Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-03-13
IN HUB MARKETS.
Butter Buyers Look For an
Easier Market.


tie Chnnge In Pork and Beef-Ordinary
Poultry Stock Easy-Good Lenten De-
mand For Fish,
Boston. March S.-The butter market
maintains a steady tone on really fine
fresh arrivals, which are kept sold up,
but a large portion of the receipts are
still more or less defective, and conces-
sions have to be made to effect sales.
Fresh supplies have not increased as fast
as was expected, and for this reason
sellers can afford to be pretty stiff on
desirable stock, but the season is get
ting late and an increased make is ex-
pected in all the dairy sections.
Buyers naturally look for an easier
market from this time forward, and any
tendency to increased strength will be
resisted, but tISre is some talk of stiffen-
ing up on the high grades because there
is a shortage of certain fancy makes.
What this will result in remains to be
seen, but nothing except an absolute
scarcity would warrant an advance at
this time of year. The western markets
are l cent lower than last week.
Prices are somewhat irregular. Re-
ceivers who have control of certain fancy
makes are disposed to hold out for an ex-
IRENE price, say 211s cents, and some
buyers paid this for small lots to fill
special orders, but the general selling
rate for extra Vermont and New Hamp-
shire fresh creamery is Il cents, In as
sorted size tubs If the quality is not
we'll up to extra a lower rate has to be
accepted, and some pretty good lots are
sold at 2O1A cents. Boxes are in better
demand than last week, the finest quail
ity taken by buyers at % cents. Prints
sell at about the same figure, the ac-
cumulations of the previous two weeks
having been worked off.
For most of the western creamery Of
fered 81 cents is an extreme price, and
only certain well-known brands bring
this figure After passing the finest
quality prices take a wide range, say
from 16 to 10 cents.
Increased strength has developed in
the cheese market under the influence of
the small stocks and better demand.
Sales were made last week at l112 to llA
cents. but this week holders of fine Sep
TENDER and October northern will not
offer under II cents, and some are ask
ing 1914 cents for twins. The cheapest
summer stock on the market is now held
at 1917 cents, and there is not much to
be got under II cents. The Liverpool
price has been advanced to so shillings,
the first change in several weeks. Small
stocks are reported at all points, and still
higher prices are expected.
The egg market is fairly steady, with
a good demand at "a to 25 cents. Re
ceipts were 1857 cases, the largest since
the cold SPELL but all were wanted and
readily cleaned up. A further decline
may be expected when supplies increase,
but the consumption is increasing and
all receipts for some time to come will
find a ready sale. All the eggs now ar
irving are of first-rate quality, no mat
ter where they come from.
Beans are firmer, and are selling at
decidedly stronger prices, a result of
the recent sales out of this market to
actually go west. Car load lots, pea and
medium, 81. .S71s; yellow eyes, $1.55
@1.6O; red kidneys, 81. S5@1.9O California,
small white, $4,000; Lima, sc per lb;
jobbing 10c more.
The flour market has been ruling quiet
for several days. There has not been
sufficient excitement in wheat to in
fluence the buying of flour, while the
general weather conditions of the coun-
try have been such as to bring trade
down to about normal basis. Flour
prices have shown very little change for
several days. Mill shipment prices on
spring wheat patents are at $4@4.50.
Trade committee prices are: Spring
wheat clears, $3.15@3.65; patents, $40
AIS: winter wheat clears, $340@4
straights, $3.6O@4.10; patents, $3.90@4.45.
Cornmeal is a little f1rmer than early
in the week. Oatmeal and the cereals
have been considerably advanced in
prices within few days.
Corn has been well sustained of late,
hi
with a decidedly better demand for ex-
port. Here the corn market is quiet and
about steady.
Oats have continued in quiet request,
with the offerings rather small, and
hence the market has not inclined to
any considerable fluctuations. Buy ers
desiring oats have taken their require
ments at current rates, but trade has
continued quiet.
Hay is reported scarce in very choice
grades, with the market firm. Ordinary
and low grade are rather poorly sus-
tained.e Straw has remained quiet and
about steady MilIfeed seems to be
little easier: Hay, $S@14; fancy jobbing
lots, $15@17; rye straw, $6@S.
The pork and lard markets rule quiet,
with little change. Prices are about
steady. Boston packers have kept up
fair kill of hogs. the total for the week
amounting to about $4,000; preceding
week, $4,000; same week a year ago.
10000. There has been a fair move
ment of pork products into export, but
not what it would have been but for
the fact of the recently delayed ship
ments reaching the European markets
in the midst of Lent. A better export
demand is expected as soon as Lent is
over. For the week Boston packers ex-
ported pork provisions to about the
value of s216, 900; preceding week, sos, 900;
same week a'year ago, $145,000.
The beef market has been quiet nearly
all the week, and prices are easier at the