Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-08

scored by wooded two-year-old Colo
radios in April. It was csc lower than
the top figure hung up by native sheep
IN May, 1912, and $3.50 per cwt. below
the yard record. which Is $3.50. paid
Tor Wisconsin-fed western wethers In
March, 1910.
| Considering supply figures the years
market was by odds the most satisfac-
| tory to producers in trade history.
That such high level market was
possible under supply figures, which
few years back would have glutted, and
| thoroughly demoralized the trade, 10
attributed to marked expansion In the
demand for lamb and muttons. the
very healthy demand which prevailed
Tor feeding bovine stock throughout the
summer and fall seasons.
Late Corn Plentiful.
Drought In some Of the corn belt
states caused the marketing Of many
immature lots during the early sum
mer. and scarcity Of feed In some Dec-
tons also had q great deal to do with
the liberal receipts. Grass was good
until unusually late in the year, and
those who held out when the market
was on the decline prohted In late
months, as there was some improve
ment In prices. Shipping weather In the
late fall and up to the close OF the year
was remarkably good and shrink was
at a minimum.
morse ArrIvAl0 Decreased. }~
While no sensational features devel-
oped In the horse market during 1919,
commission dealers generally report .
steady and satisfactory trade. Demand,
both on local and outside orders, was
not OF quite the proportions Of the pre-
v1ous year, yet the volume Of business
from all quarters was encouraging at
an increase OF approximately 145,00o
annually In the United States, while all
! other classes OF live stock show large
decrease. AS q factor In agricultural
operations and the development OF ma,
tional resources the horse maintains
his supremacy at about stationary
values As an industrial function the
horse Is Indispensable and paramount
In the evolution Of the twentieth cen.
fury civilization. He herafds an eman-
cipation of meat animals from servile
| labor and poses az mans best friend in
the great struggle Of the survival Of the
fittest.
The early demand Of the season FOR
agricultural purposes. particularly for
consignment to the Canadian northwest
toned prices temporarily. but the adj
vance was transitory and values later
REACTED to steady basis Of the pre-
vious year.
Values really reached the highest
level In 1911, reacted In 1919. and then
In 1913 advanced to previous quota
tons.
No Record Receipts.
In no department Of the market were
new records made. unless for a pair OF
show draft horses that we're negotiated
for $1,000 for exhibition and Industrial
purposes. In the volume of receipts the
former records stand, although the to-
! tai number of horses In. the United
States surpasses all previous records.
Many far western rival markets are
being established. and diversion of re-
ceipts to other centers Of trade has OPP
Grated to prevent any new record
breaking runs Of horses. Demand has
been uniformly steady, but not Of that
emergency or extraordinary character
| that would promote record receipts.
Live Stock Movement.
Actual live stock movement at Chi
| cago stock yards for 1913 and 1912: