Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-06
MARKET NOTES

While the demand has been light and
the offerings Of spring wheat from the
country somewhat heavier, the foreign
cables have offered sufficient encour-
agement to cause some speculative buy
ing of May wheat, which has advanced
the market" said a leading cash wheat
handler. There was so little wheat
here that the owners could afford to de-
liver on December contracts on account
of its being Of premium quality or
variety that shorts in December found
considerable difficulty vn covering,
which caused quite furry and an
advance in the final December price to
Of course. a considerable amount of
wheat here that could have been de-
livered profitably at the closing price,
but there was not sufficient time in
which to get 1t in shape for delivery"
Cash corn values In Chicago slumped
sharply Saturday, offerings being fairly
large, and elevator interests practically
the only buyers. At the finish prices
were 1@2kc lower, and q number of
cars were carried over unsold. Milwau-
kee was unchanged to 1c lower, Peoria
1c lower, Omaha unchanged to NC low
err, except on white, which declined 10
2hc, while Kansas City was unchanged
Fairly heavy offerings are expected in
the sample market at Chicago Monday,
possibly 400 to 500 cars.
Milling demand for cash wheat was
Of fair proportions Saturday. shipping
sales at Chicago aggregating $4,000 blu.
Milwaukee was unchanged to Nc high
er. st. Louis unchanged to Nc higher,
Kansas City unchanged and Omaha
unchanged to Nc higher. Minneapolis
reported a good demand for bluestem,
which sold at May price to &c under,
and velvet char at " @2c under May.
Cash oats at Chicago were A@hc
lower, with shipping sales Of $50. 900 blu.
Milwaukee was unchanged. Peoria II @
NC lower, Omaha Woke lower, Kan
sas City unchanged to u lower and st.
Louis unchanged to Nc higher.
Kansas City wires: "There is prac-
tically no snow west of central Mis-
souri, to the Colorado line. Reports here
say that snow left Wednesday or
Thursday"
Receipts for the week ending Jan. 10
are estimated at $4,000 cattle, 100, 900
hogs and 100000 sheep against 5S,367
cattle. 1852 hogs and 126,138 sheep
the corresponding week Of 1918.
Average price of hogs at Chicago
1913, against $500 Friday, s7.s1 week
ago, 1856 a month ago, $7.53 a year
ago and 1886 two years ago.
Average price Of hogs for week So;
last week ITO; one year ago $3.50; two
years ago $500; three years ago $s.O5.
An advance in rates on wheat and
corn from Omaha, Council Bluffs and
lower Missouri river points to certain
points in Wisconsin on the Minneapolis
st. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie railroad
have been approved by the interstate
commerce commission.
Prediction in confidently made that
this will be the last cholera scourge
from which hogdom will suffer, as the
practice Of immunixing Is gaining head
way and growing In producers conf
dence. If pig growing Is limited to
the number possible to immunize. far
rowing will be vastly reduced, but there
will be more money in the business. A
dead hog is the most Improbable thing
imaginable, and only by eliminating
mortality as far as possible will grow
ers secure maximum results. It is sig
nlficant that territory ravaged during
tho past five years is now getting
back" and the vaccination process
has been pretty generally adopted
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