creamery  in  t  ubs  is  quoted  at  to  35 
cents  compared  with  .'hi  cents,  last  quot¬ 
ed,  and  while  the  market  appears  unset¬ 
tled  at  this  level,  dealers  are  unwilling  to 
The  fire  in  the  main  stock  buildings  at  take  any  lower  prices  because  there  is  no 
e  Brighton,  Mass.,  yards.  April  25,  actual  surplus  in  sight.  Said  Charles  II. 
used  a  loss  estimated  at  $70,000.  The  Stone  &  Co.:  “The  supply  has  increased 
citer  was  at  the  yards  only  a  few  hours  about  25  per  cent,  during  the  week,  and 
fore.  Trains  from  the  North  and  East  should  continue  to  gain  steadily  from  now 
id  been  unloaded,  and  at  least  400  cows  on.  The  trend  would  naturally  lie  toward 
ill  beef  cattle  were  in  the  main  barn,  lower  prices,  because  of  this  increase,  and 
ttendants  were  feeding  them  and  card-  the  lukewarm  buying  with  tendency  to 
g  them  off  ready  for  the  next  day's  ex-  take  only  small  lots,  hut  there  is  no  stor- 
eted  sale.  Hardly  more  than  100  cows  age  butter,  and  no  surplus  of  any  kind, 
uld  he  got  out  of  the  barn  after  the  Last  night  we  had  not  a  tub  left  in  the 
e  had  been  discovered  late  in  the  even-  store.  It  is  hard  to  say  whether  prices 
g.  and  about  300  v.cvc  lost.  Most  of  will  go  down  to  a  low  level  at  storage 
e  calves  and  hogs  in  the  yards  adjoin-  season.  Several  creameries  have  been 
g  had  been  removed  before  the  fire.  The  turned  into  cheese  factories  in  New  York 
is  of  all  these  cows,  worth  $40  to  $100  State  and  elsewhere,  thus  reducing  the 
eh.  will  prove  a  serious  mutter  to  some  butter  output  in  sight.  This  change  is 
the  dealers,  most  of  whom  buy  out-  caused  by  the  good  export  demand  for 
rht  from  the  fanners  and  sell  for  what-  cheese.  Exporters  take  twin  cheese  or 
er  profit  they  can  make.  A  few  dealers  eheddar  of  good  grade.  Most  of  our 
II  on  commission,  and  these  would  pass  Northern  cheese  is  from  New  York  State, 
e  loss  hack  to  the  owners  in  the  Vermont  has  practically  gone  out  of 
cheese  production,  although  we  still  get  a 
little  from  that  State.  Extra  Northern 
cheese  is  quoted  at  around  18  cents.  We 
have  bought  some  good  cheese  as  low  as 
17 Vi  cents  at  Vermont  shipping  points. 
The  difference  from  Boston  price  is  usual¬ 
ly  about  one-half  cent.” 
EGG  STORAGE  MODERATE. 
The  purchase  of  eggs  for  cold  storage 
has  been  in  moderate  amount,  so  far : 
considerably  less  than  one-half  that  of 
last  season  of  corresponding  date.  Buy¬ 
ers  are  hesitating  because  of  the  rather 
high  price  and  the  fact  that  they  mostly 
lost  money  last.  year.  "People  are  seared 
of  the  pinces,”  said  a  prominent  dealer, 
"and  refuse  to  store  so  many  eggs.  West¬ 
ern  eggs  storage  packed  cost  23  to  23 14 
cents,  and  will  have  to  sell  at  30  cents  to 
show  a  profit.  Storage  eggs  do  not  sell 
easily  when  they  get  up  to  30  cents. 
There  is  still  some  prejudice  against 
them,  and  the  law  requires  them  to  be 
marked  in  the  store  for  what  they  are,” 
The  cold  storage  situation  is  of  consider¬ 
able  interest  to  producers,  because  the 
market  throughout  the  year  is  affected  to 
some  extent  by  the  price  and  supply  of 
storage  eggs.  Scanty  haying  for  storage 
tends  to  depress  the  market  in  Spring, 
but  later  on.  if  the  supply  in  storage 
proves  not  sufficient,  it  helps  the  demand 
and  price  of  fresh  eggs  in  Fall  and  Win¬ 
ter.  because  there  is  no  great  storage  re¬ 
serve  overhanging  the  market.  Western 
collectors  are  paying  IS  cents  where  they 
paid  17  cents  last  year,  and  the  output 
is  reported  to  he  about,  the  same  as  last 
year.  There  is  still  time  for  the  situa¬ 
tion  to  change  in  these  respects.  A  spell 
of  warm  weather  would  no  doubt  depress 
pricey,  and  cause  large  quantities  of 
cheaper  eggs  to  be  put  in  storage. 
POULT  BY  SUPPLY  ST  1 1,1.  EIGHT. 
The  poultry  situation  shows  no  impor¬ 
tant  change  during  the  last  week  or  ten 
days,  at  least  so  far  as  concerns  dressed 
poultry.  Receipts  are  light,  and  some 
Western  shipments  have  been  consider¬ 
ably  delayed.  Prices  hold  firm  at  22 
cents  for  best  fowls  and  17  to  20  ceuts 
for  inferior  grades.  Spring  broilers  sell 
at  40  to  45  cents.  Chickens,  20  to  25 
cents.  Western  old  turkeys.  20  to  30 
cents.  Live  poultry  is  in  lighter  demand 
now  that  the  holiday  markets  are  over. 
Prices  are  off  one  or  two  cents  on  fowls 
and  20  cents  is  about  the  top  figure 
quoted.  Live  chickens  being  shipped  are 
mostly  of  inferior  grade  and  sell  a  little 
lower  than  choice  fowls. 
KU ITT  AND  GREEN  VEGETABLES  DEPRESSED. 
The  market  is  still  weak  on  apples  and 
perishable  truck.  Quotations  for  apples, 
however,  hold  about  the  same  for  choice 
grades,  but  poor  to  fair  lots  seem  hard  to 
sell  at  recent  figures.  Sales  are  still  re¬ 
ported  of  fancy  cold  storage  Baldwins  as 
high  as  $4.  The  general  range  for  such  is 
$3  to  $1.  Re-packed  apples  now  eotning 
mostly  front  Maine  are  quoted  from  $2 
to  $2.75.  hut  some  sell  much  lower.  Said 
Hall  &  Cole:  “Sales  at  this  season  are 
mostly  in  small  lots,  nobody  buys  large 
quantities  late  in  the  season.  A  barrel  of 
apples,  either  cold  storage  or  repacked, 
would  show  a  lot,  of  waste  before  it  is  all 
sold  wbeu  kept  a  few  days  in  a  warm 
grocery  store.  Retailers  have  not  put 
down  the  price  as  low  as  the  wholesale 
market  would  indicate.  They  are  still 
asking  40  to  75  ceuts  a  peek  and  that 
checks  the  demand,  but  they  are  not  mak¬ 
ing  much  money  at  that,  because  of  the 
shrinkage  on  account  of  warmer  weather 
and  the  lateness  of  the  season.  Any  bar¬ 
rel  of  apples  in  May  will  show  some 
shrinkage.  Retailers  do  not  like  to  han¬ 
dle  them  and  keep  them  mainly  for  ac¬ 
commodation.  There  is  still  a  good  many 
apples  to  he  sold  from  cold  storage,  some 
say  as  many  as  25  per  cent,  of  the  entire 
amount.  Only  the  cool  weather  has  pre¬ 
vented  a  bad  slump  in  the  apple  market,” 
A  North  Market  street  apple  man  re¬ 
ports  sale  of  a  load  of  Maine  Ben  Davis 
at  $1  a  barrel,  a  fairly  good  grade  of 
fruit,  and  quotes  the  market  for  such  at 
$1  aud  $1.12*4  per  barrel,  and  Baldwins. 
Maine  re-packed,  at  $1.50  to  $1.75.  He 
had  a  lot  of  Maine  Northern  Spys  of  fair 
grade  that  he  was  trying  to  sell  at  $1,50. 
These  prices  show  the  pressure  on  the 
market  to  sell  apples  that  are  below 
choice  grade.  These  apples  were  better 
than  No.  2.  although  not  a  choice  No.  1. 
Cranberries  are  practically  out  of  mar¬ 
ket,  except  for  a  few  very  inferior  lots, 
(Continued  on  page  735.) 
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cold,  hard  floor  will  never  be  as  pro¬ 
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Cold  concrete  or  wet  plank  floors 
cause  rheumatism,  bunchy  joints  and 
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