The Delta independent., 1921-05-27
WEEKLY MARkETGRAM
v. s. Bureau Of Markets.
Fruits and Vegetables.

| shipping points closing $3.50 cents
| fob Chicago carlot market steady
sl-s1.15. South Carolina No. Irish
Cobblers unchanged New York, sell
ling to jobers at $7.50-$7.75 per
cloth top slat barrel. Texas sacked
Bliss Triumphs from s1-$1.25 per 100
pounds st. Louis and Kansas City at
! s275-s3.50. Production of early po-
tatoes forecast by Bureau crop esti-
mates 27,02S cars compared with
80 1874 cars last season. Condition re-
ported improving since this forecast.
New York cold storage 1-2 Bald
win apples s5.50-s7 in eastern mar
kets. Medium size extra fancy north
western winesaps steadp Chicago at
S300-s3.5O. Small sizes s2.25-S2.75.
Texas yellow Bermuda onions nearly
steady in consuming markets at lao
$50 per standard crate commercial
pack. Commercial onion acreage to
be planted as reported to Bureau
crop estimates indicates 27,657 acres
compared with 31,s02 acres harvested
last year The largest decreases are
expected in New York, Ohio, Indi-
ana, Michigan and Minnesota. Mary
land and Virginia Klondike straw
berries steady at 2025c per quart
New York, Tennessee aromas slight
ly lower at s6.25-s6S0 per "a quart
crate Chicago Florida watermelons,
average weight 1926 pounds, 751s5c
each to Pittsburgh jobbers. New
Jersey sweet potatoes steadp New
York at S275-S3 per b. hamper Del
aware yellow stock s2.-s2.15 Pitts
burgh.
Market continues inactive. Re-
ceipts light and prices fluctuate with
local demand. Practically no orders
for shipment being received in dis
tributing markets. No. l timothy
quoted New York s2S, Chicago s23,
Atlanta SS1. Memphis s25. Cincin-
matt S22: No. / alfalfa Memphis s2S,
Kansas City S23, Omaha $50; No. l
Prairie Minneapolis $3.50, Kansas
City $3.50
Light production of wreat feeds
steady the market Demand all
feeds very limited. Cottonseed meal
light Other feeds dull. Sprirg bran
quoted New York s26. Minneapo.:s
s16. Chicago s19.25; Standard mid
dlings about Is below bran. Cotton
seed meal Memphis s29.25. Atlanta
! $40 Chicago $3.50. Linseed meal
Minneapolis s2S, New York $36.
Gluten feed Chicago s26.5O, Philadel
phia s3171. Cincinnati $3.50; AlfaI-
ia meal Kansas City $3.50; Hominy
: feed Cincinnati s26, PhiladelphiaS2s.
GRAIN-Wheat market uncertain
: and fluctuated nervously the first
, half of the week but made substan.
: tial gains the past few days with
May wheat leading the advance.
Bad crop reports and good export
demand were principal bullish fac
, tors. Corn developed independent
weakness throughout Country offer
ings corn much more liberal and
, receipts expected to increase mater.
tally in near future. On the Goth
wheat avdanced to new high level
, on present upturn, May wheat sell
, ing &c over July. Good demand for
cash hard wheat. Reported on good
authority that Belgian government
control of wheat imports will cease
July l. In Chicago cash market. No.
9 red winter wheat Size; No. . hard
S1.67: No. 5 mixed corn SIC: No. )
white oats 3Sc For the week Chica-
go May wheat up 16 IA at S1.59 5-S;
May corn down Lee at IS SIS. Chi
cago July wheat up S S-Sc at S1.2i:
., "a
apolis wheat up S-Sc at SIPS L.;
Kansas City July &c at sl.17 l-2;
Winnipeg July Il SIC at S1.64.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Csica-
go hog prices changed only slightly
the past week declines ranging sc
to 15c per 100 pounds. Beef and
butcher cattle and feeder steers
practically steady. Veal calves up
25-50c. Fat lambs and fat ewes
steady to Csc lower. May 20 Chica-
go Map 20 prices: Hogs. bulk of
sales, sS40-sS.S0; medium an good
beef steers s750-s9; butcher cows
and heifers s5.25-s9: feeder steers
SI.25-$S.5O; light and medium weight
veal calves sS-s975; fat lambs s9.25
s12; yearlings s7.50-s1o.50; fat ewes
S4T5-S6.75. Stocker and feeder ship
ments from IL important markets
during the week ending May 18th
were; cattle and calves 1928; hogs
1919: sheep 7.450.
Beef ranged I5c TO sl.25 lower per
100 pounds in eastern wholesale
markets. Veal steady to 81 lower: :
mutton steady to So lower Lamb 81
to s3 higher; pork loins generally
steady. May Goth prices good grade
meats Beef Sl4-S15: veal s14-S17: