Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-13

New corn has commenced to press
upon the market. sales to arrive at
Chicago Yesterday being 100000 bu No.
ments at s@sKo under December,
said to be the widest discount under
May in some years. Shipping demand
was curtailed by poor wire service and
sales aggregated only $4,000 blu, with
sample prices h0Hc lower. Included
in the days sales were 20 cars OF new
corn. sample grade, bringing eo@s3c,
, while No. was esQe4Ao. and No. 9
choice yellow. Peoria was unchanged
on old and new, with receipts OF cars
Of the latter. none Of which graded be-
low No. I, and ono car of white from
Iowa graded No, 2 white tested 16 per
cent moisture and sold at CSC, or the
same as No. yellow, while No. 4 was
CSC. New No. yellow at Milwaukee
sold at roc. The edge was of the de-
mand In the southwest, with Kansas
Omaha was unchanged to Nc higher.
Trading in cash wheat was feature
less, demand having been curtailed by
tho bulge In futures, sales 1t CHICAGO
being only 10000 blu. A cargo Of Duluth
wheat was bought to come to Chicago
Monday. st. Louis, Kansas City and
Milwaukee prices were unchanged
auu OI1dHd nv Hl8uCI. tt
A few cars Of Canadian oats are be-
ing received at Chicago daily. all rail,
but are not grading we'll, having too
much dirt and wild oats. the bulk OF the
receipts going No. 3 and under. Ship
ping demand yesterday was slow, with
sales Of $4,000 bu. Sample prices hero
and at Milwaukee were 4 q Nc lower.
St. Louis and Peoria unchanged to hc
lower, Omaha unchanged and Kansas
City Nc lower.
What little corn is moving II going
to remote points and at fancy prices
said Des Moines (Iowa) message.
Country paying no attention to bids
from terminals, but waiting for these
windfalls For instance Atchison bid
Tic for No. 3 and 711ac for No. 3 yell
low, ten days shipment"
No abandoned acreage has been con-
sidored In corn. In response to an In
quiry to the head Of the statistical bu-
reau OF the department Of agriculture
as to whether the department had
taken into consideration the abandoned
corn acreage in making its monthly
reports, or whether any abandoned
acreage would be shown In tho ANAL re-
port the following reply was received
yesterday: Abandoned corn acreage
be reflected In the yield per acre esti-
mate"
A leading local house sent out the
following in regard to corn conditions:
THE visible supply Ia nearly 5000, 900
bu. compared to 2,2oo, 900 blu 4 year ago.
Old corn on the tables II selling az q
Sc over December: last year 1000 over
Price May corn today, TOO; Year ago,
below b0c. Argentine corn IL competing
with American corn at much lower
prices. December Argentina corn In
Liverpool Is sac. Old corn In farmers
hands 100000 blu more than last
year; economies In consumption Of
corn by the use OF substitute feeds ID
heavy, with less cattle and hogs to feed
this year. The movement Of new corn
should be heavy after the nrst Of the
month. May corn 10 zoe higher than
last year, and, adding surplus carry
over above last years to the govern
mont November figures. we have crop
Of 2,537, 100000, or only 132.000,0o0 bu.
less than the ten year average. Thsre
is practically no corn contracted for
shipment east this year, against 6,oo0,-
600 to 10000 blu a year ago at this
time"