The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-17

ago. The stocker demand remains good for The
HoGSrhe receipts Of hogs were ralher small.
arrivals amounting 70 only around 4.Vo heeS.
sac "Wednesday. The quality was not quite =
sod a. the Ldst DAY or 20. Eo%eSsF'
ciuoed M Elarset oyencd Sltn ouysdS ~
ne m.rs-t irr-c.saTiv Ioyrsr, In general. tse
good mecium and heavy butcher and pacHiS
. eis ami Sfxea SoSs were &c lower tnan Jne bs4s
tine Wednesday AID very SLOW sa.e- hogs slE
= ~ $50 "a 60 ,i.bfs .Sox.S 5ut IiTts
decline. White tse trashy onrs and little commas
PIGS were almost unstable At any price AZ y
sod Tue late market vas q little better thh
FaiE TO best butcher and heavy hoss soid s.
Srl-G; good medium weights and oacSeTs II y
et3. The hulk at -o5GLI5 lights. 10 20 I'D loE
at S.55gLIo. the Du,k at ss-sJas: lights. iy e
10 Ms. at ssUS55. pigs at ssaE9: roughs aaa
The top q the market was SIS and the sqA
20. against a top Of S.p. and the bulk at tiR
H~ORSES-The horse market this week was bcs-
ter than last. During last week the temaEf
was iaieTfeTed wlIa by 5noEss.Tm- Ssd a
being shown on choice EasIern oIsrings' Thsss
drawbacks were all eliminated during the pIa-
ent week. and Eastern buying wvrt back TO ~
pTiees vas regainsd and the market paced ha4
On an active and very satisfactory scale th
week began with moderate Teee1pts owing 20
last weeks equations: ard this 5Se, vas Sss
more urgent movement There has been a. mneh
competition as al any time for choice 10 exus
OF sales has been ven high A notaoie teasrrc
vas the large propoficn or noFs@ selling De
tioEs were made in harness horses Including
,insis Sninals srom So to S9 sPd Y2lss at
and Il has been many months sine sIsh high
wers made Thursday' thus showing that tire
market IS closing the week strong Farm horses
much as other classes. their Improvement berg
represented mostly BY lust a slight strengthen
aorss quotations:
Hsayy D~Tat,TSomTSn 70 SOD iSal9 efSss
fair 10 good. S@ss0 god % choice FSsg4ie
e SsSse 10 hot extra As ssoGesS- Horses f6r fhe soa.a.
small. light drivers. tir TO Sod. @og{: ehoc-
Is Expert no TO l.S0 Ms, pain 20
good. $3.50: choice TO extra 3ioSIl9. 6as.ne-s
sI@Eis. ssddisrs Tor Southern uss-Fair to xo0a
ysa%o; choice e extra sleealS' fancy EaiSed snd
connon, small plugs HOE9: heavy work plugs
M~ULEs-ReceIp. Of mules have been a i.ttis
lsrse- this week than last: there have been mere
more horse shippers have Included e few ons--
tnSs fer this branch Of trade with their horse
crate and n5ne TOO large Tor the demand PRE-
yAiliag he marie: has ben st,Sns sna has r-
before. The Eainstay OF activity has been 4
bss b4an 81 ratbar sseoSSSry importsnce. IL il
a matter Of surprise how good the Southern trade
doubt largely explained BY the hesitation OF
planters 10 buy earlier in the season on aceount
OF the high prices. which they had hopes would
recede somewhat. The active call this week
from southern sources kept loeal dealers CT.
market was fully as strong as any period during
the year Sellers had easy selling. for buyers
were after the decent mules as quickly as they
arrived and there was no hagEiing over prizes
Dealers bid right ID TO the notch. and Eot the
mules quickly. The only classes which did not
sell favorably were the thin rough mules. and
especially snail ones OF this class
Mule quotations for broke mules. 4 TO ! wears