The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
ARE STIFF
 ON MORRIS AVENUE
Flour Situation Seeks High Levels on England's
 Action as to Peace

Morris avenue was a scene of hustle and
 hustle yesterday, with quotations as D
 whole standing firm. Prices will remain
 stiff and probably advance in some lines
 during the holiday week.
 Poultry of all kinds in homemade coun-
 try crates was stacked in front of all
 houses handling fowls, showing the coun-
 try people are selling closely this winter
 to get some Christmas cash. This will mean a shortage on the farms in the
 spring in breeders, which will undoubted- ly keep the price of country eggs and
 broilers and flyers at high prices. Fat
 hens and turkeys predominate, and ducks are scarce. Geese are plentiful enough to supply the demand. They were quoted
 on the avenue at 15 to r cents per pound on foot. At the retail market stalls the price for dressed, undrawn, fat geese was 30 cents, seemingly large advance. The dressed fowls were Tennessee stock and ranged in weight from to 12 pounds. An advance of cents a pound was made on dressed, undrawn turkeys at whole sale.
 Hens were quoted at r cents; flyers, q to 22c; guineas, 35c each; roosters, 10c per pound. Rabbit shipments were good and the stock looked cleand and fresh. Prices are still firm at s2 to $225 per dozen. Opossums were rather shy.
 The flour situation again looks gloomy to the consumer. While prices went down
 on peace rumors the tendency is now up- ward. J. F. Ramsey of the Bell-Ramsey Brokerage company, was rather pessimis- tic on the four situation.
 | T find that flour is again headed up- ward after the recent break on peace ru- mors. and as see it. the wholesale price will soon be back to high levels. Eng land has spurned Germany's peace pro- posals. which means that flour prices be- fore spring will be at record price, and l see no near relief in sight This is one commodity that war certainly has some thing to do with, and that speculation is heavy and foreign shipments very
 great.
 "On the other hand, sugar is seeking | lower levels, and 1t looks as if a slight easing of the market is due soon "A new feature on the avenue, and of much interest to the consuming public, will be hgh-class sardines from the Pa cif1c coast. All other shipments come
 mostly from the coast of Maine The Cali fornia output will be a hard competitor to the northern market in that the con- tents will be packed in round cans, and so priced as to retail at 15 cents for full pound of fish net This will make a meal for three or more persons, as the sardines | are very palatable and are packed in cot
 ton seed oil. Smaller cans at less prices will also be on sale'
 The feed situation is still gloomy and prices stiff. This is one cause for the farmers selling poultry and stock. Many have no feed of their own and cannot af- ford to buy, so they are forced to sell Next year will see a decided change ir Alabama in way of diversification. The farmer is going to look after himself, and this means more of variety of farm products to sell during the different sea sons. w. A. Morris, just back from Chil- ton, Tallapoosa and Chambers counties where he has been organizing the farm CTS for cooperation, reports the average | farmer rather blue at his present status ! but all have set plan for diversificatior and will start in early and plant as fast as the seasons come in.
 | The quotations on Morris avenue follow ] in detail: Mr