Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-04
The BOSTON MARKETS,
Healthy Appearance Manifest In
the Butter Situation.

Indications Favor Clearing Up of Sup
niles For MarCh-Market For Epys
Kept Clean For Several Days-Potnto
Prices the same.
Boston, March 3.-An advance of hale
cent is asked for fancy fresh lots OF
BUTTER This Improvement has been
bruught about by the light rcceipts. =
little better demand and the rising ten
dcucy of western markets. The pros
Ieot of the opening of an export trade
has also had a strengthening effect. AS
there is reason to expect that England
and the continent Will want a consider
sUlc quantity of American butter DURING
March and April. Although the local
trade is still comparatively light. th,ra
is demand enough to absorb the fresh re-
cepts and use UP a good portion of the
held stock, 1t would probably be diff
cult to maintain much of an advance,
and the wisdom of any rise at this late
season may be questioned, but with the
western and New York markets on the
rise, and with the present light supplv
of fancy make our receivers are forced
10 fall into line or lose their consign-
ments.
The situation, generally viewed. has
a healthy appearance, and the indica.
tons are that all available supplies will
be cleaned up during the present month.
The cold storage stock is reduced to
small proportions, and what remains
will not interfere much with the con-
sumption of the current make. Then
if there should be demand from foreign
sources, as is now indicated by the ud-
vices from abroad, the season would
close quite satisfactorily.
The receipts of butter for the week
We're 1917 tubs and 1868 boxes. total
of &C.. $50 pounds, against 53S. 739 pounds
the previous week and co. 5l4 pounds
for the corresponding week last year.
This shows an increase as compared
with the previous week, but a decrease
as compared with last year. Receipts
Tor Monday and Tuesday of this week
show an Increase. For the month Of
February receipts We're 217.77O pounds
less than same month last year.
She statement or the Quincy Cold
Storage company is as follows. Put in,
RSS tubs; taken out, 4497 tubs: stock. 16. 80
tubs, against 14,242 tubs same time last
year. For the corresponding week last
taken out.
Receivers were almost unanimous in
asking an advance of half a cent on
the fresh receipts Tuesday. For the
best lots of Vermont and New Hamp-
shire creamery in assorted size tubs
as high as PIG cents was asked, but
very few sales We're made at over -
cents, and at 21la to - cents there was
no trouble in disposing Of all offered
Fine quality in boxes sold readily at
22l2 cents, and some was held at %
cents. ~ conservative selling quotation
may be given at % cents for tubs and
22la cents for boxes. with some held
higher. 1t may be well to emphasize the
statement that these figures are only for
lots that show quick new milk flavor
Next best fresh sold at 20 to Il cents.
There was fair demand for held stock
at Is cents, and several round lots were
sold at that price. a few lots We're sold
at 10 cents and some were held at 20
cents, but very little offered was worth
over is cents. The best of the June and
fall stock is about used up. and buyers
who want nice article must take the
fresh make. The jobbers had a fair
trade, with no change in prices from
last week. They met the wants Of their
customers a % to 20 cents. Owing to the
short supply Of fancy make they MAY
have to get cent more before the week
is out, but they are anxious to keen
prices on as reasonable a basis as pos
sible and will be slow to follow the rise
There is no change to note in the
cheese market, except that dealers
whose stocks are run down have beer
buying little more freely.
Eggs started off Tuesday with fairly
steady tone. with small sales at l6 cents
but later when New York was heart
from, the price of choice fresh western
dropped to 10 cents, and on that basi.
most of the business was done. The
closing quotation was 14la to 10 cents
Receipts were moderate, and for tn,
week amounted to 1880 cases, agains
1884 cases corresponding week last year
The market was kept clean for severa
days. Receipts for February were so ..
666 cases, against SO 905 cases last year
Beans are firmer, with sales of choic,
marrow pea at $1.15 per bushel in car
loads. Potatoes steady at previou!
prices.
New York, March 2.-Tallow quiet
city, 35s; country, 35s@3%, as to quality
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Cattle-There was small supply o
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