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WEEKLY MARI<ETGRAM-
tu- S. Bureau of Markets)
Dairy products

WEEKLY MARI<ETGRAM-
OU. S. Bureau of Markets.)
Dairy Products.
Butter markets. except at Chicago,
have shown a tendency toward recov-
cry the past week. Prices in eastern
markets &c higher than a week ago:
| prices Chicago about unchanged fol-
| lowing both advances and declines
4ehc; Chicago. 44hc: Philadelphia.
4111c; Boston, 47c- Trading quiet; sup
plies only moderate, Cheese markets
weaker; business dull; trading lacks
confidence Prices average &c lower
than week ago, sales at Wisconsin pri-
mary markets being made at or near
Twins. 224c: Daisies. 24hc; Double
Daisies. 2ahe; Longhorns. ssc; Young
Americas. 25c-
Hay and Feed.
Markets steady to strong on light
receipts of top grades: Offerings low
light Prairie receipts in Omaha heavy:
quoted at lower prices because OF de-
small: demand good for better grades.
Demand Kansas City principally by
local dealers and dairymen; Shipping
demand alfalfa poor, Eastern and
sSH.hsastefn pgssas so,din markets mark nnehH1sed;
timothy. SCI. Memphis: S sSS' chicago;
timothy. s24.5o. Memphis: $40. Chi
$3.50 memphis aiss sly az GSicaFo Me slfA.sS isS
Kansas City; No. prairie. sIs. Chi
cRgo; sis. Minneapolis; SI1.50. Omaha
Feed.
Wheat feeds very weak: quoted 81
to SO lower than week ago. with tend
seed meal down 81; iinseed meal
steady. almost no buying in evidence;
export demand falling off. Hominy
| feed lower in sympathy with corn. Glu-
ten feed prices firm Production, stocks
and receipts corn feeds ample; pastures
onotsd Bran az ss IN m,ddISyra %nhy seSS5S saS5S
| Minneapolis; bran $40. middlings s2S.50.
Philadelphia; linseed meal 5000. Buff
falo; $40 Toledo and Minneapolis; 36
per cent cottonsoed meal, s25 Memphis;
| white hominy feed, s22 Chicago; No
! Alfalfa meal. 1850. Kansas City;
| Although due to economic condi-
tions and favorable crop reports. senti-
| ment in the trade was bearish the past
week. the market was steadier than
for some time and except for corn de-
| clines, were about offset by advances
One million and half bushels wheat
sold for export principally to Greece.
| Domestic demand cash corn much i'm
| proved. In Chicago cash market, No.
red winter wheat 12h to i4he over
MUM; No. 8 mixed corn. SIC to bAc
under May; No. yellow. SIC to SIC
under. For the week. Chicago May
&c. at Ss%e. Minneapolis May ' wheat
up hc. at $1.S7h; Kansas City May
Down 1Ac, at :l.s5H; Winnipeg May
wheat. s1.53A. Minneapolis flour trade
dull; wheat demand keen; No. dark
4oc over. Country receipts very light
| Kansas city milling and export de-
mand fair; No. 2 hard cash, lac over
Kansas city May.
| Fruits and Vegetables.
Potato prices made further decline of
] hr Ia 1hu Mt M oh In.
| ping stations the past week, closing
s5e soc, sacked. Chicago carlot mar
York round whites held at S1.i041 1.50
| bulk. New York cold storage Baldwin
apples generally steady city wholesale
ern extra fancy Wlnesaps mostly $40
| per box, consuming centers. First
car Texas Yellow bermuda onions.
mixed No. and 2. brought $500 5
| per crate. Pittsburgh. compared with
! opening level around $3.50 n year ago.
Live Stock md Meats.
Chicago live stock prices showed
week. Light hogs advanced 35c; me-
| dium weights lost 35c. Beef steers
showed light declines. Butcher cows
and heifers generally steady with mod
crate advances on top grades. Feeder
steers fully 25c lower. Veal calves
down s1.25 to 50. Fat lambs and year
soc; feeding lambs steady. Chicago
prices: Hogs. bulk Of sales. s9.25@
| lO.1o, medlum ana good beer steers,
1925 a $50: butcher cows and heifers.
$500 a $50: feeder steers. $500 9.25
fat lambs, sS.25g1o.s5; feeding lambs.
s7.25 a 9.25: yearlings. 1850 $50; fat
ewes. $5.006b6.50.
! Eastern Wholesale fresh meat prices
| averaged about steady. Certain grades
of veal. lamb. mutton and pork loins
| advanced 81 per 100 lbs at some mar
| kets. but these advances were counter
balanced in most instances by equal
| declines on other grades. Prices. good
grade meats: Beef. s16@17; veal, s19
W2l; lamb, s1SW23; mutton. $12G15:
s17D20.