Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-01-10

inactive Demand For Product
of the Creamery.
Prices Continue Steady-Statist;cs on But
ter and Cheese For Last fear-Eggs
Firm In Price and AIany Stored.

Firm, In Price and 5Iany Stored.
Boston. Jan. 5.-Butter buyers who
held back during the holidays have not
vet begun to operate to any extent, and
the situation generally is just about the
same as last week. Strictly fine fresh
n creamery is in short supply and COM
mands full prices, say 221s cents for
small tubs and % cents for boxes, but
after passing these the supply is ample
for the demand and prices are easy at
20 to % cents. 1t takes nice lot of fresh
made creamery to command 2z cents In
large lots. Choice June creamery moves
off at 20 cents, and some is held at Il
cents. Ladies and limitations are quiet
at Il to Is cents.
There was more or less of falling off
in tubs during all the months of the
year, except June and August. Receipts
in boxes show an increase during the
whole year. The total weight of tubs
and boxes is 81, 107 ,033 pounds, against
so. 972 255 pounds in 1896. The exports
for the year are only 1886 pounds
larger than the year previous, and If the
returned shipments received from Eng
land are taken into account the exports
for the two years past are about equal.
Tie statement of the Quincy Market
Cold Storage company for the week is
as follows: Put in, 1908 tubs; taken out,
S1O6 tubs; stock, 65,517 tubs, against r.,
252 tubs same time last year For the
corresponding week last year 158 tubs
were put in and 9406 tubs Eaken out.
The largest stock the past year was on
the 21st of August, when the total was
20S,487 tubs. Since then the stock has
been reduced $40 tubs. The largest
stock in 1896 was on the 18th of August,
when the total was 223, 112 tubs, and
from that time till the close of the year
it was reduced 150,S60 tubs. The cold
storage stock has come out in f1rst-class
condition, and it is now considered bet
ter than most of the fresh made butter.
1t is generally admitted that the facili-
ties for storing and keeping butter i'm
Boston are among the best in the coun-
try.
The consumption Of butter in Boston
and vicinity averaged about 925, 900
pounds per week during the year, an in
crease of little more than 3 percent as
compared with the year previous, which
is less than was expected. In figuring
the stocks on hand, 40 pounds are al
lowed to a box.
The range of prices for the year was
Is to 70 cents, against Is to 26 cents in
1896, and II to % cents in 1895. The bulk
of the June creamery was sold at Is
to 16 cents, and prices generally ruled
steadier than for many years previous.
The cheese market continues to tone
up, and holders all over the country are
stronger in their views. There is no i'm
provement in the demand here, but
buyers are looking around for cheap
lots and the indications are that opera
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tinue to be made at to 91a cents, and
holders OF fine fall stock are not offer
ing much under 10 cents Receipts for
the year were 233573 boxes for home
trade and 18S, 1863 boxes for export, against
202, 432 boxes for home and 2S8, 157 boxes
for export in 1896. The exports for the
year were 16,773,781 pounds, against 21,-
566. 44S pounds in 1896.
The leading feature of the egg market
Tuesday was the scarcity of spring re-
frigerator stock and sales were made at
16 to IL cents. Fall held range from II
to 20 cents, and rather slow Fresh
western sold at "a to 25 cents, outside
for selected lots. Fresh eastern were
worth 26 to 81 cents, but few offering.
LINED quiet at IA to Is cents. The stock
in cold storage stood at IL, O3O cases.
against 5749 cases same time last year.
The cold weather interfered with
movements of apples, potatoes and all
other kinds of fruit and vegetables, and
prices were nominally steady.