The Delta independent., 1921-04-01
WEEKLY MARkETGRAM
U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS

kets except at Chicago have shown
tendency toward recovery the past
week. Prices in Eastern markets &c
higher than week ago; prices Chic
ago about unchanged following both
advances and declines. Closing prices
92 score: New York 46hc; Chicago
441ac; Philadelphia 473kc; Boston 41c
Trading quiet; supplies only moder-
ate. Danish butter available in liber-
al quantities; other cargoes que.
Late arrivals Danish have SHOWN
such excellent quality that finest
grades domestic feeling competition
Cheese markets weaker; business
dull; trading lacks confidence. Prices
average &c lower than week ago, sales
at Wisconsin primary markets being
made at or near: twins % Lac;
daisies 241ac; double daisies 23Hsc;
longhorns 25c; young Americans Csc
| HAY AND FEED: Markets steady
to strong on light receipts of top
grades Offerings low grade hay
ample Country loadings light. Prairie
receipts in Omaha heavy; quoted at
lower prices because of decreasing de-
mand Alfalfa receipts small; demand
good for better grades. Demand Kan
sas City principally by local dealers
and dairymen Shipping demand gen.
orally light First cutting demand al
falfa poor. Eastern and southeastern
markets unchanged; prices holding
firm, Quoted: No timothy s27
Memphis. s25 Chicago. s25 Philadel-
phia. $50 Kansas City; No. 2 timothy
s245O Memphis. $50 Chicago. SIT
Kansas City; No. l alfalfa s27.50
Memphis. s24 Chicago. 500 Kansas
City. No. prairie s19 Chicago. SIG
Minneapolis. s11.50 Omaha.
FEED: Wheat feeds very weak:
, quoted 50 at 3 lower than week ago
with tendency toward still lower le-
ves Demand of hand to mouth char
acter Western mills seek deferred
shipment business; all grades and
kinds Cottonseed meal down 81;
Linseed meal steady; almost no buy
ing in evidence, export demand fall
ling off Hominy feed lower in sym
pathy with corn. Gluten feed prices
firm. Production. stocks and receipts
corn feeds ample; pastures furnishing
grazing in many sections. Quoted:
Bran s21. middlings s225O Minneapo-
lis; Bran $50, middlings s2S.5o. Phil
adelphia: Linseed meal s40.50 Buffa-
10: $40 Toledo and Minneapolis: 36
per cent cottonseed meal s25 Memphis
white hominy feed s22 Chicago; No.
alfalfa meal $3.50 Kansas City.
s20.50 St. Louis.
GRAIN: Although due to econo-
mic conditions and favorable crop re-
ports sentiment in the trade was
bearish the past week. the market
was steadier than for sometime, and
except for corn declines were about
offset by advances. During the latter
part OF week 1900 900 bu. wheat sold
for export. principally to Greece. Do
mestic demand cash corn much i'm
proved. In Chicago cash market, No.
2 red winter wheat 12h-14kc over
Chicago May: No. hard same pre-
MUM: No. mixed corn 5h-5 3-4c
under May: No. 3 yellow L. S S-4
under. For the week. Chicago NAV
wheat down 3-4c at s141 3-s: May
corn &c at e3-7-S. Minneapolis May
wheat up 1sc at s137l5, Kansas CITY
4 May down 1 Lac at s135k, winni-
peg May 31Sc higher at s1.TSIk Chic
ago March wheat s1.5S-S-4. Minuea-
polls flour trade dull; wheat demand
keen: No. 2 dark cash 1890 over
May Canadian 40c over. Country re-
ceipts very. light Kansas city milling
and export demand fair: No. hard
cash lac over Kansas City Nav.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Po-
tato prices made further denline of
bloc per 100 lbs at northern shipping
stations the past week closing $500
sacked. Chicago carlot market down
15.2Sc at s1-1.10. New York round
whites held at s1.40-s1.5O bulk. New
York cold storage baldwin apples
generally steady city wholesale mar
kets at $50 per bbl. Northwestern
extra fancy winsaps mostly SS-4 per
box consuming centers. First car Tex
as yellow bermuda onions mixed No
and 2 brought s4.5o-5 per crate
Pittsburgh Mar 25 compared with
opening level around $3.50 year ago.
Bureau OF crop estimates release
shows general reduction acreage Der
muda onions California. louisiana and
Texas Total planting this season
14.92S acres compared with 1856
acres last season, Production $500
cars forecasted compared with esti.
mated productions S642 cars last sea
son. Florida celery down 25c per crate
in city markets at s2.5o.3: Philadel-
phia weak and lower at s150-2. Cali.
fornia celery $3.50 per crate Chic.
ago; s6-6.50. Kansas City La Klon.