Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-18
MARKETS
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Hay.
Market situation very dull. Receipts
at most markets light but equal to de-
mand. Prices have declined sharply in
New York Heavy receipts congesting
market at Cincinnati. Reduced freight
Minneapolis. St Paul. Omaha. Council
Bluffs. Kansas City and lower Missouri
river points Quote No. l timothy.
M sst.5o; s Cincinnati enn ss.5o: ?0 Memphis. Sa.
s2s: Atlanta s32 No. l alfalfa, Gin
einnati. s22; Memphis. $50.
Feed.
Markets steadier; bran and mid
higher. due to reduced offerings. Inn
proved export demand for linseed meal
was felt In northwestern markets.
Cottonseed meal draggy; price weak.
though not quotably lower. Hominy
feed firmer in western markets: un-
changed in East. Alfalfa meal demand
changed and dull. Stocks in general
reported ample; Quoted bran. s2o'
Minneapolis: Linseed meal $40, Chi
cago; s42, Cincinnati; ss7. Minneapolis;
$41, Buffalo; 36 per cent cottonseed
markets. White hominy feed. seq. St
Louis; $3.50. delivered, New York. No.
alfalfa meal. s21 Kansas City; s2l.
sS5: Chicago. Beet pulp. Sss, New York
and Baltimore.
Grnin.
The weeks grain trading started
with sharp advance in prices.
Germany reported to have offered to
cancel 100000 bushels wheat, and Hol-
land to have resold some rye and Of
fered more. With exception of order
for $4,000 barrels flour for Greece. OK
port demand slow. with Australia and
India under-offering the United States
in Europe. Larger country offerings
in parts of Kansas, Indiana and Ohio
res NJ nrfr std nm
Minneapolis reports flour trade mod
crate. Kansas City reports very Gull
larger; cash No. dark hard. &c over
Kansas City. March. For the week Chi
cago March wheat gained 12Ac. at
s1,65% May corn, 2&c at s7Bc Min
sissy; Kansas city March. 10%c. at
$1.56A: Winnipeg May. i3&c, at
s1.6o%; Chicago May wheat, Si.5ih.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes recovered about 1oc per 100
lbs. at northern {. o. b. shipping sta
market up 15c. reaching $1.l54l.25
sacked. Round whites weakened at
closing around 81 New York lost an
additional Toe to 15c, reaching sl.40Q
l.50 bulk
Cold storage Baldwin apples steady
closing s4.O0@4.15 per bbl.. mostly
around 81. Baldwins and Greenings
steady in city wholesale markets at
"a. 90 $500; York Imperials. $500 4.5o;
Northwestern extra fancy Winesaps
steady in New York at $S50q4.50.
Danish Type cabbage down 81 per
ton f. o. b.. at $4,000 800 bulk East
slightly. Closing ;i2.oo@i7.OO per ton.
| Florida new cabbage up 25c per II
bu. hamper in New York, s2,O0@2.25;
| Baltimore, $l.9o @ zoo.
Dairy Products.
| Butter markets weak during greater
| art OF week. but now showing signs
| "f Improvement. Prices, 80 score; New
| York. Chicago and Boston, 44c; Phila-
| delphla, 45c. Imported butter meeting
very light demand at present.
Cheese markets for most part duh
and inactive during week. but trading
has improved somewhat the past few
slightly higher than week ago. AT
Wisconsin primary markets sales aver
age: Twins. 247sc: Daisies. 25Ac;
Double Daisies, 24Ac: Longhorns, 26c.
Live Stock and Meats.
Hogs at Chicago broke 25c to SOC
down 25c to 75c; fat ewes. csc per 100
lbs. Beef steers generally SOC lower.
with some of the better grades as
averaged soc lower. Chicago prices;
Hogs. bulk of sales. ss.s5 g940: me-
Sntahar Sn% and dd%s SSed and Seef hssrs sfssrs
feeder steers, $500 $50; light and
medium weight veal calves, $e.754
1850: fat lambs. $3.50 q 9.50 feeding
lambs. S6.50@7.75: yearlings, s5.25m a
7.25; fat ewes. s3.25@4.75.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
were generally lower, with the eNcep-
tion of beef. most grades of which held
steady. Veal down 81 to SO; pork loins.
81 to So: mutton, 81 per 100 lbs. Good
grade meats: Beef. $4,000 1880: veal.
$1,000 1000: lamb. Sl6.00@ 21.00: NUT
ton ss.00dI1.0O; light pork loins.
$500 q 2i.o0: heavy loins, $4,000
100.
The average price of middiing spot
cotton in the ten designated markets
advanced 3 points during the week,
closing at 1880 per pound. March fu-
ture contracts up 1G points. at 1850.