The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-01-22
The Markets

RlC AV1oA MO
Weekly market reports, Issued Dy
the U. S. Bureau Of Markets WASH
ington. D. c., ending Saturday jan
s. 1921: ,
Grain-There was no regular tlenu
to the weeks grain markets prices
fluctuating from day to day. Al the
ond Of the week there was neaVy
export business, Germany and ltal!
taking 100000 bushels wheat. hah,
sas City reports better milling anu
good export demand. Minneapolis re-
norts moderate improvement in flour
demand and fair demand for winter
wheats at about unchanged premiums.
In Chicago on the 9Th premiums o,
cash grain over futures were; NO. l
red wheat 94@S6c over March; NO.
2 red. 3O@33c over; No, 8 RED cog
2Sc over; No. l hard, 146l6c over;
No. 2 hard, 13913hc over; No. 3
hard, 11@11kc over. New NO. 3
mixed corn, &c under May; No. 4
mixed &c under; No. mixed, loc
under; No. 3 white, SC under; NO. 4
white, SC under; No. S white, loc un'
der Since December 80 Chicago
March wheat up TIC at $1,73 rs;
Nav corn kc. Minneapolis March
wheat up TIC at $1.69%; Kansas
City March, sc at s1.6SA; winnipeg
May, II 7-Sc at $1.92 So,
Cotton-The average price for md
ding spot cotton as quoted by the
ten designated markets advanced
sixty points during the week closing
at 144Oc. New York January futures
I'D 1863 points at 1880.
Fruits and Vesetables-Northern
round white potatoes down about zoe
at shipping points at $1@1.2O per lOO
lbs, Chicago carlot market down
25G3Oc at $1.25@1.35, nearly reach
ing seasons low record of December
IA. Jobbing range slightly lower IN
other middlewestern markets, A.55Q
1855 Sacked round whites slightly
lower f. O. b. Western New York snip,
ping points, $1.5O@155. Bulk round
whites dropped 15c at the close IN
New York City, reaching $l.8O0l.99'
Sacked green mountains up lVWloc
in Boston at $1.90@l.92.
Big Boston lettuce up soc per l12
bushel hamper in consuming centers'
iobbing mostly $1.50@2,25. Florida
t. o. b. market recovered 15025c,
closing around Is cents. California
Iceberg lettuce up $1@2 per crate IN
several middlewestern cities at S4'oV
1$5. Prices closed 25c-5O cents
higher at shipping points, reaching
$160@175.
Carlot movement increasing. Snip
ments week ended January 7: Pota-
toes 2722 cars, barreled apples 72S,
boxed apples 32S, cabbage 661, lettuce
397, onions 233, sweet potatoes 446.
Hay and Feed-Western hay mar
kets slightly firmer for better grades
because of light receipts; low grades
weak. Bad roads and unsatisfactory
prices curtailing shipments. Nearby
demand for alfalfa at Chicago eltmi-
mated by better weather. Demand for
clover mixed hay at Cincinnati i'm
proved. Better shipping demand not
ed at Kansas City. Quoted January
Z: No. l timothy New York, SS5;
Chicago, $50; Cincinnati, $3.50; Min
neapolis, $22; Memphis, S32; Atlanta,
$35. No. l alfalfa, Kansas City, $24;
Memphis, $31; Atlanta, $3.50. No. l
prairie, Minneapolis, SIS; Kansas
City, SIS. Feed markets remain weak
due largely to a pathetic demand.
Important flour producing sections re,
port improved demand for flour and
increased production of wheat feeds is
expected this month White hominy
feed sluggish; about 81 per ton lower
than week ago and packed in second
hand sacks quoted around $50, deliV.
cred northeastern markets. Gluten
feed now offered for this months
shipment shippers option, at $4S Chi
cago. Cottonseed meal and linseed
meal heavy with demand for small
quantities only. No. l alfalfa meal
offered at $3.50 to $24 ST. Louis, Feb.
ruary and March shipment may be
obtained at same prices. Quoted:
Bran, $3.50; middlings, $23; flour
middlings, $29; red dog, $3.50; Min
neapolis, 36 per cent cottonseed meal,
$34.50 northeastern markets; white
hominy feed, $S2; yellow hominy feed,
$29, St. Louis; linseed meal $3S.50
Minneapolis, $50 Buffalo.
Dairy Products-Since December 80,
prices for 80 score butter have de-
clined markedly, dropping 3Rc at
New York, &C Chicago, 31ac Phiiadel-
phia, 1c Boston. January prices 80
score: New York 531s, Chicago 49,
Philadelphia 81, Boston 3d. Very
heavy cargo Danish butter reported
due next week
Tone of cheese market improved
under slightly better demand, espe.
cially at primary markets.
Live Stock and Meats--Hog prices
at Chicago are about 30 cents to so
cents per 100 pounds higher than
week ago. Beef steers selling about
$1,000 were about steady but other
steers including stOcker and feeder