Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-23
ADVANCE OF FIVE
CEN7s0N P0RkERs
RISE IN LOCAL HOGS AND FALL
OFF IN PRICE OF HIDES
SHOWN IN MARKET

An advance of five cents In local
hogs and slight drop in the hide
prices are recorded in the local mar
ket quotations today, which range as
follows:
Hogs daily by Jno. Nor
rell & Co.)--l20@ $50. $3.50; lSOn lsu.
|$7.75; 1900 200; 1855; 200@250; 1913;
24o@soo, sos; 900 and over $3.50;
packers and feeders. $7.10@7.6o.
John Morrell g. Co)-Choice corn
fed heifers. $6.75@7; good heiiers,
$5.75@6; common to fair ligh. heifers,
$5@5.50: choice corn fed cows. so.750
6.25; good cows, $5@5.75; common to
fair cows. $4@4.5O; Gamers, $S@S.5o;
butcher bulls, $5.50@e; bologna buns,
$5@5.50; choice light calves s7@s;
choice heavy calves, $G@7; common TO
fcir calves, $5@7.
Morrell & Co)-Choice spring lambs.
$7@750; fair spring lambs. $5@5.bO;
choice yearlings, $6@6.5o; fair year.
lings, $5@5.75: choice ewes, 30 to ITO
lbs, 81; 10 lbs and over, $s@3.5o; fair
ewes $2.50@3; Gull sheep. ssQ2'5o;
bucks. $2@25O
Grain and Hay.
Grain and hay-Street prices-Oats.
s 81 straw. s4@5; hay, s1o@1.; w Hdn
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat--No. l. 26c: No. 2. 2sc;
creamery butter. s2@ssc: country
butter, grocers pay. 20@25c: eggs sroc'
Pouitry-iThese prices are paid to
producers): Hens, 1oc; ducks. white.
teathered. 1oc: dark feathered. l0;.
turkeys, 10c; geese, Sc; guin""s each'
CSC.
Eggs-Dozen, 15c.
Wool and Hides.
Wool Bright medium, 1914 OIL &c;
semi bright medium 17h@1shc; fine
Delane, 151s s72Oc; fine Merino, 12h @
14hc: bury. 2 to sc less.
Hides-Cured, 11Isc: green, No. /
10Ac; No 2, 9hc: No. horse hides.
$3.50; No. 2. $3.50.
RETAIL PRicEs-Flour and Feed.
sack, soc: corn chops. per cwt.. SITS;
shorts. per cwt. $1.s5; bran. per cwt,
$1.55: corn. new, per hl.. zoe; hay. per
cwt., 75c; straw, Der cwt.. 40@P0c; meal
per sack, zoe; corn and oat chop. pc!
cwt., Sits: corn chop. 20 lbs 400: oil
meal. per cwt, ST.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry;
Sept. creamery, 35c.
Eggs-Dozen, zoe.
Poultry-Geese. dressed. lb. zoe; tur.
keys, dressed, 271kc; springs. Csc: hens
dressed. 23c: ducks, dressed csc.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh fish-Catfish, h.. zoe: trout
17hc; halibut. 20c: salmon. l7hc.
Salt fish-Mackeral. 10125c: herring
&C; Goldfish, 100 20c lake fish, pail, 75c
Fruits.
Fruits Bananas. 2o125c: lemons
soc; cherries. boxes Csc: goose
berries. 10 and Is cents quart; grape
fruit 100 15c; pineapples, 156 35c;
strawberries, qt., 1Oc; black raspberries
17hc.
Vegetables.
observation-disclosures, h., SC; onions
SC b.: cauliflower. 2om25c; potatoes
3u. $1.15@1.25; garlic, zoe, heets
punches sc; endive, bunch. 10c;
satisfy. 2 for /! cents: celery. bunch,
15c: new turnips. 3 for Zoe; cauli
flower, 2o@3Oc; egg plant. 15m25c;
mangoes for Csc; cucumbers, SO 10c;
brussels sprouts 3oc box; watercress
&c pound: fresh tomatoes. 15c;
spinach &c; head lettuce. 10n20c;
mushrooms. CSC ~: rhubarb. punches
SC: radishes. 5@7kc bunch: parsley
5@01oc bunch: asparagus. bunch. 15c;
young onions, for Sc; leaf lettuce.
punches, sc; new potatoes &c per ID.
artichokes, 12Ac; carrots, 10c {
bunch; green beans, h., 10c; wa,
beans, h.. 12kc: parsnips. SC h.: new
peas, pounds Csc.