The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-12-25
The Markets

by the u s Bureau OF Markets, Wash
ington, d. c.:
Hay-Market very weak especially
on lower grades. Quotations lower IN
practically all markets due generally
to slightly increased receipts and lack
of adequate demand. Necessary TO
carry hay over from day to day In
several western markets. Quoted De
cember Is No l timothy Philadelphia
$29, Chicago $28, Cincinnati $27. No.
l alfalfa Kansas City s24, Omaha S21.
No l prairie Minneapolis $l7, Chicago
$23, Omaha $3.50, Kansas City $l5.
Feed-Market trend continues down
ward on principal feeds; demand very
limited transactions small. Wheat
mill feeds and linseed meal down so
cents; cottonseed meal off about $3.50
per ton; corn feeds steady Quoted
December Is spring bran Philadelphia
$50, Minneapolis $26; Middlings about
81 below bran. Thirtysix per cent
cottonseed meal Cincinnati $3.50,
Chicago s32, Philadelphia 1876 Oil
meal Minneapolis $40. Philadelphia
$435O, Chicago $3.50. Hominy Gin
cinnati s3S. Philadelphia SAL. Gluten
Philadelphia $55. No. l alfalfa meal
Chicago $29, Kansas City $26.
Seed-Growers in important millet
seed producing sections receiving per
100 pounds clean seed: 1925 to $15O
golden millet rs cents to S1.25. Com
mon millet 70 cents OF $1.4O broom
corn milet Seedsmen not buvlng and
not much millet seed has moved to
date.
Fruits and vegetabes-Potato val
ues continued to decline slowly.
Northern round stock lost an addi-
tional IS to % cents per 100 lbs. at
shipping points, reaching $l20 to
$1.30. Chicago carlot market declined
also but more than recovered the last
of the week, closing $l.35 to $l.5O.
Jobbing range in other middlewestern
markets $3.50 to s1.85. Prices in East
slightly lower; New York market bulk
$40 to $500; Boston sacked S1.75
to 81.
Sacked yellow onions dull and slight
ly lower in consuming markets at Is
cents to 81 so per 100 lbs, sales below
81 in Pittsgurgh, Cleveland and De
troit
California Iceberg Lettuce slow and
weak jobbing S1.75 to 1926 eastern
markets: 81 so to $3.50 Middlewestern.
CarIot movement lettuce and sweet
potatoes increasing; apples, cabbage,
onions and potatoes decreasing.
Livestock and Meats - Compared
with a week ago all classes of live
stock at Chicago show declines. De
probation is greatest in cattle, medium
and good beef steers at drop of 81 to
S150. Cows and heifers declined 81
to 81 IS per 100 lbs. Hogs lost about
80 cents. Sheep down 10 cents TO IS
cents. Fat lambs declined % cents;
feeder lambs 70 cents per 100 lbs.
December Is top Chicago prices: Hogs
S915 yearing steers $14.50, good beef
steers 225@$1250; heifers $10,25;
cows $685.; feeder steers SO; veal
calves $40; fat lambs S1125; feeding
lambs S1050 fat ewes $5.25. Under
fairly liberal receipts and a slow de-
mand the fresh meat markets were
weak to slightly. Beef and veal lost
81 to 81, lambs 81 to SO. Mutton and
pork not materially changed. Deem
Der 16 prices good grade meats: Beef
$17GS20, veal $16@$22, lamb $23@$26.
mutton s11Gs16, light pork loins SIS
@$22, heavy pork loins $15@$19.
Grain-Markets during week have
had very uncertain trend, first advanc-
ing and then declining with sentiment
changing as rapidly as prices. Out
standing features have been heavy ex
port sales of wheat and great difficulty
in securing cash wheat to fill old sales.
On the 10th Great Britain bought III
the United States 100000 bushels
wheat; Italy 100000 bushels; Spain
250,000 bushels. Partly as result of
this buy market advanced but later
broke on report of fine crop prospects
in Argentine, with yields running
above expectations. Excellent demand
for cash wheat and corn. No improve
ment in demand for flour at large mill
ing centers. In Minneapolis on the
10TH No. l dark northern wheat sold
at Z to II cents over Minneapolis
March. Choice Canadian and Monta-
ma 10 to IA cents over March; No. 2,
I to cents over. In Chicago Nos. l
and soft red winter "a to 36i2 cents
over Chicago December, hard winter
3 to II cents over New No. mixed
corn 21a cents over December; No. 3,
" cent under; new No. 3 yellow to
s cents over; No. 4, about l to 10
cents over. For the week Chicago
March wheat lost Is cents, closing
at $1.58 Is; May corn Z 38 cents at
81 7-8 cents. Minneapolis March
wheat down IA cents at $1.53h;
Kansas City Ga cents at $685.;
May, cents at $1.73. Chi
cago December wheat closed s164R;
May wheat $1.52 3-8; December corn
81 cents.
Dairy Products - Butter markets
steady during week; tone firm on the
18th. Prices have recovered from