Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-04
MARKET NOTES

Actual receipts at Chicago stock
yards for November, 2l!,O44 cattle
6t0,761 hogs and 62l,741 sheep, or IA
$50 less cattle, 1894 more hogs and
2S,471 less sheep than year ago. Re-
ceipts first eleven months OF year, q
26o,73S cattle, 6.6S2,4Q1 hogs and 1898,
121 sheep, or 135,628 less cattle, 49,
Sa4 more hogs and 15S.764 less sheep
than same period year ago.
The average weight Of hogs received
a, the Chicago Union Stock Yards dur
ing November was lbs lighter tnan
In October, Is lbs lighter than In NO
vember, 1912, and Id lighter than In
November, 1911.
Raw wool went on the free list Mon
day under the provisions of the new
tariff act. Figures on wool that had
been held in bonded warehouses tc
await admission free OF duty are not
available, but it Is estimated that prob
ably s1,OO0,000 worth was IN bond IN
New York alone.
Philadelphia manufacturers with
drew more than 100000 pounds OF
raw wool from bonded warehouses un-
der the free raw wool clause or the
new tariff law, according to estimates
Of customs house officials. Most OF
the wool came from New Zealand
England and Ireland.
Demand for cash wheat yesterday
was the best in some time. total sales
late Monday and yesterday aggregatins
400. 900 bu, mainly hard winter to sea.
board exporters, who later reported
100. 900 bu sold abroad. At the same
time 100000 bu taken in on December
contracts sold at a premium OF NC over
December in store. Outside markets
also experienced better demand st
Louis being 1c higher on hard and
firm on red winter, while Kansas City
was unchanged, Omaha unchanged to
NC higher and Milwaukee n pic
higher.
Cash corn prices at Chicago were
unchanged to NC higher on new and
unchanged to NC lower on old, oner-
ings of the latter being very small
Shipping demand was slow, with sales
of 10000 bu, but country traders who
scld No. yellow to arrive and nave
heen unable to fill their contracts are
being forced to cover in the sample
market. No. 8 mixed is selling at S@ &C
under December. which led to rumors
that 1t might be delivered on Decem =
Der contracts at &c penalty, al
though showing good loss. Receipts
today are estimated at 100 cars. Kansas
City reported a good shipping demand
with sales exceeding 100000 bu. sample
prices there being II ole higher. St
Louis was 1@2c higher. with an active
call Omaha was unchanged to q
higher, Peoria n ale higher and Mil
waukee NC higher.
Cash oats at Chicago were in good
demand yesterday. shipping sales ag-
gregating 100000 bu, with sample
prices H@Ac higher. st. Louis was
unchanged to NC higher, Omaha kc
higher and Kansas City, Peoria and
Milwaukee unchanged.
Farmers and Drovers' Journal re-
ports Strengthening Of hogs In the west
for the week at $4,000, compared with
Gs4,O0O the previous week and 65O,0OO
last year. Cattle slaughtered, $4,000;
sheep, 100000; calves. $4,000.
It was the gossip Of the oats trade
that elevator interests had greatly
,fnderestmited the quality or oats SOLO
to go out. and the readiness with which
the deliveries were taken on December
contracts was surprising. Estimates on
the quantity sold for shipment range
from 5000 900 to 100000 blu with con-
sentative people figuring on 100000
blu. OF this amount receipts for 1850
OOo bu have already been Cancelled for
shipment, Of which several cars Will be
shipped to Texas. These figure only
nc over what they could be laid down
from Kansas City, after paying
freight rate Of 29c per 100 lbs to Texas
points.
kansas will mill 100000 blu or
more wheat this year. 100000 bu
more will be used for seed, 100000
bu for feed and 100000 bu have al
ready been shipped from the state TO
Kansas City, California, St. Louis ana
for EXPORT" wired Kansas City. Kan
sas mills have shipped back into the
state from Nebraska and Kansas City
about 100000 blu. The above figures
account for $4,000. 900 bu wheat out OF
the Kansas crop of S0,0O0,OOO blu, or
: zoo. 900 bu more than Secretary CO.
burns final figures, and we have only
5000. 900 and the carry over from 1912
crop to supply outside needs and re-
serves during the next sever months.
iowa ia again well represented in the
international Live Stock Show at Chi
cago. The firm of Fischer & Ryan OF
Irwin are the largest exhibitors. Their
display consists Of eight carloads OF
Angus cattle. This is also the record
showing made by any ons flrm. six
loads has been the previous high mark
MI. Fischer holds the worlds record as
the results Of his exhibits, sweeping
the field in 1911, winning more honors
than any one else. They have SO far
this week captured second, fourth
fifth, ninth and eleventh with six head
The Iowa Judging team won first
place yesterday in the judging OF cat
tie. fifth on horses, tenth on sheep and
sixth on hogs.
For the first time in the history OF
the exhibition, English sheep are en-
tered.
About Is per cent Of the visitors at
the show Monday were farmers. Many
from Iowa and the middle west.
The entries Of Shorthorn cattle are
tho best ever seen. The individual en-
tries are the greatest in the world.
Iowa is a close second In the entry
list of Galloway cattle. Seven states
contributed in this class, Kansas first
Close Of November found the sheep
and lamb market in bad shape, but not
until the last two days did buyers raid
prices. Closing values were about SOC
lower on aged sheep and largely 75c of
on lambs from the high time of the
month, while yearlings held up within
CSC Of best levels.
When the market was at its best
prices in the lamb and yearling d.
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