Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
SLUMP IN HOGS
STILL CONTINUES
PORkERS FALL OFF FROM FIVE
TO FIFTEEN ,cENTs-oTHER
LISTS CHANGE.

The local hog market continued the
decline of Tuesday and the prices were
from q nickel to fifteen cents lower.
Several changes were also made In the
local lists. The prices today are:
Hogs-(Corrected daily by John Nor
rell 4 Co)-120m140, $40; 1900 $50.
s725: 100000, $7.25; 2oo@24o. $500
100000, $50; 800 and over, $3.50;
packers, SCOOPS.
dressed, Csc.
Sheep-Choice spring lambs, $500
IT'S: fair to good spring lambs. $4,000
81; yearling lambs, $7.5o@S; choice
ewes, $4,000; fair to good ewes, 3d.;
culls, $150@2; bucks. $250@3.
Ottumwa Hay Market.
No. timothy, $12@16; No; timothy
and No. light clover mixed, $13; No.
timothy and No. 2 mixed. $12; clover
hay, $12@14; oat straw, 81; wheat
straw, SIS.
corn-7oc; rye, 7o@75c; oats, 400
Wheat-s1@1.1o
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat-No. ,26c: No. 2, 2Sc;
country batter. grocers pay 2O@25c.
Poultry tThese prices are paid to
rroducers): Hens, lie; geese, &c: ducks
&c; turkey hens. lie: young toms. lie;
cocks. &c; old TOMS 10c; springs, 15c.
Eggs-Doz. 15c.
Wool and Hides.
Wool - Bright, medium. 24@2Sc;
emi-bright medium, 2OM24c; fine De-
lane, 1s@23c; fine Merino. 11@14c;
hurry. 2m3Rc less: chaffy and bury
to &c less; sheep pelts, 50@75c; lambs
25@5Oc.
Hides-Cured, 11hc; green. No. I,
10hc: No. 2, SIC: No. 1 horse hides,
So No. 2. 50.
RETAIL PRIcEs-FIour and Feed.
Flour and feed-Graham flour. per
sack, 45c: corn chops. per cwt., $500;
shorts, per cwt., s1.75: bran. per cwt.,
S0@9Oc: straw, per cwt..' 50@60c; meal
per sack. Csc: corn and oat chop. per
cwt.. $1.s5: corn chop, 20 lbs. 40c; oil
meal, per cwt 1925; wheat flour, per
sack, s1,75@2.s5.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Creamery butter 35c; country butter
c5m3Oc.
Eggs-20c.
Poultry-Geese dressed lb.. 2oc; tur-
Feys. dressed. 27kc; chickens zoe;
ducks. dressed Csc; spring chickens
dressed, Soc
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh fish - Catfish. zoe: trout
zoe; halibut, 1ac; salmon. zoe: pike
CSC: live Holsters soc each: broiled
lchsters, 60c each; white fish, zoe h.;
crabs. hard shell, 15c each: soft shell
soc each: perch. 121sc: shrimp. $50
each; native mackeral, 4oc each: shad
COO each; shadroc, 40c pair: frog legs
35c pair; Spanish mackerel. zoe lb.
Salt fish--Mackerel 1O@25c: herring
for csc: Goldfish. 10000; lake fish
pail, roc; salt mackerel. 10@25c: salt
blue fms, 10 to Csc lb; salt cod, 100
25c Id.
Smoked fsh-spiced herring. 3 70,
Ice; smoked white Ash, Csc h.: sar-
dimes. 5@25c; spiced sardines, fol
1oc: box cod. 1914 @2oc; fancy smoked
bloaters Csc Id; smoked homeless her
ring. Csc b.; smoked herring, Csc III;
smoked salmon, Csc h.: smoked halibut
25c lb: smoked sturgeon, 25c h.
Fruits.
Fruits-Bananas, 20@25c; lemons
soc; oranges, 25@60c doz; apples $50
25c pix; grape fruit, Csc; cantaloupe
for Csc; blackberries, 15c at. box; cur
rants, 15c; California pink cantaloupe
loo each: blueberries, soc; black rasp-
berries, 15c box; red raspberries, 15c
pit; Csc qt.: blackberries,. qt., 15c; 81
crate; peaches, 20@s0c basket
Vegetables.
Cabbage head, 5@10c; turnips, 2 fol
SC: onions. punches for &c; mangoes
35c per basket; spinach. 12c bunch;
parsley, and i0c: shallots. 2 for SC;
oyster plants, 2 for 15c; celery, s and
Ice bunch, leek, and 10c bunch; en-
dive, 2 for &c; potatoes, peck, zoe; bu.
old, 75c: mushrooms, s5c; green beans
10c: peas 10c: horsera dish root 10c;
beets, h., Be; lettuce, 2 for &c; egg plant
20c: asparagus, 15c; cauliflower, goa
a0c: roasting ears, doz., 15c; beets, zoe
peck: turnips, zoe PIX