Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-20
P0RkERs SHOW
SLIGHT ADVANCE
oTTUMWA HOGS ARE QUOTED As
BEING FIVE CENTS HIGHER :
ON ALL WEIGHTS.

80 A> tb~ SAhS
them to be five cents higher than on
Thursday. After an almost stationary
week the porkers have taken a slight
Some small changes are given
in the retail lists. G~ooseberries are
down about five cents a quart, new
potatoes sell at three cents per pound
now and lake fish are five cents higher
on he pail. Today's prices follow:
WAOLESALE-Live Stock.
Hogs-(Corrected daily by Jno. Nor
rell & Coo-l2o@15O, $7.45; 16o@1so,
24o@3oo, $7.s5; 800 and over. $3.50;
packers and feeders, $7.10@7.5O.
Cattle-Corrected on June II, by
John Morrell & ~Co.)-Choice corn
fed heifers, $6.75@7; good heifers.
$6.7596; commo to fair Ugh. heifers.
$5@5.50; choice corn fed cows, $5.75W
SIS; good cows. $5@5.75; common to
fair cows, s4@4.50; Gamers, $3@S.50;
butcher bulls, $5.50@G; bologna bulls.
Ss@6.5o; choice light calves s7@S;
choice heavy calves, $6@7; common to
f:ir calves. $5@7.
Sheep-(Corrected June II by John
Morrell & Co.)-Choice spring lambs.
$7@7.50; fair spring lambs. $5@b.50:
choice ,yearlings, $G@6.50: fair year.
i!ngs, $5@5.75: choice ewes 80 to ITO
lbs, 81: 40 lbs and over $2@3.50: fair
ewes, $2.50@3: Gull sheep. $2Q2.50;
bucks. s2@2.50.
Grain and Hay.
Grain and hay-Street prices-Oats.
Soc; straw, s4@5; hay, $1o@14; wheat
so@s5c: rye $4,000: corn. ss@7oc.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat-No. 1. 26c: No. 2, 23c;
creamery butter. s2@s3c: country
butter. grocers pay 20@25c: eggs groc'
Pouitry-irhe.e prices are paid to
producers): Hens. 1oc; ducks, white.
teathered. 10c: dark feathered, 10e.
turkeys, 10c: geese. &C.: guinees each,
CSC.
E~ggs-Dozen. 15c.
Wool and Hides.
Wool-Bright medium, 20122c:
seni-brtght medium, 10000; fine De-
lane, 16m2oc; fine Merino, 13915c:
bury. 2 to SC less.
Hides-Cured, 111ac: greer No. l.
101hc; No. 2. 9kc: No. 1 horse hides
$3.50; No. 2, $3.50.
RETAIL PRicES-Flour and Food.
Flour and feed-Graham flour. pei
sack, zoe; corn chops. per cwt.. SITS;
$1.55; corn. new. per hl.. zoe; hay. pc,
cwt., T5c: straw. Der cwt., 40@ soc; mea
per sack. zoe; corE and oat chop, pei
cwt.. $1.75; corn chop, 20 lbs. 4oc: OF
meal. per cwt, 81.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Country butter. s0@s5c
Sept. creamery. 35c.
E~ggs-Dozen, zoe.
Poultry-Geese. dressed, Ib. zoe; tur-
keys. dressed. 27hc: springs. csc: hens
dressed. CSC: ducks, dressed. 23c.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh fish-Catfish. H.. zoe; trout
17hc: halihut. coo; salmon. 17kc.
Salt fish--Mackeral. 10M25c; herring
sc; Goldfish, 100 zoe: Like fish, pail, 75c
Fruits.
Fruits - Bananas. 20@25c: lemons
30c; cherries, 3 boxes Csc: goose
berries. 10 and Is cents quart; grape
fruit, 100 l5c: pineapples, 15@35c;
Strawberries. at.. 1oc.
Vegetables.
observation-disclosures, H.. &c; onions
&C h.: cauliflower. 2o@25c: potatoes
hu. $1.15@1.25; garlic, zoe, beets
2 punches &c; endive, bunch. 1oc;
satisfy. 2 for Is cents: celery. bunch,
flower, 2o@3oc: egg plant. 15@25c;
mangoes 4 for 25c: cucumbers, 5@1oc;
brussels sprouts 3oc box; watercress
spinach. &c: head lettuce. 1o@2oc;
mushrooms, Csc ~: rhubarb. 2 punches
Sc: radishes. 5@71ac bunch: parsley,
5@10c bunch: asparagus. bunch, 15c;
young onions. 2 for sc: Leaf lettuce.
punches, sc; new potatoes, Sc per Id.
~artichokes, 12kc; carrots, 10c q
bunch: green beans, h.. 10c: wax
beans, h.. 12kc: parsnips. &c h.: new
peas, 4 pounds 25c.