Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24
IN HUB MARKETS.
Butter Sellers Find Buyers Not
Anxious to CHATTER.

E Cold Storage stock Largely Used, and
Prices Affected Thereby-Extreme Fig
ures Hard to Obtain For Fresh Eggs
Situation as to Otker Offerings.
Boston, Oct. 19.-H1gher prices for but
ter are quoted in the west and in New
York, but sellers here find it difficult to
get much if any advance. Perhaps the
principal cause is that we have more cold
storage butter and of better quality than
at other leading points, and that hold
ers are more willing to sell ct q low price.
This butter is being largely used in the
retail trade. and as long as it gives salts
faction grocers will take it at a slight
difference in price. Along with this are
the receipts of fresh made, which are full
as large as last year at this time, if not
larger. OF course, if dealers here can
not return within one cent as much As
dealers do in other places, shipments will
be decreased, and the matter will regu-
late itself in time.
There was wide difference of opinion
in regard to the value of butter yesterday
in this market, and it may be we'll to let
dealers speak for themselves. One re-
ceiver said: We ought to get % cents
for assorted tubs and 221a to % cents for
boxes, but we have not yet made any
sales to the trade at those figures" Still
another: Il have just sold a lot of so
tubs of northern creamery in large tubs
at 2012 cents, but suppose should have
got q cents for it." Taking these prices
as a basis, p to 211A cents would be a fair
selling quota ton for most of the north
ern butter offered, with % cents as the
asking rate for fancy lots. Boxes, p to
221a cents.
a quotation Of 291A to 211a cents may be
given for western creamery, with the
expectation OF higher range later in
the week. But very few dealers were in
a hopeful mood, owing to the lack of
buyers. There were some sales Of ladies
at 1874 to L cents, and medium creamery
at Is to 16 cents, for export.
For cold storage stock there was some
inquiry, but not many sales. One of the
leading brokers said: There are more
sellers than buyers at 1919 cents, though
some holders Of fine Junes want 20 cents.
1 consider 10 to 1872 cents a full selling
rate today" Other parties who had
June stock to sell said they could not get
over 1872 cents, and not many buyers at
that.
Most of the jObbers were serving their
customers at the old prices They sup
rates if the outside markets kept rising,
but for the present. 221a to % cents COW
cred most of their sales in tubs Boxes
ruled at % to q cents, Trade moderate
The receipts Of butter for the week
foot UP 1910 tubs and p, 500 boxes, a
total weight of 929, S62 pounds. against
S64,S95 pounds the previous week and
49, SCI pounds the corresponding week
last year.
The statement of the Quincy Market
Cold Storage company for the week is as
follows: Put il, 1852 tubs; taken out,
9,053 tubs; stock, 139, 734 tubs against
1864 tubs same time last year. For
the corresponding week last year 5,415
tubs were put in and 1851 tubs taken
out. The Eastern company holds H.
SO tubs, and the amount added to the
Quincy's stock makes a total Of 1928
tubs, q decrease of 6,091 tubs as com
pared with last year.
CHEESE AND EGGS.
There is not much charge to note in
cheese. Demand has been moderate,
with sales OF northern late made at
to 91a cents, including large and small
sizes. Some fancy twins run up to ga
cents, but as rule no more than 913
cents can be depended upon for round
lots. Early makes take a lower range.
There was moderate demand yester-
day for fresh eggs, but extreme prices
were not easily obtained for the bulk
Of the offerings. Northern Ohio, Indi-
ana and Michigan choice sold at 1872 to
10 cents. with an occasional fancy mark
at 1852 cents; other fresh western at II
to IS cents. Fresh eastern ranged from
10 to 81 cents. Refrigerator stock
steady at l to Is cents The stock in
RI
ing the week, and stands at SCOTS cases,
against 81. So cases same time last year.
FLOUR AND THE CEREALS.
The -four market holds firm, with
rather quiet trade. Prices are unchanged
at $3.90G4.30 for spring patents. mill
shipment, and at the following flour
trade committee prices: Spring wheat,
clears, $303.50; straights, $3.25@375;
patents. s. 25G74.75; new, $500. so; win
ter wheat ears, SO. @3.75; straights
S3.5094; patents, S3.75@4.25.
No changes are quoted IN the meal mar
kets: Barrel corr:nea1, $A10G1.75; bag
meal, 76Q7Sc; yellow granulated, $2.10@
2.25; rolled oatmeal, $3.40@3.9G ground
and cut, S3.S00425.
Corn is still a little more firm: Track
steamer yellow. 1914 @3915c; No. 2 yellow,
391a039szc: No. 2 yellow, to arrive 391Lc:
No. 3 yellow, 3914c.
Oats are unchanged: Fancy heavy,
32A @35c; No. clipped, $!1ac; NO 8, SIC;
rejected, 30@3O1ac: no grade, 30c. To ar
rive, "a TO Sc ID, 3014 03O1sc; So to So Ih,
3O&4 oslo; IS to 40 lb. 311l @311.c; fancy
heavy, 3115@321ac.
Hay is doing rather better under
smaller receipts. Straw is firmer. Mill
feed IS steady: Hay, $6@14; fancy old.
in jobbing lots, S15@16; rye straw. S. SO
90; sack spring bran, $14.25GIi4.5O: sack
winter. S14.7. OILS.
PORK. BEEF AND POULTRY.
Pork and lard are firm, with fresh
rib 70 - icrf7c