Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-11
DEMAND FOR HOGS
BECOMES URGENT
PRICES SCORE MATERIAL 40.
VANCE WHEN BIDDERS TRY
TO FILL WANTS.
CONDITIONS
AFFECT cattle TRADE
High Temperatures Tend To Make
Business in Bovine Division Inactive
Heavy Direct Shipments to Killers
Weaken Sheep and Lambs-currsnt
Quotations.

became urgent today and prices ad-
vanced.
Buyers continue to discriminate
against poort to fair big packers" and
reject them from loads. The discrim-
ination against grassy mixed is also
quite severe and the price range is
getting still wider.
a combined hog total Of $4,000 at the
eleven markets yesterday stood against
$4,000 week ago and $4,000 a year
ago.
For the first half of this week eleven
markets received $1,000 or $1,000 more
than year ago. Chicago alone re-
ceived $4,000, or % more than a week
ago and 300 less than same three days
a year ago.
Chicago's run of $4,000 the first half
able total look like around 10000. or
the largest week since the closing week
of February when 151.576 arrived
Cattle.
Hot weather tended to make the cat
tie trade inactive.
No intelligence has been thrown on
the causes of the mean acting market,
but there is general impression that
is to be increased is problem that no.
body in the trade is prepared to wrestle
with. Cornbelt feeders are evidently
cleaning up as the price of corn does
not warrant putting on weight during
the summer time. The condition in
which yea-i.cgs are pushed into the
market suggests this disposition. A
poor corn crop always has meant
miniature summer and fall supply OF
fat cattle and the rule is likely not to
be violated this year.
The trade is keeping its ear close to
the ground for rumbling concerning
drouth and army worm activity. Kan
sas, which was recently threatened
with army worm devastation appears to
be out OF the woods. the pest having
suddenly disappeared. 1t did no dam
age to native grass pastures, but con-
fined its activity to blue grass sections
that had been grazed Army worms
usually play havoc with grazed blue
grass but let the growthy areas alone.
The May drouth in Kansas pasture sec
tons has been relieved but conditions
at that time prevented the removal OF
a lot of cattle from Texas northward
and on the cleaned grass area both IN
Texas and Oklahoma there are probably
80 per cent less cattle grazing than
year ago.
The Texas movement is still light. On
the 18th Of June the cake fed delega-
ton from around Cleburne will COM
mence running. but this crop is rs per
cent chy of its normal proportion A
lot Of cattle that would have come out
of southern Texas are being held back
owing to tick activity in low lying pas
lures. excessive humidity has multi
Piled ticks amazingly and a lot OF
cattle are not as fat as month ago.
This will probably mean less beef out
of southern Texas than would have
been the case otherwise.
Sheep.
Heavy direct shipments to killers
weakened prices for sheep end lambs.
Declines in the lamb market We'd
nesday that have been long past due,
but sidestepped on small receipts IN
recent weeks. were struck in yester-
DAVIS trading, the market hitting
snag shortly after the opering OF the
DAVIS session and continuing on the
down grade to the close, finishing on
the bottom.
1t was the first real good opportunity
killers have had to depress the narke:
this month and the chance was not
lost sight of, tho a bum early sup
ply estimate prompted some early
trading at prices up tc Tuesdays
levels and on basis that was made to
look decidedly out Of line with later
transactions. Lambs being in the mos.
| top-heavy position and forming by
long odds the biggest END or the re-
ceipts. were hardest hit, sheep holding
up fairly turnout, tho the close was
groggy and 1926 cents lower on
! some sloppy and heavy eve stuff.