Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-04-24

Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.


was foreshadowed last week by the light
trade and gradually increasing receipts.
The warmer weather in the west has had
its influence, and a drop there of over
cent is reported this week. An increased
make is now expected in all sections and
the market is likely to rise more or less
in buyers favor until the product has
some keeping qualities.
How low prices win go before bottom
is touched it is hard to tell. There are
no large accumulations so far, and if the
lower rates should increase the con-
sumption receipts might readily be dis
tributed for a week or two more. But
the outlook is very uncertain, and coun-
try shippers must be prepared for irregu-
lar values until grass is struck.
There is some difference of opinion in
regard to the opening of the new season
in the west. Most of the creamery men
in Illinois think that the grass season
will be at least 10 days or two weeks be-
hind last year, while others say it will be
later. But all agree that the output will
be about the same, if not larger. On the
subject of prices the prevailing opinion
in the west is that grass butter will be
held at about the same prices as last
year.
The drop in prices at other places I'M
settled the market here, and sellers have
been forced to make concessions from
the lowest rates of last week. For the
finest lots of northern 1912 cents is asked,
and may be obtained in special cases,
but the general top selling rate is 10
cents, and receivers say there is not
much demand at that. Some sales are
reported at 1872 cents, and the range may
be given at 1S1A to 10 cents.
The stock of old cheese is reduced to
very small proportions, and sales are
mostly in a jobbing way. Prices are
firm at 121A to 13 cents for choice, with
some fancy twins a little higher. In fact,
holders of what little cheese there is
here can make about their own figures.
Small lots of new make are arriving, and
the best are sold at IL to 111a cents.
Really choice full cream, properly ma
tured, cannot be expected for several
weeks.
The Montreal market continues firm at
IL to IFS cents for old, with a steadily
diminishing stock. New fodder cheese
has been selling at to 10 cents.
There is a good trade in eggs at 141a to
14% cents for choice fresh western.
Some special marks of northwestern
selected for storage are held at 10 cents,
but very few sales are made at that
price. Most sales for current consump-
ton are at 141a cents. Eastern fresh at
1415 to is cents, mostly in small lots.
Receipts continue comparatively light.
The stock in cold storage is 10, 1877 cases,
against SO, 663 cases same time last year.
Receipts at all leading points are smaller
than last year, and it is estimated that
the production SO far is 25 to 80 percent
less than a year ago, owing to the cold
weather, it is supposed.
Tbara ic q fa c1IDDJU of
and sirup here, but not near as much as
last year. Sugar has been selling at IL
to - cents for small cakes and to 10
cents for cans and large cakes. Only
strictly fancy brings over u cents.
Sirup is easier, with sales at rs to So
cents per gallon.
There are places in Vermont where
there has been a good deal of talk of late
about q new method of raising cream.
1t is sometimes called the dilution
method. The process is an old one which
has fallen into disuse, but which has re-
Gently taken on a new lease Of life, large
ly through the efforts of several concerns /
which are selling cans specially devised
for the purpose. These cans vary more
or less in minor details, which, however,
do not appear to affect the character of
their work. The process is the same in
each case. The milk is diluted with an
equal or with a greater bulk of water;
the mixture is allowed to stand two
hours or more and IS then SKINNED by
drawing of the skim milk. The advan-
tages claimed for the method are re-
duced cost, 1essened labor, durability and
the DEVIATION of ice storage and use. In
cidentally it is stated that the cream is
got cleaner than with the creamery, and
that if the separator is rightly managed
all the cream will be obtained.
Some interesting tests of this method
have been reported recently by the Yer
mont experiment station. This new
dilution method requires more tank room
and depreciates the value of the skim
milk. Besides this the experiment sta
ton tests show that the Dreaming is not
SO satisfactory.
Beans are reported to be in quiet de-
mand here, with the country firm. Quo
tations are very little changed: Car
load lots, pea, $1.371a@ 1.4O; medium,
$1.3714 @1.4O; yellow eyes, $1.5O@1.55 red
kidneys, $1.SO@1.9O; California small
white, $1.90@1.9 5; Lima, sc per lb; job
bling, 10c more.
Apples are frmer, with the supply
short and in few hands: Baldwins, $40
4.5O; russets, 1904; spies, $S.5O@4.5O; No.
2, all kinds, s2.50@3; jobbing and choice
lots, $1@150 more.
For the week the receipts of apples
were 1912 bbls; preceding week, 334O bbls;
total exports of apples for the week
were 40 bbls, all to Liverpool; same
week a year ago, 293 bbls; total since
the season opened, 1922 bbls; same
time year ago, 1858 bbls; same time
in 1897 1,012, 156 bbls.
Flour is ruling firmer with an ir-
regular trade. some sellers moving a
good deal of flour. while others found
only dull trade. Prices are generally
very firm, however. Mill shipment
prices are steady at: Spring patents,