Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-20
Market Notes

NdEMCL 1NOCCS
Shippers of sheep and lambs appar-
emily saw the handwriting on the
wall" yesterday for the receipts or
fresh stun was not SO liberal and
prices In general made a neat recovery.
Some fat lambs were UP CSC from the
low spot Monday and sheep up 100 $50.
Another low spot uncovered In the
average price OF hogs yesterday. 17.eS
than Monday, Csc lower than week
ago and 35c off from the high spot last
Thursday. This Is the lowest average
| since last February. Pigs again had
,, the biggest loss.
There was mighty little ginger 10
the cattle market yesterday especially
after the advance car report was 10
sued, heavy midweek run Is looked
for and packers became ''chesty" over
tho prospects for lower prices.
Farmers and Drovers' Journal res
ports slaughtering Of hogs in the west
for the week at 100000. compared with
$4,000 the previous week and $4,000
last year. Cattle slaughtered, 100000:
sheep. $4,000; calves, $1,000.
South Dakota messages are showing
a shortage in hogs. The Savers Grain
company had Sioux Falls "a. d. re-
port saying: About II per cent Of the
hogs around here have either died or
been marketed" Hartford, S. b., said:
Farmers for ten miles around here
averaged only two hogs each. Montross
and Ellis, 8. D., say the same. All these
points expect to ship much more corn
than ever before. Corn averaging 40 to
| SO blu per acre OF good quality. Lot OF
fcorn sold here to go to Kansas City
and Omaha"
of shipments have been large and re-
ceipts should be heavy for tho next
month" said Kansas City message.
1.-THE demand is for car at time
from Kansas ana Missouri feeders, and
is not urgent or large. Ono OF Our
friends in Kansas who has bought 100
cars corn here in the last two months
corn during the balance Of the crop
year as they have used up to this
time"
Considerable amusement was caused
among traders by a report to the effect
that corn grown In Ireland haS been
imported into Canada. In discussing
| INlS new IehLuT6 ~ IEAOeF says HI0Os
ably the corn imported into Canads
from Ireland 10 In exchange for exports
Of bananas grown in Saskatchewan.
The production Of each In the two
countries Is about the same"
Omaha cash corn broke n @2hc yes
terday, mostly on new, making about
4c decline in the past few days, due to
offerings being in excess OF demand,
the latter being very slow, while Kan.
sas City was h@1Mc lower, with u
ovor unsold st. Louis was on h@1o
and reported the demand as very poor,
while Peoria was unchanged on old
and unchanged to Nc higher on new,
| receipts Of the latter being 13 cars.
| Chicago prices were lowered A@kc,
with shipping sales Of $4,000 blu. Pur-
chases to arrive were 10000 bu. In
under December and $4,000 bu No. 5
1 yellow at 4Hc under December for
| December January shipment, but the
total days business materially exceed
ed this figure. being estimated at 200.-
900 blu.
an active demand being witnessed at
i Chicago, with shipping sales Of $780,
900 bu, including 100000 bu No. q hard
| winter to Baltimore exporters, all rail
! shipment. in addition to which 100000
bu was sold Monday and not reported.
Kansas City. st.. Louis and Omaha
. were nc lower. with 95 cars carried
! Omaha sold 10000 bu direct to the sea-
board. Milwaukee was of lie.
Cash oats prices were 4 q &c lower
1 at Chicago, with shipping sales or
j $4,000 blu. st. Louis, Kansas City and
/ Milwaukee were unchanged ana Omaha
T0A = - 49,
/ Export sales Of wheat in all positions
i yesterday aggregated $4,000 bu includ-
ing 10000 bu durum. $4,000 blu hard
! winter and $4,000 blu Manitobas. There
| has been better business In domestic
wheat the past fey days than the
i been made here to seaboard handlers at
4 Baltimore and Philadelphia, and the
latter reported room taken for 80 loads
late Monday. including 20 loads to Rot
! terdam, which was understood to bU
] for Manitobas.
i The Chicago Live Stock World has
| the following to say in regard to the
| wool market: THE wool situation 10
clarifying. Foreign markets are flrm
| and the trade IL optimistic. Manufac-
i turers will naturally buy as little staple
as possible until free trade becomes ef.
| fective, but American bidding at recent
London sales was indicative OF their
4 needs. The domestic grower is now Ia
a position where he must develop the
/ mutton phase OF his business to the
i fullest extent possible, putting wool on
q by-product basis. This means the
use Of good rams and winter care"
Canada is very short on mutton and
/ will be compelled to import considers
able frozen stuff during the next year.