The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-02
WEEKLY
MARKETGRAM.
L. :. Bureau of Markets For
For the week ended Feb. "a.


Colder weather causing slightly i'm
proved demand Receipts very light
except at Kansas City and Omaha
! Timothy prices up SOC; alfalfa un-
changed except at Memphis where it
~ 81 lower. Prairie down $3.50 Kan
Eas city; unchanged Minneapolis and
omaha. Low grades almost unsal-
able. Demand only equal to pres
ent light receipts in principal mar
kets. Quoted FebruarY 23 No. |
timothy, New York $3.50, Cincinna
ii $23.50, Chicago $24, Minneapolis
$3.50. KanGas City SO, Atlanta $50.
No. alfalfa. Kansas City $3.50,
Omaha $l9. Memphis $27. No.
pranir. Minneapolis $3.50, Kansas
City $ti.j0, Omaha $lO.50.
Feed.
Southeastern markets report an
easier tendency with prices of all
feedStuffs about 81 lower in Atlanta
Northeastern markets lost part of last
weeks grain because Of extremely
light demand. Stocks generally good
and accumu'ating i'm number or
markets, Transit offerings increasing
Export demand for high protein feeds
light. Beet pulp and alfalfa meal
weak. Gluten feed and hominy feed
steady. Quoted, bran $2l, middlings
5000, flour middlngs $24.50. Min
neapoliS; liusrod meal $3.50 Buffalo.
$31 Minneapolis; SO per cent cotton
seed meal S2G Memphis, $35 north
eastern markets; white hominy feed
$25 Chicago, $25 st. Louis; gluten
feed S5I Chicago. $39.5O Baltimore:
beet pulp $32 Philadelphia and New
York; No. l alfalfa meal SO Kansas
City.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Sacked round white potatoes up
10 to 15c per 100 pounds f. o. b.
northern shipping stations, reaching
SOC TO $l.G5. Chicago carlot market
advanced 259c. closing $3.50 to $1.35
sacked. Round whites showed fur
thcr weakness at western New York
hipring points, reaching 80 to 95c.
New York market weak, down 2J to
SOC at $l.lO to $,.25 bulk.
Cod storage baldwin apples steady
at western New York {. O. b. stations
around $i.25 per bbl. adwins steady
NOrthweste' Extra Fancy Winesaps
steady; New York and Boston $3.50 to
$3.50; middlewcstern markets most
ly SO to 81 per box.
Onion movement light: markets ir-
regular. New York up PC at 81 to
$1.25. Pittsburgh down to 1Oc at
70 to SOC; other markets mostly S5c
to s1.15.
Florida celery slightly lower in con-
suming markets at $3.50 to So per
crate. Shipping points Sl.6O to s1.75.
California Golden Heart celery weak
"r in middlewestern markets at wide
range of. $3.50 to $3.50 per crate
Shipping stations down SC at 25 to 30c
per dozen punches.
Carlot shipments weak ended Feb
ruary 23: Potatoes 2,19S cars; box
ed apples 4S4, barreled apples 91O;
cabbage 505 celery 43O; lettuce 274;
onions $50, sweet potatoes 324 Ship
ments week ended Feb 16: Potatoes
2,9Ol cars, boxed apples SIG, bar
relied apples 1913; cabbage 495; cell
cry 463; lettuce 391; onions 357; sweet
potatoes 40
Prices declined the early part OF
the week but on the 18th and 2lst
there We're upturns on renewal of eX-
port demand and limited offerings
ON the 23rd the market was unsettled.
and on the gath price sdropped to
&c. Factors contributing to weak
ness at the close We're, decidedly bear
iSh local sentiment, weakness in stock
market and economic conditions, and
a further decline in cash wheat prices.
Chicago cash market No. l red WIN
ter wheat &c over March as compar-
ed with 3lc premium on the 18th.
Export demand slow. Canadian flour
reported offered so to 75c per bar
rel cheaper than American flour at
New York. Wheat receipts at Min
neapolis principally Canadian. There
Is heavy undcrtonC to corn market
despite export sales of nearly 1,5O0,-
000 bushels on the 23rd and cath. Re-
ported that Germany will import 49,
100000 bushels corn to cut wheat re-
quirements, but American trade more
concerned with liberal receipts and
tairlN large country cOnSiSnments. In
Chicago cash market No . red win
ter wheat 10 to l2c over Chicago
March, No. 2 hard 8 to sc over; No
; mixed corn 90 under Chicago May;
No. 3 yellow - sc under. Week S
price changes: Chicago March wheat
down l-Sc at $l.67 Ia; May corn
down 1-4c at G9Mc Minneapolis
March wheat down i Lee at $l.52 Is :;
Kansas city March y at $1.57;
Ninnipeg May l l-Sc at $l.33 3-S.
Minneapolis cash wheat somewhat
stronger, 30. dark u to zoe over
Minneapolis March. Chicago May
wheat $l.5G7s
Live Stock and Meats.
Higher prices ruled on practically
all classes of live stock st Chicago.
Greatest advances occurred i'm the
sheep and lamb market. Fat lambs
up $40 10 $2.26; feeding lambs
Gvncrally 81 per 100 lbs. Fat ewes