The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-26
LESS DEMAND FOR
BUTTER AND EGGS
Prices Not Quite SO Strong
i'm Boston Markets
Last Week
POULTRY PRICES
REMAIN STEADY

Good Demand for Apples but Potatoes
Are LOwer-Beef Cattle Little High
er-Dressed Beef Advances Cent a.
Pound-Other Quotations.
BOSTON, Sept 26.-The bureau of
markets and crop estimates of the
United States department of agriculture
issues the following Boston Market Re
view for the week ending September 23rd, !
1921
Dairy and Poultry Products
Following the acute shortage of fine
goods which was largely responsible for
the very firm tone and sharp advances of |
last week, buying demand has fallen off
to some extent and the markets have be-
come somewhat unsettled. Buyers failed
to follow the advances freely and began
to look for cheaper goods especially stor-
age Considerable quantities of storage
butter we're US I'd and more demand was
also reported for good grades of stOragei
, eggs.
| The butter market held the firm posi-
! ton part of the week and while fancy
marks were always well cleaned up there
was a decidedly easier tone to the mar
! ket at the close Dealers found it lit
tie more difficult to find buyers with the
| result that white western extras advanced
! during the week to Acc at the close they
| had again dropped to Ale. Undergrades
never did find a ready outlet but were
| drag at all times. 1t was impossible to
! keep goods moving except at large con-
/ cessionS and because many dealers were
not willing to do this there was a rather
! heavy movement of these goods to the
! warehouse. Northern butter which early
H in the week vas very scarce and values
; nominal also was a little more plentiful
iuf hn ri nrFh hut n1-
{ could be bought in a large way at 46c,
many of the loss fine lots moving at less
| money.
| The cheese market was firm all week
! with a fair demand for all fancy goods.
! Higher cost current arrivals are being
! which dealers often were willing to sell
/ for less is becoming scarce. Fancy flats
and twins VIII Dlesaled at 21-22c. smaller
styles up to &c y premium of 12-1c is
! usual for fancy June goods.
/ While the egg market on fresh goods
/ is still firm and prices are slightly higher
( than last week. the demand is not so keen
4 and the upv ard tendency has largely
I been checked. Rather than pay the very
! high prices asked for the best fresh stock
/ buyers are taking desirable lots of storage
! eggs at a lower figure. Closing prices
were as follows: Nearby hennerys 81
! Csc, western hennerys 54-63c, extras Al
js5iiic.a extra trsts 42s4tjc, frsts s3s7Jle and
Under ers thrs s7Ia4s = - ,N}'@-s ? s~it@s5
! Prices on dressed poultry have re-
I manned steady under a good constant de
/ mand. Large. fowl found a ready outlet
! at 34-3Sc and chickens at :}2-35c. Real
! fancy five pound chickens still selling at
J a large premium of 4J-50c live poultry
market steady unchanged. Fowl Soc,
/ chickens PC and old ROSTERS 22c.
Fruits and Vegetables
! There was more activity in traits and
vegeta bles than for several weeks past.
! apples especially being in good demand,
while cabbage. lettuce and tomatoes were
{ also slightly higher Onions, potatoes and
sweet potatoes, On the contrary, were
! lower.
! Apples have been plentiful. but a good
/ buying demand has held prices up well.
| No. l Maine Mcintosh sold 900-12.00 a
| barrel with poorer grades lower.
| WealthyS and Wolf Rivers brought GOO
| 700, and Shows 6 50-7.J0.
Connecticut Valley onions were
slightly lower due in part to the small
size and inferior quality of much of the
offerings. The prevailing price was $50
400 per 100 h. sack. Aroostook county
potatoes were in heavy supply. and in
spite of a good buying demand prices de-
clined to 1.90-2.1O per 100 10 sack \ !
large percentage of the offerings of Cob
blers this year are over large and show
hollow heart 49,"
Livestock and Dressed Meat.
The market for beef cattle at Brighton
last week showed more activity than for
some time. ruling firm to SOC higher than
last Tuesday. 4 small number of steers
were on sale at prices ranging from
81 50-S7OO for common 70 medium grades
with a few head of good steers selling up
to $3.50 per 100 lbs. Butcher COWS and
hcifers were sold from S3.00-S60O with
Gamer cows at $1.75-2,2J per 100 lbs.
| There, were practically no bulls offered.
The light supply of veal calves sold
readily ct an advance of 50c-S1 90 over
last week. mixed lots bringing from
S1O.50-13.50 per 100 lbs. Heavy calves
ruled steady at $1000-$16.00, with
S6 30 per 100 lbs.
There were only few sheep and
lambs on sale. prices ranging from $500
| so 90 on lambs and $2.00-S400 on ewes
The dressed beef market advanced
around S1.0O per 100 lbs. during the
week. with forequarters $200-S2.50 per
100 lbs higher, and kinds about steady
| with n week ago. Receipts for the week
were about % per cent less than last.
| Receipts of cows have been light. and the
market ruled strong to $1.00 higher than
| last Friday.
The veal market ruled generally steady
with last week, practically all receipts
| of Western dressed calves being heavy
sides which were sold at S10.0O-S12 90
| per 100 lbs. Brighton dressed veal
lruled steady at S10.0O-S1600 with