Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-20
Latest Market Reports
HOGS DECLINE;
ALL GRADES LOWER

The Ottumwa hog markets are stead.
1iy showing the, downward stride every
day. All prices are 80 cents lower today
than Wednesday. The other lists are
unchanged. Quotations are:
Hogs FURNISHED daily by Jno. Nor.
rell & Co.)-12o@15o, $l4.15; 15o@1so
$14.s5: 100000. $15.1o; 200 and over
$3.50: packers. good 1880: fair $14.16
Sheep Best lambs S11.50@12.50;
choice ewes. $7@s: fair to good ewes, 81
Wheat - s1.s5@2.oo: rye. s1.4o@1.5o;
oats( s5@67c; corn, $1.s5@1.4o.
Hay--$14@16; straw, per cwt., 500
Butter, Eggs end Poultry.
Butter fat quotations-First grade.
acc; second grade, 43c.
foultry-(These prices paid to pro.
.ucers. straight run hens. 1sc: old
'oosters. l0c: ducks. tic: geese. 10c;
spring chickens. tic; old toms. IA
@15c: No. I turkeys. 1s62oc: No. :.
lac; guineas. 2o@25c.
Creamery bntter-44@45c.
Eggs-Country, 31c.
Wool and Hides.
Wool - Bright medium clear 4oc:
semi bright. 3s@ g: bright. medium
bury. 25@30c: lixht. fine clear. $50
ssc: heavy, fine. clear. 1s@?ac: Angora
goat long. luster. 2Sm41c.
Hides-No. 1 fully cured. 16c: No. I
green 15c: horse hides. No. 1. $3.50; No,
2. $3.50: pony. 81: colt, $1M25o.
2 tallow. &C.
THE RETAIL PRICES.
Flour and Feed.
Flour and feed. Graham flour. per
sack. zoe: corn chops. per cwt.. $2.65;
shorts. per cwt., $3.50: bran, per cwt.,
S2.55: corn. per bu.. 81: hay. per cwt..
Sl.25m1 80: straw. cwt.. 70@7ac: meal
per sack 45c: corn and oat chop. per
cwt.: $2e5: corr. chop. 20 lbs. zoe: oil
sack old wheat $3.o063.s0: rs ID. rye
flour, 50.
Butter. Eeos and Poultry.
4oa4se. y OUTER 'Se; country 0u''e'
Eggs-Fresh countryside.
Pou!try-Geese dressed. 1s1s5c: tur-
keys dressed ss6n4oc: dressed hens SOC.
Fresh and Salt fish.
Jsc H.: halibut. zoe: red snapper. 1sc
lb,: white f,sh. 1sc: smelts. zoe.
Fresh nsh-Catnsh CSC; bass. 22c:
trout &c: halibut. CSC: salmon. zoe:
live Holsters. 75c w.: brofled Holsters.
eoc each: white fsh. 2oc H.: crabs hard
shell. l5c each: soft shell. soc each:
perch. 1?ltc: shrimp. zoe ID: fresh
.hadrock. zoe pair: frog legs 2Bc pair:
Spanish mackere!. 4oc each: fresh her.
ring. isc: smelts 1Sc: Blue Point. zoe:
Blue Point oysters IN shell soc doz.:
red snapper H.. lsc.
Salt hsn-Mackerel. io@s5c: herring,
Norway. ; for 25c: cod, 10000: lake
ash. pail. Zoe: salt mackerel 1o@26c:
salt white Ash. 1o@ssc H.: salt cod. 10
~ 0kA - Il Axs-
an haddie. 22Mc: Holland herring. keg
$116@1.25: salt eel. &c b.: pail ancho-
vites. 34.25.
Select oysters. ssc qt.; standard oys.
ters, s5c at; count oysters. at s5c.
sardines. SD a5c: spiced sardines. 8
Tor 1oc; box cod. 12h 02oc: fancy
smoked bloaters for CSC: smoked
ring, Csc lb: Kippered herring. : for
CSC: halibut. CSC h.: smoked sturgeon
CSC ID.
Fruits - Ranaroe - msc h.. lemo-.
% cents: oranges. @neoc per do
apples 50675c ok, muuats s5MIn:
Spanish Malaga graves. soc: Nellis
tansertnes. I5c dnz strawberries, pt..
15c: pineapples. 25@s0c.
N.oetables.
Observation-Disclosures cabbage ID. 15c;
tomatoes, ripe. 15635c: parsley, 5@1oc;
81 h.: green beans. zoe:
horse radish 15c: beets lb 4lsc: lettuce
35c h., egg plant. 2om25c: cauliflower.
106s5c: bests. par bunch. Zoe: tur-
nips. 45c PIX: potatoes. PIX. s0@$10o:
bu.. $685. carrots and parsnips, ID. SC:
red onions, lBc: white onions. 16c'
Spanish onions, 15c; garlic. CSC; head
lettuce. 1o@17Ac: sweet potatoes 1oc;
Brussels sprouts box SIC: French en-.
dive. h.. SIC: green peas. SIC h.:
radishes. for 10c: green onions. 3 for
loo: new potatoes h.. 1oc: onion sets
h.. In @2cc: new asparagus for csc.
6Aa~h~ f>ak =