The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-10

II, II and 10. Creamery directors,
managers, b~uttermakers and everyone
interested in creamery problems should
plan to attend the convention. The
Vermont Maple Sugarmakers' a~ssocia-
ton will hold their 2sth annual CON
~vention at the same time. All sugar
makers who can possibly do so should
attend this convention.
Commodity Prices-Dairy Products.
with the present abnormal condition
IN the business world and the defatlon
in prices for practically all food prod.
ucts, farmers and creameries should be
extremely careful in the quality of
products offered for sale, grades OF
products and n~eatness OF package. In
addition to exercising the greatest care
relative to quality, creamery managers
should keep in close touch with the va
rious market demands and quotations
and thus be able TO market their prod
ucts 70 the best advantage. Butter quo
tations on n market may be 3.5 cents
to four cents per pound higher than in
the market to which they are shipping.
Alert managers take advantage OF such
differences. Managers should ~investi-
gate the future market demands for
milk, butter and the various varieties
of cheese such as special skins, medi.
UNI skins and foreign types of cheese
and then guide their business accord.
ingly.
Maple Products.
There is practically no market for
maple products. New York CITY il
quoting Sl.75 TO 1925 for syrup and %
cents for sugar but there are no sales
being made at these prices. Actual
sales in extremely small quantities are
$l.5O for syrup and % cents for sugar,
delivered to New York and subject 10
approval.
Hay.
The hay markets show little active
demand with light Trading. The gen.
eral tendency is for a downward trend
in prices. The prevailing wholesale
dealers prices the first of the month
were; No. ! Timothy. 1877; extra No. 2
Timothy, S34 and $35, and No. 3, s26
and S2s,
State Department of Agriculture Re-
port.
The publication of the tenth report
Of the commissioner of agriculture, L.
Brigham, of the state of Vermont t.
for the biennial period, July !, 1918,
to June 80, 1920, was completed dur
ing the past month.
Dairy Market Observation-Disclosures
Market.
The prices for butter declined grad
ially during December SO that the pre-
prices are now about the same
Is those for 1918. The average price
or extras" Boston chamber Of com
nerce) in December, 1919, was 70.7
and in December, 1920, $3.50 cents.
The yearly average for the two years
vas practically the same-l0l9-5e.7
1ents per pound (extras), 1920 co.,
ents, an average difference Of one-half
per pound. The market is ruling
irm on high quality butter. Under
rades are still dragging.
New York Market. /
During the greater part of the month
ruled firm and were main
at approximately two cents :
bove the Boston market on extras"
here is a good demand for u~nsalted
in 20 and 3O.pound tubs. Cream
ries expecting to ship regularly to that
market should purchase ash tubs for .
uch shipments. :
Pot and Bakers Cheese. r
The markets for these products are :
till characterized by dull demand with
cry little trading. There are large
Quantities still in storage.
Vern r. Jones, dairy manufacturing
.pecialist.
Lionel G. M~ulholland, field agent in
Iarketing.