The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-26

ga. Creamery extras. zoe: a,,,,
tubs. 22kQ2Shc; imitation dreamer,
firsts, 2411@25c.
Egg market firmer. Receipts T.
955. Nearby white fancy, s2mssc.
nearby mixed fancy, 26@30c; frsss
251z029c.
st. Louis Horses and Mules,
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 25.-Horses-
Around 1000 head of horses were Of.
fered for home and foreign trade. Ths
majority went to the inspection trade
where brisk buying tended to clea,
the stables of all suitable material
In this division of the market Bel
g1ans alone were inactive Most oil
the auction sorts sold readily. There
was some inquiry for eastern soruI
and light call for southernen|
Clearance throughout was good.
Heavy draft, extra .$175@M1
Eastern chunks .......... 15OM1&l
Southern horses, good ..... 85@l2;
Southern horses. plain 80. 500 S5l
Southern horses, common !. 400 6s]
Choice saddlerS ........... 100@200
Plugs ........ ............ 30 "a
Mules Supply approximately 500
rived on the previous Monday. The
and sold about like It did week ago.
Both United States and French buy.
ers were on hand and the market for \
these classes was strong and active
Natives were slow and draggy, with
limited demand.
Is to 161l hands .......... $150l25I
IL to 1914 hands ........ 125@1SsI
IA to IAN hands ........... 60@1GI
10 to 1871 hands ........... 45QHI
Plugs ........:.. ......... 25gNI
st. Louis Hay and Straw.
ST. LOUIS, July 25.-New clover|
mixed Ordinary No. / at $3.50, No. Il
light mixed at SO to $11; old clover
mixed-Good No. 2 at $40; new tim
othy-heated at $3.50 to SO, No. 2 all
$40. scant No. ! at Sill; No. all
S11.50; high No. i at $13; old timothy
fair, No. / ut $14; old clover-nograde|
at $3.50 and $3.50: alfalfa-nogEads
at $3.50.
Straw Steady: wheat at $3.50 PEI,
ton track.
Live Stock Prices.
WASHINGTON. July 26.-Pricess
paid for hogs, cattle. sheep and chicl4
ems during the month from June "
to July Is were about Eve percent
higher than usual, the agricultural
department announced today.
Hog prices increased 20 cents per
hundred pounds in this reriod, aver
aging $40 per hundred pounds on
July Is. This is higher than any
month since June, 1910 A year ago
the average was 1854. The average
range on July Is for the preceding
five years was 1925.
Beef cattle declined IL cents per
hundred pounds in the past, month
and on July is averaged $6.7S, com
pared to 1907 a year ago and 1888
which was the average on July 10
for five preceding years.
Sheep prices declined IL cents per
hundred pounds during the month,
but prices still are high, averaging
$3.50 per hundred pounds compared
with $5.35 year ago and $4.4S fol
the five year average.
Mich COWS prices advanced each
month this year, the past month
experiencing an increase of Al cents
per head. The average per head on
July Is was $62.04 com pared with
S60.31 a year ago and $4a.02 as the
five year average.
Hog prices increased about s.
cents a head during the month end
ing July Is, but they have declined
during recent years. The July 10
average was $1,000 compared with
$133.SJ a year ago and $141.S7 for
the five year average.
Stock Market Notes.
NEW YORK, July 26.-United
States Steel common, on which an
extra dividend Of one percent was
declared yesterday, opened with sale
at prices ranging from 86A to 81 on
the stock exchange today. Yester
days closing price was Sc.
War order stocks showed genera
gains of more than a point.
Steel sold as low as 851s, but later
above Sc. Nearly SO,0Oo
shares were traded up to one
about one fourth of the
total sales on the exchange. The
market turned extremely dull in tne
afternoon and there were few price
changes Of any importance.