Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-12


from August. was even more ! surprise
than the wheat.
The provision pit 10 becoming some-
what exercised over the hog supply.
Good authorities are coming In from the
west and declaring there was q severe
loss of pigs last winter and predicting
that the provision people. who are fg-
uring that q huge corn crop means q
great hog supply, will be disappointed
between now and January. Receipts OF
hogs have been small, although prices
have been unusual. This fact, ignored
for a while, is beginning to make an inn
preston. It Is of the utmost import
ance to the man WHO'S trading In JAM
uary product to decide whether there is
to be good run OF hogs in the next
three months. for January product Is on
the basis Of &c hogs, and prices at the
yards now are nc over that. The fol-
lowing letter from Iowa to Messrs. Nor.
ton-Switzer was passed around in the
provision pit yesterday and received
consideration: "Northboro, Ia.-On my
stay in western markets made it a
point to inquire of farmers about the
probable supply of hogs. I found that
my conviction that nearly all January
and February pigs were lost during the
severe cold in February Is right. lost
myself from ITO good January pigs, ali
but five. My nearest neighbor, care
full herdsman, lost over forty and had
none left. talked in South Omaha
with feeders from nearly every corner
of Iowa, who come there to buy feeding
cattle. They said January and Febru-
airy pigs were lost everywhere-abou
all OF them. They did not freeze to
death, but rather starved because the
sows would not go out to eat except in
a hurry, and then hustled back to shell
ter and dried up. AS January pigs were
too weak to live on corn they all died
along with February pigs. OF the March
pigs we lost about 20 to 25 per cent be-
cause of snow, rain and mud. We never
had worse. April, May and June pigs
are, think. somewhat more than the
average. The loss of early pigs will be
felt in the market during the last
months of this year. There will not be
near such run as in the last three
months OF 1898. After that I think the
run will be nearly as heavy as this sum-
mer."
Local Mark cts.
The following prices quoted are as
nearly correct as it is possible to OBJ
tain. The quotations are for prices paid
by dealers, corrected Tuesday after
noon.
GRAIN AND FEED.
w. n. Sloppy reports. the following
prices:
wheat-54@5s.
Oats-171s.
Corn-25.
Flax-Sc.
Rye-43@44.
Hay-Tame. loose. 1000: wild, loose.
900.
Timothy -S5M95.
Clover-3. 50@3.75.
CORN.
The Glucose Sugar Refining Com
pany quotes price OF 25H cents per
bushel for corn of No. grade and BET
ter.
LIVE STOCK.
Receipts today, nominal.
Britain & Co. is paying the follow
ing prices for hogs in wagon load lots:
Selected light. 100 to 200 pounds. 3.75.
Selected mixed, 200 u $50 pounds. 3.75.
Selected heavy over $50 pounds. 3.75.
| Coarse and rough, SO cents less than
the above prices.
Stass ahd piggy SoWS graueo accoru-
| ing to quality after reduction. Rough
includes thin old sows. milky bellies
and hogs unfit for packing. Premium
hogs must be smooth and fairly we'll
fatted.
All hogs subject to government in
spection.
PROVISIONS.
Marshalltown grocers quote the fol-
lowing prices for country produce:
| New potatoes-2OGe5 cents per bushel
| Beans-1.35 per bushel in trade.
Eggs-10 cents in trade.
| Butter-Dairy, 16 cents in trade.
Apples-Home grown. Duchess, 40@5t
cents per bushel.
POULTRY.
Spring chickens-s91o cents pei
pound.
Turkeys-s17 cents.
Ducks-6 cents.