Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-15

/ Kept.
I Growers are anathemizing the hog
! market and cashing stock because it
! is not paying its board in the feed lot.
| While the country is not going out of
! the hog business by any means the low
! market during the past winter will
! curtan production. For several months
packers have been putting up droves at
! S6.50@6S5, and growers were confident
I of considerably more money. Probably
/! they would have had it had the south
ern market been open to It's full ca
pacity and Europe taken it's normal
quantity of product. Hogs have done
a more creditable market stunt than
cattle. however, and have put growers
! in possession OF considerable money
i that would not have been available
otherwise. This is obviously an OPP
| perfume time to stock to hogs.
| Receipts of hogs at Chicago for the
week totaled 14.700 decrease of TO-
! 400 compared with the previous week,
an increase of 29,S00 compared with
same week last year and a decrease of
| 3.400 compared with corresponding
| week two years ago.
Estimated average weight of hogs al
Chicago for the week was 231 pounds,
the heaviest of the year thus far. eight
/ pounds heavier than last week. l pound
, lighter than same week last year and
! pounds lighter than corresponding
week two years ago.
+ Top hogs ar Chicago sos, against
! $695 the previous week. So a year ago,
/ and 1915 two years ago. Average price
! figured $3.50 the highest since the first
week OF February. 10 cents higher
( than the preceding week. $3.50 lower
! than same week last year and s1.ss
! lower than corresponding week two
years ago.
Cattle.
Cattle prices were kept by the es-
Establishment of a so-called free area
I in the yards here.
! Opening of the free area" market.
scheduled for today, which plan was
| agreed upon late Friday will permit
resumption of shipments to the eastern
| points. and Pennsylvania as we'll as
New York and New England slaught-
! erers can begin to purchase here again.
! A comparatively short quota Of stuff
! is expected to come from free areas
Nothing from restricted areas will be
/ permitted to go into the shipping trade.
according to present arrangements, and
this bars out Illinois for the time at
| least Cattle only will be handled in the
! free area division, which will be located
! in the old Quarantine" yards. where
! thorough disinfection under federal SUI
4, pervision has taken place in recent
weeks. Wide price discounts are ex-
pected TO prevail in local slaughter"
area as against the new shipping area
Of the yards.
! Last weeks run. totaling 4360o stood
against 39.464 the previous week and
472S9 a year ago, while there We're
$4,000 of this crop which went for
| local slaughter. against 30,S07 last
week and 2S.o1s year ago. Six mar
kets received 134500 cattle in the week
against 10000 last week and 112,100
year ago.
Given liberal run this week further
price punishment must follow, particu-
larry In the local slaughter area of the
yards. Big runs at this stage mean
market congestion and price wreck
ing The country will conserve its
best interests to keep back stuff which
is not pressing for an outlet.
Sheep.
Sheep and lamb receipts seemed re-
stricted to the needs of local buyers.
The market is nigh, higher in fact.
than 1t has been a any preceding time
on wooded stock, barring only spot
early in May, 1912, and in March, 1913,
in trade history, but with the trade
facing such a recognized shortage and
with wool and pelts commanding big
money, current rates wear a legitimate
appearance and there is confident ex-
pcc.ancy Of further pyrotechnical ad-
T,,fCo ~ 10, n
top yesterday and today Jersey City's
top was marked UP to $1,000 and 1885
Missouri river markets for finished
handy weight lambs.
Colorado lambs are being run in sea-
sonable fashion, but supplies from all
other sources are rapidly dwindling
and conditions appear favorable for
further price upturns and the shat
tering of price records within the next
few weeks on wooded stock, while
shorn goods, tho, scheduled to be held
at continued wide discount from
woolskins until the weather gets warm,
are due to advance further, predic-
lions for 10-cent shorn lambs with
in the next sixty to seventy-five days
meeting favor in the minds of many
we'll informed traders who see the big
shortage already registered IL cyine
receipts since Jan. 1 greatly enlarged
before the new crop of spring lambs
bcomes available. Demand for tidy
and light fat lambs for the Easter
trade is expected to enlarge the pre-
MUM that grade is earning. and the
next two weeks is likely to see a
Sharply ascending market for stich stuff
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago, March notwithstanding
ed REGENTS for today 10000. mark eft