Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-03-31

WEEKLY
MARKETGRAM
WEEKLY MARKETeRAm.
.. S. Bureau Of Markets

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Washington. ID. e.
March %. 1921.
Fruits and Observation-Disclosures
made further decline Of about Toe
/ per 100 lbs. at northern shipping STA
\ tons the past week. closing N ID gOc
sacked. Chicago cariot market Weak.
az y5c TO Sl.05. New York whites held
| at $40 and S150 buk.
New York cold storage Baldwin
SPples steady city wholesale markets
20 10 So per Dbl. Northwestern Extra
Fancy Winesaps mostly SO to 81 per
DOX consuming centers
FlIst car Texas yellow Bermuda
onions mixed No. l and 2 brought
compared with last seasons opening
IeVel around $3.50. Bureau Crop Esti-
mates release shows general reduction
IN acreage Bermuda onions California
LOUISIANA and Texas. Total paintings
this season 1929 acres compared
with estimated production S.642 cars
last season.
Florida Wakefield cabbage SLIPS to
Sl:75 per 1 1/2 Blu. hamper eastern
Florida celery SOC per crate lower
$5 TO $3.50 per crate Chicago, So to
$3.50 Kansas City.
Louisiana Klondike strawberries In
f24-ot. crates 40 to 45c per quart New
YORK Consuming markets range $3.75
10 $3.50 per 24,gt. crate; shipping
points S2.75 to 50.
:. CARROT Rot shipme gts week ended March
1854, barreled apples 633: cabbage
572: celery 2S5; lettuce 517: onions
M3; sweet potatoes 253. SHIPMENTS
week Cnss! ended ended Mar, II; Potatoes 2,S75
apples S26; cabbage 4S9: celery AIS:
toes 293.
!. Grain.-Financial business condi-
crop report caused bearish sentiment
and grain prices trended downward
the past week. Export demand brisk
on the oath with wheat premiums at |
els w zRe 'e Sold Mag On the 2b For Pu eR
port at Gulf, flour sales. to Europe |
the past few days reported $4,000 bar |
Tels. On the oath corn sod at new
10y level EVE o on CROP Chicago Nay 6S
cash market No. 2 red winter wheat
Is to Ice over Chicago May. No. 2
hard Is to 15c over; No. 8 mixed corn
5 34 to 6 l I4c under May; No.
iSa Week Mar to 1$ c RnasF M F9F
corn 4 Use to "a Use. Minneapolis
May wheat down sc at $1,37 ~, Kan
go March wheat $15S. Minneapolis
flour demand slow. wheat stronger, 2
dark Is to soc over May Kansas
City milling and export demand fair,
No. hard 15c over May.
Dairy Products.-Butter markets
except at Chicago have. shown tend
ency toward recovery the past week.
Prices in eastern markets &c higher
than week ago. prGes b Chicag0
Yances and declines. Closing prices.
IA 1 re; Philadelphia AZ 1I2c. Trading
quiet: supplies only moderate. Danish
ber eaagoes due IN oeTa rate arryas
0anish have shown excellent quality
hat finest grades domestic feeling
Cheese markets weaker: business
lyeCage &c lower than week ago, sales
u Wisconsin primary markets being
made at or near: Twins %, lac:
Daisies "a 1/2c;o Double Daisies %
I2c; Longhorns 25c: Young Americas
Cotton.-Spot cotton closed around
1.50c per lb.on the oath; New York
Iay futures 12.42c, +
Live Stock 7nd Mea tSoo s, ahd
hanges during the week but sheen I
ogs up 15c; medium hogs down 10c I
er 100 lbs; bulk Of sales PRICES s un, !.
lightly lower. Butcher grades of :
ows and heifers up 25c to 4Oc: other I
rades unchanged. Feeder steers u
own Csc. Fat lambs up 60c to Use, c
eeding lambs steady, Fet ewes up -,
SC to soc; yearlings SOC to 81 March /.
&C Chicago e. prices, Hogs bull bulk of Of
God beef steers $S.25 to 1890. but c
her cows and heifers S. to $3.50; 7,
eeder steers $3.50 to 1925 light and Il
ledium weight veal calves IS to Il
1915; fat lambs 1926 to $1OS5; feed ie
lg lambs $725 to 1925: yearlings ~
$50 to $3.50: fat ewes SIS to $3.50. CT
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices ia
veraged about steady. Certain grad y,
of veal. lamb. mutton and pork "
ons advanced 81 per 100 lbs. at W
)me markets, but these advances, al
ere counter-balanced in most instan- -,
IS by equal declines on other grades. u
arch 25 prices. good grade meats: T.
eef SIG to SIT: veal $40 to S21 III
NIB SIS to $23: mutton S12 to SIS: u,
hit pork. lions $23 to $25 heavy lions tn
7 to 500. 81