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quoted: Wholesale. Extra creamery, 15 and 16 cents; firsts 

 and extra .firsts, 11 and 13 cents; New England dairy, 10 and 

 13 cents. Retail. Print, 2.3 cents; best tub, 23 cents; good 

 tub, 15 and 18 cents. 



July 1. — Butter market has ruled firm on fine grades during 

 the week, with a pretty good trade. Consumption is running 

 along at a full rate. Buyers for cold storage seem determined to 

 hold off, if they cannot get what they want at low prices. Prices 

 quoted: Wholesale. Extra creameiy, 15 and 15 1 cents; firsts 

 and extra firsts, 11 and 13 cents ; New England dairy, 10 and 12 

 cents. Retail. Print, 25 cents; best tub, 23 cents; good tub, 

 15 and 18 cents. 



August 1. — The condition shows a tendency to improve, 

 although the general market is as yet dull and trade is flat, much 

 of the receipts of ordinary grades going into cold storage. But 

 for the best butter there is an improved demand, and the receipts 

 are not large enough to supply it. The shrewdest judges claim 

 that the production of butter so far this year has been less than 

 it was a year ago, and that there are from 25,000 to 30,000 fewer 

 packages in cold storage. Prices quoted : Wholesale. Best New 

 England creamery, 19 and 20 cents; extra firsts, 15 and 17 

 cents; choice New England daily, 1G and 17 cents; common 

 grades as to quality down as low as 6 cents. Retail. Print, 

 25 cents ; best tub, 23 cents ; good tub, 15 and 18 cents. 



September 1. — The advance still continues, but is getting to 

 such a point that consumers are remonstrating, and, if it goes 

 much higher, the inevitable reaction will follow. Prices quoted : 

 Wlwlesale. Best New England creameiy, 24 and 25 cents ; fine 

 dairy selections, 21 and 22 cents; average lots, 17 and 20 cents. 

 Retail. Print, 30 and 33 cents ; best tub, 28 and 30 cents ; good 

 tub, 18 and 22 cents. 



October 1. — Market in a good, healthy condition. Trade is 

 inclined to be dull. The books of the chamber of commerce show 

 that September receipts run ahead of last year ; but the total 

 receipts for the past five months are smaller than for the same time 

 a year ago, — a decrease of about 40,000 tubs, as compared with 

 last season. Prices quoted : Wholesale. Best New England 

 creamery, 24 and 25 cents; fine dairy selections, 19 and 21 

 cents; average lots, 1G and 18 cents. Retail. Print, 30 and 35 

 cents ; best tub, 30 and 33 cents ; good tub, 20 and 25 cents. 



November 1. — Butter market in a firm, healthy condition. 

 Fine fresh receipts are kept sold up, and, although the production 

 is unusually large for the season, there is no accumulation in any 

 grade. The prevailing opinion is that prices will go no lower, 



