Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-03
TN THE BOSTON MARKETS,
An Easier Tendency in Butter.
With Trade Light.


butter trade has been light. and the ten
dency of prices is in favor of buyers.
especially on all grades under the finest
The proportion of really desirable quality
continues small, and receivers of this
kind can insist on getting pretty full
rates, but they have to make concessions
on the bulk of the offerings in order to
effect sales. In fact, any lots put on the
market for sale after regular customers
are supplied have to be shaded, and if
receipts increase much accumulations
will be the result.
There is moderate demand for strict
ly fine fresh creamery, with sales of lots
in assorted size tubs at 21ls cents Some
receivers ask % cents for the finest Yer
mont and New Hampshire, with new
milk flavor, and refused to sell for less,
but sales are mostly in a small way, and
no more than 2l15 cents can be quoted as
q regular wholesale price, which is p
cent lower than last week
After passing these high grades, which
form but a small portion of the whole
supply, Fl cents is a full selling price.
The best held creamery sells as high as
10 cents, but for the bulk of the cold
storage stock is cents is a full selling
price, and some ranges down to 16 and Il
cents In fact, the lower grades of held
butter are without any established value,
and buyers have the advantage.
The cheese market has taken a strong
err turn, and an advance of Il to y cent
is established. This has been brought
about under the influence of the small
stocks and the rise in other places, with
out any particular increase in the de-
mand. 1t is more than was expected,
however, and the general opinion is that
1t will be maintained. Sales are prin-
cipally at ia to 11% cents for the fine
northern, and 91s to 10ia cents for the fair
to good. Buyers do not want to pay
the top price freely, and take as much
of the lower grade as they can to get
along with. but holders are not anxious
to make large sales at present, as they
feel that fine cheese will soon go up to
IL cents.
The egg market mas taken a decided
downward turn, and is very unsettled
and uncertain. Sales were made at 80
to 33 cents, but when the New York and
western dispatches were received there
was a drop to 2S cents, and later to 26
cents. Since the high prices were es
tablished the demand has been very
light, and dealers took only a case or'two
at a time. A large trade is expected
when prices touch a steady basis.
The Chicago quotation was 1I1a to is
cents, a drop of cents. st. Louis was
quoted at 1879 ceuts, decline of nearly
10 cents from the day before.
Beans are firmer, with still stronger
reports from New York state and west
ern shippers. Here the market is also
firmer with sales at better prices. Car
load lots, pea and medium, S1.30q135;
yellow eyes, S1.55Q1.60; red kidneys,s l.S5
@19O; California small white, S1.90Q2;
Lima, sc per lb; jobbing, 1Oc more.
Flour has been ruling rather quiet for
several days, with prices rather in the
buyers favor. Cash wheat dropped off
a fraction In some of the principal cash
wheat markets; said to be caused by
lessened buying by the millers, and this
may depress the flour market Mill
shipment prices on spring wheat pat
ents are at $410Q4.50 Trade committee
prices are: Spring wheat, clears, $3.1OQ
S.65; patents, $4.10@475; winter wheat
clears, $345@3.90; straights, $4,000; pat
snts, $3.9OQ4.4O.
The meal and cereal markets are
steady and little changed.
Corn was stronger on the rally II
wheat, and the fact of a better expori
demand The market here is quiet, bu
fairly sustained.
Options on oats were a fraction easier
while trade in this market was dull
The supply on track here is small, but
doubtless fully up to the demand.
Hay continues quiet, with full sup
nf ha
grades. Straw rules dull, though offer.
ings are only small. Millfeed is a shade
easier. Hay, $8Q14; fancy jubbing lots
$15@16; rye straw, $9Q16; oat straw. SEQ
s.
The pork market is easier on barre
pork. with leaf lard easier. Ordinary
hard is unchanged. Boston packers
have killed for the week total of about
a6. 800 hogs; preceding week, $500; same
week a year ago, 10000. There is goot
movement of Boston-packed pork pro
visions into export, when there are
steamers to be had. The total value O.
these exports for the week was abou
t2O5, 900. preceding week, $4,000; SAM
week a year ago, $122,0OO.
The supply of beef coming to Boston
has continued rather small, and it Il
noted that best steers are positivel
scarce. the arrivals running to only me
dunn quality.
Quotations on beef are not mucl
changed, though the best is Arm: Yer
choice steers, 999Ao; good steers, SIC
light and COWS, 7h@Shc; extra heav'
kinds, 11zc; good kinds, lie; light binds
9lh@1O1kc; heavy fores, sac; good SIC
light. so Q6c; backs. 1850; rattles, 2%G
SIC; chucks, 61k@7c; short ribs, lOQ12c
rounds, SQ9c; rumps, 11hQlSc; rump
and loins, 12@15c; lotns, 12Ql7c.
The mutton market is fully supplied
though about steady. Trade has bes
only fair, owing doubtless to the ex
csedngly bad condition of the roads, es
pecially outside of the cities. A few earl
apring lambs have been in the markt
and sold from 81 to $40 each. Veals al
more plenty and rather easy.
Poultry has not changed much. Their
is a fair demand for choice. young tur
keys. The best fowls are in good re
quest, with choice chickens doing gwel
Turkeys, western, 11Q14c; northern
QlSc; chickens, northern, 12Q1Sc; west
ern, 1OQl4c; fowls, northern fresh, 81
l5c; western, 10913c; ducks, SQl2c
geese, 1O013c: live fowls. llQl2c.
The game supply - now mainly In IN
hands of the dealers and jobbers, wit
but little coming forward. few sac
dies of deer came in last week, illegall