Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-21

long corn, and he looked for a break.
Export bids at the Atlantic senboard
We're mostly out of line yesterday. fall
ing to follow the advances In futures,
and were generally 1@2c out. Kansas
City, st. Louis and Omaha, however,
reported some inquiry from abroad, bat
st. Louis was tho only market to claim
sales and failed to give quantities.
Chicago exporters sold 10000 bu Mani
TOBIAS and $4,000 bu hard winter. the
latter to Philadelphia, in addition to
10000 bu to mills. the latter including
10000 bu spring.
Purchases of $4,000 bu hard winter
We're made in Nebraska to come to
Chicago and Omaha reported Chicago
Minneapolis and interior mills after
wheat there. st. Louis sold a round lot
Of turkey hard wheat out of store to
mill there. Prices in all markets were
unchanged, with the exception of Min
nieapolis, where premiums broke lac on
the soft Minnesota varieties, NO. l
northern bluestem selling at 1@2c over
May, and velvet chaff at 1@1hc over
May.
An easier tone prevailed in tho cash
corn markets, Chicago being unchanged
to iac lower, with shipping sales Of
100000 blu. and 100000 bu No. 3 mixed
in store to industries. st. Louis was nc
lower with good demand. Kansas
City, Omaha and Milwaukee,, k@1c
lower: Peoria unchanged and Minne-
apolis unchanged to kc lower.
Cash oats at Chicago were unchang-
ed to a c lower, with shipping sales OF
$4,000 bu. st. Louis, Kansas City,
changed. Omaha 1ac lower and Peoria
unchanged to Nc lower
All over the world cattle values are
advancing. Packers have been resist
ing the inevitable in heroic fashion in
domestic markets, but this week they
have been reluctantly compelled to ad-
terday sold at 1886 on the Chicago
market, and $40 trade is expected.
This is the highest price ever paid on a
February market for cattle. Last year
the February top was 1925, in 1912 the
limit was &c. and in 1911 $7.05, showing
steady advance. Last fall, when the
cattle market was gorged with good
beef. the same grade sold 81 per cwt
lower than at present. In February,
1908, during the period Of beef pleni-
tude, the same grade Of bullocks was
a drug on the market at $625 per
cwt So far this year only one Amer
lean cattle market, Fort Worth, Tex,
has increased it's cattle supply, and that
has been due solely to Mexican i'm
ports. At Chicago and the five river
markets receipts since January l are
only 915,00O or 10000 less than last
year, and $4,000 less than during the
corresponding period Of 1911. Predic-
ton that the real scarcity Of beef would
be uncovered during 1914 Is about to
be verified.
The Chicago horse trade TT 1rsday
showed some life, but would not have
to be very active to show more life than
the first three days Of this week,
which were all very slow and draggy
affairs. Shippers were slow and drag
gy affairs. Shippers were after some
horses Thursday, and quite few We're
taken for eastern shipment Arrivals
were of fair volume. and with the
large number of holdovers. some of
which have been on hand since Monday
there was plenty to go around without
causing too much excitement in trade
Prices did not show any change and
most demand was for a handy weight
class of farm chunks, with the better
quality getting the preference. Common
horses were quite plentiful so far this
week. and while they were in good de-
mand last week, they moved rather
slow this week, and it was hard ir
most places to obtain steady rates fol
the offerings.
So far this week there have been
about 1900 horses marketed at Chicago
against 1850 week ago and 1919 fol
the corresponding period q year ago