Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-27
HEAVY PORKERS
SHOW AN ADVANCE

Inc OttumWa hog markets show an
advance only in the heavier grades
This is the first gain recorded in the
last few days. The other lists hold their
former prices. Quotations are:
Hogs-(Furnished daily by Jno. Nor
rell & Co.)-12o@15o. 1880: 15o@1so
$1455; 100000, SASS; 200 and over
$15.15: packers, good $14.65; fair s14.16
Sheep Best lambs. $11.5o@1250:
cnoice ewes. sos: fair to good ewes. 81
@6
Wheat-s1.s5@2.2o: rye, s1.4o@1.5o;
oats. s5@7oc: corn. s1.4o@1.5o.
Hay-s14@16: straw, ton. $66s.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat quotations-First grade
44c: second grade, 41c.
roultry-( These prices paid to pro.
ucers. straight run hens, 1Sc: old
oosters, Zoe: ducks Tic: geese, 1Oc;
spring chickens, lie; old toms. u
@15c; No. turkeys. ls@ coc: No. 2,
Creamery butter-44@45c.
Eggs-Country, 31c.
Wool and Hides.
Wool = Bright. medium clear, 4oc:
chaffy and slightly bury, 27@2sc;
semi bright, 33m,s: bright, medium
bury, 10000; light. fine, clear, ESQ
CSC: heavy, fine. clear. 1S@23c: Angora
goat long, luster. 2s641c.
Hides-No. fully cured, 16c: No. !
green lac: horse hides. No. l. $3.50: No
2. $3.50: pony, 81: colt, s1@2.5o.
Bees wax-20c: No. ! ta11ow. Sc: No.
2 tallow. &c.
Flour and Feed.
Flour and feed. Graham flour. per
sack. 75c; corn chops, per cwt.. $500;
shorts, per cwt s2.S5; bran, per cwt.,
s255; corn. per bu., $40: hay. per cwt;
\ ctro
per sack 45c: corn and oat chop, per
cwt.. $500; corn chop. 20 lbs soc; oil
meal per ctw.. $3.50; wheat flour, per
sack old wheat $3oo@s.so: 25 h. rye
flour, 50.
Butter. Eggs and Poultry.
Creamery butter SIC; country butter
40maSc.
Eggs-Fresh countryside.
Poultry-Geese dressed. 1s6o5c: tur-
keys dressed, 3s@40c; dressed hens 3oc.
Fresh and Salt fish.
Frozen: not fresh carght-Salmon,
Ice h.: halibut, eOc; red snapper. 1Sc
ID. white fish, 1sc; smelts. zoe.
Fresh fsh--Catf1sh 25c; bass. 22c;
trout. 22c; halibut. &c; salmon. zoe;
live, Holsters. 75c To-: broiled Holsters,
eec each: white f,sh. zoe h.: crabs hard
perch, l2kc: shrimp. zoe h.; fresh
maclserel. ACC each: shads. soc each;
shadrock. 4oc pair; frog legs. Csc pair;
Spanish mackerel 40c each; fresh her.
ring. 15c; smelts 15c: Blue Point, zoe:
Blue Point oysters in shell 30c doz.;
red snapper h.. $780,
Salt fsn-Mackerel. 1o@s5c; herring,
fish, pail. roc: salt mackerel. 10@25c;
salt white Ash. 1o@35c h.: salt cod. 10
G25c h.: smoked sturgeon Csc h.: nm
an haddie, 221sc: Holland herring, kes
$1.15Gl.25; salt eel, CSC h.: pail ancho-
vites. $,.25.
Select oysters, SIC qt.; standard oys.
ters, Csc qt: count oysters. at 95c.
70: loo; box coo. 12h @2oc: fancy
smoked bloaters for Csc; smoked
homeless herring. CSC 9Ib.; smoked her
ring, 25c To-: kippered herring, for
25c; halibut. csc h.: smoked sturgeon
csc ID.
Fruits - Bananas. ~ 6Sc H.. lemons
apples. 5Om 75o pix: kumquats $50 40c;
Spanish Malaga grapes, soc: Nellis
pears, doz.. 40c; grape fruit. 6A 915c;
tangerines, 45c doZ.; strawberries pt.,
15c; pineapples. 25Q30c.
Vegetables.
Vegetables-Florida cabbage 10. 15c;
tomatoes, ripe, 15@s5c; parsley, so 1oc;
mushrooms. 81 h.. green beans. zoe;
horse radish l5c; beets Id FAC; lettuce
Soc h.: egg plant, 20@25c: cauliflower,
l0n35c: beets. per bunch, 1oc: tur-
nips, 45c PIX; potatoes, pix, $1@1.25;
bu., $375; carrots and parsnips, ID. &C.;
red onions. 15c; white onions, 1212c;
Spanish onions, 15c: garlic. Csc; head
lettuce, 1o@I7tac: sweet potatoes, 10c;
Brussels sprouts box 35c; French en-
dive, h., 55c; green peas, zoe 10. I;
radishes, &c; green onions. for
Ice; new potatoes. h., 10c; onion sets,
h.. 171s a 22c; new asparagus Tor Csc.
-Four lbs. drubarb, Csc.