Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

Ia, 1914
, feeders and shippers OF Hardin county.
Iowa, had a consignment of cattle on
yesterdays market.
w ID. Nurse, one of the prominent
| feeders of Harrison county. Iowa, was
on Mondays market with several loads
| of cattle.
Elmer Patterson OF Glenwood. Iowa.
was represented with a mixed con-
stgnment of cattle on yesterdays mar
ket.
A. G. Nelson, Red Oak, Iowa, Mon
day had three loads of steers of his
lbs
G. Barnhodlt. Wiota, Iowa. Monday
had one load of 1875 lb steers. sold at
$3.50 per cwt.
Jacob Burmeister, Battle Creek. Ia,
Monday had one load of steers or his
own feeding, sold at 50, average 1857
| lbs
! Packing Of hogs at western centers
for the week. according to the Drovers'
Journal estimate, was 100000 head. as
against $4,000 head the preceding
week, 50S,000 head year ago and 460.-
600 head two yearS ago.
st. Louis wired: f"rhe river bottom
| prairie wheat so far this season, which
is an unusual condition. The prairie
wheat is looking extra good and there
is good stand of wheat everywhere.
/! With average weather conditions Mis-
souri, will have the greatest wheat
crop in the history Of the state
Horse trade was dull, with down
per head less than two weeks ago. A
Pennsylvania buyer put the decline on
a mixed load Of chunks, 1900 to 1850
lbs at $40 to SIS, and insisted that all
! but the tiptop best heavy horses were
even more off.
| There was room for very few big
| lots, one Maine buyer insisting that
he paid for pair Of gray Percheron
mares weighing 1000 lbs in the
he got them home they would have
cost him 5000. On the other hand. one
OF the best loads of fed horses that
has been here for some time went
| through the auction ring without q
single horse being sold. =
There was a considerable sprinkling
Of good, big horses outside that single
load, but anything not strictly Of the
first class got bad Jolt unless II hap
pened just to fill special niche A
New York buyer Of farm stuff said he
mares averaging around 1925 lbs and
would be able to get them together at
around $3.50, whereas two weeks ago
he had to pay as high as $40 and last
week sos.
Des Moines wired: Reports from
tie country say farmers generally are
bearish on corn, expecting larger prices
for both corn and oats. / think there
I No Ia =
on basis of present Kansas City
prices on thirty days shipment"
report to Bennett, Louisiana Mo-,
said: wheat fields are infected with
fly. Probably damaged so per cent.
Fields free from fly never looked bet
ter. Don't think damage extensive
Argentine news was conflicting. One
| early cable said the weather was
clearing while other advices said the
rain continued and that the quality Of
much of the corn arriving, was poor.
Broomhall's agent estimated the dam
age from the rains at about 10 per
cent OF the crop.
The foreign demand for wheat con-
tinues slow. according to local ex-
! porters. and there is no Improvement
J In the milling demand. Spring wheat
! prices here continue strone and this
kind of wheat is at about the highest
price on the crop Local sales yes
| terday were $4,000 bu.
! Grier Of Peoria wired that the rains
would retard the movement of corn to
some extent. He estimated that corn
planting in that section was one
quarter to one-third completed
my observation that Kansas wheat
acreage Is much larer than any one
has estimated Is confirmed by the first
three counties that have completed
their assessors returns" said B. w.
! Snow. "The Coburn estimate was for
i 100000. His figures for Harper,
Smith. and Cove counties in three diff
F.! ferent sections of the state total 337.-
900. Have obtained assessors reports
for these counties and they foot up
100000, or 10 per cent above state esti-
mate. Am satisfied that when returns
are all IN Kansas acreage will run close
to 100000 and every acre of IT. prom
ises to yield the full capacity of the
| land. 1t looks like a repetition Of the
North Dakota crop of two years ago."
Receivers reported light offerings of
! corn from the country and so far there
| is but little pressure to sell. Kansas
City stocks are showing substantial
decreases nearly every day and the
supply there now is light. Omaha prices
are relatively higher than other mar
kets without getting much corn Of
fered. On the other hand, shipments
from Omaha to the south and south
west continue liberal. Cash prices at
til, latter market yesterday were u a 1c
up. The local cash market was steady
to nc higher with a moderate de-
mand and extremely light offerings.
! Oats here were unchanged to Ec high
er. Shipping sales were 10000 bu corn
and $4,000 blu oats.
| St. Louis Horse Market.
East st. Louis, ILL.,. May 13-There
was active trade in the horse market
by eastern and southern states, steady
prices prevailing.
The mule trade was on steady
basis, quality kinds meeting with best