Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-29
Courier's Markets Of World
DECIDED SLUMP
IN 0TTUMWA HOGS
TEN TO FIFTEEN CENT DROP Is
REGISTERED IN PoRkERs-
OTHER LISTS QUIET.


The local hog market continued the
slump Of Tuesday and fell on from zen zen
to fifteen cents in all grades but the
packers. which are thirty cents below
the prices Of Tuesday. The other lists
are steady. The market follows:
Hogs-(Corrected daily by John Nor
rell & Co)--120@140, $685.: 1b0@lSo.
sos; 100000, $705; 200@24o, $3.50;
240@ 800, $645; 500 and over. $6.15;
packers, SIS. 4o@5so.
Sheep-Choice spring lambs $7@72S;
yearlings lambs. ss@7; choice ewes ewes
$4,000; fair to good ewes. So; cuils,
$1.50@2 bucks, $2.50@3:
Ottumwa Hay Market. st.f.
3 No. timothy, 312@16; No: timothy
and No. light clover mixed, $1S: No.
timothy and No mixed, $12; clover
hay, $12@14: oat straw. 81; wheat
straw, SIS.
corn-75c; rye. 7o@soc; oats. old, ~
@45c.
Wheat, old--s1@1.1o.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat--No. 1, csc; No. z, 25c;
country butter. grocers pay 20@26c.
Poultry These prices are paid to
producers) Hens 101ac; geese &c; ducks
&c; turkey hens. lie; young toms, llc;
cocks. &c; old toms. 10c: springs. loc.
EggS-DOZ.. 15c canuleu couHl.
Wool and Hides.
Wool - Bright, medium, 24@28c;
semi bright medium. 20@24c; fine De-
lane. 1S@23c; fine Merino, 11@ lac;
bury, 2@Shc less; chaffy and bury,
to SC less; sheep pelts. 50@75c; lambs
25050c Nj ,as
Hides-cured, II Nc; green. No. l..
1okc: No. 2, SIC; No. horse hides.
50: No. 2. 81
RETAIL PRlcEs-FIour and Feed.
Flour and feed-Graham flour. per
shorts, per cwt.. $1.75: bran. per cwt.
s1.55; corn. per bu., 800: hay, per cwt;
so @90c; straw, per cwt., 50@6oc; 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, s175@2.35.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Creamery butter, 35c: country butter
&c "a soc
Eggs-20c.
Poultry-Geese, dressed. h., zoe; tur-
keys, dressed. 27Hc; chickens. zoe:
ducks, dressed, csc; spring chickens.
dressed. SOC.
Fresh fish Catfish. zoe: trout,
zoe: halibut. 1sc; salmon, zoe: pike.
Csc; live Holsters. soc each; broiled
lCpStcTS, QUO each, Wits HSIl, IOS ~. :
crabs, hard shell. 15c each; soft shell,
3oc each perch. 12kc: shrimp 35c
each; native mackeral, 40c each; shad,
Coo each; shadroc. 4oc pair; frog legs,
CSC pair: Spanish mackerel. zoe H.
Salt fish-Mackerel 10@25c: herring,
for csc: Goldfish, 10000; lake fish,
pail, roc; salt mackerel, 10@25c: salt
blue fins, 10 to Csc h.; salt cod, 100
Csc H..
1Cc: smoked white fish, 25c h.. sar-
dimes. 5D25c; spiced sardines, 3 for
10c: box cod 121s @20c; fancy smoked
bloaters CSC lib: smoked homeless her
ring. Csc h.: smoked herring. Csc lb:
smoked salmon, Csc h.; smoked halibut
csc Id: smoked sturgeon, Csc Id.
Fruits.
Fruits-Bananas, 20@25c; lemons,
soc; oranges, 25@60c doz; apples. 800
for ESQ., blackberries, 15c at. box; cur
rants, 15c; California pink cantaloupe,
15c each: blueberries, 30c; black rasp
berries. 15c box; red raspberries. 15c
pt.: Csc qt.: blackberries.. qt.. 15c; 81
crate; peaches, 20@30c basket.
Vegetables.
Cabbage head. 5@10c; turnips, 2 for
SC; onions, punches for SC; mangoes
&c; cucumbers. SC; fresh tomatoes, $50
35c per basket; spinach, 12c bunch;
parsley, and i0c; shallots. 2 for SC;
oyster plants, 2 for 15c: celery, and
Ice bunch, leek, and 10c bunch; en-
dive, for SC: potatoes. peck. zoe; bu.
old, 75c; mushrooms. CSC; green beans
10c: peas 10c; horseradish root 10c;
beets, h., SC; lettuce, for SC; egg plant
! zoe; asparagus, 15c; cauliflower, goo
| 30c roasting ears, doz., 15c; beets, zoe
peck: turnips, zoe PIX.