Charlevoix county herald., 1907-02-02
THE MARKETS.

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Detroit-Light run of cattle and mar
| ket active. There was quite a number
of good prime steers on sale, and as
high as 50 75 was paid for them. Good
grades were dull at from SIS to S25 per
head. Extra dry-fed steers and heif-
ers, $5@S %; steers and heifers, 1000
1 80; steers and heifcrs, 900 to 1900,
! Si@4 rs; choice fat cows, SO 50@4 10;
s0%s g9Sa fss GoW: $S 2S@ sp common
choice ob heavy heavy bulls; So 59@i: fair to
bullS 81 50a3 -: choice feeding steers.
500 to 900, 81 75@ 4: fair feeding
stockers, 500 to 700, 81 1913 %; fair
stockers, 500 to 700. 81 5OG3; stock
heifers. So 50@3; mixers. large, young,
medlum me age s35QSO; common mixers.
The veal calf trade was about tho
! same as last week. Best grades. 81 80
as 90; mediums, So 1901; common and
The sheep and lamb trade was active
at last weeks opening prices. 81 35
81 25 az s5; fair to good lambs, So 75
| a.; light TO common lambs. So 1906:
fair TO good butcher sheep, 81 1906 %;
| culls and common, 1904 %.
! The hog trade was active and pigs
We're 15c higher and other grades 10c
! higher than last week. A few choice
grades brought IS 10; bulk of sales
to good butchers Sc 65@s 10; pigs,
Sc 1905 rs; light yorkers, $6 609S 20;
roughs, IS 1905. Stays one-third off.
| Chicago-Common to best steers -
81 % 30; S;,;,o COWS s$g4 O.; heifers; s2 5oS
'Hogs-Market strong choice heavy
shipping, s6 6Oas 65; light butchers,
S6 60@6 6?1s light mixed. 50 571a0 %
1 nj
Sheep-Market 1oc lower; sheep. s3a
!5;o yearlings, 81 60@6 40; lambs, S. rs
all desirable grades; stockers and feed
ers dull; no demand, especially for
light grades; export steers. $3.50 O@6,25;
1000 to 100. $4.6Oa5.25 best cows,
S425 q 465; fair to good. SO a $50; trim
mers. $3.50; best heifers. $4.5005.25;
| medium to good. $3.50M4; best feeders
S4.25 4.50; best yearings, 1925 D3.50 :
! common steers. $2.75 a ): export bulls,
$4.25 a 40; bologna bulls. s3.25 q $50; !;
! stock bulls. $25O@3; fresh cows. So per
head lower; good TO extra, S43@51;
! medium 10 good $23d32; common, $1S
20; good many late arrivals holding
Hogs-Market higher; medium and
heavy, $6.95; workers., 81 pigs, 1925.
Sheep-Market active; native lambs,
ling, $3.50 a so; wethers. $3.50 a $40;
ewes, $5 n 5.25. Calves steady; best,
$3.50; heavy, $3.50 a $50.
Grain. Etc.
Detroit-Cash No red. 77hc; May,
10000 bu at S2Hc,. 1000 bu at 50 sc,
10000 bu at SIC. 10000 bu at 81 sc,
10000 bu at 81 s4c, 5000 bu at 81 &c.
10000 bu at 81 iac; July. 5000 bu at sic,
1000 bI at S07sc, 15,000 bu at S0M C,
10. .0Oo bu at SO5sc, 5000 bu at 80 z c.
| 5000 bu at S0lsc. 10000 bu at SOH c;
| No. red. 751 15c: No. / white. 77c
Corn-Cash No. 3, Ac; No. ycl-
Oats-Cash No. 3 white 41c nominal
Cloverseed-Prime spot. so bags at
So 45; February, IS AZ; March. 400
! bags at SS 55. 200 at $S 521a prime al
sike, 81 So; sample alsike bags at 81.
Rye2Cash No. .. csc nominal.
Beans-Cash. 81 so; February, 81 80
nominal.
inal.
Machinery for two plants for the
manufacture of turpentine from pine
stumps is being built n Bay City, and
n a short time tho old stumps will
be articles of considerable value in
itead of a worthless menace TO good
arming.
Corn, which the farmers of the lower
peninsula report to be OF better quail
~ than that raised by themselves, is
aid TO have been raised by Joseph
'peilmacher. of Ironwood township,
Who says that he planted the seed, of
the Strawberry Dent variety. May "a,
and that when he harvested it from
cSe acre he got lQl1. bushels.