The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-08
WEEKLY
MARKETGRAM.
u. s. Bureau Of Markets
For Week Ended June ,.

Demand vcry quiet Eastern mar
kets dull. Some accumulation in
central western markets during holi-
day causing declines OF soc to 81.
! Country loading very light. Arrivals
mostly Of low grades which are hard
70 sell. Quoted June ], No. timothy
New YORK $2J, Chicago $22, Mime
;.po:is $i9 Cincinnati S20.50. Atlanta
! $29. No alfalfa. Memphis S2G,
Atlanta So omaha so. No. pra-
iijt, Kansas City $l4, Omaha $l3.
Feed.
Fran and lniddlings weak and quot
ed lower Corn feeds strong on high
crn corn prices. Alfalfa meal un-
chanscd i.inseed and cottonseed
meal steady Demand for all feeds
| light Export sales high protein feeds
falling off. Stocks Of nearly ali feeds
i lil4-dealers hands and in storage
ample; Of alfalfa meal, light. Goood
pasturage cnditions in principal feed
ing sections causing hand TO mouth
! buying and poor inquiry for deferred
shipment. Western markets report
fair eastern demand for linseed meal
Ground barley strong. Beef pulp
dragey. Quoted: bran $l5. mid
dilngs SIS, flour middlings $40. Min
neApo,is: rs per cent dried brewers
grains $29, Argentine niddlings SIS.
ins eed meal 5000. Philadelphia; lin
seed meal $32 Buffalo. $3.50 Min
neapolis; gluten feed $2I Chicago;
white hominy feed s22 St Louis. $2l
Chicago No ! alfalfa meal $3l.3o.
No . alfalfa meal $3.50 delivered
eastern markets: SO per cent cotton
seed meal $50 Atlanta.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets steady during the
week under fairly active storing de-
mand. but prices practically unchang-
ed. Closing prices, 90 score: New
York 29c; Chicago 2S 34c; Phila-
delph!a ana Boston 3Gc.
Cheese markets are not active but
feeling is better and tone of market
:ilmer AS sooon as current receipts
begin to show full grass flavor trade is
expected to picK up. Pastures in good
shape and quality improved. Wis
consin primary markets prices now
average almost 1c higher than week
| ago. Twins Ii Lac; Daisiee IS Lie;
Double Daisies Il Ste; Longhorns
15c; Young Americas IS lac.
Fruits and Vegetables
Sacked ronnd white potatoes down
10 to lac per 100 lbs. at Minnesota
shipping points closing around coo.
Chicago carlcf market nearly steady
at 50 to 7Gc. South Carolina Irish
Cobblers continued to decline in east
ern markets, closing at 81 to $4.25
Philadelphia: down soc per bbl. New
York at $3.75 to 81. Texas and
Louisiana sacked Bliss Triumphs $2.75
to $3.50 per 100 lbs. in middlewestern
cities.
Texas yellow Bermuda onions down
5 to 35c in consuming markets at
90c to $l.75 per standard crate;
S1.40 to S1.75 in eastern centers; 90c
to $l5o in Middlewest.
Califo. .lia Salmon Tint cantaloupes
$o75 to 1926 per standard crate Of
As melons, carloads f. o. b. casa track
at shipping points. Hauling heavy.
Prices 81 TO 50 per crate in most con-
suming markets.
Delaware and Maryland strawber-
ries. various varieties steady in east
ern markets at IL TO 1Sc per quart.
Kentucky and Tennesse AromaS down
80 to 75c per 24-quart crate Chicago
at $3.50 to $3i5
Florida Tom Watson waternelons.
medium size. slightly lower at $500
To $500 per ca. New York; $3.50 to
$500 Pittsburgh.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices declined points
the past week, closing at l1.4Sc pc,
d. New York July futures down 22
points at 1850.
Live Stock and Meats.
Chicago live stock prices declined
SC to lnc per 100 lbs. the past week.
Beef steers advanced 25c; butcher
COWS and hcifers averaged about
steady; veal calves gained soc to 75c.
Lambs up 75c to 81; fat ewes practi-
cally unchanged; yearlings up 25c to
soc June Chicago prices: Hogs.
bulk OF sales, $40 to $50: medium
and soood beef steers $50 $@.63:
butcher COWS and htifGrs $3.50 to
1915; feeder steers $6.75 to $S.25:
tight and medium weight veal calves
$3.50 to $9..5: fat lambs 1915 to
$3.50; yearlinss $6.75 to $l0.5O; fat
ewes S3.335 to $4.t3.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
II nmportant markets during the
week cndin. May II We're: Cattle
and calves 52,11%%1; !; hogs S,0i4 sheep
lS4i4
With the exception OF mutton east
ern Wholesale fresh meat prices rule"
firm to higher. Beef advanced 75c
to $3.50: veal 81 To 81 per lnG lbs.
/ Lamb and pork loins ranged steady
TO $ higher: mutton lost soc to 81.
June . prices good grade meats: Beef
sl4 10 $l65b veal $l6 to $lI: lamb
s., 70 81; mutton Sil 10 $lo; hght
pork loins so 10 $24: heavy lotns ) l.,
to SO.
Grain.
Chicago .Iuly wheat advanced sc
during ths. week. closing at $l.40 81