Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
DIME is ADDED
TO HOG PRICES

|
The upward tendency on local hog
| continued this morning and ten cent
more was added to their price. Through
! an error, 1t was announced yesterda,
tnat one grade had been lowered, bu
/ IL should have been advanced with tn,
rest. the local hog quotations have no
declined for several weeks. Sigh
changes are found in the poultry list
The prices follow:
Hogs FURNISHED daily by Jno. Nor
| rel $50 --120M150 $1,000; 15OmlSO
$12.55; 1SO1200 s12.75: 200 and over
$l2:9o: packers good. sl2.40; fair. s1e.
Sheep-BeSt lambs. s115OdOt2 50
choice ewes, SOS: fair to god ewes s.
Creamery butter 4s@5oc: countr,
Seraies. qt., soc.
Wheat-s1. 4o@1.6o: corn. so@S1; ry'
Sl@l.25: oats, 5O652c
Ottumwa Hay Market.
GOOD timothy. s10@11: No. timothy
and No. 1 light clover mixed. 5000:
NO. timothy and No mixed, SS@9;
clover hay. s1O@11.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat-No. / 4Oc; No. ?, &c.
foultry-(These prices paid to pro-
ducers, straight run hens. Ice; old
ROSTERS, SC: ducks. 12c; geese, 10c;
spring chickens. Ice: old toms, lac:
no. l turkeys, 20c; No. q lac: guineas
Csc.
Eggs-Fresh country. CSC.
Creamery butter, Asa 4sc: bulk, soc;
prints, country butter, 22c.
Wool and Hides.
Wooi-Clear, bright medium, 3lG
SIC; chaffy and slightly bury, 24626c:
semi bury. 24G26c; hard bury, ITO
lsc; line staple, 13a1Sc; angora goat,
long light fine long staple, 24@26c;
light fine short staple, 20922c; heavy
fne lustre, 25@27c.
Hides-No. fully cured, 15c; No. /
green lac; horse hides. No. / $500; No.
2 20 pony, $3.50: colt 5Oc@s2.
. sees wax-20c: No. tallow. Sc; No.
2 tallow. &C.
THE RETAIL PRICES.
Flour and Feed.
f!our and feed, Graham flour, per
sack. soc; corn chops. per cwt.. $2.65;
shorts, per cwt.. $22O; bran, per cwt.,
S2.2o; corn per blu s1.45: hay, per cwt.
Iou sac; straw. per cwt.. 40G soc; meal
per sack. 3Sc: corn and oat chop, per
cwt': $3.50; corn chop, 20 lbs 45c; oil
meal per cwt., s2.75: wheat flour. per
sack. old wheat, s2.4od2.s5: "A h. rye
flour, s1.45.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Creamery butter. soc: country butter,
40143c.
Eggs-Candled, 43c.
foultry-Geese dressed, 1Sm25c; tur-
Keys dressed asa 40c: dressed hens soc.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
rozen, not fresh caught--Salmon,
l6c ID; haliDut. zoe; red snapper. 1sc
10: white fish, 1Sc: smelts, zoe.
Fresh fsh-Catfish 22hac: bass, 22c:
I'VE Holsters, 75c lb. broiled Holsters.
soc each; white fish ooc h.: crabs hard
shell. 15c each: soft shell, 2Oc each:
perch. 121sc; shrimp, 2Oc h.: fresh
mackerel 40c each: shads, COO each:
shadrock. 4Oc pair: frog legs, csc pair;
spanish mackerel, 40c each; fresh her
ring. 15c; smelts, zoe: Blue Point, zoe:
Blue Point oysters in shell 3oc doz.;
red snapper h., &c.
Salt -Mackerel. 1O@s5c: herring.
Norway. for 25c; cod 10@20c: lake
salt white fish, l0@35c h.: salt cod, 10
a 25c ID: smoked sturgeon 25c h.; fin
IN haddie, 221sc: Holland herring, key
sl.l5@1.25; salt eel, 25c h.; pail ancho-
;ites, s1,25~
Select oysters. SIC at: standard oyy-
e $, SOC at. count oysters, qt., S5c.
= Sardines. 5n25c; spiced sardines. 3 /,
or loo: box cod 1919 I20c: fancy
moked bloaters for csc: smoked |
'oiiSicsS iieli ma, -0c 10. smoked her- !
ing 25c h.. stock fish, soc: Kippered
herring. 3 for $50; halibut, csc ID. |
moked sturgeon, CSC ID.
Select oysters, 75c qt.: standard oys-
ers. soc qt.: count oysters. qt, S5c.
Fruits.
Fruits-Bananas. 61hc' ID: lemons.
DC: oranges, 20@s5c; apples, S0@s5c; /
oranges. 2on6 apples 256 ,
DC peck; watererass loo; kumquats :
5m 40c: Spanish Malaga grapes. CSC.
iells pears, doz.. soc: grape fruit 6A
il5c: tangerines, 45c doz.: strawber. .
les, at, soc.
Vegetables.
Observation-Disclosures cabbage per h.
sc: Michigan cabhase, l5c: tomatoes,
ipe, 25G35c: parsley. and loo:
lushrooms. soc H.: green beans. 25c:
orse radish, Zoe: beets, ID. &c: lettuce
DC lb,; egg plant, 20d25c: caulirlower,
0@35c: beets, per bunch, l-3e: tur-
fps. soc peck potatoes p'I.. soc: bu.,
$50; carrots and parsnips. - i21sc;
ed onions. 15c: white onions. 15c:
parish onions, 15c: garlic. 2jc; head
.ttuce, l0@ nc; sweet potatoes. Toe:
BRUSSELS sprouts box Soc: French en-
i've, h., 55CN green peas. 3Ic 10:
cabbage l5c: tonnatoss 35c:
adishes. IN a 15c; green onions 5 l-3c;
ew potatoes, h.. DC.