Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02

Chicago, March ~2.-Brisk shipping
and speculative demand gave fresh
strength today to the hog market.
Eleven markets received III, 100 hogs,
or $4,000 less than last Wednesday.
300 less than a year ago and 33'2oo
more than two years ago. Total the
first half of this week $4,000, or 4l,ooo
less than same period last week. 2O,ooo
less than like time last year and 63.Oeo
more than corresponding three days
two years ago Total for 1876 to date
1,O61 900. or 1910. GGe moro than same
period 1915 and 2,322,G00 more than
corresponding time 1914
Hogs selling at $500 in the market
today are practically $500 higher than
two months ago.
Cause for the sharp advance in recent
weeks was plainly a slowing UP in the
big movement Of supplies into the mar
kets and a failure of the demand to
show corresponding shrinkage.
Hog meats are higher for the OBJ
vious reason that an enormous con-
sumptive demand prevails for them not
alone in this country but in Europe as
well.
The gerater portion of the winter
marketings came in hurry, once they
were ready. since soft corn made con-
tinued feeding appear bad policy.
Now the larger hog growing sections
are pretty we'll run out of supplies.
Their hog holdings could not we'll be
expected to exceed in relative proper
ton the corn crop yield and condi-
ton.
nine dollar hog. and continued shrink
nine1dollar hog. and continued shrink
age Of supplies will mean still higher
prices. The January movement at Chi
cago was 1.l21.5OS and the February
run totaled 9472s5. and it was largest
February supply on record, yet de-
mand in the latter month could well
have absorbed a supply equal to that
which came in January. t. =
Cattle.
Cattle were somewhat scarce. > =,
A conviction exists that stock cattle
have been commanding too much
money and that the grazier and feeder
are not warranted in taking the same
risk that has penalized them recently.
There will however, be no cheap
stock cattle, especially if grass is good
and the corn crop comes along promis-
ingly. Western cattle production has
been steadily increasing and hue and
cry has been raised concerning over
production, but what has happened re-
Gently in the hog market ought to be
reassuring to growers. This country
now has a population somewhat in eX-
cess of 100. 900. 900 people, which is be-
ing annually augmented, and constantly
increasing supplies of all kinds OF
meats will bequired. Stock cattle val
ues are destined to be revised in
downward direction, but the process
will not be drastic.
Eastern beef trade has evidently
picked up, as a considerable number. OF
good cattle have been taken on that
account this week. Lent begins next
Wednesday. however. and that is al
ways the signal for playing bear tao
tics. altho it cuts less figure in reduc-
ing consumption than few years
back.
Sheep.
Improved call from feeders helped
the sale of sheep and lambs but did
not hoist quotations.
city butcher gave 1856 for some
choice niuety-four pound western year
lings and some of about the same
weight but in palmer flesh cleared at
$3.50, while Light highly finished stock
was nominally quotable upward 70
s11o5 Fair fleshed western ewes went
at $50 and choice to prime ones were
worth $500 and hetter, with only sec
onds below $3.50. Western wetherS av
eraging $50 pounds made $3.50 and
were very desira BILE. while another
fairly good band cleared at . $50,
against sS.l5 yesterday and $S.25 Mon