Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-17
IN HUB MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

Boston July 1.-THE butter market
has been tame for a week past and the
buoyant tone which dominated it two
weeks ago has disappeared. Prices of
fine stock are without material change,
because that grade is less plentiful, but
on the bulk of the supplies offering a
shading Of u to n cent is necessary to
effect sales. This easing up causes no
surprise. A large number of families go
out of town and the city grocers lose
great deal of their regular trade.
With receipts running comparatively
small, prices may be fairly maintained
until the demand starts up again, but the
drop of ~ a cent in Chicago and the ac-
ton of holders there in offering butter
here at a decline make buyers look for
still further concessions. There is no
doubt that those who refused to operate
for cold storage at the extreme prices
asked in June would like to get some of
July's best product at lower rates, but at
what price they would take hold remains
to be seen.
Exporters, too, would like to get
chance to move out some butter at a
price that would yield them profit, and
they will watch the markets carefully
for break.
There has been a light trade in cheese
and buyers refuse to respond to any ad
vance, notwithstanding the full prices
paid in the country. Sales of choice
twins have been at S1z to 81 cents, but
only in special cases can over 49, cents
be obtained for round lots. In a small
way cents and upward has been OBJ
tanned. Receivers are compelled to store
their late arrivals for better market.
The egg market is quiet, but prices are
steady on fine stock. Choice western
all g tS 4Ha ID NJ
strictly fresh. Occasional selected lots
sell at 15k cents. Choice eastern sell at
1914 to 16 cents, and fancy new laid range
up to 20 cents. A large portion of the
receipts continue to show effects Of heat,
and really desirable lots are scarce.
The flour market is generally quiet,
with little change in the situation. A
moderate demand is noted for the small
volume of -four moving, though business
is somewhat irregular, some selling
agents noting considerable movement,
while others are having very little bust
ness.
Very little change can be noted in
either cornmeaI or oatmeal. The cereals
are also little changed. Corn has con-
tinued fairly steady for some days. Here
the demand is small, while the offerings
on track are also limited. Quotations
are rather easy. Oats are in quiet de-
mand, but the market seems to be fairly
sustained. The offerings here are rather
moderate, but are likely to be increased
within a week or two.
The receipts of hay are heavier, and
the market is easier, though doubtless
temporarily. Straw is steady. Millfeed
seems to be well held, with a fair de-
mand. In some sections the dry weather
has killed the grass to the extent that
considerable cattle feeding with bran,
etc, is being resorted to: Hay, $9@175O;
fancy and jobbing, s17@19; rye straw,
$11@12.
The pork market is firmer on hams,
shoulders, etc, with prices higher. Bar
rel pork, $12@12.50; light backs, Sill;
lean ends, $14; fresh ribs, SC; corned and
fresh shoulders, 7Ac;smoked shoulders,
INC; lard, &c; in pals, 614 @71c; hams,
11@12c; skinned B hams. 111ac; bacon,
$1,000; sausages, 1860; Frankfurt
sausages, 71a@l8c: pressed ham. lie;
raw leaf lard, &c; pure leaf lard, 7c; in
pals, ~ Csc; pork tongues, s2050; loose
salt pork, &c; briskets, &c; sausage meat,
&c; bolognas, TIC; city dressed hogs, &c;
country, SC.
Boston packers are still making a fair
killing of hogs, the total for the week
having been about 33, 300 The move
ment of Boston-packed pork provisions
into export is good, the total value of
these exports for the week having been
about $4,000.
The beef market is reported very firm
in the west, with cattle costing higher.
Trade here is small with sellers indif-
ferent and not urging customers to
buy. Quotations are reported very firm.
Very choice steers, SIC; good steers,
SIC; light, S@SAc; extra heavy kinds,
lie: good kinds, 1O1A @103lc; light binds,
10@1OAc; heavy fores, SIC; good SIC;
light, 5a4 @6c; backs, THOSE; rattles, SC;
chucks, 6A @6Ac; short ribs, 101s @12c;
rounds, S@9c; rumps, 12@1215c; rumps
and 1oins, 121a @14c; loins, 121a@16c
But, after all, the supply of beef COM
ing forward is most too full for any
great rise in prices For this week the
total receipts for Boston were 155 cars
and 134 cars for export, total of 289
cars; preceding week, $50 cars for Bos-
ton and los cars for export, total of
265 cars; same week year ago, 154 cars
for Boston and 113 cars for export a to-
tai of 267 cars.
The mutton market is rather easy,
with lambs easier. Veals are about
steady, though the very hot weather has
been unfavOrable, with a good many
veals in bad order. Eastern spring
lambs, 10@13c; western, 9@11c; fall
lambs, S@10c; Brighton and fancy, 100
lie; muttons, 1890; fancy, S15@9hc;
veals, 6@1Oc; fancy and Brightons, 90
lie.
Poultry has been not very we'll sus-
tanned under the recent hot weather, and
both iced fowls and chickens have been
sold at slightly easier prices. Northern
chickens, 1S625c: broilers. 25@2Sc; west
ern iced chickens 13@17c; fowls, 10@11kc;
live fowls, 91a@101zc; chickens, 14@17c.
Old apples are gone from the market,
and new of good nuali-Y are coming in