Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-29
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, November 29-Flour-
Quiet and nominally lower. Wheat
Starting lower under easier Liverpool
cables and scattered local selling, wheat
soon steadied up on unfavorable weather
in northern Argentina and covering over
the holidays. December. 97a97M: May,
1.02 3-16a1. 02%.
Pork-Steady.
Beef-Steady.
Lard-Easy; middle west 9.2Oa9.3O.
Raw sugar--Quiet; Muscovado, 50 test,
4.56; centrifugal, SO test, So; molasses,
SO test. 1916. Refined easy.
Petroleum-Steady.
Enthusiastically.
Hay-Quiet.
Enthusiastically. Leather-Firm
Butter-Receipts. 1872 packages: steady;
specials. creamery. 371a: extras, 361s
firsts, 33a35; seconds 3Oa32: thirds. 27a2S:
creamery held, specials. "a; extras, 32a33
firsts. 2912a31; state dairy. common to
fair, 23a2S; process, specials, 26a261z: ex-
tras, %.
Cheese-Firm: receipts, o2s3 boxes;
skins, 12a13A
Eggs-Steady; receipts, 1908 cases; re-
frigerator dirties. Hale: state, Pennsylva-
mia and nearby hennery fancy, new laid
5jaJ7; do. selected whites, fair to good
45a52
All other grades of butter, cheese and
eggs unchanged from Mondays prices.
PoultryrAlive easier: western chickens
9a1Ok: fowls. 9a1O@: turkeys, 15a1S
dressed weak: western chickens. 6a16
Turkeys. dry packed. 17a22; iced, 12a1S
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, November 29.-Reports O.
disappointing yields in the Sante Fe anC
Cordoba districts of the Argentine CAV.
the wheat market today a quick upturn
Estimates were received that the thresh
ing output showed reduction Of 10 pei
cent from what had been expected tive
weeks ago. 1t was also stated that tn,
harvest In the two provinces was maknl
only slow progress, owing to rains during
the week. Small yields appeared due t.
damage by rust and frost in October Be
fore this news was at hand the marke
had displayed declining tendency. Open
ing figures were II lower to haA advance
May opened shade off to BaN I'D a.
9S1s to 1884, receded to 9SA and then ROSE
to 9s7sa99
With country offerings moderate ant
good commission buying corn developed
quite a little strength. The bulge in wlea,
cut considerable figure. May started {
shade higher at "a, touched 637sa64 ant
advanced to 64A.
Trade in oats was largely in the way Of
changing December holdings to May. Be
sides there were many resting orders II
buy the deferred option. That month
| started a one-sixteenth off to a Xix,
4oas
Scalping shorts took all the offering,
Increased in price furnished the incentive
First sales were 21z to 12h higher, with
May delivery 16.5Oa16.521s for pork. 9.47h
for lard and s67h for ribs.
Shorts covering on account Of tomor-
rows holiday sent prices yet higher. but
the market later eased of owing t.
scarcity Of vessels here to move grain
The close was steady, with May 1sc ur
at 99a93is.
Cash grain-wheat-No. 2 red. 94l4a
ssh; No. 3 red. 2AaS4k; No. hard.
So y a1.02; No. 8 hard, 94a1.00: No.
northern, Locale 9: No. northern. 1.O5a
los: No. northern, 1.03a1.07: No. 3
| spring, 99a1.06: No. 4 spring, S5a1.05;
velvet chaff. s5a1.04: durum, 90al.05.
Corn-No. 9. old. 6s: No. 2. yellow, old
7Ois; No. 3. 62a621s: No. 3. white. 62a621s
No 2. yellow. 63a63ls; No. 3. DID, 20: No
4. 5sAa59k: No. 4. old. 65h; No. 4, white
5Ss4aJ0aa: No. 4. yellow, 59I4a601s.
Oats-No. 2. white. 4sza491z: No. 3
white. 47Aa4SN No. 4, 45Aa46 No. 4
| white, 47a4sh standard. 4s1sa49K.
Rye-No. 2. 91a911s.
Barley-75a1.25.
Timothy-13.O0a15.25.
Cloyer-13.50a20.2 %.