Abbeville progress., 1921-01-08

The Markets

I
ingtOn, d. c.:
Hay-HoIiday dullness still affect
ing hav situation Colder weather mas
failed 10 stimulate demand and nearly
all markets show weaker tendency
particularly for alfalfa. Omaha re
ports heavy accumulations. Receipts
are mostly of inferior quality. Chlca
90 reports good demand for timothy
at unchanged prices and receipts OF
alfalfa light with fairly good country
demand. quoted: No. timothy
$2S.25. Concinnati; $lS. Minneapolis;
s2S. Philadelphia. No. , timothy,
$3.50. Cincinnati; $27. Philadelphia;
SIS. Minneapolis. Choice alfalfa, S3l
Cincinnati; $2O, Omaha. No. l alfalfa
S25. Minneapolis Standard alfalfa,
Sic Omaha.
Feed.-Principal feed markets re-
port prices as practically unchanged.
/ Alfalfa meal weak in Kansas city and
St. Louis markets and quoted in lat
ter market at $24 for No l in sec
ond hand sacks Linseed and cotton
seed meal freely offered. Bran steady
/ but heavy wheat feeds very weak.
/ Gluten feed in good demand but hom-
my draggy. Quoted: Bran $26,50;
| Middlings. S24: flour middlings, $29;
reddog. $35. Minneapolis. Linseed
meal. $40 Minneapolis and Buffalo.
| 80 per cent cottonseed meal $27 Mem
| phis. $3.50, Northeastern markets.
| Hominy feed $3.50 st. Louis, $4l
New York Gluten feed $525O North
eastern markets, Beet pulp $44, Sea
board markets.
Fruits and Vegetables-NOrthern
round white potatoes advanced to
15c per 100 lbs. at shipping points
, closing S125q 40 f. o. b. Chicago car
lot market advanced TO 15c. closing
$40 to $16O. Jobbing range slightly
higher in other middlewestern mar.
kets. Sf50G2.06. Sacked round whites
firm at S1.50Tl69 T. o. b. western
New York shipping points; movement
slow. Bulk round whites and Green
Mountains 10 to 15c lower, under lib
eral supplies in New York at $1.S00
210 Sacked Green Mountains un-
changed, jObbing sales S1.754 l.90 in
Boston.
yellow onions slightly lower f. o. b.
western New York shipping points,
$1@l.10 per 100 lbs. Consuming mar
kets slow and steady, mostly $1G1.25.
Big Boston Lettuce, slightly lower
in consuming markets, jobbing mostly
$1,25 to $175 per 112 bushel hampers.
| Florida t. o. b. markets 80 TO 60c. Fair
quality iceberg lettuce mostly $1,000
| 1.50 per crate (. o. b. California ship
| ping points. Consuming markets
steady, closing S2@3.25.
Shipments were practically suspend
ed over the double holiday, cutting the
week CARROT movement nearly IN half.
Total for week ending Dec 20: Pota-
toes 94S cars, barreled apples 497, box
ed apples 3f6, cabbage ia, lettuce
| 226. onions 130, sweet potatoes 222.
Last week shipments were: Potatoes
1925 cars, barreled apples 969, box
ed apples 5S3, cabbage 223, lettuce
1856. onions 14S, sweet potatoes 3S7.
Livestock and Meats.-Chicago live
| stock: A sharp decline in hogs Dec
/ 80 was responsible for the market
| showing an average net decline for
the week of soc per 100 lbs. Sheep
and mutton also declined. but as a
rule showed advances compared with
a week ago. Fat lambs ranged from
| % to 75c higher and fat ewes from
| % to soc higher, feeding lambs were
| 25c lower; cattle ranged from soc
| higher to as much as $f.35 lower, bet
| ter grades showing greatest declines.
Dec. 30 Chicago prices: Bulk of hogs
$9.25d $50; medium and good beef
steers S90l2.25: butcher cows and
heifers S5.254 q 1880; light and medium
weight veal calves $1061250: feed
er steers $6.25@9 fat lambs $1O.25m
i2 feeding lambs sS.50G10; yearlings
| $SHl0; fat ewes $3.75G5
Despite recent weakness In whole.
sale fresh meat markets most classes
of meat showed moderate advances
compared with a week ago. Po.k
loins lead with an advance ranging
| from S3Q6 per 100 lbs. Veal was $36
higher; lamb S1d3 higher and NUT
ton steady to 81 higher: beef was
practically unchanged. Dec 80 prices
on good grade meats: Beef $176l9.
veal $20G23 lamb s23G26: mutton
Slldl4; light pork loins $24G2S;
heavy lOins $1S624
Dairy Products.-Butter market be-
came very firm the latter part of the
week ending today and prices are
higher in practically all markets. Ad.
vances. however, have been moder.
ate. Firmness is largely due to scare
| ity of best grades rather than brisk
demand. Danish butter shares in
firmness and is selling readily at SIC
Cotton.-Both spot cotton and I'm.
/ ture contracts declined during the
! week. Average price for mddling
! spot cotton as quoted by the ten desig.
: mated markets lost about 81 points
closing around $l3.52c The price for
January futures at New York declined
| % points, closing at 141Oc.
6rain.-ThrOughout the week erd
/ ing Dec. 30 grain prices were without
! deilnite trend. but undertone was
steady. Holiday dullness was the
/ chief characteristic. Mill huvirg -,
wheat last few days shows improva
ment and better flour demand i ov
| pected after first of year. Farmars
deHNertes OF wheat at country stations
generally reported as small which :.
influencing spectators to feel friend.
~ toward wheat. Premiums on cash
wheat over December well maintain
ed but corn premiums declined sharn-
ly this week. which indicates heIie,
among the trade in heavier recein,s
/ one car Of No. . soft red wheat soId
IN Chicago Thursday Dec, so at 80 a.
a bushel "-'o1
Cash wheat in Chicago on Thurs
day Dec. 80, sold at following premi
ums: No. ! soft red 36 TO SSc eli
Dec; No, 2, S5 to 3Sc; No. 20 81
s3c, No. l hard winter prem;nrno
were hogher Thursday. selling Ar
loc over Dec; No. . ) to 7c. W %
to &C: No. 3 mixed corn was 70 3d.
under December and No. 4 mjyed ~ &C &c