The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-02

Kansas City, IAN THE Federal Re
We. bank Of Kansaa City, i'cldine
Ialia branch, district No. 10. today
led the f9ll1Wi2g repn,, Of c1edi.ian.
ihe district ny 60 December 20:
XECI AGti,4..,.-..
pWleat msFCS.ent In November was
ls,a oac.ha't as !ar5t as 4 year
r. and Tess than onc-tAicd that Of two
rsasU. Under tlc supervision az the
aAminist"alioa Mills have been
Wash 40 operate at practically tui CT.
the it,, fsr the fieat time in some
-. nth with an Increased output of
'"pei cent over the same month Il
itiee n sago and somt wheat aCcumula.
he I'm in the smaller niS. Millcrs are
| l.,a;,,lIIying with the regulations Of the
/ 49, h6IitieS in the finest spirit of CO
alton. hui are fndme its difficult
erS. Sel auur prices within the rules. as
4 PlaesigAli ftuctuation III wheat receipts
al 1,eliircs iiHctuatiGri iii' rnst 1'te steady
4. soupilsc in storks ef whrdl ana corn
eNecihel elevators ncring the past months
r.o,, ites7s cncci1ed, witAai stocks inCrcas-
Xo,o,.o si&ly.tWu per cent durinr the month
mo, corn supplies doubling those Of
or1 bier
-, ne car shortage slightly affected the
gh q .''o ,.''', .,,,,,,
,ent' demandi,ke kept the prices higher
~ rteve1 hefore.H with hay selling at
p' ''e. than dolrbie the price year ago
Si' 't, was "a larger movement On the
c" market than FOR any previous
eF ftf this year. Tho hay crop Of Ne
soiia IS now c.timtacd az about
thWaeity-cipht per cent less lhup 'a9t
'Ms%$ "..' .t''
fosSG'ing tola continued general drouth
eieh a shortage cf labor Kansas farm
stfd failed TO reach the wheat acreage
rts , Of len millions set icy the national
mml administration. The total wheat
Manr.e Of that state is nine and a
le million or one per cent loss than
hgint last year. Tho general condition
+ la,virtcr wheat in KauHas is seventy
S1upceni, in Oklahoma ffty-onc pc' cent
YES in Nebraska about eighty per cent.
Decto:rcnuous effort has been started
ny Nebraska to secure a large acreage
oriispring wheat to Offset the winter
Reptage
ficiahe va!re Of Colorado crops fo, this
ie IS sHid 10 be a haif greater than
|antlany othcr previous year, and the
Sgcgivated acreage about fifteen per cent
adstter The bean crop in that state
rect been greatly increased till it viii
ni cearly a sixth Of that FOE the entire
affiltry last year. Notwithstanding
,de,e damage by frost the potato crop
,rerhat state shows q third increase
any 1916
Live Stock.
Annie demand for hogs has been strong
a prices maintaining high level
atifas declining during early December
nnl The former high figure Those
:, led have been of the highest grade
Nh keted this season. averaging
ad teen per cent heavier than for last
- ,a,. Receipts for November declined
a, per cent from year ago, owing
"A Ie shortage Of last years corn crop
ca the lack Of late summer feed
,n,le prices Tor cattle broke from 81 90
a, 300, but rallied Fifty cents by Tie
y,snf November. The big range move
Cot Of cattle is almost over for the
eat 1t continued this season longer
4. usual because rf the drouth cor
erns in the southwest causing a
: city OF pasturage in the wheat fields
ia in The grass regions OF southwest
,sits. The large war contracts for
ats resulted in a demand for the com.
w class OF cattle, but the demand
eshigher grades used in local trade
q, light.
rh increase in sheen receipts was
nc tered, due to the late movement
IS were much higher.
'e movement Of both cattle and nogs
the markets for feeding on the
ms has been strong all year. The
lconditiOn OF the corn became al.
lt in October This greatly stimu.
u winter feeding, so that during No
'er shipments TO the farms M
red over November last year. nearly
If for cattle and SIX times Iur
For the FIRST eleven months Of
iear compared with the same pc
year ago the stocker movement
ased fifth for cattle and one
'hne-half times CoI hogs. The Cor.
iprediction of a more plentiful meat
ny for next year seems now 10
en- more justified than when it was
IS Mining.
MissourikansasOl,l Oklahoma lead
zine district this year produced
y a third more zinc and fourth
lead than last year. The zinc
.et has been unsettled for some
averaging far below the figures for
'lr ago. During the one month OF
1nber there was a decline of eleven
Vent Shelters have been advanc-
money or shipments and storing
re, but are no longer able to do SO.
condition coupled with the falling
ct has resulted in the closing Of
mines in Kansas and Oklahoma
prices for lead have averaged a
4 more than last year and were
isi2E, at the beginning Of Decem
orado has this wear increased hcl
output fourth. and reports that