Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-12-04
WEEKLY MARKET REFGRTS

Hay, Feed and Seed The. Gay ,r.,,La,
| trend is downward ber..,ls,. ,f i....,,.,., 3D..
'eipts and light d,n.ad i'm pri.csa.. dis
trl'"tIhE markets Timothy and prairie
prices 81 to g. lower. Alfalfa stead,
prices unbalanced at a few markets priu
'pdHy because Of very light receipts.
hardly equal to local demand Chicago
ana Cincinnati report improved demand
al the lower quotations. 40 tffuothv.
chicago $50, Kansas city $3.50. Cinciu-
hab Sal.21. Minneapolis $3.50. No. al
rama. Omaha SO. Memphis S8s. Kansas
ClIS 5000. No. ! prairie. Chicago SO
Na'SaS 'lty >I1.@p. omaha $I1gH Min
HeapoHs $50. Cotton seed meal prices
OH - 10 -. Philadelphia and other mar
kets offer 30 J.. @. cotton seed meal at
$3.50, II p. @. cotton seed meal Sal Ners-
phis. flour middliucs $37. hoailA S.3 81,
Louis. Oat feed So Kansas City. Alb
normally SLOW movement of clover and
alfalfa seed continues. Clean seed ,,.r ru,
lbs: Red clover SIS to SIS, aIsike clover
'-V 10 w sweet clover s. to ST., alfalfa
81 TO So. Seed men are reluctant to
make bids because Of declining prices
ana money striugency
Graln-Trend OF PRICES steadily down
ward during the wceh with the exception
OF the 23d. Export sales OF wheat heavier
on the 24th than any day since early
faH yet heavy selling Of Chicago DE
cember by houses with seaboard conuer-
tons caused further break in prices
Good demand for cash grains on the
24th at strong premiums over December
prices. Soft red winter wheat hard to
get and No. brought 80 cents over Chi
cage december No 2 hard winter SIC
premium over December. No mixed
corn BE- premium, new No. yellow %:
old No, > yellow l2c: No. . white &C.
Kansas city reports plan adopted by large
elevator companies to advance farmers
81 bushel on wheat with contract that
wheat is to be delivered al once. bat
farmers may sell at any time and receive
balance. For the week Chicago Decem-
Der wheat lost 2ic, closing at 81 co, De-
cember corn down t. at G5c Miuneap-
oils December wheat lost pc al $I477.;
Kansas City 25c at $1.51: Winnipeg 2iac
at $LGy. Chicago March wheat closed at
Sl5il2 and May corn at 7lIac. Min
neapohs March wheat $l5Oia: Kansas
City Sli9i4; Winnipeg May $l.72
Fruits and Vegetables-Potators de-
chned 10 10 l5c per 100 lbs at Northern
l. O. b. markets. reaching Sl65 10 81 So
sacked. Accumulated supplies in con-
Stunning centers served to depress leading
markets 10 to 25c. CARROTS declining TO
slsO to $3.50 Chicago. Jobbing prices
closed a. weaker. wider range of 81 to |
800 In other markets. Shipments 5Ol4 |
cars week ended Nov. %. compared with |
526l cars preceding week. Danish type |
cabbage steady (. o. b. around $40 Der
ton bulk at Western New York markets.
Eastern consuming markets closed at
more narrow range Of sl3 to $40; domes-
ties $40 to SIS. Shipments 4l6 cars COM
pared with 1241 cars previous week. yir-
Glhla sweet potatoes weak; about Csc
per Dbl lower in consuming markets at
s1.75 to $4.25 on Nov. %. Shipments de-
creasing; 80 cars ov. % compared with
lO5 Nov. 20 and 79 cars Nov 10.
Cotton-Prices for spot cotton and fu-
ture contracts continued to decline dur
ing the week. although the decline this
week was not as severe as in previous
week. The average price for middling
ssssts-eesson-as quoted by the 40 saesis-4
mated markets lost about 125 points,
around 1920, or Is points above the
low price recorded on Nov. 22. New York
futures lost 81 points, at 1880.
Live Stock and Meats-Cattle at Chi
rago recovered from the depressed con-
ditions two weeks ago, and net advances
Of 25c on feeding steers to sf.25 on choice
were recorded for the past
week. Beef steers advanced s5c to s1.1s.
Veal calves lost sl.25. Hog prices con-
tinued to drop, the extreme top showing
A decline Of 50 per 100 lbs. and the aver
age decline s2.75. Fat lambs broke 75c;
feeding lambs $1.25. Sheep were also
sharply lower November "a, top Chi
ago prices: hogs $40, yearling steers
SIS. good beef steers $3.50 to S15.75.
neifers $3.50. cows $1,000. feeder steers
1905, westerns sf225, veal calves sf375,
lat lambs S11.25. feeding lambs s1l5O,
eyes S4.65. All fresh meat prices de-
;lined during the week. Fresh pork show
I'd the greatest loss, lons declining So
% Sc per 100 lbs. Beef broke 81 to $3.50;
veal 81 to So. with some medium grades
more. Lamb and mutton lost 81 to SO.
Trade uniformly lower. Nov. "a prices
,n good grade meats: beef SIT to s2I.
veal s22 to $50. lamb s24 to $26, mutton
;13 to SIC light pork loins s29 to ss4,
heavy ioins S25 to S27.
Dairy Products-Butter market decided
y weak. prices for 80 score declining &c
IT Chicago. At eastern markets 90 score
barely firm with undergrades in limited
demand at irregular and lower prices
Danish butter well cleaned up at New
fork at firmer prices, Two steamers
with fresh Danish supplies due to arrive
after part of week. Storage in very
limited demand and reduction of stock
mostly for purpose of supplying private
obbing trade. Eastern markets antfcf-
pate decline and dealers are shading
prices to move stock of all grades Clos
ng prices - score: New York Csc: Phil
ldelphia 651ac; Boston soc; Chicago sac.
,heese market good demand mostly for
mall lots. but conditions indicate that
prices are easily obtained. Some slight
urther advances reported during past
ew days at Chicago and Wisconsin
,ofnts Current arrivals in eastern mar
.ets beginning TO show effects of wealth
n. Lighter trade anticipated through
Prices slightly higher and for
most part steady to firm. November ~
,rices Plymouth Wisconsin Cheese Ex-