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New  England  Notes 
THE  EGO  SITUATION. 
The  egg  market  is  in  an  interesting 
position.  The  trend  of  the  market  is 
downward,  as  is  usual  at  this  time  of 
year,  but  snow  and  cold  weather  has  in¬ 
terfered  with  production,  collection  and 
shipment  to  such  an  extent  that  the  de¬ 
cline  i.u  price  has  been  checked  for  the 
time  being.  The  situation  is  not  wholly 
eneon raging,  chiefly  because  of  the  large 
supply  of  eggs  still  in  storage,  amount¬ 
ing  throughout  the  country  to  70,000 
cases  in  excess  of  last  year  at  this  time, 
while  Boston  alone  has  1.1.000  cases  in 
excess.  Said  one  dealer:  “I  can  buy 
eggs  at  ISc  now  that  cost  25c.  including 
original  pri.ee  and  storage.”  These  stor¬ 
age  eggs  overhanging  the  market  tend  to 
prevent  any  sharp  recovery  in  general 
prices.  If  weather  continues  to  check 
fresh  shipments  the  storage  surplus  may 
he  marketed  without  further  decline.  On 
the  other  hand,  warm  weather  may  cause 
a  further  break  in  values.  Storage  men 
are  taking  heavy  losses  and  are  likely 
to  be  cautious  about  buying  eggs  at  high 
prices  for  the  next  storage  season.  While 
the  cold  weather  has  checked  Western 
shipments,  nearby  eggs  are  still  corning 
in  good  volume,  the  price  generally 
quoted  is  27o  or  2Se  for  choice  lots  as 
compared  with  25c  for  best  Western 
stock  and  13  to  18c  for  various  grades  of 
cold  storage  eggs. 
BUtTICR  CONDITIONS, 
The  hotter  market  in  Boston  has  been 
steady  ns  compared  with  New  York.  It 
has  ranged  close  around  32c  for  some 
time,  while  New  York  quotations  have 
been  jumping  about  in  an  erratic  man¬ 
ner,  ranging  from  30c  to  36c.  In  Bos¬ 
ton.  the  considerable  reserve  in  cold  stor¬ 
age  has  tended  to  steady  the  market,  and 
Boston  dealers  claim  they  have  used  su¬ 
perior  judgment  in  refusing  to  he  stam¬ 
peded  by  temporary  conditions.  A  steady 
market  i,s  preferred  by  all  concerned. 
Then  the  shipper  knows  about  what  he 
will  get  for  his  product  and  will  average 
about  the  same  as  in  a  market  that 
changes  rapidly,  and  the  retail  dealer  is 
much  better  off  because  he  knows  what 
to  charge  his  customers  from  day  to  day. 
The  flurries  in  the  New  York  and  West¬ 
ern  markets  have  been  all  in  the  fancy 
fresh  grades,  which  are  in  demand  by 
heist  hotels  and  other  classes  of  high- 
grade  trade.  Storage  butter  the  country 
over  has  been  steady  in  price.  A  lead¬ 
ing  Boston  receiver  thinks  the  reserve 
supply  "will  eat  up  clean  before  we  see 
grass  in  May.  There  is  no  need  to  get 
excited  about  higher  prices.  We  Boston 
dealers  are  going  on  a  conservative  basis 
and  expect  the  market  to  hold  until  the 
usual  Spring  increase  in  the  make  next 
month,  hut  the  future  of  the  market  de¬ 
pends  considerably  on  the  weather.  A 
cold,  late  Spring  will  tend  to  reduce  the 
output  aild  steady  the  market.”  Strict¬ 
ly  high  grade  offerings  of  creamery  ex¬ 
tra  hold  at  32c  in  the  tubs  and  33c  in 
box  and  print  form.  Creamery  firsts  in 
tubs  sells  at  2S  and  29c. 
I.OSTNO  VTONET  IN  APPLES. 
Apples  show  no  improvement  in  price, 
but  the  lower  values  quoted  are  said 
to  he  ludi dug  the  demand.  A  fair  range 
for  No.  1  Baldwins  is  $2  to  $2,50  per 
barrel.  A  little  fancy  fruit  brings  $3. 
Cold  storage  stock  is  mostly  at  $3  and 
$3.50  is  top.  This  means  that  most  of 
the  holders  are  losing  money.  One  deal¬ 
er  who  paid  over  $3  for  his  apples  last 
Fall  was  lucky  enough  to  sell  them  again 
early  in  the  season  at  $4.25,  but  such 
luck  is  unusual  and  most  dealers  have 
a  tale  of  woe. 
CRANBERRIES. 
The  cranberry  situation  is  rather  en¬ 
couraging.  Boston's  largest  receivers,  W. 
Benjamin  &  Co.,  estimate  the  supply 
left  on  the  Cape  does  not  exceed  2,000 
bids.  There  is  no  great  reserve  any¬ 
where  else  likely  to  affect  the  Boston 
market  unless  considerable  quantities  of 
New  Jersey  cranberries  should  come  from 
New  York;  as  the  New  York  market  is 
reported  over-supplied.  Boston  dealers 
are  worrying  a  little  over  the  chance  that 
the  attempt  may  he  made  to  unload  here. 
“Notice  these  New  Jersey  berries,”  said 
a  leading  dealer,  "and  compare  them  with 
(his  barrel  of  fancy  Ilowes  from  the 
Cape.  You  will  notice,  many  soft  ber¬ 
ries  in  the  New  Jersey  lot  and  that  the 
color  is  uneven  and  the  grading  poor. 
Wo  do  not  like  to  see.  these  cheap  berries 
coming,  because  poor  stuff  is  apt  to  drag 
down  the  market  for  the  good  stuff.” 
PRODUCE  NOTES. 
Hothouse  lettuce  shows  no  improve¬ 
ment  in  price,  not  many  lots  selling  above 
40  to  45c  per  box.  Fancy  hothouse  cu¬ 
cumbers  bring  $10  to  $11  per  box,  and 
lower  grades  from  $3  to  $9.  Mushrooms 
range  from  25c  to  35c  per  pound.  Mint 
is  50c  per  dozen  :  hothouse  tomatoes  50c 
per  pound.  Hothouse  dandelions  $1.50 
per  box.  Pascal  celery,  native,  is  $2.50 
per  dozen,  and  in  good  demand.  Onions 
are  not  keeping  well.  Good  to  fancy 
stock  brings  $2.50  to  $3  per  hag.  hut 
many  offerings  are  in  poor  condition. 
Sweet  turnips  are  quoted  from  $1.05  to 
$1.75  per  bag.  Native  cabbage  85c  per 
barrel.  Beets  05e  per  box.  Hothouse 
beet  greens  75c  per  box.  Carrots  95c  per 
box.  Parsnips,  unwashed  40c  per  box. 
Native  Hubbard  squash  $00  to  $75  per 
ton.  While  had  condition  of  the  roads 
interfered  with  hauling  potatoes  in  the 
country  districts,  likewise  the  cold  weath¬ 
er,  shipments  have  continued  to  arrive 
in  Boston  in  heated  cars,  and  the  supply 
here  is  ample.  Quotations  at  the 
Charlestown  yards  hold  at  $2.50  to  $2.55 
per  hag  of  two  bushels  of  standard 
grade.  The  field  bean  market  holds  fair¬ 
ly  steady  with  the  few  changes  rather 
down  than  up. 
The  only  noticeable  feature  of  the  meat 
trade  is  the  large  supply  of  lambs,  and 
quotations  are  firm  at  15  to  16c  for  East¬ 
ern.  Veals  are  also  in  moderate  supply, 
and  demand  is  sufficient  for  choice’  lots 
at  17c.  Other  grades  poor  to  good  range 
from  10  to  15c. 
Hides  and  pelts  arc  steady  to  firm, 
with  14  to  15c  quoted  for  steers  and 
cows:  22  to  23c  for  No,  1  calf  skins  per 
pound ;  deacon  and  dairy  skins  are 
quoted  40  to  75c  each  ;  sheep  skins  $1  to 
$2  each.  Northern  furs  are  quoted  as 
follows:  Bed  fox  $4  to  $0;  mink,  dark, 
$2  to  $4:  raccoon,  large,  $2  to  $3; 
skunk,  broad  strip  40c  to  00c,  narrow 
strip  75c  to  $1.  Muskrat.  Winter,  30c 
to  40c:  house  cat.  black,  10  to  25c. 
Shipments  of  hay  have  bpen  light,  hut 
demand  has  not  been  sufficient  to  ad¬ 
vance  quotation.  No.  1  Timothy  is  quo¬ 
ted  at  $26  per  ton  :  stock  hay  $15;  clover 
mixed,  No.  1.  $18;  swale  hay  $12.50; 
rye  straw  $14.25 ;  oat  straw  $10. 
VI ILK  REGULATION. 
Quite  a  storm  of  opposition  is  likely 
to  meet  the  hill  advanced  by  the  Massa¬ 
chusetts-  Board  of  Health.  It  concerns 
milk  producers  throughout  New  England 
as  well  as  in  Massachusetts,  because  it 
gives  the  Board  a  right  to  send  its  agents 
to  inspect  premises  where  milk  is  made 
for  shipment  to  Boston.  In  short,  it  is 
the  famous  Ellis  bill,  with  still  more 
drastic  provisions,  and.  unlike  the  re¬ 
vised  Ellis  bill,  it  gives  over  the  whole 
control  to  tin-  Board  of  Health  alone.  Xt 
gives  the  Board  power  to  issue  “reason¬ 
able”  regulations  regarding  conditions  of 
production,  transportation  and  sale,  and 
establishes  a  system  of  grading  A.  P.  and 
C,  raw  and  pasteurized  milk.  New  Eng¬ 
land  producers  have  always  objected  to 
being  placed  in  charge  of  such  bodies  as 
the  State  Board  of  Health,  believing  that 
~;ich  extreme  power  should  not  he  given 
tr  a  group  of  city  doctors  not  in  prac¬ 
tical  touch  with  the  business  of  milk  pro¬ 
duction  and  likely  to  delegate  their  pow¬ 
er  to  more  or  lehs  incompetent  agents. 
The  hill  will  meet  with  a  storm  of  op¬ 
position.  It  may  pass,  as  the  less  objec¬ 
tionable  Ellis  hill  did.  That  hill  was 
vetoed  by  the  Governor,  hut  no  one  ven¬ 
tures  to  predict  the  attitude  of  the  pres¬ 
ent  Governor  on  this  subject. 
A  convention  of  judges  of  fairs  will 
he  held  in  Amherst,  March  13.  as  a  part 
of  the  program  of  Farmers'  Week.  The 
object  is  to  exchange  ideas  to  improve 
the  standard  of  judging  at  agricultural 
fairs,  The  State  Board  of  Agriculture 
at  Boston  is  getting  out  a  new  bulletin 
on  standards  of  judging  vegetables;  the 
present  one  was  issued  ten  or  twelve 
years  ago,  and  new  types  have  arisen. 
