No. 4.J KEPOKT OF DAIKY BUKEAU. 



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Butter, 



The market has been in a healthy condition through the 

 year, with prices very high, averaging much more than any 

 records which we have kept during the past seven years. 

 During that time anj'^thing in excess of 29 cents has been 

 reported but once ; in January, 1900, 291/^ cents was 

 reached. During the past year in April the price went as 

 high as 32 cents. Another peculiarity of the year 1902 was 

 the fact that August averaged the lowest month, whereas 

 Ma}'^ and June are ordinarily the low months of the year. 

 The lowest quotation for any one Aveek was the first week 

 in September. The somewhat phenomenal advance in 

 March and April let out the holders of storage butter at a 

 good margin. For almost every month the price has been 

 higher than for the average of the corresponding months of 

 previous years. 



The following table shows the extreme quotation for the 

 best fresh creamery butter in a strictly wholesale way in 

 the Boston market for the last seven years : — 



The Chamber of Commerce figures regardins: the butter 

 business in Boston for 1902 and the immediately preceding 

 years are as follows : - 



