The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-18
LIVE STOCK
QUOTATIONS
DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF 1908
OVER PREVIOUS YEAR.
OF LOWERING TENDENCY
In Both Hogs and Live Stock in ALI
Ccnters. Interior Movement of
Wheat Shows How Largely the Pro-
ducing Areas Have Increased.

Washington, ID. C.--The annual
summary of domestic trade move
ments for 1908, as reported by the
Department Of Commerce and Labor
through its Bureau of Statistics, in
dlcates that the distinctive feature
OF the live stock trade at interior
markets was the lowering trend Of
prices compared with those of 1902.
At the end of 1902, hogs averaged
S6.2S per hundred pounds at Chicago,
compared with $3.50 in 1908, in spite
or reduction in annual supply at
i've markets, from 1876, 1O4 head in
1901, to 15,614,139 head in 1902 and
l5,Ol4,911 head in 1903. Beef cattle
prices fell from $6.75, the annual av-
erage Of 1902, to 1870 in 1908, with
receipts at four markets increasing
from :, PA ACT head in 1901 to no.
$50 head in 1902 and S,326,OSS head
IN 1903. The grand total of live
stock received at the Ave markets
Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, ST.:
Louis and st. Joseph-was 32,9S3,6O1
head in 1903, in contrast with 32,673,-
2S6 head in 1902, and 34,143, 776 head
IN 1902, and 34,143,776 head in 1901.
Provision stocks OF cut meats on De-
cember 81, 1908, were 147,028,951
pounds against 176,616,,1 pounds a
year before at FIVE markets reporting.
Important among staple movements
at interior centers are wheat receipts
at eight markets. For the crop year
20 January l, 1904, total Of 1851
!S5 bushels was reported, compared
With 174,7s6,255 bushels in 1902, and
l61 ,393,479 bushels in 1901. Most
marked gains were mace Sc Kansas
City, where 27,131, 766 bushels arriv-
I'd IN the last six months Of 1903, in
contrast with 19,6S4,30O, bushels in
l902,-and 15,656,954 bushels in 1901,
indicating how rapidly Southwestern
wheat growing areas have expanded.
During the year Minneapolis milling
drew heavily on this areas output,
giving north-and-south current to
he domestic wheat trade and Compel
.ng with the gulf and lake ports for
control of traffic.
Trunk lines to the seaboard car
lied S2,029,000 bushels of grain from
Chicago and Chicago points alone in
1903, averaging 1,54S,000 bushels per
week, against 75,945,000 bushels, aver
aging 1,433.000 bushels per week in
1902, and 106,S52,0Oo bushels
)r 100000 bushels per week
n 1901. Flour shipments showed
tendency to diminishing volume, f.
1929 barrels, SS,213 per week, hav-
ing been sent in 1903. compared with
1902, and 7,14O,230 barrels, 134,721
45,S9S,599 barrels, 92,426 weekly, in
weekly, In 1901. While the grain
movement is most variable, and -four
shipments have decreased, provision
tonnage made gradual gains, The av-
prage weekly shipment Of provisions
was 27,106 tons in 1903, 26,11O tons
IN 1902, and 25,594 tons In. 1901, or
total of ], 1868 tons, 1,3S3,S51 tons,
and 1,356,503 tons for the respective
years.
Shipments of grain by the Erie ca
nal from Buffalo during the season of
1903 reached the total of 17,499, III
bushels, of which 4,6S3,610 bushels
were wheat, 6,566,297 bushels corn, 3d.
h5,759 bushels oats, 100000 bushels
barley, and 429,551 bushels rye. Ship
ments in 1902 were 16,1S2,634 bushels.
and in 1901 1S,o2s,66O bushels were
shipped.
The average freight on wheat by
way Of Erie Canal from Buffalo to
New York is reported at slightly less
than 4 cents per bushel.
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