Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-18
Latest Markets of the World
TEN CENT DROP
IS NOTED IN HOGS
ALL GRADES OF PoRkERS ARE
DOWN A DlME-OTHER MAR
kETs REMAIN STEADY.

A drop OF ten cents Is noted in the To-
cal hogs. Horse hides take a spread OF
twenty-five cents. The otner quo'a-
| tons are steady. Today's prices are as
follows:
Hogs Corrected daily by Jno: MOT
rell & Co.)-120@150, $5.0b: l5oq ~
$3.50; 100000, $3.50; 200 goo, SSc ~
800 and over, $5.S5; packers. $5.S og by.
sheep-Choice spring lambs: $650@
7.25; fair to good spring lambs $6@65o:
yearling lambs, $6@7; choice ewes
$4,000; fair to good ewes. So: culls'
Ottumwa Hay Market.
No. / timothy, $1,000; No. 2 timothy,
and No. light clover mixed. 5000; NO.
8 timothy and No. 2 mixed 1905;
clover hay, 5000.
Corn-Old, 65@70c; new, 50@6oc;
rye, 50@70c; oats. 30@s5c.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat-No /, s3c; No. 2, SOC.
Poultry These prices paid to pre-
ducers}-Springs 10hc: hens. shc;
SIC; ducks, &c: geese. SC.
Eggs-Doz.. 2o021c; candled count
Csc.
Wool and Hides.
Wool : Bright, medium, 24@2sc;
semi albright medium, 20 @24c: fine De-
lane, 1920; fine Merino. 11@14c;
bury, 2@31ac less; chaffy and bury
8 to &c less; sheep pelts, 50@75c; lambs
11kc; No 2. 1o1ac: No. horse hides.
'$3@3.25; No. 2. $2@225.
Hides-Cured. 13c; green, No. |. 10
@13c.
F'urs- Skunk, 5oc@ss.oo; mink, 75c@
$500; opossum, 100000; coon. 50c@
$500: fox s2@4. Prices according to
condition and size.
THE RETAIL PRICES.
Flour and Feed.
bcv,
sack, 45c; corn chops, per cwt., $500;
shorts, per cwt., S1.65; bran, per cwt.,
$1.45: corn, per bu., 9Oc; hay, per cwt.,
70@S0c; straw, .per cwt., 40@50c; meal
per sack. Csc; corn and oat chop. per
cwt. $1.S5; corn chop, 20 lbs, 40c; oil
meal, per cwt., $2.25 wheat flour, per
sack new wheat, $3.50; old wheat flour
$1.S5@1.90.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Creamery butter. s71sc; country but
ter. 25@35c.
Eggs-Candled, SOC
Poultry dressed ]b.. zoe: tur-
keys dressed 25@30c: dressed hens 1Sc.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh fish-Catfish. zoe: bass, Csc;
trout, lac; halibut, 1715c: salmon. 18c;
pike. 35c: live Holsters. 45c h.; broiled
Holsters coo each: white fish, zoe h.:
crabs. hard shell. 15c each; soft shell.
h.; native mackeral 4Oc each; shads,
60c each: shadroc, 40c pair: frog legs,
Csc pair; Spanish mackerel, zoe h.
Fresh oyseter, 100000 qt.
Salt f1sh-Mackerel 10@25c: herring,
3 for csc; goldfish 10M20c; lake fish.
pail, zoe: salt mnckere, 10@25c: salt
white hsh. 10@25c h.; salt cod 100
25c h.: smoked sturgeon, % lb.; finan
haddie. zoe lb.
Smoked fish-Spiced herring. for
10c; smoked white fish, zoe h.; sar-
dimes, 5@25c; spiced sardines, for
10c: box cod, 1914 @20c; fancy smoked
ring, Csc h.; smoked herring, Csc h.;
smoked salmon. Csc h.: smoked halibut
Csc h.: smoked sturgeon, 25c h.; Fart
fish. s5c ID.
Fruits.
Fruits-Rananas 10@25c; doz. lem
ons soc: oranges. 35@65c doz.: apples.
20@5O PIX; grape fruit. 6A @12k @15c;
Hawaiian pineapples, soc EACH pears.
soc doz.; lingan berries. 12kc ID:
casaba melons, Acc: Malaga grapes. zoe
h.: catawba grapes. basket, Csc; kum-
quats, 35c: Emperor grapes, 12hc.
Vegetables.
Vegeta bles-Cabbage. per h., 2kc; |
1Sc h.: hot house GU
cumbers, 10000; tomatoes. ripe. 15G
1sc: parsley, and Toe; shallots. 2 for
15c: oyster plants. 2 for 15c: celery S
and 1Oc bunch; leek, and 1oc bunch;
endive, sc; potatoes, PIX, use; bu.
S5@90c: mushrooms. S5c: green beans. |
15c quart; horseradish root, 10c:
beets, lb. SC; lettuce, for SC; egg plant
25c; cauliflower. 10@25c: beets, 25c
PIX; turnips 25c: asparagus 35c bunch;
fancy hot house radishes. 2 for SC;