The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-04
WEEKLY
MARKETGRAM.
Z. s. Bureau OF Markets
For Week Ended April 2S.


Market slow and d:aGSy. Increas-
cd receipts at Chicago and Cincinnati.
PIic"s lower except for No. TIM
othy which holds fairR steady. New
= orll and Minneapolis markets firm
! due to light receipts. Country load
ing light April Il quotations: no
. timothy. New York $3.50, Philadel
phia $3.50, Chicago $22. Minneapolis
. $50. Atlanta $50; No. ! alfalfa. Chi
cago 523, Kansas City 1925, Atlanta
s333;; No l prairie, Chicago s13,
minneapolis SIT. Kansas City SIS.
Feed
Wheat mill feed market slightly
stronger. Offerings light. Inquiry
better Prices firm 10 81 advance
Cottonsaed meal steady. prices firm.
Linsecd neal weak. Offerings homi
ny feed light. demand slightly I'M
proved. Demand for gluten feed
light. price declined $3.50 per ton.
April 27 quotations.: Linseed meal
1920 Chicago, s3O.5o Minneapolis;
cottonseed meal s36 Atlanta; spring
wheat bran SIC Minneapolis. $40
Chicago. $25 Philadelphia; hominy
feed s23 Chicago; alfalfa meal SIS
Kansas CITY, s22 Chicago.
Grain.
[ Although prices advanced the first
half Of week on brisk export demand
and light country offerings the gains
| were more than lost on the 25th
when sentiment turned bearisn.
There was 4: temporary advance on
the eth but political situation abroad
caused further slump. On the
! 2Stlr there was a brisk export wheat
demand; Kansas City and Omaha re-
ported best milling and export de-
,nand for some time. Kansas wheat
stocks April l6 officially estimated
26, 900 900 bushels. 5,000.O2o bushels
more than q year ago. Domestic and
foreign crop reports favorable. Liqui-
daticn on in corn; bearish construc-
ton placed on Ka nsas estimate
showing 63,000,000 bushels corn on
farms April l6 compared with TO-
100000 bushels year ago. Export de-
mard for corn Sow. In Chicago
cash market no. 2 red winter wheat
s1..7; No. 2 hard s1.40: No. 3 mixed
corn SIC: No. 3 yellow corn SIC; No.
8 white oats 3ec For the week Chi
cago May wheat down 1-+c at s1.27
Is; May corn 1 Sac at 81 5-Sc. Min
neapolis May wheat down l Lac at
S1.19; Kansas City May unchanged
at $1.19: Winnipeg May down . 1-4c
at s1.57 is.
Fruits and Vegetables
Sacked round white potatoes down
SC per 100 lbs at northern shipping
points at 20 to soc. Chicago carlot
market held CSC to $1.05. Florida
No. / spaulding Rose up 75c per
double head barrel Chicago at s7.75
to So; up 25c New York at $3.50 to
$7.75; f. O. b. prices higher at Sc
to s625; movement good. Texas
sacked Bliss Triumrhs down 81 per
100 lbs. Kansas City April 81 at S5 TO
$3.50: St. Louis s4.75 April 2S.
Cod storage Baldwin apples up 20
to soc pc" Dbl. in city wholesale mar
kets New York y 21G stock mostly
ss to $3.50 per bbl. Northwestern Ex-
ira Fancy Wiresaps firm Chicago
medium to large sizes S2.75 to 81;
snail sizes $2.25 to So so.
Sacked yellow onions slow and
steady IN eastern city wholesale mar
lets ct 75c to s1.25 per 100 lbs. Texas
Bariaudas mixed No. and 2 COM
me-cial pack steady $50 to SO per
standard crate in consuming markets;
slightly weaker f. o. b. at 95c to 81.
Southern KlondiAa strawberries %
to 4Oc Quart basis New York whole
! ic-ja a>,1
points at $40 20 $40 per 24-quart
crate carloads +. o. b. cash track;
down 81 to $ic5 per 32-quart crates
a, North Carolina stations at 81 to IS
wagonloads casl. to growers.
Cotton.
SPOT cotton prices advanced 26
points the past week. closing at
l1.l5c per 10. New York May fu-
ti,rcs up "a points at 12.12c.
Dairy Products.
Butter prices have declined S to
Toe the past week and the market is
very unsettled. With spring Droduc-
,ion Increasing and quality affected
by seed havors and other seasonabie
defects trading consists mostly OF
small lots for Immediate require
ments. Closing prices. "2 score: Chi
cago 34Lc; New York $50; Boston
3ac: Philadelphia 4jc.
Trading in cheese improved. with
prices ranging Il r. TO 16c at Wiscon'
sin primary markets. The holding UP
OF retail prices is said TO have checked
the increased demand which should
have resulted from the lower whole
sale prices. The past few days trai-
ing has becn more active than Tor
week.
Live Stcck and Meats.
Chicago hog prices advanced 1Oc to
15c per 100 lbs the past week. better
weights advancing most. Beef and
nutcher cattle generally 25c lower;
some COWS off 75c. Veal calves up
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