Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-04
CHICAGO DAILY
MARKET NOTES

MARhEI NOIES l
Shipping sales of cash grain at Chi
cago yesterday were 10000 bu wheat,
| $500 bu corn and 10000 bu oats.
Charters were for $4,000 bu corn at 1c
to Buffalo, 10000 bu oats at Bc and
$4,000 bu rye at lie to Buffalo. There
was fair export business under way
in new crop winters. but no details
were given out.
Milling demand for cash wheat as
sumed larger proportions, Sales at
Chicago aggregated 10000 blu, including
80, 900 bu No. . hard and $4,000 spring,
the balance being mixed lots. Prices
obtained showed that the position Of
the May longs was legitimate, the No.
2 hard bringing 101ac over July. No.
velvet chaff 1oc over and No. north
ern 11% % 12c over July. There was also
an export bid here for 100000 blu old
No. hard winter at equal to 95c Chi
cago.
Toledo sold $1,000 blu No. 2 red to
mills, part Of which brought 10c over
of 10000 blu Toledo new No. red at
New York to go to Glasgow at 9SAc
C. L. Z. Buffalo. Some new crop winters
were sold abroad from the gulf that
netted &c over Chicago July.
No. red on track Kansas City sold
at 91Ac, equal to 9s%c Chicago. Sam
pie values at st. Louis, Kansas City
and Omaha were unchanged, and Mil
waukee Nc lower. Bluestem No.
northern at Minneapolis sold at 1h@
SIC over July and velvet chaff at IN
@1Ac over July.
Shipping demand for cash corn yes
terday was the best in some time, the
east entering the market on broader
scale. Outside markets also reported a
better call, Kansasl City making good
! sales over night, while Omaha claimed
to have sold 100000 blu. Sample values
here were h@1Nc higher, closing
strong while st Louis and Kansas
City were " ole higher. Omaha 1@1hc
higher, Peoria 1c higher and Milwaukee
Nc higher. Country offerings were
! small and Chicago receipts today are
not expected to exceed $50 to 400 cars.
Demand for cash oats was fair. with
| sample values here A@hc higher. st.
Louis was kc higher, Omaha unchang-
ed to Nc higher. Peoria n a NC higher
and Milwaukee A@Ac higher. New
i York reported a cargo of California No.
1 white oats offered c. !. f. New York
for immediate shipment at equal to the
price of Chicago standards.
~. Golden Of Humboldt county, a.,
breeder OF thorough bred Shorthorn
cattle, and an extensive feeder and
stock raiser. Monday sold two cars Of
weighty cattle from their feed lots.
| This cleans up his seasons feeding of
eighteen cars.
p. A. Rowe Of P. A. Rowe & Sons.
owner and operator of 1900 acres Of
yo~ H. HryoU hnr
Monday with three cars OF cattle.
Ed c. Fuller OF Fuller & White, was
here Monday looking after the sale of
eight cars Of heavy cattle and two
| cars Of hogs from their large farm in
Osceola county, Iowa.
Walter Camp Of Clinton county, Ia.
marketed load of cattle on Monday,
which sold at 1926 per- cwt., averaging
1175 lbs.
| Geo. A. Mott, a well known feeder OF
| Franklin county, Iowa, and a frequent
shipper to this market, was here Mon
day with two carloads Of cattle.
During the first Ave months OF the
current year Chicago's cattle receipts
the same period OF 1918. At Kansas
! City the decrease was $4,000, at st.
Louis $4,000, at ST. Joseph $4,000, and
at Omaha 1900. Fort Worth. Texas.
which exhibited an increase Of $4,000
two months ago, now has decrease
which promises to grow owing to ces-
sation Of Mexican imports. Cattle re-
ceipts at the six western markets
Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha. st. Louis
| st. Joseph and Sioux City--since Janu-
airy / aggregate but 2,416,00o against
| 2,6S8, 900 last year, 2,750,O00 in 1912 and
| 3,027,00 in 1911.
| Killing plants all over the country
are running far below capacity Nand at
some points slaughterers have been
Under the necessity Of buying In the
will eventually be relieved, but the
year 1914 promises to disclose the full
extent Of the existing cattle shortage.
| Commission houses are advising their
customers who are short July wheat to
cover and sell September. as it Is safer
and likely to be affected by the winter
(, and spring wheat crop. July Is mid
season month. 1t Is subject to the de-
mand for old wheat which is in strong
hands, and the condition of the harvest
of new. Should there be wet weather
the first part of July the movement Of
!
shorts have an uncomfortable time.
Traders said the markets faction indi-
Gated that July was likely to widen its
premium over September. Sentiment
| last night was more conservatively
bearish than Of late.
Common horses and all farm chunks
were slow SALE Some consignors are
quoting farm sorts as much as SIS to
$25 per head lower than last week, and
some insist that they have not had a
bid on out classed stock at ALL A very
decent sort Of farm horse can be
bought for $125 and few Of Chicago's
teaming concerns requiring small
horses Of little value have been stock
| ing up. On 1,200-lb. and other light
stuff it Is not what the owner will take.
1t is what the bidder will offer.
| Really good big market horses are
| steady, but near-good kinds and three
4 quarter drafters are hard to dispose Of
Real good wagoners Of all weight. with
quality and express horses Of the best
variety are quotably steady, but all in
| ferior run down at the beef specimens
are hard to move at liberal concessions
| Quoting the tops steady with last