Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-30
HEAVIER HOGS
ADVANCE TODAY
LARGER VARIETIES OF LOCAL
PORkERS RISE A NICKEL
OTHER STOCK STEADY.

The morning quotations on local
hogs indicated a rise OF 1--WE cents IN
the heavier weights, the lighter variety
remaining unchanged. No change is
made in any of the other lists. To-Day
markets follow:
WORCESTERSHIRE Stock.
Hogs-12O@150, 1855; 1906 $50, $500:
1900 zoo. $3.50; 2oO@ 22O. $40; 22o@
24O, s7.45; 24o and over, $3.50: packers
and feeders, s6.sO@7.s0.
Cattle-Choice corn fed heifers, $50
6.25 good heifers, S5.5006; common to
fair light heifers, IS; choice corn req
cows, $5.5o@s; good cows. $5Q5.6o;
common to fair cows: s4@5: Gamers
$3@3.5O: bologna bulls, $4.7S@5.o0:
butcher bulls, e5.50@6; choice ignt
calves, se.75@7; good light calves, so
common to fair calves. IS.
Lambs-Choice lambs. .s5.eb@e;as;
good lambs, $4.75@5; fair lambs. $50
s.75: good yearlings. s3.75@4.25
Good sheep-$3@s.5o; fair sheep. -
@2.50.
Grain and Hay.
Grain and hay-Street prices-Oats
s4@35c; straw. s4@5; hay, slogds;
wheat, 74@75c; rye. $4,000: corn 7oc;
Hides, Wool and TaIIow.
Hides-No. 1 cured. 12c; No. cured
Sc: green, No. 1, 100: green, No. 2, &C.
Wool-Medium combing, selected, -
620c: coarse combing, 1S@19c; me-
dunn clothing. 17@1sc: braid ana
coarse. 15@16c: light fine. $50 iSc;
heavy, fine, 13@14c: bury (sltghtly)'
.S015c; bury (hard) 12@13c.
Beeswax and tallow-Beeswax. NO.
i. 25c: No. 2. 22c.
Tallow-No. 1. SIC: No. 2. &c.
Butter fat-No. / 32c: No. 2, 29c.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Creamery butter 32@32c: country
butter grocers pay, 25@Soc: eggs
grocers pay 26c.
Poultry -fThese prices are paid to
producer: Hens. ehc; ducks. w 1nte
turkeys, 141sc: geese &c; guineas, each
Csc: spring turkeys, zoe.
RETAiL-FIour and Feed.
Flour and feed-Graham flour, per
sack. soc: corn chops per cwt.. sl.7o;
shorts per cwt., $1.65: bran, per cwt.,
$155: corn, new, per bu., Toe; nay, per
cwt.. 75c: straw. per cwt. 40 % 5oc; meal
per sack cnc: corn and oat chop. per
cwt, s175: corn chop, 20 lbs, 4oc; OIL
meal, per cwt, 81.
ButterWcountTy butter. so@s5c:
Sept creamery butter. SSc.
Eggs. doz.-35c.
Butter fat-No. I. SIC: No. 2, ssc.
Poultry-qeese, dressed. h. 16c; tuf-
keys, dressed, csc: springs. TIC: hens
dressed 17hc: ducks. dressed, zoe.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh f1sh-Catfish. h.. 20c: trout
17hc; halibut. zoe; salmon INC
Salt fish-Mackeral, 10@25c: herring
&c: Goldfish. 10@1sc; lake fish. pail, zoe;
flnnan haddie, ID, 15c; smoked hal1but'
&c.
Fruits.
Fruits-Bananas. 20@2Sc: lemons.
a5c; oranges, so@5oc; apples peck. q
@75c: grape fruit, 81 @1oc; chestnuts
12ac; Tokay grapes. zoe: Malaga
grapes, Csc h.; pineapples. 3O@s5:
observation-disclosures, h., 4c; onions
&c ID: cauliflower, 2o@30c: potatoes,
bu, s1.1o@135: garlic. 20c;. beets. three
punches for Csc: endive, bunch, l0c;
satisfy, 2 for 15c: celery. 5@10c: 5er-
muda onions, h.. TIC; new turnips. Sc
lb., radishes 3 for 25c; sweet potatoes,
&c h.: egg plant 1bc; mangoes, for
Csc; cucumbers, zoe each; brussels
sprouts. soc box; watercress, SC bunch;
carrots, &c lib: parsnips. Sc Id; fresh to
matoes zoe lb; pineapple casaba mel
a stalk, spinach, 15c lb; wax beans ID.
zoe; head lettuce, 1o@15c; French en-
dive, h., 35c.