The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-01-08
The Markets


ing hay situation, Colder weather has
failed to stimulate demand and nearly
all markets show a weaker tendency,
particularly for alfalfa. Omaha re-
ports heavy accumulations. Receipts
are mostly of inferior quality. Chica.
go reports good demand for timothy
at unchanged prices and receipts of
alfalfa light with fairly good country
demand. Quoted: No. l timothy
$2S25, Concinnati; SIS, Minneapolis;
$28, Philadelphia. No. 2 timothy,
$3.50, Cincinnati; $27, Philadelphia;
SIS, Minneapolis Choice alfalfa, $3t
Cincinnati; $40, Omaha No. l alfalfa,
$25, Minneapolis. Standard alfalfa,
SIG Omaha.
Feed.-Principal feed markets re.
port prices as practically unchanged.
Alfalfa meal weak in Kansas City and
st. Louis markets and quoted in lat.
ter market at $24 for No. in sec.
Ond hand sacks. Linseed and cotton.
seed meal freely offered. Bran steady
but heavy wheat feeds very weak.
Gluten feed in good demand but hon.
my draggy. Quoted: Bran $3.50,
Middlings, $24; flour middlings, $29;
reddog, $35, Minneapolis. Linseed
meal. $40, Minneapolis and Buffalo.
SO per cent cottOnseed meal $27 Mem.
phis, $3.50, Northeastern markets.
Hominy feed $3.50, St. Louis, Sal
New York Gluten feed $3.50 North.
eastern markets. Beet pulp $44, Sea.
board markets.
Fruits and egetables-N0rthern
round white potatoes advanced to
15c per 100 lbs. at shipping points,
closing S12561.40 f. O. b. Chicago car
lot market advanced to 15c, closing
$40 to $1.60. JObbing range slightly
higher in other middlewestern mar.
kets, $1.5002.00. Sacked round whites
firm at $15O0160 f. o. b. western
New York shipping points; movement
slow. Bulk round whites and Green
Mountains 10 to 15C lower, under lib
eral supplies in New York at $1800
2.1O. Sacked Green Mountains I'M
changed, jObbing sales $1.750190 in
Boston.
Yellow onions slightly lower I. o. b.
western New York shipping points,
$16110 per 100 lbs. Consuming mar
kets slow and steady, mostly $161.25.
Big Boston Lettuce, slightly lower
in consuming markets, jObbing mostly
$1.25 to $1.75 per ~ bushel hampers.
Florida f. o. b. markets so to Coo. Fair
quality iceberg lettuce mostly $1,000
1.50 per crate t. o. b. California ship
ping points. Consuming markets
steady, closing $263.25.
Shipments were practically suspend.
ed over the double holiday, cutting the
weeks carlot movement nearly in half
Total for week ending Dec 80 Pota-
toes 94S cars, barreled apples 497, box.
ed apples 316, cabbage ia, lettuce
226, onions 1870, sweet potatoes 222.
Last week shipments we're; Potatoes
1925 cars, barreled apples 500, box.
ed apples 5S3, cabbage 223, lettuce
1856, onions 148, sweet potatoes 387.
Livestock and Meats.--Chicago live
stock: A sharp decline in hogs Dec.
30 was responsible for the market
showing an average net decline for
the week of 30c per 400 lbs Sheep
and mutton also declined, but as a
rule showed advances compared with
a week ago. Fat lambs ranged from
Is to 75c higher and fat ewes from
25 to SOC higher, feeding lambs were
25c lower; cattle ranged from soc
higher to as much as $1.35 lower, bet.
ter grades showing greatest declines.
Dec. 80 Chicago prices: Bulk Of hogs
$9.25095O; medium and good beef
steers $9@1225; butcher cows and
heifers $5.25@10.5O; light and medium
weight veal calves $10@12.50; feed.
er steers $6.25@9; fat lambs $10,25@
IL; feeding lambs $S50@10; yearlings
5000; fat ewes $3.75@5.
Despite recent weakness In whole
sale fresh meat markets most classes
of meat showed moderate advances
compared with a week ago. Pork
loins lead with an advance ranging
from 1905 per, 100 lbs Veal was $50
4 higher; lamb $1@3 higher and NUT
ton steady to 81 higher; beef was
practically unchanged. Dec. 30 prices
on good grade meats: Beef $1701S;
veal $2O@2S; lamb $23@26; mutton
$11014; light pork loins $24@2S;
heavy loins S1S@24.
Dairy Products.-Butter market be-
came very firm the latter part of the
week ending today and prices are
higher in practically all markets. Ad-
vances, however, have been moder-
ate. Firmness is largely due to scare
fly of best grades rather than brisk
demand Danish butter shares in
firmness and is selling readily at 53c.
Cotton.-BOth spot cotton and fu-
ture contracts declined during the
week. Average price for middling
spot cotton as quoted by the ten desig7
mated markets lost about 81 points,
closing around $19.52c. The price for
January futures at New York declined
S. points, closing at 14.10c.
Grain.-Throughout the week end
ing Dec 80 grain prices were without
definite trend, but undertone was
steady. Holiday dizziness was the
chief characteristic. Mill buying of
wheat last few days shows Improve
ment and better flour demand is ex
pected after first of year. Farmers
deliveries of wheat at country stations
generally reported as small which is
influencing spectators to feel friend
ly toward wheat Premiums on cash
10 kosy