher.
The bean market has been quiet and
ieasy, and choice marrow pea sold this
week at $1.1O to Slip per bushel Me-
|olum are In light supply and held at
ISl.15. Other kinds unchanged
The potato situation has not changed
during the week. The best eastern
hebrons are hard to sell at over rs cents
while western green mountains com
mand IS to SO cents. All kinds of old
vegetables are dull. Apples slow and
weak
The grass seed trade starts off we'll
| but at very low prices Dealers ouote
wholesale lots as follows Red clover
. TO cents per pound; white clover. 10
TO IL cents per pound; timothy, s1.5O to
ISl-SO per bushel, and red top, 50. so to 81
per sack, and IL to II cents per Mound
New maple sugar and syrup have ar
rived and selling fairly Old sugar and
syrup dull.
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET
| Potatoes-Potatoes are in f111 s,,nnIv
except that fancy rose for seed ;S